TOP STORIES

Does Sheila know her onions better than BJP?
New Delhi, October 9
Traders at Asia’s largest wholesale vegetable market, Azadpur Mandi, had a surprise visitor today. The visitor was none other than the Delhi Chief Minister, Ms Sheila Dikshit, accompanied by her Cabinet colleagues and senior officials.

No respite for Delhi, yet another rape
New Delhi, October 9
Barely three days after the brutal rape of a 17-year-old Delhi University student in the Dhaula Kuan area by four army personnel, another case of rape – of an 11-year-old by her uncle in Uttam Nagar area — has come to light. The police, after receiving the complaint from the wife of the accused, apprehended the accused, Ombir (26), resident of Mohan Garden, this morning.

• HR activist picked up for helping rape victim

Health alert
Watch out, this is the best time to catch dengue
New Delhi, October 9
The absence of drainage and the incessant rain had turned the city into a happy breeding ground for dengue-laden mosquitoes, pointed out health experts here today. The revelation came in the wake of increasing numbers of dengue cases being reported every day. It was pointed out that dengue had already infected about 600 persons in the city.

Maya’s brother’s house videographed by CBI
Noida, October 9
The CBI raided the houses of two brothers of former Chief Minister Mayawati and that of R. P. Barman, an accountant with the Noida Authority here yesterday. The CBI raided all premises simultaneously.

POLL KICK—START
Delhi Police activate election cell
New Delhi, October 9
The Delhi Police have activated their election cell under a Deputy Commissioner of Police after the announcement of the date for the polling to the 70-member assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The decision to activate the cell was taken following a prolonged meeting convened by the Delhi Police Commissioner, Mr R. S. Gupta, with senior police officers yesterday.

Katreena Kaif at a fashion show, Wool 2004, in the Capital on Thursday.
— Tribune photo Mukesh Aggarwal

	Dengue cases cross 1000-mark October 9, 2003
	Dengue cases spurt, alarm bells ringing October 8, 2003
	Delhi parties slept over rolls: CEC October 7, 2003
	Calves’ tails chopped off: Tantrik on the loose? October 6, 2003
	Chamber’s ready answers to Gurgaon’s traffic mess October 5, 2003
	DU students held for classmate’s murder October 4, 2003
	Dy Director held for army job racket October 3, 2003
	SOS to Sonia on Ram Lila turf war October 2, 2003
	MCD unveils its transparent purchase policy October 1, 2003
	Four teenagers killed in accidental fire September 30, 2003

• Inquest throws up startling anomalies

Snow Park to provide ‘live’ experience of Antarctica Gurgaon, October 9 In a joint venture, the Polo group — well-known for its amusement parks – has launched its ``first and largest’’ integrated Snow Park here. The technology and equipment for the park has been imported from Japan, Canada and Europe. International artistes performing at Snow Park in Gurgaon on Thursday.

Brazen attack
Plan board member charged with assault
Sonepat, October 9
The Civil Lines police have registered a case against Mr Ashok Chhabra, a member of the Haryana Planning Board, and three others, namely Tinu Batra, Bholu and Shastri, on the charge of assaulting Mr Mandeep Singh, president of the district unit of the All India Anti-Terrorist Front and a Youth Congress leader, on the night of October 5 last.

• Three-wheeler driver killed in collision

POLITICS

BJP jan jagran yatra covers 100 villages
Sonepat, October 9
The jan jagran yatra of the state unit of the BJP has almost covered more than 100 villages during the past 10 days in the Sonepat parliamentary constituency which is represented by the state vice-president, Mr Kishan Singh Sangwan, in the Lok Sabha.

Money, muscle power take centre stage as ministers return home
Meerut, October 9
Western UP has been particularly blessed in the recent Cabinet expansion by Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav. The agriculturally strong region has been allotted 10 ministry’s, some of them vital portfolios in the government.

COMMUNITY

Congress President Sonia Gandhi poses for a photograph with two children dressed as Luv and Kush on the occasion of Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti at her residence in the Capital on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal Amrish Puri and Girish Karnad during the inauguration of ‘Rang Swarn’ theatre festival in the Capital on Thursday. — Photo by Kamal Singh

Power employees sore over contract system
Faridabad, October 9
The privatisation of certain services of the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (Power Department) seems to have not only failed to improve the image and functioning of the nigam, but the new regime has become a sticking point for the staff of the department.

Musical treat by Army Band on Sunday
New Delhi, October 9
Sunday evening at the historic India Gate will witness an ambience of joy and rapture as the Indian Army will hold the Army Symphonic Band Concert for the public.

• Shakti celebrates annual day

Jawan cremated with full military honours
Ghaziabad, October 9
The body of an Army jawan, Rajiv Sisodia of Lajpat Nagar in Sahibabad, Ghaziabad district, was taken out for the last journey with full military honours today.

• Income tax raids on construction co

Sonepat
Scattered offices defeat the very purpose of mini-secretariat
Sonepat, October 9
Although the state government has built a mini-secretariat here, most of the government offices are still scattered all over the city, creating considerable difficulties in locating these offices and getting the works done.

• Non-payment of wages

Check dam commissioned on Drain no 6
Sonepat, October 9
In a bid to supply canal water throughout the year to the farmers of the area, a check dam on Drain No. 6 has been commissioned near Jagdishpur village in this district.

Delhi BJP President Madan Lal Khurna and BJP MP Vinod Khanna on the concluding day of their three-day dharna against the Congress government at Jantar Mantar in the Capital on Thursday. — Photo by Kamal Singh

NCR briefs
Rs 22.19 lakh recovered in special drive
Sonepat, October 9
The Haryana Industries Department has launched a special campaign for the recovery of the arrears of the loans outstanding against the industrialists of this district.

• In the service of the people

• Kartika Maas celebrated

DELHI DIGEST
Tytler appointed chairman of media committee
New Delhi, October 9
The president of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC), Ch. Prem Singh, announced here today the appointment of the former Union Minister, Mr Jagdish Tytler, as the chairman of the media committee and chief spokesperson of the DPCC.

• Seminar on Knowledge Management

• Deterioration in law and order alleged

CULTURE

Artscape
Thanks to cognoscenti, artists graduate to big league
Thanks to the patronage of some of the affluent business houses, art scene in the Capital has never been so good. During the last couple of years, art galleries have virtually mushroomed all over the sprawling metropolis providing ample opportunities to the artists to exhibit their creations.

• Face in the crowd

• Magic in realism

• Creations of a famous virtuoso

Jiving to the beat of dandiya Dandiya fervour captured zealous Delhiites like never before last week at Hotel Ashok, where a spirited dandiya evening was presented by Concepts Window. Dandiya king, Sudesh Bhonsle held the crowd spellbound with his dandiya songs and regaled thousands present at the function. Manish Paul and Shonali at the dandiya evening. Under the sun

PGIMS faculty pays tributes to lecturer
Rohtak, October 9
The faculty of Pt B. D. Sharma PGIMS paid tributes to Dr Gowhar Masood Drabu, lecturer in Oral Diagnosis and Radiology Department in the Dental College of the institute, who died in a road accident on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on October 5. Dr Drabu is survived by his wife and two sons.