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Satta rackets with crores riding on ODI smashed

New Delhi, March 13 The Delhi Police Crime Branch and the East district police have busted four satta rackets in the city and arrested 11 persons during the India-Pakistan one-day cricket match in Karachi.
Cricket buffs enjoy the telecast of the ODI in a makeshift structure in Paharganj in the Capital on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

• Kidnapped child rescued; four held

Son was in Rajasthan: Mother in MAMC case
New Delhi, March 13
The mother of the main accused in the November 2002 Maulana Azad Medical College student rape case told a Delhi court that her son had been in Rajasthan at the time of the incident and that he had been falsely implicated in the case.

Highway cops firing on all cylinders to book violators
Faridabad, March 13
The Haryana highway traffic police are pulling out all the stops to instil a sense of discipline among the road users. They have challaned a number of vehicles on the National Highway number 2 passing from here recently.

Boy kills ‘alcoholic’ father
Ghaziabad, March 13
An ex-serviceman, Jagpal, was beaten to death by his son in village Raghunathpur under Mussori police station. The old man was an alcoholic and often rebuked by his son Manoj for his habit of drinking. In a scuffle with the son on Friday, Jagpal got injured and later succumbed to his injuries in a hospital in Hapur.

• Criminal nabbed within minutes

Activists of the Akhil Bharatiya Muslim Yuva Ekta Committee celebrate India’s sensational victory over Pakistan in the Capital on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

	Govt directive: Drive eve-teasers to thana March 13, 2004
	Noida diamond loot: Merchant, cops trade charges March 12, 2004
	Fracas over pets leads to firing, 5 bystanders hurt March 11, 2004
	Rs1.5 cr loot at Noida diamond showroom March 10, 2004
	Woman among four held for murder of SI March 9, 2004
	Missing SI, informer found headless with skulls charred March 7, 2004
	Elevated highways to ease Delhi traffic March 6, 2004
	Parcel worth its weight in gold seized from railway station March 5, 2004
	HC orders DDA dose to hospitals flouting norms March 4, 2004

Legal corner
Stray cattle: HC seeks action taken report
New Delhi, March 13
Taking a serious view of an earlier order, the Delhi High Court has directed the civic and local authorities in the Capital to file an action taken report (ATR) on the steps taken to rid the city of the menace of stray cattle.

• Group clash

Chautala attacks BJP top leadership
Sonepat, March 13
If the recent election meetings of the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, is any indication, it was clear that he has decided to oppose his former ally with full force in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

POLITICS

BJP Legal Cell appoints election watchdogs
Sonepat, March 13
The Legal Cell of the Haryana BJP has appointed six prominent lawyers, namely Mr Nar Dev Sharma, Mr N. K. Sanghi, Mr O. P. Goel, Mr Sanjeev Pandit, Mr Lekh Raj Sharma and Mr Ravi Kiran Dahiya, on its panel for looking into complaints about the misuse of official machinery by the ruling Indian National Lok Dal and its candidates during the Lok Sabha elections in the state.

COMMUNITY

SEARCH WITHIN
Can man live without God, subsist on atheism?
Can man live without God? Can he live without God in a reasonable way? The answer is in the negative according to Ravi Zacharias, a writer on apologetics, who has written a book with the title: Can man live without God?

Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee receiving a cheque of Rs 2 crore from S. S. Kohli, CMD of Punjab National Bank, for the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund. Other senior officials of the bank are also seen in the picture.

Matriculation examination begins amidst tight security
Sonepat, March 13
The matriculation examination began today amidst tight security arrangements at the 105 examination centres set up by the Board of School Education Haryana in this city and elsewhere in this district.

• Ticketless passengers penalised

Rowdies force suspension of Punjabi Mela
New Delhi, March 13
The organisers of the three-day Punjabi Mela at Talkatora Gardens here have suspended the event after a group of slogan shouting youth barged into the designated audience gallery and created a ruckus during the pop show late last evening.

Nursing homes raided in Sonepat
Sonepat, March 13
Officials of the Health Department headed by Ms Sushma Madan, Director of Health Services, conducted surprise raids at two private nursing homes at Gohana town, 35 km from here, last evening and seized certain documents from them for scrutiny.

