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Sonepat, April 2 Mr Kishan Singh Sangwan, a BJP candidate from Sonepat Lok Sabha Seat today urged the Chief Election Commissioner to appoint independent and impartial observers in this Lok Sabha constituency.
INLD to contest in Rajasthan, Delhi & UP
Water dispute erupts between Haryana, Delhi
Police seeks cancellation of Nain’s bail
Simplify
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INLD leader Ram Kumar cremated
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5 hurt in fire
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Sonepat, April 2 Mr Sangwan in a letter to the EC sought an inquiry into the complaints about the alleged use of official machinery and deployment of policemen in plainclothes Director-General of police Haryana M S Malik whose wife Krishna Malik had been fielded by the ruling INLD as its candidate for contesting the Lok Sabha elections. Talking to mediapersons here, he alleged that the policemen in plainclothes were engaged in door-to-door convassing for seeking support in favour of Mr Malik. He also alleged that these policemen had stayed at Bhawar and Bichpari villages for the whole day and lured the voters by assuring them that the government would give employment to the educated jobless youths after the elections. Rohtak, alleging that the ruling INLD was planning to utilise the services of hired criminals in Sonepat for rigging during Lok Sabha election. Mr Sangwan has demanded deployment of the CRPF under the supervision of special poll observers to ensure free and fair poll. Talking to mediapersons at Rithal village in Rohtak district during his election tour to the villages of Gohana Assembly segment, Mr Sangwan said he had information that Haryana Chief Minister and ruling INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala and Director-General of Police (DGP) M.S. Malik.
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INLD to contest in Rajasthan, Delhi & UP
Gurgaon, April 2 A meeting of the office-bearers had been convened on April 5 to choose candidates for Rajasthan, he told mediapersons here after addressing election rallies. Taking exception the Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani’s statement that people should vote for the Congress if they did not like BJP, he said “BJP leaders and Advani should desist from making such irresponsible statements as the nation might sometimes have to pay the price for such statements made by the people holding high offices in the country. Advani’s remarks had not only undermined the interest of the regional parties, but also injured the feelings of voters of these parties, he said. Ridiculing the BJP’s ‘feel good factor’, Mr Chautala said it was for the wealthy people only and for the common man. “As far as the common man is concerned it was nowhere to be seen, as the rising prices of essential goods like LPG, cement, steel and diesel had made it difficult for the poor people to make both ends meet,” he said terming it as a political gimmick. Continuing his attacks on Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, Mr Chautala today described him as a political. Comparing Mr Advani with former Haryana Chief
Minister Bansi Lal, Mr Chautala said they were political “turncoats” who changed their statements everyday. — PTI/UNI |
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INLD meeting convened Chandigarh, April 2 While stating this here today, the President of the Haryana unit of the INLD, Mr Sher Singh Badshami, said all office bearers and the members of the Executive, Presidents of district units of the INLD and Zila Parishads would attend the meeting. He said that Mr Chautala would complete his first phase of election campaign in the state on April 4, under which he had addressed election meetings in all the 90 assembly constituencies of the state. He said that the future strategy to be adopted for the Lok Sabha elections would also be discussed in the meeting. |
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panel for poll manifesto Chandigarh, April 2 The other members of the committee are the former Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University, Mr R.S. Chaudhary, former Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Mr Jai Kishan Sharma, the Vice-Chairman of the 20-point programme, Prof Teja Singh, the Minister of State for Health, Dr M.L. Ranga, senior INLD leader of Rajasthan, Mr Gulam Mustafa Khan and, the retired Principal of Barot (Uttar Pradesh), Mr Ranbir Singh. The committee would submit the draft of the manifesto within a week. |
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Water dispute erupts between Haryana, Delhi
Chandigarh, April 2 The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has alleged that the water level in the Wazirabad pond had gone down because Haryana was not supplying the full share of Delhi. Haryana, on the other hand, has accused the DJB of lifting water from the Wazirabad pond unauthorisedly through the Sangam pump house for the Bhagirathi water treatment plant. An official spokesman of Haryana said the state had been releasing 600 cusecs of water through the Munak escape since March 16 last and the specified water level was maintained in the Wazirabad pond till March 28. However, the level started falling on March 29. Haryana increased the water supply from 600 cusecs to 700 cusecs. However, the level receded further following the continued unauthorised pumping of water by the DJB. Haryana lodged an official protest on March 30. He said during the past week the water availability in the Yamuna and the inflow in the Gobind Sagar was reduced to 55 per cent and 70 per cent, respectively, of the normal availability. Most of the Yamuna water was being diverted to Delhi to meet its drinking water requirement, with practically nothing left for Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. The Supreme Court had directed Haryana in February, 1996, to keep the Wazirabad pond full. The spokesman said Haryana had been complying with the order and supplying water to Delhi much in excess of its share allotted under the MOU on sharing the Yamuna water. He alleged that to meet the increased drinking water requirement, Delhi started diverting water from the Wazirabad pond by taking shelter under the Apex court order. Haryana had taken up the matter with the Upper Yamuna River Board. It had also placed the facts before the Supreme Court. |
