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Brother of MLA booked
Second highest turnout in state
Asrewali village records highest polling
Repolling sought at 3 Sonepat booths
Panchkula candidates find no time for relaxation
26 booked for
threatening voters
Robber shoots one, self
Dharna to protest
Electricity Bill on Feb 7
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Chautala’s Pak visit from Feb 8
Prestigious fellowship for KU student
ASI found dead
Two sentenced in dowry death case
Labourer sustains bullet injury
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Brother of MLA booked
Bahadurgarh, February 4 The case has been registered on a complaint lodged by Mr Ved Parkash, a polling agent of the Congress, nominee from this seat, Mr Rajinder
Joon. He alleged that the MLA’s brother Puran Singh, his nephew Kapur Chaudhary, Municipal Council chief Karamveer Rathi, Rakesh, son of the Chairman of the Improvement Trust and another person had prepared fake identity papers. According to the complainant Puran Singh was a Director of the Jhajjar District Cooperative Bank. Fake passbooks were issued to outsiders to cast bogus votes on the basis of these passbooks. Besides, scores of voters were given fake identity cards of the Bahadurgarh Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the same purpose. Mr Ved Parkash alleged these fake documents had been prepared and issued around booth numbers 72, 94, 102 and 109 during polling yesterday. Copies of the complaint were forwarded to the EC Observer and the district administration. |
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Second highest turnout in state
Chandigarh, February 4 She said here today that in the first election to the Vidhan Sabha in 1967, 72.65 per cent electors had exercised their franchise. The highest polling of 88.01 per cent was recorded yesterday in the Rori constituency while the lowest of 47.96 per cent was in Gurgaon constituency. Three blind persons cast their vote in Braille script in Gurgaon. Narwana has recorded voter turnout of 87.34 per cent followed by Chhachhrauli 86.43 per cent, Darba Kalan 83.78 per cent, Bhattu Kalan 83.78 per cent, Sadhaura (SC) 81.96 per cent, Pai 81.88 per cent, Radaur (SC) 80.94 per cent, Pundri 79.89 per cent, Nilokheri 79.78 per cent, Uchana Kalan 79.69 per cent, Indri 79.53 per cent, Ghirai 79.50 per cent, Fatehabad 79.39 per cent, Adampur 79.24 per cent, Narnaud 78.93 per cent, Barwala 78.85 per cent, Safidon 78.82 per cent, Naraingarh 78.54 per cent, Meham 78.52 per cent, Tohana 78.48 per cent, Ellanabad (SC) 78.42 per cent, Naggal 77.89 per cent, Badhra 77.89 per cent, Kalayat (SC) 77.78 per cent, Dabwali (SC) 77.68 per cent, Loharu 77.63 per cent, Samalkha 77.61 per cent, Jagadhri 77.47 per cent, Gulha (SC) 76.74 per cent, Shahabad 76.58 per cent, Gharaunda 76.55 per cent, Mullana (SC) 76.27 per cent; Bawani Khera (SC)-76.24, Hansi 76.22, Ratia (SC) 76.13, Jatusana 76.12, Pehowa 75.97, Julana 75.86, Rajound 75.41, Tosham 75.19, Dadri 75.11, Baroda (SC) 74.91, Mahendergarh 74.83, Mundal Khurd 74.77, Jind 74.71, Nauthla-74.71, Ateli-74.70, Sohna-74.38, Rewari-74.37, Beri- 74.12, Kailana-74.11, Thanesar-73.97, Salhawas-73.80, Sirsa-73.47, Bawal (SC)-73.13, Narnaul-72.78; Hassangarh-72.50, Assandh (SC)-72.48, Taoru-72.13, Rai-72.13, Rohat-72.08, Badli-71.81, Kaithal-71.47, Hathin-71.25, Kalanaur (SC)-71.23, Jundla (SC)-71.14, Gohana-70.70, Nuh-69.83, Ferozepur Jhirka-69.56, Ambala Cantt.-68.68, Palwal-68.39, Kiloi-68.06, Jhajar (SC)-66.98, Yamunanagar-66.88, Hisar-66.72, Bhiwani-66.59, Hassanpur (SC) 65.45, Rohtak-64.88, Panipat-64.69, Bahadurgarh-64.14, Kalka-64.09, Sonipat-64.08, Karnal-63.28, Pataudi (SC)-62.24, Ambala City-62.12, Ballabgarh 60.47, Faridabad 52.10, Mewla Maharajpur 51.35, and Gurgaon 47.96. |
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Asrewali village records highest polling
Panchkula, February 4 The Deputy Commissioner, Ms Neelam P. Kasni, said the highest polling of 95 per cent was registered at the booth no. 196 in Asrewali village. As many as 228 votes were polled here, of which 126 male and 102 female voters had cast the votes. The lowest voter turnout was at Sector 76, Panchkula (40 per cent) at booth no. 132, where only 508 votes were polled. Of the 1,56, 497 votes polled, 55. 61 per cent of the voters were men (87,043) and 44. 38 per cent of the voters (69,454) were women. Here are 1,32,983 male and 1,11,198 female voters in the constituency, which means that 65. 45 per cent of the male voters and 62.45 per cent of the total female voters had cast the votes. |
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Repolling sought at 3 Sonepat booths
Sonepat, February 4 In a message sent to the Election Commission of India Mr Jain has alleged that bogus voting had taken place at these polling booths in favour of the ruling INLD candidate in connivance with officials of the district administration and the police. He said the matter was brought to the notice of the District Electoral Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner and the Superintendent of Police, but both remained mute spectators and failed to visit the site. Thereafter, he sent a message to the State Electoral Officer but no action was taken on his complaint. Mr Jain also pointed out that he finally sent the message to the Election Commission of India informing him about the bogus voting. |
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Panchkula candidates find no time for relaxation
Panchkula, February 4 Mr Pradeep Chaudhary, Indian National Lok Dal candidate, said throughout the day he was meeting party workers and received calls from all over the Kalka constituency, informing him about the possible votes polled in his favour. “Though I was home all day, but the string of visitors and party supporters ensured that I had no time to myself,” he said. Mr Sham Lal Bansal, BJP candidate, said though he took it easy in the morning, a meeting of all Mandal chiefs of the BJP was held and he was busy analysing his performance. “There was no time to relax. In the evening, I went to the Sector 14 Community Centre where the EVM’s are stored and asked my party workers to keep guard,” he said. Congress candidate and sitting MLA Chander Mohan went to his party office in Sector 15 in the morning and spent several hours with party workers and analysed his performance. In the evening he himself went near the Sector 14 Community Centre and sat on guard for quite some time and ensured that the EVM’s were locked properly. |
