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Delhi to vote on May 7
Village chief shot in Ghaziabad
Man kidnaps baby, claims to
be his father
Last-minute jitters
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Board students breathe easy
Cheats using credit cards, held
Woman dies in suspicious circumstances
Robbers strike in DLF house
Malhotra raps govt on BRT corridor
Gang of burglars nabbed
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Delhi to vote on May 7
New Delhi, March 2 A total number of seven seats are there in the Capital but after delimitation, the names of five constituencies have changed. Now they are known as North-East Delhi, East Delhi, New Delhi, North-West Delhi, West Delhi. The names of Chandni Chowk and South Delhi have not been changed. Of them North-West Delhi is a reserved constituency for scheduled caste. In the last elections Karol Bagh was reserved constituency. The notification for election will be held on April 11 and the last date for filing of nomination of candidates is April 18. Scrutiny of nominations will held on April 20 and the last date of withdrawal is April 22. The election in all the seven parliamentary is scheduled to be held on May 7 and counting of votes will be held on May 16. Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi government, Satbir Silas Bedi, said, “Election code of conduct has been enforced from today. We are working on it. Electoral roll for the entire Capital has been completed. Delhi has 110.6 lakh voters with the addition of 3.7 lakh new electors after November 29, 2008 assembly elections. Now we are looking for manpower and material for elections. Last year we had staff of 80, 000. We expect more people for the smooth conduct of this election.” As far as security arrangement is concerned, Bedi said that she would talk to the Delhi police commissioner to make tight security so that no untoward incident took place during elections. There has been major change in the area of the constituencies after delimitation. In the last election entire trans-Yamuna area was known as East Delhi parliamentary constituency. Now it has been divided into two constituencies–East and North-East. Jamia Nagar and Okhla village of Muslim-dominated area were part of south Delhi but in this election they have been included in North East Delhi constituency. The majority of Punjabi-dominated areas were in south Delhi that was why it was always represented by BJP. But after rescheduling of constituency, Punjabi areas like Greater Kailash, Malviya Nagar and R. K. Puram have been attached with the New Delhi. Consequently, South Delhi seat has become a an area dominated by Jats and Gujjars. Chandni Chowk constituency was known as walled city area but it has spread up to
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Village chief shot in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, March 2 Tyagi took five bullets in the head, chest and other parts of the body. According to the police, the killing could be the result of an old enmity over 40 acres of land. Tyagi’s father Satya Prakash Tyagi was also murdered 20 years ago. A report in this regard was registered yesterday by Anurag’s paternal uncle Jagan
Nath. Suprintendent of police(SP), Rural, Kamal Asthana is investigating the case. Eyewitness and Murad Nagar police said that after killing
Anurag, the assailants sped away. Anurag was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors referred him to a Ghaziabad hospital, but by the time he was taken there he had died. The police said that Tyagi himself was wanted by the Murad Nagar police in cases of murder, attempt to murder and cases under the Goonda Act.
