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Power situation to improve soon: Aggarwal 2 get 14-yr jail for trafficking poppy husk Additional District and Sessions Judge R.K. Sondhi today sentenced two persons to 14 years’ imprisonment and fines of Rs 1.5 lakh each in a case of poppy husk trafficking. The convicts will have to undergo a further imprisonment of three years each on their failure to pay the fine. Mother, daughter killed in accident A woman and her daughter were killed in an accident on the Kaithal-Kurukshetra road near Sollumazra village, 20 km from here today. According to information, Rajpati, wife of Sri Ram of Sollumajra, was crossing the road along with her daughter Suman when a four-wheeler hit them killing both on the spot. Stepson confesses to woman’s murder Following the arrest of two persons, including a stepson, the police has claimed to have solved the mystery shrouding the death of Raj Rani (45), whose body was found in her house at Katraan Mohalla here on Sunday. 
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Observers appointed for Haryana seats Chandigarh, March 26 For the Ambala reserved seat, while Mr Rakesh Suri, IRS, will be the expenditure observer(EO), Mr Radhey Shyam Goel, a 1974-batch IAS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre, and Ms Nisha Singh, a 1987-batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh, will be the general observers(GO). While Mr Swapan Kumar Mukhuty,IRS, will be the EO for Kurukshetra, Mr A. Santosh Mathew, a 1985-batch IAS officer of the Bihar cadre, and Mr Banamali Sinha, a 1987-batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre, will be the GOs for this seat. Mr Vivek Harinarain, 1980-batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu(TN), and Mr Anil Swarup, 1981-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh(UP), and Mr Ranjit Kr Sarkar, IRS, will the GOs and EO for Karnal, respectively. For the Sonepat seat, where tempers are already high because of the candidature of Mrs Krishna Malik, wife of the Director-General of the Haryana Police, on the ruling INLD ticket, the Election Commission has deputed a senior IAS officer of the 1977-batch from the Madhya Pradesh cadre, Mr Padamvir Singh, to supervise the elections. He will be assisted by Mr V.K. Subburaj, a 1980-batch IAS officer of the TN cadre, as GO, and Mr Satyanarayana Murty Talla, an IRS officer of the 1991 batch, as EO. Mr Ranglal Jamuda, 1981-batch IAS officer of Orissa, and Dr Lalit Varma, 1984-batch IAS officer of the UP cadre, will be the GOs for Rohtak, while Ms Vasundhara Sinha, IRS, will be the EO for this seat. The commission has put another senior IAS officer of the 1975 batch of the Orissa cadre, Mr Satya Prakash Nanda, on duty at Faridabad, from where the former Chief Minister, Mr Bhajan Lal, or his younger son, Mr Kuldip Bishnoi, is expected to contest the election on the Congress ticket. Mr Nanda will be assisted by Mr Jayanti Lal Modi, 1983-batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre, as GO, and Mr Shubh Chintan as EO. For the Mahendragarh seat, Mr Ashish Kumar Singh, a 1988-batch IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre, and Mr Kuljit Singh, a 1982-batch IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, will be the GOs. Mr Dharma Vir Singh, IRS, will be the EO. For the prestigious Bhiwani seat, the commission has asked Mr Amrendra Kumar, 1982-batch IAS officer of West Bengal (WB), and Mr Sriram Taranikanti, 1992-batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre, to be the GOs. Mr Asit Singh will be the EO. Mr Pabitra Kumar, 1989-batch IAS officer of the UP cadre, and Mr Anil Kumar Agarwal, an 1981-batch IAS officer of the WB cadre, will be the GOs, while Mr Ranjit Singh will be the EO for Hisar. For the Sirsa reserved seat, Mr Hans Raj Verma, a 1986-batch IAS officer of the TN cadre, and Mr Pravir Kumar, a1982-batch IAS officer of