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BJP awaits Hema’s nod for New Delhi seat
Son commits suicide over stale
roti
Man falls in drain, dies after 36 hrs
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Haryana teachers pass over lecturership
IGNOU trains students for employability
Campaign teaches drinking etiquette
Mock fire drill checks preparedness
Workers carry out a disaster management operation as part of a mock drill at Hero Honda plant
in Gurgaon on Monday. Tribune photo: Sayeed Ahmed
Chain snatchers, jeweller held
Three alleged chain snatchers before the media at the Delhi police headquarters on Monday.
Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan Bhui
3 arrested for murder bids
Fashion institute to offer e-library facilities
Brothers among 3 killed in mishap
Lok adalat to settle BSES cases
Panel to probe misappropriation of gurdwara property
Peerbhoy sent to 7 days’ police custody
Woman gets lover to murder husband
Metro to start at 2 pm
on Holi
CM’s media adviser awarded
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BJP awaits Hema’s nod for New Delhi seat
New Delhi, March 9 The party will wait for Hema’s nod till Holi. Sources said she might take the decision in a couple of days. If she refuses, there would be two contenders for the seat — V.K. Malhotra and Vijay Goel. If she agrees to contest from New Delhi, Vijay Goel will have to contest from Chandni Chowk and V.K. Malhotra will stick to the assembly. The final decision will be taken in the parliamentary board meeting on March 13. Earlier, the meeting was scheduled for today, but it was postponed due to the demise of Girdhari Lal Bhargav, BJP MP from Jaipur. The party is interested to field Hema Malini for two reasons. Firstly, she will be strong candidate. Secondly, the tussle between Malhotra and Goel will end. According to sources, Malhotra had suggested Hema Malini for the seat. Malhotra was the MP from South Delhi and its major part had merged in the New Delhi constituency after delimitation. While he was an MP, the party high command had posed him as the BJP’s chief ministerial candidate during the assembly elections the last year. But the party did not win and he became the leader of the opposition in the assembly. Sources that that Goel was not sure of winning from Chadani Chowk because of its expansion after delimitation. He wants to contest from the New Delhi constituency.
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Son commits suicide over stale
roti
Ghaziabad, March 9 Mohit Singh and Satishwari Devi, 40, hanged themselves from a ceiling fan in their Vijay Nagar home here today. Their bodies were found when Mohit Singh’s younger brother Ankit Singh, 16, returned from school around 3 p.m., the police said. “Mohit Singh, who was pursuing a flight steward course from an institute in Delhi quarrelled with his mother because she served him stale rotis. Mohit Singh then rung up his father Ramesh Singh, who was out of town and complained to him,” R.K. Vashishth, station officer Vijay Nagar police station, said. “Ramesh Singh pacified his wife and son, but soon afterwards, Mohit Singh went to his room and hung himself with a duppata. When Devi found her son hanging, she untied him and then hung herself with the same duppata,” Vashishth said, explaining the sequence of events. When Ankit Singh returned and found his mother and brother dead, he fainted. He later called the neighbours, who informed the police. “We are looking into the matter. The suicides were over a trivial matter,” SP (city) Anant Dev said. — IANS
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Man falls in drain, dies after 36 hrs
Noida, March 9 However, the police took the deceased’s companion who was also injured in the accident to a hospital. But the site was not inspected properly. The deceased’s uncle has lodged a complaint at Sector-39 police station. The deceased Ram Singh, 24, from Hardoi had been living with his maternal uncle Desh Raj Singh in Barola village here for the past few months. He was going to Barola from Nithari with his friend Sukhpal on a cycle around 11 p.m. on Friday. An Indica car had knocked them down near Sector-39 police station. While Sukhpal fell on the road, Ram Singh had fallen into a drain and had lost consciousness. The police took Sukhpal to a hospital. Later, he was referred to the Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi. But Ram Singh was untraceable. When Ram Singh’s uncle Desh Raj learnt about the accident from Sukhpal’s family, he contacted the police, which never bothered to look for his kin. The police told him that Ram Singh was not seriously injured and he must have gone home. But Ram Singh continued to lie in the drain for 36 hours to die. It appears that the Noida police has learnt little from Arushi-Hem Raj murder case. The body of Hem Raj who was initially accused of killing Arushi was found on the terrace of Dr Talwar’s flat on the second day in Sector-25 here. |
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Haryana teachers pass over lecturership
