TOP STORIES

Raids on ticketless travellers: A two-act farce
Panipat, September 20
It was a day-long drama at the Panipat railway station. In the first act, 125 passengers, including sons of officers of vigilance and police department, were fined by the Special Railway Magistrate during a surprise raid.

Fire in Delhi Police chief’s office
New Delhi, September 20
There was panic in the multi-storeyed Delhi Police Headquarters building near the ITO crossing this afternoon when a fire broke out in the visitor’s room of the Delhi Police Commissioner R S Gupta on the second floor, wrecking the entire room.

Firemen clamber to safety at the Police Headquarters in the Capital on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

BJP seeks EC intervention on bogus voters, ready to move court
New Delhi, September 20
Alleging that over 10 lakh bogus voters were registered in the Capital’s electoral rolls, the BJP today sought the intervention of the Election Commission, failing which it threatened to move the court.

Sonali Bendre at the opening of Domino’s outlet at Gurgaon. — Photo by Yadram Bansal

NDMC festive campaign: CM to lead cleanliness drive with padyatra
New Delhi, September 20
Come festive season and the New Delhi Municipal Council will launch an Intensive Clean City Campaign in its area by dividing it into 14 zones. All the departments will perform duties in their respective fields.

MARTYR’S DAY VENUE
Bhajan Lal faction gets HC nod
Rewari, September 20
A stay order, granted by a Division Bench comprising Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.S. Saron of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, has radically changed the status of the Martyr’s Day conference, scheduled to be held in Rao Tula Ram Park on September 23.

Two teachers suspended for dereliction of duty
Bhiwani, September 20
The Department of Secondary Education, Haryana, has suspended two government schoolteachers for dereliction of duty during the ongoing Supplementary Board Examinations. The department has also given instructions to the management of two private schools for taking disciplinary action against a principal and a teacher who were found guilty of dereliction of duty.

CONNING THE PUBLIC
Factory of fake coins busted
New Delhi, September 20
With the arrest of two persons, the New Delhi district police claims to have busted a .factory, which was churning out counterfeit coins of Rs 5 denomination. The police also claimed to have recovered a hydraulic pressure machine, die, tools, an electronic motor, 975 counterfeit coins of Rs 5 denomination, 27 kg of raw material used to manufacture the coins and one kg of defective and semi-finished coins from the hideout. The accused, Bhagwan Das Soni (43) and his courier, Trilochan Singh, were apprehended by the police on September 20. The fake Rs 5 coins. — A Tribune photograph

COMMUNITY

BJP ‘only party’ that serves defence personnel
Bhiwani, September 20
All India Bharatiya Janata Party Sainik cell convenor Brig (retd) P D Misra, while addressing a press conference here today, said that the BJP was the only party in the country which had done something for the welfare of the defence personnel, ex-servicemen and their families.

SPECIAL FOCUS ON REWARI
Workshop stresses need for women empowerment 
Rewari, September 20
The Rewari Obstetric and Gynecological Society (ROGS) has launched a comprehensive campaign for population stabilization and women empowerment, apart from eradication of social evils like dowry and female foeticide in South Haryana.

A GALA BEGINNING OF FESTIVE DAYS: An artiste giving the final touches to the image of Goddess Durga. — A Tribune photograph

SEARCH WITHIN
Healing historic hurts, grievances
Have you ever tried forgiveness in your life? Have you tried forgiving your worst enemy? It is said that he who has not forgiven an enemy has never tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life. “What can Jesus Christ do for you now?” said an inhuman slave master derisively when in the act of applying the lacerating whip to an already half-murdered slave. “Him teach me to forgive you massa,’’ was his reply.

Over 1,200 telephones go phut
Sonepat, September 20
More than 1,200 telephones became dead following a technical fault developed in the RSU telephone exchange at Ganaur town, 16 km from here yesterday. According to a report, the telephonic link between Gandhi Nagar area of Ganaur and several other villages remained cut off from the rest of the country on account of this fault.

