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Sheila govt consulted on colonies: Minister
New Delhi, February 10
The Union Ministry of Urban Development on Tuesday refuted Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s protestations over the new set of guidelines for making illegal colonies in NCT of Delhi legal and dismissed her claims as “white lies”.

  • Delhi BJP wants special House session

Sheila peddling away to a pollution-free city
New Delhi, February 10
The Government of NCT of Delhi will come out with a plan in a fortnight to promote bicycling which, it hopes, will help conserve fuel and reduce noise pollution. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit first mooted the idea a few weeks ago. Since then, the idea has gained currency with schools and students alike showing interest in her initiative.

CRIME
Postal staff siphon off NRI’s account, meant
for aged parents
New Delhi, February 10
The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police today claimed to have worked out a case of stealing of a signed cheque book from Postal Department’s foreign post office with the arrest of seven suspects.






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A girl performing a dance during a programme for the empowerment of women in the Capital on Tuesday.
A girl performing a dance during a programme for the empowerment of women in the Capital on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

Old Gurgaon
Pockets of millennium city without water for a week
Gurgaon, February 10
The magniloquent epithet — ‘Millennium City’ — given to Gurgaon by the government, private builders and realtors has gone for a toss with half a dozen colonies virtually going without water for more than a week..

Inert admn
SC frowns on laxity in checking power pilferage
New Delhi, February 10
The Supreme Court today expressed displeasure over the Government of NCT of Delhi’s laxity in notifying the authorities prescribed under the Delhi Electricity Act to curb the menace of power theft and asked it to state within a week steps taken in this regard.

Rs 2.7 lakh loot leaves traders shell-shocked
Noida, February 10
The looting of Rs.2.70 lakh from the proprietor and manager of a petrol pump under Kasna police station in Greater Noida yesterday by seven armed criminals, who came on motor bikes, has left the entrepreneurs and traders in the region shell-shocked.

 
POLITICS

Party workers relieved with snapping of ties with
INLD: BJP
Rewari, February 10
Taking a dig at the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, for his latest outbursts against the BJP, the former Haryana BJP chief, Prof. Ram Bilas Sharma, has asserted that snapping of ties with the INLD had given immense relief to the BJP workers in the state.

COMMUNITY

Demand to ease penal provisions in new property tax system
New Delhi, February 10
The leader of the Opposition in Standing Committee of the MCD, Mr Vijender Kumar Gupta, demanded that all penal provisions related to the Unit Area System of property tax assessment be immediately withdrawn.

Women on two-wheelers spread the message of ‘Empower Women and Save Oil’ in the Capital
Women on two-wheelers spread the message of ‘Empower Women and Save Oil’ in the Capital on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

Two drug traffickers held with 7 kg of heroin
New Delhi, February 10
The Narcotics Branch of the Delhi Police today arrested two drug traffickers and seized seven kilograms of heroin from their possession. The suspects, identified as Ajmat Beg and Abdul Rashid, were arrested from ISBT, Anand Vihar, when they arrived to deliver the consignment.

  • Container Thieves Arrested

  • Labourers Injured

Punjabi diaspora get together to remember their roots
New Delhi, February 10
The World Punjabi Organisation (WPO), promoted and run by some of the well-known Punjabi diaspora around the world under the leadership of Mr Vikramjit Singh Sahney, hosted a lunch in the honour of the visiting prominent Punjabi diaspora from UAE and Britain.
At least half a dozen passengers were injured then a Blue Line climbed the sidewalk and rammed into a tree near the YWCA in the Capital on Tuesday.
At least half a dozen passengers were injured then a Blue Line climbed the sidewalk and rammed into a tree near the YWCA in the Capital on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

V-Day fever grips
schoolchildren, too
Faridabad, February 10
While the countdown has already begun for the Cupids day, its fever seems to be already on in the younger generation. Even the school students are not unaware of the importance of the event and have already been a part of the celebrations.

Morcha flays Congress for renaming Rani Jhansi Marg
New Delhi, February 10
The Rashtriya Mukti Morcha has opposed the change of the name of ‘Rani Jhansi Marg’ to ‘Manohar Lal Khurana aka Manni Marg’ on the behest of Congress leaders, who are ruling Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The morcha has described this act of Congress party as suicidal at the time of forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Cops find clues in Rishi Anchal loot case
Ghaziabad, February 10
The Ghaziabad police claimed to have got solid clues about the dacoits involved in the loot in two Jain families of Rishi Anchal on Meerut Road here on Friday. Some youths of a neighbouring village are suspected to have accomplished this loot.

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit with schoolchildren during the ‘Clean India Annual Meet’ in the Capital
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit with schoolchildren during the ‘Clean India Annual Meet’ in the Capital on Tuesday. — Photo by Kamal Singh 

Ncr briefs
Two killed in separate road accidents
Faridabad, February 10
Two persons were killed and another injured seriously in two separate road accidents here last night. According to a report, one Satpal of Bhupani village, who was going on a two wheeler to his village, was hit by an unidentified vehicle on the National Highway no. 2, near Ballabhgarh town.

