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Three fake snatching to pocket
Rs 40 lakh; held
Inflated water bills enrage east Delhi
Delhi drinkers prefer IMFL; revenue up
Warm day in Delhi
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Nod for rapid transit system in
3 NCR corridors
DU told to admit OBC girl in law course
Haryana artist explores
spirit of woman
Drive against polluting units in Noida
200 children walk for cancer awareness
Kidnapped child rescued, tenant held
Maid racket: Three held
Tihar inmate convicted of
life bid on co-prisoner
Nine die in 2 Gzb road accidents
Drugs worth Rs 37.50 lakh seized from illegal unit
Hoax bomb call at police HQ
Abducted 3-yr boy freed
Cycle theft at SC
Id greetings by CM
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Three fake snatching to pocket
Rs 40 lakh; held
New Delhi, November 6 The police said it had recovered the entire money. The accused have been identified as Gurdeep Singh (32), Gaurav Siwadh (25) and Rohit Kumar (25). On October 31, the police was informed about the snatching of a bag containing huge amounts of Indian and foreign currencies. The incident was reported from Tilak Nagar. It was claimed that the snatching happened around 9 pm when Rohit and Gaurav along with the money were going to the house of Ashok Manu, the owner of the firm they worked for. Rohit and Gaurav work in the office of Nine to Nine Forex Private Limited, an authorised firm for Western Union Money Transfer, at Tilak Nagar. They had joined the firm recently. On being questioned, the two gave different versions of the incident, according to the police. "On further interrogation, they disclosed that they had made up the story of snatching. They said that they had conspired with Gurdeep, a property dealer friend of Ashok. On the day of the incident, they left the office with the bag and gave it to Gurdeep. The two then claimed that it had been snatched by motorcycle-borne men," said V Renganathan, additional commissioner of police, west district. Gurdeep was arrested from his house at Vishnu Garden in Tilak Nagar. The currency, worth more than Rs 40 lakh, was recovered from him. The three accused have been produced before a court.
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Inflated water bills enrage east Delhi
New Delhi, November 6 "My water consumption has been the same for the past several years. But I have received a bill of Rs 6,000 for two months, which is almost 10 times higher than the previous ones," said Manmohan Mehra , secretary, Kiran Vihar residents' welfare association (RWA). "Almost all households in east Delhi have received inflated bills. The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) governed by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has not officially increased the water tariff, then how has it sent such hefty bills?" he wondered. "We are still struggling to cope up with the hefty increase in power tariff and now the government has unofficially increased the water tariff. Most of the areas in trans-Yamuna do not receive water throughout the day and residents have to use water pumps to draw water from DJB pipelines. The rates have been hiked, but there is no improvement in the quality of the service," said Anil Bajpai, president of the RWA Federation, east Delhi. "Along with the hefty water bill, the DJB has charged a high amount for sewage cleaning. The sewage remains choked all the time and dirty water flows back into houses. We have decided to protest by not paying the inflated bills. We will pay only after they charge as per the normal rate," said Sunita Arora a resident who has received a bill of Rs 1,800 instead of the normal Rs 500-Rs 600.
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Delhi drinkers prefer IMFL; revenue up
New Delhi, November 6 The government had collected Rs 2,027 crore as excise tax in 2010-11 as against its collection of Rs 1,644 crore in 2009-10, said an official of the Excise Department. He said that in future this trend might continue provided business and trade grew in the Capital. With the latest figure given by the department concerned, 7.44 crore bottles of IMFL were sold in the national Capital in 2010-11 followed by "desi" liquor. Indian beer, which was the most preferred drink of Delhiites in 2009, slipped into the third place with the consumption of 5.95 crore bottles, the official said. In 2009-2010, a total number of 11.78 crore bottles of beer were sold in the city while 9.56 crore bottles of IMFL were sold during the same period. The consumption of desi liquor had occupied the third spot with the sale of 6.81 crore bottles in 2009-10, according to the statistics. In 2008-09, the people of the city had consumed 9.74 crore bottles of beer while a total of 8.39 crore bottles of IMFL were sold during the period. The preference for IMFL has been increasing in the last two years as in 2007-08 countrymade liquor had topped the list with 11.26 crore bottles. In 2007-08, 8.4 crore bottles of beer and 8.3 crore bottles of IMFL were consumed in Delhi.
