TOP STORIES

Patrons of musclemen shot near Wazirabad
New Delhi, April 29
Two dreaded criminals, who had links with terrorist outfits, were gunned down by the Delhi Police Crime Branch in an early morning encounter near the Wazirabad area of North Delhi.

The site of the bloody encounter in North Delhi in which two hardcore criminals were killed on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

Crime maze
Abducted MBA student found murdered
Ghaziabad, April 29
A girl student, who was pursuing management studies in a Muradnagar Institute and who had gone missing on April 26, was today found to have been murdered.

Medical Association favours ‘lawful’ off-label usage of medicines
New Delhi, April 29
Following the submission of guidelines on off-label usage of medicines by the Indian Medical Association, a debate has been raging in the medical circles here.

Chandni Chowk BJP candidate Smriti Irani with her fans in the Capital on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

Parents relieved over SC fee hike order
New Delhi, April 29
Welcoming the Supreme Court’s order on fee hike, the Delhi Abhibhavak Mahasangh has pointed out that the order will save the parents from the “clutches of vicious circle of commercialisation of education”.

Malhotra raises the pitch for Muslim votes
New Delhi, April 29
Blaming the “chosen representatives” of the Muslim areas for not undertaking any development work, BJP candidate from the South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra said these representatives took the Muslim vote for granted.

Parched Sonepat denizens threaten poll boycott
Sonepat: The residents of the old section of the city today resolved to boycott the Lok Sabha poll on May 10, if the Public Health Department (PHD) failed to restore the evening supply of drinking water with immediate effect.

POLITICS

BJP candidate attacks self-centric politics
Rewari, April 29
Providing a feverish pitch to her election campaign, the BJP candidate, Dr Sudha Yadav, made a whirlwind tour of about two dozen villages of the Jatusana segment of the Mahendergarh parliamentary constituency today.

Door-to-door padyatra by Cong MLA
New Delhi, April 29
The Congress candidate from Moti Nagar Assembly constituency, Ram Maggo, has started door-to-door padyatra to motivate the electorate to vote him to power. In the last Assembly election, this seat was won by the BJP. It fell vacant after the BJP MLA, Mr Madan Lal Khurana, was appointed as Governor in Rajasthan.

Remarks against Mulayam ‘unwarranted’
Rewari, April 29
The Haryana state Samajwadi Party president, Mrs Kanta Aladia, has taken strong exception to the remarks made against the Samajwadi Party chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav, by Rao Birender Singh, former Union Minister and father of the Congress candidate, Rao Inderjit Singh .

COMMUNITY

Booted out govt employees stage protest
Sonepat, April 29
Large number of dismissed and retrenched government employees, wearing dhotis and banayans, took out a procession here last evening in protest against the anti-employee attitude of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) government, headed by Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala.

A model in Paras & Shalini’s creation at the 5th Lakme India Fashion Week in the Capital on Thursday. — Photo by Kamal Singh

Disabled Dalit postal employee is ‘victim’ of atrocities: SC/ST body
Faridabad, April 29
The President of the All India Confederation Of SC/ST Organisations and chief of the Justice Party have asked the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, New Delhi, to take an appropriate action into the complaint lodged by a physically challenged Dalit employee of the Postal Department here who was given retirement by the department on February 27 last.

Noida’s ‘no power cut zone’ status restored
Noida: Industries in Noida and Greater Noida have heaved a sigh of relief with the UP Power Corporation deciding to restore the ‘no power cut zone status’ to Noida and Greater Noida.

Delhi Advertising Club elects office-bearers
New Delhi, April 29
The office-bearers of the Delhi Advertising Club were elected at an annual general meeting held here on April 28.

• Two labourers killed in demolition drive

EDUCATION

Six govt school teachers suspended
Sonepat, April 29
The Director of Education (Senior Secondary) Haryana, Mr R. K. Khullar, has ordered the suspension of six government school teachers working in this district with immediate effect on the charge of dereliction of duty during the annual examinations conducted by the Board of School Education, Haryana.

COURTS

Youth gets life term for killing woman
New Delhi, April 29
After two years a city court today sentenced a youth to life imprisonment for murdering a woman in the Mohan Nagar area of South West Delhi in 2002. The accused, Vijay (21), had killed the woman, Shashi Sharma, following a dispute with the victim’s son, Gaurav Sharma, on who would fetch the water first.

CULTURE

Artscape                                                          
The miracle of the left hand
An exhibition of paintings “Baayen Haath Ka Kamaal” at Krishna’s Collection Art Gallery is on till May 4.Curated by well-known art critic Sanjiv Nair, it showcases physically challenged artist Shreekant Dubey’s series on “Dasavtar”, fabulous creations based on the various incarnations of Lord Vishnu.

• Making a statement through painting

• Silver Lining

• Interpreting woman through dance

Music zone
Shiv Namokaar for global audience
Lord Shiva is the oldest God known to mankind. His name means the ‘Auspicious One’. He is ‘pure consciousness’, the creator of time, all-powerful and all-knowing. He is the lord of the soul and lord of the three conditions of nature. From Him comes the transmigration of life and liberation, bondage in time and freedom in eternity. We humans accept and worship him as 'One Inimitable Divine’.

HEALTH

Naturopathy expert claims medicines not needed for treating cancer
Faridabad, April 29
“The deadly disease of cancer could be treated without the use of medicines and the modern methods usually adopted in the hospitals and specialists.” This was claimed by Dr P. N. Dubey, well-known expert of Naturopathy, Accupressure and Alternative system of medicine, while delivering his lecture at a seminar of health focussing on the treatment of Cancer’ organised by the Manav Sewa Samiti, a registered voluntary body here yesterday.

SPORTS

Modern School move into Turf Cup final
New Delhi, April 29
A dashing knock of 69, studded with eight boundaries, by Mohit Malhotra, an all-round display by Manan Sharma (54, 4 for 34) and deadly bowling by Luv Shorey (4 for 16) helped Modern School, Barakhamba Road defeat Motilal Nehru Sports School, Rai, by 113 runs and entered the final of the second S.G. Turf Youth Cup Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the Modern School ground.

Bharat National enter final
New Delhi, April 29
Bharat National Cricket Academy defeated Ravindra School by 98 runs and entered the final of the Little Masters Cricket Tournament.

• Mithun Manhas stars in ONGC’s victory