New Delhi, June 7
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) conducted raids today to check the sale of unhygienic and unwholesome food in its jurisdiction.

During the 23 raids conducted in different areas, 6,370 kgs of unwholesome food and 7,660 kgs of substandard ice were destroyed.

SDMC officials took action against 21 water trolleys, whereas 11 sugarcane crushers were seized.

A total of 82 illegal eating outlets were closed during these raids. As many as 76 prosecutions were made against these outlets.

The raids were conducted by the health department in view of the upcoming monsoon season. And the department is determined to check the sale of stale food in the rainy season. "Strict action will be taken against the sale of unhygienic food, cut fruits put openly on roadside and unwholesome ice," said a senior official of the health department.

The officials said that they would continue to conduct such raids in the coming days. "These raids which are conducted to check the quality of street food items before the onset of monsoon are part of annual activities," the official said.

Most of the vendors selling the food items in the open don't have the requisite licence. "Action is being taken against all illegal vendors in the city. Only 5 to 10 per cent of vendors selling food items on Delhi's roads have the required licence to set up such vending sites," he said.

New Delhi, June 7
A head constable of the Delhi police died after he was hit by a speeding car at New Usmanpur last night.

Ishwar Dayal (53) was posted at the Gandhi Nagar police station in East Delhi. He belonged to Muradnagar in Uttar Pradesh. He was hit by a speeding Santro car when he was crossing the road at a petrol pump near IT Park in New Usmanpur at 10.30 pm.

Sources said that due to the impact of the accident, Dayal was thrown in the air and he landed on the car's windshield. A passerby rushed to the spot and found Dayal lying in a pool of blood.

The driver of the car immediately fled, leaving his vehicle on the spot.

The police has impounded the vehicle.

The head constable was rushed to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, but doctors declared him brought dead.

The sources said that he died due to excessive bleeding and severe head injuries.

A case under Sections 304A (causing death due to negligence) and 279 (rash driving) of the IPC has been registered.

The driver has been identified from the car's registration number and the documents recovered from the vehicle.

The police has begun the manhunt.

After the postmortem, the body has been handed over to the family.

He is survived by his wife and three children.

New Delhi, June 7
Four days after repeated glitches almost crippled the process of online submission of forms at Delhi University for the coming academic session, the payment gateway enabling students to submit application fee online, finally started working.

Dean of Student Welfare JM Khurana today said that the online portal was up and running and that the students will now have the option of submitting the application fee online through a debit/credit card.

"A total of 53,000 students have registered online till now, out of which 220 made payments through the gateway that started working today. The rest of 2,100 students have submitted demand drafts. The number will take at least a day's time to pick up further. Offline, we registered a total sale of 12,500 forms," Khurana said.

Over the last three days, students had been complaining that there were several problems with online forms. They were supposed to send a demand draft to the university by snail mail or drop one in person, over the counter. Most students were worried about the time their DD would take to reach the university, which should not be beyond the last date for submission of forms.

"I was really worried when I could not submit my form online on Tuesday. The website was really slow and after I found out about the demand draft requirement, I decided that I would come to the university personally. We had to come anyhow to submit a form for my sister under the physically challenged category. I would make the payment once I reach home, because I do not want the added tension of a DD, wondering when it will reach the university," said Manyata Sarkar who accompanied her visually challenged sister Madhura on North Campus today.

One of the counsellors said, "The distress phone calls continue today though the nature of their queries has changed. Even though many students were relieved, others called to check if their demand drafts have arrived and if they can do anything to ensure that the DDs reach on time."

New Delhi, June 7
A travel agent has been arrested in Delhi for allegedly forging the signature and letterhead of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Member of Parliament (MP) Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, to confirm railway tickets that were on the waiting list.

The police has arrested one of the accused, Gufran Ahmed, but the mastermind, Rafiulla, is at large.

Rajesh Verma, the personal secretary of Hussain, registered a complaint about the incident at the Parliament Street police station on Wednesday.

Verma told the police that someone has forged the letterhead and signature of Shahnawaz Hussain to give passenger name record (PNR) request to the divisional railway manager of Ambala in Haryana.

The police started its investigations into the matter. An investigative officer went to platform number two of the Nizamuddin railway station. He saw seat number 35 of coach S3 of the Golden Temple train. He found two persons travelling on the seat that was confirmed through a forged letter.

They were identified as Mohammad Umar of Ajamgarh in Uttar Pradesh and his cousin Abu Hamza of Turkman Gate in old Delhi.