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Doubts about Games projects meeting Aug 15 deadline
Road to Yamnotri to be
four-laned
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6 of family die in Brahmapuri house collapse
Landfill sites to become green belt
JNU entrance exam results out
H1N1 No cause for alarm: Officials
Blasts case: Hearing continues
Gangrape case registered on court order
Love triangle in banker’s murder
Mom of 3 with lover kills husband
Safdarjung’s cardiology head
booked on corruption charges
Principal held for sodomy
of three schoolboys
Fire at Metro station
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Doubts about Games projects meeting Aug 15 deadline
New Delhi, July 14 All the projects have to be completed till August 15 as the government has to hand them over to the CWG organising committee by August 31, sources said. Meanwhile, the collapse of the roof of a tennis stadium in the Yamuna Sports Complex following the downpour on July 12 and the apprehension that Delhi is not fully prepared for of the Games, today pitted Union sports minister M.S. Gill and CWG organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi against each other. Gill termed the incident serious, more so as it happened so close to the deadline of the CWG projects. An enquiry would be made into it, he said. However, Kalmadi, who hardly gets along with Gill, claimed that it was a small incident and not much should be read into it. He brushed aside concerns over the CWG projects and said they would be completed in time. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, apparently relieved with the fact that the stadium's construction work is being done by Delhi development Authority (DDA), which reports to the Lieutenant General and not her government, did not offer any comment. Officials, however, said majority of the landscaping and beautification work was yet to be completed. Debris lying on the road has chocked the drainage system and that was why waterlogging occurred at many Games venues and on various main roads. A repeat of such a situation during the Games could be embarrassing for the country, the officials said. They said everything was now being done in hurry to meet the deadline and in such a situation, quality could be a casualty. Giving an example, an official said the public works department was laying red tiles on the footpaths in such a slipshod manner that they might cave in. Repairing work at central verge on all the roads is also one of the reasons for government's apprehension because that is one of the reasons for traffic jams. |
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Road to Yamnotri to be
four-laned
Ghaziabad, July 14 This route will be
four-laned. It will be built through PPP (public private partnership) scheme. The plan will cost about Rs 1,258
crore. Uttar Pradesh government's chief executive officer and special secretary Ishtdev Prasad Rai held a meeting with the administrative and public works department from
Ghaziabad, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat and Saharanpur districts and discussed the plan and issued necessary directions to make it successful. He said under the scheme, encroachments, electric and telephone poles and trees have to be removed and the need for additional land-related estimate should be made available as soon as possible. He said the PPP developer will construct the road under the scheme and also lay route drainage system, service road and four-lane road. The route will be equipped with all facilities. |
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6 of family die in Brahmapuri house collapse
New Delhi, July 14 The building had developed cracks after the heavy rains coupled with high-speed winds on July 12 . The victim family had decided to vacate the premises last evening, but then postponed it for today. As fate would have it, they were all buried in their sleep when the house came down around 3.50 am. The police said Hashmi, alias Bholi (60), who died in the incident along with her three sons and two daughters-in-law, owned the house. The other victims have been identified as Nafees (26), Nadim (25), Aazim (23), Shagufta (23) and Aaysha (22). Aazim's wife was not in the house as she had gone to her parental home in Meerut," said a police official, adding that the couple did not have children and had got married about three months back. "For some reason, they postponed their plan to vacate this morning even as we had all advised them to leave immediately. In fact, the tenant who was running a hotel on the ground floor had moved out on Tuesday itself. What can be done now? It was their destiny," said Rajesh Kumar, a local resident. According to him, the deceased woman's two other sons Anees and Raees, live with their families in the Lal Kuan area. According to information, the building came down with a blast-like sound and most of the neighbours woke up fearing earthquake. Some neighbouring houses were damaged as well. "I was sleeping on the roof of my residence when I heard a thud sound. As I got up, to my shock, I noticed that the structure adjacent to my house had completely turned into debris," said Nazim, a local adding that the police reached the spot before fire officials. "They came half an hour after making the call," he alleged. In the process of clearing out the debris, one of the houses was damaged further by a bulldozer. The action left people in a state of shock. "A woman Babita was on the first floor with her son in house number I-36/10 where the bulldozer had caused damage. They shouted for help, thinking even their house was coming down though it was hit by a bulldozer," said a neighbour,who was witness to the incident.
