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CAVEAT Faridabad, December 6 Speaking at a seminar organised by the Faridabad Industries Association (FIA) here recently on the topic of “Control of Noise Pollution”, the Chairman of the HPCB, Mr H. S. Bairs, asked the units to do a self-study about the norms required to be followed and the measures to be adopted. He said his office was not competent to extend the timelimit for adopting acoustic enclosure for DG sets as he was answerable to the Supreme Court. He said if self-monitoring procedure was adopted then the units could well maintain the prescribed forms. The board officials would be conducting surprise checks of all polluting units. The checking will be done in a statistical and scientific manner, Mr Bairs added. Earlier, Mr H. R. Gupta, FIA president, stressed the need to bring down pollution in this industrial city. He claimed the FIA had been a forerunner in creating awareness among the entrepreneurs about the growing need of this aspect. Stating that a majority of polluting units in the town had adopted control norms and devices, he said the pollution load on air here had scaled down noticeably over the years. The chief of the environment panel of the FIA, Mr Ajit Vasu, appreciated the role of the board as a watchdog towards preventing industrial pollution. He said the board had played a key role in setting up a hazardous waste management society. Dr K. K. Pujara from IIT, Delhi, Mr G. K. Mehndiratta, Environment Engineer of the Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi, Mr Navin Verma from Woodward Governor India Limited and Mr Manoj Kumar from Larsen and Toubro presented their case studies about the implementation of acoustic enclosures. Dr S. K. Goel, Chairman, seminar and workshop panel of FIA, was also present. |
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DARK Noida, December 6 All the six assailants in Toyota Qualis were armed with weapons and iron rods. They started beating up the petrol pump employees and demanded cash the movement they landed there. One employee Vijay Malik was seriously injured while the intruders snatched Rs 40,000 from the cashier. They snatched some other valuables from another employee Vijay Pandey. Meanwhile, someone informed a beat constable Panna Lal. He immediately reached the petrol pump where the criminals were about to leave in Qualis. Panna Lal blocked their path by throwing his scooter in front of their vehicle and asked a tractor driver to block the rest of the road. The cop threw stones at the criminal’s vehicle. Meanwhile, a desperado pointed a gun at the tractor driver and asked him to move the tractor. They sped away after a while. Manager R.P. Singh, of the Bharat Petroleum pump, has lodged an FIR in Sector-39 police station, Noida. This is the fourth incident of loot and attack within a week. Earlier, an engineer’s house was looted in Sector-56. The case is yet to be solved. In the second incident in Sector-21, a woman was deprived of her purse at gunpoint. The criminals later withdrew Rs 20,000 by using her ATM card found in the purse. In the third incident, criminals on a scooter had snatched a gold chain from a woman in Sector-49.
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A large crowd waiting at the railway station threw stones at the New Delhi-bound Deluxe Express when the passengers inside the train refused to open the gates of the compartment here last evening. However, no one was hurt in the incident. According to a report, the passengers waiting to board the train were not allowed inside the coaches as they were packed to capacity. This infuriated the passengers who pelted the coaches with stones. On receipt of the information, the railway officials arrived on the scene. However, the Government Railway Police have not registered the case so far.