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Warm day in Delhi
New Delhi, November 6 "The maximum temperature was recorded a notch above the average at 30 degree Celsius, while the minimum settled at two notches above the average at 17.4 degrees," said an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The humidity level wavered between 86 and 38 per cent. According to IMD, a light veil of fog will envelop the city on Monday morning, but the sky will be clear later in the day. The maximum and minimum temperatures will hover around 31 and 16 degree Celsius, respectively. -- IANS |
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Nod for rapid transit system in
3 NCR corridors
New Delhi, November 6 According to an official press statement issued on Sunday, union urban development minister Kamal Nath gave in-principle to the concept and asked the NCR Planning Board(NCRPB) to explore innovative funding mechanisms like monetisation of land and the public private partnership model for implementing the capital-intensive projects. He also said RRTS should be integrated with the Delhi Metro. The minister, who is chairman of the NCRPB, said high speed connectivity between the regional centres of NCR and Delhi would make physical distance shorter and allow these regional towns to capture the economic impulse and density generated by Delhi. This faster connectivity would reduce pressure on national capital's infrastructure by opening up the regional housing market, he added. The minister said that to achieve the rationale of NCR, it would be necessary to focus on the sub-urbanisation and infrastructure development outside Delhi to enable the neighbouring towns to absorb the load on the capital's resources. Kamal Nath, who reviewed NCR Regional Plan-2021 proposals regarding regional-level land use and settlement policies at a meeting here earlier this week, said NCRPB should take a lead in planning and developing greenfield townships on the transport corridors in partnership with the state governments concerned. He called upon NCRPB to be more pro-active in enforcing policies prescribed in the regional plans finalised in consultation with these states. "Adherence of these policies by various central and state implementing agencies and NCRPB's active role in enforcing them is necessary, if we are to avoid haphazard developments and achieve harmonized and balanced development of the National Capital Region," he said. -- IANS |
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DU told to admit OBC girl in law course
New Delhi, November 6 The court order, made available on Saturday, came on a petition by Salma Khan, who had applied for admission to first year of LLB course in the 2011-12 academic year. Khan, through her counsel Sitab Ali Chaudhary, appealed before the division bench against an order of a single judge bench which had earlier disposed off her petition with the direction that the university would allow her to participate in the special counselling for the vacant seats but as a general category candidate. Allowing Khan's appeal, a bench of Acting Chief Justice AK Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said, "We are unable to uphold the judgment directing the appellant belonging to the reserved category to compete with the unreserved category and which is contrary to the principles of reservation." On October 3, Justice Kailash Gambhir said: "Courts have consistently held that every endeavour by the university and all other institutions should be made to fill all the seats as wastage of seats is not only at the cost of the public exchequer but at the cost of depriving a number of aspiring students struggling to get admission..." Justice Gambhir directed the university to convert 50 OBC category seats, which were vacant since the completion of the admission process, into general category seats. Justice Gambhir passed the order on a plea by students seeking direction to the university to convert the vacant OBC category seats into general category seats. -- IANS
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Haryana artist explores
spirit of woman
New Delhi, November 6 This is her fifth solo show. Renuka hails from Yamunanagar district of Haryana. Her art work explores the triumphant spirit of a woman. Renuka also seeks to portray the relationship between nature and the manmade and juxtaposes them in a harmonious milieu. For her, the empowered female is the embodiment of 'Shakti', ready to take life on her own terms. She strives to free the female psyche from victimisation and take her to self-realisation. Her strokes and choice of colours arouse feelings and latent emotions and this shows that she has grown and matured as an artist. The exhibition is open up to November 13. |
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Drive against polluting units in Noida
Noida, November 6 The campaign will continue up to November 30 after which the teams will submit their reports. According to official sources, the authorities recently unearthed half a dozen illegally functioning electroplating units in the Jhandpura area in Noida, the board headquarters then issued strict instructions. The water emanating from these units was found to contain alarming level of pollution after testing. The units were ordered to be sealed. According to UP Pollution Control Board sources, the department maintains a complete record of all the industrial units in its office. At the time of issuing NoCs, samples from these factories are tested. In case, they do not pass muster, the units are advised to get necessary changes made in the treatment plants. It is only after correct results are received in the tests, their NoCs are renewed. Normally the department does not get information regarding the units operating in rural areas where a variety of prohibited industrial units are operating. About a year ago in Bijarsi village near the Hindon, a number of polluting industrial units were reportedly operating. Similarly in Jhandpura village in Sector-1, six illegal electroplating units were detected. According to the regional officer of Pollution Control Board, Paras Ram, orders have been issued to close down these units while three teams are surveying the rural belt to unearth polluting units.
