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BID TO FOIST VILLAGE PANCHAYAT ON KANINA
Town erupts over arrest of former municipal chiefs
Rewari, August 27
Following the arrests of Mr Rajendra Singh Lodha and Mr Dalip Singh, both former presidents of the Municipal Committee of Kanina (35 km from Rewari), the Chautala regime is drawing flak for its alleged attempt to crush its political adversaries.

PM to commission Metro corridor on Oct 2
New Delhi, August 27
The 4.5-km Tis Hazari–Tri Nagar corridor of Delhi Metro will become operational on October 2. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will commission the corridor on that day. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is operating between Shahdara and Tis Hazari (8.3 km.) After October 2, the DMRC’s service will extend to 12.8 km.

Haryana Govt determined to root out illegal pumps
Gurgaon, August 27
The stiff resistance in certain quarters notwithstanding, the district administration is determined to continue with its campaign against unauthorised installation of submersible and other electricity operated pumps to meet the challenge of shrinking underground water table.

LIVING IN TERROR Panic at WTC as armed desperado barges in New Delhi, August 27 In a daring daylight robbery in the heart of the Capital, a man barged into the office of the Swiss International Airlines at World Trade Centre and decamped with Rs 10,000 after firing two shots in the air. No one was reported hurt in the incident which caused considerable panic in the commercial centre. Employees of various offices located on the same floor and a large number of visitors rushed out in panic after hearing the gun shots. A Delhi Police commando keeps vigil at World Trade Centre. — Tribune photo Mukesh Aggarwal

Passengers force GRP cops to return extortion sum
Sonepat, August 27
An incident of extortion of Rs 7,400 from four passengers of the Uchahar Express by the GRP constables was reported at Ganaur railway station last evening. However, on the intervention of the daily passengers the constables were handed over to the GRP authorities at Ganaur.

60-year-old dies in police custody
Panipat, August 27
Police brutality is at work again. This time the alleged police torture resulted in the death of 60-year-old Jagphul Singh, a resident of Garhi Chhajju village in the district, yesterday.

Man found hanging in YMCA hostel
New Delhi, August 27
Michael Kharpuri (32), hailing from the North-East, was found dead in the YMCA hostel here this morning. He was found hanging in his room and the body was discovered by the hostel attendants. Since the deceased was last seen with a woman last night, the police have launched a hunt to trace the woman.

The red planet is in our backyard New Delhi, August 27 Stargazers in the Capital do not want to miss their rendezvous with Mars. The celestial feat has generated much interest in the city and people have been thronging Nehru Planetarium for the first ‘Mars watch’ in 60,000 years. To facilitate the encounter, the planetarium has put up five telescopes.

POLITICS

DPCC won’t allow CAS at any cost
New Delhi, August 27
The Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee on Wednesday said it was totally against the implementation of Conditional Access System and that it would not allow CAS to be introduced in NCT of Delhi “at any cost”.

COMMUNITY

Govt rules out ban on production of milk items
New Delhi, August 27
The Government of NCT of Delhi on Wednesday said the shortage of milk had been overcome to a large extent and that it did not propose to ban the production of milk products. Development Minister Haroon Yusuf told mediapersons that the situation would improve in a day or two after supplies of fresh milk and skimmed milk powder arrived from Gujarat.

Babbu Mann, actor & music director, and Amtoj Mann, actor & director, hawking their forthcoming film, Hawayin, which is based on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. — Tribune photo Mukesh Aggarwal

Only Ambedkar villages mattered in Maya land
Ghaziabad, August 27
During outgoing Chief Minister Mayawati’s tenure, the district administration’s attention had been riveted to developing Ambedkar villages in Ghaziabad and Gautam Budh Nagar districts. This was facilitated by issuing land allotment letters to the Dalits and removing encroachments on their land.

Monsoon rains, official apathy makes travelling a nightmare
Sonepat, August 27
The recent monsoon rains have caused damage to the 35-km long Sonepat-Gohana road at several places, where it has become unfit for vehicular traffic. According to a report, the state government had declared this road between Jind and Meerut via Gohana and Sonepat as part of the National Highway in order to facilitate the smooth flow of traffic.

And now, water pangs in ‘powerless’ Sonepat
Sonepat, August 27
The entire city with a population of more than two lakh remained waterless for at least 10 hours yesterday following disruption in the drinking water supply system owing to non-supply of power. According to a report, the power supply breakdown occurred around 6.45 am and was restored around 6 pm.

