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CONSTITUENCY PROFILE
New Delhi will be a tough nut to crack

New Delhi, April 20 New Delhi is one of the few parliamentary constituencies in the NCT of Delhi and elsewhere where candidates woo voters with jargon like standard deduction and income tax exemption besides of course talking about improving the water and electricity situation. BJP Lok Sabha candidate from New Delhi, Jagmohan, addressing a Press conference in the Capital on Tuesday. Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

Shun riot accused, SAD tells Sikhs
New Delhi, April 20
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Sikh Forum, a group of Sikh intellectuals, have asked the Sikhs not to vote for the INC as it had given tickets to persons who were accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

Unmindful of the portraits of BJP bigwigs outside the Ashoka Road office of the party, a handicapped boy toils in the afternoon sun on Tuesday. — Tribune Photo by Mukesh Aggarwal BJP candidate from South Delhi Vijay Kumar Malhotra with his wife and Dr Harsh Vardhan, Delhi Pradesh BJP president, after filing his nomination papers in the Capital on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Capital’s election trail hots up 
New Delhi, April 20
The BJP candidate in the Chandni Chowk parliamentary constituency, Ms Smriti Irani, today launched her campaign, saying: “Bharat Ki Bahu” (daughter-in-law of India) had come home to win the hearts of Delhiites.

Vajpayee to address rally at Jind on May 3
Sonepat, April 20
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee will address an election rally on May 3 at Jind in Haryana for boosting the election campaign in favour of the party candidates contesting the Lok Sabha elections.

Atal wave sweeping Haryana: BJP
Rewari, April 20
The general secretary of the Haryana unit of the BJP, Mr Veer Kumar Yadav, has asserted that the party was now poised to register a landslide victory in the Lok Sabha poll in the state on account of the countywide pro-Atal wave on the one hand and the worst predicament being faced by the Congress as well as the INLD in Haryana on the other hand. Talking to the NCR Tribune here today, he said that it was now common knowledge that the Congress in Haryana was in a pitiable condition because of obvious reasons.

BJP candidate files nomination papers
Rewari, April 20
The BJP candidate Dr Sudha Yadav filed her nomination papers for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections from Mahendergarh seat here today. She represented Mahendergarh constituency in the outgoing Lok Sabha during 1999-2004 and was now seeking re-election from here.

HVP confident of springing a surprise
Faridabad, April 20
The Haryana Vikas Party has claimed that it will spring a political surprise by winning all 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state. It claimed people were disenchanted with both the state government and the NDA-led rule at the Centre for not coming up to their expectations.

NCERT crackdown on thriving market in pirated books
New Delhi, April 20
Next time you buy a textbook of poor paper quality and printing, faded pictures and torn or missing pages, the chances are you have bought a pirated book. After grappling with the allegations of communal slant and bloomers in its text books and accusations of not being able to provide books on time, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is now out to tackle book piracy.

macabre
Mother of two kills hubby with lover’s help
Ghaziabad, April 20
The police have arrested Hema Singal and her paramour, Yug Bhushan Gautam, a transporter, for the murder of Hema’s husband, a steel merchant named Mukesh Singal, on the night of April 10-11.

COMMUNITY

Problem of plenty: A long wait for farmers as wheat stocks mount
Sonepat, April 20
Widespread resentment prevails among the arhtiyas and farmers against the non-lifting of wheat procured by the Food and Supplies Department at Ganaur mandis in this district.

Lt-Governor Vijai Kapoor with MCD Chairman Rakesh Mehta during a workshop on ''Making Building Bylaws Work for Delhi '' in the Capital on Tuesday. — A Tribune Photograph

Major Gen M.S.Chadha, working president of Sikh Forum, and Dr. Anup Singh, Vice-President, addressing a Press conference in the Capital on Tuesday. — Photo by Kamal Singh

BJP demands sops for tax payers without arrears
New Delhi, April 20
The Leader of Opposition in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and secretary of the BJP, Delhi Unit, today demanded that tax payers, who had no arrears, might also be given the optional and financial benefits, as might be extended to the defaulters and the persons whose cases are under dispute either in the court or with the Department, as per Property Tax Guide issued by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. He said that properties, not assessed under system, would be liable to pay under the UAM scheme only.

‘Need for protesting Draupadi, not uncomplaining Sita’
New Delhi, April 20
Asserting that women will have to strive harder to get their rights, former Delhi High Court Chief Justice Rajinder Sachhar said: “Women’s organisations will have to change their methodology to get reservation. Seminars and pleadings will not do. They will have to take to streets to get their right.”

Adding to the genre of spiritual fiction
New Delhi, April 20
The CEO of Lexicon Public Relations, Mr Gautam Mukerji, has written a novel on karma, reincarnation and middle-class aspiration in a striking stream of consciousness style. The novel, ‘Jigsaw or The Upstairs Club’, is in the new age genre of “spiritual fiction” and likely to appeal to all people who are trying to figure out the bigger questions about the meaning of life. 

