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Verma men protest outside Advani’s house
DUTA opposes VC on semester system
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Schoolgirl dies in auto-bus crash
Students allege cheating by Noida college
Constituency Profile: South Delhi
Iffco Chowk razing ‘unfair’
Miranda says no to moral policing
Trader robbed in Ghaziabad
Mentally unstable woman abducted, raped, dumped
Release MCD official: Valmikis
Financier held in DDA flat scam
Spurious liquor case goes to crime branch
Public pledge against dowry
Bangladeshi man held
Akalis demand action in London incident
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Verma men protest outside Advani’s house
New Delhi, March 20 They alleged the party had cheated him. Senior party leaders had assured he would be given a ticket from West Delhi. His name was even put before the central election committee. But his candidature has been rejected in the last moment due to the pressure of anti-Jat lobby, they said. The saffron party has deceived Parvesh, they roared. His father has done a lot of work for the party and in return Parvesh had been given nothing. Talking to The Tribune Parvesh said, “During the assembly elections the party had promised me a ticket from West Delhi. But I have been deceived.” Now he feels totally isolated. When asked the reason for being denied a ticket by the party in which his father is a senior leader, Parvesh said it would have been done under some pressure. When asked if he would support Jagdish Mukhi who has succeeded in getting ticket from West Delhi, he said, “All depends on my supporters. It is very difficult to convince them.” On contesting the general elections as an independent candidate, Parvesh said, “Nothing of that sort has been planned yet.”
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DUTA opposes VC on semester system
New Delhi, March 20 Agitated teacher members stormed the well of the house on Friday when the VC refused to hear the objections raised by them against the semester system. The meeting was not allowed to continue because of the members’ persistent demand to withdraw the agenda on introduction of semester system at UG level, the teacher members further condemned the VC for the “arbitrary closure” of the AC meeting without taking any agenda listed for today. Teachers are describing the VC’s behaviour to be “draconian” and his measure for imposing the semester system has been opposed by the teachers of Delhi University. DUTA informs that, “It is apparent that the VC instead of strengthening the existing annual examination system is hell-bent to destroy the already decaying exam system.” University teachers are against major systemic changes that are being introduced into the university through the semester system proposed by the vice-chancellor. Aditya Narayan Misra, president DUTA informs, “We have taken serious note of the move made by the vice-chancellor to introduce a major systemic change through the semester system at the under-graduate level without taking into confidence the teaching community at large.” He adds, “this move is not to be taken lightly, it is an issue with far reaching implications for the entire university involving changes in the evaluation system, course structures and their contents, pedagogy, and the academic calendar including vacations. It is remarkable that the proposed change is being attempted to be introduced without even a semblance of framework for it.” Misra comments, “The proposal has come from outside the university in the context of globalization of higher education and the vice-chancellor is facilitating its mindless application.” The DUTA has described this decision as an “arbitrary decision of the VC,” and called upon the Academic Council members to stop this proposed imposition. The DUTA warned the VC that if the examination is to be conducted by the university in the proposed fashion, it would be totally chaotic given the university’s inability to declare results even of a single annual examination on time; results are never ready before the reopening of the university after the summer break. If the examination is to be conducted by the colleges themselves, the system would be replete with dangerous consequences for the evaluation system and the consequent gradation of colleges. DUTA further informs this would undermine uniformity in the evaluation system and thereby introduce variation in the value of degrees so obtained by students.
