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2 Ghaziabad girls killed in Uttranchal
Wine shop cashier shot, robbed
Govt wants equal share in money from ads on buses |
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22-year-old girl kidnapped, returns within hours
JNU students, admin fail to see eye to eye on demands
Special traffic drive fails to check accidents A file photo of the Blueline that met with an accident and the victims.
IT industry’s initiative against AIDS
MP Nikhil Kumar releases the booklet in Gurgaon on Wednesday. Tribune photo
First verdict in Nithari killings likely today
Satte gang member held
2 snatchers held
Govt mulling healthcare for the poor: Kiran
Taxi robbed in Gt Noida
Punjabi Sabha general secy joins BSP
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2 Ghaziabad girls killed in Uttranchal
Ghaziabad, February 11 The director identified the two students as Kanika and
Priyanka. He also said that the weather was bad and a group of students had ventured out without informing the accompanying faculty members.
IMS is owned by Uttar Pradesh politician and former minister Naresh
Agrawal. — IANS |
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Wine shop cashier shot, robbed
New Delhi, February 11 According to the police, the incident occurred at 10.30 pm at the wine shop near Ramsingh Nursing Home in Krishna Nagar. The cashier, Ajay (40), along with another employee, Dal Chand, was closing the shop for the day after counting and putting the collection of the day in bags when six persons attacked them. When the assailants tried to snatch the money bag from Ajay, he resisted, provoking them to fire at him in the stomach and hit Dal Chand in the head with an iron rod. Thereafter, they fled with the money bag containing Rs 4 lakh. In a statement given by DalChand to the police, he said that they were attacked immediately as they downed the shutters but before they could put the locks. Dal Chand told the police that a tall man, whom he did not recognise, shot Ajay while he was being pushed and hit by a rod by rest of the assailants. However, he could not confirm whether people involved in the incident were six or seven. “Dal Chand could not tell us the exact number of people who attacked them, as he was more concerned about Ajay who was bleeding profusely, than chasing the criminals. He called the police to get help for Ajay,” said a police official.
The police reached the scene and rushed the injured to Hedgewar Hospital. While, Ajay, a resident of Ashok Vihar, succumbed to his injuries later in the night, Dal Chand is on his way to recovery. The police is looking for the assailants and has rounded up few local ‘bad characters’ for an identification parade. The wine shop is owned by one Rajesh
Oberoi. |
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Govt wants equal share in money from ads on buses
New Delhi, February 11 The transport department has to purchase 6,000 buses before the Commonwealth Games in 2010. It aims to have a fleet of 10,000 buses to strengthen public transport in Delhi. Currently, the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) has 4,000 buses, which includes the low-floor ones. Besides, 5,600 Blueline buses ply on Delhi roads, sources said. At present, out of the total revenue coming from advertisements on buses, 75 per cent goes to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and 25 per cent to the state government. But, the government now wants to formulate a new policy, according to which, the advertisement revenue would be divided between the civic body and the government equally. According to sources, the department has also decided to construct malls on the premises of each DTC depots. There is ample space in every depot. The department can generate thousands of crores through these proposed malls that can be used to strengthen the DTC bus services. The department also plans to stop its interstate services. There are a total of 140 buses plying on interstate routes. These buses will now be plying in the national capital region (NCR). At present, DTC buses cover only 50 to 60 kilometer area in the NCR. With the inclusion of new buses, the DTC buses will cover 100-150 km distance in the NCR, which will also help in generating more revenue. When Haroon Yusuf was the minister of transport, had announced that hotel and restaurant would be constructed in depots but so far nothing happened.
