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Saturday,
February 8, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Drought relief: Rajasthan alleges raw deal Chautala
assures hike in wheat MSP New technique to grow button mushrooms Haryana to have another varsity Couple, son sentenced to life |
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Winners of science quiz given prizes Hall to be named after Kalpana Chawla HVP
denies report DC orders probe into bribe case IGPs’ meeting at
Madhuban 10-yr jail for smuggling 
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Drought relief: Rajasthan alleges raw deal Hisar, February 7 He was addressing mediapersons here after attending a marriage at Tokas Patan village near here. He said though the state had been facing drought-like situation for the past five years, Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, had adopted a discriminatory attitude towards Rajasthan as Congress government ruled there. The state government had sent many detailed reports on drought to the Centre but it did not take any steps in this regard. He claimed that though the state government had given temporary jobs to 20-lakh drought-affected people on its own but it was not sufficient. The state government was not in a position to face the situation on its own. Farmers of the state along with their animals were forced to go to neighboring states like Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh for livelihood. There was resentment among the farmers of Rajasthan against the NDA government over this issue. Commenting on the recent defeat of the Congress in by-elections in Rajasthan, he said the impact of Godhra and Akshardham incidents was fresh on the minds of the people of Rajasthan. Another reason for the defeat, he said that Congress workers could not make people aware on the properly welfare policies and development works launched by the state government. Mr Bishnoi, who is also the president of the Akhil Bharatiya Bishnoi Mahasabha, said that the construction work on the Bishnoi Hostel and Dharmshala would be completed soon. The Sabha would spend Rs 10 crore on this project. |
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Chautala
assures hike in wheat MSP Kaithal,
February 7 He said the government had sanctioned Rs 240 crore to provide relief to the drought-hit farmers in the state. The
Chief Minster said the present government believed that the people
living in rural areas should be provided basic amenities on a par with
their urban counterparts and so the government had taken a number of
steps in this direction. He said in a democracy the government should
work according to the will of the people and he was following the
footsteps of his father Jan Nayak Choudhary Devi Lal who used to say
“Lok Raj , Lok Laaj Se Chalta Hai”. He said the government had taken a decision to install transformers in villages where there were no transformers and to augment the capacity of the existing transformers. He announced that all chaupals would be repaired and schools fulfilling the necessary conditions will be upgraded. The
Chief Minister also announced the decision to set-up a rice mill at
Pai village by Hafed and brick paving of circular roads, upgradation
of the Girls High School, construction of a nullah there. He also
announced a number of development works for Karora village. |
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New technique to grow button mushrooms Hisar, February 7 Dr R.S. Rana, mushroom scientist, said today that the technique had been tested for button mushrooms and production technique for other varieties was being evolved. He said kitchen gardening enthusiasts could dig a six to eight inches deep trench in a shady area of the garden. Trench size for good yield for an average family could be one to 12 inches to 18 inches in width and six feet to eight feet in length. The trench should be filled with spawned compost and covered by old newspapers. Humidity could be maintained by spraying water twice a day. After spawn run, a five cm casing of coir pith, field soil and burnt rice husk should be applied to maintain humidity. Dr Rana said his experiments had yielded good results and the output depended on the material used and humidity levels. He said this simple technique could be useful for small and marginal farmers as it did not require any special equipment, covered area or formal training. |
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Haryana to have another varsity Chandigarh, February 7 To be set up at Sirsa, the home district of Mr Devi Lal, the university is likely to get a legal sanctity in the forthcoming Budget session of the State Assembly when the government is likely to move a Bill in the House in this regard. According to informed sources, the government had initially toyed with the idea of issuing an ordinance to set up the university. However, the idea was dropped after a rebuff from the Governor, Babu
