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Guard shoots at youths who robbed him
Infant’s body found in hospital toilet
Gangster wanted for 38 crimes nabbed
Ready for poll, JNU parties await nod
BRT corridor: HC moved to allow 3 & 4-wheelers
Patient goes missing; doctor unavailable
Dikshit meets Gupta over Jor Bagh clash
Rs 10 cr for scholarships
Bunty in Delhi police custody for 2 days
Tax collection target in sight: CM
Political posters removed
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City boy goes down in history
New Delhi, January 18 It was the initiative of this 10th class student at the accident site on July 12, 2010 that passengers on the DTC bus got up to help in taking the injured to the Sushruta Trauma Centre. When this young hero dared to help the injured without fearing any police hassle, there were many among the passers-by who chose to be just onlookers. "I was supposed to take the minibus but preferred to take the bus following it. Around the U-turn when I saw several students trapped under the toppled vehicle, I got down from the bus while many passengers kept looking helplessly. As I pleaded with them, some lifted the minibus while I crawled under the overturned bus and took out the injured," said Uma, who stays in Sonia Vihar. There was a traffic jam around Kingsway Camp. Many people passing through the way didn't stop their vehicles to carry the injured to the hospital, he said. "I stood in front of a few vehicles and then they had to stop and took them to the trauma centre. I got stretchers with the help of others and took the victims inside. The next day when I saw the photograph in the newspaper in the school library, I showed it to our principal. My classical music teacher recommended my name for the award," said an enthusiastic Uma whose motto in life is to become a good citizen of India. One thing that seems to be bothering him is corruption and he feels bad that he is not able to do anything about it. |
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While dying, they gave a new life to others
New Delhi, January 18 While their inspiring tales of grit stand as examples for many, there were parents of five children, to be awarded posthumously, who couldn't have wished for anything more than seeing their bravehearts participating in the Republic Day parade next week. Lovely Verma (12) from Koni village (Uttar Pradesh), who saved her two friends from drowning and lost her life in the process was dearest to her mother Anara Devi among her three children. "We feel proud of her brave action but the pain of losing our only daughter is more. She was a student of seventh standard. She had gone to her grandparents' house during last summer and lost her life while saving her friends. My daughter was courageous," told Anara with moist eyes. While consoling her sons Sachin (9) and Gaurav (6) who stood weeping beside her, she added, "Since the fatal day on June 23, 2011, my sons keep remembering her, 'Didi hamein kahaniyan sunati thi…'." Saudhita Barman (11) saved three lives (one sister and two cousins) in West Bengal from drowning in a 12-ft-deep pond and in the process lost her life on August 20, 2010. Her leg slipped and she did not know how to swim. Displaying similar bravery, C Lalduhawma (16) rescued his friend by jumping into a 20-ft-deep pit full of water even as he was not good at swimming while Adithya Gopal (14) managed to give a new life to his friend whose cries for help made him jump into an overflowing river on October 31, 2010. However, Adithya though a good swimmer couldn't fight out the undercurrent of the whirlpool, said his parents. "On that morning, while he was sitting beside the river, he saw his friend crying for help after the water level suddenly increased. He jumped without caring for himself," said Gayatri and K V G Pillai from Arunachal Pradesh, his parents. Adithya will be given the Bapu Gaidhani Award. "Studying in class IX, he was a good student, computer-savvy and loved football apart from swimming. He wanted to become a doctor and serve others. We feel proud but the pain remains - we'll see all these children marching on the Republic Day and miss him all the more," his parents said. Master Kapil Negi (15) from Uttarakhand will be honoured with the prestigious Bharat Award for helping his class fellows cross an overflowing brook following a landslide in which he was trapped and died. Among the 24 children, who will be receiving a medal, certificate and cash award from the Prime Minister prior to the Republic Day, was 11-year-old Prasannta Shandilya from Odisha who saved her parents. She drove away five miscreants who broke into her house in the early morning hours on April 12, 2011, by throwing chilly powder into their eyes. Interestingly, the act was inspired by an episode of CID, said Kalpana Shandilya, Prasannta's mother. She wants to become a fearless IPS officer and her role model is the first woman and former IPS officer Kiran
