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Tuesday,
October 1, 2002,
Chandigarh, India  
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Haryana to suspend IPS officer soon Varsity teaching dept wins overall trophy Change
teaching of English to Indian perspective: seminar CPM dharna
against party workers’ arrest Haryana staff’s strike on Oct 17 |
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Last date
for exam forms extended
Ambala may lose Astro-turf Green Circle submits memo Rs 3 cr
for Sirsa trauma centre
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Haryana to suspend IPS officer soon Chandigarh, September 30 The decision assumes significance in the wake of Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani expressing displeasure at the privileged treatment offered to the murder accused IGP of Haryana, Ravi Kumar Sharma, by the Haryana police. At a conference of top state police officials in Delhi yesterday, Mr Advani said that the way the police officer was handled did not reflect well on the police force. The Haryana Government, it may be recalled, had also retained S.P.S. Rathore, an IPS officer, who has been accused of molesting a teenage girl, as the DGP till the charge sheet filed against Rathore was admitted in the court. Rathore, who went on leave following the case filed against him, was also offered a posting by the state government before he retired. Harish Kumar was arrested by the Delhi police on September 5 for violation of COFEPOSA. Even though three weeks have passed since his arrest, he was yet to be put under suspension. Official sources, however, claimed that the delay in suspension was due to fact that Mr Harish Kumar, who had finished his stint with the Central Government, had not joined the state government at the time of his arrest. A source said after Harish Kumar’s arrest, the authorities in the state got in touch with the Central Government, seeking to know who should initiate action against the erring officer. The Central Government, however, clarified that the onus for taking action against Harish Kumar was on the state government. In the communication received by the state from the Delhi police about the arrest of Harish Kumar, it was also not clear whether he had been kept in police custody for 48 hours or more. If he had been in custody for 48 hours or more, it would have been imperative on the part of the state government to put him under suspension. On this issue also the Delhi police clarified to the state government that the IGP rank officer had been kept in custody for more than 48 hours. |
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Varsity teaching dept wins overall trophy Yamunanagar, September 30 Prof N.P. Mehta, Director of the National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, gave away the prizes and certificates of merit to the winners and participants, at the concluding function. Professor Mehta exhorted the youth to participate in constructive activities with dedication which would go a long way in the overall development of their personalities. Education, he said was incomplete without
participation in extra-curricular activities which foster a spirit of brotherhood and fellow feeling among the participants. Dr Ramesh Kumar, Principal of MLN College, welcomed the chief guest and appreciated the quality of the items presented during the festival. Dr K.L. Johar, Vice-Chairman of Seth Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institutions, and Dr Anoop Lathar, Director of the Youth Welfare Department, Kurukshetra University, also spoke on the occasion. |
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Change teaching of English to Indian perspective: seminar Jind, September 30 The chief guest of the function, Mr P.K. Das, Commissioner, Hisar Division, called for a changed in curricula of English studies keeping in mind the changing perspective of the Indian users of English. There was an urgent need of Indianisation of the English language and literature. He stressed that translated versions of the Indian classics should be introduced for the teaching of English. The Chairman of the Indian Association for English Studies, prof K. Venkata Reddy thanked Dr A.K. Chawla, Principal of the college, and his team for the seminar. Mr Dhanpat Singh, Higher Education Commissioner welcomed the chief guest and the chairperson of the seminar. The main speaker of the Plenary Lecture III Professor Reddy averred that Indian scholars in English should go for research keeping in mind the Indian perspective. In book release session three books were released. Five paper-reading sessions were held on the last day of the seminar in which 23 papers on different aspects of English studies were presented. Five resolutions were passed unanimously for the development of Indian English. The participants from different states of the country praised the college administration. As many as 180 delegates from 19 states took part in the seminar. |
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CPM dharna against party workers’ arrest Fatehabad, September 30 The party organised a procession that started from the District Courts and marched to the mini secretariat, where its members submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner against these arrests. Party leaders alleged that the police had arrested Mr Harjinder Singh Thind, a member of the district committee of the CPM and Mr Ramesh Kumar Rattakhera, secretary of the Rattia branch of the party by registering cases against them on fake charges. They demanded that cases registered against the two party activists be withdrawn and the guilty cops be brought to book. The police at Rattia had yesterday booked Mr Thind and Mr Rattakhera for assaulting three cops and preventing government servants in the performance of their duty. Three cops Mr Raj Kumar, Mr Partap Singh and Mr Kuldeep had complained to the SHO, Rattia, that when they stopped the car of the two leaders during a routine checking, the two abused them, manhandled and prevented them from performing their duties. |