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An examination of different kind for ex-servicemen! Gurgaon, December 6 General Suhag, who appeared to have come here with all guns blazing, told the principals of affiliated/maintained colleges of MDU that he had proposed to the state government to enlist the services of ex-servicemen for examination duties to check copying at the centres. According to well-placed sources, the Chairperson of the Board of School Education, Haryana, Brig O. P. Chaudhary (retd) has also mooted to the government the idea of enlisting the ex-servicemen to stop possible copying at examination centres in schools. The Vice-Chancellor convened the meeting of principals to discuss the issues relating to reforming the examination system of the university. The Chief Controller of Exams, MDU, Dr K. C. Bhardwaj, also accompanied him. Addressing the principals, he informed that the university had decided to change the style of question papers for holistic test of the students. The question, unlike the present format, which had only subjective answers, will have three parts having objective and subjective components. The broad indication dropped by him was that the students will be hard pressed for time during the examination hours in the new scheme of things. As time would be at a premium on the part of examinees, the scope of copying in exams would be that much reduced. However, the new format will be enforced from the 2005 annual examinations. He stressed that external interference at the examination centres had been eliminated and urged the college principals to ensure probity in the examination centres. He expressed satisfaction at the support given by the police and the administration in the districts for ensuring free and fair examinations of the university. He cautioned those teachers who were found delinquent in their mandatory examination duties and directed the principals to exercise their authority against the errant personnel. General Suhag, however, was stumped when a couple of lady principals made out a strong case for including women in the flying squads which visit the examinations centres at girls’ colleges. |
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Rs 1 cr ransom demand for Ganga Ram doctor New Delhi, December 6 The family members of the doctor in a complaint to the police, said that Dr R. K. Gupta (51) had left the house last morning and had been missing since then. His car and other belongings were not found either. At around 2 pm today, the family members of Dr Gupta claimed that they had received a ransom call for Rs 1 crore. Dr Gupta’s anxious colleagues and neighbours who visited his residence after hearing the news said that he had a good financial position and someone who knew about his position would have done this. They also said that the suspects who had abducted Dr Gupta would have kept track of his routes. Meanwhile, the police have obtained his description and other details from his family members and colleagues, and flashed the information at public places. While the family members were not ready to speak about this issue, the police authorities were also tight-lipped. A case of kidnapping has been registered. Efforts were being made to trace out the suspects involved in the crime, said the police. |
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Canter driver, conductor burnt to ashes Rewari, December 6 A host of villagers gathered to put out the fire which was eventually extinguished with the help of a firebrigade which rushed to the spot from Rewari. It is presumed that the canter which was going towards Delhi rammed the stationary truck when the canter driver attempted to overtake some other vehicle. The remains of the driver and conductor of the canter were sent to the Community Health Centre at Bawal for a postmortem exam. |
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Recovery notice for misuse of MLA’s fund Ghaziabad: The district administration is understood to have served a recovery notice to Modi Nagar-based Academy for Professional Development for misusing the MLA’s development fund. In case of failure to refund the amount, legal and administrative action could be taken, the Academy has been cautioned. The Chairman of Academy for Professional Development has meanwhile refuted the charge as false and vindictive in nature. The Project Director of Rural Development agency Makhan Lal Gupta has said that the institute had got sanctioned Rs 10 lakh from the development funds of two MLAs for two rooms and other development works on June 4. But during an inspection, it was found that no development work had been undertaken. The Academy had used the amount in some other work, which was against the rules. OC
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BJP win in three states energises party in Haryana Rewari, December 6 A new wave of robust confidence and optimism has now started energising the otherwise shaky functionaries and activists of the party that they too should now be up and about, trying a repeat of the MP—Rajasthan—Chhatisgarh marvel at the hustings in Haryana as well. Furnishing details of the preparations in this regard, the state BJP general secretary, Mr Veer Kumar Yadav, told NCR Tribune today that in the first instance the party had constituted 3100 committees (each one of which would comprise five party activists) which would conduct a survey of all 14,873 polling booths throughout the state from December 15 this year to January 15, 2004. The committees would mainly assess the strength of the BJP vis a vis the Congress, the INLD and the Haryana Vikas Party in various assembly constituencies of the state. Simultaneously, this entire exercise would also strengthen the organisational base of the party by raising the existing