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Hooda criticises development model
of Gurgaon
Gurgaon, December 8
The Leader of the Opposition in the Haryana Assembly, Mr Bhupinder
Singh Hooda, yesterday lamented that high-rise buildings sans proper
civic amenities was being projected as development model for Gurgaon.
District police
‘Sadhbhawna campaign’ only on paper
Faridabad, December 8
Holding meetings at schools and community centres, and going through
the rhetoric of ‘do’s and don’ts’ while appealing for public
cooperation have been the common features of all campaigns launched by
the Haryana Police to improve its image and functioning.
A Korean boy at a toy stall during the Korean Hi Tech Product Exhibition 2003 in the
Capital on Monday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal |
SPECIAL
FOCUS ON FARIDABAD
Chautala goes fleeting from
one function to another
Faridabad, December 8
Be it laying the foundation of a new substation, or presiding over the
closing function of a kabaddi tournament or inaugurating a computer
laboratory in a college, who is better than the chief minister to be
chief guest at such occasion. Perhaps none, if the list of programmes
attended by Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala in the district
yesterday is to be given a look.
Farmers
switch over to new horticulture crops
Jhajjar, December 8
The farming trends have registered remarkable changes from traditional
wheat-paddy cycle if the figures of the growth of horticulture crops
in last ten years have any indication in this regard. This trend also
showed the process of diversification from agriculture to horticulture
is peaking up and the peasant community has been adopting new cash
crops thereby shedding patterns.
Kiln
association protest snowballs
Sonepat, December 8
In protest against the punitive measures being initiated by the
Haryana Pollution Control Board against the brick kiln owners not
following the directions of the Ministry of Environment with regard to
the mixing of the thermal ash while manufacturing bricks, the brick
kiln association has decided not to ignite fire in their kilns and
also not to use ash until their grievances were redressed.
Protesters from Jharkhand perform a tribal dance as part of a protest demanding the incorporation of Santhali language as
raj bhasha in Jharkhand at Jantar Mantar
in the Capital on Monday. — Photo by Kamal Singh |
IN
PARLIAMENT
Normalcy in milk supply
restored
New Delhi, December 8
The supply of milk in Delhi dipped by 20 per cent in the third week of
August this year, but normalcy was restored later, the government told
the Lok Sabha today. The reason for shortage in Delhi and some other
cities was acute drought conditions prevailing during the last three
years in various states, the Minister of State for Agriculture, Mr
Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav, said in a written reply.
Drive
launched to check sale of adulterated petroleum
Sonepat, December 8
The district administration has launched a special weeklong campaign
to check the sale of adulterated petrol, diesel and other petroleum
products at the filling stations in this city and other parts of the
district.
RVC to
celebrate 224th Raising Day
Meerut, December 8
The esteemed Remount Veterinary Corps, one of the oldest services of
the Indian Army, is all set to celebrate its 224th Corps Raising Day
and 9th reunion this week. To mark the occasion, two-day celebrations will start here on
December 10. A joint ceremonial parade of man, horses and dogs, first
time in the history of the Indian Army is scheduled on the very first
day of the celebration.
Scooterist
killed in road accident
Sonepat, December 8
A scooterist was killed when he was hit by a vehicle on the Railway
Road near Ganaur town, about 16 km from here last evening.
NCR
BRIEFS
Trader shot dead in Pilkhua,
Rs 1.35 lakh looted
Ghaziabad, (Pilkhua), December 8
In a daring daylight robbery, three armed miscreants shot dead a Hapur
trader (sugar merchant) and escaped with his bag containing Rs1.35
lakh. The trader was rushed to a hospital by fellow traders, but
succumbed to his injuries on the way.
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