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Residents bust sex racket
5 girls held for running prostitution ring
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Sarojini Nagar Blast
18 fresh dengue cases
A walk down memory lane
Protesters block Delhi-Mathura road
over Rs 1.5-lakh theft in bus
Efforts on to resolve RICO crisis
Ultrasound clinic faces closure for shifting
without permission
Speeding bus overturns, dozens hurt
DU students end fee hike stir
World Stroke Day
122 couples get married in Delhi
Ghandy’s custody extended by
6 days
Trader fined for using plastic bags
3 held for betting
Woman hangs self in Noida
AMU don killed in Noida mishap
Shilpotsav opens in Noida today
Gzb cops gun down criminal in shootout
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Residents bust sex racket
New Delhi, October 29 According to the police, two Russian girls and one Indian girl, a resident of Dilshad Garden, were arrested from 365 Inn at Mahipalpur Extension Village. The fourth girl managed to give the police a slip when she was taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for treatment. “She had suffered some injuries when she tried to evade arrest by jumping from the second floor of the inn. She was taken to the AIIMS but she escaped from there,” said a police official. A case of immoral trafficking has been lodged against the accused at Vasant Kunj police station. However, the three girls who were produced at the Patiala House court managed to get bail this afternoon. According to sources, residents of the area took the matter in their hands when the police failed to take action against the sex racket running from the guest house located in the area. Hundreds of residents surrounded the guest house and forcibly tried to take the girl to the police station. To which, eight men, the guest house staff and the girls protested. “The girls and their customers locked themselves in the rooms of the guest house, after which we alerted the police. The residents and the men accousting the girls also came to blows. However, the men ran away taking advantage of the commotion,” said Rajesh Kumar, a resident who was present when the incident took place. Residents said they had suspected that a sex racket was running in the guest house for the last seven-eight months. They had even reported the matter to the police but no action was taken. “Every evening girls check in and out of the guesthouse. We complained about it to the police. But no action was taken. Our family members, including children, pass through the road and it is very embarrassing,” said Mukhram, whose house is close to the guesthouse. He alleged that the police was receiving money from the owner of the guesthouse and hence, remained silent on the matter. According to sources, the inn is owned by one Gulati and he had started the guesthouse in the building over a year ago.
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5 girls held for running prostitution ring
New Delhi, October 29 He was sitting at the parlour’s counter and was collecting money from the customers as soon as they selected the girl. The girls are in the age group of 23 to 28 years. They disclosed that they were from poor families and were employed in this massage parlour. To earn quick and easy money, they had indulged in the business of immoral trafficking. The massage parlour located at Shankar Road in Old Rajender Nagar has been sealed. |
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Sarojini Nagar Blast
New Delhi, October 29 The victims and the families of the deceased had to tread from one government department to the other for compensation. But there are many who await the government aid. To help those who are still awaiting government aid, the South Asian Forum of People against Terrorism today conducted a multi-religion prayer ceremony at the same spot in the market where the blasts took place. A Sufi from Khan Market Masjid along with 30 Muslim children read ‘Qurankhani’, Granthi from Sarojini Nagar Gurudwara read the Guru Granth Sahib, a priest from a Lodhi Road church prayed and seven Hindu priests performed a ‘havan’ at the spot. The meet was attended by the family members of many victims and survivors of the Sarojini Nagar blast and other blasts in Delhi. Later in the evening, the group marched to the President’s house to present a petition at the reception. “The President’s office has assured that the petition would be handed over to her when she would be back from her foreign trip. We have demanded strictness on compensation allotment,” said Ashok Randhawa, Convener of the Forum. The forum tries to bring together victims of terror attacks and work against violence and terrorism. The forum demands a dedicated authority for speedy and dignified disbursement of compensations; employment for one family member of the victim and insurance from the Indian government.
