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release manifesto on June 6 RLD to
contest 90 Haryana Assembly seats Selja
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Protest
against police ‘excesses’ Mr A.K. Raghav, Additional Sessions Judge, Jind, today sentenced 12 youths of this district to life imprisonment in a murder case. The judge also imposed a fine of Rs 4,100 each. Yamunanagar, May 28 Four persons died in accidents in the city. Ravinder Sharma of Gandhi Nagar here was coming in a Maruti car from Chandigarh on Wednesday evening. Near Ambala, Dinesh and Raj Kumar of Yamunanagar working in the Forest Department demanded lift from him. Fatehabad, May 28 Two persons were killed and four injured when a Maruti car collided with a jeep near Bhuna Cooperative Mills in this district last evening. Martyr cremated Chandigarh, May 28 The process for the panchayat byelections in Haryana will commence on June 7. Haryana State Election Commissioner T.D. Jogpal said the nomination papers would be received from June 7 to 9 at the block headquarters. Chandigarh, May 28 The Haryana Public Service Commission has cancelled the Geography (optical) examination for the HCS (preliminary), which was held on May 23, due to “inadvertent discrepancies” in the question paper.
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Betrayers responsible
for party defeat, says Chautala Jhajjar, May 28 He called upon the loyal party workers to come forward and name such persons who would be punished. Speaking at a party workers meeting here today, Mr Chautala spit
venom against the state Congress leaders. The meeting was called to look into the causes which led to the rout of the party in the recent Lok Sabha poll. Mr Chautala appeared in aggressive mood towards the party workers and said, “I know that many
treacherous persons are seating in this meeting also and they would be dealt with strongly at the appropriate time.” He regretted that in their bid to swell the party ranks many “black sheeps” were inducted in the party which ultimately proved fatal for them. He made casteist comments on the two Congress leaders of the state who were inducted in the ministry at the Centre saying that the Congress had never favoured the Jats. When the party workers pointed out the non-implementation of the development at works due to apathetic attitude of the local administration as a cause of their defeat, the Chief Minister directed them to prepare a list of the government employees, saying that all such officials would be transferred. “The entire executive body of the party also stands dissolved now and new party functionaries would be appointed on the recommendations of the party workers,” said the INLD supremo, asking the workers to recommend the names of hardcore loyalists who had worked with his father, the late Devi Lal. Mr Chautala
promised to accommodate more party workers in government jobs. He asked them to work hard for the victory of the party in the next Assembly elections. He maintained that unprecedented developmental works would be carried out in the state in the remaining tenure. Mr Chautala continued the boycott of the media. |
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Work for Assembly poll, CM tells workers Rohtak, May 28 Addressing Indian National Lok Dal workers here last night he said there was no need to ponder over the defeat. He said he would ensure that the development works were executed during the remaining period of his tenure. Finances would not come in the way and the government would borrow funds if need be, he added. |
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BJP to release manifesto on June 6 Rohtak, May 28 Addressing a press conference, he said a meeting of over 3,000 office-bearers of various mandals of the party would meet on that day and finalise the manifesto. After the meeting, they would march in procession to the Haryana Raj Bhavan and present a memorandum to Governor Babu Parmanand. He said the memorandum would highlight the problems being faced by the people under the Chautala regime, including the deteriorating law and order situation in the state. Cases of extortion by criminals lodged in jails and patronised by ruling party leaders had gone up, he added. The BJP chief said the party would seek immediate withdrawal of VAT imposed by the Haryana Government. The levy had brought businesses in Haryana to the brink of closure as these were unable to compete with their counterparts in the neighbouring states. He said an unofficial “goonda tax” had been imposed by the ruling family on mining operations in the state. Despite opposition from the masses, this had not been checked. Mr Ganeshi Lal said the Chautala government had failed to get the Punjab portion of the SYL canal completed despite apex court orders. The BJP memorandum would seek early completion of this important project. The BJP leader said the party wanted unauthorised colonies to be regularised and an immediate end to demolitions by district administrations. The demolitions were ruining economically weaker sections, which had built houses there because of lower land rates. The party would hold demonstrations at all district towns of the state in a phased manner after June 6 to highlight these issues at the local levels. Five meetings of intellectuals would be held at various towns in June to mobilise public opinion. Mr Ganeshi Lal alleged that BJP workers were being terrorised all over the state after the INLD’s defeat in the elections. False cases were being registered against them and they were being humiliated in police stations. He feared that with the return of Mr M.S. Malik as the DGP, the repression would mount further. He said there was no future for regional parties in the changed political context. These parties had to align either with the nationalist NDA or the Leftist UPA. He said in a way this was a welcome development since it was a precursor to a two-party political system. |
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RLD to contest 90
