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Gurgaon: Parties fail to address issues
Book tells story of Chetan’s marriage
BJP nominee harps on clean image
Crime File |
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4 held with antique plates worth Rs 2 crore
Man robbed of Rs 1 lakh
Ministers unhappy with CWG delegates’ criticism
Killer of Dadri trader nabbed in encounter
Ghandy wants lawyer during interrogation, court defers ruling
Rao Tula Ram Marg flyover opened
Killer of tenant gets life term
ICAI official commits suicide
Ignou signs pact with Papua New Guinea varsity
13 trains passing via Sahibabad cancelled
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Gurgaon: Parties fail to address issues
Gurgaon, October 9 As of now, the residents of both “Gurgaons” have their own sets of grievances, but there is nobody they can look up to for their redress. The residents of old Gurgaon suffer practically everyday due to poor infrastructure, lack of basic civic amenities, grossly insufficient and inefficient public transport, erratic supply of water and electricity, bad roads and sewerage, rampant encroachments and so on. On the other hand, the denizens of the new Gurgaon city face multifarious problems like nagging traffic jams, parking blues, security concerns and haphazard development etc. Apart from these, the issue of garbage disposal, besides the deplorable condition of buildings like bus stand, civil hospital, judicial complex and other government offices are common to the residents of both Gurgaons. Then, the industrialists running units in the Udyog Vihars of Gurgaon have got a plethora of problems. This despite the fact that Gurgaon contributes as much as 46 per cent of revenue to the state exchequer. Moreover, given the cosmopolitan character of the city, a big chunk of its residents are aware and educated and have a fine understanding of these matters of general concern. Still, no political party of state government has taken up the cudgels to give Gurgaon its due share in development. Thanks to this, the contrast between the infrastructure developed by private builders and multinational companies and that done by the government bodies is too glaring for anyone to miss. While the civic bodies like the Gurgaon Municipal Corporation have so far failed to deliver the goods these were meant for, the multiplicity of authority at the local level and callous attitude of the state authorities are there to blame for residents’ woes. Even this time, no political party has fielded a candidate who seems capable of comprehending the nature of diverse difficulties being faced by the residents of both Gurgaons and putting an end to these. While the Congress has decided to repeat 77-year-old Dharamvir Gauba as the party nominee, no opposition party has nominated a bankable candidate. The contest, as on date, seems to be between Gauba and INLD rebel Sukhbir Kataria, who quit his party to enter the poll fray. Among other prominent candidates, BJP’s Umesh Agarwal, BSP’s Bhim Singh Rathee, HJC’s Kanhaiya Lal Gop and INLD’s M.R.Sharma are also contesting from the seat. Different residents’ bodies have also joined hands to field R.S.Rathee as their candidate, but RWA candidates have not shown any positive or encouraging results in past. The residents feel that instead of carving out the Badshahpur constituency from the Gurgaon Assembly segment, old and new Gurgaons should have been made different Assembly constituencies owing to their altogether different characters. |
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Book tells story of Chetan’s marriage
New Delhi, October 9 The book, which is a story of a couple in love from two different states, was launched by renowned author and union minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor. “Chetan has absolute finger on the pulse of the people he is writing about,” said Tharoor. “The story is about a young couple who come from two different states of India, deeply in love and want to get married. They face a tough battle to convert their love story into a love marriage for it’s easy to fight and rebel but hard to convince,” said the author. Rekha Bhagat, Chetan’s mother said that the story is, to an extent, related to Chetan’s personal experiences. “He got married in 1999. It was a love marriage, which successfully happened after a lot of opposition and struggle between the two families,” said Rekha. Chetan belongs to Delhi, coming from a Punjabi background, while Anusha is a Tamilian with her family settled in Kolkata. “Though I was happy with the relation but my in-laws were strictly in opposition as we have a joint family. The girl’s family didn’t seem much excited either about the marriage as people think that Punjabis are aggressive,” said Chetan’s mother. Chetan has written about similar kind of conflict and contrast of thoughts, ideologies and cultures in the book. He said that in India, love marriage is not as simple as it is in any other part of the world. “In India, it is not only the boy and the girl who are in love, girl’s family also has to love the boy and his family and vice versa,” said Chetan. While launching the book, Tharoor said that he had far more special reasons to launch the book than the various contrasting similarities he shares with Chetan. “I have found Chetan’s writing absolutely stunning. He has made English a highly attractive language in fiction writing. He writes a language that speaks and also has the insight into the lives of the character,” said
