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BJP nominee withdraws candidature from Kiloi
Expelled for betrayal
Congress has side-stepped SYL issue: INLD
Unable to bear failure, they committed suicide
Develop cropping system: HAV Director
2 dowry cases registered
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MC to act against house tax defaulters
CM for higher Central subsidy on solar pumps
5 hospitals upgraded
SP orders lie-detector test in robbery case
Bride struck!
Paramilitary forces body hails decision
Separate SGPC for Haryana opposed
MC Ambala City president election
St Paul’s students do well
6-yr-old raped
Karnail Block Samiti-1 president
Missing youth found dead
Villagers block traffic for 4 hrs
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BJP nominee withdraws candidature from Kiloi
Rohtak, May 19 Moreover, it cannot even put up another candidate since its covering candidate’s papers have already been rejected after scrutiny. Interestingly, the BJP nominee declared that he was withdrawing in favour of Mr Bhupender Singh Hooda and also issued an appeal to the party voters to vote for the Chief Minister. A senior BJP leader said off the record that Mr Ram Bhaj Hooda had not informed the party of his decision. Senior party leaders learnt of the withdrawal from mediapersons. Mr Hooda said he was under tremendous pressure from Kiloi voters to withdraw from the race. He said when he had contested the seat in February 2000 he had promised the voters that in case Mr Bhupender Singh Hooda ever became the Chief Minister he would not contest against him to ensure development of the constituency. He added that although he had forgotten his promise at the time of filing his papers but the voters reminded him when he began his campaign. “Almost every village collectively told me not to put hurdles in Kiloi’s road to success. I have to bow to the wishes of the people,” Mr Hooda said. He said it was his decision. Asked if he was quitting the party, he replied that it was for the party to decide whether to keep him or throw him out. Mr Ram Bhaj Hooda had contested the Kiloi seat in 2000 and had polled nearly 3,000 votes as an Independent after he was denied the HVP ticket. He joined the BJP at the time of May 2004 Lok Sabha poll. CHANDIGARH:
Five candidates were left in the contest in the Tosham assembly constituency, including Mrs Kiran Chaudhary of the Congress. The seat fell vacant due to the death of her husband, Mr Surender Singh, who was the Agriculture and Revenue Minister in the Hooda Cabinet. The others in the fray are Mr Jitender, Mr Mir Singh, Mr Balwan and Mr Mangal Singh
Khareta, all Independents. Only 12 candidates were left in the Hisar assembly constituency after the last day of withdrawal today. They are Mrs Savitri Jindal of the Congress and Mr Rajender, Mr Raj Kumar, Mr
M.L. Sehgal, Mr Subhash Khundia, Mr Yog Raj, Mr Surender, Mr Ram Kumar, Mr Ram Niwas, Ms Gayatri Devi, Ms Bimla Devi and Mr Raj Kumar, all Independents. |
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Expelled for betrayal
Rohtak: The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) today expelled Mr Ram Bhaj Hooda who withdrew his nomination papers as the party candidate from Kiloi Assembly seat earlier in the day in favour of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
Although senior party leaders avoided speaking to the media about this episode throughout the day, the Rohtak district unit chief, Mr Kanwal Singh Saini, said in a press note late this evening that Mr Hooda had been expelled for six years for "having stabbed the party in its back at the behest of the Congress". He said the Congress had been shaken by the "tough challenge" posed by the BJP and it used its "time tested tactics" to lure Mr Hooda. He added that the Congress had always used "undemocratic" tactics whether it was Jharkhand, Goa and now Haryana. He said the party had in a communication to the Election Commission demanded a probe into the episode by an independent agency. He also demanded that the election from Kiloi should be countermanded.
