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Whew! Rs 2 lakh in fake currency notes Meerut, July 24 According to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Mr Mukul Goel, the Special Operations Group received a tip-off that two persons were trying to buy liquor at a shop with fake notes last night. The in charge of the SOG, Anil Kumar Sachan, raided the shop and arrested the duo — Raja alias Raju of Kaseru-Khera village and Jaikishan Sharma of Mawana town. When they were frisked, fake notes worth Rs 2,200 were found.. During interrogation, they broke down and admitted that they had been engaged in printing of fake notes for several months. The police raided a house (A-3/13) in Lekha Nagar under the Lal Kurti police station and found Ompal, Ashwani, Hari Singh and Rami Ram involved in printing fake notes. They were arrested and fake notes worth Rs 2,20,000 and some semi-printed notes of various denominations were seized. A computer CPU, a monitor, the die for printing the watermark of Mahatma Gandhi, one 3-in-1 laser printer, chemicals and accessories used in printing, a note cutter and a big roll of paper were also seized from the premises. The gang leader is absconding. A case under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 472, 12-B, 124-A, 489-A, 489-B, 489-C and 489-D of the IPC has been registered against them. |
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Kidnapped
child rescued from hospital New Delhi, July 24 The accused, Jai Dev (28), a resident of Shahbad Mohammad Pur and a driver by profession, has been arrested by the police. The child was kidnapped from a house in Barthal in the wee hours yesterday. The child’s mother
Manjita, her husband Jaswant (a taxi driver), their other child Pooja (5) and her sister Manju were reportedly sleeping when the incident took place. Manju’s husband Ajay was out of station on some assignment. Manjita told the police that around 3 am she noticed that the child was missing. At around 10.30 am yesterday a ransom call for Rs 22 lakh was received by
Jawant. The caller asked them to leave the money at Rajghat. The police, who were alerted, by the time had compiled a list of Jawant’s relatives living in adjoining areas. Again, a call was received but this time it was made from Bijwasan from a mobile phone. Three calls followed subsequently. When the calls were received, Jaswant overheard the sound of trains, which prompted him to suspect the role of his relatives in Shahbad Mohammad Pur. The police immediately launched a manhunt in the area and learnt that Jai Dev was missing. Cops were deployed in plainclothes to watch his movements. Today, Jai Dev was nabbed by the police. During interrogation, he confessed to have kidnapped the child. He said he had abandoned the child in Kapur Hospital in Gurgaon. He told the police that he had purchased a car from his brother-in-law and had no money to pay him. He knew Jaswant’s family very closely and he had learnt that Jaswant had received a share of Rs 22 lakh recently. Jai Dev kidnapped the child and approached one Dabbu, a driver, and borrowed his mobile phone for negotiations. |
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ROHTAK DIST Rohtak, July 24 The ring-bundh that protects the Harijan basti of Girawar from floods is likely to cave in if no immediate measures to drain out the floodwater are taken. The residents of the Harijan basti are maintaining round-the-clock vigil on the ring-bundh, so that they can alert the villagers in case of any damage. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Ashok Yadav, has ordered a survey of the villages which have been adversely affected due to the accumulation of rainwater. The district has recorded 27.3 cm rain in July so far, the highest in the past five decades. The previous high in the month of July was 15.7 cm, recorded in 1995, the year the district faced its worst floods. The process of draining out the rainwater has already begun in Bohar, Balliana, Ballambha, Ritoli and Baland villages. However, the paddy and jowar crops are still under two to three feet water at Kharak-Bainsi village in the Lakhan-Majra block. The crops are likely to be damaged if the administration fails to drain out the accumulated water. The Deputy Commissioner has launched a drive to improve the sanitary conditions in the town and also to desilt the drains, so as to ensure speedy drainage from the low-lying areas in the city. The Deputy Commissioner was alarmed when rainwater accumulated on the civil road opposite the Naraina Complex and Chhotu Ram Chowk, after the first monsoon rains on July 9 and July 10. The administration took two days to drain out the water from these areas. Taking a cue from this, the Deputy Commissioner has ordered desilting of the city drains and lifting of garbage daily. He has divided the city into four zones, each under the charge of an HCS officer. The Managing Director, Rohtak Cooperative Sugar Mills, Mr P. K. Sharma, is the overall in-charge of the cleanliness drive. The Rohtak Municipal Council has nearly 550 sweepers on its rolls, as against the requirement of over 1,000. These sweepers were appointed when there was no colony on the outskirts of the city, says the council chief, Ms Pratibha Suman. Owing to funds constraint, the municipal council cannot afford to employ additional sweepers, she told the NCR Tribune. The HCS officers have fanned out in their respective zones to mark attendance of sweepers in their areas and issue on-the-spot orders for lifting of garbage. The Sanitary Inspector reports compliance to Mr Sharma by 6 pm daily. These measures had helped the administration in draining out water within a couple of hours on Monday, when the city was lashed by heavy rain. |