MCD orders
survey of
old buildings
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi
(MCD) today said it will form a panel of architects who will do a survey of old and vulnerable buildings in the city. The architects will submit a report wherein if any building is found to be unsafe, its owner would be issued with a notice, prompting him to take necessary measures. "If the survey done by the panel of experts detects any building unsafe or vulnerable, the owner of the building will be sent notice mentioning the immediate steps need to taken," said chairman, standing committee, Yogender
Chandolia. The decision was taken at a meeting of standing committee of the MCD between the councillors of both the Congress and the BJP on the issue of house
collapse. Chandolia said the incident of house collapse in Brahmpuri was “sad and unfortunate”. The MCD used to do a survey of dangerous building in the Capital, a practice which has not been taking place for the past two years now. "The MCD had carried surveys to detect dangerous buildings, but there are some shortcomings. We will set an expert panel of structural engineers who will identify structurally unsafe buildings," Chandolia said. |
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Landfill sites to become green belt
New Delhi, July 14 The municipal commissioner at the meeting of standing committee said that the landfill sites of
Ghazipur, Bhalaswa and Okhla will be covered with soil gathered from the construction sites spread all around Delhi. "We have covered Ghazipur with mud collected from the construction sites of Commonwealth Games projects ," said
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JNU entrance exam results out
New Delhi, July 14 Candidates who sat for the entrance can now check their results on the university website: www.jnu.ac.in. The university has already mailed letters to the selected candidates confirming their selection. The last date for admission to all the courses is August 5, 2010. Specimen copy of the letters mailed to the selected candidates is available on the university website. Students can verify their selection in case they do not receive the mail on time. |
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H1N1 No cause for alarm: Officials
New Delhi, July 14 "The positive cases that have come to us recently are those who have travelled to places in south India, Mumbai and Kolkata. We have two positive cases with us: one is 40-year-old man from Rohini and the other, a foreign tourist. Both of them got infection from outside Delhi," said Dr T Sidhu, the medical superintendent of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. While both the patients admitted to RML are recovering, the Rohini resident is on ventilator and the other is better, Dr Sidhu said. Authorities at other government hospitals like RML and Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital (LNJP) said there was not much fear of the H1N1 virus among people. He said the 60-year-old man who died yesterday evening was a diabetic and suffering from kidney ailment also. "He had been to Ganga Ram Hospital and LNJP before he was brought to us in the early evening. But, his death should be regarded as that of a warning signal. In Delhi, just a few cases have come up and we have seen only these cases over a long time," said Dr Sidhu. Since the outbreak of the H1N1 influenza (A), Delhi has seen 96 deaths from over 9,000 reported cases. "The cases are routine and most of them are cases of seasonal influenza. There is nothing to worry as of date. We are keeping a watch over the situation. Since June 10, only seven positive cases of H1N1 have come up," said Dr Debasis Bhattacharya, the designated nodal officer for H1N1 in Delhi. However, some experts have urged the authorities to take due measures. "The virus has been in the country for over a year and it is quite unlikely that the sequence is still the same as viruses are prone to mutation. While carrying out sequencing of the virus culture, no matter how simple the passage (process through which the strains are replicated in multiple animals) is, mutation is surely noticed. It is just not possible that the virus would keep shifting hosts, infecting humans and not mutate. It is bound to change," said Dr Shiv Lal, senior research scientist at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.
