Tributes paid to Captain Chhiber....of Noida
A pall of gloom descended on a Noida neighbourhood Wednesday as the body
of an Indian Army officer, Captain Varun Chibber, who died in an accident
during a counter-terrorism operation in Kashmir, was flown down to his
hometown.
Relatives and hundreds of visitors gathered outside his
home in Sector-29 to pay tributes to the deceased army officer.
Captain Chhibber was posted in Kishtwar in Jammu and
Kashmir. He lost his life Feb 2 when he was on a search operation in the
militancy infested area. He fell into a deep gorge near a mountainous
terrain and died on the spot.
Full state honours were given to the officer before his
father Col. N.P. Chibber lit the pyre. Soldiers fired in the air to salute
their departed colleague.
'I am proud of my son who laid life for the country,'
said the father.
Chibber was to be married in a month.
Vintage beauties to hit the road
Brandsmith is going to organise the much awaited 43rd Statesman Vintage & Classic Car Rally 2009.Almost 140 elegant vintage cars will participate in the rally, which will be held between Delhi and Greater Noida..
NAVAL CHIEF Admiral Sureesh Mehta will flag-off the 43rd Statesman Vintage & Classic Car Rally 2009 on Sunday (February 8) at the majestic building of Statesman House in New Delhi. A record 140 entries have been received for this year’s rally, which is truly India’s biggest and most popular vintage rallies.
These rare beauties will travel between Delhi and Greater Noida before returning to Modern School Barahkhamba Road for prize distribution.
The sturdy Fords, little Austins, Bentleys, Lagondas, Minervas, majestic Rolls Royce, stylish Chevrolets and Jaguars, a pleasing 1914 John Morris, the erstwhile Nizam of Hyderabad’s fire engine are some of the timeless machines participating in this year’s rally, drawing passionate heritage motorists from across India.
“This Statesman Vintage Rally is seen as the Mecca of all vintage rallies in the Indian sub-continent and this year the legendary event has grown even bigger with the maximum number of vintage, classic and post war car entries ever,” said Rahul Mittra, Chief Executive Officer Brandsmith, leading brand promotions and event company and the exclusive promotions and event partner of this coveted annual event since 2003.
ONGC, AAFT and Zee business News, amongst other top brands, have partnered along with Brandsmith for making the 43rd Statesman Vintage Rally a memorable event, like always.
The most awaited running trophies this year would include the Statesman Challenge Trophy presented to the oldest participating vehicle to complete the time section; CR Irani Memorial Trophy for the ’Queen of the Rally’; The ONGC Trophy for the most elegant car manufactured outside UK and USA, amongst 39 odd other coveted trophies.
In greater Noida cars would be on display at YMCA till 2.30 pm
Protesting
farmers arrested in Greater Noida
Political parties too enters the battle....BJP to organise a Padyatra
from Parichowk to President's House.....
Congress to gherao Collectorate next week if farmers and ladies are
not released...
Ghazibad DM /SSP camped at SSP Office to take in to custody the Kisan
Leaders entering Gautam Buddha Nagar....
CEO Greater Noida had a meeting with Local MLA and MLC...
Police Monday arrested 129 farmers seeking more
compensation for their land acquired for a cement plant in Greater Noida
on the outskirts of the national capital after protesters turned
violent.
Farmers jammed the movement of vehicles on the Grand
Trunk Road at Dadri for more than five hours after the police forcefully
dispersed them when they were protesting outside the Ambuja Cement plant.
Superintendent of police (SP) Surendra Verma said the police had to use
force when the farmers became violent and barged in the restricted area.
?We have arrested 129 farmers for breach of peace, out of which 38 are
women,? he said.
Raje Singh, who heads the farmers? struggle committee, said the Uttar
Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation (UPSIDC) had acquired
land in Badpura village in 2005, paying ?meagre? compensation of Rs.340
per square metre.
The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority paid much more
compensation in addition to other benefits of a plot and a job for the
member of the affected family, he added.
