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Two buildings catch fire
City witnesses hottest day of August in 12 years
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British Dy PM visits Gurdwara Bangla
Sahib
People losing trust in BJP, says DPCC on bypoll results
It's raining discounts at Delhi Book Fair
Registration of 45 bogus dealers cancelled
Drive begins against encroachment, illegal parking
5,244 bottles of illicit liquor seized
Man stabbed to death over minor issue
CBI probe sought into CP renovation work People not getting full ration,
alleges CPI
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Two buildings catch fire
New Delhi, August 25 The second fire started at a four-storey commercial building in Chandni Chowk in the afternoon. A woman customer sustained burns on her face, hands and legs when a 'faulty' transformer came crashing down. The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) received a call at 7.50 am about a fire at a NIIT centre in A-Block of Connaught Place. There were reportedly a few people, mostly security guards and employees, at the centre at that time. However, more than 60 people were training at Fitness First, a gym, on the second floor of the building. The fire also engulfed the gym. "We evacuated all the people from the gym through an exit route on the rear side of the building within five minutes," said an employee at the gymnasium. Twenty-two fire tenders arrived at the site of the incident within 15 minutes. The area was cordoned off as the fire spread to the neighbouring buildings. "Extinguishing the fire was difficult because of the internal design of the NIIT centre," said a DFS official. High-rise ladders were used to send the firefighters inside the building as they broke window panes and entered from the rear side of the building. While the flames were brought under control by 3 pm, the officials said the "cooling operation" continued until late evening. The firefighters and the police are trying to ascertain the cause of the fire. Later, a fire broke out at a building in the narrow lanes of Kinari Bazar in Chandni Chowk. Eyewitnesses said at about 1.30 pm, a transformer crashed, bringing down a wall surrounding it and starting a fire. According to the shopkeepers of the area, no action has been taken to rectify the faulty transformer. Several shopkeepers said they had a narrow escape. Fire tenders reached the spot after an hour of the incident and senior officials blamed it on the narrow lanes. The blaze was brought under control by 6 pm with the help of 22 fire tenders. |
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City witnesses hottest day of August in 12 years
New Delhi, August 25 At Palam, mercury touched at 40.7 degree Celsius, making it the hottest place of the city. Apart from Palam, Ridge, Ayanagar and Najafgarh also recorded above 40 degrees Celsius. According to the MeT officials, there would be no relief from scorching heat for the next 2-3 days and temperature may rise further in the absence of rains. Dellhiites felt the scorching heat as they stepped out on the streets today with the sun beating down. The minimum temperature was recorded at 27.5 degree Celsius, a notch above the normal. The humidity level hovered between 74 and 40 per cent. The MeT department has predicted a clear sky for tomorrow. "There would be no relief for the next 2-3 days and temperature may rise further in the absence of rains. It will be a mainly clear sky tomorrow. "The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to be 39 and 28 degrees respectively," said the weatherman. The city had recorded maximum temperature of 38.4 degree Celsius on August 20 making it the hottest day in August since 2002. But today's maximum broke that record.
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People losing trust in BJP, says DPCC on bypoll results
New Delhi, August 25 "The way the Aam Aadmi Party lost in Punjab, it has become clear that the party would be wiped out in Delhi Assembly elections," said Sharma. "The people of Delhi will definitely reject AAP in the national Capital as well. After identifying the real faces of both AAP and
BJP, Delhiites will support Congress if elections are held," he said. In December last year, Congress had suffered a severe drubbing in the assembly polls, winning just eight seats in the 70-member assembly after ruling the city for 15 consecutive
years. "BJP and AAP have failed to address the public-related issues in Delhi. People will not come back to these political parties," he said. Three months after its spectacular showing in the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP today received a jolt in the assembly by-elections suffering a 4-6 defeat at the hands of the
RJD-JD (U)-Congress alliance in Bihar and yielding two strongholds to the Congress in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh. |
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It's raining discounts at Delhi Book Fair
New Delhi, August 25 "It is a bait to attract more customers. When they see an expensive book so reasonably priced, they come inside, explore more and end up buying something or the other," said Sachin Gupta, owner of Sumsac International. "I am also aiming at corporates who will buy such books in bulk," Gupta said. One can also get coffee table books for Rs 100 and Rs 200 in other stalls. "We buy these books in bulk. Our aim is to clear the inventory, so we sell at discounted price," said a representative of Arihant book distributors. Some stalls are offering discounts of up to 30-50 per cent while some distributors have books on sale for just Rs 20. "Where else can you buy a Dan Brown for Rs 20," asked Ankit Sharma, a
student. Parragon is giving three books for Rs 100, whereas publication houses like Random House and Penguin are offering 30 per cent discount. For distributors, the book fair is an apt place for stock clearances and it is a win-win situation for them as well as buyers. "We are not incurring losses because we have to stock the books in warehouses that don't come easy in a city like Delhi where there is a space issue," said Gupta. "We have to make sure parasites don't eat books and take steps to check leakage in the warehouse," he added. Delhi Book Fair is organised by the Indian Trade Promotion Organisation
(ITPO) and the Federation of Indian Publishers (FIP). It will end on August 31.
