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Bus Fare Hike
Conductor crushed to death
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Food minister inspects flour mills
Four held for robbery bid
14 autos seized in Gzb
No JNUSU poll this year
BYPL signs pact to buy power
US institute chief visits DTU for research pacts
Conductor, biker killed
in Noida accidents
MCD okays Rs 180-cr project
Metro services hit
Girl commits suicide
7 dacoits nabbed
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Bus Fare Hike
New Delhi, November 4 With this impression, majority of the commuters avoided DTC buses and tried to travel in Blueline buses. But they were surprised to know that private buses running under the state transport authority (STA) permits had also hiked the prices of their tickets. Suresh Chaudhary, a conductor with Blueline buses plying on route number 405 from Badarpur to Mori Gate, said the confusion was the result of the wrong information aired by the electronic media. The news channels in the morning said that fares of only DTC buses had been increased. He said that a man boarded his bus at Kalka More and asked for a ticket of Rs 7 for ITO. When he told him about the hiked fares, the commuter argued with him and refused to buy the ticket. Parveen Singh, another conductor working on buses on route number 534 from Mehrauli to Anand Vihar Bus Depot, said it was very difficult to convince commuters that the fares of Blueline buses had also been increased. “The electronic media has created confusion with their news that fares of only DTC buses had been increased,” he said. |
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Conductor crushed to death
New Delhi, November 4 A senior police officer said the victim, Kamlesh, was travelling on the footboard of the bus when he suddenly fell down and got crushed on Punchkuian road. “Kamlesh lived in the Dakshinpuri area of south-east district and worked on buses plying on route number 522 between Ambedkar Nagar and Arya Samaj road in Karol Bagh. The bus was empty and he was asking the driver to take a turn when he fell down and came under the front tyre,” said a senior police officer. He was rushed to a nearby hospital and then moved to a private hospital, but he died on the way. The driver of the bus, Ashok, has been arrested. Doc held for
murder
The police has finally managed to arrest the doctor who had been on the run ever since a woman was found murdered in his rented room in the Bhagwan Nagar area of south-east Delhi on October 25. The homeopath doctor, N.K. Sharma, is the prime suspect in the case. It is being believed that he had an extra marital affair with the deceased. However the police today clarified that Sharma in his confessional statement had said that he killed the woman, Gulabo, because she happened to see him with a prostitute and had been blackmailing him ever since. Gulabo worked as a help in his clinic in the Badarpur area. |
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Food minister inspects flour mills
New Delhi, November 4 The minister had undertaken the visit to assure that the flour to be sold by the Delhi government at Kendriya Bhandar and Mother Dairy outlets was of good quality. Yusuf had yesterday announced that with an idea to control inflation in Delhi, the state government would sell flour at government outlets on control rate. The initiative is being taken after the union government directed the states to sell wheat flour at Kendriya Bhandars and other outlets on control rate. The Delhi government will be supplied wheat by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) store in Ludhiana. The FCI will charge Rs 1,080 for one quintal wheat from the government. As the government does not have flour mills, it will take help from private mills for processing the wheat into flour. According to an estimate, the government’s production cost of flour will be Rs 13.50 per kg and it will sell flour at Rs 14 per kg. The flour will be supplied in bags of 5 kilograms and 10 kilograms. The 5-kg bag will be available at Rs 70, while the 10-kg bag will be sold at Rs 139. The sale of flour at subsidized rates comes few months after the government started selling pulses at various outlets in important places in Delhi. This was done when the prices of pulses had increased. A senior official of the department said the government would continue this practice as inflation was increasing and the poor were bearing the maximum brunt. |
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Four held for robbery bid
Faridabad, November 4 The three other members of the gang escaped in the cover of darkness. The police has launched a manhunt for the three. The CIA staff at Munjesar, near here, was tipped off about these gang members. The police swung into action and a raid was conducted. After a while, the four were nabbed. However, the other three members escaped. All the four arrested are locals. Two of them are from the Palli crusher zone area. The police found a countrymade gun and swords on the bodies of the accused at the time of the raid. The Palli crusher zone is always in the news on account of wrong reasons. Cases of dacoity, murder and loot in it are a recurrent feature. The employees in the sheds always carry lots of money. Besides, as the construction material prepared in the sheds/plants is also sold on the black market, criminal elements and business rivalries come into play. The owners of the sheds have strong friends and enemies on account of their lucrative business dealings. It is an open secret that only strongmen having money and muscle power and those wielding political clout get allotments of the sheds/plant in the crusher zone. Hence, the zone is always a vulnerable area for anti-social activities. |
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14 autos seized in Gzb
Ghaziabad, November 4 The drive was launched from Choudhary crossing. Further, as part of the drive, the policemen are removing additional seats from autos. The shared auto-rickshaws have seven seats, but the drivers, in order to make extra money, fix additional five seats on the back of the vehicle. This overloading causes accidents. Resident welfare associations and NGOs have been requested to join the campaign and make public aware of traffic rules. “It is strange that in spite of knowing very well that helmets are for their safety, bikers do not wear it, thus risking their lives. Further, citizens should drive safely. Instead of driving fast, one should start few minutes early,” said Kumar. |
