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MIDDAY MEAL BUNGLING
When MCD makes purchases with eyes shut
New Delhi, July 24
In a classic case of the government’s left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing, the Delhi Government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) procured processed food for the midday meal scheme from the same source but at different rates.

Unity in diversity: Activists of the Akhil Bhartiya Muslim Yuva Ekta and the Shiv Sena happened to stage demonstrations against Pakistan at the same venue in the Capital on Thursday. — Tribune photos Mukesh Aggarwal

Kidnapped child rescued from hospital
New Delhi, July 24
The South-West district police today claimed to have rescued a kidnapped child from a hospital in Gurgaon. The alleged kidnapper had left the one-and-a-half-year-old child, Tanno, at the hospital while he negotiated with the parents for a ransom of Rs 22 lakh.

One-and-a-half-year-old Tannu with his mother after being rescued from a hospital in Gurgaon. — Photo Kamal Singh 

Children from Prayas performing on the occasion of a community awareness mela at Prayas Jan Shikshan Sansthan, Jahangirpuri, in the Capital on Thursday. — Photo Kamal Singh Life goes on despite waterlogging at Rajan Babu Road, Adarsh Nagar in the Capital on Thursday. — Tribune photo Mukesh Aggarwal

ROHTAK DIST
Breach in drain, village flooded
Rohtak, July 24
The Lakhan-Majra drain, which emanates from Dhanana village, has breached at Girawar village, flooding the residential localities. With a capacity of 271 cusecs, the Lakhan-Majra drain carries the rainwater of Nirana, Nandal, Lakhan-Majra, Kharenti, Girawar, Madina, Tekna and Lahli villages.

Trail of destruction in Rewari blocks
Rewari, July 24
Flash floods, which inundated large areas of Khol and Bawal blocks of the district on Monday evening, have brought about large-scale destruction. The water has now mostly receded, but the villagers in the two blocks are still in a state of despair.

ECO WATCH
Crusher zone spews dust as norms take backseat
Faridabad, July 24
There is a heaviness in the air in Pali and Mohebattabad villages, about 10 km from here, these days. The air in these villages is highly polluted, owing to the proximity to a major stone crushing zone.

Probe into freak mishap
Sonepat, July 24
The Northern Railway has deputed a team of senior officials to conduct a probe into the breaking of a buffer joint of two compartments of the Amritsar-bound Shatabadi Express, which resulted in the killing of one passenger and injuring seven others at the railway station here on Tuesday.

Kanwaria dies in road accident
Sonepat
A Kanwaria, Mukesh, a resident of Chinnoyat Colony in Rohtak, was knocked down by a Tata Sumo near Satsang Bhawan on the outskirts of Gohana town last night. He was immediately taken to the Gohana Civil Hospital but succumbed to his injuries.

POLITICS

Make stand on statehood clear, Khurana tells CM
New Delhi, July 24
BJP Delhi unit chief Madan Lal Khurana today reiterated that the Bill pertaining to the statehood of Delhi will be brought in during the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament.

COMMUNITY

Testing the waters in purana quila. — Photo Kamal Singh

Dismiss Mufti govt: Shiv Sena
New Delhi, July 24
The Shiv Sena today demanded that the Army should be given a free hand to strike at the terrorist camps across the border and the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed government in Jammu and Kashmir should be dismissed in the wake of the attacks on Vaishno Devi pilgrims and the army camp in Jammu.

Anganwadi workers seek a fair deal
Sonepat, July 24
Hundreds of Anganwadi workers and helpers of Sonepat district yesterday took out a procession here in protest against the ‘anti-worker policies’ of the state government and submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner.

Annual Jot Mahotsava at Hardwar
Sonepat, July 24
Large number of delegates from Nepal, Pakistan and Bhutan as well as from Indian states like Haryana, Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh will take part in the annual Jot Mahotsava to be held on August 2 and August 3 at Hardwar.

Verma visits rain-hit slum colony
New Delhi, July 24
The Union Labour Minister, Mr Sahib Singh Verma, Leader of opposition in the MCD, Mr Subhash Arya and Municipal Councillors Vijender Gupta and Arti Mehra today visited the affected areas of JJ slum colony and Bakkarwala village which were submerged due to leakage from the drain nearby.

SONEPAT
Safai workers clamour for salary
Sonepat, July 24
Hundreds of safai workers held a demonstration in front of the office of the Sonepat Municipal Council here today to register their protest against the non-payment of salary and the failure of the authorities to fulfil their ‘legitimate’ demands.

• Netball team
• Anti-encroachment drive
• Student injured

Bijli Vitran Nigam warns people to keep off transformers
Bhiwani, July 24
The Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam authorities have cautioned the people to keep off the transformers and advised those who park their rickshaws and place rehris and khokhas near them to shift immediately.

IN PARLIAMENT
Tariff cut may have induced subscribers to go for cell
New Delhi, July 24
The reduction in tariff of mobile phones may have caused the migration of subscribers from land lines to mobiles, informed the Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology, Mr Ashok Pradhan.

SPECIAL FOCUS ON ROHTAK
Cane growers’ payments on hold for five months
Rohtak, July 24
Several Congressmen of the Kiloi region led by Mr Krishan Murti Hooda, a former minister and spokesperson of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC), took out a demonstration in the town yesterday in protest against the inordinate delay in making payments to farmers of the region for their produce by the Rohtak and Meham cooperative sugar mills.

With not enough applicants, college refuses to run BSc course
Rohtak, July 24
A bunch of admission seekers in the professional and specialised course for women, B Sc. (Home Science), are being denied the opportunity by the Government College for Women here for the current academic session.

NCR BRIEFS
Tea vendor commits suicide
Faridabad, July 24
Poverty forced a resident of Jawahar Colony here to end his life. The deceased, identified as Gopal, had a tea stall near a school. He committed suicide by hanging himself.

• Youth held for molesting minor
• Two injured
• Woman ends life

EDUCATION

42 schools get last chance to show record of students
Bhiwani, July 24
Keeping in view the interests of the students, the Haryana School Education Board has decided to give a last chance to the 42 senior secondary schools to present the record of students relating to examination held in March 2003.

COURTS

School gets court notice for denying admission
New Delhi, July 24
The Delhi High Court yesterday issued notices to the Government of National Territory of Delhi and the Principal, Achayra Tulsi Rajkiya Sarvodhaya Vidhalaya, Chhattar Pur seeking a reply as to why a student who had failed in a particular class has been denied admission in the same class and the same school.