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200 children walk for cancer awareness
New Delhi, November 6 "It is good to see awareness for a disease like cancer picking up pace with the people," Dikshit said at Navy Children School in south Delhi's Chanakyapuri area. The theme of the annual walk, which was first held in 2005, was addressing cancer as a lifestyle-related disease. Nearly 200 students participated in the walk organised by voluntary group Indian Cancer Support (ICS). With the number of cancer cases expected to cross 15 lakh by 2015, experts say cancer mortality can be reduced if the disease is detected early. While lung, head and neck cancer is the most common cancer among men, women are mainly affected by breast and cervical cancer. "Cancer does not mean death. The growing numbers of cancer survivors are testimony to the fact that cancer is curable when detected early," said ICS additional secretary Jyotsna Govil. -- IANS |
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Kidnapped child rescued, tenant held
New Delhi, November 6 The victim has been identified as Harsh, alias Nonu, who lives with his family in Jyoti Nagar. The accused are named Vikas and his two accomplices, Monu and Sonu. Vikas is a tenant at the Jyoti Nagar residence of Harsh's father, Joginder. Joginder is a property dealer. Sonu's father works with the Delhi police. The police said that the accused had kidnapped Harsh, but left him at Bagpat, fearing their arrest. Vikas was apparently helping the police and the victim's family to find the boy, according to the sources. The police has arrested the three accused. Two months ago, Joginder rented out a house to Vikas. In the evening of October 4, Vikas kidnapped Harsh who was playing outside his house. When he did not return home, the parents informed the police. The police suspected the involvement of Vikas. During the interrogation, Vikas disclosed that he with Monu and Sonu conspired to kidnap Harsh. Since Vikas was familiar with Harsh, he picked him up and gave him to Monu. Monu took the boy to Hamirabad village in Bagpat, said the police. Sonu placed a ransom call to the parents. Vikas was providing information to the police and simultaneously informing his accomplices. The police apprehended Vikas. After Monu was informed of his arrest, he left Harsh in Hamirabad. The village head along with some villagers informed the UP police who then reported the matter to the Jyoti Nagar police station. The police on Sunday brought back Harsh to his parents and arrested Sonu and Monu.
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Maid racket: Three held
New Delhi, November 6 The accused have been identified as Jai Prakash (25), Bharat (28) and Vinod (23). On October 24, the police received a complaint from SK Rathi. Rathi had contacted Archana Maid Bureau after seeing its pamphlet in a newspaper on October 21. The next day, a man named Sameer gave him a maid, Sunita Kumari. Sameer took Rs 18,000 from Rathi as commission. He also took Sunita's one month's salary. Sunita came to Rathi's house in the evening of October 22. The next morning, when Rathi woke up, he discovered that Sunita was missing. She had also allegedly taken some cash from the house, according to the police. The police found that the mobile numbers printed on the pamphlets and visiting cards were switched off. It was also learnt that the numbers were obtained on fake identities, after which the accused were apprehended. The three disclosed that they were running the racket with the help of 10 people. They are natives of Bihar and northeastern states. "Bharat is the mastermind of the racket. The gang would supply maids after completing all formalities, including an agreement between the agency and the client for one year. The gang would then take the commission and one or two months' salary of the maid. Later, on the first opportunity, the maid would flee the house with cash and other valuables," said Chhaya Sharma, deputy commissioner of police, south district. The police is searching for the other gang members.
