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Sunday,
May 18, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Ten cops
among 22 hurt in Pehowa clash Campaigning
picks up in Fatehabad Rewari
action at CM’s behest: Yadav Paper
leaked due to varsity laxity Electricity
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Army
medical officers’ conference Immolation
bid by student
Shops were demolished
near Manav Chowk, Ambala City, on Saturday. Need for
universal telecom policy
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Ten cops among 22 hurt in Pehowa clash Kurukshetra, May 17 Some of the injured policemen, including the Pehowa SHO Piara Singh
Nagra, were injured and have been admitted to the Kurukshetra civil hospital, it said. The police has registered cases against the demonstrators under various sections of the
IPC. No arrest has been made so far in the clash which took place yesterday. Haryana Youth Congress president Satwinder Singh Timmy has condemned the police action on the demonstrators of the Pehowa town, who were protesting against the alleged deteriorating law and order situation in the subdivision and had given a call for a
bandh. Mr Timmy said the demonstrators were holding a peaceful march till a relative of a ruling party leader had an altercation with the demonstrators at the main chowk of the city where the traffic was jammed due to the procession. The policemen resorted to a lathi charge to get the vehicular traffic moving and it was here that the demonstrators
went berserk and pelted stones on them. Two young boys, namely Sumit (6) and one and a half years old Abhishek of Ajrani village under the Pehowa subdivision were brutally murdered. There were some other incidents of loot and extortion also which had shaken the faith of people in the police. Various organisations of the city had given a call for the bandh which went off peacefully till the altercation between the relative of a ruling party leader and the demonstrators at the main chowk of the city. A DSP was not allowed to move out of a shop where he had taken shelter and was rescued by the police force which arrived from Kurukshetra under the DSP headquarters, Mr Anil Dhawan.
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Campaigning
picks up in Fatehabad Mr Pawan Batra, a vice-president, of the District Congress Committee last evening announced to join the INLD in the presence of Mr Abhey Singh Chautala. Earlier, an HPCC secretary, Mr Ram Raj Mehta, who was also a covering candidate for the Congress nominee, Mr Dura Ram; a former block Congress president, Dr Vinod Batra, and some municipal councillors from the Congress joined the INLD. Mr Ajay Singh Chautala addressed a public meeting at the Balmiki chowk, here today. Mr Subhash Goyal, Minister for Urban Development, Mr Banta Ram, Chairman, Sugarfed, and Ms Kailasho Saini, president, women wing, INLD, also addressed the meeting. Mr Avtar Singh Hit, president, Shiromani Akali Dal, New Delhi, campaigned for the INLD nominee, Mrs Swatantra Bala Chowdhary. The INLD president, Mr Sher Singh Barshami, campaigned door to door in the ward Nos: 4 and 6 of the town, while the INLD MP, Dr Sushil Indora, and Ms Bimla Sangwan, Chairperson, Mahila Vikas Nigam, campaigned in Matu Ram colony. The Haryana Vikas Party chief, Mr Bansi Lal, today addressed public meetings at Jandli, Dahman and Gorakhpur villages on the seventh day. He castigated both Mr Chautala and Mr Bhajan Lal. He promised to start unemployment allowance for youth and uninterrupted supply of power in case he was voted to power after the next general elections. He will now address a meeting at the Jawahar chowk on May 19. Mr Bhajan Lal today addressed ‘nukkad’ meetings at Matana village. He said the present byelection was not an ordinary election as it would decide the future of Haryana politics. A former HPCC chief, Mr Dharampal Malik, former ministers namely Mr Amar Singh Dhanak and Mr Mange Ram and an MLA from Kalka, Mr Chander Mohan, also campaigned for the party. The Congress nominee, Mr Dura Ram, has demanded deployment of more Central observers for the byelection. The CPM will organise a rally here tomorrow. |
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Rewari action at CM’s behest: Yadav Chandigarh, May 17 Narrating the sequence of events, Mr Yadav said at a press conference that the municipal committee of Rewari passed a resolution in April to
install a statue of his father, late Rao Abhey Singh near their residence. Subsequently, Mr Yadav met the Governor, Babu Parmanand, and requested him to unveil the statue at Rewari. The Governor agreed to the request and a letter was sent by the Raj Bhawan to the DC of Rewari to find out whether it would be proper on the part of the Governor to attend the function. Mr Yadav, who was accompanied by Congress functionary Rajender Singh, said that the DC informed the state government about the Raj Bhawan’s letter which set off a series of incidents aimed at jeopardising the ceremony. He said on May 9 the municipal committee sent people to the site to demolish a platform which was being erected for setting up the statue. They, however, faced resistance from the local people and returned without accomplishing their task. Then on May 11 around 400 policemen, led by SDM, Mahavir Kaushik, DSP, Om Prakash and SHO Eeswar Singh, surrounded his house and assaulted five people, including Mr Yadav’s gunmen and his brother in the presence of Mr Yadav. The cops also razed the platform on which the statue was to be erected, to the ground. At 1-30 a.m. on May 12, the police again came accompanied by labourers and removed the debris from the spot. Mr Yadav said that when he asked the SDM regarding the police action, he replied that chairman of the municipal committee had sought help from the district administration for razing the platform. The Congress leader added that though the municipal committee passed a resolution in April for setting up Rao Abhey Singh’s statue, that resolution was forgotten and the committee, acting under pressure from the government, adopted another resolution in May which stated that Rao Abhey Singh’s statue would be installed only after obtaining permission from the state government. Mr Yadav said that the organisation had now decided to
