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Shamed by neighbours, boy hangs self
CBI books 3 MCD engineers for graft
Thief who stole over 1,000 vehicles nabbed
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Biker robbers strike outside bank again
Violence in Punjab delays
Delhi-Lahore bus by 5 hrs
Evening hail cools Delhi
De-silting work 98% done: MCD
Woman shot dead at home
Wailing relatives of Sudesh (inset), who was shot by two armed attackers at Naharpur Rupa in Gurgaon on Monday. Tribune photo: Sayeed Ahmed
Atlas Chowk overbridge nears completion
Faridabad boy Nitin elated
on topping IIT entrance exam
800 students attend DU open day
Farmers not to sell land for highway
2 hit pole, die in running train
2 workers die of electrocution
2 killed in accidents
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Shamed by neighbours, boy hangs self
New Delhi, May 25 Soon after, Deepak hanged himself from the ceiling fan in the drawing room of his house. His body was discovered by his parents when they returned in the night. The incident took place yesterday afternoon when Priya (name changed), a student of class IX, came to Deepak's house. Daughter of a doctor practicing in neighbourhood, she had known Deepak from past few interactions and had dropped in without knowing that other family members were not in the house. However, her coming to Deepak's house attracted the attention of some women living in the neighourhood who gathered outside the house and asked the two to come out. "The girl and Deepak were called out of the house and humiliated by the women. Thereafter, the girl left the place shame-faced and in tears. Deepak held himself responsible for the incident," said an official from Uttam Nagar police station. According to the police, they found a suicide note from the pocket of Deepak in which he had mentioned the reason of taking his life. The investigating officer in the case has however refrained from divulging the details of the note. But, according to police sources, Rukhsana and Hasina are the two women whom Deepak has blamed for his death. Deepak's father Raj Singh works in an ordinance depot situated in Delhi Cantt. He, along with wife and daughters, had gone to Kurukshetra to meet his younger son who studies there. The family returned home around 9.30 on Sunday night and found their son dead. Raj Singh, without naming anybody, has demanded action against those responsible for his son's death. A complaint in this regard has been lodged by him in the Uttam Nagar police station even as the police is recording the statements of people in the neighbourhood. "We are investigating to know if somebody provoked him to commit suicide," said the police.
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CBI books 3 MCD engineers for graft
New Delhi, May 25 The CBI has alleged the engineers extracted money from building owners in the area in lieu of inaction against illegal construction, demolition of unauthorised constructions and allowing commercial activities in residential area. According to the CBI, the accused also resorted to bogus sealing to threaten owners of buildings and after negotiations collected huge amount as bribe either directly or through middlemen. Sain informed he had discussed the matter with the MCD commissioner. “We have spoken to the commissioner and have asked him to prepare a report in a couple of days,” said Sain. Meanwhile, the CBI conducted searches at 16 places in and around Delhi. Incriminating documents showing nexus between the accused persons were recovered, said a release from the CBI. It added movable and eight immovable (market value in cores) heavy investments as bank deposits, NSCs and insurance policies by the accused were revealed. |
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Thief who stole over 1,000 vehicles nabbed
New Delhi, May 25 With their arrest, the police claimed to have solved 1,000 cases of vehicle theft. Among the nine held, four, including Moti, were wanted under the MCOCA. Six stolen cars, including a Honda CRV, two Honda City and three Santro cars, were recovered at the instance of the arrested. Additional commissioner of police (Crime branch) Satyendra Garg said a police team was sent to Assam where it allegedly nabbed Moti, Pawan, Hitesh and Jagjit Singh redhanded while they were selling the stolen cars. Based on their interrogation, Ravi and his brother Vipin, residents of Loni in Delhi, were arrested. The police also nabbed Amir, Akash Thapa and Om Prakash who used to sell the stolen cars in Manipur and Nagaland by making fake documents of the stolen vehicles. According to the police, the gang used drills and specially prepared tools to break the locks of the vehicle and thereafter prepared fake documents of the stolen vehicles. "The would impersonate as correspondents of Press when stopped by police while at times pose as vehicle employed in service of BSF, CRPF or Army," said Garg. With the arrest and interrogation of the gang members, several other modules of vehicle thieves as well as receivers have been identified.
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Biker robbers strike outside bank again
New Delhi, May 25 This is the third incident of robbery by bikers outside banks in the last eight days. According to information, Rajmal Shah (56), who works with a private firm DR Plastics, had to collect money from one of his associates Vijay Tanwar and had met him in this regard at the Rajouri Garden branch of the HDFC Bank. Around 12 pm, the two, accompanied by Tanwar's son, walked out of the bank with a bag containing Rs 5 lakh held by Rajmal Shah. "Vijay Tanwar had encashed some cheques and had given Rs 5 lakhs to Rajmal in a bag. The two were waiting outside the bank for Rajmal's driver to pull out the car when two bike-borne robbers snatched the bag and fled the scene," said a senior police official from the district. According to information, Tanwar's driver tried to chase the robbers, but they managed to flee. In a statement given to the police, the victims said that the bikers were wearing helmets and so they could not see their faces. "There was no guard outside the bank when the robbery took place," said a police official. This is the third such incident involving the same modus operandi in the past one week. On May 18, two bike-borne men gunned down a security guard while snatching a bag containing Rs 18 lakh from a businessman outside the Patparganj branch of Bank of India. Three days later, two motorbike-borne men snatched a bag containing Rs 7 lakh from a businessman and his employee outside the ICICI Bank in east Delhi. The police has not made any breakthrough in any of the cases.
