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Kidney Scam
Roots in Gautam Budh Nagar?
Power
Cuts
Protest against poor transport service
8 IAS, 25 HCS officers reshuffled
Three cops held, suspended
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Help NHAI speed up work, HC tells state
Mobiles easily accessible
Sit-in by INLD workers
Deepender lays stone of varsity media centre
Constables to learn computers
Amendment to service rules: Notice to state
Janhit Cong protests power cuts
15 honoured for bravery
Groom comes in copter
Experts for popularising economics
1 killed, 5 hurt in road mishap
Youth murdered in village
Man poisoned to death
3 get life term for murder
2 doctors get 1-yr jail
Bid to check noise pollution
Top police officer retires
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Nurse unmasks Dr Amit
Assisted him in around 70 operations; 4 more held Aarti Kapur Tribune News Service
Gurgaon, January 31 Police sources revealed that Dr Amit had employed around five or six nurses for the post and pre-operation care of patients, besides a number of attendants at his Palam Vihar house from where he was running his hospital. The sources said one of the part-time staff nurses, Lindah-Chunmei Hoy, who was arrested by the police from Delhi, revealed during interrogation that she had assisted Dr Amit in about 60 to 70 kidney operations. She said around 50 per cent of the kidney patients were foreigners, especially from Greece. Briefing the media, joint commissioner Manjit S. Alhawat said last night the Gurgaon police had made four arrests which included staff nurse Lindah, driver Harpal and two servants, Ramesh and Suresh Tapa, of Dr Amit. He said all had been sent to two-day police remand for further interrogation. He said during interrogation, Lindah, who did her nursing course from Assam in 2000, told the police that she had been associated with Dr Amit since December 2005. She told the police that from December 2005 to October 2006 she was a full-time staff nurse with Dr Amit but after October 2006 she joined Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Delhi, but continued to assist him as part-time nurse. Ahlawat said during interrogation she disclosed that Dr Amit used to pay her around Rs 9,000. Besides, she was given perks of around Rs 20,000. She told the police that besides assisting Dr Amit in operations, she used to take care of patients in the hospital also. She said all four doctors - Dr Upender Kumar, Dr Amit, Dr Jeevan and Dr Saraj - performed kidney transplant operations. The joint commissioner said both servants told the police that they used to help Dr Amit in picking up and dropping patients to the hospital. Ahlawat denied reports that the police had arrested Dr Jeevan.
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Roots in Gautam Budh Nagar?
Greater Noida, January 31 Both Dr Amit and Dr Upendra of Lucknow had stayed in Sadhopur on the night of January 24. Dr Amit is reported to have been involved in two cases of kidney transplants in Noida also. A hospital is reported to be under construction in the fields of a history-sheeter of Sadhopur village in Dadri. Jatinder Kasna is reported to be the brother-in-law of this history-sheeter. The police has found the nameplate of Jatinder Kasna on a bungalow in Gurgaon where the name of advocate Sood is also written along with cellphone No. 9871588015. According to some residents of Sadhopur, this mobile was being used by the village history-sheeter for about a year. It is switched off now. Villagers say they had seen Dr Amit, whose photographs have been published in newspapers, visiting their village often. Two other persons involved in the kidney racket are also reported to be residents of Sadhopur village. Dr Amit, who was in this village on the night of January 24, has along with the history-sheeter given an Opel car to a friend of theirs in the village. This car continues to be parked in the village, people say. Dr Upendra of Lucknow has confessed to all charges, according to SSP Prem Prakash of Moradabad. The police was now looking for Jatinder Kasna and the
history-sheeter, the SSP said. Dr Amit reportedly owns a large part of his property in this village which has been acquired in some one else’s name. |
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Statistics indicate ‘violations’ at most
places
