TOP STORIES

Noida diamond loot: Merchant, cops trade charges
Noida, March 11
The case of a Rs 1.5 crore loot in a diamond showroom in Sector-18 is becoming murkier by the day. The Noida police have been skeptical about the heist and claimed that most of the diamond and jewellery sets, allegedly looted by the criminals, had been recovered from the showroom.

248 MCD students ill after eating mid-day meal
New Delhi, March 11
There seems to be something fishy in the supply of mid-day meal to the students as once again a food poisoning incident has taken place in the MCD schools at Palam Colony and Dwarka, Sector 12 in Najafgarh Zone.

A visitor takes a close look at Aahar, the International Food Fair 2004, which was inaugurated at Pragati Maidan in the Capital on Thursday. — Photo by Kamal Singh

Activists of All-India Anti-terrorist Front protesting against the ISI, holding it responsible for the recent attack in Jammu & Kashmir. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

CAT swayed by sympathy for nurses?
New Delhi: The Central Administrative Tribunal has directed the Delhi Government to give a group of nurses, who had rendered services during strike but were later denied a regular job, preference over fresh candidates during future appointments.

Appointment of disabled lecturer cleared
New Delhi: The Central Administrative Tribunal has directed the Delhi Government to appoint a physically challenged woman as a lecturer, who was rejected for the job despite having cleared the selection test of IAS examination.

FLY-BY-NIGHT OUTFIT
Computer institute director arrested
New Delhi, March 11
The Economic Offences Wing of the Crime Branch has arrested a director of a computer training institute on the charges of duping several trainees of crores of rupees.

Lt-Gen R. C. Dhir, DG, Dental Services, and Mr Sudershan Banerjee, Founder Chairman, Sehat Foundation, lighting the lamp at the launch function of the foundation in the Capital on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

JUSTICE, AT LAST
Two cops get RI for taking bribe 18 yrs ago
New Delhi, March 11
Two Government Railway Police personnel have been awarded three and a half years rigorous imprisonment for taking bribe from a Delhi-based businessman more than 18 years ago.

Rice sheller fined Rs 8 lakh for power theft
Sonepat: The officials of the vigilance wing of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam conducted a raid on a rice sheller on the G T Road near Garhi Kalan village about 20 km from here yesterday and detected a case of power theft in the unit.

• Family feud toll 11

POLITICS

Cong yet to name Sonepat candidate; BJP campaign
at full throttle
Sonepat, March 11
When the Congress workers are waiting for the announcement of party’s candidate for Sonepat Parliamentary constituency and the ticket aspirants have been camping in Delhi for the last one week, the nominees of other parties have already launched their campaign from different parts of the constituency.

COMMUNITY

A little visitor admiring a bottle bar at the ‘Made in Pakistan’ exhibition on the last day at the Talkatora Stadium in the Capital. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

Mehta flouts Mayor’s directive, plays truant at meeting
New Delhi, March 11
The Municipal Commissioner, Mr Rakesh Mehta, and the Additional Commissioner responsible for desilting of drains reportedly ignored the directive of the Mayor, Mr Ashok Jain, who had called them and other senior officers concerned for a meeting to discuss the implementation of the action plan for desilting of nullahs.

28-day Rajput Adhikar Yatra from March 14
Rewari, March 11
The Haryana unit of the All India Rajput Mahasabha is undertaking a statewide “Rajput Adhikar Yatra” to mobilise the Rajputs of the state to fight against their political domination.

74 more villages declared sensitive
Sonepat, March 11
The district administration has declared as many as 74 villages falling under the jurisdiction of six assembly segments of Sonepat district as sensitive in addition to the 46 villages already declared as most sensitive for the Lok Sabha elections on May 10 next.

Half-burnt body recovered from cremation ground
Sonepat, March 11
The Rai police are reported to have recovered the half-burnt body of a man from the cremation ground at Badhkhalsa village, about 13 km from here, yesterday and sent it for a post-mortem examination.

