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Friday,
February 21, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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HARSOLA VIOLENCE 120 BKU men booked
for cutting trees
5 engineers among
36 booked HIGH COURT SC
population is 13.82 crore |
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Ajay Chautala opens
youth fest Chautala
for women health centres Undertrial escapes from hospital 
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HARSOLA VIOLENCE Kaithal, February 20 To lodge their protest with the district administration, a large number of
Dalits, joined a procession organised by the Harsola Episode Action Committee and marched from the local Geeta Bhavan to the Mini Secretariat building here today. They also started an indefinite dharna at the building to press the administration for acceptance of their demands. Addressing the protesters at Geeta
Bhavan, Mr Inderjit Singh general secretary, CPM, Haryana unit, expressed concern over the Harsola incident in which Dalits were allegedly attacked by persons belonging to the upper castes and said that it was the fault of our political system that such incidents were happening even after 55 years of Independence. At the dharna site another CPM leader, Mr Chandan Ram accused the district authorities and the police personnel, of inaction. Mr Jogi Ram
Pathania, a senior Backward Caste leader, Mr Dharam Veer Bhola, municipal councillor and Mr Bachna Ram, member, action committee, pleaded with the Dalits to return to their homes in Harsola village and urged the administration to take immediate action on the demands raised by the Harsola action committee. The Deputy Commissioner later called senior Dalit leaders of the area and members of the committee for talks to resolve the matter. |
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120 BKU men booked for
cutting trees Fatehabad, February 20 According to police sources, Jag Ram, a forest guard, has lodged an FIR at Tohana Sadar police station accusing 120 activists of the BKU, including Mr Machhinder Paul, district president of the union. A case has been registered. |
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5 engineers among 36 booked Jhajjar, February 20 According to police sources, the police has registered cases under Sections 404, 420, 408 and 406 against the accused on the complaint of Mr P.V.S. Sangwan, Executive Engineer of Division Number 36 of the Irrigation Department, on charges of anomalies in construction of three distributories in the district, using inferior and substandard building material, and not sticking to the conditions set by the government. The sources said that the Financial Commissioner and the State Vigilance Bureau had also conducted inquiries in the misappropriation of funds earlier and the cases had also been registered on the basis of their reports. According to information, the construction of distributories in Rattanthal, Lohari and Patoda villages of this district got under way during 1999-2000. The sources said that senior officers of the department in connivance with private contractors, who were engaged for the construction, used substandard material in the construction. These facts came to light when the Financial Commissioner and Secretary, SVB, conducted an inquiry on receiving secret information in this regard. Among those who were booked for embezzlement in the case were Senior Engineer Omkar Singh, Executive Engineers, Jaipal Dahiya, S.N. Goyal, M.S. Sangwan, P.C. Goyal, B.D. Gupta, apart from seven SDOs, Mahesh Malik, J.P. Dahiya, R.K. Singla, K.L. Malik, R.C. Bhatia, P.K. Luthra, S.C. Vij and 14 Junior Engineers and private contractors. All accused had been booked for misappropriation of Rs 4,83,360 meant for the construction of distributories. |
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, February 20 Appearing before the Court, Haryana’s Advocate-General earlier stated that the Haryana police, after investigating the matter, had submitted the report in the court concerned. The case will now come up for further hearing on Friday. It may be recalled that the Court, in November last year, had issued notice of motion to the Advocate-General, besides the Central Bureau of Investigations’ standing counsel. In his application, victim’s father Joginder Singh had alleged that his son was killed in broad daylight as the members suspected him of being involved in the circulation of a letter addressed by a girl to the Prime Minister. The letter had, subsequently, appeared in the newspapers. The High Court, while taking up the letter regarding alleged sexual exploitation of female inmates by the head of the religious organisation, had directed the CBI to look into the matter. The Court had also asked the premier investigating agency to submit its finding within six months.
Direction On a petition filed by a Sirsa resident seeking directions to the state of Haryana and other respondents for providing adequate protection to her “life and liberty”, the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the Senior Superintendent of Sirsa police to look into the grievance of the petitioner made in a communication. In her petition, Monika Jain had earlier stated that she was apprehending imminent danger to her life at the hands of two respondents, residents of Noria Bazar in Sirsa, and their relatives. |
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Addl Sessions Judge suspended Karnal, February 20 However, Mr N.C.
Nahta, District and Sessions Judge, Karnal, while confirming the suspension orders, stated that the reasons behind Mr Bimal’s suspension had not been disclosed so far. |
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SC population
is 13.82 crore Yamunanagar, February 20 The number of scavengers was estimated to be around 6.76
lakh. Even 54 years after independence, the socio-economic condition of this group was still far below the satisfactory level. He said the literacy percentage, the percentage of people living below the poverty line and the share in government jobs in respect of the Scheduled Castes were far below the overall percentage. The crime rate against the Scheduled Castes and the scavengers was also quite high. He revealed that the existing schemes meant for this group as well as some new schemes and initiatives announced by the Prime Minister such as the Balmiki Ambedkar Malin Basti Awas Yojna and the Constitutional Amendment to ensure a fair share of the Scheduled Castes in government jobs at all levels were expected to improve the situation. |
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Ajay Chautala opens youth fest Hisar, February 20 Addressing the opening function at Indira Gandhi auditorium, Mr Chautala said such festivals help make cultural integration of the country stronger. Youths could play an important role in this regard, he added. Mr Vinay Kumar, Vice-Chancellor of the university, said over 400 students from 27 agricultural universities of the country were participating in the festival. Dr J.C. Katyal, Deputy Director-General, Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), presided over the function. |
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Chautala
for women health centres Sirsa, February 20 This was stated by Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala while speaking after inaugurating a CT Scan centre at the General Hospital here today. This is the second such centre at the district level after Panchkula, set up at a cost of Rs 2.35 crore. Mr Chautala said health specialists would also be available at these centres to provide improved medical services to the women. The government was implementing a number of schemes to improve health services in government hospitals, he added. UNI |
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Undertrial escapes from hospital Ambala, February 20 According to jail sources, last evening, Bittu complained of illness to the jail authorities. The jail doctors examined him and later he was referred to the local Civil Hospital. Today morning, he sought permission from the constables guarding him
to let him go to the toilet. He was allowed to go. But, he escaped from there by breaking open the window of the toilet. When he did not come back even after 15 minutes, the constables got suspicious. They forcibly opened the door of the toilet and found that the prisoner was missing. There is no special ward for the prisoners in the Civil Hospital. Generally, prisoners are kept in the general wards, along with other patients, and they usually use the toilets meant for general patients. The Superintendent of Police, Mr Hardeep Singh Doon, said action would be taken against the constables who were guarding the prisoner. |
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Salary for Haryana staff on Feb 28 Chandigarh, February 20 |
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Additional charge for
T.K. Sharma Chandigarh, February 20 |
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