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Case of Unsealing Land
Goods worth Rs 80 lakh seized
Batla House fit case for magisterial probe: NHRC
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Meltdown Effect
ABVP cadre beats student in JNU
Call 1095 for traffic woes
BSP to woo Muslims
West Delhi: Cong to field a Punjabi, BJP a Jat
Constituency Profile Chandni Chowk
Woman, son killed in accident
Suicide bid by family of 7
Hooch snuffs out two lives
Jewellery robbed at gunpoint
2 engineers of DDA held for taking bribe
Man thrown from moving train
Student commits suicide
College of Art to offer five new courses
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Case of Unsealing Land
New Delhi, March 18 Deputy Commissioner (MCD) Ashok Kumar from the Najafgarh zone had allegedly demanded the amount from Raghubir Singh for unsealing his plot of land in South Delhi. According to an ACB official, Singh was planning to construct a motel on the site. “When the businessman approached Kumar to seek permission for constructing the motel, he allegedly objected and sealed the place. When Raghubir pleaded with him to be lenient he demanded Rs 2 crore to unseal the place,” said the official. He revealed that Singh later filed a complaint with the ACB against Kumar and gave a recorded phone conversation between the two as evidence. The bureau raided Kumar’s residence and office this morning. According to information, a team of sleuths from the ACB started the search around 6 am which went on till late evening. |
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Goods worth Rs 80 lakh seized
Greater Noida, March 18 Duplicate diesel, chemicals, raw materials and other goods worth Rs 80 lakh have been seized. Eight persons have been arrested while the factory owner is absconding, the police said. The factory, reportedly being run by some influential people under the protection of police and administration was having a turnover of crores every month. The police has seized four tankers, about 12,000 litre kerosene, 53,000 litre petroleum mix products, 45 drums of 200 litre of fake diesel, LDO and 300 litre chemicals which smell like petrol, 20 litre of colouring chemicals, a generator, cash memos and other stationery of different oil firms and products worth Rs 80
lakh. SP Rural said Shankar Oil Supply Company is Ghaziabad-based. This company supplies rubber processing oil to the illicit manufacturing company in Greater
Noida The SSP has announced rewards to the police team and a decoration to police circle officer, Greater
Noida, west. SP Rural Surinder Kumar Varma said Surajpur police and civil supplies department had raided Batra Chemicals P. Ltd in F-10 in Surajpur industrial area site where duplicate diesel and LDO (light diesel oil) was being manufactured. |
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Batla House fit case for magisterial probe: NHRC
New Delhi, March 18 It also said the Delhi police was dragging its feet over conducting a probe into the September 19, 2008, gunbattle in which two alleged terrorists were killed. The court was hearing NHRC’s view on whether a magisterial inquiry can be held into the Batla House shootout. Counsel for NHRC submitted before a division bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Sanjeev Khanna the commission relies on three basic criteria to conduct an inquiry like a post-mortem report, inquest report and magisterial inquiry. “And if these criteria are not there then permission from the court is sought,” the counsel for NHRC told the court, adding that a magisterial inquiry is a mandatory guideline and it should have been done in the Batla House case. On this, the court pulled up Delhi police on why the probe was not conducted even after six months of the incident, and said: “We have no option left but to ask the NHRC to conduct a magisterial inquiry so that no one can undermine the commission.” Counsel for Delhi police Mukta Gupta said the entire study material of the case will be given to the commission in two weeks’ time. The court, after giving time to Delhi police, slated the matter for April 8. The court was hearing a PIL filed by NGO Act Now For Harmony and Democracy seeking a judicial inquiry into the September 19, 2008 firefight in which two suspected terrorists, allegedly involved in the September 13 Delhi serial bombings, were killed. The two were suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists, Atif Ameen and Mohammed Sajid. Mohammed Saif and Zeeshan were also arrested for the blasts in the capital.