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Police seeks cancellation of Nain’s bail
Hisar, April 2 The police pleaded that the court had granted conditional bail to Mr Nain on December 23 last year. The court had directed Mr Nain not to make any provocative speeches or issue public statements. After this, Mr Nain filed a petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the imposition of these conditions but the High Court had turned down his pleas. It was alleged in the application that Mr Nain was trying to provoke farmers in the state by issuing provocative statements for the past one month. It added that Parliamentary elections had been announced and such statements had threatened peace in the state and were in violation of the court’s directions. The police urged the court to cancel the conditional bail of Mr Nain immediately. |
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building plans process: Cong Ambala, April 2 Mr Yadav said the NOC and house
building plans should be cleared by the council. He said the process had
now become complicated and people were facing a host of problems. He
said at a meeting held in the council, a resolution was unanimously
passed for the NOC, building plans and mutation process being carried
out by the council. “However, the district administration has not
initiated steps to sort out the problems being faced by the people, he
said. Mr Yadav said if the resolution were not implemented, the
Congress would start an agitation. |
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INLD leader Ram Kumar cremated
Fatehabad, April 2 Mr Mani Ram Godara, a former Haryana Home Minister; the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Mahtab Singh Sehrawat; the SP, Mr Saurabh Singh; Dr Sushil Indora, a member of the dissolved Parliament, Mr Nishan Singh, Ms Swatantra Bala Chowdhary and Mr Jarnail Singh, all MLAs, were among those who attended the funeral. The local Bar Association postponed its election scheduled for today as a mark of respect to the leader. The election will now be held on April 10. The association also suspended work for today. Ram Kumar was a past president of the local Bar Association and had remained president of the local Improvement Trust. |
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Chautala to handle coop portfolio
Chandigarh, April 2 Mr Kartar Singh Bhadana had earlier resigned from the Cooperation Minister’s post in the Om Prakash Chautala-led Haryana Government to contest the Lok Sabha elections in Rajasthan as a BJP candidate. |
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2 soft drink units, ice-cream factory sealed
Rohtak, April 2 The authorities sealed one soda factory and an ice-cream factory in Jawahar Nagar and another soda water factory in the Gandhi Nagar area, an official release said today. The action was taken after water samples from these units were found unfit for human consumption in the laboratory examination.
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Documentary on Karnal by Babbar Karnal, April 2 Talking to TNS, Babbar said the shooting of the documentary film would begin from April 3 in the city. The Hindi version of the film has been titled as ‘Karnabhoomi- Karmab-hoomi’ and the English version has been titled as ‘The land of Karma’. |
HIGH COURT
Chandigarh, April 2 As per the case record, Dalal and others were booked for their alleged involvement in the death of Ms Sumitra Choudhary, a relative. The reason behind the alleged crime was some property that the accused wanted to grab. A lower court had acquitted the four, following which the state filed an appeal in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Today, a Division Bench comprising Justice VM Jain and Justice Varinder Singh adjourned the case for April 19. |
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term for killing grandmother Ambala, April 2 According to prosecution, the deceased Prakashwati had been
residing at Manoli House in the city along with her son Harish Kohli and
daughter-in-law, Suman. Harish is employed in a local bank while Suman
is a teacher in Army School, Ambala Cantonment. The police summoned
Ramesh, a grandson of the deceased who was seen there on the day of
the incident. When the police interrogated him he admitted that he had
committed the crime to rob the jewellery of her maternal grandmother.
Ramesh is a father of three children. |
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Suicide by lovers
Sonepat, April 2 Both belonged to Shera village in Panipat district and they had fled their houses on March 29 last. Love affair between them for the past one year is stated to be the main cause of their suicide, the police said. The Government Railway Police (GRP) has sent the bodies for a post-mortem examination. It is stated that the victims wanted to marry but their parents opposed the move.
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5 hurt in fire
Sonepat, April 2 The fire was caused by petrol kept in a shop inside the house. On receipt of information, the Municipal fire brigade reached the site and brought the fire under control. All injured persons were taken to the local civil hospital here. — PTI |
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