Geetanjali Gayatri Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, January 31 In this backdrop, to take stock of the situation and his department, power minister Randeep Singh Surjewala, today, at a meeting, zeroed in on a “culprit” responsible for the “excesses.” As it turned out from the statistics put before him, power from the feeders was being diverted from domestic use to industrial use on the sly. Sources said the readings of the Central Meter Reading Instrument (CMRI), which records current, load and various statistics pertaining to supply at different times of the day from the meters installed at the feeders, indicated “violations” at most places in the state. “This instrument divides a day into 96 slots and records the statistics pertaining to supply from the feeder. This stores information up to nearly six months. The minister had asked for these statistics early this month. Most of these were found to be violating the norm for distribution between domestic and industrial consumers,” an official said. Sources said the statistics revealed that the feeders had not been turned off on time to “benefit” the industry while it adversely affected the supply to the domestic consumers. “As a rule, during peak hours, the domestic sector is given priority and power is first given to it. However, contrary to this arrangement, the industry was being obliged at the cost of the domestic users,” he added. Taking serious view on this, it is learnt that the minister has recommended action against the staff employed at the sub-station as also the SDO in charge for diverting power to the industry beyond the stipulated hours despite the power crisis in the domestic sector. In Haryana, presently, there is a shortfall of nearly 18 to 20 per cent of power, ranging from 140 to 160 lakh units against a supply varying between 570 lakh units to 630 lakh units. “The diverting of power to industry must have reduced the supply by about 25 per cent to the domestic sector. While we will be able to check this loss now, the Yamunanagar Thermal Plant will soon contribute to the power pool. The demand is the highest this time in the last 15 years,” the official claimed. Meanwhile, in a press note issued after the meeting, it was stated that Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had decided to transfer all 66 KV sub-stations of Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN) to the two power distribution companies namely Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) in order to ensure efficient power supply to the consumers and effective implementation of power regulatory measures for equal distribution of power. It was added that the staff posted at these stations would also be transferred to these companies.
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Protest against poor transport service
Jind, January 31 They claimed that the problems were adversely affecting their studies and the authorities concerned ought to pay an immediate attention towards the issue. A memorandum was also submitted regarding their demands. Dozens of students enrolled in educational institutions located on the main road connecting Jind with Julana and Rohtak raised slogans and staged a dharna at the main gate of the bus stand here this morning after altercation with the driver and conductor of a Haryana Roadways bus over their travelling in the bus. It is claimed that several students were made to get down from the bus after the bus staff refused to allow them to travel due to short distance. They were told that the bus would not halt at any village located mid between Jind and Rohtak. Alleging that the staff not only misbehaved but also pushed them, including the female students, out of the bus after being abused in full public view. This made the students to come together who started a demonstration against the Roadways authorities. Though their demand of an action against the errant driver could not be met, the general manager of the local depot got arranged another bus for their travel within half an hour. “The behaviour and attitude of the Roadways bus staff had been poor and uncooperative towards the students who often travel on passes issued by the department and this had been the main cause of altercation between them”, claimed Sandeep, a student. He asked the government to run special student buses in the district to overcome the problem. The second incident was reported from Pindara village where students and their kin organised a demonstration outside the substation of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) in protest against acute shortage of power in the village. They claimed that they were not being able to carry out their studies properly due to no supply. |
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8 IAS, 25 HCS officers reshuffled
Chandigarh, January 31 P. Raghavendra Rao goes as special secretary to government, Haryana, Personnel, Training, Vigilance and Parliamentary Affairs Departments and director, Training, Haryana (Ex-officio) and inquiry officer, Vigilance, Haryana, while S. K. Monga becomes member secretary of the Haryana State Pollution Control Board, in addition to his present assignment. Dheera Kandelwal has been posted as managing director, Haryana Financial Corporation, in place of Neerja, who becomes the state project director, Haryana Prathmic Shiksha Pariyojna Parishad. Pankaj Yadav is the new deputy commissioner of Jind while G. Anupama goes as additional labour commissioner, Gurgaon. S. P.
