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Air Force school holds sports day
KU to start youth hostels at Morni
Hills, Manali Ranbir Prashar is president of Dist Bar Association Cop’s son among 5 held for looting BKU leader Nain gets bail Ex-engineer quizzed again Nirmal invites Bhajan to rally
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BJP
divided over ties with INLD Chandigarh, December 23 INLD
functionaries of Haryana are still confident that at the time of the
next Lok Sabha elections, the BJP will again sound the INLD for
fighting the elections jointly in Haryana. “The BJP will find it difficult to win any seat in the state unless it enters into an electoral alliance with the INLD,” claims Mr Sampat Singh, Haryana Finance Minister. The state BJP, it is alleged, is divided on the issue of ties with the INLD with a
majority of the Lok Sabha members from Haryana favouring an electoral alliance with the INLD. Those who want to snap relationship with the INLD include Haryana BJP President, Ganeshi Lal and leader of the party’s legislative wing, Krishan Pal Gurjar. Importantly, Mr Ganeshi Lal’s name had figured in the probe carried out by the Chahal Commission, instituted by the Om Prakash Chautala Government, to look into illegal liquor trade when prohibition was imposed on the state by the Bansi Lal regime. While the commission was later dissolved and a new commission constituted to look into liquor smuggling, the state BJP chief claims that his name had cropped up during the probe to ruin his image. Mr Gurjar, on the other hand, is facing an inquiry by the State Vigilance Bureau and the sleuths allegedly continue to “harass” him periodically. An INLD insider said Mr Chautala was having good rapport with top leaders of the BJP including the Prime Minister, and could clinch an alliance between the two parties despite opposition by local leaders. |
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Bank declares 25,000 farmers as defaulters Karnal, December 23 Revealing this to TNS, Mr Rao Baljit Singh, Managing Director of the Karnal Central Cooperative Bank, said the bank had fixed a target to recover Rs 208 crore advanced to the farmers by the end of February, 2004. Till last week, Rs 72 crore had already been recovered out of this target, he added. In order to streamline the recovery process Cooperative Bank has categorised it into three categories, the current demand, defaulters for the past two years of period and defaulters for more than three years of period. Mr Rao Baljit Singh said notices under Section 104 of the Revenue Act had already been served to all defaulters. It might be mentioned that more than Rs 90 crore was to be recovered for over a period of three years. He said the Karnal Central Cooperative Bank had issued 79,700 credit cards to the farmers, out of which, 24,866 had been declared defaulters. A sum of Rs 32,77,21,000 was pending against them as on June 30, 2003. He further said more than 2,000 farmers not having credit cards had also been issued notices to clear their debts. He said the maximum defaulters were from Asandh subdivision of the district. “Most of the debtors in this subdivision have become habitual defaulters since past many years”, he added. A sum of Rs 60 crore had been advanced as loan in this subdivision, out of which, just Rs 10 crore could be recovered due to the non cooperation and dilly dallying attitude of the debtors. In Karnal subdivision, a sum of Rs 79.27 crore had been advanced as loan to the farmers, out of which, Rs 32 crore were recovered. In Gharaunda subdivision, out of the total of Rs 68.66 advanced as loan to the farmers, Rs 21 crore had been recovered. The Managing Director said the list of all defaulters was handed over to the office of the Assistant Registrar of Cooperative Department, early this month. The department had issued arrest warrants of more than 800 farmers as on date, said the sources in the Cooperative Department. The sources further said 76 farmers in the district had been arrested during the current month. At least 30 farmers were still languishing in various jails while the others had been released on bail. |
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Only 55 pc births get registered Karnal, December 23 While presiding over a district-level meeting on the national campaign on birth certificates, held here today, Mr Gulati said only 55 per cent births got registered in the country at the time of birth. He said not only the level of birth registration was low, there was also a considerable disparity in performance of different states. While Kerala, Goa, Pondicherry and New Delhi had achieved almost 100 per cent birth registration, many other states were below the overall registration mark of 55 per cent in the country. The registration level in the northern region, though better than that in the country, was much below the target with Jammu and Kashmir (49.3 per cent), Himachal Pradesh (98.7 per cent), Punjab (92.2 per cent), Haryana (73.5 per cent) and Chandigarh (85 per cent). What was surprising was that, even though the first certificate was given free of cost, of all those who got births registered, 85 per cent failed to collect or obtain copies of birth certificates. The Joint Registrar-General mentioned that out of an estimated 26 crore births, which took place during the last decade in the country, only about 14.3 crore births were registered. Even out of these births, birth certificates could not reach about 10 crore children under 10 years of age. In Haryana, during the last decade, approximately 49.5 lakh children were born out of which 36.4 lakh births were registered. To generate public awareness, he said a national campaign on birth certificates was being undertaken up to March 2004. The campaign envisaged providing one copy of the birth certificate free of cost to each child less than 10 years of age, who was residing at the place of birth. |
