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Deer Park, a happy hunting ground for thieves
MCD plan to ensure property tax payment
Teens vulnerable to cyber crimes: Study
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Two wanted men held
Criminal nabbed
Light rains predicted
Man burnt to death in Gzb caste conflict
DU students have fun breaking ice
Commandos to be sent to Noida
for CWG cycling event
Cannabis seized, three arrested
Govt school told to admit class IX student
Court takes cognisance of chargesheet against Madhuri
Marathon proves Gzb cops unfit
Order reserved on BJP leader’s financial fraud case
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Deer Park, a happy hunting ground for thieves
New Delhi, July 24 The park has a lake adjacent to it, which emits a strong stench of sewage water. It is also the meeting point of three major gardens of south Delhi spread in a total area of around 175 hectare. Deer Park located at a few meters from the RK Khanna stadium, venue for the Commonwealth Games, has become a den of thieves and robbers as more than 10 cases of chain-snatching have been reported in the past two months. "People have stopped coming to the park as they fear of being robbed," said Shalender Singh Monty, councillor of Safdarjung Enclave. "More than ten cases of chain-snatching have been reported in the past two months," he said. Bharat Bhutt, a resident of Hauz Khas Village, said that some unidentified miscreants tried to rob his mother Godhawan Bhutt. "My mother was taking a stroll in the park around 6 in the evening when some people tried to snatch her chain. She was luckily saved as she screamed for help and people nearby reached immediately," said Bharat. "The park has a dense forest which makes it a happy hunting-ground for thieves," he added. According to the area councillor, they approached the Delhi police, but did not get much help. The SHO of the area refuted the claims of chain-snatching, saying that not more than a couple of cases have been recorded. "These are rumours as just two or maybe three cases have taken place. We have deputed constables in uniforms as well as in civil dresses in the park who keep a tab on the suspects," said SHO Avtar Singh Rawat. Not only this, the lake adjacent to the park is a breeding ground for mosquitoes. The picturesque view of the lake in the backdrop of Hauz Khas ruins has been destroyed by the layers of algae. The lake, once used to be the destination of tourists and nature lovers, has turned into an eyesore for the morning walkers as sewage water is being drained into the lake. "Earlier we used to roam around the lake in the morning, but now we avoid it for fear of getting some infection," said Sanjay Verma, a regular to the park. |
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MCD plan to ensure property tax payment
New Delhi, July 24 The committee has sent a proposal to the municipal commissioner, making the receipt of property tax compulsory for the issuance of licence in trade, factory, etc. "We have written a letter to the commissioner, saying that no licence should be issued unless the applicant produces the receipt of property tax payment," said chairman of the Property Tax Committee, Ved Prakash Gupta. He said that even for regularization, conversion of residential property into mixed land use, commercial use and desealing of property should be done only after ensuring the payment of property tax. Gupta said that a letter has also been sent to the chairman of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, asking him to clear their property tax and service charges as decided in a meeting with the Lieutenant-Governor. Gupta also urged the municipal commissioner to give incentive to an employee who makes extra efforts to increase the collection of property tax. Property tax is one of the main revenue sources of the corporation.
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Teens vulnerable to cyber crimes: Study
New Delhi, July 24 This highly disturbing and shocking scenario was discussed at the 'Adolescent Cyber Safety Workshop' in the Capital today. It was revealed that Indian adolescents are amongst the vulnerable lot globally, with respect to cyber crimes. A study conducted on nearly 36,000 teens in Delhi and the national capital region (NCR) revealed that 26 per cent believed their parents would be concerned if they knew what their children were doing online, while 55 per cent admitted to having given out their personal information to strangers they met online. The figures further indicate that 20 per cent adolescents agreed they met face to face with people they first met online, whereas 10 per cent said they met face to face with a stranger from the Internet who was not of their own age. In 7 per cent cases, they were asked by Internet strangers to keep their friendship a secret, while 13 per cent knew that they had been fooled about the age of someone they had met on the Internet. The workshop that was held by Max Healthcare in partnership with leading IT experts and law enforcement agencies focused on spreading awareness about various cyber crime activities prevalent on the Internet and guiding adolescents and their parents on safety precautions that could prevent them from becoming victims. A recent survey stated every 12th person on the planet was on Facebook, a social networking website. With such connectivity, teens are prone to hackers and spam e-mails. "One should never respond to e-mails from banks asking for credit card numbers and never follow any given links in an e-mail. One should always open a new browser window and open the link on their own. No bank will ask for such details on e-mail. In such cases, contact the bank immediately. Also, passwords should be set with a sound mind. One should never deal in financial transactions on a public computer, more so in a cyber café," said one of the cyber crime department officials. Speaking on these troubling facts, Dr Anjali Saxena, senior consultant, paediatrics and adolescent medicine expert, Max Healthcare, said, "Through this workshop, we aim to spread awareness among parents as even they are not much aware of their children's online activities and get easily intimidated by their tech-savvy abilities thus, refraining from communicating with their children. However, the best safety measure and the strictest rules cannot make Internet usage 100 per cent safe, unless we talk about the consequences and teach the teen to use 'Critical thinking skills', which is the best filter that we can install."