SNAPSHOT

Schoolchildren at a memorial function organised by the United Nations System for UN staff killed in Baghdad in the Capital on Wednesday. — Photo by Kamal Singh

SPECIAL FOCUS ON PANIPAT
Councillor, officials ignore residents’ civic amenity needs
Panipat, August 27
Even as ambitious plans have been prepared to provide modern civic amenities to the residents of Panipat, the condition in Ward no. 11, comprising of Rajeev Colony, Chawla Colony and Kaptan Colony is “deplorable”.

Bansi Lal favours army recruitment centre in Rewari
Rewari, August 27
The large turnout in the Haryana Vikas Party public meeting addressed by Mr Bansi Lal here on Monday, has put the ruling INLD and the main Opposition in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, the Congress, in a tight spot.

Pull out all the stops to check blasts, sleuths told
New Delhi, August 27
In the wake of bomb explosion in Mumbai, the Crime and Railways Branch of the Delhi Police briefed its sleuths on the vulnerable areas in the Capital, precaution and preventive measures to be taken in such a situation.

CRIME

Five of Chhota Nawab gang caught after encounter

New Delhi, August 27 The North district police today claimed to have arrested five persons belonging to the Chhota Nawab gang for their alleged involvement in a number of cases of robberies and dacoities, after a brief encounter in the ISBT Kashmere Gate. A Delhi Police officer showing the arms seized from the Chhota Nawab gangsters after a brief encounter at ISBT flyover in the Capital on Wednesday. — Tribune photo Mukesh Aggarwal

Three criminals escape
Faridabad, August 27
Three persons accused of thefts and robberies gave the police the slip while they were lodged in the lock-up of Sector 7 police station last night. The accused had been in police remand after their arrest on August 25.

BUSINESS

Come October, and it’s time to visit Surajkund Tradefest
Faridabad, August 27
The one-year-old Surajkund Tradefest will be held for the second time at the same venue from October 3 to 12 next. The annual event, likely to attain a place of pride in the state-sponsored programmes, will again be held in makeshift tent-built halls, as the process of constructing a permanent built-up space on the lines of Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, is still to take a shape.

EDUCATION

CAMPUS Unlike students, teachers make do with pamphlets Pamphlets, posters and election speeches…Delhi University is abuzz with the usual campaign in the run-up to the elections for both the teacher and the student unions. Unlike the students who believe in more aggressive campaigning and have been the focus of attention, the teachers have had it a little less smooth ride, what with longer work hours and less free time. Drive involving students against road rage BPCL wins young  manager competition Convocation at Amity Student unions have plastered the walls of the campus with posters ahead of the polls but teachers rely on pamphlets and discussions. — Tribune photo Mukesh Aggarwal

CAREER POINT
Amity starts MBA course in telecom management
Managing Director of Hutchison Max Telecom Asim Ghosh launched a two-year MBA course in Telecom Management at the Amity Institute of Telecom Technology and Management.

SPORTS

UK Cricket World make big impact in US New Delhi, August 27 UK Cricket World made a huge impact during their tour of the United States at the invitation of Midwest Cricket Conference of Chicago. The UK Cricket World played six matches, and won three of them. The UK Cricket World team, comprising boys from the Sports Authority of India’s National Stadium Cricket Centre, with coach Maninder Singh and former Test player Vivek Razdan.

Ramjas rout DPS in Inter-School tournament
New Delhi, August 27
A fine unbeaten knock of 43 by Rohit Sharma and deadly bowling of 3 for 14 by Ashish Maheshwari helped Ramjas School No 2 beat Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj by eight wickets in a league match of the third Ramjas Inter-School Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Ramjas Sports Complex ground.

BCCI secretary S. K. Nair being received by Delhi and District Cricket Association vice-president C. K. Khanna and Chand Khanna Club joint secretary Maqsood Karim in the Capital.

HARYANA SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP
MNSS dominates on second day too
Sonepat, August 27
The second day’s events of the three-day 37th Haryana State Swimming Championship were also dominated by the swimmers from Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai. Saurabh, Harbir, Sonia, Renu, Sujata, Sahil, Surbhi and Preeti of this school bagged top positions in their events.

India win 110 medals at World Special Olympics
New Delhi, August 27
Three mentally challenged children from the BHEL-run special schools have won six medals at the recently concluded World Special Olympics 2003 in Dublin, Ireland. The children were part of the Indian contingent, which won 110 medals at the international event.

• Quarter-final line-up complete in junior TT

DM transfers tehsil officials on traders’ complaint
Noida, August 27
The District Magistrate, Mr L. Venketeshwar Lu, has ordered the transfer of guilty Dadri tehsil officials who had misbehaved with traders of the Sector 18 market here on Saturday.