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18 fresh dengue cases
New Delhi, October 29 The chief medical officer of Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Dr N.K.Yadav stated, “The prevailing environment is very conducive to the thriving of mosquitoes, and so people have to check out for any mosquito breeding in houses and tanks on their roofs.” With today’s cases of the disease, the total tally has touched 320. “Though the number of cases reported is worrying, the government is prepared to contain the spread of the disease, and the cases reported this year are comparatively much less than last year,” outlined a Delhi government official. According to Dr Yadav, cases would continue to be reported till the first week of November. Further, he said the surveillance mechanism has been strengthened, and due to intensified checking, we have penalised 4,800 house owners so far, and notices have been sent to 43. |
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A walk down memory lane
New Delhi, October 29 What turned out to be her last walk was on the lane dividing her home from her office. Her residence was later converted into the Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum that attracts visitors from all over the world. A walk down the museum introduces visitors to what Indira Gandhi was all about. Her study which was her ‘sanctum’, the dining area, the bedrooms, part of the house where her son Rajiv Gandhi lived with his wife Sonia Gandhi and younger Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi, the gardens. She was a leader to the world, but this museum preserves her womanly side as a mother, mother-in-law and even a grandparent. It remains the best way to get the closest and get to know her, in a different light altogether. Pictures of a younger Indira Gandhi, Rajiv and Sonia Gandhi wedding, many of them clicked by Rajiv, give the visitors an insight into the lifestyle of the leading female leader that India has seen till date. Although much of the interiors have now been changed, it’s the path where she died that is most gripping. As one almost finishes the tour, one sees the lane where Indira Gandhi succumbed to 31 bullets and fell. Indira Gandhi was 66 when she died. It is said that it was Sonia Gandhi who rushed to the garden along with R.K. Dhawan, Gandhi’s additional private secretary and shadow of many years to help her. She was later taken to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) where doctors declared her dead. A must see at the museum is her last writings hung on the entrance. It reveals her spirit and sense of service for the motherland, in spite of the threat to her life.
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Protesters block Delhi-Mathura road
over Rs 1.5-lakh theft in bus
Faridabad, October 29 There was commotion when a woman, Bimla, along with her child was wailing on the side of the national highway near Crowne Plaza. Bimla, a resident of Subash Road in Delhi, had boarded the bus from Ashram in Delhi to go to Mathura. She had a sum of Rs 1.5 lakh tucked in her bag. Her husband, whose native place is at Mathura, had sent her along with the money to be given to his parents. According to Bimla, she suspected a group of youths, who alighted from the bus at Sarita Vihar in Delhi, behind the act. She said that she had kept the bag under the seat of the bus. She had kept the money in a small bag which was placed in a larger bag in which she had also kept eatables and a water bottle. When she entered Haryana, her child asked for water. When she looked for the bag, she found the smaller bag containing money missing. She alleged that she kept on asking the conductor and driver of the bus to take back the bus near Ashram. But the two did not oblige. They rather asked her to get down at Crowne Plaza. As passers-by started gathering, temper among them started soaring. As the crowd grew bigger, it protested by blocking the road. The crowd relented only when the police officials reached the spot. The police got in touch with its counterpart at Hodal and all the buses of Uttar Pradesh were stopped to identify the bus in question. The police as part of investigation wanted to quiz the conductor and the driver of their possible complicity in the crime. |
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Efforts on to resolve RICO crisis
Gurgaon, October 29 Production was hit due to the ongoing protest by RICO workers and the resentment brewing among the labourers of the HMSI. “Sensing the gravity of the situation, the district administration facilitated parleys between the HMSI management and the workers,” said deputy commissioner Rajender Kataria while talking to The Tribune here today. Additional labour commissioner M.R. Anand played a crucial role in getting a three-year agreement sealed by holding a marathon meeting with both parties. The HMSI management has to start performance reward scheme and enhance the benefits to the employees. The workers also assured to cooperate. However, talks continued even today to settle some finer points. “Efforts are on to resolve the RICO crisis and a settlement is expected within a day or so,” asserted the deputy commissioner. He, however, categorically stated that no outsiders, including trade unions or mediators, would be allowed to participate in the talks.
