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90 IP power station staff seek VRS
Rift over ardaas for riots victims
Crime File |
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Opening a new chapter in
life of the disabled via sports
Murder Case: Ex-MLA chargesheeted
Steep rise in prices of food items
Rod enters labourer’s stomach
Romance costs man his life
Much ado over MCD power transfer
Rally against bus fare hike
Two get RI for forcing girl into flesh trade
Unhappy with gift, man bites
off wife’s nose
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90 IP power station staff seek VRS
New Delhi, October 28 The Delhi government in its cabinet meeting sometimes back had decided to close the power station on the grounds that it was creating pollution as it used coal, a costly venture and that its machines were outdated. The government had announced the land would be used for parking DTC buses. The government had said the power station was established for 25 years and should had been closed in 2001. But it could not be closed because Delhi had scarcity of power. However, the Delhi State Electricity Workers’ Union filed a writ petition in the high court claiming the decision was against an agreement reached among the union, management and the government in 2002. In the agreement, the government had agreed it would not retrench employees of the power station, said union general secretary Kuldip and office secretary Suresh. They said the court had ordered the government to maintain status quo. The sources said the power station was to be closed by October 31, 2009 and the last date for applying for VRS was October 27. According to sources, the IPGCL has 600 employees. The government plans to retrench some and shift the remaining ones to Bawana and Bamnauli power stations. Government sources say the power generation capacity of IGPCL is 247.5 MW, but it produced less than 100 MW. The decision to close the station was taken after the government found substitutes in the form of Dadri and Bawana power stations. Dadri plant would generate 100 MW by November 2009 and Bwana plant would to generate 490 MW by March 2010. HR manager of IGPCL P.K. Rey said he was not authorised to speak on the matter as this was cabinet’s decision. |
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Rift over ardaas for riots victims
New Delhi, October 28 President of the All India Riot Victim Relief Committee (AIRVRC) Kuldip Singh Bhogal today alleged that he had sought permission from the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) for performing ardaas at Bala Sahib near Sarai Kale Khan, but the request was turned down. Bhogal, who owes allegiance to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal-led Shriomani Aklai Dal, alleged that the request had been turned down as DSGMC chief Paramjit Singh Sarna feared that committee members might speak against the Congress party during the ardaas. Sarna, on the other hand, denied that the AIRVRC had approached him on the subject, and said that the DSGMC had decided to organise an ardaas on November 2 at Gurdwara Rakab Ganj located near Parliament. This is not the first time that differences have emerged within the community over a sensitive matter like the anti-Sikh riots. In the past, people within the community, some of whom are ideologically more in line with the SAD, have been critical of Sarna. On the other hand, Sarna, who has held sway over the cash-rich DSGMC, takes a middle path. Some 3,000 Sikhs had died in the riots and the Congress-led UPA government had paid compensation to the victims following the tabling of the Justice Nanavati Commission report. |
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Bid to kidnap trader
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, October 28 The victim, Gaurav Agarwal, is the owner of the famous rice brand Jagat Basmati Rice. He was in his BMW car when incident took place around 10:30 am. However, the police maintained the miscreants tried to rob him of the car and there was no attempt to kidnap him. “Gaurav who lives in Pushpanjali Enclave was on his way to Dwarka when he was attacked,” said a policeman. Gaurav’s uncle Manish said his car was first intercepted by two bikers and later four men in acar blocked the way. “One of them was turbaned and was wearing police uniform. He indicated the driver to stop the car and then asked him to show his driving licence. In the meantime, four assailants in a black Santro car appeared. The bikers then broke one of the rear windowpanes and the criminals in the car started firing at Gaurav. They tried to drag him out,” Manish said. Gaurav resisted them. Hearing him shout, people rushed to his rescue. After which, the assailants fled. Thereafter, Gaurav called his father who informed the police. The police has questioned Gaurav’s driver Dharmender, but his employers said, “He has been working with us for the past 10 years. The robbers probably wanted to kidnap Gaurav for ransom.” Man found dead
A 32-year-old lab technician with Delhi University was found dead outside his staff quarter this morning. The police suspects it to be a case of suicide. The police said Sanyasu Shekhar Saho, a lab assistant, was found in undergarments. Saho was undergoing treatment for dengue. “We are probing whether he committed suicide or accidentally fell from the four-storey building. We have not found any suicide note,” said a police official. 2 vendors killed
Two men of Nepali origin were found murdered in the Nangloi area this morning. The police suspects it to be the handiwork of their third friend with whom the victims had consumed alcohol last night. The victims have been identified as Ram Bahadur and Kartik Yadav. While Ramu is absconding. All three ran a tea stall in Mundka and lived in the mud house behind the stall. The police believes the victims were hit on the head. Two empty bottles of whisky have been seized from the room. The border police in UP has been alerted about the incident. 4 hurt in accident
Four persons, including three schoolchildren, were injured when a van collided with a school bus in Vivek Vihar around 6:45 am. “A collision took place between a school van, carrying five schoolchildren, and a vacant bus of Vivekanand Mahila College. Three children have received minor injuries,” said a police official. 2 traders robbed
