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Cong clean city drive to spruce up image
New Delhi, September 22

The Delhi Chief of Minister, Mrs Sheila Dikshit, will launch a week-long clean city campaign on Tuesday to raise the level of civic consciousness among the people and consequently make the nation’s Capital a better place to live in. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit announcing the launch of the Clean City Campaign in the Capital on Monday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

Steer clear of petty politics: Sikh Forum
New Delhi, September 22
The Sikh Forum has appealed to members of the DSGMC to keep the interests of the community and sanctity of the gurdwaras paramount and above the interests of their respective factions during the forthcoming executive elections.

AXN hosts Mike Whitney, Greg Ho and Tania Zaetta with India's hottest guy and girl at an AXN Extreme Dhamaka Press meet in the Capital on Monday. — Photo by Kamal Singh

Heavy-on-the-pocket, levy sugar tastes bitter
Rohtak, September 22
Although the festival season is round the corner, there are no takers for levy sugar in the state. As a result, the sugar quota allocated by the Centre for sale through the public distribution system has lapsed.

CRIME SPIRAL
Spate of robberies in Delhi
New Delhi
A spate of robberies have been reported in the Capital in the past 24 hours. In the first incident, four persons armed with countrymade weapons robbed a 30-year-old interior designer of his Maruti Esteem car, gold ring, gold chain and Rs 4,000 in cash in the Vikas Puri area last night.

• Graft accused acquitted after seven years

CASTE MISMATCH
Lovebirds found hanging from tree
Meerut, September 22
That western UP is notorious for killing those who dare to fall in love and defy the delicate caste equations is an indubitable fact. This infamy again found an echo in a recent incident involving the brutal hanging of two lovebirds, Amrish and Sudha, from a tree.

HUDA cracks the whip in its residential pockets
Sonepat, September 22
The Haryana Urban Development Authority has launched a campaign for closing down the commercial establishments in Sectors 14, 15, 12 and 23. These sectors had been developed as residential colonies by it.

FACE TO FACE
Healer touch
AN attempt to revive the age-old chiropractic therapy, which had been lost to humanity, is being made by Dr N. K. Sharma. He has delved into Chinese books on Kung Fu and our ancient texts like Vedas, Puranas and Upanishads. He speaks to Nalini Ranjan about the intrinsic nature of this treatment.

Cop commits suicide over row in family
New Delhi, September 22
A constable with the Secretariat Security Force has committed suicide over a disagreement in the family. This is the second suicide incident in the last three days as an NSG commando had committed suicide in the Palam camp in the wee hours.

POLITICS

HVP to hold rally tomorrow in the teeth of ‘threats’
Sonepat, September 22
The Haryana Vikas Party has decided to go ahead with the holding of a public rally on September 24 at Sirsa in spite of threats received from the administrative machinery and the leaders of the ruling INLD.

COMMUNITY

BRASS TRACKS
Environmental discipline needed to check depletion
of ozone layer
SCIENTIFIC research continues to open new vistas of knowledge and improve the quality of life for the mankind. A few years ago who would have thought of any relationship between refrigerators and the atmosphere, but there is one indeed, and not a smooth one. The most convenient and popular coolants for our air conditioners and refrigerators, till recently have been a group of chemicals known as the chlorofluoro carbons.

• The voice of the nation

Jyoti Jyot anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev observed
New Delhi, September 22
The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee observed Jyoti Jyot anniversary of Sahib Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji today with great religious fervour. A large number of devotees gathered to join the congregation held at Gurdwara Nanak Piao Sahib, G.T. Karnal Road, here.

Workers under the watchful eyes of the police hurriedly remove a tree which had fallen on the busy Deen Dayal Upadhaya Marg which was also the route of the Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani’s motorcade on Monday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

Literacy campaign fails to motivate rural population
Sonepat, September 22
Notwithstanding the number of policy initiatives undertaken by the district administration to increase the literacy rate, they have failed to match the pace of the rapid population growth.

NCC cadets vow to fight female foeticide
Rohtak, September 22
The NCC cadets of Gaur Brahman Degree College here took a pledge today to fight the menace of female foeticide. Mr Dalbir Singh Kaushik, NCC Officer of the college said the cadets expressed concern over this social evil.

• President’s re-election
• NSS camp

Woman attacks husband, in-laws
Sonepat, September 22
Fed up with her husband and in-laws, a married woman Mrs Ansuya with the intention of settling scores, assaulted them with the help of two brothers at Khewra village about 13 km from here last evening.

