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Master Plan guidelines ‘poll stunt’
New Delhi, July 29
The Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee on Tuesday termed the decision of the Union Ministry of Urban Development, to recommend new guidelines for the
Delhi Master Plan 2021, as a “gimmick” and an “election stunt”.
STATEHOOD
Confusion clouds govt vision: BJP
New Delhi, July 29
Continuing with its tirade against the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee for not taking enough initiatives to get NCT of Delhi declared a State of the Union, the Delhi Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party
on Tuesday said the Government of NCT of Delhi is confused and did not have the clarity of vision on what shape the State of NCT of Delhi should take.
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| POLL SHENANIGANS: Union Labour Minister Sahib Singh Verma, Delhi Pradesh BJP president Madan Lal Khurana and Vijay Kumar Malhotra at joint press conference in the Capital on Tuesday.
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Chautala accuses Cong of creating rift in society
Jhajjar, July 29
The Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, said his government has put the state firmly on the path of development during the last three years, while the Congress party, which had been in power for most of the 37 years since the formation of Haryana, had created rift in the society on the basis of rural-urban divide.
Parking stands: Grin and bear the high charges
Faridabad, July 29
The system of auctioning parking stands is quite complex. There are wheels within wheels. First, the rates charged by the contractors are exorbitant; then the authorities fail to ensure that the prescribed rates are duly displayed. To cap it, they are hiked every now and then.
Organisations seek probe into graft in Irrigation Dept
Sonepat, July 29
Representatives of various farmers’ organisations, gram panchayats, block samitis and the Sonepat Zila Parishad today expressed their grave concern over the inefficient working of the vigilance wing of the Irrigation Department in the district.
Gohana MC fails to seal meat shops in town
Sonepat, July 29
Despite the instructions from the Chief Minister’s office and the police presence, the Municipal Committee of Gohana has failed to seal the meat shops at Samta Chowk in the town. The municipal authorities were forced to postpone its action on Monday after three hours of discussion with the meat shop owners.
SPECIAL FOCUS ON GURGAON
Revamping ITIs to suit industry
needs the need of the hour
Gurgaon, July 29
There is a strong feeling among students, teachers and entrepreneurs here that the existing Industrial Training Institutes
run by the state government must be upgraded.
They say that the ITIs in the state are not in a position to provide quality manpower to the industries. They do not have the proper infrastructure to do so.
Army to recruit religious preachers
Bhiwani, July 29
The Army Recruitment Office has invited applications from male candidates for the posts of Junior Commission Officers (Pandit, Sikh Granthi, Mullah, Missionary and Buddhist Monk) for Religious Teacher Courses 41 and 42.
HRC intervention sought to trace lost son
Rohtak, July 29
An aggrieved father, whose son has been missing for the last 20 days, has appealed for the intervention of the Human Rights Commission and security to the members of his family as the district police have allegedly been harassing him.
Chaudhary indulged in
‘filmi flimflam’
New Delhi, July 29
The ongoing spat between Deputy Speaker of Delhi Assembly Kiran Chaudhary and former BJP MLA Karan Singh Tanwar took another turn on Tuesday when the latter demanded her resignation for “faking” injuries allegedly sustained by an Army bulldozer during the demolition of slums in the Cantonment last week.
All set for ‘Jal Yudh’ in Haryana
Rohtak, July 29
The state president of Rashtriya Lok Dal, Swami Indervesh, has claimed that arrangements have been completed for the proposed ‘Jal Yudh’ (fight for water) to be launched all over the state in protest against the ‘inordinate’ delay in completion of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal.
Redefine household units: PHDCCI
New Delhi, July 29
Reacting to the guidelines of the Delhi Master Plan 2021, the PHDCCI has said the proposals would only lead to further congestion and chaos in the Capital.
The PHDCCI said the Master Plan should instead provide for more areas being earmarked for commercial activities.
IN PARLIAMENT
12,325 held from jhuggi clusters for anti-social activities
New Delhi, July 29
In the Lok Sabha today, Dr M P Jaiswal and Mr Ram Tahal Chaudhary have questioned the Deputy Prime Minister whether anti-social elements are on the rise in the jhuggi-jhompri areas of Delhi. They asked for the number of drives launched by the government and the Delhi Police to detect the anti-social elements and the number of persons arrested.
NCR BRIEFS
Boy crushed to death
Sonepat, July 29
A seven-year-old boy, identified as Nadeem, was knocked down and crushed by a truck on the Sonepat-Meerut inter-state road near Khewra village, about 13 km from here yesterday. According to a report, the boy was crossing the road when the accident occurred.
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