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Cops checking out Kashmiri traders

New Delhi, December 15 The Delhi Police have launched an extensive exercise to verify the antecedents of at least three thousand Kashmiris, staying temporarily in the walled city to ascertain if any of them is associated with the terrorists who stormed Parliament on Thursday. Nanak Chand cremated with full honours Sonepat, December 15 The body of Assistant Sub-Inspector of Delhi Police Nanak Chand, who was killed in Thursday’s attack on Parliament by the terrorists, was cremated with full state honours at his native Ratdhanna village, 5 km from here, last evening.  Indicted DTC officials likely to be relocated New Delhi, December 15 Persons of doubtful integrity continue to hold sensitive positions in the Delhi Transport Corporation despite the chief vigilance officer’s express instructions. At least three officers have been named in a report prepared by Chief Vigilance Officer Narender S Rana.

A motorist’s briefcase being checked by security persons in the Capital on Saturday. —  Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal The stringent security measures in the city were enforced religiously with spot checking of vehicles, frisking of suspicious persons and close scrutiny of brief cases and bags of persons visiting busy markets, government buildings or complexes.  Sikh activists booing Pakistan for its alleged support to terrorists in the wake of attack on Parliament House. — Tribune photos

Unhealthy nexus costs patients dear
Faridabad, December 15
An unhealthy nexus between the staff of government health centres and private clinics is costing the patients dear. While the Government claims to provide free medical check-up in its hospitals and primary health centres, the private clinics and laboratories have mushroomed in all the urban and semi-urban pockes. 

Teacher, girl student in suicide pact?
Jhajjar, December 15
A teacher of the H D Senior Secondary School at Salawas died while a girl student of the same school was serious after the duo consumed poisonous sulphate pills under mysterious circumstances last evening.

COMMUNITY

Patients pay for unpaid phone bill
Sonepat, December 15
The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is reported to have disconnected the telephone connection of the Emergency Ward of the 100-bed civil hospital in this city following the non-payment of an overdue bill.

Civic problems plague Malviya Nagar
New Delhi, December 15
Enter south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar and what welcomes you are bumpy and dirty roads. 

Sonepat residents bear brunt of power cuts
Sonepat, December 15
Power played hide and seek with the residents of this fast-growing industrial city as well as the neighbouring areas for the fifth day in succession. 

Nath shares dais with Walia
New Delhi, December 15
In his maiden appearance at a public function after being dropped from the Sheila Dikshit ministry, Mr Narendra Nath yesterday shared a dais with his former colleague and Health Minister, Dr Ashok Kumar Walia, who retained his job in the reconstituted Cabinet. 

SONEPAT
Catheter lab for heart patients to be set up in city
In order to cope with the demand of the heart patients, the management of Batra Nursing Home and the Heart Disease Centre here has decided to set up a Rs 1 crore catheter laboratory in the fast growing industrial city.

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Evening dedicated to unemployed
New Delhi, December 15
The Laxmi Nagar-based social service organisation, Berojgaar Sena, with support from the Preet Vihar Society Welfare Association organised a cultural programme, Ek Shaam Berojgaar Ke Naam, at the Preet Vihar police station recently. 

CRPF welfare exhibition ends
New Delhi, December 15
The three-day Central Reserve Police Force Welfare Exhibition-cum-Fete came to an end today. The exhibition was organised for the benefit of the family welfare centres which work for the welfare of disabled personnel and children and widows of CRPF personnel.