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Homeless choose to stay in market
verandas
Sun shines through fog
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Delhi boy wins global award in sustainable fashion
No beef during Games,
warns MCD
Imposter travels to Canada on
IPS officer’s passport
JNU students back molestation accused
4 welfare home kids die
2 held for senior citizen’s murder
Woman duped, robbed in Delhi
72-yr-old acquitted of raping maid
Man crushed
Fratricide Cops looking
for body
Robbers break ATM, loot
Rs 3.9 lakh
3 killed in mishaps
Bomb scare at Gzb DPS
Police informer found dead
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Homeless choose to stay in market
verandas
New Delhi, January 21 They are asked to give between Rs 5 and Rs 10 as soon as they enter the shelter. The government has made an arrangement for 500 homeless people in Fatehpuri and 100 in Fountain. This arrangement is free of charge. Both the shelters are run by the MCD. Naresh Kumar, who now prefers to stay in a night shelter at Delhi Gate, said that he had stopped going to Fatehpuri or Fountain as he had to pay Rs 10 for a night. At Delhi Gate, the shelter is run by the NGO, Ashray Adhikar, where all the facilities are provided free. Anis, who belongs to West Bengal, and does a labourer’s job at Khari Baoli, said, “Caretakers asked money for refreshment. They accept whatever is given to them.” Director, Information and Publicity, MCD, Deep Mathur said that this would be brought into the notice of the municipal commissioner and strict action taken against the caretaker if he is caught charging money from the homeless. Delhi welfare minister Mangat Ram Singhal said that all the arrangement of temporary shelters would be made for the homeless to protect them from cold. A survey of homeless people would be conducted by the government and then the MCD would be asked to construct permanent night shelters.
37 new shelters to house 5,000
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) today opened 37 new night shelters that will accommodate 5,000 homeless people in the city.
Maximum of these shelters have been opened in the walled city and old Delhi areas. The civic body is already operating 27 night shelters. With the opening of 37 additional shelters, the total number of night shelters run by MCD has now become 64. “The new night shelters have been opened in the community halls of the slum and JJ clusters department. Their total capacity is about 5,000 persons,” said a senior MCD official. Of the 37 new shelters, 17 are permanent, of which, two are exclusively for women and children and eight are of temporary nature that will stay till March 31. “MCD provides blankets, mats, drinking water, newspapers and public convenience at these night shelters. The services are absolutely free of charge during winter months,” he said. The official added that apart from these new shelters, the corporation was on its way to construct 25 more shelters which might take some time. |
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Sun shines through fog
New Delhi, January 21 According to the India Meteorological Department, the chill in Delhi’s air may continue tomorrow, with the minimum temperature likely to settle at 8 and maximum at 16 degree Celsius. The minimum temperature recorded today was 7.2 degree Celsius, one degree below normal, while the day temperature settled at 18.6 degree Celsius. Meanwhile, the heavy fog that captured the Capital sky late last night brought the road, rail and air traffic to a halt. Multiple accidents and long tailbacks were reported on roads last night as drivers struggled with poor visibility. In the morning today, ITO, Pragati Maidan, Khel Gaon, Outer Ring Road and Ashram saw heavy traffic jams during the peak office hours. “The traffic is moving at a very slow pace. One has to keep a margin of at least two hours for reaching anywhere. Small mistakes can lead to dangerous accidents, especially for those driving two-wheelers,” Said Manoj, a commuter. The passengers at Indira Gandhi International Airport also had to face a tough time, as by the time the fog started clearing up, the airspace was shut for the Republic Day preparations between 11.15 am and 12.15 pm. The practice would continue till January 24 and on January 26. More than a hundred flight schedules have been disrupted since the fog set in last night, reducing the runway visibility to less than 50 metres. The situation remained the same for train passengers. More than 70 trains stood cancelled, while close to 65 trains were running behind schedule.