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22-year-old girl kidnapped, returns within hours
Greater Noida, February 11 Badalpur is the home village of UP Chief Minister Mayawati and the Badalpur police station was set up just last month. Superintendent of police S.K.Verma said, “Around 2 pm the police got information that Alto car-borne kidnappers have kidnapped 22- year-old Pinki Devi from Dujiana Road. A manhunt was lodged to trace the girl. However, the girl returned on her own at around 5 pm.” The girl told the police that four persons pushed her into a white coloured Alto car while she was making cow dung cakes in the fields along the Dujiana Road. Her mother saw the kidnapping and raised an alarm. Villagers and police team chased the car but the kidnappers managed to flee. After dodging the police for nearly two hours, during which they were roaming around the area, the abductors, on seeing a check point near Lal Kuan, pushed the girl out of the car. From there, the girl took an auto rickshaw and reached home. The girl is a student of Inter College at Dujiana village,” said Verma. However, girl’s family members were angry and refused to take the girl back. Eyewitnesses had told the police that she boarded the car voluntarily. According to the police, she may have planned to elope with her boyfriend, but changed their plan because of police pressure. The girl was being sent to women police station. “We are interrogating the matter and have launched a manhunt to trace and arrest the four youths who allegedly kidnapped her,” said Verma. Verma said that the girl has claimed that the kidnappers did not misbehave with her. She also stated that they neither molested her nor tried to rape her. “However, the motive of the kidnappers was still not clear,” said Verma. |
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JNU students, admin fail to see eye to eye on demands
New Delhi, February 11 The JNUSU office-bearers said the administration had refused to change its stance to commercialise the university. “None of the demands were clinched in the meeting. Instead of talking to us on the real issues, they started warning us with dire consequences,” said Zico, JNUSU councillor. On the other hand, refuting the claims of JNUSU representatives, the university administration “clarified” the issues raised by the students. In a meeting with the deans and chairpersons of various schools and centres, the acting vice-chancellor, the rector and the dean of students discussed the situation on JNU campus. “The rumour of fee hike is wrong and misleading. The price of prospectus has been raised after several years from Rs 120 to Rs 200,” said Poonam, JNU spokesperson. She added, “This rise has been necessitated in order to offset the rising cost of JNU entrance examination, which is conducted on four days all over the country in more than 80 centres.” Clarifying that no decision has been taken by the university with regard to charging students for electricity consumption in the regular hostels, the administration maintained, “The installation of electricity meters in the new Koyna hostel is nothing new as two other hostels, Married Research Students Hostel and Yamuna hostel also have electricity meters.” “The electricity meters are being installed to collect statistics of consumption,” the spokesperson said. Stating that the JNU administration had no plans of commercialising the Parthasarthy Rocks, the university authorities said, “It is not correct that such facilities have been created by causing harm to the ecology of the campus. In fact, JNU is far greener today than it has ever been and this has been achieved by judicious use of resources.” The administration added that JNU was committed to filling up seats under reservation for SC, ST, OBC and PH categories as per the provision of law and the directives issued by the MHRD. Meanwhile, the students have decided to take on the administration head on and held two subsequent all-organisation meetings tonight. The students are going to hold a general body meeting in JNU tomorrow to decide the direction of the agitation, which is expected to culminate in an indefinite hunger strike. |
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Special traffic drive fails to check accidents
New Delhi, February 11 Tempo-trucks claimed seven lives during the past 10 days. While buses killed nine. DTC and Blueline buses killed five and four persons respectively. “These are figures of just 10 days. DTC buses claiming more lives than Bluelines is surprising as DTC drivers are far better trained than the Bluelines ones,” said a traffic police official. Bikers were the worst sufferers as 13 of them fell prey to the roads. But what perturbs the traffic police is that 29 people succumbed to accidents since February 1 — the day the traffic police had launched its special 10-day drive to book offenders. “We did not expect so many deaths in accidents that too during our special drive. Overspeeding, dangerous and drunken driving are the prime reasons for accidents. We tried to inculcate better traffic sense among road users by keeping round-the-clock vigil. But 29 deaths during our 10-day drive belie our aim,” said a traffic police official. He attributed most road deaths to drunken driving, overspeeding and losing control over the vehicle. It might be recalled that a drunk man rammed his car into a tree in the Chanakyapuri area this week. A similar incident took place at Mandir Marg a day later. Over 1,989 people died in accidents during the last year. An average of 150 to 160 people die in accidents per month. Most accidents take place during the night, as less traffic officials are on duty at that time. However, the 10-day special drive of the Delhi traffic police ended yesterday with about 90,000 vehicles challaned during the period.
