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Army recruitment turns into free-for-all 
Meerut, August 10
Several aspirants to the army were injured in a stampede during a recruitment drive here at the famous Hathi Khana ground. Some of them received serious injuries and fractures in their limbs. They have all been hospitalised.

Delhi Police take umbrage at Punjab IG’s role
New Delhi, August 10
The Delhi Police are learnt to have taken a serious note of the presence of a Punjab Police Inspector General (Chief Minister’s Security), Rajinder Singh, in Delhi during the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) elections in June, without any prior intimation to the Police Headquarters here.

Sahib Singh hospitalised
New Delhi, August 10
The visit of Union Minister of Labour, Sahib Singh Verma, who was scheduled to inaugurate a new police station building in Prashant Vihar in North-West Delhi, was cancelled after he was injured in a car accident while returning from a function in Faridabad, here today.

Case of missing cop: A game of hopscotch is on
New Delhi, August 10
There is considerable consternation among the top brass of the Delhi Police here over the whereabouts of Mr. R. K. Sharma, a senior Haryana Cadre Indian Police Service officer, wanted in connection with the sensational Shivani Bhatnagar murder case even as half a dozen police parties are scouring the three neighbouring states for him.

SSI suspended for dragging CM’s father to thana
Meerut, August 10
The SSI, C.P. Singh, who had the ‘audacity’ to bandy words with the Chief Minister’s father and his driver, has been suspended and transferred to another district. The station house-incharge of Khurja Kotwali also got his deserts and was suspended and transferred.

End to dowry: Rawal gotra shows the way
Bapoli (Panipat), August 10
A silent revolution is brewing in this sleepy block of Panipat district. At a time when opulent weddings and dowry are the norm, the Gujjar community has set a unique example by ushering in “dowryless” marriages. And this has been achieved without any government or NGO initiative.

Bringing girls out of the Meo closet
Nuh (Mewat), August 10
Sanjeeda Ali of village Janda in Hathin block in Faridabad district, who hails from a family that ekes out its living below the poverty line, finds herself on cloud nine following her admission in the DPS School here.

COMMUNITY

A 75-year-old man stitches tricolours for the Independence Day celebrations. The Andrews Gunj under bridge which opened to traffic in the Capital on Friday. — Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal

Advani inaugurates Savarkar Park 
New Delhi, August 10
The Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Lal Krishan Advani, inaugurated the Veer Savarkar Park and unveiled the statue of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar to remember the national hero, freedom fighter, an ageless thinker and a devout nationalist today in a function organised by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) at Lodhi Colony.

Ajay Chautala gets Bhumi Putra award
New Delhi, August 10
The 22nd death anniversary of Mohd. Rafi, the immortal singer, was observed as ‘Music Day’ at the Talkatora Stadium here. The programme was organised jointly by Kala Darpan and Lions Club, (Yamuna Vihar) Delhi.

Sad finale to Samaritan’s social services
New Delhi, August 10
Social work is a seldom noticed today and if someone tries to do it, quite often he faces the music.

Special training package for 26 Afghan police personnel
New Delhi, August 10
In an unique initiative, 26 senior personnel from the Afghan police are visiting India to undertake special training from the Delhi Police and associated agencies on various aspects of traffic management, road safety enforcement and regulation of stipulated norms.

‘Non-serious’ attitude of Chautala on SYL criticised
Rewari, August 10
The deputy leader of the Haryana Congress legislature party, Capt. Ajay Singh Yadav, has asserted that the “inept” handling of the SYL issue by the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, showed that he was not serious about this issue.

A new bus stand for Rohtak in Oct
Rohtak, August 10
The new bus stand constructed at a cost of approximately Rs 2.40 crore on the Rohtak-Hisar bypass, opposite the district jail here, will become operational in October. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Ashok Yadav, told the ‘NCR Tribune’ here today that the new bus stand, spread over 10 acres, would be dedicated to the people in the first week of October.

GETTING AWAY
Chittorgarh: The last citadel of a bygone era
A city, which is till date is remembered for tales of valour and Rani Padmini’s Jauhar, Chittorgarh stands atop a 500-feet high hill taking pride in its erstwhile glory. About 150 miles Southwest of Jaipur, the great fort of Chittorgarh is seen rising sharply from the surrounding plain.

Nine SBI branches to accept rent deposits
New Delhi, August 10
Rent deposits for cases pending before the Rent Controller, Rent Control Tribunal or any civic court can now be made at select branches of the State Bank of India (SBI).

NCR BRIEFS
Protest against manhandling of workers
Rohtak, August 10
Several members of the Haryana State Electricity Board Workers’ Union staged a demonstration here in protest against the ‘casual’ attitude adopted by the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam authorities and the district administration towards the manhandling of a team of power officials by an erring power consumer recently.

• Demonstration held
• Sarpanch suspended
• Suicide pact