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NCW drops plan to probe Sonia case
Haryana Sikhs want separate gurdwara committee
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INLD welcomes HVP rebels to party fold
Does Chautala discriminate in development work?
Bishnoi flays Chautala
on new district
2 more deaths from viral infection reported
Power unit aggravates pollution in villages
Opportunity for illegal
power consumers
Notices to disconnect meters opposed
Mining mafia plundering Aravalli ranges
Alarming addiction to poppy husk, liquor
Modern dentistry must reach rural areas, says VC
Political rivals become relatives
Police officers to be
honoured on Oct 26
Health Dept launches portal
Haryana not inclined to set up rights panel: Dua
Commuters’ protest delays Jhelum Express
Relief for SCs, STs
ABVP leader, brother attacked
2 killed in road mishap
Doctors’ meet at Karnal
Central Bank officers’ function
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NCW drops plan to probe Sonia case
Jhajjar, October 18 The commission had on Saturday served summons on nine persons whose names had figured as organisers of the khap panchayat held on October 10 at Asanda. They were: Dharam Singh, who headed the panchayat, Ishwar Rathi, Rajinder, Jagbir Subedar, Dilbagh, Kanshi Ram, Mohinder, Chitre Kharar, and Naresh, ex-sarpanch of Kharar village. Official sources said here that the NCW team’s visit was cancelled because the commission authorities felt that following the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s orders in the case a simultaneous probe by the commission was not necessary. However, a large number of villagers gathered on the school premises at Asanda this morning, expecting the team to arrive there. The crowd dispersed after it was informed that the visit had been cancelled. The team was to probe the developments leading to the panchayat dictate to Sonia and her husband Rampal to dissolve their marriage and treat each other as brother and sister because it considered a marriage between Hooda and Rathi gotras as socially unacceptable. Sonia is three months pregnant and had got married to Rampal 18 months ago. Meanwhile, three policemen, including an assistant sub inspector of the police, have been posted at the gynaecology ward of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences here where Sonia has been undergoing treatment for a threatened abortion. The police team arrived here last evening following a news report in yesterday’s issue of The Tribune stating that Sonia and Rampal had not been provided security despite court orders. On the other hand, the police today questioned more than 10 residents of Baproda village in connection with the panchayat. They included Rati Ram, Hari Kishen, Ram Kishen, Raj Kishen and Sukhbir. This was done in the light of the court orders. Doctors attending on Sonia at the PGIMS here said she was responding to treatment but would need hospitalisation for at least three more days. She underwent some tests today and the reports were expected to be received tomorrow. Meanwhile, two signature campaigns have been launched in the 14 villages around Asanda dominated by Rathis. While one campaign favours Sonia and describes the panchayat as a mistake that hurt the standing of the gotra in the area, the other is aimed at ensuring unity among the Rathis in these 14 villages so that in future there was no difference of opinion among community leaders. |
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Haryana Sikhs want separate gurdwara committee
Chandigarh, October 18 “No political party should take us for granted,” says Mr Jagdish Singh Jhinda of Karnal maintaining that no “elected government has ever done justice to us since 1966 when Haryana was carved out of Punjab. Besides alienation from our mother tongue, we are also being denied whatever is legally due to us.” Mr Jagdish Singh Jhinda, who is one of the 11 members of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elected from Haryana, said that because of “our minute minority, even the mini parliament of Sikhs has done nothing for us”. Accompanied by Mr Avtar Singh of Kaithal and Mr Didar Singh Nalwi of Kurukshetra, both members of the SGPC, Mr Jagdish Singh told The Tribune that Sikhs in Haryana were unanimous that they would not be lured by false promises normally made on eve of elections by every political party. “We want a firm commitment on these two demands,” said Mr Nalwi, holding that the SGPC had hardly spent a penny either on “dharam parchar” or even establishment of educational and professional institutions in Haryana, the second largest Sikh populated state. “We want to have our own Sikh
Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee to look after historic and other gurdwaras covered under the 1925 Gurdwara Act. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee gets about Rs 18 crore a year from 70-odd historic and important Sikh shrines in the state. But not even a single penny is ploughed back for the growth of Sikhism or human resource development of young Sikhs. There are hardly any jobs for educated Sikh youth in Haryana,” says Mr Nalwi. “According to the 1966 Reorganisation Act, it was left to the Central Government to decide the future of inter-state institutions like Panjab University and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. But neither the Centre nor the state government ever did justice to Sikhs in Haryana,” he added. Of the 11 elected members of the SGPC, seven belong to the Panthic Morcha and only four represent the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal. “We do not know whether the SGPC would ever consider that Sikhs living in Haryana also need care, attention and means for supporting their youngsters. We cannot compete with the majority community in jobs and even admissions in technical institutions.” “Though the present Chief Minister, Mr Om Parkash Chautala, had announced sometime back that he would name an existing university after Guru Gobind Singh, he did no such thing. Rather, he named the new university in Sirsa to perpetuate memory of his father, Ch Devi Lal. Unfortunately, this new university does not have even a department of Punjabi. In the last so many years, not even a single new Punjabi teacher has been recruited in the state. So what should we expect,” asked Mr Avtar Singh, holding that Sikhs, a majority of whom are farmers, would stay united on these two important issues as their future hinges on the acceptance and implementation of these demands. |
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INLD welcomes HVP rebels to party fold
Jhajjar, October 18 Mr Chautala was talking to the reporters at Bahadurgarh today before embarking on a tour of a dozen village to mobilise supporters for the proposed Rohtak rally on October 20. Later, addressing villagers, Mr Chautala held that the INLD government was committed to the welfare of people. He assured that development projects would continue, whichever party headed the government at the Centre. Ridiculing the state BJP leaders’ criticism of the state government when the NDA was at the helms of affairs at the Centre, who used to say “nam kisi ka, kam kisi ka” (INLD government taking credit for the works, for which the Centre released grants), Mr Chautala said even now when the Congress was ruling the country, development works had been continuing. He assured that there would be no dearth of the funds as state coffers were overflowing for the welfare of the people. The INLD leader criticised the Congress for increasing the prices of essential commodities. |
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Does Chautala discriminate in development work?
Chandigarh, October, 18 Figures relating to the “Sarkar Aapke Dwar” programme of Mr Chautala, through which the Chief Minister gives assurances to people and personally takes the initiative for development of various Assembly constituencies of the state, shows glaring disparity between the constituencies of the CM’s favourite MLAs and those who are not. Fatherly affection is of course is good thing till it blurs the distinction between private and public spheres. In Mr Chautala’s case fatherly affection has risen above all other considerations as a record number of 4,296 assurances have been made for
Rori, the constituency represented by Mr Chautala’s younger son, Abhey. Out of this, 2787 works have been already commissioned while work on 689 other assurances are in progress. After
Rori, it is Darba Kalan, a bastion of the INLD and represented by party MLA, Ms Vidya Beniwal, which has got the largest number of assurances. A total of 2508 assurances have been given by the CM in the constituency till date. While 1176 projects announced in the “Sarkar Aapke Dwar” programme had been already commissioned in the constituency, work on 619 others were in progress. Next, in terms of the number of assurances and works commissioned, comes Mr Chautala’s own constituency, Narwana. A total of 1715 assurances have been given to the people of this constituency, out of which 938 works have been commissioned and work on 310 projects are under progress. Compare these figures with that of Mewla Maharajpur represented by BJP leader Krishan Pal Gujjar, a well-known detractor of Mr Chautala. The lowest number of assurances, 38 only, had been made in this constituency, out of which 30 projects had been commissioned. Mahendragarh, represented by Rao Dan Singh of the Opposition Congress party, is another constituency which has been severely ignored in the “Sarkar Aapke Dwar” programme. Only 62 assurances have been made by the CM in the constituency. The number of assurances made in Opposition constituencies like
Kiloi, Rewari, Hisar, etc is much lower when compared to the constituencies represented by INLD legislators.
