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Noida hospital dumps bio-waste in open
Garments worth Rs 26 lakh looted
NCW sure of women’s Bill
MCD teacher suspended over sodomy
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4 boys died in Gopalpur after falling into a 12-foot pit
dug by DJB
People surround the pit where four children accidentally fell and died on Friday night in Gopalpur village (Timarpur) on Saturday.
Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal
CM orders probe
Punish guilty, cries victim’s mother
Godman kidnaps woman disciple
Immigration racked busted, 2 held
Hanuman Mandir upgraded
Owners set liquor shop on fire in Gzb
16 women, 5 kids injured in balcony collapse
Blast accused held
Lahore bus stone-pelted
Sports medicine workshop
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Noida hospital dumps bio-waste in open
Noida, March 6 Medical superintendent Dr Raj Rani Kansal said three large bins have been provided for dumping bio-waste in the hospital. According to Dr Kansal, a large company has been engaged for clearing the waste from the hospital. She said, “We will question the staff as to who had dumped the waste in the open. Three dustbins of different colours are used for disposal of bio-waste which is done as per the colours of the drums. The company collects the waste and disposes it of as per norms. According to Dr P.K. Singh, dumping bio-medical waste in the open can cause a number of diseases because of viruses, bacteria, fungus, etc present in the waste. It can cause polio, skin diseases, conjunctivitis, typhoid, diphtheria, tetanus, diarrhea, cholera, etc. |
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Garments worth Rs 26 lakh looted
Noida, March 6 The police is interrogating Veerpal. DSP Ammbesh Chand Tyagi said the police was investigating on the basis of theft complaint lodged by management. If it was a loot complaint, we would have investigated accordingly, he said. The incident took place on the night of March 3. The company was closed for Holi and only one security guard, Veerpal, was stationed outside the company. Around half a dozen armed bandits allegedly scaled the wall to enter the company premises. Veerpal was made captive. The men spent over two hours on the premises and fled after loading Rs 26 lakh readymade garments in their vehicles. The next morning when the owners came, they untied the guard and rushed him to a hospital. Then police was also informed. Earlier, on February 27, goods worth Rs 23 lakh were looted from another company in Sector-64. The police believes that the same gang to be behind both the loots.
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NCW sure of women’s Bill
New Delhi, March 6 The Women's Reservation Bill is to be placed before the Rajya Sabha on March 8th which happens to be International Women's Day. Union law minister Veerappa Moily will present the Bill for 33 per cent reservation of seats in Parliament and the state legislatures. "This year, Indian women will celebrate the 100th International Women's Day. They will get the fruit of their 14 years' struggle in form of 33 % reservation for women in Parliament. Our journey that began on roads has finally led us to Parliament -- from sadak to
sansad," said Girija Vyas, chairperson of NCW today. Vyas thanked the Congress,
BJP, JD (U) and the Left for supporting the Bill. "We thank PM Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi for steering the Bill to its logical conclusion by bringing it in the Rajya Sabha on March 8," she said. On suspected opposition to the Bill from parties like Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Janata
Dal, Vyas said, "Those opposing the Bill exist in minority." "We appeal to everyone to support the Bill. But even if they don't support the Bill, it will still be passed," she said. |
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MCD teacher suspended over sodomy
New Delhi, March 5 The boys had alleged that they were sodomized on February 24. The MCD officials said that they have suspended the teacher and are inquiring the matter. The opposition Congress in the MCD has reacted quite strongly and said the ruling BJP has failed to provide safe environment to the students of municipal schools. “Teachers have always been held in high esteem. Parents submit their children to teachers in the firm belief that they will guide their wards to the right path and protect them. But incidents like the one tend to shake that belief,” said a Congress leader. “Given the circumstances, it is possible that many incidents of sexual exploitation of students in municipal schools are going unreported,” he said. Whereas the MCD officials said that they have already taken action. “We acted on the complaint. An FIR was registered the same day. The teacher has been suspended immediately and we have initiated an enquiry into the matter,” said Deep
Mathur, MCD spokesperson. The incidents of schoolteachers and principals indulging in such acts have often been reported of late. |
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Pit deaths: Villagers clash with cops
New Delhi, March 6 Traffic piled up and as the protestors stayed put on the road, the police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse them. Many people sustained injuries, but kept returning, furious over the death of young children. Many pelted the cops with stones. Four boys had died in Gopalpur village after falling into the 12-foot pit, dug by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), while they were returning home after taking tuitions. Two victims, Atul (9) and Ritesh (7) were brothers and the first cousins of two other deceased, Vikas (10) and Narender (11). Police said the land where the mishap occurred belongs to flood control department and callousness on the part of civic agencies led to the deaths. “It is a huge patch of land and Delhi Jal Board has laid a pipeline through it. Their work was completed about several months ago, but surrounding pits were not filled. The water leaking from this pipe caused the pits in which these boys drowned,” said a police official close to investigation. Police believe that one or two boys might have fallen into the pit first and the others drowned while trying to save. “Two pairs of slippers were found near the pit while others found on the bodies and in the muddy pit. Probably, the slippers recovered on the edge of pit belonged to boys who took them off before getting into the pit to pull out their brothers,” said the officer. A case of “causing death due to negligence” has been registered against unidentified accused, no arrest has been made till late evening. “We are looking into the role of Delhi Jal Board and other civic agencies,” said Sagarpreet Hooda, DCP (North).
