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Friday, January 10, 2003, Chandigarh, India

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LEOPARD FALL-OUT
Raid nets python, wildlife trophies
New Delhi, January 9
In a joint operation, conducted by the Wildlife officials and the local police today afternoon in Mehrauli, ostensibly to ferret out the owner of the leopard that was shot at in a plywood factory in Neb Sarai, the sleuths came up with a booty in ivory tusks and wildlife trophies, apart from a live python.

Coldest night of the season
New Delhi, January 9
The city yesterday witnessed the coldest night of the season even as the Met office predicted a rise in temperature. The Met office sources said that mercury plummeted to a low of 4.5 degree Celsius, which is two degrees below normal. The minimum temperature was recorded at 4.5 degrees Celsius, which is 0.2 degrees less than the last coldest night of the season when mercury dipped to 4.7 degrees.

EARLIER STORIES

	Tara Singh statue unveiled on Prakash Utsav eve January 9, 2003
	Raid on tantrik nets Rs 3 cr in assets January 8, 2003
	Sikh bodies sore over Tara Singh’s statue site January 7, 2003
	Sheila sounds election bugle January 6, 2003
	Cops zeroing in on leopard’s lair January 5, 2003
	Was the leopard a farmhouse pet? January 4, 2003
	Fog sends rail, air traffic for a toss January 3, 2003
	Traders restive, won’t settle for VAT January 2, 2003
	Rain or shine, people on cloud nine January 1, 2003
	Mob vents spleen on hospital, 48 booked December 31, 2002
	Stamp duty evasion: Builders in the dock December 30, 2002

Children light candles at Bangla Sahib Gurdwara in the Capital on Thursday, to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru. —Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal

A day all roads lead to gurdwaras
New Delhi, January 9
Thousands of Sikhs, including women and children, dressed in their Sunday best, today braved the icy winds and thronged the various gurdwaras in the Capital on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the 10th Guru, Guru Gobind Singh.

Mystery deaths baffle doctors
Panipat, January 9
Medical science may have achieved many milestones, but it has failed to diagnose the mystery disease that has claimed five lives in the Raksheda village, about 22 km from here.

When gangsters dabble in abracadabra
Meerut, January 9
The business of tantriks in the name of astronomy is at its peak in Meerut. Even some gangsters are also improving the shining hour and joined this trade. The ‘astronomers’ run their businesses in several cities, including some metros, while having their ‘headquarters’ in Meerut.

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	The government says it will soon launch a drive to deport illegal foreign nationals. (28k, 56k)

CRIME

MCD JE, SI arrested for taking bribe
New Delhi, January 9
The CBI has arrested a junior engineer of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a contractor.

EDUCATION

HIDDEN TREASURE
Prof Ishwar Singh, a researcher par excellence
Rohtak, January 9
The search for the treasure hidden among the academia at Maharshi Dayanand University leads to Dr Ishwar Singh, Professor of Chemistry, with brilliant academic records and an alumnus of Delhi University. Before joining MDU in 1978, Prof Ishwar Singh had been on the faculty of Delhi University’s prestigious Ramjas College and Sri Venkateswara College.

Women get a fair deal in MDU
Rohtak, January 9
There is a significant representation of women on the faculty of Maharshi Dayanand University. Out of the total 198 regular teachers in MDU, there are 52 women teachers. In some departments such as Statistics, Physical Education, Psychology and Education, more than two-third of the teachers are women. In some departments like Journalism, Music and Fine Arts, women have equal representation.