Kiloi, represented by former Leader of the Opposition, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, got 138 projects commissioned following 165 assurances made in the “Sarkar Aapke Dwar”. Rewari, represented by Congress deputy leader, Capt Ajay Singh Yadav, got 332 promises out of which 41 works had been commissioned so far. Hisar, represented by Congress MLA, Mr O.P. Jindal, got 92 projects commissioned following 160 assurances. Since his coming to power in 1999 by toppling the HVP regime, Mr Chautala has so far made 76,372 assurances in course of the “Sarkar Aapke Dwar” programme. Less than 50 per cent of the promises (34,869) had been converted into reality while 4,567 of the announcements had been found not feasible at all by officials after due assessment. At present Mr Chautala has stepped up the programme in a bid to win over the voters before the Assembly elections due early next year. But as works promised in an earlier phase of the programme remain incomplete, questions are also being raised about the utility of the assurances given by the Chief Minister in the ongoing phase of the “Sarkar Aapke Dwar” programme. |
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Bishnoi flays Chautala
on new district
Chandigarh, October 18 In a statement issued here yesterday Mr Bishnoi said Mr Chautala deliberately misled the people of Mewat on the formation of a separate district for them. The INLD leader, he said, wanted to gain political advantage on the eve of the elections. If he sincerely wanted to make Mewat a separate district, he should have announced this before the delimitation work started. But Mr Chautala was in the habit of misleading the electorate by making false promises, he added. Mr Bishnoi said the Haryana Congress President, Mr Bhajan Lal, had already announced that on coming to power his party would make Mewat a separate district. He also claimed that whatever development works had taken place in Mewat were during, Mr Bhajan Lal’s, reign as Chief Minister. However, to woo Muslim voters, Mr Chautala, made a false announcement and the Delimitation
Commission had exposed him. Mr Bishnoi, who is the younger son of Mr Bhajan Lal, denied that any black flags were shown to his father when he recently visited Ferzoepur Jhirkha. He said if anyone proved him wrong, he would quit politics. He claimed that over 20,000 persons had attended the public meeting addressed by Mr Bhajan Lal there. |
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2 more deaths from viral infection reported
Karnal, October 18 Senior officials of the Health Department have ruled out the possibility of malaria, dengue or Japanese encephalitis behind the deaths. As per reports available, Razia (4) daughter of Gulab Singh, a resident of Rajiv Colony, Gharaunda and Aarti (6) daughter of Subash Kumar, a resident of Valmiki Mohalla, Karnal died of acute viral infection, yesterday. A relative of Aarti told The Tribune that Subash’s 15-year-old daughter Kavita and 8-year-old son Robin were both suffering from high fever for the past few days. They were admitted to the local Civil Hospital on Saturday after they complained of severe diarrhoea and vomiting. Hours after the brother-sister were admitted to the Civil Hospital, their younger sister Aarti also complained of similar symptoms. She was rushed the hospital. However, she died during treatment. In the other case, Razia complained of high fever yesterday. She was rushed to Primary Health Care Centre at Gharaunda from where she was referred to Civil Hospital, Karnal. However, she died on way to Karnal. |
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Power unit aggravates pollution in villages
Panipat, October 18 More than 10,000 residents of these villagers have been bearing the brunt of air and water pollution since the commissioning of 110 MW first unit on November 1, 1979. Their problems have further aggravated with the commissioning of the 250 MW seventh unit. Fly ash and leakage of contaminated water from dykes have become almost a routine. A large amount of ash produced by the six units first mixed with water, then it was dumped in the dykes. Seepage of water from the dykes and the releasing of the used water are creating waterlogging problem in Khukhrana, Undal and Asan villages. A large number of villagers have been suffering from different respiratory diseases, including tuberculosis, asthma and bronchitis, due to fly ash. Every second villager is suffering from eye and skin diseases. Besides, a major portion of the cultivation land has become barren due to waterlogging. The worst affected are 2,000-odd villagers of Khukhrana. Mr Sumer Singh, husband of sarpanch Premo Devi, said at least one-third of the total cultivation land had become barren. Suresh, another villager, said sometimes it became very difficult for them to even breath properly due to a large amount of fly ash in the air. Meanwhile, the Chief Engineer (Construction) of the thermal power station, Mr M.S. Dhanda, claimed that a number of steps, including installation of the latest technology and making a green belt around the plant, were being taken to minimise the pollution. However, he admitted that despite a number of precautions they could not minimise the problems of Khukhrana villagers caused by fly ash as the wind generally blows towards the village. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anurag Rastogi, said the proposal to shift Khukhrana village had been sent to the state government for its approval. |
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Opportunity for illegal
power consumers
