GANGSTERS’ FLATS WORTH RS 1.90 CR ATTACHED

NOIDA: Two allegedly ill-gotten flats belonging to two gangsters and estimated to be worth Rs 1.90 crore have been attached by the police in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida, officials said.

The flats attached on Sunday are worth Rs 95 lakh each and are located in Golf Gardenia society in Greater Noida, additional deputy commissioner of police (Greater Noida) Vishal Pandey said. “The flats belong to Naveen Bhati and Praveen Bhati, both active members of the dreaded Sundar Bhati gang. The two are also nephews of the mafia Sinhraj. One more flat worth approximately Rs 2 crore and belonging to the duo has been attached by the police in the past,” Pandey said.

“The action has been taken under Section 14(1) of the Gangsters Act and in pursuance of a special court order. Similar action against gangsters and mafia would continue in future also to dent them economically,” he added.

The Gautam Buddh Nagar police have so far attached properties worth around Rs 150 crore under Section 14(1) of the Gangsters Act, which allows attachment of illegal properties, to effectively curb gangsters, mafias and criminals and their associates, according to officials.

AGRA: Despite the cancellation of Agra’s traditional fairs this year due to Covid-19 restrictions, Taj city’s Rajeshwar Mahadev temple attracted a large crowd on the first Monday of Shravan.

Every year, Agra follows the tradition of organising four fairs, in four shiv temples of the district, on all four Mondays of the Shravan month. But following the Covid-19 restrictions and to restrict gatherings the fairs were called off this year.

“All four melas organised on four Mondays of the holy month are called off in compliance with Covid-19 pandemic guidelines,” stated Dr Prabha Kant Awasthi, the additional district magistrate (ADM) Agra city.

As per the tradition, the four melas (Fairs) are consecutively organised, at four Shiv temples in four corners of the city, during the month of Shravan. The first fair is organised at Rajeshwar Mahadev temple followed by the second at Balkeshwar Mahadev Temple, at banks of river Yamuna.

The most important fair, the Kailash fair, is organised at Kailash Mahadev Temple in the outskirts of the city near to the bank of river Yamuna, on the third Monday. The last fair is organised at Prithvinath Mahadev temple. But due to the continuing pandemic and Covid-19 restrictions, all four fairs stand cancelled this year.

Despite that, a large number of devotees turned up at the Rajeshwar Mahadev Temple on the first Monday of the holy month to offer prayers, water and milk to the deity.

The devotees turned up in smart numbers at the Rajeshwar Mahadev temple today and stood in long queues as a limited number of devotees were allowed at a time in premises of the temple, said a temple official.

“I turned up early in the day to offer milk at the temple but had to wait in the queue to reach the gate of the temple,” stated one of the devotees waiting for his turn.

These devotees braved the hot and humid weather but waited for their turn as they were allowed entry in a group of 50, the official added.

AMU faculty trains in UNESCAP pilot course

ALIGARH: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) assistant professor from the department of commerce, Dr Mohd Nayyer Rahman is getting hands-on training in the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) virtual pilot course on ‘negotiating regional trade agreements for trade in times of crisis and pandemic’. The training programme, concluding on August 6 is organised under the UNESCAP Trade, investment and innovation division, Bangkok,

Thailand.

AMU faculty delivers talk

ALIGARH : Dr Mohd Tariq, assistant professor, department of electrical engineering, ZH College of Engineering and Technology (ZHCET), AMU delivered an invited talk on ‘modern innovations, design and development of solar PV technology’ in the AICTE sponsored faculty development programme (ATAL-FDP) at the centre of excellence in renewable energy education and research, University of Lucknow. Dr Tariq highlighted the current and upcoming innovations in solar technologies and the essentials to consider for determining if an idea or technology is patentable.

OPD services scaled up at JNMC

ALIGARH: The Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC) of AMU has scaled up the OPD services from today by increasing the number of patients seen daily, as fewer cases of Covid-19 are being reported.

Registration of the patients will be done from 8 am to 10:30 am.

Five men involved in stealing cattle held in Delhi

NEW DELHI Five people involved in stealing cattle from Rajasthan, Haryana and the Delhi-ncr region were arrested on Monday morning after a brief exchange of fire in southwest Delhi’s Dwarka area, police said. All accused are residents of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, they said, adding the accused mainly stole buffalos. The accused used to steal cattle, mainly buffalos, and sell them in Meerut, police said. Two country-made pistols, three knives, two live rounds, one pick-up van among others were recovered from their possession, police said.

Muzaffarnagar gets new DM

MUZAFFARNAGAR:

Chandra Bhushan Singh, a 2008-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been made the new district magistrate (DM) of Muzaffarnagar, officials said on Monday. Singh replaced Selva Kumari J, an IAS officer of the 2006batch, who has been made the new DM of Aligarh. Before his new posting, Singh was the Aligarh DM.

Rabid dog bites 6 in UP’S Shamli

SHAMLI As many as 6 people were bitten by a rabid dog in the Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday. The incident took place on Sunday when the dog entered a residential locality in Kandhla, they said. The injured were given medical treatment, police added. AGENCIES