While wheat arrivals have started receding in this district, stocks of procured wheat have started piling up in the foodgrain markets and the purchase centres because of slow lifting.

Sardar Paramjit Singh Sarna, president, DSGMC, addressing a press conference on the issue of Punjabi language in the Capital on Friday.
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Probe panel gives clean chit to librarian
New Delhi, May 9
The librarian of Hardayal Municipal Public Library, who was suspended last year after an audit found certain discrepancies in the running of the institution, has been reinstated.
Dalits give petition against liquor vend
Dankaur (Noida), May
9
Dalits in Mohalla Peerwala and Sarovanya in Dankaur have intensified their struggle for removing the liquor vend from their locality. Even the district unit of the BSP seems to have thrown its weight in support of the people’s demand.
SPECIAL FOCUS ON
JHAJJAR/BAHADURGARH
Wheat procurement likely to be suspended
Jhajjar, May 9
The procurement of wheat in three grain markets of the district has been stopped while the procurement process is also likely to be suspended soon at other centres on account of non-arrival of grain.
Bar Association polls witness a neck and
neck contest
Jhajjar
In a nail-biting finish to the elections held for the executive body of the Bar Association, Bahadurgarh here today, margin of win for the posts of president, vice-president and secretary was mere two votes.
Triangular contest for Brahman sabha on cards
Rohtak
A triangular contest is likely to be held among the six contenders for the post of president in the elections to the Gaur Brahman Vidya Parcharini Sabha slated for May 21. The sabha runs various educational institutes in the region.
Mini-secretariat to be ready by March next year
Gurgaon, May 9
The mini-secretariat being constructed here will be ready by March next year, according to the Deputy Commissioner, Gurgaon, Mr Anurag Rastogi.
Mr Rastogi said today that though the project’s deadline was March next year, it would be ready before.
SPEAKING OUT
This is with reference to the news item, “Nurse injured in ceiling mishap,” which appeared in NCR Tribune dated April 30. In or around 1976-77 the Uttar Pradesh Government had passed an Act to establish the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) with the intention to develop roughly 2,000 industries near Dadri village of Ghaziabad (UP).
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Faith in God gives meaning to life
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Hoardings make
city’s visage ugly
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Card renewal fee
or extortion?
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Kudos to HC for
judgement
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Flogging in public
for greedy in-laws
NESTING GROUND FOR FLIES. — Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal
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NCR BRIEFS
Estranged husband kills wife
Sonepat, May 9
Frustrated over the estranged relations with his wife, Sanjiv Tyagi of Rewla Khanpur village in Delhi allegedly murdered his wife, Yashwanti, dumped her body in a field and surrendered before the police in the district on Thursday. According to information, Yashwanti of Bhigan village in Sonepat district was married to Sanjiv Tyagi about eight years back.
DELHI DIGEST
Extortionists posing as newsmen held
New Delhi, May 9
The North district police of Delhi today claimed to have busted a gang of extortionists with the arrest of five youths who used to extort money by posing themselves as newsmen and police officers.
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Tazia procession
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Ganja, smack seized
SONEPAT
Brother shot at over distribution of fodder
Sonepat, May 9
Ramesh, a youth was shot at and injured at Kidholi Pehladpur village about 15 km from here last night.
According to a report, the injured youth was immediately hospitalised and stated to be out of danger.