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interim bail extended Life term for
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Deve Gowda blames BJP, Congress for rot Rohtak, December 24 Talking to reporter she said it would be wrong to assume that these gains signified a countrywide political trend and that the BJP could repeat this performance in the next Lok Sabha elections. At the national level several factors influenced the voters. Therefore, there was no question of the BJP getting any advantage from these gains. Blaming the BJP and the Congress for the rot in the country, he said, his party was prepared to help non-Congress and non-BJP political parties in the next parliamentary poll. Asked whether there were any moves afoot to revive a third front, he said CPM leaders Harkishen Singh Surjeet and Jyoti Basu had made sincere attempts in this direction but nothing concrete emerged. At present, there was no such move. He said all parties would need the support of regional parties in the next poll. While the BJP already had alliances in place, the Congress too after the recent bitter experience was not averse to the idea. He expressed surprise over the Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s silence over the Telgi scam. He said she should have asked the Karnataka Chief Minister to hand over the probe to the CBI as that was where the scam had originated. Talking about the NDA partners he said they had lost their voices. As an example, he said, Ms Mamata Banerjee who used to be a “terror” in Parliament had not been heard of since she rejoined the NDA. The former Prime Minister said contrary to claims by both the BJP and the Congress, poverty in the country had increased. No economic reforms worth the mention had been initiated to alleviate poverty. Rather, liberalisation only had added to the problem of the Indian farmers who were unable to meet international competition. Mr Deve Gowda said the farmers’ interests had been overlooked to the extent that the interest rates for farm loans were much higher than those of house or consumer loans. However, both the BJP and the Congress were not interested in removing the discrepancies. Later, Mr Deve Gowda addressed a public meeting at Meham near here. |
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Deve Gowda meets villagers on fast Rohtak, December 24 Mr Deve Gowda promised to take up the matter with the Prime Minister, the Home Ministry and the Haryana Chief Minister. The protesters also handed over a memorandum. |
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Ranbaxy GM’s interim bail extended Karnal, December 24 The local police arrested Mr Gupta from New Delhi following arrest warrants issued by the court of the CJM on December 19. However, he had secured interim bail till today while Mr Kaul was still eluding arrest. A complaint of fraud has been pending against them under Sections 384, and 506 of the IPC in the court of the CJM. The bail application of Mr Gupta came up for hearing before the court of Mr Nijjar Singh, CJM, this morning. However, the discussion on his bail application could not take place. Now, the discussion has been fixed for January 7. Until then, the court has extended his interim bail. On the other hand, Mr Kaul did not appear before the court even today. However, he filed an application for bail in the court of Ms Navita Singh, Additional District and Sessions Judge, through his counsel. But the court rejected his bail application. Meanwhile, sources said that the local police had again raided various places in New Delhi to arrest Mr Kaul, but the efforts failed. |
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Life term for killing 6 of own family Hisar, December 24 The court sentenced the former sarpanch of Matarshyam village, Ishwar Singh, and his associate Satte, to life imprisonment under Sections 302, 307 and 201 of the IPC. Nihal Singh, a resident of nearby Bahbalpur village, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. He had supplied arms to Ishwar Singh, who killed his own family members, and Satte. Earlier two women Krishna and her daughter Sushma were acquitted in the case. Ishwar Singh along with his three associates Satte and Raja, residents of Lahli village in Rohtak district and Dilbag Singh of Bond village in Bhiwani district, had shot dead six members of his own family on the night of March 17, 1999, when they were asleep. They included Ishwar Singh’s wife Krishna (36), his two sons Krishan (16) and Satpal (18), his father Prahlad Singh (75), brother Chander Singh’s wife Roshni Devi (28) and her four-year-old son Naveen. Later, the bodies were cut into pieces with sharp-edged weapons before setting these on fire by pouring diesel on the bodies. The police had registered a case against Ishwar Singh, his girlfriend Krishna, her daughter Sushma and her son-in-law Raja, and three others, Satte, Nihal Singh and Dilbag Singh on the complaint of Ishwar Singh’s brother Chander Singh, who also received bullet injuries in the incident. Accused Raja had ended his life by throwing himself before a train near Rohtak Railway station four days after the killings. Later, another accused Dilbag Singh, a resident of Bond village in Bhiwani district, had also committed suicide. Ishwar Singh’s extramarital affairs was stated to be the main cause of the massacre. |
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Ambulances for health centres Chandigarh, December 24 The charge for hiring the vehicles had been put tentatively at Rs 5 per kilometre, an official here said. Preference would be given a ex-servicemen. In case ex-servicemen were not available, unemployed persons with valid driving licence would be considered for the allotment of ambulances. An operator would have to be from the block where the CHC was located so that his services were readily available. |
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Avedna’s plea dismissed Ambala, December 24 The prosecution filed its reply in the court of Judicial Magistrate today. Mr Subhash Arya, public prosecutor, argued that new facts were unearthed during the investigation in Avedna case and in the light of those facts, the state had sought non-bailable warrants against Avedna. He said the order issued by the court of the Duty Magistrate was justified and within the legal parameters. The counsel of Avedna said the prosecution had concealed the material facts to obtain the arrest warrant of
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Dabwali fire victims remembered Sirsa, December 24 To pay tribute to the fire victims, a blood donation camp was organised by the Yuva Rakatdan Society on the blood bank premises. of the Dabwali Civil Hospital. Sixtyfive units of blood were donated at the camp.
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Road show for loan recovery Kurukshetra, December 24 The bank realised dues amounting to Rs 2.30 lakh. The Kurukshetra branch of the bank expects to realise Rs 8 lakh in January, 2004, according to Mr M.K. Kaul, AGM, Chandigarh. |
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