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No JNUSU poll this year
New Delhi, November 4 The meeting is crucial, as a section of students have alleged that office-bearers of the present students’ union are supporting a faculty member accused of sexually harassing a girl student. “JNUSU pesident Sandeep Singh had written a letter to the chairperson of Gender Sensitisation Committee against Sexual Harassment (GSCASH). He was trying to influence and derail the punishment process of the accused faculty member,” said Roshan, secretary, Students’ Federation of India (SFI). The SFI, the main opposition to All India Students Association (AISA) that rules JNUSU, has asked office-bearers to publicly apologise to the student community for “shielding the culprit.” “We hardly have any alternative to the present union, but we want the office-bearers to apologise for intervening in the proceedings of JNU’s democratic body,” said Roshan. The present union, however, maintained that political student wings were trying to spread confusion at a time when the administration was taking advantage of the divide. |
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BYPL signs pact to buy power
New Delhi, November 4 buy electricity under the ‘city waste to power’ initiative. “Under the terms of the agreement, BYPL will procure 49 per cent of the 10 MW electricity that will be generated by the under-construction Ghazipur renewable energy power plant. BYPL will procure power at a competitive tariff rate of Rs 3.668 per KWh, determined by a competitive bidding process,” said Ramesh Narayanan, CEO, BYPL. The agreement allows the promoters to sell the balance 51 per cent electricity through a suitable open access mechanism. The power plant processing around 1200 tonnes of municipal solid waste generated in the national Capital daily is expected to be commissioned around the Commonwealth Games. “Being pro-environment is the focus of all our corporate social responsibility initiatives,” added Shri Narayanan. The power plant at Ghazipur will be the second such project here to utilise the city’s solid waste to generate clean and renewable electricity. The other project is coming up at Okhla. Together the two projects will generate 26 MW. |
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BRT design at Moolchand to be changed
New Delhi, November 4 The BRT being located in the middle of the road causes traffic jam. Now under the new design, it will be on the left side of the road. The newly designed BRT will be from Defence Colony to Delhi Gate. The design was changed by the Delhi Urban Arts Commission, an agency of the union government. In new design, the road divider near Defence Colony is being broken. An official of the BRT said that changing design of the road was wastage of public money. The authorities concerned should have discussed all the points before constructing the road. The government has decided to change the design as the BRT was criticised by the media due to the long traffic jam from Ambedkar Nagar to Moolchand. Even the union government had criticized the BRT saying that it failed in its mission of uninterrupted traffic movement. |
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US institute chief visits DTU for research pacts
New Delhi, November 4 Hultin is in India to visit select institutes as well as meet representatives from the academia, government and corporate, in order to have a better understanding of India's educational requirements and explore opportunities of academic and research activities, which could be of mutual benefit to both the countries. He met the officiating vice-chancellor of DTU, Prof. B. D. Pathak along with Prof. R.K. Sinha, dean, Industrial, Research Development among others. Hultin was accompanied by Meera Kumar, vice-president, Communications and Marketing, NYU Poly. Prof. Pathak spoke to Hultin about the possibility of research collaborations, faculty and student exchange with NYU Poly, where the students of DTU could study one semester at NYU Poly or vice versa. An option of offering dual degrees by both the institutes, where students could study two years at home country and two years at partnering institute was also discussed on the occasion. On why he chose DTU for his visit and proposed partnership, Hultin said, “DTU has a great reputation and has recently been upgraded into a full-fledged university.” |
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BJP councillor joins Cong
New Delhi, November 4 Chaudhary completed all joining-related formalities at the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee office in the presence of state party president Jai Prakash Agarwal. Chaudhary, who has been elected twice from the Timarpur segment, said he had joined the Congress as he felt suffocated with the saffron party. “The BJP works on communal lines which is not good for the development of the country,” he said. Surender said he was impressed with the progarmmes and policies of the Congress and wanted to serve the nation under the guidelines of All India Congress Committee president Sonia Gandhi. Welcoming Chaudhary, DPCC president said that the BJP was a sinking ship whose cadres were leaving it. Those living the BJP and joining the Congress would be given due importance and their experience will be used fully, he added. |
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Women pickpockets held on Delhi bus
New Delhi, November 4 According to the police, one Amrik Kaur, a resident of Libas Pur, had yesterday complained that when she was returning from PCTI Institute in Pitampura on a crowded bus, the accused tried to steal cash from her bag. "Two women were standing on both side of Kaur. One of them put her dupatta over Kaur's hand bag and tried to take out Rs 500 and a gold chain from it. When Kaur realised that her articles were being removed by the two women, she raised the alarm, and the women were arrested red-handed. A case has been registered in this regard and the investigation will be conducted by the Maurya Enclave police station," said the police. During interrogation the women revealed that they used to pick pockets on buses running from Raja Garden to ISBT. The women, who are sisters, are married. Servants held