install a statue on the premises of a school at Sahranwas village on May 27. He said that he and Rajender Singh met the Governor at Raj Bhawan yesterday and requested him to take part in the function on May 27 and the Governor accepted the invitation. Asked whether the Governor himself felt humiliated as a result of the incident at Rewari, Mr Yadav said that the Governor was worried. He said further that the street in front of his ancestral house was named after his father following Abhey Singh’s death last year and it was approved by the district administration. But the statue installation triggered off a police action because the Governor was to take part in the function. Mr Yadav said that the Governor had annoyed the Chief Minister by refusing to be Mr Chautala’s rubber stamp. He said after an attempt was made to demolish the platform on May 9, he tried to talk to the CM at Chandigarh from Rewari but Mr Om Prakash Chautala avoided attending the phone. He alleged that Mr Chautala also bore grudge against him because of the way he attacked the government during Assembly sessions. |
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Paper leaked due to varsity laxity Karnal, May 17 The envelopes containing the M.Com (Final) paper were opened in the morning shift itself by the Superintendent of the centre at 8.30 am. It was subsequently found out that the paper was to be held in the evening. The leakage had also occurred at other centres of Kurukshetra University. But the university chose to cancel the paper in the University College Centre only. Inquiries made by this reporter show that the faux pas occurred because of a mistake by the office of the Controller of Examinations. Frantic phone calls were made to other centres from the Controller’s office that the M.Com (Final) paper was scheduled to be held in the evening. But by that time the damage had already been done. The centre superintendent of University College, Mr Antil, maintains that he had opened the envelope as per the instructions of the university. The controller’s office, on the other hand, says it had issued instructions to all Principals and centre superintendents intimating the shifting of the paper from he morning to the evening shift on May 15. Inquiries made by The Tribune further show that in the original date sheet issued by the university, the paper was to be held in the morning shift on May 15. The Deputy Registrar (Conduct) issued a letter No CT-II/03/21071-171 dated May 14 addressed to all Principals/ superintendents-in-chief intimating them about the corrections in the date sheet. At serial No 1, it was mentioned that “the subject of M.Com has been shown in the morning session, which may kindly be re-corrected in the evening session on the relevant days of the examinations.” Surprisingly, this letter was received in a large number of university centres on the evening of May 15 or on May 16 morning. One of the Principals admitted that he was handed over this letter by a personal messenger of the university in the wee hours of May 17 morning. He said he was saved the embarrassment of opening the question paper envelope as he had per chance contacted the controller’s office on May 15 morning before the examination started. The letter also mentioned that “paper-I for M.Phil (Master of philosophy) has been shown in the date of May 20 which may kindly be considered as May 22.” Some of the Principals demanded that the M.Com (Final) paper should be cancelled as after the leakage at the University College Centre, there was every possibility that the contents of the question paper might have been conveyed to candidates at other centres too. It has also come to light that the work of distribution of question papers to various centres is being taken up casually by the conduct branch. For instance, the question papers relating to the examinations to be held on May 17 were received by the Principals of the three colleges in Karnal well after midnight on May 16. The university staff knocked at the door of a Principal’s house after midnight to hand over the papers. While he did received the question papers, another Principal asked the staff to wait till 5 am in the morning of May 17. The examination starts at 8.30 am. The Principal is reported to have received the question papers only on intimated
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Electricity
Dept employee held Ambala, May 17 According to information Nathu Singh, a resident of Rampura Bhita village had applied for the connection of a tubewell in his field. He had also deposited Rs. 20000 for it with the department. The estimate of the installation of poles was to be prepared by an official of the department. The official demanded Rs. 6000 from him as a bribe to get work done. Nathu Singh had paid Rs 2000 to him in advance and the balance was to be paid
today. Nathu Singh met the Superintendent of Police of the Vigilance Bureau at Ambala and narrated him the facts. The SP constituted a raiding led by Inspector Ram
Sharan. The Tehsildar Ambala, Mr GR Rohila was included in the raiding party as an Executive Magistrate. As soon as Nathu Ram handed over the balance amount of Rs. 4000 to Surya
Prakash, the raiding party nabbed him and recovered the amount from his possession. The bureau has registered a case against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act. |
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Army medical officers’ conference Chandigarh, May 17 Inaugurating the conference, the General Officer Commanding, 2 Corps, Lt-Gen B.S.
Thakur, said the Army Medical Corps should make improvements in the near future to fulfil the aspirations of ever increasing clientele from the services as well as ex-servicemen. The address of welcome was delivered by the Deputy Director, Medical Services, 2 Corps, Brig
P.R. Rao, while the hospital Commandant, Brig Y.V. Sharma proposed the vote of thanks. Administrative and technical aspects concerning medicare for troops were deliberated upon at the conference. |
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Immolation
bid by student Kurukshetra, May 17 Pramod came to the Department of Psychology and demanded his roll number slip which was refused by the chairperson due to short attendance in the class. He threatened to immolate himself if he was not given the slip and showed a container of liquid to the staff. When the chairperson did not budge Pramod went to the examination hall where he was supposed to appear in the paper and sprinkled the liquid on him. Some students and teachers tried to stop him and in the process got drenched in the inflammable liquid. He however, was overpowered and handed over to the police.
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Seven shops demolished Ambala, May 17 |
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Need for universal telecom policy Chandigarh, May 17 He was giving a keynote address at a function organised at Nilokheri by the Institution of Engineers(India) and the Haryana State Centre, in connection with the World Telecom Day. The function was attended by a large number of engineers, technocrats and academics. |
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