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Delhi boy wins global award in sustainable fashion
New Delhi, January 21 Varun Gambhir, a post-graduate student of the Pearl Academy of Fashion won “Fashioning the Future Award”, given away by the London College of Fashion. Talking to The Tribune, Gambhir, who is a student of fashion merchandising, said the award was a huge recognition and motivation for him, which would add five stars on his career chart. His contribution was a unique fabric made by weaving recycled cotton paper and virgin cotton that would be recyclable in its final form. Virgin cotton is the most natural form of cotton in which cotton fibre is only separated from its seed through a process called ginning. Gambhir, who liked the “Sustainability” theme of the awards, said his experiment was a step towards making fashion sustainable. “It took me total two months to come up with the final product, which was mostly a result of knowing about different fabrics,” he said, adding that cotton is a fabric that gets converted into paper once recycled. To transform this paper into cloth and make it possible to give it a shape, Gambhir mashed this paper with virgin cotton. He said the final product had more than 70 per cent cotton paper and around 30 per cent virgin cotton mixed in it. The resultant eco-friendly fabric, however, had no shine or gloss and hence was not attractive. “I had to put starch on the fabric then and dry it for it to be finally used,” said the boy who was proud of his end product that could even be used to make accessories like bags and bands. To win the award of international repute, Gambhir had to compete with the finalists from several countries, including England, America, North Korea and Australia that have developed fashion industries. The Dean of London College of Fashion, Andrew Huges visited Gambhir in India to present the award earlier this week. As part of the award, the recipient, a resident of Patel Nagar, would be flown to London College of Fashion in April for a workshop with some of the biggest names fashion. However, Gambhir said his job was not over yet. “I am in my last semester in the fashion institute and during this time I am going to research into the commercial viability and properties of the fabric that I have designed,” he said.
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No beef during Games,
warns MCD
New Delhi, January 21 The MCD leaders said that they would protest during the Games if beef was added to the menu. “If any of the players, officers or foreign guests is served beef, BJP councillors and workers will picket and strike against the hotel or the place of serving as well as the offices of the Commonwealth Games Organizing Committees,” said Subhash Arya, the leader of House in MCD. He said that they would lodge FIRs against the officials and hotel management in such a case. “We want to caution both the Delhi and central governments that if the issue led to a law and order problem, the responsibility will have to be borne by them,” he said. Advocating their stand, the leaders said that when Indians do not get vegetarian food in other nations, we should not oblige them by serving beef. “There is no point in obliging foreigners by serving them food items which are banned and related to the sentiments of people,” he said. However, the Commonwealth Games organizing committee has approved the import of beef. “It is playing with the sentiments of people and will not be tolerated ,” said Ramkishan Singhal, chairman, Standing Committee. |
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Imposter travels to Canada on
IPS officer’s passport
New Delhi, January 21 The arrested accused have been identified as Satvinder Singh Dhindsa (54), Nitin (38) and Dipt Kumar alias Deep (28). According to the police, the investigation in the matter was taken up after a Lucknow-based IPS officer Jasveer Singh complained at RKPuram police station that he had sent his passport via courier in June last year but the courier company said it had just received an empty envelope. “Employees of Select Travels, R.K. Puram and First Flight Couriers, Bhikaji Cama Place, R.K. Puram were interrogated at length and their activities were kept under surveillance. During investigation, activities of one Dipt Kumar, alias Deep, were found to be suspicious. On interrogation, which he broke down and confessed to having stolen the passport of Jasveer Singh from the envelope,” said HGS Dhaliwal, DCP . Deep disclosed that when he noticed that the envelope containing the passport of Jasveer Singh was not properly sealed, he hatched a conspiracy to sell the passport at a handsome amount. After stealing the passport, he contacted one Prakash, who used to work as a tout at the Passport Office, R.K. Puram and with his help he sold the passport to Nitin who earlier used to work in offices of Tours & Travels at Vikas Puri and Karol Bagh, respectively. Nitin and Kuldeep sold this passport to accused Satvinder Singh, a Canadian Citizen, who in turn sold this passport to one Paramjeet who used this passport and sent one Amarjeet from Tashkent to Canada, without any change in the passport. |
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JNU students back molestation accused
New Delhi, January 21 Around 130 students of the School of Environmental Studies submitted an application to the administration, urging it to show leniency to Amit Mishra, one of the accused in a recent incident of molestation on campus. “The boy involved in this case is a serious student who has been awarded fellowship to go to Japan and his career would be spoilt if this case was pursued in the court,” said Chander Kumar, a student of the same school. Two students of JNU, Amit Mishra and Imran Amin allegedly molested a girl Priyam Barooah at the North East dhaba on Jan 16. It was alleged that the students belonging to rival political wings from left’s AISA and rightwing ABVP were constantly staring at the girl while she was at the dhaba . However, the accused who were evicted from their hostel rooms pending enquiry claim otherwise. “We were eating when a third person was staring at the girl,” said Mishra. He said soon there was a fight between the third person and the victim. “I was trying to keep them away while the girl accused me of touching her,” he said. Amin said it was unfair to throw them out of the hostel without an enquiry.
