 |
|
Wednesday,
December 4, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
|
2 Dera Sacha Sauda followers arrested HERC opposes IAS officer as Secy Cong dharna outside mill Focus Tenth Plan on water CM: need to improve education |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Minister suspends school Principal HIGH COURT Mishap case: bail for Dy Jail Supdt UGC team visits GJU Students go on strike ASI
caught accepting bribe
|
||
|
2 Dera Sacha Sauda followers arrested Chandigarh, December 3 It may be recalled that earlier three followers of the dera were arrested for allegedly murdering a Sirsa-based journalist, Mr Ram Chander
Chhatterpati, on October 24. Since then various organisations of journalists have been demanding a CBI inquiry into the affairs of the
dera. The latest arrests have been made in connection with the murder of Mr Ranjit, son of Mr Joginder, a former sarpanch of Khanpur Kolian village in Kurukshetra district. Ranjit was murdered on July 10 when several shots were fired upon him. Ranjit was among the top hierarchy of the dera before he quit the sect after an anonymous letter alleging sexual exploitation of women inmates of the dera started circulating. His sister, who was a student of an educational institution run by the dera at Sirsa, had quit her studies. Informed sources say the dera suspected that the letter was written by Ranjit’s sister. Later the Punjab and Haryana High Court ordered a CBI inquiry into the allegations levelled in the letter. Immediately after the murder Joginder had suspected certain residents of his village for being responsible for the killing of his son. However, the police did not find any evidence against the suspects named by Joginder. Later he wrote a letter to the Haryana Chief Minister that he had come to know that his son was murdered by a follower of the
dera, Jasbir, whose father was the president of the managing committee of an educational institution run by the dera at Sirsa. Jasbir was also doing some business in the dera complex. The investigation of the murder case was transferred from the district police to the Crime Branch of the CID,
Madhuban. The sources say the Crime Branch arrested Jasbir and
Sabdil, a Punjab police constable attached with the head of the dera as his gunman, in connection with the murder of Ranjit, whose father had also moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking a CBI inquiry into the murder of his son. The next date of hearing of the case is in February next year. The sources say the head of the dera has five gunmen — three of the Punjab police and two of the Haryana police. The two accused were produced before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kurukshetra, Mr Krishan Kumar, this afternoon. The prosecution sought the police remand of Jasbir, from whom, it said, certain things, including the vehicle and the weapon used in the murder, were to be recovered. The court remanded Jasbir in police custody till December 7. However, constable Sabdil was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days after he demanded that his identification parade should be held. The police allegedly recovered a Gypsy (HP-03-A 0857) along with Rs 1.65 lakh in cash from the suspects. A heavy police force was deployed in the court compex when the suspects were produced before the Magistrate. |
||
|
HERC opposes IAS officer as Secy Panchkula, December 3 Well-placed sources informed TNS that a 1992 batch IAS officer, Mr A.K. Gupta, posted as Administrator, Panchkula, Haryana Urban Development Authority and Municipal Council, was transferred as Secretary, HERC, by the state government yesterday. However, in a letter fired to the Chief Secretary, Government of Haryana, today, the Chairman of the Commission, Mr K.S. Chaube, has said it is essential for the Commission to work independently of the government , and thus achieve the basic objective of reforms in the power sector. It may be noted that this Commission, which has two members and a Chairman, was created by the state government in order to meet the objective of reforms in the power sector. The letter specifically states that the commission was created as an independent, statutory, autonomous and quasi-judicial body — for distancing itself from the government. “... It is therefore important for the Commission to work independently without any support from the government — except for funding, the provision for which is made in the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Act...”, states the letter. It may be noted that initially when this Commission was set up, it had requested the state government for an officer for the post of Secretary on deputation basis for establishing the Commission. However, sources in HERC now say that this was never an open ended requisition. It may be noted that the same officer was earlier given additional charge as Secretary of the Commission on November 20. However, the Commission had refused to accept the charge report of the officer and returned it to the Chief Secretary. The Chairman had then said that he had earlier requested the state government not to depute any officer for the post of Secretary, HERC.