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BJP nominee harps on clean image
Faridabad, October 9 Visibly charged-up, the only BJP’s female nominee, Seema Tirka, contesting from Badkhal assembly segment, has now made the clean image of candidates an electoral issue. Tirka, who is a sitting councillor of Municipal Corporation of Faridabad (MCF), was now canvassing support for herself by harping on her clean image. Advani, in his speech here, while touching upon the issue of honesty and corruption, said that Haryana had lagged behind in development over the years on account of corrupt practices of the leaders at the helm of government. Dwelling on the issue, he raised the subject of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and compared the practices of the BJP government in Gujarat where it did not acquire land of the farmers to give it to business houses. Rather, the business houses were to deal directly with the farmers to purchase their land. The issue of SEZs has been a controversial subject in Haryana and the opponents of the ruling Congress have alleged that the government is siding with the business houses by making land available to them after acquiring it from farmers. Advani’s speech appears to have affected the BJP nominees in Faridabad district, especially Tirkha. Today, she harped on the issue of honesty and sought to compare herself with her rivals during her campaign. There appears to be a three-cornered contest among the BJP, the Congress and the BSP. The nominees of the Congress and the BSP, respectively, Mahender Pratap and Kartar Bhadana, are former ministers of Haryana. Mahender Pratap is also a sitting MLA. Tirkha urges the public not to be misled by the glitz and glamour of the election campaign of her rivals. |
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Highway robbers nabbed
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, October 9 According to the police, they had received information that some members of the Gulzar-Bhura gang would be assembling at a park near Kaya Maya Hospital at Mehrauli-Badarpur road. A trap was laid and seven men, including Gulzar Khan and Bhura, were arrested. Cops
awarded
The commissioner of police, Delhi, has awarded Asadharan Karya Puraskar and a cash reward of Rs 10,000 each to inspectors Lalit Mohan Negi and Haridaya Bhushan and head constables Devi Dayal and Sunder Gautam for apprehending seven members of a notorious biker gang of robbers active in Delhi and NCR. The awarded personnel on April 29 nabbed Javed and
Sameer. The accused were found to be involved in 19 cases of robbery, snatching, and burglary. Drug peddler held
The north district yesterday police arrested one
Pappu, alias Jiddi (22), and recovered 115 grams of smack from his possession from near Priyadarshi Jhuggi colony, Sadar
Bazar. House robbed
A businessman dealing in dairy products was robbed of Rs 24 lakh worth of jewellery and cash by unknown dacoits when they barged into his house in Gautampuri area of New Usmanpur in east Delhi this morning. According to information, eight robbers entered the house of Pawan Kumar Jain residing in Gali No 7 of Gautampuri around 10.30 am and robbed the house at gunpoint. In his statement to the police post, 62-year-old Pawan said that he was robbed of Rs 4.50 lakh in cash and gold jewellery worth Rs 19 lakh. Pawan was relaxing in his room when the house was attacked. “The victim was sleeping in his house while his wife along with three daughters-in-law was busy in household work when the robbers broke into the house,” said a senior police officer adding that they are looking into the matter. |
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4 held with antique plates worth Rs 2 crore
New Delhi, October 9 According to Jaspal Singh, DCP (Central), his staff had received a tip-off that one Shakeel Ahmad was in possession of antique bronze plates with the Holy Quran inscribed on them and he along with his accomplices were trying to sell these plates for Rs 2 crore. “A decoy customer was deployed to arrange a meeting with Shakil Ahmed, and accordingly, the meeting was fixed. Police laid a trap near D-Gate, IGI Indoor Stadium, where this person was supposed to give the delivery of these antiques. Around 11 pm, on receiving the signal from the decoy customer, the raiding party immediately apprehended the four persons, including the driver of the Qualis vehicle in which they were travelling,” said the DCP. Shakeel Ahmad told the police that his father used to deal in antiques and since he was in need of money, he had come to sell them with the help of his driver Hameed and friends Imtiaz and Afaq Ahmed. The Archaeological-cum-RO Survey of India also confirmed that all the 24 pieces of bronze plates are antiques. “A case has been registered at IP Estate police station,” added the DCP.
