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Sikh youths urged
to follow code
of conduct
New Delhi, May 20
President of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, Paramjit Singh Sarna today said that the new generation of Sikhs is blindly following modern customs and has started degrading the code of conduct.
Activists of the National Federation of Indian Women demonstrating outside Marina Hotel in the Capital on Tuesday demanding the reinstatement of Kalyani Satpathy in her job. She was reportedly sacked after she filed a sexual harassment case.
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Co-operative bus societies leave Sonepat
villagers in the lurch
Sonepat, May 20
Residents of villages in the district have been facing great hardships due to the lack of transportation facilities for the last five years, but the state government seems not to be moved by the plight. Despite knocking at every door in the administration, the problem persists.
Laparoscopy launched in Meerut MH
Meerut, May 20
The much-awaited laparoscopic surgery facility was launched in Military Hospital here by the Deputy Director, Medical Services, Uttar Bharat Area Brigadier Ramesh Kumar.
HARSAC holds workshop on natural resources data
Bhiwani, May 20
The Haryana State Remote Sensing Application Centre (HARSAC), established on the HAU campus in Hisar, organised a workshop on “Natural Resources Information System (NRIS)” for Bhiwani district officials at Baya Tourist Resort. The objective of the workshop was to apprise the district officials of the database generated and the land and water resource development plans prepared for Bhiwani using satellite data.
CIVIC CORNER
Something’s stinking in Vasant Kunj!
New Delhi, May 20
Whenever residents of Pocket 9 of Sector C in Vasant Kunj move out, they cover their noses because of the unbearable stench in the area. Many residents complain of having developed respiratory problems and skin diseases and many others are planning to move out.
SPECIAL FOCUS ON GURGAON
MDA Budget casualty in bureaucrat-NGO tussle
Nuh (Gurgaon), May 20
The Mewat Development Agency (MDA) and a section of the bureaucracy appear to have adopted ‘one step forward, two steps backward’ model in the development of Mewat, considered to be one of the most backward areas of Haryana.
DHBVN not to charge departmental rates on
shifting of 11 KV lines
Bhiwani, May 20
The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam
(DHBVN) has decided not to charge the prevailing 24 per cent departmental rates over and above the total expenditure on shifting of 11 KV and 33 KV lines, on request of the consumers.
Magisterial probe into wall collapse
Rohtak, May 20
The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Ashok Yadav, had ordered a magisterial inquiry into the collapse of a wall of the Farmers’ Service Centre which claimed the lives of two labourers in the storm on Monday night. The service centre is being constructed by the Haryana Agro Industries Corporation in the new Anaj Mandi here.
NCR BRIEFS
Life term for four in murder case
Faridabad, May 20
The local fast track court has awarded life term to four persons including three brothers for murdering a person in 2001.
As per prosecution, the accused identified as Ramesh, Brahma and Lala and Indraj had murdered Jasbeer, a cycle stand contractor at Old Faridabad Railway Station, after a dispute.
Armyman’s body cremated
Sonepat, May 20
The body of an Army jawan Bijender of IVth Sikh battalion was cremated at his native village Salimear Majra about 10 km from here last evening. According to a report, a large number of villagers and some Army officials were present on the occasion. Bijender along with two other soldiers were killed when their vehicle overturned in Nagaland recently.
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