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Notice for
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15 arrested for betting Affiliation of three
schools cancelled Decision to appoint 81 visually handicapped
Railway
employees hold demonstration Violence marks local body poll 
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Notice
for censure motion against MDU VC Rohtak, January 29 Dr Ratnoo, a lecturer in the Economics Department, is currently under suspension. He has challenged his suspension in a local court. In a letter to the secretary of the council today, he proposed that the Vice-Chancellor, Maj-Gen Bhim Singh Suhag (retd), be reprimanded for breach of privileges. He has accused the VC of deliberately misrepresenting facts and misleading the council in its meeting held on December 5, last year. The notice has been given under clause-6 of the regulations, relating to the conduct of meetings of the Executive Council, the highest decision making body of the university. After his suspension on charges of misconduct, disobedience and subordination, Dr Ratnoo had filed an application in a local court, seeking directions to the university that he be allowed to attend the meetings of the Executive Council of which he was an elected member. This was done after the varsity failed to issue notice for the 168th meeting to him. The court, while disposing off his application, left the decision to the council itself. This order was pronounced an hour before the meeting commenced. Meanwhile, the same morning Dr Ratnoo gave a representation to the VC seeking postponement of the meeting. However, the meeting was held as scheduled and the letter written by Dr Ratnoo was circulated. The VC informed the council that Dr Ratnoo’s application for permission to attend the meeting had been dismissed by the court. He also quoted the MDU Act and ultimately Dr Ratnoo’s request was turned down by the council. Dr Ratnoo has alleged in the censure notice that the VC should have placed the court order before the council. He has also proposed that the VC be reprimanded for failing to send him notices for the 168th and the 169th meeting of the council. |
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Haryana Governor’s living quarters flooded Chandigarh, January 29 The incident took place on the night intervening January 27 and 28, when the Governor and his wife were out of Chandigarh. They were in Rewari. The water that gushed out of the rooms, as if a tubewell was running, was first noticed by a staffer of the Raj Bhawan around 9 am. Though, the Chandigarh Administration swung into action immediately on getting the information, it took quite some time for the Engineering wing to locate the spot where the pipe had burst. The sources said this was because the Administration did not have the maps of the layout of the pipes underground to know what type of pipes had been laid out where and at what depth. Ultimately, the fault point was traced to the master bedroom only when water supply was stopped. The articles damaged by the water had been dumped in one room, while carpets and furniture was spread out on the lawns. The worst affected were the main drawing and dinning halls, master bedroom, corridors etc., where there was nearly one feet deep water that has damaged personal belongings of the Governor besides expensive carpets and furniture. The drawing room and bedroom were dug up besides some other spots. The place was stripped of carpets. Babu Parmanand and his wife returned to Chandigarh this afternoon. They inspected their living premises and were reportedly ‘’upset over the damage’’. Sources said, “One wonders, how the couple would have reacted had they been sleeping inside, when the pipe burst. The Governor, in the past, used to hear some strange noises in the quiet of the night and wondered what was happening. And this is what has happened’’. The Haryana Raj Bhawan had brought the incident to the notice of the Adviser, Mr Lalit Sharma, on Wednesday itself, complaining that the Engineering wing was finding it difficult to identify or plug the source of leakage. Senior Administration officers, including the Finance Secretary, Mr Karan A. Singh, the Chief Engineer, Mr V.K. Bhardwaj, today afternoon visited the Raj Bhawan and discussed the matter. Informed sources said that a GI pipe had burst causing the flooding of the living quarters in the Raj Bhawan. The Chandigarh Administration, Haryana sources said, invariably gave a ‘’step-motherly’’ treatment to the Raj Bhawan, as compared to the adjacent Punjab Raj Bhawan in terms of maintenance of the buildings and infrastructure or horticulture upkeep. For instance, the Raj Bhawan had 14 gardeners to maintain the lawns and flower beds. At least eight of them retired one year ago. There was no replacement, till today. At several places cracks had appeared in some rooms and there was dampness in the walls. |
