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Seats for popular
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Hope for some,
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45% water wasted
due to leakages Sheila asks BSES
to submit action plan
Dadri traders to gherao CM’s residence
Gangsters who attacked cops held
Camps planned to revise poll rolls in Gurgaon
6 criminals arrested after encounter in Gzb
80-year-old held captive for property in Dadri
DU graduate held
for kidnapping kin Driver caught for
theft of Rs 53 lakh
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Seats for
popular courses filled New Delhi, June 30 Some of the most sought after courses of this year were B.Com. (hons), history chemistry, geography and philosophy. Both Miranda House and Kirori Mal College, which offered geography (hons) on the north campus, have filled their seats in the first cut-off itself. While Hans Raj closed admissions for B.Com. (hons), other campus colleges decreased the cut-off by less than a per cent. Kirori Mal decreased its cut-off for B.Com. (hons.) from 94.25 to 93.75 per cent. Most wanted Commerce College at the university SRCC had its second cut-off for the course coming down to 94.75 from 95.25 percent. Many campus colleges declared the admissions for economics (hons) closed. Apart from SRCC, colleges that closed admissions for economics were Kirori Mal and Miranda House. Second economics cut-off for Hindu College remained the same as first at 92.75 per cent. Admissions to history (hons) were also closed by many colleges, including Kirori Mal, Lady Sri Ram, Miranda House and Khalsa College. Hans Raj brought its history cut-off down to 80 from 84 per cent. Hindu college fixed its cut-off for history at 86.75 per cent. Off-campus colleges, however, were seen giving good deals to students in the popular courses. .or B.Com and B.Com. (hons.), Moti Lal Nehru College decreased both the cut-offs by 3 per cent at 83 per cent and 86 per cent, respectively. Dayal Singh College also decreased its B.Com. cut-off from 85 percent to 83.5 per cent. For history, Deshbandhu asked for minimum 58 percent in best four subjects. Dayal Singh fixed history at 60 per cent, which was five per cent less than the first cut percent less than the first cut off. Ram Lal College decreased its history cut-off by 2 per cent at 63 per cent. Two of the prominent girls colleges with residential facilities for their students brought another disappointment for girl students. Both LSR and Miranda House closed maximum courses before the second cut-off. Together the colleges fulfilled seats in first cut-off for BA (programme), English, history, philosophy, political science, sociology, economics, Hindi and geography. Out of the science courses, many north campus colleges closed admissions for chemistry and physics (hons). While Hans Raj closed admissions for chemistry, the college kept its physics (hons) cut-off stagnant at 88 per cent. Hindu closed admissions for physics and kept chemistry same as first at 86 per cent. Khalsa College put the second cut-off for physics and chemistry at 79 percent and 75 per cent, respectively. The admissions for the second cut-off would start tomorrow and close on July 3 at 1 pm. Notification for the third cut-off list would be released on July 4.
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Hope for
some, despair for others New Delhi, June 30 Naresh Gupta, an applicant standing with a group of his friends at SRCC, said, I am so relieved. Admissions to B.Com (hons) programme are still open at SRCC. Though the cut-off has come down marginally by 0.5 per cent, it is enough for me. Similarly, Brajrani, who has come all the way from Imphal, is also looking forward to taking admission in B.Com (hons). I am interested in B.Com (hons) and am thrilled that admissions are still open for it at many colleges. I will try at IP College because I feel the college has a decent hostel. The same is the case with Siddharth Jain, who was standing at Daulat Ram College. I am a science student and the second list has brought hope for me. Admissions are open in many colleges and the cut-offs are more than generous. I want to do physics (hons) and I don t think it should be a problem as the cut-off is down by 10 per cent. However, at Lady Sri Ram College, the scene was different. Ritika Walia, an English (hons) applicant sitting outside the college said, don’t ask me anything right now. I am so disappointed. Admission at LSR for English (hons) is closed. The admission is closed for many other BA courses also. I will have to try elsewhere. Nothing is going as I had planned. Ritika’s friend Megha Srivastava, sitting right next to her adds, we seem to have no luck here at LSR. We want to study English (hons), but seats in the course in at least eight colleges are full. Now we will have to choose some other subject at Miranda House or Gargi.