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Congress has side-stepped SYL issue: INLD
Kurukshetra, May 19 He has pointed out that during the Jind rally neither Mr. Bhupinder Singh Hooda, nor his ministers or MPs and MLAs mentioned the issue during the rally. By sidestepping this important subject, the Congress leaders had made it amply clear that for the Congress, the SYL and the share of Haryana in the riverwaters was an issue to be exploited at the time of elections alone. Mr Arora regretted that none of the local Congress leaders, including the Chief Minister, not only failed to exert pressure on Mrs Gandhi regarding the repealing of the Act, but did not even mention the SYL. This had led to considerable dejection among the people, he claimed. |
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Unable to bear failure, they committed suicide
Karnal, May 19 As per the details available from the police, Aman allegedly ended his life by jumping in front of a train near the Karnal railway station. The body was recovered by the railway police and sent to the Civil Hospital for a post-mortem examination. The police handed over the body to his family this afternoon. Mr Aman had not been able to get through the matriculation examination for the past three years. This year also he got compartment in one subject. However, the railway police has initiated inquest proceedings under Section-174 of the CrPC. In the second incident, Ram Pal allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison late last night. He was immediately rushed to the Civil Hospital, early this morning. He is said to have appeared in the matriculation examination through an open school and was not a regular student. Like Aman, he had also earlier failed twice in matriculation examination. The Police has initiated inquest proceedings under Section-174 of the CrPC into the incident. Later, the body was handed to his family after a post-mortem examination. In yet another case, Dalip Kumar of Gharaunda committed suicide by shooting himself from an illegal weapon this evening. The police has taken the body into custody and send it for a post-mortem examination that would be conducted here at the Civil Hospital tomorrow. The illegal weapon, a .315-bore pistol has also been recovered, police sources said. The exact reason of the suicide has not yet been ascertained but sources close to the family revealed that the deceased had passed his 10+2 examinations this year but could not score good marks. |
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Develop cropping system: HAV Director
Hisar, May 19 Delegates from different state agricultural universities and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) institutes
participating in the group meeting. In the inaugural address, Dr B.L.Jalali, former Director of Research at HAU, emphasised the need to effectively utilise the gene pool available in the country and develop a proper cropping system with active involvement of public and private sectors. He exhorted the agricultural engineers to develop economically viable and practically effective machinery for the harvest of sunflower and castor. Dr B.S. Dahiya, Director of Research, HAU, called for value-addition in both crops. He said the technology should be location-specific and be able to insulate the crops from drastic environment changes. Dr D.M. Hegde, Project Director, Directorate of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad, and Dr Sudhir Kochar, Principal Scientist, ICAR, New Delhi, also addressed the participants. Dr Satyavir, Dean, College of Agriculture, welcomed the guests while Dr R.S.Waldia, Head, Department of Plant Breeding, proposed the vote of thanks. |
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2 dowry cases registered
Rewari, May 19 The police has registered a case following an order issued by Mr Baljeet Singh, Chief Judicial Magistrate. The order has come in the wake of a petition filed by Pinki, daughter of Balbir, a resident of Chirhara village of Bawal tehsil of district Rewari. Mr Balbir alleged that Pinki was married to Manoj in February, 2003 and since then she was being tortured to bring more dowry. In another case, Som Dutt, son of Jai Narain, a resident of Nangla Mayan village, about 20 km from here, lodged a complaint with Khol police alleging that her married sister Rajni had been subjected to cruelty to bring more dowry by her in-laws. Consequently, the Khol police registered a case of harassment under Sections 498-A, 323, 506, 34 of the IPC against Kapil Dev (husband), Mool Chand (father-in-law), Bimla Devi (mother-in-law) and
Ravi Dutt (brother-in-law), all residents of Bhilwara village under Ateli police station in Mahendergarh
district. Rajni was married to Kapil Dev in February, 2004. The case has now been entrusted to the women’s cell here for further investigation. |
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MC to act against house tax defaulters
Sirsa, May 19 The MC is suffering loss of Rs one crore due to defaulters. House tax on residents in the Municipal Limits is main source of income for the MC but due to political interference, the council has been losing lakhs. Mr S.C. Bishnoi, Executive Officer
(EO) of the council said that there were 513 defaulters who each owed over Rs 5000 towards the MC. He said due to political interference in the home district of former Chief Minister, Om Prakash Chautala, the council could not collect the dues. It has affected development projects of the council. He added the MC’s budget had deficit of Rs on one crore and it had been a hindrance in the way of development. Mr Bishnoi added that people not to pay the house tax in the stronghold of the erstwhile INLD government. The Government establishments like
Surkhab, tourist complex of Haryana Tourism, PWD, the Food Corporation of India, Canal Colony, Irrigation Department and Krishi Gyan Kendra also figure in the list of the defaulters. |
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CM for higher Central subsidy on solar pumps
Chandigarh, May 19 In a letter to the Union Minister of State for Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Mr Vilas Muttamwar, Mr Hooda said so far 393 solar pumps had been installed in the state during the past three years from 2000-01. The state Government had provided an additional matching subsidy of Rs 40,000 per pump so that more small farmers with a land holding of 2 acres to 3 acres might purchase these pumps to meet their irrigation needs. While drawing the attention of the Union Minister to the reduction in the amount of Central financial assistance, which had been reduced from Rs 135 per watt to Rs 100 per watt, Mr Hooda said that it had resulted in the increase in the contribution of farmers from Rs 40,500 to Rs 1,03,500 for the purchase of such pumps. As a result of this increase, he said, the farmers were not able to purchase the pumps and the state could not implement this programme during 2004-05. A large number of farmers had submitted their applications to the Haryana State Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) for the installation of these pumps. Meanwhile, a spokesman of the Haryana Department of Renewable Energy said that the cost of a solar pump of 1,800 watt was Rs 3.23 lakh. Earlier, it was subsidised by the Central Government by Rs 2.43 lakh and the state government was also contributing Rs 40,000 per pump. Therefore, a farmer was required to pay only Rs 40,500 to get a solar |
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5 hospitals upgraded
Panchkula, May 19 The Director General, Health Services, Dr Sushma Madaan, said that the five upgraded General Hospitals as diagnostics centres are at Panchkula, Sirsa, Bhiwani, Narnaul and Gurgaon which would provide the best medical services to the people of the state. She said that an amount of Rs. 14.75 crore had been spent for this purpose so far. She said that under this programme two CT scans had been installed at Panchkula and Sirsa, computerised radiography system at Panchkula, Sirsa, Gurgaon and Bhiwani, coloured ultrasound doppler at Sirsa and Gurgaon and four ENT units with endoscopy chairs at ENT departments of Panchkula, Gurgaon, Sirsa and Bhiwani. Five fully automatic Elisa analyser had been purchased for the upgradation of laboratories in these centres. Two blood gas analyser had also been purchased for the centres at Bhiwani and Gurgaon. |
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SP orders lie-detector test in robbery case
Karnal, May 19 The suspected role of the bank cashier has come to light during the course of investigations as the police now believes that he might have provided information to the robbers regarding the withdrawal of money from the bank. Moreover, one suspected person was seen by the complainant standing near the cashier when he withdrew the amount. |
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Bride struck!