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Man robbed of Rs 1 lakh
New Delhi, October 9 A senior police officer said the victim, Girish Singh, who works as a salesman with a defence uniform showroom, had withdrawn Rs 1 lakh from HDFC Bank and was returning to office when he was attacked by the assailants. “Girish informed the police about the robbery around 1:30 pm. According to him, he withdrew Rs 1 lakh from the Rajouri Garden branch of HDFC Bank and had hardly walked 500 meter when three persons attacked him. One of them pulled out a gun and put it on his forehead asking him to hand over the bag containing money,” said a senior police officer. When Girish resisted, the assailants beat him up with the butt of the pistol. They then snatched the money bag and fled the scene on a bike. “Girish was taken to a nearby hospital. We have taken his statement and are looking into the matter,” added the police officer. According to Girish, the robbers were in their early twenties. Based on the information, the Rajouri Garden police has taken up the investigation. However, no arrest could be made till late evening.
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Ministers unhappy with CWG delegates’ criticism
New Delhi, October 9 Preferring anonymity, the ministers said Melbourne while hosting the Games had closed only two roads for traffic. Here, the authorities closed all major roads to ensure hassle-free movement of the delegates who visited the various sports venues yesterday. The ministers said the construction and renovation works were being done speedily and that the venues would be completed within the given time. Also, all the projects had sufficient funds, they added. Listing the renovation works going on in the city, the ministers said that the outer and inner circles of Rajiv Chowk were being renovated by the New Delhi Municipal Council. All big buildings, hotels and sport venues were being repaired by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). Railway bridges were being plastered and roads were being repaired to give them a new look, they added. Designs of the Games Village and stadiums were unique, they said. As far as hotels for visitors were concerned, they will also be managed. There will be no dearth of rooms, the ministers said. The ministers claimed that India had faced similar criticism at the time of the Asian Games in 1982, but the event was hosted successfully. |
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Killer of Dadri trader nabbed in encounter
Greater Noida, October 9 According to Dadri police circle officer, Rahul Kumar, Umesh was held on Wednesday night after an encounter near Kote bridge, while two of his accomplices managed to flee. The police has seized a US-made pistol and a Pulsar motorbike from Umesh. The encounter was carried out on the basis of a tip-off received by the police. Cops were informed that Umesh, along with his two accomplices, was planning to murder someone. Accordingly, a joint team of police and special operations group (SOG) was posted at Kote bridge. Late at night, a Pulsar bike carrying three persons was seen approaching towards the bridge. The police waved at the bikers asking them to stop, but the criminals opened fire. Police retaliated, and after 25 rounds of firing, taking advantage of the darkness, two of the gangsters managed to flee while Umesh was nabbed. Rahul Kumar said Umesh was a resident of Loni in Ghaziabad and that he was wanted in many cases of loot, murder, kidnapping and many other crimes. He was in Dasna jail in connection with a murder where he met Nandu, alias Ravan. Since then he had been working for the Ravan gang. On Ravan’s orders, Umesh had murdered a Dadri based kiln owner also. Rahul added that the two criminals escaped towards Delhi and efforts were afoot to nab them. |
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Ghandy wants lawyer during interrogation, court defers ruling
New Delhi, October 9 The chief metropolitan magistrate Kaveri Baweja after hearing the Central Bureau of Investigation and Ghandy’s counsel reserved the order for October 12. Delhi police opposed Ghandy’s plea saying that the very purpose of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act would be impeded if counsel is allowed during interrogation. Vishal Gosain, appearing for Ghandy, said that as a fundamental rule any arrested person can seek legal help during interrogation. Ghandy, whose release was demanded by Maoists in exchange for abducted Jharkhand police official Francis Induwar, has been sent to police custody till October 15. Ghandy was arrested on September 21 from Delhi. Maoists beheaded Induwar on October 6 and dumped his body off Jharkhand’s Ranchi-Bundu highway. The 63-year-old London-educated Ghandy, arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for being a member of the banned terror organisation, was residing at a rented accommodation in south Delhi and allegedly working to set up a base for the Maoists in the Capital.