Chandigarh, October 18 While stating this here today, a spokesman of the corporation said it was observed that there were people who were consuming power in an unauthorised manner and the corporation had no record whether they had electricity meter or not. He said stern legal action would be taken against those who would be caught stealing power through unauthorised connections after December. |
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Notices to disconnect meters opposed
Ambala , October 18 The chairman of the federation, Dr N. C. Jain in a statement here today said the UHBVN had issued a large number of disconnection notices in the Sadar area in domestic as well as in commercial sector He said there was a strong resentment among the traders over this issue. The traders had already paid the bills long ago but the authorities had not made proper entries in their records. Instead the department issued disconnection notices. Mr Jain said the inquires from the department revealed that the meter- reading job had been entrusted to a private
company. He alleged that the staff of the company had not made any meter reading . |
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Mining mafia plundering Aravalli ranges
Gurgaon, October 18 Though officials in the Department of Mines and Geology, Haryana, deny that any illegal mining is taking place here, a visit along the Aravalli mountain range, falling in the districts of Gurgaon and Faridabad, reveals otherwise. The mining mafia is undermining modifications in the initial order of the apex court with regard to allowing mining in certain areas, which do not require the mandatory Environment Management Plan (EMP). The mine owners obtain approval for a certain stretch, and then mine indiscriminately. The political patronage to the miners, remote terrain, and, dependence of local population on mining as employment, makes monitoring difficult. Several small hillocks in the remote villages here, and in Faridabad are being plundered for their sand, silica and stone, in order to feed the gigantic construction industry in these two districts of the state, and the national Capital. Till a few years back, what were once hills, hundreds of feet high, are now pits filled with water. All along the mountain range, these deep pits mark the mountain face. It may be noted that the Aravallis form a small watershed in the area. They set off several seasonal streams, which helps recharge the ground water. Indiscriminate mining over the years has led to a sharp fall in the water levels of the area surrounding the Aravallis. The miners operate here in
broad day light, and a steady fleet of trucks can be seen ferrying the sand, silica and stones from near the narrow roads in the villages of Kotla and Kansali in Gurgaon, and Mathepur and Ferozepore Rajput in Faridabad. The flora and fauna on the Aravalli Hills is also a casualty. The forest cover created by the state Forest Department by years of plantation on the Aravallis has almost vanished as a result of illegal mining. “The government is not bothered because the entire mining operation is being carried out at the behest of a top politician in the state, and his family members,” alleges Mr Karan Singh Dalal, MLA from
Palwal, Faridabad. He alleges that earlier it was a powerful politician from Faridabad, who was leading the mining
mafia. "But after his fallout with the political top brass in the state, it is the relatives of the top politicians, and those who have joined hands with them, who are operating mining mafia, even as the police and civil administration has turned a blind eye,” he alleges. The Director, Mines and Geology, Mr A K Singh, when contacted, maintained that the mining operation along the Aravallis was only in those quarries in Faridabad which did not require environment management plan. “The illegal quarrying, if any, is only in Rajasthan area. The miners lift the material and they pass by Haryana, on the way to Delhi. The fact that Haryana gets Rs 200 crore as revenue from the 250 low grade mines of stone, sand and silica, and Rajasthan with its 42,000 high grade mines of marble, sand stone and kota stone, gets a revenue of Rs 450 crore, proves our efficiency in checking illegal mining or any loss of revenue thereof.” “The Deputy Commissioner, Gurgaon, has initiated a new action plan to curb any illegal mining. Police action is being initiated against those found mining, or carrying sand and silica without paying the royalty. We also stated checking the four crusher zones in Gurgaon, and two zones in Faridabad, to ensure that no banned stuff reaches here,” he adds. |
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Alarming addiction to poppy husk, liquor
Chandigarh, October 18 The state has different consumption pattern of intoxicants in its different parts. Barring Ambala and Panchkula, in most of the Haryana districts adjoining Punjab, it is the addiction to poppy husk which is alarming. The smuggling of poppy husk is big business in Sirsa and Fatehabad districts. Informed sources say the trade of poppy husk in these districts is patronised by powerful politicians, irrespective of political hues. Politicians of the same party also fight for the turf. Even if the politicians are closely related to each other, their relations are often strained because the poppy husk trade, with one supporting a particular group of smugglers and the other extending patronage to the other group. Of course, whoever is close to the Chief Minister gets the upper hand. The sources say since the politicians of Sirsa district have been usually more influential than their counterparts in Fatehabad, the trade in the latter is also generally controlled from Sirsa. It was only during the HVP-BJP Government, a minister belonging to Fatehabad district was dominating the poppy husk trade. But instead of extending patronage to the others, his own relatives took to the business. His close relatives were caught by the