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Blueline gutted at CNG pump, blaze at Vivek
New Delhi, August 20
Two fire incidents were reported in the city in the last 24 hours.
In the first incident, a fire broke out at a CNG station in the wee hours, gutting a Blueline in Mahipalpur on the Delhi-Gurgaon national highway.
Firemen trying to douse the blaze at Vivek cinema in Patel Nagar on Wednesday morning.
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A tiny supporter waits for Sonia
Gandhi at her residence in the Capital on the 59th birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi.
— Tribune photo Mukesh Aggarwal |
Sheila backtracking on statehood: Khurana
New Delhi, August 20
Recriminations over the issue of statehood for Delhi intensified today with the BJP accusing Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit of “deliberately creating doubts” over the Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha and offering to discuss any suggestions or changes mooted by the Congress.
CRIME SPIRAL
Man
shot dead outside school
Ghaziabad, August 20
A man, who had gone to fetch his children from school,
was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne assailants in broad daylight in
Harvansh Nagar under the Sihani Gate police station yesterday,
spreading panic in the busy locality.
HEALTH WATCH
Resist the urge, popping pills at will could be killing
New Delhi, August 20
Akhilesh, a South Delhi-based software engineer, felt severe pain in the stomach recently. He went to a nearby druggist and bought a painkiller. Two hours after he took the tablet, he fell unconscious.
Justice Party promises jobs to
Dalits, migrants in Delhi
New Delhi, August 20
The Justice Party, which claims to be emerging as an alternative to the existing Dalit leadership, today launched its election campaign for the coming Delhi Assembly poll, promising to solve the problem of housing and employment for Dalits, minorities and migrants in the Capital.
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Chautala failed to adjust retrenched
employees: HSMITC
Rohtak, August 20
The All Employees Association of Haryana State Minor Irrigation and Tubewell Corporation (HSMITC) has charged the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, with backtracking on his promise to adjust the retrenched employees of HSMITC to other departments.
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An illuminated Birla temple on the occasion of
Janamashtmi in the Capital.
— Tribue photo Mukesh Aggarwal |
HUDA administrator directed to appear before Forum
Sonepat, August 20
The District Consumer Forum has issued summons to the administrator of the Haryana Urban Development Authority
(HUDA), Faridabad, and has directed him to appear before the Forum on August 21, in a case of related to refund for non-construction to a plot holder.
Sonia hands over house keys to MCD karamcharis
New Delhi, August 20
Ms Sonia Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition, today distributed possession letters and keys of residential quarters to the safai karamcharis of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi at her residence, on 10 Janpath, on the occasion of late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s birth anniversary.
SPECIAL FOCUS ON PANIPAT
Stage set for battle for Uniform Civil Code: Manch
Panipat, August 20
“The stage has been set for the fourth Battle of Panipat on conservatism versus progressivism and fanaticism versus tolerance issues, which would also be fought for a common cause like the previous three battles.”
Flying squad forages for records in fair price shops
Sonepat, August 20
In a bid to check the irregularities and malpractices in the distribution of wheat flour (atta) among the families living below the poverty line (BPL) in the this city and other parts of the district, officials of the Chief Minister’s flying squad have started recording statements of the owners of the fair price shops and seeking photostat copies of the records from them.
List of loan defaulters to be published
Meerut, August 20
A list of defaulters, who were sanctioned loans out of the term loan issued by the state government for improving the status of minority communities, will be published in newspapers and displayed at public places.
Evolve parliamentary management education
course
for MPs: Arya
New Delhi, August 20
The All India Citizens Committee secretary general, Mr Pramod
Arya, today urged the Union Government to evolve a postgraduate parliamentary management education course for MPs.
Sugar worth Rs 300 crore lying in godowns
Rohtak, August 20
Prof Virender Singh, president, District Congress Committee (rural) and a former chairman of Haryana Sugar Fed, has cautioned the government that the co-operative sugar mills and the cane growers in the state would be ruined if the government did not change its policy towards them.
Power crisis throws normal life out of gear
Sonepat, August 20
The on-going power crisis has worsened in the city and its suburbs following the loadsheddings enforced by the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) at night.
DELHI DIGEST
Cong organises race in memory of Rajiv Gandhi
New Delhi, August 20
On the occasion of 59th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the Delhi Youth Congress today organised a race, ‘Run for the Country’, in the Capital.
NCR BRIEFS
Six booked for dowry
Faridabad, August 20
Six members of a family, including the husband, have been booked under Dowry Act for allegedly beating up and harassing the victim for not fulfilling the dowry demand. The complainant, resident of Sanjay Colony in Sector 23, alleged that her husband and other in-laws had been responsible for her fleeing to her parents’ house.
- Youth waylaid, shot
- Rotary Health camp
- Workers allege excesses
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CAMPUS
New Delhi, August 20