TOP STORIES

ASSEMBLY
Thank your stars for the trickle in taps
New Delhi, July 17
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit believes the fears of an impending water crisis are misplaced. Notwithstanding a receding ground water-level and a monsoon that is playing truant, a stoic Ms Dikshit on Wednesday comforted Delhiites by pointing out that water situation was improving because supply of electricity had shown an improvement over the past two to three days !

• But No dearth of mineral water

FOLLOW-UP
Lecturer gets marching orders for daring to speak
Gurgaon, July 17
You will have to pay a heavy price if you make a representation against your higher-ups, even if the issues raised in it have serious financial implications and academic irregularities. This is the message gathered from various quarters following an order of the Director of the Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU)

Kharif crops run to seed in Rohtak
Rohtak, July 17
As the monsoon is playing truant this year, the standing kharif crops in the district have almost withered. The failure of monsoons has posed a serious shortage of green fodder for the cattle, already facing scarcity of drinking water as the village ponds have dried up.

THE ACHIEVERS
To hell and back, cruising through life with sheer grit
New Delhi, July 17
She is a reader of zoology, a doting mother of two who has also been awarded the “Ideal Mother Award” by the Nehru Bal Samiti in 1999. She has been taking undergraduate classes since 1975 and is an active member in all the extra-curricular activities. All these things haven’t changed or have gone out of bounds ever since she met with a serious accident in

DU’s affiliation monopoly ends
New Delhi, July 17
Delhi University’s exclusive right to grant affiliation to colleges and academic institutions in the national Capital ended today with the Rajya Sabha unanimously passing a Bill amending the existing legislation and extending the powers to the newly established Indraprastha University. 

Sarna-Ranjit rift widens
New Delhi: The rift between the SAD Delhi president, Mr Paramjit Singh Sarna, and the former Akal Takht Jathedar, Bhai Ranjit Singh, appears to have widened with six supporters of the latter invalidating their votes in the polling today to elect the two co-opted members for the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee.

COMMUNITY

IN PARLIAMENT
AIIMS developing new long-term male contraceptive
New Delhi, July 17
The Minister of State for Health, Mr A. Raja, today informed the Lok Sabha that the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) were developing a male contraceptive and that the clinical trials of the contraceptive, ‘RISUG’, were in its final phase.

IN ASSEMBLY
Congress pulls up Centre for CNG crisis
New Delhi, July 17
After facing the flak over the excise policy from the Opposition yesterday, it was the Treasury Benches’ turn today to turn the heat on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The short-duration discussion on the acute shortage of CNG leading up to a transport crisis presented the Congress with the opportunity of exposing the forked tongue of the BJP’s leadership in the Assembly and at the Centre.

List of sacked panches gets longer by the day
Faridabad, July 17
The list of sarpanches, panches and members of panchayat samitis facing action for various irregularities is getting longer by the day. While at least 51 members of these bodies have been removed from their posts, four members of the zila parishad have been suspended by the authorities so far in the district.

Mor accuses Chautala of harming Jat interests
New Delhi, July 17
The Haryana Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti’s co-convenor and spokesman, Mr Tara Chand Mor, charged the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, of harming the interests of Jats. He told mediapersons that 75 per cent of Army jawans who laid down their lives for the sake of the motherland in Kargil War were Jats.

Dehat Morcha opposes supply of water to Delhi
Ghaziabad, July 17
The Dehat Morcha has called for a meeting of panchayats in a number of village in the Dasna-Mussori belt. These villages have opposed the proposal to allow supply of Ganga to Delhi. This has been done under the save water campaign.

Call for President’s rule in J&K
New Delhi, July 17
The Krantikari Manuvadi Morcha today condemned the Kasim Nagar massacre, saying that it was an inhuman act perpetrated by Pakistan-trained terrorists. The morcha demanded that President’s rule should be imposed in Jammu and Kashmir with immediate effect instead of giving autonomy to the state, as being demanded by Chief Minister Farroq Abdullah and his son Omar Abdullah.

DJB may install deep tubewells
New Delhi, July 17
As part of the contingency plan formulated by the Government of NCT of Delhi to ensure uninterrupted supply of water, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) will explore the feasibility of installing deep tubewells in different areas of the Capital.

