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HVP:
Chautala govt has failed to deliver Hooda’s
claim on canal water share Work on
557 projects completed Oppn stand
on power tariff hike sought
Industrialist’s murder case solved Recommendations
of panel flayed |
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Demolition
trouble: Sec 144 imposed Watch out at level
crossing!
Governor’s wife distributes blankets Motor vehicles
inspector held
‘Raise cane price by Rs 10 per quintal’ 3 of
marriage party killed in accident Newly-wed
youth sets himself aflame MDU to
computerise departments Robbers
kill old man, loot cash Student
murdered, body found burnt Lawyers’
bail plea rejected Factory
fire tragedy: owner gets RI Haryana starts SC staff’s
reversion No
arbitrary fines: HVPN HUDA to
allot industrial plots Beedi
agent robbed Ex-MC
employees seek pension All set for third phase
of pulse polio drive Hindi
typing contest on Jan 27 Arya
Samaj chief asked to quit
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HVP: Chautala govt has failed to deliver FATEHABAD, Jan 19 — The Haryana Vikas Party (HVP) organised a demonstration against the alleged anti-people policies of the Chautala government here today. Mr Surender Singh, secretary-general of the party and former MP, led the demonstration. HVP workers assembled at the local Ram Seva Samiti Dharamshala and went to the Deputy Commissioner’s office in a procession. The workers were holding placards carrying slogans against the Haryana Government. They gave a memorandum to he Deputy Commissioner. The memorandum, addressed to the Governor, said the Haryana Government had failed to fulfil any of the promises it made to the people before coming to power. The party sought the Governor’s intervention in the matter. Earlier, addressing mediapersons at the Papiha Tourist Complex, Mr Surender Singh said the “failure of the Chautala government on all fronts” was an open secret. He said the INLD which claimed to champion the cause of farmers and villagers had now lost its popularity among them. He sad people had lost faith in the INLD government. He said before the Assembly Elections, Mr Chautala used to criticise the division of the power board into different nigams, but now he had adopted a studied silence on the issue. He said that this was vindication. He said Mr Chautala had promised to announce a special package for the farmers but had now forgotten all those promises. Instead of doing any good for the farmers, Mr Chautala had now been taking one anti-farmer decision after the other, he alleged. The agriculture produce of the farmers was being sold at throwaway prices, the registration fee for tractors had been increased manifold, power
tariff had been hiked considerably and getting a new tubewell connection had become a tedious and costlier job now. Mr Surender Singh alleged that the development activities in the state had come to a standstill. The government, he alleged, had been befooling the people by giving false statistics about development activities. He termed the “sarkar aapke dwar” programme as a fraud not only with the people of Haryana but also with the Central Government. He said the Centre had sent money to the Deputy Commissioners to be distributed to panchayats. But they instead of doing this, used the money in the “sarkar aapke dwar” programme of the Chief Minister. Mr Surender Singh expressed concern over the move of the Central Government to lower the minimum support price for wheat and said the HVP workers would launch a “jail bharo drive” if the government dared to take the step. Senior HVP leaders, including the HVP general secretary, Mr Ram Changer Jangra, and Mr Dalbir Singh Gandhi, the district HVP President, Mr Gian Chand Pruthi, Mr Ravi Lamba, Mr Kuljeet Singh, Mr Pahlad Singh, Mrs Daya Verma, Mrs Daya Laxmi Tiwari and Mrs Yaswanti Jiani participated in the demonstration. |
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Hooda’s claim on
canal water share REWARI, Jan 19 — The HPCC President, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, has asserted that it was he who can make canal water available to Ahirwal. He announced this while addressing a workers’ rally organised here yesterday in protest against the anti-people policies of the Chautala government. He stated that the water of the Ravi and Beas allotted to Haryana in 1977, which was meant for Ahirwal and Rohtak district was given to certain other districts of the state by the then rulers of Haryana. He added that it was now disheartening to see that the monthly two-week canal water supply to Ahirwal had now been arbitrarily reduced to one-week supply by the present Chautala regime. Taking a dig at the style of functioning of Mr Chautala, the HPCC President said while unemployment among youths had increased manifold, Mr Chautala had been able to eliminate unemployment in his own family