Chautala
playing politics of fodder: Vidrohi
Sonepat, June 12
The president of the Haryana
Pradesh Janata Dal (U), Mr Ved Parkash Vidrohi, accused the Chief
Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, of playing political game in sending
fodder to the drought-hit Rajasthan.
SYL
canal to be completed soon: Chautala
Narnaul, June 12
Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash
Chautala has said that SYL canal will soon be completed. It is the
verdict of the Supreme Court. The canal will cater to the need of 7.5
lakh acre arid land, with the result that South Haryana’s land will
produce gold crops, he added.
RENDEZVOUS WITH ANCHOR: Diwakar Pundir, anchor of Crime Patrol, ‘a real life’ action series, with Delhi Police Commissioner R. S. Gupta and other police officials at police headquarters in the Capital on Thursday.
— Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal
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CAS
in the interest of TV viewers: I&B Minister
New Delhi, June 12
The primary concern of the
government in tackling the cable TV issue is to safeguard the interests
of TV viewers all over the country, Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of
State for Information and Broadcasting, told a deputation of the Delhi
Residents Welfare Associations Joint Front last evening.
CM
asked to end repression of BKU activists
Rewari, June 12
Expressing grave concern at the
turn of events arising out of the ‘Rasta Roko Andolan’ of the
Bharatiya Kisan Union activists in various parts of Jind, Kaithal and
Hisar districts, the Haryana Janata Dal (U) has held the “inept
handling” by the Chautala regime squarely responsible for the
situation.
Politicisation
of Punjabi language decried
New Delhi, June 12
Paying tributes to Bhai Vir Singh
on his 46th death anniversary, the noted journalist, Mr Kuldip Nayar,
warned against the politicisation of the Punjabi language. Speaking on
the occasion, Mr Nayar mentioned how through his writings Bhai Vir Singh
brought much required respectability to the Punjabi language.
Dr Manmohan Singh presenting a model of the Golden Temple to Mr Kuldip Nayar at a function at Bhai Vir Singh Sadan in the Capital.
SPECIAL FOCUS ON ROHTAK
Rohtak
Co-operative Bank to establish new counters, MDU, PGIMS to benefit
Rohtak, June 12
The Rohtak Central Co-operative
Bank proposes to expand its operations with the establishment of new
extension counters in the city. The Chairman of the Bank, Mr Jagjit
Singh Suhag, said that an extension counter is being set up in the
Maharshi Dayanand University and another in the Pt B D Sharma
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), as also at the new
bus stand site and in Sector 2, Sector 3 and Sector 4.
SONEPAT
Trader
attacked in grain market
Sonepat, June 12
A large number of traders rushed
out of their shops in panic as five armed youths forced their way into a
trader’s shop and assaulted him in the grain market here yesterday.
NCR BRIEFS
Woman
immolates herself
New Delhi: A
26-year-old woman died, and her two children were seriously injured
after she had set herself and children afire last night in the Sangam
Vihar area in South district.
DELHI DIGEST
DDA launches
housing scheme
New Delhi, June 12
The DDA has announced a new housing
scheme, ‘Jasola Janta Tenement Housing Scheme 2003’. Under the
scheme, applications will be invited from the wait list registrants of
Janta Housing Registration Scheme 1996 for allotment of one-room
tenements in Jasola.
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