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Relatives of one of the victims of the fire in Frontier Mail unloading the coffin as it arrived at New Delhi Railway Station on Friday.
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SPECIAL
FOCUS ON JHAJJAR/BAHADURGARH
Waterlogged, saline land to be reclaimed
Jhajjar, May 16
The problem of waterlogging and salinity in the soil, which has rendered 836 hectare agriculture land in the district useless, will no longer haunt the farmers as their fields will be ready for cultivation again soon as the district administration is embarking on an ambitious plan for reclamation of such land.
The project, funded and guided by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, was launched for the reclamation of agricultural, waterlogged and saline soil land.
Vets engaged in survey while livestock cries for attention
Sonepat, May 16
Though there have been reports of the occurrence of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in a number of villages in the district there are hardly any staff members available in the veterinary hospitals and dispensaries to take care of infected livestock as they have reportedly been put on duty to survey the below poverty line families (BPL) in the district.
Anti-dowry drive among Gujjar
community gathers steam
Panipat, May 16
Despite certain violations by vested interests the ambitious anti-dowry campaign launched by the Rawal gotra of the Gujjar community in the district with much fanfare early last year is going from strength to strength.
SPEAKING OUT
Apropos the news item, ‘Poser to
MDU
Do army officers make better VCs’ (NCR Tribune, May 6), wherein it is stated that: “The tenure of three vice-chancellors in the state is scheduled to expire in the next few months. The All India Federation of University and College Teachers’ Organisations (AIFUCTO) has appealed to the Governor and the state government to appoint educationists as vice-chancellors.”
- Hats off to Nisha Sharma
- Should they be debarred?
- Menace of female
foeticide
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- We too got
ISO
- Thank you!
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B. K. Panigrahi dies
Faridabad, May 16
Mr B. K. Panigrahi, an IAS officer of Haryana cadre and at present posted as Joint Secretary in the Union Ministry of Power on deputation, died at the local Escorts Hospital last night. He was suffering from cancer.
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NCR BRIEFS
One killed, five hurt as truck rams tree
Faridabad, May 16
One person was killed and five others were injured when a mini-truck collided against a tree near Mewla Maharajpur crossing here this morning.
According to the police, one person, identified as Ram Krishan of
Alapur, died on the spot while five others travelling in a Tata 407 carrying wheat hit a tree after its driver lost control over the vehicle.
- Students get scholarship
- Bail in dowry harassment case
- PWD staff killed
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- New
civil surgeon
- Roadways conducts driving test
- Bid to self-immolate
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DELHI
DIGEST
Fire in IA office on Parliament Street
New Delhi, May 16
A few computers and important files were gutted in a fire that broke out in the Indian Airlines office located behind Akashvani Bhawan on Parliament Street early this morning. No casualty was reported in the incident, a spokesman of the Delhi Fire Service said.
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Mining near Delhi border still on
Faridabad, May 16
Despite a ban on mining in the five-km area along the Delhi border, illegal mining has not come to an end totally. The authorities yesterday conducted a raid near Gurukul in Aravalli Hills and arrested some persons in this connection. A case has been booked against one contractor for illegal mining.
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