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Delhi continues to sizzle
‘Dead’ girl returns with lover |
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3 die while cleaning sewer
at Azadpur Mandi
Medical facilities in fine fettle thanks to CWG
Vocational subject students not preferred in DU colleges
2 labourers killed as truck turns turtle
Sajjan given time to reply
Semester: DU teachers
meet VC
DDA gets HC rap over shelters
for mentally ill
Wanted inter-state criminal nabbed
10 killed, 12 hurt in 3 accidents
Greenpeace to survey Mayapuri today again
Fires at Metro station, scrap shop
Firemen at work in a factory at Okhla Industrial Area in New Delhi
on Tuesday. Tribune photo
Home kids need better care: Walia
Maoist couple denied bail
Street plays to spread awareness on Metro system
Revamp of Jama Masjid begins
CM backs drive to reduce child mortality
3 held for stabbing, robbing
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Delhi continues to sizzle
New Delhi, May 18 "Today, the minimum temperature recorded at 32 degrees Celsius was five notches above normal, while the maximum settled at 44.6 degrees Celsius, four degrees above normal," said an India Meteorological Department official. However, the evening saw light drizzle in some parts of the city. But it only increased the humidity. The humidity today was recorded between 47 and 15 per cent. "I cannot stop sweating. No amount of water or cold drink seem to help. The humidity is terrible. The heat is taking a toll on everyone," said Soniya, a resident of Lajpat Nagar. For tomorrow, the weatherman has forecast a partly cloudy sky with dust haze. "There is a possibility of dust storm or thunderstorm in some areas. While the maximum temperature is expected to settle at 43 degrees Celsius, the minimum is expected to hover around 32 degree Celsius," said the IMD official. Heat claims life
In what is being believed to be the first case of death due to heat stroke this season, a 45-year-old unidentified woman was found dead outside a Metro station in central Delhi today afternoon. According to the police, the body was found on Ramakrishna Ashram Marg. The victim appears to be a beggar. "We are yet to identify the deceased. She must have died because of the scorching heat and unavailability of water and shelter, as no suspicious injury was found on her body," said a police official, adding that the body had been preserved at mortuary. |
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‘Dead’ girl returns with lover
Greater Noida, May 18 However, the family was flabbergasted when their ‘dead’ daughter returned home happy along with her lover. The young lovers said they had gone on a pilgrimage to Vaishno Devi in Jammu and got married there. Since the girl is a minor, the police has arrested her lover. The girl,
Rajni, is the daughter of Bhim Singh of Alpha sector in Greater Noida. She is a student of class X at Surajpur’s Vidya Public School. Her lover, Manvir Singh, of Ladhole village in
Faridabad, had been her neighbour for some time. After Rajni went missing, her father, on April 14 filed a missing report in the Kasna police station against Manvir and his two brothers-in-law— Dinesh and
Vikas. The police subsequently arrested Dinesh and on April 24, sent him to jail for a week. On April 25, the body of an unidentified girl was found in the Kharkkhoda police station area of
Meerut. Rajni’s parents claimed that it was her. The police then registered a case of murder against Manvir and
Vikas. Surinder Kumar Verma, SP, Greater Noida, said the couple had gone to Vaishno Devi and got married there. When they finished all their money, they returned to Delhi. In Delhi, Manvir rang up a friend and asked for Rs 10,000. On the basis of the call, Manvir and Rajni were arrested from the DND flyover. The girl is not ready to go home, as she fears her family would kill her. She wants to live with her husband.
Verma said the court would decide her fate. He said action could be taken against Rajni’s parents for misleading the police by wrongly identifying the body. |
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3 die while cleaning sewer
at Azadpur Mandi
New Delhi, May 18 The victims have been identified as Harish, Ravinder (27) and Raju (25). According to information, Harish is a minor and got inside the sewer when Ravinder and Raju, who had earlier entered the sewer, cried for help. “The victims became unconscious after inhaling poisonous gas in the sewer. They were rushed to the Vinayak Hospital where Harish was declared brought dead while the other two died later in the evening,” said a police officer, adding that the victims had no safety equipment when they entered the sewer. The Adarsh Nagar police station has registered a case under Section 304 A (death due to negligence) of the IPC against the owner of the banquet hall. “We have sealed the banquet hall and registered a case in this regard,” said the police. The police stated that Harish stayed in the Azadpur Mandi area while Ravinder and Raju lived in Trilokpuri.
