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Verma
asks people to respect all religions
Sonepat, June 2
The Union Labour Minister, Mr Sahab
Singh Verma, has advised the people to respect all religions as it was
the only way to serve humanity. Religion, he said, teaches the people
about brotherhood, tolerance and sympathy towards every human being.
Four
desperadoes fall in police net
New Delhi, June 2
Four inter-state desperadoes
involved in more than 30 cases of murder, dacoity, robbery, attempt to
murder in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh were arrested by the South
district police while they assembled to commit a crime in Aurbindo Marg.
- Proclaimed offender arrested
- Family Day celebrated
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Charanjeet Singh
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FACE TO FACE
‘Teachings
of Guru Gobind Singh are relevant to all people’
FOR 37-year-old good Samaritan
and resident of Nangloi Mr Charanjeet Singh, every religion is only an
extension of humanism. This holds good in the case of Sikhism too. He is
the founder chairman of a unique social service organisation, Gurdwara
Hari Singh Nalwa Sikh Sabha Sewa Committee.
Any cloud up there? The impact of El Nino and man-made factors make prediction risky for the Met Department.
— Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal |
BRASS TACKS
Waiting for
the rain: Why does the Met Department fail us?
FROM time immemorial, monsoons
are known to have played a pivotal role in the economic, social and
cultural life of the country. A good monsoon has been considered
synonymous with prosperity while a thick dark cumulus, rising above the
horizon, is seen as a harbinger of joy by the farmers and as an
inspiration at symbolism and romanticism by poets and litterateurs.
A HERCULEAN TASK: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit cleaning the Yamuna during the ‘Clean Yamuna Drive’ for the forthcoming Environment Week celebrations in the Capital on Monday.
— Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal |
SPECIAL FOCUS ON FARIDABAD
Govt
hospitals on crutches, private ones up and running
Faridabad, June 2
While government hospitals, in
spite of their huge infrastructure, are unable to provide
state-of-the-art facilities to patients, private hospitals and clinics
are luring the people with the latest facilities. The only problem is
that one has to shell out hefty fees for these services, which would
have been affordable were they available at a government hospital.
Bandh
call against VAT falls flat
Rohtak, June 2
The bandh call given by the Haryana
VAT Sangharsh Samiti to protest against the implementation of VAT in the
state did not evoke any response here today. Ignoring the call, traders
and businessmen opened their shops and establishments as usual.
DSGMC
outlines protest week agenda
New Delhi, June 2
The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management
Committee today advocated the move to get Punjabi the status of second
language in Delhi. In a joint statement issued here, DSGMC President
Paramjit Singh Sarna and Punjabi Development Committee Chairman Bir
Inder Singh, in a joint statement, said a series of meetings would be
conducted during the protest week.
THE FIRST CITY’S DARK PERIOD: Delhi BJP president Madan Lal
Khurana with other activists sitting on dharna in protest against
water, electricity problems and corruption in the MCD at Town Hall
in the Capital on Monday. — Photo by Kamal Singh |
NCR BRIEFS
Case
registered against clinic
Jhajjar, June 2
The Beri police registered a case
for causing death due to carelessness and laxity in attending a patient
against a clinic here on the complaint of Surender, a resident of nearby
Dubaldhan village, yesterday. According to information, Surender came to
Kaushik Clinic for the delivery of his pregnant wife.
- Four hurt in road mishap
- One killed in road mishap
- Two women among three injured in
clash
- Temple stone laid
- Maharana Pratap Jayanti
DELHI DIGEST
Four persons
held for circulating fake currency
New Delhi, June 2
The Delhi Police today claimed to
have arrested four persons allegedly involved in the circulation of fake
currency and seized counterfeit notes worth Rs 25,000 from their
possession.
Mr C.P. Jain, CMD, NTPC, receiving the prestigious ISO 9001-2000 certificate from
Mr M.S. Gaur, Regional Manager (North) BVQI, in the Capital for its corporate engineering division. |
DDA SCAM
HC extends
DLF official’s interim bail
New Delhi, June 2
The Delhi High Court today extended
by a week the interim bail of DLF construction company’s official
Ravinder Taneja in the DDA scam case and fixed hearing on the petition
by another accused on June 13.
Water
woes: Threat to go to court
Bhiwani, June 2
District Upbhokta Kalyan Sangh of
Bhiwani has taken a serious note on the supply of contaminated water
through the water tanks, which have not been cleaned for the last 8
years.
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