UP, will be the GOs, while Mr Nathan Raul will be the EO. Meanwhile, the commission has appointed 55 IAS officers of the Haryana cadre as observers in various states. The Haryana officers who will go as observers are : Mr Yudhvir Singh Malik (Kapadvanj-Gujarat); Mr Roshan Lal (Deoria-UP), Mr R.P. Chander (Amravati-Maharashtra), Mr S.K. Gulati (Mysore), Mr K.K. Khandelwal (Agra), Mr S.K. Monga (Berhampore-WB), Mr V.S. Kundu (Godda-Jharkhand), Mr M. Kithan (Dhubri-Assam), Mr S.C. Jain (Mahabubnagar-AP), Dr Avtar Singh (Indore), Mr Rajiv Arora (Vijayawada), Mr M.P. Bidlan (Chhindwara), Mr Tarun Bajaj (Mumbai South) Mr R.K. Khuller (Bikaner), Mr Anil Kumar (Nalgonda-AP), Mr D.R. Dhingra (Padrauna -UP), Mr M.K. Midha (Mayiladuturai-TN), Mr H.S. Rana (Hooghly), Mr Krishan Kumar (Banswara), Mr P.C. Bidhan (Jamnagar), Mr Lal Singh (Jangipur), Mr P.R. Bishnoi (Fatehpur-UP), Mr Anand sharma (Salempur-UP), Mr H.P. Chaudhary (Mainpuri-UP), Dr R.B. Langayan (Chandrapur-Maharashtra), Dr Ashok Khema (Sarguja-Chhattisgarh), Mr Vineet Garg (Mayurbhanj-Orissa), Mr Abhilaksh S. Likhi (Mahasamund-Chhattisgarh), Mr Vimal Chandra(Hoshangabad), Mr R.K. Rao (Vidisha-MP), Mr Phateh
Singh (Tenkasi-TN), Mr M.P. Bansal (Rampur), Mr Pushp Raj Singh (Bhandara), Mr V. Umashankar (Raigarh), Mr T.K. Sharma (Karimganj-Assam) Mr S.K. Goyal (Jhabua), Mr S.P. Sharma (Murshidabad), Mr R.N. Prashar(Jhanjharpur-Bihar), Mr N. Bala Bhaskar (Bijapur), Mr L.M. Salins (Darbhanga), Mr S.K. Nanda (Surat), Mr Manik Sonawane (Kaira-Gujarat), Mrs Shakuntala Jakhur (Moradabad), Mr S.K. Saxena (Sitamarhi) Mrs Anuradha Gupta (Simla), Mr P.K. Jain (wardha), Dr Dalip Singh (Porbandar), Mr Dhanpat Singh (Latur), Mrs Jaiwanti Sheokand (Nalanda), Mr Balraj Singh (Kangra), Mr Arun Kumar Gupta (Khammam-AP) and Mr Sarban Singh (Malda) The commission has exempted Mrs Manju Gupta, Mr Hardeep Kumar, Mr R.R. Jowel, Mrs Navraj Sandhu, Dr Harbaksh Singh, Mr Amit Jha and Mrs Sumita Mishra Singh from election duty. However, it has kept Mr K.S. Bhora, Mrs Umesh Nanda and Mr P.K. Chaudhery in reserve. |
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BJP files reply in code of conduct violation case Karnal, March 26 The District Magistrate and Chief Returning Officer of the Karnal Parliamentary constituency, Mr
R.S. Doon, had served the notice to the BJP through its district president on Wednesday to explain the party’s position within 48 hours. Talking to TNS, Mr Doon confirmed that his office had received the reply from the BJP. However, the contents of the reply were not yet known as it was received late in the evening. Before filing the reply, the BJP also removed the banners. Mr Doon said the administration would study the reply and send a detailed report to the Election Commission on Monday. Sources said the commission had taken the violation seriously and sought a detailed report from the state government through its Chief Electoral Officer. It may be mentioned that the BJP had violated the Model Code of Conduct during the Bharat uday yatra of Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani on Wednesday. Banners with photographs of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani and Union Minister of State for Home Affairs I.D. Swami were pasted on hoardings from which messages had been erased by the local administration, following instructions of the Election Commission. |
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MD varsity VC to quit Rohtak, March 26 The meeting was held to pass the university’s budget for the next financial year. However, as soon as the meeting commenced he informed the members that he would quit his post soon since he intended to contest the Rohtak Lok Sabha seat as Indian National Lok Dal nominee. He said this was the last meeting of the EC he was chairing though he did not indicate when he planned to quit. Immediately after the Financial Commissioner and Secretary Education, Mr M. L.
