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Freak mishap snuffs out young life The school bus on which the victim was travelling.
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Anna supporters want SIT to nail corrupt politicos
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Man’s son, wife held for his murder
Lokayukta wants original cabinet letter on
illegal colonies
Man held with antique idols worth Rs 15 crore
Cop helps thieves to steal mini-truck
Girl raped by DTC conductor
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Freak mishap snuffs out young life
New Delhi, July 25 Around 2.40 pm, Jaskiran was returning home from school in his school bus. He was sitting on the last seat of the bus. According to the police, he had pushed half his body outside the window on the right side of the bus to buy ice cream from a vendor. It was then that bus driver Raju, who was apparently not aware that Jaskiran was leaning outside the bus, drove the vehicle and Jaskiran's head hit an electric pole. According to eyewitnesses, after hitting the pole, Jaskiran became unconscious, but the bus plied around 100 metres further. Raju stopped the bus only after people around shouted. On learning about the accident, he tried to escape, but was overpowered by people on the spot and handed over to the police. A police control room vehicle rushed Jaskiran to Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, but doctors declared him dead. A case of causing death by negligence and rash driving has been registered against Raju at the Punjabi Bagh police station. Meanwhile, principal of Hansraj Model School Reeta Rajan Kumar tried to pass the buck by claiming that the bus did not belong to the school. "The school had hired the vehicle on contract. We will lodge a police complaint against the bus owner," she told reporters. |
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Anna supporters want SIT to nail corrupt politicos
New Delhi, July 25 People could be seen gathering from the distant parts of the country, including UP, Haryana, Uttarakhand, etc, to express solidarity to the cause of battling against a corrupt system through an effective Lokpal Bill. From Haryana's Bhiwani district, a group of 51 people had come to support the mass leader-the second Jai Prakash Narayan to many-led by Attar Lal Thakur, chairperson of Bharatiya Rajput Sabha. "We are here to support Annaji's agitation. Corruption is a threat and to retain the Independence, it is important to fight these corrupt bureaucrats and autocratic government. This movement is bound to succeed," said Attar who during his student days had participated in the JP Narayan movement. Some such as S. Lal from Bijnaur's Chandpur (UP) felt that the government needed to take lessons on governance from the nation's face Anna. "I have come to participate in this protest, which is the first step towards eradicating corruption. The government should follow the advice of Annaji or else it has to go. All corrupt politicians should be probed by SIT," said Lal, holding a Tricolour while waiting for Anna to reach the venue. It was around noon that the 74-year-old Gandhian arrived at the protest venue where his supporters were seen waving Tricolours as the mass leader raised slogans with the same gusto, "Inquilab Zindabad" and "Bharat Mata Ki Jai", even as he addressed the gathering in the evening. There were several organisations and trade unions such as the Hind Mazdoor Sabha-affiliated Eastern Medikit Employees' Trade Union which had come to support the Gandhian-led agitation. "We are tired of corruption and we are here to support Anna. We have not received our salaries for three months even as we are the permanent employees working for nearly 20 years in the company. But now when it was the time of renewal of the agreement, the management and the owner Karun Raj Narang left the place," said Radheshyam, who was accompanied by around 1,000 workers of the Gurgaon-based company. Hitting at the government and the political parties, Anna's core committee members said, "These people are from the Dalit and other backward classes who have come to join the movement on their own and not brought by any political party. Bribery is entrenched in the country's whole system with the common man ending up paying for almost everything--starting from the birth registration, admissions, medical treatment to the driving licence. This fight against corruption will continue." |
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Man’s son, wife held for his murder
New Delhi, July 25 The victim, whose name has not been revealed by the police, was reportedly a smack addict. "After killing his father, Danish placed his body in a room of his house. Meanwhile, his mother and sister returned home at 5 pm. Naima sent her daughter to call her grandmother, who is residing in the same locality. Naima told Danish to leave and said that she would clean the bloodied spot and concoct a story to save him," said Additional Commissioner of Police (south-east district) Ajay Chaudhry. Yesterday at 5.45 pm, the police reached the spot and found the body with a deep cut on the neck and multiple stabs on the back. The police suspected an insider's involvement in the murder, because a wiper was used to clean the bloodied floor. The police investigated Naima, her youngest son and daughter. Naima said that Danish was outside in search of a job. She said that she had mopped the floors of the two rooms, where the murder occurred and the place where the body was kept. The police doubted her statement. She alleged that her brother-in-law Zahiruddin had murdered her husband, because they had a property dispute. Zahiruddin said after the murder, Naima told him to come over and see what had happened to her husband. When he reached the spot, he saw his brother's body lying in a pool of blood. He called the police. "Meanwhile, Naima started saying that Zahiruddin had killed her husband," added Chaudhry. Zahiruddin said that he saw Danish leaving the house in a hurry at 5 pm. It is also learnt that Danish had switched off his mobile phone. Danish was arrested from the Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station while he was attempting to flee Delhi. He said that his father had been a smack addict for the past 20 years and suffering from tuberculosis. He often abused Naima and also cast aspersions on her character, which upset Danish and made him angry. Yesterday afternoon, while Danish and his father were having lunch, the latter again abused Naima. According to Chaudhry, Danish lost his temper and grabbed a sharp-edged object. He tried to stab his father. "But his father snatched the object and thrust it in Danish's thigh. Danish then grabbed a butcher's knife and cut his father's throat," said Chaudhry.
