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Corporate sector’s contribution
to society vital: Dikshit
Mayor to review garbage collection system
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Couple’s corpses found in canal
Docs use cleaning device for faster healing of Arunima
Delhi Diary
Science buffs throng Open House I2
Teacher dismissed for thrashing student
3 held for black market of IPL tickets
Soon, elevated roads in Noida
Robbers shoot civic body official
College chief
held
Missing minor girl found dead
Man with 2 wives, 11 kids attempts suicide
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Corporate sector’s contribution
to society vital: Dikshit
New Delhi, April 23 "The work done by the government can not be equated to that of the corporate and the need is that more women should stand up for the cause of underprivileged and women empowerment," she said. She was speaking at the 27th Annual Session of FICCI Ladies Organisation held in the Capital where she also gave away the FLO awards in a hall, packed with women. According to Dikshit, the country's gross domestic product lies in the quality of life of people in the rural areas rather than the development projects and investment flowing into the country and for this, more people from the community have to join in, she opined. "The corporate world has made enormous contribution, especially in the fields of health, education and skill development. This is an encouraging sign! We have some of the world's richest people and we should consider ourselves privileged for that. The GDP should actually be measured in terms of happiness and satisfaction of the people," said Dikshit. On the occasion, the guest of honour, Sharmila Tagore Pataudi, said the crux of philanthropy lied in empowering the recipients as she went on to share her views on the theme subject - 'philanthropy and the business of sharing'. "Simple charity in the form of donating some money may not be enough. The indicators of development - sanitation and health of women and children are the crucial aspects that call for attention," she remarked. This time, the FLO has felicitated eight women for their contribution to health, education and social sectors under three categories - philanthropy, social services and entrepreneurship. Given for the eighth time, the recipients of various awards were Kalpana Morparia, CEO of JP Morgan Asset Management, Meera Sanyal chairperson of RBS Bank, Priti Adani, managing trustee of Adani Foundation, Mrinal Bajaj, director of the Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation, Sangita Jindal, chairperson of JSW Foundation, Devika Singh, co-founder of Mobile Creches and Meenakshi Jain, founder of Positive Climate Care Pvt. Ltd. |
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Mayor to review garbage collection system
New Delhi, April 23 On the first day of her office, she had said that ensuring a "clean and green Delhi" would be among her top priorities. The waste collecting centres, operating in Civil Lines, Rohini Zones and parts of Dwarka, are run by private agencies and there have been instances when the civic body has received complaints from residents, pertaining to improper and irregular collection of garbage, said MCD officials. In this regard, the councillor from the Mukherjee Nagar area, also a law professor at Delhi University, said, "I myself saw that there are complaints from Civil Lines zone." "My focus will be on sanitation and improving the image of MCD. For this, we will hold a meeting with private agencies undertaking door-to-door collection of garbage on Monday or Tuesday to review whether they are working properly," said the new mayor.
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Couple’s corpses found in canal
New Delhi, April 23 The bodies had come from Haryana and the neighbouring state police should own them, according to the Delhi police. The canal supplies raw water to Delhi Jal Board. Bodies of a man and a woman wrapped in cloth were found today in a canal in outer Delhi's Bawana area. In the past also, many such bodies had been recovered, a senior officer of Delhi police said. He said that sometimes bodies are highly decomposed. The bodies found today were also decomposed, but can be handled, he added. A resident of Bawana first noticed the bodies floating in the water. He then called other residents of the village. "We noticed a foul smell coming from the cloth wrapping in the canal, after which we fished it out and found the bodies," a Bawana resident said. The people then called the police, who sent the bodies for autopsy. "We are investigating the case. The canal gets water from Haryana, it could be possible that the bodies came from Haryana, but nothing can be said as of now," a senior police officer said. When asked if it was a case of honour killing, the officer added, "We cannot say that at the moment. We are trying to identify the bodies. Once it is done, things will be clear." Earlier too, bodies have been found dumped in the same canal, he said.
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Docs use cleaning device for faster healing of Arunima
New Delhi, April 23 “Yesterday morning Arunima underwent another round of debridement and for this we have put a special device for draining out the edema fluid in the raw area of the stump of the amputated leg. The device would also remove dead and infectious tissues, along with bacteria, and with the bottom of the stump being devoid of skin, the chance of infection becomes more," chief of AIIMS Trauma Centre, Dr MC Misra said. While the closing of wound in the amputated leg now depends on how she responds to the changed treatment, the broken bones in the other leg would be fixed next week with two surgeries, he added. Meanwhile, it has been learnt that last night doctors had to take the help of the Safdarjung police after a verbal duel between the hospital staff and Arunima's brother-in-law. According to sources, he came up with a group of people to see the national volleyball player in the ward, but was denied entry by the guards leading to an altercation. The police also confirmed the happening though there was no formal complaint registered. While the matter has been settled. Dr Misra said, “Our first priority is treating the patient and she is fine.” Earlier, Arunima was brought to the Trauma Centre on April 18 after a serious infection was noticed in the amputated leg. On April 11, a few robbers pushed her off from a general compartment of a running train (Padmawati Express near Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh) while she was travelling from Lucknow to Delhi.
