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Games Village opens
DU colleges give final touch to hostels
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Going Green
Medical centres ready
Walled city, Subhash Marg getting facelift
Metro staffer alleges molestation
Ban on radioactive sources hits DU students
3 more succumb to H1N1; toll 55
Twins die after vaccination
Fight against dengue on, 73 fresh cases
Experts stress life-skill education
Two robbed of Rs. 18 lakh
Rs 15 lakh for Sushil announced
2 held for Rs. 60-lakh jewellery theft on train
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Games Village opens
New Delhi, September 16 "Well begun is half done," said the Organising Committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi while inaugurating the village. "This CWG Village is one of the best in the world and has some excellent facilities for athletes. It is the heart of the games," added Kalmadi. The village spread over 27.17 acres has training venue, international media centre, athletic track, gymnasium, weightlifting and wrestling areas, tennis courts, half-court basketball, a 30-metre lap pool with recreation bay and a bubble pool, apart from 34 residential towers accommodating 1,168 premium apartments. "The village will be officially opened on September 23 when athletes will start coming here. They will continue to arrive till October 2. Some of the delegates have arrived today also for registration," said Randhir Singh, vice-chairman, OC. Kalmadi assured that all the 71 countries will be participating and the event will be remembered for its success. The Commonwealth Games Federation CEO, Mike Hooper also showed satisfaction with the quality arrangements for the athletes in terms of security and infrastructure. "The village is fabulous and I do not see any shortcomings in the facilities. The Centre along with Delhi government has ensured that everything falls in place well before the games," said Hooper. "I have been telling all the participating countries and their athletes to come to India for the games and feel the experience. I have been visiting the country for last three to four years and I don't feel there are any security fears," he said. However, stagnant water was to be seen on the sides on the village towards the Yamuna, which has the water level hovering around the danger mark while the local agencies are reportedly dealing with it. Officials denied reports that dengue will pose a threat to the athletes and said there is no need to panic. "The MCD and other civic bodies are taking care of it. As of now, we don't have any mosquito problem. The fogging of the place will start tomorrow. We will have healthy and safe games," said Randhir. Kalmadi also said that the athletes would be able to watch the opening ceremony of the CWG for the first time. "After the marchpast, they usually go outside. But here they would come back and sit inside the stadium and watch the cultural programmes which will show 500 years of Indian culture," he said.
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DU colleges give final touch to hostels
New Delhi, September 16 Leading the race, Kirori Mal College opened its doors for the guests today. While St Stephen's will hand over its rooms only on October 1, Ramjas, Hansraj, Shri Ram College of Commerce, Miranda House and Daulat Ram may be ready to host the guests after September 20. Miranda House and Hansraj will offer 125 rooms each for 500 guests on twin sharing basis. "The rooms have been painted new and have new furniture and TVs. We also have new crockery for the kitchens. Arrangements for safe drinking water have also been made. Further, the campus has been sterilised to keep it free from dengue mosquitoes,'' said Akhilesh Pathak, warden, Ramjas College. "The finishing touches are being given and we will be ready soon. The rooms are ready and the menus are being revised. We will also provide the guests with telephone directories which will have all important phone numbers like that of taxi services. Internet facilities are also available and we will try that Metro route maps and information about major tourist destinations are also made available to them,'' said Pratibha Jolly, principal, Miranda House. The tariff of rooms allotted to the Sports Authority of India (SAI) will be Rs 400 per day, while it will be Rs 500 per day for rooms allotted to the tourism department. Sushma Tandon, warden, Daulat Ram hostel, said, "While SAI may do block booking of the hostels under its charge, we do not know how the rooms will be allotted. Our hostel is on the verge of completion.'' An inspection team is scheduled to visit the hostels in a week's time.
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Going Green
New Delhi, September 16 The Chief Minister described the day as an important occasion to remind people to maintain the balance of nature. "This would help in fulfilling our commitment towards nature, which is facing a number of challenges due to climate change and our habits," she said. Underlining the need to work without ozone-depleting substances, Dikshit stated that modernisation should not lead to destruction of environment.
