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DUSU takes up cudgels
for SCs
Goods worth crores gutted
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Woman delivers in rickshaw, hospital staff look on
Stephen’s backs its principal
Every MCD ward to have
toilet for women
Fraud case against
ex-SHO
FIR against cops ordered
Lawyers observe strike
Man throws acid on estranged wife
Boy kidnapped by servant rescued
LeT operative arrested
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DUSU takes up cudgels
for SCs
New Delhi, June 4 The office-bearers, including president Nupur Sharma, secretary Amit Choudhary and joint secretary Ashish Gahlot met the university administration asking them to arrange for drinking water for the students, who are coming from across the length of the city to fill in forms. “Before the admission season started, we from DUSU pleaded to allow our help desks to provide water to the students inside the centres, but the university administration refused to give permission to put up any such desk,” said Nupur, president, DUSU. She added, “We went to the DSW in this regard. There were already around 50 students present outside his office at that time. When the joint dean refused to take the matter seriously and misbehaved with us, some of the students ransacked his office.” Another set of students met the DSW today to represent their concern about the discrimination faced by SC-ST students in admissions. Members of Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS) highlighted the problems of many SC-ST students, who appeared in the state board examinations and open boards, whose results were either awaited or marksheets not released. “To avail a registration form under the SC-ST category, one has to show the class XII marksheet and caste certificate. The students waiting for their results or marksheets cannot apply for the university then,” said Sujit Kumar from KYS. Under the provision prescribed by the dean’s office, the candidate under such a condition has to get their marksheet verified from the state government’s resident commissioner. |
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Goods worth crores gutted
in Gurgaon godown
Gurgaon, June 4 More than 100 fire officials and 18 fire engines from the district fire department, Air Force station, Maruti and Hero Honda were trying to douse the flames at the time of filing the report. The fire was first noticed at the ladies garments section of the godown around 1.30 pm. The manager of the godown, Kamal Kishore, said the employees and neighbours tried their best to extinguish the fire, but it went out of control and spread to the kids wear section as well. District fire officer Hanuman Sihag said due to the intense heat generated by the fire, the building structure had either collapsed or become fragile, making the entry all the more difficult. “The godown was packed with garments and packaging material like plastic and cardboard, which enhanced the fire,” he maintained. The fire was possibly caused due to a short circuit and the losses are estimated to run into crores of rupees. The facility used to serve as the packaging unit from where garments were dispatched to Vishal’s outlets in Delhi, Gurgaon and Hisar. |
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Woman delivers in rickshaw, hospital staff look on
Noida, June 4 But the shocking part of the story was that though the nurses and hospital staff were looking on, none of them bothered to lend a helping hand as if it was not their duty. As no stretcher was available, the riksha had to be taken right up to the labour room to ferry the woman who was in extreme pain. When Raj Kumar informed the reception, the nurse on duty, instead of being helpful, sarcastically said, “If you were in such a hurry why did you not take her to some other hospital?” After the primary treatment, the woman was again left to writhe in pain for another one hour or so. However hospital’s chief medical superintendent Dr Raj Rani said the incident was not in her knowledge, otherwise the woman would have got immediate treatment. It is learnt that the state governemnt has increased the expenditure on every pregnant woman from Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,400 and the Noida Authority has been entrusted by the state government to convert the Noida district hospital into a multi-disciplined modern hospital at a cost of Rs 400 crore. But it seems the situation would not change till there is a change in the mindset of the medical staff.
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Stephen’s backs its principal
New Delhi, June 4 The college authorities said some of the media reports published recently about the appointment of Thampu were misleading and inaccurate. The media reports based on an RTI stated that the university had not approved Thampu's appointment yet and that in order to be the principal of any college, the candidate must have cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET). Media advisor of St. Stephen's Nandita Narain clarified today that infact the Delhi University itself fixed Thampu's salary on January 21 this year through a letter signed by Deepak Vats, deputy registrar (colleges). "The university cannot fix the salary of anyone unless the appointment is approved. Further, Thampu has been appointed by the university to the University Court in his capacity as the principal of St. Stephen's College," said Narain. Making clear that passing NET was not compulsory to be a college principal, she said, "As per Ordinance XXIV of Delhi University, NET is not a requirement for appointment as principal, reader or professor. Nor is NET a required qualification according to the UGC. The UGC has also explicitly confirmed this in a letter to Thampu dated May 26, 2008." A committee was constituted to ascertain the validity of Thampu's Ph.D. degree granted to him by the Allahabad Agriculture Institute. The college maintained that the committee concluded that the Allahabad Agricultural Institute was entitled to award Ph.D. degrees in theology . The college administration said, in the wake of the media reports, the UGC had yesterday clarified that NET and M.Phil. were not prescribed as requirements for the post of principal. NET is one of the requirements for the post of lecturer (now assistant professor) and not for the post of principal." Narain said the media report was so riddled with innuendos and inaccuracies that it was possible that there might be deliberate mischief catering to vested interests in the background.
