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Farmers’ body ridicules Union Govt BKU seeks release of leaders
Gandhi College
students hold protest Unruly scenes took place at Gandhi Memorial National College, Ambala Cantonment, this afternoon with the arrival of former Principal I.D. Shukla at the college to attend a trust meeting. Window panes and light covers were smashed by students. Ambala Diary Medical camp at Cheeka on February 7
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NRI robbed, strangled Barana Khalsa (Karnal), January 24 Preliminary investigations by the police revealed that the victim, identified as Inderjit Parmar (45), was a native of Padda village in Hoshiarpur district. He had come from Sweden and had landed at New Delhi around 2.30 a.m. He hired a taxi from the airport and was on his way to his native village when he was robbed and killed. A senior official of the police told TNS that slips of airport clearance were recovered from the body which the deceased was identified. He had come to India to attend the wedding ceremony of his brother-in-law in Punjab. Parmar had gone to Sweden in 1975 along with his brother. He had settled down there and had established his own business. His mother and sister reportedly live at Chandigarh. Further investigations revealed that the victim was carrying two briefcases, a handbag, at least £ 300 and about 200 grams of gold jewellery that he had purchased from Sweden for the wedding. The post-mortem report revealed that Parmar was strangled after being robbed. An investigation team was sent to New Delhi late in the evening to trace the taxi that Parmar hired and arrest the driver for further investigations. |
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Paswan’s party may join hands with Cong Panipat, January 24 Mr Gautam along with other party leaders, including the state president of the party, Mr Shamsher Singh, and the district president, Mr Surinder Singh Hooda, was in the city to review preparation for the state rally to be addressed by Mr Paswan on January 27. While ruling out any
possibility of coalition with the NDA, Mr Gautam said the party had a bad experience with the NDA as the BJP
government had failed to understand the problems of the common man. Regarding the allegation that the state government had failed to frame education facility for the poor, the state president of the party, Capt Shamsher Singh said, the government had failed to provide free education to the poor persons and had done nothing for their upliftment. It is the moral responsibility of the government to provide free education to children, he further added. |
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Cong leaders seek payment of cane arrears Yamunanagar, January 24 A memorandum by Congress leaders was given yesterday to the Deputy Commissioner, Yamuna-nagar to send it to the Governor of Haryana. The leaders questioned why two rates were being given to the sugarcane growers in Haryana. The 12 Co-operative Sugar Mills are giving State’s Advisory Price and three private Sugar Mills were giving to statutory minimum price. Congress leaders Lehri Singh former MLA and District Congress President (Rural), Mr Raj Kumar Tyagi DCC President (Urban), Mr Sat Pal Kaushik, Secretary Haryana Pradesh Congress Mr Jatinder Sharma General Secretary District Congress and Mr Gurdayal Puri former General Secretary of Yamunanagar signed the memorandum. Congress leaders demanded the withdrawal in the land collector rate in Yamunanagar district. They also demanded that illegal mining in Yamunanagar district be stopped. |
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Cong rally at Bhiwani Bhiwani, January 24 She lambasted the present state government for allegedly making Haryana a corrupt state. She said women are facing atrocities in the state, she alleged. She said Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Mr Om Prakash Chautala were the prime hindrance in the way of passing an Act giving 33 per cent reservation to women. She described the NDA government as a government of capitalists. The present government had exploited each section of the society. |
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Ambala jail security beefed up Ambala, January 24 The closed-circuit TV to watch the activities of passersby outside the jail boundary wall, which was installed a few years ago close to the office of the Superintendent has been running out of order for the past one year. Around 2,200 undertrials and convicts are presently lodged in the jail whereas there is a provision for only 1,200 prisoners. Yesterday, the jail officials searched all barracks and cells of the prison. The jail authorities have deployed extra police force at some sensitive spots in the jail. The parking of private vehicle in front of the jail campus has also been banned. The jail authorities have demanded some metal detectors from the headquarters so that the persons coming to meet the prisoners can be checked properly. Meanwhile, the Superintendent Police, Mr Mohmmad Akil, visited the jail today. He inspected the barracks and the cells of the jail and discussed the security arrangement with the jail officials. |
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Farmers’ body ridicules Union Govt Fatehabad, January 24 The government in whose tenure thousands of farmers had been forced to commit suicide did not have any right to talk about farmers and their concerns, it said. Mr Krishan Swaroop Gorakhpuria, general secretary of the sabha, said these announcements had nothing to do with the welfare of farmers. These had been made to pretend to be a farmer friendly government keeping in view the Lok Sabha elections. He said the same government had cut subsidies on diesel, fertilisers and pesticides. The INLD government in Haryana was equally responsible for the plight of farmers, he said. The sabha would launch an agitation on the issues related to farmers in March, he added. |
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BKU seeks release of leaders Jind, January 24 It was also decided if the leaders were not released, the BKU would not allow leaders of the Indian National Lok Dal to enter into Kandela Khap villages. Those in jail include BKU leaders Mr Nafe Singh Igrah, Mr Jiya Lal and Mr Pala Ram Gaur. Mr Hazura Singh, president of the BKU Kandela Khap, presided over the meeting. The unit also decided to organise a district-level rally on February 15 at Igrah village. |
