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SPECIAL FOCUS ON
SONEPAT
Fodder shortage: Rethink on
combine harvesters
Sonepat, April 6
The cattle owners in the district have been facing an acute shortage
of fodder for the past six months. The coming harvesting season also
may not change this scenario. This is primarily attributed to the
increased use of combine harvesters. Farmers here are having second
thoughts on using combine harvesters this season.
President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam presenting the Gold Trophy to CMD of NTPC C. P. Jain for ‘Scope Award for Excellence and Outstanding Contribution to the Public Sector Management in the Institutional Category for 2000-2001’ in the Capital. |
Rs
10.57
crore for water supply schemes
Sonepat, April 6
The Haryana Government has taken a series of measures to augment the
drinking water supply system in the urban and rural areas of Sonepat
district. Stating this, Deputy Commissioner Balwan Singh told
mediapersons here today that Rs 10.57 crore had been allocated for
laying pipelines and construction of tubewells in this city. The work
was still in progress and would be completed soon. On the completion
of this work, the residents would get 70 litres water per head per
day, he added.
Principal
dies after taking liquor
Noida, April 6
The Principal of a public school in Baraula under the Sector 49 police
station reportedly died after taking a peg of rum on Friday night.
Another young man, rushed to hospital in a serious condition, is
struggling for his life. The police have sent the body for a
post-mortem examination.
Delhi
company recruits eight from Gaur Brahman campus
Rohtak, April 6
As many as eight third year
students of Bachelor in Computer Application course being run by Gaur
Brahman Degree College here were selected for job by a Delhi-based firm,
‘Says Netsoft’, after a campus interview held in the college complex
yesterday.
HUJ
to
hold conferences on right to information
Rohtak, April 6
The Haryana Union of Journalists will organise conferences in
all four commissionerates in the state under its ongoing campaign for
creating awareness regarding the issue of right to information.
Demanding immediate notification of the Freedom of Information Act by
the central government, the state executive of the HUJ called on the
state government to bring its own legislation on this issue at a
meeting held here this afternoon.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit at the inauguration of the daylong perfect health parade at Raj Ghat on Sunday.
— Photo by Anil Sharma |
DGP
seeks
public help in solving cases
Sonepat, April 6
The Haryana Director General of Police, Mr M. S. Malik, exhorted the
people to extend their whole-hearted co-operation to the police in the
investigation of criminal cases.
Reserved
seats to be increased
Sonepat, April 6
As a result of delimitation of Assembly constituencies in Haryana, the
number of reserved seats would increase from 17 to 18. According to a
report, this information has been given in a circular issued by the
Secretary of the Delimitation Commission to 10 associate members, i.e.
five MPs and five MLAs of Haryana.
Man
has
miraculous escape
Faridabad
A 50-year-old person travelling in a train from
Madhya Pradesh to Delhi had a miraculous escape after he fell from a
moving train today. The incident took place at about 12 noon when the passenger,
identified as Lattha Ram of Raigarh district, was trying to board the
train after he had alighted at old Faridabad Railway station to drink
water.
L-G
appeals
for developing trans-Yamuna area
New Delhi, April 6
The Lt-Governor, Mr Vijai Kapoor, today appealed to the Trans Yamuna
Development Board to take a big initiative for the development of the
area in spite of development at micro level.
NCR BRIEFS
Man sentenced to life
imprisonment for rape, murder
Bhiwani, April 6
A local court has sentenced an accused to life imprisonment on account
of raping and murdering a minor girl. According to the prosecution,
the accused, Bhim Singh of Dudhwa village, had allegedly abducted a
nine-year-old girl and raped her in the field in the year 2000. He
later throttled the girl to death and threw the body into a well.
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Rs 1.20 lakh looted
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MC clerk suspended
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Man gets 10-year RI
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Raids On Medical Stores
DELHI DIGEST
March for health held in the
Capital
New Delhi, April 6
Flagging off the march for health at Raj Ghat on Sunday morning, Chief
Minister Sheila Dikshit said the Government of NCT of Delhi had taken
steps to provide safe drinking water, keeping the environment clean
and putting an end to unhealthy practices of tobacco chewing, smoking
and consumption of alcohol.
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Polio drops administered
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Award for travel agency
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