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Friday, Jan 28, 2005

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Foggy morning, cloudy day

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW, JAN. 27.JAN. 27.JAN. Delhi is expected to witness a fog or shallow mist laden morning on Friday as per the weatherman's forecast. Thereafter, the sky is like to remain partly cloudy and there is a possibility of light rain or thundershowers as well. The minimum temperature would hover around 8 degrees Celsius.

The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded at Safdarjung on Thursday were 22 degrees Celsius and 5.5 degrees Celsius respectively. Palam recorded a maximum temperature of 22.4 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 6.4 degrees Celsius.

While Safdarjung recorded a maximum and minimum relative humidity of 94 per cent and 45 per cent respectively, at Palam the maximum humidity was 97 per cent and the minimum was 44 per cent.

No details of `gunfire' case

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW, JAN. 27.JAN. 27.JAN. The New Delhi police have not yet been formally given details of an `accidental gunfire' incident in which a Special Protection Group (SPG) personnel sustained minor bullet injuries on Wednesday.

It has now come to light that the incident occurred around 11-30 a.m. when an SPG personnel, S.P. Singh, while depositing his weapon in the armoury, `accidentally' pulled the trigger. The bullet hit another personnel, Surendra Vikram, in the hand. He was taken to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital from where he was discharged after treatment. While the senior SPG officials have initiated an inquiry into the matter, they told the police that they would lodge a complaint only in the event of finding a valid reason to do so.

Held with stolen laptop

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW, JAN. 27.JAN. 27.JAN. Two alleged burglars were arrested at Maurice Nagar in North Delhi on Tuesday. A stolen laptop was allegedly recovered from their possession.

The accused, Manish Sharma and Vishal, were arrested near a petrol pump on Mall Road when they were found moving under suspicious condition with the laptop. During interrogation, they revealed that they had stolen it from the Delhi University area. The police said Manish was earlier arrested by the Maurice Nagar and Civil Lines police on similar charges.

Alleged drug peddler arrested

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW, JAN. 27.JAN. 27.JAN. An alleged drug peddler was arrested at Kashmere Gate in North Delhi on Wednesday.

According to the police, they were conducting checks as part of security arrangement for Republic Day when they came across a young man going with a briefcase. The suspect tried to flee upon which the police overpowered him. They found 2 kg charas from the briefcase, after which the accused was arrested.

During interrogation, he identified himself as Dashrath Singh, a resident of Gopal Ganj in Bihar. He revealed that he had bought the consignment from Nepal for Rs. 2,800 and was about to sell it for Rs. 10,000 per kg.

Van thief nabbed

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW, JAN. 27.JAN. 27.JAN. A 50-year-old man, who had allegedly stolen a delivery van, was arrested on Wednesday. The vehicle has been recovered.

The police received a complaint from Kewal Sharma alleging that his delivery van which was parked out the house of his driver, Ashok Kumar, on Tuesday. Investigations revealed that one Ramesh Chand had stolen the vehicle and was taking it to Uttar Pradesh when its fuel was exhausted at Gandhi Nagar. Afraid of getting caught, Ramesh abandoned the vehicle and fled from the scene. At his instance, the police recovered the vehicle.

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