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3 killed as minibus overturns
DTC bus runs over brother, sister
City to get 250 bus shelters
Wholesalers to cut dal, oil prices
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Protesting KMC students,
teachers get into scuffle
JNU launches Hindi website
Good diet, education must for kids: Yusuf
e-books or hard copies? Debate continues
Ghaziabad to have eco park
Book on Pranab released
Three in custody for threatening witnesses
Delhi police gets custody of serial blasts accused
Ex-staffer of MCD guilty
of graft
Cop dies in accident
Constable shot at
Girl raped for 2 yrs on marriage promise
Man stabbed in robbery bid, one held
Maldives delegation visits CBI HQ, CFSL
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3 killed as minibus overturns
New Delhi, February 3 The police said the RTV plying between Yamuna Vihar and ISBT was packed with 38 commuters, including many students heading for their schools, overturned when the driver lost its control due to burst in a tyre. The accident occurred around 8.15 am. “The bus was moving at a speed and it was overloaded as well. When its tyre burst, it went out of control,” an investigating police official said. The driver of the mini bus fled after the accident. Pradeep Tiwari, 17, student of Ludlow Castle School, Daryaganj, died in the accident along with two other passengers, who appeared to be in their late 20s or early 30s and yet to be identified. The police said the RTV was not employed by any school. What made the tragedy more poignant for Pradeep’s family is that his father is in advanced stage of cancer and battling for life at Safdarjung Hospital. The authorities failed to respond to the gravity of accident and many injured persons had to take lift from passing vehicles for their treatment as the only ambulance available at the spot could not carry all of them. An official managing the movement of ambulances blamed the police for it and said they had received information from the PCR that only four persons were injured in the accident. An eyewitness, Prakash, said that PCR vans and motorcycles of passersby were used to send the injured to the hospital. The police said eight of the injured students were from Jain Public School, four from Ludlow Castle School and three from the Rastogi Public School in Daryaganj area of central Delhi.
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DTC bus runs over brother, sister
New Delhi, February 3 Both were students of Mata Jai Kaur School in Ashok Vihar. While Karan Pal Narang, 17, was a student of Class XII, Ishu Narang, 13, was in Class VIII. “The brother and sister were killed on the spot. The was bus returning after dropping students at Har Krishan Public School,” the police said. |
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City to get 250 bus shelters
New Delhi, February 3 The total cost of construction is expected to be around Rs 96
crore. The government has requested the Union ministry of urban development to sanction at least half the amount out of the fund meant for Delhi development. The modern BQS are to be constructed on routes in and around Commonwealth Games venues and other important parts of the Capital. The Chief Minister said that the state cabinet had also decided to allow private entities induct standard floor modern buses as per the cluster scheme. The DTC would continue to provide low-floor buses. Thus the DTC and private buses would operate in ratio of 60 and 40. |
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Wholesalers to cut dal, oil prices
New Delhi, February 3 A review meeting was convened by the union agriculture ministry today. Delhi Chief Minister Shiela
Dikshit, civil supplies minister and top Nafed and Delhi government officials attended the meeting. In collaboration with the Delhi government, Nafed hads made arrangements to supply items like arhar
dal, moong, urad, parmal rice and edible oil at prices that are 30 per cent lower than the market prices. According to Delhi government officials who attended today’s meeting, the city’s wholesalers have agreed to sell tooar dal at Rs 65 per kilo, chitra rajma at Rs 38, channa at Rs 30 and urad dal at Rs
55. NAFED outlets and mobile markets are already selling onions at Rs 16 per kilo against the market price of about Rs 25. The federation has also contracted sugar so that it can be sold at Rs 41 per kilo, substantially lower than the market rates of Rs 46-Rs 47 |
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Protesting KMC students,
teachers get into scuffle
