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3 youths die in separate accidents
DOWRY MENACE
Woman burnt by in-laws in Noida
SHO suspended for drinking at station
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Three missing girls found
Summer internship with MPs for college students
Gupta flays probable hike in stationery prices
Repoll at two booths in Kasturba Nagar
CM urges youth to develop scientific aptitude
Two injured as Metro girder falls
Petrol station workers robbed of Rs 1.2 m
Tributes paid to 1857 martyrs
Magistrates to ensure EVMs’ security
B.Com (Hon) seats may go up
Water scarcity in Gurgaon for 2 days
Heritage lamppost to be restored
2 women hang themselves, die
Bhajanpura shop burgled
Woman murdered
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3 youths die in separate accidents
New Delhi, May 11 A man in his thirties was found lying in a pool of blood in Shalimar Bagh on Outer Ring Road in the wee hours today. The victim, who is yet to be identified, was hit by an unknown vehicle, police said, adding that he was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. A case of hit and run has been registered. In another case, 22-year-old Manish lost his life while his maternal uncle and aunt suffered injuries when the car they were travelling in smashed into a tree in Mangeshpur village near Bawana area of Outer Delhi around 4 pm yesterday. Manish, a resident of Mangeshpur village, was on his way to one of their relative’s residence in Qutubgarh when the accident occurred. Eyewitnesses have told investigators that the speeding car lost control and crashed into a tree on the roadside. The impact of the smash was such that the trio sustained grievous injuries and were rushed to Maharishi Valmiki Hospital, where doctors declared Manish brought dead. Manish’s uncle and aunt were later referred to a private hospital where they are recuperating. The body of Manish was later handed over to his family after a postmortem examination. In the third incident, 25-year-old Rahul was killed when the motorbike he was riding on was hit by a truck in Nangli village in Najafgarh of south-west Delhi this morning. The accident took place around 10.20 am. Rahul, a resident of Dwarka Sector-19, was returning home after attending tuition classes when the accident occurred. Police said that a mini-truck moving parallel on the road hit the bike. Rahul fell off the bike after losing control and suffered multiple injuries. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. The driver of the truck fled from the spot leaving the truck behind. |
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DOWRY MENACE
Faridabad, May 11 Both of them died this morning from the injuries sustained by them. The police registered the case on a complaint of the mother of the deceased, Saheen. The victim, who received severe burns, passed away in local Badshah Khan Hospital. About one-year-old son also received injuries and died. Saheen was married to Amruddin, both natives of village Gulawati in Bulandshahr in western Uttar Pradesh, more than a year ago. The two were married only after Saheen had given birth to two girl children. The first girl child was about three years old and the second about one and a half years old when the marriage was solemnized. Amruddin shifted to Faridabad with his wife and children and found a job. He was residing in Indira Colony. According to her inconsolable mother in the Badshah Khan Hospital, she and her relatives were constrained to arrange the marriage after the birth of the two children. Later, she gave birth to a boy child. As per the version of the mother of the deceased, Amruddin, started pestering her for dowry after the marriage. He demanded Rs 20,000 and a motorcycle. The parents of the deceased arranged for the money. However, Amruddin was enraged as the in-laws did not give the motorcycle. He allegedly started torturing Saheen. The mother, who came to the hospital, complained to the police that Amruddin doused his daughter with kerosene and set her on fire last night. She alleged that though the hospital here referred the case to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi, Amruddin did not take her daughter there. |
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Woman burnt by in-laws in Noida
Noida, May 11 After the incident, the victim’s in-laws abandoned her body in the hospital and fled. She breathed her last in the hospital. Later, her relatives created a ruckus in the hospital. Lalit had married the victim, Prachi (20), daughter of Prem Gupta, a resident of Meerut on February 15 this year. Prem Gupta said he had spent lakhs on his daughter Prachi’s marriage. He had to taken loan for the purpose. But Prachi’s in-laws allegedly started torturing her soon after her marriage. On Saturday, Prachi’s in-laws had allegedly beaten her brutally. Prem Gupta had even gone to her in-laws house to counsel them. But they allegedly abused and insulted him. Prem Gupta alleged that Prachi’s in-laws had torched her after sprinkling kerosene over her on Sunday morning. Hearing Prachi screaming, some neighbours had tried to save her. He said some one informed him about the incident on phone. He found the house locked. Neighbours told him that Prachi had been admitted to the Karuna Nursing home with 90 per cent burns. When he reached the hospital his daughter was already dead and her in-laws had, reportedly,
fled. The victim’s relatives and neighbours pelted stones at her in-laws’ house. |