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Meltdown Effect
New Delhi, March 18 There has there been a substantial increase in the number of internships and trainee posts being offered to DU students at the varsity despite an over-all reduction in the number of companies coming to DU for placements this year. Also many companies are offering lower salary packages. The highest salary package offered this year has seen a drop of Rs 3.5 lakh as compared to last year. The highest package offered this year is Rs 8.5 lakh as compared to Rs 12 lakh llast year. The companies offering internships to students comprise of Max New York, Radio Today, Hindustan Times Syndicate, Gandhi Fellowship and Metro Now. Also companies like Aegis, NDPL, Genpact and Barclays were present on campus at the placement drive for positions like trainee and junior executive. Definitely, the recession has swung lightly by DU. The trend has been to recruit trainees and interns rather then executives as companies suffering from recession can get away by paying lower salaries, students on the other hand feel relieved with at least a job in hand. Further, some companies have recruited students and asked them to join in 2010. Informs Anuradha, a final year B.Com student, “I have been trying hard here lets hope I manage something, I should with some luck manage a traineeship with one of the companies, the jobs on offer seem to be intern or trainee mostly this is better then nothing atleast, we have something on offer with the recession on.” Another student, Ravi, informs, “There are some jobs on offer, lucky for us that some companies have turned up at placements at DU this time round. They are cutting costs offering us mostly traineeship and internships. I will count myself lucky if I manage an internship, hopefully it will work out. I am confident.” |
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ABVP cadre beats student in JNU
New Delhi, March 18 The incident happened during a singing competition when some residents allegedly desired to organise a general body meeting of the hostel. “The students were participating in antakshari when some ABVP residents said they wanted to organise a Bihari night,” said Garima, a hostel resident. She added, “While majority of the residents were against their opinion, they started misbehaving and targeted a student. Around seven ABVP students beat him up.” The victim alleged he was also abused on communal lines. “I was abused as I belong to a particular community. Even girl students were misbehaved with,” said Massih. SFI office-bearers said they would complain against the accused. “We have already registered an FIR,” said Anand, JNU president, SFI. However, the ABVP refuted the claims that their cadre initiated the violence. “Students were organising a general body meeting and a boy started abusing the president of the hostel after which the violence began,” said Manoj from ABVP. Meanwhile, more than 100 signatures were collected and submitted to the authorities. Three out of seven accused have been suspended from the hostel. |
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Code violators not to be spared: Dadwal
New Delhi, March 18 Addressing a press conference in the city today, Delhi police commissioner Y.S. Dadwal said the police would continue vigil in the strictest sense and anyone found breaching the election code of conduct would not be spared. “We have already registered 233 cases under the Defacement of Public Property Act ever since the election code of conduct came into force. We do not intend to show any leniency in the matter,” said Dadwal. Talking about the motorcycle verification drive launched by the Delhi police this year, Dadwal said his department had verified 74,000 bikes. The purpose of the drive is to ensure whether the person driving and owning a bike is earning enough to maintain it from his known source of income. Admitting security constraints on part of the Delhi police to conduct the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the capital, Dadwal said with the IPL schedule coinciding with the general elections and the force already overstretched this was one risk we could not take. ‘’The parliamentary elections are round the corner and the force is already overstretched. We feel we will not be able to provide the kind of security the IPL matches require,’’ said Dadwal. |
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Call 1095 for traffic woes
New Delhi, March 18 “A four digit number has been allotted to Delhi traffic police and commuters can easily get in touch with the traffic police,” Delhi police commissioner Y.S Dadwal told reporters. Dadwal said traffic police has become more vigilant and there was a sharp increase in prosecutions for traffic violations. The Police has also started a motorcycle verification drive in the capital to put a check on stolen vehicles being used by criminals. It has verified 34,977 motor cycles in the capital so far and have found several riders with fake registration, said Dadwal.
