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Ghaziabad steel trader robbed of
Rs 6 lakh
Ghaziabad, April 17
Armed criminals snatched more than Rs 6 lakh from a steel trader, Narinder Aggarwal and his son, Hemant, in Nav Yug Market under Kotwali police station late in the evening when the market was being closed.

  • Inter-state woman burglar held

  • Autolifters’ gang busted

HC order to clear illegal marble shops from Sultanpur
New Delhi, April 17
The Delhi High Court has directed the authorities and district officials to remove within four weeks, all illegal shops selling marble and other unauthorised constructions on ‘green’ agricultural land in villages Ghtorni and Sultanpur in South Delhi.

Beautiful Noida dream turns sour
Noida, April 17
Noida which celebrates its 28th Founding Anniversary today, has covered a long distance from a sleepy hamlet to a modern industrial city, which has carved a niche for itself at international level in industrial growth, commercial activities, residential colonies and institutional advancements. But anniversaries provide a fit occasion for introspection and soul-searching also.






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A SPLASHY WAY TO BEAT THE HEAT
A SPLASHY WAY TO BEAT THE HEAT. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

Red Fort shootout: DJ rejects plea to transfer case
New Delhi, April 17
The District Judge today rejected a plea by all the 11 accused in the December 2000 Red Fort shootout case that the matter be transferred from the court, which is currently hearing it.

Up in arms
‘Arhtias’ protest against non-lifting of wheat
Sonepat, April 17
The District Food and Supplies Controller Mr P K Sharma, was gheraoed by a large number of ‘arhtias’ at Ganaur mandi about 16 km from here yesterday following his failure to make arrangements for the lifting of procured wheat from the new and old grain markets.

  • Power cut order puts industry in a tizzy

Man held for selling liquor
on the sly
New Delhi, April 17
The Central district police today claimed to have arrested a Delhi University graduate along with his associate on charges of supplying foreign liquor, procured illegally from the embassies.

HEADY CATCH: Delhi Police personnel showing the foreign liquor cartons seized from a godown in Paharganj area in the Capital on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal
HEADY CATCH: Delhi Police personnel showing the foreign liquor cartons seized from a godown in Paharganj area in the Capital on Saturday.
 
POLITICS

Poll promises
Congress MLA assures uplift of Rohtak region
Jhajjar, April 17
Raising the issue of discrimination in development activities in different parts of the state, Mr Raghubir Singh Kadian, district president of the Congress and MLA from Beri constituency, called upon the people to support his party nominee from Rohtak, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, for the uplift of the region.

  • Industrial development linking town with rail line: BJP

Anita AryaBJP blames Sheila for Capital’s water woes
New Delhi, April 17
The BJP candidate from the Karol Bagh (Reserved) constituency, Ms Anita Arya, today campaigned in the Ram Nagar Assembly constituency. She addressed street-corner meetings in which she recounted the INC government’s failure to redress public woes.

COMMUNITY

Illegal constructions dot Sonepat’s landscape
Sonepat, April 17
Illegal constructions, big and small, commercial and residential, dot all corners of this city in the absence of any check by the Sonepat Municpal Council, the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), the Town and Country Planning Department and other official agencies.

Students of the CBSE pre-medical examination cross-checking before entering the examination hall in the Capital on Saturday. The examination was rescheduled after the question papers leaked last week.
Students of the CBSE pre-medical examination cross-checking before entering the examination hall in the Capital on Saturday. The examination was rescheduled after the question papers leaked last week. — Tribune photo

Search within
‘Be sure your sin will find you out’

T
he
very nature of sin is to give itself away. It is the nature of sin to expose the sinner. Vikas, an MBBS student of Nagpur, and Rakesh, a Dhanbad trader’s son, had perhaps not foreseen the consequences of their misdeed, when they yielded to the temptation of earning a fast buck by selling question papers of All India Medical Entrance Test at prices ranging between Rs 7 and Rs 10 lakh.

Polling stations relocated in Faridabad, Mewla
Faridabad, April 17
The District Election Authorities have announced changes in at least seven polling stations of the Faridabad and Mewla Maharajpur Assembly constituencies here.

  • Nomination papers filed

Mobile phone bills plague poor villager
Sonepat, April 17
Nathu Ram, a class IV employee and resident of Fazilpur village, is in trouble as he has been receiving telephone bills for those mobile phone numbers of Reliance for which he has never applied.