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Every MCD ward to have
toilet for women
New Delhi, June 4 It has already ordered that one such toilet be built in every ward. “We have ordered the director-in-chief of the department concerned to initiate the project. But before that a survey would be conducted to ensure proper facilities like water supply and maintaining a minimum level of hygiene,” said Delhi Mayor Kanwar Sain. The Mayor has recently written to all councillors to identify land for the construction of women toilets in their respective wards. “The response has been overwhelming as they all have managed to find pieces of land ,” he said. He said that the project will take one or two months after all the paper work is done. Although the amount of money to be spent is not yet decided, according to the officials, the construction of one toilet complex costs around Rs 10 lakh. “The toilet complexes would be built on public private partnership basis,” he said. As of now, no company has approached for taking up the project. According to the corporation, there are 3,192 public conveniences in the national capital out of which only 134 are meant for women, and even these are not well maintained. |
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Fraud case against
ex-SHO
Noida, June 4 The case has been registered after four years as the complainant had been sent to jail by the cops who sided with the accused. The accused include a property dealer who had reportedly contested MLA’s election from Agra on BSP ticket. According to information, Narinder Chohan, a resident of Kingsway Camp in New Delhi, was allotted an industial plot No B-86 in sector 63 by Noida Authority in 1998. Chohan had reportdly entered into a deal to sell the plot in 2005 for Rs 2 crore to Vinode Jathen, a resident of Barola, Surinder Chohan, a resident of sector 12 and Kundan Singh of Khora Colony. It is alleged that all the so-called buyers had got duplcate documents of the plot prepared in their names and tried to physically occupy the plot. When the victim lodged a complaint with the then SSP of Noida, the latter asked the SHO of sector 58, Deepak Chaturvedi and his PRO Pankaj Yadav to help Narinder Chohan. But the two police officials also sided with usurpers and instead sent Narinder Chohan to jail. When the police did not take any action on his complaints, Narinder Chohan knocked at the door of the court. He filed a plea in the court of the chief judicial magistrate alleging that his industrial plot had been occupied and his factory usurped by the accused. |
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FIR against cops ordered
New Delhi, June 4 Ravi Yadav had filed a complaint alleging that on the particular night, while he was returning from his office , he was intercepted by head constable Harindar and constable Nasir Singh of Rohini police station. Both the policemen assaulted him, took his belongings and detained him illegally at the police station, said Ravi in his complaint before the court.
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Lawyers observe strike
New Delhi, June 4 An advocate practising in Karkardooma court was abducted and beaten outside the court complex on Monday but later set free as the abductors realised that he was not their target. Lawyers are now demanding setting up of permanent police posts at all five district courts premises. A meeting of the bar associations of Tis Hazari, Patiala House, Karkardooma, Rohini and Dwarka was held yesterday. It decided that the lawyers would observe a strike. While most of the lawyers did not appear in courts and the matters listed for today were adjourned, some advocates were seen appearing in court to argue bail matters. Mahesh Chand Sharma, member of the coordination committee of All Bar Associations of Delhi, said that the security in courts needs to be revamped as the premises are visited by all sorts of people, including criminals.
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Man throws acid on estranged wife
New Delhi, June 4 According to information, the incident took place around 5 am when Nadeem reached his wife Zubeda's house in Ranjeet Nagar in an inebriated state. Zubeda has been staying at her mother's house for last five years. Nadeem had previously warned her of dire consequences if she did not return to him. "He drank the whole night and reached his wife Zubeda's house early morning. Mistaking his sister-in-law to be his wife, he threw acid on her face and when his wife and brother-in-law rushed to help her, he threw acid on them also," said a police official. According to information, while Nadeem's sister-in-law Rubeda is undergoing treatment with 40 per cent burn injuries, Zubeda and her brother were discharged after first-aid. Nadeem married Zubeda six years ago when she was a 14 years old. But later difference cropped up between the two and Zubeda shifted to her mother's house. He had tried to convince her to return to him many times but she had repeatedly refused. According to unconfirmed sources, Nadeem recently learned that Zubeda was remarrying. This angered him even more. Nadeem works with a bakery in the Chandni Chowk area. |
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Boy kidnapped by servant rescued
New Delhi, June 4 Amaanullaha, the one-and-a-half-year old child who was kidnapped on Tuesday evening from the Chandni Mahal area of the Walled City was recovered yesterday after the central district police arrested Mohammad Imaran (19) from Ghaziabad railway station. Imran had called the boy's father at the station to deliver the ransom amount of Rs 2 lakh, but was arrested red-handed while taking the money. Amaanullaha was later recovered from a village in Noida at the instance of Imran. He had kept him at a friend's place saying that he found him on streets and was looking after him. Mohd Azmal, a resident of Chandani Mahal who runs a handicraft unit in Sui Walan, had reported that his son had gone missing and had also expressed suspicion on Imran as he was last seen with him. According to Jaspal Singh, DCP (central), the police interrogated the employees working in the handicraft unit of the complainant. It was learnt that one of the employees-- Mohd Imran-- was missing since the day of incident. In the meantime, the complainant received a ransom call demanding Rs 5 lakh. "After bargain, the complainant was finally asked to pay Rs 2 lakh at Ghaziabad railway station. The bag containing the ransom money was placed at the Ghaziabad railway station and police officers in plain clothes waited for the arrival of the kidnapper. Around 3 pm, Mohd Imran appeared there and tried to pick the bag and was nabbed," revealed Singh. The kidnapped child was kept at village Saini Sangpura in Gautam Budh Nagar. The police team raided the place and recovered the child safely from the house of Israil, a carpenter and former employer of the accused.
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LeT operative arrested
New Delhi, June 4 The police has identified him as Mohammed Umer Madni. Madni was found to be in possession of a diary, a Nepali driving licence, an identity card, fake Nepalese currency of Rs 8,000 and $8,000. He belongs to Bihar and is a graduate. |
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Property and goods reportedly worth crores of rupees were gutted in a major fire which broke out at a garment godown-cum-packaging unit of Vishal Mega Mart located on the Farrukhnagar-Wazirpur Road at Dhanawas village in the district today.
Once again a servant employed without police verification turned out to be the kidnapper of his employer's son. However, the good part of the story is that while the boy has been rescued without any harm, the culprit is now behind the bars.