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Medical centres ready
New Delhi, September 16 "The requisite medicines and necessary equipment have been provided at the 42 medical centres set up at the Commonwealth Games venues. The Poly Clinic with 10 observation beds at the Games Village would be operational round the clock, besides the first-aid post for spectators at the venues and Pragati Maidan," she said. Further, she said facilities have been upgraded at all the government hospitals. Safdarjung Hospital has been identified to cater to the medical needs of athletes, team officials and technical delegates. To control the menace of dengue, 100 members of National Disaster Response Force are engaged in spraying mosquito repellents. Besides, 30 boats have been employed for draining off water from the affected area. |
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Walled city, Subhash Marg getting facelift
New Delhi, September 16 Subhash Marg is an important link to the Red Fort and is too close to one of the Games venues--IG Stadium. The road needs a new look before the commencement of the Commonwealth Games as a majority of visitors are expected to visit the historical fort. The decision in this regard was taken today, just 16 days before the start of the mega sports event, at a meeting presided over by urban development minister A. K. Walia. As part of the beautification work, hanging wires have been removed from one side of Subhash Marg and it is expected that wires on the side of Golcha Cinema will also be removed soon. The work of restoring the footpaths on both sides of the roads is on in full swing. Walia has also instructed the agencies to take up similar work on Ansari Road. The walled city is of paramount importance from tourism point of view, Walia said.
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Metro staffer alleges molestation
New Delhi, September 16 According to information, the victim, a legal advisor, has claimed that she had been harassed by her colleague for the past few days. "The woman has filed a complaint at Barakhamba police station besides informing the top management of Delhi Metro," said an official of the organization. A case of molestation has been registered against the official under sections 354 (outraging the modesty of a woman) and 509 (making indecent gestures to insult a woman) of Indian Penal Code. However, no arrest has been made in the case. A Delhi Metro spokesperson said a complaint has been received from a woman employee against her senior in the organisation. "A three-member enquiry committee consisting of two senior woman officers and an officer from the HR department of DMRC has been constituted to look into the matter," the spokesperson said. |
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Ban on radioactive sources hits DU students
New Delhi, September 16 Postgraduate courses, including M.Sc. (Physics) and M. Tech. (Nuclear Technology) have a nuclear lab course as part of their modules. Most chemistry courses will be affected as radioactive substances are very important ingredients in several practicals. With no access to radioactive sources, both the laboratory practicals and theory are bound to suffer. Apart from these courses, Ph.D. students and research projects of several faculty members will be affected. "Most radioactive sources used are harmless in nature. They just need to be handled with the basic elementary precautions. Now with the ban, all the radioactive substances will not be accessible to students. This will be a major setback in the course," said Prof Shobhit Mahajan, Physics Department, Delhi University. There are close to 300 students in M.Sc. 1st year who have a compulsory paper on nuclear physics. In the second year, nearly 50 per cent students opt for specialization in nuclear physics. In case the ban remains, the second year students will suffer much more," explains a senior professor of the department, requesting anonymity. "It is impossible to take 300 students outside the university for experiments every day. We will soon write to the vice-chancellor and see if the situation can be avoided. As of now, all the 1st year M.Sc. students have been shifted to the electronics module. We will think about the nuclear physics module when the university reopens post-Commonwealth Games," he added. Yet another department, M.Tech. Nuclear Technology, having 300-400 students will be badly hit. "The entire course will be affected. Ninety per cent of the time, the radioactive substances required in reactions are harmless. In case, we have to resort to alternative method to conduct experiments outside the university, the quality will definitely suffer," said one of the professors teaching the nuclear physics module in M.Tech
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3 more succumb to H1N1; toll 55
New Delhi, September 16 Besides, 15 more people were diagnosed positive for H1N1 flu today, which takes the total number of people afflicted by the viral air-borne infection to 1,370 in the city. Even as doctors believe that with the changing weather conditions the cases are expected to upsurge in days to come, health officials say the situation would remain the same. "There have been three deaths -- two died in the Apollo Hospital and one at the Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital. With this, the toll has reached 55, which includes 35 from the Capital," said sources. |
