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1.50 lakh voters yet to receive photo I-cards
Ghaziabad, June 28
Some 1.50 lakh voters are yet to receive their photo identity cards, months after the completion of the second phase of the exercise.
Out of the 2.57 lakh people who were photographed in the second phase, only 1.08 lakh have so far got their I-cards.
Ahirwal’s romance with barley is over the hill
 Rewari, June 28
The ‘barley culture’, which flourished in the Indus valley about 4500 years ago, has been popular in the Rewari region, popularly known as
Ahirwal, during the past several centuries, particularly in the last few decades.
The Persian saying, which has remained in vogue since the days of
Mughul Emperor Akbar, bears testimony to it. “Chahar Cheez Ast Tohfa-E-Rewari,
Ahir, Fransh, Jau, Aab Khari.”
Housing bodies can set up captive power
plants
New Delhi, June 28
With the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission issuing the necessary Gazette notification, housing societies and residents’ welfare associations can now set up captive power plants.
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 In a country like India, where 70 per cent of the population is engaged in agricultural activities, it is pathetic that many people still die of malnutrition. In today’s fast developing technological world, the persistence of large-scale poverty is the main cause of underdevelopment. It is a constant source of worry and socio-economic tension.
The problem becomes more poignant in our tribal areas. The people in these areas continue to face the problems of malnutrition, high infant mortality, abject poverty and lack of health facilities.
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Report on Kundli estate denied
 This is in reference to the report appeared in ‘NCR Tribune’
(June 20, 2002) under the heading, ‘Kundli’: The industrial landmark that was not to be’.
The correspondent had quoted that many industrialists had made repeated representations, regarding their problems, to the HSIDC authorities. However, the fact is that no such representation is pending with us regarding any problem of the allottees of industrial estate in
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16 corporators give no-trust letter against
Mayor
Faridabad, June 28
As many as 16 elected members of the Municipal Corporation Faridabad have signed the letter seeking a `no-confidence motion’ against the Mayor, Mrs Anita
Goswami.
AIIMS, Safdarjung hit by water, power
cuts
New Delhi, June 28
Electricity and water cuts have adversely affected the working of several city hospitals. Safdarjung Hospital, which admits patients from across the country, is witnessing chaos in the absence of electricity and water.
‘Bhagat
Namdev’ from Sikh Heritage in Painting based on Punjab & Sind Bank collections |
J&K Govt trying to delink Pandits from Kashmir:
PKM
New Delhi, June 28
Neither the goodwill of the majority community in Kashmir nor the mere controlling and containing of terrorism in the state can pave the way for the resettlement of Kashmiri
Pandits, say the members of the Panun Kashmir Movement, a frontline organisation of the Kashmiri Pandit community.
ROHTAK
Five killed, four hurt as jeep rams
tree
Rohtak, June 28
Five persons, including a woman, were killed and four others injured when a Marshal jeep rammed a tree at Ismaila village this afternoon.
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Youth killed
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Woman burnt to death in Noida village over
dowry
Noida, June 28
A woman was allegedly burnt to death by her in-laws in Aakilpur village under Rabupura police station. In an effort to keep the murder a secret, the last rites of the killed woman were performed in hurry without informing her parental family.
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Sadar Bazaar traders cut up over broken sewers
New Delhi, June 28
The Sadar Bazaar Traders Welfare Association has complained that the incapacitated sewers in the area have resulted in flooding the streets with dirty water and are posing a threat to the health and sanitation in the locality.
Recreation centre inaugurated at old-age home
New Delhi, June 28
Mr Ram Bhaj, MLA and Vice-Chairperson of the NDMC, inaugurated NDMC’s Recreation Centre for senior citizens at “Sandhya”, Netaji Nagar today.
Lathi charge on HYKSS activists
condemned
Rewari, June 28
The police lathi charge on activists of the Haryana Yuva Kisan Sangharsh Samiti at Narnaul on June 24 and the arrest of leaders of the samiti were condemned by leaders of various political as well as non-political organisations here.
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New Delhi, June 28