Sonepat reeling from unscheduled power cuts
Sonepat, April 17
Sonepat and its surrounding areas are reeling under unscheduled power cuts for the past few months. According to a report, the areas falling under the jurisdiction of essential feeder remained powerless for hours last night because of local faults.

Motorcycle stolen
Sonepat, April 17
A motorcycle was allegedly stolen near the PWD (B&R) rest house here today. According to a report, a youth, Nitin Kumar of Sector 14, found his motorcycle missing after he had parked it outside a shop on the railway road. Later, he lodged an FIR with the Civil Lines police station.

  • Student missing

Woman crushed to death on GT Road
Sonepat, April 17
A woman, identified as Bhateri Devi, was killed on the spot when she was hit by a car while crossing the G T road near Bahalgarh village, about 10 km from here last night.

 
CRIME

Child prisoner attacked by undertrial
Sonepat, April 17
A child prisoner, Ombir, involved in a murder case was seriously injured when he was allegedly attacked by another undertrial, identified as Inder, after some altercations in the Bal Sudhar Graha here yesterday.

 
EDUCATION

DU opens guidance cell for students
New Delhi, April 17
To facilitate and guide the new students seeking admission in different graduate and postgraduate courses in Delhi University, the student welfare section of the university has opened a separate cell, ‘Open Day’, that would work during admission time.

COURTS

Special court settles 66 petty offences
New Delhi, April 17
A special court held in the high-security Tihar Jail settled 66 cases of petty offences today. As many as 46 cases were disposed of while the remaining 20 cases have been referred back to their regular courts. Mr Alok Aggarwal and Bharat Parashar, both Metropolitan Magistrates, presided over the court.

 
HEALTH

Health watch
Conference highlights new technique in hip arthroplasty
New Delhi, April 17
Leading orthopedic surgeons from North India met here today to highlight a new technique in hip arthroplasty at a symposium conducted by Max Healthcare. Experts led by Dr S. K. S. Marya and Mr Derek McMinn, inventor of the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) Surgery, demonstrated how hip surfaces can be safely transplanted using bone preserving techniques and wear-resistant bearings.

BODY&MIND
Monthly self-examination of breasts is must
Dharamshila Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (DCHRC) invited general physicians, surgeons and gynaecologists for an interactive session with its oncologists on Saturday afternoon.

  • HFI submits MoU to Kalam

  • Recognising good work

 

SPORTS

Digvijay, Jumman to meet in title clash
New Delhi, April 17
Digvijay Singh indulged in a birdie blitz to knock out defending champion Vijay Kumar in a semi-final battle of the Rs 10 lakh prize money SRF All-India Matchplay Championship at the Delhi Golf Club course on Saturday. Digvijay of Meerut won 3 and 2.

Kartik, Kunal move up in Hans Raj School TT
New Delhi, April 17
Kartik Kukreja and Kunal Kathuria entered the pre-quarter-final round of the sub-junior boys singles event in the Hans Raj Model School Open Table Tennis Tournament at the Hans Raj School premises on Saturday. Kartik outplayed Chirag Sachdeva 11-6, 11-4, 11-7 while Kunal got the better of Ankit Kaushil 11-5, 11-6, 11-4.
Hans Raj Model School principal Kusum Ahluwalia inaugurating the Hans Raj Model School Table Tennis Tournament, watched by DTTA secretary Hukam Singh, on Saturday.
Hans Raj Model School principal Kusum Ahluwalia inaugurating the Hans Raj Model School Table Tennis Tournament, watched by DTTA secretary Hukam Singh, on Saturday.

Youngsters trounce Kishanganj
New Delhi, April 17
Youngsters trounced Kishanganj by 34 runs in a Super A Division match of the DDCA League at the RSC ground.

Joginder, Ashish star for Rajdhani Sports
New Delhi, April 17
Dynamic batting displays by Joginder Singh (62, 6x6, 4x4, 25b) and Ashish Sharma (63, 1x6, 6x4, 66b) enabled Rajdhani Sports beat Rajasthan Colts by 23 runs to enter the quarter-final of the Om Nath Sood Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce ground, Pitampura.

Collage Group to meet Shastri Club in final
New Delhi, April 17
Collage Group defeated IG Stadium by 29 runs and entered the final of the ARBDM Cricket Tournament at the Nehru Stadium. Collage will meet Shastri Club in the final on Sunday.
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