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Singhikaat kids get school 1 held for demanding ransom Order
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5 girls to get bravery awards for
foiling Harisinghpura (Karnal), November 14 Unlike, most of the females who still face the problems of a conservative society in most parts of Haryana, the five girls-Neelam Rani (student of class V), Sarita Tyagi, Sunita Devi, Swati Tyagi and Sushma Rani (all students of class IX) took a daring step to check the evil of child marriage. According to information, Bhopal Singh, a poor farmer belonging to the “gadariya” tribe decided to marry his daughters — Suman (12) and Pushpa six — to two brothers in their late 20s for certain amount to clear off his debts. The united power of young girls not only foiled the plan of this impoverished man but also landed him in the jail. Sarita Tyagi, who was a student of Class VIII at that time first came to know about the illegal marriage that was about to take place in their village just few hours before the scheduled time for the marriage. She discussed the issue with her friends and decided to call the police. She also sought the help of a former village (sarpanch), Nannu Ram, to stop the marriage. As the priests were just to begin the religious ceremony of the marriage, the five girls along with a couple of supporters entered the pandal in a Bollywood style and asked the priest to stop the ceremony. Dharampal and Rajpal, the grooms refused to stop the ceremony commenting that they had paid a sum of Rs 50,000 to get the brides. Surprisingly, amid heated arguments, Bhopal Singh’s wife and his elder brother Sewa Singh came forward and supported the girls having realised that the girl had gained the support from villages and a section of family members of the brides and the grooms fled away from the scene along with the
baratis. By this time, the police was nowhere in the picture. Bhopal Singh lodged a fake complaint with the local police that his brother had interrupted the marriage of his two daughters. The police came to the village in the evening to arrest Sewa Singh, obvious of the facts.With the intervention of Mr R.S. Doon, the local Deputy Commissioner, a case under Sections 4, 5 and 6 of the Child Marriage Restraint Act was registered against Bhopal Singh. He was arrested immediately. At present, he is under judicial custody. His house was locked when this correspondent visited the village. A villager said the minor girls along with their mother were now living with their grandmother at Kohaad village. “No doubt, the girls had come forward to check the social evil in their village but still society as a whole in this state is yet to shun the traditional beliefs, said the Deputy Commissioner. He said concerted efforts on the part of the government and NGOs help a lot in checking this evil. |
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Scholarships in Kalpana’s memory Karnal, November 14 This was the second visit of Kalpana’s husband, Mr Jean-Pierre Harrison, to the town after she died with six other space scientists in the US space shuttle Columbia that crashed on February 1 this year. His first visit was on March 20. Mr Harrison, accompanied by Mr Bill Readdy, another staff member of NASA, and brother Sanjay Chawla, visited Tagore Bal Niketan, where she did her schooling, this morning. Then they visited the DAV College for Women and Dayal Singh College. Kalpana studied for one year each in these institutions. An audiovisual film prepared by NASA was shown to school and college students, highlighting the achievements of Kalpana Chawla. Mr Harrison told The Tribune, “We have formed an organisation, Montsu, in memory of my wife to provide scholarships to student aspirants of developing countries for studying space science.” The project would take a few months to take off. Mr Harrison was mobbed by students of the DAV college for his autographs. His companion, Mr Bill Readdy, who works in the administrative wing of NASA, said, “The purpose of our visit to India is to inspire youngsters to study space science”. He said they would adopt needy and inspired students from developing countries seeking higher studies in this field. Ms Neelam Kamra, Principal of the DAV College for Women, presented mementos to the visitors. Kalpana’s husband presented a set of CDs highliting Kalpana’s achievements and career options for students of space science. The Principal of Dayal Singh College, Dr Ramji Lal, showed the science block of the college to the visitors. |
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Police fails to produce
Barwala in court Kaithal, November 14 However, the Kaithal police is reported to have received a fax message from Hisar that due to heavy rush of supporters of Barwala outside the jail the police could not take the risk of bringing him to Kaithal. This is the second time when the police could not produce Barwala on production warrants here. The JMIC, Ms Shashi Bala Chauhan, fixed November 24 as the next date to produce Barwala in her court. On the other hand Mr J.R. Chauhan, ADJ adjourned the hearing on the anticipatory bail application filed on behalf of Barwala and pending in his court, to November 24. Meanwhile, a large number of Congress workers, staged a day-long dharna on the mini secretariat premises here today. Mr Tejinder Mann, a former minister and state president of the Kisan Khet- Mazdoor Congress, Mr Ishwar Singh, President, DCC, Mr Surinder Madan, a former minister, Mr Jogi Ram ,Bharat Singh and Mr Benarsi Dass, all former MLAs, Mr Randhir Rana, secretary, HPCC, Ms Geeta Bhukal and Dalbir Punia of legal cell, Mr Rajinder Saleti, a former HPCC general secretary, Mr Sudhir Mehta, member state executive, Dr Baldev Karora and hundreds of other Congress workers were among those who participated in dharna to protest against the arrest of Barwala. DCC president Ishwar Singh in a press note issued today said the venue of protest dharna in progress at Hisar would be shifted to Kaithal and from November 17 workers from all blocks of Kaithal district would stage indefinite dharna here. |