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Ultrasound clinic faces closure for shifting
without permission
Gurgaon, October 29 The decision was taken at a meeting of the committee held under the chairmanship of civil surgeon Dr S.S. Dalal at his office, here today. The ultrasound center at Aravali Clinic in DLF phase I had applied for renewal of licence and permission to shift to Medicare Pvt. Ltd. at DLF Phase-IV. But the committee learnt that the center had shifted even before it got the permission. The committee felt that since the centre had shifted without permission from the competent authority, it was now running illegally as the permission that it had was for the previous location. Moreover, the ultrasound center was issued notice to get its building plan approved from an architect because the plan attached with the application was without approval. But the center owner did not pay heed to the notice and no reply was filed till today. During the meeting, registration applications of six new ultrasound centers were also taken up for discussion. Out of these, four centers— Ananya Ultrasound and Diagnostic Center, Chabra Medical Care and Gopi Chand Charitable Ultrasound, Dev Hospital and Medanta— were given approval. About the remaining two applications, it was told that they did not fulfill the criterion and so had been asked to remove their shortcomings. The two centres are Sai Medicare and Trauma Center, Sector 5, Gurgaon, and Devi Sanjivani Family Hospital, Laxmi Garden, Gurgaon, were kept pending. The meeting was attended by deputy district attorney O.P. Ahlawat, deputy civil surgeons Dr R.K. Gaur and Dr Rekha Yadav, medical officer Dr Alka Singh, district malaria officer Dr Krishan Kumar, district information and public relations officer R.S. Sangwan, secretary of district Red Cross Society Pardeep Hooda and CDPO Prabha. |
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Speeding bus overturns, dozens hurt
Gurgaon, October 29 Satish Kumar, one of the passengers, the driver tried to overtake vehicles near the toll plaza. There were pot holes on the road and since the bus was running at a high speed, the he lost control and hit a tree and turned over. The police has register a case of negligent driving against the driver. |
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DU students end fee hike stir
New Delhi, October 29 “We have decided to call off the hunger strike after assurances from the proctor,” said Ashish Bharadwaj, president, DU unit, AISA. However, he added, “In case our demands are not met immediately, we will intensify our struggle.” Meanwhile, hundreds of activists from the All India Students Federation (SFI), Disha Students Organisation and the Students Federation of India today took out a protest march at DU over the issue. The march began from the Arts Faculty and after crossing Hindu, Ramjas and Kirori Mal colleges culminated at the VC’s office. A delegation of students submitted a memorandum to the VC. At the end of the march, student leaders of the three organisations addressed students and appealed to them to carry out a united struggle. Robert Rehman Raman, president, Delhi unit of SFI, said, “The fee hike is in complete accordance with the anti- students recommendations of the Ambani-Birla committee, National Knowledge Commission, Yashpal committee and the higher education bill. In the past 10 years, a 400 per cent increment has been made in the admission fees of various colleges. This has already shut the doors of various colleges for a majority of the youth. Only about 7 per cent of the eligible population in the country has access to higher education and such fee hikes would further shrink this number.” “We want to make it clear to the administration that the students will not tolerate this move and can go to any extent to press for their demands,” said Rehman. Many university teachers and other staff also joined the protest march and assured students of their support.
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World Stroke Day
New Delhi, October 29 A brain stroke occurs when brain stops receiving oxygen and nutrients and this happens after the blood capillaries carrying these to brain are blocked. This situation warrants immediate medical care, and any delay can be fatal, say doctors. Dr Rengen, who works with NGO Subhadra Nambudiri Foundation, said there are studies which suggest that an average person seeks medical advice only after 13 hours of experiencing the initial symptom of stroke and 42 per cent of patients delay in going to the doctor by 24 hours that can be critical. A study carried by the WHO, which was released this June, the prevalence of stroke was about 130 per 1,00, 000 population every year, and nearly 20 per cent of people with cardiac ailments are susceptible to it. The study also points out that stroke is the most common cause of disability and dependence because 70 per cent of stroke survivors remain vocationally impaired and over 30 per cent need help in their daily life. The World Stroke Organisation on World Stroke Day, stresses on sensitising people to emergency medication for strokes. The estimates of the apex health body suggest that around the world, 5.7 million people die every year due to stroke, and among survivors, 40 per cent experience moderate to severe disability and 10 per cent call for regular care. Further, the prevalence of strokes in India is as high as 16, 67, 372 every year and 4,568 stroke attacks each day.
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122 couples get married in Delhi
New Delhi, October 29 The samiti has been organising collective marriages for the past four years and has so far solemnised 255 marriages. The newly-wed couples were blessed by the chief patron of the samiti and ex-MP Sajjan Kumar and other leaders. The entire Madipur Colony was profusely decorated and the guests were entertained with refreshments and dandia dance.