Srow, awaiting posting orders, will now be ADC-cum-CEO, DRDA and special officer,
APZ, Ambala and chief executive officer, Shivalik Development Agency, Ambala, while Saket Kumar becomes the sub-divisional officer (C), Kaithal and estate officer, HUDA, Kaithal. Among the HCS officers, B. B. Kaushik has been posted as secretary, Haryana Agro Industries Corporation while R. C. Verma is ADC-cum-CEO, DRDA, Jind. Wazir Singh Goyat is deputy secretary to government, Haryana, Health Department, and Chander Shekhar becomes secretary, State Information Commission, Haryana. The new ADC-cum-CEO, DRDA, include Narender Singh at Yamunanagar, Renu S. Phulia at Kaithal, Sanjeev Verma at Kurukshetra and Pankaj Chaudhary at Bhiwani. He will also be special officer,
APZ, Bhiwani. Hardeep Singh is the new district development and panchayat officer, Bhiwani, S.P. Arora gets the post of additional director (Admn.), Development and Panchayats, Haryana. B. R. Beri will be additional director (Admn.), Hospitality, Haryana, in addition to his present assignment.
Arun Sharma will be the chief executive officer, Shri Mata Sheetla Devi Shrine Board, Gurgaon, Monica Malik takes over as sub-divisional officer (C)-cum-additional collector, Kalka. Girish Arora, will be the city magistrate, Panchkula, in place of Yogesh Kumar who goes as district development and panchayat officer
(DDPO), Panipat. Aurbind Sharma has been posted as DDPO, Panchkula. Pradeep Kumar takes over as general manager, Haryana Roadways, Faridabad,
The new sub-divisional officer (C) include Mahender Pal at Loharu, Devinder Kaushik at Naraingarh, Prem Chand Gangle at
Assandh, Umed Singh Mohan at Firozpur Jhirka, Baljeet Singh at Guhla. Ashwini Kumar-II is district development & panchayat officer, Yamunanagar. O. P. Sharma, land acquisition officer, Urban Estate,
Panchukla. Umed Singh Mohan is sub-divisional officer (C), Firozpur
Zhirka. Parvesh Kumar will join as city magistrate, Ambala. |
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Gang kingpin flees from police custody Nishikant Dwivedi Tribune News Service
Yamunanagar, January 31 The police today announced to constitute a special investigation team (SIT) to investigate cases related to the gang. Names of several cops, including an inspector posted in Karnal district, have surfaced for their alleged connections with the gang. Sources said Manjesh was to reveal the names of cops with whom he used to deal. It is not yet clear how Manjesh managed to flee. Manjesh was arrested on January 25 along with others and was on police remand. He was allegedly involved in highway robberies, use of illegal firearms and murder of a shopkeeper in Ambala. The police had arrested several other persons, including two women. A police official said on condition of anonymity that last evening there was no power supply and most likely he jumped off the CIA’s office and escaped when three cops had come down for dinner after leaving him in the room. He said he was in cuffs when the cops left him alone in the room. He said it was surprising how he managed to free himself from the cuffs. The distance between the room from where he jumped and the ground below is about 15 feet. As many as 38 police personnel, including those belonging to the police station, are posted on the premises. At the time of the incident, there were only three cops on the premises. The district police has suspended and arrested ASI Gurmel and two head constables Angrez and Dharampal for their alleged negligence while on duty. Today, a local court granted them bail. IG K.K. Sandhu (Ambala range) visited the district and announced that a SIT under an additional superintendent of police would be constituted. The announcement of the SIT has created a furore in the police department in the wake of allegations of involvement of cops with the gang. He said raids were carried out to arrest inspector Randhir Singh, who was on the wanted list of the police but could not be traced. Sources said the inspector had gone underground.