— IANS |
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6 RJD leaders join Cong
New Delhi, March 18 These leaders had met Agarwal before joining the party and had apprised him of their desire. Welcoming the new members, Agarwal said the Congress was the only party that worked for the welfare of every section of the society. He claimed that disillusioned functionaries of other parties were keen to join the Congress for a bright future. The need of the hour is to strengthen the Congress and defeat the designs of a fascist party like the BJP. He assured that former RJD men would be given a place of honour in the Congress. Addressing party men at DPCC headquarters, Agarwal urged them to work hard for the success of Congress candidates in the coming Lok Sabha polls. The new members said they were confused while they worked with the RJD. They saw no direction in the party. |
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BSP to woo Muslims
New Delhi, March 18 Apart from the two big takers, BJP and Congress, the BSP has set up plans for Delhi Lok Sabha seats on the basis of detailed analysis of the results of last year’s assembly elections in the Capital. The party is believed to be playing the Muslim card aggressively in Delhi. According to the party’s internal report, the Muslims had not voted for its candidates in Delhi assembly polls last year. The party used to set spies on its candidates. They reported directly to the top brass of the party on the movement of the candidates. It has decided to make amends now. The party will not rely on spies this time. “This time, the poll managers will be asked to ensure that the Muslim voters are not influenced by the rival parties about its secular credentials,” said the functionary. The party’s analysis of the Delhi assembly results has shown that the spies were not of much use,” said a BSP functionary. For the purpose, the BSP chief Mayawati has called numerous important leaders from UP who would be given the responsibility to spearhead the poll preparations in seven Lok Sabha constituencies of the Capital. “Each of the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in Delhi will be handed over to two important leaders from UP who could be either the ministers in the state or MLAs. They would be asked to spearhead the day-to-day electioneering of the party candidates,” said a senior BSP functionary. |
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West Delhi: Cong to field a Punjabi, BJP a Jat
New Delhi, March 18 While the BJP is planning to field a Jat leader from the West, the Congress has decided to field a Punjabi or Sikh. According to sources, senior Congress leaders Harcharan Singh Josh, K.T.S. Tulsi, R.K. Anand and MLA from Uttam Nagar Mukesh Sharma are seeking ticket from the constituency. Josh, a former Delhi University Student Union president, was member of the National Minorities Commission. But he resigned from the commission after the parliamentary elections were announced. In the last election, he was the poll in-charge of Manmohan Singh who had contested from South Delhi. Carved out of the erstwhile Outer and South Delhi constituencies, West Delhi consists of urban and rural voters. Many Sikhs, Punjabis and Jats live in the area. Tilak Nagar, Rajouri Garden, Fateh Nagar, Tilak Vihar and Janakpuri are dominated by Sikhs. Over 35 per cent Sikh voters live in these areas. There are 40 municipal councillors in the West. Of them eight are Sikh, nine Jats, 11 Pandits and others belong to different castes. |
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Constituency Profile Chandni Chowk
New Delhi, March 18 Growing from four assembly seats to 10, the constituency now includes Adarsh Nagar, Shalimar Bagh, Tri Nagar, Shakur Basti, Sadar Bazar and Wazirpur. The key voters mainly constitute of Punjabis, thus diluting the impact of the traditional Muslim vote bank that used to be the deciding factor in the area. However, BJP leaders maintain that delimitation has come as a boon to the party, as two main communities in the constituency — traders and Punjabis would support the party. They constitute over 30 per cent of the total electorate. The leaders further claimed that the constituency has five legislators and 11 councillors from the trading community. It shows they have a strong impact in the region, they maintained. Meanwhile, the Congress is banking on unauthorised colonies and JJ clusters in Outer and East Delhi constituencies and the strong presence of OBC and SC voters that have been included after delimitation. The party is trying to garner votes on development plank. Even after socio-political changes in the constituency, the contenders are expected to be the same. The Congress may again give ticket to MP Kapil Sibal, who is a minister in the UPA government. During the last elections, Matia Mahal strongman and LJP MLA Shoaib Iqbal had agreed to stay out, thus diverting his Muslim vote bank to the Congress. The BJP is mulling over former union minister and senior leader Vijay Goel, while MCD’s Standing Committee chairperson Vijender Gupta may also be in the reckoning for a ticket |
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PETA protests animal tests
New Delhi, March 18 At the session, ‘Grim Reapers’ demonstrated beside an open coffin holding a dead rabbit next to a tombstone, which read “Killed for Cosmetics – Mr Ramadoss: Ban Animal Tests”. Every year in India, PETA claims that thousands of rabbits, mice, guinea pigs, rats and other animals are subjected to archaic tests for cosmetic products like shampoos and hairsprays. NG Jayasimha of PETA explains, “It is high time that people should understand the level of loss and danger caused to animals in the name of product testing.” Even though PETA has approached Ramadoss several times and urged him to impose a ban on product testing on animals, the minister has not responded as of now. “The health ministry has not even acknowledged our concern. The ban on smoking was a positive step by the health minister, who should also be more compassionate towards animals by bringing a law into force,” Jayasimha stresses. |
