TOP STORIES

Dy Director held for army job racket
New Delhi, October 2
With the arrest of two persons, including a Deputy Director (Sugar Technology) in the Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs, the South-West district police today claimed to have busted a racket of recruiting candidates in the Armed Forces by using fake documents.

When the town’s sanitary health held hostage to cold war
Mahendragarh, October 2
Even after the change of guard in the local municipal committee, the residents continue to suffer due to lack of civic amenities.

RAVAN HI RAVAN: An artist gives a finishing touch to the effigies of Ravan for the Dussehra festival in the Capital on Thursday. — Tribune photo Mukesh Aggarwal

Dabasheesh Chakarvarty involved in fake credit card business being arrested by the CBI in the Capital on Thursday. — Photo by Kamal Singh

JNU election schedule: Fair for some, foul for others!
New Delhi, October 2
Finalising the dates for the election to the students’ union in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) seems to have acquired more significance than the issue of poll itself.

Autumn hols: Different schools, different norms
Faridabad, October 2
Although a majority of the private and public schools follow the CBSE syllabus and pattern as far as the education curriculum is concerned, many of the institutions seem to have developed their own set of norms for the holidays and breaks.

CRIME MAZE
DSP shot at by robbers
Ghaziabad, October 2
Police Circle Officer (DSP) Padam Singh was shot at and injured by some robbers when he resisted their attempt to loot the passengers of Kofiayat Express train yesterday morning near Chola in Dankaur.

Taj Expressway: Panel asked to submit report in two months
Noida, October 2
The Chairman of the Judicial Commission constituted by the UP Governor, former Judge S. R. Mishra, reached Noida yesterday to commence the inquiry into the Taj Expressway controversy.

POLITICS

Cong to hold rally against ‘anti-public’ policies on Oct 12
Bhiwani, October 2
The District Congress Committee has announced to launch agitation against the discriminatory attitude towards Bhiwani district, the deteriorating law and order situation, the affiliation of Bhiwani colleges to Sirsa University, insufficient supply of electricity and power and anti-public policies of the state government at a rally to be held here on October 12.

COMMUNITY

Art frat flays Pak govt for refusing visa
Rohtak, October 2
Artists and art lovers of the city held a meeting in the Pandit Sri Ram Sharma Rangshala and criticised the Pakistan government for not granting visas to the Indian artists for participating in the World Performing Arts Festival, 2003, being held at Lahore from October 17 to 26.

AT FULL THROTTLE: Durga Puja being organised by Aaram Bagh Durga Pooja Samiti in the Capital on Thursday. — Photo by Kamal Singh

Former Haryana minister remembered
Rewari , October 2
Rich tributes were paid to Kanhaiya Lal Poswal, former Home Minister of Haryana and a celebrated veteran citizen of Rewari, at a shradhanjali samaroh organised to condole his recent demise in the spacious hall of Punjabi Dharamshala here yesterday. Poswal died at the ripe age of 82 at his residence in Gurgaon on September 22.

PM releases book on vintage Chandni Chowk
New Delhi, October 2
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said, “Words are powerful, but a photograph is more than a thousand words. It doesn’t speak, yet it says a lot. It lends form to history, and appearance to thoughts.”

SPECIAL FOCUS ON ROHTAK
Homage paid to Gandhi, Shastri
Rohtak, October 2
Leaders of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversaries on Thursday. Mr Krishan Murti Hooda, a former minister and spokesman of the HPCC, said Congressmen performed havan in different parts of the state. 

MDU students demand fee hike withdrawal
Rohtak, October 2
Activists of the Students Federation of India recently convinced the students to boycott their classes in response to the call given by the Sanyukta Chhatra Sangharsh Samiti, Haryana, to observe a strike all over the state.

Floral tributes paid to freedom fighter
Rohtak, October 2
The district officials along with freedom fighters and their relatives paid floral tributes to renowned freedom fighter Pt Shri Ram Sharma on his 104th birth anniversary yesterday.

Countering disability: Delhi plays host to global convention
New Delhi, October 2
Impact India Foundation (IIF), a voluntary agency providing better medical facilities, is organising a two-day global convention in Delhi on the occasion of its 29th anniversary. Representatives from the member countries, including the United Kingdom, the Philippines, Denmark and Singapore, will share their plans and achievements for the last year as part of a comprehensive global agenda to counter the growing disability problem and its economic dimension in different countries.

Haryana Governor Babu Parmanand paying floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at a function organised in Gandhi Sevashram at Palwal in Haryana to mark the Gandhi Jayanti celebrations.

Girl alleges threat to life from brothers
Sonepat, October 2
Usha Aggarwal of Gohana town has sought protection for her life and property, alleging that her two brothers wanted to grab her property and had attacked her on September 18 when she was returning from Sonepat after attending a hearing in the court of the District and Sessions Judge, Sonepat.

NCR BRIEFS
Drive to recover power bill arrears
Jhajjar, October 2
The state government has decided to re-launch the campaign on recovery of electricity bill arrears from the villagers after the Dusshera festival. According to the sources, the state government has not offered any waiver scheme in paying the electricity bills and the consumers having arrears would have to pay their bills in full. The District Administration held a meeting today in this regard and started gearing itself up for the campaign. 

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CRIME

Nursery student crushed to death
Faridabad: A three and half years old nursery student of a public school at Palwal town was crushed to death by the school’s own bus yesterday. The deceased identified as Sanya Chhabra was trying to lift her water bottle from the road when a bus of the school hit her while reversing. She died on the spot. The girl, a student of LKG, was dropped by her father at the school gate a few minutes earlier when the incident took place. The bus driver has been arrested.

BUSINESS

SHORTAGE WOES
Skimmed milk powder to reach Delhi by Oct 10
New Delhi, October 2
The milk shortage in the Capital due to festival demands is likely to be eased as 6,000 metric tonnes of skimmed milk powder (SMP), imported by the city’s leading supplier, Mother Dairy, is to reach here by October 10.

COURTS

Court strictures on police on FIR
New Delhi, October 2
A city court today slapped the Delhi Police saying that not registering FIR is matter of practice of the police. The court said this while convicting an accused of dishonestly receiving a stolen TV set, despite the fact that the FIR concerning the theft of the TV set was registered after its recovery.