TOP STORIES

‘Osama Bin Laden’ man held for extortion

New Delhi, May 17 A resident of Ambala who was posing as a member of Al-Qaida’s organisation of “Osama Bin Laden Network” to extort money from the industrialists and jewellers was apprehended by the Delhi Police Special Cell. The man used to send threatening e-mails and letters to his victims. Rakesh Kumar Kashyap (C) arrested for threatening businessmen by sending e-mails and letters, masquerading as an Al-Qaida member in the Capital on Monday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

A child hawker waiting for thirsty customers near Rajghat, saving his head with a tiny umbrella in the Capital on Monday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

IN THE DOCK AGAIN
Sajjan Kumar gets court notice
New Delhi, May 17
The Delhi High Court today issued notice to Sajjan Kumar on the appeals, challenging the acquittal of the Congress leader and others by the trial court.

CRIME MOST FOUL
RI for three women accused of abetting rape 
New Delhi, May 17
Three women—all self-proclaimed social workers and claiming to be political activists—have been sentenced to a maximum of seven years’ rigorous imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine of Rs 3,000.

No power for more than 12 hours
Sonepat: Thousands of residents living in various residential colonies along the Sonepat-Rohtak Road remained without power for more than 12 hours yesterday following the snapping of the electricity wires. 

Held for throwing chemical
on girl
Ghaziabad: The Kavi Nagar police have arrested a factory worker for throwing some chemical on a young girl, while a hunt is on for three others involved in the crime. On Wednesday night, certain youths threw chemical on Soniya, daughter of Rajveer Singh, a resident of Industrial Area on Bulandshahr Road under Kavi Nagar police station.

‘Saffronised’ books to be revised, hope academicians
New Delhi, May 17
Even as the Congress government gets ready to assume office, educationists and academicians have already completed their groundwork on what will be a part of the new government’s must-do assignments.

POLITICS

DPCC president welcomes coalition partners’ support
New Delhi, May 17
Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Chaudhary Prem Singh today heartily welcomed the decision of the coalition partners of the Congress party for endorsing their support to party president Sonia Gandhi’s leadership paving the way for her becoming the Prime Minister at the centre.

Jagmohan accepts people’s mandate ‘gracefully’
New Delhi, May 17
The outgoing Tourism and Culture Minister, Mr Jagmohan, who acquired the image of a “political reformist” following his no nonsense attitude today claimed to have accepted the people’s mandate in the 14th Lok Sabha elections “gracefully”.

COMMUNITY

Illegal constructions at every corner mar Sonepat’s landscape
Sonepat, May 17
There are illegal constructions galore, big and small, commercial and residential, in all corners of this city in the absence of any check by the Sonepat Municipal Council, the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), the Country and Town Planning Department and other official agencies.

Parents’ bodies gear up to get SC order implemented
Sonepat, May 17
While the recent judgement of the Supreme Court about arbitrary fee hike and other charges and violation of certain rules and regulations by private unaided schools in the national Capital is likely to have far reaching consequences on school education it seems to have come as a morale booster for various parents welfare associations who have now decided to pep up their efforts on this front in Haryana also.

Farmers urge probe into canal water scarcity
Sonepat, May 17
Representatives of various farmers’ organisations, including the BKU and the Kisan Sabha, today urged the state government to order a high-level probe into the complaints of the farmers about the continuous shortage of canal water and its erratic supply as well as non-reaching of the tail-end villages falling under the jurisdiction of the Rai water service division in this district.

NHRC seeks top cop’s report in beating case
New Delhi, May 17
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today asked the Delhi Police Commissioner, Dr K. K. Paul, to look into a media report that alleged beating up of a minor by a CBI officer in the Vasant Kunj area of the Capital last month.

FACE TO FACE
Experimental photography
Head of the faculty of photography in Triveni Kala Sangam, the grand old man of Indian photography has been instrumental in popularising experimental photography in the country. Recipient of a number of awards, O. P. Sharma is quiet happy while giving free guidance to the budding photographers. In a conversation with Nalini Ranjan, he is concerned about the limited institutional arrangement for training photographers in our country.

