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DTU opens admission for MBA
4 villages still out of nagar pallika domain
Chargesheet filed against gangster Bajrangi
CM lays stress on eco balance
Suffering from obesity or losing hair?
It might be a thyroid problem
MCD work on Games going at snail’s pace: Report
Hotels hosting CWG delegates exempted from luxury tax
Anand Vihar Metro from Jan 7
Girl succumbs to H1N1
Man gets life term for murder in Timarpur
Call centre cab robbed in Noida
Two robbers held
2 hurt as car rams into shop
Cashier looted of Rs 2.3 lakh
3 minor fires in Delhi
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Chilly winds numb Delhi
New Delhi, January 4 According to weathermen, more cold is in store as the minimum temperature is likely to dip further tomorrow. While the maximum temperature is expected to hover around 7 degree Celsius, the minimum is likely to rest at 19 degree Celsius. The weatherman also predicts mist or shallow fog in the early morning. While some in the city are enjoying the chilly weather with hot coffees and warm meals, most Delhiites found it difficult to even step out of their homes. “It took courage to step out of my home today for work. It was freakishly cold that the winds hurt my hands,” said Vishakha, who travels every day to Noida from Delhi for work. The chilly winds gave a horrid time to those riding two-wheelers. Madhur, an HR executive said, “After I drove myself to work, I couldn’t feel my hands for at least 20 minutes. They were completely numb. I am just dreading going back home during the night, when it will be much colder.” When contacted, the metrological department officials attributed the cold weather to the icy winds blowing from Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Mist was experienced in the morning which brought down the visibility to 1000 meters. However, there was no disruption in the flight operations at IGI Airport as fog did not hamper the visibility on the runways. During the last couple of days, heavy fog had thrown rail and air traffic out of gear, creating endless problems for passengers as they were grounded at the railway stations and airports for hours. |
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Govt may shut schools
New Delhi, January 4 Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, after a cabinet meeting, said education minister Arvinder Singh Lovely has been asked to take a decision on the matter in a day or two. “The temperature has not gone down too much. It has been eight to nine degree Celsius...Considering all the aspects, the education minister will take a decision in a day or two,” she said. Earlier, she had said government was considering closing at least the primary schools to give relief to the
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NGOs threaten to take govt to court on homeless issue
New Delhi, January 4 The umbrella organisation also accused the Delhi police of indulging in atrocities on homeless people and said it was contemplating legal action including filing a PIL. Taking the issue of the poor and homeless, who spend their nights on pavements, the Urban Rights Forum blamed the government of being “anti-poor” and “urban-centric.” It also threatened the Chief Minister that members of the NGO would sit on a dharna outside her house at night in protest against the eviction of the homeless. The officials said that the government’s priorities are the Commonwealth Games and the Delhi Metro but it had forgotten the welfare of those labourers who are working at construction sites. Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing Miloon Kothari said, “Temporary shelters built for the homeless have been demolished from time to time. The government needs to be held accountable for the persistent human rights violation against the homeless.” He added that the Commonwealth Games were being used just to create an illusion of the national Capital. “The severe winter calls for an immediate humanitarian response. Tragically, the government has failed on this front,” he said. Homeless rights activist Indu Prakash Singh said that the lack of coordination between the government authorities had emerged to be a big problem. He said, “A temporary shelter was built on Pusa Road by the government but was later razed by the MCD which said it was unauthorised.” A shelter for women built in the Sarojini Nagar area is being illegally occupied Singh said adding that the department of Social Welfare had washed its hands off the responsibility. He also alleged that Delhi police often lathi-charged homeless people accusing them of being terrorists and bringing in explosives into the Capital. Mansoor khan of Beghar Mazdoor Sanghrash Samiti said, “The government says migration is the root cause of the problem and sending migrants back to their home states is the only solution. However, this is a violation of the ‘Right to Movement’ provided by the Indian Constitution.” The government has not been able to resettle the evicted people in custodial institutions and the failure to address this issue is “criminal negligence”, he added. |
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3 held for Rs 1.55-crore robbery