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Trail of destruction in Rewari blocks Rewari, July 24 According to reports, the flood has ravaged Chheta Dungra, Pali, Majra, Gothra, Nangla, Mayan, Bas Batori, Mundi, Tankri, Mohanpur, Rajgarh, Sulkha and Harchandpur Kaldawas villages. At least two persons — Madu Ram, a young farmer of Pali, and Ghanshyam, a teenager of Gothra — have been killed. Dozens of tubewells and several houses have been completely damaged while other houses have developed cracks. Besides, roads and water pipes have been washed away. The power supply has also been disrupted. The standing bajra crop in several fields has been damaged.
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ECO WATCH Faridabad, July 24 Although all of the 187-odd crusher units have taken NOCs or the required permission from the Pollution Control Board (PCB), the pollution in these villages is higher than the permissible level. It is suspected that certain units are flouting the norms; moreover, the movement of about 2,500 trucks daily in the area adds to the pollution. Pali and Mohebattabad are well known for stone crushing activity. The government has allowed 187 units to crush stones to prepare ‘rovi’, an ingredient in construction. The raw material (stones) is procured from the nearby hills of Sirohi and Khori and Dhauj villages. The state government has declared its resolve to set up another crushing zone at Dhauj, but it is likely to take another year before the new zone is operational, according to the department sources. The zone will have about 77 plots or units. The poor villagers of Pali and Mohebattabad have nowhere to go. They are doomed to work in the crushing zone, said a member of the Punarjagran Sanstha, a voluntary organisation. He said a majority of the residents were illiterate and had no knowledge of the pollution norms. Besides, if the norms were strictly implemented, no crusher unit would find it worthwhile to operate here, he said. Each crushing unit is supposed to provide continuous water showers on the premises. It must also provide masks, goggles, helmets and other safety gear, so that the workers do not inhale dust which can lead to asthma, TB and other respiratory ailments. The units have to pay a fee ranging from Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000 for obtaining an NOC from the PCB. However, it is reported that due to the connivance of the PCB officials and units, some of the norms are not strictly implemented. The latest development is the mining of Badarpur sand from the
Ferozpur Rajput hills in the Palwal subdivision. The demand and rate of Badarpur sand has gone up in the wake of the Supreme Court order banning mining in Aravali areas falling within five km radius of the Delhi border. The Ferozpur Rajput area has reportedly been leased out for only Rs 70,000 for a period of five years. |
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Probe into freak mishap Sonepat, July 24 According to a report, it has also ruled out giving any compensation to the family of the deceased and the injured persons as they were standing on the railway track on the other side in violation of the Railway Act. Meanwhile, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) has intensified a campaign to arrest passengers who travel on the buffers between bogies and foot-boards of the coaches. The RPF officials nabbed six passengers travelling on the buffers of 303 UP passenger train bound for Kalka. The arrested passengers were identified as Dalip Kumar of Ashok Nagar (Kutcha quarter), Kailash of Narela mandi, Ved Singh of Kailana village, Virender of Jahri village, Bhagat Singh of Chatia village and Surinder of Jalallabad village in Panipat district. They were handed over to the Government Railway Police (GRP) for further legal action. A case under the Railway Act was registered against them. Mr R. K. Mehta, Director General of the RPF, visited the railway station here yesterday to take stock of the situation after the breaking of the buffer of the Shatabadi Express on Tuesday. He also discussed the matter with the subordinate officials and directed them to launch a special drive against the passengers travelling on the buffers of trains. He also disclosed that an 11-member team of officials would be sent to Sonepat for taking penal action against the passengers found violating the Railway Act. |
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Kanwaria dies in road accident Sonepat According to information, Mukesh was returning from Hardwar along with others last night. Around 11 pm, when they were near Satsang Bhawan on the Panipat-Gohana road, he was hit by a Tata Sumo (DL-SCA-5542) coming from Panipat. He was rushed to the civil hospital in the same vehicle but died after sometime. No sooner than the Sumo driver came to know about the death, he fled, leaving the vehicle behind. The police have seized the Tata Sumo after registering a case on the statement of Rajesh of Rohtak who was accompanying Mukesh. According to another report, one Ram Kishan of Bhogipur Rajlu village was found murdered in his “Gher”, which is used for cattle.
