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Traders
protest against spate of robberies
Meerut, July 2
Hundreds of agitated traders today
protested against the failure of the police and the administration to
curb the increasing incidence of robberies and murders in and around the
city.
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One for the road: The MP from South Delhi, Mr Vijay Kumar Malhotra, and others courted arrest on day two of the “jail bharo andolan” launched by the Bharatiya Janata Party. The BJP is protesting against the “rampant corruption and anti-poor policies” of the Government of NCT of Delhi.
Mr Malhotra told protesters that Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit leading a delegation to Rashtrapati Bhavan to seek more administrative powers was a “gimmick … to cover up the Indian National Congress (INC’s) failures on all fronts.”
The Chief Minister, Mr Malhotra told mediapersons, had not fulfilled even one promise that was made in her party’s manifesto in 1998. “The INC had 45 years to put in place a suitable administration in Delhi …. Why is she crying for powers now ?” he wondered.
Ms Dikshit, he said, kept mum all these four odd years and did not raise the demand for making the NCT of Delhi a State. “If she is crying for powers now, she is doing it with an eye on the Assembly elections,” he said. Nothing, he added, had been done to root out corruption. |
Matan
Hail to be developed as model village in Jhajjar district
Jhajjar, July 2
In a bid to check the influx of
people in urban areas, the Haryana Government is planning to develop
residential sectors in villages with all modern facilities similar to
the HUDA sectors in towns.
Gohana
veterinary surgeon falls from roof, dies
Sonepat, July 2
Dr Ashok Kharab, a veterinary
surgeon of the Gohana Veterinary Hospital, reportedly died on the spot
when he fell down from the roof of a house in Guhna village in the wee
hours today.
A SPECIAL FOCUS ON
PANIPAT
Unauthorised
vehicles throw pollution norms
to the wind
Panipat, July 2
Thanks to the indifferent attitude
of the District Transport Office and the Pollution Control Department,
citizens of the district are forced to inhale polluted air and poisonous
gases emitted by unauthorised and outdated vehicles plying on roads,
including three-wheelers, maxicabs, trucks and tractor-trolleys. As a
result, there has been an abnormal increase in lung ailments like cold,
bronchitis, asthma and tuberculosis.
Parties
dub Rs 20 hike in MSP of paddy a joke
Sonepat, July 2
The leaders of various political
parties and farmers’ organisations have criticised the central
government for announcing an increase of only Rs 20 per quintal in the
minimum support price of paddy for this season. They termed it as
non-remunerative and a joke on the farmers.
Rs
2.75 cr sanctioned for prawn cultivation
Sonepat, July 2
The Haryana Fisheries Department
has introduced a pilot project for the cultivation of prawn in fresh
water in an area of 100 hectares so as to provide an opportunity to the
fish farmers in the state to enhance their income.
NCR BRIEFS
Widow’s
body found in well
Jhajjar, July 2
The body of about 27-year-old widow
was reportedly recovered from a well in Bamnoli village of the district
yesterday. The police have registered a case of murder and started
investigation.
- Woman set on fire
- Youth found dead
- MCF gives tubewells to pvt firm
- NHPC Director
- MAF meet on July 5
GREEN FINGERS: Oscar Fernandes, Nafisa Ali and activists of the Delhi Youth Congress during the inauguration of Priyadarshni Tree Plantation drive to create awareness for the city environment at Rajokari village in the Capital on Wednesday. Tribune Photo |
DELHI DIGEST
Nomination
for Speaker’s post to be filed today
New Delhi, July 2
Nomination for the post of Speaker
will be filed tomorrow when the Delhi Legislative Assembly meets for a
day-long special session. The session was necessitated on account of
Prem Singh’s resignation from the post last month.
- Udyog Shiromani Award
- Insurance branch opened
- LLB result
- Decomposed body
Antyodya
Ann beneficiaries
Faridabad, July 2
The authorities will identify about
4,000 more families to be included under the category of ‘very poor’
in the list of ‘Antyodya Ann Yojna’ of the Union Government. As many
as 8,832 families have already been included in the list.
Second
language status to Punjabi hailed
New Delhi, July 2
The Punjabi Sikh Naujawan Manch, in
its meeting chaired by Jathedar Karan Singh, today welcomed the decision
of the Delhi Government to grant the second language status to Punjabi
in Delhi.
Venture
into risky research, young scientists told
New Delhi, July 2
Council for Scientific and
Industrial Research Director R A Mashelkar today urged the budding
scientists to venture into new and risky research instead of limiting
themselves to routine science.
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