New Delhi, May 20
In comparison to other regions, Delhi lagged behind in CBSE Class X results announced this evening with the region posting a pass percentage of 98.31 per cent as against the rest of the country with Thiruvananthapuram region leading with a pass percentage of 99.96 per cent.

The pass percentage of the city where 98.81 per cent girls and 97.88 per cent of boys qualified in the exam was even less than last year's 98.40 per cent and this time, it remained the second from the bottom among all the 10 CBSE regions.

Among the 3,17,163 students who appeared in the city, 7,994 candidates achieved Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) 10. Of them, four belong to the differently abled category. A total of 418 government schools achieve 100 per cent result. Besides, 940 government schools achieved 90 per cent and above against 924 government schools last year.

Also, girls have fared better in results (98.81pc) than boys (97.88 pc) while the pass percentage of government schools is 98.81 per cent. The number of students placed in Eligible for Improvement of Performance (EIOP) is 1.63 pc.

The result of Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalayas (RPVV) is 99.96% which is more than that of Delhi Kendriya Vidyalayas (99.58%) and Public Schools of Delhi (99.04%) which is a remarkable achievement for the state government schools.

In the city, several schools scored CGPA 10. Manav Sthali School where a total of 265 students appeared, nearly 27 students secured A1 grade in all the 5 subjects while in Amity International School, Mayur Vihar, 51 students scored 10 CGPA.

Another important point was that the Delhi region did not register any "unfair means cases" this year unlike the last two years. 

New Delhi, May 20
The Lieutenant Governor, Najeeb Jung, today instructed the Deputy Commissioners to monitor the electricity supply being provided by BSES and TPDDL and keep a tab on the power outages so that the general public does not suffer during summer.

He also instructed them to monitor the supply of water in their areas and find out the reasons for shortage of water, if any, and take steps to check illegal water suppliers.

The LG asked the Deputy Commissioners to coordinate with the civic agencies MCD, PWD, DJB, etc. to ensure that de-silting of drains in their districts are carried out properly to avoid waterlogging during the forthcoming monsoon.

The Deputy Commissioners have also been given responsibilities to ensure that there is regular supply of medicines in the hospitals.

The Lieutenant Governor today reviewed the functioning of night shelters, asking the officers concerned to ensure proper maintenance of the shelters, provision of drinking water in them and also taking necessary steps to prevent mosquito breeding.

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nThe Lieutenant Governor instructed the Deputy Commissioners to monitor the electricity supply and keep a tab on the power outages so that the general public does not suffer during summer

New Delhi, May 20
The Congress today said that the Aam Aadmi Party is a B-team of the BJP that promotes RSS ideology. Addressing a press conference here today, Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Arvinder Singh reiterated the point that his party has not come out in support of AAP.

Arvinder said, "We have never said that the Congress is supporting the AAP for forming the government. We cannot support the party that is promoting the agenda of communal forces. "

When asked why the Congress supported the AAP in the Delhi assembly just after the election, he said that the Congress did so to prevent the BJP from coming into power and just to avoid fresh election. The Congress had supported the AAP for the next five years, but the Kejriwal-led AAP government had left the citizens in the lurch.

"We are ready for the election whenever it is conducted. We are sure that our position will improve," Arvinder said.

The Congress Legislative Party leader, Haroon Yusuf, who was also at the press conference, said that neither he nor his MLAs ever told anybody to support AAP. Muslims and Dalits who had voted for the AAP in the assembly election are now regretting their decision. They have decided to come back to the Congress. Whenever the election is held, it will become clear, Yusuf said.

New Delhi, May 20
A deputy manager of a dairy major has been awarded six months in jail by a Delhi court for supplying adulterated low fat cream to a hotel in 2006. The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gaurav Rao also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Mother Dairy's deputy manager Dr Kallol Kumar Pramanik.

The court also convicted and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on Gujarat Corporation Milk Marketing Federation Ltd, which had further supplied the adulterated product to other enterprises through which it reached the hotel.

"...It shall meet the end of justice if convict Dr Kallol Kumar Pramanik is sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of six months as well as pay fine of Rs 10,000 and M/s Gujarat Cooperation Milk Marketing Federation Ltd is sentenced to pay fine of Rs 1 lakh for the offence punishable under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act," the court said.

