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Pick of the day: A painting from the collection of Sunil Das, exhibited at
Gallery Sanskriti |
Child
labour issue bogged down in wranglings over law
Sonepat, January 25
Exploitation of children in
factories, hotels, dhabas and restaurants continues as the efforts of
the state government for eradication of child labour have been caught in
wrangling over the existing labour laws in Haryana.
Will
SYL canal bring respite to south Haryana?
Jhajjar, January 25
Amid contrasting emotions of joy
and gloom on the Supreme Court’s judgement on the sharing of Ravi-Beas
river waters, the people of South Haryana, who are reeling under an
unprecedented power crisis, apart from the perennial problem of water
scarcity, are sceptical whether they are going to get their due share of
water with the completion of the Satluj-Yamuna link canal.
Sex workers protest against the on-going raids in the red light area of G.B.Road at a press conference organised by Shakti Vahini in the Capital.
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SPEAKING OUT
Do Teachers
Slog More?
MR
S.C. Taneja, an official working in one of the offices of Maharashi
Dayanand University, Rohtak, has asked the teaching community through
me: “How many hours do they teach in colleges” (NCR Tribune dated
Jan 12, 2002), as he is writing a book on this subject.
Medals
for sixteen police officers
New Delhi, January 25
Sixteen officers of the Delhi
Police were awarded the Police Medal on the eve of Republic Day. While
Mr Shyam Singh Verma, Asst. Commissioner of Police was awarded
President's Police Medal for Distinguished Services, other 15 officers
were awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious Services.
NCR BRIEFS
Rs 2 lakh
demanded as extortion money from shopkeeper
Sonepat, January 25
Panic prevailed when four
car-borne armed miscreants arrived at a cable shop on the Old DC
Road here yesterday and demanded Rs 2 lakh as extortion money from
its owner. According to a report, the miscreants also threatened
him with dire consequences if he failed to hand over this money to
them.
- Gang busted
- Body recovered
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