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Two wanted men held
New Delhi, July 24 With their arrest, the police has claimed to have solved two murder cases and several cases of theft and extortion. The accused were arrested from Zafrabad. The police has recovered an English pistol a along with four cartridges, a countrymade pistol with two cartridges, a Hyundai Accent car, Rs 50,000 and several electronic items from them. The accused revealed that they were going to visit their accomplice Yusuf to whom they sold a stolen laptop and several other electronic items. Ikram had made a lot of money from the crimes he had committed. He possesses two houses in Suleman Nagar and Sultan Puri. He owns a Santro car and a Pulsar motorcycle besides the recovered Accent car. Ikram started his criminal career at 14 and has been arrested several times. |
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Criminal nabbed
New Delhi, July 24 The police received information that Gulfam, involved in several cases of robbery and murder, will come near the CNG pump in Gajipur . A trap was laid and Gulfam was apprehended around 10 pm. On interrogation, he disclosed that he along with his gang members had murdered the driver and cleaner of a truck going to Assam from Apsara border in Ghaziabad. He told the police that seven of his gang members-- Amit Jat, Vipin, Lalit, Yogesh, Dhirender, Ankit and a female member-- were involved in the crime. The special cell has already arrested Amit along with three other members on April 23. Gulfam disclosed that they threw the bodies of the driver and cleaner in Ganges and that he drove off with the truck containing goods worth more than Rs 15 lakh, which were later sold in Amroha, the police said. The car used in the crime was abandoned in Ghaziabad. The car was stolen from Sadar Bazar. Gulfam also revealed that he is wanted in seven cases of robbery in UP and Delhi. Several of his accomplices have been arrested, but he managed to evade arrest as during this period, he worked as a part-time truck driver.
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Light rains predicted
New Delhi, July 24 "Delhi will have partly cloudy sky tomorrow and there is a possibility of thundershowers or light rain in some areas towards the evening. The maximum temperature is expected to hover around 36 degree Celsius, the minimum is expected to hover around 29 degree Celsius" said the official of the India Meteorological Department . The maximum temperature recorded today was 35.6 degree Celsius, while the minimum settled at 28.8 degrees, two notches above average for this time of the year. |
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Man burnt to death in Gzb caste conflict
Ghaziabad, July 24 The Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) has been deployed in the locality after tension prevailed in the area. There was a conflict between the family of the deceased, Viresh, and some members of the Dalit community over regular barging of animals on the premises of the deceased. When Viresh was sleeping in his cattle yard early on Saturday, the men belonging to the Dalit community allegedly poured kerosene in his room and set it on fire. They bolted the room from outside. Viresh's wife saw four men -- Sukka, Bobby, Ashok and Sanjay -- fleeing after setting the room on fire, said superintendent of police (rural) M.M. Baig. The woman called her son Virendra who informed the police and rushed the victim to the local government hospital where Viresh was declared dead while undergoing emergency treatment. "The accused used to taunt and leave their animals in our cattle yard. It was a regular practice. My father used to object but they deliberately teased us," said Viresh's son Virendra. "On Virendra's complaint, a case was registered against the four men. Sukka, Bobby and Ashok were arrested while Sanjay is absconding," Baig said. — IANS
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DU students have fun breaking ice
While B.Com seniors at Hindu College made their newly admitted juniors dance like a nagin, seniors at Gargi College asked the girls to act out romantic scenes from some Bollywood movies. Girls in Lady Shri Ram College (LSR) stuck to the famous 'atthani chawwani' moves in which freshers are asked to demonstrate the pelvic thrusts to the right or left to the sound of atthani and chawwani. Seniors come up with a crazy combination of the two words and, presto, freshers realise dancing was never easier! The fuchchas are not complaining either as long as things remain fun, which help them shed inhibitions and make friends with their seniors. Sheila's
businesslike approach
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit may dismiss hard questions over the shoddy preparations for the Commonwealth Games with monosyllabic answers but she has taken it upon herself to supervise the Commonwealth games projects with a zeal which is clearly missing among her colleagues who have been tasked with specific responsibilities. With the deadline drawing close, she can be seen visiting one project after another everyday to push and motivate the officials in wrapping up the work in as quickly as possible. In an effort to motivate the reluctant PWD engineers, she has now offered a month's extra salary if they complete their projects within the stipulated period. As a result, Delhi government officials can be seen working with a vigour which you would never associate with the well-known sarkari work culture. CWG worries! What is that?