three lakh membership of the party to the targeted figure of 11 lakh primary members. This would consequently raise the number of party activists from 4,500 to 25,000 throughout the state. The membership drive would specifically focus on the rural areas of the state. Mr. Yadav further informed that the second phase of their jan jagran yatra would be launched on December 13 and conclude on December 21. The yatra would cover five parliamentary constituencies of Mahendragarh, Rohtak, Bhiwani, Hisar and Sirsa. Dr Sudha Yadav, MP, would lead the yatra in Mahendragarh while the stewardship of the yatra in Rohtak, Bhiwani, Hisar and Sirsa would remain in the hands of Mr Om Prakash Dhankar, national secretary of the BJP, former Haryana BJP chief Ram Bilas Sharma, Mr Ram Chander Bainda, MP, and Haryana BJP president Ganeshi Lal, respectively. Thus, the party aimed to have a direct contact with about 25 lakh voters of the five parliamentary constituencies through 175 big meetings and about 1500 small meetings. Besides comprehensively propagating the achievements of the Vajpayee government the party leaders would also seek information on the problems being faced by the electorate. Mr Yadav also took pains to explain that the Haryana BJP was thus gearing itself to contest the next elections on its own steam. But he hastened to add that a final decision in this regard would be taken by the central parliamentary board of the BJP. |
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Restoration of duty on transfer of property opposed New Delhi, December 6 The reduction in stamp duty rate on sale of properties from 13 per cent to eight per cent made in the last budget of NCT, Delhi, which included a reduction in transfer duty charges, was a positive step towards realisation of higher revenue, encouraging registration by more people and correct declaration of property transactions, the chamber said in a statement. The PHDCCI has suggested that in case after the reduction of stamp duty revenue has not increased then it is necessary to bring transparency and the rates to acceptable levels for encouraging voluntary compliance. For raising higher revenue, the PHDCCI called upon the MCD to adopt the unit area method for assessment of property tax. However, there is a need to minimise exempted categories to widen the tax base and fix reasonable unit rates and appropriate classification of colonies. Appreciating the need for generating higher revenues, the PHDCCI pointed out the MCD should also evolve a long-term development strategy for improving the civic infrastructure, making best use of scarce funds and optimum use of manpower. At the same time, stringent measures be adopted to curtail establishment expenditure. Commenting on the MCD Commissioner’s proposal to introduce professional tax, the PHDCCI called for dropping the same because the overall cost of living in Delhi was already very high. Also, the proposal to impose surcharge on electricity should be dropped since the electricity rates paid by consumers were quite high and electricity duty was already applicable. The chamber suggested the MCD’s focus should be on framing conducive policies for attracting the private sector to upgrade infrastructure and civic amenities. This in turn shall have to be supported by imposition of reasonable user charges to recover the cost of operations and maintenance. |
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FOCUS ON REWARI Rewari, December 6 The telephone numbers starting from 220000 to 225999 have now been transferred to this new telephone exchange which will provide fast dialing facility as well as CLI facility to the subscribers on demand. Mr B.L. Varshney, Chief General Manager of the Rewari-Narnaul telecom district, informed that BSNL was all set to expand its cellular mobile services throughout the district. He said that a plan to deploy about 10,000 lines of wireless in local loop (WLL) technology, which would comprise 5,000 cordect and 5,000 CDMA was on the anvil. Besides, basic transmission stations (BTS) were expected to be installed at Guraora, Kund, Ateli Mandi, Akoda, Berli Kalan, Dahina, Nasibpur, Mahendergarh- 11 and Rewari-111 for this purpose by March 2004. Simultaneously, plans to render the outer plant areas of Rewari, Dharuhera and Narnaul poleless as well as to lay optical fibre cable rings to render telecom services faultless throughout the district were also in the pipeline. Mr Varshney further informed that remote switch units (RSU) would also be installed at Jhajjar Chowk and Sector 3 in Rewari city as well as at Dharuhera, Nandrampur Bas, Karnawas, Bikaner, Jonawas, Janti-Mirpur and Raliawas villages by March 2004. These units, he said, would provide facilities to the subscribers of these areas on a |
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Two rapists get five-year jail term Rewari, December 6 Both the accused, who have been held guilty of rape and criminal intimidation by the court, are residents of Chowki No 2 (Daroli) village under the Jatuisana police station of Rewari district. According to the prosecution, when a young girl of Daroli village went to the fields to fetch fodder for the cattle in the afternoon of March 24, 2003, the two accused, finding her all alone in the field, overpowered her. Then the victim was raped following which the rapists fled away after warning her that if she dared divulge the incident to anyone in the village she would have to face dire consequences. However, when the girl returned home she broke the news to her parents. Later, on the basis of a statement made by the victim on March 27 the Jatusana police registered a case of rape and criminal intimidation under Sections 376, 506 and 34 of the IPC following which the accused Naresh Kumar and Umed Singh were arrested.