|
|
Cong dharna outside mill Chandigarh, December 3 According to information received here, the mill management has not accepted the price of the cane fixed by the state government for the current year. The government had retained last year’s price of Rs 110 per quintal. Sources in the mill say since the sugar prices had come down considerably in the domestic market, it is not viable for the mill to pay more than the statutory minimum price fixed by the Central Government, which was linked to the recovery of sugar from the cane. In the case of the Yamunanagar area, the sources say, the recovery-linked cane price would be about Rs 80 per quintal. The mill management has already approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court in this regard. The Congress started an indefinite dharna outside the mill today. The secretary of the party, Mr Sat Pal Kaushik, who led the dharna, said already the crushing season had been delayed by about a month, as a result of which farmers might not be able to sow wheat in thousands of acres of land. He alleged that the state government and the mill management were conspiring to reduce the cane price. |
|
|
Warning
to Naraingarh Sugar Mill Chandigarh, December 3 The prees note added the government was closely monitoring the situation .
|
|
Focus Tenth Plan on water
Manesar (Haryana), December 3 Investments should be made by Central and state governments and financial institutions to bring water into the dry regions of the country, Planning Commission member Som Pal told an international workshop on Community-based Disaster Management here last evening. “If we do this (investment) for five or six years 83 per cent of the drought-prone areas could be reasonably insulated against the disaster,” he said. Mr Som Pal, a former Union Agriculture Minister, said surprisingly no new irrigation projects had been sanctioned by the Centre since 1990. The plan outlay of Rs 1,300 crore for irrigation is spent on paying the wages of the department’s 7,000 engineers, he added. “But Rs 60,000 crore was invested in communication, the money for which should have come from the private sector,’’ he said. The three-day workshop, organised by the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD), international NGO Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Indian NGO Seeds, is being held in the backdrop of the third successive drought in India this year. Entitled “Actahead” (which means taking action before disaster), the workshop is aimed at a consensus in linking development work with fighting such disasters as earthquakes and floods at the local community level. Experts from the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan and India (including officials of Disaster Management Departments of Gujarat and Orissa) are participating in the workshop. UNI
|
|
|
CM: need to improve education Hisar, December 3 He was addressing the 116th annual function of the local Arya Samaj here. He said during the last century, Nalanda and Takshila Universities were world famous educational institutes. Students from all over the world used to come to India for higher education. Now the situation had changed. Our students were preferring foreign universities for quality education. Teachings of Swami Dayanand and other social reformers should be included in the new educaton system. Mr Chautala said the need of the hour was to focus on the development of rural areas because no country can progress without rural development. This distant dream would come true only when youths with rural background are appointed on higher posts. He claimed that there would be positive results of his recent foreign tour soon as many big industrial houses of these countries had assured him of establishing their units in the state. Foreign investors had also shown interest in investing their capital here. They also lauded the infrastructure and other facilities being provided to the industrial sector in Haryana. He said his government was keen to make Haryana the most progressive state in the country. This target could be achieved only by fast industrial development, he added. Earlier, Mr Chautala inaugurated the Lala Lajpat Rai Bhavan at the local Arya Samaj. Mr Hari Singh Saini, a former minister and president of the local Arya Samaj, informed that this Bhavan had been constructed at a cost of Rs 1 crore. Mr Sampat Singh, Finance Minister, Mr Subhash Goyal, Local Bodies Minister, Mr Surender Barwala and Ms Sumitra Mahajan, MPs, and Mr Puran Singh Dabra and Mr Ram Bhagat Sharma, legislators also addressed the function.
