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Power demand at new high
CM briefs PM on Games projects
MCD kicks off sanitation drive amid workers’ protest
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3rd list: B.Com (H), BA (P) still available
Light showers fail to cool Delhi
Khap panchayat orders family to leave village
Bikers snatch Rs 10 lakh from advocate
Sharpshooter of Salem held
Honour killing accused remanded in police custody
4 bank officials honoured for foiling robberies
Visa racket busted, five Bangladeshis held
Young girl kidnapped & gangraped for
14 days, once again later
Threatened by girl’s family, couple moves court
Domestic help convicted
of double murder
Celebratory firing death: Accused held
Bus gutted due to CNG cylinder leak on Noida expressway
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Power demand at new high
New Delhi, July 1 The demand in the Delhi today surged past the earlier high of 4668 MW while touching 4720 MW in the evening. However, power officials said that despite the unprecedented demand, no major power supply disruption was reported. Before June 21, the first highest power demand of the season was 4,581 MW that was recorded on May 24. Delhi’s largest distribution company, the BSES appealed to the residents to use electricity judiciously. “Residents who have not fully disclosed the actual load they consume should have it corrected because we need to increase our capacity to such homes to ensure uninterrupted supply,” a BSES official said. While the demand headed north, Delhi’s power generating units on Monday provided a dismal 1,055 MW. The distribution companies (discoms) were left with little option but to procure energy from other sources. The discoms, however, claimed that other than power cuts in a few areas, they were able to meet the demand successfully. In June last year, the highest demand was recorded at 4,337 MW, since then there has been more than 8 per cent increase in demand.
No power shortage for Games: CM
New Delhi, July 1 She said the Capital has adequate power to fulfill its requirements. If there is loadshedding, it is only because of some technical snag. The weather in October is also comparatively better which should bring down the power requirements, the Chief Minister added. However, she admitted that the construction of Bawana power plant was getting delayed and it would not generate power before the CWG. When asked about reducing the power tariff, she said this decision would be taken by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) which had not submitted its report to the government so far. Dikshit said the city would have enough power once the plants in Bawana and Jhajjar started functioning. Delhi will get an additional 1,500 MW from Bawana and 750 MW from Jhajjar. Both these plants are likely to generate power by the end of this year, she said. The Chief Minister said the power demand in the city might reach 15,000 MW daily in five years, but the government was preparing for it. |
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CM briefs PM on Games projects
New Delhi, July 1 Dikshit told reporters about her meeting with the Prime Minister at a function held at FICCI office. Having seen the report of various Games projects that are running behind schedule, the Chief Minister yesterday held a meeting with her ministers and allocated the responsibilities of the projects to them. She also asked the ministers to submit weekly reports of the projects to her. According to sources, Dikshit expressed unhappiness over the pace of the projects under social welfare minister Mangat Ram Singhal and health minister Kiran Walia. Majority of the ministers have cancelled their daily meetings and have now started visiting the sites of the projects. They are meeting projects managers and asking them to complete work before August 31. Dikshit has also asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) to speed up the work of the projects under their jurisdiction. The MCD is carrying out the beautification work of the Chandni Chowk, Karol Bagh and Paharganj areas, while the NDMC is responsible for the renovation of Connaught Place and some other areas. Both the agencies are also supposed to remove debris in their respective areas.