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SEARCH WITHIN The desire to tear down people who represent high moral character and the advancement of spiritual values is evidence of an insidious sickness historically peculiar to times of moral decay,” wrote Charles Colson in his bestseller, Life Sentence, quoting his experience with the media at a time when the whole of the American media was preoccupied with the Watergate scandal. In support of his contention, he quoted a British journalist, Henry Fairlie as follows: “We wait in ambush for the novel that fails, for the poet who commits suicide, for the financier who is a crook, for the politician who slips, for the priest who is discovered to be an adulterer. We live in ambush for them all so that we may gloat at their misfortunes… we feel cheated by our newspapers and magazines if no one is levelled in the dust in them.” A very accurate reading of the human mind and a telling commentary on the nature of the media!! Going by the above, the Indian media is presently giving a rich fare to those who wish to gloat over the fall of the great and the mighty. At least three chief ministers are in serious trouble with the law of the land because of corruption charges. Top police officers are in custody in connection with the stamp paper scandal that has ramifications covering the whole country and running into several thousand crores. And the respectable doctor from Bihar had involved equally respectable men in the CAT (combined admission test) scandal that too. In all these cases, there is more to the phenomenon that what Colson would conclude: power corrupts the powerful. In third world countries, the leaders handling power and the wealth of the country are far more vulnerable to temptations because the people who help them to remain in power worship wealth and power. The voter, in a democracy exercises his choice freely, but moral considerations always do not influence his choice. He is carried away by the charisma of the leader, or by his ability to confer favours to those who support him in grabbing power. It is mostly a case of bad coins driving away the good ones. That is why in a democracy we have checks and balances; the judiciary, the press, the vigilance commissions and so on. But, where the press or judiciary is not vigilant, it becomes easier for the corrupt and powerful politicians to hide all their operations and misdeeds. Should the current exposures of the mighty and the powerful indicate that the media has become a little more vigilant? What is even more important is that the moral fiber of our society should be strengthened so that the corrupt are not able to take refuge in political, regional or caste ideologies. Equality before law means, law will apply with equal force, however powerful and influential the offender. Does not our Constitution state with force that all are equal before law? This law must apply with equal force in protecting the innocent and punishing the offender. When it becomes easy for men in power to escape the arm of law through political and other influences, we have a very uncongenial environment for morality in the nation. As against the few who are caught, there must be others who are still reaping where they have not sown. The temptations to those in power are too strong. They are just like us quite vulnerable; not more evil than any of us. Fear of the law keeps many from taking to corrupt ways. The fear of punishment is a deterrent for the majority. But there is in the scriptures, what can be called the law of sowing and reaping. “Be not deceived, God can not be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction…’’ (Galatians 6:8) So, those led by greed and covetousness, are bound to be discovered at some point of time. One may get rich quick but in the process will expose himself to humiliation once discovered. “Your sins will find you out!’’ (Numbers 32:23) is a good warning from the scriptures to those who are inclined to follow their “flesh”. And no one is exempt. As against the spirit of man wanting to live an upright life, his flesh constantly battles against the spirit seeking the pleasures of the world. It is ultimately the question of who wins in the battle: flesh or spirit? “So if you think you are standing firm be careful that you don’t fall!” warned St Paul, his disciples knowing their susceptibility to temptations. So, whether we are thinking of the CAT scam or the stamp paper scam, corruption, in a larger sense is a spiritual issue. Religious leaders and conscience keepers of the nation have a role to play in sensitising people to the need to observe the rules of the game while they are aiming at the stars. In the mad race for “success” man loses his sanity and adopts unholy means to reach his goal. Once he realises that life is not all about success, but is an adventure in itself; that it is contentment and not riches that truly keeps men happy, he will not stoop low. A poet of old put it all admirably when he wrote: “It’s not the victory you have won/It’s not the great wealth or fame/ What really counts in life, my son/ Is how you have played the game/For when the Great Scorer comes /To write against your name/The great umpire will know, my son /Just how you have played the game.” M P K Kutty