|
|
Minister suspends school Principal
Bhiwani, December 3 The minister, who paid a surprise visit to Government Senior Secondary School, Sorkhi, found that the Principal was away and none of the teachers were teaching. The students were roaming in the school complex. The village panchayat of Budoli met the minister and informed him that the Hindi teacher at the local school, Daya Nand, was not interested in teaching. Taking serious note of the complaint, he ordered his suspension with immediate effect. Three teachers of the school at Kalod Gurda were found absent during the Minister’s visit to the school. He ordered the District Education Officer, Bhiwani, to place them under suspension with immediate effect.
|
|
|
HIGH COURT Chandigarh, December 3 The Bench, comprising Chief Justice Mr
B.K. Roy and Mr Justice N.K. Sodhi also fixing January 10 as the next date of hearing. In his petition, advocate Hari Singh Nagra had earlier claimed that the writ petition was being filed as the poor dalits had no means of approaching the High Court. Furthermore, their lives were in danger. Giving details, the advocate had added that the dalits residing in the area were receiving threatening letters asking them not to pursue the case. The advocate had further asserted that the people had lost confidence in the Haryana police and were not expecting fair investigation in the matter. He had added that the Haryana police was directly involved in the episode and as such was not expected to conduct the investigations in an impartial manner. Otherwise also, the murders were against the provisions of the Constitution of India.
|
|
Mishap case: bail for Dy Jail Supdt Bhiwani, December 3 According to the sources, a woman Kela Devi of Tigrana village was killed when a private Safari vehicle, reportedly driven by him, hit her near the residence of the Superintendent of Police. Kela Devi was admitted to Civil Hospital with severe injuries and she later succumbed to her injuries. A case was registered under Sections 304 A and 279 of Indian Penal Code and the police impounded the vehicle. It is reported that attempts were made to tamper with the number plate before its recovery to destroy the evidence. On the other hand, apprehending arrest the Deputy Jail Superintendent obtained interim bail from a local court. Relatives and residents of Tigrana village staged a protest march against the officer yesterday. They submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner demanding the immediate arrest of the accused. |
|
UGC team visits GJU
Hisar, December 3 Welcoming the team, Dr R.K. Chauhan, Vice-Chancellor, Guru Jambheshwar University, said the team, during his stay on the campus, would examine and evaluate the progress made by the university in the ninth plan and would recommend the grants to be released in the tenth plan to the university. Dr Chauhan made a presentation regarding various activities to the team along with deans, professors, chairmen and officers of the university. He said the team would visit the departments and would assess the central facilities present on the campus. The team includes Dr D.R. Bhaskar, Head, Department of Electronics, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, Dr S. Perumal Samy, Department of Economics, Bharthia University, Coimbatore, Dr J.V. Prabhakar Rao, Department of Management Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam, Mr C.K. Kapahi Under-Secretary, University Grants Commission, and Mr R.K. Shawney, Senior Statistical Officer, University Grants Commission, New Delhi. UNI
|
|
Students
go on strike Kaithal, December 3 The students demanded that the university should review it’s decision. The college Principal, Ms Kanta Sood,said the students had given an undertaking that if they do not clear their compartment examination their admission could be cancelled. |
|
ASI caught accepting bribe
Karnal, December 3 ASI Chandi Ram, posted at Assandh police station, had demanded Rs 2000 from Om Prakash, a resident of Chochra village, for “doing away’’ with his case in which 10 litres of spurious liquor was found from his house. On his complaint, Vigilance DSP Darshan Singh laid a trap. As soon as the ASI received the money from Om Prakash, he was nabbed. UNI
|
 |
| Punjab | Haryana | Jammu & Kashmir | Himachal Pradesh | Regional Briefs | Nation | Editorial | | Business | Sport | World | Mailbag | In Spotlight | Chandigarh Tribune | Ludhiana Tribune 50 years of Independence | Tercentenary Celebrations | | 122 Years of Trust | Calendar | Weather | Archive | Subscribe | Suggestion | E-mail | |