Gurgaon, March 9 According to the new pay scales, the junior teachers are receiving more salary then their seniors. So, the teachers feel that it is better to remain at the same post rather than become the head of an institution. The scenario remains the same for JBT teachers too. Newly appointed JBT teachers are getting more salary than their seniors. To cap it, there is just a difference of Rs 50 in the income of junior and senior grade. It is to be mentioned that the central government is following the same procedure and the state government has applied the same rules for its teachers. According to the Sixth Pay Commission, the teacher gets Rs 7,450 as their basic pay and the senior lecturer Rs 7,500 which is just Rs 50 more than the junior grade. Earlier, the difference was of around Rs 1,000 as the lecturers used to get Rs 6,500 and teachers Rs 5,500. Similarly, JBT teachers’ grade was increased from Rs 4,500 to Rs 6,500. The newly appointed JBT teacher gets Rs 16,920 in comparison to the experienced teacher who gets Rs 13,500. This has made the teachers’ association angry. The district president of Haryana School Lecturers Association, Kishan Yadav says, “According to the Sixth Pay Commission, the difference between the salary of a teacher and the head of the institute is just Rs 50,” and added, “The lecturers’ pay in the Fifth Pay Commission was more or equivalent to the principal (headmaster) as both are cadre of lecturer grade.” The head of the Lecturer Association Baal Kishan told The Tribune, “We will carry on the agitation against the government till they do justice to us.” Yadav says that the education of PGT teachers in Haryana schools is more than the qualification of high school teachers in Delhi school. Block Education Officer (BEO) Ram Kumar Phalaswal said that teachers do have a problem with the new pay commission, but they will soon solve it.
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IGNOU trains students for employability
New Delhi, March 9 The courses to be offered under are travel and tourism; security and fire safety; and spoken english and personality development. CII will offer domain knowledge for developing curriculum; provide industry experts as faculty; and assist in internship and placement of students. IGNOU will administer admission; facilitate student’s enrolment; and generate publicity for courses. The project seeks to facilitate the way ahead for fruitful association between the university and Industry to make education practically relevant to the industrial and business applications and thus strengthen human capital. It will also create an enabling environment to develop and train students with requisite skills for employability and subsequent performance in industrial sectors. The project has a clear concern for non-employability of educated students; combating the demand-supply gap; and achieving inclusive skills development amongst the metro youth and young population of remote areas. Mr. Vijay Thadani, Chairman, CII National Education Committee, said, “CII is working towards changing wrong connotations associated with word ‘skills’ and this partnership is a milestone in certifying skills.” He further stated, three years ago CII pledged to make India the skills capital of the world. Today CII is focussed towards a number of initiatives on understanding the skill requirements; conducting skill based studies; working backward on industry’s demands; and keeping a tab on overall educational output amongst others. Skills development assumes more importance as CII is the India chapter of ‘World Skills International.’ Addressing the press conference Prof. V N Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor, IGNOU said that India has tremendous infrastructural setups for conducting skills based training across the nation. He urged for de-compartmentalisation of education curriculum starting from school, college and university level. He was of the opinion that skills are bound by industry requirement of a particular area at a specific time, wherein industry and education institutions should keep coming together to address such requirements. Community colleges can be of great support in aligning requisite skills amongst women, drop outs etc, he added. He endorsed an unconventional strategy for creating academicians. As per the strategy educational institutions must identify professionals from relevant industry and impart teaching orientation. |
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Campaign teaches drinking etiquette
New Delhi, March 9 Meanwhile, a cross section of society has appealed for responsible drinking. Considering that girls are the worst victims of hooligans loitering on streets during the festival, women organisations have asked the Delhi police to ensure proper safety of girls. “We have been asked to be extra careful against eve teasing. The Delhi police has also installed checkposts across the city and at borders to avoid smuggling of alcohol. A special drive has been launched to check drunken driving,” said a Delhi police official. Besides with Holi round the corner, the Institute of Bar Operations and Management has launched ‘Drink Aware India’ campaign. “Being in alcohol business for over a decade, we educate consumers about responsible drinking. This campaign is not meant to discourage drinking. We are trying to create awareness about alcohol and its intricacies,” said Sandeep Verma, director, Institute of Bar Operation and Management. This campaign aims at cutting alcohol misuse and making responsible drinking a valued part. “The campaign is in response to concerns about alcohol-related violence in and around the entertainment sphere and to address the cultural factors that contribute to alcohol consumption and the errant behaviour of consumers,” he said. The campaign is hosting special sessions for the public and traders and is teaching them drinking etiquette. Meanwhile, doctors have advised people not to consume alcohol or bhang in excess. Every year the city hospitals attend to people whose over indulgence go awry. Medical experts say that over-consumption causes many health imbalances. Verma suggests, “The best way to get rid of a hangover is to be pre-emptive. Don’t drink more than one drink in an hour, and if you feel intoxicated, switch over to water.”