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SFI to go on fast Jind, November 14 The federation also decided to organise meetings of students at Bhiwani and Jind on November 21 on these issues. These decisions were taken at a state-level convention of the SFI held here today. The federation demanded restoration of democratic rights of the students. Mr Rajvinder Chandi, state president of the SFI, presided over the convention. About 500 delegates from various parts of the state participated in the convention. In the first session, a seminar on “commercialisation of education” was organised. Speaking on the occasion, G. Mamta, national joint secretary of the SFI, said education was being commercialised with a motive of earning profit. She said the government had increased the fees of professional courses and it had now become difficult for the common man to get professional education. She said when the students protested against fees hike, the government adopted repressive measures to suppress their voice. She said there was a need to launch an agitation against “anti-education policies” of the government. She called upon the students to unitedly oppose the anti-education policies of the government. Mr Phool Singh Sheokand, state president of the Kisan Sabha, Haryana, Mr Krishan Saroop, state general secretary of the Kisan Sabha, Haryana, Mr Sunit Dutt, state secretary of the DYFI and Mr B.S. Rathi, district president of the Vishva Samajik Manch, were among those who expressed their views at the seminar. |
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Singhikaat kids get school Fatehabad, November 14 As a new school could not be opened without the approval of the state government, so the District Primary Education Officer, Mr H.S. Rinwa, opened a branch of the existing school. The school was inaugurated by the DC. The SDM, Mr Ashok Sheoran, the District Education Officer, Mr Sriram Jakhar, the General Manager of the Harijan Kalyan Nigam, Mr Mohinder Jhajhra, were also present on the occasion. Meanwhile, national campaign to register births was also launched here today. The campaign, which will last for a week has been named as ‘Child Rights Week’. The campaign would continue till November 20. YAMUNANAGAR: Healthy, happy and civilised children are an asset to a nation and to provide them educational, health and food is the duty of every individual, state and society. This was stated by the Haryana Governor, Babu Parmanand, at a state-level Chidlren’s-Day function organised at the local M.L.N. College here on Friday. The Governor also paid tributes to Jawaharlal Nehru. The Governor stressed the strengthening of the primary education. He also launched the state-level National Birth Registration Campaign by handing over 25 birth certificates to parents of children at the health mela organised by the District Red Cross Society. Dr Malik Chand Gambhir, Mr Kanwar Pal, both MLAs and Mrs Kamla Verma, former minister, were also present on the occasion. |
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3 get 8-yr jail for dowry death Karnal, November 14 Additional District and Sessions Judge Navita Singh, sentenced Rajinder Singh, his father Mehar Singh and mother Somi Devei, for killing his wife, Bharti Devi, and later attempting to mutilate her body. Six persons were acquitted in the case. Bharti Devi was married to Rajinder three years ago. Ever since, she was continuously harassed by her husband and in-laws for dowry. On August 23 last year, she was killed by them.
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1 held for demanding ransom Karnal, November 14 Mr Mahesh Bhasin, a lecturer working in Dayal Singh Public School, had been threatened by the extortionist to pay a ransom of Rs 1 lakh for the past few days. He had threatened to pour acid on his children if he failed to pay the amount, said Mr Bhasin. The arrested person has been identified as Jaswinder Singh, a resident of Tilak Nagar, New Delhi. The school lecturer has also claimed to have received a threatening letter in this regard, a copy of which was handed over to the police. A case has been registered against Jaswinder Singh. |
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to check quacks Chandigarh, November 14 The drug control programme aimed at strengthening Haryana’s drug-testing laboratory and taking legal action against drug manufacturing companies selling their products at exorbitant prices. |
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Youths snatch chain in Ambala Ambala, November 14 Kiran Gupta, wife of a senior leader of Ambala Congress Balwant Gupta, was going to her house on foot when two motorcyclists snatched the gold chain from her neck. The incident occurred just 100 feet close the police post. Mr Gupta alleged that the police of the sector did not have sufficient police personnel. Incidents of thefts and chain-snatching had been on the rise in the sector. Moreover police constables of the police post normally put on VIP duties. A case has been registered. Earlier, two incidents of chain-snatching had occurred in Sector 9 during the past one month but the police has been clueless so far. |
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High Court Chandigarh, November 14 The petitioner was seeking directions in connection with an incident which had taken place in 1995. Taking up his petition, Mr Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel fixed February 12, 2004, as the next date of hearing. |
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