A businessman was robbed of Rs 61,000 by four unidentified men in Vivek Vihar last night. Four unidentified men riding a Honda City car robbed Aakash of Rs 61,000 at gunpoint in Chand Mohalla around 9:30 pm while he was going to his home. However, he was unable to tell the car’s number to the police. A case has been lodged at Vivek Vihar police station. Aakash deals in carry bags business. In another incident, a man was robbed of Rs 21,000 at Gandhi Nagar last night. The victim Rajkumar runs a furniture showroom. A case has been registered. |
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Opening a new chapter in
life of the disabled via sports
New Delhi, October 28 Anchored by the Special Olympics Bharat (SOB) in collaboration with the Delhi government and the ministry of youth affairs and sports, the five-day extravaganza, which was flagged off today at Airforce Sports Complex,
Palam, would see players from five countries—Sri lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and India, the host. In total, eight teams would be participating in the tourney, including four from the host India—Delhi, North and Central, East and North-East and South. Another team from China couldn’t make to the show for want of visa. The objectives behind the Special Olympics are to affect a change in the mindset of people at large and nurture hidden talents among intellectually challenged people, particularly children. “It is seen that healthy people commonly challenge them by calling them insane, handicapped etc. But, as a matter of fact, they are more determined, and warrant only special attention,” said Harpreet Singh, manager organisational development of Special Olympics, Asia Pacific, (SOAP).
Joginder Bedi (21), with right hand and leg disability due to cerebral palsy, is employed with SOAP as a front desk manager. At the exhibition match today, he displayed a great show and would captain the Delhi team. In fact, “disability can be an ability” and can act as a strong propeller for potential. Twenty-two- year-old Jyotsna
Kalra, a resident of Ashok Nagar in Delhi, is an exemplary example of it. She won three medals—two silvers and one bronze for skating—in the Special Olympics held in China in 2007.
Jyotsna’s performance match with that of any physically sound athletes who have won accolades at various Olympics. “I completed my training for skating before the Olympics in one month, and after winning the medal, I was complimented by my parents. Well done! They said,” she said enthusiastically. She studies at the Tamanna Special School, Vasant
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Murder Case: Ex-MLA chargesheeted
New Delhi, October 28 “I am satisfied that a prima facie case is made out against all six accused under various provisions of the IPC,” additional sessions judge O.P.Saini said. Initially, former Samajwadi Party MLA and eight others were arraigned as accused for killing Rakesh Pandey, a witness in a triple murder case against them, on February 17, 2003, at Sant Ravidas Nagar district near Varanasi. The victim, who had refused to accept Rs 5 lakh for not deposing in the triple murder case, was threatened and later shot dead at the behest of the accused leader. Three accused, Santosh Kumar Singh, Vinod Kumar Singh and Bashir Khan, died during the trial while the fourth one Kallu was declared a proclaimed offender after he went absconding. The case was transferred to the national Capital from UP by the Supreme Court on March 28, 2008, on the ground that a fair trial was not possible against the accused leader. While shifting the trial, the apex court considered the fact that the former MLA allegedly killed a person who was to depose against him. The court has fixed the matter on November 23 for recording evidence of prosecution witnesses, signalling the start of trial. |
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Steep rise in prices of food items
Noida, October 28 Housewives are the most harassed lot not knowing how to balance their kitchen budget. Says Ram Sharma of Sector-11, price of potato has gone from Rs 6 per kg to Rs 26 per kg. Ashwini Kumar of Sector-23 says, “We had never witnessed in our life such a steep rise in prices of essential commodities.” Even ordinary green leafy vegetables like bathua and methi saag, which were never sold above Rs 10 per kg are now selling at Rs 60 per kg. Wholesale merchant Tarun says the rising prices have harassed the middle class people the most. The prices of sugar have gone up from Rs 24 a kg to Rs 36 a kg now. Prices of cereals (dal) have registered a rise of Rs 10 to Rs 20 a kg. A tea pack of 500 gm has gone up by Rs 30 to Rs 40 while rice has registered an increase of Rs 10 to Rs 20 per kg pack. The branded wheat flour bag of 50 kg has gone up from Rs 500 to Rs 700. Though the price of a thali in a restaurant has not gone up, but the quantity of food items being served in the thali has roughly become half than two months earlier. |
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Rod enters labourer’s stomach
Gurgaon, October 28 He was immediately rushed to the hospital where a team of six doctors operated on him for about five hours. He is kept on ventilator. Dr Anurag Sobhari, MD, Internal Medicine, Sunrise Hospital, said that Kamlesh was brought to the hospital at the right time and if there had been a little delay, the situation would have been different. He said that when the patient was brought to the hospital, rod was inside the body only and no one took it out. “If someone had tried to remove it, Kamlesh would have died,” Dr Sobhari mentioned and claimed that Kamlesh is better now but they need to keep an eye on him for the next 72 hours that is the crucial period. “It was one of the difficult operations we have ever done, but we are happy that it is proving successful,” he affirmed. Kamlesh’s friend Mitlesh Yadav said that three rods entered his body and he along with the help of other labourers took him to the hospital. Kamlesh is a native of UP and came here with his brother-in-law Prabhunath one month back in search of work and was putting up at Jharsa village. He was doing work of shuttering at a construction site in sector 32 when the incident took place.