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4 welfare home kids die
New Delhi, January 21 The inquiry committee would be constituted by the secretary, social welfare department. It would submit the report within the stipulated time, the minister said. He said that the children might have died due to extreme cold weather as most of the inmates were physically weak, suffering from various diseases. They were being treated in the hospital located on the Home premises. The doctor who treated the inmates would also be asked to submit the medical report, Mangat Ram said. The minister said that the majority of the inmates were picked up from the roadside where they lived in pitiable conditions. They were noticed by a team of social welfare department who picked them. They were provided with all facilities. Most of them have survived, but those in extremely bad conditions died. A total of 750 inmates reside in the Aasha Kiran Home. While sources said that as many as 100 inmates had died within a year, the minister refuted the claim, saying that only 14 inmates had died so far. Mangat Ram said that the report of the condition of inmates is always submitted to the Human Rights Commission. He added that he had inspected the Aasha Kiran Home six times last year. When asked that the inmates had complained against the quality of food and that the employees posted to look after them had not been given salary for the last three months, the minister said that he would make an inquiry into this matter also
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2 held for senior citizen’s murder
New Delhi, January 21 As per information, Rajinder Kaur (60) lived with her husband in East Patel Nagar, while their children were settled in Canada. On the day of the murder, when Rajinder’s husband, Amarjeet, was away at work in Noida, she was killed and their house was ransacked. Since the mobile of the deceased had also gone missing, the police mounted electronic surveillance which ultimately lead it to the criminals. “The mobile was found in possession of one Lalit Kumar in Noida, who on interrogation accepted the crime. According to him, the driver of the couple, Badri Narayan Kamat (32), instigated him and his friends to commit robbery in the house as the lady lived alone,” said a district police official. Badri has been arrested while efforts are on to nab the other culprits.
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Woman duped, robbed in Delhi
New Delhi, January 21 In the latest incident, a 49-year-old woman was robbed of Rs 5000 cash and valuables worth Rs 1 lakh last evening. A senior police officer said that the victim, Ragini Jain a native of Kanpur, was travelling in a Scorpio car when she was cheated. “Ragini told the police that she asked her driver Dharmraj to fetch a biscuit packet near Super Bazar in Connaught Place. When she was waiting for the driver to return, a man indicated her that some cash had fallen on the road but when she looked down, there was nothing. In the meantime, her two bags were stolen by someone containing Rs 5,000 cash, gold jewellery and some important documents,” said a senior police officer. Ragini works as a vice-president with Shringila Project in Kanpur and had come to Delhi yesterday. Similar incidents were reported earlier in the Barakhamba Road area and police believes that the same gang could be behind all these incidents.
