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Woman, son burnt for dowry
Agarwal, Ramesh file papers
Man dies as coffee machine explodes
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Shanno buried
CM has done nothing for villages: Kawariya
Noida has traversed a long path as tony town
Hospitals lack facilities
to treat haemophilia
Six held for murder of construction supervisor
2 women robbed of passport, dollars
in Noida
Trader’s house burgled
Experts discuss issues facing recession-hit media
3 killed in Ghaziabad accident
Terminal 1D promises better journey
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Woman, son burnt for dowry
Ghaziabad, April 18 They had two sons, aged three and two, the police said. The victim’s brother, Naresh, filed a complaint against Praveen and his family on Saturday. He told the police that an anonymous caller informed him about the twin murders. He alleged that the caller told him how Praveen and his parents burnt alive Brijesh and their two-year-old son. Naresh also alleged that since the beginning of his sister’s marriage, her husband and in-laws had been harassing her for dowry, the police said. The victims were secretly cremated in the local cremation ground, the police said. “We have registered a criminal case against five members of the family for killing the woman for dowry. The accused are Brijesh’s sisters-in-law Sushma and Pushpa, brothers-in-law Subhash and Pappu and her husband Praveen,” SSP Akhil Kumar said. “We have arrested Pappu and his wife Sushma. Praveen, Pushpa and Subhash are absconding,” Kumar added.
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Agarwal, Ramesh file papers
New Delhi, April 18 Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit accompanied both Agarwal and Ramesh Kumar to their nomination stations in a bid to add her charisma to the campaigns of both newly declared candidates. Agarwal went to the DC’s office at Nandnagri along with his wife, Sarita Agarwal, Seelampur MLA Mateen Ahmed, Mustafabad MLA Hasan Ahmed, Timarpur MLA Surender Pal Bittoo and others. Then at MG Road, Ramesh Kumar was accompanied by his brother Sajjan Kumar, Kalkaji MLA Subhas Chopra, state education minister Arvinder Singh Lovely and former mayor Satbir Singh. As per the affidavit of Ramesh Kumar, he owns a Honda City and has agricultural lands worth Rs 80 lakh and Rs 40 lakh at Rajokhri village. Again, he possesses a commercial plot and parental property of Rs 40 lakh and 75 lakh at Jasola village and Kotla respectively. In addition to this, Ramesh declared that he holds Rs 60,000 in cash along with fixed and current bank deposits of Rs 6,03,111 lakh and Rs 2.66 lakh respectively. Agarwal has cash of Rs 30,800 and banks deposits amounting to Rs 9,51,015. Besides, he possesses gold jewellery of approximately 70 grams valued at Rs 1,05,000. He also has wealth in the form of bonds, debentures and shares of Rs 4,200. He also has two apartments of 650 sq ft and 1054 sq ft, which stands at market value of Rs 10 lakh and Rs 15 lakh respectively. In addition to this, he has a commercial property of approximately 200 sq yard, which stands at Rs 14 lakh. The BSP candidate for North-East Delhi seat, Haji Dilshad Ali, who was arrested for attacking a police station, after getting a bail filed his nomination papers from the Tihar Jail. Meanwhile, the chief electoral officer of Delhi, Silas Singh Bedi informed that in total 221 candidates are taking the test to the seven Lok Sabha seats on May 7. The break-up for the total nominees is 44, 25, 30, 22, 25, 55 and 20 for Chandni Chowk, East Delhi, North-East Delhi, North-West Delhi, West Delhi, North Delhi and South Delhi respectively. Besides, the city is also holding by-election in Rohtasnagar assembly segment, where 11 nominations have been filed.
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Man dies as coffee machine explodes
New Delhi, April 18 According to information, Yogesh, who was operating the coffee machine, was rushed to LNJP Hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries an hour later. The injured are undergoing treatment at the hospital. The blast occurred around midnight at Himmat Garh colony situated in Hauz Kazi. The police has lodged a case of negligence against Rajender, who had supplied the tent material for the ceremony. Rajender is the elder brother of Yogesh. According to the police, initially the guests thought that a cylinder had exploded. However, the realty dawned when the coffee machine was found meshed with Yogesh’s blood. Several guests standing near the coffee machine were also injured in the blast. It is believed that the machine was defective and the pressure built inside could not find an outlet leading to the blast. Rajender, however, denied that he had any knowledge about there being any defect in the machine. |
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Shanno buried
New Delhi, April 18 The accused teacher Manju, who has been charged under Section 304A of the IPC (causing death due to negligence), is yet to be arrested. “We are waiting for the postmortem report to ascertain the exact cause of death, and that is why the teacher is yet to be arrested,” said a senior police officer from Outer Delhi. The medical report is expected by Monday. The police handed over Shanno’s body to her father Mohammad Ayub Khan today afternoon. She was buried later today. The residents of JJ Colony in Bawana, where the girl’s family resides, staged a protest in the area and damaged a few vehicles demanding immediate arrest of the teacher. The police had to resort to mild baton-charge to disperse the crowd. “Some people tried to disrupt peace in the area demanding arrest of the teacher. But they were explained the legal status of the case and were assured of justice.” said the officer. Shanno slipped into coma on Wednesday after Manju, her class teacher in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) primary school in Narela in northwest Delhi beat her and made her stand in the heat for more than an hour for failing to recite the alphabet. The girl was shifted to the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital on Thursday evening after her condition deteriorated. She died the next day. Meanwhile, Manju has written to the deputy education officer of Narela, professing her innocence in the matter. While the MCD has suspended her and the school principal Dhanpati, Mayor Arti Mehra have announced a compensation of Rs 50,000 for Shanno’s parents. However, Shanno’s parents have refused the compensation.