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Make stand on statehood clear, Khurana tells CM New Delhi, July 24 Asking the Chief Minister, Mrs Sheila Dikshit, to clarify her stand on the statehood of Delhi, Mr Khurana said, “The Union Home Ministry has told me that the Bill will be introduced in this session.... They are discussing certain clauses such as, which areas should go to the National Capital.” He went on to add, “Let the Congress decide whether they want full statehood or a union territory status for Delhi modelled on the Pondicherry pattern.” The Delhi Chief Minister, Mrs Sheila Dikshit, had recently suggested that she would be personally happy with the Pondicherry model as the National Capital Territory of Delhi enjoyed a special status with the nation’s Capital located there. Mr Khurana alleged that the Congress had neither demanded full statehood for Delhi during the past 50 years, nor has it ever included the demand in the party’s election manifesto. “Only when I declared that full statehood would be the main issue on which the BJP would fight the Assembly elections, only then did Sheila Dikshit get a resolution for full statehood passed in the Assembly.” He added, “But, last week she went back on her position and pleaded for a Pondicherry-type union territory status for Delhi.” Mr Khurana has urged the Congress to support the passing of the Bill for full statehood. “The Bill, after being introduced in Parliament, would go to the Standing Committee on Home, whose chairman is Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee.... The Congress should ensure it is cleared fast and passed and should not repeat the 1990 incident when its leaders H K L Bhagat and P R Kumaramangalam snatched the Bill as then Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed rose to introduce it.” On her part, Mrs Dikshit had said that her government was in favour of the introduction of the Bill in the monsoon session, alleging that it was the BJP at the Centre which was delaying it. |
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Dismiss Mufti govt: Shiv Sena New Delhi, July 24 The Shiv Sena Delhi unit, which staged a demonstration here said that President’s rule should be imposed in Jammu and Kashmir as there had been a spurt in terrorist strikes since the People’s Democratic Party came to power. Addressing the demonstrators, state Shiv Sena chief Jaibhagwan Goel alleged that instead of tightening the security, the state government took a soft stand on terrorists. He said there was a conspiracy to cede Jammu and Kashmir to Pakistan. Attacks on citizens and the armed forces were aimed at demoralising them in a bid to achieve this goal, Mr Goel added. The problems of the state will not end unless the Mufti government was dismissed, he said. “It is high time we put our foot down on Islamic terrorism and all those encouraging it,” a memorandum submitted to Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani at the end of the demonstration said. Meanwhile, the Akhil Bharatiya Muslim Yuva Ekta Parishad also protested at the Jantar Mantar against the recent terrorist attacks and demanded severing of all relations with Pakistan unless the country stopped harbouring terrorists. |
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Anganwadi
workers seek a fair deal Sonepat, July 24 They were joined in the protest march by the activists of CITU and Sarv Karamchari Sangh and were led by the state president of the Haryana State Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Association, Pushpa Dalal. The demands in the memorandum, addressed to the Chief Minister, included payment of the arrears of year 2002, Anganwadi workers and helpers be considered regular government employees and all the benefits like of bonus, regular pay scales, and pension be sanctioned to them. Besides demanding the restoration of widow pension to the eligible Anganwadi workers and helpers, the union has asked the state government to implement the directions of the human resources development and Mahila and Bal Kalyan departments of the Central government issued in 2000 should be implemented. |