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Ghaziabad, September 16 Charu and Chandni died in Diya Nursing Home in Shastri Nagar after a nurse administered them the vaccine, their father said. "Immediately after vaccination, Charu started vomiting and we tried to stop the staff nurse from injecting Chandni. But she ignored us asking us to sit quietly and injected Chandni who fell unconscious immediately," said Sunil Sharma. "We contacted the owner, Dr Satyvir Singh, who said these were normal symptoms during vaccination. But after a few minutes, both the children grew cold and did not show any movement even when they were shaken. When the doctor realised the gravity of the situation, he took the children to the nearby Sarvoday Hospital where doctors declared them dead," he added. Sharma said that as they were taking the children home, Singh accompanied them but got down on the way and took the vaccination chart with him. "He assured us that he would come to our residence after being free from the nursing home," he added. He said on reaching home, the family elders advised them to go to a hospital. "We took the twins to Ganesh Hospital in Nehru Nagar where doctors again declared them dead. Then we informed the Kavi Nagar police, and handed over the bodies and lodged complaint." "We have registered the complaint against the nursing home owner under Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the IPC (Indian Penal Code) and have sealed the nursing home. The doctor has absconded and we are trying to arrest him," said circle officer Praveen Ranjan Singh said. -- IANS
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Fight against dengue on, 73 fresh cases
New Delhi, September 16 Though anti-breeding measures like regular fogging and spraying of synthetic pyrethroid have been on since over a week now, pools of stagnant water at the Games Village and several training venues were found breeding the disease- causing larvae. However, officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) maintained that all measures were being taken to keep the city free from mosquitogenic conditions. "Our teams have been actively going around to check any breeding and sanitising the vulnerable areas," said Dr V.K. Monga, chief of the health committee of MCD. Meanwhile, the cumulative figure of people affected by the bite of aedes mosquito in the Capital has reached 2,085, including five deaths. |
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Experts stress life-skill education
New Delhi, September 16 At an event held today on the eve of release of a documentary film in Delhi, "For Real", which tells the story of a six-year-old child and the trauma she undergoes due to discord between her parents, the experts said cases of conflicts among parents harm children.. "Dysfunctional relationship between parents has accentuated the problem in kids, who are already overburdened with peer issues and acedemic pressure. In the last two decades, the number of suicidal cases has quadrupled and one of the biggest reasons is that the victims do not get timely medical help," said Dr Samir
Parikh, chief of department of mental health and behavioural sciences of Max Healthcare. Experts say stress and modern lifestyle are the undeniable components of the transitional society that cities like Delhi are witnessing and the generation next are worst affected by it. "There has been a nincrease in aggression in
adoloscents, hyperactivity and attention-deficit disorders and conduct disorders, which lead them to juvenile deliquency and criminal tendencies," said Dr Nimesh Desai, director of Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences. Though Dr Parikh feels that the media has helped a lot in taking away much stigma attached to mental illnesses and psychsocial disorders compared to a decade back. Focus on life-based education besides a partnership between schools and mental health experts is important to reach out to the maximum number of people who are driven to take extreme steps. "Life-skill education needs to be made an integral part of the teaching curricula. The way forward has to be on three lines, starting with training students, counselling the parents and media literacy, which would help in improving accessibility and awareness about mental health disorders," Dr Parikh underlined. Apart from involving schools in the emotional well-being of children, there is a need for trained psychiatrists and psychologists. "The country is witnessing a 200 % shortage of psychiatrists and 300 %of psychologists," added Dr
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Two robbed of Rs. 18 lakh
New Delhi, September 16 According to the police, the incident took place around 8 pm yesterday and the money belonged to Mahesh Aggarwal who owns electronic goods shop in Naraina and Karol Bagh. "His two employees Monu and Vijay were carrying the money when they were accosted by around eight robbers on four motorcycles. They held them at gunpoint and escaped with the money bag which they claimed contained about Rs 18 lakh," said a police official, adding that the money was collected by the duo from some retailers. A case in this regard has been registered and further investigation is on. |
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Rs 15 lakh for Sushil announced
New Delhi, Sept 16 The Chief Minister added, "Our nation expects much more from the talented wrestler Sushil Kumar in the ensuing Commonwealth Games and other international sporting events. He is a true Delhiite who brought pride to entire nation." |
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2 held for Rs. 60-lakh jewellery theft on train
New Delhi, September 16 Additional commissioner of police (crime) Neeraj Thakur said diamonds worth ` 2 lakh, an SUV and several stolen articles were seized from the accused identified as Rakesh (26), Joginder Singh (22) and Kitab Singh (jeweller). "Rakesh and Joginder used to steal luggage of train passengers. They have been found involved in a case of theft of 11 diamond necklaces worth ` 60 lakh and other articles of the passengers of a train on August 21," Thakur said, adding that the accused were arrested on September 12 from Mongolpuri Industrial Area after a tip-off. According to the police, the gang operates in AC compartments of trains running between Mumbai and Delhi. The accused would board the targeted train at different points, including Tuglakabad and Okhla railway stations. "At stations like Palwal, Mathura and Nizamuddin, trains generally have very brief halts of 2-3 minutes and passengers move their luggage to the gates in advance. This crams the space near the doors and the gang would take advantage of the chaos," Thakur said. |
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