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Medical facilities in fine fettle thanks to CWG
New Delhi, May 18 The premier government hospital, AIIMS trauma centre, would have a "disaster area" of 30 beds while eight new beds would be added to the existing centre. According to Dr Sanjeev Bhoi of AIIMS trauma centre, many world-class facilities would be available in AIIMS once the work is over. An initial expenditure of Rs 10 crore has been allocated for the upgradation and about 75 per cent work is complete. He said the new infrastructure would be in place by July-end. AIIMS would be providing medical cover at the venues and test centre at Thyagraj stadium. The city would be home to the country's first Sports Injury Centre, coming up in Safdarjung Hospital. While the work to prepare the city hospitals is on, three hospitals in particular-Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RMLH), autonomous All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) trauma centre and G B Pant Hospital-have been witnessing significant augmentation on the infrastructural front. All these hospitals would have more beds and procure world-class equipment to meet any exigency. In total four hospitals have been declared for attending to the health requirements of athletes, technical officials of CWG and other delegates. Currently, the work of earmarking medical officers for various competition and non-competition venues is on and the procurement of specialised equipment is also under way. "Around 400 doctors and almost an equal number of paramedical staff would be deputed to take care of people coming in for treatment during the Games. We are in the process of identifying medical forces for each stadium, which in turn would be attached to one of the designated hospitals," said Dr S Bhattacharjee, director health Services, Delhi government. To ensure fast delivery of services and to make sure that that there is no security lapse, all medical workers deputed for the Games would be connected via a networking system based on Tetra technology, which works with the help of digital radio signals. |
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Vocational subject students not preferred in DU colleges
New Delhi, May 18 The university administration has made it clear that they could not help students with vocational subjects as maximum one subject could be considered for the best four. "In some courses one subject could be taken into account while calculating the merit, but that is also at the discretion of colleges," said Gurpreet Tuteja, deputy dean of students' welfare, DU. Most colleges in DU do not want students with vocational subjects because their merit generally goes higher than students with academic subjects. "Mostly students with government schools have this problem of passing out with more than one vocational subjects," said Tuteja. The university requires students to formulate their final merit on the basis of the best four subjects, which must include one language and three academic subjects. However, there are some vocational subjects which could be included in the best four if the colleges allow them. Students who have passed the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination from CBSE Delhi under vocational or technical streams could be considered for B.A. and B.Com. courses. For admission to courses of B.Com. (Hons.), B.A. (Hons.), B.Sc. (General) mathematical sciences, three academic and one vocational subject would be considered for the purpose of determining eligibility for the course. The DU offers some vocational subjects in which admission could be offered on the basis of the best four marks of students in two vocational and two academic subjects. Though the student must have the main course subject as one of the subjects he/she appeared for. For admission to B.Com. (Hons.) course, students who have secured 60 per cent marks and above in aggregate shall be eligible for admission. The academic subjects considered by the DU comprise Hindi core, English core, Hindi elective, English elective or functional, other languages, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, engineering drawing, economics, political science, history, geography and business studies. DU has a special College of Vocational Studies where students are offered mostly job-oriented courses. |
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2 labourers killed as truck turns turtle
New Delhi, May 18 The mishap was reported from the construction site of Alhuwalia Constructions in Netaji Nagar of New Moti Bagh around 4.30 am. The victims were sleeping over stone chips loaded in the truck, and when the truck overturned, the trio got buried under the chips. By the time help arrived, two of them had died. The third victim is in hospital in a critical condition. "The truck had come from Rajasthan in the wee hours today. The three labourers were sleeping on top of the parked truck when the soil under it caved in, leading to the incident. The truck turned turtle and the labourers were trapped under the stone chips. Though other labourers tried to rescue them, they could not do much," said a senior police official from the district. The deceased have been identified as Gulram (47) and his brother-in-law Bhagirath (27), while Chaman Lal (26) has suffered multiple fractures. "Gulram and Bhagirath were declared brought dead at the AIIMS Trauma Centre while Lal, who has suffered several fractures in the legs and hands, is critical. He is also reported to have suffered rib fractures," said the officer, adding that the police was informed about the incident around 6.30 am. According to information, Alhuwalia Constructions has been constructing flats for the National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) at the site of the mishap for the past few months. While the police has registered a case of negligence against the truck driver, Sarjeet, and arrested him, negligence on part of the contractor is also being investigated. "We are going to check if there was any violation of rules at the site," said a police official. |
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Sajjan given time to reply
