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734
special trains to meet festival rush
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Delhi: Railway Ministry has decided to run 734 special
trains to meet the passenger rush during festival of the
Durga Puja, Dipawali and Chhath Puja to be celebrated in
this and next months. An official release said," Northern
and East Central Railways are planning to run special trains
during the festival season to cope with the passenger rush
during the consecutive festivals, between Delhi Sarai Rohilla
and certain destinations in Bihar. "A total of 734 special
trains have already been notified across the country anticipating
a heavy movement of passengers during the period," the release
said. In view of the forth-coming assembly elections in
Bihar, the Ministry of Railways had approached the Election
Commission for clearance of running special trains to meet
the festival rush during the current season. The Commission
gave the clearance on a condition that the number of such
special trains should not increase in the current season
compared to the last year and also that the stoppages and
halts of such special trains would not be increased.
Congress
casteist list for Bihar polls (Go
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Patna:
Another facet of the Bihar elections came to the fore
when the media got the list of candidates released by the
Congress for the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The list mentioned
each party nominee's caste and religion. The list comprised
the names of 42 candidates. But senior Congress leaders
said that it was meant only for the 'internal' use of the
party. Moreover, the leaders feel that it is normal to know
a person's background before any elections. "I have told
you that the list that we have issued does not mention caste.
The internal papers of the party were taken by some one
and this was unauthorised. In every election, it is very
normal that caste composition, area composition, average
age, background of the person is taken into account. It
is an internal matter of our party and we do not release
such a list," said Digvijay Singh, Party General Secretary
In charge of Bihar Congress.
25
die consuming illicit liquor in Tezpur (Go
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Guwahati:
At least 25 people died after consuming spurious liquor
in Tezpur of Assam's Sonitpur district. Apart from 25 deaths,
over 70 people have been reported admitted to local hospitals
and 23, in very critical conditions, have been referred
to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital. The toll may rise
as several people were in critical conditions, sources said.
An agitated mob torched the Excise office in Sonitpur. The
Sonitpur Deputy Commissioner said seven people had been
arrested so far for selling the hooch while police were
on the look out for others involved in the incident.
Police
bust prolific arms-making unit in Meerut (Go
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Meerut
(Uttar Pradesh): Police in Meerut have busted a major
illegal arms unit, ahead of second phase of village council
elections beginning this month. Acting on a tip-off, police
arrested one person and recovered a huge cache of country-made
pistols and cartridges. Officials said that the weapons
in all likelihood were meant to be used by poll riggers
during the forthcoming village council elections. "We recovered
a number of country-made pistols, some partially manufactured.
Various parts (of the partially-made pistols) have been
seized and a number of equipment used to manufacture arms
has also been recovered. I think we made a timely arrest
as these weapons are in high demand during the elections,"
Rajeev Ranjan Sharma, Senior Superintendent of Police, Meerut,
told reporters. Mobin, the accused, said that he worked
with two more people who fled just before the raid. "I had
been manufacturing these weapons since past one-and-a-half
month. Three of us worked here. They are at large. I used
to get the raw material from Kairana and Shamli (towns in
Uttar Pradesh state)," he said. He added that a large number
of people were engaged in this illegal but profitable business
at different places under Meerut division. Uttar Pradesh,
which contributes the maximum number of lawmakers to the
parliament, is the country's most politically sensitive
but local mafia often use unlicensed weapons to threaten
voters and rig the results. Illegal arms manufacturing is
particularly thriving in the state, which has gained the
epithet of the crime capital of the country.
One
dead as 431 slums demolished in Delhi (Go
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New
Delhi: A woman was killed when the Delhi Development
Authorities demolished a cluster of slums in Delhi's Mayur
Vihar area on Friday. However, the DDA said the death did
not occur during the demolition. They said that the woman
was injured while retrieving some commodity from the debris
but died in the hospital. The Delhi High Court had directed
the DDA to demolish the JJ clusters consisting Rajiv Camp
and Ambedkar Camp in Mayur Vihar Phase I within 15 days
on September 21. The demolition programme was initially
fixed for September 27 and rescheduled to September 30 on
the request of the slum dwellers as they had to remove their
belongings. In total, 431slum dwellings were demolished.
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