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It will be dengue vs development in assembly polls
New Delhi, October 27
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s manifesto for December 1 Assembly election, which will be released in the first week of November, will have dengue, power, water crisis and statehood as its main poll planks.

Hounded by stock market losses, colonel shoots self
Noida, October 27
Having lost heavily on the stock market, an Army colonel shot himself with his service revolver in his bathroom at his residence in Sector-29. He shot himself in the head.

Heavy security cordon around Nahar Singh Stadium
Faridabad, October 27
The final touches are being given to the preparations for the third one day international match of the ongoing TVS Cup series between Australia and New Zealand on October 29.



EARLIER STORIES

 
Naked aggression on the bank of the Yamuna
Naked aggression on the bank of the Yamuna. — Photo by Kamal Singh

PUBLIC ANGST
Water woes: Livid residents detain PHD employees
Sonepat, October 27
Two employees of the Public Health Department, Mohammad and Anand, posted at Sham Nagar Waterworks, were kept in illegal confinement by angry residents for five hours on Sunday.

CITY SCAN
Lal Dora demolitions: MCD reins in DDA
New Delhi, October 27
A Delhi court has directed the Delhi Development Authority not to pass demolition orders without ascertaining the time, extent, nature and the purpose of constructions erected on agricultural lands in the National Capital Territory.

Divali was quieter in 40 Delhi localities
New Delhi, October 27
A study, which was conducted on Saturday to measure the pollution level, has concluded that air and noise pollution was considerably low in 40 localities in the national Capital on Divali night.

 
POLITICS

 Om Prakash ChautalaHSMITC threatens to oppose INLD
Rohtak, October 27
The retrenched employees of Haryana State Minor Irrigation Tubewell Corporation have threatened to oppose the INLD candidates in elections to the Delhi and Rajasthan Vidhan Sabhas.

Chand Ram urges Mayawati to join forces with Congress
Rewari, October 27
Former Union minister Chand Ram, who recently rejoined the Congress after a long estrangement, has appealed to Miss Mayawati, former Chief Minister of UP and national president of the BSP, to join hands with the Congress and frustrate the designs of the communal and fascist forces in the Assembly elections in Rajasthan, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

COMMUNITY


Pop singer Shael prefers to celebrate Divali with under-privileged children.
Pop singer Shael prefers to celebrate Divali with under-privileged children. — A Tribune photograph

Battered Noida sees a ray of hope in new police chief
Noida, October 27
Noida Police which, of late, are being challenged with a rising crime graph, have got a new police chief in Dr G K Goswami who brings experience and hope to remedy the situation.

Agencies accused of rejecting produce on flimsy ground
Sonepat, October 27
Resentment prevails among the farmers over the “negligent” attitude of the government procurement agencies in the different mandis of the district. The government agencies are being squarely blamed for rejecting the produce, particularly Bajra, on one ground or the other.

SPECIAL FOCUS ON FARIDABAD
Lookout for test reports in 100 ‘dengue’ cases
Faridabad, October 27
Even as more cases of suspected dengue and malaria trickled in, the civil hospital authorities were on the lookout for the test reports of at least 100 patients who are undergoing treatment.

FACE TO FACE
Surendra Kumar SamaHe livens up lives
DR Surendra Kumar Sama, a renowned gastroenterologist, was born in 1934. He graduated in medicine in 1957 from Amritsar in Punjab and took his doctorate in the same subject from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, in 1961. Starting his career as an ICMR research fellow in 1961, he underwent three years registrarship at AIIMS.

Dr Kiran Bedi, general secretary, Nav Jyoti Delhi Police Foundation, S N Jatiya, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment and Sahib Singh Verma, Union Minister of Labour, at the inaugural ceremony of the ‘Drug Demand Reduction Training Institute’ in the Capital on Monday.
Dr Kiran Bedi, general secretary, Nav Jyoti Delhi Police Foundation, S N Jatiya, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment and Sahib Singh Verma, Union Minister of Labour, at the inaugural ceremony of the ‘Drug Demand Reduction Training Institute’ in the Capital on Monday. — Photo by Kamal Singh

LEST WE FORGET
57th Infantry Day: Soldiery salute to lost sentinels
Meerut, October 27
The 57th Infantry Day was celebrated here by the Pine Infantry Division with the full pride of a soldier. The celebrations began with wreath-laying at 9 am at the Pine Division War Memorial, where rich tributes were paid to the brave soldiers, who sacrificed their today for countrymen’s tomorrow.