• Fire in plastic unit

CNG bus catches fire at filling pump

New Delhi, July 17 Panic gripped the CNG filling station near Chandagi Ram Akhara on Ring Road at 4 pm today when a fire broke out in a CNG bus while it was being filled up. Immediately, attendants and others in the queue at the filing station ran for cover. A few of them even tried to drive away. The CNG bus which caught fire near the ISBT in the Capital on Wednesday. — Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal

NCR BRIEFS
Four shoot man in front of wife, child
Jhajjar, July 17
Four unidentified armed assailants reportedly shot dead a 25-year-old man in front of his wife and two years’ old child near a brick kiln on the Kosli road today. According to information, the deceased, Joginder, along with his wife and child was going to his village, Dawla, from Jhajjar on his motor cycle.

2 killed in mishaps Ajit Singh flayed Boy stabbed

MDU meeting Eco rally held

• Minister allays fears on hike in vegetable prices
• Khurana calls for Delhi bandh on July 22

CRIME

Man arrested for rape of daughter
Faridabad, July 17
The police have arrested a person from nearby Chhainsa village on charges of raping his minor daughter. According to a complaint lodged with the police by Sunita Devi, wife of Pritam Singh, her husband had allegedly raped their nine-year-old daughter for about two months, while she was away to her parents’ house in Dundsa village of the district. 

Three nabbed for MTNL officer’s murder
New Delhi, July 17
With the arrest of three persons, the North-East district police today claimed to have solved the murder of a Junior Telecom Officer of the MTNL, Rajender Singh. He was murdered three days ago while returning home in Bhajanpura from his Kidwai Bhawan office.

Businessman robbed of  Rs 3 lakh
Gurgaon, July 17
Two unknown assailants robbed an entrepreneur of more than Rs 3 lakh at gunpoint near Jhundsarai village last night when he was returning home in his car. According to police sources, Subhash, proprietor of Neha International, an electronic goods shop, was returning home in his car after closing his shop at Gurgaon.

BUSINESS

Exports from Faridabad touch Rs 363-cr mark
Faridabad, July 17
The total exports of industrial products from the district have reached the Rs 363 crore mark. Claiming this, the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anil Malik, said here yesterday the industrial scenario in the district had improved a lot. It had become one of the most preferred destinations for industries in the NCR.

EDUCATION

CAMPUS
‘Give the future generation a conducive environment to excel’

The future of India will be carved out by the youth and if allowed to function in an appropriate and conducive atmosphere, there is enough potential amongst them to pitchfork the country among the top nations of the world, said the Editor of ‘The Tribune’, Mr Hari Jaisingh, to a group of newly admitted students of journalism at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in New Delhi. Attentive students of journalism at an orientation session organised by the Young Men’s Christian Association in the Capital.

MIT courses on net Medical studies The duration of the General Medical

New session at DU Software seminars School of Engineering

CULTURE

48 models to walk the ramp in Lakme show

New Delhi, July 17 Fashion shows are not just about clothes. It is also and more so about the bodies and the faces that showcase the creations. A good face and legs that stretch across a mile are the prerequisites that any designer worth his or her salt looks for in the models who are paid to walk the ramp. For the forthcoming Lakme India Fashion Week (LIFW) the designers have already taken their pick as to who will sashay down the ramp in their expensive and alluring outfits.

SPORTS

DU undergoing facelift to produce champs
New Delhi, July 17
Alarmed over the growing criticism of inadequate facilities and declining number of champions emerging from Delhi University, authorities are understood to have set in motion the exercise of implementing a complete facelift in the sporting infrastructure within the campus.

Best 40 of BCCI umpires to supervise matches
New Delhi, July 17
The best 40 umpires, out of the 132 umpires currently on the panel of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), will be posted for all important tournaments and championships like the Duleep Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Challenger Trophy, Irani Trophy and Ranji Trophy.

Kahlon’s team win Royal Springs Open Pro-Am
New Delhi, July 17
Riding on a brilliant performance by amateur partner R.Tikoo, Harmeet Kahlon’s team won the pro-am title of the Royal Springs Golf Open Championship played at the Royal Springs Golf Course in Srinagar, according to information available in the Capital.

Schumacher zooms to record in Magny-Cours
New Delhi, July 17
Ace rally driver Michael Schumacher is zooming towards the record books. The German Ferrari driver, already the best of his generation, could drive into all-time legends category this weekend at Magny-Cours.

ADMINISTRATION

• Sunita Bharati’s SC certificate cancelled