New Delhi, January 4 The arrested boys have been identified as Vikas Aggarwal, Parveen Goyal and Harshit Prabhakar. The fourth accused, Jitesh, is still absconding and efforts are on to nab him. According to the police, one Hyundai I-10 car, one Ford Endeavour car, two motorcycles used in the commission of the crime and Rs 1.25 crore in cash have been recovered from the accused. On December 16, around 9.15 am, when a jeweller and his daughter-in-law were leaving their house for HDFC Bank in Patel Nagar to deposit Rs 1.55 crore, three men (aged about 25 years) came on two motorcycles and at gunpoint took away the bags containing the money. The police zeroed down on the accused on the basis of information received by it that two persons— Harshit Prabhakar and Jitesh Gogia, both residents of Subhadra Colony in Sarai Rohilla—had been enjoying a lavish lifestyle since the day the robbery took place. The information was further developed and it was found that Harshit along with three other persons was present in Ashok Vihar on the day of the incident and even prior to that. After further investigation, the police arrested Vikas Aggarwal, Praveen Goyal and Harshit Prabhaklar. During interrogation, the three disclosed that the information about the cash being transferred to bank was given to them by one Jitesh, alias Jitu. They told the police that Jitesh had managed to get the address of the businessman through his girlfriend who works with the ICICI Bank in Ashok Vihar. Vikas was nabbed from Service Road, Multan Nagar, with Rs 70 lakh and a Hyundai car. Praveen was arrested with Rs 30 lakh and Harshit was arrested from Liberty Cinema. According to the police, Vikas did his B.com from the College of Correspondence, Delhi University, in 2004 and belongs to a well- educated family. He had worked as an accountant with Bhavya Trading Company, Ajmeri Gate, from 2002 to 2006. Praveen has studied up till Class IX and belongs to a middle class family. Harshit also did his B.com from the College of Correspondence in 2003 and belongs to well-educated family. |
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One held for murder of cricketer Gagandeep
New Delhi, January 4 Ajay was arrested yesterday evening from near Nizamuddin flyover, Ring Road, when he had come to meet his accomplice Ankit Chauhan. A resident of Meerut, he had an award of Rs 50,000 on his head. According to Alok Kumar, DCP (special cell), Ajay was apprehended after a brief encounter. A pistol of .32 bore caliber and seven cartridges were recovered from him. Ajay disclosed that he had studied up till Class XII at Guru Tegh Bahadur Public School in Meerut. On October 9, 2009, Ajay along with his accomplices— Ankit Chauhan, Mukrid Talian and Rahul Sangwan— had gone to eat kebabs at an eatery named Lal Kurti. “There he got into a fight with the shopkeeper, Shahnawaj, over delay in serving food. During the fight, Rahul shot at Shahnawaj and then fired four shots at another person sitting in the shop and ran towards their car to escape. It was then that Gagandeep, who was also present at the shop, ran towards them to overpower them. Rahul then fired at Gagandeep and fled the spot. Gagandeep died on the way to hospital. Rahul Sangwan has already been arrested and is lodged at a jail in Meerut,” said DCP Kumar. |
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DTU opens admission for MBA
New Delhi, January 4 The total number of seats is 60. The prospectus and application form for the two-year course can be downloaded from Delhi School of Management website www.dce.edu between January 5 and 8 only. The forms must be submitted along with a demand draft of Rs 1,000 at the university by February 8. The applications will be shortlisted on the basis of performance in CAT and other exams. The shortlisted candidates will have to appear for an interview and group discussion. Those having 60% in B.E/ B.Tech or Masters degree in any branch of physical, chemical, mathematical sciences or commerce or economics are eligible for the course. However, a relaxation of 5% is allowed for CGPA or SC/ST/OBC candidates. The programme offers specialisation in knowledge and technology management, supply chain management and information technology management. DTU vice-chancellor Prof P.B. Sharma said, “It has primarily been an engineering institute but after becoming a university, we decided to expand its scope by offering a management school on DTU campus. The school aims to produce managers having technology and management acumen who are skilled to work in the globally-competitive technology-intensive environment.” DTU forayed into management education by opening Delhi School of Management in 2009. |
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4 villages still out of nagar pallika domain
Ghaziabad, January 4 In 1954, the state government had issued notification expanding the area of nagar pallikas and nagar panchayats in the state. Begamabad, Bishokhar, Kadrabad and Sikri Khurd villages were included in the Modi Nagar nagar pallika area. But decision could not be implemented so far. In 2004, the Nagar Vikas Vibhag approved the inclusion of these villages in the nagar pallika area. However, pradhans of these villages moved the High Court over this decision stating they were not interested in being included in the nagar pallika area. Sikri Khurd’s former Pradhan and husband of present pradhan Khadak Singh said panchayats do the development work in the villages. If they are transferred to nagar pallika, pradhans will lose their status and nobody will respect them as all powers will be vested into nagar pallika. On the other hand, villagers Pratap Singh, Shiv Kumar Gupta and many others said that in this tussle, development of villages was affected. Begmabad’s former BDC Chandersekhar Sharma too felt it was affecting the development. |