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Fog, chill make life tough
New Delhi, January 18 The weather department recorded the minimum temperature at 5.6 degree Celsius, one degree below the average for this time of the season. The maximum was recorded at 15.5 degrees, five degrees below the average. The department has predicted the day to be much colder tomorrow. "The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to settle below the normal levels. The minimum could drop further to 4 degree Celsius tomorrow while the maximum is expected to settle around 14 degrees," said an Indian Meteorological Department official. 40 trains delayed,
35 cancelled
The fog disrupted the schedules of hundreds of trains, delaying over 40 of them for over two hours. A Northern Railway spokesperson said, "Nearly 35 trains were cancelled today. Delayed trains include the Rajdhani Expresses from Patna, Howrah, Mumbai and Bhubaneshwar. Several other trains were running late by four to six hours. Many trains had to be cancelled partially, cutting short
their trips due to the bad weather." 207 flights
affected
The dense fog brought troubles for air passengers, leaving them stranded for hours. According to DIAL, schedules of over 250 flights remained affected today. "Eight flights were cancelled while four were diverted to other airports. Nearly 207 domestic and international flights were delayed. The fog started to descend during the wee hours due to which the runway visibility dipped below 100 metre and the general visibility to less than 50 metre," an airport official said. "The runway visibility was less than the required for takeoffs , 125 metre and 150 metre. Flights scheduled for both the runways were unable to take off till 9.30 am," the official added. |
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Socio-eco and caste census starts in Delhi
New Delhi, January 18 It is being conducted in Delhi by the revenue department with technical and financial helps from the ministry of rural development and the ministry of housing and poverty alleviation of the union government. As per the guidelines circulated by the ministry of rural development, the city government has issued the notifications--notification of intent and notification of questions. According to the notification of intent, the state or union territory should formally notify the intention of the government to conduct the socio-economic and caste census by passing a formal government order and publishing in the official gazette. According to the notification of questions, the questions that will be asked during the Census (separate for rural and urban areas) should also be published in the official gazette. This has to be notified both by the central and state governments. Notifications of both intent and questions can also be brought out together. The city government has appointed about 10,000 enumerators who will visit every household in Delhi from January 15, 2012 to February 29, 2012. Every enumerator has been provided a survey form for collection of the data. The data so collected would be compiled on the same day at the 182 designated charge centres located in government schools buildings in various parts of Delhi. All the charge centres have been provided with the necessary computer hardware with assured internet connectivity. |
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Guard shoots at youths who robbed him
New Delhi, January 18 About 9.35 pm yesterday, 38-year-old Kamlesh Kumar, a guard at the Delhi Jal Board office at Tikri Village in Outer Delhi, left his house at Shiv Puri Colony in Kundali, Haryana, for work on bicycle. When Kumar reached Sector A/5 in Narela, he was accosted by three bike-borne youths-- Wasim, Mosim and Sher Khan. One of them punched Kumar on the face and when he fell on the ground, the three took his mobile phone and purse containing Rs 1,700 and two ATM cards of Corporation Bank and ICICI Bank and fled. But they soon came back to take Kumar's double-barrel gun. "They punched and beat Kumar and tried to snatch the gun. But to save his life, Kamlesh fired two rounds that hit all the three assailants on their legs. The trio immediately fled the place and reached their homes at Kurani, Narela," added the official. Kumar, who laid wounded called the police, who rushed him to Raja Harish Chand Hospital in Narela. Meanwhile, when the parents of the robbers asked them about their injuries, they told them that a person had shot them on the street. The parents immediately informed the police. A PCR van reached their locality and escorted them to the same
hospital. While they were being treated for their injuries, Kumar recognised them. The police arrested the three youths and registered a case against them. |
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Infant’s body found in hospital toilet