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45% water
wasted due to leakages New Delhi, June 30 Most of the pipelines are very old. And it is extremely difficult to repair those in villages and the Walled City areas. The official said that laying of new pipelines was the only solution to get rid of the problem. Speaking in the Delhi Assembly over water problem in the city, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said that five lakh people were added to Delhi’s population every year. Replying to a question asked by Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) MLA Sahib Singh Chauhan, she said in 1998 the saffron when party was in power, only 570 MGD of water was produced in the city .Now it has gone up to 825MGD. Next year it would rise by 50 MGD Dikshit said that as far as contamination was concerned only 2.5 per cent of water was contaminated. While responding to BJP MLA O.P. Babbars question yesterday, Dikshit admitted in leakage pipelines. She said that the city had 10,000-kmpiped network and some of the lines are over 30 years old. A large number of pipelines were corroded and needed replacement, she added The Jal Board has been taking up replacement of the pipelines in a phased manner .A total of 347-km pipeline were replaced in 2007-08 and241 km in 2008-09. She said that leakages in main pipelines were notice-able and were being repaired But leakages in distribution lines are not noticed some times, as most of these lines are underground. Though the DJBhas equipment based on accosted leak-detection tech-accosted leak-detection technology, many times some leakages are not detected. Dikshit admitted that water was wasted due to delay in locating the leakages. But the problem is mainly due to consumers. Recently, a study has been entrusted to Japan International Cooperative Agency to takeup one district where proper water balance will be maintained and leakages and other non-revenue water will be identified. The Chief Minister said tha tto replace pipelines, the DJBhad spent Rs 99.39 crore during 2007-08 and Rs 65.02 crore during 2008-09. While Rs 33.47 crore and Rs 30.07crore had been spent on the maintenance of pipelines in2007-08 and 2008-09, respectively.
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Sheila
asks BSES to submit action plan New Delhi, June 30 BSES chairperson Lalit Jalan has also been asked to be present at the time of the submission of the action plan. The action plan will be circulated among the MLAs. She said the Discoms must realize the grievances in respective areas as the MLAs had been facing the public ire. The Chief Minister said the Discoms must realize their responsibility to provide power. She asked Discoms, especially the BSES, to set things right within 15.
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Dadri traders to gherao CM’s residence
Greater Noida, June 30 The traders’ worry is that in spite of their informing the police, cops have taken no action yet. The traders have called for a market bandh for July 1 and announced that they would be picketing the residence of Chief Minister Mayawati at Badalpur also. The SP Rural S.K. Verma informed that a criminal who is knowing for demanding money from traders has just been released from the jail. But no trader has approached him with a complaint for collection money. Traders in Dadri have been receiving collection money threats for the last one month. Some have received written letters while others have been threatened on phone. They include cloth, footwear, cement and general merchant traders. Even junk dealers have not been spared. While the business community is under tremendous stress and scare, the police circle officer Trigwan Bishen has not taken “threats to kill traders” seriously. As a result criminals are feeling encouraged and emboldened, lament the traders. The rangdari threats keep pouring in but dozens of frightened traders have chosen not to open their mouth about it. They have also petitioned Dadri SDM Somiya Srivastava for protection. But still there is no sign of any action by authorities in this connection. Dadri and Greater Noida traders had met on Sunday to review the situation. They decided that since the police and administration have not responded to their appeal, they would keep markets closed on July 1 and picket the CM’s residence at Badalpur village.
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Monsoon arrives in Delhi
New Delhi, June 30 Then multidirectional squall travelling at a speed of 58 km/h further augmented the troubles of the pedestrians and roadside vendors who had to call their day off earlier than the other days. The rain, which according to the Safdarjung Meteorological Department, was recorded to be 6.6 mm was more than expected . So various roadside drains across the Capital overflowed, leading to the discomfort of the people. Traffic snarls were seen in several busy roads like Vikas Marg, Indraprasth Extension Area, Connaught Place, Paharganj, Karol Bagh, Daryaganj, Ring Road, Green Park and Lajpatn Nagar. Earlier, the southwestern monsoon as per the forecast of the Indian Meteorological Department was expected to reach Delhi by July 2, but yesterday weathermen traced it and declared it to occur in advancement. Meanwhile, the rain on one hand left the Delhiites to enjoy the pleasant weather conditions with the mercury registering a high of 37.7 degrees Celsius, on the other hand, the moisture gave them discomfort, with the humidity level reading 92 per cent. As per the met department, weather tomorrow is going to be pleasant with the temperatures taking a further dip and he sky is likely to be cloudy.