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Chargesheet filed against gangster Bajrangi
New Delhi, January 4 In the charge-sheet filed in the court of chief metropolitan magistrate Kaveri Baweja, the Delhi police’s special cell alleged that Bajrangi, also accused of killing a Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA in 2005, and his accomplices made telephone calls from Mumbai to extort money. “The complainant revealed that on October 29 while he was in Karol Bagh, he had received a threatening call for extortion and the caller had introduced himself as Munna Bajrangi,” the police alleged. Bajrangi was apprehended from Mumbai by a joint team of the Delhi police and the Uttar Pradesh police on October 29 following interception of his calls. His accomplice Mahendra Ayare was also apprehended on the same day from
Mumbai. Two other accused — Iftikar Ahmed, alias Babloo, and Meeraj — alleged to be involved in criminal conspiracy were later arrested from Thane and Varanasi, respectively. They also claimed that the voice samples of Meeraj and Iftikar had been matched with the intercepted calls during forensic tests. |
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CM lays stress on eco balance
New Delhi, January 4 “It is important that we all must strive hard to preserve ecological balance and inculcate awareness about environment conservation,” the Chief Minister said while interacting with Vacation Programme students here today. She said that the ecological balance was being disturbed to meet needs of the people. “We will have to face a strong challenge if concrete steps for preservation of ecology are not immediately taken. The government is working to make Delhi pollution-free and a green city,” the Chief Minister said. She said that bio-diversity park near Wazirabad was one of the shinning examples of the government’s efforts in this direction. The park developed in 693-acre area would help restore glory of the Yamuna apart from helping in the preservation of endangered species. Massive tree plantation has been a priority of the government. The Chief Minister also expressed views on the issue of global warming which is emerging a big challenge to the humanity. Large-scale greening would prove beneficial in overcoming fast-increasing pollution. She exhorted children to function as environment ambassadors and plant at least seven saplings and preserve them as their family members. She stressed the need to utilize recycled paper. This practice may help in saving around 40,000 trees in a year. Environment secretary Dharmendra Kumar said that the department of environment had a scheme, called eco-club in schools and colleges of Delhi. Its objective is to sensitize the students on various environment issues. So far, 2000 schools and colleges have been enrolled under the scheme. |
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Suffering from obesity or losing hair?
It might be a thyroid problem
New Delhi, January 4 As many as over 4.2 crore people in India suffer from various ailments related to thyroid, but many do not go for check-up due to ignorance. To generate awareness about the prevalence and morbidity of thyroid-associated ailments, the Indian Thyroid Society (ITS) has kick-started a campaign titled ‘Think Thyroid Month’. Around 600 camps have been set up across the country for conducting screening. ITS chairperson Dr R.V. Jayakumar said, “Millions of people have an undiagnosed thyroid problem, and they don’t realise that it is the source of the other health ailments they face. Obesity, depression, fatigue, high cholesterol, infertility and many other conditions are often the direct result of undiagnosed and untreated thyroid conditions.” The thyroid gland stores and releases hormones which facilitate effective functioning of body. “When the thyroid gland fails to produce enough hormones, a person suffers from hypothyroidism with conditions of fatigue, weight gain, intolerance to cold, sleepiness, depression and enlarged thyroid,” said Dr Jayakumar. Generally, thyroid tests do not form a part of regular blood tests, and hence he suggested people to go for a blood test called as Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) test. It is through this test that even mild cases of hypothyroidism can be effectively detected before symptoms appear, he added. |
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MCD work on Games going at snail’s pace: Report
New Delhi, January 4 The MCD has completed 56 per cent construction of a parking lot over Kushak nullah near Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. The parking is being built on an estimated cost of Rs 325 crore. The parking at DPS nullah in the RK Puram area is 18 per cent complete. However, the officials claimed that both the parking lots will be completed by March. Moreover, areas around hotels and guest houses in Paharganj are just upgraded between 15 and 20 per cent, whereas not even a single urinal has been repaired so far. The area has over 44 public conveniences, as most of them are still await administrative approval. Similarly, 12 urinals in Karol Bagh are lying in neglect as none of them have been repaired. The work of streetscaping of roads leading to various stadiums is just six per cent complete. The MCD’s most-hyped ultra-modern streetlightning project, which was supposed to be completed in three phases, is struck in the second phase. Besides, the beautification and signages works too have not started. |