People in Delhi may be losing their sleep over the inordinate delay in the completion of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) projects but these worries appear completely out of place at the CWG headquarters near Jantar Mantar. Officials and politicians of different hues heading different committees, are perfectly content with the pace at which things are moving and, if there is any sense of apprehension, it is not visible at all. Almost everybody blames the media for portraying a negative picture of the CWG works and is fairly optimistic that things will fall in place perfectly at the right time. There is a Western way of doing things and there is an Indian way, a politician and senior games functionary explains, while accusing the media of expecting them to follow the Western model! In the West, they meet deadlines and things follow the script while in India they miss deadlines but eventually meet the target, he quips. CWG officials have other reasons to feel complacent. They believe they would be the last ones to be blamed in case of delays as the works are being executed either by the Delhi government or the Centre. A foodie's delight
One of the joys of the studying on the Delhi University campus is the variety of food you can grab without really feeling that you have been robbed. Barely a week since they joined college, thousands of new students at Delhi University have already started exploring the eating places on and round the North campus. Students can tuck into the fare available at "Tom uncle ki maggi" at Miranda House, a hit among students across colleges. Then there is no dearth of your staple 'sasta and tikau khana" in college canteens like bread pakoras, oily burgers and samosas. Walk towards South campus and you find students at Gargi and Kamla Nehru colleges spending time and money at the Café Coffee Day right across the road. There is also the famous "Mithas", which serves the yummiest South Indian food and chat. LSR students are so proud of the food served in their cafeteria that they bristle if somebody refers to it as a canteen, as some freshers did. They think canteen is too downmarket a description for a place which, according to them, is best described as a café. Not just that, but the best café in Delhi University. (Contributed by Jyoti Rai, Kumar Rakesh, Syed Ali Ahmed) |
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Commandos to be sent to Noida
for CWG cycling event
Noida, July 24 The ADG said he had directed all the SHOs to register FIRs, otherwise strict action would be taken against them. "We will not judge the police output from crime figures alone as these could be manipulated to keep the crime graph low. Public perception will be taken into account," Lal said. He admitted that crime in twin cities had increased in the past. Recently two SPs from Noida were transferred as they could not check the rising crime. Ghaziabad, Mathura, Agra and Noida will be provided with additional police force in view of the Commonwealth Games as foreign visitors are expected to visit these areas. |
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Cannabis seized, three arrested
Ghaziabad, July 24 The contraband seized in Indrapuram was brought from Nepal and was to be sold through their agents in different cities. Birbal Yadav, the kingpin, is a building contractor at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi. Police suspect that the gang has international links. — PTI |
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Govt school told to admit class IX student
New Delhi, July 24 The court said that the reason given by Delhi government-run Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya in north Delhi's Civil Lines area while denying admission to Aditya Gaur was arbitrary and discriminatory and could not be sustained. Aditya, a resident of Karol Bagh, moved the high court after the school allegedly told him that the Central Institute of Education (CIE) Experimental Basic School of the University of Delhi in which he studied till class VIII did not fall in any of the two categories of the schools from which students were normally admitted. Government counsel argued that the objective of its school was to prepare children from economically weaker section for higher academic achievements. With this objective, the admissions have been limited to those students who in the two years preceding their application for admission studied in Delhi government or government-aided schools. Dissatisfied over the contention, the court ruled: "If the purpose is to train students who are not able to afford public schools, then the university school is found to be no different from the government or government-aided schools." The court told the government school to admit Aditya within a week. In his petition, Aditya mentioned that he even qualified the written test held by the school but was denied admission. "Such denial of admission by the Delhi government-run school is arbitrary, discriminatory and violative of the fundamental rights of the petitioner as guaranteed to him under the constitution," said the petition. Aditya's counsel Ashok Agarwal argued that since the CIE Experimental Basic School is a fully public-funded school, there is no justification on the part of the Delhi government not to treat the same at par with government-aided schools. — IANS