Tayal, who was attending the meeting proposed that a search committee to select names for the next VC should be constituted. After some deliberations it was decided to nominate Mr Vishnu
Bhagwan, vice-chancellor of Guru Jambheshwar University and Mr M. K. Miglani, vice-chancellor of Haryana Agricultural University as members of the search panel. A suggestion by certain members that the vice-chancellor of Delhi University also be included in the panel was turned down by the council. It was decided that the two names be sent to the Chancellor who would nominate one more member of his choice on the panel which would recommend three names to the state government for appointment as VC. However, it is learnt that the new VC would be appointed only after the Lok Sabha poll since the code of conduct was in force. In this case, the university control could pass into the hands of a senior bureaucrat or the seniormost professor of the university. |
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Matriculation re-examination on April 4, 5 Bhiwani, March 26 Stating this today, a spokesman for the board said the re-examination would be conducted from 1 pm to 4 pm at nine centres in Bhiwani district, three centres in Sonepat district and two centres in Jhajjar district. As many as 4,000 candidates would appear in this re-examination. The re-examination in Hindi, science, social studies and English would be held on April 4 and that in mathematics (Hindi as well as English mediums) on April 5, he added. The spokesman said all arrangements had been made by the board to smoothly conduct the examination. Officers of the board were being deputed as observers at the re-examination centres to check copying. |
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British MP visits Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra, March 26 Stating this here today, a Kurukshetra University spokesman said Mr Vaz, who was keen that De Mantefort University, Leicester and Kurukshetra University develop a long-term understanding in academic and research, showed interest in law, tourism and Indian civilisation and culture during discussions held with the Kurukshetra University Vice-Chancellor, Dr A.K. Chawla. The spokesman said that Mr Vaz apprised the Vice-Chancellor of the fact that a delegation of British Lawyers, headed by his wife, would visit India in December, this year, and include Kurukshetra University in their itinerary. Admiring Kurukshetra University for introducing a course in Indian Culture and Civilisation, Mr Vaz said he would like to sponsor some British students of Indian origin to study the course at Kurukshetra University. The spokesman said Mr Vaz was enthusiastic about developing ties between Kurukshetra University and De Montefort University and proposed to extend this collaboration with Middlesex University as well. The Registrar, Dr J.S. Kadian, Prof P.J. George, Dr V.K. Aggarwal and Prof D.S. Bhardwaj were among those who attended the meeting. |
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SP to contest three seats in
Haryana Panipat, March 26 Mr Khan said the party had nominated Mr Raghu Yadav for the Mahendergarh seat, while name of two other candidates from Karnal and Faridabad seats will be declared by Mr Yadav at a rally to be held in Karnal on March 31. Mr Khan said, “the party workers will appeal the voters to cast votes on the basis of the development work done by Mr Yadav in Uttar Pardesh”. |
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Power situation to improve soon: Aggarwal
Yamunanagar, March 26 He said earlier, three power houses of the project were generating 48 MW per day. The capacity would be enhanced to 62.4 MW and the state government had spent Rs 90 crore for the commissioning of the project. The Chief Engineer said there was only one hydro electricity project in Haryana. Electricity generated from the hydel project was the cheapest and the operation cost only 18 paise per unit. There was also a proposal for one more mini power house at Dadupur, near here. |
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2 get 14-yr jail for trafficking poppy husk Fatehabad, March 26 According to the prosecution, Mr Badri Prasad, in charge of the Rattia police station, had received a tip-off that Bagula, Gullu, Harnek, Kuka, Jela and Bhola had kept poppy husk in the house of Gullu. The police raided the house, but barring Bagula all accused escaped. The police, however, arrested the accused. The police found 25 bags of poppy husk in the house. The court found Bagula and Gullu guilty of the offence and sentenced them while giving others the benefit of the doubt. |
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Mother, daughter killed in accident Kaithal, March 26 According to information, Rajpati, wife of Sri Ram of Sollumajra, was crossing the road along with her daughter Suman when a four-wheeler hit them killing both on the spot. The bodies were handed over to family members after a post-mortem examination. The vehicle has been impounded and a case registered against the driver, who fled from the site of the accident. |
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Stepson confesses to woman’s murder Kurukshetra, March 26 Confirming this here today, the district police chief, Mr Yoginder Nehra, said Raj Rani’s stepson, Subhash was arrested on suspicion. He told the police that he along with his accomplice, Surender, had murdered Raj Rani for a piece of land measuring about five acres. Mr Nehra said both accused were produced before Mr Rajender Goel, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kurukshetra, here and remanded in police custody for one day. |
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