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Ghandy’s custody extended by
6 days
New Delhi, October 29 The chief metropolitan magistrate of the Tis Hazari district courts Kaveri Baweja fixed October 31 as the day to decide whether Ghandy would undergo narco analysis test. Earlier, the Delhi police, expressing inability to extract information from Ghandy, had sought the court’s permission to conduct narco analysis test on him. Opposing police’s plea, 59-year-old Ghandy had claimed that he was suffering from prostate cancer and had cardiac problems. His lawyer Rebecca M. John had strongly opposed the plea on the grounds that he was suffering from heart disease and could not withstand such a test. On this, the court directed AIIMS to find out whether he was medically fit to undergo the test. |
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Trader fined for using plastic bags
New Delhi, October 29 This is the first punishment under the notification issued by the state government in early January banning the use of plastic bags in places such as shopping complexes, markets, hospitals and hotels. The order was delivered on Friday by a Tis Hazari court. The fine is less than stipulated under the law as the court took a lenient view in the matter. But the penalty will deter others from using plastic bags, A.K. Ambharast, member secretary of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee said. “We had prosecuted the owner of one Srisai Stationary at Kashmere Gate and had sought higher penalty. But as the accused was in a very bad shape, health-wise as well financially, the court closed the case after asking him to pay Rs 15,000 as fine,” he said.— PTI |
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3 held for betting
New Delhi, October 29 The accused — Abhinab, alias Lucky, Anil Sluja and Ravi Saluja — were betting on the ongoing Indo-Australian cricket match in Nagpur. The three were caught from a house in Sharkarpur last night. The accused disclosed they had been running the racket for the past two months and changed their locations frequently to evade arrest. They further informed the betting racket on cricket matches started from Mumbai and was later operated from Faridabad or Gurgaon. The police said the three had booked satta worth Rs 1 crore at the time of arrest. A laptop, TV sets, 126 mobile phones, 36 chargers and several notebooks in which the records were being made have been seized. Additional DCP (east) O.P. Mishra said, “The three took betting rates on mobile phones from Gurgaon or Faridabad. The customers staked their money considering the ups and down of the match. After the completion of the match, their workers of the accused went to the customers to collect the money, and later the money was distributed accordingly.” It was also found that the accused betted during the elections on different political parties.
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Woman hangs self in Noida
Noida, October 29 The tragedy came to light when the girl’s father Ranjit reached home from office and found his daughter crying for food. After bringing down the body that was hanging from a ceiling fan in the house, Ranjit informed the Sector-39 police who sent the body for autopsy. No suicide note was found from the spot. Since the victim’s parents have not lodged any complaint, the police is treating it to be a case of suicide. Ranjit works as a housekeeper in Sector-125.
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AMU don killed in Noida mishap
Noida, October 29 The professor died on the spot while two others, including a woman, were injured. Prof Jalil was on his way to the Delhi airport when the accident took place. According to information, the Sector-39 police took the injured to a private hospital. |
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Shilpotsav opens in Noida today
Noida, October 29 UP minister of state for tourism Vinod Kumar Singh will inaugurate the fair on Friday evening. As many as 227 artisans and craftsmen are participating in the fair. Attractions included artifacts such as wood carving, cane and bamboo, ahir embroidery, stone carving, sea shell craft, coconut coir, etc. Shilpotsav hours are from 11 am to 10 pm. Children of various schools and colleges will perform variety of cultural programmes between 12 noon and 5 pm from October 31 to November 7. During the fair, there will be Bollywood night by Shibani Kashyap, Punjabi rock show by Jasbir Jassi, haasya kavi sammelan, laughter show, etc.
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Gzb cops gun down criminal in shootout
Ghaziabad, October 29 The criminal was identified as Ravindra Tyagi, the police said. He was wanted by the police to stand trial in many criminal cases. According to the police, the criminal was in a black Honda City car. Three policemen sustained gun shot injuries in the encounter. The injured policemen were rushed to a local hospital here. Meanwhile, the criminal’s body has been sent for post-mortem examination. — IANS |
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