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Registration of 45 bogus dealers cancelled
New Delhi, August 25 Khirwar said the practice of evading VAT by creation of bogus dealers has picked in the city. Under the VAT system, the bogus dealers (dealers who take registration on wrong credentials and then disappear) issue fake tax invoices on the strength of which genuine dealers claim ITC and thereby reduce their liability to pay VAT. Now, the VAT department has tightened the noose on such bogus dealers. Khirwar clarified that the raids will continue and the action against such bogus sales purchase would be intensified by the department. |
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Drive begins against encroachment, illegal parking
New Delhi, August 25 During the drive that was initiated on the directions of the Deputy Commissioner (East), cars, scooters, motorcycles were towed away and challans issued to the offending vehicles by the police. "The footpaths on Vikas Marg have become inaccessible to the pedestrians, especially women, children and the differently
abled. As a result of the encroachment, people were forced to walk on the main road at a serious risk to their lives," said the Deputy Commissioner. He said to overcome this problem, it was decided in the District Task Force meeting that a concerted exercise would be initiated to ensure safe passage for the pedestrians as well as smooth flow of traffic. He said the exercise was not a 'one-day affair' and would continue. The PWD had been directed to commence repair work on the footpaths for the convenience of the general public. "People are also informed to co-operate and help in keeping the footpaths free and safe for the pedestrians," said an official who supervised the exercise. |
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5,244 bottles of illicit liquor seized
New Delhi, August 25 Giving the details of the raids, Semwal said that four cases have been registered at different police stations, Adarsh
Nagar, Bhajanpura, Alipur, Samaypur Badli and one at Sonepat in Haryana. He said that the department has seized 31,680 bottles of illicit liquor of different brands and cases were registered against the accused in different police stations in the Capital under the Delhi Excise Act, 2009. The vehicles used in the crime were also
confiscated. Semwal said that so far the Excise Department has seized 36,924 bottles of illicit liquor in Delhi. "Raids will continue to check the discrepancies and find whether the provisions are followed properly. Stringent action will be taken against the
persons found violating the provisions," said the Commissioner. |
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Man stabbed to death over minor issue
New Delhi, August 25 According to an officer, privy to the details of the case, Pandey and another man named Tiwari, his colleague, were walking near the NDPL subway in Nangloi around 9.15 pm when the incident took place. "The two other men were also walking on the same route. One of them touched Pandey and an argument started over this. They stabbed Pandey in his stomach and fled," said the officer. Tiwari took Pandey to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead. The police were informed about the murder by the hospital authorities. Based on Tiwari's statement to the police, they registered a case of murder at the Mangolpuri police station. "No arrests have been made. We are searching for the killers," said the officer. |
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The British Deputy Prime Minister, Nicholas William Peter Clegg, visited Gurdwara Bangla Sahib and paid obeisance today.
Delhi Sikh Gurdwara management Committee (DSGMC) president Manjit Singh GK, and international issues advisor Puneet Singh Chandok accompanied Clegg to the Gurdwara, offered him a Siropa and raised the issues concerning the Sikh
community. GK appealed to Clegg to clear the UK government's stand on its assistance to the Indian government on the Operation Bluestar at Shri Darbar Sahib in Amritsar in 1984.
G.K. said that the revelations made are shocking as a shrine was attacked in the operation and the Sikh community wants clarity on the issue.
Clegg along with the Secretary of State Edward Jonathan Davey also visited the kitchen in the Gurdwara and took part in the preparation for Langar.
TNS
