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When marriage goes on the rocks
Go fifty-fifty on husband’s
earnings: HC
New Delhi, March 21
In a significant ruling, the Delhi High Court discarded the normal practice of allowing a deserted wife one-fifth of the husband’s ‘disposable’ income, and held that as much as one-half of the husband’s earnings should be divided equally among the other members of the family.

New chapter in school norms lauded
Faridabad, March 21
The Faridabad Abhibhawak Ekta Manch, a leading association of the parents of the school students, has come out in support of the guidelines and norms issued by the Haryana government for the private schools in the state from the new academic session.

SC clicks ‘ok’ button for computers in govt schools
New Delhi, March 21
In a major order, the Supreme Court has okayed the Government of NCT of Delhi’s tender process for establishing a state-of-the-art computer labs in each of its 748 schools at a cost of Rs 100 crore with a view to putting the students there on a par with those studying in public schools.

Political slugfest ends in fisticuffs New Delhi, March 21 They had come to exercise their vocal chords but ended in exchanging fisticuffs. A first information report (FIR) registered at the Nangloi Police Station yesterday unfolds the drama in which Union Labour Minister and BJP’s candidate from the Outer Delhi parliamentary constituency Sahib Singh Verma called a Delhi minister names and manhandled his son.

Kehav Chauhan , son of Delhi Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan, showing his injuries at a press conference held by Ch. Prem Singh, president DPCC, in the Capital on Sunday. — Photo by Kamal Singh

Happy reflection: Zak Jewels 2004 at Pragati Maidan in the Capital on Sunday. — Photo by Kamal Singh

Crime maze
Thieves strike and fly by night
Sonepat, March 21
The shopkeepers in Sonepat town have been forced to have sleepless nights following a spate of thefts during the last four days. There have been more than a dozen incidents of thefts—eight on a single night on March 16. The culprits managed to take away the stolen articles and cash each time and escaped..

MCD ordered to appoint 8 ex-servicemen in schools
New Delhi, March 21
A Delhi court has ordered the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to issue appointment letters to eight ex-servicemen as Assistant Teachers in the MCD schools.

POLITICS

New Delhi, March 21 BJP president M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that the country was witnessing a constructive election campaign for the first time. “In earlier elections, there used to be negative campaigning,” he said. BJP president M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurating the Central Election Office of Delhi Sadar BJP candidate Vijay Goel in the Capital on Sunday.

Chautala and Sangwan are ‘Guru Bhai’, says LJP
Sonepat, March 21
Accusing the BJP of fomenting communalism in the country, the state president of the Lok Janshakti Party, Capt. Shamsher Singh Malik today said that the Centre had paved the way for the economic exploitation of the poor sections of the society, including farmers, labourers, small shopkeepers and rural artisans.

• Panchayat angry over police inaction

• Power disruption

• Medical shop gutted

Nirmala Devi felicitated on 81st birthday
New Delhi, March 21
It was a birthday celebration with a difference. In the presence of over 10,000 ‘sahayogis’, who had gathered from various parts of the world, Mataji Nirmala Devi was felicitated on the eve of her 81st birthday. The venue, Nirmal Dham, located in a distant village near the Delhi-Haryana border, was fully decorated with flowers and lights of different hues and colours.

Disabled electors clamour for rights
New Delhi, March 21
The mandate of the seven crore-strong disabled in the country, together can easily affect the fortune of political parties. And armed with this knowledge, over 500 disabled who gathered here yesterday from across the country, have put forth their rightful demands as members of a civil society, especially in the context of the coming Lok Sabha elections.

AICC secretary Dalbir Singh speaks at the annual prize distribution function of Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, watched by principal Dr Jitinder Kaur and former Union Minister Anil Shastri.

Akali Dal leaders urged to be united
New Delhi, March 21
The Shiromani Gurdwara Sewadar Committee at a meeting here today appealed all the Akali Dal leaders to unite not only in Punjab but also in whole country. They should unite leaving behind all differences.

• Navratra Mela begins at Jhandewalan Devi temple

• PWD worker assaulted

Glimmer of hope for 180 Tihar undertrials
New Delhi, March 21
There is some hope for 180 undertrials in Tihar jail, who were granted bail to walk free from jail and could not do so as these inmates realised that the bail bond and surety conditions ordered by the courts were too hefty.

Noida engineers get notice for substandard work
Noida, March 21
Two Noida Authority engineers have been issued show cause notice for sub-standard work in road construction in Sector-51 and 72. Even the stones being used there have been found to be of poor quality. A project engineer has also been given a warning in this construction.

• Ghaziabad prepares for Advani’s Yatra on March 23

Two killed as crane capsizes
Noida, March 21
A truck driver and a Maruti car driver were killed as a crane fell on them at Amarpalli crossing.

CRIME

Man held for smuggling liquor, 330 bottles seized
New Delhi, March 21
The South-West district police arrested a man and seized 330 bottles of illicit liquor from a Santro near the Sarojini Nagar bus depot today. The accused was identified as Mehar Chand alias Kaku (24), resident of Kanjawala.

• Health camp organised

• Protest by Homeopathy doctors

Decomposed body found
Sonepat, March 21
The police found the decomposed body of an unidentified youth from the fields of Machhraula village, about 25 km from here yesterday.

• Two held with charas

Four take Rs 2.50-cr loan, abscond
Noida: A report has been filed in Sector-20 police against four persons, including a woman, who are absconding after having obtained Rs 2.50-crore loan to set up factories.

BUSINESS