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Thursday, June 13, 2002, Chandigarh, India

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Rathour turban row: rumblings in Delhi
Mr Amrik Singh Rathour New Delhi, June 12
Outraged at the dismissal of Mr Amrik Singh Rathour by the New York Police Department for allegedly refusing to remove his turban and beard, the Sikh community in the Capital today held a noisy demonstration outside the US Embassy and demanded that the American government should immediately stop its discriminatory policy.

Sikhs protesting outside the US embassy in the Capital.

Panel under FM to look into states’ finances
New Delhi, June 12
A high power committee with Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha as its chairman will examine the fiscal management of the states and recommend suitable measures to shore up the states’ bottomline.

EARLIER STORIES

	Khurana throws a fit, denies charge June 12, 2002
	Khurana throws a spanner in works June 11, 2002
	An experiment in filth and stench, perhaps! June 10, 2002
	Riot victims: Good for votes, not for ticket? June 9, 2002
	387 candidates to fight it out for 46 wards June 8, 2002
	Problem of plenty: 46 docs against 23 posts June 7, 2002
	Delhi cracks down on vehicle pollution June 6, 2002
	DVB deal: Point, counterpoint June 5, 2002
	Hunt for terrorist suspects in Air Force station June 4, 2002
	Delhi gets a taste of popcorn culture June 3, 2002
	Cybercity: Another Gurgaon milestone June 2, 2002
	Freeloaders, Beware! June 1, 2002

Hotel site vacant for 15 yrs
Faridabad, June 12
There are no takers for the ‘Hotel site’, advertised by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) in Sector 12 here. The site seems to be a hoodoo, lying vacant for the past 15 years.

Beginning of the end: Effluents discharged by factories have left a film of poisonous foam in the Yamuna. — Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal

CM returns from UN with a host of ideas
New Delhi, June 12
The Government of NCT of Delhi will write to the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) for hosting a team of experts that would suggest solutions to problems peculiar to Delhi.

CRPF patrols to deal with BKU threat
Rohtak, June 12
As the ultimatum served by the agitating BKU to disconnect water and power supply to the national capital expired at 8 am today, the CRPF personnel carried out patrolling on the National Highway No.10, passing through the Rohtak, Jhajjar and Hisar districts of Haryana.

Sainik Vihar builder’s house ransacked
New Delhi, June 12
At least half a dozen armed men intruded into the Sainik Vihar, North West Delhi house of a builder, Mr Ramesh Aggarwal, and after attacking him with knives, escaped with cash and jewellery in the early hours of this morning. Karan

THE ACHIEVERS
The face that launched a thousand shoes
New Delhi, June 12
Two years ago when he was only five and a student of nursery in Faridabad’s Delhi Public School, a reputed name in advertising, Romy Sikand, spotted the chubby and bubbly, Karan.

Yet another Faridabad corporator suspended
Faridabad, June 12
Creating a sort of record, the authorities have placed under suspension another corporator of the Municipal Corporation Faridabad (MCF). With this, the number of suspended corporators has risen to four out of the total 25 members.

Another MCF suspension

3 children drown

COMMUNITY

Make peace, Gowda urges Chautala
Sonepat, June 12
A former Prime Minister and the national president of the Janata Dal (S), Mr H.D. Deve Gowda, has urged the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, to hold negotiations with leaders of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) and end the stalemate immediately.

Reformatory scheme for offenders unveiled
New Delhi, June 12
The Delhi Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ajai Raj Sharma, today took umbrage at the fact that the habitual offenders were often arrested whenever a crime was committed in their respective areas.

Cancel MLAs’ foreign tour: JD (U)
Faridabad, June 12
The president of the state unit of the Janata Dal (United), Mr Ved Prakash Vidrohi, has described the proposed foreign tour of the Chief Minister and 21 MLAs as a heavy financial burden on the exchequer and has demanded its cancellation.

Vijay Goel holds Lok Adalat
New Delhi, June 12
The MP from Chandni Chowk, Mr Vijay Goel, today held the first Janata Adalat at the Capital’s Ajmeri Gate. The adalat was aimed at winning over the people by addressing their problems.

Mr Vijay Goel, Minister of State, PMO, listens to the problems of people during a Janata Adalat held at Ajmeri Gate on Wednesday.

3 hurt as drain wall caves in
New Delhi, June 12
Three persons, including two youth of Vinod Nagar, were injured when the wall of a drain that was being cleaned collapsed in the Indraprastha Extension area of East Delhi this afternoon.