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Annual
Jot Mahotsava at Hardwar Sonepat, July 24 Stating this, Mr Ramesh Chander Hasija, leader of the Mahavir Dal told mediapersons here yesterday that the ‘jhankis’ of Agra; elephants, horses, ‘shehnai’ bands of UP and Punjab; ‘atishbazi’ of Meerut and ‘dholaks’ of Delhi and Punjab will be the main attraction of the Shobha Yatra to be organised on the occasion. Mr Dev Raj Dewan, an independent MLA of Sonepat will be the chief guest on the occasion. The Shobha Yatra will pass through the main streets of Hardwar and the Jot will be put in Ganga water at 9 pm on August 3. The organisers of the Jot Mahotsava have made arrangements for 50 buses for transporting the devotees to Hardwar. The devotees will be provided free food during their stay in Hardwar. A youth of Sonepat, acting as Lord Hanuman, will be taken in a procession at Hardwar. The following persons are the members of the organising committee of the Jot Mahotsava: president Shashi Karan Nassa, senior vice-president P C Sharma, vice-presidents Raj Kumar Madan and Jawahar Chanana, secretary-general Ramesh Chand Bajaj, general secretary Dayanand Ahuja, secretary Ram Sarup Sharma, treasurer Bhim Hans, convener Sohan Lal Batra, chief patron Prem Kumar Kamra, patrons Arjun Dev Arya and Kishan Chand Narang. |
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Verma visits rain-hit slum colony
New Delhi, July 24 They assured the residents of getting the situation normal. Sahib Singh Verma discussed the issue with the Lt.-Governor who assured him of getting a drain constructed in the area to make it free from waterlogging. Subhash Arya said that the area was still waterlogged and the water-borne and other diseases could break out if immediate steps were not taken to pump out the water. The MCD school in the Bakkarwala village is completely submerged and the students cannot attend the classes at least for one month.
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SONEPAT Sonepat, July 24 According to a report, they shouted slogans and warned the authorities that if they failed to concede to their demands immediately, they would be forced to take out a procession in the city and gherao the officials. Earlier, they held a meeting in the municipal park and it was addressed by the leaders of the Municipal Karamchari Union. The workers alleged that the authorities of the Sonepat Municipal Council have failed to deposit the amount in their GPF and have not regularised the services of ad hoc employees which have 240-day service. The leaders also alleged that the authorities have not deposited the arrears of the dearness allowance in their funds as directed by the state government.
Netball team The Haryana Netball Association has decided to select the players of the Netball team of Haryana on the premises of the Subhash Stadium on July 26 and 27 in the city. According to a report, the team will take part in the 17th National Netball Championship being organised from September 3 to 7 at Jaipur (Rajasthan). A training camp will also be organised by the association for providing training to the selected players—both boys and girls in various categories.
Anti-encroachment drive The district administration has intensified the anti-encroachment campaign in the district on the orders of the state government. According to a report, the officials of the anti-demolishing squad swung into action and demolished as many as 100 unauthorised structures by pressing The officials of the team, led by Mr Charat Singh, Tehsildar-cum-Duty Magistrate, were armed with a strong contingent of police as a precautionary measure.