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Help NHAI speed up work, HC tells state
Chandigarh, January 31 Taking the status reports on record in the highway widening and anti-encroachment case, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, comprising Chief Justice Vijender Jain and Justice Mahesh Grover, today directed Haryana to start the process of shifting the “utilities” in accordance with NHAI’s request to the government.
The Bench also asked the NHAI to file an affidavit with details of concrete steps taken for construction of flyovers at Murthal and Ganaur. The NHAI has also been asked to furnish details of steps taken for the four-laning of the expressway. The Bench added failure on the part of the NHAI to do so would lead to passing of appropriate orders for securing the ends of justice. The status reports filed earlier in the court had stated that work of setting up Murthal flyover would be over by July, while construction of Ganaur flyover would be complete by September. The traffic flow on the expressway to Delhi is expected to improve once the flyovers come into existence. As the matter came up for hearing this morning, the judges observed NHAI’s Chandigarh unit project director Lieut-Col K.P. Sharma, in a status report, has stated the on work of Ambala-Zirakpur section of national highway was going on satisfactory and the project would be completed by November. Quoting the report, the judges observed the States of Punjab and Haryana were causing hindrance in the completion of work on the Pinjore-Zirakpur stretch. Directing the forwarding of status report copies to additional advocates-general of Punjab and Haryana, the judges asked them to apprise the court of the reason behind non-signing of State Support Agreement with the NHAI. Referring to another status report filed by the project director of NHAI’s Sonepat Project Implementation Division Sanjay Tripathi, the judges added nothing has been done with regard to Murthal and Ganaur. Only cosmetic progress has been shown. The judges asserted Colonel Sharma’s report also stated the progress at Murthal and Ganaur was extremely slow. Issuing directions on filing affidavit and supply of information to the court, the judges also fixed February 20 as the next date of hearing in the matter.
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Jails becoming safe haven for criminals
Vishal Joshi Tribune News Service
Panipat, January 31 Investigations revealed that out of total 19 jails, only nine are equipped with jammers and the officials term it as of “little use” as frequency of only private mobile phone service provider can be jammed while mobile phones of other companies function without any disruption on the jail campus. Besides, one central jail each at Ambala and Hisar, there are 13 district jails and four sub-jails in the state. The officials are uncomfortable with the seizures of mobile phones in jails. Sources revealed that taking advantage of the poor bandobast of the Prisons Department, the jail inmates in connivance with the jails staff were freely using the phones. The department had failed to “encourage” the mobile service providers to install jammers as only they were authorised to stop their allotted signals, an official revealed. In February 2006, the Kaithal police had recovered two mobile phones from the Karnal jail premises following a jail inmate made threatening calls to a businessman of Dhand, in Kaithal district, in an attempt to extort Rs 10 lakh. In the last one-month, at least two cases were reported where the cell phones were recovered inside the jails premises. As many as 33 mobile phones were recovered from the inmates of the Gurgaon district jail. During the raid conducted by the Gurgaon police, it had recovered mobile phones from the possession of the jail staff also. Similarly, four mobile phones were recovered from a jail tubewell operator, who had allegedly entered the jail premises illegally along with the phones. IGP, prisons, M. S. Mann maintained that the mobile phone records showed that several calls were made to the family members of the criminals lodged in the Kurukshetra jail. Also this month, the Sonepat police has charged the arrested deputy jail superintendent for manipulating the jammers installed in the jail. Meanwhile, citing the recent examples the highly placed sources said the jails had indeed become a safe haven for the criminals. A senior prisons functionary added that unfortunately recoveries of mobile phones in the jails were taken a “routine” affair by the department and the police. Sources stressed that close circuit televisions (CCTVs) should be installed to put a check on the unscrupulous activities in the jails.