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MCD kicks off sanitation drive amid workers’ protest
New Delhi, July 1 Though the MCD began its drive, some parts of the city, especially the western areas, remained messy with garbage lying unattended as the safai karamcharis did not show up for the day. In the absence of sanitation employees, even the garbage trucks could not be dispatched to collect garbage from landfill sites. And to add to the mess, protestors were seen throwing filth and dirt in some zonal offices of the MCD. The opposition party in the MCD, Congress, meanwhile, has said that the sanitation-cum-cleanliness drive launched by the corporation had suffered setbacks at the beginning itself due to employees' strike. "There are no brooms, equipment or chemicals in the stores of the sanitation department. Due to financial mismanagement, a large numbers of safai karamcharis are suffering. They have not received salaries for the past three to four months, said Jai Kishan Sharma, Leader of Opposition, MCD. |
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3rd list: B.Com (H), BA (P) still available
New Delhi, July 1 In popular campus colleges, seats in subjects like economics (H) and physics and chemistry (H) are simply not available. However, more than 24 colleges are still offering seats in the popular B Com (H) programme. Seats are available at Hansraj in B Com (H) and the cut-off is pegged at 94.75%-96.75%; at Hindu, the cut off is 94.5%; at Jesus and Mary, it is 93.25% and it is 94.50% at LSR. The BA pass course programme is also available in many colleges. The cut-off for pass course has come down significantly. At DDU, it is 66%; it stands at 65% at Deshbandhu and at Hindu, it has come down to 85-89% The highly popular economics honours programme is closed in almost all the colleges. Only a few seats are available at Jesus and Mary where the cut-off stands at 90.75%-94.5%; at Kalindi, it is 84.5% and at Moti Lal Nehru, the cut-off has come down to 82% Another popular course, English (H) is still available in a few colleges and the cut-off has come down significantly. The course is available at Deshbandhu where the cut-off stands at 67%; at Dayal Singh, it is 76.5%-80.5%; at Hindu, it stands at 81.30%; at IP College 75%; and at Jesus and Mary 86% Many popular campus colleges have closed admissions in most subjects. At Gargi College, seats are available only in Sanskrit. Meera Ramchandran, principal, Gargi College, said, “We have almost no seats available for the third list, admissions in most subjects except Sanskrit were complete during the first and second list. In science, we have no seats though we do have seats available under the OBC and the physically handicapped quota.” At Hansraj College, admissions have closed in most courses except B Com (H) and Sanskrit. At Hindu College, seats are still available in some courses like English (H), B Com (H). At Jesus and Mary College, seats are available in many courses but at Kamla Nehru, admissions have closed for most courses except BA pass course and English (H). At Kirori Mal, seats are available in B Com (H) at 92.25% and in geography at 84%. At LSR, seats are available in some subjects like history (H) and psychology (H). In science, seats are not available for physics and chemistry (H) which got exhausted in the first cut-off itself. However, some seats are available in botany, zoology honours and in BSc life sciences and physical sciences. Botany (H) is available at DDU where the cut-off has come down to 64%; at Dayal Singh, it is 62%; and at Deshbandhu, it is 60% Zoology (H) is available at Dayal Singh, Deshbandhu, Hindu and Miranda House. BSc life sciences and BSc physical sciences are closed everywhere except at Hansraj, Hindu and Maitreyi College.
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Light showers fail to cool Delhi
New Delhi, July 1 Both the high and the low temperatures settled two notches above the normal at 38.2 degree and 30.1 degree Celsius, respectively, as against yesterday’s maximum recorded at 41 degrees and minimum at 31.6 degrees Celsius. The sporadic showers towards the evening spelt some respite, but humidity levels with maximum of 66 per cent and minimum 42 per cent continued to trouble Delhiites and according to the weather department similar conditions are likely in the days to come. “More pre-monsoon rainfall is expected tomorrow, but that would not be of much help with the day remaining hot. The monsoon is yet to arrive this part of the country,” said a weather official. On Friday, the sky will be partly clouded with possibility of rain and thunderstorm. But, the maximum temperature is expected to remain at 41 degrees Celsius and minimum at 31 degrees, an IMD official said. |
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Khap panchayat orders family to leave village
Ghaziabad, July 1 In February 2009 at Sikandarpur Kakaurie village, Gajendra Singh's son Sudhir escaped with a village girl Sheetal of the same caste and gotre and both got married. The girl's parents lodged a case against Sudhir. Meanwhile, villagers taunted the girl's family that their daughter was of loose character. Unable to face humiliation, the girl's family soon packed their luggage and moved out of the village. They settled in another village. Recently Sudhir and Sheetal returned to the village after procuring the marriage certificate from the Allahabad High Court. This made the village panchayat quite angry. It will encourage more girls to elope in a similar manner, the panchayat felt. On Wednesday, the youth's family was called at panchayat which ordered it to leave the village within 24 hours. The panchayat further boycotted the family and ordered other villagers not to have any relations with it. "The family will be provided with full security if they want to stay in the village," said Raguvir Lal, SSP, Ghaziabad.
