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May 13, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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KU QUESTION PAPER LEAK Supporters of ex-MLA write to Kalam 37 cr saved on jute bags’ purchase DM’s order on building
plans Residents keep
away from BKU rally Bamboo traders face uncertain future
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Hearing in Abhay
case adjourned NCP state executive constituted Power bill details on SMS Sarpanch’s complaint against Bhajan Lal Haryana Roadways earns 119 cr profit Gang of robbers busted Evidence in Bhaniarawala
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KU QUESTION PAPER LEAK Kurukshetra, May 12 This was stated by the district police chief, Mr Desraj Singh, at a press conference here today. He said a photocopy of BA (Part-II) Hindi question paper was seized from Vishal of Vishnu Colony here on April 10 by university security staff members and a case under Sections 420, 426 and 120B of the IPC was registered. Vishal and another student Vaibhav, told the police that they had purchased the photocopies of that Hindi paper from Mr Rajesh Malik, state president of the students wing of the Haryana Vikas Party. On the information given by a social worker, B.Sc. student Mahesh Kumar, alias Malha, of Israna village, first year student Sunil Lathwal of Vikas Nagar, Gohana, and Surinder, alias Chhinda, of the Assandh road, Panipat, and Bijender of Agondh, both chowkidars, were arrested. Confessing to the crime, Mahesh Kumar told the police that on March 26, he along with his friends Sunil, Jai Prakash Mahajan, Sukhpal and Mukesh approached Rajesh Malik at Kurukshetra University and asked him to manage the things because the annual examinations were drawing nearer and they had not prepared for the same so far. Rajesh Malik told them that annual examination question papers of the nearby examination centres were kept at the
I.B. College, Panipat, and they should make some arrangements to steal those. Mahesh Kumar informed him that
I.B. College’s chowkidars Chhinda and Vijender and the college laboratory assistant were his friends. They made a plan, according to which, Mahesh Kumar and Rajesh Malik met Ajit Singh and took keys of almirahs in which question papers were kept. They took the impression of the keys on a piece of soap. Both of them got prepared duplicate keys. On the night intervening April 30 and 31, in the presence of both the chowkidars, Mahesh Kumar and Rajesh Malik took out B.Sc. chemistry Ist year question paper from a packet by cutting the sealed tape, photocopied it on a photocopier of the college and put the paper into the packet. He re-sealed it by pasting the tape with the help of fevicol. They repeated the action to take out the question papers of B.A. final (English), and B.A. IInd (Hindi). The district police chief said both the chowkidars and Sunil Lathwal and Mahesh Kumar had been arrested and efforts were being made to arrest the other wanted culprits, including Rajesh Malik. |
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Supporters of ex-MLA write to Kalam Rewari, May 12 Rao Abhey
Singh, who was thrice MLA from Rewari(twice during joint Punjab), is the father of the local MLA, Capt Ajay Singh. “Rao Abhey Singh Smiriti Manch; a social organisation, has taken the initiative to install the statue. The statue was to be installed on May 27, the first death anniversary of Rao Abhey Singh. Also, according to the manch, Babu Parmanandji had agreed in principle to unveil the statue. There appears to be some substance on the issue as The Tribune has a copy of correspondence from the office of the Governor to the the Deputy
Commissioner, Rewari. It (dated April 29) tells the Deputy Commissioner that the Governor is in receipt of an invitation from Capt Ajay Singh (the invitation letter has been enclosed).The Deputy Commissioner’s comment on whether it would be befitting for the Governor to attend the function or not, had been sought vide the correspondence. The manch today complained to the President, Dr A.P.J. Kalam, that some officials of the district led by the SDM and the DSP along with a contingent of nearly 200 police personnel arrived at the chowk at around 1.30 a.m. and started demolishing the structure. The structure was part of process to beautify the chowk and to install the statue. The letter sought Dr Kalam’s intervention and alleged that the state government was humiliating and indulging in vendetta against its opponents. The government’s “dictatorial” attitude was denying the fundamental rights of the people of the state and also breaching their human
rights. A copy of the letter has been sent to the Prime Minister, the National Human Rights Commission, the Union Home
Minister, the Governor of Haryana and the President of the AICC. Narrating the sequence of events, the manch alleged that when followers of Rao Abhey Singh tried to stop the authorities from demolishing the structure they were lathicharged. The official gunman of Capt Ajay Singh was also injured. The police, however, rebuts the charge. The manch claims that on its request the Rewari Municipal Council had adopted “unanimous” resolutions on separate dates favouring the christening of a road after Rao Abhey Singh and to allow it to beautify the chowk for “installing the statue”. The Chairman of the council said the resolution regarding the chowk was not for installation of the statue. Also the resolution had not become operative as it was yet to be ratified by the Deputy Commissioner. The manch has joined the issue with the authorities on this version saying that its original request was to install the statue. Capt Ajay Singh alleged that the Chief Minister was piqued over the possibility of the Governor unveiling the statue. Also he was the target of the INLD as he was the government’s vocal critic both in the Assembly and outside. Meanwhile, the Congress President in
