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CEO to pull out all stops to ensure highest voter turnout
Wakf Board to get 123 properties back
Metro cards can now be recharged at AFC gates
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AAP kicks off women mobilisation drive for polls
Mother accused of forcing minor into prostitution
Four arrested for dacoities
Panel formed to ensure NE people's safety
BJP demands rollback of hiked water tariff
Northwest to have highest number of voters for LS polls
Mughal Gardens get over 2.86 lakh visitors till March 2
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CEO to pull out all stops to ensure highest voter turnout
New Delhi, March 5 Of Delhi's over 1.2 crore voters, 1.28 lakh will vote for the first time in the Lok Sabha polls. Delhi has seven parliamentary constituencies and will go to polls on April 10. Over 66 lakh voters are male while more than 53 lakh are females and 638 transgenders. The last date for filing nominations is March 22, while candidates can withdraw from the fray by March 26. Nomination forms will be scrutinised on March 24, while the last date of withdrawal of nominations will be March 26, he added. Dev said that 1,20,60,493 voters have been enrolled as per the final rolls published on January 31. However, those who are not enrolled and are eligible to vote can submit their forms till March 12 (10 days before the last date of nominations on March 22) to get their names enrolled. During the 2013 Delhi legislative elections, 1,19,32,069 voters were enrolled and after summary revision, 1,28,424 voters have been added to the list. About 1,10,96,854 voters were enrolled during the 2009 parliamentary elections. "We are going to the poll with 100 per cent photo electoral rolls (PER) and 100 per cent Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) as we did for the first time in legislative elections 2013, as against the 2009 parliamentary elections when our EPIC percentage was 86.4 and the PER was 79.8 per cent," said Dev. |
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Wakf Board to get 123 properties back
New Delhi, March 5 Of the 123 properties, 61 were occupied by the Land and Building Office of the Urban Development Ministry and 62 by the Delhi Development Authority. In 1984 when the late Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, had asked the government to hand over these properties to the Wakf Board, the VHP had filed a case and taken court stay order. But in 2011 the stay order was vacated and the court had asked the status of these properties, sources said. When the government had told the court that the Wakf Board had neither given compensation nor land in lieu of these properties, the court had asked the agencies concerned to hand over these properties to the actual owner, the sources said. The Central government today has withdrawn from the acquisition of the Wakf properties on two conditions - no compensation will be paid by the government or DDA or other government entities, cases pertaining to the said properties filed by the Delhi Wakf Board against the government or DDA pending in any court of law will be withdrawn first, a Home Ministry statement said. Most properties are in and around Connaught Place, Mathura Road, Lodhi Road, Man Singh Road, Pandara Road, Ashoka Road, Janpath, Parliament House, ITO, Karol Bagh, Sadar Bazar, Daryaganj and Jangpura in the national Capital. |
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Metro cards can now be recharged at AFC gates
New Delhi, March 5 The facility was launched at the Barakhamba Road Metro station today by DMRC Managing Director Mangu Singh and other senior officials by topping up their smart cards at the AFC entry gates. "DMRC has partnered with ICICI Bank for this Auto Top facility. Passengers desirous of getting this facility will have to fill in a 'Standing Instructions Form' giving the mandate to deduct a particular amount from their credit or debit cards," said a senior DMRC official. Besides, the interested passengers may leave their contact details at the Customer Care Centres of all 54 Metro stations and ICICI officials will contact them to process the Auto Top mechanism in their smart cards. Once the application is approved by ICICI Bank, which is likely to take a week's time, the smart card will be registered for the Auto Top-Up facility and linked to the account after the registration of the mandate. Passengers will be notified of the approval accordingly through e-mail/SMS from the bank. Following the approval, the passengers will have to activate their smart cards for Auto Top-Up facility from 41 designated stations which include all the stations of Line 5 (Inderlok-Mundka) and Line 6 (Central Secretariat-Badarpur) along with nine stations of Line 2 (Jahangirpuri to HUDA City Centre) from Chattarpur to HUDA City Centre. Once the smart card gets registered, the Auto Top-up instruction shall be executed automatically at AFC entry gates and Add Value of Rs 200 will be added to the card when the balance of the smart card goes below Rs 100. |
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AAP kicks off women mobilisation drive for polls
New Delhi, March 5 Discussing the Delhi model, AAP member and in-charge of its women wing here Ranju Minhas said the party's main aim is to identify more female volunteers and reach out to the last household in every village and far-flung areas in the country through women who are worst affected due to corruption in health, education services, etc. "Women form little less than 50 per cent voters in the country. We want more women to come and take up issues that affect them. We are in the process of making core committees at the assembly level and later at the ward level represented by participants at the booth level. There are over 1,500 active volunteers who are on the job in Delhi and the outreach is far more," said Ranju. Teams of such active volunteers are holding meetings with locals where they are guided on many local issues concerning them. "The volunteers are spreading the message of AAP on effective women security, self-defence training for women and long-term measures such as instilling values in children during their formative years. We look forward to having at least 15-20 volunteers for every booth before the Lok Sabha polls," added Ranju. While the party volunteers held similar meetings in Okhla, Chattarpur, Rajpur village, Sangam Vihar, RK Puram and Badarpur, AAP is organising activities as part of its weeklong women mobilisation exercise till March 8 (International Women's Day) when the party will hold rallies across the country and in Delhi they would assemble at Jantar Mantar. "We have made 14 observers for 70 assembly constituencies in Delhi and each one of them has been allocated the task of connecting with women in their area and community. They are made aware about the need for equal participation in ushering Swaraj and removing corruption in India. The women in turn explain the vision of AAP and Swaraj to others in their family," she said. |
