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Police
foil bid to occupy leased land
Sonepat, June 24
The Ganaur police foiled an attempt
by armed persons to forcibly occupy about 600 acres of panchayat land
and took into custody 80 persons who allegedly damaged the standing
crops on the land by pressing into service at least 22 tractors in
Ahulana village, about 20 km from here, yesterday. The police also
seized the tractors.
Abhishek Bachchan with Kareena Kapoor at a promotional event in
the Capital on Tuesday. — Photo Kamal Singh |
The
man who wanted to make Qutub Minar disappear
Rohtak, June 24
He scoffs at myths and
superstitions and tries to educate people through his magic tricks. He
intends to establish a magic centre in India to train people about its
various techniques, including that of self-hypnotism to relieve
themselves of tension.
SPECIAL FOCUS ON
GURGAON
Illegal
intersections on NH 8: Death is a frequent visitor here
Gurgaon, June 24
The illegal road cuts at the
national highway stretching between Delhi and Jaipur makes the road
unsafe for the fast moving vehicles. More than 40 villages falling
between 42 milestone and 248 milestone on National Highway 8 make this
road prone to accidents as the villagers ply their truckers, trailers
etc on the wrong side of the road.
After
heat, it is rain that scares
them now
Gurgaon, June 24
Sunshine or rainfall, residents of
Old Gurgaon areas, unlike their counterparts of the new city area,
appear to be always at the wrong end of the stick. During the high point
of summer they curse their fate for erratic power supply and shortage of
water.
Agriculture
Dept gets into a muddle with crops & targets
Sonepat, June 24
It is quite strange that during the
last kharif season the area under green fodder crop of jowar had gone up
to 34,800 hectares in the district against the Agriculture
Department’s target of 22,000 hectares, but the department has set the
target of only 16,000 hectare for the current rabi season.
Commuters
continue to shun railway overbridge
Sonepat, June 24
Reluctance on the part of
passengers to use the overbridge to go to the platforms for boarding
trains at the Sonepat railway station is proving dangerous. According to
a report, as many as 52 passengers have been killed on the tracks at the
station during the past one year due to this.
Chautala
promises easing of water shortage after
completion of SYL
Rohtak, June 24
Chief Minister Om Parkash Chautala
today claimed that the SYL canal would be completed within a year and
thereafter, there would be no shortage of irrigation and drinking water
in southern Haryana.
DELHI DIGEST
Suspension of
VAT demanded
New Delhi, June 24
The president of the Haryana Beopar
Manch, Mr Sanjay Sethi, has demanded the suspension of VAT till a new
tax system, which is currently being prepared, is implemented across the
country. The VAT system has already been implemented in Haryana.
NCR BRIEFS
Passengers
stranded as train bogies derail
Ghaziabad, June 24
Five bogies of a goods train
derailed after a culvert near the Hapur Railway Station caved in. As a
result, the track was blocked and the railway traffic to Lucknow and
Bulandshahr was disrupted.
- Man knifes himself
- Girls shine in Matric exams
Youth paraded
with blackened face for indecent behaviour
Sonepat, June 24
A youth was paraded with his face
blackened by the residents of Ganaur town last evening. According to a
report, the youth was caught red-handed in a ‘compromising position’
with a girl, who also happened to be his relative.
- Woman electrocuted
- Worker injured
- Youth commits suicide
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