New Delhi, May 18 Additional sessions judge Sunita Gupta gave Kumar time till May 19 to respond to the CBI's contention that there was a typographical error relating to a section of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in the order on charges pronounced by the court on May 15. Requesting the court to bring changes in the order sheet, the CBI counsel D P Singh submitted that in the order copy, section 339 has been mentioned instead of section 449 (house trespass). Seeking some time to file reply, Kumar's counsel I U Khan sought a copy of CBI's application. Earlier on May 15, the court had ordered framing of charges against Kumar under various sections of the IPC, including Sections 302 (murder), 395 (dacoity), 427 (mischief to property), 153A (promoting enmity between different communities) after finding prima facie evidence against him. The court, however, was to frame the charges formally on May 18. It is only after the framing of charges that trial against senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar will begin in the 26-year-old case. The CBI has accused Kumar of provoking people against members of a particular community during the carnage leading to the killing of five persons in the Delhi Cantonment area. On January 13, the probe agency had filed two chargesheets against the former Congress MP and others before the court in two separate cases of allegedly making provocative speeches. Besides Kumar, other accused in the case are Balwan Khokhar, Krishan Khokhar, Mahender Yadav, Captain Bhagmal and Girdhari Lal. The CBI chargesheeted Sajjan Kumar after it got a formal nod from the Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna to prosecute him. It was after the recommendation of Justice G T Nanavati Commission in 2005 which inquired into the sequence of events leading to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that all the three cases were registered.
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Semester: DU teachers
meet VC
New Delhi, May 18 There are reports that the vice-chancellor tried to clear the apprehensions in the minds of teachers surrounding the implementation of semester system at DU in 12 science courses from the coming academic year. “For the first few hours, the vice-chancellor spoke himself and told the teachers that there was no reason for the teachers to worry about the feasibility of semester system if they worked hard to make it successful,” said DU
sources. Pental also told the teachers that semester system would help students to switch to an academic system which is compatible with the global universities and hence would make it easier for them to go abroad for higher studies and at the same time help foreign students to take admission in
DU. The teachers, however, were not pleased with his argument and one AC member said that the migration within the university from departments and open school would become impossible if the university runs different systems of study. “The vice-chancellor is bent on implementing the system so it does not look like anything constructive to come out of this meeting,” said an AC member, who was sitting in the meeting. One of the AC members Abha Dev Habib raised the matter of the new syllabi being against the statutes and annexure as some of them were not even formulated by the DU departments. She said that the new syllabi were not suitable to maintain let alone improving the academic standards of the university. Yechuri writes to President
Seeking intervention in the matter of implementation of semester system in undergraduate courses at Delhi University (DU), member of Parliament Sitaram Yechuri today wrote to President Pratibha Patil who is also the chancellor of the university. In his letter, Yechuri wrote that the DU vice-chancellor, pleading pressure from the ministry of human resource development and the University Grants Commission, is forcing major structural change in the university by abruptly introducing a semester system. “DU was established through an act of Parliament. Its statutes, ordinances and the decisions of its Executive Council and Academic Council derive authority from the Act of Parliament. Any structural changes will have to be in consonance with the Act. By pushing through a major structural change without proper discussions, the consequential powers under the Parliamentary Act seem to be flouted,” wrote Yechuri. |
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DDA gets HC rap over shelters
for mentally ill
New Delhi, May 18 The DDA faced the ire of the court when it submitted that it had zeroed down on seven sites in the Capital where shelters can be opened for mentally ill people. A division bench of Justices A.K.Sikri and Ajit
Bharihoke, however, expressed displeasure over the DDA’s state of affairs and summoned its commissioner (land and management) and secretary (land and development authority) on May 26 to explain the delay. The shelters are to be opened in all the nine districts of the Capital. The court expressed dissatisfaction over the fact that DDA had managed to select only seven shelters amongst the 18 that are proposed. The court also expressed surprise over the fact that even the possession of these seven proposed shelters were not with the social welfare department. The court also directed the police to amend the present training module and add a chapter relating to the handling of mentally ill people. The court also mooted the idea of sensitising magistrates to the nature of such people. The court observation came after a petition referred to a former model, Gitanjali
Nagpal, who was found begging on the streets of the Capital. The bench was hearing a public suit by a Delhi University law student, Pratibha Chopra, drawing the court’s attention towards the plight of mentally ill people in the Capital. The petitioner referred to Nagpal’s case and said there were more than 2,500 women in Delhi who were mentally ill and not receiving any aid from the government, which had led to their
exploitation. Nagpal, 32, who once walked the ramp for top designers, was last year found begging at a market in south Delhi. The Delhi Commission for Women
(DCW) took her to the VIMHANS Hospital, where doctors diagnosed her to be suffering from fear psychosis.