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CM orders probe
New Delhi, March 6 The DJB officials said that the inquiry committee will be headed by the chief engineer (Central and North Delhi) and will submit its report by March 10. Dikshit who is also the chairperson of DJB has announced an ex gratia compensation of Rs 1 lakh to the family of each victim. The children died after falling into the pit at Gopalpur Gaon of the Timarpur area on G T Karnal Road around 8:30 last night. Meanwhile, the Opposition leader in Delhi Assembly, Vijay Kumar Malhotra said that the incident shows insensitivity of the state government. Had the government learnt any lesson from the death of a boy named Sunny in a similar manner on Holi day, this incident could have been avoided.
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Punish guilty, cries victim’s mother
“Only if the pit was filled, my son would have been alive,” was the recurring lament of Rajvanti, mother of 11-year-old Narender, who was among four children who died last night after falling in the pit in Gopalpur village.
The quietness caused by the shocking tragedy in the locality was interrupted only by wails of women as the four bodies were taken for their last journey. The seething anger hidden under the tears was evident when Raj Kumari, mother of deceased Vikas, demanded death for the officials responsible for the negligence. “I have lost my son who will never come back. However, example should be set for future and those responsible should be hanged,” demanded a mother. The four children who died in the incident are relatives and their families live in a rented apartment in the village within the same building on different floors. Ram Kishan, an auto driver and immediate neighbour of the victims, said that they originally hail from Badayun (UP). “The mothers of all the four boys are real sisters with Atul and Ritesh being real brothers. Their father Buddhpal puts up a chhole bhatura stall nearby and is now left with just a son and a daughter,” revealed Ram Kishan, adding that Ganga Ram, Narender’s father pulls rickshaw while Rakesh, Vikas’s father is a vegetable vendor. The villagers had repeatedly complained to the Delhi Jal Board about the open pit. “Several complaints were made and even as late as January 14, a compliant was made. However, no attention was paid by them,” said Gulshan, resident of village.
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Godman kidnaps woman disciple
Ghaziabad, March 6 “Priyanka had gone missing from her house in Sector-7, Raj Nagar, since February 15. The family claimed she was kidnapped by Sahai,” Rajesh Chaudhary, inspector in-charge of the Kavi Nagar police station, said. “The swami and his elder brother Ashutosh Sahai were involved in the act,” Chaudhary added. According to the police, Sahai moved around in a car with a red beacon and claimed to be a member of the central advisory committee of the labour ministry as well as director of the Center for Excellence in Vedic Vangmay Research and Development Foundation. He also ran a trust named ‘Saptrishi Foundation’ and a ‘Dayanand Ashram’ in Rishikesh.
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Immigration racked busted, 2 held
New Delhi, March 6 Jaspal Singh, DCP (central), said 224 passports, Rs 14.5 lakh, one laptop, forged stamps/ letters/ blank letter heads of various Gulf companies and one Alto car were seized. The arrest came yesterday after the police learnt that Sanjay Singh of Bipasha International Company, Connaught Place, who was allegedly involved in the business of procuring P.O.E. (Protector of Emigrants) stickers on fake documents, would come at Ranjeet Singh Flyover Marg in an Alto car. "People sent by them to Gulf countries were humiliated as the job letters were of companies that never existed or the companies had never issued those letters. In those circumstances, they were bound to do petty work in the country and were further exploited," said the DCP. He added that investigation was on.
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Hanuman Mandir upgraded
New Delhi, March 6 The renovated mandir has a modern two-level plaza to separate the temple area from the rest of the surroundings. There are designated areas for foodstalls, shoe rooms, churiwalas, phoolwalas, mehendiwalas, prasad distribution and beggars. Apart from this, a guided entry and exit to the temple, parking provision for about 50 cars at the temple rear and two toilet blocks have been constructed. The Yusuf Zai market has two pillars in front of each shop as a unique character which is easily identifiable. |
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Owners set liquor shop on fire in Gzb
Ghaziabad, March 6 Additional district magistrate (administration) Satish Kumar said that Pushpa Deverar, SDM of Garh, had been entrusted to probe how the liquor den caught fire. More than a dozen people died after consuming liquor from this liquor den before and after Holi. The owners allegedly set the shop on fire as they were afraid and wanted to escape the aftermath of the enquiry ordered by the administration. The name of the person having the liquor license has also been erased. One Harveer Singh Gujjar informed the police when he saw the liquor den in flames on Friday night. But by the time the police team reached there, the entire place had been gutted. SHO Hader Raza Zaidi said that there was no power when the shop was in flames. Villagers said that liquor by the name of ‘Kareena’ was being sold in the shop. |
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16 women, 5 kids injured in balcony collapse
New Delhi, March 6 A PCR van which was stationed below the house also got damaged in the incident. A senior officer said that a case of negligence has been registered against the house owner identified as Surender and he has been arrested. All the injured were taken to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital. The police said the injured were watching a scuffle in the neighbourhood while standing on the balcony. The scuffle was going on in between Om Pal and Satpal, both residents of Ranhola when Dev Raj called the PCR to intervene.. The PCR reached there and parked the van below the house of Surender. When police personnel were trying to pacify, women from the neighbourhood gathered at Surender’s house to watch the scuffle. The balcony could not bear the weight and collapsed, said the police officer. |
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Blast accused held
New Delhi, March 6 The alleged militant was wanted by Delhi police in the 2008 serial blasts which had rocked the national capital and a team of special cell has gone to Lucknow to get his custody following the arrest by UP ATS. |
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Lahore bus stone-pelted
New Delhi, March 6 The incident took place near a monastery behind Kashmere Gate around 6:30 am, minutes after the Delhi-Lahore bus carrying 35 passengers had started its journey from Ambedkar Terminal here to Attari on the Indian side. “As the bus reached Kashmere Gate, a stone struck a windowpane of the bus, but no one was injured. The bus was brought back to the terminal and a search was conducted,” said a police official. |
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