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        opinion is restraining us, says Defence SecyGhaziabad, May 30
 Indian armed forces are fully
        prepared and poised for war with Pakistan but India is not going to war
        out of deference to world opinion, particularly pressures from friendly
        countries like the USA, the UK and Russia, the Defence Secretary, Dr
        Yoginder Narian, has said. He was speaking after inaugurating the
        Citizen Cooperative Bank in Sanjay Nagar on Wednesday.
 
 
 
          
            
              |  Renowned wrestler Dara Singh being welcomed at the
                All-India Jat Sammelan in the Capital on Thursday. — Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal
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        Bhajan Lal to swap posts to revamp party?Rewari, May 30
 Speculation is rife in Congress
        circles here about imminent changes in the state unit set up to
        reinvigorate the party. Sources said that along with Maharashtra and one
        or two other states, the Haryana PCC president would also be changed in
        the second half of June.
 Noida
        staff demand pay panel salariesNoida, May 30
 Employees of the Noida Authority
        are still waiting for the implementation of the 5th Pay Commission
        recommendations and a fair promotion policy. Mr Brijpal Chaowdhry,
        president of the Noida Employees Association, in a memorandum submitted
        to the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Noida Authority, Mr
        Dharmender Dev Mishra, has drawn his attention to the problems of the
        employees.
 Power
        dues waiver scheme ends todaySonepat, May 30
 People who have arrears of
        electricity bills must come forward to clear their dues by tomorrow, the
        last date to pay their outstanding dues and earn concession announced.
        Otherwise, they will be made to pay the full amount of the bills
        including surcharge and interest, said Mr S. N. Roy, Deputy
        Commissioner, while talking to mediapersons here today.
 Haryana
        Police activist remanded in judicial custodyPanipat, May 30
 The Chief Judicial Magistrate
        (CJM), Mr A. K. Jain, today remanded Satbir Chahal, a senior leader of
        the Haryana Police Karmachari Sangh to 14 days’ judicial custody. It
        may be recalled that Satbir Chahal was arrested while he was on his way
        to Panipat for the union activities on Wednesday night.
 
  
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        ban on smoking being flouted at will in HaryanaFaridabad, May 30
 Tomorrow is the ,No Tobacco Day’
        for the world. Many people may take a resolution today to kick the habit
        of smoking or taking tobacco in other forms once and for all. But the
        meaning of the day for a state like Haryana may not be the same as it is
        for other parts of the country or the world.
 Addiction
        drives students to steal vehiclesGurgaon, May 30
 An inter-state gang engaged in the
        theft of luxury cars and jeeps was busted with the arrest of its key
        member in Gurgaon. The gang, primarily functioning in Gurgaon and Delhi,
        had stolen more than 21 vehicles from different places.
 No
        religious discrimination in probe: DPNew Delhi, May 30
 The Delhi Police today assured the
        National Commission for Minorities that it did not discriminate on the
        basis of religion while investigating any case. The NCM had summoned the
        Delhi Police Commissioner, Mr Ajai Raj Sharma, to present his views
        following a complaint lodged by one Rashida Begum alleging that she was
        being discriminated against by the Delhi Police as she belonged to a
        minority community, NCM vice-chairman, Tarlochan Singh said.
 MCF
        to regularise 44 colonies, for a heavy priceFaridabad, May 30
 The Municipal Corporation,
        Faridabad has recommended the regularisation of as many as 44
        unauthorised residential colonies located in the three zones of the
        town. A resolution to this effect was adopted at the meeting of the
        corporation here on Wednesday.
 Memorial
        for Chaudhry Charan Singh mootedNew Delhi, May 30
 Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on
        Thursday said the Government of NCT of Delhi would consider erecting a
        memorial in the memory of Chaudhry Charan Singh. Addressing a rally of
        Jat Mahasabha in the Capital, Ms Dikshit said she had been beseeched by
        leaders of the Jat community to rename certain roads in the memory of
        popular leaders of the community.
 BRIEFLY...Waterborne
        diseases: Child latest victim
 Yet another child died of waterborne diseases in the district. The
        victim has been identified as Dimpy, two-year-old son of Devi Singh of
        Mandhavali village of the district.
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