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DSGMC BATTLE LINES
Sarna supporters pick up the election gauntlet
New Delhi, June 28
The battle lines between the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee president Paramjit Singh Sarna’s group and the rebels owing allegiance to the recently united Shiromani Akali Dal have now been clearly drawn with 18 of the 51-member strong committee turning up for an emergency meeting called on behalf of the president here last evening.

Two buried alive in Turkman Gate
New Delhi, June 28
At least two persons were killed and two seriously injured when an old multi-storeyed building collapsed in the congested Turkman Gate area of the Capital today causing panic among the residents in the neighbourhood.
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Firemen and some residents doing the rescue job after the collapse of an old multi-storeyed building at Turkman Gate area in the Capital on Saturday. — Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal

BEATING THE HEAT: A fireman quenching his thirst during a rescue operation in Turkman Gate area where a four-storeyed building collapsed in the Capital on Saturday. — Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal

New power tariff to benefit domestic consumers: Sheila
New Delhi, June 28
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit says the power sector will be made more consumer-friendly and the Inspector Raj abolished so that there is less intervention by the inspectors and the consumers may avail themselves of more facilities.

Three auto drivers held for killing trader
New Delhi, June 28
Three desperadoes armed with knives, who had allegedly stabbed and killed a trader near Rajghat were caught after an hour of the incident. One of the culprits was arrested from Shanti Van while he was fleeing. He was identified as Sonu. His interrogation led to the arrest of Sanju, alias Sudhir, and Mohammad Jameel, police said.

YOURS KINDLY
Strange offer, stranger assent
Rohtak, June 28
The district police displayed rare ‘benevolence’ when it let a suspect of drug peddling go scot-free. who was to get married a few days later. The police reportedly agreed to the ‘offer’ made by some relatives of the suspect to book one of his brothers in his place so that his wedding could take place smoothly.

ACHIEVERS
Master of abracadabra casts a spell on viewers
New Delhi, June 28
For 45-year-old internationally acclaimed magician, Hare Krishna of Kotla Mobarakpur area of the Capital, magic is just a fine art. After having successfully displayed his skills in more than 2,500 shows here and abroad, the magician confessed that he was self-taught and whatever skills he had today he had developed them through trial and error method.

IN DOGHOUSE
Novel way to sweet home!
Sonepat, June 28
A driver of a private bus, identified as Papoo, drove away with a Haryana Roadways bus from Kharkhauda bus stand, 19 km from here last night. The vehicle was of Rohtak bus depot.

• Two of Fauji gang nabbed

COMMUNITY

HUDA demolishes 250 jhuggis in Ballabgarh
Faridabad, June 28
The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) demolished atleast 250 ‘jhuggis’ and ‘kutcha’ houses from sector 25 in Ballabgarh area on Friday.

Boy rescued from kidnappers
Ghaziabad, June 28
The Loni police claimed to have rescued a four-year-old boy from the clutches of his two kidnappers. The duo were arrested last night.

Unannounced power cuts add to woes
Sonepat, June 28
The inefficient working of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) in the district has forced the residents to bear the brunt of unannounced power cuts and voltage fluctuations.

Youth mercilessly beaten up in illegal confinement
Sonepat, June 28
Amid reports that the Haryana Government is sending police officers to England for three months ‘training in decent behaviour’, the Sonepat police have alleged kept a youth in illegal confinement for two days and mercilessly beaten him without any reason.

Indirapuram being served with contaminated water
Ghaziabad, June 28
Residents of Indirapuram are a worried lot. There is no dearth of civic problems in this GDA constructed colony for the low-income group people.

Rs 40,000 gold ornaments worth lakhs looted in Sonepat
Sonepat, June 28
Thieves reportedly broke into two houses at Gopalpur village, about 25 km from here last night and decamped with about Rs 40,000 in cash and other gold ornaments worth several lakhs of rupees.

• Young housewife commits suicide

• Two women among 7 injured in group clash

• Memorandum to CM over wage disparity

• Panchayat land auction on July 1

SPECIAL FOCUS ON REWARI
CBI summons five police personnel in Dharuhera custodial death case
Rewari, June 28
The CBI has summoned five police personnel including an inspector in connection with a custodial death case.

SEARCH WITHIN
The right lessons life’s experiences teach you
Deepak Chopra, author and philosopher, writing the other day in a national newspaper, stressed on three factors that go to make up lasting relationships: zest, intimacy and purpose. And he maintains that relationships are really what make the world go round.

NCR BRIEFS
Man killed as canter overturns
Sonepat, June 28
Mr Ram Lal, a resident of Garhi Jhinjhara village, was killed when a canter overturned and he was trapped underneath it on the G T Road near Ganaur Chowk, about 20 km from here last evening.

• MDU ‘fulfils’ exam responsibility
• Canal water stolen

DELHI DIGEST
Power cut in Rohini today
New Delhi, June 28
North Delhi Power Limited (NDPL) today announced load shedding on June 29 and June 30 due to maintenance work in the grid station in Rohini Sector 23 and pre-monsoon inspection.

• Probe demanded into electricity scam

EDUCATION

ROHTAK
MDU entrance test for MSc Physics to be held on July 5 
Rohtak, June 28
The entrance test for admission to M.Sc Physics (Previous) of Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) will be held on July 5. The entrance test was earlier scheduled for July 2, but was subsequently preponed to July 1.

• Counselling for MBA and MCA courses

• Date for submission of marksheets extended