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Gurgaon Metro trial run today
Varsity teachers on strike for better conditions
Rs 1,300 cr more sought for Games
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Life term for killing nephew
Cocaine found in Afghan national’s stomach
Greater Noida turns 20
Delhiites get respite from fog, cold
Lawyers call off strike as case goes to crime branch
CISF man shoots self
Chandigarh cheats held in Delhi
2 arrested with
stolen items worth Rs 80 lakh
MCD official suspended
Farmhouses to be checked for tax default
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Gurgaon Metro trial run today
Gurgaon, January 28 Stating this here today, Gurgaon deputy commissioner Rajender Kataria maintained that this was for the first time that the Metro train woould run in Haryana. Haryana minister of state for agriculture and cooperation Sukhbir Kataria said the trial runs on this section would cover a distance of approximately 11 km, connecting the Metro stations of HUDA City Centre, IFFCO Chowk, MG Road, Sikandarpur, Guru Dronacharya, Arjangarh, Ghitorni and Sultanpur. The work on the 7.05 km-long Gurgaon-Delhi Metro rail section costing Rs 763 crore started in December, 2006. The formal launch of Metro rail from Gurgaon to Qutub Minar is expected in May and it would be extended up to Central Secretariat by June this year, he added. |
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Varsity teachers on strike for better conditions
New Delhi, January 28 The Federation of Central University Teachers Association (FEDCUTA) called for the strike. It is demanding better service conditions. The teachers sat on dharnas at several places and would stage a march to the HRD ministry from Mandi House tomorrow. FEDCUTA’s president Aditya Kumar Misra said, “Our strike today was a total success. Teachers were quite responsive and held dharnas at all the colleges. The UGC has treated us badly, forcing us to launch an agitation.” Misra said they held negotiations with the UGC officials and presented their demands on teachers’ service conditions, but the UGC made no effort to bring in amendments despite giving them assurances. He warned that the agitation would continue till suitable amendments were made. According to teachers, service conditions in their current form, if implemented, could have major negative fallout for them. “Take the case of the career advancement scheme in its present form. This would make teachers pay more attention to other activities than concentrating on the quality teaching. The criterion needed for promotions has been so devised that it would lead teachers to do a variety of other tasks and impede quality teaching,” some of them said. The UGC has decided to give weight to teachers who undertake activities such as campus development, institutional governance and consultancy projects. “This would lead to a culture of sycophancy at the university. Teachers would kowtow to the UGC and the administration, instead of paying attention to students or developing an original teaching mechanism,” said Misra. Some of the ‘negative conditions’ in the UGC regulations include exclusion of teaching experience in ad hocism and leave vacancy. FEDCUTA is demanding that ad hoc and temporary service must be counted as part of the service conditions for the career advancement scheme. |
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Rs 1,300 cr more sought for Games
New Delhi, January 28 Delhi finance minister A.K. Walia today said that the government would push for Rs 1,300-crore hike in the present plan outlay of Rs 10,000 crore to overcome the shortage of funds for the Commonwealth Games projects. Walia further said that the state’s budgetary provision for the current year would go up from Rs 23,043 crore to Rs 24, 343 crore. He said that there would be an increase of Rs 1,408 crore in the non-plan outlay and an increase of Rs 9 crore for the centrally-sponsored projects. Walia said the government took the decision at a meeting presided over by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. The meet was attended by chief secretary Rakesh Mehta, principal secretary (finance) J.P. Singh and other senior officers of the finance and planning department. The minister said that the major projects of the Delhi government – construction of elevated roads, Ring Road bypass, clover leaf near Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, street lights and beautification of roads–were still incomplete and needed hundreds of crores of rupees. Walia said that an amount of Rs 800 crore had been increased under the roads and bridges head. “This includes construction of flyovers, bridges and widening and improvement of roads, particularly relating to the Commonwealth Games.” He further said that the plan outlay for the public works department (PWD) had been increased from Rs 1,471 crore to Rs 1,975 crore and for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, it had been increased from Rs 345 crore to Rs 635 crore. He added that the allocation for the Delhi Transport Corporation had been increased from Rs 340 crore to Rs 619 crore to enable it to purchase more buses. The outlay for the Delhi Jal Board has also gone up by Rs 227 crore, from Rs 1,365 to Rs 1,592 crore. Sources said that the MCD had recently asked money from the city government for the Commonwealth Games and threatened that if the money was not sanctioned, the construction of roads, beautification of city, removal of hanging electricity wires in the walled city area, particularly Karol Bagh, and parking arrangements at various places would be affected. A meeting of Delhi Mayor Kanwar Sain with Delhi finance minister was also held in this regard. |
