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MCD payments to contractors held up, projects hit
New Delhi, January 14
Even as the Delhi Government and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) slug it out over the issue of not utilising the funds allocated to the civic body, a member of the Standing Committee has alleged that payments to contractors have been inexplicably delayed resulting in the postponement of development works in several areas.
Women spreading their wings to help the poor
Women working together, shunning publicity, encouraging others to do their bit for society in their own small way. This is an idea whose time has come for the residents of Model Town F Block. These good Samaritans have decided to work for others, mostly for the people below the poverty line.
Irrigation Dept ignores probe findings, hushes up scandal
Sonepat, January 14
While the Chief Minister, Om Prakash Chautala, insists that corruption from all the government departments will be eliminated, the Irrigation Department seems not to have heard anything of it at all. It has just ignored the Chief Minister’s directive.
Humanity is in the blood of these Samaritans
New Delhi, January 14
The Sant Nirankari Mission remembered its devotees, who preached and practised its message till their last breath, on the day of devotion (bhakti parv) observed here yesterday. It organised a blood donation camp for the first time on the occasion.
MISSION DEVOTION: A blood donation camp was organised on the occasion of Bhakti Parv of Sant Nirankari Mission in the Capital on Sunday. |
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Ex-MLA leads rally despite ban orders
Ghaziabad, January 14
Officially, ban orders under Section 144 are on in the district. Unfortunately, they are observed more in their breach. Today, a former MLA, Madan Bhaya of Khokda village, led their breach by organising a huge rally in Jawli village where his supporters flaunted arms in public.
Probe sought into diversion at PDS
Sonepat, January 14
Representatives of various political parties, voluntary organisations and trade unions today urged the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, to order a high-level probe into the alleged diversion of rationed commodities, particularly sugar and kerosene, to the blackmarket by certain depot holders in connivance with the officials of the Food and Supplies Department in the city and elsewhere in the district.
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Question paper for Metro Rail post leaked
Sonepat, January 14
The alleged leakage of the question paper for the post of Station Master of the Delhi Metro Railway Corporation at an examination centre set up in a school of the city led to mass-scale copying by the candidates yesterday.
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