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CAPITAL TALK
Delhi Govt has not been consulted on statehood: CM
New Delhi, July 15
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit says the Union Ministry of Home Affairs should keep the Government of the NCT of Delhi posted on the status of the Bill for statehood before it is introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament that begins on July 21.

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit addressing a press conference in the Capital on Tuesday. — Tribune photo Mukesh Aggarwal

LONGER HOURS, 6-DAY WEEK
DU: Goodbye to Friday night out
New Delhi, July 15
Anti-ragging squads and latest trends in fashion are not the only things to watch out for this academic session.

Haryana to set up indoor stadium in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, July 15
The Haryana Government has decided to set up four indoor stadiums in the state, one of which would be in Gurgaon. 

CRIME BUSTERS
‘A clear distinction is must between official and private duty’
New Delhi, July 15
For the 38-year-old 1988 batch Delhi and Andaman Nicobar Police Service officer and at present ACP-Operations (South-West), Mr B. K. Singh, the life of a police officer is full of adventures and challenges. His name shot into limelight during investigations into cartoonist Irfan’s murder case.

Immolation bid at mini-secretariat
Rohtak, July 15
Perturbed over the government move to demolish his house, which is constructed on shamlat land, Sri Bhagwan of Chuliana village in Sampla block made an unsuccessful attempt to immolate himself by sprinkling kerosene in the mini-secretariat complex here today.

Patiala House courts likely to be shifted to Rouse Avenue
New Delhi, July 15
The New Delhi District Courts, housed in the erstwhile palace of Maharaja of Patiala near India Gate in the Capital, may soon be moved to another area to accommodate a greater number of courts, lawyers’ chambers and litigants, the Supreme Court was informed today.

COMMUNITY

Interact more with government: CM tells citizenry
New Delhi, July 15
Stating that democracy warrants an intense government-people partnership, the Chief Minister of Delhi, Mrs Sheila Dikshit, urged citizens to interact more with the government.

SPECIAL FOCUS ON GURGAON
Auction of sites in Vyapar Sadan on August 21
Gurgaon, July 15
The state Urban Department has given the green signal to auction of some of the sites in the proposed Vyapar Sadan here set up by the local municipality. Consequently, the civic body has fixed August 21 for public auction of some of the sites.

Foot and mouth disease vaccination project begins
Sonepat, July 15
A project towards declaring Haryana “a disease-free zone” for livestock has been started in eight districts in the state. These include Sonepat, Rohtak, Jhajjar, Jind, Sirsa, Bhiwani, Fatehabad and Hisar.

WATER-SKIING: Visitors find it hard to negotiate the waterlogged alleys at Delhi Zoo after three days of rain in the Capital on Tuesday. — Photo Kamal Singh

Sikh Forum flays power struggle in DSGMC 
New Delhi, July 15
The Sikh Forum today said that the current struggle for control between various groups of the DSGMC is a cause of concern for the Sikh masses. It was unfortunate that the management committee of Delhi gurdwaras was being used and manipulated by the political parties on one hand and different Akali groups, on the other, for their own political gains.

Unscheduled power cuts cause resentment
Sonepat, July 15
The Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam is allegedly resorting to unannounced power cuts every day, causing widespread resentment among the residents of the city and its suburbs.

Troops to Iraq: Parties call off dharna
Rohtak, July 15
The six opposition parties today called off their proposed dharna, which they had threatened to stage at district headquarters, on July 23 in protest against the Vajpayee government’s readiness to consider the US plea to send Indian troops to Iraq.

Radio astronomer Radhakrishnan gets G M Modi award
New Delhi, July 15
Renowned radio astronomer V. Radhakrishnan has been chosen for the Gujar Mal Modi Innovative Science and Technology Award 2003 for his distinguished work in the field of radio astronomy.

Centre stalling welfare schemes: DPCC
New Delhi, July 15
Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Prem Singh today alleged that the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre was resorting to unfair means to frustrate the attempts by the Government of NCT of Delhi to enact suitable laws.