Punjab Police while bringing the intoxicants from Rajasthan. Once even his official car was involved in an unsavoury incident. Another politician from the same district at those times of prohibition was allegedly involved in liquor smuggling. Farmers in the agricultural-dominated districts like Kurukshetra, Karnal and Kaithal, popularly known as the grain basket of Haryana, as well as Sirsa and Fatehabad, use poppy husk and opium to get more work from labourers, particularly migrant labourers. Under the influence of the intoxicants, the labourers work for long hours. In Panchkula district, several youth tend to take to smack or brown sugar under the influence of their peer groups in Chandigarh. It is the liquor which has become the most popular intoxicant in the state. Gone are the days when the rural community looked upon those who took to alcohol. This was due to the influence of the Arya Samaj, which had considerable presence, particularly in what is known as the old Rohtak district till the mid-sixties. For many years there was prohibition in the old Rohtak district after Independence. Now liquor is almost compulsory part of the hospitality in many rural communities. It is perhaps due to affluence in the rural area that the illicit distillation, which used to be a major criminal activity in the Sikh-dominated areas of Kaithal, Kurukshetra and Sirsa districts, is on the decline. The easy availability of licit liquor in the rural areas is another reason for decline in illicit distillation. Even those villages which do not have a liquor vend, contractors make arrangements to supply liquor there through “Khurdas”. Small-time shopkeepers in villages are supplied limited quantities of liquor for retail sale. The “Khurdas” not only make a profit, they also develop close ties with the local police because of the relations of the liquor contractors. Obviously, there are no dry days for the “Khurdas”, who have no compunction in supplying liquor to even minors. |
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Modern dentistry must reach rural areas, says VC
Chandigarh, October 18 Dr Chawla was delivering the convocation address at the second convocation of the BRS Dental College and Hospital at Kot Billa in Panchkula district near here on Saturday evening. While congratulating those who were conferred upon the degrees, Dr Chawla urged them to devote maximum of their time to provide relief to the under-privileged. He was all praise for the management of the college for providing dental care and health services in remote areas. |
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Political rivals become relatives
Panipat, October 18 Mr Arya’s son, Ashok, and Mr Barana’s daughter, Preeti, are going to marry each other on December 7 this year. However, the ring ceremony was organised in an impressive function held at Mr Arya’s Model Town residence here. Several politicians from different political parties were present on the occasion. |
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Police officers to be
honoured on Oct 26
Chandigarh, October 18 Despite bleeding profusely on account of a bullet injury during an encounter, Badan Singh assisted by Ashok Kumar, succeeded in nabbing criminals, Rajesh Kumar and Lakhwinder Singh. The police official had to be hospitalised. Besides these police officials, the Additional Director-General of Police
(ADGP), Mr G.S. Malhi; the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Resham Singh; the
IGP, Mr Sharad Kumar, the Superintendent of Police (SP), Mr Sukhdev Singh and Mr O.P. Kadian, SP, would be given the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service. Mr B.S. Sandhu,
IGP; Mr K. Selvaraj, IGP; Mr K.K. Mishra, DIG; Mr P.K. Aggarwal, DIG; Mr ajinder Singh, SP; Mr Mahender Singh Malik, DSP; Mr Vijay Kumar
Bharara, DSP; Mr Anil Dhawan, DSP; Mr Sham Singh, DSP; Mr Sube Singh, DSP;
Inspector Ranbir Singh, Inspector Shamsher Singh, SI Param Singh, SI Suresh Pal Singh, SI Satbir Singh,
HPA; SI Balbir Chand, ASI Satwant Singh and Head Constable Satpal will receive the Police Medal for Meritorious Service. |
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Health Dept launches portal
Panchkula, October 18 While launching the website here, Dr B.S. Dahiya, Director General, Health Services, said that it would provide information about various ongoing health programmes like Pre-Natal Diagnostic Technique Act, DEVIRUPAK Scheme, Swasthya Aapke Dwar programme, besides enhancing transparency in the functioning of the department. The website would also be useful for general public to know about the procedures and details of issuance of medical certificates for driving licence, first entry into service, disability, entry into educational institutions and drug licences and birth and death certificates. Anyone can get information on the user charges being realised in lieu of various services or diagnostic facilities being provided by the Health Department. Moreover, it would generate public awareness about the preventive aspects of various diseases. Dr Dahiya said that people can now lodge their complaints about the functioning of health institutions and give their valuable suggestions for improving the health services. He said that many application softwares like drug inventory monitoring system, TB patient monitoring system, clinical lab information system for hospitals, medically-certified cause of death, school health monitoring system, personnel information system, budget monitoring system, equipment utilisation and monitoring system and ambulances utilisation system had been developed in house and successfully implemented. He said that the website has been designed and developed in-house, in collaboration with the Haryana state unit of the National Informatics Centre.