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Wanted inter-state criminal nabbed
New Delhi, May 18 DCP (central) Jaspal Singh said that Harish was a member of the notorious Satish Chaudhary gang and was wanted in cases of dacoities in Uttarakhand and Bulandshahr in UP. "In a case registered at the Bajpur police station (Uttarakhand), Harish along with his five associates, including gang leader Satish Choudhary, looted Neelam Jewellers of gold worth Rs 50 lakh and Rs 25,000," said Singh. Harish also struck at a jewellery shop in the Krishna Nagar area of Bulandshahr and decamped with cash and gold worth lakhs. The remaining gang members were apprehended by the police stations concerned but he was still absconding. "Last night, he was on his way to Aligarh from Jaipur where he was hiding for the last few months. The train for Aligarh was to leave late at night. So he went to the red light area where he was apprehended," said Singh. The police spotted Harish around 11:55 pm yesterday at Shradhhanand Marg. Seeing the police, the accused turned around and started walking in the opposite direction. This raised the police's suspicion. The police team nabbed him after a short chase. He was questioned regarding his presence in the area but could not reply satisfactorily. The police seized some papers from him pertaining to cases of dacoity committed in the areas of districts Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand and
Bulandshahr, UP.
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10 killed, 12 hurt in 3 accidents
Ghaziabad, May 18 The accident in Sahibabad took place near MMX Mall when, in order to save a bull on the road, a mini truck turned turtle after hitting a road divider late on Sunday night. About 12 members of the Raja Band travelling in the mini truck were injured and rushed to district MM Hospital,
Ghaziabad. Five seriously injured band men were referred to Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital in Delhi, but four were declared brought dead. Police said the mini truck driver was drunk at the time of accident. In Ghaziabad’s
Pilkhua, a truck loaded with iron rods crushed a couple and two children on a bike on
G.T. Road. Om Pal, 25, his wife Aruna, 23, son Raj, 1, and nephew Gaurav, 11 were killed while niece
Sandhya, 3, was badly injured. The driver abandoned the truck and fled after the accident. In Bulandshahar’s
Shikarpur, a car returning with a newly-wed couple met with an accident. The Maruti Zen car crashed into an iron rod-laden truck on
Delhi-Badayun highway at 5 a.m. on Monday. Irfan, 25, Aneesa, 22, her sister
Rabina, 25, brother-in-law Mohd Isharat, 28, a two-year-old niece Soni and driver
Illyas, 22, died in this gruesome accident. |
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Greenpeace to survey Mayapuri today again
New Delhi, May 18 Exposure to radioactive material Cobalt-60 had claimed one life and caused injuries to 11 others last month. An official Greenpeace statement said in order to bring the radiation levels to normal background levels, detailed handling and checks and re-checks were needed and that was what their second visit intended to do. On May 14, Greenpeace conducted a survey of the Mayapuri scrap market to check gamma radiation and to verify government claims that the area was back to normal background levels. Greenpeace had identified six hotspots with considerably elevated radiation levels. Of the six hotspots, two had radiation 5000 times more than the normal background levels. After the investigation, a team of experts from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) and the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) visited Mayapuri for the decontamination process. "Over the last few days, a team from the AERB, National Disaster Response Force of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), BARC and Narora Atomic Power Station has been decontaminating the area," a Greenpeace statement said.