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Mock fire drill checks preparedness
Gurgaon, March 9 Nonetheless, there were a few administrative officials and journalists who knew what exactly had happened. It was a mock drill conducted by the district administration, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the ITBP to assess the overall preparedness for meeting any chemical disaster. As part of the disaster-management exercise, a controlled amount of propane gas was released in the plant, which resulted in outbreak of a low-intensity fire. ITBP officials, specially trained to handle natural and manmade disasters, promptly evacuated the mock victims from the site and provided them first-aid after decontaminating them. An official kept on telling the people near the incident site to move in the direction opposite to the wind. A first-aid camp and a mock relief camp were also set up. The whole exercise was keenly observed by experts from the NDMA, the Haryana Institute of Public Administration (HIPA) and Dr Rakesh Dubey, director of Disaster Management Institute, Bhopal. After the mock exercise, the experts pointed out the gaps in the preparedness and asked the plant management to bridge these. Earlier, J.K. Sinha and Brig B.K. Khanna (retd) from the NDMA detailed the officials about the onsite and offsite plans to be adopted for managing a disaster. They said disaster-management guidelines were also available on the NDMA website www.ndma.gov.in. Gurgaon deputy Ccommissioner Deepti Umashankar, who was also present there, stressed the need of private-public partnership to make Gurgaon a disaster resilient city.
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Chain snatchers, jeweller held
New Delhi, March 9 Shailender(27), Aman(25) and Amit Verma(28) used to operate in Rohini, Prashant Vihar, Saraswati Vihar, Maurya Enclave, Shalimar Bagh, Ashok Vihar and Roop Nagar area of Delhi. According to Satyander Garg, additional commissioner of police (Crime Branch), the accused rode motor cycles and mostly targeted women wearing gold ornaments on roads. Gang leader Shailender and his accomplice Aman were arrested while driving a stolen red Bajaj Pulsar bike from near the Seema Puri bus depot. Shailender is a graduate from Delhi University and to avoid the police, he had rented well furnished flats in Shalimar Garden, Sahibabad, to stay. The two motor cycles used for snatching were stolen from different areas in the capital. According to the police, the gang had been active for the past six months and was responsible for about 16 incidents of snatching. The accused Shailender did not come to his known addresses in Delhi, making it difficult for the police to apprehend earlier. Jeweller Amit Verma, who owns a shop in old Seelampur, used to buy the snatched gold chains from the accused at rates below the market price. The police has recovered two snatched gold chains from his possession. |
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3 arrested for murder bids
New Delhi, March 9 According to Gokul Puri police station, Mohd Zameel (35) of Sikar
Pur, Bulandshahr (UP) was arrested when he allegedly tried to kill his neighbour yesterday. He used to live at Mustfabad two years ago after which he sold his house and shifted to
Bulandshahr. However, he had some monetary dispute with Mohammad Rahees and had come to meet him yesterday to settle the matter. However, during the discussion, a fight ensued and Mohd Zameel fired at Mohd Rahees with a countrymade pistol. Although, the bullet escaped
Rahees, the police arrested the accused as he tried to flee. A .315 bore countrymade pistol along with three cartridges were recovered. In another incident of stabbing in the Khazoori Khas area last night, local police arrested two youths — Sanjay and Sushim — on charges of attempt to murder a van driver Arun from Sabha Pur village (Outer Delhi). Sanjay, Sushim and Kishan attacked Arun while he was waiting for his van plying between 4th Pushta and Sonia Vihar as they objected to plying his van on the route. When Arun objected, Kishan stabbed him on his abdomen with broken bottle and Sanjay and Sushim hit him with sticks and rods and fled. While the police managed to arrest Sanjay and
Sushim, it has launched a manhunt to arrest absconding criminal Kishan. |
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Fashion institute to offer e-library facilities
New Delhi, March 9 The fashion school would be listed as the first-ever institute to offer e-library facilities and individual laptops to students besides the regular training, excellent infrastructure, portfolio making, and appreciation awards to budding designers in tune with the needs of the modern industries in India and all over the world. The new fashion centre, situated at E-14, South Extension, Part II, is the brainchild of Neetu Pavan Manikatalia who is backed by 14 years of experience in training students in fashion, aviation, hospitality and retail. The MD of Fashionista said that Fashionista will have its centres in Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad by March and we have a target to add 20 more in line within this yearend. The fashion faculty of the centre comprises renowned models, photographers, stylists and designers like Shrutha Keerti, Rahul Dutta, Abul Halder, Hemant Kaushik, Vijay Roy, Rahul Popli, Anil Kapoor, Pooja Mahajan Kalsia and others. Meanwhile, Fashionista boasts of all the biggies as its brand associates.