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Gangsters who attacked cops held
New Delhi, June 30 With their arrest, seven cases of robberies, including the recent one of the Paschim Vihar police station in which cash Rs 25 lakh was looted from a businessman after firing upon him has been solved. The arrest of these hardcore criminals has led to the recovery of four sophisticated pistols, two extra magazines, 96 cartridges, three robbed vehicles, including one Tata Safari, one Maruti Swift car and one Wagon-R car. Cash of Rs 2.60 lakh has also been recovered from their possession. According to the police, the arrested include Sonu Kharab (26), Mukesh (25) and a juvenile resident of Najafgarh. The gang members had also attacked the police team when tried to arrest them earlier. The police team was able to intercept their car in Sector-16B, Dwarka, earlier this month but when asked to stop the vehicle, fired upon the crime branch team. In the ensuing melee, the gang members managed to flee leaving behind the stolen Tata Safari car. “This encounter further steeled the resolve of the crime branch team and after painstaking investigation succeeded in arresting gang leader Sonu Kharab and Mukesh from Vasant Gaon road along with a juvenile in a looted Maruti Swift car,” said the Neeraj Thakur, DCP (crime branch). During the search, four sophisticated pistols, two extra magazines along with 96 live cartridges and cash of Rs 2.60 lakh was recovered from the possession of the accused persons. The Maruti Swift car was robbed from Dwarka area at gunpoint. According to the police, Sonu Kharab disclosed that on June 11, at about 10 pm, he and Mukesh along with other gang members had robbed cash of Rs 25 lakh from a businessman Vinay Goyal after firing upon him. The victim was in his Toyota Innova at the time of incident and he sustained bullet injuries. The vehicles, Tata Safari and Maruti Swift car used in the commission of this crime and cash Rs of 2.60 lakh has been recovered. This gang has a long history of crime in and around Delhi. In April 2009, Mukesh and other gang members had looted a Tata Safari after firing in the area Chhawla. In May 2009, this gang had robbed Rs 73,000 and mobile phone recharge coupons from a person in the area of Nangloi police station after firing upon him. In April 2009, one gang member Parveen had given a pistol to one Deepak Tyagi of Palam. Later, Mukesh and other gang members went to Deepak Tyagi and asked him to return the pistol but when Deepak refused they fired upon him.
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Camps planned to revise poll rolls in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, June 30 Addressing a meeting of the district’s election-related officials here today, Kataria said an action plan would be prepared for the purpose so that the voters did not face any hardships in exercising their franchise. He directed the officials concerned to get a colony-wise and polling station-wise survey done in the said assembly segments. For this, three-member teams comprising the booth-level officer (BLO) concerned and a volunteer of the residents welfare association (RWA) of the given area would be formed, he added. These teams would visit every household of the area under their purview and enquire about the number of voters residing there. At the same time, this team would compare the names of voters with those in the voters’ list and on finding any discrepancy, the voter would be given the requisite form to be filled up on the spot. “A copy of voters’ list will be made available with the RWA concerned, from where the voters can see their names and fill their forms for correction or addition to the electoral rolls,” Kataria said, adding that the forms would also be available with the RWAs. The DC said after the completion of the survey, special camps would be organised in different areas for the revision and rectification of voters’ lists. The meeting was attended by Gurgaon SDM-cum-assistant returning officer (ARO) J. S. Sangwan, Gurgaon DDPO-cum-Badshahpur ARO Alka Choudhary, Gurgaon tehsildar Narinder Kadian, election tehsildar Ramniwas, among others.
