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Hyderabad can be Delhi’s model: Advani

New Delhi, August 10 It is official now. The Bill for making the NCT of Delhi a “State” of the Union will be introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament. The two Houses of Parliament, which were adjourned on Friday, will now meet on August 13. Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister of Home Affairs L. K. Advani, said the blueprint of the State of NCT of Delhi was ready.
ALL EARS: Delhi Pradesh BJP president Madan Lal Khurana with Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani during a Parivartan Rally, organised by Delhi Pradesh BJP at Indira Gandhi Stadium in the Capital on Sunday. — Tribune photo Mukesh Aggarwal

With a cook for sentry, jail inmates escape at will
Sonepat, August 10
The escape of two inmates of Sonepat Bal Sudhar Grah (Bostel jail) is not a dubious first in the history of the jail, which is known to have pathetic security.

Activists of the National Human Rights Council protesting the NDMC's action against the pavement vendors at Jantar Mantar in the Capital on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

One look at your nails and he can tell your best-kept secret
New Delhi, August 10
It may sound incredible but it is true. Forty-year-old Sunil Kumar Garg of Laxmi Nagar in East Delhi has discovered a unique way to diagnose diseases — by examining the teeth and nails. To him, the condition of the teeth and nails of a person provides the biggest clue to his ailment.

HealthyU!
First eye flu, now cholera & malaria
Ghaziabad, August 10
At least two children died of cholera with the disease spreading to Adarsh Nagar here. Shivani (5) and Kailashi (4) of the area succumbed to the disease, which seems to be striking children and the elderly. The condition of the daughters of Prem Chand of the same colony, Maya (5) and Mansi (3), is also serious. They have been rushed to a nursing home.

Can Beijing Olympics put the biz back in Faridabad?
Faridabad, August 10
The Faridabad Small Industries Association is in an upbeat mood. It is looking forward to its visit to China in October. The visit could open new vistas for many manufacturing and business concerns, especially in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics.

Disappointed…No pin-up girls in DUSU poll this time
New Delhi, August 10
With the dates of the elections to the Delhi University Student’s Union having been announced, the varsity is awash with posters and pamphlets asking students to cast their votes for the best man or woman.

Banner of revolt against MC chief
Sonepat, August 10
Fifteen out of the 31 councillors of the Sonepat Municipal Council have decided to revolt against the Chairman, Satpal Goyal, because of his style of functioning. This decision was taken by these councillors at a meeting in the PWD Rest House here on Saturday.

COMMUNITY

Irked by power cuts, villagers resort to gherao
Sonepat, August 10
A large number of irate residents from Shershah, Janti, Khatkar and Dahesra villages gheraoed the powerhouse at Kundli village near the Haryana-Delhi border, about 25 km from here, last evening to register their protest against the erratic supply of power for the past few months.

NGOs vent ire against water ‘commodification’
New Delhi, August 10
Certain non-government organisations have kicked off their campaign against the ‘commodification’ of water by targeting their ire at the multinational corporation that is laying the pipeline for the Sonia Vihar Water Treatment Plant in the NCT of Delhi.

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit presenting the GM Modi Innovative Science and Technology Award to renowned radio astronomer Prof V Radhakrishnan in the Capital.

SPECIAL FOCUS ON SONEPAT
CM’s flying squad conducts raids on fair price shops
Sonepat, August 10
The Haryana Government has expressed grave concern over the maldistribution of subsidised rationed commodities among families living below the poverty line in this city and other parts of the district and ordered a high-level inquiry into a series of public complaints in this regard.

Right to strike: CITU to join bandh on Aug 13
Sonepat, August 10
The Haryana unit of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions will join the countrywide bandh on August 13, the call of which had been given by the union against the Supreme Court’s judgement depriving the government employees of their right to organise strikes.

• Non-payment of salary
• Lottery bazaar raided

Physically disabled to get 13 prefabricated phone booths New Delhi, August 10

The National Thermal Power Corporation is providing 13 prefabricated telephone booths to the physically challenged persons. The beneficiaries of the project, costing a total of Rs 5 lakh, have been selected in association with the Vocational Rehabilitation Centre, Delhi. Mr C. P. Jain, Chairman and Managing Director, NTPC, on Sunday handed over the keys of a prefabricated telephone booth to a physically challenged person at Naraina in the Capital.

