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SeparatSeparating the disc from the discard: Two rag-pickers repack the discarded CDs in Connaught Place on Monday.
— Photo by Anil Sharma
AICC general secretary Ambika Soni with Renu Jogi, wife of the Chief Minister of Chattisgarh at the inauguration of Shabri Chattisgarh handicrafts and handloom exhibition in the Capital on Monday.
— Tribune Photo |
PHDCCI calls for acceleration of reforms
New Delhi, January 20
While populist budgetary proposals would be high on the agenda of Delhi Finance Minister Mahinder Singh Saathi, as the state goes to the polls later this year, an influential industrial and trading lobby has come out with a hard economic programme that the minister cannot wish away while drafting the Budget for 2003-04.
Farmers of southern dists getting a raw deal: Vidrohi
Sonepat, January 20
The Haryana Pradesh Janata Dal (U) president, Mr Ved Parkash Vidrohi, today flayed the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) Government headed by Mr Om Prakash Chautala for the alleged injustice meted out to the farmers of southern districts as well as Sonepat and Rohtak districts in the matter of drought relief.
Flyover construction
gets a flying start
New Delhi, January 20
The Public Work Department, an important organ of Delhi government for the developmental process, has for the first time introduced Q-4 standards on the construction of flyovers. These standards are comparable to ISO-9002.
TUs cry foul, seek probe into dept working
Sonepat, January 20
Representatives of various trade unions today sent a joint memorandum to the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, demanding a high level probe into the scandalous working of the Labour Department in Sonepat district and immediate suspension of the District Labour Officer and the inspectorate staff for not safeguarding the interests of the working class.
12 new faces in Buwani Khera municipal committee
Bhiwani, January 20
Buwani Khera municipal committee elections will see 12 new faces this year. The voters also preferred new faces against the old ones. Only one out of nine candidates has been elected for second term.
It takes 10 yrs to secure conviction in adulteration case
Rohtak, January 20
Upholding the conviction of Naresh Kumar, a milk vendor of Samchana village awarded by the Chief Judicial Magistrate for possessing substandard and adulterated milk for sale, the Additional Sessions Judge, Dr Shiva Sharma, rejected the argument that the convict was less than 18 years on the day of the commission of offence 10 years ago.
SPECIAL FOCUS
ON FARIDABAD
Discrimination in demolition drive alleged
Faridabad, January 20
The president of the Congress district unit (Women), Ms Sharda Rathaur, criticised the demolition of about 500 houses and jhuggis in Azad Nagar locality of Sector-5 here yesterday by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA).
AHPCU demands better
working conditions
Faridabad, January 20
The All Haryana Power Corporations Workers Union (AHPCU), representing the majority of the employees of the Power Department, has questioned the “ongoing reforms and overall progress in the power sector”. It said that the power situation in the state would not change if the interests of the staff were overlooked.
UPCC campaign
reins in defaulters
Noida, January 20
The campaign for an on-the-spot checking, launched by the UP Power Corporation, has been a grand success, yielding a revenue of over Rs 1 lakh.
The power connection of one factory has been disconnected and the factory fined Rs 3.5 lakh for using 25 horsepower more than its sanctioned limit.
FACE TO FACE
‘We must move away from pass-fail system in schools’
 Dr K. Venkatasubramanian is a noted educationist and well-known economist who studied in Columbia University, New York, and taught at York University, UK.
He was the founder Vice-Chancellor of Pondicherry Central University. As a Member of the Planning Commission, he is in charge of education, health and family welfare, women and child development, youth affairs, sports, culture and police research in the rank of a Union Minister of State.
Rally against ‘worsening’ law and order
Rohtak, January 20
The activists of the Congress took out a demonstration in the town in the afternoon today against the ‘deteriorating’ law and order situation in the state.
The demonstrators assembled at the Bhiwani Stand chowk and marched through the main markets of the town.
GVM girls cherish the memory of their alma mater
Sonepat, January 20
To maintain relations between the old students and the college, an alumni meet was organised on the premises of the GVM Girls College here last evening.
According to a report, more than 100 old students and their parents attended the function. Speaking on the occasion, the college Principal, Dr Shakuntala
Gakhar, highlighted the achievements of the college in academic and sports events and claimed that the girls of the college have got good posts after passing their exams.
NCR BRIEFS
Raid on ration depot for black marketing
Rohtak, January 20
A team of district officials led by the City Magistrate, Ms Ranjit Kaur, raided a ration depot at Gandhra village today. A case was registered against the depot owner for selling ration in the black market.
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