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SHO suspended for drinking at station
New Delhi, May 11 According to information, SHO Rajesh Kumar Nathani was caught red- handed partying and consuming liquor with about seven or eight other senior police officers of the station late last night. Sources at station said, a sub-inspector had been recently promoted to the rank of inspector and he had thrown a party to celebrate his promotion. It was around 1 am when the Delhi police vigilance team reached the police station after they received information about the consumption of liquor at the station. Although all the errant police officers managed to escape from the scene, SHO Rajesh Kumar Nathani was found to be too drunk to escape. “The SHO was heavily drunk and got into argument with the vigilance officials. The team comprising five officials also seized two liquor bottles along with an empty one from the scene,” said a police official from Swaroop Nagar police station. He added that the officials engaged in the party have been identified by the vigilance team and action would be taken against them. N.S. Bundela, DCP (North West) said the hunt for the absconding officers is on, while SHO Nathani has been placed under suspension. |
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Three missing girls found
New Delhi, May 11 According to police, they were staying at one of their friend’s house. “The girls were found at one of their friend’s house in Tilak Nagar and have been produced before the magistrate today,” said the police official from Uttam Nagar police station, adding that the girls claimed to have informed their parents about going to the friend’s place. The three girls, in the age group of 14 to 16 years, had gone missing since Saturday evening. They did not return home after their tuition classes. The girls are residents of DDA Janta flats in the Vikas Puri area of West Delhi. |
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Summer internship with MPs for college students
New Delhi, May 11 The Centre for Legislative Research and Advocacy (CLRA) is offering a unique opportunity for the college-going second and third year students of Delhi University to intern with parliamentarians and political party leaders and contribute to the policy making processes of the country. The four-week internship would require students to contribute to the work of Members of Parliament in a variety of ways, from writing press releases and speeches, to organising briefing notes and representing their MPs or party leaders at meetings and functions. Students in the second or third year of their graduation programmes can apply for the internship. Applicants should have knowledge of Indian politics and should be interested in the parliamentary processes. The interns should be adaptable to the changing needs of the parliamentarians and other political party leaders. The four-week internship would start with the commencement of the new Lok Sabha session. The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) would organise one month summer workshops for children in three of its schools from May 15. For the eleventh year in a row, these workshops are being organised in various disciplines of art and culture to develop the artistic side in the personality of children and also to teach them lessons in culture. “These workshops would be set up in Navyug schools. Sarojini Nagar School would hold classes for kathak and painting. Lodhi Road school would hold it in kuchipudi and painting. Peshwa Road School would hold it in drama and painting,” said the NDMC spokesperson. The workshops that start on May 15 would be held daily for a month from 8 am to 11am, excluding Sundays. Children between the age group of eight and 16 can participate in these workshops. The spokesperson said, “Interested children could obtain performas from principals of the respective schools till May 13 and get themselves registered on May 14 at the schools. Interview for the selection of children for participation in the workshops will be held on the same day at the time of registration.” After completion of the workshops an exhibition of paintings and production of dance or drama will also be organised. Participants would be given certificates at the end of the workshop. Three Arts Club is organising a three day theatre festival starting from May 15. The festival would open at the Sri Ram Centre. The organisers have decided to keep the entry free on basis of first come first served. The first play to be presented is “Ek tha raja”. This play is a comedy written by Badal Sarcar. A satire “Bade Aadmi” would be shown on May 16. This play is written by Ramesh Mehta and directed by Saurabh Bhatnagar. Third in the series is “Mundan”, a drama on AIDS awareness written by Jitendra Sahay. Further information can be obtained from
www.threeartsclub.blogspot.com. |
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Expressway endangers safety of pedestrians
