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Govt fails to convince auto drivers on GPS
56-yr baba held for raping teen
Domestic help among three held for robbery
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Man feigning death to avoid arrest held
Nigerian kingpin of drug syndicate arrested
Drizzle brings some relief
BJP seeks Dikshit’s resignation over Chauhan
Fire in printing press
Solar rickshaws catching on in Noida
Rehab of human trafficking victims a major concern
Five more CNG stations for Noida
Magisterial probe ordered into Bhatta violence
Rooftop solar energy policy in Delhi soon,
says Dikshit
Discoms told to meet peak
power demand
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Govt fails to convince auto drivers on GPS
New Delhi, May 19 As the government has refused to accept their demand, the auto unions will go on indefinite strike from late this evening. All the 55,000 autos will be off the road. Anand Trivedi, president of Bhajpa Auto Prakoshth Sangh, said that the cost of GPS installation is Rs 20,000. The government insists that the drivers recover this amount from the passengers at the rate of Rs 0.50 per km which is not possible. The government should bear the cost. He also said that a few years ago, the government had announced it would get a welfare board constituted for the drivers. This has not been done so far. He said the decision to go on strike was taken jointly by all the auto unions such as Auto Rickshaw Sangh, Pragatisheel Auto Union, Bhartiya Tipahiya Chalak Union and Auto Union Sangh supported by the BJP. He said, "Today we were called by the transport minister to discuss the issue. “We reached Delhi Secretariat with a hope that our demands would be accepted. “But instead of accepting our demands, the
minister tried to threaten us. We will not come under pressure of any authority. We are poor people and cannot afford the cost of GPS."
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56-yr baba held for raping teen
New Delhi, May 19 According to the police, a 56-year-old priest has been arrested from Bihar after for allegedly raping a 17-year-old schoolgirl. A case in this regard was registered on May 10 at the Seemapuri police station after medical examination of the victim had confirmed rape. However, the accused priest, identified as Sarv Narayan Jha, went absconding before he could be arrested. “Jha was arrested from Bihar the day before yesterday and he was produced in the court today," said a police official. The priest is a resident of Nand Nagri and is married and has six children. According to information, Jha has been serving as a priest for the past 25 years and was a frequent visitor to homes for performimg religious rituals. “He was known to the family of the victim and was a regular visitor to her home. About 20 days ago, he found the schoolgirl alone in the house and raped her and threatened her of dire consequences if she revealed the matter to anyone," said the official. The victim girl remained silent as per instructions. However, she complained of stomachache on May 9 and when she was taken to the hospital and a doctor during the examination found about the rape. Thereafter, the girl confided about the incident to her mother who reported the matter to the police. A case was registered the next day. However, Jha managed to flee before he could be arrested.
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Domestic help among three held for robbery
New Delhi, May 19 According to the police, the accused have been identified as Iqbal, alias Ram Bachan Tiwari (65), Imran (19) and Shabbir (45). The police has also recovered the robbed articles, including Rs $9, 35, 00,204, 10,000 Yuan (Chinese currency) and jewellery worth Rs 25 lakh approximately. According to Vivek Kishore, DCP (central), on a tip-off, the accused were arrested from the Chandni Chowk area this afternoon when they were trying to sell the stolen jewellery. The robbery was reported from house number 2/6, 1st Floor, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, wherein the domestic help beat up the woman of the house and after locking her in the room decamped with all the money and jewellery available in the house. According to Kishore, Iqbal planned the whole robbery along with his son Imran and landlord Shabbir. All are residents of Sultanpuri (UP) and Iqbal had come to the Capital regarding to his treatment and fell short of money. To get easy money, he got employed in the house of victim as he got to know that a marriage in the family has been scheduled later this month and he can get a large booty of jewellery and cash from the house. "Yesterday, when the family was out for shopping and landlady was alone at home, Iqbal called his associates and took the woman hostage and decamped with the cash and jewellery," said Kishore.
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Man feigning death to avoid arrest held
New Delhi, May 19 According to Ashok Chand, DCP (crime), a death certificate issued by the MCD, along with a slip of cremation ground, has been found from Om Prakash. "His death certificate and slip regarding payment of the charges of cremation ground, Paschim Vihar, were seized from his possession. The death certificate was found to be in the name of Om Prakash. Initially, Om Prakash tried to mislead the police by identifying himself as 'Laltoo'. But on sustained interrogation he broke down and said the death certificate was his own," said Chand. A case under the appropriate sections of the law has been registered. He said he, along with his brothers, earned livelihood by skinning the dead animals and selling them. In 1996, a case of poisoning of animals and then skinning them for selling was registered at Janak Puri police station against him and his associates. "Om Prakash managed to convince one of his distant relatives Ashok to pose as Om Prakash. Accordingly, Ashok impersonating Om Prakash was arrested by the police and was facing trial. However, in January 2008, Ashok died following which Om Prakash decided to get Ashok cremated under the name of Om Prakash. At the cremation ground he got prepared the slip of cremation charges in the name of Om Prakash and subsequently obtained the death certificate from the MCD in March 2008, and submitted it in the court," said the DCP. By using the death certificate he also planned to get widow pension for his wife from the Delhi government.