in which Mr Devi Lal was now a member of the Rajya Sabha, Mr Chautala himself was the Chief Minister, his elder son, Ajay Singh Chautala was MP from Bhiwani and his younger son Mr Abhey Singh Chautala was a legislator from Rori assembly segment. He announced that he along with workers of the party would gherao the Haryana Assembly in Chandigarh during its forthcoming Budget session. Earlier, addressing the rally Capt Ajay Singh Yadav, deputy leader of the Haryana Congress Legislature Party, demanded equitable district-wise distribution of all available canal water in Haryana. He also sought abrogation of the gram vikas samitis which he said were usurping the rights of the gram panchayats. The rally was also addressed among others by Mrs Anita Yadav, president of the Haryana Mahila Congress, former minister Shakuntala Bhagwaria and the Haryana Mahila Congress general secretary Veena Jhamb. However, Rao Inderjeet Singh, Congress legislator of Jatusana, and his supporters were conspicuous by their absence. Later, they marched to the district secretariat where they submitted a memorandum to the district authorities. |
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Work on 557 projects
completed FATEHABAD, Jan 19 — The Commissioner, Hisar division, Mrs Umesh Nanda, yesterday reviewed the progress of development activities undertaken by the district administration under the ‘sarkar aap ke dwar’ programme. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anil Malik, the S.P, Mr Hanif Qureshi, and senior officers of various government departments were present. The Deputy Commissioner said that a total of 842 announcements were made by the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, during his ‘sarkar aap ke dwar’ programme here. Out of these, work on 557 projects had already been completed. Work on 243 other projects was in progress, while proposals for 42 projects had been sent for sanction. In the Fatehabad and Bhattu Kalan assembly segments of this districts, 283 and 170 projects, respectively, were announced in the second phase of the programme. These included works by the Development Department, construction of veterinary hospitals, works by the Panchayati Raj institutions and the DRDA. Mr Qureshi claimed that the law and order situation in the district was under control. He said there was a considerable decline in the number of cases registered under the Indian Penal Code. However, the number of cases under the Gambling Act, Betting and Excise Act had registered an increase. The Deputy Commissioner apprised the Commissioner of the shortage of funds for certain projects like the district record room, sports stadium, town park and mini secretariat at
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Oppn stand on power
tariff hike sought FARIDABAD, Jan 19 — The All Haryana Power Corporation’s Worker Union has asked the opposition parties in the state to ‘clarify’ their stand on the issue of hike in power tariff and privatisation of power authority. Mr Subhash Lamba, spokesman of the union, in a statement issued here said yesterday that Opposition leaders had so far ‘failed’ to come out clearly whether they oppose privatisation and corporatisation, which he claimed had been the main reason behind frequent hike in power tariff. The union claimed that the issue had assumed serious proportions. He said the employees of the power sector, who had been doing their job despite psychological pressure, were a victim of apathy of the authorities concerned. Claiming that there have been several irregularities in the pay scales of the electricity staff, a large number of employees have not got their GPF statements for 1999-2000 so far. Moreover, medical bills have not been cleared and above all there was staff shortage in many wings of the department. |
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Industrialist’s murder case solved KURUKSHETRA, Jan 19 — Following the arrest of Ranjana Kumari, a resident of New Delhi, the local police claims to have solved the mystery of murder of Delhi-based industrialist, Kanwal Kapoor whose body was found from the bedroom of his farm house at Sandhauli village near Pehowa, 25 km from here, on the night of January 9. In her confession, Ranjana (22) told the police that she was employed with a property dealer in Delhi Kamaljeet alias Chacha, a friend of Kanwal Kapoor, through whom she became familiar with Kanwal Kapoor and later developed illicit relations with him. She said she along with Kanwal Kapoor had gone to the Sandhauli farm house on January 9. After dinner Kanwal Kapoor consumed two energy capsules following which he complained of an acute pain in his chest and was feeling suffocated. He died after sometime. When Ranjana found that he had died, she decided to run away. She took away Kapoor’s car, a computer laptop, C.D. bag, a walkman and a briefcase. On the way to Kurukshetra, her car struck against a culvert, following which, she took a lift to Karnal. On January 14, she left all the stolen items in the house of her relative in Ram Nagar, Karnal. The District Police Chief, on being contacted, said the police succeeded in arresting Ranjana after getting the address of Kamaljeet from Kapoor’s servant. Investigation was going on and it was believed that either too much drinking or consuming too many energy capsules had caused Kapoor’s death. He further said it was also doubted that Ranjana might have added something poisonous to Kapoor’s drink. However, the result of Kapoor’s viscera report was being awaited. Meanwhile, Ranjana had been sent to police remand for 14 days, he