According to the Department of Prevention of Food Adulteration, Pramanik was also looking after day-to-day business of Mother Dairy, which had supplied the food item to Gujarat Cooperation Milk Marketing Federation.

The federation had further supplied the food item to one Anand Enterprises which had sent that product to the hotel, it said.

According to the prosecution, a raid was conducted by the food inspector at the hotel here on June 3, 2006 during which it was found that its manager was conducting the business of various food items including low fat cream.

The inspector collected the sample of the food item.

"Public analyst found that the sample was adulterated because the milk fat was found to be less than the minimum prescribed standard of 25 per cent," the food inspector said.

A case was filed by the prosecution against both Pramanik and the federation and also against hotel Shangri-La's manager Girish Sharma, hotel's parent group Hotel Excelsior and Anjali Anand and Harsh Anand of Anand Enterprises for allegedly being involved in the business of producing and selling the said adulterated item.

The court, however, acquitted Girish, Hotel Excelsior, Anjali and Harsh in the case.

The court while convicting the others said that the offence was "serious in nature" and "adulteration of food is a menace" to public health.

"The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act has been enacted with an aim of eradicating that social evil and for ensuring purity in the article of food.

"The aim of the Act is to protect the citizens from those in the guise of respectable trades jeopardise the health and the well being of innocent customers.

“The adulterators are serious risk to the society," the court said. — PTI

New Delhi, May 20
Six men have been arrested in connection with the sensational robbery at DBG Road area in Central Delhi last week when two Mumbai-based jewellers were robbed of diamond jewellery worth more than Rs 1 crore, police said today.

The six men, identified as Harcharan Singh (22), Satender Pal Singh alias Prince alias Fraudy (24), Ravinder alias Babloo (24), Harpreet Singh alias Hunny alias London (21), Ashok Kumar (40) and Tarun Adhikari (29) were arrested by Crime Branch team led by DCP Kumar Gyanesh on Sunday after a tip off that they would assemble in Karol Bagh.

Stolen jewellery worth Rs 20 lakh, two motorcycles used by them for committing the robbery and a Skoda car have been seized from them.

Other than that, three expensive smartphones purchased from the booty of the crime have also been seized.

The incident took place at around 8:45 PM on May 15 in the congested area of Desh Bandhu Gupta Road when two Mumbai-based diamond merchants traveling in a car were intercepted near Liberty Cinema by bike-borne assailants.

Two of the miscreants got down from the motorcycles and one of them broke the window shield of the vehicle. After assaulting the occupants of the car, they took away the bag containing jewellery and cash at gun point before fleeing from the scene.

During sustained interrogation, it was revealed that apart from being involved in this robbery, they had committed another robbery of a Delhi based jeweller, police said.

"On April 20, in Maurya Enclave area, they had intercepted one Karol Bagh-based jeweller near KU Block, Pritampura when he was about to board his vehicle. They threw chilli powder on his face, assaulted him with the butt of a weapon and then decamped with his bag containing jewellery," said Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ashok Chand. — PTI

New Delhi, May 20
Two alleged auto lifters who were active in the national Capital have been arrested and 12 stolen vehicles, including luxury cars have been recovered from them, police said today.

The two accused, identified as Saqib alias Shakir (29) and Pawan alias Jagga (57) were arrested by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police following a tip-off.

Police have recovered two Innova, two Swift, two Alto, three Indigo, a Beat, a Santro and a motorcycle from them. Police has claimed to have solved six cases of auto lifting with their arrest.

"They had a very interesting modus operandi. Both of them used to procure total loss/damaged cars from different insurance companies.

"Thereafter, they used to steal cars of the same model and company following which they tampered engine and chassis numbers of the stolen cars as per the papers of damaged/total loss car and sold the robbed vehicle as genuine. They used to dispose off the stolen cars in UP, Punjab, Haryana and Delhi," said Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ashok Chand.

Saqib has been previously is involved in about 15 criminal cases of auto theft while Pawan has been involved in around seven such cases. — PTI