Rai villages get Rs 14.41 lakh for welfare works
Sonepat, July 15
Mr Suraj Mal Antil, MLA and the chairman of HAFED distributed cheques amounting to Rs 14.41 lakh among the sarpanches of 54 villages in the Rai Assembly constituency of the district for carrying out the development works during the current financial year.

NCR BRIEFS
4 cases of chain snatching, autolifting 
Faridabad, July 15
At least four cases of chain snatching and stealing vehicles have been reported in the district since Monday. According to reports, a Maruti car was stolen from Sector-15 A, belonging to one Nand Kishore Chawla.

Nine candidates in fray for MDU teachers poll

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CRIME

Nine held for racket in spurious petro products
New Delhi, July 15
The Economic Offences Wing today arrested nine persons who were involved in a racket of spurious petroleum products at Jasola in Sarita Vihar area. The police claimed to have recovered more than 38,500 litres of spurious diesel and 15,000 litres of kerosene from the godown. Besides, the police also seized six blue plastic drums containing some chemical liquid and six bags of chemical powder.

Kidnapping case solved; three held
New Delhi, July 15
With the arrest of three persons, the Special Cell today claimed to have solved a case of kidnapping, in which a businessman’s child was kidnapped when he was returning home from school in the Rohini area in North-West district on July 10.

‘Baba gang’ smashed; kingpin caught
Sonepat, July 15
With the arrest of Surender Baba, the Sonepat police have claimed to have busted the ‘Baba gang’ of criminals, which was involved in dacoity at the farmhouse of Satya Dev Tyagi near GT Road. He was produced in the court on Monday and remanded in two-day police custody.

BUSINESS

Touchtel offers speedier Internet access 
Gurgaon, July 15
As the war in telecommunication industry hots up, Touchtel has started providing bandwidth to its DSL subscribers through their network i2i optic fibre leading to reduction in latency as compared to the satellite route, thereby improving the access speed and process efficiency.

EDUCATION

Minister says ‘no’ to student union polls
Sonepat: Putting an end to rumours, the State Education Minister, Mr Bahadur Singh, categorically said today that the ban on elections to students unions of universities and colleges would not be lifted.

CULTURE

GLITZ&GLAMOUR
Fusion of inspired fashion with Indian sensibilities
Fashion and fusion are analogous, well to a certain extent. There is hardly any design or a cut that is not inspired. Take the case of Manju and Bobby Grover, where an amalgamation of contemporary western silhouette with strong oriental undertones, warps, sashes, Kimono sleeves and wrest form an integral part of the whole collection.

Seamless fashion on the anvil Launch pad for Sikhs only Swarn Sambandh

Sherwani collection for all occasions Short shirt collection for men

SPORTS

Wrestlers arrive in the Capital to noisy welcome

New Delhi, July 15 The Indian wrestling squad, which participated in the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship in Canada, returned to Delhi to a noisy welcome when they arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Monday night. The Indian wrestling squad with Union Minister Vikram Verma in the Capital on Tuesday. — Tribune photo Mukesh Aggarwal

Youngmen, Garhwal Heroes  garner full points
New Delhi, July 15
Youngmen Club and Garhwal Heroes scored fluent victories in the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA) A Division League Championship at the Ambedkar Stadium on Tuesday. 

Jeev Milkha Singh, Pawan Munjal, Rohtas Singh and Brandon de Souza at the Hero Honda Golf Tour awards function held in New Delhi.

Ganga School annex cricket title
New Delhi, July 15
A dashing knock of 88, studded with ten fours, by Vikram and deadly bowling by Krishan (4 for 11) and Sagar (3 for 15) helped Ganga School, Hiran Kudna, beat Adarsh Model School, Vikaspuri, by 30 runs to annex the Hans Cricket Tournament at the Uttam Nagar ground, Hastal.

Sarojini Nagar score second successive win
New Delhi, July 15
Sarojini Nagar Gymkhana scored their second successive victory when they beat Ravindra Public School, Pitampura, by 69 runs in the SPM Under-13 Summer League Cricket Tournament on the SPM College ground, Punjabi Bagh.