TOP STORIES

Sheila resents bid to clip wings
New Delhi, September 4
The ongoing spat between the Congress-administered Government of NCT of Delhi and the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre took a new, perhaps decisive, turn on Wednesday when Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit along with her Council of Ministers registered their protest in no uncertain terms over the Centre’s move to circumvent, and dilute, the powers of a duly elected Government of NCT of Delhi.

Outraged girl’s family cries for justice 
Faridabad, September 4
Nothing is more traumatic than justice denied to a woman whose modesty has been outraged. One such incident happened in Ballabgarh town which seems to have shaken the confidence of the residents in the guardians of the law.

Teachers want more than just token respect 
New Delhi, September 4
Come September and the teachers across the schools in the country get ready to receive preferential treatment, even though it lasts just a day, nay, a few days. Teachers’ Day celebrated on September 5 every year is the day students choose to express their love and gratitude to their gurus.

COMMUNITY

State-of-the-art police complex near Panipat 
Panipat, September 4
After dithering for years, the authorities concerned seem to have woken up to the need of having a state-of-the-art complex for police personnel in Siwah village near here. To be constructed at a cost of about Rs 6.33 crore, the building will meet the long-standing demands of the city in general and the police personnel in particular.

THE ACHIEVERS
Her endeavour is to carve out a niche for the disabled

New Delhi, September 4 For more than 20 years, she has been waging a lone battle for the independent identity of physically and mentally challenged children in Patna, Bihar. Her social service organisation, Sunder Arts and Crafts, is run entirely from the income garnered from her private school. This lady, Lily Gupta, was recently in the Capital to hold a workshop for blind children at Bal Bhavan. In a conversation with NCR Tribune she said in this three-day-long workshop 40 completely blind children of her centre took part.

An artwork by a disabled child.

Panipat-Sanoli Road getting  a facelift
Panipat, September 4
Bumpy rides on the 18-km Panipat-Sanoli Road are going to be a thing of the past with the Haryana PWD (B&R) taking up work of the widening and strengthening of the road.

• NHPC gets ISO certification for eco-management

CRIME

Spurious bulbs  factory unearthed
New Delhi, September 4
The Economic Offences Wing of the Crime Branch today claimed to have unearthed a spurious bulbs manufacturing unit and also seized a large amount of pirated CDs worth Rs 10 lakh after raiding three different places in Delhi. Three persons were arrested.

Tea bags worth  Rs 1.7 lakh looted
Sonepat, September 4
Thieves reportedly entered a teashop of Assam Trading Company at Gohana town, 35 km from here, last night and took away 84 bags of tea worth Rs 1.75 lakh. The police are still investigating into the case.

• DUSU candidate shot at

BUSINESS

Event management industry set to register 100 per cent growth
New Delhi, September 4
With event management companies becoming a ‘must-have’ for managing events right from conferences and seminars to marriages and fashion shows, the annual growth potential of this industry is being projected at more than 100 per cent in the country.

EDUCATION

CBSE Awards given to 12 teachers
New Delhi, September 4
On the eve of Teachers’ Day 12 teachers from across six centres in the country were presented the CBSE Awards for the year 2001. These awards were presented by the Minister for Human Resources Development, Science and Technology, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi, at a function held in the Capital today.

• NDMC awards

CAMPUS
Murmurs of gender politics on DU turf 
The stage appears set for the election of a new set of office-bearers of the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU). As canvassing reaches feverish pitch in Delhi University, the main contending parties, the National Students Union of India (NSUI) and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) are exuding confidence of sweeping the polls.

Business graduates

IT partnership

It’s curtains for varsity razzmatazz  New Delhi, September 4 Portable stage constructed at the back of a lorry, frivolously dressed dancers, professional DJ playing Bhangra music, posters and flyers being handed out and a large crowd gathered around this razzmatazz – this is not the setting for an MNC-sponsored road show or a product launch but a campaign gimmick of the NSUI.

COURTS

HC restrains RML Hospital union
New Delhi, September 4
The Delhi High Court has restrained the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital employees’ union in the Capital from holding any strike or dharna within 100 m of the institute.

SPORTS

PNB to take on UDM in final
New Delhi, September 4
Punjab National Bank (PNB) will take on Urban Development Ministry in the A Division final of the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA) Institutional Football League Championship at the Ambedkar Stadium on Friday.

• Nivia Soccer

Anubhav Deewan shines  in Ramjas’ victory
New Delhi, September 4
Anubhav Deewan played an all-round game (74 and 2 for 23) to help Ramjas Day Boarding defeat Navyug School by 40 runs and entered the semi-final of the first Ramjas Inter-School (Under-17) Cricket Tournament at the Ramjas Sports Complex.

• Climbing contest