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Action against 3,248 for breeding dengue mosquitoes
New Delhi, September 17
The Delhi Health Minister, Dr A.K. Walia, said that although not a single case of Dengue has been reported in the Capital so far, yet as precautionary measure, prosecution has been launched against 3,248 persons for allowing breeding Aedes mosquitoes causing the disease.
Haryana institutes
award in scribe’s memory
Rewari, September 17
Babu Balmukund Gupt, whose 95th death anniversary falls tomorrow, was indeed a superb journalist, a thoughtful and reflective essayist, a robust satirist, a well-versed translator and an epoch-making Hindi writer of the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
Babu Balmukund Gupt (inset) and his haveli at his native village. |
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Sonepat gifts itself Rs 80 lakh Habitat Club
Sonepat, September 17
Sonepat will soon have a “Habitat Club” which has been constructed at a cost of Rs 80 lakh. This includes the price of land. It is going to be the most wanted place not only in and around Sonepat but also in this part of the country.
Villagers stage rally against Tyagi’s arrest
Ghaziabad, September 17
Farmers from dozens of villages, including Makkanpur, held a protest rally in front of the Collectorate here on Monday in protest against the arrest of Prahlad Tyagi by the Indirapuram police for the alleged murder of Rajat Chaudhary.
Chautala calls upon workers to strengthen party
Jhajjar, September 17
The Indian National Lok Dal supremo and Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, today called upon party workers to play a proactive role for strengthening the organisation and the state and to be prepared to make any sacrifice in the interest of the party.
Jat Mahasabha demands reservations
New Delhi, September 17
The spokesman of the All India Jat Mahasabha, Mr Tara Chand Mor, has congratulated Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee for inducting Mr Vikram Verma, a Jat Leader of Madhya Pradesh, into the Union Cabinet.
Harrowing time for train passengers
Ghaziabad, September 17
Commuters in Hapur and Ghaziabad had a harrowing time as they were stranded due to the cancellation of trains or change in their routes after the sudden rise in water level in the Yamuna river.
Youth electrocuted
Sonepat, September 17
A youth died on the spot and three others, including two women, sustained burn injuries when they were electrocuted at Sisana village, about 25 km from here last evening.
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Petrol pump owner robbed of 1.75 lakh
Sonepat, September 17
Mr Devinder Mahajan, an petrol pump of a petrol pump was allegedly robbed of Rs 1.75 lakh by some unidentified armed robbers on the
Sonepat-Murthal road near Sector 14, a residential colony of the Haryana Urban Development Authority
here last night.
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Prisoner injured
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Two crushed by truck
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