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Special schemes to collect arrears fail Sonepat, December 6 According to a report, a sum of Rs 74 crore was still outstanding against the consumers in the Sonepat circle. Of it, a sum of Rs 49 crore was outstanding against the domestic consumers. A sum of Rs 18.45 crore was outstanding against those consumers whose electricity connections was likely to be disconnected. According to official sources, other arrears included Rs 3.76 crore against commercial establishments, Rs 6.54 crore against farmers and another Rs 11.23 crore against industrial units. Of the Rs 2.41 crore outstanding against the various government departments in the circle, Rs 1.10 crore was outstanding against the Public Health Department, Rs 57 lakh against the Sonepat Municipal Council, Rs 58 lakh against the Irrigation Department, Rs 7 lakh against the HSMITC, and Rs 13 lakh against the Panchayati Raj institutions. Meanwhile, the UHBVN has intensified its campaign to check power theft in the district in a bid to strengthen the financial structure of the Nigam. As many as 364 cases of power thefts were detected and a sum of Rs 19,78,675 was imposed as penalty on the erring consumers during November 2003. Moreover, the officials of the Nigam recovered Rs 8,46,306 as penalty from consumers on the spot during inspection. The Nigam also lodged FIRs against 60 consumers who failed to pay the penalty amount to the Nigam during the stipulated period. The officials of the Nigam detected as many as 130 cases of power theft in the city division and a sum of Rs 5.81 lakh was imposed as penalty on the erring consumers. A sum of Rs 3.82 lakh was recovered as penalty from the consumers on the spot. In the Gohana division, as many as 120 cases of power thefts were detected in which a sum of Rs 7.42 lakh was imposed as penalty on the erring consumers. A sum of Rs 1.37 lakh was recovered from them on the spot. The officials of the Nigam also detected 114 cases of power thefts in the suburban division of the Nigam in Sonepat circle and a sum of Rs 6.55 lakh was imposed as penalty on the erring consumers, of which Rs 3.37 lakh was recovered on the spot. The officials of the Nigam had detected as many as 632 cases of power thefts during the months of September and October this year in the Sonepat circle and a sum of Rs 35.17 lakh was imposed as penalty on the erring consumers. A sum of Rs 13.88 lakh was recovered from the consumers on the spot. The officials of the Nigam also lodged FIRs against 1,213 consumers who failed to deposit the penalty amount within the stipulated period. |
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Five policemen in the dock for murder Panipat, December 6 Later, the villagers alleged that the police tried to take away the body of the victim. However, the villagers present at the site opposed the police personnel and also reportedly gave them a beating. A large number of villagers gathered at the site and shouted slogans against the police. The Superintendent of Police, Dr Suman Manjri, and the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mr Badan Singh Rana, also reached the spot during the night to pacify the villagers. However, the villagers did not allow them to take away the body for the postmortem examination, and demanded registration of a murder case against the police personnel. When Mr Bhadana came to know of the incident, he arrived at the village today morning and convinced the villagers that action would taken against the police personnel found involved in the incident. On the demand of villagers, the body was sent to PGIMS, Rohtak, for the postmortem examination. A case was registered against five unidentified police personnel. It is interesting that even though the villagers had identified three of the police personnel allegedly involved in picking up the victim from the village, their names have not been mentioned in the FIR. The incident has created resentment among the residents of Naraina village and other adjoining villages. Meet on cancer
