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Cong-BJP row: Old game, new players
New Delhi, September 7
  The year was 1993. The Indian National Congress (INC) ruled the nation. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was in power in the NCT of Delhi. The INC framed the Transaction of Business Rules in November that rendered the BJP’s Chief Minister dependent on the Lieutenant- Governor. The BJP cries foul.

ABVP wins hands down in DUSU poll New Delhi, September 7
A short spell of sunny skies in an otherwise cool and rainswept day formed the backdrop for the declaration of the much-awaited results of DUSU elections at the Police Grounds today.	Victory smile.

GIA proposes a win-win formula for small units
Gurgaon, September 7
The Gurgaon Industrial Association (GIA) has expressed deep concern over the working of the district administration while implementing the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in shifting the polluted industrial units functioning in the residential areas in the city.

It's only a family affair, no monkey business. — Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal

Three booked for gangrape
Rewari
Om Prakash and his two accomplices, Ashok Kumar and Dabboo, who allegedly kidnapped and then gangraped a young married anganwari worker of Kosli for several days, have been booked on charges of rape, abduction and criminal intimidation under Sections 363, 366, 376, 506 and 34 of the IPC by the Kosli police following a directive from SP Hanif Qureshi.

Cops get their act together 
New Delhi, September 7
Concerned over the growing incidents of robbery in moving buses, the Delhi Police today announced several measures, including deployment of plain-clothes men, stringent checking by police pickets and increasing mobile patrolling.

13-yr wait for a mini secretariat
Panipat, September 7
It has been a 13-year-long wait for the residents of the district for a mini secretariat. Still, there is no sign of such a thing happening in the near future. Tall claims of the district administration regarding the early construction of the mini secretariat notwithstanding, hundreds of residents frequenting the city for routine administrative jobs are left to fend for themselves. And this was despite the fact that the foundation stone of the project was laid by the then Chief Minister, Mr Bhajan Lal, on June 3, 1994.

Finding it hard to keep the wolf from the door
Faridabad, September 7
Circus, once a form of complete entertainment, no longer casts a spell over urbanities. It is on its last legs in many parts of the country. This seems to be the view one gathers from the Dussehra ground here where the Asiad circus has put up its tents.

COMMUNITY

Hooda only a paper tiger: kisan union leader
Sonepat, September 7
The President of the Haryana Kisan Union, Mr Dharam Pal Deswal, has alleged the state Congress under the leadership of Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda has failed in not only exposing the misdeeds of the Chautala government but also in effectively exposing the cause of the common people.

Computers open brave new world for humble boy
New Delhi, September 7
It’s a story with a fairy tale twist. Something you’d associate with the world of childhood, of dreams and Hans Christian Andersen—of stately swans hiding behind ugly ducklings and ethereal mermaids changing into princesses!!

Ex-employee ‘behind’ hospital owner’s murder
Ghaziabad, September 7
The murder of Surinder Jain (62), proprietor of Sharda Hospital on G. T. Road under the Mussori police station, is said to be the direct fallout of a controversy about the employment of a technician, Vinode. Three cops, including the in charge of the police post, had been suspended by SSP Chander Prakash for negligence in the case.

MC to display names of house tax defaulters at public places
Panipat, September 7
The Municipal Council authorities are planning to disconnect the sewerage and water supply connections of those who have not yet cleared their house tax dues despite several concession schemes. The connections will be cut after displaying the names of defaulters at public places in the town.

Sena protests against ‘Chhoti Si’ screening
New Delhi, September 7
Shiv Sena activists today protested outside a cinema hall in the Capital against the screening of the controversial film, ‘Ek Chhoti Si Love Story’, and threatened to take strong action if the movie was not taken off from all theatres in the city.

MUCH ADO ABOUT SMALL STORY: Shiv Sena activists protesting against the screening of Manisha Koirala starrer ‘Ek Chhoti Si Love Story’ outside a theatre in the Capital on Saturday. — PTI Photo

Autos fined for violating pollution control norms
Rohtak, September 7
A team of traffic police led by City Magistrate G. L. Yadav challaned nearly 60 autorickshaws in the town under for violating the pollution control norms today.

• Staff plan protest

• Killed in collision

SEARCH WITHIN
Have a blueprint for the journey of life
Most of us are accustomed to making adequate preparations while planning a train journey. As for the journey of life, we hardly take time to make a plan. Most men will confess that they have not engaged in a personal search for truth so as to decide the destination they are headed for. It is strange that one should be found journeying and is ignorant of the destination!

GETTING AWAY Mt Abu draws picnickers and pilgrims alike Mount Abu is the only hill station that Rajasthan has. In a state which abounds in sand dunes, the lakes of Mount Abu come as a pleasant change. Spread over the rocks on a 1,220-m granite table mountain at the far south western end of the Aravalli hills, it is built around a lake and surrounded by forests.

A big attraction for tourists .

Kesar Bhawan Sunrise Palace Vimala Vashi Temple Luna Vashi Temple Nakki Lake Gomukh Temple

Connaught House Achalgarh Fort Guru Shikhar Adhar Devi Temple How to reach Mount Abu

DELHI DIGEST ‘Delhi Darshan’ begins again New Delhi, September 7 The popular sightseeing bus service for tourists, ‘Delhi Darshan’, which had been temporarily suspended, was reintroduced today by the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC).

NCR BRIEFS
1,100 jail wardens to be recruited
Sonepat, September 7
The Haryana Government has sanctioned the recruitment of 1,100 new jail wardens in the state. Stating this, Mr Laik Ram Dabas, Inspector General of Police (Prison), told mediapersons here last evening that the number of prisoners was increasing day by day and this had resulted in inadequacy in security arrangements in various jails of the state. He said that the number of jails was 18 and these had a capacity of 5,000 but they had been housing more than 12,000 prisoners.

Power cut today DSP’s son named for murder

Rs 30,000 stolen from mobike

Crushed to death