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Assam team on Haryana visit Nilokheri, January 29 These were the views expressed by Mr Mrigendra Kalita, Joint Secretary of Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Assam, and a group of journalists from the state who were here on a two-day visit to the Haryana Institute of Rural Development (HIRD) to study the socio-economic advancement at the grassroots level in rural Haryana. Mr Kalita revealed that the social structure of Assam was very rich as compared to Haryana. "Life there is simple with no social evils like dowry or gender discrimination. Literacy is high and public participation in raising the standards of education is commendable," he said. However, regarding agriculture, he said that commercialisation was yet to be introduced. "The farmers of Assam need to learn from the farmers of Haryana and Punjab, where the contribution of agriculture to the economy is much higher," he said. Dr Manmohan Singh, a professor of economics in North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, stressed upon the need to change the mindset of the bureaucrats and politicians for development at the grassroots level. Dr Surat Singh, Director of HIRD, said the role of the media in creating awareness among the masses regarding development was very important. The team from Assam today visited the National Dairy Research Institute and interacted with scientists regarding various dairy development. |
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15 arrested for betting Fatehabad, January 29 The police also recovered some money. The SP, Mr Saurabh Singh, told mediapersons here that the police arrested Shiv Chand and Vilayati Ram from Tohana, Amar Singh and Tilak Raj from Bhodia Khera village Dalbir Singh from the local Guru Nanak Mohalla, Lalu from the local Shakti Nagar, Des Raj from Kulan in this district, Raju from Partan village, Madan Lal from Pirthala village, Harbans Lal from Akanwali village, Raj Kumar from Kulan, Suresh Kumar and Ram Kumar from Jakhal, Shankar Lal from Sadhanwaas and Vinod Kumar from Mussawali village for betting and booked tham under the Gambling Act. The police, he said, also arrested two persons for illicit trafficking in liquor and booked them under the Excise Act. He said the police recovered six bottles of illicit liquor from Bhup Singh, a resident of Bhuna, and 12 bottles from Jagar Singh, a resident of
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Affiliation of three
schools cancelled Bhiwani, January 29 Disclosing this, a board spokesperson told mediapersons here today that Rose Bud High School, Nangal Chaudhary (Mohindergarh), New Adarsh High School, Ferozepur Bangar (Sonepat), and S.R. Memorial Senior Secondary School, Hisar, had committed various irregularities and encouraged copying and other unfair means. The spokesperson said the board had invited examination forms of the students of these schools for the annual examinations as private candidates. The candidates could send their forms till February 9 to the board headquarters in Bhiwani. |
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Decision to appoint 81 visually handicapped Chandigarh, January 29 Quoting Mr A.N. Mathur, Chief Secretary, and official press note said today that all heads of departments had been directed to identify posts reserved for blind persons and fill these on priority. They had been asked to recategorise such posts in which blind persons would not be able perform duty and adjust them in some other posts. Unemployed blind persons of Haryana have been agitating for over three months, demanding the filling of vacancies reserved for the visually handicapped. |
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Pothole poses risk to motorists Ambala, January 29 The pothole has led to two-wheeler drivers losing balance while the undercarriage of cars gets damaged. The pothole is right in front of Batra Hotel. Local residents said that the authorities seemed to have turned a blind eye to the problem. The road witnesses heavy traffic and the condition of the road has deteriorated over the past couple of months. The presence of tractor-trailers, which come for weighing in, adds to the problem. |
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Railway
employees hold demonstration Ambala, January 29 Mr C.S. Bajwa, divisional secretary, said that on a call given by the All-India Railwaymen Federation, a mobilisation action programme was being observed and a demonstration was held this afternoon. He said the demands restructuring of groups C and D, implementation of the Fifth Pay Commission recommendations, removal of discrepancies in the recommendations and an end to privatisation. |
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Violence marks local body poll Sirsa, January 29 According to the information workers of the
INLD, the Congress and the BJP clashed when they heard that ballot boxes were being smuggled out of some booths. Later, leaders of different parties took out a procession in a number of wards including ward number 6, where agitators clashed with the police. In ward number 4, Haryana BJP’s former state secretary Dev Kumar led the procession. |
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Mahila Cong to seek ticket for 3 Fatehabad, January 29 |
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Additional charge Chandigarh, January 29 |
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