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November 11, 2002, Chandigarh, India
  
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SGPC members’ kin allege harassment SGPC poll: plea to elect neutral candidate Cops acting as
lawbreakers: Bibi Jagir Kaur Hooda questions Chautala’s foreign trips Pak spy was well-versed with tricks of the trade Attack on Phool Chand Mullana |
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Jaguar crash death toll 11 Admissions to NITs to be through CBSE Tributes paid to Bhai Mati Das Head Constable hurt in firing
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SGPC members’ kin allege harassment Ambala, November 10 The President of the Haryana SAD, Mr Sukhdev Singh Gobindgarh said here today that the matter had been brought to the notice of the party high command and the Haryana police. He said a few days ago a team of the Punjab police in plain clothes, headed by a DSP, raided the house of an SGPC member from Derabassi, Mr Dhyan Singh Jharmari, who had been residing in Ambala City. The daughter of Mr Jharmari, Ms Charanjit Kaur, told reporters here today that about five police personnel, including two officers, forcibly entered their house and asked for the whereabouts of Mr Jharmari. She said without their consent, they entered the bedroom and stayed their for four hours. They threatened her with dire consequences if Mr Jharmari was not handed over to them. The wife of Mr Jharmari, Ms Surjit Kaur, alleged that the Punjab police entered their house when none of the male member was present A relative of Mr Jharmari, Mr Sukhdev Singh Saonta, alleged that two days ago the Punjab police raided his residence at Sonta village and threatened him. |
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SGPC poll: plea to elect neutral candidate Karnal, November 10 The meeting of the Sikh Sangat, a common body of the Sikhs in Haryana, was presided over by Mr Satnam Singh Walia. Mr Manjit Singh Khalsa, general secretary of the Sangat, told this correspondent that the Sangat wanted a neutral candidate to be elected unanimously as the new President of the SGPC. The meeting also appreciated the efforts of Jathedar Mal Singh Ghuman for bringing unanimity on the choice of the new president of the SGPC. There are nine SGPC members from Haryana. Speakers at the meeting said unanimity among the Sikhs was the need of the hour. Already divisive forces in the Sikh Panth had been working for their political interests and had caused much damage to the Sikh tradition, the meeting said. The meeting maintained that the SGPC members should pay heed to the appeal of the seven-member committee headed by Jathedar Mal Singh Ghuman. It urged the members to rise above narrow parochial and group interests to strengthen the Sikhs all over the country. |
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Cops acting as
lawbreakers: Bibi Jagir Kaur Balasar (Sirsa), November 10 Talking to mediapersons here today, she alleged that devotees had
been forced to leave the Golden Temple by policemen, who had been
“acting as lawbreakers to please their political masters”. She
alleged that the police had laid a siege to the SGPC complex to prevent
SGPC members from entering Teja Singh Samundari Hall to participate in
the elections.
She alleged that Sikh sentiments had been hurt. Capt Amarinder Singh,
she said, had repeated what the Congress government did during Operation
Bluestar.
Bibi Jagir Kaur alleged that the entire Sikh community was annoyed
over the atrocities being committed on members of the community by Capt
Amarinder Singh using the police.
She expressed apprehension that policemen, who had entered the SGPC
complex, would seize its records. |
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Hooda questions Chautala’s foreign trips Karnal, November 10 Mr Hooda alleged that it was common knowledge that industrialists instead of opening new units in the state were actually closing down. It belied the Chief Minister’s claim that his foreign jaunts had resulted in more foreign investments to the state, he said. The Leader of the Congress Legislative Party accused the Chief Minister of wasting funds and money of the people without achieving any tangible results.Mr Hooda also reacted very strongly to the proposal of opening casinos in Haryana. He maintained that the Congress if returned to power would cancel licences given for opening casinos in the state. He termed the casino opening policy as an anti-welfare measure of the government. |
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Pak spy was well-versed with tricks of the trade Ambala, November 10 Unlike the popular concept of a spy being a well-dressed, articulate, smooth-talking person who is loaded with hi-fi gadgets, Pak resident agent Mohammad Salim had managed to create a ‘very ordinary’ persona which nobody could suspect. Mohammad Salim had begun working as a dyer of “chunnis”. He seemed to be an expert in dyeing since even after his arrest, women would troop to his shop without realising that he was a Pak spy. Even the local shopkeepers in Chaura Bazar of Ambala sadar vouch that he was perhaps one of the best dyers in the area. Enquiries have revealed that Mohammad Salim would act as an illiterate person. He would never write down anything in front of other shopkeepers. He would even go to the extent of requesting the shop’s owner to write down the day’s earning.