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CM has done nothing for villages: Kawariya
New Delhi, April 18 Speaking at a press conference, Kawariya alleged, “The Sheila Dikshit government has done nothing for people from below the poverty line and for villagers. Her domain of action remains limited to the Outer Ring Road only.” Kawariya further said, “In late Sahib Singh Verma’s tenure the construction of Metro line was fast and it had reached Rithala. But the Metro work has been facing undue delays under the Sheila Dikshit government. It was planned to take the Metro line till Sonepat but there has been little to no progress in this regard.” She added during Sahib Singh Verma’s tenure community centers were constructed in different villages across the capital. But the Sheila Dikshit government has neglected these centers. The government should take steps to repair them. She demanded, “Farmers should be given compensation for their plots as per the market rates. They should be paid compensation for barren lands too. Lakes in rural areas should be redeveloped. The government must ensure proper and water facility in rural areas. The lal dora area of villages should be extended as this would give relief to many families.” Kawariya further demanded that villagers who do not have plots should be allotted flats in Delhi. Sewer lines should be laid in villages. Schools offering education till Class XII should be constructed in villages and under-developed colonies. Besides, she demanded a sports academy offering state-of-the-art facilities be set up for students in North West Delhi. |
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Noida has traversed a long path as tony town
Noida, April 18 A brainchild of the then Youth Congress leader, Sanjay Gandhi in 1976, Noida (New Okhla Industrial Development Authority) has made remarkable development as an industrial belt and a township from dirt tracks to expressways, modern well-laid-out broad roads, flyovers and underpasses, a Metro rail connection expected to go into trial run any day now, one of the best software and IT hubs in the country, garment export industries, automobile and tractors manufacturing, shopping malls and multiplexes. Besides, there are a modern stadium, an 18-hole golf course, two prestigious universities and scores of technology and management institutes, high-rise commercial and residential complexes, and large hospitals. But problems do persist. There are frequent power cuts in an area declared, a “No Power Cuts Zone”, impure and insufficient water, poor drainage and scarce medical cover. Poor public transport and rising lawlessness continue to be the nightmare of the residents, industrialists and even district authorities. But the next 10 years will transform it further when no vehicle will have to stop at crossings in the city, assure the planners. There are a couple of prestigious projects under way which will transform Noida like Metro rail link, low-floor AC buses on local routes, the Taj Expressway project and sports city project. Some people firmly believe that in another 10 years, Noida’s picture will change further. Imposing residential schemes will line both sides of Expressway between Noida and Greater Noida with skyscrapers proposed to have 100 storeys. Companies like Omaxe, J.P., Supertech, Unitech, etc are all busy giving a new skyline to Noida. About 2,50,000 dwelling apartments will be made available to people living in adjoining Delhi. A foreign university is likely to have its campus in Noida in next 10 years. In the last three years, prices of houses and land have gone up 200 and 300 times respectively. |
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Hospitals lack facilities
to treat haemophilia
New Delhi, April 18 This is despite union health minister Anbumani Ramados and the state health department assuring the HFI last year that some hospitals in Delhi would be equipped with the state-of-the-art facilities to treat the ailment, which is congenital and caused due to lack of certain blood proteins called clotting factors. The state health department had said the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Hospital, Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital and Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital would treat Patients with Haemophilia (PWH). But they too do not have the facilities to provide complete medication to haemophilia patients, said Indira Venkatraman, head of the HFI, Delhi, today on the occasion of World Haemophilia Day. Doctors say haemophilia is an incurable chronic bleeding disorder. But they assert that it can be managed. Patients bleed internally, mostly in the joints, muscles and organs like the brain. They have to live with severe deformities, if not given immediate medication. Infusing anti-haemophilia factor (AHF) can only treat the disease. The infusion is needed whenever the patient starts bleeding. Haemophilia affects only men. As per the WHO, nearly three lakh men suffer from the disease worldwide. The HFI has identified 13,000 patients in India, of which nearly 50 per cent need infusions every month. But the treatment is exorbitant as India imports AHF concentrates. The HFI has urged the central and the state governments to facilitate free haemophilia care to the affected. Indira said, “The central and the state governments must provide free haemophilia factor and set up comprehensive care units in remote areas of the country.” She said Ramadoss had promised that NACO would help patients. But nothing had been done so far, she alleged. She called for psycho-social support for the patients and their families as the medication costs are high. Meanwhile, the HFI today opened a three-day charity exhibition at Travancore Art Gallery here to raise funds for the cause.