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IT industry’s initiative against AIDS
Gurgaon, February 11 These eight companies have used their IT expertise in areas like e-learning, mobile gaming and call-centre technology to raise awareness on HIV and AIDS. The case studies highlight how the inclusion of HIV/AIDS challenges in their corporate social responsibility (CSR) agenda helped these companies tackle the issue, at the workplace in particular and in the community in general. Releasing the case studies, Nikhil Kumar, MP, pointed out that tackling HIV/AIDS was a critical part of the development process, especially in the North-Eastern parts of the country. He urged the corporate sector to support the development of livelihood capabilities of people in these parts even as they focused on increasing awareness about HIV/AIDS. Kumar also appealed to the corporate sector to step up investment activities in the poorest parts of the country, especially in states like Bihar, as this was essential if they were to become part of the overall development cycle. Djordjija Petkoski, lead specialist, World Bank Institute, remarked that the Indian information technology (IT) industry had emerged as a key player in building broader social capacity and sustainability, which was clearly evident in its inclusive response to issues like HIV/AIDS. Congratulating the IT sector for its social initiatives, Tarun Das, chief mentor, CII, said India was the first country where business houses had joined hands to set up Anti-Retroviral treatment (ART) centres. Das asserted that CII was no longer an industry lobbying organisation, but an institution with a social agenda seeking to ensure that the fruits of development reach everyone. Detailing the intervention programmes initiated by CII, Salil Singhal, chairman, CII (northern region), said, so far, 232 corporate houses have become signatories to CII’s policy on HIV/AIDS. “More than 41,500 workers have been sensitised to HIV/AIDS,” he claimed, adding that nearly 460 professionals had been trained in administering treatment and for counselling the affected persons.
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First verdict in Nithari killings likely today
New Delhi, February 11 A special CBI court in Ghaziabad last month completed proceedings in the murder of 14-year-old Rimpa Haldar, who lived in Nithari village near the bungalow belonging to businessman Moninder Singh Pandher along with the other 18 victims. The court is now ready to deliver its verdict. According to the May 2007 chargesheet by the CBI, which took over the case from Noida police two years ago, Halder was allegedly raped and murdered about four years ago by Pandher’s domestic help Surender Koli at bungalow number D-5 (in sector 31) Noida. Halder was allegedly strangulated and then cut to pieces by Koli with two kitchen knives and an axe. The chargesheet states that Koli was suffering from necrophilia (urge to have sex with a corpse) and necrophagia (urge to eat the flesh of a body). Pandher and help Koli have been in jail since December 2006, when the horrific crime that stunned the nation with the grisly details came to light. — IANS
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Satte gang member held
New Delhi, February 11 An English pistol that he carried on the day of shootout along with some live cartridges have been seized from his hideout in Nand Nagri. Sonu started his criminal career with Khurbesh, a gangster in the Trans-Yamuna area. Khurbesh gang had indulged in a war with Dinesh Giri, another gangster of the area, as Giri had killed their associate Lehri in 2004 in Nand Nagri. To take revenge Khurbesh and Sonu Chikna joined hands with Satte. They targeted members of Dinesh Giri gang. Sonu Chikna has been involved in three cases of attempt to murder, said DCP (south) H.G.S. Dhaliwal. He added that four days prior to the Green Park shootout Sonu had shot at Amit Pandit, an aide of Dinesh Giri. After Dinesh Giri’s death, Sonu Chikna and Satte unleashed a reign of terror in many areas of Delhi and Sahibabad. More than 12 cases are registered against them. During the last three to four months Sonu Chikna along with Satte committed a bank van dacoity in R.K. Puram, bank dacoity in Samaypur Badli, robberies in Greater Kailash, Malviya Nagar, Connaught Place, Chandni Chowk, Anand Vihar. Satte was arrested in Green Park after the shootout on January 19, but Sonu Chikna had managed to flee. According to the police, Sonu Chikna was with his girlfriend and was staying in the Trans-Yamuna area since January 19.