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Fight mainly between Cong, BSP
Sonika Bhatia Tribune News Service
Gurgaon, March 20 The Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) was the first to announce its candidate Rao Narbir Singh, which was followed in April 2008 by the BSP nominating Chaudhary of Mewat Zakir Hussain, son of stalwart Late Chaudhary Tayyab Hussain, as its candidate. Hussain is the only person in the country to have been minister from three different states. The BJP nominated Sudha Yadav, who has won only once a decade back in 1999, taking advantage of the Kargil wave. As far as the Congress is concerned, the party hardly has options, as its prime leader and current MP Rao Inderjeet Singh, who is the son of another stalwart Rao Birender Singh, has conveyed his decision to the party high command to contest from the Gurgaon seat. The Congress does not have any other leader of his stature, as all other aspirants, barring Capt Ajay Yadav, are either non-active and have been continuously losing elections for a decade and a half or are inexperienced. Gurgaon is a prestigious seat and the Congress would not like to take risk by fielding a new face. However, major surprise this time is the weight behind the BSP in terms of its nominee Zakir Hussain, who has twice won the assembly elections and in 2005 lost by only a few hundred votes. His family is in active politics for the last three generations and his father and grandfather have been MP and MLA several times. Also, with the death of his father late last year, he is likely to get majority of the Meo votes and the claim appears to be strong if one goes by the strength of the crowd that turned up for his father’s cremation. More than two lakh Meos from various states gathered for his cremation showing their faith in Tayyab Hussain, who was Chaudhary of all communities of Mewat. The HJC’s nominee Rao Narbir Singh last won an assembly election in 1996 and since then he has been changing parties and losing elections. Narbir though may get a section of Yadav votes as well as some personal votes. On the other hand, Sudha Yadav, the BJP nominee, has won just once riding the strong Kargil wave and after that she has lost all election (assembly or parliamentary) by a considerable margin. The Congress, by fielding Rao Inderjeet, hopes that it will get majority of the votes from the Ahirwal region, thus giving a strong fight to the BSP. This means that in all terms the fight for the prestigious Gurgaon seat is likely between the BSP and the Congress.
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Schoolgirl dies in auto-bus crash
Ghaziabad, March 20 The girls were on their way to Adhyatmik Nagar to appear in their Class 12 board exam. “Six girls were on way to their school in an autorickshaw. As they reached the Hapur intersection about 6.30 am, a private bus coming from ALT Centre hit their auto from the opposite direction,” a police officer said. He said Lakshmi died on the spot while Kanchan and Preeti were rushed to Sarvodaya Hospital in Kavi Nagar. A boy who boarded the same auto was also brought to the hospital in a serious condition. However, three other girls - Monika, Sonia and Nisha - managed to go to the school with injuries and appeared in their exam. “We were going for our exam. It was our fifth paper today that was to start at 7.30 am. Since we all came from the same area, we took an auto and started early from house so that we could revise the syllabus once. As our auto reached Hapur chungi, a bus coming from opposite side rammed into us,” said Kanchan. “My whole year has gone. I missed an exam for which I was well prepared. I have also lost my friend Lakshmi,” she added. The auto driver and the bus driver fled the spot. “We have seized the bus and the auto, and are trying to nab the drivers. We are looking for them,” the police officer said.
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Students allege cheating by Noida college
Noida, March 20 A group of students of Gayatri International Institute of Planning & Management (GIIPM) in this satellite township adjoining New Delhi claimed that the college had given them false assurances of a university degree and placements with leading firms after charging a fee of Rs 2,50,000 per annum. “The college promised that it would provide a regular MBA degree. But when we enquired from Guru Jambeshwar University, to which the college was affiliated, they told us that no college outside Haryana was entitled to give us a regular degree. They told us that the institute was only entitled to provide us a correspondence degree, which was not laid down under the college’s admission agreements,” said Sarvesh Mishra, a fourth semester MBA student of GIIPM. “Further, the college promised us excellent placements at a good package. Only a few days are left for our MBA course (to finish), and there are no placements in sight. We paid the full fees at the start of the course and many of us are studying here on education loans. But the college has been cheating us,” he said. “When we approached the media and the police, a college official asked us why we went there and beat up one of us. Some students then retaliated and broke some window panes of the institute,” Mishra said. The police, till evening, did not register any case against the college management, but booked two students for damaging college property. “We are looking into the matter. A formal enquiry has been launched. The students damaged property and our first job was to book those responsible for the violence,” said Parmesh Shukla, station house officer of the Sector 20 police station. The institute described the incident as a “conspiracy” hatched by a former teacher who had been sacked. “The college had removed a teacher, Rajesh Gupta, some six month back. Today, he conspired with some students who went to the police after damaging our property. The students had not finished their course and intended to disrupt our expansion process,” said Shishu Pal Shankar, dean (administration) of GIIPM. — IANS