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26 booked for
threatening voters
Yamunanagar, February 4 The INLD got a counter- complaint lodged and the police booked the sarpanch of the village and 12 others. The Congress alleged that the black samiti chairman, Charan Singh Jatpura, and 12 others were forcing Congress voters to vote in favour of the INLD. The presiding officer and the police personnel posted at the booth were made party in the case. On the other hand, the INLD also lodged a similar complaint against the village sarpanch, Ram Sharma, and others. |
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Robber shoots one, self
Jhajjar, February 4 The police said that as the victim reached an isolated place, the robber tried to snatch cash from him. When he challanged the robber, he fired two shots injuring him seriously. In the meantime, some villagers working in the fields, gathered on the spot and surrounded the accused, who then shot himself in the head. The accused was identified as Rakesh, an unemployed youth of Badli village while the victim was a health department employee in Delhi. |
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Dharna to protest
Electricity Bill on Feb 7
Faridabad, February 4 The National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers’ (NCCOEEE), a confederation of the employees of the power of various states, has described the bill as ‘anti-consumer’ and anti-employee. According to Mr Subhash Lamba, spokesperson for the ‘All-Haryana Power Corporation Workers Union’, an affiliate of the NCCOEEE, said here today that a large number of employees of the state electricity departments of various states, including Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttranchal and the union territory of Chandigarh, will assemble at the Parade Ground in Chandigarh on February 7, to protest the Bill and the proposed move by the Punjab Government to dismantle its electricity board. He announced that the day would be observed as ‘save power sector day’ in the country as he claimed that the present UPA government at the Centre had also failed to review the controversial Bill of 2003, introduced by the NDA governement. He claimed that if the Bill gets implemented, it could mean supply of power at a very high cost. He said the Bill would lead to dismantling of the government boards and retrenchment of employees at a large scale. |
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Chautala’s Pak visit from Feb 8
Chandigarh, February 4 Mr Chautala will come back on February 11. Among others who will accompany him are Mr Anil Razdan and his wife Rajani; the Director, Public Relations, Mr A.K. Singh; the Joint Director, Public Relations, Mr Rajiv Khosla; the S.P. of Jhajjar, Mr Hanif Qureshi; and the D.C., Faridabad. |
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Prestigious fellowship for KU student
Kurukshetra, February 4 Under Marie Curie Fellowship, Mr Jaglan has been invited to Denmark to carry out research at the Nucleic Acid Centre, Denmark, for one year starting from April 1 next. He will work on the synthesis of modified DNA/RNA for
targeting disease causing genes in the body. The focus of his research will be to develop general ways of performing efficient molecular recognition of DNA/RNA. A thorough investigation on the use of LNA (Locked Nucleic Acid) as a promising candidate for solving this challenge by either triplex or strand-invasion strategies is planned with the long-term objective of developing efficient gene-targetting drugs. The fellowship carries a monthly allowance of £ 3787 ($ 5000) per month besides the cost of international travel. The Fellowship has been awarded to Mr Jaglan based on the assessment of his research work being done at Chemistry Department of Kurukshetra University under the supervision of young researcher, Dr Pawan K. Sharma. The research group of Dr Pawan is currently working on selective Cyclooxegenase-2 inhibitors (safer pain relief drugs) and antisense oligonucleotides broadly known as Gene Therapy. |
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ASI found dead
Jagadhri, February 4
Yesterday, when no movement was noticed in his Gandhi Dham Colony residence here, neighbours got suspicious and when somebody peeped inside his room from a ventilator, he was found unconscious on the bed. It is being alleged that he had estranged relationship with his wife and was staying alone. The viscera of the body have been sent for chemical examination to Karnal. |
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Two sentenced in dowry death case
Jagadhri, February 4 Two other accused in the case, Rajiv’s elder brother Jagdeep and Jagdeep’s wife Amita have been discharged for lack of evidence. Rajiv was married to Seema in July, 1996. On May 19, 2002, Seema died at the PGI, Chandigarh, after sustaining burn injuries at her Bilaspur residence. The father of the deceased had lodged a complaint with the police that Seema’s husband and in-laws had been harassing her for bringing a motor cycle in dowry. |
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Labourer sustains bullet injury
Ambala, February 4
Construction work was going on in the unit and Shravan Kumar was working there as a labourer.
Shravan Kumar, 21, sustained bullet injury in his thigh. He was rushed to Civil Hospital Ambala Cantt from where he was referred to the PGI, Chandigarh. The type of weapon from which the shot was fired was not yet known. According to one version, Shravan Kumar shot himself while he was fiddling with the gun. However, according to another version, the weapon, being carried by a soldier was fired by mistake. An army officer said they were looking into the incident and the facts of the case would be known only after the investigations were complete. |
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Additional charge
Chandigarh, February 4 |
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