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Recommendations of panel flayed SONEPAT, Jan 19 — A former Haryana minister and a senior Congress leader, Mr Krishan Murti Hooda, yesterday condemned the recommendations of the Agriculture Costs and Prices Commission to reduce the minimum support price for wheat by over Rs 60 per quintal. In a press note issued here, he said the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre had betrayed the interests of the farmers. He said the members of the commission seem to be anti-farmer and did not even know about the difficulties faced by the farmers in the country. The prices of the agriculture inputs like diesel, fertilisers, pesticides and electricity, he said, had already been increased substantially and it would be difficult for farmers to sell their produce, including wheat, at low rates. Mr Hooda urged the Central Government to immediately reject recommendations of the commission and enhance the support price of wheat for the current season. He said the financial status of farmers had deteriorated after the subsidy on fertilisers had been withdrawn by the Central Government and diesel and electricity rates were increased. Farmers were forced to commit suicide in various parts of the country, he added. He made an appeal to the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Mr Chandra Babu Naidu, the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, and the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, to register their strong protest against the recommendations of the commission and force the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, to reject anti-farmer recommendations without any further delay. He warned that if the Prime Minister failed to do so, a countrywide agitation by farmer organisations would be launched.
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Demolition trouble:
Sec 144 imposed FARIDABAD, Jan 19 — Notwithstanding their claim that the demolition of ‘encroachment’ by the Sidhdata Trust Ashram here on Surajkund road had been correct, the district authorities seem to have become extra careful. They have imposed Section 144 in the district to prevent any trouble in view of the ashram’s proposed protest rally here on January 21 coinciding with the visit of Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala. While the district authorities and Haryana Urban Development Authority
(HUDA) have documents to prove that the ashram had encroached upon its land, the ashram has no proof about ownership or transfer of the land on which a goshala, dharamshala and boundary wall were built. But the authorities apprehend some trouble due to the large following of the ashram and temple. The demonstration by ashram devotees. A few days ago here sent the alarm bells ringing for the administration. It is apprehended that the devotees could ‘gherao’ the CM and disturb the ‘Sarkar Apke Dwar’ at
Ballabgarh. According to some social activists, the ‘bowing’ of the CM to political and religious pressure regarding the demolition of a temple at Sector 28 here in October last has motivated the devotees of the ashram to build the same type of pressure. |
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Watch out at level
crossing! AMBALA, Jan 19 — A railway level crossing, manned or unmanned, seems to be a point where people are in a tearing hurry to cross over with scant regard for safety. The long whistles by a fast approaching train fail to deter most motorists and this result in accidents, similar to the recent one at an unmanned level crossing near Mohanpura on Sriganganagar-Abohar section leading to the death of six persons when the train hit their vehicle. Ambala Division, which is spread over five states and one Union Territory, alone has 634 level crossings. The manned level crossings in the division are only 348 which is 54.88 per cent of the total number and the rest are unmanned level crossings. The Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Mr Ashwini Kapoor, has strongly advised that people should not try to cross a level crossing when the gates have been closed. “People should be extra cautious when it comes to