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Romance costs man his life
Noida, October 28 The police feels the man was killed for being romantically involved with a woman living in
Ghaziabad. Meanwhile, efforts are on to trace the killers. The victim has been identified as Bhagwan Swaroop of Lok Priya Vihar in Khoda Colony. He was last seen in Khoda Colony around 2 am on Tuesday. One Anand Pandey informed the Sector-58 police that some people who were having a drinking bout in two three-wheelers were quarrelling. But when the police team reached the spot, it did not find anybody there except one three-wheeler. The three-wheeler has been seized. At 8 am on Tuesday, the police was informed about a body lying in the bushes near Kendriya Vihar Sector-51. The police took the body into its possession. The victim’s cell phone and purse were also found on the spot. When the policemen dialled a number from the victim’s phone, one Karan Singh responded. Singh was the three-wheeler’s owner and he the victim as Bhagwan
Swaroop. On Singh’s complaint, the Sector-49 Kotwali has registered a report of abduction and murder against unidentified killers of Bhagwan
Swaroop. The police said Bhagwan who had reportedly brought a Ghaziabad woman to live with him in Khoda Colony. After staying with him for a few months, the woman eloped with Swaroop’s relative. After which, Swaroop was having enmity with many people, the police said. |
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Much ado over MCD power transfer
New Delhi, October 28 BJP members shouted slogans against Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and the Congress for a good half hour that eventually led to heated arguments from the Congress councillors. At the end, chairman R.K. Singhal was forced to adjourn the meeting. Calling the power transfer by the centre government “an attempt to curb the MCD’s autonomy”, former standing committee chairman Vijender Gupta said, “This is a misuse of Section 490A under which powers are delegated. We strongly oppose this move.” On the other hand, leader of opposition J.K.Sharma today raised serious allegations and brought to notice some media reports claming that some BJP councillors allegedly take “donations” for sanctioning pension to widows, the disabled and the elderly. |
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Rally against bus fare hike
New Delhi, October 28 Carrying placards and flags of their trade unions, the workers left Bhagat Singh Park about 1 pm for the Secretariat chanting slogans against the Delhi government. But they were stopped near Link House at Bahadurshah Zafar Marg by the police. The participants protested there and traffic was jammed for more than two hours. They submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister demanding to roll back the increased amount on students’ bus pass and low down the fare. P.M.S. Grewal, secretary, CPI (M), Delhi State, lambasted the Sheila Dikshit government for such a steep hike in bus fare. The rates of monthly bus passes have almost doubled and those of student passes have been increased eightfold. |
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Two get RI for forcing girl into flesh trade
New Delhi, October 28 Additional sessions judge Pratibha Rani while convicting them under various provisions of Indian Penal Code and Immoral Trafficking Act, said, “I do not find that any of the convict deserves any leniency or release on probation.” The court passed the order while hearing the case of a girl who was lured into leaving her native place in West Bengal. She was offered a job by the flesh trade kingpin Alamgir. The incident came to light when the police raided a house in Kamla Market on a complaint filed by the victim’s brother-in-law in 2006 after which the victim was rescued and pimp Sheetal arrested. Earlier, the victim in her statement had said that Alamgir, after bringing her to Delhi, handed her over to Sheetal who forced her into prostitution. Convicting both the persons for separate offences, the court said there was enough evidence to show that they were guilty. |
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Unhappy with gift, man bites
off wife’s nose
Noida, October 28 The man, Ram Singh, is absconding, while the woman Kalawati went to the Sector-49 police station carrying the detached portion of her nose. The police has registered a complaint and is now trying to nab her husband. The woman has been admitted to a private hospital in Noida where a surgery is underway to stitch the severed part of her nose. Ram Singh is a native of Barielly and was living with Kalawati in a rented accommodation in Sarfabad village. They had love marriage two years ago. It was second marriage for both of them.
Kalawati reportedly has four children from her first marriage. According to reports, the fight took place over a television set. Kalawati had bought a colour TV as gift for Ram Singh, but Singh did not like such a costly gift and was very upset. The quarrel, perhaps, was triggered by this, the police said. |
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