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72-yr-old acquitted of raping maid
New Delhi, January 21 The man, Thakur Dass, was charged under sections 376 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) related to rape and criminal intimidation. The court gave Dass the benefit of doubt, as his guilt could not be proved due to contradictory statements made by the victim and the lapses made by the police in the investigation of the case. However, the additional sessions judge, Nivedita Anil Sharma, ordered criminal prosecution of the victim for perjury after she accepted receiving Rs 1 lakh from the accused for a compromise in submissions made by her in the court. The victim made contradictory statements during the proceedings. She first deposed that an unknown person had raped her, but on cross examination said it was Dass who raped her. Hence, the court ordered her prosecution under Section 195 of the CrPc related to offences given in document related to evidence. “As the maid has committed perjury … as admitted by her … I deem this to be a fit case for making a court complaint against her to the court of chief metropolitan magistrate,” the court said. The court also held the police responsible for loopholes during the investigation that lead to the acquittal of the accused. “The investigation conducted in this case is far from satisfactory. Had the investigating officer conducted the investigation properly, this case would have been a very good case for apprehending the actual culprit. But the officer has instead spoilt the case due to her misconduct and negligence,” said the court. The court mentioned that the police also failed to collect the inner clothes of the accused for forensic examination. Holding the prosecution responsible for failing to bring home the charges against the accused, the court directed senior police officials, including the joint commissioner of police and DCP (west), to conduct an inquiry against the woman investigating officer, assistant sub-inspector Urmila Sharma, who on behalf of the accused had allegedly given Rs 1 lakh to the victim to change her testimony.
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Fratricide Cops looking
for body
Ghaziabad, January 21 Briefing the sequence of events, DIG Akhil Kumar said, “Around 1.30 am on Tuesday, Sachin entered the bedroom of Hemant who was asleep. With a chopper, he hacked Hemant to death. Blood splashed on the walls of the bedroom. Furniture and toilet in the room were also stained. He called other brother from Vasundhera and sought help in disposing of the body. Together they dumped the body in the Hindon Canal. Later, Sachin tried to wipe off the bloodstains in the room by painting the spots. The murder weapon was procured a few days ago from a local shop. The car used by them to dump the body was recovered from the parking lot of the Kotwali area.” Kumar said, “Reasons given by the accused brothers were shocking as they stated Hemant was strict and parents loved him. A few days ago, their father had given a Pulsar bike to Hemant. They also came to know that father had bought a piece of land in the name of Hemant which made them further furious.” The DIG added, “Initially Sachin tried to mislead the police, but later he admitted to have killed his brother. The canal was searched for the body, but till late Thursday evening, it could not be traced.” |
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Robbers break ATM, loot
Rs 3.9 lakh
Ghaziabad, January 21 The criminals barged into the ATM machine cabin, cut it with gas cutters and took away Rs.3.9 lakh from the machine when a marriage function was taking place yesterday night in a nearby wedding hall. The machine’s upper portion was found lying far away from the rest of it. Some unaccounted currency notes were also found half burnt near the machine. Superintendent of police M.M. Begh said a case has been registered and police are trying to nab the criminals.— IANS |
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3 killed in mishaps
Noida, January 21 Mahesh Kumar, a contractor with a garment export company, was killed in a road accident in Sector 39 when an unknown vehicle hit his bike yesterday night. “He died on the spot. He was a resident of Okhla in Delhi,” said Ashok Tripathi, superintendent of police (city). In another incident, two motorcyclists— Mahesh Kumar and Satya Pal—died when a speeding dumper truck hit their bike yesterday night. After the mishap, they were rushed to Kailash Hospital, but died. Their bodies have been sent for post-mortem,” said Tripathi. “Four other men— Vijay Kumar, Ravinder Bhatti, Jai Karan and Ranjit Singh— were injured in three different accidents. They were admitted to different hospitals. Their condition was stated to be stable,” Tripathi added. |
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Bomb scare at Gzb DPS
Ghaziabad, January 21 The call was received at police control room at 7 am. The school was immediately informed and a police team was sent to evacuated the premises. Sniffer dogs and a bomb disposal squad immediately reached the site and searched for the explosive in the building. After two hours of search, no explosive was recovered. Later, the school was allowed to run as usual, said DIG Akhil Kumar. Principal Rita Kapoor said, “Attendance was thin due to fog. After getting an all-clear from the police, we immediately informed parents that there was no cause for worry.” |
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Police informer found dead
Ghaziabad, January 21 Riyazuddin, was an informer of the Nandnagri police in Delhi. His body was recovered from near Tulsi Niketan Colony police station. The body had bullet wound in the back. |
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