TOP STORIES

Congress-backed group in control of DSGMC executive
New Delhi, September 24
The Badal–Tohra led Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which has traditionally controlled Sikh religious affairs, today suffered a major setback as it failed to wrest control of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), losing to the Congress-affiliated Shiromani Akali Dal Delhi (SADD) in the annual executive elections.

A bird’s eye view of the Gurdwara Rakab Gunj complex, where the DSGMC executive election was held on Wednesday. — Tribune Photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

New DSGMC line-up
New Delhi, September 24
Sardar Prahlad Singh Chandok was elected president of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) in the annual elections to its executive today.

Prahlad Singh Chandhok (new DSGMC chief) with Paramjeet Singh Sarna and other newly elected executive members at a press conference in the Capital on Wednesday. — Tribune Photo

When history paves way for tourism
Faridabad, September 24
The decision of the Haryana Government to convert the palace of Raja Nahar Singh in Ballabgarh into a heritage hotel-cum-banquet palace, has put a question mark over the efficacy of such a proposal.

Monsoon still lingering
New Delhi: The monsoons are still in no mood to bid adieu. The national Capital, which has already recorded the second highest rainfall this season since 1901, is likely to have an extended monsoon along with other parts of the Northwest India.

Polio stalking Dadri’s streets
Noida, September 24
In Sovatyan and Nai Abadi mohallas of Dadri, polio cases have been surfacing for the last six years. In fact, a fresh case of polio has been recently reported.

On campus
BA pass course gets a face-lift
New Delhi, September 24
With the objective of making the BA pass course, which was hitherto unchanged from the time it was drawn, useful and attractive, the Academic Council (AC) meeting held here late last night has agreed to restructure it.

In Nutshell
Major shakeup in ‘sensitive’ Meerut
Meerut: In a major reshuffle in the police department, the government has shifted several officers, including the Senior Superintendent of Police, Meerut. Sixteen other IPS officers and 27 Provincial Police Service officers have also been transferred.

• Suicide pact in tourist complex

• Daylight robbery in NIT area

Student volunteers join hands for peace
New Delhi, September 24
To usher in peace and to do their bit for the society, students from schools and colleges under the umbrella of ‘Youth 4 Peace’ have decided to work in tandem. These students from various schools and colleges have joined hands to make themselves heard.

Kidnapped boy rescued
New Delhi: With the arrest of two persons, the North-East district police today claimed to have rescued a five-year-old boy, who was kidnapped from the Maujpur area on September 23.

POLITICS

Chautala hand in glove with Bhajan: HVP
Jhajjar: The Haryana Vikas Party general secretary, Mr Surender Singh, claimed the development work which was carried out during the 12 years of the chief ministership of Mr Bansi Lal was much more than under the rule of any other Chief Minister.

COMMUNITY

Women go through hell in Panipat-bound train
Sonepat, September 24
Women, particularly schoolteachers working in Delhi schools have been facing a lot of inconvenience in travelling on the 1 DPM (EMU) passenger train, bound for Panipat on their return journey to the destinations like Badli, Narela, Ratdhanna, Sonepat, Ganaur, Smalkha and Panipat.

CM leads Padyatra, tells people to keep city clean
New Delhi, September 24
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today led a Padyatra in Gole Market as a part of the nine-day clean city campaign of the NDMC.

Sonepat
Brick kiln workers continue to eke out miserable existence
Sonepat, September 24
Despite making hard labour for nearly nine months during a year, the social-economic condition of thousands of brick kiln workers continues to be miserable with their hardly being any improvement in their way of living.

Photograph of Khwajah Altaf Husain Hali in the Hali Library. View of the Library. — Photographs by Rakesh Bhardwaj

CRIME

Group clash over land; three injured
Sonepat, September 24
Three persons were seriously injured in a clash between two groups at Nagar village about 30 km from here last evening.

Global credit card racket busted
New Delhi, September 24
The Special Cell of the Delhi Police today claimed to have busted an international racket of making counterfeit credit cards and misusing them with the connivance of the owners or employees of business establishments.

• Drug Controller held

4 autolifters held

EDUCATION

CM to open India’s first Dental College tomorrow
New Delhi: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is scheduled to inaugurate the country’s first multi-speciality Dental College and Hospital at the Maulana Azad Medical College complex here on Friday.

campus
Motivating budding techno-entrepreneurs
A two-day programme on ‘Entrepreneurship Development’ was organised by the Delhi College of Engineering to inspire and motivate its students to emerge as techno-entrepreneurs.

Dr Murli Monahar Joshi congratulating the Best Young Manager of NCYM at the valedictory session of AIMA's 30th national management convention.

• Distance education

• HR conclave

• Young Managers

• Scholarship scheme

• IIT Mumbai

• Industry-institute interface

• Courses in French and German

• Aptech university in Chattisgarh

HEALTH

HCFI month-long heart care plan from today
New Delhi, September 24
To achieve focus on the rising incidence of heart diseases, especially among youth and women, the Heart Care Foundation of India (HCFI) is launching a month-long action-oriented programme here from tomorrow as a prelude to the World Heart Day on September 28.