New Delhi June 5
More than four lakh
application forms were sold by Delhi University on the first day
of the admission process for the academic year 2002-3 today. The
campus came alive with thousands of students thronging it. Though
the exact figures were not available, official sources in DU
estimated that close to four lakh application forms were sold,
pointing to the fact that there was a stiff competition among
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Mukhi
questions govt’s commitment
New Delhi, June 5
Not showing any let-up in the
ongoing verbal duel with the Congress-administered Government of NCT of
Delhi, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Jagdish Mukhi on Wednesday
claimed Transport Minister Ajay Maken had done precious little to stem
the rot in the Department of Transport.
Decks
cleared for BKU leaders’ release, talks
Rohtak, June 5
The decks have been cleared for a
negotiated settlement of the ongoing farmers agitation with the
government today paving the way for the release of arrested BKU leaders
on bail.
BJP
leader defends Chautala, attacks BKU
Sonepat, June 5
The supremo of the Indian National
Lok Dal and the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, got a
shot in the arm today when a former Jan Sangh MP and senior BJP leader,
Mr Mukhtiar Singh Malik, deplored the ongoing violent agitation launched
by the Haryana unit of the Bharatiya Kisan Union led by the Ghasi Ram
Nain faction in the state on the issue of payment of arrears of power
bills.
Wheat
purchase: Sonepat farmers getting raw deal?
Sonepat, June 5
Mr Jaipal Singh Machhriwala, former
president of the District Bar Association and a senior Congress leader,
today demanded a high-level probe into the alleged bungling in the
purchase of wheat by various government agencies in this district this
year.
Cyber
narcotics gang busted
New Delhi, June 5
The Delhi zonal unit of the
Narcotics Control Bureau today claimed to have unearthed the first-ever
case involving online trading and unauthorised export of controlled
psychotropic substances to the countries, including the US and the UK.
Panipat
bags big unit with green belt
Bal Jattan (Panipat), June
5
The residents of this sleepy
village today got a perfect World Environment Day gift from the Indian
Oil Corporation (IOC). The IOC not only announced the setting up of the
world’s largest petrochemicals project here, but also showed its
concern for the region’s ecological balance by offering to develop a
75-acre green belt around the project.
Carcasses
of 11 peacocks seized
Alwar, June 5
The district forest officials today
claimed to have nabbed three alleged poachers from the Pratap Bandh
Reserve Forest area here and seized carcasses of 11 peacocks, the
national bird, and a packet of poisoned feed from them. According to
officials, the suspects, described as professional hunters, were
arrested in the wee hours of this morning. They had reportedly killed
the birds by feeding them poisoned feed and then hitting them with
stones.
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