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37 cr saved on jute bags’ purchase Chandigarh, May 12 The state government’s decision of getting jute bags worth more than Rs 200 crore from private suppliers instead of the Director-General, Supply and Disposal’s office in Kolkata had triggered a furore with Mr Krishan Pal Gurjar, leader of the BJP group in the Haryana Assembly alleging an underhand deal between the suppliers and the state government. However, government sources claimed here that apart from saving money, there was no need for making any advance payment to the suppliers. |
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DM’s order on building
plans Karnal, May 12 According to the order, an application to erect, add or alter a building/wall in accordance with the building bylaws shall be received from the owner of the plot or his architect in the office of the Municipal Council, Karnal, on every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday between 10 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. The order said that the Building Inspector would check the documents and building plan on the spot and issue a receipt. The order further said that if the application was prima facie found in accordance with the requirements, the house owner or his architect would be intimated the date and time of the meeting of the Plan Advisory Committee, which would be held on every Friday between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the municipal council office. The District Magistrate also directed all officials concerned to see that all formalities were completed within a week after the receipt of the building plan so that the application could be forwarded to the office of the District Town Planner in advance for further action. |
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Residents keep
away from BKU rally Jind, May 12 Speaking at the rally BKU leaders alleged that repressive measures were being adopted against the agitating BKU leaders and workers by the government. They alleged that Mr Nain was arrested when he led the agitation to safeguard the interests of the farmers. They demanded that Mr Nain should be released from the jail by withdrawing cases registered against him. The leaders apposed the recovery of loans of co-operative banks from the farmers. They said the farmers were not in a position to repay bank loans and the BKU would not tolerate the forcible recovery of the loans. They said when the government could remit loans of Rs 58 crore due against industrialists, why it could not waive loans given to farmers. Among those who addressed the rally included Mr Pala Ram Gaur, Ms Bhagwatia Devi, Mr Om Parkash, Mr Faqir Chand, Mr Mange Ram Numberdar, Mr Nafe Singh, Mr Jiya Lal, Mr Jai Dev Maan and Mr Amir Singh. BKU leaders and workers owing allegiance to the BKU state president Mr Dharam Singh Risaldar did not attend the rally. |
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Bamboo traders face uncertain future
Ambala, May 12 Bamboo traders have been asked to shift out of the area and they have been served notice in this connection. This has put a question mark on the future of the market which was established before Partition in Ambala. According to an official, the Bans Bazar has become a cause of concern to local residents since in the recent past, two major fires have broken out in the area. “Due to summers, residents are apprehensive that any major fire could engulf areas,” he said. He said the bamboo traders were issued “bhatthi” licence which was valid till March 31. “In any case, there are only a handful of bamboo traders in Bans Bazar and it would not be difficult to shift them to an area which is safer,” he opined. Mr Puneet Kumar, a bamboo trader, stated that they had received notice under the Pollution Act and inconvenience to the people. “We are ready to move out but the municipal committee should earmark an area for us within the municipal limits. There should also be basic facilities like water, electricity and phone lines,” he said. This is not for the first time that an attempt is being made to shift them out of the area. A major fire had broken out in the bazar in 1986 and an order was issued to immediately shift them out of the bazar. The traders then had sought time for shifting out of city. Thereafter, a piece of land was identified near the Devi Nagar barrier. It was proposed that the bamboo traders would shift to that area. A local resident stated that the move for shifting out the bamboo traders could not see the light of day since a controversy arose over the ownership of the land. He pointed out that the bamboo market is proving to be a major problem. “A number of times, the traffic on the road gets affected as the goods of the traders have to be downloaded,” he said. “Our greatest concern is that even a small spark could start off a major fire and we too could get affected by it as bamboo can become highly inflammable”, he said. The traders on their part said the bamboo business was already facing downslide. “For the past few years, we are feeling the pinch. While earlier, we used to sell a large number of “charpai”, the figure has come down significantly. Also people now prefer to buy iron goods,” he said.
