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March 13, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Cong workers' training begins Haryana Budget today Ansari still a mystery for police Probe ordered into baby’s death Two held for taking
bribe from 98-yr-old SD College alumni holds first reunion |
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Cong workers' training begins Shahabad (Kurukshetra), March 12 The two-day camp here has been organised jointly by the Haryana Krishak Samaj and the Kisan Mazdoor Congress, a frontal organisation of the Congress. It was inaugurated by the former Speaker of the Lok Sabha and all-India President of the Kisan Mazdoor Congress, Mr Balram Jakhar. A host of leaders will try to "educate" about 2000 delegates about the state of agriculture economy and its future in the background of the NDA government's policies made under the influence of the WTO and the World Bank, the current political situation in Haryana and how to be a good Congressman and strengthen Congress base. The President of the Haryana Krishak Samaj, Mr Shamsher Singh Surjewala, who is the main organiser of the camp, said delegates would create a public opinion in their areas. The President of the Haryana Congress, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, said various cells, departments and frontal organisations had been directed by the party high command to organise such camps at various places in the state within the next few months. These cells had also been told to constitute their state bodies by the first week of next month. As a departure from the past practice, each delegate was required to pay Rs 100 as registration charges. One of the organisers said the registration charges had been introduced to test the sincerity of the delegates. Speakers projected the Congress as the "real friend" of the farming communities and dubbed the BJP “a party which has always been anti-poor and anti-farmer”. Mr Surjewala said since the ruling INLD had made the Assembly redundant, it was better if the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, used his good offices with the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, to get the House dissolved and he himself should become the Governor. This way, he said sarcastically, Mr Chautala would not have to gag the Opposition MLAs. Mr Hooda said Indira Gandhi introduced the concept of minimum support price for agriculture crops when the farmers were finding it difficult to sell their produce. Now there was a downward trend in the prices of agricultural produce but this had not benefited the consumers because the prices of finished products continued to increase. A former minister, Mr Nirmal Singh, alleged that the BJP government would end subsidies on various agricultural inputs in the near future. He said the training camp was a "rehearsal" for the "hisab lagao" rally which the party would soon organise at Kurukshetra. He said the non-Congress governments had failed to provide a stable government. Mr Jakhar too described Mr Ajit Singh, Union Agriculture Minister, as "a person who knows nothing about agriculture and who is not a farmer". A resolution demanded that the interest rate on agriculture loans should be reduced to 6 per cent. Another resolution alleged that the Chautala family was throwing all democratic norms to the wind. |
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Haryana Budget today Chandigarh, March 12 Official sources here said that investment in creating a better infrastructure in the state would be financially rewarding in the long term making it easier for the government to pump in more money in the social sector. Various organisations, including the CII and the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, had earlier presented pre-Budget memoranda to the Haryana Finance Minister, Mr Sampat Singh. The Finance Minister also received feedback from private individuals regarding the Budget. “It will be a people-friendly Budget catering to the needs of all sections of the society, “ claimed a government functionary. |
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Ansari still a mystery for police Ambala, March 12 The police is investigating how could it be possible that the account of a person remained operative in the bank for around a decade without his presence. Moreover, it is also a matter of investigation that who had verified the identification of Ansari at the time of opening of the bank account. The police believe that one of the accused, Joginder Pal, was operating the account of Ansari and Co by putting the signature of Ansari. The police is still verifying whether the signature of Ansari tally with the handwriting of Joginder Pal or some other person was being used for signing fake signature. Initially the police was believing that Joginder Pal must be knowing about Ansari. As many as six refund vouchers out of 37 were directly submitted to the treasury by the firm and Joginder Pal had verified the identification of Ansari and Co