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Sonia’s visit intensifies rift Chandigarh, February 22 A senior Congress leader close to Mr Bhajan Lal, HPCC chief, alleged that Mr Hooda’s claim of having a personal rapport with Ms Gandhi had been exposed. In her tentative programme Ms Gandhi is scheduled to visit just one Assembly constituency of Kalanaur Rohtak district. Rohtak is the home district of Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Ms Gandhi is neither visiting Rohtak town nor Kiloi, the Assembly constituency of Mr Hooda. This is being projected by supporters of Mr Bhajan Lal as a blow to the CLP leader, who claims having a personal rapport with Ms Gandhi. Though Ms Gandhi will neither visit Adampur, the Assembly constituency of Mr Bhajan Lal, she will spend the night of February 25 at Hisar, hometown of the HPCC chief. This, according to Mr Bhajan Lal’s supporters, is a triumph for the PCC chief. Pro-Bhajan Lal Congressmen are also claiming that the PCC chief had a hand in installing Mr R K Dhawan as the AICC in charge of the party’s state unit in place of Mr Nawal Kishore Sharma on the eve of the Lok Sabha poll. Mr Nawal Kishore Sharma, who had sprung a surprise by turning up at a rally organised at Rewari by anti-Bhajan Lal Congressmen of Haryana, had also been removed from the screening committee constituted by the AICC for recommending the names of Lok Sabha candidates from the state. Ms Noor Banu, an MP from UP, had been inducted into Sharma’s place in the screening committee. If supporters of Mr Bhajan Lal are to be believed, this development, too, has gone in their favour. Mr Hooda, however, refuted that Ms Gandhi had ignored Rohtak apart from visiting Kalanaur in Rohtak district, Ms Gandhi would also visit Jhajjar, which is a part of the Rohtak parliamentary constituency. About the replacement of Nawal Kishore Sharma by Ms Noor Banu in the screening committee, Mr Hooda claimed that he had a good equation with the new incumbent too as they were colleagues in Parliament. Mr Hooda, it is believed, also played a role in the planning of Ms Gandhi’s road show programme. According to the tentative programme, Ms Gandhi will touch seven of the 10 Lok Sabha constituencies of Haryana, leaving out Ambala, Kurukshetra and Karnal. An HPCC spokesman, however, said these constituencies were likely to be covered by Ms Gandhi during her Punjab visit. |
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Col Ram Singh in race for Cong ticket Gurgaon, February 22 Col Ram Singh is considered to be the seniormost leader of the party in south Haryana, especially the Ahirwal belt. The Mahendergarh parliamentary constituency encompasses Rewari and Mahendergarh districts and a part of Gurgaon district — all forming the core of the Ahirwal belt. The Congress sitting MLAs from the Ahirwal belt — Rao Inderjit Singh, Capt Ajay
Singh, Rao Dharam Pal and Mrs Anita Yadav — are already in the race for the party ticket from Mahendergarh. While Rao Inderjit Singh is said to be from the camp represented by the Leader of the Opposition in the Haryana Assembly, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the other aspirants, including Col Ram Singh, are hoping for the ticket on account of assurances from the president of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC), Mr Bhajan Lal. A former Chief Minister, Rao, Birender Singh, father of Rao Inderjit Singh. is hinting that he is a contender for the ticket. Many see it as old tactic of Rao Birender Singh to force the Congress to give the ticket to his son. Col Ram Singh, while announcing his intention to contest the elections, came down on Rao Birender Singh for his recent statement that only Mr Om Prakash Chautala could solve the SYL imbroglio and that Mrs Sonia Gandhi was not interested in asking the Congress government in Punjab to expedite the completion of the project. Col Ram Singh said the Congress would form the government in Haryana and Mr Bhajan Lal would get the construction work completed. He, however, expressed ignorance when it was pointed out that Mr Bhajan Lal had also made a statement a few months ago that Mrs Gandhi did not heed to his plea to approach the Punjab Government on the SYL issue. |
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Leaders want to join BJP: Kataria Yamunanagar, February 22 He said all five sitting members of Parliament (MP) of the BJP would contest the coming elections. For the rest of the five seats, party workers would be given the
ticket. Criticising the Om Prakash Chautala government, he said the Centre had allocated 88 crore as arrears of sugarcane, but the Haryana Government had not accepted the package. He also alleged that work on the Yamunanagar thermal power plant had not started because of the wrong policies of the state government. He claimed that as an MP he had raised the issue in Parliament and money was allocated by the Central government to start the thermal plant. Mr Kataria said that on February 29 a state level rally of the BJP would be organised. It would be attended by national leaders like Mr Sahib Singh Verma, Mr Pramod Mahajan, Mr I.D. Swami. |
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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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Health centre building incomplete after 14 years Sirsa, February 22 The PHC provides health services to a population of about 27,000 of five villages —