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Bikers snatch Rs 10 lakh from advocate
New Delhi, July 1 According to the police, the incident was reported around 2 pm from Vishwas Nagar Colony. According to information, the advocate, Chaman Lal Yadav, had gone to the Kar Kardooma branch of the Central Bank of India to deposit Rs 10 lakh. However, since he wanted to deposit the money in his wife's account, the bank asked him to get his pan card. "Yadav returned to his house to collect the pan card. However, as soon as he reached his house, two bike-borne men pushed him aside and ran away with the bag containing the money," said the police. According to information, Yadav was hurt in the incident. He received head injuries when the robbers pushed him. The incident was reported from merely about half-a-kilometer from the DCP (east ) office. Yadav has alleged that after he called the police control room, SHO of the Farash Bazaar station reached the spot and left after enquiring about the matter. "The SHO came and left after hearing my story. He said other police officers would come and take down my statement. However, other policemen came only around 5 pm," alleged Yadav while speaking to the media. However, the police had denied any delay in the matter from its side. A case in this regard has been registered at the Farsh Bazaar police station and investigation is on. |
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Sharpshooter of Salem held
New Delhi, July 1 According to the police, Siddiqui was part of Abu Salem's network of sharp shooters. He assisted Salem in his criminal activities in India while Salem was abroad. According to Neeraj Thakur, ACP, Siddiqui was arrested from Lado Sarai were he was residing as a driver for the past four years. One country-made pistol and two cartridges were seized from him," said Thakur. During investigation, it was learnt that Siddiqui along with his accomplice Sanjay, on the instructions of Salem, used to extort money from builders, people of the film fraternity and jewellers. |
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Honour killing accused remanded in police custody
New Delhi, July 1 Allowing the police plea, metropolitan magistrate Satish Kumar sent Mandeep Nagar (23), Ankit Chaudhury (22) and Nakul Khari (21) to police remand as the prosecution said they were required to be quizzed in another case. The accused are yet to be arrested in connection with the murder of Shobha, one of the victims in the case, as a separate FIR was lodged in this regard, the police said, adding that it needed to quiz him in the Shobha murder case. Earlier on the same day, court had sent the accused to 14 days of judicial custody but after a few hours, it changed its decision. The accused were again produced before the court which then remanded them to police custody till July 3. They were produced after their five days' police custody ended today. Meanwhile, another accused in the murder case, Shintu, who was brought from Ghaziabad jail was also sent to police custody for a day. The police also submitted that they have recovered firearms which were used in the commission of the crime at the instance of the accused. The police have registered two separate FIRs, one in connection with the murder of 22-year-old Shobha and another for killing of Ankit's sister Monica along with her husband Kuldeep. The court had on June 26 allowed the Delhi police to quiz the accused for five days in custody to enable the investigators to unravel the conspiracy. The accused were arrested on June 24 by the Uttar Pradesh police from Garhmukteshwar. The trio had three allegedly carried out the murders on June 20 at Ashok Vihar as they were said to be angry with their relatives for sullying the honour of their family by marrying outside caste.
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4 bank officials honoured for foiling robberies
Gurgaon, July 1 In a press statement, Central Bank of India's assistant general manager (Rohtak region) Ishwar Singh said on June 18, four armed youths entered the bank's branch at Rasoi village in Sonepat district and tried to loot cash at pistol-point. However, bank's head cashier Subhash Wadhwa and assistant manager Resham Lal foiled their bid and created a situation in which the robbers were forced to flee. On being demanded cash, Wadhwa quickly got down and sounded the security alarm. Lal, who was talking to somebody on phone, pretended as if some police official was on the line and the cops were just about to enter the bank. Sensing trouble, the robbers fled the bank without causing any harm to life or property. On being informed of the incident, the then AGM of Rohtak region, D.S.Dahiya, and assistant security officer, Subhash Dogra, rushed to the branch. Later, Dahiya recommended the names of Lal and Wadhwa for prizes for their courage and presence of mind. The CMD also honoured bank officials Ramesh Chander Bansal and Reeta Kainth for showing bravery on similar occasions.