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Nigerian kingpin of drug syndicate arrested
New Delhi, May 19 The police seized 10 gram of cocaine and 100 gram of heroin from his possession. Prince is part of an international narcotic drugs syndicate indulging in supply of cocaine in high profile segments of the society. "Prince was the main person behind all the Nigerian drug peddlers. His name cropped up every time any drug supplier was arrested and it was a challenge for us to arrest him," said a police official. The accused has confessed to supplying cocaine to high profile persons of the Capital particularly in reputed hotels, clubs, pubs, etc. During interrogation it has been revealed that Prince was living with a girl and was having live-in relationship with her. "It is the common modus operandi of these drug dealers indulged in drug supply to have girlfriends due to their easy gullibility and hunger for easy money. These drug dealers show exceptional affection and intimacy with these girls to lure them with intention to use them for booking of parcels containing drugs to various countries and also to take house on rent. These girls are also used by them for communicating in Hindi with the Indian people dealing in drug supply," said the official. |
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Drizzle brings some relief
New Delhi, May 19 The maximum temperature today settled at 42.2° C. However, the hot winds throughout the day made it difficult for the residents to step out. For tomorrow the weather department has predicted the maximum and the minimum temperature to oscillate between 40 and 30°C. |
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BJP seeks Dikshit’s resignation over Chauhan
New Delhi, May 19 Delhi BJP president Vijender Gupta in his letter said that the reports of Shunglu Committee and CVC Technical Committee have already been submitted to the Prime Minister. Both the reports confirm bungling of hundreds of crores of rupees by the Delhi government. On the directions of the Prime Minister, the home ministry has sought a point-wise reply from the Delhi government. The home ministry has also sought a reply from the Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on the recommendations of the Lokayukta Rajkumar Chauhan had allegedly misused his office by asking the Commercial Tax Commissioner not to raid Tivoli Resorts in a tax evasion case. The Delhi government in its report to the home ministry has given a clean chit to Chauhan and stated that public representatives usually make such calls, Gupta said. |
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Fire in printing press
New Delhi, May 19 "We received fire call at 2.44 pm. Two dozen fire trucks were rushed in to control the fire. We managed to douse it completely by 4.30 pm. No injury of any kind was reported," said a fire official. Around 25 persons were working in the factory at the time of the incident who managed to run to safety. Meanwhile, preliminary investigation has revealed that a spark from the operational generator on the premises of printing press led to fire.
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Solar rickshaws catching on in Noida
Noida, May 19 Quite a few of these vehicles can be seen at the City Centre Metro station, ferrying passengers with precision. Soleckshaw is an eco-friendly tricycle, running on a 36-volt battery. It is driven partly by pedal and partly by electric power supplied by a battery that is charged from solar energy. The brainchild of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), director general professor Samir K Brahmachari, it has been developed by a team of scientists at the CSIR national laboratory. "Soleckshaw is a Government of India project and we are the authorized manufacturers of this vehicle," said Rajiv Vashishth, AGM (sales and marketing), Stilam Automobiles. In the last six months, the company has already sold over 300 soleckshaws. They are also plying in cities like Jaipur, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Lucknow, Kanpur and Dhanbad," he said. "The cost of a soleckshaw varies from Rs 50,000 to Rs 90,000. It can run for 50 km in one charge. The highest model, which costs Rs 90,000, can cover a distance of 100 km in one charge," he added. It can move at a speed of 20 km per hour, which is much faster than the usual cycle rickshaw. Being low-floored, it is favoured by the elderly people. "It is comparatively easy to get into these rickshaws. What is more, the impact of jerks on broken roads is less due to its shock absorbers," said Seema Panesar, a resident of sector 41. "The fare is the same, but the travel time is reduced by half. In a city like Noida, these are a good mode of travel," said Sumita Choudhary, another resident of sector 50. "I have been running a soleckshaw for six months now. It does not require much hard work and I am earning more, almost double the amount that I earned earlier," said Tapan Haldar, a former rickshaw puller.
