TOP STORIES

83 MPs owe MTNL Rs 2.2 crore
New Delhi, September 10
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited and the New Delhi Municipal Council to start the process of recovering dues from Members of Parliament and political parties. Several former and sitting Members of Parliament and political parties owe crores of rupees to the two agencies.

PANIPAT
BJP hold over MC loosens as four councillors quit
Panipat, September 10
With four BJP councillors of the Panipat Municipal Council resigning from the primary membership of the party and forming the Loktantrik Bharatiya Janata Party, the MC chief, Mr Sanjay Bhatia, seems to be skating on thin ice.

HC ends turf war, gives nod to only one Ramlila
New Delhi, September 10
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the Shri Ramlila Committee be allowed to stage the annual nine-day Ramlila celebrations at the historic Ramlila Ground in Old Delhi and that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi abide by the report of its Standing Committee.

Timex brand ambassador and Australian speedster Bret Lee at a press conference in the Capital on Wednesday. — Photo by Kamal Singh

CM defends use of dual piping
New Delhi, September 10
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today defended the Delhi Jal Board’s decision to go in for dual piping to solve the problem of inadequate drinking water in the Capital and said it was the right step in conserving precious water sources.

• LG to sort out row over invites to MPs

Spate of daylight robberies
New Delhi, September 10
The city witnessed a spate of daylight robberies in the last 24 hours in Patel Nagar, Krishna Nagar, Samai Pur Badli and Malviya Nagar. In the first incident this morning, four unidentified persons entered a factory belonging to one Jai Kumar Bansal in Samai Pur Badli in North-West district and decamped with Rs 1 lakh.

Plan to decongest Gurgaon comes cropper
Gurgaon, September 10
The district administration’s proposal to decongest traffic on the Mehrauli-Gurgaon road has failed. As a part of this proposal, a two-km stretch from Sector 29 T junction till Sikanderpur Chowk was converted into one lane on September 8.

Four Chinese nationals held with forged visas
New Delhi, September 10
Four Chinese nationals, including two women, were arrested by the Indira Gandhi International Airport police while they trying to board a Paris-bound Air France flight with forged visas.

Khurana bid to scare Sheila with hint of CBI inquiry
New Delhi, September 10
Delhi Pradesh BJP President Madan Lal Khurana on Tuesday said he stood by the allegations made by him against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and that he was prepared to face any kind of proceedings.

COMMUNITY

SPECIAL FOCUS ON PANIPAT
Society devoted to spreading awareness about
ending cruelty to cows
Panipat, September 10
The ‘Gaushala Society of Panipat’, established in 1905, is perhaps one of the biggest social organisations engaged in the welfare of cows in the state. Approximately 1,550 cows are under its care presently at the five separate units, including those at village Sithana, Subzi Mandi area and village Binjhol.

On the eve of second anniversary of the attack on World Trade Centre, activists of National Akali Dal took out a peace march at Jantar Mantar in the Capital on Wednesday. — A Tribune Photograph

‘Arhtias’ asked to clear encroachments
Sonepat, September 10
The Sonepat Improvement Trust has sent notices to the ‘arhtias’ of local Subzimandi, asking them to vacate the verandahs in front of their shops within a week or face legal action on the issue.

• ‘Sampuran Swachhta’ drive

• Teachers caught napping

• Eye operation camp

Cong activists demand release of youth leader
Rohtak, September 10
The Haryana Youth Congress has threatened that its party activists would court arrest and launch a ‘jail bharo’ campaign all over the state if the National Youth Congress president, Mr Randeep Singh Surjewala, was not released by the police with in 48 hours.

TESTING THE WATER: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit during the inauguration of 5th Water Asia 2003 exhibition at Pragati Maidan in the Capital on Wednesday. — Photo by Kamal Singh

White paper sought on number of gurdwaras
New Delhi
In a meeting held at Tilak Nagar here, Bibi Palwinder Kaur, president, Punjabi Sikh Sangat, demanded that a white paper be issued on the number of gurdwaras in the country.

