New Delhi, September 13
The hold of the Left ideologies is far from being over from the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus where counting is under way since late last night.

With the conflicting updates coming in from the right and Left student organisations, All India Students' Association (AISA) was said to be leading in three of the top panel posts-president, vice-president and general secretary while the candidates of newly-formed, Left Progressive Front (LPF) comprising Democratic Students Federation (DSF) and the All India Students Federation (AISF) continued to have an edge over others. LPF's Sreejita confirmed it when counting of nearly 2,000 votes had been completed, even as two of AISA's top office-bearers have allegations of sexual harassment on campus this year.

In the top panel, ABVP had been leading until evening with the results of small science schools with the other student groups trailing by small margins until counting of 1,500 votes, as confirmed by Mamata Tripathi of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).

Among the 26 councillor posts whose results have been declared --nine are said to have been bagged by the BJP-leaning ABVP, six each going to AISA and Students Federation of India (SFI), three fell into the kitty of the LPF. Two have been bagged by independents.

The counting of the remaining five councillor posts those of the School of Languages went on until the filing of this report. 

New Delhi, September 13
In a bid to reduce increasing fatal accidents and avoid massive jams caused by heavy and medium goods vehicles entering the Capital, the Delhi Traffic Police have drawn an extensive plan to tame the vehicles as well as drivers.

The police have identified 16 flyovers which are accident-prone in the city. They include Sarita Vihar, Dhaula Kuan, ITO, Dabri, AIIMS, Mahipalpur and Rajokari. The traffic police have asked the neighbouring states not to allow the pile-up of goods vehicle on their side which lead to jams.

"In a meeting of the coordination committee, the Delhi Traffic Police raised the issue and asked their counterparts in UP and Haryana to restrict the pile-up of vehicles in their areas," said Anil Shukla, Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) while speaking at the seminar on "Road Safety During Dark Hours" organised jointly by the Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and International Road Federation (IRF) here today.

He said, "About 45,000 medium and heavy goods vehicle entering the Capital are not only causing congestion but also endangering the life and safety of other road users. During last year, about 964 fatal accidents happened at night as compared to 852 in the daytime. Till August 2014, 577 people had died in fatal accidents as compared to 537 during the daytime. Most of these accidents take place between 9 pm and 8 am."

New Delhi, September 13
Calling an autorickshaw has never been easier for people in Delhi, but thanks to "Pooch-O" app travel in three-wheelers has become safe and comfortable.

The recently launched application, designed to track autorickshaws in your vicinity and hail them over phone, has become a hit among Delhiites as the facility has recorded over 1.5 takers within a month of its commencement.

The feature has proved quite beneficial for women commuters because of the comfort and sense of security felt by them as all the autos registered with application are being monitored under the GPS system by the central control room.

Tripti Sinha, IT developer in a private organization, said, "I feel secure with this app on my phone. I often use this app while travelling to share my current location with my family and friends and keep them away from worries."

The application that was developed by Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) allows the users to book the autos for a pick-up and drop service by tracing the location of the nearest three-wheeler. They can call auto drivers directly on their personal mobile numbers and book their trips.

"I used this app to call an auto at midnight and availed its service. As I was unwell and could not drop my parents to railway station, 'Pooch-O' came to my help," said Rajkishori Singh, lecturer at GGSIP University.

Senior DIMTS official said many women commuters have expressed their satisfaction. Through this application some of them could book autos even as late as 1 am at night.

Kumar Siddharth, student of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, said, "I am a regular commuter of auto-rickshaws. But sometimes it becomes very difficult to avail autos at odd hours. 'Pooch-O' comes as a solution to my problem. Last Saturday, I could book an auto post-midnight while returning from a friend's place."

"More than 500 people have rated it five on a scale of five over 1.5 lakh times the application has been accessed since it has been launched," said the official.

Apart from this, the app provides information on the estimated fare, trip distance, travel time as well as the traffic condition on the route. Getting autos will no longer be a worry with "Pooch-O" app on your mobile.

New Delhi, September 13
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has despatched medical aid worth Rs 10 lakh as a relief for flood-affected people in Jammu & Kashmir.

In addition, the consultants and employees of the hospital have decided to contribute their one day's salary for the relief efforts, said the hospital authorities.

The help followed after the Director General of Health Services of Srinagar informed the hospital management that most hospitals in the valley have become non-functional except Ahmed Hospital.

"There is acute shortage of medicines, blankets and eatables in the valley for patients. As per the requirement mentioned and in continuation of hospital's CSR initiative we have dispatched the first lot of blankets, bed-sheets, sterilized OT sheets, injections, i.v. fluids , disposable syringes, inhalers, tablets, adhesive plaster and many other items worth," the authorities said.