New Delhi, February 3 Students were taken by surprise when two senior teachers from the college allegedly rushed to the demonstration site and tried to stop them from burning the effigy of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The tussle started when a senior mathematics faculty member allegedly tried to forcibly take away the effigy from the protesting students. The students said vice-principal of the college also joined in eventually and the tiff turned into a scuffle. “Some teachers who are sympathisers of the Congress party interrupted during the protest for which prior permission had been taken,” said Robert Rehman Raman, president, Delhi State Students’ Federation of India (SFI). As the students started pouring kerosene on the effigy, the teachers tried to snatch the bottle and in the process kerosene dropped over mediapersons and students. Finally, a police team reached the spot and took control of the situation. The students alleged that price rise was affecting them directly as the mess charges were being increased. “For the students who stay in rented places outside the university campus, it has become impossible to survive with the prices of basic commodities becoming unaffordable,” said Siraj, post-graduate student from Kirori Mal College. He said in the DU, the mess deficits were becoming massive and the students were being asked to pay extra to compensate for the losses. “There are hundreds of students who were getting merely Rs 3000 to pay rents and buy food,” said Robert, adding that it had become impossible for these students to pursue their studies. |
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JNU launches Hindi website
New Delhi, February 3 The website was launched by the university vice-chancellor B. B. Bhattacharya at a ceremony organised by the Hindi unit of JNU. Talking about the features of the website, Prof. R. Kumar said the website would be of help to many Hindi-speaking students who were interested in knowing about the university. “To keep the navigation and style of the website simple, easy Hindi words have been chosen while translating the content,” he said. The website would provide information about different schools, centres, library, hostels and fees. The new prospectus of academic year 2010 could also be downloaded from the website www.jnu.ac.in/Hindi/. The JNU released its admission forms and prospectus for the coming academic year on February 1. Entrance examinations for different courses would take place on May 17, 18, 19 and 20. The last date for submitting complete admission forms is March 15. |
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Good diet, education must for kids: Yusuf
New Delhi, February 3 “Good mental and physical health is most important for a child and it can be attained only by eating healthy food,” he said. Yusuf said that it was this reason why the government had introduced mid day meal scheme in government schools which are mostly attended by children from the lower strata of society. Addressing the gathering, Yusuf appealed to the teachers as well as the parents to pay attention towards the health of the children. Pushpinder Singh, member of the Delhi Minorities Commission, was the guest of honour. He lauded the confidence of the new generation. Outstanding students of different streams were given prizes on the occasion. |
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e-books or hard copies? Debate continues
New Delhi, January 3 thisbookreader.com, an online way to read books, that was launched in the fair has attracted publishers in droves for its promised security against any kind of plagiarism. Like movie DVDs, readers will be able to rent books online from the website, said Vidut Shah, co-founder of thisbookreader.com. He claims that his company has got rights of five international and three Indian publishers, including one from Delhi. The worldwide market of e-books is more than 2 billion dollars and is only increasing. But some publishers told The Tribune that they still face dilemma as to whether they should get involved in the online industry which considerably minimises publishing costs or stick to the conventional industry. However, readers, as expected, say that all that they are bothered about is reading at the end of the day. “Books or e-books, the choice is personal. People with fast-paced lives, travelling through the year prefer technology and read books on mobiles, laptops and even i-pods. Those who can afford it or have different taste go the conventional way. However, many expensive books are available at much cheaper cost online and that attracts me,” said Richa, a Miranda House student. “It cannot be denied that online books help authors to reach out to more readers across borders in minutes. If any book has consecutive editions, the author does not know what to do with the leftover stock from the previous edition. But online, the book just gets updated. Any correction can be made immediately,” said Pratik Roshan, a publisher from Gujarat, who admits he is considering e-publishing for his forthcoming projects. Rahat from Neelkamal Publications has different arguments, as the reach of the online publication is still limited. “No matter how successful e-books become, they would not be able to compete with printed books ever,” he said. “Readers who spend money for books are not just buying the copy for its content. They also like to enjoy the experience of reading a book comfortably at home or anywhere else. This market has evolved over many decades,” he said. Meanwhile, thisbookreader.com is getting inquiries from publishers who are dropping in at the fair all day long.