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2 snatchers held
Noida, February 11 This is second such gang to be busted in the last few days. SP A.K. Tripathi confirmed, “The sector-39 police has arrested two snatchers, while one managed to escape. The arrested have been identified as Joginder Chauhan and Raghuraj Chauhan alias Babloo, residents of Shahpur. Vinod Tyagi of Bhagel was arrested on their instance. Tyagi used to buy stolen mobile phones from them. Their absconding accomplice has been identified as Mohit Singh alias Lahri.” Tripathi added, “The arrested persons confessed to have snatched cash from a wine shop salesman on January 14 from the Shashi Chowk area. Rs 25,000, 13 mobile phones, a countrymade pistol and four live cartridges have been seized from them. They confessed to have committed over two dozen snatching on Expressway. After committing the crimes, they used to fled to their native village that is along the Expressway.” “On Sunday the Noida Police had busted a gang of snatchers and two snatchers Israr and Ikrar were arrested. A laptop, a golden chain and debit card snatched from two Amity girl students were seized. Israr was wanted in over 20 cases in Delhi and Noida,” said Tripathi.
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Govt mulling healthcare for the poor: Kiran
New Delhi, February 11 She said this in a meeting with a four-member delegation from Singapore. The delegation from Singapore’s corporate world said it wanted to help the city government emulate international models in primary and tertiary healthcare so that no one was left out. The government is mulling over providing health insurance, free medical check-ups and treatment to the poor till they are not fully fit, she confirmed. Walia expressed the government’s commitment to work with the corporate world to bring professionalism in the city’s healthcare sector. The minister sought foolproof and efficient service in city hospitals. She cited the example of Andhra Pradesh where every person received sufficient healthcare facility. She said that Delhi being the national Capital attracted patients from neighbouring states too. The city has become a healthcare hub. People form other countries come here for cheap and best healthcare facilities. She said she wanted to see the city’s 37 government hospitals turn into world-class medical hubs that cater to people from all walks of life. |
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Taxi robbed in Gt Noida
Greater Noida, February 11 Kasna police station, SHO Ajay Choudhary, said, “Taxi driver Nizammudin informed police at 10 pm that he had brought a passenger to Greater Noida Gamma Sector. While he was returning to Delhi, four passengers boarded his taxi.” Choudhary added, “A kilometer away from Pari Chowk, one of the passengers complained of vomiting. When the driver stopped the taxi, others overpowered him and at gunpoint took away the taxi. They pushed him out of the vehicle and fled.” Nizammudin complained, “Though other vehicles were passing through, nobody came to my rescue.” Till late Tuesday evening, police was clueless about the robbers and car was untraceable.
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Punjabi Sabha general secy joins BSP
Faridabad, February 11 Bhatia is known to be a Congressman and was considered an important supporter of the sitting Congress MP from Faridabad, Avatar Singh Bhadana. Announcing his decision to join the BSP, Bhatia said that he was forced to quit Congress as there was lack of discipline in the party and the organisation was facing factionalism. He made the announcement in the presence of the BSP nominee from Faridabad parliamentary constituency for the coming Lok Sabha election Chetan Sharma and the general secretaries of the Haryana unit of the BSP Amrit Pal Sharma, Suraj Paland Shreechand Gudrana. Bhatia lauded Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP supremo Mayawati on the occasion. He said that the effort of “social engineering” undertaken by the BSP in the country would go a long way in integrating people in the country. It would also strengthen the unity and integrity of the country and further help the country to evolve in its secular ethos. Chetan Sharma welcomed Bhatia to the party and said that the organisation would be strengthened by his presence.
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Body of labourer found
Greater Noida, February 11
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Dip in temp predicted
New Delhi, February 11 Though the minimum temperature shot to 11.5° Celsius, the wind lent a chill in the air. Visibility level plummeted to 55-m in the early morning. The chill in the air is likely to intensify. Weathermen have forecast a fall in the temperature.
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New Delhi, February 11
A compilation of case studies on the initiatives and experiences of the country’s eight leading IT companies in addressing issues related to HIV/AIDS was released in the form of a booklet at a function organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII), India Business Trust (IBT) for HIV/AIDS and the World Bank Institute (WBI) here today.
