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Delhi Chief Minster Sheila Dikshit visits a stall during a celebration of four years of excellence in education by the Government of NCT of Delhi at Talkatora Stadium in the Capital on Monday.
— Tribune Photo
Cine actor Jimmy Shergill with a Rocky S outfit at a showroom in the Capital. |
SONEPAT
Chautala working ‘towards finishing BJP’
Sonepat, December 16
Mr Kishan Singh Sangwan, MP and the Vice-President of the Haryana BJP, has accused the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, of working against the BJP and eliminating it from the political scene in the state.
Talking to mediapersons here today, he said Mr Chautala could not hope to succeed in his gameplan in view of the landslide victory of the party in the Gujarat assembly elections.
REWARI
Dalits being terrorised in Haryana: BSP
Rewari, December 16
Mr Narendra Kashyap, in-charge of the BSP affairs in Haryana, has asserted that Dalits are a completely terrorised lot under the Chautala regime in Haryana and unbridled atrocities on them have been on the increase throughout the state.
SPECIAL FOCUS ON FARIDABAD
No full-time Administrator, HUDA admn in a state of drift
Faridabad, December 16
The full-time post of Administrator, Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), has been lying vacant for the past five months. Although the Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) has been given the additional charge of the Administrator, it is reported that this has led to the accumulation of file work in the office. As a result, consumers have been facing inconvenience.
A resident of Sector 8 here said that his work had been pending for many months as there was no one to take up his appeal.
YC rally on Dec 19 against ‘jobs on sale’
Sonepat, December 16
The All-India Youth Congress has decided to organise a massive rally on December 19 in support of the demands of agitating people of Ahulana village against the recruitment made by the managing committee of the Chaudhary Devi Lal Sugar Mills. The rally will be organised on the premises of the grain market at Gohana town in the district.
IN PARLIAMENT
11 central govt offices to be shifted from Delhi
New Delhi, December 16
The government has decided to shift 11 central government offices outside Delhi to the National Capital Region. Six offices have been shifted outside Delhi, including three out of 11 identified, the Union Urban Development Minister, Mr Ananth Kumar, informed the Rajya Sabha.
After drought, shortage
of fodder hits farmers
Faridabad, December 16
The after-effects of drought this year are still being felt by the residents in the region, especially the farmers. The farmers, whose kharif crop production has been adversely affected, are now facing shortage of fodder for their cattle.
FACE TO FACE
‘My first priority will be to clean and beautify the city’
An IAS officer of the 1972 batch, Parminder Mandip Singh is the first woman to take over as the Chairman of the New Delhi Municipal Council
(NDMC). An alumna of the Sacred Heart School, Dalhousie, where she completed her schooling, Ms Singh completed her master’s in Geography from Panjab University. She took the civil services examination and was given the UT cadre.
Civic amenities in Mahendragarh in poor shape
Mahendragarh, December 16
Residents of Mahendragarh town continue to reel under inadequate basic civic amenities even after the change of guard in the local municipal council.
With the authorities not doing much to gear up the civic amenities even after the passage of no-confidence motion against the president of the municipal council on November 25, the residents are nostalgically recounting the glorious days of the town when it was part of the Maratha kingdom and thereafter of the princely state of Patiala.
Noida class IV staff take out rally
Noida, December 16
The Noida administration offices in Sector 6 were virtually turned into a cantonment with a strong posse of police camping there in view of the strike by class IV employees and safai karmacharis today.
NCR BRIEFS
Sex racket unearthed
Sonepat, December 16
With the arrest of four persons, including three women, the Civil Lines police have busted a gang engaged in flesh trade in the city.
According to a report, the flesh trade racket was being run from a rented house in Jiwan Nagar area on the old DC Road by Devinder and his wife, Sunita, both from Punjab.
- Youth held
- Five-day remand
- Dean appointed
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- Vijay Divas
- Painting exhibition
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DELHI DIGEST
World Punjabi
writers’ meet on Jan 12
New Delhi, December 16
In a move to promote Punjabi language, literature and culture, the Punjabi Academy of the Delhi Government is planning to organise a two-day World Punjabi Writers’ Conference in the Capital.
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Senior citizens honoured
Bhiwani, December 16
Several senior citizens were honoured for their notable achievements in different fields of life by the Brahmin Vikas Parishad at a function organised on Sunday at the local Brahmcharya Shekhawati Ashram.
Minister plays
hooky
Jhajjar, December 16
Mr Kartar Singh Bhadana, Minister for Cooperatives and the president of the District Public Relations and Grievances Committee, failed to turn up for the monthly meet of the committee meeting consecutively for the fourth time today. The meeting, held here today was presided over by Mr Mohinder Kumar, Deputy Commissioner.
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