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DC ‘harassing’ journalists Chandigarh, December 23 The statement was accompanied by copies of memoranda submitted by them to the Governor and the Chief Minister about Mr Yadav’s highhandedness. It was stated that the memoranda mysteriously reached Mr Yadav before those could reach the two degnitaries. Following this Mr Yadav started calling up the signatories to the letters and tried to coerce them into dissociating themselves from the complaints. The complaints against Mr Yadav and the SP, Rohtak, were sent to the Governor and the Chief Minister through Mr R.R. Banswal, Commissioner of Rohtak Division. Since Mr Banswal was not in his office, the
agitating journalists left these letters with Mr Krishna Kumar, who was looking after the office in the absence of Mr
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Mild tremors in Jind Jind, December 23 Mr Rana said the epicentre of these tremors was in the south-east of the city, about 12 km from here. He said there was no cause for panic due to these mild tremors. The Meteorological Department had installed instruments at four places around the city to record the magnitude of the these tremors and study their cause. Panic gripped residents of the city. In several localities, they came out of their houses during the tremors and most of them had a sleepless night. KARNAL (TNS):
The district administration of Jind has declared high alert in the city following regular tremors of low to medium intensity during the past one month. All district officials of various departments and representatives of social organisations have been asked to keep themselves ready to tackle any kind of disastrous situation. According to an official report of the district administration, Jind has so far witnessed 19 low-intensity earthquakes in the past one month. The Deputy Commissioner of Jind, Mr Rajiv Sharma, has appealed to the residents of the town not to panic. He has assured them that the district administration is alert and he is regularly in contact with the Geological Department Office in New Delhi. It has not been confirmed whether the low-intensity shaking of earth at Jind can be treated as an earthquake or not. All arrangements to tackle the aftermath of an earthquake have been made. |
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Air Force school holds sports day Ambala, December 23 A parade was held by students from different Houses. Students presented ring PT, drill, aerobics and yoga. They also showed their skills in karate. Tiny tots of the school participated in couple and rabbit races, papa going for jogging and balloon bursting. Air Commodore Malhotra gave away the prizes. The best House in sports award went to Katre, while best House in parade award was given to Subroto. Sandeep Dalal was chosen best athlete in senior boys category, while Vijeta was declared best athlete in senior girls category. Ajay Pawar was declared best athlete in junior boys and Himani Likha was chosen best athlete in junior girls sections. In race course branch of the school, Daniel was declared best athlete in boys section, while Shweta Pandey was declared best athlete in girls section.
Ashwani fastest The sports meet organised by Gandhi Memorial National College, Ambala Cantonment, concluded here today. IG Ambala Range Alok Joshi was the chief guest. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Joshi advised students to stay away from drugs. He also asked students to follow the traffic rules. Besides others, Mr B.S. Jauhar, Mr Laxmi Sagar, Mr Kamaljeet Bhalaya, Ms Trehan and Mr R.R. Malik were present. Mr Alok Joshi gave away prizes to the winners. NCC cadets held a march-past. In 100 m (men), Ashwani came first, Chander second, while Nirmal and Ashish were tied at third spot. In 200 m (men), Ajay Rathi came first, Vishal second and Aashish third. In 800 m (men), Paramjeet came first, Gurdhyan second and Vishal third. In discus throw (women), Harjeet came first, Gurpreet second and Sandhya third. In 1500 m (men), Ajit Pal Singh finished first, Prem Raj second, while Gurdhyan and Vikas were tied at third spot. In 50 m slow cycling (men), Nirmal came first, Paramjeet second and Ashish third. In 400 m (women), Amandeep came first, Sandhya second and Sarika third. In long jump (men), Ashish came first, Sandeep second and Ashwani third. In three-legged race (women), Dilraj and Afsareen came first, Sarika and