SSP Akhil Kumar and SP (rural) Kamal Asthana visited the spot and assured that the assailants would be nabbed
soon. Anurag was the only son of his parents and was married about two years ago. |
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Man kidnaps baby, claims to
be his father
Noida, March 2 This statement had turned boy’s father from a happy person to an extremely anguished and shocked man. Kidnapper has claimed to be the real father of the child. The kidnapper was later brought face to face with boy’s mother by the police. But she too did not question anything, complicating the issue. This had silenced child’s father who was vociferously demanding strong action against the kidnapper. The police has registered a case and arrested the kidnapper. Arun Kumar Vishvas, originally from Bihar has been living in Sector-9 Noida. He had married a young girl living in Sector-10 about two and a half years ago. They have a one-year-old son, Aman, who had suddenly gone missing four days ago while Arun’s wife had gone to her parents’ house in Sector-10. While looking for him, the family came to know that one Anil Kumar who was earlier living in Sector-10 Noida, had abducted the boy. Anil Kumar had shifted to Bawana in Delhi a few months ago. He was contacted on phone, but he declined to return the child. After this, Arun Vishvas reported the matter to Sector-20 police on Sunday. The police had recovered the child from Bawana area of Delhi late in the night. But the matter has not been sorted out yet. |
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Board students breathe easy
New Delhi, March 2 After the examination students collected in groups to discuss the paper and many declared that they should do well in this paper. Nandini Thakur, a class XII student said, “The chemistry paper was easy, I am confident of my performance. I should do well and I hope this trend continues in other papers.” Priya Talwar, a class X student, said, “I am pretty satisfied with my performance. The business paper was easy. Everything was from the course. Most of my friends also found the paper easy. Now I am more optimistic about these exams.” Nikhil Sahni, a class XII student, hoped, “We had chem today and the paper was easier then I expected. Other papers are like this, I hope. All the questions were direct and not twisters which was a pleasant surprise. I will definitely get good marks in this one.” Many parents outside the examination centre were busy discussing the paper with students and other parents. Relief was written large over their earlier tense faces. Many parents had arrived well before the paper was over. Undoubtedly nervous parents were as relieved as students. This year some 1.45 million students are sitting for the Board examinations at over 5,000 centres spread across the country and abroad. There are 824,438 students of Class 10 and 637,578 students of Class 12 taking the exams. |
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Last-minute jitters
New Delhi, March 2 The scene outside the examination centre was calm. In fact, one could hear the murmuring sound, as the students were doing their last-minute revision. Some of them were checking admit cards, pens, stationery and writing pad, while some were remembering God. On the first day of the board examination, nervous students were seen doing last-minute reading from their text books and notes while on their way to the examination centres on rickshaws, bicycles, cars or bikes. Parents were trying their level best to give every comfort and help to their children. They were seen carrying their children’s bags and bottles of mineral water. Carrying almonds, Ritu, one of the Class 10 students said, “My mother dipped them in water last night and asked me to take them with milk in the morning today. She also kept a few in my pocket because they help in increasing concentration. I had been eating them since last two months.” “I am a little tense, but it is natural. This is the first time that I am appearing for the board examination and so I really want to do well,” said Naman Verma, another Class 10 student. Sneha Gupta says, “My parents blessed me. They also offered me sweet curd, which is considered auspicious.” Meanwhile, two sisters Neeta and Niyati were seen carrying a small iron knife. They said, “Our grandmother asked us to carry it. She said it will help us keep off negative vibes. Our mother too gave us lockets of Goddess Saraswati.” Tension was clearly visible amongst parents. Some of them even waited outside the examination centre for three hours till the paper got over, confirmed a guard outside the school. “I am tense for my son. Though he is well-prepared, he was very confused in the morning. I hope he does well,” said Jaspreeet Ahuja, mother of Harvinder, a Class 10 student. |
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Cheats using credit cards, held
