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| 03 SUNDAY HINDUSTAN TIMES, NEW DELHI APRIL 03, 2011 quote martial This system is more efficient and fair. The marks obtained will reflect performance more accurately. DINESH SINGH, DU vice-chancellor, on new system of checking answer sheets metro ( ) Peeyush Khandelwal ■ [email protected] GHAZIABAD: A 32-year-old com- puter engineer after beating his wife to death with a cricket bat, committed suicide at the rail- way tracks in Ghazaibad on Saturday, the police said. The deceased engineer, Nitin Sharma (32), allegedly had an altercation with his 28-year-old wife Vijay Laxmi Sharma at their flat in Vasundhara sector 5 in Ghaziabad. It was during this that he beat his wife with a crick- et bat which led to her death due to excessive bleeding and injuries, police officials stated. The couple were married for four years and were residents of Meerut district in western Uttar Pradesh. They had shift- ed to Vasundhara due to the hus- band’s job. He was employed with a reputed multinational firm in Noida. The couple is sur- vived by a three-year-old son. The police sources said the couple had gone to Shirdi last week where they picked up a fight and had returned home a day before the incident. “After beating his wife to death, the husband locked the flat and took his child to his sis- ter’s residence at Shalimar Garden,” Indirapuram SHO inspector Rajesh Dwivedi said. After leaving his son, Sharma allegedly went to the railway tracks near Arthala, adjoining Vasundhara area, and commit- ted suicide by jumping before a passing train, police said. “We have sent both the bod- ies for post-mortem and their relatives have been informed at Meerut. Their neighbours say the woman could have been killed because of a fight between the two,” Dwivedi said. HT Correspondent ■ [email protected] NEW DELHI: Squeals of joy, gasps of disbelief and sighs of frus- trations and finally euphoria, the city had a share of all four during the cracker of a World Cup final match between India and Sri Lanka on Saturday. People came out on the streets within minutes of the win to celebrate the momentous victory. India Gate, Katwaria Sarai , Delhi University hostels and colony parks reverberated with cries of joy and songs at 10.50pm in the night. “This is amazing. I cannot believe this. We had waited for this for so long and now that it has happened, I am overjoyed,” said Satish Dogra (54) a busi- nessman. The city had gathered in sports clubs, parks and any- where they could find a screen to watch the match and cele- brated in style — and noisily with crackers — once India lift- ed the trophy after a wait of 28 long years. Kasbah, a club in GK 1 M Block market was jam packed, with every entry costing between R1,000 and R 1,500. The crowd broke into cheers when the match winning six was hit. The police were also ready for an uproarious response. They barricaded most of the Outer Circle of Connaught Place. After the win, the police stopped all traffic movement at India Gate. Security was stepped in all mar- ket places including GK Part-I, Defence Colony and other major markets. HT Correspondent ■ [email protected] GHAZIABAD: Three men died after consuming country-made liquor, while another person was admit- ted to hospital in a critical con- dition in Mukimpur area of Pilkhuwa town in Ghaziabad on Saturday afternoon, police said. In all four persons, Anil Kumar (23), Satish Kumar (30), Sundar Kumar (45) and one other, consumed liquor at their residence and thereafter went on the fields where rose farm- ing was undertaken. All of them complained of deterioration in their health con- dition and were later rushed to hospital. “Three of them died at the hospital while the fourth one is still critical,” Ajay Kumar, superintendent of police, said. The police went for an exten- sive search after the incident and seized around 100 empty bottles of different brands from their respective houses. Police said the four men had sprinkled some pesticide in the rose fields and thereafter went on for a drinking spree inside the fields which could have led to a liquor contamination. Although police did not comment on the exact cause of death, they did not rule out the possibility of spurious liquor as the reason behind the incident. Engineer kills wife, commits suicide BIZARRE Beat wife with cricket bat, jumped before a passing train Both the bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination. RAJESH DWIVEDI Indirapuram SHO NEW DELHI: Praveen K Tripathi, a 1977-batch IAS officer and chief minister Sheila Dikshit’s principal secretary since 2006, was on Saturday appointed as the new chief secretary of Delhi. Top sources in Delhi government said Tripathi will take charge on Monday. Tripathi also served the Delhi Jal Board as CEO, besides being the Commissioner of Sales Tax in Delhi government. PTI Aiming at raising student enrolment to 45 mn:Sibal NEW DELHI: The government is aiming at the expansion of gross enrolment ratio in higher education to 30% with 40 million students in the next 10 years, HRD min- ister Kapil Sibal said on Saturday while addressing the IGNOU convocation via videoconferencing. As many as 78 IGNOU students received gold medals this year. In all, 44,926 bachelor’s degree, 20,775 Master’s degree, 59,042 diplomas, 90,618 certificates and 3 PhDs were awarded to stu- dents during the ceremony with 10 gold medalists from Delhi and four cash award recipients. HTC 24-year-old highway robber arrested in south Delhi NEW DELHI: A 24-year-old man was arrested in south Delhi on Saturday for his alleged involvement in a series of highway robberies. The arrested has been identified as Sattar Ahmed. With his arrest, several cases of high- way robberies in which goods worth lakhs of rupees were looted have been worked out. “He was arrest- ed on Friday from near NBCC Plaza. During inter- rogation he confessed that he was working for Raju Bechain gang and had com- mitted highway robberies in Chanakyapuri and Kash- mere Gate,” HGS Dhaliwal, DCP (south), said. HTC Do everything to keep alive rich traditions: Dalai Lama NEW DELHI: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said that young Indians should do everything to keep alive their rich traditions devel- oped over thousands of years. “On non-violence and spirituality I have nothing to say to Indians, you already know these things for at least the last 2000 modern years,” he said at a gather- ing in Delhi on ‘non-violence and spirituality in India’ to mark the birth centenary of former president R Venkat- araman on Saturday. HTC PRAVEEN TRIPATHI IS NEW DELHI CHIEF SECRETARY short stories 1.67 crore Delhiites live to see their dreams come true ■ Congress president Sonia Gandhi celebrates Team India’s World Cup victory with fans near the Andhra Bhawan roundabout in New Delhi on Saturday night. ZABEEH AFAQUE/HT PHOTO POWER CUTS LEAVE CRICKET FANS ANGRY HT Correspondent ■ [email protected] NEW DELHI: Even as the entire city stayed glued to television sets watching the World Cup Final match, some households in South Delhi had to remain in darkness for some time in the evening, thanks to power cut. Around 7pm, houses in Gulmohar Park plunged into darkness, leaving cricket fans shocked and angry. “There was no power for more than 30 min- utes. Some houses which had inverted could watch the match,” said PN Gupta of Gulmohar Park Residents’ Welfare Association. “Some of us went to our neighbour’s houses which had inverters. But luckily the power cut was not for long,” said Shivaji Purohit, another local resident. Some of the adjoining areas like Arjun Nagar and Safdarjung Enclave also suffered power cuts for a brief period. “We were scared that there would be a power cut in the evening also,” said Khogendra Singh, a resident of Arjun Nagar. Other South Delhi Areas like Greater Kailash-I, Saidul Ajab, Sunlight Colony, Zamrudpur and Kailash Colony also witnessed short power cut during the day and once in the evening. Sources at Delhi Transco attributed that to minor fault that was restored. ‘Spurious’ liquor claims three lives