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Six held for murder of construction supervisor
Greater Noida, April 18 The accused allegedly worked in a construction company under the victim Santosh Verma. Verma worked as a supervisor there. The police said that Verma was allegedly having an illicit relationship with the wife of one of the accused. While another had joined the killers to arrange money for the treatment of his ailing mother. Santosh Verma was allegedly strangled with a wire in Sector-37 of Greater Noida on April 8. Bhanu Pratap suspected that Verma was having illicit relations with his wife. He along with his friends planned to eliminate him. As per the plan, they inviting him over beer in Sector-37 and strangled him with a wire. His body was dumped with his motorcycle in a service lane nearby. The killers also decamped with his two mobile phones and Rs 53,000. The next day, one of the accused incited the company labour and organised a protest demonstration. They jammed the traffic against the supervisor’s murder. They had raised slogans against the killers and the police and misled the police by saying that the killers had looted Rs 25,000 from Verma. |
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2 women robbed of passport, dollars
in Noida
Noida, April 18 The victims, Swati Dwivedi and Monika, residents of Sector-20, were returning home in a cycle rickshaw at around 11 p.m. on Friday after shopping at the Great India Place (GIP) mall, when their rickshaw was intercepted by the two men, the police said. The men had their faces covered and they held a gun to Swati’s head and snatched the bag containing her passport, $1,500, Rs 2,500, her PAN card, a debit card and other important documents. “We have registered the complaint,” IG (Meerut range) Gurbachan Lal said. In another such incident, Pradeep Sethi of Sector-19 lodged a complaint with the police today that two men on a motorcycle snatched a gold chain from his wife Preeti Sethi who was on a cycle rickshaw. — IANS |
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Trader’s house burgled
New Delhi, April 18 The incident that took place at S-block, DDA MIG Flats, in Saket came to light around 2.30 p.m. yesterday. “The businessman Dharambeer had gone with his family to his brother’s house in Vasant Kunj to attend a function yesterday morning. When the family returned around 2.30 p.m., it found the entire house ransacked,” said a police official. The locks of the doors were found broken. “Dharambeer said that Rs 15 lakh and jewellery worth Rs 3 lakh were missing from his house. Initial investigations suggest that the burglary took place between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and at least two to three burglars are involved in the crime,” informed the official. The police suspects it to be the handiwork of some professional
burglars. No neighbour, reportedly, noticed the culprits or heard any sound. Meanwhile, a case has been registered but no arrests have been made yet. |
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Experts discuss issues facing recession-hit media
New Delhi, April 18 “The forum, focussed on how best to manage and motivate staff in this downturn where lay-offs have truncated staff, cost-cutting measures are threatening projects and morale is at an all-time low,” said an FMCC official. Key issues such as why inflated salaries have led to lay-offs and salary cuts becoming a reality today, growing importance of HR in the media industry and talent crunch in Indian journalism despite a spurt in media outlets were discussed at the conference. Niti Batra, director, FMCC said, “We have tried to inform media people and students who are thinking of making a career in media, about the present scenario and how we can overcome the recessionary times.” Media specialists present at the seminar included Sanjay Thappar, group director, Ogilvy & Mather and Geetanjali Pandit, corporate head, Indian Express Group. |
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3 killed in Ghaziabad accident
Ghaziabad, April 18 The incident took place on Friday midnight near Bamheta locality of Ghaziabad. Suhkpal Yadav was returning to Mansarovar Colony with his family and some relatives after attending the birthday party of his nephew in Bamheta, when a speeding truck collided with his tractor trolley at a turn, the police said. As a result, the tractor trolley fell in the field beside the highway. The injured were taken to a hospital. Yadav’s wife Anita (30) and his daughter Swati (10) were declared bought dead. While his relative Ajit, who was driving the tractor trolley, died on the spot, the police said. The condition of Ajit’s mother Tarawati, sister Pravesh and two other relatives — Ratan and Suman, who were injured in the accident is critical, the police added. “We have registered a case against the truck driver who is absconding. We have seized the vehicles,” police officer Gajendra Kumar said.
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Terminal 1D promises better journey
New Delhi, April 18 The terminal promises to offer more comfortable journey to passengers flying out of Delhi. With the new domestic terminal, the domestic departure capacity of IGI Airport will rise to 10 million passengers per annum. A separate level has been made for baggage handling which will allow more space to passengers. |
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Power shutdown in W. Delhi
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