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Police chief took the wrong bus
at the wrong time
New Delhi, January 25
While some were gratified to see televised reports of the new Commissioner of Police gathering first-hand information of the plight of the daily traveler in the NCT public transport system, many say he was on the wrong bus at the wrong time.

When a magistrate feels helpless…
New Delhi, February 25
In a cheating case, a Metropolitan Magistrate, who heard the same, felt that the accused deserved a greater punishment than he was empowered to award.

Woman head constable held on charge of child abuse
New Delhi, January 25
The police on Wednesday morning arrested a woman head constable, Rekha Kaul, following a complaint filed by her domestic maid that she was tortured and forced to sleep with the woman cop’s friends.

Head Constable Rekha Kaul, who has been arrested on the charge of child abuse, at her residence in the Capital on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

A Muslim woman at the Minorities Vikas Sammelan in the Capital on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal
 

TU stir sends work in banks, FIs for a toss February 25, 2004 BJP resents foreign origin of Sonia Vihar water project February 24, 2004 Noted Meerut businessman kidnapped February 23, 2004 Artful father-son duo sell job dreams February 22, 2004 Fly-by-night lady ‘who conned businessmen’ February 21, 2004 Delhi cops strike it rich, net arms unit February 20, 2004 Lid off massive bank fraud February 19, 2004 Bloated official figures don’t tally with tickets sold February 18, 2004 Goel ‘entering’ MCD schools via backdoor? February 17, 2004

Govt inertia
Mukhi attacks delay in issue of demand drafts
New Delhi, January 25
The Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly, Dr Jagdish Mukhi, has alleged that the Delhi Government had not issued demand drafts, even after eight months of allotment of industrial plots to 3,000 people in Shyama Prasad Industrial Area (Bawana).

Right focus
Putting the poor on the ramp, for society’s sake
New Delhi, January 25
ActionAid India today launched a campaign to sensitize the masses to the stark contrast between issues of societal conscience and the trivial, which often get away by basking in limelight.

Notice to Yusuf on petition challenging his election
New Delhi, February 25
The Delhi High Court today issued a notice to the Delhi Transport and Energy Minister, Mr Haroon Yusuf, on a petition challenging his election from the Ballimaran Assembly constituency in Delhi.

INLD shifts Bhiwani rally venue to showcase its popularity
Jhajjar, February 25
The venue of the INLD rally scheduled here on March 2 has been shifted from the Polytechnic College to the Government College ground. The venue was changed following the instruction of Mr Ajay Chautala, MP from Bhiwani, who arrived here to review the arrangements in this regard.

Chautala equating educational institutions with trade centres: BJP
Bhiwani, February 25
The BJP leader, Prof. Ram Bilas Sharma, categorically ruled out alliance with any party for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. The party had an alliance with the public only, he said. Addressing a press conference here today, he said that candidates for the parliamentary seats would be declared before the Bhiwani rally to be held on March 9.

Party leaders firing on all cylinders to annex Khurja seat
Noida, February 25
Elected thrice from the Khurja Reserve Parliamentary seat, Union Minister of State for Telecom Ashok Pradhan of the BJP may find the going tough as the BSP, the SP and the Congress are all laying claims on this seat.

Put off CAS; make it user-friendly first: Malhotra
New Delhi, February 25
Senior BJP leader Professor Vijay Kumar Malhotra today demanded that the implementation of CAS be deferred till basic amendments were made in the Act or suitable regulations framed to make it consumer-friendly.

Action demanded against officials responsible for water crisis
Sonepat, February 25
Representatives of the Residents Welfare Association, the Sonepat Citizens Forum and various other social and voluntary organisations today criticised the district administration for its failure to make alternative arrangements for the supply of drinking water in the city during the strike by the employees of the PHD and other departments.

Sonepat briefs
Missing youth’s body found
Sonepat, February 25
The police have found the body of a youth Rampal, a resident of Devipura area in Gohana town of the district from the fields of Mayana village in Rohtak district and sent it for the postmortem examination.

Delhi digest
Dayal Singh College celebrates prize distribution function
New Delhi, February 25
Dayal Singh College celebrated its annual prize distribution function today to felicitate the students who excelled in academics in the session 2002-2003.