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Rao Tula Ram Marg flyover opened
New Delhi, October 9 The PWD has constructed three flyovers having the length of 3.5 km and with the cost of Rs 234 crore on the stretch commencing from IIT to Rao Tula Ram Marg. Two flyovers have already been opened for the public and the flyover at Afrika Avenue is near completion and will be opened soon for the public. The road starting from IIT Gate to national highway-8 will be signal free with the construction of the three flyovers. Raj Kumar Chauhan said that the length of the IIT Gate flyover that had been inaugurated earlier was 950 metres and the cost of Rs 104.3 crore had been incurred on its construction. He said that length of Rao Tula Ram Marg flyover is 920 metres and the road of the flyover has been constructed with cement instead of dense carpet. To reduce the noise pollution, noise barriers have been installed at the flyover. The sheets of polycarbonate lexon have been installed at the flyover. |
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Killer of tenant gets life term
Noida, October 9 According to the prosecution, the landlord, Anand Sharma, a resident of Ghori Bachhera village, had clashed with his tenant Mohammed Salim in June 2007. One day before the incident, Anand, in a drunken state, had thrashed Salim with a club at midnight. Salim then ran away to save his life. He returned the next day along with his friends— Nagender, Jaiswal, Abdul Hassan and Izhar Aalam— and started packing his luggage to vacate the house. But when Anand learnt that Salim had come back, he attacked him with a dagger. He repeatedly stabbed Salim on his neck. When Salim’s friends tried to save him, Anand attacked them also. The friends then called the police. However, by the time the police could reach the spot, Salim had died. After a few days Anand surrendered in court. The police had recovered the dagger used in the killing.
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ICAI official commits suicide
New Delhi, October 9 Police said that K Venkitraman (46) was found lying dead outside the building of River View Apartments in Mayur Vihar around 6:40am today. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead. “Venkitraman, suffering from some disease, had been bed-ridden for the past two months. He had been undergoing treatment at the Jiwan Anmol Hospital. He might have jumped from the window of his apartment. No suicide note has been recovered,” said the police. He was working as an additional secretary and is survived by his wife, Jyoti and two children—a 12-year-old boy and a seven-year-old girl.
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Ignou signs pact with Papua New Guinea varsity
New Delhi, October 9 The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) envisages development of cultural, educational and scientific ties between the two universities. It will also encourage academic exchange and collaboration to advance education and training in the two institutions, said Silima Nanda, director of IGNOU’s International Division. Several IGNOU programmes are likely to start from July 2010, Nanda said, adding it would take three to four months to develop the modalities . IGNOU will offer degree, diploma and certificate programmes at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The open varsity will also lay stress on research and development, application of information and communication technologies (ICTs) education and interactive multimedia and interactive education deliveries.
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13 trains passing via Sahibabad cancelled
Ghaziabad, October 9 The routes of some other trains have also been changed for these two days. The trains which will take a changed route include Palwal-New Delhi-Ghaziabad GDP-1. It will not go to Ghaziabad. Sonepat-Delhi-Sahibabad EMU-2 will not go to Sahibabad. Similarly, Aligarh-Delhi-Ghaziabad EMU-AD –5 will ply only between Aligarh and Delhi. Kosi Kalan-Delhi-Ghaziabad EMU GDK-1 will not touch Ghaziabad. Ghaziabad-Delhi-Mathura EMU GDM-2 will not ply up to Ghaziabad station. New Delhi-Aligarh EMU NA-2 will not go to Delhi while Delhi-Dankore EMU DD-2 will not touch Delhi station, the railways said.
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