Indian Express 17.11.2009
AROUND TOWN
ine registration for DU job cell concludes
The Delhi University has concluded its first online registration for its Central Placement Cell. A total of 8,039 students from 87 under-graduate and post-graduate institutions registered with placement.du.ac.in. Each registered student has got a Central Placement Cell identification number with which they can access information about the companies interested in recruiting. The companies will be forwarded students data as per their requirements.
Fog meet
New Delhi: The Director General of Civil Aviation, S N A Zaidi, chaired a meeting with representatives of airlines and airport operator Delhi International Airport Limited on Monday to discuss fog-related issues. The meeting was held at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. A senior DGCA official said, “We don’t want passengers to suffer due to fog-related delays. The matter was discussed with all stakeholders before issuing guidelines.” The Civil Aviation Ministry has decided to give morning and evening peak hour slots to only those airlines that have aircraft compliant with Instrument Landing System (ILS), as well as trained pilots who can operate flights in dense fog in near-zero visibility conditions. The ministry has also threatened to cancel slots of airlines who don’t have trained pilots like last year.
Court pulls up jail officials
New Delhi: A city court on Monday reprimanded Uttar Pradesh jail authorities for failing to produce MLA Mukhtar Ansari before it without giving the court any adequate reason. The court also issued a fresh production warrant against him in connection with a case filed under MCOCA. Warning the police official who represented the Ghazipur Jail, the court fixed November 23 as the next date of hearing. The court had sought the presence of Ansari, a legislator from Mau in UP, for his alleged complicity with gangster Munna Bajrangi. Ansari is lodged in Ghazipur Jail in connection with the murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai in 2005.
Drug peddling: 5 acquitted
New Delhi: A city court on Monday acquitted five persons, including a Kenyan and a Nigerian, of the charges of drug peddling. Citing lack of evidence and no corroboration of the recovery of heroin, the court acquitted Nigerian Felix Upker, Kenyan Boniface Kiriongi, Bachan Singh, Mohd Shafiq and Surekha. They were arrested from a South Delhi locality on December 30, 2001.
Life term for killing wife
New Delhi: A city court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife for refusing to give him money. The court relied on victim’s dying declaration and held Naresh guilty. The victim, Sony, had categorically stated that the accused had poured kerosene oil on her and set her on fire on April 4, 2003 after she declined to give him Rs 20,000. It was second marriage for both of them and Sony had received the money as settlement on divorce from her first husband.
Nodal officer for tourism
Gurgaon: The Haryana government has appointed Rajender Kataria, Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner, as the nodal officer on behalf of the state government to monitor the progress of hotels and other tourism-related projects in Gurgaon, Faridabad, Rewari and Sonepat for the Commonwealth Games. The orders were issued on Monday which stated that the Joint Director of Tourism, Prem Sagar, would assist him on behalf of the Tourism department.
