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GETTING AWAY
A pilgrimage to an epic battleground
| HISTORICALLY and mythologically, Kurukshetra is one of the most ancient and sacred places of pilgrimage in the world. It is here that the great battle of Mahabharata was fought and this is also the birthplace of the holy
Bhagwadgita.
Pilgrims taking a dip in the holy Brahm Sarovar.
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Dalit converts get robes
New Delhi, December 1
A large number of Dalits, who were converted to Buddhism recently, were offered ‘cheverdan’ (dress for monks) at Ambedkar Bhavan on Rani Jhansi Road by Mr Udit Raj here today.
Dalits who recently converted to Buddhism receiving ‘cheverdan’ (dress for monks) at a funtion in New Delhi on Saturday.
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COUNTDOWN MCD POLL
BJP ups the ante, wants assembly dissolved
New Delhi, December 1
The BJP today demanded the dissolution of the Delhi Assembly as the Congress-led State Government “is mired in a corruption scandal and has failed to deliver despite having been in power for three years”.
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World AIDS Day observed in city
New Delhi, December 1
The World Aids Day was observed in the Capital today amidst calls for spreading greater awareness among people to
combat the menace.
Students of various schools presented HIV/AIDS-related programmes on the World Aids Day at the Talkatora Stadium on Saturday. Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal
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Sorcars weave a magical web
New Delhi, December 1
The hall is packed with an expectant audience and the arclights focus on a lady standing in the centre of the stage. The audience pause for a moment wondering whether they are in the right place – they recheck the ticket. It is for P. C. Sorcar Jr’s magic show.
Who is this lady? They whisper to one another. Having succeeded in creating a stir, the first step in any magic show, the lady breaks the silence and
announces.
Joysri Sorcar, wife of P. C. Sorcar Jr, joins the renowned magician on stage for her first solo performance in New Delhi on Saturday |
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SONEPAT
Woman beaten to death by Punjab cop
A woman, Mrs Moorthi Devi, was allegedly beaten to death by a constable of Punjab police at Murthal village, about 8 km from here, last evening.
According to preliminary reports, two youths, Naresh and Sube Singh, were injured seriously in the attack by the lathi-wielding cop, Mr Nahal Singh. They were immediately hospitalised and are stated to be out of danger. |
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Machinery damaged in fire
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Water released without notice
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4 hurt as car, tractor collide
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Excise office
at Kundli
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SEARCH WITHIN
Can we balance ecology & development?
FORMER
Supreme Court judge, Justice Kuldeep Singh, must know what he is talking about. In his inaugural address at a management seminar on the role of scriptures in environment protection in Delhi recently, he said inward corruption of man was linked to outward pollution of the environment.
NCR BRIEFS
MTNL probe
yet to make headway
New Delhi
The police today claimed that the long weekend had
impeded their efforts to nab the suspects who broke into the Mahanagar
Telephone Nigam Limited’s (MTNL) Laxmi Nagar exchange and escaped
with about Rs one crore in cash on Thursday night.
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