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Saturday,
September 27, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Govt staff rally against ban
on strikes INLD rally flop show, says Cong 16 INLD workers
hurt in mishap Drive to create
awareness about SC/ST Act Need to develop special farm tools for women stressed CM inaugurates college building |
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2 criminals killed in encounter Need to develop special farm tools for women stressed High Court Case against two for raping minor Pherurai
case shifted to Ambala 2 booked for
smuggling poppy husk Youth gets
life sentence for killing man
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Govt staff rally against ban
on strikes Hisar, September 26 This was announced by leaders of various Haryana Government employees organisations at an Adhikar rally held here. Addressing the employees Mr Manjul Kumar Das, general secretary of the Akhil Bhartiya Rajya Sarkari Karamchari Sangh, said employees’ right to strike work was granted internationally and India could not single out its work force. He said the right to strike was recognised in the country in 1948 whereas the Supreme Court came into being four years later in 1952. Thus the apex court could not undo something that had existed even before its formation. Mr Das said employees’ organisations had launched a nationwide signature campaign against the ban. The memorandum signed by five crore citizens of the country would be presented to the Lok Sabha Speaker to demand that a law be enacted to safeguard their right. He also announced that the proposed nationwide strike by employees in December would go ahead despite the ban. Leaders of Haryana Government employees criticised the “anti employee” policies of the Om Prakash Chautala government and said about 20,000 employees had been retrenched during the past four years and no efforts had been made to absorb them in other departments. More than 30,000 posts had been abolished during this period thus sealing the fate of thousands of educated unemployed youths who had backed the INLD in the hope of finding greater employment opportunities. Among those who addressed the rally were Mr R.C. Jagga and Mr Poonam Chand Ratti of the Sarv Karamchari Sangh and Mr M.L. Sehgal and Mr Dhara Singh of the Haryana Karamchari
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INLD rally flop show, says Cong Chandigarh, September 26 In a statement here today, Mr Bhupinder Singh
Hooda, Leader of the Opposition, said the function at Karnal for celebrating the birth anniversary of late Devi Lal was a poor show. Mr Hooda said the government machinery was extensively misused for organising the rally and the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, would be scared to face the people of the state now because of the naked misuse of the Chief Minister’s office by him. In another statement, Mr Krishan Murti Hooda, HPCC spokesperson and a former Haryana Minister, said even school children and students of ITIs were brought for participation in the rally. Some 34 ITI students were also injured as the tractor-trailer carrying them turned turtle near the site of the rally. Mr Chautala must take care of the treatment of the injured students, the HPCC spokesperson said. He added that to allure the youth for coming to the rally, Mr Chautala had announced that 50,000 vacancies would be filled in the state and that the vacancies of ‘gram sahayaks’ would also be soon filled. The police, the Education Department, the ITIs and patwaris were asked to mobilise people for the rally. The Deputy Commissioners were also given verbal orders to mobilise people and similar demands were also made on the members of
panchayats, district councils and urban local bodies. He also criticised Mr Chautala for not making any mention of the issue of completion of the SYL canal in his speech. He said Mr Chautala did not raise the issue because of the presence of Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal, MP and son of a former Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Prakash Singh Badal, on the podium. If Mr Chautala really wanted to pay tribute to his father, late Devi Lal, who was said to be a representative of the farmers, he should have released Mr Ghasiram Nain, president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, who was being kept in jail since November, the Congress spokesman said. Mr Satpal Kaushik, secretary of the HPCC, said in a statement that a large number of children in the state could not go to school on Thursday because school buses were forcibly sent to carry people to the rally. |
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16 INLD workers
hurt in mishap Karnal, September 26 The workers were returning to their homes after attending the “samman divas” rally at Karnal yesterday. All injured workers were admitted to the Community Health Centre at Gohana for treatment and were said to be out of danger. Police sources said the mini-truck was hit by a bus, following which its driver lost control over it. The injured workers belonged to Rindhana village in Gohana subdivision of Sonepat district. The bus which allegedly hit the mini-truck was also carrying INLD workers and was coming from Karnal, the sources said. |
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Drive to create