NCR BRIEFS
NTPC employee ends life
Ghaziabad, August 10
Arvind, a steno-typist in NTPC Dadri, committed suicide by hanging himself with a ceiling fan, according to Jarcha police. The reason for the extreme action is said to be family discord.

• RLD flays Chautala govt for poor civic amenities
• Coaching institute for IIT aspirants
• House burgled

DELHI DIGEST
Pirated books seized
New Delhi, August 10
Pirated books of foreign and Indian publishers worth Rs 25 lakh have been seized after developing intelligence by the Intellectual Property Rights Section of EOW of the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police.

• Swaran Jayanti year

• Commuters’ woes

CRIME

Three held for cheating; lucre seized
New Delhi, August 10
The Connaught Place police arrested three youths in two different cases, including the employees of the Union Ministry of Petroleum, on charges of cheating and forgery. A sum of Rs 60,000 was recovered from their possession.

• Student attacked

Two booked for bid to rape married woman
Sonepat, August 10
The Kharkhauda police have registered a case against two persons, Jai Bhagwan and Jagbir of Gopalpur village for an attempt to rape a married woman, Mrs Mukesh of the same village, and launched a massive hunt to apprehend them.

• Case against dowry demons

• Husband in the dock

SHOWCASE
Happy washing! A machine that operates and
communicates to boot
Electrolux has launched the world’s first talking washing machine, the ‘Washy Talky’. The new model has been launched keeping in line the company’s brand proposition of ‘nurturing hope, nurturing life’. The technologically superior ‘Washy Talky,’ offers a number of unique features that rank the product as a generation-next appliance.

EDUCATION

RCI to transfer BEd, MEd courses to credit accumulation system
New Delhi, August 10
The Rehabilitation Council of India, a statutory body under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, has announced that it will soon transfer two of its most successful courses - BEd and MEd (special education) - to the credit accumulation system.

SCHOOL BUZZ World conference on children’s concerns

ONE should cheer the youngsters who feel there is not enough attention paid to the problems and concerns of children. The first world conference on children’s concerns would be organised in the national Capital from November 22 to 24 to inculcate awareness and contribute towards betterment of the children of the world. Adventurous English duo Richard Meredith and Philip McNerney with SOS children in the Capital. They are motoring through 20 countries to raise money for the SOS organisation.

• Kargil Vijay divas basket ball tourney

• SOS greets British adventurers

• Respect Mother Nature

PRINCIPALSPEAK
A rededication to freedom
THIS Independence Day let us wake up to a revolutionary change in our perception – wake up to the voice of our inner selves which deems us to free ourselves from narrow and morally crippling beliefs that have restricted our true development.

Central school students to learn lessons on Ayurveda, lifestyle
New Delhi, August 10
In a major boost to Ayurveda, a School Health Programme including yoga and lifestyle education based on the ancient system of Indian medicine would be implemented in 20 central schools across the national Capital beginning August 18. This is part of the World Health Organisation project launched to promote indigenous systems of medicine.

SPORTS

Former Delhi Chief Minister Madan Lal Khurana is being felicitated by the Delhi Kushit Premi Sangh after he unveiled a statue of the late Dronacharya wrestling coach Guru Hanuman.

SPOTLIGHT
SAI in a bind over transfer of coaches
New Delhi, August 10
The Sports Authority of India is very keen to uproot some of the coaches who have dug their feet deep into the soil of their operation for the past several years, creating a very vested, vexed kind of situation.

Jaspal Kaur, Sachdeva enter semi-finals
New Delhi, August 10
Jaspal Kaur and Sachdeva Schools stormed into the semi-finals of the girls section in the Inter-School Table Tennis Tournament at the Talkatora indoor stadium on Sunday. Jaspal Kaur will take on Manav Sthali while Sachdeva will clash against Hans Raj Model School in the semi-final matches.

• FCI, CWC move up

Glorious ground Air Force in DSA League
New Delhi, August 10
Glorious scored an upset victory when they grounded Indian Air Force, Palam 2-1 in a Group A match of the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA)-SAIL A Division Football League Championship at the Ambedkar Stadium on Sunday.

• Ganga School enter final

Asian PGA chief praises Indian Golf Tour
New Delhi, August 10
Executive director of the Asian Professional Golf Association Ramian Haroon praised the Hero Honda Indian Golf Tour and termed it as one of the best in the region. Haroon said the Indian tour was a fine example for the region where its hosts an average 20 to 25 tournaments a year.