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Ghaziabad to have eco park
Ghaziabad, February 3 Municipal commissioner Ajay Shankar Pandey said the park will be divided into one or two hectare blocks. Ground will be laid with layer of 5 to 7.5 cm so that herbal sanitizers could be used effectively. To make the land suitable for herbal plantation, bio-mass area having width of 4 to 5 meters and length of 30 to 50 meters and height of 2 to 2.5 meters will be developed. Top soil layer will be changed weekly to make land suitable for herbal plantation. The landscaping, gardening, plantation, grassing will be done in the park. The cost is around Rs 4 crore. The project will be put forward before the committee for approval. The park will have tracks for morning and evening walkers. Swings for children will also be set up in the park, named Hindon Eco Park. |
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Book on Pranab released
New Delhi, February 3 The book titled ‘Pranab Mukerjee: The All Season Man’ was released by Vice-President Md Hamid Ansari. The book is a compilation of accounts, memoirs and thoughts by eminent personalities from various walks of life in home and abroad. The other guests present were Shashi Tharoor, minister of state for external affairs; Sankar Mondal, publisher, and Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, editor. The Vice-President said, “Pranab Mukherjee has always been the trouble-shooter in the Congress and we have learnt a lot from his experience. He is one of the few politicians who has always managed to find consensus within the party even in crucial times.” Mukerjee, calling himself more of a listener, said, “I want to thank the publishers for taking pains in bringing out this book.” However, he said he had not yet got the time to go through it. The book quotes Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying, “I have always sought to benefit and learn from his wise counsel, his vast administrative and political experience and his clarity of thought.” Congress president Sonia Gandhi said that even at the age of 75, his energy remains undimmed, as does his lucid mind and his tireless capacity to work.
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Three in custody for threatening witnesses
New Delhi, February 3 Asking the police to take stern action against the three, additional sessions judge Santosh Snehi Mann cancelled the bail of Md Nasir, Nazim and Md Salim, saying that some offences were apparently made out for allegedly intimidating the witnesses. “It is expedient to cancel the bail of the three till the witnesses are examined. The three accused must be taken into custody. Their bonds are cancelled and sureties discharged,” said the magistrate. The court took the decision after an application was submitted on behalf of the witnesses on November 19, last year. The application stated that an unknown person had threatened the witnesses not to appear in court. He allegedly offered them money and asked them go back to their native place in Rajasthan. The witnesses’ counsel appeared before the court and demanded security for them. He alleged they were being threatened for appearing in the case and had even been offered Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000 to settle the matter. The court said, “It would be difficult to ignore the chain of events which indicate a strategy to harass, intimidate, threaten and induce the witnesses.” The court said, “If the witnesses get frightened and succumb to the inducement or threats, the benefit goes directly to the accused. Any one who has threatened the witnesses has done so at the behest of the accused persons.”
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Delhi police gets custody of serial blasts accused
New Delhi, February 3 Ahmed, a suspected member of Indian Mujahideen (IM), was produced before the court in connection with the murder of inspector Mohan Chand Sharma. Allowing the plea of the crime branch of Delhi police to quiz Ahmed, aadditional chief metropolitan magistrate Naveen Arora, sent Ahmed to police custody till February 6. Ahmed was brought to the national Capital late on Tuesday after his arrest by the Uttar Pradesh police’s anti-terrorism squad (ATS) in Azamgarh on Monday. The crime branch was given Ahmed’s custody first as it is investigating the Batla House encounter that happened in the Jamia Nagar area on September 19, 2008. The shootout that took place a week after the serial blasts that rocked Delhi, claimed lives of two suspected Indian Mujahideen militants and Sharma. The police claimed that Ahmed who allegedly planted bomb at the Children’s Park near India Gate on September 13, 2008, was present in the house during the shootout, but managed to escape. Although the bomb kept at the Children’s Park did not explode, they will also be prosecuted for all the five blasts. Meanwhile, Ahmed’s lawyer opposed the plea of the crime branch seeking a test identification parade (TIP) on the grounds that he had been photographed in Lucknow and that his identity had been revealed to the media and public. Five blasts — two in Connuaght Place, two in Greater Kailash and one in Karol Bagh Market– claimed 26 lives and injured over 150 other persons.