awareness about SC/ST Act Chandigarh, September 26 Ms Seema Bahadur, president of the DJKSH, said panels of lawyers would be constituted in all 19 districts of Haryana to provide free legal aid to those taking recourse to this Act. One such panel had already been constituted at Chandigarh. The main focus of the campaign was to create awareness among the government employees. Even though the Act was passed way back in 1989, SC and ST employees were not fully aware of its provisions. A recent research done in Delhi had revealed that 33 per cent of the SC employees suffered “atrocities” at the hands of non-SC colleagues but only 13 per cent of them lodged complaints with the police. “Most of them silently bear the humiliation and prefer not to complain to the police, court or senior officers fearing a backlash”, Ms Bahadur said. Ms Seema Bahadur also released a booklet, in English on protection available to SC and ST employees under the Act, adding that 10,000 copies had been printed for distribution all over the country. |
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Need to develop special farm tools for women stressed Hisar, September 26 The Deputy Commissioner, Ms Deepti Umashankar, who inaugurated the seminar said most farming tools had been designed for men only. These did not suit women which resulted in their labouring harder than necessary. She said such unsuitable tools had led to increasing drudgery. Ms Umashankar said farm engineers needed to lay special emphasis on tools for women keeping in view their physical limitations. Farm tools for women should be designed so as to make farm women more efficient. This would not only save labour and money, but also afford them time for themselves and the family. Presiding over the inaugural session Mr Madan Lal Mehta, Director, Northern Region Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute, which organised the seminar said the seminar was aimed at identifying farm women specific tools to boost farm women’s output. He said the institute planned camps in villages to explain use of improved farm tools for women. More than 100 delegates from a number of universities, central institutes and ICAR participated in the one day seminar. |
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CM inaugurates college building Sirsa, September 26 Speaking on the occasion, Mr Chautala said it was unfortunate that students of India were rushing abroad for higher studies while in past, foreigners used to come to Indian institutions for education. He said more than Rs 36 crore had already been spent on the engineering college. He announced that a Ch Devi Lal excellency centre would be set up at a cost of Rs 15 crore in Chandigarh to prepare rural youths for various competitive exams. He disclosed that a similar institute was being set up in Delhi to cater to the educational needs of the poor students. Reacting to Mr Bansi Lal’s announcement of demolishing Devi Lal’s statues, Mr Chautala accused him of misleading people. Mr Abhey Chautala appreciated the effort of the village panchayat for donating Rs 2 crore in cash and 46 acres of land for the construction of this college. He appealed to the Chief Minister to reserve at least 4 per cent seats in the college for rural students. Earlier, the Chief Minister also inaugurated a park named after Devi Lal constructed at a cost of Rs 20 lakh in his native village, Chautala. |
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2 criminals killed in encounter Jind, September 26 According to Mr Manjit Singh Ahlawat, SP, on a tip off that two motorcycle borne armed youths were going to commit a robbery at Uchana village. The police cordoned off the two places near Uchana. However, when the youths saw the police, they changed their route. On the other route when the second police party tried to intercept them, the youths opened fire. The police returned the fire in which Kuldeep and Joginder were killed. Mr Manjit Singh Ahlawat said both Kuldeep and Joginder were involved in a number of heinous crimes. Kuldeep had snatched Rs 1.5 lakh from a trader at Uchana grain market a few months ago. He had also committed seven robberies and dacoities, the SP added. Joginder had murdered three persons in his village about three years ago and was awarded death sentence by the Sessions Judge in April 2002. However, Joginder managed to escape from the jail. The SP said one revolver, one country-made pistol and cartridges were seized. The bodies had been sent to the General Hospital, Narwana, for a post-mortem. |
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Need to develop special farm tools Hisar, September 26 The Deputy Commissioner, Ms Deepti Umashankar, who inaugurated the seminar said most farming tools had been designed for men only. These did not suit women which resulted in their labouring harder than necessary. She said such unsuitable tools had led to increasing drudgery. Ms Umashankar said farm engineers needed to lay special emphasis on tools for women keeping in view their physical limitations. Farm tools for women should be designed so as to make farm women more efficient. This would not only save labour and money, but also afford them time for themselves and the family. Presiding over the inaugural session Mr Madan Lal Mehta, Director, Northern Region Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute, which organised the seminar said the seminar was aimed at identifying farm women specific tools to boost farm women’s output. He said the institute planned camps in villages to explain use of improved farm tools for women. More than 100 delegates from a number of universities, central institutes and ICAR participated in the one day seminar. |
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High Court Chandigarh, September 26 The petitioner had earlier contended that the Dalits, as per a news item, were driven out of their homes by Jats. Away from home, the families were without bread and butter.