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6 criminals arrested after encounter in Gzb
Ghaziabad, June 30 The members of the gang were active from Mohan Nagar on Meerut road to Dhaula Kuan in Delhi in robberies and loots. They had allegedly taken a contract to murder a property dealer on May. According to SP City Rahul Yadvender, on an informer’s input, Sihani Gate police had nabbed these criminals from near the Uttam Toyota showroom on Meerut road after an encounter. The police has recovered two revolvers, four knives, a cell phone, 14 phone batteries, Rs 80,000 in cash and a looted car from the criminals. Two among arrested criminals — Chander Bhan and Monoj, alias Manu, — are students of Clas 11 and 12, respectively. Chander Bhan is an under-16 cricket player also. The arrested criminals were identified as Ramesh Singh Vatola from Mandavli Delhi, Chander Bhan, alias Chamma of Gurmor Badayun, Ashok of Khurja, Manoj of Badayun, Sudhir of Delhi. Yadvender said Ashok was the leader of the gang. This gang had allegedly shot dead property dealer Ajay Sharma, alias Pinto. The gang had been allegedly given a Rs 2 lakh by one Promode Gupta as part of contract to kill Pinto, CO S K Verma said Ashok had shot him dead. They had looted a car from Sector-42 and used to ply that as a taxi between Mohan Nagar to Meerut with a fictitious number plate. After going a little distance they would allegedly rob the passengers of their valuables.
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80-year-old held captive for property in Dadri
Greater Noida, June 30 Incidentally, the old man had extended all facilities to his brother and his sons. After his death, his brother and his sons would inherit the property as the old man does not have a child of his own. His wife had died many years ago. . Sant Lal of Rana Colony in Dadri had was living alone after his wife’s death. He considered his brother Ranji Lal and his four sons as his own. He would not mind spending on them. But nephews lately started harrassing him. Sant Lal’s property worth Rs 65 lakh, including a bungalow in the city, became the bone of contention between him and his nephews which they want to get transferred to their names. Sant Lal’s plea is in any case, after his death, his property will be inherited by his brother and his sons. But they want him to transfer property to them right now. The young nephews are allegedly beating him daily. He fears should be transfer the property to their name, they might throw him out of the house later. Now his nephews have made him a captive in his own house. Monday Sant Lal was able to reach the Kotwali and told his tale of woe to the SHO. The Dadri SHO said the matter is being probed. |
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graduate held for kidnapping kin New Delhi, June 30 DCP (South) HGS Dhaliwal said on June 27, Mukesh Kumar of Pankha Road reported his newphew Rahul, who worked with HDFC Bank in Vasant Kunj, did not return from office. He added he was getting ransom calls. The police came to know that Rahul had managed to run away from the kidnappers and had boarded a train from Sanpla to New Delhi. He had injuries on his body. He was immediately taken to a hospital and after first aid, was questioned about the incident. "It was learnt that Naveen a distant relative of Rahul along with his friends Manoj, Harsh and Kuldeep, hatched a conspiracy to make easy money by kidnapping Rahul. He lured Rahul to come to a party which was likely to have alcohol and sex," said DCP Dhaliwal. When Rahul came for the party, he was kidnapped by Kuldeep and Manoj, while Naveen remained in the background. Rahul was kept at Islamia village by Harsh, while Kuldeep and Naveen who were in Delhi, demanded Rs 25 lakh from Rahul’s parents. But in the meantime, Rahul managed to escape from Islamia. According to Dhaliwal, Naveen is doing his graduation from Delhi University and runs a shoe factory, which is under huge debts. Kuldeep has also graduated from Delhi University and works for Skyjet Call Centre in Gurgaon. He is also under a debit of about 2-5lakh. The two had planned to pay their debts from the ransom money. Manoj is absconding.
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caught for theft of Rs 53 lakh New Delhi, June 30 The accused, Rattan Singh (36) of Khagaria district in Bihar used to work as a driver for Ankur Sahai of Saket, who runs Mectech Process Engineers Pvt. Ltd. Company from Udyog Vihar in Gurgaon. Last evening, Sahai had lodged a complaint against Singh alleging that after dropping hin home, Singh drove past with the car containing Rs 53 lakh and a laptop. He had not got done Singh’s police verification. The police arrested Singh from Old Delhi railway Station last night as he was planning to flee to Nepal. The entire cash and laptop were also seized from him. While the car was recovered at his instance.
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