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BHIWANI
HVP may have
seat adjustment with Cong
Bhiwani, February 6
The Haryana Vikas Party and the
Congress are scaling new heights these days. Under the new strategy, the
Congress plans to have a tie-up with the HVP with an eye to grabbing
power in the next assembly elections.
DSGMC office-bearers call on former Prime Minister I. K. Gujral seeking his intervention for commuting the death sentence of Davinder Singh Bhullar, who was involved in the bomb blast case of 1993. |
FARIDABAD
Illegal
maxicabs ply as private buses go off road
Faridabad, February 6
About 50 per cent of the buses of
private cooperative societies, given permits by the state transport
department to ply on the designated routes in the district, have either
gone off the road or have been plying on profitable routes only.
Sonepat
faces shortage of LPG cylinders
Sonepat, February 6
There has been a regular shortage
of cooking gas cylinders in the city and elsewhere in the district
despite the district administration assurances that there is no shortage
of the product.
SPECIAL FOCUS ON ROHTAK
Scholars
trapped in unfair promotion scheme
Rohtak, February 6
Scholars at Maharshi Dayanand
University, trapped in the academic cobweb spun by the promotion schemes
of the University Grants Commission, are keeping their fingers crossed
on whether anyone would hear their cries for justice or not.
Tractor
companies resorting to fraudulent practices: CPM
Rohtak, February 6
The state unit of the CPM has
demanded a high-level inquiry into the alleged fraudulent business
practices being indulged in by tractor companies in the state in the
sale of tractors to farmers.
Delhi
tops in female foeticide
New Delhi, February 6
The highest number of cases of
female foeticide is reported in the Capital. Addressing a seminar on
Thursday on “Safety, Health and Environment: Challenges and
Opportunities for Women,” Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit observed that
women were also to be blamed for the anomaly.
Check
western culture: Prabhu Chawla
Sonepat, February 6
Mr Prabhu Chawla, a veteran
journalist, has said that the trend of today’s youths to accept
western culture was dangerous for the Indian society.
Weddings
on roads spell misery for users
Sonepat, February 6
Weddings in this city are perhaps
celebrated with greater pomp and show than elsewhere in the state. But
no matter how grand the marriage is, including delicious food and fancy
invitation cards, everyone inevitably economises on one item.
Green
belt marred by illegal parking
Faridabad, February 6
The unauthorised car parking and
the construction of private roads on the Neelam-Bata Road here have not
only led to encroachment on public land, but also caused inconvenience
to the commuters in general. Some residents of the NIT have written to
the deputy commissioner to take action against the accused.
BJP
Kisan Morcha to take up water project issue
Rewari, February 6
The Kisan Morcha of the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) has decided to take up the cause of funding the new
project of linking Jawahar Lal Nehru (JLN) canal with Masani barrage
basin, drawn up by the irrigation department of the Haryana government,
with the Union Finance Ministry and other ministries concerned at the
Centre.
NCR BRIEFS
Raid on brick
kiln, bonded labourers freed
Sonepat, February 6
A team of government officials,
headed by Mr Sujan Singh, Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Sonepat, carried
out a surprise raid on a brick kiln near Rampur Kundal village about 25
km from here yesterday, and got the bonded labourers freed from the
clutches of the owner of the brick kiln.
- Tikait call to farmers
- Contaminated water
- SUCI to hold rally at Parliament
- Blood donation camp
DELHI DIGEST
House looted
in Lodhi Road
New Delhi, February 6
Unidentified intruders robbed
jewellery and other items worth lakhs of rupees from the house of a
photo journalist from Lodhi Road Colony last evening. The victim, Vijay
Saluja, a photo journalist, working for PANA-India photo agency, went to
market along with his family members.
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ARTSCAPE
New
Delhi, February 6