NCR BRIEFS
Youth tortured for three days by ‘friends’
Sonepat, April 20
A youth, Manoj, was admitted with multiple wounds to the civil hospital here last evening after being freed from the clutches of his “friends” who reportedly took him to a house in the Narinder Nagar area of this city on April 17 last.

Bid to assault minor girl Non-paying youth held after chase

One killed in road mishap

CRIME

34 cartons of liquor seized from woman
New Delhi, April 20
The Crime Branch claim to have arrested a woman and seized a large quantity of Indian made foreign liquor smuggled from Rajasthan for distribution during the elections. The woman, Jamna, has been involved in at least 32 cases under the Excise and NDPS act.

Son among three held for man’s murder 
New Delhi, April 20
With the arrest of three persons, including the son of the victim, the North-East district claimed to have solved the murder case of one Nawab on April 8 in Sri Ram Colony. The weapon used in the offence and the blood-stained clothes were recovered from the accused persons.

EDUCATION

DUTA activists demand probe against VC 
New Delhi, April 20
Activists of the Delhi University Teachers’ Association continued with their relay fast for the second day today in protest at the functioning of the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof Deepak Nayyar.

COURTS

Bail plea of Hotel Regent owner rejected
New Delhi, April 20
A city court has rejected the anticipatory bail application of ‘Professor’ Satvir Singh, prime accused in a multi-crore call-girl racket case. Singh is the owner of Hotel Regent in Karol Bagh, where the nine Azerbaijani girls were arrested for allegedly being involved in a flesh trade racket.

Man gets life term for killing wife
New Delhi: A 30-year-old man was today sentenced to life imprisonment by a city court for murdering his wife after suspecting her of infidelity. The Additional Sessions Judge, Mr O. P. Saini, also imposed a fine of Rs 500 on the convict Pratap. 

Man fined for false complaint against judge
Bhiwani, April 20
The District and Sessions Judge, Mr R. C. Bansal, convicted a complainant for filing a false complaint against a Judge and fined him Rs 500 today. Besides, the Judge transferred the case of this complainant from the court of the Judge concerned.

GLITZ&GLAMOUR

LIFW seeks to infuse new talent

Amidst allegations of “cost cutting” the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) announced the names of 48 models, including 21 “fresh faces”, who will walk the ramp at the LIFW from April 27 to May 3. Fashion show by Oriflame: Oriflame chose to exhibit the look for the season through a fashion show in the capital. The show was based on Bollywood theme, depicting various eras of the film industry. The top selling sales consultants of the company were also felicitated on the occasion.

After Death…  The designer duo, Shantanu and Nikhail are taking of the surreal through their latest line of clothes. Presenting the history of self understanding Their Fall Winter 2005 collection to be exhibited at the Lakme India Fashion Week 2004, titled ‘After Death’, is inspired by the Era of Jesus, symbolising, “ the innocence and truth of mankind”. The collection is all “about glorification of the woman in her most innocent appeal”, claim Shantanu and Nikhil. The designer duo attempt to create a spectacle on ramp, which will conjure the images of the great event leading to redemption of the mankind. Designers Shantanu and Nikhil present their Fall Winter collection-’After Death’.

Cool summer collections
Freelook wants you to “feel good, look good” this summer. Their range for the hot months has been “designed keeping in mind the international trends and is broadly categorised under work wear, casual wear, energy gear and urban fashion”.

Baisakhi celebrations by Muskan Art for Humanity
Muskan Art for Humanity, a renowned social and cultural organisation organised a cultural evening on Baisakhi. A fashion show and dance competition were the main attractions of the event.

HEALTH

International conclave on hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancers
New Delhi, April 20
Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre is organising theme-based international conference on hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancers on April 24 and 25 at Le Meridian Hotel. The conference will be attended by more than 350 delegates from various parts of India and abroad.

Two prisoners diagnosed with TB
Sonepat: Panic prevailed among officials of the Sonepat district jail and the Health Department following the detection of two prisoners suffering from TB for the past few months.

SPORTS

PBL annex Suntan Cup

New Delhi, April 20 Pan Business List (PBL) beat E-Fund by 17 runs to annex the 8th Suntan Cup Cricket Tournament at the Harbaksh Singh Stadium. Batting first, PBL made 187 for 7 wickets in 30 overs, helped by a spitfire 47 by Rakesh Rawat, and 33 by Abdul Sattar. Pankaj Mohanty and Anand Rawat claimed two wickets each. Former international umpire Desh Raj with the Pan Business List team who won the Suntan Cup Cricket Tournament.

Western and Eastern Air Command enter semis
New Delhi: Deadly bowling by Manish Jha (7 for 20) helped Western Air Command defeat Southern Air Command by nine wickets and entered the semi-final of the Air Force Cricket Championship on the Palam ground. In another match, fine bowling by medium-pacer Pankaj Kumar (6 for 43) helped Eastern Air Command defeat Air Headquarters by nine wickets to enter the semi-final.