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Prerna of Kasauti Zindagi Ki fame with schoolchildren in the Capital on Monday.
— Photo Kamal Singh
Activists of BJP Yuva Morcha protesting against the Sheila
Dikshit government on the issue of power shortage and sewerage
at Delhi Vidhan Sabha in the Capital on Monday.
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Murder
witness asks CM for safety cover
Sonepat, July 28
One Rajinder Singh Malik of Arya
Nagar has urged the Haryana Chief Minister to give protection to him and
his family members. He has been threatened with dire consequences as he
is a witness in a murder case.
Heavy
line losses jeopardising power reforms
Rewari, July 28
Major-General (retd) Bhoop Singh
Rathee, chairman of the Haryana Power Transmission and Distribution
Corporations, has asserted that hefty line losses, which stood at 50 per
cent now, were frustrating their plan to provide better services to the
consumers.
NGOs
supplying ‘unhygienic’ food in MCD schools
New Delhi, July 28
The Leader of Opposition in the
MCD, Mr Subhash Arya, today said that the NGOs appointed by the
Congress-ruled corporation to distribute cooked food to the children,
allegedly supplied unhygienic and harmful food in primary schools.
BRASS TRACKS
Silk Route:
Central Asian safari and other tourist hotspots
The
agreement to restart border trade between India and China having been
finalised recently, the Kalimpong-Lhasa Silk Route via Nathula and
Gyantse has once again assumed importance. Considering that silk was the
most exotic commodity exported out of China, and had always been in
great demand, almost all ancient trade links out of China have been
popularly known as the Silk Route.
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The writer at the gateway connecting Alma Ata with Bish Kek and Samarkand and a Net photo of the ancient route.
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Passengers
dread accident-prone Sonepat roads
Sonepat, July 28
Road accidents in this fast growing
industrial city have increased considerably during the past few months.
Similarly, there are reports of fatal accidents on the G T Road and
other state highways every day.
Sonepat
admn gears up to fight floods
Sonepat, July 28
The district administration has
claimed to have made adequate arrangements to combat floods and to check
the erosion of land on the Haryana side of the Yamuna in the Khadar
tract of this district.
Probe
sought into damaged wheat
Sonepat: The Haryana
unit of the Janvadi Mahila Samiti has urged the Centre to order a high
level probe into the public complaints about the damage caused to a
large quantity of wheat stocks purchased by the procurement agencies,
particularly the FCI, lying in the godowns of the city and elsewhere.
SPECIAL
FOCUS ON FARIDABAD
Is there
no check on the elephantine menace of congress grass?
Faridabad, July 28
The growth of the harmful weed,
Parthenium Hysterophorus, popularly known as congress grass, is
unchecked in both the urban and rural areas. Result: Nearly all vacant
areas and the green belt have been occupied by the weed, which is known
for its adverse effects on both human and animal health.
GHPS
branch opens in Hari Nagar
Delhi, July 28
The Shiromani Gurdwara Management
Committee president, Mr Paramjit Singh Sarna, inaugurated the building
of Guru Harkrishan Public School, Hari Nagar here today.
Workers
to hold anti-privatisation dharnas
Rohtak, July 28
Condemning the policies of
privatisation and liberalisation being pursued by the Vajpayee-led NDA
government at the Centre and the state government, the Sarv Karamchari
Sangh, Haryana has decided to stage dharnas in every district
headquarters on August 13.
NCR Briefs
Two bodies
found in camel cart
Rohtak, July 28
The police found bodies of a
middle-aged man and a teenaged boy in a camel cart near Dobh village
yesterday morning. The bodies bore several injury marks and could not be
identified so far. The police said that the victims were killed with
sharp-edged weapons on Saturday night.
- Five dacoits held, arms
seized
- Woman bitten by snake
- Two hurt by canter
- Admn to reward students
IN PARLIAMENT
Rajghat to
have cafeteria, phone booth
New Delhi, July 28
A cafeteria, a telephone booth and
a toilet block are among the several civic amenities being planned at
Rajghat, the Rajya Sabha was told today.
Sheila
opens park in Sanjay Nagar
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