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'Schemes
worth crores in Ambala' First Haryana Cong list today Sampat nomination on January 27 Chautala to contest from Narwana
too Lok Dal keen on pact with Congress BJP unit plans for poll Exporters for better power supply Liquor shop staff robbed of 5.5
lakh Liquor smugglers arrested |
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I dies,
2 hurt in road mishaps College teachers' dharna on Feb 11 Brig Pritam Singh’s death
mourned Anti- reservation rally on Jan 30 Tight security for R-Day function
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'Schemes worth crores in Ambala' AMBALA, Jan 24 — Ambala district has made tremendous progress in the field of development since last year when the government headed by Mr Om Prakash Chautala took over, Mr Surjeet Singh Sonda, District Ambala INLD President, claimed. He said that development works worth crores of rupees were undertaken and several welfare schemes started by the state government. "Most of the schemes have been completed or are nearing completion. The PWD (B&R) Department had been allocated Rs 12.28 crore. Of this, Rs 6.53 crore have been spent by the department," an unsigned press note quoting Mr Sonda added. He further said that district development agency had spent Rs 2.96 crore on various development schemes undertaken by it. The Municipal Committee, Ambala City, had spent Rs 37.01 lakh, whereas the Municipal Committee, Ambala Sadar, Rs 67.76 lakh on various schemes concerning the department of the area, the note said. Mr Sonda also said that Rs 47.89 lakh had been received by the Panchayati Raj Department for construction of streets and drains under HRDF schemes out of which Rs 17.26 lakh had been utilised by the department. He also said that Rs 265.67 lakh had been received this month for works like the construction of streets, drains, school room, ring bundh, veterinary hospital quarters and cremation ground. The entire amount was likely to be spent during the current financial year, he claimed. It further stated that 22 schemes worth Rs 203.07 lakh had been approved by the government for the Public Health Department. Of this, Rs 34 lakh had been spent so far, and 13 schemes which are in progress would cost Rs 60.45 lakh. Rs 122.02 lakh had been incurred by the Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board in Ambala district on the construction of rural link roads, repair of link roads and other development work, including mandi work. Old age pension had also
been enhanced from Rs 100 to Rs 200 per month and all
beneficiaries been given pension, Mr Sonda stated. |
First Haryana Cong list today CHANDIGARH, Jan 24 — While the INLD and the BJP are still fighting over the number of seats to be shared by them in the ensuing Haryana Assembly elections, the Congress is likely to release the first list of its candidates tomorrow. According to informed sources, a two-member committee, comprising Mr Motilal Vora and Mr Madhavrao Scindia, has gone through the panels of candidates prepared by the state Congress Election Committee, which had recommended more than one candidates for several constituencies. The two senior party leaders talked to the members of the State Election Committee separately before scrutinising the panels submitted by them. The sources say the two-member committee has succeeded in reducing the big panels to one-candidate recommendation for most of the constituencies. However, for certain constituencies, Mr Vora and Mr Scindia have recommended more than one name. Their recommendations will now go to the Congress Working Committee which has been converted into the Parliamentary Board for the final decision. It is learnt that while the CWC will take its time to decide about the candidates in those constituencies for which it has received the names of more than one aspirants, the party will release tomorrow the names of candidates for those constituencies for which only one name has been recommended by Mr Vora and Mr Scindia. The sources say that conscious of the fact that the party will be fighting virtually for its survival in the coming elections in Haryana, senior state leaders by and large avoided making the issue of grant of the ticket to their favourite candidates as a prestige issue. There was unity of views at meetings of the State Election Committee that only those candidates whose chances of winning the elections were great should be recommended. The large panels for certain constituencies are explained by the desire of senior leaders to prove to their followers and supporters that they did espouse their cause in the State Election Committee. If a leader insisted that the name of a particular aspirant should be included in the panel, the others did not oppose as part of a tacit understanding among the members of the committee. Wherever a particular candidate was recommended by a particular member, his name was mentioned against the name of the candidate. The sources say that the high command had made it clear that if the ticket was given on the recommendation of a particular member to a candidate, that member would be held responsible for the victory or defeat of that candidate. The sources say the meetings of the State Election Committee were held in a cordial atmosphere and the past bitterness among the four senior leaders — Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Mr Bhajan Lal, Mr Birender Singh and Mr Shamsher Singh Surjewala — was absent. Meanwhile, the central
BJP leadership has called leaders of the Haryana BJP to
Delhi this evening. It is believed that the central
leadership wants to seek the views of the state leaders
on the tentative arrangement worked out at a meeting
between the INLD supremo, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, and the
BJP President, Mr Kushabhau Thakre, yesterday. |
