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HOW BRAZEN CAN BRAZEN BE
What does one do when cops occupy buildings illegally?
Sonepat, February 27
The municipal authorities make a beeline for the police when they wish to hustle out an encroacher from public land. But what will the authorities do when the police themselves encroach, rather illegally occupy, public buildings?

Power reforms hinge on making the user pay
New Delhi, February 27
The success of the privatisation of the Delhi Vidyut Board distribution sector depends on the efficient enforcement of the user charges, the Economic Survey tabled in Parliament said today.

Partial response to VAT bandh
New Delhi, February 27
There was only a partial response in the Capital today to the bandh call given by major trade unions against the proposed Value Added Tax (VAT), even as the Delhi government declared its resolve to prevent the implementation of the Act.

A daily wage earner takes a nap as traders observe a bandh to protest the implementation of the VAT regime. — Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal

Congress leader gets anticipatory bail in graft case
Sonepat, February 27
District Sessions Judge S. K. Sardana has granted anticipatory bail to Congress leader and former minister Krishna Gehlaut in a corruption case under Sections 406, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B of the IPC and Section 13 of Anti-Corruption Act registered against her by the Rohtak unit of the State Vigilance Bureau on February 11. The bureau had received several complaints against her.

Add a pinch of haldi or a dash of methi to be in the pink of health
New Delhi, February 27
There is a scramble in the developed countries to patent traditional health foods, especially those found in Southeast Asia. Ironically, the people in this region are fast forgetting the benefits of these miracle foods and switching over to junk food and snacks full of zilch! This was one of the major concerns expressed on the concluding day of the IX Asian Congress of Nutrition today.

COMMUNITY

Members of the All India Ex-Services Welfare Association sitting on dharna at Rajghat. — Tribune Photo

Dial 198 for getting exasperated
Subscribers at the mercy of BSNL
Panipat, February 27
Telephone subscribers of Panipat town as well as villages in the district are at the mercy of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). Frequent telephone faults and the indifferent attitude of the authorities has put life out of gear here.

Mock crash landing exercise held
New Delhi, February 27
A mock crash landing exercise was conducted today by the airport authorities to check the alertness of the airport officials and security personnel. The exercise lasted for about 45 minutes and involved officials like police, doctors, ATC, civil aviation security and others.

• Raj Bhasha Shield

SONEPAT
Rs 29.50 lakh for slums welfare
Sonepat, February 27
The Haryana government has released a sum of Rs 29.50 lakh for accelerating the development works under the Centrally-sponsored slums development schemes in Sonepat city during the current financial year.

SPECIAL FOCUS ON ROHTAK
On tenterhooks at MDU about NAAC accreditation
Rohtak, February 27
People at Maharshi Dayanand University are keeping their fingers crossed over the assessment report for the university’s accreditation by the NAAC. The NAAC team visited the university from February 18 to 20.

Abhay cock-a-hoop about vikas rally
Rohtak, February 27
Mr Abhay Singh Chautala, MLA from the Rori assembly constituency and a son of Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, has claimed the vikas rally, proposed to be held here on March 2 on the completion of three years of the ruling Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), will beat all previous records of the number of people congregating at a rally.

• ATM of HDFC Bank inaugurated
• Lecturer elected to MDU council

DELHI DIGEST
Beauty treatment for Red Fort lawns
New Delhi. February 27
Chandni Chowk member of Parliament and Union Minister of State for Labour Vijay Goel on Thursday said the Red Fort lawns would be beautified at a cost of Rs 3.5 crore.

• New College building
• Radha Swami Satsang

NCR BRIEFS
Three killed in Faridabad accident 
Faridabad, February 27
Three persons including a girl were killed in separate incidents in the district in the past 24 hours. According to police sources, one Thakur Singh, a resident of Sehatpur Colony near Old Faridabad committed suicide by hanging himself in his house.

• Tempo driver killed
• Yuva Shanti Doot Divas
• Adhikar Rally