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Delhi Diary Laadli scheme has been launched by the Delhi government to discourage the practice of female foeticide. The scheme offers free education and other benefits to girl child born to parents with less than Rs 1 lakh income per annum. Ironically, the latest Census figures show the prevalence of female foeticide among the well-to-do people. The Census showed no gender bias in the residents of unauthorised colonies or slum clusters. One therefore wonders how the Laadli scheme will help in arresting female foeticide. Some coincidence
Some beneficiaries of DDA's recent draw of lots for residential flats have led to the charge that they all belong to one family. So after the draw of lots on April 18, the BJP immediately cried foul, alleging that the members of a single family got three flats . A red-faced DDA then replied apologetically that while it was true that three different people with similar father's name had got their numbers in the lottery and all belonged to the Jain community, there was actually no relationship between them. That didn't convince the BJP which found too many such coincidences in the draw. "One coincidence is that all three have Jain surnames, the second is that all have the same father's name and the third is that all were successful in the draw. How can there be so many coincidences all together," said a BJP leader. Conspicuous absence
The 'Jan Sunvai' held to air the public grievances in matters of health, sanitation and water supply in slum colonies hardly inspires any confidence in those going to these tamashas. And the reason was amply clear in the recent Jan Sunvai spectacle. The officers of the Municipal Corporation, Delhi Jal Board and other related departments of the Delhi government, meant to redress complaints concerning poor sanitation, unavailability of drinking water, poor healthcare facilities and quality of food for midday meals in MCD schools, were conspicuous by their absence. And with minimal representation from the Directorate Health Services, NCD Delhi and the city government, there was virtually no one to respond to the complaints from the residents of Bindapur, Krishna Nagar and Shadipur of northwest Delhi. While this may not surprise many old hands familiar with the ways of babudom, it is surely an embarrassment for the top guns who devised this mechanism to put up a semblance of accountability of Delhi bureaucrats. Nonetheless, they maintain that such platforms serve as listening posts for the government. 'Singh is King'
Everyone in Delhi Minority Commission is currently singing the song, 'Singh is King'. That is because unlike the chairman and other minority commission members quibbling over non-issues, its Sikh member Sardar Pushpinder Singh has got down to political business right away. The first thing he did after nomination was to constitute the Punjabi Advisory Committee to promote the Punjabi language and culture. Of course, Singh was the first one to secure his nomination to the Delhi Minority Commission, others like chairman Safdar Khan and Christian member Michael being new are still finding their feet. (Contributed by Syed Ali Ahmed, Himani Chandel, Ananya Panda) |
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Science buffs throng Open House I2
New Delhi, April 23 This time, the visitors' response has been overwhelming and the numbers should be way beyond 4,000, surpassing last year's figure of around 3,800 footfall, said chairperson of the Open House exhibition, Prof PVM Rao. Among the two major hits of the day-the first one designed by the engineering department-augmented interactive display, drew the attention of students and researchers while bio-textile facilitating reconstruction of human organs, attracted business houses. With tissue engineering emerging as a revolutionary area of research over the years, IIT has come out with some promising work in the recent years and a few such innovations- blood vessels in the form of hollow braided structures made of biodegradable polymers used for clogged arteries, smart dressings and suturers-were showcased during the seventh edition of Open House annual event here. "Textile use for human health and organ development is gradually unfolding and growing up. We have developed biodegradable vessels which surgeons can use in a patient with cardiovascular dysfunction arising due to obstruction of blood in vessels. While these come handy in cardiovascular transplants, there are natural polymer-based dressings and suturers being developed at the institute for over 10-12 years," Prof Bhuvanesh Gupta of the department of textile technology of IIT told The Tribune. While explaining the process of tissue engineering, which involves developing tisues using healthy cells of a patient that are based on textile scaffolds, he explained, "The innovation lies in developing smart dressings. For the dressings, the biomaterial like aloevera, chitosan and other natural hydrogel, are coated on the fabric and freezed and dried to make them porous."