Sampat nomination on January 27 FATEHABAD, Jan 24 — The Finance Minister of Haryana Professor Sampat Singh, started his poll campaign by addressing party workers in the local PWD Rest House here yesterday. The INLD MP from Sirsa Dr Sushil Indira, District INLD (women wing) President Krishan Poonia, Vice-President Atam Parkash, block INLD President Mohan Lal Juneja, were present at the meeting. Prof Sampat Singh said he would file his nomination paper from the Fatehabad assembly seat on January 27. He said the state Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, would also be present. A group of INLD workers from the adjoining Bhattu Kalan constituency expressed their anger with the INLD high command decision to field Mr Sampat Singh from Fatehabad instead of the Bhattu Kalan assembly segment. They asked him to contest from Bhattu Kalan or field his wife Mrs Krishana Sampat Singh from there. They said they would not support any other candidate of the party. The minister, however, asked them to keep their demand with the INLD high command at Rohtak tomorrow. Meanwhile, the district
election office has started giving training to the
electorate here for the use of electronic voting machines
(EVM's) which will be put into service in the Fatehabad
and Bhattu Kalan assembly segments of this district. In
the first phase, training is being imparted to the
government officials who will be on election duty. |
Chautala to contest from Narwana
too CHANDIGARH, Jan 24 — Mr Om Prakash Chautala, Chief Minister of Haryana, will contest the coming Assembly poll from two constituencies. A press statement issued by the INLD here today said Mr Chautala would also contest from Narwana for which he would file his nomination papers on February 2. Earlier, Mr Chautala had announced that he would seek-re-election from Rori in Sirsa district. The INLD President, it may be recalled, had contested these two seats in the last Assembly elections too. While in Rori Mr Chautala was victorious, Congress nominee Randeep Singh Surjewala, had upset his applecart at Narwana in Jind district. While announcing his decision to contest from Narwana, Mr Chautala appealed to the people "not to betray his trust in them this time". He criticised his rival, Mr Randeep Singh Surjewala, who is also in the fray, and Randeep Singh's father and former HPCC President Mr S.S. Surjewala, for allegedly misleading the people by projecting themselves as the future Chief Ministers. Mr Birender Singh,
another former HPCC President, whose constituency Uchana
Kalan falls in Jind district, were also criticised by the
Haryana Chief Minister for exploiting the name of Late
Sir Chhotu Ram, who was Birender Singh's grandfather. |
Lok Dal keen on pact with
Congress AMBALA, Jan 24 — The Lok Dal is keen to reach an understanding with the Congress or the Third Front for contesting the forthcoming Assembly elections in Haryana. According to a press release, the Lok Dal was willing to enter the electoral fray with the support of the Congress or the Third Front. The District Ambala Lok Dal president, Mr Arjun Singh, and the district youth president, Mr Sanjay Sharma, have been quoted in the release. "In the January 26 meeting of the Third Front to be held in Panipat, the future course of action will be decided," the release states. "If our candidate wins, then our first priority will be the starting of the Sutlej Yamuna link canal and also of setting suitable rates for water and electricity for farmers," the release adds. The release alleges that
there is a rift between the INLD and the BJP and
"Chautala is not allowing any farmer leader to gain
prominence." |
BJP unit plans for poll AMBALA, Jan 24 — An election meeting of the district unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party and its youth wing to discuss the course of action for the forthcoming Assembly polls was held here today. The meeting was chaired by the Ambala Cantonment District BJP President, Dr K. D. Sharma. The district youth wing was well represented at the meeting where proposals for ensuring the victory of the BJP nominee at the Assembly poll were made, a press note said. The youth workers
decided to appoint Mr Ram Shankar as President, Mr Ravi
Kumar as General Secretary, Mr Suresh Kumar as Senior
Vice-President and Mr Kishore as Secretary for Ward No. 3
of Ambala cantonment. |
Exporters for better power supply AMBALA, Jan 24 — The Haryana Exporters Association has expressed concern over the poor power supply to the industry in Ambala and urged the Chief Minister to take steps to improve it. The association, in a memorandum sent to the Chief Minister, said that the instrument industry was facing serious problems due to the non-availability of electricity for the past one month. There were frequent breakdowns, low voltage and no schedule for power cuts in the area for the past several weeks. The industrial units, engaged in exports, could not supply goods in time to exporters. A large number of unit could not afford power generating sets. Recently an export order of Rs 10 crore for the supply of scientific instruments like microscopes and glassware had been cancelled by a foreign buyer because the exporter had expressed his inability to supply the goods in time fixed by the buyer, the memorandum added. The association said
that the exporters were paying heavy rates of interest to
the banks, while the letter credit received from the
foreign buyers were being cancelled for not supplying
goods in time. In case the situation did not improve, a
wrong signal would go to foreign buyers that Ambala
exporters were unable to execute their orders due to some
problems, and they might pass their orders to other
countries, the association added. |
Liquor shop staff robbed of 5.5