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Haryana not inclined to set up rights panel: Dua
Panchkula, October 18 President of the Association,
M.U. Dua, told media said that they had written to the Haryana government to set up such a commission for redressal of all human rights violations. “However, the state
government maintains that the Mr Dua, who is on a 70-day tour of India, and the neighbouring countries of Nepal and Pakistan, had stopped by here to address human rights delegates. He said that now the Haryana President of the Association, Mr Pawan Chaudhary, has directed all district bodies of the Association to collect complaints of human rights violations, which are being sent to the state government, in order to make a point that human rights violation is there in India. Mr Dua added that the Association had a legal cell, and that they provided free legal aid to people, who came to them for redressal of their human rights violations. “In the past 17 years since the Association came into existence, we have managed to help out 1. 50 lakh people.” |
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Commuters’ protest delays Jhelum Express
Sonepat, October 18 The trouble arose when the train arrived at the railway station an hour behind schedule. When the commuters tried to board the train, passengers travelling in it did not open the entrance gates of bogies as they were already overcrowded. Therefore, the commuters became furious and they held up the train by pulling the emergency chain. When the situation took an ugly turn, the guard of the train along with the Government Railway Police (GRP) succeeded in bringing the situation under control. Meanwhile, the rail traffic on the Delhi-Ambala-Kalka section of the Northern Railway remained disrupted for about two hours between Rathdhanna and Harsana Kalan railway station, about 7 km from here, late last evening following a power failure. A passenger train 303 UP was held up at Rathdhanna railway station whereas the Amritsar-Dadar Express (1058 Down) was held up at the outer signal of the Harsana Kalan railway station. |
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Relief for SCs, STs
Chandigarh, October 18 While stating this here today, an official spokesman said a decision to this effect had been approved by the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, keeping in view the hardships being faced by widows and destitute women. The financial assistance would be given for re-marriage provided the beneficiary had not obtained such incentive earlier. He said earlier widows or destitute women belonging to Scheduled Castes, denotified tribes or Tapriwas community who had no source of income were being given a subsidy of Rs 10,000 to meet the expenses daughter’s marriage. |
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ABVP leader, brother attacked
Hisar, October 18 They were going towards their village, Mangali, in their car when a jeep overtook them and blocked their way near Amardeep Colony on Camary Road. As soon as the car came to a halt, the assailants jumped out and broke the windscreens of the car. They dragged the two brothers out of the car and attacked them with the gun butts and lathis. Mr Shrinivas said he and his brother were injured in the attack. He, however, called up a friend through his mobile phone. Following this, they were admitted to the local Civil Hospital. |
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2 killed in road mishap
Jhajjar, October 18 According to information, deceased Bijender, a resident of Birdhana village, and Baba Ramesh Nath were going towards Birdhana when a truck coming from opposite direction run over them. While one of them died on the spot, the other died on the way to the PGIMS, Rohtak. The driver of the truck, Mukesh, has been arrested. |
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Doctors’ meet at Karnal
Karnal, October 18 Mr Prakash Asudani, DGM, detailed the performance of the State Bank of Patiala, a premier bank in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal & Delhi with a total business base exceeding Rs 36,000 crore. He exhorted the doctors to avail themselves of various schemes engineered especially for them. A presentation on the bank’s schemes such as Medi Home Flexi Finance, SBP — total home loan, car loan and shubh vivah etc. was made on the occasion. The doctors’ meet ended on a vote of thanks proposed by Dr Rajiv Gupta, President of the Karnal
(IMA), who appealed to his fellow doctors to avail themselves of bank schemes for construction of hospitals, purchase of medical equipment and car/van and for house building etc. |
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Central Bank officers’ function
Ambala, October 18 Mr Mangat Sharma, regional secretary, threw light on the workers’ productivity, besides the growth of federation in the last 40 years. He appealed to the participants to dedicate towards the bank and trade union activities. Mr R.N. Sharma deliberated at length on the issues viz wage revision, improvement in retrograde provisions in service conditions of the officers, opposing move of merger of banks and VRS in banking industry. Meritorious children of the bank officers were given certificates and awards under the benevolent fund welfare scheme of the union. |
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