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Ambitious plan to keep Delhiites in the pink
New Delhi, January 14
According to the last survey in 1998, the population of Delhi was 142 lakhs in an area of 1483 sq. km with almost 35% of the population residing in slums. No wonder, the health and welfare of its citizens became a priority. Thus, the Delhi government has taken on ambitious healthcare responsibilities.
Chautala should meet PM on SYL issue: CPM
Rohtak, January 14
The Communist Party (Marxist) feels that Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala should call upon the Prime Minister to persuade him to take immediate steps for the completion of the SYL canal as per the orders of the Supreme Court.
Bhajan supporter made campaign panel chief
Jhajjar, January 14
The Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee chief, Mr Bhajan
Lal, today appointed Mr Om Prakash Beri as the president of the campaign committee in the district. The appointment of Mr Beri on this new post is being seen as a deliberate attempt to sideline Mr Raghubir Singh
Kadian, the formal DCC chief.
30 pc NPOs
in Capital ‘unregistered’
New Delhi, January 14
Almost 30 per cent of the non-profit organisations in the Nation Capital Territory of Delhi are not legally incorporated, according to a latest survey.
While most of the unregistered NPOs are in rural areas in the country, in stark contrast, about 30 per cent of the NPOs in urban areas in the Capital are unregistered, said
the survey conducted by Society for Participatory Research (PRIA).
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SPECIAL FOCUS ON
GURGAON
Environment is the buzzword: EC-funded project for Gurgaon
Gurgaon, January 14
There is no age for education and acquiring new skills. The industrialists of Gurgaon with regard to updating their business practices on sound environment-friendly principles amply demonstrated this adage.
Lawyer
moves HC for rights violation
Gurgaon, January 14
Rebuffed by the local police, a Supreme Court lawyer and
local Congress leader, Mr Khazan Singh, has moved the Punjab and Haryana
High Court for registration of criminal case against officers of the
Haryana Government for the violation of his human rights.
Haryana to simplify industrial norms
Gurgaon, January 14
The Director of Industries, Haryana, Mr Devinder Singh, assured the industrialists that the state government would do its best to clear the bottlenecks coming in the way of simplifications of procedures related to different industrial departments.
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Malhotra to chair BJP transport committee
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New Delhi, January 14
The Delhi state BJP has constituted a committee to formulate an integrated transport policy. Vijay Kumar
Malhotra, a member of Parliament will chair the committee. Ms Anita Arya
and Lal Bihari Tiwari, members of Parliament, Mr Jagdish Mukhi, the
Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Legislative Assembly, Mr Subhash Arya,
Leader of the Opposition in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), Mr
Nand Kishore Garg, member of Legislative Assembly and Mr Mewa Ram Arya,
the Delhi BJP spokesman are members of the committee.
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| Delhi BJP president Madan Lal Khurana at a press conference in the Capital on Tuesday.
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Govt policies pique CPM
Rohtak, January 14
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has expressed concern over the ‘worsening’ situation in the state. In a statement here today, Mr Inderjit Singh, state secretary, CPM held the ‘disastrous’ policies of the state government and the Centre responsible for the deterioration in various fields.
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Scavengers sift through the garbage which continues to pile up under the huge signboard of the Delhi Development Authority near Gazipur in East Delhi.
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HVP promises to weed out corruption
Faridabad, January 14
The Haryana Vikas party (HVP) will withdraw some of the taxes, ensure adequate power and water, unemployment allowance to the jobless and ensure a corruption-free administration, if it was returned to power in the next elections.
Worker dies as muffler gets trapped in machine
Noida, January 14
A worker of a factory in Sector 8 died when his muffler, wrapped around his neck, got trapped in a machine. The Sector 20 police had refused to register a case as desired by the factory management, it is learnt. An FIR was filed by the brother of the deceased later.
Group set up to implement Transport Policy
New Delhi, January 14
The Government of NCT of Delhi on Tuesday constituted a Delhi Transport Planning Group that will be mandated to put into action the Transport Policy unveiled late last year.
DELHI DIGEST
Domestic help raped
New Delhi
A 20-year-old woman domestic help was allegedly raped by her employer in Sector 7 in Pushp Vihar in Malviya Nagar. The accused Satish Gupta (30), working in a call centre in electronic city in Gurgoan has been arrested and taken in the police custody. The victim, a resident of Jharkand, was working in the house of Gupta from December 21.
NCR BRIEFS
Prisoner on
parole fails to turn up
Bhiwani, January 14
The police have launched a manhunt to arrest a prisoner
who did not turn up after his leave. According to reports, the Jail
Superintendent has registered a case with the local police stating that
Chhaju Ram, son of Kundan Lal, who was undergoing imprisonment in a case
had gone on leave for six weeks but had not returned after the lapse of
due period.
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Industrialist dead
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Dowry harassment
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Eight injured
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