Delhi power cuts unjustified: Dikshit

New Delhi: Terming the power cuts in Delhi as 'unjustified', Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Saturday said her government will not allow discoms to trouble people in this extreme winter as there is no shortage of electricity.

'The government would not allow discoms to leave the consumers in lurch by effecting power cuts in the extreme winter season. This is causing inconvenience to the customers,' Dikshit said in a statement.

People have been facing power cuts for the past few days.

Several residents welfare associations have complained of load shedding in their respective areas.

The chief minister has asked the discoms to ensure round-the-clock power supply and said there is no shortage of electricity.

She has instructed the power department to inform her and the chief secretary if the power cuts continue in the city.

 

Delhi power cuts unjustified: Dikshit

New Delhi: Terming the power cuts in Delhi as 'unjustified', Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Saturday said her government will not allow discoms to trouble people in this extreme winter as there is no shortage of electricity.

'The government would not allow discoms to leave the consumers in lurch by effecting power cuts in the extreme winter season. This is causing inconvenience to the customers,' Dikshit said in a statement.

People have been facing power cuts for the past few days.

Several residents welfare associations have complained of load shedding in their respective areas.

The chief minister has asked the discoms to ensure round-the-clock power supply and said there is no shortage of electricity.

She has instructed the power department to inform her and the chief secretary if the power cuts continue in the city.

 

Auto driver hacked to death

VYTHIRI: An auto driver was hacked to death after a dispute on stamping a three-year-old girl.

The dead has been identified as Shiju (31), son of late Antony of Vattavayalil near Vythiri. The police arrested one Stephen (40) of Chittalapally, their neighbour, in connection with the incident which happened last night.  

The dispute on stamping Shiju’s three-year-old daughter ended in the murder. Shiju’s wife sustained injuries when she tried to stop him from the attack. 

Auto driver hacked to death

VYTHIRI: An auto driver was hacked to death after a dispute on stamping a three-year-old girl.

The dead has been identified as Shiju (31), son of late Antony of Vattavayalil near Vythiri. The police arrested one Stephen (40) of Chittalapally, their neighbour, in connection with the incident which happened last night.  

The dispute on stamping Shiju’s three-year-old daughter ended in the murder. Shiju’s wife sustained injuries when she tried to stop him from the attack. 

Wife and son can be with Ma’dani during treatment days’

Bangalore: A special trial court here Saturday ruled that PDP leader Abdul Nasser Ma’dani, detained in a Bangalore prison in connection with 2008 serial blasts here, can have the assistance of his wife and son while getting medical treatment in the hospital.

H R Srinivas, the special trial court judge of Parappana Agrahara jail where Ma’dani has been lodged, ruled in favour of Ma’dani in a plea by him seeking an assistant be allowed to attend on him in the hospital.

The court also directed to shift Ma’dani to the hospital soon. His wife Sufiya and son Umarul Muktar can stay with him until the treatment ends.

Madani, arrested in Kerala on August 17, 2010, is among 31 people chargesheeted in the case relating to the July 2008 blasts that killed a person and left 20 others injured in Bangalore.

Wife and son can be with Ma’dani during treatment days’

Bangalore: A special trial court here Saturday ruled that PDP leader Abdul Nasser Ma’dani, detained in a Bangalore prison in connection with 2008 serial blasts here, can have the assistance of his wife and son while getting medical treatment in the hospital.

H R Srinivas, the special trial court judge of Parappana Agrahara jail where Ma’dani has been lodged, ruled in favour of Ma’dani in a plea by him seeking an assistant be allowed to attend on him in the hospital.

The court also directed to shift Ma’dani to the hospital soon. His wife Sufiya and son Umarul Muktar can stay with him until the treatment ends.

Madani, arrested in Kerala on August 17, 2010, is among 31 people chargesheeted in the case relating to the July 2008 blasts that killed a person and left 20 others injured in Bangalore.

3 engg students among 5 held for murder of royal family member

Thiruvananthapuram: Three engineering students were among five arrested here Saturday in connection with the murder of diamond trader and royal family member Harihara Varma on December 24.

Additional Director General of Police A Hemachandran told reporters here that all of those arrested were from Kerala.

The three students, one of whom was the mastermind behind the murder, were studying in a Bangalore college, he said.

The ADGP said robbery was the motive behind the murder and added that media reports putting the value of the stolen diamonds at Rs 300 crore was not correct.

"The diamonds taken away from him on that date were not as valued as reported in the media," he said.

Harihara Varma, 55, a member of the Poojar Royal family, was found murdered in his house at Puthoorkonam at nearby Vattiyoorkavu.

Police had received vital clues from the driver of the car in which they went to Varma's house posing as buyers of diamond.

The incident came to light after one Haridas, an advocate by profession and who claimed to be a mediator for the trade, informed police about the murder.

The Kerala government had set up a special police team, headed by DCP Putta Vimaladitya, to probe the case.

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3 engg students among 5 held for murder of royal family member

Thiruvananthapuram: Three engineering students were among five arrested here Saturday in connection with the murder of diamond trader and royal family member Harihara Varma on December 24.

Additional Director General of Police A Hemachandran told reporters here that all of those arrested were from Kerala.

The three students, one of whom was the mastermind behind the murder, were studying in a Bangalore college, he said.

The ADGP said robbery was the motive behind the murder and added that media reports putting the value of the stolen diamonds at Rs 300 crore was not correct.

"The diamonds taken away from him on that date were not as valued as reported in the media," he said.

Harihara Varma, 55, a member of the Poojar Royal family, was found murdered in his house at Puthoorkonam at nearby Vattiyoorkavu.

Police had received vital clues from the driver of the car in which they went to Varma's house posing as buyers of diamond.

The incident came to light after one Haridas, an advocate by profession and who claimed to be a mediator for the trade, informed police about the murder.

The Kerala government had set up a special police team, headed by DCP Putta Vimaladitya, to probe the case.

PTI

State-wide bus strike from Sunday midnight

Kozhikode: Private bus employees will go on a State-wide indefinite strike from Sunday midnight onwards.

The coordination committee of motor trade unions decided to go on strike demanding revision in payment.  

The bus employees are demanding, among other things, service benefits and 50 percent hike in payment.

The existing pay package is decided in 2008. Though bus fare was hiked twice during this period, bus owners did not consider the employees. Many of them are not even getting minimum wages. Faced with the spiralling prices of essential commodities, they were forced to look for other jobs for livelihood, said trade union representatives.

They urged the State government to intervene in the matter and compel the bus owners to accept the demands

State-wide bus strike from Sunday midnight

Kozhikode: Private bus employees will go on a State-wide indefinite strike from Sunday midnight onwards.

The coordination committee of motor trade unions decided to go on strike demanding revision in payment.  

The bus employees are demanding, among other things, service benefits and 50 percent hike in payment.

The existing pay package is decided in 2008. Though bus fare was hiked twice during this period, bus owners did not consider the employees. Many of them are not even getting minimum wages. Faced with the spiralling prices of essential commodities, they were forced to look for other jobs for livelihood, said trade union representatives.

They urged the State government to intervene in the matter and compel the bus owners to accept the demands