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Forum observes Pensioner’s Day Ambala, January 24 The forum demanded that commutation portion of pension be restored after 12 years instead of 15 years as per the recommendations of the Fifth Pay Commission. “The forum requests that the facility of companion in the same class instead of second class as this facility is being availed by others. Railway retirees really need the help of companion in old age during journey,” a member of the forum said. The forum stated that widows and divorced daughters of deceased railway men were entitled to family pension till they attain the age of 25 years. “This age bar limit of 25 years ought to be removed and extended to the whole life,” the forum said. “The railway retirees who are not availing themselves of the medical facilities provided by the Railways are being paid Rs 100 only as fixed monthly relief whereas retirees of the Punjab Government are being paid Rs 250 per month as medical relief. The forum appeals to the government to enhance this relief to a minimum of Rs 250 per month and also remove the condition of residence out of the municipal limits.” The forum pointed out that as per the recommendations of the Fifth Pay Commission, when 50 per cent DA will increase, the same may be added in the basic pension and further dearness relief be given on pension plus 50 per cent but the government was refusing to accept this recommendation on one or the other reason, the forum member stated. |
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Gandhi College
students hold protest Ambala, January 24 While Mr Shukla said he was a member of the college trust and management, the protesters claimed that Mr Shukla was not a member. The management president said the membership of Mr Shukla was not clear. Mr Shukla later said he had anticipated such an incident. “I have protested against the inclusion of 20 new members in the trust,” he said. The meeting of the trust was scheduled to take place this morning. As soon as Mr Shukla reached the college, a large group of students began to shout slogans against him. The trust president asked the Principal Dr R.R. Malik, to call the police. In the meantime, the meeting was started. Thereafter, a group of teachers began protesting against the presence of Mr Shukla. They criticised his functioning and condemned his actions. The protesters included teachers who had been declared surplus by Mr Shukla during his tenure. A college teacher said seven teachers were declared surplus by Mr Shukla. “Also, the Principal is an ex-officio member and the rules have been changed. We demand that Mr Shukla must not be a member. Otherwise, we will consider other actions,” he said. However, Mr Shukla said he had been a member of the trust since 1986. “I have come to attend the meeting since I have been invited. I have always timely paid my dues," he claimed. The president of the trust said there seemed to be unhappiness among a section of the students. Regarding Mr Shukla being a member, he said it was not clear whether Mr Shukla was a member or not. “The rules state that no employee can become a member of the trust except the Principal,” he said. He said he had ordered a probe into the incident. |
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Ambala Diary Ambala, January 24 While campus interviews are normally held in professional colleges, it is perhaps the first time that such interview was held in a degree college. The Principal of the college, Prof V.K. Sehgal, said the interview was conducted at the Career Development and Placement Centre of the college. Mr Tilak Kapoor and Mr R.N. Saha of Siel Chemical Works conducted the interview and shortlisted three students. Dr K.K. Khurana, in charge of the career centre, said the centre was actively engaged in helping the students of the college in getting proper job placements. Visited The Rotary district governor, Ms Kanwal Bedi, visited the Rotary Club of Industrial Area, Ambala. She took stock of the work being carried out by the club members and appreciated their efforts. The president of the club, Mr Ashok Dua, its secretary, Mr Luv Kumar Soni, and several other members were present on the occasion. The vice-president of the club,Dr D.N. Sharma, donated 50 blankets and Rs 5,000 to the Rotary Foundation. The blankets were distributed to the needy by Ms Bedi and the assistant district governor , Mr Arjun Dev Gandhi. Workshop Haryana Delhi Industrial Consultants organised a four-day technical workshop on handloom. The workshop was held at Ratangarh. It was announced at the workshop that an Artisan Welfare Trust had been formed with a corpus of Rs 20 crore and the artisans would be provided loans and other facilities through the trust. The artisans present at the workshop were informed about the technological changes. They were advised to adopt modern designs. Lecture series A lecture series week was observed in Sri Guru Harkrishan Sahib Khalsa College, Panjokhra Sahib. Giani Tejinderpal Singh of the Dharam Prachar Committee delivered a lecture on Gurbani. He said the students should follow Guru Granth Sahib. |
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Medical camp at Cheeka on February 7
Kaithal, January 24 Besides this, free ECG, X-Ray and ultrasound facilities will also be provided to the patients and those possessing yellow and pink glasses cards will be given free of cost after the eye operations. The operations will be performed at Community Health Centre Guhla and the patients will be ferried to that place in the vehicles of the Health Department, he said. |
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Vegetable show at Sonepat Chandigarh, January 24 Mr V.P. Ahlawat, Director, Horticulture, said here today that the main attraction of the show would be competition for different categories of vegetables. The Agriculture Minister would give away prizes to the winners, he said. Mr Ahlawat said a seminar on vegetable cultivation would also be held on January 28. |
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Haryana CLP meeting on Feb 3 Chandigarh, January 24 |
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Dalal appointed Chandigarh, January 24 This was stated in an official release issued here today. |
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Kaithal, January 24 |
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