Student injured Naveen, a student of Indian Modern School was injured when his bicycle was hit by a tractor on Gohana Road here yesterday. According to a report, the tractor driver escaped after the accident. The police have registered the case and a hunt is on to apprehend him. The student was hospitalised. He is stated to be out of danger. |
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Bijli Vitran Nigam warns people to keep off transformers Bhiwani, July 24 A Nigam spokesman said that it had been noticed that rehriwalas, panwalas and rickshaw-pullers stay under the transformers, whereas the risk of sparking increases during the rainy season. He said that rehriwalas near local Kirorimal temple, rickshaw-pullers near Krishna Soda water factory and other people could be seen playing cards under the transformers near Patram Gate. They have been warned by the Nigam officials several times but in vain. |
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IN PARLIAMENT New Delhi, July 24 In a written reply, he informed the Rajya Sabha that there were 21,72,789 land line telephones provided by the MTNL in Delhi as on June 30, 2003 and 19,82,752 cellular mobile telephone service connections provided by three private companies in the Capital, according to the information supplied by the MTNL and the Cellular Operators Association of India. Reservation for OBCs:
The Government is considering a proposal to provide for reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in educational and vocational institutions, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Scholarship schemes:
Pre-matric and post-matric scholarship schemes, under which financial assistance is provided to the State Governments and Union Territories for grant of scholarships to eligible students from OBCs, is also being implemented, Minister of State for Social Justice Kailash Meghwal said in a written reply. Commission for EBCs: The Government has initiated action for setting up of a commission to study and recommend reservation for the economically backward classes (EBCs) not covered by the present reservation policy, he said. |
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FOCUS ON ROHTAK Rohtak, July 24 The demonstrators reached the office of the Deputy Commissioner to submit a memorandum to him to be forwarded to the Governor. However, the memorandum was handed over to the District Revenue Officer in the absence of the Deputy Commissioner. Addressing the demonstrators, Mr Hooda said the condition of cane growers in the region had worsened due to non-payment of their dues for the past five months by the sugar mills. He alleged the state government had been discriminating against the cane growers of this region as the Sirsa and Bhuna sugar mills had cleared the dues of the cane growers nearly three months ago. The Congress leader warned that party workers of the Kiloi region would launch agitational activities, including a hunger strike and blocking of roads, if the dues were not cleared by both the sugar mills within a month. He threatened that the agitation would continue till the payment of the dues of the farmers. He also warned the official machinery against harassing the farmers at the behest of the government. Expressing anguish over the erratic supply of power and water, Mr Hooda sought adequate supply of both the amenities in the villages of the Kiloi region. Besides, he put in a demand for immediate withdrawal of the enormous hike in the fee for various courses. He appealed to the Governor to give a sympathetic consideration to the long-pending demands of the residents of the Kiloi region. |
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With not enough applicants, college refuses to run BSc course Rohtak, July 24 This is the only government college affiliated to Maharshi Dayanand University which runs the said course and has a sanctioned strength of 30 students per academic session. The college administration is allegedly reluctant to continue the course with lesser number of students despite being equipped with the entire gamut of infrastructure. According to the admission seekers, this course is purely a professional course and their predecessors were allowed to pursue the course under similar circumstances and with lesser number of students. Their parents alleged the government had been adopting dual standards. On the one hand, they said, the government had been publicising the rights of women and on the other hand the girls were being denied admission to the only specialised course for women at the undergraduate level which could open various attractive career avenues for them. They informed that a college in Karnal had already started this course. There also inadequate number of applications were received for the course. Dr A. K. Rajan, Registrar of Maharshi Dayanand University, said that under such conditions the university administration could grant permission to run the course if the college authorities approached them. However, it is learnt that instead of seeking permission from the university in the interest of the students the college authorities have reportedly written a letter to the college running this course at Karnal to know their position. In the meantime, the parents of the students are a worried lot as the fate of their wards is hanging in balance. |
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NCR BRIEFS Faridabad, July 24 It is learnt that he took the extreme step as he could not get proper medical treatment for an ailment because of lack of money. Consequently, he had been quite depressed for some time. In another incident, a labourer working at a construction site of a house in Indraprastha Colony, died after he fell from the rooftop of a house. In another case, a woman identified as Premwati of Chandawali village committed suicide.
Youth held for molesting minor Bhiwani: The police charged a youth with attempt to rape a minor on the complaint of the father of the victim. The villagers reportedly had met the superintendent of police and requested him for an inquiry into the case. According to information, the daughter of Shree Chander, resident of Bajina village, had gone to the field along with her cousins on July 10. They were stopped by three youths, and one of them managed to push the victim towards the field and attempted to molest her. A tractor owner heard the girl’s cries for help and saved her. The accused fled. Later, the father of the victim registered a report with the police on July 11 at Tosham police station. The police registered a case under Section 376 and 511 of the Indian Penal Code against Sandeep, son of Prem of Bajina. But the accused is at large.