Gurgaon, May 11 Still, no concrete steps have been taken to check the alarming trend. Neither the pedestrians nor the commuters are safe. The heavy traffic on the expressway makes crossing the road an uphill task for the pedestrians. There is a provision for making foot over-bridges and underpasses, but barring a sparingly used underpass near the Hero Honda chowk, none of these has been completed on the Gurgaon side of the toll barrier. In the absence of these, pedestrians are forced to cross the road amidst fast-moving vehicles, which threatens their lives. Over-speeding vehicles also pose a major traffic safety risk, especially near the toll barrier and at intersections. Two-wheeler riders frequently take their vehicles on the flyovers, which leads to collisions. A handful of traffic marshals deputed to stop the two-wheeler riders from moving onto the flyovers are hardly able to serve the desired purpose. Taking note of the increasing risk, the Gurgaon district administration had constituted a committee in March to ensure adherence to safety norms on the expressway. The committee consists of DCP (traffic) Satender Gupta, SDM Gurgaon (north) Shakti Singh, DGM of Haryana State Road Development Corporation R.K. Rathi and representatives of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and its concessionaire DSC Ltd. However, the committee’s maiden report is reportedly lying pending. |
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Gupta flays probable hike in stationery prices
New Delhi, May 11 After three days of the elections in Delhi, Gupta has opened war gates against the Congress government. As the president of the Delhi Abhibhawak Mahasangh, Gupta today said the government was planning to make books and stationery costlier by imposing 20 per cent import duty on paper. “The burden of school fee hike was already there and now the government is planning to hike the prices of books. The hike in import duty would automatically result into around 30 per cent increase in the price of stationery,” said Gupta. He added, “The hike in prices would make it difficult for the poor sections to send their children to schools. And the irresponsible Congress-led UPA government would be responsible for the dropouts.” Asking for the reasons of imposing the duty from central government, Gupta said he could see something big cooking. “The government is hiding actual facts and data. There is a nexus operating between the Congress and the private school owners, who are blackmailing the parents,” said Gupta. The Delhi Abhibhawak Mahasangh decided to organise a demonstration at the Jantar Mantar on May 13 against the expected hike. |
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Repoll at two booths in Kasturba Nagar
New Delhi, May 11 The re-polling has been ordered following an enquiry, in which it was found that 91 voters of polling station number 12 and 141 voters of polling station number 13 had cast their votes while their names were deleted from the electoral roll. The two polling booths together have 715 voters. A senior officer of the chief election officer Satbir Silas Bedi’s office is looking into the matter. Earlier, re-polling was held at South Delhi parliamentary constituency’s polling station number 64 and 64-A in Fatehpur Beri after the commission received complaints that 38 voters had voted at both the booths. Bedi has said action would be taken against all guilty officers. The officials involved would be recommended for suspension and the bogus voters may be arrested. Earlier, a Delhi government official Bhupesh Chaudhary posted at the assembly constituency- 19 (Sadar Bazar) was suspended for allegedly supporting a political party while on duty. Delhi went to poll on May 7. The fates of 160 candidates have been sealed in the electronic voting machines (EVM), which have been kept at eight different locations across Delhi. The counting would take place on May 16 from 8 am to 5 pm. |
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CM urges youth to develop scientific aptitude
New Delhi, May 11 She was addressing a meet on National Technology Day at the Delhi Secretariat today. Dikshit said the day was special for the India since 1999. It is celebrated to mark the anniversary of Pokhran Nuclear test. She added, “The scientific aptitude of students in Delhi is high and we can help them pursue higher education by nurturing their talents.” Delhi government environment secretary J.K. Dadoo said the environment department had started lectures on biotechnology, nanotechnology, solar technology and super conductivity in schools and colleges to make students aware about the new technologies and inculcate their interest towards science. As of now, lectures have been organised in 90 schools and eight colleges. Dikshit also awarded teachers and students who had excelled in science. |
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Two injured as Metro girder falls
Noida, May 11 The two victims— a youth and a woman—were taken to Vinayak Hospital in Sector 27. The station house officer of Sector-20 police station said he had not received any complaint from the victims. Raju Nagar was taking out his bike parked under the elevated Metro line when the girders fell on him. He was injured in the head while the young girl accompanying him was injured in the foot. An official of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation d said the company would compensate the people who have suffered injuries or losses. |
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Petrol station workers robbed of Rs 1.2 m
Ghaziabad, May 11 The incident happened about 11.30 am near the local branch of Delhi Public School (DPS) on Meerut Road. Senior superintendent of police Akhil Kumar said Saurabh Gupta and Lokesh were robbed on their way to the Syndicate Bank branch at DPS. While Gupta is the manager of Subham Automobiles petrol station, Lokesh is the accountant. They were riding a bike and going to deposit the sales collection when two men on a black Pulsar motorcycle stopped them. One of the robbers hit Lokesh on the head with the butt of his pistol and snatched the bag of cash.
