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The AMC Standing Committee has imposed a fine of Rs 40 lakh on a contractor for not completing work on a Bus Rapid Transit project on time.

BRTS: AMC fines contractor for delaying project
AHMEDABAD: The AMC Standing Committee has imposed a fine of Rs 40 lakh on a contractor for not completing work on a Bus Rapid Transit project on time. Committee chairman Asit Vora said the fine has been imposed on Roman Tarmat Limited for causing unpardonable delay in implementing the project. Vora said on Wednesday that the deadline for completion of Package III of the first phase between RTO and Pirana (Chandranagar) was extended till September 30,2009. The penalty for time overrun will be recovered from the contractor as per the penalty clause.

New express train to start between Hapa,Tirunelveli from April 2
AHMEDABAD: THE Railway Ministry has decided to run a new weekly Superfast Express between Hapa and Tirunelveli from April 20. On its inaugural run,train number 2997 Tirunelveli-Hapa Weekly Superfast Express will start from Tirunelveli at 1.30 pm on Tuesday and reach Hapa at 11 am on April 1.
The train will run as per its scheduled time from April 2. Accordingly,train no. 2998 Hapa-Tirunelveli Weekly Superfast Express will depart from Hapa every Friday at 9.15 pm and reach Tirunelveli at 5.30 pm on Sunday. Train no. 2997 Tirunelveli-Hapa Weekly Superfast Express will leave Tirunelveli every Monday at 5.45 am to reach Hapa at 2 am on Wednesday.
The train will halt at Rajkot,Surendranagar,Ahmedabad,Vadodara,Ankleshwar,Surat,Vapi,Vasai Road,Panvel,Ratnagiri,Madgaon,Karwar,Udupi,Mangalore,Kasargoad,Kannur,Kozhikode,Shoranur,Thrissur,Aluva,Ernakulam Jn,Alappuzha,Kayanmkulam,Kollam,Thiruvananthapuram Central and Nagercoil in both directions. Booking will start from April 1. Meanwhile,in a bid to clear the extra rush of passengers,special train 2216/2215A between Bandra Terminus and Delhi has been extended till June 30.

Delhi court dismisses plea to prosecute Patkar
New Delhi: A Delhi court today dismissed an application seeking prosecution of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar for allegedly filing fake medical certificate to seek exemption from personal appearance in two defamation cases. Arguments on perjury application heard. Documents perused. Application is dismissed, Metropolitan Magistrate Munish Markan said while dismissing the plea of one V K Saxena. Saxena did not appear in the court today,and was represented by his counsel,who sought adjournment for advancing arguments on the plea,which says Patkar had taken exemption from personal appearance on March 3,2009 on the basis of a false medical certificate issued by a Maharashtra hospital. The court fixed the matter for hearing the arguments on issuance of notices in the two defamation cases filed by Saxena and Patkar against each other. It is a sponsored litigation. It is correct that I took part in a dharna at Nandurbar in Maharashtra. But I was advised against travelling long distances and because of this I could not appear before this court, said Patkar through her lawyer,V K Ohri.
Saxena,the president of the National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL),had questioned the veracity of the medical report claiming Patkar was busy staging a dharna at the collectors office at Nandurbar that day. Earlier,Patkar had filed a criminal defamation case in Delhi against Saxena in 2000 for allegedly publishing advertisements against her and the activities of NBA.
Saxena had also filed a defamation case against her in Ahmedabad in 2001 for accusing him of making payments to an NGO in Malegaon. Both the cases were transferred to Delhi by the Supreme Court on Patkars plea. Then on April 7,2003,the court had dismissed her complaint for her non-appearance,which was revived on September 1,2006 after she approached the Delhi HC. Both the cases are at pre-summoning stage.

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2 held for credit card theft
AHMEDABAD: The Detection of Crime Branch arrested a man and a woman on Tuesday for robbing a man of his credit card and making transactions worth Rs 1.96 lakh on it. Mumbai police informed the DCB that the victim,Ankit Panchal of Goregaon,had given his credit card to a woman,who had impersonated as a bank agent. The accused were identified as Swapna alias Nandini alias Pooja Salve from Mumbai and Arvind Gowda from Ahmedabad.The police said Swapna was the mastermind behind the fraud and she met Arvind at Shahpur where they made the illegal transaction. Panchal then alerted the police,and the duo was nabbed.

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