The farmers of Badpura demanded the same compensation for their land as
the sum awarded to farmers of Ghori Bachera but neither the government nor
Ambuja Cement paid any heed to them, following which the struggle
committee announced it would disrupt the work at the factory, Singh said.
(IANS)
| Nithari
killings: first judgement on Feb 12 |
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Ghaziabad, Jan 30 (PTI)
Over two years after the grisly Nithari killings came to light, the
special CBI court will give its first judgement in the matter on
February 12 as it has completed proceedings in the Rimpa Haldar murder
case.
Special Judge Rama Jain completed the proceedings after the re-cross
examination of former Noida police officer Dinesh Yadav on January 27
and the recording of statements of the prime accused -- Moninder Singh
Pandher and his servant Surender Kohli.
Victim's counsel Khalid Khan had made a request two days back about the
conviction of both the accused.
The CBI had filed the chargesheet against Kohli in May 2007, and given a
clean chit to Pandher saying he was in Australia when Haldar was raped
and murdered.
However, during the trial, victim's advocate got the same charges
pressed against Pandher stating there was no specific date of murder of
Haldar on record and to give the benefit to to Pandher was not justified
by the CBI.
A total of 19 cases of killings, mainly of girls and women, were
registered at the Noida police station in December 2006 and all the
cases were transferred to CBI for investigation. The agency till date
had filed chargesheets in 16 cases and in all, it gave a clean chit to
Pandher while framed charges against Kohli.
Haldar was a married woman and was called by Kohli to work at Pandher's
bunglow as a maid servant. She was reportedly missing before the
disclosure of the Nithari killings. PTI
"Its amazing that we can find so many species in this land of
ours. I enjoy photography and while doing so, I started having interest
in those beautiful creatures available. A book on Indian Birds helped me
in identifying the species. Mainly these photographs are taken at
Knowledge Park and Eldeco Roundabout at Sector-Pi" Says Moushumi
Bhattacharya, Eldeco Residency Greens. More
Birds
Noida encounter: Many
loopholes in police theory
Noida encounter linked to
Pak-based terror: India
Delhi Police Team inspecting .....Noida Encounter Spot
Two Suspected Terrorist killed in Noida
SC green signals India's first night safari at Greater Noida
Another instance of Noida's policing woes...Noida
sought 4,000 cops in Oct, still waiting. No forensic lab, and is
woefully short of arms, even control number not easily reachable.
** Tender of Noida Integrated Complex at
Mathura.
Gangster Act imposed
on 6 Noida gangrape accused
Noida, Jan 8 (PTI)
Six youths arrested in connection with the gangrape of a MBA student
have been booked under the stringent Gangster Act as hunt was on to
nab the other four absconding youth accused in the case.
Police has already fanned out several teams to nab the four youths in
connection with the shocking incident that occurred when the
24-year-old victim was returning home with her friend in their car
after shopping at a mall in Sector 39 here on January 6.
Investigators are also planning to announce in a couple of days a
reward for those who help them in nabbing the remaining accused.
"We have charged the six accused under Gangsters Act. We are also
planning to announce a reward for those who help sleuths in nabbing
the remaining accused," SSP Naveen Arora told PTI.
Arora said teams have been sent to several places to nab Tuiya, Omkar,
Shashi Kant Golu and Anil.
Asked whether Noida is planning to impose NSA on the youths, SP (Noida
City) Ashok Tripati said there was no such plans.
There have been reports that the youths will be booked under the
provisions of NSA in this case.
The accused were returning from home after a cricket match in
Bulandshahr. PTI
| A group of about ten youths allegedly gang-raped a Delhi based
24-year-old MBA student in Noida late on Monday night while she was
on her way home with her friend Amit Talwar. |
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According to police sources, on Tuesday, the youths, who were
returning after playing a cricket match in a nearby Bulandshahar
district, intercepted the vehicle of the victim and forcibly took
her to a village in Sector 71 where she was allegedly gangraped and
physically assaulted.
The girl was returning home with her friend in their car after
shopping in Noida when the incident took place
around 5 pm on Monday, police said on Tuesday. A complaint was
lodged by the parents of the girl after she reached home and
narrated the entire incident, sources said.
