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L-G query to MCD on trade licences

NEW DELHI: Delhi's Lieutenant-Governor B.L. Joshi has asked the municipal authorities to furnish details about MCD's reported decision not to renew or issue ad hoc trade licences to a large number of petty neighbourhood shopkeepers in the Capital.

The action came after senior Bharatiya Janata Party Councillor Vijender Gupta wrote to Mr. Joshi alleging that he was not being allowed to raise the issue in the MCD House.

Stating that the civic body's decision not to renew or issue new trade licences to those carrying out at least 15 different types of trade across the city was rendering several people jobless and affecting their families, Mr. Gupta had asked Mr. Joshi to direct the Mayor to allow him to place his resolution at the next meeting of the House.

"My resolution is in public interest and seeks implementation of the policy of the Corporation that was approved in 2004 (MCD Ad hoc Trade Registration Scheme)," he had written to Mr. Joshi, adding: "Allowing my resolution to be tabled in the House for discussion would help save the jobs of a large number of people."

Two jailed for graft after 13 years

New Delhi: After 13 years of trial, a Special Court on Tuesday sentenced an Inspector with the Measurement and Weighing Department and his associate to a year's rigorous imprisonment for taking Rs. 500 bribe from a shopkeeper in return for giving him a clean chit after an official inspection.

Special Judge Sunil Gaur also imposed a total fine of Rs. 4,000 on the accused after finding them guilty of offences under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Khazan Singh, an Inspector with the Department, and colleague Manoj Kumar had on July 27, 1993 stopped at the general merchant shop of complainant Suman Parkash, situated at Anand Parbhat here, to test the weights used at the latter's establishment.

After finding some of the weights used to be of doubtful quality, Singh and Kumar bargained that they would not book the complainant if he paid them Rs. 500 as "consideration".

Parkash, however, lodged a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Delhi Police, which laid a trap for the accused and caught them red-handed taking the money from the complainant.

Girl jumps from school building

NEW DELHI: A Class XII student of Father Agnel School allegedly jumped from the third floor of the school building at Defence Colony in South Delhi on Tuesday. She has been admitted to All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

Dimpy, daughter of Suman Mitra, is a resident of Kalkaji. According to the police, the incident took place around 12-30 p.m. She survived the fall but is said to be in a critical condition at AIIMS.

Three crushed to death

NEW DELHI: Three persons were killed and two others injured when an overspeeding Tata Indica car ran over them while they were asleep on the pavement at Punjabi Bagh in West Delhi on Monday night. The erring driver has been arrested.

The incident occurred late at night when the vehicle being driven by Amit Sharma (30), who runs a cargo business in Gurgaon, climbed on the pavement and ran over those sleeping there. The injured were rushed to Sanjay Gandhi Hospital, where three of them were declared brought dead. The accused was in an inebriated state, the police said.

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