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Inter-state gang smashed, eight arrested
New Delhi, April 16
With the arrest of eight members of the Aslam-Ayub gang, the North-East district police claimed to have busted an inter-state gang of dacoits who used to create terror among the residents of Trans-Yamuna and some places in western Uttar Pradesh.

Cost-effective backpack to fight fires in Capital
New Delhi, April 16
The Delhi Fire service has ordered the import of a new machine from Germany, “Water Mist Fire Fighting System”, to fight fires in the Capital.

A firefighting expert giving a demo of a revolutionary AFT firefighting system in Rohini fire station.

A firefighting expert giving a demo of a revolutionary AFT firefighting system in Rohini fire station. With the help of this system, only nine litre will do the job of 6,000 litres of water, used in the conventional method of firefighting, during the Delhi Fire Service Week in the Capital on Friday.
— Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal




 

EARLIER STORIES

 

HC stays price hike of Noida flats
Noida, April 16
The Noida Authority got a jolt yesterday when the Allahabad High Court stayed the hike in price of flats, announced by the Noida Authority after having given the possession of flats to the allottees.

Bribing one’s way to property registration
Sonepat, April 16
Officials of the sub-registrars of Kharkhauda, Ganaur and Gohana tehsils are allegedly charging unofficial commission of one per cent from the property owners who come to the office for registration of their sold properties. This is happening despite the District Collector having fixed the land rates in various parts of urban and rural areas in the district and the registration deeds being valued accordingly.

Red Fort shootout case shifted to DJ
New Delhi, April 16
After the main accused in the Red Fort shootout case complained that he did not have faith in the court, a Delhi court hearing the December 2000 case today sent the case file to the District Judge.

India forced to use resources to find alternative technologies: Kalam
New Delhi, April 16
Addressing the students of Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, the President, Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, today said India had been forced to use all its resources to find alternative technological solutions whenever it had been denied technology from abroad.

A new chapter in the life of disabled children
New Delhi, April 16
With the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) placing emphasis on ‘education for all’, including children with disability, the Rehabilitation Council of India has been receiving several requests from the state governments from across the country to sensitise and train regular schoolteachers so that the integration of disabled children into regular schools becomes easy.

Life term for murdering trader
Faridabad: A fast track court here has sentenced a person accused of looting and murdering a trader at Ballabgarh town in 2002 to life imprisonment and fined him Rs 10,000.

  • Life term for killing beloved’s brother
  • Two killed in mishaps

 

ELECTIONS—2004

Three-member panel to monitor poll ads
New Delhi:
The Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi today constituted a three-member committee to scrutinise and monitor poll advertisements for the Lok Sabha elections.

BJP can’t win under its own steam in Haryana: Chautala
Rewari, April 16
Launching a scathing attack on the BJP, the Haryana Chief Minister and INLD chief, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, said here today the BJP could go to any extent in its bid to recapture power at the Centre.

BJP Karol Bagh candidate Anita Arya after filing her nomination in the Capital on Friday.It’s bahu!
Smriti Irani BJP nominee from Chandni Chowk
New Delhi, April 16
Actress Smriti Malhotra Irani is the BJP’s candidate in the Chandni Chowk parliamentary constituency. The general secretary of the party, Mr Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, today said that the party’s president, Mr Venkaiah Naidu, has approved her name.

  • Anita Arya files nomination


BJP Karol Bagh candidate Anita Arya after filing her nomination in the Capital on Friday.
— Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

BJP leader Pramod Mahajan flagging off the rath for UP for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in the Capital on Friday.
BJP leader Pramod Mahajan flagging off the rath for UP for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in the Capital on Friday. — Photo by Kamal Singh

Mr Vijay Goel, BJP candidate from Sadar seat, with Mr Arun Jaitley, addressing a Press conference
Mr Vijay Goel, BJP candidate from Sadar seat, with Mr Arun Jaitley, addressing a Press conference in the Capital on Friday.
Photo by Kamal Singh

Goel rakes up the ghost of Sikh riots
New Delhi, April 16
The BJP candidate in the Sadar parliamentary constituency, Mr Vijay Goel, today raised a question mark over the educational qualification of his Congress rival Jagdish Tytler and wanted to know what prompted him not to disclose it. He also asked why the Congress was putting up Mr Tytler, who had been involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. “The who’s who does not mention Tytler’s educational qualification.... Why is he hiding his educational qualification.... There is something fishy in it”, Mr Goel told mediapersons.

SAD attacks Cong for fielding Sajjan, Tytler
New Delhi, April 16
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has stepped up its attack on the INC for fielding two controversial leaders as its candidates in the Lok Sabha election but the new head of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) refused to comment. “The move has pulled the mask of secularism off the Congress face”, said SAD Delhi chief Avtar Singh Hit, a close lieutenant of former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in the wake of the INC naming Mr Sajjan Kumar and Mr Jagdish Tytler as its candidates.

COMMUNITY

Faridabad
Administration told to introduce CNG-based autorickshaws
Faridabad, April 16
While the three-wheeler autorickshaws in the town have been a synonym of the increasing air pollution and a cause of heavy congestion on the main roads, their owners, too, are not happy with the present conditions governing their plying.