Medical seats Young aspirants hoping to get admission in medical colleges Haryana will soon stand a better chance. The state is considering a proposal for increasing the number of seats in the medical colleges. At present, there are just 150 seats. As per the proposal under active consideration, the seats will be increased to 200, this was revealed by Haryana’s Advocate-General (AG) Surya Kant Sharma before the High Court. Appearing before a Division Bench, comprising Mr Justice S.S. Nijjar and Mr Justice S.S. Grewal, the AG informed the court that the matter would be pursued with the Central Government. Taking up the case against the state of Haryana, Rohtak’s Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences and other respondents challenging reservation under the management quota, the Bench, on the last date of hearing, had directed the respondents against finalising the list of students in the “management quota”. In their petitions, Ramita Sardana and other petitioners had earlier contended that as per an advertisement, there were 24 seats under the management quota in the Rohtak college. For the seats, Rs 25 lakh was to be paid and there was no condition of domicile. Arguing before the court, counsel had asserted that the institute at Rohtak was run by the government and as such seats could not be reserved under the management quota. |
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Case against two for raping minor Yamunanagar, September 26 Tilak Raj reportedly raped her and both of them threatened the girl with dire consequences if she informed her family members about the incident. However, the girl informed her parents about the incident. Her parents lodged a complaint with the Chhachhrauli police yesterday which immediately swung into action and sent the girl to a hospital for the check-up. Today they received the report and on the basis of that a case has been registered against Tilak Raj and
Nirmala. |
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Pherurai
case shifted to Ambala Chandigarh, September 26 Issuing the directions, Mr Justice Gill also asked the petitioner
to appear before the court on October 7. He was earlier seeking the
transfer of a corruption case against him from Ferozepore to any other
place outside the state.
Seeking the transfer of the trial, the petitioner had expressed
apprehension regarding his safety on the ground that criminals booked
by him were also appearing against him. The petitioner had added that
he had been posted in Ferozepore for almost four years. |
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2 booked for
smuggling poppy husk Fatehabad, September 26 The SP, Mr K.K.Rao, told media persons today that on a tip-off a truck (HR-38D-5806), was stopped at police naka near Baropal village yesterday night and 170 bags of poppy husk was found concealed beneath 35 bags of maize. The police has arrested the driver, Balwinder Singh of More Mandi near Bathinda in Punjab and cleaner, Gurjant Singh of Baragura village near Sirsa. They revealed that the contraband belonged to Jagtar Singh and Jagsir Singh of Baragura village in Sirsa district and was being brought from Rajasthan to be sold in Haryana. |
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Youth gets
life sentence for killing man Hisar, September 26 According to the prosecution, Uday Singh, a resident of nearby Kalirawna village, had opened fire at Kanha Ram of the same village two years ago after a minor dispute. Kanha Ram succumbed to his injuries at a local private hospital. The Sadar police had registered a case against him in this connection. |
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10-yr jail for
smuggling opium Fatehabad, September 26 |
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