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Farmers
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leaders raise SYL issue Employees
rally for February 24 strike Seminar
on Spirituality and Technology held Sonia
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CM
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youths hurt in clash Four
Haryana officers transferred Employees
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Farmers suffer due
to polluted water Chandigarh, February 21 Polluted water from Bhiwadi industries of Rajasthan flows into these villages through a channel and get mixed with the ground water affecting its quality. Capt Ajay Singh Yadav, Congress party’s deputy leader in the House and a legislator from Rewari, said flow of polluted water increased during the rainy season and created problems for farmers and other villagers. “Rewari has an acute problem of water. The reluctance of Rajasthan to construct treatment plants is further aggravating problems faced by the farmers of this district”, Yadav alleged. The issue has not triggered off inter-state tension yet even though it has been taken note of by the Committee on Estimates of the Haryana Assembly. The report of the committee for 2003-04, said that on being pointed out
that there was a flow of polluted water from Bhiwadi industries of Rajasthan to Haryana, the Chairman of the Haryana Pollution Control Board replied that they were assured by the authorities of the Rajasthan Government regarding setting up of effluent treatment plants (ETPs) to check pollution of the water. The Chairman was asked by the committee to take up the matter with the Rajasthan Government in this regard. An official of the Environment Department of the Haryana Government, when contacted by this reporter, said several meetings had been already held with the Rajasthan Government on how to check the flow of polluted water from Rajasthan to Rewari. “Since it is an inter-state issue, we have urged the central government also to persuade Rajasthan to take effective steps to stop the flow of polluted water”, he said. |
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BKU leaders raise SYL issue Panipat, February 21 The president of the All-India Kisan Co-ordination Committee (comprising 17 states) and BKU national president, Mr Bhupinder Singh Mann, who was here to addressed the gathering of farmers at Kisan Bhavan, while talking to mediapersons, said the demand for “Khalistan” and the “SYL” were political issues and refused to make statement on the SYL issue. Finding Mr Mann hesitant to make statement on the issue, many BKU leaders expressed their view that the farmers in Haryana should have equal share in the SYL with Punjab farmers. They added that due to acute shortage of water in Haryana farmers had been suffering. Therefore the problem faced by the farmers in Haryana had to be understood by the farmers of Punjab. Despite repetitive request from local leaders, Mr Mann remained silent over the SYL issue. Besides it, the BKU has decided to support the Swatantar Bharat Kisan Union headed by Maharashtra leader, Mr Sharad Joshi, in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. Giving details, Mr Mann said that the BKU would support the party which would have alliance with the Swatantar Bharat Kisan Union. The rally was organised by the BKU to show its importance in the forthcoming elections. Mr Mann said all political parties had exploited the farmers of the country and failed to understand the problem being faced by the farmers. Therefore, it was right time for the farmers to come and get equal representation in politics also. |
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Employees rally for February 24 strike Fatehabad, February 21 The speakers alleged that both Central and the state governments had been following anti-people and anti-workers policies. They alleged that the Central Government’s propaganda that it provided jobs to one crore people every year was false and misleading and 20,000 employees of the state had lost their jobs while another 35,000 posts had been abolished. The leaders said workers and government employees from all over the country would proceed on a day’s strike on February 24 against the anti-people and anti-workers policies of the state and the Central government. The leaders exhorted the government employees to participate in the strike. |
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Seminar on Spirituality and Technology held Hisar, February 21 He was the chief guest at a two-day national seminar on “Spirituality and Technology”, organised by the Religious Studies Department of the Guru Jambheshwar University (GJU) here. In his keynote address, he said though spirituality and science seemed opposite fields but both the subjects were complimentary to each other. The spirituality begins where the science ends. With the help of science a person could live a luxurious life but it could not provide inner pleasure to him. This could be possible only with spiritualism. The need of the hour was to stress upon both the aspects. Mr Vishnu Bhagwan, Vice-Chancellor of the university, Mr Ram Mohan Tripathi, former Vice-Chancellor of Kashi Vidhyapeeth, Mr
