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HVP
aims to storm Congress bastion
Rewari, August 12
The Haryana Vikas Party is leaving
no stone unturned for the success of its August 25 rally here. The rally
is aimed at extending its influence in the traditional stronghold of the
Congress party.
Fallout
of waterlogging: Paddy, jowar crops wither away
Sonepat, August 12
Amid reports of waterlogging in
different low-lying areas of the district due to heavy rains during the
past one month standing crops of paddy and jowar as well as vegetables
have reportedly been destroyed.
A girl tying rakhi on the wrist of Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani at his residence on Raksha Bandhan in the Capital on Tuesday.
— Photo by Kamal Singh |
Cane
growers castigate government for liberalisation policy
Rohtak, August 12
The Sugarcane Growers Action
Committee has severely criticised the Vajpayee government for its policy
of liberalisation of agriculture which was harming the peasantry in a
big way. The committee has urged the Centre to make allocation from the
Rs 609 crore package for sugarcane growers to Haryana state also.
Stray
cattle the biggest hazard on Sonepat roads
Sonepat, August 12
The biggest terror on the city
roads these days are stray cattle that suddenly appear in the middle in
the midst of speeding vehicles. A large number of cows and buffaloes,
which should have been confined to the sheds in dairy colonies, are
unleashed to roam about the streets or graze on the lush lawns of the
parks and public gardens in various residential colonies. They urinate
and defecate on the roads.
SPECIAL FOCUS ON
GURGAON
PFA welcomes
Bill banning cow slaughter
Gurgaon, August 12
The Haryana chapter of the People
for Animals has welcomed the decision of the Cabinet committee that has
decided to put up legislation for banning the slaughter of cows
throughout the country.
She
laboured for 32 yrs to keep her husband’s memory alive
Sonepat, August 12
“My husband became a martyr in
the 1971 Indo-Pak war and in his memory I have got a room constructed in
the village girls’ school.” These are the words of Arootri Devi of
Nangal Kalan village in Sonepat district whose husband Munshi Jatsi
sacrificed his life in the Indo-Pak war of 1971.
“The Great Indian Dream”, co-authored by Dr Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam Chaudhuri,
was released by Tarun Tejpal in the Capital on Tuesday. |
Jains
to gather at Talkatora for ‘parivar parichay’
New Delhi, August 12
The All India Khandelwal Digambar
Jain Mahasabha is organising the first ever All India Parivar Parichay
Sammelan and Parivar Sneh Milan (family familiarisation programme) here
on Friday, August 15, at Talkatora Stadium. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila
Dikshit along with Union Minister of State Vijay Goel have consented to
grace the occasion and extend their support to this grand social event.
Licence
for GK godown, drugs stored in Noida
Noida
The Noida police have confiscated a
large quantity of medicines in a raid on a godown here, where they were
stored illegally, and arrested the licence-holder. The licence was for a
godown in Greater Kailash in New Delhi but dealer Rakesh Jain had stored
these medicines in a factory here, violating the norms.
NCR BRIEFS
Body of 3
kids fished out from pond
Faridabad, August 12
The police have recovered the
bodies of three children, aged between 10 to 12 years, who had drowned
in the historic Surdass Park pond near Sector-8 here. These boys had
gone for swimming in the pond on Saturday last and were untraceable
since then.
- Minister charges officials with
callousness
- Separate lane for rickshaw-pullers
sought
- Woman crushed
DELHI DIGEST
Sanitation
drive to commemorate August Kranti Divas
New Delhi, August 12
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi
has launched a sanitation-cum-cleanliness drive in the Capital to
commemorate the August Kranti Divas. Giving this information, the Mayor,
Mr Ashok Kumar Jain, said the drive has been launched in each of the 12
zones of the corporation so that the Capital could be given an aesthetic
look. This drive was formally launched on August 10 from the historic
Red Fort. It was launched at Shahdara North and South Zones yesterday.
- Musical evening
- Herbal medicine for cancer
Rs
47.54 crore spent on development works
Sonepat, August 12
The Haryana Government has spent Rs 47.54 crore on the execution of
development works in connection with the ‘Sarkar Aap Ke Dwar’
programme in Sonepat district.
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