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Tihar inmate convicted of
life bid on co-prisoner
New Delhi, November 6 Additional sessions judge OP Gupta convicted Wasim Mohd for attempting to murder fellow inmate Sunil by hitting him with a brick on his head on February 2. "I feel that ends of justice would be met by sentencing the accused for imprisonment already undergone (8 months). The accused is sentenced to imprisonment already undergone and fine of Rs 1,000," the judge said. "The injury was caused on a vital part, head. From the same it can be inferred that the accused had knowledge that his act can be fatal," the judge
said. Wasim, 32, facing trial in another case, was brought to Tihar Jail from Punjab two or three days prior to the incident. He and other inmates were sitting in park of the jail while victim Sunil was sleeping on a blanket with his back towards
Wasim. The other inmates deposed in the court that Wasim hit Sunil with a brick and tried to run from the spot when he was chased by the police. Sunil fell unconscious and was taken to DDU Hospital. -- PTI |
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Nine die in 2 Gzb road accidents
Ghaziabad, November 6 The incidents took place in Hapur and Loni on National Highway-24 that connects Delhi to Uttar Pradesh. The police said some pilgrims from Ballabgarh in Haryana were going to Garh Mukteswar for taking a holy dip in the Ganga when the truck in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary one around 5.30 am at the Anwarpur village near Hapur town. Seven people were killed and 16 injured. Those killed are Govind Ram (65), Satish Sharma (33), Raju (18), Chandra Kant (42), Adesh (25) and two unidentified women. In the other incident, two brothers were crushed to death and their maternal uncle was injured when a speeding truck hit them near Laxmi Palace Cinema in Loni. The incident occurred at 1 pm when the boys, Shah Rukh (15) and Akil (12), along with their parents and uncle Aas Mohammad (18) were walking towards a market. The driver and cleaner of the brick-laden truck fled after the incident. Angry local residents staged a sit-in on the Loni-Ghaziabad road, leading to a traffic jam for about two hours. "In view of the Id festival on Monday, the situation became very delicate so a heavy police force was deployed. The situation is now under control," said superintendent of police (city) JK Shahi. -- IANS
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Drugs worth Rs 37.50 lakh seized from illegal unit
Ghaziabad, November 6 The owner of the factory has been arrested and booked under the Essential Commodities Act and for criminal conspiracy. Five drug samples have been sent for testing to a lab. The team, under the leadership of additional district magistrate (administration) RK Sharma, on Friday raided Pal Pharma Company at 11.30 pm. The team included policemen and officials of the administration and civil supply department. Local food inspector Ram Kumar Pandey said the owner of the factory, Rajiv Garg, could not produce the documents of the factory. Drugs worth Rs 37.50 lakh were seized from the factory. Garg meanwhile claimed that the administration had registered a false case against him. He claimed that he had produced all documents demanded by the raiding team. |
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Hoax bomb call at police HQ
New Delhi, November 6 The call was received at the PHQ, but an extensive search yielded no bomb, said the police. Sources said that the call was later declared a hoax. |
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Abducted 3-yr boy freed
Ghaziabad, November 6 Krish was abducted yesterday from near his house in the Pilakhuwa town, 20 km from here. The kidnappers had demanded Rs 20 lakh ransom but later settled for Rs 11 lakh for his release and directed the boy's parents to keep the money at a place near the railway station here. The child's father, a merchant, placed the bag containing Rs 11 lakh at a decided place, but kidnappers didn't turn up. The boy was later found at the railway station. -- PTI |
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Cycle theft at SC
New Delhi, November 6 Ajay (20), a resident of Bihar, allegedly attempted to flee with the bicycle when security personnel overpowered him. The theft happened at the D-gate around 1.50 pm. |
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