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New BSNL tariff for G. B. Nagar to benefit rural users
Noida, May 21
The BSNL has announced a new telecom tariff for the consumers in Gautam Budh Nagar district under which calls from Noida to Almora, Haldwani, Pilibhit, and Pithorgarh districts will cost half with 30 sec. pulse, compared to previous 15 sec. pulse and all these stations are now available on 95 facilities.

DDAGATE
No hearing by HC on officials’ bail plea
New Delhi, May 21
Hearing on the bail petitions of three DDA officials could not take place in the Delhi High Court even today as the file relating to their cases did not reach the Chief Justice’s Bench, which was to take a decision about assigning the matter to a new judge after two of the judges had declined to entertain the bail plea.

Rajiv was a visionary: Sheila
New Delhi, May 21
Rich tributes were paid to Rajiv Gandhi on his 12th death anniversary today with the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) remembering his contribution to taking India into the computer age.

REMEMBERING RAJIV: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit with the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee leaders during a peace march from the Delhi Gate to the Veer Bhumi on the occasion of the death anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi in the Capital on Wednesday.
— Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal

DOWRY DEMON
Munish Dalal’s bail rejected
Noida, May 21
The Noida court today rejected the bail plea of Munish Dalal and his mother Vidya Dalal in a dowry case. Munish’s marriage party was returned by bride Nisha Sharma in Noida on May 11.

• Traders fume at sealing of Cantonment area

Models during the launch of Siemens’ new range of handset at a press conference in the Capital on Wednesday.
— Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal

	Yet another HC judge declines to hear bail plea May 21, 2003
	Daewoo workers try to barge into premises, clash with cops May 20, 2003
	Banks take possession of Daewoo’s Surajpur plant May 19, 2003
	Plot to make a fast buck from school plots May 18, 2003
	HC judge declines to hear bail plea in DDA scam May 17, 2003
	Nine-lane AIIMS flyover: An architectural tour de force May 16, 2003
	Cops crack Sunita Chadha road rage case May 15, 2003
	Two stabbed to death; heads crushed under tractor May 14, 2003
	New rules on land area stump private schools May 13, 2003
	Drive to enrol and retain children in MCD schools May 12, 2003

New MCF mayor
Faridabad, May 21
Dr Attar Singh, a Municipal Councillor from Ward No. 12 here, was elected as new Mayor of the Municipal Corporation Faridabad (MCF) today. He is the fourth Mayor of the Corporation since it came into being and the third incumbent of the post in the present tenure of this civic body.

Wheat arrivals come to a trickle in mandis
Rohtak, May 21
The procurement of wheat in the district has literally come to an end as the arrivals of the ‘golden grain’ in the procurement centres are negligible. The arrival in the Rohtak mandi yesterday was between 150 and 200 quintals.

THE ACHIEVERS
Home is where Bharatanatyam is for this foreign forensic expert
New Delhi, May 21
Far away in Ukraine, a forensic expert captivated by Bharatanatyam contemplated once whether to leave behind a promising career, her family and friends. Bharatanatyam emerged a stronger attraction soon and Ganna Smirnova, after repeated attempts to stay away from her metier, finally bid adieu to her job as a senior scientific officer to ascend the steps leading on to the stage.

MAYDAY CALLS
CBSE results on May 23 and 24
New Delhi, May 21
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the dates on which class X and XII examination results will be declared. While the class XII results will be announced on May 23, class X results will come on May 24.

COMMUNITY

Partial response to bandh call by trade unions
Sonepat, May 21
The nationwide bandh call given by different trade unions and employees’ associations against the anti-people and anti-employee policies of the central and state governments evoked partial response in Sonepat district.

Residents squirm under frequent power failures
Sonepat, May 21
Regular power supply has become a dream for the residents of this city. The power plays hide and seek with the residents throughout almost everyday and this has thrown normal life out of gear. The business and industrial activities are the worst-hit.

Lapses alleged in labourers’ death
Sonepat, May 21
Several lapses are being pointed out, mainly on the part of the authorities, which allegedly led to the death of three labourers due to inhaling poisonous gases in a deep well of the Yamuna Action Plan project near Gohana town on Sunday evening.

Scheme to repair 94 watercourses
Sonepat, May 21
The Haryana Government has drawn up a special scheme for the repair and maintenance of 94 watercourses in this district and a sum of Rs 50 lakh has been sanctioned for the purpose. This was stated by Mr Balwan Singh, Deputy Commissioner, while addressing a meeting of the district officials in the Panchayat Bhawan here yesterday.

Streets, drains constructed using MP’s fund
Bhiwani, May 21
Mr Ajay Singh Chautala, MP, has provided Rs 56.36 lakh from his discretionary fund for the construction of streets and sewage water outlets in this town.

SPECIAL FOCUS ON PANIPAT
Quacks offering speciality services play with the lives of poor residents
Panipat, May 21
Quacks continue to offer their “services” in this town and adjoining villages despite various drives to nab them. More seriously, many of them are posing as bone specialists, sex specialists, gynaecologists etc.

Three seriously hurt as canter overturns
Sonepat, May 21
Three persons sustained serious injuries when the canter in which they were travelling and which was loaded with melons overturned on the GT Road near Qumashpur village, about 13 km from here, last evening.

Rohini to have new business and leisure destination
New Delhi, May 21
Now the residents of Rohini (North Delhi) will have their own multiplex and shopping mall called GTC multiplex, spread in an area of 1.24 hectares in the upcoming commercial hub of Sector 11.

NCR BRIEFS
One held with 4.5 kg opium husk
Bhiwani, May 21
The police here claimed to have seized a huge quantity of opium husk from a person near the new bus stand located on the Rohtak road. A case has been registered against him under relevant Sections of the NDPS Act.

• Rajiv Gandhi Award for Noida cops
• Seven yrs’ RI for three
• Pvt schools told to close shop