  • Housewife succumbs to burn injuries

  • Cyclist killed

  • Protest by shopkeepers

  • Mystery death

Delhi digest
BJP ‘feel good’ campaign flayed
New Delhi, February 10
Dismissing the BJP-led NDA Government’s feel-good slogan as humbug, the Congress on Tuesday said the five-year term of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee ministry had widened the gap between the haves and the have nots and rendered the latter impoverished and alienated.

  • Science Fair inaugurated

  • Khullar new NDMC Chairperson

NCERT seminar

 
CRIME

Paramour, associates arrested for murder
New Delhi, February 10
With the arrest of a paramour and his two associates, the South district police today claimed to have worked out a blind murder case in Okhla Phase I area. The victim worked as a helper with the Delhi Jal Board and was posted at the Tehkhand office.

 

EDUCATION

VP to preside over conference on Vedic values in education
Gurgaon, February 10
A two-day conference on vedic values in education will be organised by the DAV Public School. The Vice President of India, Mr Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, would preside over the function on February 16 in which prominent educationists, jurist, public figures and media personality from throughout the country would participate.

CM yet to take a decision on shifting of girls’ school
Sonepat, February 10
Bowing to the pressure of the wardens of the students of the local Government Girls Senior Secondary School at Murthal Chowk, the chairman of the Haryana Board of School Education, Brig O. P. Chaudhary, was forced to clarify that in the recently concluded ‘Sarkar aap ke dwar’ programme at Sonepat PWD rest house, the Chief Minister had not ordered for reciprocal shifting of this girls schools and the Government Senior Secondary School, Model Town.

 

glitz&glamour


Singer Shael seen with wife Apsara and daughter Sohanaa, celebrating her first birthday. The singer also announced his new album, which will have Bangla melodies.
Singer Shael seen with wife Apsara and daughter Sohanaa, celebrating her first birthday. The singer also announced his new album, which will have Bangla melodies.

Love note is passé, outlandish Valentines the rage
N
ot that any one could have missed it, but thanks to the hullabaloo over Valentine’s, we have been flooded and floored with “offers’, which “will make your loved ones love you even more”.

Royal touch for bridegrooms
I
n tune with the contemporary trend of retailers going into branded fashion wear, the 35-year-old retail brand, Gujralsons, has decided to hire fashion designers for making its exclusive pret lines.

Patiala Necklace
E
very neck will willingly stick itself out for this. We are talking about the famed Patiala Necklace, which was designed way back in 1925. To gape in absolute wonder and learn more about the extravagance, switch on the Discovery Channel, which will premier ‘The Patiala Necklace’ on February 21, from nine pm to 10 pm.

Maharaja Sir Bhupinder Singh of Patiala.       

Grand host for LIFW 2004
T
hat Lakme India Fashion Week (LIFW) 2004 will be held in Delhi is old news. The latest on the “mega fashion event of the country” is that the organisers, in their earnest bid to be the early birds, have announced that The Grand will play host to the event.

 

SPORTS

Ganga School enter semi-final in U-17 tourney
New Delhi, February 10
An all-round display by Varun Vikrant (79 and 3 for 19) and deadly bowling by Krishan Shoken (4 for 21) helped Ganga School, Hiran Kudna defeat Jeevan Jyoti School, Rohini by six wickets and entered the semi-final of the Ganga Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Ganga School ground.

  • Suntan Cup Cricket

  • UPCA lift Karwariya Cup

  • Ranji player dead

Ramlal Anand beat Khalsa to finish third
New Delhi, February 10
Ramlal Anand College (Evening) defeated SGTB Khalsa College (Evening) by five wickets off the last ball to finish third in the Inter-College Cricket Tournament at the Delhi University sports complex ground.

  • Royal Kashmir win in Scindia Polo

West Zone lift Vizzy Trophy title
New Delhi, February 10
West Zone drew with North Zone, but lifted the Vizzy Trophy Cricket Championship trophy on the basis of their first innings lead on the fourth and last day of the match at the Jamia Millia ground on Tuesday.

Southern Railway, Western enter sems
New Delhi, February 10
Southern Railway overcame a stiff resistance from Central Railway while Western Railway defeated South Eastern Railway to enter the semi-finals of the 50th All-India Railway Tennis Championship at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association courts on Tuesday.

Ashoka Club win
New Delhi, February 10

Ashoka Club defeated Jat Heroes by five wickets in an A-II Division match of the DDCA League at the Yamuna Sports Complex ground.

Manav, Harinder star in Indian victory
New Delhi, February 10
Manav Das of Ambala and Harinder Gupta of Chandigarh, representing India ‘A’, combined brilliantly for the second day as India made a clean sweep of the International Team Event, which concluded at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club course on Tuesday.

16 teams for Champions Colleges Hockey

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