B.K. Kuthiala, Dean, Religious Studies Department of the university, and Dr Kishna Ram Bishnoi, in charge of Guru Jambheshwar Peeth at the university, also addressed the inaugural function of the seminar. |
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Sonia coming to
Haryana on Feb 25 Gurgaon, February 21 The idea for the road show in Haryana was formulated after its success in some districts of western Uttar Pradesh. The programme was chalked out by the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, in a meeting with presidents of the Pradesh Congress Committees (PCCs) and the Leaders of the Congress Legislature Party (CLPs) convened by Ms Sonia Gandhi in Delhi a month ago. Although the details of her tour have not been released by the 10 Janpath she will be touring nine out of 10 parliamentary constituencies. Only Ambala constituency has been kept out of the itinerary. The tour will commence from Faridabad. |
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CM asked to end MDU
stalemate Rohtak, February 21 Talking to mediapersons here today, Mr B. Vijay Kumar, general secretary, AIFUCTO, who had come here from Hyderabad to meet the VC, said the Chief Minister should hold the talks in his presence to end the unrest among teachers of the MDU. He said since the VC had failed to address the teachers’ problems, the government had the responsibility to bring Haryana’s leading varsity back on track. |
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3 youths hurt
in clash Jind, February 21 According to reports, the trio was going on a motorcycle to the Urban Estate, when they were intercepted and attacked by a group of youths in front of Jat Dharmshala. The assailants were armed with swords, iron rods and a pistol. One of them fired a shot injuring Sandeep. Rivalry is said to be behind the clash. The attackers escaped after the attack. The police has registered a case. |
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Four Haryana officers transferred Chandigarh, February 21 Mr S.C. Jain,
Commissioner, Faridabad Municipal Corporation, has been posted as
Director, Non-Conventional Energy Sources, against a vacant post. Mr
Anil Malik, Deputy Commissioner, has been given temporary charge of
Commissioner of the corporation. Ms Anita Yadav, Joint Commissioner
of the Old Faridabad municipal zone, has been posted as Deputy
Secretary, Information Technology. Ms Sunita Verma, Special Collector,
has been posted in Ms Yadav’s place. |
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Employees rally for February 24 strike Fatehabad, February 21 The speakers alleged that both Central and the state governments had been following anti-people and anti-workers policies. They alleged that the Central Government’s propaganda that it provided jobs to one crore people every year was false and misleading and 20,000 employees of the state had lost their jobs while another 35,000 posts had been abolished. |
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Workshop on effective communication Ambala, February 21 She emphasised the role of body language, including dressing sense, personal hygiene, facial expression, body posture, voice modulation and utterance of words. She said one must make use of their limbs while having a conversation. Mr B.P. Gupta, deputy director of the Institute, also spoke. |
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Hearing adjourned in Abhay Chautala case Ambala, February 21 Mr Chautala and Ms Bajaj were not present in the court today as the summons were not served on them. Earlier, two months ago, the hearing was adjourned for today since both parties were not present in the court. Mr Chautala had filed a defamation case in a court of Sirsa against Ms Bajaj last year on the basis of a press statement of Ms Bajaj published in an English daily in which she had alleged that the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, had been shielding an IPS officer of Haryana who was allegedly involved in a criminal case. |
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New voters enrolled Chandigarh, February 21 The spokesman said the electoral rolls would
be available in the offices of all Deputy Commissioners,
Sub-Divisional Officers (Civil), District Election Officers, Electoral
Registration Officers, Revenue Tehsildars, District Public Relations
Officers and at patwar khanas, panchayat ghars, Municipal Committees
and polling booths on February 23, 2004. |
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Youth’s body found Hisar, February 21 Mr Om Parkash was on a routine checking when he noticed the body and informed the police. |
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Khadi expo Chandigarh, February 21 |
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