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Visa racket busted, five Bangladeshis held
New Delhi, July 1 The accused have been identified as Ali-Ur-Rehman (26), Saifual Islam (33), Alam Miyan (30), M.Omar Farooq (23) and Mafezul Islam. The gang prepared fake visas by using forged and tampered documents. They would charge Rs 20 to 25 lakh for their services, a senior police official said. The police acted on a complaint filed by the embassy of Ecuador that an organised gang was providing fake visas of Ecuador. The police zeroed in on a few suspected persons and on a tip-off, arrested Mafezul Islam and M. Omar Farooq from Vasant Vihar. Passports with fake Ecuadorian visas affixed on them were seized from them. Later, on their disclosures, Saifual Islam, Ali-ur-Rehman and Alam Miyan were arrested from Gandhi Nagar on June 26. The police seized a large number of incriminating documents, including passports with fake visas, blank visa slips and five visa receipts of Ecuador Embassy, from them. On interrogation, the accused revealed that they would facilitate illegal entry of their clients into USA through Latin American countries like Ecuador which had 'Visa on Arrival' facility. This group has been carrying out its activities for the past two years. |
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Young girl kidnapped & gangraped for
14 days, once again later
Ghaziabad, July 1 The incident took place in Ror village in February. Three youths allegedly kidnapped the girl while she was going to field to ease out in the morning. She was taken to a secluded place and locked up in a room. The youths raped her for a fortnight. However, the girl somehow managed to escape from their clutches and reach home. After listening to her story, her parents went to police station to lodge a complaint. But, the police sent them back without registering the case, saying that it was a case of love affair and the girl had eloped on her own. This encouraged the kidnappers, who after a month once again kidnapped and raped the girl and then left her on the outskirts of the village. This time also the victim went to lodge an FIR, but the police refused to do so. Then victim's family then contacted the village panchayat. Here too, the accused threatened to kidnap and rape the girl again if her family insisted on lodging an FIR against them. Unable to get justice from the police, the victim then approached the court. On court directions, the Modi Nagar police has now lodged a rape case against the accused. "The accused is absconding. An enquiry has been ordered as to why the FIR was not lodged before. Guilty policemen will not be spared," said Raguvir Lal, SSP, Ghaziabad. |
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Threatened by girl’s family, couple moves court
Ghaziabad, July 1 The couple through an advocate wrote to the senior superintendent of police, Ghaziabad, and demanded security, fearing threat to their lives from girl's parents. The boy's family has, however, given consent to their marriage. A resident of Karhera, Amarjit Patel, and his wife Anupama, alias Anjum, came to the district court and met the advocate. Amarjit told the advocate that after an affair which continued for four years, they got married at Arya Samaj temple on May 24. Anjum changed her religion and became Anupama. Marriage was performed as per Hindu rituals and it was registered at the court. When the girl's family came to know, they warned the girl to take divorce and return home. The family assaulted the boy several times and put pressure on him to forget the marriage. Through the advocate, the couple also moved court on Wednesday which asked the advocate to produce the girl and record her statement. "Police protection will be given to the couple," said Raghuvir Lal, SSP, Ghaziabad.
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Domestic help convicted
of double murder
New Delhi, July 1 Holding Mithilesh Kumar Singh guilty, additional sessions judge S. K. Sarvaria pronounced him guilty of offences of murder, destruction of evidence, attempt to murder and robbery under the IPC. Singh, a resident of Samastipur in Bihar, was working as a domestic help. He killed a minor child Karamveer and his maternal grandmother Surjit Kaur, 60, at their house in Vasant Kunj of south Delhi on March 2, 2007. He first sedated the dog of the victims and killed them before packing all the valuables, cash and jewellery in his bag, the prosecution had said. He was apprehended after Mehar Legha, 15, sister of the deceased boy after coming from her school enquired about the whereabouts of the victims. The girl, who was also attacked by the domestic help after being informed that her brother and the grandmother were killed, raised the alarm which led to catching of the accused with the help of a security guard. The girl was later conferred with the national bravery award in 2008 for her act. The court has fixed the matter on July 7 for hearing the arguments on the quantum of sentence. The maximum punishment the convict could be awarded is the death penalty. |
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Celebratory firing death: Accused held
New Delhi, July 1 According to the police, the accused, Sudarshan Singh (37), is the son of groom's maternal uncle. "Sudarshan Singh was arrested after a tip-off from near Bakkarwala bus stand. One pistol (7.65 mm) and two cartridges were seized from his possession. However, efforts are being made to arrest Somraj, a resident of Vasant Kunj, who had given his pistol to Singh," said Chhaya Sharma, DCP (Outer). The incident took place on the night of June 29. The boy, Amit, was hit by a bullet during a marriage function at a community hall in Prahladpur Banger village. Amit's uncle told police that Singh had fired in the air, but the bullet hit Amit, who was standing nearby. Singh is a resident of Gurgaon and is into property business. |
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Bus gutted due to CNG cylinder leak on Noida expressway
Noida, July 1 The fire broke out around 1 pm near Sector 126. "The bus caught fire due to a leakage in the CNG gas cylinder. The driver was taking the bus to Noida for some repair work. Almost the entire bus was gutted," the official said.
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