HVPN drive yields Rs 80 lakh
AMBALA, Dec 20 — The drive launched by the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam against defaulters in cantonment here since December 14 has yielded an amount of Rs 80 lakh so far.

Satsang head denies inhuman treatment
PANCHKULA, Dec 20 — The head of the Ruhani Satsang Manav Kendra, Sant Thakar Singh today denied that children at different centres run by his organisation were subjected to inhuman treatment during "prolonged" meditation sessions.

Appeal to check power theft
ROHTAK, Dec 20 — Mr Surender Singh, MP and general secretary of the Haryana Vikas Party, has urged party workers to motivate people to check power theft.

Achievements of Rai school lauded
SONEPAT, Dec 20 — Modernisation of our national education policy with special emphasis on vocationalisation is the need of the hour to solve the unemployment problem.

Angry exchanges at BJP meeting
From Our Correspondent

AMBALA, Dec 20 — A wordy duel marked a meeting of the executive committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the city last evening.

A number of members blamed the party's leaders for its poor state of affairs and alleged that they were ignored by senior functionaries.

Some municipal councillors present at the meeting said that if things did not improve, the party would meet a fate similar to that in Rajasthan and Delhi.

Mr Rajinder Singh, a councillor, regretted that the party did not fully back its unit president, Mr Nirmal Vij, who had to fend for himself.

This provoked Mr Ajay Kumar alias Ruby, president of the youth wing of the district unit of the party, to challenge the claim, leading to heated exchanges and Mr Vij had to intervene.

Mr Vij said the party unit was faction-ridden and that had led to demoralisation.

Satsang head denies inhuman treatment
From Our Correspondent

PANCHKULA, Dec 20 — The head of the Ruhani Satsang Manav Kendra, Sant Thakar Singh today denied that children at different centres run by his organisation were subjected to inhuman treatment during "prolonged" meditation sessions.

Denying the allegations which appeared in a section of press a few months ago, he claimed that children from the age group of 6 to 18 adopted by the organisation — with the will of their parents — were given a congenial environment to guide them to the path of spirituality.

The sant who was addressing a press conference at a Ruhani Satsang Manav Kendra near Mata Mansa Devi temple here, said the allegations pertaining to blindfolding of children and putting some ear drops in them to improve their concentration had been spread by some vested interests.

He said his preachings were aimed at lessening the human sufferings in the world. The need to infuse the faith in God was being preached by me, he added.

He offered the mediapersons to visit any manav kendra to see the methodology and environment given to the children. There are over 1400 children in 60 kendras spread all over the country, he said.

Teachers to wear black badges
From Our Correspondent

ROHTAK, Dec 20 — The Haryana Federation of University and College Teachers' Organisations along with several other teachers' associations has extended its support to the decision of Maharshi Dayanand University Teachers' Association (MDUTA) to observe December 21 as protest day against the alleged harassment to teachers by the university administration.

Dr Ajmer Singh Kajal, secretary of the MDUTA, said the teachers would wear black badges and express resentment against the varsity administration.

Dr D.S. Dhaliwal and Mr Kulwant Yadav, presidents of the Haryana College Teachers' Union and the Haryana Government College Teachers' Association, respectively, said the units of their respective unions would express resentment against the 'autocratic' functioning of the Vice-Chancellor by telegrams.

Appeal to check power theft
From Our Correspondent

ROHTAK, Dec 20 — Mr Surender Singh, MP and general secretary of the Haryana Vikas Party, has urged party workers to motivate people to check power theft.

He was addressing the party workers at the HVP office here today.

He asked the party workers to contact the people personally and work for party welfare. He claimed that the government had been quite impartial in the matter of recruitment and reservation policy had been implemented properly. He said the government had been striving for the welfare of all castes and communities.

The party workers complained to the leader that despite their government the officials had been ignoring their ‘genuine’ demands. They said they came to know about his visit only through the newspapers while the party office failed to inform them.

Achievements of Rai school lauded
From Our Correspondent

SONEPAT, Dec 20 — Modernisation of our national education policy with special emphasis on vocationalisation is the need of the hour to solve the unemployment problem.

This was stated by the Haryana Governor, Mr Mahabir Prasad, while speaking at the annual prize distribution function of Moti Lal Nehru School of Sports, Rai yesterday.

Complimenting the teachers and management of the school the Governor said "we were proud of the performance of this school in the fields of education and sports".

The Governor also gave away prizes to meritorious students.

HVPN drive yields Rs 80 lakh
From Our Correspondent

AMBALA, Dec 20 — The drive launched by the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN) against defaulters in cantonment here since December 14 has yielded an amount of Rs 80 lakh so far. Talking to reporters here yesterday, the Executive Engineers ER operation Mr J P Singh, said that 50 special teams had been deputed for the job. He said that power connections of a total of 833 consumers had been disconnected.

Mr Singh said that the response to the drive had been very encouraging, he disclosed that among the defaulters from whom arrears had been recovered were Hans Raj Flour Mills (Rs 68,000) M/s Krishna Rice Mills (Rs 1,23,311), Mrs Bhagwati Devi of Dukheri village (Rs 27455), Mr Gurnam Singh of Fazailpur village (Rs 21,000) and management of Nandi Dharamshala (Rs 20,000).

The Xen said that notices had been issued to 2474 consumers. According to sources the HVPN has also served notice to a senior police official of the state, who had not cleared bills for his residence. The case has been referred to the state government, as the police officer has since been transferred from here.