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Mother accused of forcing minor into prostitution
New Delhi, March 5 The police have recorded the victim's statement. They will register a case after her medical examination to be conducted tomorrow. According to the police, the girl's father passed away some years ago and since then she has been living with her mother at Paschim Vihar. Due to the financial constraints, her mother allegedly forced her into prostitution in January this year. Her mother would allegedly take her to customers in Nizamuddin, Dwarka and Mianwali Nagar, where three men raped her several times. The victim alleged that her mother did not listen to her complaints about being forced to have unnatural sex. "She complained that her mother would lock her in the house without food and beat her when she resented the abuse," said a police officer. Last week, the girl escaped from home and reached her maternal grandmother's residence at Pashim Vihar. The victim's grandmother took her to the Paschim Vihar police station on Tuesday. The victim gave clues to the police on two of the three men, who allegedly raped her. The police are searching for these men. |
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Four arrested for dacoities
New Delhi, March 5 They were caught by the police near the Rithala Metro station in Rohini. They were travelling in a tempo, and planned to rob a godown. The four men have been identified by the police as Sagar, alias Jahangir (35), Suhag, alias Rustam (27), Ajibul Khan, alias Bullet (21) and Sakir Ali (21). The police said that Sagar stayed at Faridabad in Haryana, but belonged to Bhagirath district in Bangladesh. The other three accused stay in Delhi and Ghaziabad. "Sagar claimed to be writing a book on girls between the ages of 16 and 20. He printed pamphlets for distributing them to college girl students for getting their photographs and mobile phone numbers. “This activity was undertaken to create a database and lure the girls into the flesh trade," said Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav. According to the police, Sagar had met Suhag, one Sharafat and a person called Psychology at the Dasna Jail in Ghaziabad. "They had formed a gang after coming out of the jail. They committed
robberies in Noida, Surajpur, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Agra and Delhi. The gang leader was in constant touch with
other Bangladeshi criminals operating in India," said the Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime). |
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Panel formed to ensure NE people's safety
New Delhi, March 5 The committee will have representatives from the Northeast community: J. Maivio Woba, Binalekshmi Nepram, advocate Upamanyu Hazarika, a representative from the Northeast MPs Forum, and Sanjoy Hazarika. The other members of the committee are Joint Commissioner of Police (Security), district magistrates (Southwest, North, South, and New Delhi), deputy commissioners of police (North, South and Southwest) and a nominee from the Ministry of Development of Northeastern Region. The committee will discuss and identify concrete mechanism to enhance the security of persons from the Northeast. "They will solicit views of the members from the Northeast community living in Delhi to outline key issues. The committee will put in place a system of regular interaction between the district administration, Delhi Police and members of organizations from the Northeast to discuss problem areas and identify remedial measures," said a senior Delhi government official. The committee will work out institutional mechanism to ensure that the grievances of persons from the Northeast are attended to promptly. |
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BJP demands rollback of hiked water tariff
New Delhi, March 5 Delhi BJP chief Dr Harsh Vardhan said that water is the natural resource and basic need of every person. There is tradition of providing free drinking water to the needy in this
country. Vardhan said all the BJP legislators are receiving complaints about shortage of water with the onset of summer. A timebound action should be taken to avoid shortage of water in this summer season. "There are many places in Delhi where murder has been committed for a bucket of water. The problem of law and order arises every year in summer due to shortage of water. We have to remain cautious about it," he said. He said the Lt. Governor should order providing water through tubewells in all the rehabilitated colonies, unauthorized colonies, slum clusters, etc. |
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Northwest to have highest number of voters for LS polls
New Delhi, March 5 A total 1,39, 2395 number of people have enrolled themselves from the North-East Delhi region and are eligible to exercise their franchise. Out of the total, 11, 56, 697 male voters and 9,37,073 female voters have been enrolled. Northwest is followed by West Delhi which has recorded an enrollment of 19,22, 339 voters who include 10,44,480 males and 8,77,771 females. Next in terms of number is Northeast Delhi which enrolled 18,67,000 voters, including 10,29, 098 males and 8,37,810
females. — PTI |
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Mughal Gardens get over 2.86 lakh visitors till March 2
New Delhi, March 5 "The maximum number of visitors on a single day was 50,173 on February 23, which was a Sunday. Since maximum visitors are on weekends, public are encouraged to come on weekdays," said Venu Rajamony, Press Secretary to the President. The Mughal Gardens will be open exclusively for farmers on March 18, differently abled persons on March 19 and defence and para-military personnel on March 20. Entry of differently abled persons will be through the main reception of Rashtrapati Bhavan from 10 hrs to 1pm. |
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