Filmmaker and painter Muzaffar Ali announcing the forthcoming 4th international Sufi music festival, dedicated to Hazrat Amir Khusrau in the Capital on Thursday. — Photo by Kamal Singh PAKWARE: A Pakistan exhibitor on the last day of the Made in Pakistan exhibition at Talkatora Stadium in the Capital. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

• Youth arrested for murder

• Mother of four kids elopes

• Cyclist killed in road mishap

• Sec 144 enforced around exam centres

• Load shedding

DELHI DIGEST
DUTA seeks meeting with Kalam, CJI
New Delhi, March 11
The Delhi University Teachers’ Association has intensified its agitation against the Vice-Chancellor of Delhi University. As the hunger strike continued the second day opposite the VC’s office, the DUTA office-bearers have decided to meet the President of India, (Chancellor), and the Chief Justice of India, (Pro- Chancellor) to give them a white paper on the functioning of the VC, Prof Deepak Nayyar.

• Man stabbed, robbed of Rs 4.7 lakh at traffic lights

NCR BRIEFS
Agitating students at Rai school return to classroom
Sonepat, March 11
Agitating students of Class XI are reported to have turned up in their classes and resumed their studies in Motilal Nehru School of Sports at Rai, about 13 km from here, today. The students agreed to end the boycott of their classes after negotiations between their parents and the Principal of the institution.

• Two acquitted

• New initiative from Touchtel

CRIME

Dreaded criminal killed in encounter
Ghaziabad, March 11
The Vijay Nagar police gunned down a dreaded criminal, Guniya, alias Ganesh, son of Om Prakash of Sikandarabad in Bulandshahar district in an encounter last night. He was carrying a reward of Rs 10,000 on his head announced by the Haryana police and another of Rs 20,000 by the UP police.

Frustrated with expenses, minor kills cousin
New Delhi, March 11
In a bid to demand ransom money to meet his education expenses, a minor had murdered his six-year old cousin after failing to muster courage to demand the ransom money from his uncle in the Tilak Nagar area of West district.

• Land grabber nabbed

• Auto thieves held

EDUCATION

NCERT meet stresses education for minority kids
New Delhi, March 11
The National Council of Educational Research Training today inaugurated a two-day National Seminar on Education of Minorities. The seminar was inaugurated by Dr Trilochan Singh, Chairman, National Commission for Minorities.

COURTS

DBA ends stir against tehsildar
Jhajjar, March 11
The District Bar Association called off their three-day-long agitation against the tehsildar against whom the charge of demanding a bribe for registration of a sale deed was leveled by the lawyers today.

CULTURE

Jalota casts a spell with his bhajans
Noida, March 11
Popular bhajan maestro Anup Jalota had the audience spellbound when he created the magic of his bhajans at Amity Foundation, Noida last evening. A large number of his admirers sang with him.

HEALTH

Alternative to cancer stick and pan masala
New Delhi, March 11
SEHAT Foundation (Safer, Effective, Healthier Alternatives to Tobacco) made its debut in Delhi with lead Dental Surgeon, Dr R M Mathur, former Dean, King George’s Medical University and Principal, Saraswati Dental College, Lucknow, presenting his Research Paper, Chewing Gum: An Alternative to Gutka/Pan Masala.

SPORTS

Star-studded field for Indian Open Golf

New Delhi, March 11 Defending champion Mike Cunning, former winners Vijay Kumar, Firoz Ali and Jeev Milkha Singh will enrich the field in the Royal Challenge Indian Open Golf Championship to be played at the Delhi Golf Club course from March 25 to 28. President of Indian Golf Union K N Harsh, Niranjan Thakur, H N Nanani, Navneet Nagpal and Kapil Channa of Jumbo Group at a press meet at The Grand to announce the Indian Open Golf Championship on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

Delhi Audit trounce Subhania Club
New Delhi, March 11
Delhi Audit defeated Subhania Club by 127 runs in an A-I Division match of the DDCA League at the Yamuna complex ground. Scores: Delhi Audit: 255 for 4 in 40 overs (Pankaj Joshi 66, Raju Sharma 47, K S Rana 45 n o, Sunil Rawat 33).

Sandeep, Gagan deadly
New Delhi, March 11
Deadly bowling by Sandeep Sharma (4 for 18) and Gagan Verma (3 for 24) and a half century by N Chinappa (62, 8x4) helped Bechtel defeat RS by 57 runs in the Reebok Cricket Tournament at the Palam ground.

• Summer cricket camp

• Achrekar cricket camp