A bulldozer removing the debris of the wall of a drain that collapsed burying three persons at Vinod Nagar in IP Extension on Wednesday in the Capital.
— Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal

Sharad Yadav lays foundation stone for ESI building
Noida, June 12
Union Labour Minister Sharad Yadav today laid the foundation stone of the proposed building of the Employees State Insurance (ESI) here.

YOUNG VOICE
Standing up for the South Campus
An aspiring accountant and an active member of the Commerce Association of Sri Venkateswara College, Bhavnoor Lamba is a B. Com. final year student.

NCR BRIEFS
Kargil martyr’s widow commits suicide in Panipat
Panipat, June 12
A couple attempted to commit suicide here today by consuming some poisonous substance over a minor domestic issue.

Minority panel
One dies in mishap
Woman falls in well
Two-year-old raped
Doc apologises
Shopkeeper shot at

CRIME

Mangolpuri robbery cracked; three held
New Delhi, June 12
With the arrest of three suspects, the North-West district police today claimed to have worked out the robbery of Rs 18 lakh committed a few days back in the Mangolpuri area.

SI nabbed for taking bribe
Briton found dead

Criminals bite cops to escape
Noida, June 12
This is not the usual ‘man bites dog’ news. This is about how men bite men when it comes to facing the jail.

Bank peon killed

Kids follow mother in death

EDUCATION

Admission hiccups: Few takers for centralised forms
New Delhi June 12
Applying to the prestigious Delhi University has become an expensive proposition for some students. The price of a college prospectus varies from Rs 75 to Rs 125.

BPharm entrance test on June 16
Rohtak, June 12
Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) will hold a common entrance test for admission to Bachelor of Pharmacy course run by various universities and institutions in Haryana on June 16 from 10 am to 12 noon at Rohtak.

PGIMS docs fear malpractice during entrance test
Rohtak, June 12
Apprehending large-scale irregularities in the medical entrance examination of Pt B. D. Sharma Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences slated for June 17 here, the Resident Doctors Association (RDA) of the institute has appealed to the Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University to take effective measures to check all sorts of malpractice.

CAMPUS
Teachers frown on UGC’s notice to discipline them
A recent directive of the University Grants Commission (UGC) asking the college authorities to delegate at least 40 hours of workload per week to every teacher has not gone down well with the teaching community in the Delhi University.

MindSpan seminars
ISC symposium
Window-solution
Media studies

COURTS

Custodial death: Judicial remand of cops extended
Rewari, June 12
The judicial remand of all the six police personnel accused in the case of the custodial death of Naresh Kumar of Rojhuwas village, about 15 km from here, has been further extended to another 14 days by Mr A. K. Singhal, Judicial Magistrate (First Class), Rewari.

SPORTS

Railways move into quarter-final
New Delhi, June 12
Railways moved into the quarter-final after they beat Lal Bahadur Shastri Club by one wicket in a thrilling pre-quarter-final match of the sixth Lala Hari Ram Aggarwal Memorial Day-Night Cricket Tournament at the Karnail Singh Stadium in the Capital.

Harvinder Singh receiving the Man of the Match Award in the Lala Hari Ram Memorial Cricket Tournament in the Capital.

World Cup mania on cell phone
New Delhi, June 12
Cellnext Solutions Ltd, a complete wireless IT solutions company, has deployed SMS-based applications for Escotel, Spice and Hexacom to provide real time FIFA World Cup updates and other fun options for their subscribers.

Shruti maintains winning spree
New Delhi, June 12
Second-seeded Shruti Dhawan maintained her winning spree when she crushed Monika Goel 6-1,6-1 in the ITF Women’s Tennis Circuit Tournament at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association courts in the Capital.

Montfort on tour
Karate-Do Championship

Ashwani Sharma shines for DAV School
New Delhi, June 12
A fine all-round performance by Ashwani Sharma (77 and 4 for 38) helped DAV School, Shalimar Bagh beat Ravindra Public School by 10 runs and enter the final of the second Karnail Singh Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Tyagi Public School ground.

Taekwondo Cup

Lalit Anand helps Pusa Youngsters
New Delhi, June 12
A fine all-round performance by Lalit Anand (31 not out and 3 for 29) enabled Pusa Youngsters beat Delhi Telecom by five wickets to enter the pre-quarter-final of the DDCA Hot Weather Cricket Tournament at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground in the Capital.

ADMINISTRATION

Property tax bills to be issued by August 31
New Delhi, June 12
The Property Tax Department of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has started issuing property tax bills for the year 2002-2003. The work of issuance of property tax bills will be completed by August 31.