Panihari, Nejadelan, Bharokhan, Vedwala and Farwainkalan. Its building does not have a boundary wall to prevent the entry of stray animals. To make matters worse, people have started encroaching on PHC land. The health centre also lacks basic amenities such as water and electricity. Residential quarters for employees are without windows and doors, which have been removed by people. The PHC in charge Dr Rajesh, said the centre, which was earlier being run from a two-room accommodation provided by the panchayat, had to be shifted to this rickety building to ensure its upkeep. He said two ponds on the PHC premises had been filled and electrification of half of the building completed. A staff nurse, Nirmal, working at the PHC for the past nine years, and a pharmacist, Amita, working for the past six years, said provision for basic facilities on the new premises had not been made despite the long time it took for the shifting. The medical in charge failed to tell why the building had been left incomplete by the PWD (B & R). The Executive Engineer, Mr J. R. Gupta, of the department concerned said the building had been handed over to the Health Department, almost 12 years after its foundation stone was laid. He said it was upto the Panchayati Raj Department to look after Health Department’s buildings. The CMO, Dr Mohar Singh, said the PHC was to be constructed at a cost of about Rs 14.50 lakh. However, despite spending more than Rs 20 lakh, the PWD had not been able to complete the project and now a revised estimate
had been submitted. He said his department had not formally taken over the building but had temporarily started work there. |
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Over 2.6 m kids given polio drops Chandigarh, February 22 An official press note said today the pulse polio campaign was inaugurated by the Minister of State for Health, Mr
M.L. Ranga, at Gurgaon. He visited the General Hospital, Sohna, and inaugurated the campaign by administering polio drops to children. FATEHABAD: The Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mr Nitin Kumar Yadav, on Sunday inaugurated the second phase of this year’s Pulse Polio campaign by administering polio drops to children in the local Shiv Nagar area. The Subdivisional Magistrate, Mr Subhash
Sheoran, the Civil Surgeon, Dr R.C. Aggarwal, the District Health Officer, Dr Naresh Goyal, the Senior Medical Officer of the local General Hospital, Dr
D.L. Bansal, and several representatives of the Rotary Club were present on the occasion. Mr Yadav said 1.3 lakh children up to five years would be administered polio drops during the drive. He said the district administration had set up 577 booths for the purpose in the district. Twenty mobile teams and 10 transit teams are involved in the campaign, he
added.
AMBALA: The District Health
Department administrated polio drops to around 1.10 lakh children
today against the target of 1.39 lakh here today. According to the
Deputy Commissioner, Mr Harpal Singh Malik, 627 polio booths were set
up in the district for the campaign. Besides, 14 mobile teams of
paramedical staff were also deputed to offer the polio drops to the
children of slum areas. Over 12 booths were also set up at railway
stations and bus stands in the city and the cantonment. The former
local MP, Mr Rattan Lal Kataria, inaugurated the campaign by
administering polio drops to a child of a passenger at railway
station. The MLA from the Naggal constituency, Mr Jasbir Malour, also
give polio drops to a child at the cantonment. The Civil Surgeon, Ms
Avinash Sharma, said NGOs also participated in the campaign. A
door-to-door campaign would be held for three more days so that the
remaining children could be covered. TNS
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INLD leader killed in road mishap Hisar, February 22 According to the police, Master Daleep Singh (62), a resident of Sector-14 here was returning from his native Kharar village on a scooter last night. As he reached near Bluebird tourist complex on the Hisar-Delhi
national highway, an unidentified vehicle hit his scooter. He died on the spot. The police has registered a case in this connection but no arrest has been made so far. He was the president of the district unit of the INLD in 1988. Later, he joined the Haryana Vikas Party in 1995 but had returned to the INLD fold some time back. |
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Cash prize for bright students Kurukshetra, February 22 Haryana Transport Minister Ashok Kumar Arora stated that while distributing cheques among the sarpanches and school heads from villages for building classrooms in government schools under the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan on the premises of government girls senior secondary school, Thanesar here yesterday. Mr Arora distributed cheques worth Rs 13 lakh for the construction of 18 classrooms in different government
schools in Thanesar Assembly Constituency. Mr Arora said the cheques were distributed for the construction of two classrooms each in the villages of Bohli, Devidaspura, Khairi and Gandhi Nagar schools and one classroom each in the villages of Kheri Bramnan, Kheri Gadiyan, Jognakhera, Bajidpur, Daulatpur, Lohara, Banni, Ghraula, Chhanno and Beed Mathana. Mr Arora assured that six more classrooms would be constructed in the school and drinking water provided to the girl students. District Education Officer, S.P.S. Yadav, said that 31580 books would be distributed among the students after declaration of the annual examination results. |
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Cash award for four cops Chandigarh, February 22 Mr Ram Krishan, Mr Surender Kumar and Mr Ram Kumar will be awarded Rs 500 each and a commendation certificate on the basis of a report presented by the SDO (Civil), Charkhi Dadri. |
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10-year jail
for smuggling poppy Kurukshetra, February
22 On July 14, 2000, the police received
a tip-off that poppy husk was being smuggled by hiding it under a
cement-loaded truck from Rajasthan to Haryana. A barrier was erected
near the bus stand of Bodhni village, under Pehowa Thana and the truck
was intercepted and searched which led to the seizure of 65 bags of
poppy husk, 40 kg each. Ranjeet Singh was arrested under Sections 15,
61 and 85 of the NDPS Act. |
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