Haryana Assembly seats Chandigarh, May 28 The newly appointed President of the party, Mr Rattan Singh Sarot, said a meeting of party workers had been convened in Rohtak for June 5 to chalk out a strategy for the elections. Accusing INLD President, Om Prakash Chautala, of having “grabbed power on the basis of false promises” Mr Sarot said corruption under INLD rule had reached a new high. The JBT teachers scam, he said, was only a tip of the iceberg. If an impartial inquiry was held in all recruitments made by the Chautala Government, many more skeletons would come out of the government cupboard. Mr Sarot alleged that Mr Chautala’s claims about having launched thousands of development schemes were humbug. He said all the resources had been concentrated in the Chief Minister’s native district of Sirsa. He claimed the Centre had given Rs 342 crore for the maintenance of canals in Haryana. However, the Chautala Government spent Rs 320 crore on the Bhakra canal system alone, which carried water to Sirsa district southern Haryana, he said, was still thirsty and the state government had not paid any attention towards this area. |
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Selja ‘insults’ Ambala leaders Chandigarh, May 28 In a statement issued here today, senior party leader. M.L. Sarwan said though Ms Selja had promised before the elections that henceforth her commitment would be with the people of Ambala, she did not invite anyone from her new constituency to attend the swearing-in ceremony at which she was inducted into the Union Cabinet. Ms Selja, he added, bestowed this honour on many of her old associates from the Sirsa constituency from where she had shifted to Ambala for fear of defeat. |
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Maninder tops in Ambala with 96 pc Ambala, May 28 Maninder Kaur of P.K.R. Jain Senior Secondary School, Ambala City, has topped in the city with 96 per cent marks. The school Principal, Ms Jyothsna Sachdeva, said Rajdeep Singh had got 95 per cent marks, Karan Jain 94 per cent marks, Rahul Goel 92.2 per cent, Swati 92 per cent, Pranti 91.8 per cent, Shreya 91.6 per cent, Richa Sharma and Himanshu 89.6 per cent and Umang Chopra and Gurvinder got 89 per cent marks. She said 110 school students had got distinction and the overall pass percentage was 100 per cent. She added that the 279 students had got subject-wise merit. Convent of Jesus and Mary Principal Sister Tara said 10 students of the school had got more than 90 per cent marks. Arjun Sharma secured 93.8 per cent marks, Harshit Khurana 93.6 per cent, Aditi Jain and Isha Gupta 93.4 per cent, Akriti Sodhi 93 per cent, Sarabpreet Batra 91.8 per cent, Prateek Jain 91.4 per cent,
Karan Maini 91.2 per cent, Somya Gupta 91 per cent, and Praneet Kaur Kalra got 90.6 per cent marks. Natasha Jain, Sana Puri and Swati Bhasin got 89.8 per cent marks each. The Principal of DAV Public School, Ambala City, Ms Reena Nagrath, said Ankita Paul of the school got 93.6 per cent marks, Shrishtee Kalia secured 93 per cent while Esha Gupta and Harkamal Kaur got 92.6 per cent marks. Niharika got 92 per cent, Ena Arora 91.6 per cent, Kashish 91.6 per cent, Kavita 91.6 per cent, Charu 91 per cent, Ankita Goel and Sukhdeep 90 per cent marks each. She said 88 students had secured first division and the pass percentage was 100 per cent. The Principal of SA Jain Senior Model School, Ambala City, Dr Anima Jain, said Ishani Goel had secured 92 per cent marks, Gaurav 91 per cent, Ishan, Vaibhav and Madhvi 90 per cent and Sheenam got 87 per cent marks. She said that 25 students were placed on the merit list. Ms Sudha Mathur, Principal, Lord Mahavir Jain Public School, Ambala Cantt, said Utkarsh Bansal had secured 91.2 per cent marks, Vandana Malik 88.8 per cent, Priyanka Sharma 88.4 per cent, Aanchal Yadav 88 per cent and Shipra Thukral got 87.2 per cent marks. Ms Mathur said the pass percentage of the school was 100 per cent. The number of distinctions was 91 and the number of merits 17. The Principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya No.4, Ambala Cantt, Ms Indu Kaushik, said this year, the school had improved its Class X result by more than 18 per cent. She said Astha Tyagi had topped in the school by securing 91.2 per cent marks while 49 students had got distinctions. The Principal of Maj R.N. Kapoor DAV Public School, Ambala Cantt, Ms Relhan, said Samarth Handa had secured 88.8 per cent marks, Himanshu Jain got 88.2 per cent marks, Deepti Jaggi 88 per cent, Nidhi Setia and Tanu Malhotra 87.4 per cent, Arpan Gupta 87.2 per cent, Piyush Goel 86.6 per cent, Mani Jain and Saurabh Nagpal 86.2 per cent, while Abhishek Saini got 85 per cent marks. She said 17 students had got above 80 per cent marks. The Principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1, Ambala Cantt, Ms Urmila Sharma, said the top scorer was Devender Singh Choudhary with 90.4 per cent marks. She said 15 students had secured distinctions while 115 students passed the examination. In DAV Public School (By the riverside), the Principal, Ms Rita J.P. Singh, said Umang Bharti Makkar had secured 89.2 per cent marks, Ritika Mehta 89 per cent, Preeti Aggarwal 87.4 per cent, and Jatin Aggarwal 85.8 per cent. She said that the pass percentage was 100 per cent and 20 students had got more than 75 per cent marks. Sirsa boy gets 97.6 pc in Class X Sirsa, May 28 |
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Protest against police ‘excesses’ Hisar, May 28 Most of the shops along the GT Road, the Ambedkar chowk, the Umra gate, the Bhagat Singh road, Sadar Bazaar, the Bajrang chowk, the old Bus stand road and Chopta bazaar remained closed. Traders, shopkeepers, doctors and leaders of various political parties gathered in Chopta Bazaar and held a public meeting and took out a procession. While addressing the gathering, speakers
accused the police for lathicharge. They alleged that in spite of arresting the culprits, the police resorted lathicharge on those who were demanding the immediate arrest of culprits. They demanded withdrawal of false case, suspension of DSP Samunder Singh and action against the responsible policemen.