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Teacher dismissed for thrashing student
Ghaziabad, April 23 According to a police complaint filed yesterday by Lalit Kumar, father of six-year-old Hemant who is a student of GD Goenka School in Rajnagar extension, the boy was thrashed by his maths teacher for unable to solve a problem on Thursday. The teacher also made one of Hemant's classmates beat him, besides keeping the boy standing for two hours, the complaint said. After reaching home, Hemant told his parents about the incident, following which they reported the matter to school chairman Sanjay Goel. Goel first defended the teacher but after the police intervention dismissed the teacher, who confessed to the corporal punishment.
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3 held for black market of IPL tickets
New Delhi, April 23 The suspects have been identified as Sushil Thukral, Sajid and Ladley. Sajid was arrested from Paharganj while other two accused were arrested from near a petrol pump at Delhi Gate. A total of 119 tickets were seized from them. The accused used to send bulk SMSes, reading, "IPL great season of cricket. Few tickets available for Delhi Match on Saturday. First come, first served. Call- 9999770007". "On learning about the SMS, the police fixed a deal for the purchase of 14 tickets worth Rs 750 each for Rs 1,400 each. A trap was laid at Arakashan Road, Paharganj. When the suspect reached the spot with the tickets, he was arrested," said DCP Ashok Chand. Fourteen tickets, a mobile phone and a SIM card had been seized from the accused, Chand said. Further, a raid was conducted near a petrol pump at Ferozshah Kotla Stadium and two persons were apprehended. They were selling an IPL ticket worth Rs 500 for Rs 1,000. A total of 105 tickets were seized from their possession. Cases under the appropriate sections of the law have been registered against the accused. According to the DCP, Thukral is doing his graduation from the School of Correspondence, DU. He used to work in the private sector. At present, he was assisting his father in business. Sajid is a graduate and unemployed. Ladley is also unemployed.
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Soon, elevated roads in Noida
Noida, April 23 The four-lane elevated roads will be erected on single pillars like those of the Delhi Metro. The consultant is learnt to have prepared three designs. The authority will begin work on two elevated roads from Vishwabharti School in Sector-28 to Shopprix Mall in Sector-61 with a cloverleaf towards City Centre in Sector-32 and from Mamura Chowk in Sector-66 to Sector-62 near NH-24, linking Noida, Ghaziabad and Delhi. The construction will begin in May. In the second phase, elevated road will be built from Baraula in Sector-49 to Noida Phase-2. According to deputy CEO of Noida, the idea is to ensure a hassle-free traffic movement during construction. The authority will soon zero in on one design, he added. Slip roads would be constructed in advance. Three more elevated roads, besides underpasses and flyovers, have been planned, added the deputy CEO.
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Robbers shoot civic body official
Ghaziabad, April 23 Dharmendar, a supervisor with the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation, was returning from Delhi with his wife after attending a funeral ceremony last night when he was intercepted by the assailants near Faran Gate, the police said. They allegedly shot at Dharmendar and snatched his wife's jewellery, police said. Dharmendar was rushed to Narender Mohan Hospital where he died during the treatment. City magistrate Umesh Mishra and superintendent of police J.K. Shahi reached the spot later. Employees of the municipal corporation today staged protest against the increasing incidents of crime in the district and criticised police chief Raghubir Lal for his inaction. They gave an ultimatum to the police to solve the case in two days and also demanded a compensation of Rs 10 lakh from the Uttar Pradesh government along with jobs to victim's children. -- PTI
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College chief
held
Ghaziabad, April 23 Upender Singh, chairman of Oxford College of Pharmacy, has been arrested for running the institute without recognition. Three others - director SK Panda, principal Shushma Gupta and clerk Bhaskar Bhatt - are absconding. Three students, Jitender, Sanjeev and Kapil had lodged an FIR on February 25 against the chairman and others at Massoorie police station of the district, SP JK Shahi said. The students in their complaint had alleged that the management had charged Rs 50,000 from them for a course which is not recognised, Shahi said. Students of two other colleges in the district are also protesting for recognition from the PCI. — PTI
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Missing minor girl found dead
Ghaziabad, April 23 Meanwhile, villagers blocked the Hapur-Bulandshahr road last evening, demanding action against the girl's killers and financial aid for her family.
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Man with 2 wives, 11 kids attempts suicide
Ghaziabad, April 23 Anis, 45, tried to cut his throat with a knife, but his family and neighbours raised the alarm and called the police which arrested him. During questioning, he told the police that he attempted to take the extreme step as he was unable to bear the financial pressure of maintaining his two wives and 11 children.
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Car thieves held 7 booked for dowry
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Laadli scheme has been launched by the Delhi government to discourage the practice of female
foeticide. The scheme offers free education and other benefits to girl child born to parents with less than Rs 1 lakh income per annum.