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Blasts case: Hearing continues
New Delhi, July 14 Additional sessions judge Santosh Snehi Mann ordered the continuation of arguments and said that the application would be heard on July 29. In an application filed before the court, the Bangalore police submitted that it required the custody of Salman and Shahzad in a case relating to the blasts at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in April, 2008. Meanwhile, public prosecutor Rajeev Mohan today resumed advancing arguments on behalf of the Delhi police relating to the charges to be framed against 14 suspected IM terrorists in connection with the blasts . The court had on July 13 said that they should put their plea before the prison authorities. "Under the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code, a court can issue a direction to the jail authorities for production of an accused before it. There is no such provision for a court to issue a request to another court for the purpose," the court had said to the Bangalore police.It had asked the Delhi police and counsel for Salman and Shahzad to file their replies on the plea of the Bangalore police. The court is currently hearing arguments on the charges to be framed against 14 accused arrested so far in the five cases registered in connection with the serial blasts here. The proceedings are conducted through videoconferencing as 11 out of 14 accused are lodged at Sabarmati Jail in Ahmedabad. Three accused are lodged in Tihar jail, here.
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Gangrape case registered on court order
Noida, July 14 The alleged rape had taken place on June 18. However, the Noida police had then claimed that the girl was trying to implicate the accused for blackmailing them. Unsatisfied with the police's 'inaction', the girl approached the chief judicial magistrate, who directed the police to lodge an FIR against the four accused. "On court directions, a case of gangrape has been registered against four accused. Two of them-- Charat Singh and Mahesh Bhatti-are residents of Greater Noida, while two others are unknown," said R. N. Mishra, deputy superintendent of police. "On the evening of June 18, around 5.45 pm, the Noida police got a call from the Delhi police that a girl had been kidnapped from near Great India Place mall. The police was told that a Scorpio car was used for the kidnapping. Police teams searched the area and nabbed two alleged kidnappers. The girl was also rescued. The girl told the police that two other men had fled. She alleged that she was gangraped by four men in the car. She also said that she was called for a job interview, "said Mishra. "However, later, the girl told the police that she was not raped and that she had lodged a false complaint against the accused to extract money from them. She said she was in dire need of Rs 50,000. Her medical examination also did not reveal any injury on private parts," said Mishra. But according to Mishra, after the medical examination, the girl again changed her stand and claimed that she was gangraped. The girl, however, said that Noida police was trying to save the accused because they have bribed the police. Though, Mishra has denied the allegations. Meanwhile, a representative of the All-India Women Conference, Raksha Shukla (AIWC), said, "AIWC will extend full support to the victim and see that the accused are punished." In January last year, an MBA student was kidnapped from the same area and gangraped by eleven youths. The victim still awaits justice as all the accused are out on bail. 16-yr-old gangraped
The incident happened when the family members of the girl had gone to their fields. In their absence, three men took the girl to a lonely place on some pretext. There, they raped her one by one. The girl fell unconscious. When she gained consciousness, she went home and told her family about the incident. Her father has lodged a first information report (FIR) at the Jehangirpur police station against the three men. The police has sent the victim for medical examination.However, till today evening, the accused were absconding. |
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Love triangle in banker’s murder
New Delhi, July 14 According to the police, the main accused Rahul, who is absconding, was assisted by Rakesh (25), Monu (25) and Deepu (21). Rahul murdered Duleep Kumar because he suspected him of getting close to the woman he liked. Kumar and the woman worked in the same bank. A missing report about Kumar was lodged by his sister Shweta. In the report, she said that her brother left his house in Laxmi Nagar on May 10 to meet his friend Renu, a resident of Vijay Vihar Phase II, but did not return. When questioned, Renu told the police that she met Kumar on the day and that he dropped her near Sector-5, Rohini, in the evening. During investigation, the police observed that Kumar was in constant touch with Renu. The police also found that she used to speak with one Rahul till mid of April. Initially, Renu claimed that Rahul was her phone-e-friend, but on sustained interrogation, disclosed that he was her friend and they used to meet every Saturday. "During investigation, it was learnt that on the day Kumar went missing, Rahul was in the Rohini area," said Chhaya Sharma, DCP. Monu was arrested and he confessed to have kidnapped and later murdered Kumar with help from Rahul, Rakesh and Deepu. Later, Rakesh and Motu were also arrested. "The accused revealed that Rahul had an affair with Renu since 2001. In the last few days, Rahul felt that Kumar was getting very close to Renu. He shared this fear with his friends and then all the four planned to eliminate Kumar," said Sharma.