unmanned level crossing. They must carefully look before crossing over,” he said. To generate awareness among people, an audio cassette has been prepared. “This audio cassette will be played at various places which will make people aware,” he added. Mr Kapoor said that rumble strips on both sides act as speed breakers. “These strips are important in an unmanned level crossing. There is also a board regarding the railway level crossing,” he said. “At a manned level crossing, three gatemen are on round-the-clock duty. The duty roster of the gatemen is fixed depending on the total vehicle units,” Mr Kapoor said. “When a gateman receives a message, a private number is exchanged. Interlocking is an important aspect of a level crossing,” he added. For the train driver, a W/L board, which means whistle at level crossing, is placed while approaching the level crossing. The train driver has to whistle at both manned and unmanned level crossings. The ADRM stated that it is the responsibility of the person who is crossing over and the Railway Act makes it clear that it will considered as trespassing while the Motor Vehicle Act considers it as negligent driving. He said that a request has been forwarded to the MPs to allocate funds from the MP Local Area Development Fund for taking up works for railway level crossings. Mr Kapoor pointed out that in Japan, there is no need to close gates. “Only a bell rings and people do not cross over,” he said. He also stressed that people must take care of their cattle which tend to stray onto the tracks. |
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Governor’s wife distributes blankets YAMUNANAGAR, Jan 19 — Mrs Sudesh Kumari, first lady of Haryana and chairperson of the Managing Committee, Sainik Pariwar Bhavan, Haryana, has said that Haryana is providing maximum educational and rehabilitation facilities to the dependants of ex-servicemen and martyrs and war widows. She was speaking at a function last evening at Sainik Pariwar Bhavan, Chhachhrauli, near here. She also appreciated the vocational training facilities being provided free of cost to the war widows, ex-servicemen, serving defence personnel and their dependants. Brig Sher Singh Nagwan (retd), member secretary, Management Committee Sainik Parivar Bhavan, said the Bhavan was providing free training, boarding and lodging facilities to war widows. He said free training facilities were being provided in computers, cutting and tailoring and stenography in Hindi and English. He said all courses were recognised and affiliated with the Directorate-General of Employment and Training, Government of India. Later, Mrs Sudesh Kumari who is also the Vice-President of the Haryana State Council for Child Welfare visited the Bal Kunj, Chhachhrauli, and took keen interest in inspecting the Juvenile Home. She also went round the “Shishu Grih” at Chhachhrauli where 16 abandoned children are being brought up. She distributed 15 blankets to the needy persons and some utensils to students to the Bal Kunj, which were donated by Mrs Sushma Jain, an industrialist in Yamunanagar. Mr Rajiv Sharma Deputy commissioner,
Yamunanagar, and chairman of the Bal Kunj, welcomed the chief guest. Ms Phoolpati, honorary general secretary, Haryana State Council for Child Welfare, City Magistrate, Mr I.P. Bishnoi, Rena Phullia, SDM, Jagadhri, Lt-col Prakash Chander, Secretary, Zila Board, Captain J.S. Chouhan and officers of the child welfare council were also present on the occasion. |
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Motor vehicles
inspector held KAITHAL, Jan 19 — Three persons, including a Motor Vehicles Inspector, a clerk in the Regional Transport Authority (RTA), Karnal, and a tout were arrested by a raiding party comprising Mr Ashok Bishnoi, SDM, and Mr Amir Singh DSP, here this evening and booked under Sections 7, 13, 49 and 88 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and 420 of the IPC. Giving details to mediapersons here, the SP Mr A.S. Chawla, said he had received secret information that
Inspector Ved Pal and Gobind Singh, clerk, were in the town for passing heavy vehicles under the Motor Vehicles Act. They passed vehicles without physical
verification and charged Rs 400 for trucks, Rs 2000 for private buses and Rs 500 for maxi-cabs. However, these vehicles passed for fitness were plying elsewhere. The SP said a tout, Subhash Khatri of Samalkha, used to mediate between department officials and the vehicle owners. The raiding party took all three into custody following the recovery of Rs 47,710 against receipts issued for Rs 8,650. Besides, 68 passing forms, registration books of vehicles and files containing documents of vehicles likely to be passed were also recovered from them. |