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Hotels hosting CWG delegates exempted from luxury tax
New Delhi, January 4 Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit confirmed that the cabinet had decided to grant exemption from payment of luxury tax from September 16 to October 10 on hotels booked by the Commonwealth Games organising committee for delegates from the Games federation, member countries of Commonwealth Games Association, technical experts of international sports federations and broadcasting for the Games. |
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Anand Vihar Metro from Jan 7
New Delhi, January 4 “Subject to receiving the safety certification tomorrow, the line will be flagged off on January 6 by Union minister for urban development S. Jaipal Reddy in presence of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit,” said DMRC spokesperson Anuj Dayal. The 6.25-km stretch is planned to be opened for the public from January 7 at 6 am. It will pass through five stations – Laxmi Nagar, Nirman Vihar, Preet Vihar, Karkarduma and Anand
Vihar. |
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Girl succumbs to H1N1
New Delhi, January 4 Besides, the Capital today reported 34 fresh infections of the flu, and among them six are children. Thus, the cumulative figure of the people affected with the viral disease has gone up to 9,481. Meanwhile, the schools in the city have resumed their classes today. |
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Man gets life term for murder in Timarpur
New Delhi, January 4 Additional sessions judge R K Chauhan held Manoj Kumar, 21, guilty of murder and imposed a fine of Rs 6,000 on him besides the life term. The court convicted Kumar after taking into consideration the evidence, including the statement of witnesses. A case was registered with the Timarpur police station on May 6, 2008 on a complaint by
Desraj, brother-in-law of the deceased and also an eyewitness in the case. Kumar was apprehended on May 14, 2008, eight days after he had stabbed Sanjeev Kumar, 32, to death at Timarpur in north Delhi. According to the prosecution, Kumar was also allegedly involved in nine criminal cases and a listed bad character of the locality. |
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Call centre cab robbed in Noida
Noida, January 4 The owner, Jagvir Singh, a resident of Delhi, had given his Innova car on hire to a call centre in Sector 125. At the time of the incident, the driver, Shobit, was driving towards Sector 125. Near Amity School, a Bolero car forced him to halt. Youths sitting in the car overpowered him and started driving towards Delhi. They then thrashed and threw him out of the car in Delhi. Shobit then informed Jagvir about the incident. |
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Two robbers held
Greater Noida, January 4 A bus of a private college was taking the passengers home when two youths on bike overtook the bus and forced the driver to halt it. Thereafter they robbed Rs 700 from one Mohammad Sahil and a mobile phone from driver Sukhpal Singh. “A passengersinformed the police. A police team chased the bike. Soon the robbers met with an accident. The team then nabbed them,” said Shailendra Lal, deputy superintendent of police. |
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2 hurt as car rams into shop
New Delhi, January 4 The police said that the incident took place this evening when Radhe Shyam, who was driving a Honda Accord car lost balance as he got unconscious. “Two persons Gajender, the juice shop vendor, and a rickshaw puller, Shiv Lal, suffered minor injuries in and were rushed to the Safdarjung Hospital. Gajender was discharged after primary medication while Shiv Lal is still undergoing treatment,” said the police. |
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Cashier looted of Rs 2.3 lakh
Ghaziabad, January 4 Sunil, a cashier with Shivam Traders, was taking the cash to a bank in the Raghvir Nagar area of the city when the two motorcycle-borne men stopped him at gunpoint. They snatched the bag containing the cash, hit Sunil on the head with a pistol butt when he tried to resist, and fled. Local residents took Sunil to a local nursing home where he was discharged after first aid. Superintendent of police (rural) M.M. Beg said extensive checking of vehicles was being conducted and the police hoped to nab the robbers soon. — IANS |
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3 minor fires in Delhi
New Delhi, January 4 The first incident was reported at 6:05 pm from Delhi Police Headquarters store room which is located on the ground floor of the building. Five fire engines were rushed to the spot. The situation was under control in 20 minutes. According to preliminary enquiry, the fire was broken due to short-circuit. In another incident, fire broke out in the office of the Country Club located between Okhla Mandi and Srinivaspuri DTC Bus Depot this morning. Six fire engines were rushed to douse the flames. In yet another incident, fire was reported from slums near the Jasodia Nursing Home at Hari Nagar Ghantaghar in west Delhi. |
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