Sonepat, May 19 The marriage procession of Rajesh, which reached Kharkhara village in Hisar district yesterday, had to return empty-handed to Basandi village in Sonepat today after no trace was found of his would-be bride Promila and her brother Jai Kishen. The agitated members of the marriage party called a meeting of the village panchayat last night, only to be told that no persons by the names had ever lived in the village, family members of the groom said. It was only then that Rajesh realised he had been duped, and had lost the money he gave to Jai Kishen at the time of his engagement ceremony on April 18, they said.
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Paramilitary forces body hails decision
Rohtak, May 19 Commandant Ram Gopal Ahlawat (retd) said in a statement here that the Chautala government had withdrawn the benefits in 2001. After the new government came to power, the organisation sent a memorandum to the Chief Minister seeking restoration of the parity. He said the government had restored the parity with retrospective effect. |
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Separate SGPC for Haryana opposed
Ambala, May 19 At a state-level meeting of the party, here today, a resolution was passed in which the party urged the Haryana Chief Minister that the Akali Dal factions existing in the state should be taken into confidence before taking any final decision in this regard. It was also decided in the meeting that a deputation of Shiromani Akali Dal, Haryana, would soon meet the Chief Minister, to brief him about the sentiments of the Sikhs. All the leaders present in the meeting were of the view that the SGPC was the supreme body of the Sikhs and there was no need for the formation of a separate Gurudwara Prabandhak Committees in other states. According to the general secretary of the party, Mr Randhi Singh Fauji, the senior leaders who were present in the meeting included Suraj Singh Ratak, Joginder Singh Chavla, Sohan Singh, Suchha Singh, Santokh Singh. |
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MC Ambala City president election
Ambala, May 19 With MC president’s election round the corner, hectic political activity has begun within the Congress. The Congress has got absolute majority in the Municipal Council election and it is clear that a Congress Municipal Councillor will become the MC Ambala City president. Congress won 20 seats, BJP won three seats while Independents cornered eight seats in the 31-member House. A couple of Congress Municipal Councillors are vying for the top post. Among others, Mr Harish Sasan, Mr Inderpal Singh Pammi, Ms Vinod Bala Chadha, Mr Pawan Kumar and Mr Brij Lal are believed to be keen for the president’s post. A Congress Municipal Councillor said that the final decision on the Congress nominee for the president’s post will be taken at a meeting of Congress MCs. |
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St Paul’s students do well
Ambala, May 19 School Principal Mrs W.V. Charles said that Kanika Thakur has topped with a score of 90.8 per cent. Three students who have scored more than 80 per cent are Neha Chanan, Shruti Bajaj and Saudamini Sibal. In different subjects
highest score are English 90, Hindi 90, History Civics & Geography 94, Maths 90, Science 90 and Commercial Application 86. |
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6-yr-old raped
Panipat, May 19 Some morning walkers saw the bloodstained minor lying in bushes today and informed the police, which took her to Bhim Sen Sachar Hospital. The girl had reportedly been attacked on the neck with some sharp-edged weapon. It seems that the accused left her for dead. |
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Karnail Block Samiti-1 president
Ambala, May 19 There were two contenders for the post of president. Mr Karnail Singh of the INLD was pitted against Mr Manjit Singh of the Congress. Mr Karnail Singh got 15 votes while Mr Manjit Singh got 12 votes. For the post of vice-president, there were three contenders. Dr Sanjay Sharma Naneola of BJP, Mr Balbir Singh of the Congress and Mr Major Singh of the BSP were in the fray. Dr Sanjay Sharma got 15 votes, Mr Balbir Singh got 10 votes while Mr Major Singh got 3 votes. |
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Missing youth found dead
Yamunanagar, May 19 Blood was oozing out of his nose. Family members of the victim have alleged that Mukesh has been done to death. A post-mortem examination on the body revealed that the youth had died of a head injury. The viscera from the body has been sent for chemical examinations to a laboratory in
Madhuman, Karnal. |
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Villagers block traffic for 4 hrs
Yamunanagar, May 19 The trouble started when two students of Class VI, Dharminder and Dushyant were injured after being hit by a truck. |
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