TOP STORIES

Congress, as usual, is adrift
New Delhi, January 14
In spite of the Congress’ attempts at projecting a united front, differences persist between the government and the party. This time it is over the criterion of selection of candidates for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections, slated for February-end.

Sariska tigers need the kiss of life

Alwar, January 14 The zero growth in population of tigers in the Sariska forest reserve for the last two years is causing considerable concern among the wildlife experts, who are now examining how best to reverse this trend.

Sariska was the favourite hunting ground of the royalty in the Rajput & the British reigns.

At last, agony uncles for Tihar jail-birds
New Delhi, January 14
From now on, a legal and a welfare officer will be present in all jails in the Tihar complex to examine the problems of the inmates. The changes are being ushered under the proposed New Prison Act.

SIGN OF THE TIME

The patent of the first Mercedes-Benz car (1886), exhibited at the 6th Auto Expo in the Capital. — Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal

Scissors snuffed out his life
Faridabad, January 14
A pair of scissors was retrieved from the ashes of a person cremated recently, arousing the suspicion of his kin that it might have something to do with his operation at a private nursing home.

Homesick 8-yr-old commits suicide
New Delhi, January 14
In an appalling incident, an eight-year-old boy committed suicide at his Vishwas Nagar residence yesterday afternoon. The police say Arihant Jain was upset about being sent to a boarding school. A class three student, Arihant had been admitted to Col. Brown’s Boarding School in Dehra Dun. 

Mewat madrasas offer to reform academic curriculum
Nuh (Gurgaon), January 14
Realising the importance of reforming the academic curriculum of the madrasas in Mewat areas of Gurgaon and Faridabad district, the Mewat Development Agency (MDA) has decided to intervene in the issue.

‘The major problem is the lack of political commitment’

Mr Kuldip Singh Gujral, a senior member of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee, was elected as Corporator for the second time from Jangpura Extension.  He has been associated with the Congress Party for 25 years. Even at the age of sixty-five, Mr Gujral continuous to be active in the area. Mr Kuldip Singh Gujral, a second time Congress Corporator from Jangpura Extension.

COMMUNITY

MCD payments to contractors held up, projects hit
New Delhi, January 14
Even as the Delhi Government and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) slug it out over the issue of not utilising the funds allocated to the civic body, a member of the Standing Committee has alleged that payments to contractors have been inexplicably delayed resulting in the postponement of development works in several areas.

Women spreading their wings to help the poor
Women working together, shunning publicity, encouraging others to do their bit for society in their own small way. This is an idea whose time has come for the residents of Model Town F Block. These good Samaritans have decided to work for others, mostly for the people below the poverty line.

Irrigation Dept ignores probe findings, hushes up scandal
Sonepat, January 14
While the Chief Minister, Om Prakash Chautala, insists that corruption from all the government departments will be eliminated, the Irrigation Department seems not to have heard anything of it at all. It has just ignored the Chief Minister’s directive.

Humanity is in the blood of these Samaritans

New Delhi, January 14 The Sant Nirankari Mission remembered its devotees, who preached and practised its message till their last breath, on the day of devotion (bhakti parv) observed here yesterday. It organised a blood donation camp for the first time on the occasion. MISSION DEVOTION: A blood donation camp was organised on the occasion of Bhakti Parv of Sant Nirankari Mission in the Capital on Sunday.

Ex-MLA leads rally despite ban orders
Ghaziabad, January 14
Officially, ban orders under Section 144 are on in the district. Unfortunately, they are observed more in their breach. Today, a former MLA, Madan Bhaya of Khokda village, led their breach by organising a huge rally in Jawli village where his supporters flaunted arms in public.

Probe sought into diversion at PDS
Sonepat, January 14
Representatives of various political parties, voluntary organisations and trade unions today urged the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, to order a high-level probe into the alleged diversion of rationed commodities, particularly sugar and kerosene, to the blackmarket by certain depot holders in connivance with the officials of the Food and Supplies Department in the city and elsewhere in the district.

• Punjabi kavi durbar on January 17

NCR BRIEFS

Question paper for Metro Rail post leaked
Sonepat, January 14
The alleged leakage of the question paper for the post of Station Master of the Delhi Metro Railway Corporation at an examination centre set up in a school of the city led to mass-scale copying by the candidates yesterday.

CRIME

Two Delhi cops held in Sonepat after car chase
Sonepat, January 14
A police party, headed by Mr Hardeep Singh Doon, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Headquarters), chased a car and arrested its four occupants last night on the charge of an alleged attempt to whisk away a Nepali domestic help of a lawyer, living at Model Town in the city.

Currency racket unearthed, five held for killing supplier
New Delhi, January 14
The operational cell of the North district police claimed to have solved a murder case with the arrest of five persons involved in a fake currency racket today.

Kidnapped cousins found murdered
Ghaziabad, January 14
The bodies of two cousins, missing for past six days, were recovered by the police from a canal near Navada village of Sambhawali block.

SPORTS

Teri Oval, an oasis in a jungle!
New Delhi, January 14
The Teri Oval is an oasis in a jungle! Surrounded by tall trees, shrubs and flower plants, the Teri Oval has been carved out of a 100-acre forest land in Gurgaon, just 10 kilometres from Mehrauli in South Delhi.

Kapil excels in Standard Chartered Golf New Delhi, January 14 Former Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev added another trophy to his growing list as a golfer when he returned the best individual gross stableford score in the Standard Chartered Group Invitational Golf Championship at the DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurgaon. Kapil won the Nett Individual prize with a stableford score of 35. Former Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev swings to form in the Standard Chartered Invitational Golf Tournament at the DLF Golf and Country Club, Gurgaon.

Shahdara edge past Mughals
New Delhi, January 14
Last year’s semi-finalists Shahdara Club stunned former champions Mughals Club 1-0 to gather three precious points in a Group B preliminary league match of the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA)-SAIL Senior Division Football League Championship at the Ambedkar Stadium in the Capital on Monday.

Lucknow, Danapur win in Nehru boys hockey
New Delhi, January 14
GGS Sports College, Lucknow beat Baba Farid Public School, Faridkot (CBSC) 13-12 via sudden- death tie-breaker while Boys Sports Company, BRC (Danapur) downed Shah Satnamji Boys School, Sirsa (Haryana) 2-0 via tie-breaker in the 19th Nehru-ONGC Sub-Junior Hockey Tournament at the Shivaji Stadium in the Capital on Monday.

UP, Kerala lift volleyball titles
New Delhi, January 14
Uttar Pradesh and Kerala emerged champions in the 28th Junior National Volleyball Championships held at Hindalco, Renukoot (Uttar Pradesh) from January 7 to 13, according to information available here.

• Rohit stars for Ramjas