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Hearing in Abhay
case adjourned Ambala, May 12 The court had issued summons to an IAS officer of Punjab, Mrs Rupan Deol and MLA, Rori, Mr Abhay Chautala last month to appear in his court. Mrs Deol and Mr Abhay Chautala were not present in the court. Mr Abhay Chautala had filed a defamation case in a court of Sirsa against Mrs Rupan Deol whose
statement had appeared in a Chandigarh-based newspaper in which she had alleged that the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala had been shielding an IPS officer of Haryana. Mrs Deol had filed a writ petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court requesting to transfer the case outside Sirsa due to security reasons.
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NCP state executive constituted Karnal, May 12 Mr Ved Pal told The Tribune that the NCP planned to challenge the rejection of the nomination papers of its candidate in the Fatehabad byelection in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The following is the new executive vice-presidents — Mr Surat Singh Bajwa, Mr Gurnam Singh, Mahant Hukam Chand Kashyap, Dr Ganshyam Dass, Mohammed Suleman Khan, general secretaries — Mr Shamsher Singh, Rana Mahipal Singh and Sunee Dhingra. The members of the executive are — Mr Dharam Singh Kamboj, Mr Anil Sabharwal, Mr Raghbir Singh, Mr Kirpal Singh, Mr Naresh Jain, Mr Jai Kishen Sharma, Mr Shiv Om Gautam, Mr Zila Singh Ojla, Dr Jaiparkash Sharma, Mr Gian Chand, Mr Phool Singh, Prof Zile Singh Rana, Mr Dharam Raj Balmiki, Mr Ram Saran, Mr Kanwal Singh Chauhan, Mr Ram Kumar Moudgil, Mr Balwan Singh Saini, Mr Lakhwinder Singh Cheema, Mr Vinay Kumar and Mrs Paramjit Kaur. |
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Power bill details on SMS Hisar, May 12 This was announced by Mr V. Umashankar, Managing Director of the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, while addressing mediapersons here today. He said the nigam had entered into an agreement with a private mobile service provider. The nigam had started this service on a trial basis in Hisar town. It would be formally launched by the end of this month in all five districts. The service would also be launched in Gurgaon, Sirsa and Faridabad districts soon. He said any consumer could get details of his power bill by sending SMS on 910. |
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Sarpanch’s complaint against Bhajan Lal Fatehabad, May 12 Mr Nirmal Singh, sarpanch of Kunal village in this district, had complained to the police that the former chief minister allegedly threatened him with dire consequences in the presence of a large number of villagers, when he visited the village for campaigning. The sarpanch said he had been supporting the INLD candidate, Ms Swatantra Chowdhary, in the byelection. Mr Bhajan Lal said he was not aware of the fact. But if it was so, he was not perturbed by the development. He said the ruling INLD had come to know that it had lost the byelection and hence it was resorting to such tactics out of sheer frustration. |
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Haryana Roadways earns 119 cr profit Chandigarh, May 12 The profitability had increased by 358 per cent in comparison to 1999-2000. He said last year the roadways was adjudged second best state road transport undertakings in the country. He said during the last three year 1,665 buses had been replaced and it is proposed to replace 700 more buses during this financial year.
UNI YAMUNANAGAR: The depot of Yamunanagar has stood first on account of highest traffic receipt with passenger tax for the year 2002-03 in the state. This was stated by Mr Vijayendra Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, Yamunanagar, here on Monday. He said the total collection of the traffic receipt was Rs 2,260 lakh during 2002-03 as compared to Rs 2,203 lakh during 2001-02.
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Gang of robbers busted Ambala, May 12 Mr Doon said the three youths, Naresh Kumar alias Kaka, Sanjay alias Raju and Brij Mohan alias
Laddoo, were nabbed in Ambala city. “We had information that three boys were riding a stolen motor cycle and we arrested them,” he said. In May this year, they were involved in five robbery incidents. The incidents took place in Ashok Vihar, near Manji Sahib Gurdwara, Chota Ghel and two incidents in Ghas Mandi. The sixth incident had taken place last year in Badhshahi Bagh area. The stolen goods have been recovered from them.
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Evidence in Bhaniarawala
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Ambala, May 12 The FIR was registered against Baba and other two at the police station of Sirhind under Section 457, 436, 295-A, 153-A and 120B on September 30, 2001, during the regime of the Shiromani Akali Dal and later it was transferred to the Ambala court on the direction of Punjab and Haryana High Court on the request of the Baba.
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Bamboo market, better known as Bans Bazar, located in Ambala City is facing an uncertain future.
Bamboo traders have been asked to shift out of the area and they have been served notice in this connection. 