Parmanand, who refused to sign two ordinances which the government wanted to issue to curtail the powers and autonomy of the State Election Commission responsible for conducting the elections to the local bodies and the panchayati raj institutions. The government wanted that it should be made mandatory for the State Election Commission to fix the dates for holding the elections in consultation with the State Government. The Governor who rightly turned down the proposals which violated the spirit behind the grant of autonomy to the Election Commission, reportedly advised the government that since the Budget session was approaching it should not resort to the ordinances. The State Election Commissioner, Mr
T.D. Jogpal, had reportedly incurred the wrath of the State Government when he announced the election date for the Panchkula Municipal Council on his own. His son, Mr Rajesh
Jogpal, was transferred from Panchkula. The sources say the proposed Devi Lal University will be an affiliating university. To start with, educational institutions in three or four districts affiliated with Kurukshetra University are likely to be affiliated with the new university. It may be recalled that the Devi Lal Memorial Committee had recommended that an open university should be set up in memory of the late Deputy Prime Minister in Gurgaon. It is not known if any progress has been made on the
proposal. |
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Couple, son sentenced to life Fatehabad, February 7 Those convicted are Mitho Singh, his wife Guddi and son Dholu, residents of Hinjrawan Kalan village. The judge also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 each on the husband and the wife and Rs 4000 on their son. According to reports, Dholu had an altercation with Mani Ram of the same village after he allegedly said something unsavoury comments about a girl of latter’s household. A clash followed and a case was registered against Mani Ram, Saman Ram and Mohinder of the same village on the complaint of Guddi. The police had filed challans against both parties and the hearing of the case was on February 22, 1999. But Mitho, Guddi and Dholu went to the house of Mohinder on February 20, 1999 where Saman Ram and Mani Ram were also sitting. Mitho Singh fired from his licensed gun killing Saman Ram on the spot. |
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Winners of science quiz given prizes Kurukshetra, February 7 According to the Centre’s Project Coordinator, Mr S. Kumar, Pankaj and Raghav of Aggarsain Public School, Kurukshetra, and Mayank and Nitin of Gita Niketan Awasiya Vidyalaya, Kurukshetra, won the third prize. The Chemistry Department, Chairman from Kurukshetra University, Prof L.R. Kakkar, gave away the prizes and certificates to all the eight selected teams. Students of classes VIII and X, comprising 24 teams, drawn from 12 schools from Kurukshetra, Kaithal and Karnal districts participated in the contest. |
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Hall to be named after Kalpana Chawla Kurukshetra, February 7 A decision to this effect was taken by the Committee, at a meeting presided over by Mr Ashok Arora, Haryana Transport Minister and Chairman of the committee here yesterday evening. Mr Arora paid tributes to M.S. Chawla MLA from Yamunanagar, Malik Chand Gambhir also praised M.S. Chawla’s valour. They also observed two-minute silence in her memory. |
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HVP
denies report Chandigarh, February 7 In a statement issued here today the Secretary-General of the party, Mr Surender Singh, described the report “highly motivated and baseless”. He said the news report had been planted by those elements who were disturbed at the rising popularity of the HVP in the state. Mr Surender Singh said there was no question of HVP merging with the Congress, the graph of which was on a constant decline for various reasons. Under these circumstances, the HVP and its members would not think of having truck with the Congress, what to talk of a merger. |
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DC orders probe into bribe case Fatehabad, February 7 The farmers alleged that officials of the Canal Department including a junior engineer and an SDO demanded bribe of Rs 14,000 for the release of waters. |
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IGPs’
meeting at Madhuban Chandigarh, February 7 The
DGP, who was presiding over a meeting of the Coordination Committee of the state police at Panchkula today, directed police officers to deal with court cases on priority basis and file replies on time. |
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10-yr jail for smuggling Kaithal, February 7 However the court acquitted Pragat Singh of Dera Amritsariyan in the same case after giving him the benefit of the doubt. According to the prosecution, the police had arrested both and seized eight bags of poppy husk on June 30, 2000 near Sheo Mazra village. |
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Pulse polio campaign Chandigarh, February 7 |
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