Cong reeling from Khurana effect
New Delhi, July 23
Even Madan Lal Khurana did not expect that his donning the mantle of Delhi Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party President will rouse the Congress out of its stupor. But wittingly or unwittingly he seems to have achieved just that — revived an ‘inert’ party.

Industry gives Chautala its ‘wish list’
Faridabad, July 23
The Chief Minister of Haryana, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, had a rendezvous with local industrialists at the Municipal Corporation auditorium today. The captains of industry briefed Mr Chautala on their problems and went into reasons for the industrial downslide.

Traders jittery with arrest of excise men
Panipat, July 23
Panic has gripped exporters, traders and the staff of the local Central Excise and Customs Department after the arrest of two officials on corruption charges by the CBI late on Monday night.

ELIXIR OF LIFE. — Tribune photo Mukesh Aggarwal

Slaughterhouse-bound cows seized from Maruti
Meerut, July 23
The Meerut Police have busted a gang of cow smugglers and arrested its leader; two gang members, however, escaped. They were ferrying four cows in a pitiable condition in a Maruti van to a slaughterhouse. The cows were tied up and blood was oozing out of their mouths.

Villagers raze houses to pave way for road
Jhajjar, July 23
The residents of Jasaur Kheri village here demolished their own houses to clear the way for a 44-ft wide road to be constructed soon. However, the village is on tenterhooks with about 82 families living without a roof over their head for more than a week now.

UGC, teachers spat likely on appointments
New Delhi, July 23
A clash between the University Grants Commission and teachers of Delhi University is quite likely with the Delhi University Teachers Association taking exception to the UGC’s directive asking colleges to fill up 80 per cent of the vacant posts for three months only.

Dacoits held after dramatic 4-km chase
Gurgaon, July 23
In a swift move, the police arrested two dacoits of an interstate gang in Punhana area in Mewat and recovered goods worth Rs 40 lakh from them. The operation led by the SHO, Mr Narender Singh Kadyan, had all the ingredients of a soap. Five other members of the gang escaped under the cover of darkness.

COMMUNITY

Senior IPS officers’ promotion on hold to accommodate IAS men
New Delhi, July 23
The delay in the promotions of 1974 batch of IAS officers has also affected the promotions of two senior IPS officers serving in the Delhi Police who are empanelled to be promoted as Special Commissioners.

The dress rehearsal for the President’s swearing-in at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Ponds being filled on war-footing
Narnaul, July 23
The Deputy Commissioner, Narnaul, Mr Vinit Garg, has directed the Public Health Department to sort out the drinking water problem on priority basis in case of any complaint emerging from any corner of the district. He said if need be there should be co-ordination with other departments too.

Body of farmer activist fished out of canal
Ghaziabad, July 23
The body of 72-year-old farmer activist, Chaudhri Jaipal Singh, who had been missing for the past five days, has been fished out of Ganga canal in the Jarcha police station area in Gautam Budh Nagar district.

IN PARLIAMENT
More effective use of PCR vans on cards
New Delhi, July 23
The government has decided to review Delhi Police’s fleet of 338 Police Control Room vans, informed the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Mr Vidyasagar Rao said. The review of the existing strength would be done, inter alia, on the basis of average response time for each police station separately to ensure that a police station with a wider area under its jurisdiction or higher rate of crime or larger population has adequate PCR vans operating under its jurisdiction, the Minister told the Lok Sabha.

THE ACHIEVERS
This do-gooder professor takes up cudgels for the deprived
New Delhi, July 23
He is a professor of political science in the University of Delhi here but his forte is social work. For almost a decade now, he has been single-handedly running the Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Ekta Samiti, a social service organisation on Vikas Marg in East Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar area.

Pedestrian subway opens near SC New Delhi, July 23 A new pedestrian subway was inaugurated by the Chief Justice of India, Mr B.N.Kirpal, at the Bhagwan Das Road today. The Delhi Chief Minister, Ms Shiela Dikshit, was present on the occasion along with Mr Subhash Sharma, Chairman of the NDMC and Ms Tajdar Babbar, MLA and member of the NDMC.   Justice B.N.Kirpal along with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit at the inauguration of a pedestrian subway at Bhagwan Das Road in the Capital on Tuesday. — Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal.

NCR BRIEFS
‘Police informer’ shot dead
Faridabad, July 23
A person, who had informed the police about the smuggling of illicit liquor in the nearby village of Jawa, was shot at by some unidentified persons. The victim, identified as Ishwar Singh, was injured and has been admitted to a hospital.

CRIME

Man abducts neighbour to settle old scores
New Delhi, July 23
The North district police have arrested one person on charges of abducting his neighbour in the same area. Police said that the accused, Inderjeet, resident of Timarpur, had some problem with his neighbour, Prem Kishor, which was amicably solved.

Illegal weapons factory unearthed in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, July 23
The Ghaziabad police claimed to have unearthed an illegal arms factory in Muradpur village of Garh Mukteshwar and arrested two persons. The police have also seized a dozen country-made revolvers, two rifles, large quantity of cartridges and some equipment and machinery used for manufacturing arms.

EDUCATION

Indian students win science award
New Delhi, July 23
Two Indian students, Siddhartha Chaudhuri and Anjana Sasidharan, have been named winners of the Lucent Technologies Global Science Scholars Programme, one of the world’s largest annual academic competition designed to support science students who are pursuing careers in information and communications technologies.

Education vultures exploiting parents
Narnaul, July 23
The parents of school-going children are being exploited by those running privately owned schools in this district. Some schools are charging as much as Rs 10,000 per student at the time of admission.

Ryan International students do India proud

Leaders always make others follow them and experiment with new things. This certainly holds true of Jatin Sapru and Piyush Jain. Both Jatin and Piyush, students of Ryan International School, Vasant Kunj, recently visited Washington DC to participate in the Presidential Classroom Future World Leaders Summit from July 6 to 13. Jatin Sapru and Piyush Jain, students of Ryan International School, Vasant Kunj, brought laurels to their school.

Trehan opens medical book showroom
New Delhi, July 23
A new showroom of Delhi Book Store, specialising in medical books, was inaugurated at Daryaganj. A renowned cardiac surgeon, Dr Naresh Trehan, inaugurated the showroom and said that this bookstore was a must for the medical professionals, students and those who are aspiring to enter the profession.

PIL seeks to expedite work on Rotary Cancer Hospital
New Delhi, July 23
The Delhi High Court today issued notice to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences on a petition seeking completion of its Rotary Cancer Hospital, the work on which was allegedly going at a slow pace.

SPORTS

Don Bosco down Laxman Public School
New Delhi, July 23
Don Bosco School downed Laxman Public School by two goals to nil in the Bro Mahony Inter-School Football Tournament at the Mount St. Mary’s School ground on Tuesday.

Mr N. K Khanna, president of Chand Khanna Cricket Club, felicitating Board of Control for Cricket in India president Jagmohan Dalmia in the Capital.

Steve has high praise for Dravid, Srinath
New Delhi, July 23
Australia’s 40th Test captain Steve Waugh rates Rahul Dravid as a “pretty good role model for kids. He’s pretty steady in what he does and he does things the right way, and he’s very dedicated”.

Ten Sports to beam Indian Cricketer of the Century Award
New Delhi, July 23
Ten Sports will give exclusive telecast coverage of the “Wisden Indian Cricketer of the Century Award” function in England on Wednesday at 7.30 pm. The year 2002 has been aptly chosen for the award since it is exactly a century after Ranjisinhji, the doyen of Indian cricket, and one of the greatest ever, played his last Test for England in 1902.

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