and its proprietor, Ashok Ansari. Later during investigation it was revealed that neither the firm nor its proprietor was existing in Ambala. According to information, about Rs 54.57 lakh was deposited in the account of Ansari and Co during 2001-2002, while through 49 cheques around Rs 62.85 lakh was withdrawn in favour of Sun Surgical, Suman electricals and others. The 28 bearer cheques for Rs 21.85 lakh were also issued during this period. Two persons stated to be known to Joginder Pal had received the payment of these bearer cheques from the bank. As many as 13 cheques for Rs 23 lakh were issued in favour of an electrical concern, while six cheques for Rs 15 lakh were issued to Sun Surgical during the past one year. Two cheques (670562 and 670567) for Rs 3 lakh were also issued in favour of Joginder Pal on November 21 and December 11, 2001, which were deposited in the Bank of Punjab, Ambala cantonment. The refund voucher process would have continued if the Taxation Department, the Treasury Officer and the police had not worked in team spirit. According to information, first of all an anonymous complaint was received by Mr D.P. Sarohi, Joint Excise and Taxation Commissioner, in this regard on February 21. After verifying some records immediately cross-checked it with the Treasury Officer and asked him to check the other refund vouchers issued in favour of Ansari and Co. The Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner, Mr Mukesh Gambhir, had also visited the Treasury Office and both the officers went to the bank to inspect the account of Aansari and Co. Now the investigation is being conducted by a junior officer. However the SP, Mr Sandeep Khirwar, is monitoring the day-today proceeding of the case. Joginder Pal and another accused, Neena Gupta, arrested in this case, have been sent to judicial custody till March 18 by the Judicial Magistrate, Mr Najar Singh. In fact, the scam started on October 9, 1993, when a fake refund voucher for Rs 64, 550 was presented in a bank of Ambala city by Ansari and Co. The practice continue till November 29, 2001, when the last refund voucher for Rs 9,93,000 was drawn by the firm through the SBI branch. The treasury sent the schedule of their refund vouchers to the Excise and Taxation Department every month. It is obligatory for every Drawing and Disbursing Officer to tally the treasury schedule with the cash book and endorse a certificate that treasury expenditure schedule has been tallied. |
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Probe ordered into baby’s death Ambala, March 12 The incident took place on Monday when the wife of Mr Satish Raj was asked to be admitted to hospital after she underwent labour pain. Subsequently, she went to the toilet in the maternity ward. The doctor told her that the delivery would take at lest four to five hours. As soon as she went to the toilet the pain started and she delivered a male baby in the toilet. According to Satish Raj, the baby fell into the commode and died. The lady cried for help, but the staff on duty did not come even after 10 minutes. However, the hospital staff denied the allegations. The husband alleged that the death of the child took place due to the negligence of the hospital staff. The Civil Surgeon said that a senior doctor of the hospital, Dr
O.P. Arya, would conduct an inquiry into the matter. |
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Two held for taking
bribe from 98-yr-old Chandigarh, March 12 The accused have been identified as Dilbagh Singh and Om Parkash, both posted as senior audit officers in the DPDO. They were brought from Hisar here this morning. Following a complaint by the ex-serviceman’s grandson, Mange Ram, that the accused were demanding Rs 1,000 to remove certain anomalies in the pension scales, sleuths from the Chandigarh branch CBI laid a trap and reportedly caught the two red-handed. The accused were produced before a special CBI magistrate, who has remanded them to judicial custody till March 23. |
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SD College alumni holds first reunion Ambala, March 12 Mr K.B. Sharma (82), the oldest student to be present at the reunion, said it was a happy occasion for him. “I am pleased with the reunion as it is an excellent opportunity to catch up with old friends. However, I am yet to meet anyone from my batch,” said Mr Sharma who passed out in 1940. A cultural programme was presented by students of the college. The principal, Dr Deshbandhu, while speaking about the rich history of the college, said the college has been instrumental in building the future of a number of people who have gone on to become noted personalities in their chosen profession. He stressed that the college was striving towards greater heights and the former students form an important component of that effort. Dr Sushil Kansal, who compered the programme, said the alumni association has been formed after a lot of effort put in by the Principal.
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