Two injured Two persons injured when a three-wheeler on which they were travelling rammed a fallen tree near village Bidola on Tuesday night. A resident, Om Prakash said that the tempo had no lights. As it started from Saral village, it collided with a tree fallen on the road. The injured were identified as Somvir and Jaivir. They were admitted to a private hospital.
Woman ends life Rohtak: A married woman reportedly committed suicide by jumping before a train at Sampla railway station, 25 km from here today. The deceased has been identified as Shakuntala, a resident of Kharkhauda village who jumped before the Khurja passenger train coming from Delhi to Rohtak at around 10 am. |
One held for murder of Sumo driver New Delhi, July 24 The police have arrested the accused Rahisul alias Nawab Mian (27), resident of Welcome. During interrogation, he confessed to have committed the murder of Amarpal, a driver of Tata Sumo No HR-38G-1343, along with his associates Shamsher, Musheer and Qamar. They hired the vehicle on the pretext of going to Muradabad.
Two caught for
robbing scribe Two persons were arrested by the South District police for allegedly robbing a lady reporter of the Indian Express. The police said that two persons robbed the reporter Shobita Dhar, of her handbag containing a mobile phone and cash from a taxi stand in Qutab Institutional Area near her office on June 30. The police on information laid a trap and nabbed the accused Anand Singh alias Dhallu (19) and Naveen (18), both residents of Katwaria Sarai from Pushp Vihar area. The accused told the police that they had committed the crime to support their studies.
Inter-state criminal held The Special Cell has claimed to have arrested an inter-state criminal involved in several cases of murder, dacoity, robbery in UP and Haryana. The police also claimed to have recovered one countrymade weapon and two live cartridges from his possession. The sleuths nabbed the accused Raunak Ali alias Surjit, resident of Muzaffar Nagar. |
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Ex-armyman’s family gets threats Rewari, July 24 The note states that the woman and her daughter would be eliminated on July 26, as a retaliatory sequel to the ‘humiliating’ eviction of a young girl, who was a tenant in their house. The unidentified bully has hinted that the evicted female tenant was his sweetheart and it was unbearable the way she had been evicted from the house in such a humiliating manner. Apprehending threat to the life of his wife as well as his daughter, Mr Satish Kalra, son of late Mr Sahib Ram Kalra, approached the city police for protection and appropriate action against the unknown person. Taking cognizance of the threatening notes, stated to be five in number and were inserted into the house through the lower chinks of the door at odd hours on different dates, the police have registered a case of obscene act and criminal intimidation under Section 294, 506 of the IPC. |
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Three
car thieves arrested Ghaziabad, July 24 According to police sources, in the course of routine patrolling a team of the Indirapuram police station saw a car parked at the deserted place near the Niti Khand area in the wee hours. When the police team went there for an inspection shots started being fired from the car. After half an hour of cross-firing the police team overpowered the three persons, Gaffar, Nawab and Yogendra Rana, and seized three revolvers, two knives and some live cartridges from them. After interrogation they confessed that they were car thieves. On information given by them seven Maruti cars and three motor cycles were recovered from a deserted house near that area. All three suspects are from UP and notorious car thieves. |
CM to open ‘Dainik Jagran’ office in Panipat
Panipat, July 24 Giving this information, the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Mulkh Raj Anand, told that after the inauguration of the ‘Dainik Jagran’, the Chief Minister would open the newly built Girls Hostel of the local Andh Vidyalaya after which he would spend the night at PWD Rest House in Panipat. On July 26, the Chief Minister will address the members of the Bar Association of Panipat.
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MCD sources said that the order for the supply of processed food was placed with Gaurav Food Products by both the Delhi Government and the MCD for 2003-2004 via tenders. But for some inexplicable reason, the supplier billed the items at different rates. The order to Gaurav Food was given by the corporation after consulting the Department of Social Welfare of the state government.