NCR briefs
Body of minor girl found
Faridabad, February 25
The police have recovered the body of a minor girl near Seekri village in the district. The six-year-old victim, identified as Jyoti, was daughter of one Narad Singh, a resident of East India Colony of Ballabgarh town.

Infant rescued; two women among three held
New Delhi, February 25
With the arrest of three persons, including two women, the Crime Branch claimed to have rescued a two-and-a-half-year-old child from the kidnappers.

Garment exporters decry CBDT move to tax profit on sale
New Delhi: The garment exporters association has resented the step taken by the Central Board of Direct Taxes to bring profits on sale or transfer of DEPB licence under the tax net. The exporters alleged that the garment export is already on the edge with the impending phaseout of quotas under the WTO agreement of textiles and clothing.

LITTLE ARTISTS: Schoolchildren during a painting competition on the theme: ‘BAMBOO & US’ to create awareness about the prestigious VII World Bamboo Congress at Dilli Haat in the Capital on Wednesday. — Photo by Kamal Singh

Campus
Design for us too, Sahib tells fashion students
The Pearl Academy of Fashion recently awarded professional degrees to more than 200 students, who graduated from the institute in different streams. The Union Labour Minister, Mr Sahib Singh Verma, who was the chief guest at the convocation, said: “The students of Pearl Academy of Fashion will certainly reach the zenith of success and turn out to be the nation’s pride.”

• National-level quest for solutions
• Pat on the back for NIEC faculty
• Company Secy exam results out
• 3-day Business summit at Amity
• NCERT curriculum for teachers

Parents of schoolkids cry for Sudhar Yojna
New Delhi: The parents of poor children studying in MCD schools today demonstrated outside the Town Hall and demanded that if the Congress is not interested in improving the condition of the MCD schools, then the Minister of State of Sports, Vijay Goel should be allowed to continue his School Sudhar Yojna.
Vijay Goel with the parents of the MCD schoolchildren in the Capital on Wednesday.
— A Tribune photograph
 

Private sector should come forward to build student hostels: L-G
New Delhi: Laying the foundation stone of a new hostel building of Indraprastha College for Women on its 80th anniversary, the Delhi Lt-Governor, Mr Vijai Kapoor, said that there was an urgent need for starting new courses in expression.

Foundation stone of ESI dispensary at Dwarka laid
New Delhi, February 25
The Union Labour Minister, Mr Sahib Singh Verma, today laid the foundation stone of an ESI dispensary-cum-local office complex at Dwarka in South-west Delhi. The three-storey complex will be constructed at a cost of about Rs 80 lakh. The existing dispensary and local office operating from rented buildings in Palam village will be shifted to the new complex on its completion.

 

FCI beat Air Force by 5 wickets
New Delhi, February 25
FCI beat Air Force by 5 wickets in DDCA Super `A’ Division league at Palam II ground.

DDCA to conduct coaches’ course
New Delhi, February 25
The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) will conduct Level-I Coaches Course for North Zone from February 23 to 28 at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground.

DDCA vice-president C K Khanna with cricketer Atul Wassan at a felicitation function in the Capital.
 

• Ramesh Negi deadly

Golf
Ashok tops in order of Merit list
New Delhi, February 25
Ashok, ‘rookie of the year’ award winner last season, has lived upto his reputation as a promising golfer, regaining his place at the top of the Order of Merit list on the Hero Honda Indian Golf Tour for the current season.

Corporate heads for CII golf tourney
New Delhi, February 25
Some of the leading names in the corporate world will take part in the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Annual Golf Tournament to be held at the Jaypee Greens Golf Resort in Greater Noida on Sunday.

Delhi girls enter Super Seven cricket final
New Delhi, February 25
An all-round display by captain Sunita Yadav (37 and 2 for 10) and an unbeaten 30 by Ambika Rani helped Delhi defeat Uttar Pradesh by five wickets and enter the final of the second Youth National Super Seven Cricket Tournament in Uttaranchal.

• Gaurav, Sidhant shine in Suntan Cup

Bhutan Colts to play in Delhi
New Delhi, February 25
The Bhutan Colts Under-19 team will play ten matches in Delhi.