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Colony
gets full ration for first time
New Delhi, March 24
For the first time, residents of
Welcome Colony in East Delhi are receiving their full quota of ration,
at right prices, from the Public Distribution System shops. Until now,
almost 90 per cent of the food meant to be distributed to the poor
under the PDS in Delhi was being siphoned off.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Vidhan Sabha Speaker Ajay Maken going to attend the House in the Capital on Wednesday.
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Need
of the hour
NCERT draft
ready on environment as subject
New Delhi, March 24
The National Council of
Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is ready to submit its draft
on the possible syllabus for Environment Education and its
implementation as a compulsory subject in schools.
Man
crying for kidnapped daughter for 7 long years
Sonepat March 24
“I have been knocking at every
door, trying to elicit help from a police sepoy to the Prime Minister,
for the past seven years for the recovery of my kidnapped daughter. I
have not got anything except assurances. Despite giving the names of
the accused, the police have not even registered an FIR against them.
Truck
driver killed, five held
Muradnagar, March 24
Five persons have been arrested
for looting a truck with 100 bags of cotton thread after killing the
driver. The criminals had unloaded the bags of cotton thread worth
lakhs of rupees in a powerloom factory in Malik Nagar, Muradabad in
Ghaziabad district.
MCD
norms ‘bypassed’ for toll tax contract
New Delhi, March 24
The Leader of the Opposition in
the Standing Committee in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Mr
Subhash Arya, today demanded the resignation of the Chairman of the
all-powerful Standing Committee as the corporation had awarded
contract of toll tax collection defying the guidelines of the
corporation.
Sheila
supports unit area method
New Delhi, March 24
The Chief Minister, Mrs Sheila
Dikshit, today defended the unit area method of assessing the property
tax. She was speaking in the Assembly today. She said that it was a
historic step towards bringing transparency in the government
functioning and ending the Inspector Raj.
Delhi
Metro likely to increase fare
New Delhi, March 24
The news is not good for the
commuters who use the Metro. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is
contemplating increase in the fare of Metro trains.
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