Housewife takes poison BSF jawan looted Cases settled through Lok Adalats

Worker electrocuted One killed as vehicle overturns

DELHI DIGEST
Police to check sound menace
New Delhi, September 22
The Delhi Police have installed noise level metres in various zones of the police in the Capital to control sound made by loudspeakers, generators, fireworks, vehicles and pressure horns used by the vehicle.

• Blood donation camp
• SAD (Badal) general secretary
• Distance learning, future of education sector: CM

HAUTE COIFFURE: Schwarekopf professional at it during the Essential Looks, Autumn/Winter Collection 2003 at a press conference in the Capital on Monday. — Photo by Kamal Singh

NCR BRIEFS
MDU clerk commits suicide
Rohtak, September 22
A clerk of Result-2 branch of Maharshi Dayanand University reportedly committed suicide by consuming sulphos tablets today. The deceased has been identified as Om Prakash (40), a resident of type-I house on the university campus.

• Modern PNB branch
• Reclamation of barren land

LJP demands dewatering
Sonepat
The Lok Janshakti Party and the Bhartiya Kisan Union have demanded immediate de-watering of the accumulated rainwater from the cropped areas of more than a dozen villages in the district.

• JPC on Wakf Boards summons 4 officials

CRIME

Nine held for selling greener pastures abroad
New Delhi, September 22
The Special Cell today claimed to have arrested nine persons who used to pose as travel agents and cheated several persons on the pretext of sending them to the USA, the UK and other countries.

• PCO owner attacked

EDUCATION

• CBSE contest for quiz wiz

SPORTS

Tarun Sangha set up title clash with Air Force
New Delhi, September 22
Tarun Sangha scored a lone goal victory against Shahdara in the second leg of the second semi-final of the Delhi Soccer Association-ONGC Senior Division Football League Championship at the Ambedkar Stadium on Monday.

Kaif plays stellar knock in title victory New Delhi, September 22 India star Mohd Kaif played a stellar knock of 70 to help Oil and Natural Gas Corporation beat Indian Airlines by seven wickets in the final of the All-India Public Sector Cricket Tournament at the Central Secretariat ground on Monday.
Delhi and District Cricket Association sports secretary Sunil Dev (fifth from left) with the ONGC team, which won the All-India Public Sector Cricket Tournament trophy on Monday.

Najafgarh Club win
New Delhi, September 22
Najafgarh Club defeated Rosword Club by 70 runs in the second Friendship Cup Cricket Tournament at the Najafgarh Stadium. Najafgarh scored 197 for 4 in 35 overs

Vartik Tihara stars for Modern School
New Delhi, September 22
A strokeful, unbeaten half century by Delhi Under-15 player Vartik Tihara and deadly bowling of 4 for 28 by Ankit Lamba helped Modern School, Barakhamba Road beat Frank Anthony School by 59 runs in the Parle Cup Inter-School Cricket Tournament at the Modern School ground.

• Army basketball

Karthikeyan finishes fourth
New Delhi, September 22
Narain Karthikeyan finished fourth in a fast-paced race held at the A-1 Ring, Austria at the Superfund World Series by Nissan Championship. Hampered by mechanical failures and on-track incidents, Narain did, however, manage to garner valuable points to remain second overall in the championship with three more circuits to go.

Modern girls enter quarters
New Delhi, September 22
Modern School, Barakhamba Road defeated Oxford School 51-23 to enter the girls section quarter-final of the Ramjas Inter-School Basketball Tournament at the school court at Anand Parvat. Akriti (10) and Anya (8) were the leading scorers.

• Sachdeva School win

Mihir hattricks for Modern School
New Delhi, September 22
Three goals in a row by Mihir helped Modern School, Vasant Vihar trounce Ramjas Public School, Anand Parbat 8-0 in a Group B match of the Fr. Peter Mermier Memorial Invitational Football Tournament at the De Sales School ground in Janakpuri on Monday.

Arjun, Nikhil shine
New Delhi, September 22
A dashing batting display by Arjun Suri (90) and deadly bowling, including a hattrick, by Nikhil Iyer (5 for 15) helped Delhi Public School, R K Puram defeat New Delhi Public (Vikas Puri) by 159 runs in the 14th Radhakishan Cricket Tournament.