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Constituency Profile: South Delhi Syed Ali Ahmed Tribune News Service
New Delhi, March 20 There are a total of 15,39,768 voters in the constituency. Fifty per cent of voters belong to SC and OBC, 9.4% are Brahmin, 10% Gujjar, 9.4% Jat, 6% Muslim and others. This constituency consists of 10 assembly seats. Nine assembly seats — Badarpur, Sangam Vihar, Deoli, Mehrauli, Palam, Bijwasan, Ambedkar Nagar, Tughlaqabad and Chhatarpur are from the Outer Delhi area. Only Kalkaji is from the original South Delhi constituency. Leaving Friends Colony, parts of New Friends Colony, East of Kailash, Kalkaji Refugee Colony, Saket and Vasant Kunj consist of unauthorised colonies, JJ clusters and villages. Thus, turning South Delhi into a virtual rural constituency. Villages like Molarband, Tajpur, Meethapur, Harkesh Nagar, The Khand, Tughlaqabad, Khanpur, Asola, Fattepur, Mandi, Bhatti, Arya Nagar, Ghitorni and Sultanpur are Gujjar dominant. While Mehrauli, Palam, Deoli, Neb Sarai and Palam are Jat dominated. Five MLAs are Gujjar, three MLAs are Jats, one Punjabi, one Sikh and one SC. The constituency consists of 40 wards. Of them 12 are represented by Gujjars, eight SC, five Jat, five Brahmin, four Vaish, three Yadav, one South Indian and two Punjabi. Congress MP Sajjan Kumar who had contested from Outer Delhi during the last elections is expected to contest from South Delhi as majority the areas are from his erstwhile Outer Delhi constituency. The Outer Delhi constituency has been divided into five parliamentary segments – South Delhi, Chandni Chowk, East Delhi, North West Delhi and West Delhi. Two wards Sarita Vihar and Madanpur Khadar have been added to East Delhi. These wards have 8 per cent of the total votes of East Delhi. Narela and Bhalsawa that were earlier a part of Outer Delhi now lie in North East constituency. While Vikaspuri, Uttam Nagar, Dwarka, Matiala, Najafgarh, Vishnu Garden, Khyala, Bhupinder Nagar, Janakpuri and Sultanpuri are included in West Delhi.
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Iffco Chowk razing ‘unfair’
Gurgaon, March 20 While talking to the media here today, Gahlot mentioned that he had met the deputy commissioner who told him that strict action will be taken if anyone was found guilty. It is to be mentioned that the additional deputy commissioner (ADC), yesterday night came with five JCB machines to remove the building consisting of eight shops, two hotels and liquor vend. Significantly, the structure comes under the HUDA administration, but none of its officials were present on the spot. The ADC said that the construction of the building and liqour vend in the area was illegal as it fell under green belt, and so it was an encroachment, which they needed to remove. He mentioned that he had taken the step after studying all the papers. Mahender Singh said that he had constructed the building years back and if it was illegal, the administration should have removed it earlier. He said that he had a stay order on the demolition of the building from the court and no one could destroy it. Singh had claimed that the when they had told the ADC that he could not remove the construction and that too without any notice and showed him the stay order, he torn the papers said that he did not know about any orders and that he was there to remove the building which he will do. Singh also alleged that the ADC had told them that he was not afraid of anyone and will do what he wanted to do. |
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Miranda says no to moral policing
New Delhi, March 20 Members of Students Federation of India (SFI), Miranda House, carried out a signature campaign demanding immediate action against culprits of incidents of moral policing. “Action must be taken against groups involved in incidents of moral policing. These fascist organisations must be banned,” demanded Ranjini Basu, secretary, Miranda House SFI. The protesters said the demands were in view of violence in a Mangalore pub, where girls were publicly molested and harassed. While highlighting this, the memorandum referred to all instances of “humiliation and harassment on gender and communal grounds.” “Even on Valentine’s Day, Ram Sene activists, joined by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena had indulged in violent acts across the country. Students of Miranda House have asserted their sense of disapproval and outrage against such attacks on rights of women,” said Ranjini. |
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Trader robbed in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, March 20 Naresh Rohela, a distributor of mobile phone and recharge coupons, visited some retail outlets on GT Road and collected cash from them, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Akhil Kumar said. When he came out of a mobile showroom in the area and was walking to his motorcycle, three bike-borne criminals stopped him and snatched the bag containing cash and recharge coupons from him at gunpoint. They drove away towards Delhi. Rohela said the bag contained Rs 60,000 and recharge coupons worth Rs 1,60,000. He informed the police about the robbery. The SSP visited the spot and dispatched teams, but no arrests have been made yet.