NCR BRIEFS
Bhagidari close to CM’s heart
New Delhi, September 10
Clean air, traffic decongestion on account of more flyovers, privatisation of Delhi Vidyut Board are some of the achievements that Mrs Sheila Dikshit is proud of, but it is the Bhagidari (citizen-government partnership) Programme, launched four years ago, that the Chief Minister cherishes.

• Top rankers’ excellence award

• Woman poisoned to death

• Held for driver’s murder

CRIME

Cases of robbery, extortion solved; two held
New Delhi, September 10
With the arrest of two persons belonging to the Lokesh alias Dimple Tyagi gang, the North-West district police today claimed to have solved two sensational daylight robberies at Shalimar Bagh and Prashant Vihar in which the gangsters took away Rs 10 lakh after intimidating the traders.

Woman strangled for dowry
Greater Noida, September 10
A married woman in Kalaunda village under Jaroha police station, has been strangled by her in-laws for not bringing Rs 1 lakh as additional dowry. Her body was cremated hastily to destroy the evidence. A case has been filed naming her husband and four members of her in-laws.

EDUCATION

SRI University Vice-Chancellor Dr Rakesh Khurana

CAMPUS
GGSIU celebrates Teacher’s Day amidst poll fever
THE elections to the Delhi University’s Students Union seemed to take over everything else in the city. Incidentally, the date of elections coincided with the Teacher’s Day needless to say that there not many who even realised that 5th September is also celebrated as Teacher’s Day. While the mood in the DU was swinging between ecstatic and anxious, just a few kilometres away, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University quietly celebrated Teacher’s Day.

• Anti-Sharon slogans

• SRI to open campus in Capital

• Telecom industry

• Certificate course in Energy audit

• Career in real estate

• Komark launches next generation TOEFL

HEALTH

Live workshop on interventional procedures in cardiology
Sonepat, September 10
The Batra Cath Lab of Sonepat is organising a one-day live workshop and CME on interventional procedures in cardiology on September 14 next on the premises of the Delite Banquet Hall on the old DC road near Nandwani Nagar temple of this city.

SPORTS

DDCA introduces three-tier format for league
New Delhi, September 10
The Delhi and District Cricket Association will introduce a three-tier format for the local league from this year. DDCA sports secretary Sunil Dev announced that the teams will be grouped in Super A, A-1 and A-11.

Indian National, Shastri post wins
New Delhi, September 10
Indian National and Shastri Club posted identical 1-0 victories in Group A Super League matches of the Delhi Soccer Association Senior Division League Championship at the Ambedkar Stadium on Wednesday.

Cricket buffs to witness lots of action
Rohtak, September 10
The coming winter promises plethora of action for the cricket enthusiasts in Rohtak and Gurgaon. The Haryana Cricket Association has decided to organise as many as eleven matches of different tournaments recognised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India at these two centres.

Sareen elected Scindia Club president
New Delhi, September 10

Delhi and District Cricket Association joint secretary Dr S. S. Sareen has been elected president of the Scindia Club India at the Annual General Meeting held on Sunday. Scindia Club India president Dr S. S. Sareen with chief patron Jyotiraditya Scindia, secretary Baljeet Joban and BCCI joint secretary Jyoti Bajpayee after the election of the office-bearers of the club.

• Inter-Club Golf tourney

Officers quizzed on flour distribution bungling
Sonepat, September 10
The officials of the Chief Minister’s Flying Squad recorded the statements of eight officials of the Food and Supplies Department and the CONFED here yesterday in connection with the ongoing inquiry into the alleged bungling in the distribution of wheat flour meant for the families living below the poverty line in this city and elsewhere in the district.

No plan to dispose of vehicles from police junkyard
Sonepat, September 10
More than 200 unclaimed and stolen vehicles, worth several lakhs of rupees, have been lying in the open for the last decade or so in Sonepat and other police stations of the district.