• DDPO summoned

• Four hurt in mishap

• House ransacked

Delhi digest
Spinal injuries centre to have new ward
New Delhi, March 13
In order to meet the increasing load of professional healthcare services to the patients with spinal injuries and related problems, the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC) is very soon coming up with a new ward of 30 beds. The chairman of the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC), Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia, announced it today while inaugurating the three-day conference of International Spine and Spinal Injuries Conference.

• Malhotra demands amendment to UAM

Dacoity plan goes for a toss, five nabbed
New Delhi, March 13
With the arrest of five persons the South district police claimed to have averted a dacoity bid in a wine shop near Ajay Ahuja Park. The police also recovered one countrymade pistol, one knife, two rods, two colour TVs, four cameras, silver jewellery and some antiques from their possession.

• Five hurt in fire at Azad Market

• Eye camp tomorrow

CRIME

Two dreaded criminals nabbed, country-made weapons seized
Ghaziabad, March 13
With the arrest of two criminals, the Modi Nagar police claimed to have solved a number of cases of loot and thefts. The two criminals, identified as Naresh and Tinqu from Tikra road jungle, were arrested by a police team led by the S.O. Dharmender Chauhan. The criminals were held while they were planning to loot in the area, the police said.

• Goods worth lakhs seized

Stolen vehicles worth Rs 50 lakh recovered
New Delhi, March 13
With the arrest of two desperate auto thieves the Crime Branch claimed to have busted an inter-state gang and also recovered 17 vehicles worth more than Rs 50 lakh from Gujarat. The sleuths also claimed to have seized incriminating documents, forged rubber stamps and vehicle service books from their possession.

Contractor assaulted, robbed of car
Sonepat, March 13
Mr Jai Singh, a contractor, was robbed of his car and a mobile telephone at pistol-point by three unidentified motorcycle-borne miscreants near Sehoti Village, about 15 km from here yesterday.

BUSINESS

Pakistani business delegation visits Gurgaon
Gurgaon, March 13
A Pakistani business delegation led by the Chairman, International Fair and Exhibition Commerce and the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Mr Amin Khan, was on a visit here today.

HEALTH

BODY&MIND
Breathing easy is just a call away
Help for breathing easy is now just a call away. The Apollo Group of Hospitals through its subsidiary Apollo Health and Lifestyle Limited (AHLL) has set up breathe easy clinics in Indraprastha Apollo Hospital and nine clinics in the National Capital Region. Asthma patients can enrol for a four-month long disease management programme at any Apollo clinic in Delhi, Faridabad, Gurgaon or Noida.

• Girls never born

• Appreciation certification

SPORTS

Kotsur, Saidali emerge joint leaders in Open Chess
New Delhi, March 13
Top seed Pavel Kotsur of Kazakhstan and third seed Saidali Iuldachev of Uzbekistan, both Grandmasters, emerged as joint leaders on five points after the conclusion of the fifth round of the second Parsvnth International Open Chess Tournament at the Bapu Samaj Sewa Kendra at Panchkuian Road in New Delhi.

An action scene in the fifth match of the One-Day Series between the women’s cricket teams of India and the West Indies played at Gurgaon.

Haryana to meet Maharashtra in Ranji semis today
Rohtak, March 13
In the most crucial cricket tie in the Ranji Trophy Plate Group this season, Haryana take on Maharashtra in the semi-final of the tourney beginning in Pune tomorrow. A victory would enable the winners to elevate themselves to elite division of the tournament next season.

City Gymkhana down Gemini Club
New Delhi, March 13
City Gymkhana defeated Gemini Club by eight wickets in an A-II Division match of the DDCA League at the Yamuna Complex ground.

ESPN joins racing bandwagon
New Delhi, March 13
ESPN Star Sports joined the Panasonic Toyota Racing Team as a sponsor of the 2004 Formula-I Racing, and the deal began with the first race of the season at Melbourne in Australia.

• Fed Cup Athletics from March 16