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ABOVE THE LAW: Even as a recent notification bans buying or selling wares within 100 metres of any major traffic junction or red light, this newspaper vendor at Laxmi Nagar junction is doing brisk business under the vehicle shelter of the Delhi Traffic Police.
— Photo by Anil Sharma
CPWD workers burning the effigy of Union Labour Minister Sahib Singh Verma in protest against the notification that exempted them from getting overtime wages under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, at Jantar Mantar in the Capital on
Tuesday.
— Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal |
Hooda
blames Chautala, Devi Lal for SYL delay
Panipat, August 27
Holding the Chief Minister, Mr Om
Prakash Chautala, and his late father, Devi Lal, responsible for the
‘delay’ in the completion of the remaining part of the SYL canal in
Punjab territory, the Leader of the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) in
Haryana Vidhan Sabha, Mr Bhupinder Hooda, said here today that Punjab
would have to complete the canal as the SC directive was in the spirit
of the Rajiv-Longowal Accord.
In
Haryana, all projects are christened ‘Tau’
Panipat, August 27
In Haryana these days, names of
most of the projects, old and new, start with ‘Tau’ Devi Lal, the
late father of Cheif Minister Om Praksah Chautala and former Deputy
Prime Minister.
Youth
Cong rally slams Centre, Chautala govt
Sonepat, August 27
Hundreds of Youth Congress workers
took out a procession here on Monday to register their protest against
the “anti-people and anti-farmer” policies of the BJP-led government
at the Centre and the INLD government headed by Mr Om Prakash Chautala
in the state.
SONEPAT
Farmers,
administration concerned over decline in ground water level
Sonepat, August 27
The ground water has come down
considerably due to lack of rains, affecting the working of tubewells in
the paddy belt area of the district.
Sisters
thrown out of in-laws’ house for dowry
Ghaziabad, August 27
The incidents of daughter-in-laws
being tortured, thrown out of the house and even killed have been on the
increase in western UP. The shameful, inhuman incidents are common among
people of all castes and religions.
NGO
launches drive to check dowry menace in Ahirwal
Rewari, August 27
The NCRD, a newly floated social
organisation, has launched a multi-pronged campaign in Ahirwal for the
elimination of the menace of dowry system on the one hand and
eradication of the fast increasing problem of unemployment among youth
on the other.
Ghaziabad
stinks as garbage piles up on roadside
Ghaziabad, August 27
The Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam, unable
to guarantee the cleanliness of the entire city, has embarked on a plan
to have the city cleaned up in parts. This has resulted in about
one-third of the five tonne garbage daily produced by the city, being
piled up on roadsides, green belts and on streets.
 Children
in publishers’ good books at fair
New Delhi, August 27
There are books galore to suit
everybody’s taste at the eighth Delhi Book Fair which commenced on the
24th of this month here at Pragati Maidan.
Bibliophiles looking for an appropriate title.
‘Flyovers
help check pollution’
New Delhi, August 27
Air pollution in the Capital has
decreased. Health Minister A. K. Walia says this is because of the
flyovers. The number of flyovers constructed over the past few years, he
reasons, has decongested traffic allowing for smoother flow of vehicles
and is also responsible for a decrease in the incidence of diseases.
18
hurt as RTV jumps red light, hits truck
New Delhi, August 27
Eighteen persons, including three
women and five girl students, sustained serious injuries when an RTV in
which they were travelling overturned after colliding with a truck at
Burari crossing in North district this morning.
Labourer
killed as mound of slush caves in
Jhajjar, August 27
A labourer was buried alive under a
mound of slush that caved in while digging in the fields of Bamnouli
village today.
- Sarpanch suspended
- Amenities urged
- Scribe remembered
- Blood camp
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- Urged to donate eyes
- Killed in mishap
- Dowry death
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