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July 20, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Rain brightens prospect of kharif crops Rain hits
life in Hisar Panipat transformer burst kills 7 No MC House meeting in
past three months 4 girls, 3 boys held for immoral trafficking High Court |
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Trace woman, demand residents
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Rain brightens prospect of kharif crops Chandigarh, July 19 He said the recent rains were not only useful for the transplantation of paddy, but also helped in the nourishment of sugarcane, cotton, pulses and fodder crops. The sowing of sugarcane was completed in 1.75 lakh hectares while cotton was sowed in more than 5 lakh hectares, he said while adding that paddy transplantation had been carried out in over 7 lakh hectares so far. Mr Sandhu said there was good rain in the south-western tract of the state as well where bajra, guar and fodder crops were grown. Sowing of maize, oilseeds and pulse crops like arhar, moong, urd, soybean, til, groundnut and castor was being completed in various areas. He added that so far the area covered under jowar, maize, bajra, kharif pulses and kharif oilseeds had been of the order of 1.20 lakh, 0.25 lakh, 4.25 lakh, 0.60 lakh and 0.08 lakh hectares, respectively. The minister said the Haryana Seeds Development Corporation had stocked seeds of various kharif crops and these were being distributed to farmers at subsidised rates. Certified seeds of new varieties of paddy and wheat had been subsidised at the rate of Rs 200 per quintal. Similarly, subsidy of Rs 800 per quintal on certified seeds of pulses and Rs 1,000 per quintal on seeds of cotton were being provided. About one lakh quintals of seeds of various crops would be distributed to the farmers during the current kharif season, he said. Mr Sandhu said Rs 117 crore would be spent as subsidy on chemical fertilisers during the current year. The target for fertiliser consumption for Kharif 2003 had been fixed as 3.75 lakh metric tonnes, he added. — TNS |
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Rain hits life in Hisar Chandigarh, July 19 Many a low lying areas was inundated even today by torrential rain that surpassed all records. Against the normal rainfall of 117 mm till today, Hisar and the surrounding areas had reported having received 256.2 mm rainfall, including 109.8 mm in the past 24 hours, ending 8.30 am. The heavy rain damaged several dilapidated houses and thatched roofs. The day temperature was 34.5o C, two degrees below normal. Chandigarh and Panchkula received 6.4 mm and 3.00 mm rainfall in the past 24 hours while Ambala and Kalka in Haryana received 3.8 mm and 5.00 mm rainfall. The day temperature today rose to the normal of 34.4o C. With the southwest monsoon turning weak, people braved torrid humid conditions and rising day temperatures. The relative humidity hovered around 95 and 85, maximum and minimum, respectively. Patiala in Punjab received 25.4 mm, Nangal Dam 4.6 mm and Ludhiana 1.00 mm rainfall till this morning. The day temperatures in Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala were 34.8o C, 34o C and 33.8o C, respectively. Jammu reported 8.1 mm rainfall and Shimla 8.5 mm. — UNI  |
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Panipat transformer burst kills 7 Chandigarh, July 19 The condition of 15 others, who were injured in the mishap, was learnt to be serious. While most of the injured have been shifted to Rohtak, at least two of the injured have been taken to Delhi for treatment. Mr Alok Nigam, MD of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) who visited Panipat today, placed four officials of the UHBVN under suspension for dereliction of duty. They were Ajmer Singh, SDO, Ram Bhagat, Foreman, Iswar, Lineman, and Anil, Assistant Lineman. Mr Nigam met the Deputy Commissioner of Panipat, Mr M.R. Anand, the Superintendent of Police, Ms Suman Manjari, and senior officials of the UHBVN. Talking to the TNS on his return to Chandigarh, Mr Nigam said a committee headed by Mr S.K. Dewan, Director (Operations), UHBVN, had been set up to probe into the tragedy. He added that the committee had been asked to submit its report at the earliest. An agency report said boiling oil from the transformer had splattered over a 5-metre area catching the passers-by and vegetable vendors unawares. The report added that the UHBVN would provide compensation to the families of the victims and the district administration would bear the expenses of the treatment of the injured. |
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No MC House meeting in
past three months Ambala, July 19 The councillors are demanding that a House meeting should be called immediately. About three months have elapsed since the last MC House meeting was held. The Leader of the Congress in the MC, Mr Hira Lal