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Rehab of human trafficking victims a major concern
New Delhi, May 19 The workshop also deliberated on laws related to human trafficking, investigation techniques and dimensions, magnitude and vulnerabilities relating to human trafficking along with issues like rescue, care and rehabilitation of the victims. The workshop was organised by the School of Law, IGNOU, in partnership with the ministry of home affairs, bureau of police research and development and centre for social research. It provided a unique platform for nodal officers of all the state governments and union territories with a view to empower them through training and capacity building about anti-human trafficking. "The participants felt the need to accelerate the process of sensitisation, awareness and training to a large number of law enforcement officials and other stakeholders like prosecutors, government departments, NGOs, etc.," said Prof K Elumalai, director of the School of Law. "The conclusive discussions were held on the roles and responsibilities of the nodal officers. Additionally discussions were held on a ministry of home affairs scheme titled strengthening the law enforcement response in India against trafficking in persons through training and capacity building," said Prof Elumalai. The scheme has two aspects, one is establishing integrated anti-human trafficking units and the other is undertaking intensive training of the trainers. Under this scheme, it is proposed to establish 335 anti-human trafficking units across the country and impart training to over 10,000 police officers, said Prof Elumalai. Not only are these special units going to be made functional to strike out against any form of human trafficking and weed it out, but the trainers, who are largely police officers, will also be specially trained and prepared to achieve this goal of eradicating this social evil from the nation. The government has already released fund of Rs 8.72 crore as a first installment for the year 2010-11 to all the state governments for the establishment of 115 anti-human trafficking units. "The real purpose of the trainers programme is to pass knowledge and skills to colleagues who work at different levels to ensure ground-level sensitisation, said he said. Already, six regional-level workshops for all the states have been held.
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Five more CNG stations for Noida
Noida, May 19 These stations will go a long way to make the life of commuters easy. According to the IGL spokesperson, there are two more CNG stations at petrol pumps in sectors 62 and 63, but the residents seem to be unaware of them. To maintain road discipline and check traffic jams, IGL has deployed three guards. However, the guards prove ineffective at times and the police needs to be called to control the situation as long queues spill over the road. He said, "One CNG station is ready at sector 82. The authority has allotted five more sites (in sectors 71, 51, 105, 122 and 142) to us. Over 50% work has been completed at the sector-71 station. Work at other sites, too, has started. We have planned to make these stations operational by the end of this year." |
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Magisterial probe ordered into Bhatta violence
Greater Noida, May 19 The probe report will be submitted to the District Magistrate, Gautam Budh Nagar. Most of the farmers who had fled the village after violence in Bhatta Parsaul village have not returned home. The administration has set up teams to persuade the farmers to return to their village. The extra police force has also been withdrawn from the village to facilitate their return, the ADM said. |
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Rooftop solar energy policy in Delhi soon,
says Dikshit
New Delhi, May 19 “We are soon starting rooftop solar policy for setting up solar power units on rooftops of households in the capital, where the owners of buildings will get incentives and it will be connected to the main grid," Dikshit said here at a seminar. According to the policy, house owners can either lease out their roof to a developer, who will then set up the unit, or they can pay 30 percent of the cost of installation. The remaining 70 percent will be financed through banks.— IANS |
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Discoms told to meet peak
power demand
New Delhi, May 19 He made this direction at a meeting with the discoms after the reports of power cuts from many areas during the past few days. Two power generation units of Dadri and Jhajhar power stations are still not functioning. They had gone out of order due to technical snags yesterday. Delhi could not get its share of power from the central allocation either. Power cuts were reported from East, West, South and North Delhi that affected the water supply also. Though schools are closed, college and office goers faced difficulty. They reached office late. After a meeting with CEOs, all the three discoms - BSES, Rajdhani and NDPL -- power minister Harun Yusuf said direction has been issued to the companies to arrange additional power to tide over the situation. According to the agreement reached between the government and the discoms, it is responsibility of the power distribution companies to make arrangement of additional power during summers. As far as the government is concerned, it would ask the central government to increase Delhi's allocation in the central pool. With temperature continuing to hover over 42 degrees Celsius, power demand in the city remained high as 4870 MW today. A senior official of the NDPL said it has enough power but due to some technical snag, loadshedding was reported while the BSES official said that it has less power supply that was the reason for power cuts in many areas. |
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Two days after a tantric was arrested on charges of raping a young girl in north Delhi, another incident of a priest raping a schoolgirl has come to light in the Seemapuri area of east Delhi.
Goods worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed after a printing press caught major fire in the Patparganj area of east Delhi this
afternoon.While no casualty was reported it took close to two hours with the
help of 24 fire trucks to control the rousing flames. According to the police,
the fire was reported from plot number B-388 in Patparganj Industrial Area.
