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Autorickshaw drivers protesting against the government move to impound three-wheelers without electronic meters in front of the Delhi Secretariat in the Capital on Thursday.
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Devi Lal loyalist lashes out at Chautala
Rewari, December 12
Mr Jogender Singh Hooda, a staunch supporter of late Devi Lal and now the president of a non-political organisation, Haryana Loktantra Raksha Manch, is sore at the “neglect” of dedicated party activists by the top brass of ruling INLD even as it embraced defectors.
SYL: CM urged to call all-party meeting
Sonepat, December 12
Mr Kishan Singh Sangwan, MP and vice-president of the Haryana BJP, urged Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala today to immediately convene an all-party meeting to consider the issue of construction of the SYL canal in the Punjab territory in the wake of the Supreme Court’s orders. This, he said, would safeguard the interests of the farmers in the state.
IN PARLIAMENT
Delhi-Rewari DMU service on anvil
New Delhi, December 12
The Centre has plans to introduce a metre gauge DMU service between Delhi Sarai Rohilla and Rewari to cater to the needs of the Delhi-Rewari section.
The Minister of State for Railways, Mr Bandaru Dattatraya, informed the Lok Sabha that the DMU service would be introduced in 2002-03. However, he said there was no proposal to increase the frequency of trains on the broad gauge line between Delhi and Rewari.
December, an ‘unwell’ month for officials!
Sonepat, December 12
It’s December. It’s the month officers and subordinate staff of most of the government officers “fall ill’. This year too, the staff in government offices in the city and other parts of the city have kept their date with December.
It takes a court order to file an FIR, after six yrs
Ghaziabad, December 12
In western UP, if you want to file an FIR, you need the recommendation of a senior police, civil officer, political leader or a court order.
It is exactly what has happened in Ghaziabad, where the police registered a report concerning a fraud and assault case six years after the incident took place and that too on the specific orders of a court.
CBI probe sought into scribe’s murder
Rohtak, December 12
Various journalists’ organisations and political and apolitical outfits organised a joint demonstration here yesterday to press for a CBI inquiry into the murder of Sirsa-based journalist Ram Chandra Chhattarpati. The demonstrators submitted a memorandum addressed to the Union Home Minister, Mr L. K. Advani, and the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, in this regard to the Deputy Commissioner of Rohtak.
Vajpayee receives epic work on G.B.Pant
New Delhi, December 12
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today received a set of 18 volumes of “Selected Works of Govind Ballabh Pant”, edited by noted historian B.R.Nanda at his residence here.
Coast Guards celebrates silver jubilee
New Delhi, December 12
Indian Coast Guards celebrated their 25 years of service to the nation. Guided by its motto, ‘Vayam Rakshamah’, meaning ‘we protect’, the Indian Coast Guards protects the country’s sea and maritime zones.
Models at the silver jubilee ball, organised by Neelam Saxena on the occasion of the celebration of 25 years of Indian Coast Guards. |
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