Gurdeep second while Anjana and Sandhya third. In 50 m race (women), Gurdeep came first and Anjana second. In 100 m teaching staff race, Pankaj came first, Satish Moudgil second and Kanwaljeet third. In relay race (men), the team comprising Ashok, Manit, Ashish and Paramjeet came first, team comprising Nirmal Yadav, Sandeep, Pawan and Narender second and team comprising Chander Bhushan, Vishal, Ajay Rathee and Ashwani third. In relay race (women), the team comprising Sandhya, Anjana, Arti and Gurpreet came first, team comprising Gurdeep, Shilpa, Sarika and Amandeep second, and team comprising Dilraj, Manpreet, Afsareen and Harjeet third. Students who completed the 3000 m race were Gurmeet Baghay, Vinod Kumar, Chander Bhushan, Sunil Kumar, Ashish, Paramjeet, Amit Kumar, Sumit, Sumendra, Anil, Hari Govind, Ghanshyam Yadav, Dinesh, Amit, Ashish, Nirmal Yadav, Pushpdeep, Bhupinder, Prem Raj and Vikas. |
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KU to start youth
hostels at Morni Hills, Manali Yamunanagar, December 23 Mr Chawla stated that the university was financially sound and shortly two youth hostels at Manali and Morni Hills would be started. He gave away prizes to 300 students of the college. |
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Ranbir Prashar is president of Dist Bar Association Kaithal, December 23 For the post of secretary, Mr Surinder Ranjha got elected by securing 184 votes whereas his rival Mr Joginder Singh Dhull, got 122 votes, Mr Sultan Singh had already been elected as joint secretary unanimously. Mr B.B.L. Bhardwaj, advocate, was the returning officer for the elections. |
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Cop’s son among 5 held for looting Rohtak, December 23 Five members of the gang, including its head, Deepak, alias Jeli, were arrested last night. The suspects have admitted to their involvement in at least six cases. The gang was responsible for a murderous assault on a person near Gohana Adda. Besides, two members of this gang had looted Rs 1.10 lakh from the secretary of a milk cooperative after firing at him last week. Deepak is the son of an ASI of the Delhi police. His brother, too, is in jail at present. |
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BKU leader Nain gets bail Hisar, December 23 The BKU leader shall have to furnish two bonds worth Rs 1 lakh each. Nain has been restrained from taking any political advantage by holding rallies or public meetings on this issue.
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Ex-engineer quizzed again Ambala, December 23 Avedna of Ambala Cantonment had gone missing from the Ludhiana railway station while she was on the way to Vaishno Devi along with her husband on the second day of her marriage. Avedna’s father had alleged in his complaint to the police that Jakir and a few others had abducted his daughter. However, after a few weeks, Avedna told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that she had married Jakir by changing her religion and wanted to live with him. Avedna’s father and her younger brother were present during the questioning. |
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Nirmal invites Bhajan to rally Ambala, December 23 Talking to mediapersons, he refuted the charges of some of the leaders that it would be an anti-Bhajan rally. He said it was not being organised to oppose any party leader. Rather, it was to strengthen the party. Mr Nirmal Singh has not attended any rally of Mr Bhajan Lal, even the ones organised in Ambala during the past three months. He has been a Cabinet Minister in the Bhajan Lal government. The leader claimed that besides the All-India General Secretary of Congress, Mr Naval Kishore Sharma, former HPCC chiefs Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Virender Singh, former Union Minister
Shailja, former minister Chatarpal, former Union Minister Jai Prakash and several party MLAs would attend the rally. He said a white paper would also be released at this rally with facts and figures highlighting the discrimination against northern Haryana.
Youths join BJP Ambala, December 23 Speaking on the occasion, Mr Kataria said preparations were on for the Hansi rally slated for December 28. He said the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr L.K. Advani, the party President, Mr Venkaiah Naidu, Mr Rajnath Singh, and other senior ministers would be present. The BJP state youth vice-president, Mr Satish Mehta said the victory of the BJP in three states in the Assembly elections has shown that the party was going from strength to strength.
Women held Sirsa, December 23 It was alleged that both of them were tortured by their in-laws in spite of the intervention of the panchayat. On November 23, Sajjna Devi received serious burns and was admitted to the local Civil Hospital, where she died.
OC Kids examined Sirsa, December 23 The doctors who provided medical services included Dr
Y.K. Chaudhary, Dr Jagdish Agarwal, Dr Gaurav Bishnoi, Dr C.P.
Dhadheech, Dr J.K. Bioshnoi, Dr L.C. Agarwal, Dr Satish Junthra and the president of the local unit of the IMA, Dr Vinod Gupta. |
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Ambala, December 23