TOP STORIES

Khurana throws a fit, denies charge
New Delhi, June 11
The row between the Delhi unit of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) and the BJP has taken an interesting turn with Mr Madan Lal Khurana lodging a formal complaint with Mr Parkash Singh Badal that the state unit of the Akali faction was maligning him by alleging that he is hobnobbing with the rival Tohra faction.

Dikshit Govt jumps the gun, ready for DTC ‘sale’
New Delhi, June 11
The jury is still out on the outcome, successful or otherwise, of the privatisation of Delhi Vidyut Board but in the tearing hurry to keep their date with voters when Delhi goes to the polls next year, the Congress-led Government of NCT of Delhi has drawn up a roadmap for restructuring the loss-making Delhi Transport Corporation.

ANALYSIS
BKU stir: No winners, only losers
Rohtak, June 11
Despite indications that the row between the Bharatiya Kisan Union and the Om Prakash Chautala government was about to blow over, the much-awaited negotiated settlement is proving to be elusive. The ministerial team — constituted a fortnight ago to hold talks with the agitating farmers and the unrelenting BKU chief, Ghasi Ram Nain — is still engaged in a game of hide-and-seek.

Residents losing sleep over water, literally
Faridabad, June 11
Residents in several parts of Faridabad are burning the midnight oil. They aren’t taking any exams — the obvious inference. Instead, they keep blinking at their taps, waiting for the water to trickle in. Since the authorities have chosen to quench their thirst at the most ungodly hour of 1 am, these hapless residents can only hit the pillow after they fetch their daily quota. Residents of these colonies — Sector 22, Sector 3, most parts of Jawahar Colony, Nangla and Dabua Colony of the NIT zone here — seem to have learnt the hard way to adjust to their erratic sleep hours.

CAPITAL WATCH
Delhi seeks 50 traffic inspectors
New Delhi, June 11
The Delhi Police have urged the Ministry of Home Affairs to sanction an additional 50 posts of traffic inspectors in view of the fact that the vehicular traffic in the city has increased manifold over the years while the strength of the officers has remained static.

‘Sarya Mar’ gang kills one, injures seven
Noida, June 11
The ‘Sarya Mar’ (iron rod) gang swooped on Chhaprauli village under the Surajpur police station area on Monday night and killed one person and injured seven others, including three children and three old persons. The injured have been admitted to a private nursing home.

COMMUNITY

Lighting up the place with her ear-to-ear smile, model Simmar Duggal stands besides Mr Pavan Kohli, CEO of Enkay Coffee Shops Pvt Ltd, at the launch of a coffee shop in Greater Kailash-I on Tuesday.

Mahendragarh MC in crisis
Mahendragarh, June 11
The Mahendragarh Municipal Council has been plunged into crisis with 10 of its 13 elected members submitting a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner, Mahendragarh, Dr R. B. Langayan, asking him to convene a full House meeting of the body to introduce a no-confidence motion against its president, Mrs Shakuntala Mittal.

Babus, politicians at loggerheads
Jhajjar, June 11
The political and the bureaucratic authorities in the district have been at daggers drawn on the issue of the acquisition of land for shifting of dairies and solid waste management in Bahadurgarh.

Travel on bus route no 883 for a spot of heebie-jeebies
New Delhi, June 11
Despite a lot many controversies Blue Line and Green Line buses have been plying on Delhi roads. They have already earned a bad name in violating the rules and laws governing traffic. Apart from these buses, now the CNG private buses have also joined the race. Besides driving fast the drivers of private buses infuriate passengers by not driving the buses on time. The authorities conveniently turn a Nelson’s eye to these problems.

Advani recounts Bhai Mahavir’s ‘bits and bites’
New Delhi, June 11
Mr L.K. Advani, Union Home Minister, released a book written by Bhai Mahavir, Madhya Pradesh Governor. Titled “Bits and Bites”, the book was released in the presence of distinguished authors, publishers, men from public life and the media, at a function held here last week.

GLITZ & GLAMOUR Larger than large — That is J. J. Valaya for you LARGER than life, perhaps larger than large itself, that is J. J Valaya for you. Sitting in his ‘space’ his large persona greets you and you are slowly acquainted with Valaya’s idea of the big, “I do not like little things. The only thing that should be little is your ego, the rest should all be big. One should dream big, one should aim big.”

Valaya the showman

Media power Fashion week

Career in fashion For pub lovers

Now, it’s power board’s turn to launch VDS
Faridabad, June 11
The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam has launched the voluntary disclosure scheme for industrial consumers to enable them to get their unauthorised extended load regularised.

Activists of the Youth Congress protesting against the hike in prices of petroleum products at Jantar Mantar in the Capital on Tuesday.  — Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal

PANIPAT
Exam failure: Girl commits suicide
Panipat, June 11
Failure in the BA III examinations of Kurukshetra University, results of which were declared on Monday, forced a student of Vaish College, Samalkha, to commit suicide. According to information, Suman, a resident of Machhrouli village, committed suicide in her house by consuming some poisonous substance.