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ncr briefs Faridabad, December 6 7-year jail for dowry death The District and Session Court has awarded seven years imprisonment to the husband and mother-in-law of a woman, who was allegedly murdered for dowry in 2002. According to the prosecution, the police had booked a case under the Dowry Act on July 7, 2002, after a complaint was lodged that the victim, Kamla, married to one Samunder Singh on April 27, 2000, had died after being allegedly poisoned by her inlaws. The accused were also ordered to pay a fine of Rs 500 each. Blood Donation camp As many as 32 units of blood was collected at a blood donation camp, organised by the District Red Cross Society here on Friday. According to the secretary of the Red Cross Society, Mr J N Gehlaut, the donors were trainees of the primary health services. He disclosed that the society had so far held 49 camps to collect 3,368 units of blood in this year. The camp was inaugurated by the chairperson of the society. Woman’s body identified Sonepat:
After six days, the body of a young woman found from the pond of village Pai under Kharkhauda Police Station was identified as that of Anita of Mangolpuri in Delhi. The body was identified by her husband, Pawan, originally a resident of village Sohti. Pawan also claimed that the two-and- a-half year old boy found weeping by the residents of Pahaladpur Kilroli village at a distance from the body was his son, identified as Golu. Though the Kharkhauda police have started investigating the case after obtaining the statement of Pawan, the Delhi Police would be informed of the incident for further action as the kidnapping incident had taken place in Delhi. Sohti resident Pawan had been residing with his maternal uncle (Mama) in Krishna Vihar after being adopted by him. However, after sometimes, Pawan developed relations with one Anita of Mangolpuri, which resulted in their marriage on June 4, 1999. However, it was an inter-caste marriage. Later, Anita gave birth to a son, who was named Golu. However, Pawan’s mama and his family members were not happy with the inter-caste marriage and they convinced Pawan to marry another girl of their own caste. Later, he was married to one Sunita of village Karewari in Sonepat district on June 23, 2003. However, Sunita’s family was not informed of the fact that this was Pawan’s second marriage. Pawan told the police that Sunita’s brother Sanjay came to know of this and could have been involved in the incident. Pawan, along with his second wife, Sunita, reached the Kharkhauda Police Station on Friday and identified
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DELHI DIGEST New Delhi, December 6 Justice S. K. Agrawal asked the prosecution to file its reply to the bail applications within a week. A two-member Lashkar-e-Toiba squad led by Pakistani national and main accused, Ashfaq alias Arif, had stormed the 17th century historic monument here and killed two army personnel and a civilian three years ago. Meanwhile, the prosecution informed the High Court that 70-odd prosecution witnesses, out of about 300, have been examined since September 22 when the Court had ordered setting up of a Special Court to try the case on a day-to-day basis. The trial court had on January 7 last framed charges against 11 persons, including Ashfaq and his alleged Indian wife, Rehmana Yusuf Farooqi. All the accused had pleaded “not guilty” to the charges. Ashfaq was charged with waging war against the Government of India (Section 121-A), criminal conspiracy (Section 120-B) murder (Section 302), cheating (Section 420), forgery (Section 468) and using as genuine a forged document (Section 471) under IPC. Besides, he was charged under Section 14 of Foreigners Act, Sections 4 and 5 of Explosives Act as also Arms Act. Blankets, dry food packets distributed:
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Stalls removed for Chautala’s visit Sonepat, December 6 Kidnapped student safe:
Man shot at:
According to a report, Mr Ravinder received bullet injuries and was rushed to the community health centre and was stated to be out of danger. The police are still investigating the case. However, the alleged assailants have not been identified so far. The assailants had succeeded in escaping from the scene immediately after the incident. It is stated that while Mr Ravinder was standing at Samata Chowk the alleged assailants came on a motorcycle and fired at him. Even though a large number of people assembled at the spot, the assailants managed to escape.
