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Delhi Minister of Transport and Power Ajay Maken checking the electronic meter in an autorickshaw in the Capital on Monday.
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CM opens Ranneywell
water scheme
Faridabad, January 27
For the residents of Faridabad, the Republic Day was an occasion to celebrate for more than one reason. Soon after the Republic Day celebration, the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, inaugurated the much-awaited Ranneywell water scheme at Dadasiya village, situated near the river Yamuna.
BRASS TACKS
Cracking the mystery of memory, a key function of brain
‘Right chemistry’ is a well-known term for two persons hitting it off. This has been found to be both, literally as well as figuratively, correct; for it is not only the chemistry, but also the micro-electric pulses generated within the brain, which control the ‘mind’ or the emotions and the thought process of a person. The key to the whole process has been found to be depending upon the chemicals known as the neurotransmitters, or in a layman’s language, the mood molecules.
TRIBUTE TO A FATHER
‘I was a part of you, now you are a part of me’
New Delhi, January 27
You left us two years ago. You left our world a poor and desolate place, never to seem the same again. Suddenly I felt extremely helpless, totally at a loss as to how to go about life without the warmth of your protection. That helplessness comes back to me time and again, whenever I remember the day you left us, forsaken, broken and in the depth of intense sorrow.
 FACE TO FACE
‘As an industry, painting is not flourishing in India’
The saying goes: “Where there is a will, there is a way”. And this adage is true of Kamal Ghimiray, who after years of struggle has carved a niche for himself on the canvas of international art and that too without having gone through an art school or receiving formal training.
Seminar zeroes in on energy
New Delhi, January 27
The Amity Institute of Energy and Environment in association with the National Productivity Council held a daylong seminar focusing on the implementations and implications of the ‘Energy Conservation Act – 2001’ and the plethora of job opportunities arising in its wake.
Residents oppose shifting of transformer
Faridabad, January 27
Residents of Daultabad village, located near Sector 16-A here, have opposed the shifting of a power transformer to the front approach of the village. At a meeting, several residents of the village criticised the move and said the new spot, where the transformer was to be shifted, could prove dangerous.
Journalists assured of action against police
Rohtak, January 27
The journalists of the town met the Haryana Finance Minister, Mr Sampat Singh, in connection with the beating up of an employee working with a Hindi daily. The Finance Minister assured the journalists that the culprits would be nabbed soon and strict action would be taken against them.
DELHI DIGEST
Xen asked to pay damages
New Delhi, January 27
Coming to the aid of a woman who suffered on account of illegal demolition, a city court has ordered an official of the Public Works Department (PWD) to pay Rs 10,000 as damages.
Cop injured in encounter gets promotion
New Delhi, January 27
Rajinder Singh, a Delhi cop, who was shot at and injured seriously by two suspected youths, was given out-of-turn promotion today. He was admitted to Ganga Ram Hospital and operated upon. Doctors on duty said that he was in a serious condition.
First prize for roadways, DRDA tableaux
Faridabad, January 27
The tableaux of the Haryana Roadways, Faridabad and the Department of Rural Development Agency
(DRDA) jointly got the first prize at the Republic Day parade here yesterday. The tableaux of the Cooperative sugar mill, Palwal and the Forest Department stood second.
Madan Mataji breathes her last
New Delhi, January 27
Madan Mataji, mother of Mata Sawinder who is wife of the Nirankari Mission head, Baba Hardev Singh, passed away in Mumbai yesterday.
Thousands of devotees attended the last rites of Madan Mata
ji, who was cremated this morning.
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