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12 youths get life term Jind, May 28 Those awarded life imprisonment are Anil, son of Lehna, Anil, son of Ram Kishan, Lucky, Surender, Ashish, Parveen, Sandeep, Sheela alias Neela, Rajesh, son of Sube Singh, and Rajesh, son of Om Parkash, all residents of Sheelakheri village, Sanjay of Kheri Khemawati village and Nawab of Bahadurgarh village. Besides, Gaje Singh of Kheri Khamawati village was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 1,000. The judge had held them guilty on May 25 while deciding the murder case of a youth, Rakesh. According to the prosecution, a group of students, armed with weapons, attacked students of another group at Safidon town in the district on September 4, 2000, over a rivalry. Anil, Mohan Lal, Rakesh, Suresh and Vinod were injured in the attack. Rakesh, who was referred to a hospital in Rohtak succumbed to his injuries there. |
Four die in mishaps Yamunanagar, May 28 Their car was hit by a tractor-trailer near Power Grid Station on the Ambala-Jagadhri road. Dinesh died on the spot. Ravinder Sharma and Raj Kumar in a critical condition were shifted to Civil Hospital Jagadhri from where they were referred to PGI, Chandigarh. Tractor driver fled the scene. In another accident, body of Ram Kishan (55) was found on Railway track near here yesterday morning. He was from Pansara village near here. A train reportedly had crushed him. The Railway police after a postmortem examination handed over the body to his relatives yesterday. In another accident, body of Ranjit (11) of Azad Nagar here was found yesterday from Yamuna canal here. He was reportedly playing on the bank of Yamuna canal, when he slipped and fell into the canal. One person died when a wall collapsed on him in Shadipur village near here. A wind resulted the wall collapse burying Prakash Chand who was standing there. He was shifted to a hospital where he was declared dead. The Police has registered a case. |
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Two killed in road mishap Fatehabad, May 28 According to reports, Jitender and Suresh, both residents of Tohana, were going towards Bhuna. While Suresh died on the spot, Jitender succumbed to his injuries at Bhuna Primary Health Centre. The jeep driver, Chhotu Ram, his sister Roshni and her two children were injured in the accident. |
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Martyr cremated Ambala, May 28 Mr Faqir Chand Mullana, MP, Col Avinash Pathak, Mr Hawa Singh, SDM, Rathore, Naib Subedar, Mr Zile Singh, Mr G.R. Rohilla, Mr Man Singh, Mr Rameshwar Das and Mr Rajbir Singh paid floral tributes. A Haryana police contingent did ‘ulta shastra’ and fired in the air as a mark of respect to the martyr. Sepoy Sukhwinder Singh alongwith Major Tripathi was patrolling the Nilipura area in Kupwara on May 25. The patrolling party came under fire from the militants. Sepoy Sukhwinder Singh bravely fought with the militants. Major Tripathi, Sepoy Sukhwinder Singh and two more Sepoys attained martyrdom. Sepoy Sukhwinder Singh, who was born in May 1982, had joined the Army in May 2000. His elder brother Sukhchain Singh, younger brother Devender Singh, sister Surender Kaur and mother Surjeet Kaur were inconsolable. |
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Haryana panchayat
byelections on June 20 Chandigarh, May 28 Haryana State Election Commissioner T.D. Jogpal said the nomination papers would be received from June 7 to 9 at the block headquarters. Scrutiny would take place on June 11 and the withdrawals on June 14. The counting of votes for panches would take place on the same day immediately after the close of polling whereas the counting of votes for elections to vacant seats of wards of panchayat samitis and Zila Parishads would be taken up at the block headquarters on June 21. The byelections for ward No. 4 and 12 of the Municipal Committee, 11 and 15 of the Municipal Committee, Samalkha; ward No.11 of the Municipal Committee, Mahendragarh; Palwal; ward No and for ward No. 2 of the Municipal Committee, Ellenabad, would be held on June 20. |
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HPSC cancels geography exam Chandigarh, May 28 According to a spokesman of the commission, a fresh examination in geography will be held on June 13 next from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at Chandigarh. The roll numbers will remain unchanged. The admit cards will be sent in due course. The spokesman said if any candidate did not receive the admit card by June 10, he should contact the commission’s office personally along with two attested recent passport-size photographs on June 11 and 12 to get a duplicate admit card. |
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Cong protest against erratic power Rohtak, May 28 They presented a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner alleging that old transformers and transmission cables had not been replaced because of which residents had been facing hardship. Faults in supply system were not removed in time resulting in frequent disruption in power supply. |
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