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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

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Around the City

Charred bodies found in a car on Mathura Road

NEW DELHI: Two charred bodies, apparently of a woman and a child, were found inside a Honda City car near the Delhi Public School on Mathura Road on Monday evening.

The police were informed about the incident around 10 p.m. Initial investigations revealed that the vehicle had caught fire. While one body was found on the front seat, the other was at the back.

The car was registered in the name of Ramesh Chand Mishra, a resident of East Nizamuddin. The police have summoned the car-owner to identify the bodies.

`Design special buildings for special people'

NEW DELHI: Noted scientist M.S. Swaminathan on Monday called upon budding architects to design buildings that were friendly to both differently-abled and visually impaired people.

Speaking at the 23rd Convocation of the School of Planning and Architecture here, Dr. Swaminathan said attempts should be made to ensure that the benefits of modern architecture also reached the rural people.

Appreciating the fact that the School of Planning and Architecture had got the status of a deemed university, Dr. Swaminathan said the institute has gained recognition both nationally and internationally.

Earlier, the Institute of Town Planners (India) president, D.S. Meshram, said a majority of the country's population would be living in towns and cities by the year 2031. "By that time, India would no longer be predominantly rural. Metropolises and other large urban settlements will urgently require urban planners, urban managers and architects," he added.

The Director of the School, Subir Saha, awarded degrees to successful students.

Sixteen gang

members arrested

NEW DELHI: As many as 16 people belonging to four gangs, allegedly involved in cases of theft and robbery in buses, have been arrested by the South Delhi police.

Following a spurt in robberies in buses plying at Nizamuddin, New Friends Colony, Lajpat Nagar and Mayur Vihar, the police had launched a hunt for the suspects. Several teams in coordination with the Special Staff of the police were formed to follow the leads.

During the month-long operations, the police arrested Raju Baatla, Pradeep, Sunil, Jaswant Singh Pandav, Pappu Kalva, Hunny Arora, Rakesh, Chand Ram, Rahul, Jaipal, Nand Kishore, Babloo, Vinod, Vikas and Ganesh.

It came to light that Raju along with his accomplices had robbed passengers of a bus of their valuables on Nizamuddin flyover on May 27. Soon after that, they boarded a DTC bus and robbed a passenger, Frank Samuel, of Rs. 3,000 on Noida toll bridge. The culprits then committed two more robberies in buses plying on route Nos. 611 and 347 at Mayur Vihar. The accused disclosed that on May 1, they had robbed a businessman of Rs. 78,000 at Nizamuddin.

Alleged suicide

NEW DELHI: An 18-year-old girl committed suicide on Monday morning by hanging herself from the ceiling of her house at Meethapur in South Delhi.

A first year B.A. correspondence student, Seema was found hanging by her parents in the morning. In a suicide note, Seema wrote she alone was responsible for taking the extreme step.

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