— IANS |
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Tributes paid to 1857 martyrs
Greater Noida, May 11 The meeting was held to pay tributes to the martyrs on the 152nd anniversary of 1857 War of Independence. Rich tributes were paid to the 84 revolutionaries of the region who had made the supreme sacrifice to uproot the British regime in India. Farmers, labourers and women of the area made exemplary contribution in the national war. In all 84 revolutionaries of Dadri area were awarded death sentence in this war and some of them were hanged collectively by the British authorities in public at Kala Aam in Bulandshahr. A large number of patriots were also done to death in a clandestine manner. |
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Magistrates to ensure EVMs’ security
Gurgaon, May 11 She has invoked her powers under Section-22 (1) and 23 (2) of the code of criminal procedures for appointing these duty magistrates at the counting centers. The duties of these magistrates have been so given that they shall remain there round the clock till the counting day. They have been directed to mark their presence with date and time in the register of the security personnel appointed at each strong room. They havealso been directed to submit their reports to the district magistrate after completion of their duties. The counting centers for all four assembly segments of Gurgaon district have been made in different blocks of city-based Dronacharya Government College. The counting centre and the strong room for Patoudi assembly segment is Radhakrishnan Hall of the college, while the counting center for Badshahpur assembly is the new computer lab behind the library of the college. Similarly, counting center for Gurgaon assembly is the indoor games hall of the college, while the counting center for Sohna assembly is the hall of senior Physics laboratory of the college. It is to be mentioned that The Tribune had published a story on May 10 that the city based NGO—Adhikaar— had written a complaint to the chief election commissioner of India that some parties were trying to tamper with the EVMs and had also claimed that software engineer had been called to temper with the same. They had requested the commission to deploy central forces and conduct videography of the entire building where the EVMs have been kept. |
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B.Com (Hon) seats may go up
New Delhi, May 11 The B.Com programme was introduced four years ago as a modified version of the B.Com (Pass) course by the university. The course can be taken up only if a student scores over 85 per cent marks. A major factor behind this increase in seats is that despite high marks few students could avail themselves of the course. However, the teachers’ union is opposing this criteria as they feel that this is not in best interest of the
students. — TNS |
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Water scarcity in Gurgaon for 2 days
Gurgaon, May 11 Although Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) officials feel they will be able to provide water by Tuesday, the officials of the water supply department and the agencies providing water say they cannot give water to the residents till the time their preserving tanks have it. In such a situation it is expected that there would be no proper water supply till Wednesday. According to sources, the residents started facing water shortage since Saturday night and they didn’t get enough water even on Sunday. The water supply department officials have confirmed that there was disruption in water supply on Saturday and Sunday. They say that they have learnt from the HUDA that the disruption in water supply was due to digging of the sewerage pipe. HUDA’s official Preetmohan told The Tribune that a sewerage work was going on near Signature Tower and so the water the supply had to be stopped for a day. He affirmed, “The work will get over by Tuesday and the supply will be back to its routine.” |
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Heritage lamppost to be restored
New Delhi, May 11 The sandstone structure built in 1929 was part of the city planning by British architect Edwin Landseer Lutyens. “We suspect some conduit or corrosion inside the structure lead to its collapse. I have sent a team of engineers to examine the site and would be able to comment once I get the report,” D.S. Sachdev, director general, Central Public Works Department (CPWD), said. “We maintain these heritage structures regularly especially in the VIP areas. There has been no slack in effort from our side but the cause of its fall is being examined. We will restore it,” said Sachdev. The lamppost at the Vijay Path, close to the presidential palace, was individually crafted by Indian artisans on the designs given by Lutyens. “The two pillars are a part of Lutyens’ design of New Delhi. The fountains, benches, lamps are all a part of the street furniture he envisioned. It is extremely unfortunate that one of the pillars has collapsed but it can be reconstructed as the original designs of the structure are available with the CPWD,” said Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) convener A.G.K. Menon.
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2 women hang themselves, die
New Delhi, May 11 Dhaxrmender found his wife Rani (18) hanging from the ceiling fan when he returned after a haircut. He told the police that Rani was normal and had prepared food in the morning before he had gone for a haircut. No suicide note was found. A case has been registered and an inquiry has been ordered. In another incident, a 22-year-old girl who was to get married next Tuesday allegedly committed suicide in a similar way at her Sant Nagar residence in the Burari area today morning. Nirmala was found hanging from a ceiling fan by her father. No suicide note has been found. “The girl’s parents said she was unhappy for the past few days. We are investigating if this marriage was the reason behind her taking the extreme step,” said a police official. |
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Bhajanpura shop burgled
New Delhi, May 11 The police said that the incident came to light in the morning when the owner, Balraj Goyal went to open the shop, Unique Power System, located at Main Wazirabad Road in Bhajanpura area. “Goyal found the locks broken and when he opened the shop, he found battery and inverters worth Rs 9 lakh missing from the shop after which he informed the police,” said the police.
A case has been registered in this regard and investigations are on. |
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Woman murdered
Ghaziabad, May 11 Armed robbers barged into the couple’s Satish Park residence in Modinagar and killed Urmila, 55, wife of Sarvish Dadu, owner of the Noida-based Mayur Cables Ltd, said SSP Akhil Kumar. Dadu and his son Rakesh had gone to work. Rakesh’s wife Shalu was on the first floor of the house.
— IANS |
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