The recovery of a diary containing notes writing in Urdu or Pushtu has come as a shock to the shopkeepers of the area. The Pakistan resident agent had woven a tale of his having lost his parents and his brother having settled ‘outside’. He had claimed that he hailed from Dehra Dun and own land there. In fact, police investigations have revealed that he actually hailed from Hakimwala chowk in
Faisalabad, Pakistan. He would tell the shopkeepers that although he had taken the shop on rent, he would open his own shop, when his brother comes back. It is being suspected that Mohammad Salim used to undertake his spying work either before coming to the shop or on some Sundays when he would be absent. The spy used to speak Punjabi fluently and it was not possible to suspect that Mohammad Salim had come from across the border. He had taken on a Hindu identity and he used to call himself
Jagdeep, son of Sewak Singh. Before starting work in a rented shop in Ambala
sadar, Mohammad Salim had set up his dyeing ‘business’ in Ambala city near the local bus stand. He had then given the reference of his work in Ambala city so that he could take Ambala sadar shop on rent. He had named the shop “Fine Dyer and Dry Cleaners, Dupatta Wali
Gali, Chaura Bazar, Ambala Cantonment”. The shopkeepers were impressed by the quality of his work and he soon developed a regular clientele. Mohammad Salim used to be dressed like a typical worker. Also, Mohammad Salim was never noticed having non-vegetarian food. During the day at the shop, he would eat vegetarian food including ‘kadhi-chawal’ ordered from a local eating joint. Apparently, Mohammad Salim had requested the shop owner to get a telephone connection. The shop owner has informed officials that a telephone in the shop had been disconnected due to certain financial constraints. But, Mohammad Salim had even gone to the extent of offering to pay half the
tele-bill amount so that the telephone could again be re-connected. To create an identity for himself, Mohammad Salim had attempted to make a driving licence. He had told the shopkeepers that he had difficulty in travelling from Ambala city, where he had taken up his residence, to the shop in Ambala Cantonment. The shopkeeper had told him that he should apply for the driving licence and submit a proof of identity like a ration card. During the end of October, an interesting development took place. Mohammad Salim informed the shopkeepers that he has to go to Kanpur. He was accompanied by another worker of a nearby shop who had to go to Delhi. The worker has told officials that at the station, they were joined by a person whom Mohammad Salim had referred to as his brother.
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Attack on Phool Chand Mullana Chandigarh, November 10 Mr Mullana told TNS on the telephone that when he reached Ismailabad a person, alleged to be a supporter of Agriculture Minister Jaswinder Singh Sandhu, repeatedly hit his Qualis with the tractor he was driving. When Mr Mullana asked him why he was doing so, Mr Sandhu’s supporter allegedly took out a revolver and aimed it at Mr Mullana and one of his friends, Mr Pritam Singh. Somehow Mr Mullana was able to escape and report the matter to the Ismailabad police, who is believed to have detained the suspect. |
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Jaguar crash death toll 11 Ambala, November 10 He said eight patients were currently admitted in different hospitals, including the PGI and GMCH-32 in Chandigarh and the Military Hospital, Ambala Cantt. While four patients were in the Military Hospital, three in the PGI and one was in GMCH-32. With the death of Manju and Nirmal, the Jaguar crash has claimed seven family members of Murari Lal. Manju was his daughter, while Nirmal was his son-in-law. |
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Admissions
to NITs to be through CBSE Kurukshetra, November 10 A decision to this effect has recently been taken by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and directions in this regard have been issued to all 13 NITs recognised by the Government of India so far. Stating this here today, Dr N.P. Mehta, Director of the local NIT, said efforts were being made by the government to raise the standards of those Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs) which were upgraded as NITs up to the level of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) because the IITs could pay more attention to research work. Dr Mehta said the NIT here would be getting a grant of Rs 10 crore out of Rs 50 crore sanctioned by the MHRD. With this amount, the infrastructure of the NIT would be improved so that academic standards could match those of the IITs. In addition, three institutes — the Young Men Christians Association (YMCA), Faridabad, Chhotu Ram Engineering College (CREC), Murthal, and the Polytechnic, Nilokheri — in Haryana were expected to get money from the World Bank for their further development, he added. In reply to a question, Dr Mehta said all NITs, which were being granted the status of deemed universities, would conduct the annual examinations themselves and even the degrees would be awarded by these institutes. While talking about the constitution of a governing board for the local NIT, Dr Mehta said a 13-member governing board with Dr B.L. Dhoopar as its chairman had been formed. He said besides the Director of the NIT, two senior professors of the local NIT, Dr D.V.S. Verma and Dr D.K. Soni, had been taken on the board while an old NIT student and the Managing Director of the Hero-Honda group, Mr Pawan Kant Munjal, had also been nominated to the board. Among others, who have been taken on the board include the Joint Secretary, Technical Education, MHRD, the Adviser, All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Secretary, University Grants Commission (UGC), and Secretary, Technical Education, Haryana. |
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Tributes
paid to Bhai Mati Das Ambala, November 10 He was talking to mediapersons after attending a programme organised by the local Mohyal Sabha in memory of martyr Bhai Mati Das. He said the Centre and the state governments should not offer any relaxations to terrorists since it let down the morale of the Army and the police. Mr Chhibber said the pandits of Jammu and Kashmir had been living in miserable conditions. The government should rehabilitate them on a priority basis. He said the government should create confidence among the people to fight effectively against the terrorism there. He stressed to strengthen the intelligence network. The government should make efforts so that the Army men fighting against the terrorists could feel safe and strong. Replying a question he said the Army should not be deployed to maintain law and order in the states. However, he said there was no harm if the Army was used during a natural calamity. Earlier, addressing a function of the sabha he said Bhai Mati Das was a great patriot. We should take inspiration from his life. The patron-in-chief of the sabha, Mr
G.D. Chhibber, the general secretary, Lieut-Col B.N. Bali, and president general B.D. Bali were also present on the occasion.
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Head Constable hurt in firing Fatehabad, November 10 The police suspect that the assailants might be some former militants of Punjab, hiding in the area and living with their relatives. According to reports, Mr Veer Singh, SHO of the Rattia police station, was on patrolling duty along with Mr Om Parkash and another cop last night at nearby Jakhal town. When the police stopped two suspicious-looking youths one of the them trained his pistol on the SHO. Mr Om Parkash grappled with the youth and he was injured. The miscreants escaped after the incident. |
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