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Haryana staff’s strike on Oct 17 Kurukshetra, September 30 Haryana Employees Joint Action Committee General Secretary
M.L. Sehgal said here today that in the next phase of its state-wide agitation, the committee had decided to present memoranda to all MLAs and ministers, seeking their intervention to stop the government from going ahead with retrenchment of employees and closure of state undertakings. Mr Sehgal alleged that on account of the ‘closure’ of the Minor Irrigation Tubewells Corporation on June 30, last all its 3,916 employees and engineers had been thrown out of jobs. He added that 5,000 posts in the Irrigation Department had been abolished and 622 workers of
CONFED, 1,519 employees of Nagar Nigam, Faridabad, 750 employees of the HLRDC and power corporation’s 1,200 daily-wage workers had been retrenched. He further alleged that the strength of IAS officers and policemen being alarmingly increased when the law and order situation was worsening everyday. The committee had deferred its demands like release of four years bonus, revision of rates of house rent, medical bills, city compensatory allowance and local travel allowance, regularisation of services of
adhoc-wage and contract-based employees and removal of anomalies in pay scales. |
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Last date for exam forms extended Bhiwani, September 30 This was stated by the secretary of the board, Mr M. S. Mor, here today. Only those candidates seeking improvement in marks in all subjects and additional subject could apply as private candidates to the board. Examination forms of such candidates would not be acceptable through schools. He said the board would accept examination forms for the annual examination, 2003, from schools only in case of those candidates who could not clear the supplementary examination in September, 2002, and those candidates who had missed the chance of appearing in the examination in September, 2002. He added that these candidates could send their forms without any late fee for the annual examination, 2003, within 15 days of the declaration of the result of the supplementary examination in September, 2002. |
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Ambala may lose Astro-turf Ambala, September 30 There is a likelihood of the hockey Astroturf being shifted to the new site many of the women’s hockey team members are from Haryana, particularly from
Shahbad. This is being considered to be the key reason for choosing Shahbad for relocating the Astroturf. Although official intimation regarding the proposed change of the Astroturf location has yet been received here, an official observed that this relocation is likely to take place soon. The fact that the Astroturf has not yet been laid at the War Heroes Memorial Stadium in Ambala Cantt has made this a comparatively simpler task. The official stated that the list of hockey players from each district had been sought before the proposal for shifting was mooted. A member of the District Hockey Association said the prestigious hockey Astroturf was likely to be set up at a government school in
Shahbad. “We have learned that the spot where the Astroturf will be established has been identified and approved. However, if the Astroturf is shifted it will be a major loss for Ambala in general and local hockey enthusiasts in particular,” he said. He said the Astroturf would have been a good learning ground for the local talent. “One of the oldest hockey Olympians, Hukam Rai, hailed from Ambala. Besides Ambala had produced five international players and hosted the state hockey championship seven times,” he said. Incidentally, in Haryana, two places were chosen for laying of Astroturf. While one was in Ambala, the other was in Gurgaon. Hockey enthusiasts believe that if the Astroturf is shifted out of Ambala the hopes of finding Ambala on the international hockey circuit would be dashed. The other Astroturf surfaces are in Chandigarh, Amritsar, Delhi and Gwalior. The work includes preparing of the surface before laying the Astroturf, watering and proper drainage. An area of about 6,000 square metres would have Astroturf, which includes the playing area.
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Green Circle submits memo Ambala, September 30 Members of the wing will keep a watch in the city where dumped garbage is lying. The circle in a memorandum submitted to the Deputy Commissioner stated that the front area of the Indira Park was being unauthorisedly used for parking and bovines were being reared in the area which affect cleanliness. “Gardeners are rarely on duty in the park and there is a need for more dustbins to be placed in the residential areas. Also night sweeping of the roads is suggested,” the memorandum stated. Meanwhile, the Deputy Commissioner, Mr D. D. Gautam, said a special cleanliness drive would be launched in rural as well as urban areas from October 2. |
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Chautala’s stance
‘anti-worker’ Ambala, September 30
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Rs 3 cr for Sirsa trauma centre Chandigarh, September 30 Mr Sinha gave these assurances when Haryana Finance Minister, Sampat Singh and Mr Ranga went to meet him here today. |
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