?Amit Talwar, the friend, said that they forcibly
entered the car and one of them started driving,? Noida SP Ashok
Tripathi said. The youngsters were carrying cricket bats and
wickets.
After driving for some time, the official said, the youngsters
reached an isolated place where they allegedly raped the girl. They
left the girl and her friend there after taking away their mobile
phones, he said. The Noida police arrested five of the accused and
launched a manhunt to nab others.
One of the accused was the son of the pradhan (panchayat chief) of
Gali Chowkhandi village in Sector 71 where they allegedly gang-raped
her.
All the arrested youths were residents of the same village and have
been identified as Pushpendra, Shrikant, Sanjay, Gautam and Toni.
The accused are in the age group of 18 to 25 and some are
under-graduate students.
Noida SP Ashok Tripathi claimed that the accused have admitted to
the crime and would be sternly dealt with. He said some more youths
had been detained in connection with the case and were being
quizzed. ?We are waiting for the final pathological report. We will
not spare anyone in this case,? he said.
The senior police official said the youngsters were coming back
after playing cricket and were carrying the cricket kit with them.
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Eastern Peripheral Expressway would be Life Line of NCR.....
Two high-speed corridors, which will
significantly de-clog Delhi's internal roads of outbound traffic and
trucks, are likely to be ready by 2012. While the western peripheral
expressway (Kundli-Manesar-Palwal) is scheduled to be completed by the
end of next year, the eastern peripheral expressway (Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal)
will be complete by mid 2012. Over 80% of the land acquisition for this
new alignment has been completed,?? said a senior official. The 135-km
long access controlled expressway to be built on
build-operation-transfer basis (BOT) takes off from NH-1 in Kundli (Haryana),
crosses Yamuna river near Mawikalan, river Hindon near Sharfabad, NH-58
near Duhai, NH-24 near Dasna, NH-91 near Beelakbarpur, Kasna-Sikandrabad
road near Sirsa, re-crosses Yamuna near Fajjupur Khadar, Atali-Chinsa
near Maujpur and meets NH-2 beyond Palwal. It will pass through five
districts ? Sonipat, Faridabad in Haryana and Baghpat, Ghaziabad and
Gautam Budh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh. NHAI officials said the speed limit
for this green field project would be 120 kmph. The project includes
construction of three major bridges ? two across Yamuna and one across
Hindon river besides 43 other bridges over canals and drains.
Nevertheless, there will be as many as 59 underpasses for the safe
movement of pedestrians. For locals, the developer will construct
service roads of about 90 km, which will provide connectivity between
different areas along the expressway.The 135.6-km long four-lane western
peripheral expressway, being built at investment of Rs 2,545 crore
starts from NH-1 near Kundli (Sonipat) crossing NH-10 at west of
Bahadurgarh, crossing NH-8 at Manesar (Gurgaon) and joining NH-2 near
Palwal (Faridabad).
Total length : 135 kilometres.
Project cost : Rs 2,675 crore.
Lanes : 6-lane carriage way with 8-lane structure for future expansion .
Areas covered : Sonipat, Faridabad in Haryana; Baghpat, Ghaziabad and
Gautam Budh Nagar in UP.
Proposed speed limit : 120 kmph .
Work scheduled to start : June-July 2009.
Scheduled completion of project : June-July 2012.
Toll plazas : 02, toll booths : 07.
Expected vehicular movement : 40,000 PCU by 2021. 1 lakh by 2021.
Concession period : 20 years including 3 year construction period.
Bridges and underpasses : 2 across Yamuna and one across Hindon. 43
other bridges. 59 underpasses.
Interchanges : 1 each at NH-1, NH-2, NH-24, NH-58, NH-91, SH-57,
Kasna-Sikandrabad road/Taj Expressway, Atali-Chainsa Road
Contributed by Manoj K Narayanan, NIC Society
Reliance Infra sole bidder f for Faridabad-Noida-
Ghaziabad-Sonepat Greenfield Eastern Peripheral Express way