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Fires at Metro station, scrap shop
New Delhi, May 18 "Two fire engines were rushed to the spot to douse the blaze. No one was injured in the incident. Short-circuit appears to be the cause of the fire," said a fire official, adding that the fire did not affect the movement of trains on the network. In another incident, fire was reported from a scrap shop in south-east Delhi this morning. The shop is situated in Okhla. Eighteen fire engines were rushed to the spot. No one was injured in the incident. According to fire officials, short-circuit is the likely reason of the fire. |
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Home kids need better care: Walia
New Delhi, May 18 While the work of bettering the facilities is under way at the observation home, the social welfare department is in the process of recruiting counsellors selected especially to work with juveniles. She said this after her visit to the observation home Prayas at Kingway Camp from where 17 juveniles had escaped yesterday and among whom six children reported back today. According to the minister, currently the provisions of the Act are very complex and an amendment has to come for ameliorating the conditions of those concerned. "There is no segregation in the lodging in the OHB on the basis of offences committed by the children," said
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Maoist couple denied bail
New Delhi, May 18 Saying that the charges levelled against the two were grave, additional chief metropolitan magistrate Sunil Chaudhary denied bail to Gopal Mishra and his wife Kanchan, alias Anu. “They have been accused of being members of an organisation banned under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, which carries death as the maximum penalty,” the court said. The couple had filed separate bail applications claiming that there was no such evidence that linked them to Maoists. To support his plea, Mishra said that his father was a veteran freedom fighter and he was being punished for working for a pro-workers’ organisation— Mazdoor Ekta Manch. He added that he had a Masters degree from Jadavpur University in Kolkata and hailed from a respectable family in Varanasi. Kanchan too denied any connection with the banned organisation. She stated in her plea that she ran an NGO and worked for women’s rights. The Delhi police special cell had arrested the couple near Shyamlal College in east district on April 26. A large quantity of propaganda material, including CDs, pen drives, relating to the banned outfit and Rs 24,000 were seized from them. |
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Street plays to spread awareness on Metro system
New Delhi, May 18 A total of 60 such performances of about 15 minutes each will be presented till May 22. Some specific locations have been chosen for these performances to ensure that more people are benefited by these plays. Three specialised agencies – Drishtantar, Avant Garde Academy and the Platform for Action in Creative Theatre (PACT) have been assigned to present 20 shows each. These troupes will perform the shows mainly during the office hours in the mornings and evenings. “Through themes related to everyday life, these troupes will make the people aware of various issues related to Metro. People would also be requested to join the Metro Citizens’ Forum ahead of Commonwealth Games,” said Anuj Dayal, spokesperson, Delhi Metro. With the opening of the Inderlok to Mundka corridor, Delhi Metro has now reached localities of outer Delhi. Plays were organised earlier by Delhi Metro to raise awareness in 2002. Last year also, these plays were organised at Seelampur to control cases of stone-pelting on trains.
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Revamp of Jama Masjid begins
New Delhi, May 18 The preliminary work has begun, MCD officials said.
The MCD had last month cleared a Rs 1200-crore plan for redevelopment of the Mughal era mosque.
The MCD has also started work on the supplementary plan of decongesting the areas neighbouring the ancient structure. The Corporation is removing all encroachments in the area to implement its decongestion plan, officials said.
The proposal to redevelop the Jama Masjid precinct was cleared by the MCD Standing Committee in September 2009.
— PTI
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CM backs drive to reduce child mortality
New Delhi, May 18 Speaking at a function organised by an NGO, Save the Children, Dikshit said that India committed to reducing child mortality by 2015 as spelt out in Millennium Development Goal 4. Chairperson of Save the Children’s International Board, Charles Perrin, presented Dikshit with a copy of the biography of Eglantyne Jebb, the founder of Save the Children. Save the Children is the leading child rights’ organization that works in India and in over 120 countries around the world. In India, it works in 10 states focusing on strengthening child rights in the key areas of inclusive education, child protection, health and nutrition.
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3 held for stabbing, robbing
New Delhi, May 18 DCP (north) Sagar Preet Hooda said that the gang was involved in stabbing Manipur resident Ngasoching Zimik and robbing him of Rs 3,500 and his mobile phone in Nehru Vihar. “The investigating team put the robbed mobile phone under surveillance but the accused persons were either using stolen SIM cards or SIM cards purchased on fake addresses. The team then zeroed in on Naveen who was subsequently arrested,” said Hooda Naveen has confessed his involvement in the crime. |
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After the national Capital saw the hottest May day of the season yesterday, it was a tough day again for residents today as both the minimum and the maximum temperatures were considerably high along with humidity.
New Delhi, May 18
