Tehbazari
comes to an end by Jan 1
Bhiwani, December 28
The local municipal council may
face a financial squeeze with the New Year. The Urban Development
Department, Haryana has directed the municipal council to stop
recovering tehbazari from the next year. The department has written a
letter to the council to comply with its orders without fail.
NGO’s
project to green slums
New Delhi, December 28
Greenline, an NGO working for the
improvement of the environment, has initiated a project,
‘Grassroots’, to help improve the environs in and around the slums.
The NGO has roped in children and unemployed youth living in slum
clusters to plant saplings of fruit trees.
DPCC
celebrates INC foundation day
New Delhi, December 28
The Delhi Pradesh Congress
Committee (DPCC) today celebrated the 117th foundation day of the Indian
National Congress.
SEARCH WITHIN
New beginnings
for the year ahead
As
we enter 2003, we are bound to have our sweet dreams, our fears,
apprehensions and uncertainties. How are we going to face the future?
Where will help come from? Many trust God and that has been one of the
factors, which had helped millions in the past to face an uncertain
future.
GURGAON
Crime under
control, claims I-G
Gurgaon, December 28
The police authorities of Gurgaon
range, covering Gurgaon, Faridabad, Rewari and Mahendragarh districts,
are patting themselves on their own back for, as per their claim,
keeping crimes under control this year as compared to the number of
incidents last year.
Cong
leaders flayed for ‘double standards’ on SYL issue
Rewari, December 28
Mr Vijay Somany, convenor of the
Rashtriya Navchetna, a voluntary organisation of south Haryana, has
flayed the top brass of the state unit of the Congress for what he
described as their double standards in the SYL canal issue.
GHAZIABAD
A dark
welcome to this new GDA colony
Ghaziabad, December 28
Who says development is not taking
place in Ghaziabad. Lots of development meet the eye as one goes around
the area. New colonies and multi-storeyed housing complexes are coming
up and new roads are being laid.
SPECIAL FOCUS ON REWARI
The saint who
braved British cannons to save Bawani Khera
Rewari, December 28
Baba Ram Roopji Maharaj, an
illustrious saint of the nineteenth century, still holds sway over the
people of Bawani Khera, which is now in Bhiwani district. The flow of
devotees at his holy shrine, which lies in the heart of the town,
continues throughout the year.
SONEPAT
Lifer dies in
mysterious circumstances
Sonepat, December 28
Ram Singh, a prisoner undergoing
life imprisonment in a murder case died in mysterious circumstances in
the district jail here yesterday.
- Fatal fall
- 5 farmers held
- Depot holders protest
- Shop theft
Shepherds
victim of forest dept trickery
Sonepat, December 28
The officials of the Forest
Department are stated to be duping the innocent and illiterate people at
the cost of the state exchequer in the district.
Bodies
found
Ghaziabad
Two bodies were recovered in the
city on December 27. The body of a rickshaw-puller was found near the
new bus stop with the throat slit. He was suspected to be an informer of
the revenue department.
GETTING
AWAY
Time flies
when you are in Mahendragarh
Located
in the northern part of Haryana, Mahendragarh with its headquarters at
Narnaul comprises two subdivisions, two tehsils and five blocks. Known
as Kanaud, which took its name from the Kanaudia Group of Brahmins, it
was founded by Malik Mahmud Khan, a servant of Babur.
Jal Mahal: Reminiscent of the Mughal art
NCR BRIEFS
Man killed in
a hail of bullets
Rohtak, December 28
As many as five armed miscreants
shot dead a middle aged man at Ismaila village in Sampla town on Friday.
The deceased has been identified as Mahender who was allegedly involved
in smuggling liquor, according to police sources.
- Man drowns in Agra Canal
- Environment
award
NDPL
launches five vans to rectify faults
New Delhi, December 28
North Delhi Power Limited (NDPL)
today introduced five breakdown vans to augment its fault management
system. Power Minister Ajay Maken flagged off the vans from Basai
Darapur.
Delhi Minister of Power, Transport and Tourism Ajay Maken flagging off the breakdown vans of NDPL in the Capital on Saturday.
— Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal
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