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A bit fast on fasting this Karva Chauth
New Delhi, November 2
With Karva Chauth just a day away, it’s time to pull a fast one on the sly. Of course, for unmarried girls. Along with married women, unmarried girls in the Capital are going chirpy about how good it feels to fast for your boyfriend. And many of them are quite sure they “will fast” this time. Some others, of course, differ.
Saket shopkeepers feel cordoned off
New Delhi, November 2
The shopkeepers of the DDA Market in H-Block, Saket in south Delhi are on a warpath with the residents of the colony.
They have threatened to move the court against the Residents’ Welfare Association (RWA) because most of the colony gates remain locked during the daytime, making it
extremely difficult for the residents of the other blocks of the area to reach the market.
DSGMC to run train for bicentenary
New Delhi, November 2
The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee is organising a special train for those willing to attend the Maharaja Ranjit Singh bicentennial celebrations to be held in Amritsar this month.
JD (S) protests against POTO
New Delhi, November 2
In order to mark protests against the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO), a massive public demonstration was held in the Capital by the Janata Dal on Friday.
Delhi Pradesh Janata Dal (Secular) President Shoaib Iqbal, MLA, cautioned that POTO was a more dangerous Act than
TADA. It was aimed at harassing the minority community on the pretext of terrorism.
Pranksters spreading
powder of fear
Faridabad, November 2
Certain pranksters seem to be involved in taking undue advantage of the prevailing anthrax scare in the town. Two cases of receiving suspicious letters containing some powder have been received in the past 10 days.
Jhajjar bandh gets mixed response
Jhajjar, November 2
Shops and business establishment s remained closed here today following the bandh call given by the Congress in protest against the new house tax policy framed by the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) government.
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Spurious
liquor is consuming Faridabad
Faridabad is perched on a dangerous keg. The NOIDA-type human tragedy,
caused by the consumption of spurious liquor, may happen here any day.
The preliminary investigation by the NOIDA police that a part of the
killer-brew, which claimed 28 lives, came from Faridabad, makes a
startling revelation.
Gurgaon: A millennium city in the making
The chances of Gurgaon measuring up to the Haryana Government’s ‘Millennium City' tag one day are considerably brighter because of the recent brainstorming sessions between senior officers of the state and NGOs based in the city.
Residents of Old DLF colony are not able to access houses on the main road.
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Friend turns fiend, shoots youth
New Delhi, November 2
A youth was allegedly shot dead by his friend in the Nangloi area of West Delhi, last night. Budh Narain, a resident of Adhyapak Nagar in Nangloi, identified as the victim, hailed from Allahabad and was staying in Delhi with his family.
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