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Probe in cane-charge case an eyewash, allege BJP leaders
Faridabad, June 1
Questions are being raised over the credibility of the probe, being conducted by the local police, regarding the alleged cane -charge on senior BJP leaders here, during a protest against demolition.
DPCC protests against Kirti Nagar demolition
New Delhi, June 1
The Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) held a sit-in today at Jantar Mantar to protest the demolition of huts in Reshma and Nehru Camps in Kirti Nagar. The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) had razed a few huts there on Saturday. Another 50 odd huts were destroyed in the fire that broke out even as the slum-dwellers were resisting the demolition squad. |
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| Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Subhash Chopra, Jagdish Tytler and Tazdar Babar protesting against the demolitions in the Kirti Nagar slum cluster by the DDA in the Capital on Sunday.
— Photo Kamal Singh |
HVP fared quite well in
Fatehabad by-poll: Bansi Lal
Rohtak, June 1
Charging Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala with adopting unfair means in the Fatehabad by-election, Haryana Vikas Party (HVP) supremo Bansi Lal has claimed that the votes polled by the party candidate clearly indicated the remarkable achievement of the party.
BSNL and post office playing blame game
Sonepat, June 1
Widespread resentment prevails among thousands of telephone subscribers against the inordinate delay in sending the telephone bills to them by the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) in the city and elsewhere in the district. The telephone subscribers association has demanded a high level probe into the matter and stern action against the erring officials of the BSNL and the Head Post Office.
Delhi Health Minister Dr A.K. Walia giving polio drops to a child in the Capital on Sunday.
— Photo Kamal Singh |
Haryana Govt employees threaten agitation
Faridabad, June 1
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Haryana Government Employees Associations has served an ultimatum to the state government to either implement the ‘Agreement’, regarding welfare of employees of various departments, reached with it on October 24 last year, by June 17, or face a comprehensive agitation.
Residents
facing power, water shortage
Faridabad, June 1
As the heat of the summer season is inching towards its peak, acute shortage of water and irregular power supply in various parts of the district, has made soaring temperatures unbearable for the residents. According to reports from rural areas, While on one hand the residents are facing problems due to scarcity of potable water, they are also worried about their cattle, as majority of ponds and rivers had gone dry.
Poor farmers being arrested: Dalal
Faridabad, June 1
A former minister and MLA from Palwal, Mr Karan Singh Dalal, has alleged that farmers unable to pay their loan instalments of Cooperative Banks, were being arrested and put behind bars.
SPECIAL FOCUS ON
SONEPAT
Patients suffer with govt hospital blood bank closed for a month
Sonepat, June 1
Much to the inconvenience of the patients here, the blood bank in the local civil hospital has been lying closed for more than a month now. Reflecting gross inefficiency on part of the Health Department here, the blood bank, which was closed on April 27 due to non-payment of renewal fee, has not been re-opened only for want of permission from the Director General Health Services, Haryana.
Move to hand over college management to society flayed
Sonepat, June 1
Resentment prevails among the students and employees of the Chhotu Ram Government Engineering College at Murthal over the government decision to hand over the management of the college to a society.
DELHI DIGEST
Lakhs of kids get polio vaccine
New Delhi, June 1
Lakhs of children below five years of age were administered the polio vaccine today. Health Minister AK Walia said volunteers of the Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme (PPIP) also administered the vaccine to children at railway stations, inter-state bus terminuses, entry points on the national highways, airports and entertainment complexes.
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