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Ex-staffer of MCD guilty
of graft
New Delhi, February 3 Special Judge A.S. Yadav held Bhuvan Chand Sharma guilty under Sections 7 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and slapped a fine of Rs 30,000 on him. On October 16, 2009, Sharma along with co-accused Jasbir Singh entered into a criminal conspiracy for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 2,500 from Mohommad
Yasin. He demanded the bribe for preparing a property tax file of the shop of
Yasin, in discharge of his official duties. The arrests were made after Yasin filed a complaint in the Anti-Corruption branch of Delhi police against him. |
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Cop dies in accident
New Delhi, February 3 According to information, HC Rajveer Singh died on the spot while two other officials comprising a team of the Special Cell were injured in the accident. They are undergoing treatment in the city hospital there. “A team of the Special Cell led by inspector Kailash, including SI Ravinder Tyagi, HC Gurmeet, HC Rajbir and constable Rajeev had gone to Shahajanbad in connection with a case. The vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident, resulting in the death of HC Rajveer. SI Tyagi was also injured in the accident besides the driver of the hired vehicle,” said Bhagat. HC Rajveer (40) joined the Delhi police in 19993 and was resident of Bawana village in Delhi. “He got an out-of-turn promotion in the Satyam case and posted to Special Cell in 2005. He was also part of police team involved in the Batla House encounter in which two IM terrorists were killed. Rajveer was chosen for the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry this year and was to receive the medal on February 16,” said a police official.
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Constable shot at
New Delhi, February 3 According to information, the head constable, Mahavir Singh, is posted with Aman Vihar police station. “He had gone to Jaiti village to arrest one Narender, alias Don. When Mahavir tried to arrest him, he pulled out a country-made revolver and shot at his legs and escaped,” said a police official. Mahavir has been admitted to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, where his condition is said to be stable. |
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Girl raped for 2 yrs on marriage promise
Greater Noida, February 3 In the complaint, Sweety (name changed) stated that he met the accused, Chirag Goyal, two years ago and fell in love with him. She said that Goyal promised to marry her and kept her under illegal detention. He raped her and made her pregnant. When she told him about her pregnancy, he got it aborted. After this, he started ignoring her and did not respond to her calls. Sweety said she also tried to talk to Goyal’s mother, but she threatened her of dire consequences. Goyal’s business partner and his wife too threatened her of murder if she took the matter to the police, she stated. ‘A case under sections 376, 313, 506 of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against Chirag. All the persons who allegedly threatened the victim have also been booked,” said D. K. Balliyan, station house officer, Kasna police station. “The accused is a property dealer. He has his office at Greater Noida and residence in Delhi. The complainant is a resident of Greater Noida. Investigations have revealed that she was working with him when they developed relations,” said Balliyan. “The accused were absconding till late evening today,” added Balliyan.
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Man stabbed in robbery bid, one held
Noida, February 3 Kumar was returning home from his Sector 11 office when the incident took place. The robbers were chased by policemen patrolling the area. One of them managed to escape while the other jumped into a drain. He was pulled out and arrested. The victim was admitted to Kailash Hospital, said
A.K. Tripathi, superintendent of police. |
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Maldives delegation visits CBI HQ, CFSL
New Delhi, February 3 The delegation was received by director, CBI and director, CFSL. "The Maldivian delegation visited CIFSL and explored its various facilities. The delegation visited the DNA lab, computer forensics & voice spectrograph division, ballistics division and lie-detection division," said Harsh Bhal, CBI spokesperson. The delegation expressed its desire for CBI and CFSL support for setting up of Maldivian police academy, developing a forensic laboratory in Maldives, training and consultancy in investigating corporate and white collar crimes and for providing expertise and assistance dealing with narcotics and drugs related crimes. |
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New Delhi, February 3
In another accident in the city, a 17-year-old boy and his younger sister riding a motor cycle were run over by a DTC bus in in Bharat Nagar area of Ashok Vihar in northeast Delhi.
New Delhi, February 3