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Mom of 3 with lover kills husband
New Delhi, July 14 According to the police, Manju Joshi, unhappy with the habits of her alcoholic husband Dinesh Joshi, got close to her landlord's son Lekhraj and the duo planned his murder. "Manju was annoyed with Dinesh's drinking habit as he, after getting drunk, would beat her and other family members. He had even sold off his flat and other household articles for alcohol. Unhappy with his ways, Manju came close to Lekhraj, who used to help her financially. The two then planned to eliminate Dinesh," said Chhaya Sharma, DCP (Outer). According to Sharma, on the night of murder, Laxman and his friend Deepak, with help from Manju, took Dinesh, who was drunk, to a vacant land in Sector 23, Rohini, on a two-wheeler and murdered him with blades. They then smashed his face with a stone and removed his clothes to avoid identification. For 3-4 days Manju did not tell anyone about Dinesh's absence from house. Later, she called her sister-in-law Seema and told her that on June 16, Dinesh left home for Sector-5, Rohini, but did not return. Seema told Manju to wait for sometime, as Dinesh often used to live away from home for several days without informing anyone. However, on July 12, Manju and Seema went to the Vijay Vihar police station for lodging a missing report. At the station, they saw a hue-and-cry notice and identified the deceased as Dinesh. However, when the police asked as to what took them so long to report the matter, Seema told the police that Manju did not show much interest in lodging the report and also that she had a soft corner for her landlord's son. "Manju was interrogated. She tried to mislead the police, but when her children were examined, they revealed that Dinesh was last seen with Lekhraj. During interrogation, Lekhraj and Manju confessed to have killed Dinesh with help from Deepak, Lekhraj's another tenant. Deepak has been arrested," said Sharma.
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Safdarjung’s cardiology head
booked on corruption charges
New Delhi, July 14 Dr Rakesh Verma has been is accused of possessing disproportionate assets worth over Rs 2.4
crore. The CBI sleuths in their raids conducted on the premises of Verma and his family members have recovered several incriminating documents linking Verma to vast sum of assets, CBI's press information officer
R.K. Gaur said today. The CBI has registered a case against Verma under sections 13(2) to read with 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. He has not been arrested yet. CBI officials raided his office, residence and six other places in Delhi, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad where Verma and his family members are believed to own properties. One such property is an expensive office space in Narain Manjil on Barakhamba Road. According to Gaur, Verma and his family members own properties in Sainik Farms, BK Road, Mansarover Garden and Patparganj in Delhi, Gautam Budh Nagar and Knowledge Park in Greater
Noida, Bhondsi in Gurgaon and Kaushambi in Ghaziabad. These properties include a medical college in the Knowledge Park. Details of various bank accounts and investment details of Verma and his family members have also been recovered. CBI said that it had provided a very conservative estimate of Verma's ill-gotten properties and that the estimate was likely to go up. |
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Principal held for sodomy
of three schoolboys
Bulandshahar, July 14 Two boys from Haliabag village and one resident of Gurgaon have levelled allegations against the boarding school principal. They stated that the principal committed unnatural act with them. While principal L.Ram claims that a land mafia wanted to grab the school land and thus falsely implicated him. Meanwhile, boys have been sent for medical examination and the accused principal has been arrested, said the
SHO, Bulandshahr. |
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Fire at Metro station
New Delhi, July 14 Though no casualty was reported, panic spread among hundreds of commuters like wildfire. Many passengers waiting at the station said they saw smoke and got panicked. According to them the fire was probably caused by short-circuit. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said that the fire broke out in an equipment rooms of a CDMA mobile operator at the station. |
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New Delhi, July 14
Six members of a family died in the wee hours today when a two-storeyed building collapsed in the Brahmapuri area of northeast Delhi.
The building had developed cracks after the heavy rains coupled with high-speed winds on July 12.
The victim family had decided to vacate the premises last evening, but then postponed it for today. 
New Delhi, July 14
