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BJP’s uneasiness with INLD comes to fore
Rewari, May 18
The BJP’s uneasiness with the Chautala government in Haryana came to the fore once again when president of the party’s state unit and MP, Mr Rathan Lal Kataria, met mediapersons here on Friday. He said that though there were differences between the Chief Minister and INLD supremo, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, and the state BJP leaders, they had been supporting the government from outside all along.
PUBLIC PLACES
There’s something amiss in Patiala Courts
New Delhi, May 18
The Patiala House Courts, the final destination of all the litigants from South, South-West and New Delhi is in a shambles. Lack of adequate parking space, sanitation, toilets and constraints on the chamber space for lawyers are only a few of the problems.
Fatal accidents on decline in Capital: Pereira
New Delhi, May 18
The day the Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Mr Maxwell Pereira, claimed that the accident rate in the Capital is on the decline, a truck hit an autorickshaw killing two persons, including a woman, on DDU Marg near the Police Headquarters this morning.
SEARCH
WITHIN
The need for stainless scribes
If the shame of the Fourth Estate crawling before brute force during the Emergency is considered a blot in the history of the Press in the country, the media has covered itself with glory in the way it has consistently portrayed the truth in Gujarat, beginning with the incident of the Godhra train burning on February 27.
GETTING AWAY
Trekking or meditation with boots on
With mercury soaring, it is time to search for new highs in the unexplored territories of Himachal Pradesh. If the pleasure of trekking is added to it, the mystic beauty of the mountains multiplies manifold.
The state tourism department has explored new treks in Kinnaur and Spiti areas, which were till now a forbidden land for the tourists.
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Roadways
conductor
beaten up by bus owner
Jhajjar, May 18
Employees of the Haryana Roadways depot held up traffic at the local bus stand in protest against the beating up of a roadways bus conductor by some private bus operators today.
NCR BRIEFS
Policemen
foil prisoner’s suicide bid
Sonepat, May 18
Harish, an undertrial prisoner of Hari Nagar, reportedly made an attempt to commit suicide in the police custody at Ganaur town, 16 km from here, on Friday. According to a report, the prisoner was arrested in a dacoity case and he was taken to the police station for interrogation.
Portal
on sustainable development launched
New Delhi, May 18
A Web portal and online community focused on information and communication technologies for global sustainable development, Digital Opportunity Channel, was launched here on Friday.
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