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Court takes cognisance of chargesheet against Madhuri
New Delhi, July 24 Accepting the chargesheet filed by the Delhi police, chief metropolitan magistrate Kaveri Baweja posted the matter for further proceeding on August 5. The police filed the chargesheet under various provisions of the Official Secrets Act and the Indian Penal Code. In the over-700-page chargesheet, the police has said that the 53-year-old spinster had been in touch with two ISI officials, Mubshar Raza Rana and Jamshed. During the hearing today, the investigating officer told the court that the forensic report of the hard disc recovered from Gupta's residence was yet to come out. The officer also told the court that the police had sought sanction from the ministry of external affairs to prosecute Gupta in the case. The police has claimed that it has recovered 19 suspicious emails in the 'inbox' and 54 in the 'sent items' of Gupta's email account. The police has also claimed to have found in her email account names of three contacts send by her Pakistani handlers. The agencies have also raised suspicion on a couple residing in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir who was in regular touch with Gupta through emails and telephone. Some of the emails exchanged between Gupta and the Rajouri woman are among the documents being held as evidence against the diplomat. The chargesheet said Gupta visited Jammu and Kashmir in March this year. Delhi police's special cell arrested Gupta, posted at the Indian high commission in Islamabad, on April 22 from the national Capital on her arrival from Pakistan. She was arrested on a complaint filed against her by additional secretary, ministry of home affairs, Ashok Tomar. In the complaint, Tomar had alleged that Gupta had passed on secret information to Pakistan intelligence agents, Mubshar Raza Rana and Jamshed, personally as well as by using electronic means.
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Marathon proves Gzb cops unfit
Ghaziabad, July 24 The 8-km marathon for IPS officers of the area was organised by SSP Ghaziabad Raghubir Lal last evening, surprising locals who watched scores of policemen running on roads. The purpose was to encourage policemen stay fit and send a strong message across to criminals, said Lal. Apart from Lal, who also won the race, officers, including SP (rural), deputy SPs, inspectors, sub-inspectors and constables participated. Lal has directed all officials to reduce extra weight and keep themselves fit.
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Order reserved on BJP leader’s financial fraud case
New Delhi, July 24 Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Ajay Pandey said, "A part of the arguments on the accused's plea has been heard. The next hearing has been scheduled for August 28." On July 12, the court had summoned Jaju after taking note of an anonymous letter and the findings of the Income Tax department relating to his alleged complicity in a fraud worth crores. Jaju had challenged the summons by filing an application-seeking either dropping further proceedings, or transferring the matter to other court on the grounds of procedural infirmities. Jaju's counsel K.K. Sud said the court should not have taken cognizance of the anonymous letter. Even if it took notice of the letter, the court should have transferred the matter to the other court as the magistrate himself became the complainant. The court is likely to pronounce its order on the next date of hearing.
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New Delhi, July 24
One of the casualties of the dirty ragging methods in Delhi University colleges has been the amusing and curious interface freshers would have with their seniors at the beginning of the new academic session.
Seniors in DU colleges, however, managed to come up with some innovative methods this year to engage
fuchchas, as freshers are popularly called, in what they termed as ice-breaking sessions.
One of the casualties of the dirty ragging methods in Delhi University colleges has been the amusing and curious interface freshers would have with their seniors at the beginning of the new academic session.
Seniors in DU colleges, however, managed to come up with some innovative methods this year to engage fuchchas, as freshers are popularly called, in what they termed as ice-breaking sessions.