The Department of Public Administration, Government College, Gohana, organised a seminar on the “Role of Administrative Tribunals” yesterday. According to a report, Professor L. C. Dhingra, Director of PSD Law College for Girls, Khanpur Kaslan village, delivered the lecture and threw light on the various facets of the issue. He emphasised the importance of administrative tribunals in the present day to the administrators, public officials and the society as a whole. Giving a brief outline of the evolution of administrative tribunals, Dr Dhingra highlighted the fact that the Parliament enacted the Administrative Tribunal Act in 1985, which came into force from November 11, 1985. Accordingly a notification was issued for the establishment of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) with benches in different parts of the country, he said. These tribunals were empowered to entertain cases relating to service matters of employees. These service matters were tried earlier by the High Courts in the country, he added. Dr Dhingra also briefly highlighted the cases that had to be decided by the Supreme Court. He also discussed the district, state and national consumer forums established as per the Consumer Protection Act 1986, Women Cell, Industrial Tribunals, the Income Tax Tribunals etc. The audience mainly consisted of graduate students, who enjoyed the lecture. Later, during the interactive session, a number of questions were put to him by the students and the teachers. Mr Desh Deepak, Principal of the College thanked Professor Dhingra for delivering the lecture. |
Man killed by brother, three others for money New Delhi, December 6 The police said that four persons, Khalid, the victim’s brother, Mausam, Subhash and Gopal came to the victim’s house and attacked him last night. They had also attacked the victim earlier but had dispersed on the intervention of the police. The Nand Nagri police have registered a case of murder and have arrested two persons, Mausam and Subhash, residents of Nand Nagri and in their early twenties. Efforts were being made to trace the whereabouts of the other two persons. Two killed in road accidents:
In the first incident, one Ajay (25), resident of Madan Pur Khadar, died on the spot when his auto overturned after a collision with raw materials at a construction site near Moolchand flyover last night. Another person, identified as Bhanu (24), resident of Madan Pur Khadar, who was also present in the auto, sustained minor injuries. He was rushed to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and was discharged after being administered first-aid. In another incident, one Salim (16), resident of Meerut, died last night when he was hit by a speeding truck (No HR-26-GA-0172) near Bhati Village. A case of causing death due to rash and negligent driving was registered and the erring driver, Subhash, resident Masood Pur, was arrested. Investigation ordered into bogus surety case:
To unearth the conspiracy, the Additional Sessions Judge, Mr R K Yadav, directed the Sabzi Mandi police to interrogate the accused. The judge said that “In order to unearth the racket of bogus sureties operating in Tis Hazari courts, it is expedient to lodge the matter with police for further investigation.’’
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Brother shot dead over use of tractor in Ghaziabad Ghaziabad (Hapur), December 6 According to a report filed by one Parshu Ram of village Khadkhadi, his youngest brother Pradeep was working in the filed on Thursday when he was shot at and wounded by unidentified assailants. He was rushed to a Hapur nursing home where he died yesterday morning while undergoing treatment. The SO Hapur Dehat, Mr Promode Kumar Sharma, said that during police investigations it was found that Pradeep and his elder brother Deepak had an argument in the field pertaining to the use of tractor during which Deepak shot at Pradeep. Mr Sharma said Deepak was nabbed from railway line near Swarag Ashram road on Friday while he was trying to escape. During interrogation, Deepak confessed to his crime and helped the police recover the revolver used in the murder. Mr Sharma said the family had, interestingly, only reported that some unidentified criminals had shot at Pradeep on Thursday. Illegal goods worth Rs 23 lakh seized:
According Mr S. P. Singh, in charge of Special Investigation Wing of Trade Tax Department, a campaign had been launched against tax evaders under orders from the Commissioner, Mr S. P. S. Chohan. Under this campaign, when refrigeration vans were inspected at Vijay Nagar check post, 115 tyres and 31 bags of tea along with butter were also found loaded in them. The vans were declared to be carrying butter at the check post. The Assistant Commissioner, Mr R. K. Sinha, found these goods loaded in vans, which were later seized. The goods were being smuggled in these vans under the impression that the vans will not be inspected as they belonged to reputed companies. Mr Sinha said that the a mobile team had seized four trucks carrying iron roads worth Rs eight lakh with tampered documents in another case. The iron rods were being taken from Ghaziabad to Hapur after tampering with Form 49. This was detected by Assistant Commissioner. Commissioner, Mr S.K. Pathak and his team. The goods have since been seized, Mr Sinha said.
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DMS strengthens distribution
network to boost sales New Delhi: The Delhi Milk Scheme (DMS) has taken a number of steps, including conversion of depots into all-day milk stalls, putting into operation abandoned milk booths and face-lifting of the existing milk stalls to strengthen its distribution network and boost milk supply in the Capital. An official note issued here pointed out that the sale of milk supplied by the Delhi Milk Scheme
(DMS) had decreased with the hike in prices since March this year. At present, 214 all-day milk stalls are running in Delhi. These stalls sell DMS milk and milk products. An amount of about Rs 58 lakh had been received as refundable security deposits from these outlets, it added.
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