New Delhi, March 2 The complainant, Praful N. Pandey, regional manager, State Bank of India, stated that Atul Tandon made a telephonic call and informed that he has shifted to a new address, i.e. T-345, Ahata Kedara, Pahari Dheeraj, Delhi and requested that his replacement credit card may be delivered to his new address. After verification of security features, the bank officials cross-checked the previous telephone number of Atul Tandon who refused to have submitted any request for replacement credit card. Subsequently, on the request of bank officials a police team was constituted and Sayed Faiaz Akhtar and Hardev Singh Virdi were arrested. It came to be known that Akhtar represented himself as Atul Tandon and received the delivery of credit card. He was the one who produced driving license as identity proof and signed DSR as Atul Tandon and handed over the same to his associate Hardev Singh Virdi. Several fake I.D. proofs were recovered from their possession, said senior police officials. During investigation, two more accused Dharam Singh and Gaurav Kumar Verma were arrested. The names of some business establishments have also come on record. They were engaged in fake billings on commission basis. Dharam singh was the lead boy of the gang. He collected documents form the customers and submitted them to the bank. He also provided complete details and particulars of the targeted person to Sunny whereas Hardev Singh ran a company in the name of Sunenya Law Company and provided the addresses to be used for the delivery of replacement credit cards. Gaurav Kumar Verma used to swap the replacement credit cards from his identified cash counters against fake bills while Sunny contacted the banks and took delivery of replacement credit cards after the confirmation of the lead and address. He also used to swap the replacement credit cards from his identified cash counters against fake bills. |
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Woman dies in suspicious circumstances
Greater
Noida, March 2 The police has taken the body for post-mortem. According to police officers, three years ago,
Sheshpal, a resident of Bansri village of Bulandshahr, had married his two daughters Sangeeta and Rita with Sudhir and
Arun, sons of one Sukhveer of Kheda Mohammdabad village. Sheshpal alleged that in-laws of his daughters were demanding more money and a car, saying that Sukhveer’s younger son had got a government job. But Sheshpal was economically not so well-off to give them a car. As a result, the in-laws sent his younger daughter Rita to his house saying her to return only with the car. After this, they started harassing his second daughter Sangeeta for dowry. But after some time they also sent Sangeeta back to Sheshpal’s house. On Saturday, Sangeeta’s husband and his cousin took her back to their house. But, early on Sunday morning, Seshpal was informed that Sangeeta had died. He along with his family reached Kheda Mohammdabad and after collecting the body, went to the police station. He, in his complaint, has named Sangeeta’s husband
Sudhir, father-in-law Sukhveer, monther-in-law Billa, Sukhveer’s elder brother Brijlal and two sisters-in-laws. Circle officer S.C. Tomar said that the case was being investigated and that the accused were currently on the run. |
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Robbers strike in DLF house
Gurgaon, March 2 The incident took place at the house of Praveen Kumar Yadav’s house in DLF Phase-II around 11.30 am. Yadav runs a business in the posh Galleria Market of the city. Yadav, his wife and children were not home when the youths entered the house. They overpowered Yadav’s mother and two domestic helps and decamped with cash, jewellery and other valuables reportedly worth lakhs of rupees. They tied up the old woman and the two domestic helps (one male and the other female) before fleeing from the scene. The police swung into action after the matter came to light. A case has been registered and investigations were on till the time of filing this report. On being contacted, Gurgaon police commissioner S. S. Deswal said efforts were being made to nab the robbers. |
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Malhotra raps govt on BRT corridor
New Delhi, March 2 The CAG pointed out that the Delhi government has wasted tax payers’ money, offered undue favours to construction agencies and allowed incompetent authority to develop the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor in Delhi. Due to the rigid stand taken by the Chief Minister on the BRT corridor, citizens are facing inconvenience, Malhotra said. The CAG has reported that the BRT project was an utter failure, but the transport department is going ahead with the new corridor. The construction and maintenance of BRT corridor is the responsibility of the public works department, but the design, and construction work was entrusted to the transport department, which neither has the technical expertise nor any experience on projects like this. |
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Gang of burglars nabbed
New Delhi, March 2 The Sarojini Nagar police got the informed that some criminals would assemble at Sanjay Jheel Park in order to commit a dacoity at Indian Oil petrol pump on Hoshiyar Singh Marg. Accordingly, a trap was laid and four accused were arrested from Sanjay Jheel Park, said senior police officials. During interrogation, the accused revealed that they have been involved in several heinous cases of robbery and snatchings committed in the area of Sarojini Nagar and around, including the residences of senior CBI officials, Delhi police officials and various other government officials. A countrymade pistol along with a live cartridge and one button-actuated knife were recovered from their possession.
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The first day of Boards saw extremely relieved class X and XII students filing out of the examination centre. Many students found the first paper “easy,” “manageable” and “not a problem to solve”.