with theft booty
The north-west district police today claimed to have arrested two domestic servants involved in theft cases and recovered silver decorative pieces from them. ''Jugal Kishore (24) and Rahul Sharma (20), both residents of Uttar Pradesh, were arrested for their involvement in stealing Rs 40,000 and some expensive electronic items from the house of the director of ministry of finance Pradeep Kumar Bagga on October 15,'' said deputy commissioner of police (north-west) N.S. Bundela said. The stolen items included silver decorative vessels, two digital cameras, a mobile phone and a wrist watch. Bundela said Kishore revealed that they were working as domestic helps in Delhi for the past four years and took to thefts to earn easy money. ''Few silver decorative pieces have been recovered from his possession. He had sent rest of the items and cash to his village in Chitrakoot,'' the DCP added. Further investigations are on in the matter. Burglars held
Three burglars, who had allegedly stolen 250 kg of steel from a factory in the Ashok Vihar area, have been arrested and 100 kg of steel circles were recovered from them, the police said. ''On a tip off, Naresh, alias Binta (20), Nagender, alias Chikna, alias Tinku (20) and Manoj, alias Neta (22), were arrested and 100 kg of steel circles were recovered from them,'' said DCP (north-west) N.S. Bundela. Bundela told that during interrogation, the criminals revealed that they targeted isolated factories. Efforts were afoot to nab their accomplice-- Vinod, alias Neta, the police added. |
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Conductor, biker killed
in Noida accidents
Noida, November 4 A Honda City car was robbed at gunpoint from Sector 37 area last night. Atta shopkeeper Yash Pal Viij was returning home when three persons robbed his car at pistolpoint. A few days ago in similar circumstances, Honda City of Alok Tyagi, a resident of Sector 27, was robbed from Nithari area. A conductor Gulshan Kumar was crushed under the rear wheels of the bus while driver Munna Kumar was reversing it in Jewar area last night. In another incident, a motorcyclist Yoginder Singh was killed when a speeding dumper truck hit his bike in Bisrakh area. Four persons were robbed of cash and mobile phones in different areas. The three victims were Anju Tomar, Rakesh Kumar and Net Ram. They have lodged complaint at Sector 58, Dadri and Bisrakh police stations. The fourth victim Ravi Bhushan had taken lift in a cab where he was robbed of gold chain and ATM card. The robbers withdrew Rs 20,000 through this card. The incident took place near Sector 62 last night. Nine theft cases, including auto thefts, were from different parts of the city. Four thefts were reported from E-126 Sector 27, B-18 Sector 55 and Him Sagar Apartment in Greater Noida. Jewellery, cash and valuables worth lakhs have been stolen. Three cars were stolen from Sector 19, Sector 63 and Sector 12. A motorcycle of Ved Prakash was stolen from the GIP area in Sector 38. |
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MCD okays Rs 180-cr project
New Delhi, November 4 The standing committee today passed the project to implement ICT-based e-governance solution across the organisation. “We are implementing ICT-based e-governance solution to streamline the processes and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of citizens’ services. It also aims to bring transparency and sustainability in the systems,” said standing committee chairman Ramkishan Singhal. He added Tech Mahindra has been given the contract for the Rs 180-crore project. It will build ICT-based platform, operate it, provide maintenance and train MCD staff before transferring it to the civic body after five years. The new system will provide better monitoring and transparency. “The main benefits will be single window system for public services and intra-department link-up. Total computerisation will lead to better transparency,” he said. |
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Metro services hit
New Delhi, November 4 Huge rush was seen at Central Secretariat and Patel Chowk Metro stations, as trains kept standing at the stations for nearly 10 minutes. The Metro officials said there was a problem in the static inverter of a train on Jehangirpuri to Central Secretariat corridor around 1:30 pm. “This affected Metro services for 12 minutes and the train was withdrawn at Central Secretariat Metro station for further examination,” confirmed Anuj Dayal, spokesperson, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. However, the services normalised soon. Feeder buses
hike fair
The fare of Metro feeder buses have been revised with immediate effect as per the notification dated November 3. The notification has been issued by the Delhi transport department. The new fares will be Rs 7 till 8 km and Rs 10 above 8 km. Earlier the fares were Rs 5 and Rs 8, respectively. |
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Girl commits suicide
Ghaziabad, November 4 According to SHO Surajpal Singh, Ajay Arora’s family has been living for the past several years at Nehru Nagar II A block. Last night, his 18-year-old daughter Pragya hanged herself from the ceiling fan. The police sent the body for postmortem. No suicide note was recovered from the room. The cause of suicide was being investigated.
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7 dacoits nabbed
Ghaziabad, November 4 According to SSP Akhil Kumar, the Hapur police in an armed encounter arrested seven criminals from Ghannora village. They were identified as Munna, Haroon, Chaman, Bahadur, Shahid, Shokin and Akbar. They revealed they were members of interstate gang of robbers. They admitted to triple murder in Noida, and robbery and rape in the Dadri area besides several cases of robberies in Ghaziabad and NCR areas.
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