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‘Raise cane price by Rs 10 per quintal’ CHANDIGARH, Jan 19 — The Haryana Krishak Samaj (HKS) has demanded an increase in the price paid to sugarcane farmers for their produce. In a press statement here, Mr Satpal Kaushik, general secretary of the HKS, said while the weight of sugarcane had reduced due to the lack of rain during the past five months, the percentage of sugar extracted from the cane had risen by 1 per cent. The recovery of sugar this year was 9.5 per cent against 8.5 per cent last year, the statement claimed and added that by February-March, it could go up to 11 per cent. While the sugar mill owners were benefiting from the situation, the state government’s decision to freeze the price of sugarcane had exposed its anti-farmer character, the HKS alleged. The statement added that the prices of various inputs needed for sugarcane cultivation had gone up twofold since last year and urged the state government to call an urgent meeting of the Sugarcane Control Board and increase the price of sugarcane by Rs 10 per quintal. It also alleged that farmers were being cheated by state government officials at purchase centres in weighing of their produce. The statement said the HKS would soon organise a state-level conference on the problem of farmers at Jind. |
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3 of marriage party
killed in accident SIRSA, Jan 19 — Four persons were killed and seven others injured in different accidents in the district. According to the information received here today, a jeep carrying a marriage party met with an accident near Rohan village near Kalanwali in the district killing three and leaving six persons injured. The jeep was returning from Mansa when the driver lost control and the jeep dashed into a tree. The injured were admitted to the local Civil Hospital. In another accident, a young man died on the spot at the local Sangwan Chowk, when a truck dashed into a canter of the Haryana Vidyut Parsaran Nigam crushing a youth on the spot. |
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Newly-wed youth
sets himself aflame FATEHABAD, Jan 19 — Furious at the decision of his in-laws not to send his wife with him, a youth tried to commit suicide in Hanspur village last evening. He has been admitted to the local General Hospital with serious burn injuries. According to reports, Khushal Singh’s wife had recently gone to meet her parents. When he went there to fetch her, his in-laws refused to sent her with him. After returning to his village, he sprinkled kerosene on his clothes and set these on fire. Neighbours came to his rescue and put off the flames. |
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MDU to computerise departments ROHTAK, Jan 19 — To keep pace with the computer age, the Maharshi Dayanand University has started computerisation of various administrative branches and teaching departments. According to official sources, the university administration is likely to purchase 85 computers in a few days for the purpose. The campaign for computer training of employees has already started. The Vice-Chancellor, Maj-Gen Bhim Singh Suhag (retd), has constituted a committee comprising senior teachers of the university which would decide the posts of employees for which working knowledge of computers would be made an essential qualification in future. The recommendations of the committee would be put forward in the meeting of the executive council of the university for approval. The Vice-Chancellor has reportedly asked different departments to apprise him of their requirements in this connection. Reputed computer manufacturing companies are also being negotiated by the university authorities for the purpose. |
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Robbers
kill old man, loot cash PANIPAT, Jan 19 — An aged couple has reportedly been murdered yesterday by some persons in the premises of a spinning mill near Jattipur village under Samalkha Police station in the district. Cash amounting to Rs 75,000 was also reportedly looted. According to information, an old couple Banarasi Dass and Shimla Devi had been residing in their spinning mill — Uggarsain Spinning Mill — near the village for the past one-and-a-half year. The incident came to notice when an electrician entered their room and found the couple dead. He reportedly informed about it to the couple’s sons who were residing in the HUDA sector here. On receiving the information, the Samalkha police reached the factory. The bodies brought for a post-mortem examination in the local Civil Hospital here. In the post-mortem report, Banarasi Dass had received head injuries. His viscera has been sent for a medical examination to Karnal to ascertain the cause of death. However, Shimla Devi suspectedly died of shock after seeing the murder of her husband. A case under Section 302 of the IPC has been registered. |
