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Greenhorns out to teach regulars a lesson
New Delhi, May 5
The Disabled Rights Group (DRG), which is contributing to Javed Abidi’s election campaign in the New Delhi parliamentary constituency, has said that Abidi and Shiv Khera, another Independent candidate contesting in the neighbouring South Delhi constituency, have joined hands to spur the voters in the two constituencies to “teach the politician a lesson”.

Shoaib forms front to campaign for Cong
New Delhi, May 5
After opting out of the electoral race in Chandni Chowk in favour of INC’s Kapil Sibal, Shoaib Iqbal of Janata Dal (S) has formed a National Secular Force, a conglomerate of five parties, which would campaign for INC in all seven Lok Sabha constituencies of NCT of Delhi. The five parties are Janata Dal (S), Nationalist Congress Party, Rashtriya Lok Dal, Samajwadi Janata Party and Lok Janshakti Party.

EARLIER STORIES

	Poll fever at its peak in Capital May 5, 2004
	Cops on the mat for slipshod probe of rape case May 4, 2004
	Raths, street plays to tom-tom BJP feats May 3, 2004
	Relief and grief, that’s rain tale May 2, 2004
	Admission norms for poor students notified to schools May 1, 2004
	Patrons of musclemen shot near Wazirabad April 30, 2004
	Karate black belts & weightlifters are canvassing for her April 29, 2004
	Lid off certificate racket, two nabbed April 28, 2004
	School restrained from striking off name of student April 27, 2004

Congress candidate from New Delhi Ajay Maken garnering the support of the youth with his interesting T-Shirt gimmick. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

BJP moots setting up of helplines to hear graft plaints
New Delhi, May 5
Proclaiming that it was committed to ending corruption in the NCT of Delhi, the Delhi Pradesh BJP has come up with a novel idea of setting up 100 helpline numbers on which complaints regarding corruption could be made.

EDUCATION SHOPS
DUTA adopts white paper attacking HRD
New Delhi, May 5
The Delhi University Teachers’ Association today anonymously adopted the white paper issued against the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and the University Grants Commission (UGC). The white paper comments on the action of the MHRD and UGC, taken to privatise and commercializing higher education.

Rich haul of liquor in west Delhi
New Delhi, May 5
The Delhi Police Crime Branch claims to have seized a huge quantity of liquor and arrested four persons from west Delhi.

Mr & Mrs Tobacco to hit anti-smoking trail
New Delhi, May 5
For the first time, the Heart Care Foundation of India (HCFI) in association with the Delhi Government has come out with a novel method to create public awareness about death and destruction caused by the consumption of tobacco and its related products.

Dr. K.K. Aggarwal, executive vice chairman, Heart Care Foundation of India, during the launch of the campaign against tobacco in the Capital on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

POLITICS

Lawyers came out in support of BJP Chandni Chowk candidate Smriti Irani during a padayatra in the Capital on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

EC should take steps to ensure voting rights of slum dwellers: Sheila
New Delhi, May 5
“I have submitted the list of displaced slum dwellers to the Election Commission and asked it to take steps to ensure that they are not disenfranchised. It is the Commission’s responsibility to take measures so that the displaced people could vote in the constituencies they are enrolled in,” Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit told media persons.

Support from two mahapanchayats peps up BSP candidate
Rewari, May 5
With the unstinted support extended by two mahapanchayats – the Gujjar community and the Dalit Samaj - the BSP candidate, Mr Rohtash Khatana, is upbeat about his electoral prospects.

COMMUNITY

Drive against adulterated foodstuffs
Sonepat, May 5
The Health Department has intensified its campaign against the adulteration in foodstuffs in the district and elsewhere in the state.

BJP candidate from Karol Bagh Anita Arya during the padyatra in the Capital on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Soldier falls from train, dies
Sonepat, May 5
A BSF jawan, Vidyadhar, fell down from a running train and killed on the spot near Rathdhanna railway station about 8 km from here last evening.

NCR BRIEFS
Two get life term in murder case
New Delhi, May 5
A City Court today sentenced a person and his accomplice to life imprisonment for killing his aunt in Shivpuri seven years ago.

DELHI DIGEST
NCC, Cancer India to launch awareness programme
New Delhi, May 5
The National Cadet Corps (NCC) and the Cancer Care India have announced time to time cancer awareness programmes under the joint programme to launch a nationwide awareness programme.