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Sit-in by INLD workers
Hisar, January 31 Addressing the protesters, Sampat Singh said the shortage of power had crippled the industry and business in the state. Agricultural activities had been suffering too as there was no power to run tubewells. Students were unable to study even as examinations were due to start soon. He said the Hooda government had completely mismanaged the power procurement and supply which was the main cause of paucity. He said during the INLD rule the government had managed the power position in such a way that power was purchased from other states in advance to ensure regular supply in Haryana. He said the Congress government had been reduced to a stooge of big industrial houses like Ambanis much to the detriment of the people of Haryana. Congress leaders, he alleged, were too involved in making money for themselves and had no time for proper governance. The protesters submitted a memorandum to the power authorities. This was addressed to the Governor. It demanded that the Governor take a serious look at the power problem and issue desired directions to the government to ensure regular supply of power. |
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Deepender lays stone of varsity media centre
Sirsa, January 31 The media centre will house the media production activities of the department of journalism and mass communication, including the proposed community radio station and a television studio. Addressing students and teachers, Hooda called upon students to set high goals in life and strive hard to achieve those with the help of their teachers. He expressed happiness over the speed with which the CDLU had recovered from the brink of closure. He congratulated the varsity administration for the speedy development of the university. The vice-chancellor, Dr K.C. Bhardwaj, said the CDLU had been granted membership by the Association of Indian Universities recently. He said by improving its examination system as well getting Distance Education Council recognition for courses being run through the University Centre for Distance Learning, the CDLU had been successful in regaining the confidence of students and academics. Hooda launched the website of the Youth Leadership Convention - www.mutkisangram.com - to be held in Delhi in the second week of March. Hooda, who is also patron of the organising committee of the YLC, opened the online registration process for the convention by registering himself for the same. Vice-chancellor K.C. Bhardwaj, registrar Vazir Nehra and YLC organising secretary Virender Singh Chauhan were among those present on the occasion.
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Constables to learn computers
Karnal, January 31 He said special efforts would be made to check constables’, especially new recruits’ performance every six months. Dalal was speaking at a workshop on “Role and responsibilities of DSPs” held at the Madhuban Police Complex today. As many as 65 DSPs from all over the state participated. The DGP called upon the DSPs to improve routine functioning in their respective police stations for a better police-public relation. He exhorted the DSPs to go on the spot for a first-hand account of incidents and investigations. He also urged the officials not to depend solely on the report of the SHOs and to conduct frequent checking of the police stations for better functioning of the subordinate staff. The DGP said all police stations in Haryana had been upgraded and interlinked with the Wide Area Networking System. He said 475 computers had been installed in various police stations of the state.
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Amendment to service rules: Notice to state
Chandigarh, January 31 The State, vide the amendment, had declared non-vocational the categories of ministerial staff, principals, training and placement officers, workshop superintendents, foreman instructors, workshop instructors and librarians of government polytechnic institutions, along with class four employees. The petitioner, “Instructors/Foreman Instructors Association” through Rohtak-based general secretary M.K.Sharma, termed the action of declaring these categories non-vocational as illegal, arbitrary and discriminatory. It was added that similarly situated persons, performing the same duties in government engineering colleges in Haryana, along with lecturers and senior lecturers had been excluded from being declared non-vocational.
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Janhit Cong protests power cuts
Yamunanagar, January 31 A large number of activists of the party led by a senior leader of the Haryana Janhit Congress and a secretary of the Haryana Pardesh Congress Committee (HPCC) started the candle march from near the Starch Mill here. Kaushik said the Bhoopinder Singh Hooda led government had pushed the state into the Stone Age as there was no power supply in the state and hence all the development activities and life in general had come to standstill. He said students would be appearing in final examinations in next few weeks and they were not able to study in absence of power supply. Farmers were forced to depend on diesel to run their tubewells to irrigate fields to protect crops from the ongoing cold. It is to be mentioned here that there were reports of damage of vegetable crops due to cold in the district. N. K Sharma, Raman Tyagi, Balinder Singh, Vikramditya Arya, Vinod Gupta, Sushil Jain, Kusum Mehta and Jai Singh Tejli also participated in the candle march here. |
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15 honoured for bravery
Sonepat, January 31 The SSP praised the youths for their courage and risking their lives in overpowering the fleeing armed robbers. These youths had set an example for others, he added. He exhorted the people to take inspiration from this incident. Meanwhile, two of the arrested robbers, Amit of Katha in Baghpat district and Imran of Malikpur in Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh, who were severely beaten by the villagers and were admitted to the Community Health Centre at Gannaur, have been shifted to the local civil hospital and third one Shiv Kumar of Silsili village (UP) has been remanded in police custody up to February 7. On the basis of the information provided by the arrested miscreants, other two robbers who managed to run away after the incident, has been identified as Pinku of Katha village and Kala of Silsili village.