NCR BRIEFS
Students rally against fee hike
Noida, September 20
The students of JSS Academy of Technical Education in Sector-62 Noida held a demonstration against fee hike and in support of their other demands. The rally had started from Shimla Park, Sector-11 and terminated at the office of City Magistrate in Sector-6 where the students handed over a charter of demands, addressed to the UP Chief Minister and District Magistrate, to the City Magistrate.

Rail facility sought 50 ticketless passengers

Bhojpuri Samaj function

DELHI DIGEST Special court disposes of cases of petty offenders New Delhi, September 20 A special court was held in Tihar Jail complex today to dispose of cases of petty offenders languishing in the jail. The court was presided over by Mr Alok Aggarwal, Metropolitan Magistrate.

CRIME

Man defrauds housing society; siphons off Rs 55 lakh
New Delhi, September 20
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police today arrested Kamal Chandra Das (55) who had allegedly siphoned off Rs 55 lakh of the members of the Welcomgroup Cooperative Housing Society. He belonged to Murshidabad in West Bengal.

BUSINESS

Need for awareness among consumers about quality: BIS
Faridabad, September 20
The Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) has stressed the need for proper information and awareness among the consumers about the quality of goods and services offered by the manufacturers and trading units.

Spurt in use of plastic, fibre affects timber business
Sonepat, September 20
Following increasing demand of plastic and fibre in various construction works and product packaging, the century old wooden market has been adversely affected. According to rough estimates by the people concerned, the wood business has witnessed a decline of nearly 45 per cent during the past two decades.

COURTS

Public safety plea directed to concerned dept 
New Delhi, September 20
The Delhi High Court has dismissed and withdrawn a plea which claimed high tension wires hanging as low as 10 to 15 feet were endangering the lives of people living in East Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar colony.

HEALTH

BODY&MIND
Alzheimer’s should not be dismissed as senility
Delhi-based family physician, Dr Sushma Chawla, who lost her mother to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) five years back, is keen on setting up day care centres in various neighbourhood localities in Delhi. Founder of Hope Ek ASHA (Affectionate Secure Home for Alzheiner’s), a research organisation dedicated to the care of caregivers, Dr Chawla says that the main objective of setting up the care centres is to give respite to caregivers.

SPORTS

Azad Club make merry in Delhi Hockey League
New Delhi, September 20
Azad Club enjoyed unfettered freedom as they rained goals on Delhi Stars Club to record a 7-0 victory in the PNB Delhi Hockey League for clubs at the Shivaji Stadium on Saturday. Azad Club led by three goals at half time.

Anup hattricks for  St. Francis De Sales
New Delhi, September 20
Three goals in a row by Anup was the highlight of hosts St. Francis De Sales School B team’s 4-1 victory against St Marks Public School, Meera Bagh in the opening Pool C match of the Fr. Peter Mermier Football Tournament at the Francis School ground in Janakpuri on Saturday.

Joginder, Kaif star in Public Sector Cricket
New Delhi, September 20
Brilliant bowling by Joginder Sharma and a dashing knock by Mohd Kaif enabled Oil and Natural Gas Corporation defeat Air India by nine wickets and entered the final of the All-India Public Sector Cricket Tournament at the Roshanara Club ground.

Frank Anthony, Salwan earn full points
New Delhi, September 20
Deadly bowling by Aditya Saini (3 for 7) and Vijay Pandit (3 for 16) helped Frank Anthony Public School (Lajpat Nagar) defeat NVM by eight runs in the Parle Cup Inter-School Cricket Tournament at the Bharat Nagar ground. Salwan Public School beat Bosco School by 16 runs at the Modern School ground.

Robin Bisht shines for  Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
New Delhi, September 20
An all-round display by Robin Bisht, who scored 84 runs and scalped four wickets, enabled Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan defeat Delhi Public School (DPS), Mathura Road by seven wickets in the Radha Kishan Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Cambridge Foundation School ground.

ADMINISTRATION

Move to issue photo ID cards in Noida
Noida, September 20
The district administration has started the process of photo identity cards for voters all over again. About 35,000 photos have been taken so far and the work on the identity cards will be taken up by the next month, according to Additional District Election Officer Satya Pal Singh Tyagi.