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Student murdered, body found burnt ROHTAK, Jan 19 — A student of the local Jat College was allegedly murdered and the body was set afire by putting it on a heap of cow dung cakes at the Kalhawar village yesterday. The body was almost completely burnt. The deceased has been identified as Vikram, a student of B.A.-I. When contacted, the SSP, Mr Subhash Yadav, said the charred body was beyond identification. However, he said the police found a shoe near the spot of incident, which led them to identification of the body. He said remaining part of the body would be sent for DNA testing as it was not fit for a post-mortem examination. A case has been registered under Section 302 and 201 of IPC on the complaint of Jai Singh, a member of the block samiti. Meanwhile, three car-borne youths snatched Rs 65,000 from a bidi supplier on the Badli-Najafgarh road today. According to police sources, a Maruti car intercepted the Tata-407 and decamped with the money. They also took away the keys of the vehicle. A case has been registered. |
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Lawyers’ bail plea rejected FARIDABAD, Jan 19 — The district and sessions court here has rejected the bail application of seven lawyers arrested and sent in judicial custody by the Chief Judicial Magistrate recently on charges of misbehaving and abusing a judge here. It is reported that counsel for the accused had moved bail application. The accused which include a chief of one of the Bar associations had been arrested on January 15 and remanded in judicial custody for 14 days after a complaint was lodged by a Judge, Mr Chander Hass, that they not only misbehaved with him but also made casteist remarks in the courtroom on January 8. Meanwhile, another group of the district Bar association headed by Mr H.R. Bhardwaj held a meeting and condemned the incident. The association said all Bar associations should be intimated that no agitation should be launched as there was no protest by the lawyers. Mr Bhardwaj said work at the district courts was as usual and the lawyers had no sympathy for the arrested lawyers. He said the Bar association had also resolved that the Bar council of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh should take action against these lawyers. |
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Factory fire tragedy:
owner gets RI ROHTAK, Jan 19 — The Additional Sessions Judge, Mr Shiva Sharma, today sentenced Arjun Dev Chawla, proprietor of Krishna Fire Works to three years’ rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh under Section 304 (Part-II), IPC, (culpable homicide not amounting to murder). A blazing inferno had engulfed the cracker factory owned by Chawla on May 24, 1995, in which 25 persons had lost their lives and some others suffered injuries. Dinesh, a son of Chawla, was however, acquitted as he was not present at the time of the incident. After the announcement of the order, Chawla paid the fine amount on the spot. Soon after, Chawla moved an application for the suspension of the sentence to enable him to file an appeal in the high court. The Additional Sessions Judge, accepted the application and suspended the sentence for one month. |
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Haryana starts SC staff’s
reversion CHANDIGARH, Jan 19 — The Haryana Government has started the process of reverting Scheduled Caste employees in pursuance of the implementation of the Supreme Court judgement in the Ajit Singh Janjua case-II. Only those Scheduled Caste employees will be affected who had been earlier given the benefit of accelerated promotions. The reversion process has started after the dismissal of a petition filed by two Scheduled Caste employees in the Punjab and Haryana High Court a few days ago. Employees of the general category and backward classes had been agitating for long to press for the implementation of the Supreme Court judgement on the issue. According to informed sources, 10 employees of the Directorate of Higher Education were reverted today. These employees included two Assistant Directors, Mr Ajmer Singh and Mr Sant Lal, a Registrar, Mr C.S. Kataria, and four Superintendents — Mr Hawa Singh, Mr Prabhu Ram Dabra, Mr Surat Singh Naggar and Mr Sardara Singh. It is learnt the Chief Secretary has issued directions to all departments to implement the judgement. |
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No arbitrary fines: HVPN FATEHABAD, Jan 19 — The Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN) today sought to dispel misgivings on the mode of load calculation adopted by HVPN teams during the ongoing power theft detection in the district. Mr V.K. Singla, executive engineer of the Fatehabad Division of the HVPN, told mediapersons today that some vested interests were spreading the rumour that the HVPN had been imposing heavy fines arbitrarily. According to the procedure adopted by the HVPN, whenever the vigilance team of the nigam detected power theft, it calculated the total load and considered only 15 per cent of it as actual consumption in 24 hours. He said after this, the actual bills paid by the consumer were deducted. The balance amount was doubled to calculate the fine. He said the HVPN assessed a load of 1 kv for three power plugs, only 40 watts for three plugs, 60 watts for a fan and 40 watts for a electric bulb or a tube. The department normally did not impose any fine in case the consumer had increased the load
