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Water-harvesting, a must for buildings in Noida
Noida, March 19
The Noida administration has made water-harvesting mandatory for any construction within the township. “We have made relevant changes in our building by-laws and will issue the completion certificates accordingly,” said the Noida Chairman and CEO, Mr Vinod Malhotra.

BJP urged to field trade leader from Chandni Chowk
New Delhi, March 19
Four leading trade organisations of Delhi, Delhi Vyapar Mahasangh, Confederation of All India Traders, Delhi Rajya Vyapar Sangthan and Federation of Delhi Trade Association and also the Traders Cell of State BJP along with a large number of other trade associations of Delhi today, while demanding the Chandni Chowk seat for the trading community, urged the BJP central leadership to field veteran trade leader Praveen Khandelwal, as BJP candidate.

Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson Najma Heptullah and Lt-Governor Vijai Kapoor at a seminar on 'Ayurvedic Management of Hepatobiliary and Splenic Disorders' in the Capital on Friday. — Photo by Kamal Singh

Maths paper cancelled at three centres
Bhiwani, March 19
The Haryana School Education Board has cancelled the matriculation examination for mathematics conducted at an examination centre at Badsera in Bhiwani district, Diggal-2 and Asauda in Jhajjar district.

L-G reviews airport safety
New Delhi, March 19
The Lt-Governor, Mr Vijai Kapoor, in a meeting with the Transport Minister, Mr Haroon Yusuf, the Chief Secretary and senior police officers, airport and CISF officials at Raj Niwas, today reviewed the safety and security of passengers alighting at the Delhi Airport and availing themselves of taxi services.

FEELING GOOD! Construction workers braving the scorching sun, unconcerned about the portraits of the BJP trinity outside the Ashok Road office of the party in the Capital on Friday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

	EC to probe ‘breach of code’ by Jagmohan March 19, 2004
	59-yr-old Australian takes pre-paid ride to death March 18, 2004
	Kin throw pregnant girl out of train March 17, 2004
	Is it back to glass syringes in govt hospitals? March 16, 2004
	Not confident on Muslim turf, Goel moves to Sadar March 15, 2004
	Satta rackets with crores riding on ODI smashed March 14, 2004
	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

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit addressing a symposium on the NDA government, ‘The story of betrayal and deceit’, organised by the Citizen India in the Captial on Friday. — Photo by Kamal Singh

Age-old dispute
One killed in firing by Haryana farmers
Khurja (Bulandshahr), March 19
Hundreds of farmers have protested against the Javer police for its ‘partisan’ role in UP-Haryana farmers’ land dispute.

Disabled to make their political presence felt
New Delhi, March 19
The Disability Rights Group (DRG) convenor, Mr Javed Faridi, who is contesting the Lok Sabha election for the New Delhi seat, organised an all India political convention in FICCI auditorium tomorrow.

Tragedy of penury: One can’t survive on love alone
Noida, March 19
A young man, his wife and a six-month-old baby son had come to stay in Chhalera village about two months ago. Nobody knew anything about them except the fact that the young man was working as a hawker in the area.

CBI crackdown on fake drug companies
Ghaziabad, March 19
The drugs companies, especially those manufacturing life-saving drugs, have come under a scanner by the Central Bureau of Investigation. The CBI is reported to have seriously taken up investigations of spurious drug manufacturers in national Capital as well as in neighbouring areas.

People from Yamuna Pushta clusters sitting on a dharna against Jagmohan for removing their jhuggies in the Capital on Friday. — Tribune Photo

BSP fields wholesale sugar and ghee agent from Sonepat
Sonepat, March 19
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has fielded Mr Kuldeepak Sugan Gupta, a wholesale agent of sugar and ghee as its candidate for the Lok Sabha elections from Sonepat in Haryana.

LJP to contest Sonepat seat
Rewari, March 19
Following a poll alliance between the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the Congress party, the LJP has decided to contest from Sonepat while leaving the remaining nine Parliamentary seats for the Congress in Haryana.

Mr J. K. Sinha, DG, CRPF, giving away gifts to Jammu students who are on an educational tour to Delhi. The tour was organised by the CRPF as part of a civic action programme at the CRPF HQs recently. — Tribune photo. Apollo Hospital provided the first automated external defibrillator at Indira Gandhi International Airport. A live demonstration is in progress.