New Delhi, January 18 "The sweeper comes to work at 6 am and leaves at 10 pm. He discovered the body in a toilet at the ground floor," added the official. The sweeper informed a doctor about the body, who then called the police. "We have questioned several people from the labour room, casualty ward, operation theatre and the out patient department. It seems that the baby was born today. She was probably killed in the morning because the body was not there when the sweeper left yesterday," said the official. The police plans to keep the body at AIIMS for the next 72 hours. "We will conduct a postmortem if the infant is not identified within 72 hours," said the official. A case under Section 318 (concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body) of the IPC has been registered at the Malviya Nagar police station. |
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Gangster wanted for 38 crimes nabbed
New Delhi, January 18 The police had declared a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his arrest in connection with a case of murder at Jamia Nagar in 2009. Rizwan was nabbed at his hideout in Rudrapur, Uttrakhand. Rizwan disclosed that he hid a pistol with four cartridges in a compartment of a motorcycle parked in Daryaganj. The motorcycle was stolen from Baraut, Uttar Pradesh. Another pistol with four cartridges was confiscated by the police from Rizwan's hideout at Nizamuddin. Rizwan is a school dropout. He and his accomplices allegedly committed a spate of thefts at Bhojpur in Muradabad at UP in 1987. According to the police, Rizwan was arrested and sent to jail where he got acquainted to a gangster, Shaukat Pasa, who also hails from Muradabad. They joined hands and committed several dacoities, robberies and attempts to murder at Bijnor, Muradabad, Bhojpur, Gajrola, Swar, Tanda and Munda Pandey in UP. |
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Ready for poll, JNU parties await nod
New Delhi, January 18 Parties were sure of starting the election process by mid-January though the formal nod from the administration is still awaited. In a resolution agreed to by the University General Body Meeting (UGBM) held on January 10, the student community said the JNUSU elections should be conducted within one month and the Joint Struggle Committee should make all efforts to hand over charge to the JNUSU election committee by January 14. However, the charge is yet to be handed over. Student bodies have already met the vice-chancellor on the matter and will also be holding a protest march to his office tomorrow in this regard. "There has been a deadlock on the issue for long. Now that the Supreme Court has given us the go-ahead, we are just waiting for the final nod of the JNUSU election committee. Once the election committee takes charge, they will meet and discuss about the process and decide the dates and modalities. The rest will not take time," said Roshan Kishore, general secretary of Students' Federation of India. Meanwhile, the parties are poll-ready. Late-night meetings at JNU coffee shops and dhabas, discussing publicity plans, etc have become a common feature. "Campaigning plans are afoot, scores of pamphlets are being prepared and support is being mobilized. Even if delayed slightly, we hope to conduct the elections by January-end or in the beginning of February. We hope nothing comes in the way of elections now. It will surely hurt and anger the students," said another leading AISA leader. JNUSU's last president before the ban, Sandeep Singh said, "A major achievement of the union has been to usher in a democratic decision-making process in which all the constituents of the university, including ." |
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BRT corridor: HC moved to allow 3 & 4-wheelers
New Delhi, January 18 Issuing a notice to the transport department of the Delhi government, a division bench of Acting Chief Justice AK Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw sought the response by March 7 on a PIL of Nyay Bhoomi, an organisation representing auto drivers, through its president Lt Col BB Sharan. According to the petition, for a smooth traffic movement on the 5.7-km Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand flyover, the government should not restrain vehicles other than buses to ply in the bus lane. The petitioner said except the non-motorised vehicles like bicycle and cycle rickshaws, three-wheelers and four-wheelers should be allowed to ply in the bus lane. As per the petitioner, most of the time the bus lane remains free but the situation on the other lanes, meant for cars and other vehicles, was chaotic and people get stuck in jams for hours. The BRT corridor between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand in south Delhi was inaugurated in April 2008. The bench fixed March 7 for further hearing of the PIL.