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Violence in Punjab delays
Delhi-Lahore bus by 5 hrs
New Delhi, May 25 The bus reached Delhi around 11 pm though its right time to reach Delhi was 6 pm, said an official at the Ambedkar Bus Terminus, Delhi Gate, from where the Delhi-Lahore buses run. The official, however, said that there was no change in the schedule of the bus leaving for Lahore from Delhi. One bus has entered Pakistan border in the evening and the second one will leave Delhi tomorrow morning as per the schedule, he said. The official said, “So far we have not received any information from the government about stalling the service. We have a list 20 passengers for tomorrow’s trip. We are ready with all arrangement to see off the bus tomorrow morning.” However, another senior officer said, “We have a list of 40 passengers for tomorrow. But in view of the violence in Punjab, we are planning to delay tomorrow’s service.” Meanwhile, a delegation of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and the Delhi unit of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) met the newly-appointed foreign minister and appealed him to take immediate steps to control the situation in Vienna and ensure that such incidents do not occur again. The delegation members also inquired about the current situation in Vienna and the medical facilities being provided to the victims. They demanded the government to pressurise the Vienna government to arrest and punish the culprits. The delegation consisted of BJP spokesperson Arun Jaitley, BJP Rajya Sabha member Naresh Gujral, Delhi unit chief of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) Manjit Singh (GK) and SAD (Badal) leaders Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Onkar Singh Thapar and Amarjeet Singh Pappu. |
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Evening hail cools Delhi
New Delhi, May 25 The city can hope to have this respite for a few more days with the Met department forecasting hailstorms and thundershowers in the region in the coming days. The Capital on Monday recorded a minimum temperature of 24.6 degrees Celsius, two degrees below normal while the maximum was 37.7 degrees Celsius, three degrees below normal. The temperatures are like to remain unchanged - with the minimum likely to hover around 24 degrees and maximum at around 38 degrees Celsius. “Partly cloudy sky, hailstorm and thundershowers are expected. Temperatures will come down as a result,” said an official at the Safdarjung Met Department. According to the Met office, the fall in the temperature is due to an upper cyclonic circulation over Pakistan and easterly winds. The humidity level will remain at a comfortable 31 percent, the official added.
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De-silting work 98% done: MCD
New Delhi, May 25 According to MCD officials, the de-silting of drains in Delhi started quite early this year. “Maximum work regarding the cleaning of drains in the city is over,” said a senior MCD official.
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Woman shot dead at home
Gurgaon, May 25 “A hearing in the murder case of Sudesh’s husband is scheduled to be held on May 27 and she has been shot dead by the same group which had murdered her husband and wanted to prevent her from giving her statement,” said Ravinder, a relative of the deceased told The Tribune. According to family sources and eywitnesses, two armed assailants entered the house of Sudesh’s in-laws this morning and locked all family members except Sudesh in a room. Later, they shot Sudesh dead and fled the scene. The deceased was a mother of three children aged 10, eight and five. She had been living away from her in-laws as she feared assault from the killers of her husband and father-in-law. However, according to family sources, Sudesh had come to mourn the death of a relative and also visited her in-laws. “This move of Sudesh proved fatal for her,” said a relative. The Sadar police has registered a case. |
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Atlas Chowk overbridge nears completion
Gurgaon, May 25 The Delhi-Jaipur national highway passes through Gurgaon and in view of the round-the-clock heavy traffic on this highway, the Haryana government had requested the National Highways of Authority of India to make provision for FOBs for the pedestrians. Then it was decided that the NHAI would make funds available for the FOBs, which would be constructed by the public works department (B&R) of the Haryana government. Five FOBs across this highway were approved by the government, of which the construction of two was in the last phase. In a statement issued here today, Deputy Commissioner Deepti Umashankar said the FOB being constructed at the Atlas Chowk could be opened for the pedestrians in three-four days. Similarly, another FOB near IFFCO Chowk was in the final stage of its construction and is likely to be completed next week. The construction cost on both these FOBs is around Rs 4.5 crore, she added. Umashankar said apart from these, three more FOBs would be constructed on the portion of the national highway passing through Gurgaon district. The construction of an FOB near Rajiv Chowk has been started and will be completed in another three-four months. The other two FOBs would constructed near Hero-Honda Chowk and Haldiram, for which land is being acquired. The DC further stated that these FOBs would be disabled friendly so that they do not face any difficulty in crossing the national highway. The option of both ramp and stairs would be available at these FOBs. |
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Faridabad boy Nitin elated
on topping IIT entrance exam
