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Traffic mess due to PM’s rally
Public outcry pushes politics to backseat
New Delhi, November 21
Thursday’s traffic chaos because of unprecedented security arrangements for the public meetings of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has earned the party more critics than supporters.

BALLOT 2003

Parties hitch their wagons to stars, sirens, bahus..  New Delhi, November 21 The straight-from-the-heart performance that helps raise votes for the “right candidate and the right party” is a role that requires no retakes. Greasepaint in place, dark glasses, a smile and an occasional handshake, it certainly couldn’t get easier than this. TV artist Aman Verma campaigning for BJP candidate Surya Prakash in Kamla Nagar constituency in the Capital on Friday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal Haroon Yusuf‘s nomination challenged again New Delhi, November 21 Delhi Civil Supplies Minister Haroon Yusuf’s nomination from Ballimaran, which was cleared by the Returning Officer, has been challenged before the Election Commission. Sheila seeks spiritual tips, blessings New Delhi, November 21 Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today took time off from canvassing to meet Acharya Jowell Gopinath, the famous exponent of Surya Yoga.

Kareena Kapoor on a film set inside Tughlak Road police station in the Capital on Friday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

	The great Ghaziabad robbery: Just waiting to happen November 21, 2003
	Judeo issue will echo in elections November 20, 2003
	Venkaiah re-launches campaign November 19, 2003
	EC clears Haroon Yusuf’s papers after hiccup November 18, 2003
	Parties set to pull  out all the stops  to woo voters November 17, 2003
	Rampant fuel adulteration in NCR towns November 16, 2003
	Sheila has house in order, almost November 15, 2003
	HC seeks report on food poisoning in hostel for blind November 14, 2003
	Differences hold up Cong list November 13, 2003
	Sri Fort rape: Youth with royal links under scanner November 12, 2003

Campaign trail
For the people, of the people...
New Delhi, November 21
‘Janta hoon, janta ke liye’ is Gyanendra Tak’s winning card. An Independent candidate from Shahbad Daulatpur ward 21, Tak claims his “fight” is for equitable education, eradication of unemployment, seeking rights of the poor and against privatisation.

Congress candidate from Motia Mahal, Azar Shaguffa, flashes the victory sign in her area in the Capital on Friday.

Parvez Hashmi locked in straight contest
New Delhi, November 21
Former Delhi Transport Minister and AICC secretary Parvez Hashmi is facing a direct contest against the BJP in the Okhla constituency of the Delhi Assembly. Okhla is a Muslim dominated constituency from where he has won the assembly election twice.

* Graphic: Okhla Assembly constituency

Tainted money
SDE caught red-handed
Sonepat, November 21
A sub-divisional engineer (SDE) of the Irrigation Department was caught red-handed by the vigilance team while accepting a bribe of Rs 23,000 from a contractor yesterday. The SDE has been taken into police custody and a case has been registered against him.

Robbery Fallout
Noida banks to be linked by hotline
Noida, November 21
Taking a lesson from the bank robberies in Ghaziabad, the authorities in Noida have taken a decision to beef up bank security here. As an important step in this direction all Noida banks in the industrial town will be linked by a hotline.

Residential areas
HUDA cracks the whip on commercial establishments
Gurgaon, November 21
The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has decided to crack down on those who are undertaking commercial activities in residential sectors. Private schools, which are operating out of HUDA’s residential sectors, are particularly under the scanner.

• Dehat Morcha warning on scrapping of project

COMMUNITY

Resident’s demands go up in smoke
Sonepat, November 21
There have been repeated demands in almost every block level janata durbar of the administration for the last three years to make arrangements for drinking water in primary school of village Rathdhana by Khem Chand, a resident of the village, and husband of block samiti member, but the concerned authorities have reportedly failed to make provision of the drinking water in the school for the children attending the school.

Locations and use of objects are important
in Feng Shui
New Delhi, November 21
Fifty-three-year-old Girija Krishnan, an expert in Vastu and Feng Shui, never believed in astrology 20 years back. But now, Girija is a consultant in Vastu and Feng-Shui and busy in travelling all over the country and abroad giving her best to bring about harmony wherever she pays a visit.

SONEPAT
Benami purchases by paddy mafia cause huge revenue loss to govt
Sonepat, November 21
The Haryana Government has been suffering a huge loss of revenue on account of benami purchases of paddy by certain traders and owners of rice shellers from various foodgrain markets of the district, particularly at Ganaur and Gohana, where the paddy mafia has been active since the beginning of the procurement season of paddy.

Special Focus on Jhajjar/Bahadurgarh
Irrigation dept to adjust surplus staff
Jhajjar, November 21
Due to the right sizing policies of the state government, about 339 clerks and 414 peons have become surplus in the irrigation department. The department has started the process of adjusting these employees to other department or government corporations.

• Licences cancelled

• Five-yr term for robbery

Martyrdom Day on Nov 24
New Delhi, November 21
The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee today said that Martyrdom Day, anniversary of Sahib Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur ji, will be held on November 24. This is according to Nanak Shahi calendar published by the SGPC Amritsar.

SPEAKING OUT
Mr N Chandrababu Naidu is an astute politician. His narrow escape in the bomb blast was a miracle. It is said that People’s War Group was behind the attack. After the attack, Mr Naidu remarked that it was his new birth and he would dedicate the rest of his life to the service of the people of his State.

Catching forty winks. — Photo by Kamal Singh 

• Teach politics right from childhood

• Bookworms needed

• Clarification on RTVs

• Women at fault

• Doomed to fail

EDUCATION

Chiefs of education boards attend NCERT meeting
New Delhi, November 21
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) organised the 13th Conference of Chairpersons of Boards of School Education in collaboration with the Council of Boards of School Education (COBSE).

Dujana college holds quiz contest
Jhajjar, November 21
The Government College, Dujana organised a quiz contest on English and Psychology subjects yesterday.

HEALTH

Society applauded for its selfless service
Jhajjar, November 21
The District Red Cross Society has been winning applause for its selfless services to the needy and distressed people in the district.

Local deputy commissioner Mohinder Kumar and other officers at a blood donation camp in Matanhail.