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Life term for killing nephew
New Delhi, January 28 Additional sessions judge Vinod Kumar held Tehseem guilty under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code and also slapped a fine of Rs 1,000 on him. “I have considered the submissions made by the prosecution. The relation between the accused and the deceased was quite strained because the accused doubted that the deceased had illicit relationships with his wife,” the court said. Khurshid was apprehended by the Delhi police on May 1, 2006, as he tried to run away after stabbing Tashim Khan with a knife. During interrogation, Khurshid revealed that he was having grudge against Tashim as he claimed that he was having an affair with Khurshid’s wife. Accepting the submissions made by the prosecution the court said, “The accused hit the victim on his vital part…this shows that while hitting the victim, the accused had intentions to kill him.” |
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Cocaine found in Afghan national’s stomach
New Delhi, January 28 According to the police, Hafizullah, a resident of Kabul, was on January 19 admitted to Max Hospital in Saket. During treatment, he had vomited some suspicious substance. “The Saket police was intimidated by the doctors. The police then rushed to the hospital to check the suspected substance which was found to be cocaine,” said H.G.S. Dhaliwal, DCP (south). Later, endoscopy was conducted on the accused and four more packets of cocaine were detected in his stomach. During interrogation, Hafizullah, with help from an interpreter, disclosed that he came to India from Kabul on January 14 along with one Masood. They were carrying packets of cocaine wrapped in tapes in their stomachs and so could not be detected during ordinary scanning at the airport. They were supposed to deliver the cocaine to Hidayatullah who had come to Delhi in November 2009. He also disclosed that Hidayatullah supplies cocaine to various parts of NCR. |
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Greater Noida turns 20
Greater Noida, January 28 Greater Noida was formed on January 28, 1991 under U.P. Industrial Area Development Act 1976. In these years, the authority land rates which were Rs 850 per square meter in 1992 rose to Rs 10,500 per square meter in 2010. During these years, the 23.5-km Gautam Buddha Expressway connecting Noida to Greater Noida city witnessed fast development, but the progress was stalled in the last few years due to farmers’ agitations for higher land compensation. Handicraft Fair and Painting Exhibition was organized at City Park which was open from 11 am to 9 pm. Musical night was also organised at the site on the third day of the celebration. Neighbourhood management councils organized cultural programmes with the participation of residents. Kite-flying competition was also held. The musical programme Ragini was liked by one and all. At run for fun, the authority employees, their family members and other residents of city participated in the event. Tree plantation was done along the 130-metre road. |
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Delhiites get respite from fog, cold
New Delhi, January 28 With the runway visibility around 1,000 m today, no major disruptions in flight operations at the airport were reported today, However, nearly 12 flights were delayed due to operational reasons, said a official at IGI. Several trains were also delayed today due to the backlog of the last some days. Just yesterday, the capital had witnessed heavy fog. |
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Lawyers call off strike as case goes to crime branch
New Delhi, January 28 The SHO of the police station has also been transferred to Police Lines. The police has also arrested two persons who are alleged to be involved in the case. According to Rajan Bhagat, PRO, Delhi police, the Crime Branch has already started the investigation in the case. “While the case has been transferred to the crime branch because of its alleged mishandling at initial stages by the local police, station house officer of Dabri police station has been transferred to District Line,” said Bhagat. He added that an enquiry would also be conducted into the allegations of mishandling of the case. |
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CISF man shoots self
New Delhi, January 28 “We are informed that he had returned to Delhi three days ago. He had taken 21 days’ leave for his engagement. But we are not sure whether his engagement took place,” said a police officer. Burglary in cloth trader’s house