Yadav, said an action committee had been formed to ensure that House meetings were held regularly. “Our efforts are yet to bear fruit as a House meeting has not been held since Mr Suresh Garg became the officiating president,” he said. He said the officials concerned had not been able to give any satisfactory reply regarding when the meeting was going to be held. “We have submitted a written application in this regard. Despite the municipal councillors seeking that the House meeting should be held, there is an inexplicable delay in holding it,” he said. An action committee member said the House meeting was supposed to be held every month. “When a written application has been submitted, the House meeting should have been called within 10 days,” he said. Members of the action committee have decided that if by Tuesday the agenda of the meeting is not released, they will start an agitation. However, officiating President Suresh Garg said the meetings of the sub-committee had to be completed before the House meeting was held. “The finance sub-committee meeting has already been held,” he said. He stated that the works sub- committee meeting was scheduled to take place last week but due to another meeting by the Deputy Commissioner, it had to be postponed. The sub-committee members are going to be issued a fresh agenda for the meeting, which is likely to take place on Tuesday. “The meeting of the sanitation sub-committee is going to be held soon thereafter. Immediately after the meetings of the sub-committees are completed, the House meeting will be held,” Mr Garg stated. A Municipal Council official said the date for the House meeting had not yet been decided. “No House meeting has been held since the President was put under suspension three months ago,” he said. |
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4 girls, 3 boys held for immoral trafficking Yamunanagar, July 19 The SP stated that she disclosed that after sometime she was once again sold to a Mustafabad (Yamunanagar district) based person Rajesh Manmohan and Shameem who were paying Rs 5,000 to her per week. The SP added that the boys disclosed they were in the profession for a long time and lured four more girls in the profession. They also disclosed that they used Mobile Telephone to contact the customers. Mr Rajinder Singh also disclosed that the police had arrested three girls yesterday night from Jagadhri. He added that the girls were between 20 and 25 years. The police arrested them under Sections 3, 4, 5 of PITA 1956 and obtained police remand till July 22. |
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High Court Chandigarh, July 19 The high court had earlier directed the state to furnish the details of all the cases in which pardon was granted to murder and attempt-to-murder convicts. The court had also directed the state to place on record the judicial orders allowing the withdrawal of cases involving serious offences. The Bench had further directed that the list of cases in which pardon had been granted should also be produced in the Court. |
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Trace woman, demand residents Ambala, July 19 Ambala Cantonment MLA Anil Vij said they would continue the agitation till the woman was traced. A large number of local residents raised slogans and the police had a difficult time pacifying them. The woman, the daughter of a P&T architect, was married on July 13 to a boy who works in Lufthansa. The marriage took place in Delhi. On July 15, the newly married couple was travelling on Hemkunt Express on their way to Vaishno Devi. Before the train reached Ludhiana, the woman told her husband that she was going to the toilet. After that, she went missing. Her husband became worried and informed his in-laws. An FIR was lodged in Ludhiana. In the meantime, it was learnt that the woman had an affair with a junior engineer working in the Punjab Wakf Board. The junior engineer had reportedly threatened the girl’s parents against marrying her off. After the girl could not traced, it was found that the junior engineer was on leave till July 21. This evening, Mr Anil Vij, along with other Vikas Parishad activists, reached the Mahesh Nagar police station to demand that the woman should be immediately traced. He said the whereabouts of the woman could be found by questioning the staff of the Punjab Wakf Board. Meanwhile, the boy’s family in Delhi is believed to have expressed unhappiness over the issue. The family members feel they have been shortchanged. |
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Mishap averted Ambala, July 19 The truck was coming from Himachal Pradesh and was on its way to Delhi. The gateman, Sheesh Ram, immediately informed the railway control room about the incident. The train was stopped on the way. Rail traffic was restored after about 15 minutes. |
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Cong to hold training camp Kaithal, July 19 |
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Exhibition inaugurated Kaithal, July 19 |
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