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Patient goes missing; doctor unavailable
Greater Noida, January 18 "Bhabuti Rai runs a clinic at Surajpur. He treats the patients suffering from piles and lives at Kanshi Ram housing colony in Ghodi Bachheda. One Hira Lal Chauhan has lodged a complaint against the doctor today," said Ajit Singh, SHO, Surajpur. "According to Hira Lal, his son Pramod Chauhan was suffering from piles. Rai allegedly performed operation on him. Even after the surgery, he could not get relief. So, he again went to his clinic on December 21 with a friend Raju who admitted him to the clinic," said Singh. "Later, Pramod went missing from the clinic. He has not reached home so far. Hira Lal alleged that when he went to the clinic, the doctor along with his son was also missing," said the SHO and added, "When we went to the doctor's house, we were told that the doctor along with wife went to his hometown in Paschimbanga on January 2. His mobile phone was not contactable. We are trying to trace the doctor and recover the missing patient." |
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Dikshit meets Gupta over Jor Bagh clash
New Delhi, January 18 Minor incidents of violence occurred when a Shia mourning procession was not allowed entry to the Karbala in south Delhi on Sunday evening. The violence erupted around 6 pm in the Jor Bagh area after locals alleged that the gate of the religious structure had been closed by authorities. The Chief Minister urged Gupta to take all possible measures to maintain law and order in the Capital. Dikshit met Gupta and chief secretary PK Tripathi and was apprised of the situation at Karbala and circumstances leading to the disturbances. She asked Gupta to ensure that no untoward incident, threatening peace and harmony took place.
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Rs 10 cr for scholarships
New Delhi, January 18 Mahinder Nagpal, chairman, education committee, said at least 3,500 students each from classes IV and V would be awarded scholarship of Rs 500 and Rs 700, respectively. The total expenditure on the scheme will be approximately Rs 42 lakh. Nagpal said to encourage more and more girls to enroll for primary education, the MCD had decided to pay Rs 200 each to the girl students from classes I to V. There are approximately 4.5 lakh girls in these classes in all municipal schools. The total expenditure on the schemes for the current financial year 2012-2013 will be about Rs 9.5 crore. "Parents belonging to the weaker section of society are unable to educate their children in public schools. We appeal to them to get their children admitted to MCD schools," he said. "The MCD is providing education, stationery, school bags, uniforms etc free of cost to the students so that there is uniformity among them,” he added. |
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Bunty in Delhi police custody for 2 days
New Delhi, January 18 He was arrested in Bhopal on January 14 near a hotel, where he was staying. Bunty while being questioned by the Bhopal police claimed that he is an "incarnation of God". He then said that his name is 'Napolean Jesus'. This gave an indication of his mental instability, according to the police. Sources said that this could be one of his ploys to evade the law. However, some Delhi police officials said that Bunty was upset as his family, girlfriend and the NGO disowned him. They reportedly did not help him start a fresh lease of life. Bunty entered the world of crime in 1993. He has been involved in five cases of theft and carjacking in the last two months. Furthermore, the thief could also tame dogs, which was a boon in most of the 500 cases of theft, added sources. At present, he is in the custody of the South-East district police. He is likely to be sent to the South district police station, where he is wanted in several cases of carjacking, according to sources. Bunty also has a weakness for luxury cars and expensive watches, the sources added. |
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Tax collection target in sight: CM
New Delhi, January 18 There has been a growth of 23 per cent during the first nine months of the current year as compared to the corresponding period of the last financial year despite the economic slowdown. This was stated today by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit who is also holding charge of the finance department. The Chief Minister said that Delhi is all set to achieve the target of tax collection of Rs 20,246 crore as mentioned in the current year's budget. There has been the highest 61 per cent growth in taxes on motor vehicles, 42 per cent in stamps and registration fee, 26 per cent in state excise and 18 per cent in VAT collection. She said that about 72 per cent of the target has been achieved up to December 2011.
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Political posters removed
Greater Noida, January 18 "Political parties and candidates cannot put up display boards or banners at public places without taking permission from the administration. If the banners are to be installed on the premises of some private house or building, the political party concerned should first take the permission of the landlord and then the administration will give its permission," Sarvjit Ram, additional district magistrate, said. "Today, hoardings and banners were removed from Kasna Kherli Road, Dadri GT Road, Surajpur- Haldoni Crossing along Kherli Canal, Dankaur, Bilaspur, Ladpura and Tilapta, Chithera, Dhoom Manikpur and other nearby areas," said Ram. "Writing on the walls is strictly banned," said Ram. |
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