Unidentified burglars decamped with cash and jewellery worth Rs 3 lakh from the house of a cloth merchant in the Gandhi Nagar last night. The burglary took place in the house of Raju Singhal (61) in Surajmal Vihar. “Singhal and his wife were alone in the house last night and had gone to bed around 9 pm. However, when they got up in the morning, they found the rooms ransacked. On checking the cupboards, they found the money and jewellery missing,” said the police adding that the loss was around Rs 3 lakh. Trader robbed of Rs 5 lakh
A businessman was robbed of Rs 5 lakh by unidentified bike-borne youths in the Naraina area this morning. According to police, the incident took place outside ICICI Bank around 10.30 am. “The businessman Sazal was intercepted by two bike-borne men when he was on his way to deposit the cash in bank and they managed to flee with the money bag,” said the police. Sazal deals in furniture and lives in the Nariana area. |
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Chandigarh cheats held in Delhi
New Delhi, January 28 While Ramandeep is originally a Mohali resident, Brijesh is from Panchkula, Haryana. The two were living in the Dwarka area of Delhi. Ramandeep Singh was apprehended from a Toyota Innova car and was found to be in possession of one loaded pistol of .32 bore calibre with seven cartridges. On enquiry, he produced a forged arms licence of Amritsar . A case under the Arms Act was registered and investigation taken up leading to recovery of several incriminating articles from his residence. “Raid was conducted at his flat at Dwarka from where fake Indian currency notes (FICN) of Rs 55,000, one double-barrel gun of .12-bore calibre with 60 cartridges, 30 cartridges of 7.65-bore calibre, one rifle of .22 bore calibre, one khukri (big knife), one fake passport of the accused , 16 mobile phones, SIM cards, two red beacon lights, a large number of fake documents, including passbooks/cheque books of various banks, PAN Cards, various ID proofs in fake names and address etc. were recovered,” said Alok Kumar, DCP (Special Cell). “On interrogation, he disclosed that after completing his B.Com from Punjabi University, he initially worked as a public relation officer-cum-medical rep. He did computer hardware course and opened a firm, M/S Technosoft InfoTech at Sector 35 C, Chandigarh. “In 2002, while doing computer business, he got involved in illegal passport/visa business from Jalandhar, Punjab. In 2003, he along with his associates Rajeev Bajaj and Jaideep (JD) were arrested in Delhi,” said Kumar. After release from bail, Ramandeep started the business of manpower and offering admission to different overseas universities. He used to attract clients by advertising and gave consultancy for guaranteed visas and charged Rs 15,000 to Rs 1 Lakh from people aspiring to go abroad. According to the police, after receiving the payments, he would close his office. |
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2 arrested with
stolen items worth Rs 80 lakh
New Delhi, January 28 “We have recovered Rs 50 lakh in cash, papers of fixed deposits of Rs 4 lakh and property worth Rs 15 lakh and jewellery worth Rs 10 lakh from them,” said H.G.S. Dhaliwal, DCP (south). Vipin Kumar Tiwari, deputy general manager of ALCON Company had reported theft of around Rs 2.5 crore from their head office. The burglars had broken the doors and locks of the office at M-1 Saket. A case in this regard was registered at the Saket police station. Two other accused in the case were arrested on January 3 and Rs 29 lakh were seized from them. “After the January 3 arrest, both the accused— Dharmender and Karim Khan— were taken on police remand wherein they revealed that they hatched the plan with their three friends, Mithlesh, Sushil Thakur and Ravinder Rana,” said the officer. Sushil and Ravinder were arrested while they had come to Delhi from Himachal to buy property. However, Mithlesh is still absconding. |
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MCD official suspended
New Delhi, January 28 “He has been suspended for discrepancies in receipts and deposits for allegedly giving undue benefit to property owners who deposited the amount of conversion charges,” said a senior MCD official. “It was found that Rs 10,125 was received from the property owners and deposited in the municipal treasury, whereas another copy of the same receipt showed that an amount of Rs 1,01,225 was paid by the same property owners towards conversion charges,” he said. |
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Farmhouses to be checked for tax default
New Delhi, January 28 The property tax department of the civic body today said that it will take strict against the farmhouse owners found guilty of non-payment of property tax. The inspection would commence on February 1. The MCD had launched a property tax amnesty scheme last year to encourage tax defaulters to pay up their dues but it has failed to encourage people. Only 27,000 property owners came forward to pay their dues even as the civic agency was expecting at least 20 lakh people to turn up. |
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