New Delhi, May 25 The 10,035 candidates - 1,048 girls and 8,987 boys - have been declared successful to seek admission for 8,295 seats in the IITs at Bhubaneswar, Mumbai, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Mandi (Himachal Pradesh), Patna, Punjab, Rajasthan, Roorkee, IT-Banaras Hindu University and ISMU Dhanbad, said a statement released here by IIT-Delhi. “I was expecting a positive result in IIT-JEE but never thought about securing the top rank. All the credit goes to my teachers and especially to my family that supported me a lot at every crucial step,” said an elated
Jain. Jain, a student of Modern Vidya Niketan, Faridabad, cleared his class XII exam with 95 per cent marks this year. —
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800 students attend DU open day
New Delhi, May 25 The open days are vital for students seeking admissions to Delhi University and will be held till the week of May. Today was the second open day at Khalsa College. Nearly 800 students made it to the open day. Most of them made pre-admission inquiries. Gurpreet Tuteja, deputy dean, student welfare, said, “We are trying to cater to the demands of students. The maximum inquiries are coming for English (honours) and commerce.” He added, “Inquiries are also pouring in for BA (honours) mathematics. However, the demand is mainly for English (honours) as many students are opting for careers in journalism and advertising. We will hold another open day tomorrow at Deen Dayal Upadhayaya College.” The university has a team of nine teachers and student volunteers to counsel students. Supriya Mishra, a student who attended the open day, said, “We are being provided with information on admissions in DU. I want to do English (honours). I hope I get the course in the college of my choice as my results are good.” Manish Yadav, another student, said, “I want to take admission in either Hindu College or SRCC. Currently, I am just looking at the courses offered by the university and the colleges. I want to do commerce. I hope there are some interesting options with commerce at DU. This is what I am exploring here.” Priti who had come to the open day with her friends said, “The counselling is quite informative. I am looking for economics (honours) in a decent college, say Miranda or Lady Sri Ram College.” A student volunteer said, “I have been dealing with students and their admission inquiries for the past two days. Many students have questions on colleges, courses offered and the combination of subjects available.” |
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Farmers not to sell land for highway
Greater Noida, May 25 The farmers took this decision during a mahapanchayat at Amarpur village in Dankore on Sunday. Farmer leader Biraj Singh Nagar said it was an injustice to farmers and acquiring land in the same district at two different rates was unfair. Kisan Morcha leader Teja Gujjar said farmers would soon hold another such mahapanchayat at Ladpura village to formulate their future course of action. The National Highway Authority of India had been, reportedly, trying to convince farmers to give their land for the highway at circle rates. Meanwhile, farmers of Rabupura held another panchjayat at Hazratpur village to oppose the acquisition of old Abadi land and warned the Greater Noida Authority that they would be forced to launch another agitation like Ghori Bachhera if the authority tries to acquire the old Abadi land. |
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2 hit pole, die in running train
Ghaziabad, May 25 Two passengers in an EMU train going to Delhi were killed this morning when their heads hit the signal pole outside Ghaziabad junction. As local residents came to know about the deaths, they staged a dharna on the track, forcingtrain drivers to stop at the station. Important trains including Rajdhani Express were detained for several hours. The agitators pelted stones at some trains but no major damage was reported. However, train movement was disrupted for more than five hours. The agitators alleged the western side outer signal pole was erected wrongly at a technically faulty place due to which over a dozen passengers have died, out of which six were killed in the last four days. They said they had complained to the railway authorities several times but no action had been taken yet. The deceased were identified as Rajiv and Sanjay, residents of the Vijay Nagar area. “The train movement could be resumed at 2 p.m. after a five-hour-long disruption when the railway authorities agreed to remove the pole,” said the GRP station officer. — IANS
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2 workers die of electrocution
Greater Noida, May 25 No case has been registered against the construction company’s owner as he paid the compensation. The victim Banwari got electrocuted and died on the spot while he was working on a machine. He was working on the third floor of the university building. While the second incident took place 200 metres away from the first one. Rajni touched an iron pole when she got electrocuted. She too died on the spot. |
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2 killed in accidents
Noida, May 25 In the second accident, Ramji Shaha, who was riding a bike with Rapal Yadav seated as pillion, was hit by a car in Sector-60. Rapal died on the spot while seriously injured Ramji was rushed to Fortis Hospital. In the third accident, Piyush, who was traveling on his bike, was hit by a car near Nithari. He was rushed to the NMC hospital by the police. |
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The Crime branch of the Delhi police today claimed to have busted a gang which stole luxury cars in the capital and sold them in north-eastern states. 
Gurgaon, May 25
Gurgaon, May 25