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Lokayukta wants original cabinet letter on
illegal colonies
New Delhi, July 25 The Lokayukta said that earlier a notice had been served through a special messenger on July 13 on a matter of tampering with the cabinet decision, asking the Principal Secretary to produce the original letter. However, he failed to produce the letter. The Lokayukta said that it was not understandable that the letter of cabinet which had given permission for the construction of roads and drains in unauthorized colonies in the assembly constituency Mahipalpur was not traceable. The letter had been sent to the MLA, Minister of Urban Development, Principal Secretary (UD) as well as the Special Secretary (UD). The letter should be
produced forthwith along with the original records of the allotment of works, the Lokaykta directed. The Lokayukta
also said that it should be clarified whether the permission for construction of roads and drains had been
duly approved by the minister concerned or not and the noting in original should be produced as well. The Lokayukta said
that instead of the Principal Secretary, the department concerned had sent Deputy Secretary
Dharam Pal Sharma and Superintendent Nagesh Kumar who told him that the original letter of the cabinet was not traceable and the efforts were on to trace the letter. |
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Man held with antique idols worth Rs 15 crore
New Delhi, July 25 Additional commissioner of police (south-east district) Ajay Chaudhry said the idols that are made of metal date back to the 16th century. "One of them is of a man and the other is of a woman," he said. Yesterday, the police was tipped-off that Singh was searching for a prospective buyer for the two antique idols. They learnt that he would arrive at the ISKCON temple. The police arrested Singh from the parking lot of the temple at 8 am. "A khaki cloth bag containing the two idols was seized from him. He could not provide a reason for possessing the antique articles. He was thereafter arrested," said another senior official. A case under relevant sections of the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act and the Indian Penal Code was registered against Singh at the Amar Colony police station. The police will take the help of experts from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to learn more about the idols. The database of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) are being checked to ascertain the source of the idols.
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Cop helps thieves to steal mini-truck
New Delhi, July 25 The arrested persons are identified as Shoaib Ahmad, Taj and Shehbaj. According to the police, the accused were with the head constable at an area in Kanjhawala on the night of July 21. The police said that the trio fled with the vehicle when the head constable was questioning the mini-truck driver. Later, even he fled from the crime scene. The driver later realised that he was cheated and informed construction company in Bawana, where he works, and approached the police. The police has launched a hunt to nab the head constable, whose name it did not disclose.
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Girl raped by DTC conductor
New Delhi, July 25 According to the police, the girl alleged that the accused, Sonu (25), took her to a farmhouse at Alipur. There he allegedly gave her alcohol and raped her. The victim reached her house and informed her family members about the incident, who lodged the complaint yesterday. The police took the girl to a nearby hospital, where her medical examination confirmed that she was raped. Sonu was thereafter arrested. A police official said that the victim and the accused are acquainted with each other since their childhood days, as they belong to the same village. |
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Srivastava DDA Vice-Chairman
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A 16-year-old boy died today when his head accidentally hit an electric pole while he was buying ice cream from inside his school bus. The incident happened in Punjabi
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