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Gurdwara raze bid raises hackles
New Delhi, January 15
The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee is up in arms against the proposed move of the Delhi Development Authority to demolish Nishan Sahib Gurdwara in Nizammuddin East.

Pro-Tohra group sees move to scuttle polls
New Delhi
The pro-Tohra Shiromani Akali Dal Delhi president, Mr Paramjit Singh Sarna, today urged the Delhi Government to hold early elections to the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, and accused the pro-Badal group of trying the scuttle the move.

Poll panel in place, even if Cong is not 
New Delhi, January 15
Getting into an election mode ahead of the Municipal Corporation polls slated for February-end, the Congress on Tuesday announced the constitution of a nine-member committee that would prepare the party’s manifesto and also set the pace for its campaign.

DRIZZLE BRINGS THE CHILL
WET-WEATHER FRIENDS — Tribune Photos Mukesh Aggarwal

Sarpanch held for issuing false domicile certificates
Sonepat, January 15
The Murthal Police have arrested Sarpanch Dilbagh Singh of Murthal village on the charge of issuing false certificates of residence to three students, including a girl student, who had got admission to the C.R. State College of Engineering at Murthal (Sonepat) last year.

Defiant villagers restore power in tit-for-tat move
Faridabad, January 15
Residents of several villages and the officials of the Dakshin Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (DHBVN) here seem to be locked in a duel over the supply of power. The power supply to about half a dozen villages of Kheri Kalan Sub-Division, which was disconnected twice in the last 10 days, has been restored by the defiant villagers. The supply was disconnected due to non-payment of bills.

COMMUNITY

Sachin Tendulkar posing alongside a Fiat Palio sports car on Sunday at the 6th Auto Expo being held in the Capital. — Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal THE REPUBLIC DOES NOT NEED A CANOPY Trees being pruned at Tilak Marg on Tuesday to allow a clear and safe passage to the Republic Day tableaux in the Capital. — Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal

R. K. Puram residents live in ‘open houses’
New Delhi, January 15
The residents of government flats in south Delhi’s R K Puram don’t need to open their doors or windows to see what’s going on outside. They can very well stand inside their houses and have a peep through their doors.

Time to iron out Sonepat’s problems
Sonepat, January 15
The fixing of iron-gates by the residents of Model Town, Batra Colony, Kalan Mohalla, Sector 14 and Sector 15, has resulted in blocking the traffic on the public roads. It has caused a lot of inconvenience to the passers-by in this fast growing industrial city which is also a district headquarters in Haryana.

Ajmeri Gate gets a facelift and a park
New Delhi, January 15
The historic Ajmeri Gate has been given a facelift to attract the tourists to the lanes and by-lanes of the area which had witnessed the fall and rise of many rulers. The Home Minister, Mr L. K. Advani, will formally inaugurate the park by the end of this month.

NCR BRIEFS
Factory workers call off strike
Faridabad, January 15
The two-and-a-half-month old strike by workers of Bhartiya Culter-Hammer, a industrial unit here, has been called off. The strike was withdrawn after an agreement was reached yesterday.

Three killed in car-bus collision
Rohtak, January 15
At least three persons, including a woman, were killed and 30 others injured following a head-on collision between a Maruti Car and a Haryana Roadways bus near Sampla bypass, 25 km from here on National Highway - 10 today.