DSGMC to hold special Kirtan Darbar
New Delhi, October 27
The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee will organise a special Kirtan Darbar, Panthic Samagam and Gurmat Akali Conference on November 1 from 12 noon to four pm at Lakhi Shah Vanjara Hall, Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib.

Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra, chairman, Election Campaign Committee, Delhi Pradesh BJP, along with senior leader Madan Lal Khurana, addressing a press conference on the forthcoming elections in the Capital on Monday.
Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra, chairman, Election Campaign Committee, Delhi Pradesh BJP, along with senior leader Madan Lal Khurana, addressing a press conference on the forthcoming elections in the Capital on Monday. — Photo by Kamal Singh

NCR BRIEFS
Bail bandit nabbed
Rohtak, October 27
Sukhbir, son of Surat Singh of village Bahuakbarpur, who jumped bail has been re-arrested by the district police. He was granted parole for six weeks on October 19, 2002 and was to report back in the district jail here on December 1 last year.

  • Man’s nose chopped off

  • Kashyap elected president of Gurgaon BJP

Goods worth Rs 25 lakh destroyed in fire
Sonepat, October 27
Goods and machinery worth Rs 25 lakh were burnt in a devastating fire in Gupta Machinery Store on Gohana-Rohtak Road near Gohana town about 40 km from here last night.
  • Murder case against ‘arhtia’

  • Bus driver injured

  • Ex-cop ends life

  • Man’s body found

 
CRIME

Heroin valued at Rs 2.25 cr seized
New Delhi, October 27
The Delhi Police Narcotics Branch has arrested two persons and seized 2.185 kilograms of heroin in two different cases. The seized value of the heroin is worth Rs 2.25 crore on the international market.

 
EDUCATION

Colleges unhappy with expenses incurred during NACC team visits
Sonepat, October 27
The setting up of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council by the University Grants Commission and their functioning has come in for severe criticism by several government and non-government colleges in the state.

 

CULTURE

HEALTH

MCD extends date of joining medical plan for retd staff
New Delhi, October 27
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has extended the last date of joining the scheme of medical facilities to the retired municipal employees and their dependants up to December 31, 2003. The decision has been taken on the persistent demand of the pensioners who reside out of Delhi. This scheme was introduced by the MCD on November 22, 2002.

Samitis constituted to improve working of health centres
Sonepat, October 27
In order to improve the working conditions of the health centres of the district, Health Welfare Samitis have been constituted at the health centre and district levels.

 
SPORTS

Lalita, Minakshi help SPM College to victory
New Delhi, October 27
Fine all-round performance by Lalita Sharma, combined with the deadly bowling of Minakshi helped SPM College Punjabi Bagh beat Maitrey College by 40 runs to enter the quarterfinals of the Girls Inter-College Cricket Tournament.

  • Big win for GE Capital

  • DTC Subhania win in DDCA league

Players vying for the ball during a match between junior hockey team Delhi vs Jalandhar in the Nehru Hockey Tournament in the Capital on Monday.
Players vying for the ball during a match between junior hockey team Delhi vs Jalandhar in the Nehru Hockey Tournament in the Capital on Monday. — Photo by Kamal Singh

Faridabad emerges as neutral venue for ODIs
Rohtak, October 27
Australia will take on New Zealand in a one-day international of the triangular series on October 29 at Faridabad’s Nahar Singh Stadium. This would be the seventh ODI to be staged at this venue.

Interactive training workshop concludes
New Delhi, October 27
Internationally acclaimed sports trainers from the Australian Sports Commission Judi Myers from Australia concluded a one-day interactive training workshop for one hundred parents at the Heritage School, Gurgaon. The emphasis of the workshop is on participation and not competition.

Himanshu and Ekta get top rankings
New Delhi, October 27
Himanshi P. Kala of Central Bank of India and Ekta Bhambri of South Campus got the top rankings in men and women singles respectively in the 14th All India Surjit Kaur Memorial Open Table Tennis Tournament beginning from October 29 at Talkatora Indoor Stadium in the Capital.

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