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Brothers among 3 killed in mishap
Greater Noida, March 9 An angry crowd blocked the road for over two hours. It didi not allow the police to take away the bodies of the victims. The crowd demanded suitable compensation for the victims’ families. The police has seized the killer vehicle while its driver had fled away. Kasim, 20, and Mousin, 18, of Delhi’s Mustafabad and their neighbour Fazlu who had come to visit their relatives in Dadri on Saturday, were returning to Delhi on Sunday on their bike. As they reached Badpura village, a trawler from the opposite direction hit the bike, killing the three. The driver fled after the accident. The angry people jammed G.T. Road near Mehr Bhoj Girls School and threw stones at passing vehicles. Half a dozen public and private vehicles were damaged. SDM Dadri, Soumey Srivastav announced Rs 20,000 as financial help to each aggrieved family and promised to get each of the victim’s family Rs 2 lakh from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. The police has registered an FIR against the driver.
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Lok adalat to settle BSES cases
New Delhi, March
9 The lok adalat will provide an opportunity to BSES customers for amicable on-the-spot settlement of their power theft cases, relating to both direct theft (DT) and dishonest abstraction of energy
(DAE). The cases of up to Rs 5 lakh will be taken up. “The special lok adalats will be organised from 10 am onwards on the Delhi High Court premises. Customers desirous of settling their power theft cases can either come in person or through their advocates or authorised representatives. They should carry their photo identity card and a copy of their bill”, said a BSES official. “BSES expects a good response, as we have couriered over 25,000 letters to our consumers,” said Arun
Kanchan, CEO, BSES. “In the interest of speedy resolution, BSES has set up four special help desks to guide the consumers. Post their ‘settlement orders’, customers can either pay their bills at the two specially set up cash counters or they can pay the amount at the BSES enforcement office within five days”, added a BSES official. |
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Panel to probe misappropriation of gurdwara property
New Delhi, March 9 Giving reference to the parking at Gurdwara Bangla Sahib, Delhi unit chief of Akali Dal, Manjeet Singh (GK) said that no Sikh had right to play with the gurdwara property. The parking was constructed by Baba Harbans Singh. But now it will be handed over to the NDMC which the community people will never tolerate. He said that committee would also try to find under which deal the Bala Sahib Hospital of gurdwara committee had been given to a private company. Manjeet Singh said that Akali Dal (Badal) would create awareness amongst the Sikhs on block level and would launch agitation to stop Sarna brothers from handing over the hospital to private company.
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Peerbhoy sent to 7 days’ police custody
New Delhi, March 9 The Delhi police had brought
Peerbhoy, a former employee of Yahoo Incorporation, to the city from Mumbai on February 28. He is allegedly involved in the September 13 blasts that shook the capital the last year. Chief metropolitan magistrate Kaveri Baweja allowed seven days’ custody to the police. Public prosecutor Rajeev Mohan has sought police remand on the ground that Peerbhoy would be taken to Mumbai and Hyderabad to identify the places where those accused of carrying out terror activities across the country were imparted training. However, the defense counsel maintained that the accused had already been in police custody and his alleged role in the Delhi blasts had been revealed by the investigating agency.
Peerbhoy, 31, the alleged head of IM media cell allegedly sent e-mails minutes before the serial blasts in Delhi and
Ahmedabad. He was arrested by the Mumbai police last year. |
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Woman gets lover to murder husband
Ghaziabad, March 9 Satish was stabbed in Ghaziabad by Sonu and his friends Sunday in Krishna Nagar Baghu area under Vijay Nagar police station late Sunday night. He succumbed to his injuries in hospital on Monday, circle officer A.K. Gautam said. Sonu, who was taken into custody, revealed that he had illicit relations with Satish’s wife and said the two conspired to murder Satish as he was getting in the way. Satish’s wife and Sonu’s other accomplices are yet to be arrested, the police official said.
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Metro to start at 2 pm
on Holi
New Delhi, March 9 The services would resume at 2 pm on March 11. In addition, Metro feeder bus services will not be available till 1 pm on Holi. After 1 pm, skeletal services will be available on all routes other than Netaji Subhash Place to Azadpur, Rohini West to Lakhi Ram Park, Dwarka Sec 9 to Dwarka Sec 10 and Dwarka Sec 10 to Najafgarh, on which the feeder buses will not run for the full day. |
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CM’s media adviser awarded
A former Rajasthan minister, Kirori Lal Meena, presented the award to Shiv Bhattia at a function held in FICCI Auditorium here recently.
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