NCR BRIEFS
Inter-state goons held, arms seized
New Delhi, May 17
The Crime Branch has claimed to have nabbed two active members of inter-state gangster Anil Bhagte near the MCD Park in Adarsh Nagar of North-West Delhi.

DELHI DIGEST
MCD directive on licences
New Delhi, May 17
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi today advised owners and drivers of cycle rickshaws, cycle rickshaw trolleys, handcrafts, bullock- carts, buffalo-carts and kharkharas to get the licence of their vehicle renewed from their respective zones.

CRIME

Criminals had office above bank building
Ghaziabad, May 17
It is after six months of the dacoity, in which the culprits escaped with Rs 81 lakh and also murdered a security guard in the Model Town branch of the State Bank of India here, the police have discovered that a history-sheeter had set up an office on top of the branch’s premises.

Two dozen paintings stolen from Delhi New Delhi, May 17 Nearly two dozen paintings were reported stolen from a store room in the Sahitya Kala Academy on the premises of the Delhi College of Arts here today. The gallery of Delhi College of Arts where as many as 24 paintings of students were stolen in the Capital on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Sangwan’s nephew booked in criminal case
Sonepat, May 17
The Baroda police have registered a criminal case against Ajit Singh, son of the brother of Mr Kishan Singh Sangwan, newly elected BJP MP from Sonepat and started investigation into the complaint lodged by one Anil of Nooran Khera village.

Two killed in road mishaps
Sonepat, May 17
Two persons were killed and three injured in three different accidents occurred on the National Highway No. 1 and the Sonepat-Meerut inter-state road last evening.

BUSINESS

NDMC chairman opens online CNG station
New Delhi, May 17
Mrs Sindhushree Khuller, IAS, Chairman, NDMC, today inaugurated IGL’s first Online CNG station in the Connaught Place area amid much fanfare. The online station at Udyan Marg will be a big boon to vehicles plying in the CP area as its compression capacity has increased by almost 2.5 times (from 180 kg/hour to 435 kg/hour now).

SPORTS

Top teams for Raghubir Singh Cricket
New Delhi, May 17
Top teams will take part in the 28th Lala Raghubir Singh Cricket Tournament to be held at the Modern School ground, Barakhamba Road, from May 21 to June 3. Organising secretary V K Baweja said like in the previous years, the tournament will be played on the lines of the Board of Control for Cricket in India tournaments, with a lot of India players expected to represent various club teams.

Zakir Hussain College toy with FCI
New Delhi, May 17
Zakir Hussain College toyed with Food Corporation of India (FCI) (Headquarters) 5-0 in the opening match of the Senior Division Delhi Soccer Association Annual Institutional League Championship at the Ambedkar Stadium on Monday.

Gaurav hits 182 for Cambridge Foundation
New Delhi, May 17
Gaurav Mathur struck a dashing 182, off 69 balls with three fours and eight sixes, and Nikhilesh Bhardwaj scalped four wickets for 15 runs to help Cambridge Foundation School, Rajouri Garden trounce Tagore Public School by 203 runs in a league match of the Cambridge.

TVS Racing have a field day in MRF Motocross
New Delhi, May 17
TVS Racing continued their dominance at the second round of the MRF National Motocross Championship when they won four out of six races, according to information available in Delhi.

Amit Choudhary stars for Youngsters
New Delhi, May 17
A brilliant all-round performance by Amit Choudhary (38, 5x4, 39b and 5 for 30, off seven overs) helped Youngsters defeat Gush Club by 31 runs in the Goswami Ganesh Dutt Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Khalsa College ground on Monday. Amit Choudhary was named the man of the match.

Jhankar to meet Shreya in badminton final
New Delhi, May 17
Jhankar Aggarwal will take on Shreya Aggarwal in the girls under-13 final of the Cosco Prize Money Badminton Tournament. In the semi-finals played at the Karnail Singh Stadium on Monday, Jhankar defeated Seema Chug 11-1, 11-0 while Shreya Aggarwal beat Radhika Babbar 11-13, 2-11, 11-3.