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Groom comes in copter
Jhajjar, January 31 The groom, Rajat Sehrawat, hails from Mahipalpur village. The bride, Navneet, is a commerce student and daughter of Takdir Singh. He runs a guesthouse in the village besides managing some other businesses. Villagers gathered at the site of landing of the copter to welcome the groom, who was accompanied by his younger brother Ankit, uncle Rajesh, and grandfathers Rajpal and Devi Singh. The copter landed at a helipad outside the village at 4.30 pm while the couple is scheduled to fly back early tomorrow morning. The family sources told that the copter was hired from India Pacific Aviation Co., New Delhi for Rs 4.5 lakh.
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Experts for popularising economics
Karnal, January 31 Speaking at the seminar “Opportunities in economics”, the chairman of the department of economics, Kurukshetra University, Prof M.M. Goel, expressed concern over the reported unpopularity of economics among students. He said students of economics had bright career options in government agencies, business firms, NGOs and academic institutions. Newspapers provided economics graduates with opportunities to write reports on economic and business events in the print and electronic media. He said there was need for making economics easier to understand, analyse and interpret for the commoner. He said, “Unless economists improve their ability to analyse and prescribe in an intelligent way, and to provide a modicum of accuracy in their forecasts, the twentieth century pseudoscience of economics will become a twenty-first century museum piece.”
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1 killed, 5 hurt in road mishap
Rewari, January 31 The mishap occurred when the victim’s family was returning from a social function in Rajasthan to Fatehpur village. The Kasaula police has registered a case of rash and negligent driving against the tractor driver who reportedly fled. |
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Youth murdered in village
Rohtak, January 31 Ram Rattan, who was a driver, left his house last evening but did not return. His family members began searching for him in the morning and found his body. The police has registered a case of murder against unidentified persons and investigations are on. A blood-stained brick and some logs have been found from the scene of the crime. The police has also found some wrappers of eatables from the scene, which indicate that Ram Rattan may have been sitting near the pond with some companions before his death.
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Man poisoned to death
Sonepat, January 31 The family of the deceased Dharmender found his body lying out of their house in the morning.
Mahabir, father of deceased, alleged that he had gone to Panipat to bring back his wife Rekha but his in-laws
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3 get life term for murder
Rewari, January 31 Besides, the judge has also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 each on them. The decomposed body of Mir Singh, which had been thrown into a well after he was done to death by the trio on December 29, 2005, was taken out from the well on January 15, 2006. The Bawal police, which registered a case of murder in this regard, arrested the accused after which the case was sent to the court for trial. |
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2 doctors get 1-yr jail
Rewari, January 31 The verdict was pronounced by the CJM here on Tuesday. Following complaints received from various quarters, a team of doctors headed by former chief medical officer Mirdu Bala Sharma had conducted a raid on Bhargava Nursing Home here in April 2006. Subsequently, prosecution proceedings were launched against the accused doctors on the basis of incriminating material seized from their clinic. |
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Bid to check noise pollution
Fatehabad, January 31 A meeting of district-level officers of various government offices was held here to devise measures in view of the “eco-friendly year” status of 2008. Deputy commissioner O.P. Sheoran presided over the meeting. |
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