HC notice to Delhi Govt over autorickshaw quota
New Delhi, April 16
The Delhi High Court today issued notices to the city Government and Road Transport Secretary on a petition filed by an autorickshaw union, seeking a direction to them not to divert the quota of CNG-run autorickshaw permits reserved for the OBC and the ST category to the General category.

Wheat crop worth Rs 4 lakh destroyed
Sonepat, April 16
Standing wheat crop in 37 acres of cultivable land worth about Rs 4 lakh was destroyed in a devastating fire caused by a short circuit at Gangesar village, about 50 km from here, yesterday.

  • Labourer killed
  • Court directs ‘piada’ to beat drums outside college

Sonepat residents plagued by shortage of water
Sonepat, April 16
The drinking water supply system in this fast growing historical city, which is a district headquarters in Haryana, continued to be critical with little hope for any speedy solution.

Farm workers denied wages
Dadri, April 16
A large number of farm workers, who were employed in spraying insecticides and pesticides in the villages during outbreak of epidemics in 2002 and 2003, have not yet been paid for their work.

Punjab & Sind Bank Director V. K. Chopra during a function to celebrate the birth anniversary of Baba Saheb Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar in the Capital on Friday.Baba Saheb’s birth anniversary celebrated
New Delhi, April 16
The 113th birth anniversary of Baba Saheb Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar was celebrated by the All India Punjab and Sind Bank SC/ST Employees Welfare Council at the Parliament Street here on Wednesday.

Punjab & Sind Bank Director V. K. Chopra during a function to celebrate the birth anniversary of Baba Saheb Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar in the Capital on Friday.

Rights group protests eviction in Yamuna Pushta
New Delhi: The ‘forced eviction’ of Yamuna Pushta residents in East Delhi had activists, organisations and groups staging a protest today against what they alleged was the ‘’high-handed’’ ways of the government to uproot people from their dwellings.

Sonepat
Two get six months’ RI under Excise Act
Sonepat, April 16
The Judicial Magistrate First Class, Ms Rajni Yadav, yesterday convicted two accused, Jaibeer and Jai Bhagwan, under the Excise Act and sentenced them to six months’ rigorous imprisonment each.

  • Anganwadi workers take out march
  • Woman missing since March 14
  • Two hit by vehicle, hospitalised

DELHI DIGEST
Delhi Fire Service pins flag on Lt-Governor
New Delhi, April 16
The Delhi Fire Service today pinned a flag on the Lieutenant-Governor, Mr Vijai Kapoor, here today in connection with Fire Service Week.

  • Three held for cricket betting
  • Two found murdered

in good company.SPEAKING OUT
The menace of copying in Matriculation and Secondary examinations could not be checked despite all the efforts put in by the Haryana School Board authorities.
Pray make the right choice while you vote
Model Code of Conduct
Positive issues need to be highlighted

in good COMPANY. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

 

BUSINESS

Gulf Oil launches auto workshops
New Delhi, April 16
The Gulf Oil launched has seven well-equipped auto workshops called Gulf Authorised Mechanic Services (GAMS) on Thursday in New Delhi and NCR region.

 
SPORTS

Durga Prasad bowls Chand Khanna to victory
New Delhi, April 16
A fiery spell of 5 for 24 by Durga Prasad helped Chand Khanna Club defeat Mohan Meakins by three wickets in a Super A Division match of the DDCA League.

Modern School beat Salwan in Turf Cricket
New Delhi, April 16
Modern School, Barakhamba Road defeated Salwan School by 12 runs in the second Turf Youth Cup Cricket Tournament at the Modern School ground.

  • Amit Mishra, Joginder deadly
  • Karan, Yogesh shine

The Sonnet Club team who won the Under-15 Cricket Tournament for Schools.Modern School win through spin of coin
New Delhi, April 16
Modern School, Barakhamba Road won the spin of coin after they tied with DAV, Shalimarbagh in the second Pankaj Jain Under-14 Cricket Tournament.

  • Sonnet move up

The Sonnet Club team who won the Under-15 Cricket Tournament for Schools.

Nishank, Esha top seedings in Hans Raj TT
New Delhi, April 16
Nishank Bajaj and Esha Monga of Manav Sthali School will head the seedings in the boys and girls singles respectively in the Hans Raj Model School Open Table Tennis Tournament to be held from April 17 to 20.

Vijay and Digvijay to clash in semi-final
New Delhi, April 16
Defending champion and second seed Vijay Kumar set up an interesting semi-final clash against sixth-seeded Digvijay Singh at the Rs 10 lakh SRF All-India Matchplay Championship at the Delhi Golf Club course on Friday.

Rajdhani Sports down Sonnet
New Delhi, April 16
A spitfire knock of 45, laced with two sixes and three fours, by skipper Ravi Yadav enabled Rajdhani Sports defeat Sonnet Club by three wickets in the 14th Om Nath Sood Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce ground, Pitampura, on Friday.

Young Friends move up
New Delhi, April 16
An all-round display by Wilkins Victor (69 and 3 for 18) and a strokeful half century by Manish (69, 3 for 18) helped Young Friends defeat Janakpuri Coaching Centre by 89 runs and entered the quarter-final of the third Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ji Cricket Tournament at the Vinay Marg ground.
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