lakh HISAR, Jan 24 — Four car-borne armed men robbed Rs 5.50 lakh from the employees of a liquor shop in front of the State Bank of India branch in Hansi town, about 26 km from here, today. The armed men also fired and injured one of the employees of the theka who has been admitted to the Civil Hospital, Hansi. According to sources, three employees of the shop came in a jeep to deposit the amount in the bank. Two of the assailants remained in the car while the two others stood in front of the bank. As soon as Nand Kishor, one of the employees, with money bag reached near the bank, the two assailants tried to snatch away the bag. When they failed to snatch away the bag, one of them shot at him. When Nand Kishor fell down they took away the bag and escaped in the car. The police has
registered the case under Section 394 of the IPC on the
complaint of Nand Kishor. Mr Ramesh Verma,SDM, Hansi,
also visited the spot. |
Liquor smugglers arrested SIRSA, Jan 24 — The police has arrested four liquor smugglers. According to the police, Bhura Singh and Mahinder Singh of Bagguwali village were arrested in the district for running an illicit liquor unit. The police also arrested Dalip Singh and Mohinder Singh of Rania under the Excise Act and sealed a large quantity of illicit liquor. The police also arrested Kala Singh and his father Partap Singh of Dadu village. They were involved in the assault on Makkhan Singh. The district police has also arrested a notorious thief and recovered property. According to a police spokesman, Iqbal Singh of Killianwali village Muktsar of Punjab, was arrested under the Arms Act with a home-made pistol and cartridges. During a cross examination he confessed his involvement in thefts at Dabwali and surrendered the stolen materials. In another case the
police arrested Manoj Kumar from Guru Nanak Nagar with a
stolen Maruti car. |
1 dies, 2
hurt in road mishaps PANIPAT, Jan 24 — Two persons were killed and two injured in different incidents that had taken place for the past 24 hours in the district. According to information, Dilbagh Singh of Dikadala village consumed some poisonous substance with liquor. He was taken to the local Civil Hospital where he died after sometime. Domestic quarrel was stated to be the reason of consuming poison. In another incident, Lavkesh of Rampur village in Partapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh died on the spot when he was hit by a truck. His companion Ashok was also injured in this incident. The truck driver was absconding. Similarly Monu of tehsil
camp received injuries when a truck knocked down his
motor cycle. He had been admitted to the Civil Hospital. |
College teachers' dharna on Feb
11 ROHTAK, Jan 24 — The Haryana Federation of the University and College Teachers Organisations (HFUCTO) has extended its support to the proposed day-long dharna of college teachers of Haryana in Chandigarh on February 11. The dharna will be staged by the Haryana College Teachers Union in protest against the delay in the implementation of the UGC scales and problems in releasing grant and aid to colleges. According to Vazir Mehra, Convener of the federation, a resolution to this effect had been passed at a meeting in Hisar recently. He said the teachers were not happy with the attitude of the State Government towards the long-standing issues. He said while the arrear of the teaching and non-teaching employees had not been released, the delay in the release of the grant-in aid for the colleges was resulting in various hardships for the teachers. The federation appealed
in the government that academic council and faculty
committees and employees and students unions should be
taken into confidence before deciding on any issue
concerning the interest of students and teachers. |
Brig Pritam Singh’s
death mourned ROHTAK, Jan 24 — The Haryana Ex-Services League, a body of ex-servicemen has mourned the death of its President Brig Pritam Singh (retd) who died of a heart attack at New Delhi recently. At a meeting held at Rohtak, the league expressed grief over the untimely demise of Brig Pritam Singh. It lauded the contribution of Brig Singh to the affairs of the league and for the interest and welfare of the ex-defence personnel in the state. Brig Pritam Singh remained had been president of the league for the past six years. A large number of
ex-servicemen, including the Lok Sabha member of Rohtak
Capt Inder Singh (retd), have mourned the death of Brig
Pritam Singh. |
Anti-reservation rally on Jan
30 GURGAON, Jan 24 — The Aarakshan Sampati Abhyan Sanyukta Sanstha Manch, which has launched an agitation against the reservation policy of the Centre, has decided to hold a rally in New Delhi on January 30 on this issue. The President of the All-India Brahmin Mahasabha, Mr Mange Ram Sharma, told mediapersons here yesterday that the decision in favour of the proposed rally was taken at a meeting of the action committee of the manch on Saturday as representations to several political leaders, including the Prime Minister and presidents of the BJP and the Congress against the reservation policy of the country had fallen on deaf ears. Mr Sharma is also the Chairman of the action committee. Mr Sharma said due to
the caste-based reservations, the unity and integrity of
the country was in jeopardy. The reservation policy
perpetuates injustice not only to those who are deprived
due to it, but also to those who were intended to be
benefitted by it. Only the select few of the intended
beneficiaries were actually benefiting from it, he said. |
Tight security for R-Day
function AMBALA, Jan 24 — The police has been put on alert for the district-level Republic Day celebrations to be held here in view of the recovery of explosives in Delhi. Intelligence agencies reportedly have warned that Pakistan-backed extremists may disrupt Republic Day functions in Delhi, Punjab and Haryana. The superintendent of
Police, while talking to The Tribune said the police had
intensified road-checking and patrolling. The security
had also been beefed up in the district. |
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