Special teams to ferret out nine Prayas escapees
New Delhi, March 19
Special teams have been formed to trace the nine children, who had escaped from the Delhi Police-run juvenile home Prayas last morning.

JD (U) demands change in name of Sonia Vihar
New Delhi, March 19
The Janata Dal (U) has demanded changing the name of Sonia Vihar colony. The colony was named after opposition leader Sonia Gandhi. The demand was made in the wake of the Election Commission’s order to remove hoarding projecting the achievements of the NDA government.

Residents thirst for water
Sonepat, March 19
The Public Health Department has stopped the supply of drinking water in the evening in the old section of the city and this has caused strong resentment among the residents of these areas.

NCR BRIEFS
Youth gets life term for killing brother-in-law
New Delhi, March 19
A city court has sentenced a youth to life imprisonment for murdering his brother-in-law. The incident took place three years ago in the northwest district. The judge also imposed a fine of Rs 500 on the convict Sandeep Rana.

• Power shutdown
• Ticketless passengers held
• DM orders to close shop at 9 pm

Mothercare. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

SPEAKING OUT
With the general election round the corner political parties of all hues have been attempting absurd lies. Countrymen in India are witness to politicians’ vicious political propaganda privy to the general election to the Lok Sabha to be held in four rounds in April and May.

• Unjust deduction by placement agency
• Women’s Day an urban phenomenon
• Women, stand up for yourself
• Curbing population need of the hour
• Love is the best medicine
• BPO hits Hollywood, too
• Flyover in Saigal’s name

Crime spiral
Woman held for bid to kill stepson
New Delhi, March 19
The South district police today claimed to have arrested a woman on charges of trying to eliminate her eight-year-old stepson, as her husband preferred him over her two children.

Anganwadi worker pockets social scheme money
Greater Noida, March 19
A worker of the Mahila Anganwadi has allegedly withdrawn money from the National Social Help Programme, announced by the PM, in a fraudulent way. Since a health department official is involved in this fraud, efforts were made to sweep the matter under wraps.

Two held in Salimsar Majra double murder case
Sonepat, March 19
The Sadar police have arrested two persons in connection with the double murder case committed on February 16, last at Salimsar Majra village in the district. The accused were identified as Bijender and Luxmi Narain, both residents of Ritauli village.

One killed, two hurt
Jhajjar, March 19
One person was killed while two others injured seriously when their motorcycle rammed in road-roller near Girawar village on Sonepat road here last night.

Bid to rob property dealer foiled
New Delhi: Four persons armed with countrymade weapons today fired at a property dealer in the Priya Enclave near the Kakardooma courts this morning. But when the property dealer, who in his forties, fired back from his licensed weapon, one of the suspects was hit by a bullet and all of them escaped immediately after the incident took place.

Courier cos also guilty of laxity in service
Faridabad, March 19
Although the emergence of the private courier service has come as a major relief to a large number of people who were perhaps fed up of the alleged unreliability and delay in services of the Postal Department, it seems that courier companies are no exception as complaints against them have also surfaced for their ‘failure’ to deliver the goods on time and causing unnecessary harassment to the consumers.

Examinees pay for school admn’s mistake
New Delhi: Delhi Assembly Opposition leader Jagdish Mukhi said in a press conference today that as many as 50 girls of Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Dhansa village, were asked to solve the question paper of Course A instead of Course B.

SPORTS

Vijay Dahiya, Rajat Bhatia star for Indian Airlines
New Delhi: A dashing unbeaten 85 by wicketkeeper-batsman Vijay Dahiya and an equally enterprising knock of 80 by Rajat Bhatia helped Indian Airlines defeat Delhi Audit by 84 runs in a Super A Division match of the DDCA League at the Mohan Meakin ground.

National Fencing Championship at Kochi
New Delhi, March 19
The 14th Senior National Fencing Championship will be held at Kochi from March 23 to 26. The championship will be organised by the Kerala Fencing Association for the first time in the state.

Charity Golf Tournament at Classic Resort
New Delhi: The inaugural Second Chance Golf Tournament will be held at the Classic Golf Resort on Saturday.

CRPF all set to meet poll challenge
New Delhi: The Central Reserve Police Force will deploy its 222 companies for general parliamentary as well as Assembly elections to be held from April 20 to May 10. The elections are to be held in the Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Sikkim and Karnataka.