Loadshedding

CRIME

Heroin worth Rs 4 cr seized, three held
New Delhi, May 5
The Delhi Police Narcotics Branch has claimed to have arrested three persons in two different operations and seized four kilograms of heroin worth Rs 4 crore in the international market.

Rs 7 lakh looted from steel employee
Ghaziabad, May 5
Scoter-borne criminals snatched a bag containing Rs 7 lakh from an employee of a steel company on the G.T. Road, opposite MMG Hospital under Kotwali police station, in broad day light today.

No lead in petrol pump loot case
Faridabad, May 5
The police is still clueless about the robbers who had looted about 12.5 lakhs on gunpoint from a petrol pump here on Monday last. It has reportedly decided to prepare computer sketches of the suspects and flash them in the neighbouring Delhi and other parts of the NCR.

EDUCATION

CAMPUS
Fair brings together institutions and students on common platform
AN Education Fair was organised at the India International Trade Fair from May 2 to 4. A number of educational institutions offering different technical education participated in the fair. The participants were from all over the world, including New Zealand, Canada, US, UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Cyprus and Malaysia.

Scholarships for women of substance

Workshop on emerging insurance market

Programme on Managing Young Global Enterprises

Courses in aircraft maintenance

Multimedia Specialist Programme

B.Tech Diploma in Multimedia

Courses in Network and Security Management

NDMC to hold summer workshops for students
New Delhi, May 5
The New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) will organise summer workshops in three of its schools to help students in honing their artistic skills.

Israeli self-defence programme concludes
New Delhi, May 5
The Electrolux Kelvinator Limited today announced the culmination of the first course of ‘Electrolux Femme Force’, a self-defence programme for women in Delhi.

Femme Force: Women being taught self-defence techniques.

COURTS

Mother-son duo get life term in dowry case
Sonepat, May 5
The District and Sessions Judge, Mr B. L. Singal, yesterday sentenced an accused Rajesh of Pugthala village and his mother Bhagwati to imprisonment for life with a fine of Rs 7,000 each in a dowry death case.

45 govt officers accorded magistrate’s powers for poll
Sonepat, May 5
The Returning Officer-cum-District Electoral Officer-cum-District Magistrate of Sonepat, Mr M. R. Anand has accorded the powers of a magistrate on duty to as many as 45 officers of various government departments for checking any untoward incident on May 10, the date of polling for the Lok Sabha elections in the Sonepat parliamentary constituency.

Notice to ASI on plea seeking protected status
New Delhi, May 5
The Delhi High Court today issued a notice to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and the local authorities on a petition seeking to declare the Jama Masjid as a protected monument and removal of all unauthorised constructions and encroachments surrounding the 17th century monument.

HEALTH

Free lung check-up camp held on World Asthma Day
Noida, May 5
“The prevalence of asthma has increased by two times in the past two decades in India. There are 20 million asthmatics in India as per the WHO report.

SPORTS

Mohd Kaif, Vivek shine in Sushila cricket
New Delhi, May 5
All-round performances by Mohd Kaif (3 for 27 and 41) and Vivek Srivastava (3 for 43, 30) helped Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya, Jheel Kuranja defeat Sonnet Club by 21 runs and entered the semi-final of the first All-India Sushila Tiwari Memorial Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Yamuna Sports Complex ground.

Indian Airlines bag Davinder cricket trophy
New Delhi, May 5
Indian Airlines defeated Lal Bahadur Shastri Club by 29 runs in the final of the Davinder Singh Memorial Cricket Tournament for the Tara Devi Trophy at the Harbaksh Singh Stadium.

DSA Institutional League from May 17
New Delhi, May 5
The Delhi Soccer Association (DSA) Institutional League will be held from May 17 at the Ambedkar Stadium.

Bharat Bharadwaj enters final
New Delhi, May 5
Top-seeded Bharat Bharadwaj sailed into the final of the Peninsula Cup Junior Tennis Championship for the National Capital Region, played at the IIT tennis complex. In the first semi-final, Bharat Bhardwaj got walkover from Vijay while Shantanu Rajput and Kunal Barua were tied in a close tussle.

R R Gymkhana enter cricket final
New Delhi, May 5
An all-round display by Kartik Bhatia (65 and 3 for 40) and dashing knock by Sidhant Mandley (80, 10x4, 2x6) enabled Rohtak Road Gymkhana defeat West Delhi.

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