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Friday,
July 26, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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And now posters in
Bhajan’s favour Haryana seeks Rs 615-cr relief Move on paid seats
in colleges opposed Declare Bhiwani drought-hit: Congress Chatain irrigation project opened
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Mystery shrouds man’s death 20 kg of opium seized, 4
held Writers, poets to be honoured Meeting put off Youth killed following
altercation
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And now posters in
Bhajan’s favour Chandigarh, July 25 A large number of posters have appeared in various parts of the state, calling upon the people to urge AICC President Sonia Gandhi to appoint former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal as the Haryana unit chief. Printed on a glossy paper, the multi-coloured posters urge Mrs Gandhi on behalf of “the people of Haryana and Congress workers” to make “hardworking, experienced and honest Bhajan Lal” as the state party chief and strengthen the Congress in Haryana. Purported to have been published by Rajesh of the Congress Ekta Manch, a little known organisation, the posters urge the people to write to Mrs Gandhi at 24, Akbar Road, New Delhi, which is the AICC headquarters, a single-line request : “Ham Shri Bhajan Lal ko pradeshadhyaksh ke roop main chahte hain (We want Mr Bhajan Lal as the state Congress president)”. The posters also inform that already “10,000 request letters” have already been sent to Mrs Gandhi. The posters carry photographs of Mr Bhajan Lal and Mrs Gandhi also. The factions opposed to Mr Bhajan Lal are formulating their response to these posters. The response of the high command is not known. Neutral observers feel that whatever gains the Haryana Congress may have made by supporting the farmers’ agitation are likely to be frittered away by this open poster war, which is merely the manifestation of the deep-rooted factionalism in the party. |
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Haryana seeks Rs 615-cr relief Chandigarh, July 25 Agriculture Minister Jaswinder Singh Sandhu said the assistance had been sought to provide relief to farmers. A comprehensive contingency plan had been prepared to overcome the drought-like situation. The farmers had been advised to divert their paddy crop to other alternative crops which needed minimum water. Additional quantities of seeds of alternative crops like moong, mash, moth, toria, guar and bajra had been made available in all districts. |
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Move on paid seats
in colleges opposed Chandigarh, July 25 Some parents intimated the TNS about the system of paid seats being introduced in the state. The guardians also brought the issue to the notice of the Higher Education Department of Haryana. The department, while expressing its inability to do anything about the matter as it was under the jurisdiction of the university, clarified that there was no plan to introduce the paid seat system in government colleges of the state. According to sources, the aided colleges under the varsity have been allowed to offer admission to students to the B.Com (Part I) classes in lieu of Rs 10,000. Each college is being allowed to admit 10 students in the paid category. Similarly, five students per college are being allowed admission in the postgraduate level in science, commerce and arts streams against a payment of Rs 10,000 per head. The colleges, however, have been barred from offering the existing seats to the paid category students. For having such students, the colleges will have to create additional seats. S.C. Jain College of Ambala has already allowed admission to students in B.Com (Part I) after accepting Rs 10,000 from each of them. When contacted, Mr C.L. Singla, Principal of the college, said they had introduced the system of having paid seats after obtaining the requisite permission from Kurukshetra University. The money taken from the students of this category would be spent for the development of the college, he said. Mr R.S. Chaudhary, Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University, said it was decided to allow colleges to have paid seats in view of the rush of students seeking admission. |
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Declare Bhiwani drought-hit: Congress Bhiwani, July 25 The committee, later, submitted a memorandum to the Governor through the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mr R.P. Gupta, demanding Rs 5,000 per acre as compensation for the ruined cotton crop, Rs 3,000 per acre for jawar, bajra, guwar crops, clean drinking water and electricity, adequate arrangement for fodder and suspension of recovery of all types of loans. Mr Dharmbir Singh, Congress MLA, said crops had been damaged in this area due to the non-availability of power and water. The president of the District Congress Committee (Rural), Mr Sandeep Singh said the situation in the district would become serious if adequate electricity and power were not provided immediately. |
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Chatain irrigation project opened Fatehabad, July 25 Mr Chautala was addressing a public meeting at Nangla village in this district after inaugurating the Chatain minor irrigation project there built at a cost of Rs 1.50 crore. He said his government wanted to complete the repairs and lining of all minors and canals in the state before it started getting its share of the SYL water. With this share, more than 4.5 lakh acres of additional agricultural land in the state would be irrigated through canal waters. This would help Haryana farmers to earn an additional income of Rs 500 crore per year. The Chief Minister said his government had taken several steps to augment the power generation. During the past two and a half years, over 661 MW had been generated while during the three-and-a-half year term of the HVP government, only 188 MW could be added. |
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Mystery shrouds man’s death Kurukshetra, July 25 According to the FIR lodged by his father Subhash Chander Sharma, Neeraj was married to Rekha, a local girl. Following an altercation between the two about one-a- half years ago, Rekha along with her son returned to her parent’s house here. Following mediation by some relatives Neeraj had come here on July 22 to fetch his wife and son to Ambala. However, his in-laws allegedly insulted Neeraj such an extent that he could not tolerate and was compelled to finish his life by consuming poisonous tablets. Declaring it to be an unclaimed body,Neeraj’s body was sent to a local private nursing home, where he was declared brought dead. The body was cremated after a post-mortem yesterday. The police has registered a case against Neeraj’s wife Rekha, mother-in-law Anjana, father-in—law Rajbeer as well as brothers in-law Pankaj and Sunil for allegedly compelling Neeraj to commit suicide. |
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20 kg of opium seized, 4
held Ambala, July 25 The Superintendent of Police, Ambala, Mr Manoj Yadava, said the police had seized a tip-off that a truck carrying opium from Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh was coming here. The opium was meant to be distributed at dhabas located in Kurukshetra district. A naka was set up near Tangri river. The truck was intercepted at the
naka. During a search of the truck, the opium consignment was found to be hidden under a seat behind the driver’s seat. The police has registered a case under the NDPS Act and arrested
Babloo, Amin Shah, Shabir Shah and Mukhtiar Singh. The truck has been impounded. The opium recovered is said to be worth Rs 10 lakh. |
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Writers, poets to be honoured Chandigarh, July 25 Stating this here today, Mr Chander Trikha, Director of the Academy, said a meeting of the directors of Sahitya Academies of Hindi-speaking states will be held immediately after the function. Representatives from Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana will take part in the meeting, he said. |
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Meeting put off Chandigarh, July 25 A spokesman of the Education Department said here today that the meeting had been convened by the minister to remove the misconceptions among the teaching community that the teachers were being made surplus for retrenchment in the name of rationalisation. |
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Youth killed following
altercation Ambala, July 25 The incident took place when an altercation started between Vinod Yadav and Atoo Ansari over some matter. Vinod Yadav sustained serious injuries. He was taken to the local hospital where he was declared brought dead. |
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