• Body found
• Cong ‘behind’ stir
• Khula darbar

NCR BRIEFS
Boy crushed to death in Faridabad
Faridabad, June 11
A 14-year-old boy was killed and another seriously injured when they were run over by a dumper truck near Kheri Kalan village on Tuesday morning. The victims were ridding a bicycle when the accident took place. It is reported that while one of the boys, identified as Hari Om, died on the spot, his friend Dimple(13), was seriously injured. He was shifted to Delhi’s Safdurjung Hospital. They were residents of Bharat Colony here.

Directives to autos Transport Nagar Youths arrested Felicitated	Manhandling Tau's statue Assault case Memorandum
Man forces wife, child to eat poison Narnaul, June 11 A resident of Nangal Sirohi village allegedly killed his wife and daughter on Sunday night by forcing them to eat some poisonous substance. While the child died at house itself, a seriously ill woman was rushed to the Civil Hospital where she succumbed later. The alleged culprit has absconded. Judges transferred
Two brothers killed as Tata Sumo rams tree Jhajjar, June 11 Two young brothers were killed and their uncle was injured seriously when their Tata Sumo rammed a tree along the Badli road near Jahangirpur village here today. According to information, Ram Kumar, a Delhi Transport Corporation employee, was going to Najafgarh from Jahangirpur along with Sudhir (12) and Sahdev (15), sons of his brother, to see his relatives.

Tribunal to try power theft cases
New Delhi, June 11
With only weeks to go for handing over the distribution of electricity to Tata Power and BSES, the government is working overtime to draft an anti-theft legislation.

CRIME

Ex-cop held for drug smuggling
New Delhi, June 11
The Narcotics Branch of the city police arrested a retired sub-inspector, Sunil Kumar and his associate, Ashok Kumar Pahuja, on charge of drug smuggling. His third associate, a woman, Sapna, was absconding. They were arrested from opposite the HUDCO House on the Lodhi Road.

• Man stabs nephew
• Attempt to murder
• Terrorist arrested
• Cheats held

Police deny loot attempt even as 6 villagers hurt 
Ghaziabad, June 11
One person was shot dead and two others were found killed with sharp-edged weapons in separate incidents in areas falling under Garh and Bahadurgarh police stations.

Manager strangled by workers
Jhajjar, June 11
A manager-cum-contractor of a factory was reportedly strangulated to death by labourers of the same factory in Bahadurgarh town here today. According to the police sources, the deceased, identified as Ramchandran, resident of Nand Nagri in Delhi, was working as a manager-cum-contractor with Balaji Textiles, situated in the Krishna Nagar locality behind the Power House.

EDUCATION

Gurgaon law college test results out
Rohtak, June 11
Maharshi Dayanand University has declared the results of the entrance test for the five-year LL.B course at National Law College , Gurgaon. The test was held on June 2. The interview- com- counselling for candidates qualifying the entrance test will be held at National Law College, Gurgaon, on June 25 at 10 am.

HEALTH

Mortuary to come up at GGS hospital
New Delhi, June 11
A mortuary is expected to come up at Guru Gobind Singh Hospital in West Delhi. Finding it difficult to cope with having to perform close to 10 thousand post-mortem examinations a year, the Government of NCT of Delhi is augmenting the infrastructure in the seven mortuaries functioning out of hospitals administered by it and five others by the Government of India and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

SPORTS

Union Ministers Yashwant Sinha and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and Delhi Lt. Governor Vijai Kapoor with the Indian and Bangladesh cyclists who won the 4000m team pursuit event in the SAARC Cycling Championship.

Radhey Shyam hits century in ONGC’s win
New Delhi, June 11
Delhi Ranji Trophy player Radhey Shyam Gupta slammed a swashbuckling century to star in Oil and Natural Gas Commission’s 69 runs victory against Delhi Police to move into the quarter-final of the sixth Lala Hari Ram Aggarwal Memorial Day-Night Cricket Tournament, sponsored by Padam Cables, at the Karnail Singh Stadium in the Capital.

Inborn stun Chand Khanna, lift title
New Delhi, June 11
Inborn Club stunned Chand Khanna Club by one wicket and lifted the DDCA A-I Division Super League title at the University ground. At the Kotla No 1 ground, Indian Airlines beat National Stadium Coaching Centre by 20 runs to annex the Super A Division Super League title. Chand Khanna, who recently won the Raghubir Singh Cricket title, batted first and posted a total of 148 in 22.4 overs, thanks to a fine knock of 73 by Siddarth Verma. But it proved to be a measly target for Inborn, who scored 152 for 9 in 34.3 overs.

• Gyan Bharti enter quarter-final

Tilak Nagar down Kishan Ganj New Delhi, June 11

A fine all-round performance by Girish Sharma (43 n o and 2 for 34) helped Tilak Nagar Colts beat Kishan Ganj Colts by 25 runs to enter the pre-quarter-final of the DDCA Hot Weather Cricket Tournament which began at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground in Capital on Tuesday. The Tilak Nagar Colts team, winner of opening match of the DDCA Hot Weather Cricket Tournament, with DDCA sports secretary Sunil Dev at Ferozeshah Kotla ground.

Shruti Dhawan posts easy victory
New Delhi, June 11
Second seeded Shruti Dhawan posted an easy 6-2,6-2 victory when she disposed of Alice Joy in the ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association courts in the Capital.