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Mentally unstable woman abducted, raped, dumped
Noida, March 20 Taken aback by the revelation, the Noida police got in touch with the Delhi police and the woman’s husband. The officials at the police post then informed senior officers, who reached the spot, and sent the woman to the district hospital. Later, the woman’s husband and the Pandav Nagar police came to Noida and took her along with them. Her husband, a retired government servant, said she was mentally imbalanced and the family did not know when she left the house. The woman claimed that she had just stepped out to throw some waste when some people forced her into the car and brought her to Noida. Meanwhile, the SHO of Sector-20 police station has said that the case was with the Delhi police. |
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Release MCD official: Valmikis
New Delhi, March 20 They warned the BJP with dire consequences in the coming elections if Kumar was not released immediately and the case against him not withdrawn. VVS president Tony Sood accused Mayor Arti Mehra and the BJP for framing Ashok Kumar in a farce case to settle political score. “Nothing incriminating has been found from Ashok Kumar’s house. He has been arrested on a mere accusation of demanding bribe. Arti Mehra and her party have been looking to settle score with him. The VVS will not tolerate this injustice,” said Sood. He warned, “If the case against Ashok Kumar is not withdrawn, the Valmiki community would get down on roads and stage a violent protests.” Meanwhile, the VVS has called a meeting to chalk out its future plan of action tomorrow at Nigam Colony in Mubarak Bagh Depot. |
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Financier held in DDA flat scam
New Delhi, March 20 According to sources, Suresh, a financier, was arrested after it was found that he had given Rs 50 lakh to prime accused M.L. Gautam to book flats in the name of dummy candidates. The investigations started after a man who was allotted a flat claimed that he had not even applied for it. Two senior officials of the EOW, including additional commissioner of police S.B.K. Singh and assistant commissioner of police Deepak Purohit were transferred from Delhi on February 21. Under the DDA housing scheme 2008, 5,238 flats were allotted against over 5,00,000 applications received. The draw was held on December 16, but soon it was alleged to have been rigged. |
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Spurious liquor case goes to crime branch
New Delhi, March 20 Four people had died after consuming spurious liquor on Monday night in Sagarpur. Locals claim that the nexus of supplier and police had led to the deaths. |
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Public pledge against dowry
New Delhi, March 20 Attacking dowry system, the speakers said despite stringent laws the practice has grown manifold. “Market-driven consumerism has promoted and fuelled the practice. It has gathered prominence and has become a benchmark of social recognition and status. It is just the violence related to dowry that is seen as crime,” said Pushpendra Grewal, secretary, Delhi CPM. The speakers criticised the UPA government for diluting anti-dowry laws. A recent study on dowry-related crimes in Delhi shows, the police recorded 90 per cent of the cases where women were burnt as accidents, 5 per cent as suicide and 5 per cent as murder. “Families are compelled to spend their lives saving dowry for daughters,” said Grewal.
— TNS
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Bangladeshi man held
Noida, March 20 However, he did not reveal anything except his name and address. He did not disclose from where he had crossed over to India and how he had reached Noida. The police suspects the youth is involved in collecting information from an international research centre. Nazrul Qazi was carrying Rs 30 Indian currency and Rs 20 Bangladeshi notes. He had come to India in February this year. The police has found a passport number written on one of the notes that Nazrul was carrying. Meanwhile, Nazrul has been sent to jail. SP city said the Noida police will try to interrogate him in presence of officials from external affairs and home ministries. |
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Akalis demand action in London incident
New Delhi, March 20 Pamma said that he had also approached the government to take up the matter officially, so that these acts are not repeated.Volunteers of the NAD had also demonstrated at the Jantar Mantar here yesterday to voice their protest over the incident. A copy of the memorandum has been sent to the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The Delhi unit of the Akali Dal( Badal) has also demanded a probe into the
incident. — TNS
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