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SPECIAL FOCUS ON
REWARI
Ahirwal outfit gives call to boycott Cong rally
Rewari, January 11
Former legislator and president of the Sarva Jati Janata Panchayat, a political outfit of Ahirwal, Mr Raghu Yadav, who along with thousands of his party activists, had faced bullets and brutal police lathi charge at Narnaul on August 10, 1993, at the hands of the then Congress government led by Mr Bhajan Lal over the issue of equitable distribution of available canal water in Haryana, has fervently called on the people of Ahirwal to boycott tomorrow’s Rewari rally.
11 booths set up for Kharkhauda MC poll
Sonepat, January 11
The district administration has made elaborate arrangements for holding elections to the Kharkhauda Municipal Committee on January 19
next. According to a report, as many as 11 polling booths have been set up for this purpose where the electorate would be able to cast their franchise without any fear.
Demand for probe into erratic supply of canal water
Sonepat, January 11
Representatives of various farmer organisations today criticised the inefficient and unsatisfactory working of the Gohana Water Service Division of the Irrigation Department. The farmers urged the state government to order a high-level probe into the complaints of the farmers about the inadequate and erratic supply of canal water in the tail-end villages falling in its jurisdiction.
GETTING AWAY
Land of temples and forts, now attracting
global visitors
OF the Hindu trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, Brahma the creator is worshipped in the land of Pushkar. Legend goes that in a battle, Lord Brahma killed the demon Vajra Nabh with a lotus flower, whose petals floated down to earth and landed in three places in and around Pushkar where lakes sprang up.
Traffic cops put up a good show in 2002: Pereira
New Delhi, January 11
Despite the increasing number of vehicles in the national Capital on the roads and the resources remaining the same, the Delhi Traffic Police today claimed that the force had done extremely good work during the year 2002 to bring about traffic discipline and a smooth flow of traffic on the roads.
People’s
role in water management must: Mehta
New Delhi, January 11
Involvement of local people is a must for
decentralisation of wastewater management and the civic bodies can look
at incentives to residents like rebate of property tax to ensure greater
public participation, Municipal Commissioner Rakesh Mehta said.
Hostels, hotel, cyber café – all flourish in this graveyard
New Delhi, January 11
It is a dead man’s land in Delhi’s dictionary, supposedly not suitable for human habitation. But multi-storeyed structures on the premises of Rajpura cemetery not only tell a sad story of human greed but also apathy of authorities for the past 19 years. |
Thousands stranded as trains cancelled
Sonepat, January 11
Train services on the DUK section of the Northern Railway remained disrupted today, following late running of almost all long-distance mail and express trains. Although the dense fog has disappeared, the long distance and suburban trains were running behind schedule, stranding thousands of passengers at Sonepat and nearby railway stations.
Children rehearsing for the Republic Day parade on Rajpath in the Capital on Saturday.
— Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal |
Villagers seek probe into Sarpanch’s dealings
Bhiwani, January 11
Residents of Prem Nagar village have sought an inquiry into the construction of a school building there. A deputation of villagers met the Deputy Commissioner and complained that the Sarpanch and Panchayat Secretary were misappropriating funds on the pretext of spending money on the construction of the school building at the village.
SEARCH WITHIN
Let go of all that you cling to for perfect happiness
ONE of the prayers that you see hung in some elite drawing rooms and religious places irrespective of the occupant’s creed or religion is a prayer by St Francis of Assisi. It was also the favourite of Mother Teresa of Kolkata. The prayer makes such an impact on the human soul and is so reflective of noble human aspirations, that it is worthy of repetition here:
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