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Residents
pass sleepless nights for want of power
Sonepat, April 26
Like previous summer seasons, the
people in the towns as well as villages of the district have started
bearing the brunt of power cuts, low voltage supplies, daylong
disruptions in power supplies and intended delays in replacements of
burnt transformers.
Employees of the NTPC who received the Shram Bhushan Awards and Shram Shri Awards. |
An employee of IOC, Jagadishbhai Vishabhai Darji, receives the Shram Vir Award from Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee in the Capital. |
This
giant of the khadi movement lived for gram udyog
Panipat, April 26
A many-splendoured personality, he
had a passion for khadi. Som Dutt, popularly known as Som Bhai, was a
renowned figure in the country. Besides being a freedom fighter, he held
many key posts. He was founder secretary of the Khadi Ashram, Panipat,
president of the Central Gandhi Memorial Trust, Director of Gandhi
Ashram, president of the Bhartiya Khadi Gramodyog Sangh, president of
Prasthan Ashram, Pathankot.
SEARCH WITHIN
In search of
unravelling God’s moral design
MY Search for God”, that is
the title Dr I. Mohendra Singh, an Indian medical practitioner in
Bradford, UK, has given to the 240-page book he had written on his
efforts to find God. The title reminds one of the much admired biography
of Mahatma Gandhi, “My Experiments with Truth”, which is in a way
his search for God as well.
National
convention on ‘Corporate Citizenship’
New Delhi, April 26
A national convention 'Corporate
Citizenship’ has been organized for the first time in the country by
the All India Management Association, the apex body of the management
profession in the country, at the India Habitat Centre today.
Better
phone service for Sonepat
Sonepat, April 26
The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
has commissioned a 9000-line AX-E 10 (Trunk Telephone Exchange) in
Sonepat city and 1000-line OCB-283 in Sector 15, a residential colony of
the Haryana Urban Development Authority in the city for providing
efficient telephone facilities to the subscribers.
SPECIAL FOCUS ON REWARI
Ultrasound
practitioners pledge to follow PNDT Act
Rewari, April 26
The government has recently given
more teeth to the prevention of Pre-natal Sex Determination Act to
ensure its efficacious implementation by radiologists and sonologists.
Residents
cry for civic amenities
Rewari, April 26
Thousands of residents of Ajay
Nagar, Shiv Colony, Vikas Nagar, Indira Colony, Azad Nagar and other
colonies of Rewari city have been facing considerable hardship on
account of non-provision of even basic amenities by the Rewari Municipal
Council.
Aspiring models at the launch of a new product in the Capital on Saturday.
— Photo Anil Sharma |
NCR BRIEFS
Examinations
cancelled due to ‘outside interference’
Rohtak, April 26
The Maharshi Dayanand University
cancelled the examinations held at two centres at Government College,
Bhiwani, on April 24 after an inquiry into the reports of ‘outside
interference’. Dr K C Bharadwaj, Controller of Examinations of the
university said today that the university had received complaints of
‘outside interference’ at both the centres.
- Art exhibition
- MDU entrance examination
- Bank computerised
- Call for Haryana bandh
- Five whiskey smugglers held
- Driver crushed to death
DELHI DIGEST
NCERT blames
truckers’ strike for delay in providing books
New Delhi, April 26
Having failed to live up to the
assurance issued that textbooks for classes will be delivered on time,
the NCERT has blamed the nation wide trucker’s strike for the delay in
providing books to far off regions.
National Akali Dal president Paramjit Singh Pamma presenting a
cheque of Rs 15,000 to the Chief Fire Officer, Mr R C Sharma,
during the Fire Safety Week in the Capital.
— Photo by Anil
Sharma |
Man
sentenced to life imprisonment for murder
Sonepat, April 26
Mr B. S. Rawat, Additional Sessions
Judge of the Fast Track Court, has convicted one Rajinder of Dabarpur
village to life imprisonment under Section 302 IPC for murdering Mr
Dharamvir of the same village on August 8, 2000. According to a report,
the Judge also acquitted another accused identified as Krishan Kumar of
Garhi Kesri village, who was also arrested in this case.
Scribe,
official manhandled
Noida, April 26
A controversy between two resident
welfare associations in Sector 17 took an ugly turn recently, when about
two dozen people created a ruckus. A lady press correspondent, who was
present to report the matter, was also assaulted and injured. A
complaint was lodged against about two dozen people, including one
woman, for creating a ruckus and assaulting people.
Land
compensation increased by Greater Noida authority
Greater Noida, April 26
The Greater Noida authority has
increased the rate of land compensation in the new financial year from
Rs 194 to Rs 204 per square yard.
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The
Tis Hazari-Trinagar section of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation will become
operational in September. Work on the 4.5-km stretch is in full swing.
Tracks have been laid.