unauthorised but no power theft was detected. However, he said, no one was authorised to increase the load without prior permission. |
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HUDA to allot
industrial plots CHANDIGARH, Jan 19 — The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) today invited applications for the allotment of free hold industrial plots at prime locations near Delhi. The booking will begin on January 22. The plots will be allotted at Gurgaon, Sohna, Rewari, Dharuhera, Faridabad, Hathin, Hisar, Bhiwani, Rohtak and Panipat. An official spokesman of HUDA said the allotment of plots would be on a first-cum-first-served basis, till these were available. Interviews of the applicants would begin in February. |
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Beedi agent robbed JHAJJAR, Jan 19 — Even as the celebrations of solving the Tuesday’s highway robbery, in which a wholesale dealer of beedi was looted to over Rs 9 lakh, were yet to die down, the district police yesterday came across another case with one more beedi agent robbed of Rs 65,000 by three car-borne persons on the Jajafgarh-Badli road near Badli village of the district. According to information, Manoj Jain, after supplying the beedi stock in Badli was coming back in his Tata 407, along with his two associates. When they reached near a gurukul, situated along the road, a white Maruti car blocked their way after overtaking their vehicle and three persons armed with pistols came out of the car and snatched from him the bag containing the cash. The Bahadurgarh police has registered a case under Sections 392 and 34 of the IPC. The deteriorating law and order situation has shattered the confidence of business community after second robbery case within three days in the district. |
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Ex-MC employees seek pension YAMUNANAGAR, Jan 19 — Former employees of municipal councils of the state have demanded that the state government should provide pension to those employees who had retired before April 16, 1992. In a letter written to the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, they said they had served the municipalities for more than 30 years and were thus entitled to pension. The previous regime of Congress-I had decided to provide pension to those employees who retired before April 16,1992, they said. Mr Janak Raj, general secretary of Ex-employees of Haryana Municipalities Union said here today that the government should consider the case of ex-employees. |
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All set for third phase
of pulse polio drive CHANDIGARH, Jan 19 —The Haryana Health Department today claimed to have geared up for the implementation of the third phase of the pulse polio immunisation campaign on January 21. The Haryana Minister of State for Health, Dr M.L. Ranga, said 13,000 pulse polio immunisation posts had been set up to administer polio drops to 36 lakh children below the age of five years on that day. |
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Hindi typing
contest on Jan 27 CHANDIGARH, Jan 19 — The Haryana Education and Languages Department today decided to conduct Hindi typing and administrative Hindi terminology competitions to mark Hindi Day at S.C.O. 173-174 in Sector 17-C here. An official spokesman said the administrative Hindi terminology competition would be held on January 24 at 11.30 a.m. and the Hindi typing competition on January 27 at 11 a.m. The winners would be given cash prizes. All Class III employees of state government departments, except those relating to English-Hindi translation, located in Chandigarh or Panchkula could participate in these competitions. |
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Arya Samaj chief asked to quit HISAR, Jan 19 — Congress legislator Om Parkash Jindal has asked former minister Hari Saini to resign from the presidentship of the local Arya Samaj immediately. In a press note issued here yesterday he said Mr Saini and his family had not contributed anything to the samaj. He said Mr Saini had no right to continue as president of the samaj as the Sarvdeshik Pratinidhi Sabha had already expelled him from the primary membership of the samaj. The legislator said the samaj was not filing its yearly returns to the Income Tax authorities. |
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