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Congress misleading farmers on drought relief: Chautala Joining hands for Congress betterment Army launches anti-spy campaign Kidnapped
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Congress
misleading farmers on drought Fatehabad, September 18 Ridiculing the Congress demand of Rs 10,000 per acre as relief, Mr Chautala said that total land under cultivation in Haryana was one crore acres and the compensation as demanded by the Congress would come to Rs 10,000 crore. He said total budget of Haryana was Rs 1800 crore. He said Congress leaders spoke without caring for facts. He said that Mr Bhajan Lal became Congress president by making a false claim to Ms Sonia Gandhi that he would topple the government in three months. The Chief Minister claimed that 33,000 projects in the state had been completed and work on 6,235 projects was in progress. The Deputy Commissioners had been asked to complete these by October 2,2002. He said that the party was celebrating birth anniversary of Chaudhury Devi Lal on September 25 and he had come to invite them to that function. Mr Sampat Singh said that the government had been working to implement the slogan of the former Deputy Prime Minister Bhrishtachaar Band and Bijli Pani Ka Parbandh (No to corruption and provision of power and water for farmers). He said despite drought the government provide sufficient power and water to the farmers. President of the INLD Sher Singh Badshami also spoke. |
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Surjewala: INLD failed farmers Bhiwani, September 18 Addressing a press conference at the PWD rest house, he said the INLD and the Akali Dal could not protect the interests of the farmers. Admitting factionalism in the party, he said: “The Congress is a democratic party and not like other parties where only a few leaders are allowed to speak”. He said the Central Government was not declaring the MSP for crops on time, adding that the prices of urea, seeds, pesticides and other agricultural appliances had shot up. He said the Chief Minister had not given any clarification or reacted to the statement of Union Minister Ajit Singh on drought.
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Joining
hands for Congress betterment Chandigarh, September 18 Mr Bhajan Lal has been addressing a series of rallies after becoming the chief of the HPCC. Mr Hooda, who was replaced by Mr Bhajan Lal, and Mr Birender Singh, who was named as one of the probables for the HPCC chief’s post till Mr Bhajan Lal pulled out a surprise on him, had refrained from attending any of these meetings. Their absence from the rallies had made it clear that unity in the Haryana Congress was difficult to achieve. When asked what made him decide to attend tomorrow’s meeting, Mr Hooda explained that the exercise being carried out by the party to put up before the Delimitation Commission was an important matter which he would not like to ignore. “I have always said that I shall take part in AICC programmes and any other programme which will further the interest of the party in the state”, Mr Hooda said. Similarly, Mr Birender Singh, himself a former HPCC chief, said that a line must be drawn between the events being organised to felicitate Mr Bhajan Lal on becoming the HPCC chief and the programmes which were genuinely important. Tomorrow’s meeting, according to Mr Birender Singh, falls in the latter category and merits his attendance. |
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Army launches anti-spy campaign Hisar, September 18 The unit has detailed its 7th Det (Det) here to snuff out any Pakistani agents around Army establishments in the southern and western Haryana. The detachment has carried out general verification of all outsiders residing in the villages and towns around Army establishments in the past few weeks. Officers of the detachment have been addressing meetings of villagers where the locals have been asked to keep vigilant and report the presence of outsiders to the Army authorities. In these meetings army officers are giving villagers handy tips to detect suspects through their tell tale actions. The Army authorities verified antecedents of even migrant labourers employed in villages around the military stations. Similar steps have been taken in the case of shopkeepers around these stations. According to official sources there would be no let-up in the campaign. A Pakistani spy Asghar Ali was caught here a few months ago. His interrogation left the security agencies red in the face. It was found that he secured ration card on the recommendation of a Municipal Councillor. He was planning to marry a local woman and buying a house here when he was arrested. He ran a shop in front of the local military station and remained in touch with his superiors in Pakistan through the Internet. Since then security in the military station and the surrounding villages has been stepped up. |
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District
short of 238 cops Yamunanagar, September 18 The district has population of more than 10 lakh. The Haryana Home Guards Department which took care of traffic regulation in the district too has withdrawn from the district. District police M.S. Ahlawat said here today that a separate cell with one Sub-inspector, one ASI two Head Constables and 13 constables was created to manage traffic. Now nine more personnel have been added to the cell. |
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Kidnapped
entrepreneur rescued Bhiwani, September 18 Sources said six criminals belonging to an inter-state gang, led by Devender, alias Debu, of Delhi and Rajesh of Bhiwani, were arrested in a joint operation by the Delhi police and the Bhiwani police from their hideouts in Delhi, Bulandshahar and Agra yesterday night. Mr Samir Narang, owner of a steel strip plant in Bhiwani, was kidnapped on September 12 while he was on way form home to the factory. Later, a ransom of Rs 2 crore was demanded by the kidnappers from his father. A case of kidnapping was registered on September 12. The kidnappers used a black Mitsubishi lancer car for the crime which was traced in Uttam Nagar in Delhi. The police raided the suspects’ hideouts and two of them were arrested yesterday night. Following their interrogation, raids were conducted at places in Uttar Pradesh, which led to the rescue of Mr Samir Narang and the arrest of the other gang members. |
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Student
shot Hisar, September 18 According to the police, the student, hailing from a village in Rajasthan, was gunned down while going to college on his cycle. The assailants later sped away on a two-wheeler. The boy was staying in the Mahavir colony here. The police suspects old enmity behind the killing. However, it has registered a case of murder.
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Brass brick sold
as gold, 1 held Kurukshetra, September 18 Stating this here today, district police chief Desraj Singh said the police party raided a sugarcane crusher at Bhaaldi village and seized one such brick when Anoop Singh and his accomplice Dharam Pal were selling it to Satpal Singh. Though Dharam Pal escaped Anoop singh of Uttar Pradesh was arrested. The seized brick, weighing about 4 kg, bore the name of Pakistan engraved in Urdu on one side and Pakistan’s flag on the other.
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2-hr ‘chakka’ jam
by employees
Karnal, September 18 A spokesman for the action committee said a bigger strike would follow on October 17. UNI
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