TOP STORIES

Bogus voters: CEO debunks charges
New Delhi, September 23
Reacting to the allegations of political parties, including the BJP, that fake and bogus voters’ names were included in the electoral rolls of Delhi, the Chief Electoral Officer, Mr Arun Goyal, said the allegations were based on twisted facts and were totally unfounded.

BJP accuses Congress of enlisting bogus voters
New Delhi, September 23
In the run-up to the Assembly elections in the Capital in the ensuing months, the Delhi BJP today accused the Congress government in Delhi of “conspiring” to get almost five lakh bogus voters registered for the elections.

While the branches of this tree, which fell across the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg on Monday, were cleared in a jiffy as the Deputy Prime Minister had to pass that way, the massive trunk continues to remain where it fell, a serious traffic hazard on the busy road. — Tribune Photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

Narco-terror circuit with ISI links busted
New Delhi, September 23
With the arrest of six persons, including a Pakistani and a Nigerian, the Delhi Police Crime Branch today claimed to have busted an international narco-terror module through which the Pakistan-backed ISI was pumping consignments of explosives, arms, ammunition, drugs and fake currency into India.

Six members of the narcotics gang which was busted in the Capital on Tuesday. — Tribune photo

Reliance plans thermal power plant near Delhi
New Delhi, September 23
The Reliance group company, BSES Ltd, proposes to set up a 1,000-2,000 MW thermal power station near the Capital, entailing a minimum investment of about Rs 3,000 crore.

Dengue spreads its tentacles
Nodia, September 23
The number of dengue patients is constantly going up in Noida. According to the latest figures, the number of dengue patients stands at 18, though unofficially it is 20.

Students step out to clean city
New Delhi, September 23
Children have yet again taken the initiative to teach the adults a lesson in cleanliness. Armed with the passion to clean the city and save the environment, students from various schools in the National Capital Region took to the streets here today.

Schoolchildren at the inauguration of Clean City Campaign in the Rohini Zone in the Capital on Tuesday. — Tribune photo

Brazen Assault
Student beaten to death for refusing lift to youth
Sonepat, September 23
Sandeep Sharma, a student of class XI in Government Senior Secondary School, Murthal village, was done to death by a youth, Anil, at Bhigan village, about 10 km from here, yesterday.

Youth murders issueless uncle
Ghaziabad, September 23
Overwhelming greed led a youth to murder his uncle (younger brother of his father) in connivance with his friends. The victim was axed to death in Kushalya village under the Massoori police station.

POLITICS

CM to voters: I accept your demands, you accept mine
Sonepat, September 23
“I will accept all your demands, but you also accept my one demand—press the button on spectacles (einak) in the election and by doing so you are not going to lose anything.”

COMMUNITY

L-G concerned over illegal entry of liquor
New Delhi, September 23
Aggrieved at the increase in anti-social activities and taking a serious view of the rise in incidents of robbery, snatching and unauthorised entry of liquor into Delhi, the Lt-Governor, Mr Vijai Kapoor, today directed immediate action to curb the menace.

Memorandum highlights increase in attacks on journalists
Sonepat, September 23
Sonepat-based journalists of different newspapers and local Siti Cable today handed over a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Balwan Singh, demanding a CBI inquiry into the murder of the Kaithal-bases journalist Parmanand Goyal at his residence by criminals.

DPRO pulls out all stops for Karnal rally
Panipat, September 23
The office of the District Public Relations Office (DPRO), long-infamous for functioning as a virtual media wing of the INLD is at it again. This time it has taken upon itself the onerous task of increasing the number of people at the state-level “Samman Rally”. 

Land mining allotments cause huge revenue loss
Noida, September 23
Local BJP MLA and ex-minister of state in the Mayawati government, Nawab Singh Nagar has alleged that hundreds of land mining allotments for hundreds of acres of land have been made in violation of 1963 rules and procedures.

Villagers lathi-charged; eight held
Ghaziabad, September 23
The villagers of Raispur who tried to block the road were lathi-charged and eight of them were arrested and challaned by the police. They were agitating against frequent power failures and also airing their protest against the injuries sustained by an electrician while repairing the lines yesterday.

Special Focus on Gurgaon
GIA welcomes court directive on polluting units
Gurgaon, September 23
The Gurgaon Industrial Association (GIA) has welcomed the decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in which it has directed the Pollution Control Board to identify polluting units, and not to shift other units functional in the residential area falling within the jurisdiction of the Municipal Council.

NCR BRIEFS
Goods worth lakhs gutted in paper mill
Ghaziabad, September 23
In a devastating fire in a Magnum Paper Mill in Site-IV Link Road area of Sahibabad, goods worth lakhs were gutted. The goods include readymade paper and raw material. A mobile oil store of 30,000 litre was also destroyed in the blaze.

• MBBS seats

• Student beaten up

DELHI DIGEST
Okhla building guard murdered
New Delhi, September 23
Jitender (30), a guard in a building at Okhla Industrial Area was found murdered. He sustained head injury. The building is owned by Praveen Kumar Malhotra and is being repaired by contractor, Dinesh Kumar.

• Cleanliness drive

• Hunt for truck driver

• TU office ‘damaged’

• Loadshedding

• Road safety programme

EDUCATION

Colourful start to youth fest
Panipat, September 23
The youth festival of Kurukshetra University, Karnal Zone, got off to a colourful start at the local Arya College yesterday. Inaugurating the festival, the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Mr I D Swami, stressed the need for more such festivals with a view to preserving our rich cultural heritage. He donated Rs 2.51 lakh to the festival organisers.