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Woman, son killed in accident
New Delhi, March 18 A woman and her son were killed while her husband and another child were critically injured in the accident that took place around 8 p.m. The victims were going to a relative’s place to attend a birthday party when the incident took place. The deceased have been identified as Poonam (26) and Luv Kush (5). According to the police, Santosh (30) was driving the motorcycle loading his wife Poonam, and sons Vineet (7) and Luv Kush. “The truck hit the bike after which Santosh lost control and fell. The truck ran over the victims killing Poonam and Luv Kush on the spot while the other two were injured. The injured were admitted to a hospital in critical condition,” said a police official. However, the truck driver managed to flee with the truck. A case has been lodged against the truck driver. |
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Suicide bid by family of 7
New Delhi, March 18 The family has been hospitalized and undergoing treatment at Bhagwan Mahavir Hospital where their condition is said to be critical. According to information, Satish Jain (52) who resides in house number 3168/23 in Tri Nagar, a sub-locality of Shanti Nagar, with his wife and five daughters were discovered unconscious by the police this evening. “We had received a call from a lady teacher of one of Satish’s daughter who had an exam in the school today. The girl did not go to school. A beat constable was sent to their residence who discovered all the seven members lying unconscious,” said a police official from Shanti Nagar police chowki. The family was immediately rushed to the hospital in police vans where a stomach wash was done on them. According to SHO Keshavpuram, Tej Pal Tomar, the reason for attempted suicide by Satish and his family was the burden of five daughters. “He is a poor man and in all probability was finding it difficult to bear the burden of five daughters. The family is presently undergoing treatment and we would know about their problem once they recover and are in position to give statement,” said Tomar. |
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Hooch snuffs out two lives
New Delhi, March 18 The incident was reported from the West Sagarpur area of Dabri. The police said Kamesh (27), Mukesh (37), Rajesh (28) and Naveen (30) were rushed to Deen Dayal Upadhyay and Bhagat Ram hospitals by their family members. Kamesh and Mukesh died during treatment. Rajesh and Naveen are still undergoing treatment in Bhagat Ram Hospital. Their condition is critical. After the incident, angry residents of the area staged a protest on main Sagarpur Chowk for more than two hours. A police official said that the crime branch will also investigate the matter. |
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Jewellery robbed at gunpoint
Greater Noida, March 18 The bandits had beaten up trader Dinesh Goel, his wife and son. A theft case has been registered. Goel who manages a general merchant’s shop on Railway Road lives on the first floor of his shop. He was pounced upon as he was leaving for his house. The robbers entered the house with him and decamped with cash and valuables worth Rs. 1.5 lakh. The police has advised the trader to remain about the matter. In another incident near Chitehera on G.T. Road, bikers allegedly snatched the gold chain of the wife of an RAF officer. RAF official J.S. Gautam was coming to Dadri in his Maruti car from Agra with his wife Rajeshwari when two robbers had pulled the gold chain from Rajeshwari’s neck and sped away. Gautam later lodged an FIR. |
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2 engineers of DDA held for taking bribe
New Delhi, March 18 The CBI acted on a complaint of a shareholder of a real estate firm. The firm had purchased three commercial plots at Sector 9, Dwarka, from DDA in an auction in January 2007. “The complainant had submitted the required documents with the DDA for approval/sanction of building plans/drawings for those commercial plots. M.K Sharma (assistant engineer) and Kapil Deo (junior engineer), of DDA’s building division, demanded a bribe of Rs 5,00,000 for processing the documents,” the statement said. The duo was arrested on Tuesday while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1,00,000 from the complainant at Vikas Sadan here. Out of Rs 1,00,000,” the statement added.
— IANS
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Man thrown from moving train
Greater Noida, March 18 The police said the youth was later thrown out of the moving train as it passed the Greater Noida area. The Greater Noida police had rushed the injured man to a hospital in the area in a serious condition. More details are still awaited. |
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Student commits suicide
New Delhi, March 18
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College of Art to offer five new courses
New Delhi, March 18 The announcement was made at the 56th Annual Art Exhibition of the college. The new courses include BFA and MFA in Printmaking, BFA and MFA in Visual Communication and BFA in Art. The annual exhibition was inaugurated yesterday by Lt-Governor of Delhi Tejendra Khanna.
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