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Thermal plant pays Rs 1 crore penalty per month to Railways
Task force to check crime in Gurgaon range
17 injured as school bus overturns
Vigilance probe recommended into
Haryana, GAIL all set to sign MoU
Gandhiji responsible for Partition, |
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‘Revamp’ education in farm sector
Villagers allege murder, to police it is suicide
Proper use of vacant land demanded
Seven sent to jail
in smuggling case
Armed robbers loot petrol station
One killed,
3 hurt in mishaps
Protest march in cars!
Councillors demand
emergency meeting
Firing in air over property dispute
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Thermal plant pays Rs 1 crore penalty per
Panipat, June 27 The thermal has been paying the penalty to the Railway Department since a long time but penalty has increased several times for past three months as the railways has reduced the time fixed for unloading a coal rack by Coal Handling Machine (CHM) from 10 to five hours three months ago. According to the sources, the Railways has been charging Rs 100 per hour as penalty in delay in unloading a wagon. A Railway rack consists of 58 wagons and on an average, seven coal racks are supplied to the thermal per day. If all racks are unloaded with delay of one hour, penalty of Rs. 40,600 is charged. However the Railway sources say that the racks are being unloaded with a delay of several hours everyday and on an average, the thermal is paying the penalty of at least Rs three lakh per day due to the delay. Even today, six racks are waiting since yesterday at the plant for unloading. The delay is also creating hindrance in proper and smooth flow of rail traffic as the Rail Department leaves with no option but to keep standing several coal racks at Khukhrana, Panipat, Diwana and Samalkha Railway stations till unloading and return of the coal racks sent earlier. Both thermal and Railway authorities are blaming each other for the delay in unloading coal from the racks. When contacted, Chief Engineer of the thermal, M.S. Dhanda told The Tribune that the delay in unloading had been caused as the Railway Department had not built proper marshalling yard for the unit numbers seven and eight and secondly, it sent several racks simultaneously which made it very difficult for them to unload these in time. Terming Dhanda’s allegations as baseless, Panipat Railway Station Superintendent Joseph Eka said that marshalling yard had been built as per the plan provided by the thermal authorities. The railway sent coal racks to the thermal as per its requirement as it needed seven racks per day, he said, adding the thermal should have not any problem in unloading these racks as it had three CHMs. Mr Eka alleged that lack of proper maintenance of the CHMs and supply of sub-standard coal were the main reasons for the delay in unloading. Mr Dhanda also admitted that Central Coal Field Limited (CCL) was supplying sub-standard thickish coal from time due to which it took double time in unloading it. He said that he had already sent telegrams for that to Coal India, a copy of which was also sent to the Coal Ministry. Regarding lack of proper maintenance of CHMs, he said that the belt of a CHM was not working well and for that, he had already asked a Mumbai-based company to send a new belt. Mr Dhanda also said the all thermal power stations of the country had also taken up the matter with the Railway Department at different levels to increase the time of unloading from five hours to at least 10 hours. He said that the Railway Department had reduced the time of unloading three months ago at its own without taking the thermal authorities into confidence.
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Task force to check crime in Gurgaon range
Gurgaon, June 27 According to Dr Deepa Mehta, Inspector-General of Police, Gurgaon range, the 10-member task force will be headed by an ASI. The members have been enlisted from the Commando Battalion of the state police. The SSP, Gurgaon , Mr Yogender Nehra, has been made the Nodal Officer of the range. The task force will be available only to the districts concerned for special operations. The commandos will stay in the Gurgaon Police Lines. The task force has been set up in view of the changed methodology and resort to sophisticated means by the criminals, especially in the industrialised centres like Gurgaon and Faridabad. The commandos have already undergone a “basic” training programme at the National Security Guards (NSG) centre here. According to Mr Nehra, the Gurgaon district police has also set up a unit of 10 constables and made it undergo training with the commandos of the task force.
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17 injured as school bus overturns
Fatehabad, June 27 The girls were returning from Tohana after appearing in an examination conducted by the Distance Education Programme of Kurukshetra University. The girls had gone to Durga College, Tohana, to appear in the fine arts examination of the drawing teacher course conducted by the Distance Education Programme of Kurukshetra University. Around 20 girls and kin of some of these girls were travelling in a bus belonging to a local school. When the bus reached near Jandli village, a bullock-cart suddenly came on to the road. In a bid to save the bullock-cart, the bus driver took a sharp turn and the bus overturned on the road. The injured girls and other persons were brought to Fatehabad by passers-by and admitted to the local Pahwa Hospital, Abrol Hospital and Geeta Nursing Home. Some of the injured have been identified as Sarina, Suman, Angoori, Shalini, Sonia, Renu, Sonam, Lata, Samriti, Nalini, Mandeep and Hardeep. Satya Pal, a brother of the injured girl Sarina, was also injured. The condition of Suman is stated to be serious.
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Vigilance probe recommended into paper leak
Chandigarh, June 27 According to informed sources, the department has made this recommendation to the government after obtaining a report from Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, which conducted the examination on June 25. The university cancelled the examination following reports that the question paper had been leaked. The university has already suspended one of its officials in this regard. The university had hurriedly printed another question paper. However, later it found certain irregularities in the new question paper also, following which the university, which had earned bouquets for conducting the MBBS entrance examination early this month, decided to cancel the B.Ed entrance examination. The sources say the Department of Higher Education sought a report from the university into the alleged leak of the B.Ed question paper before it recommended to the government that the Vigilance Bureau should be asked to conduct an inquiry into the case. |
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Haryana, GAIL all set to sign MoU
Chandigarh, June 27 The Haryana Government, it is learnt, is all set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) for supplying gas to the power plants that are expected to come up in the state in the near future. According to the proposed MoU, which is likely to be signed in a day or two, GAIL will also lay the pipeline for carrying gas to the plants. GAIL, it is learnt, has already sent a draft MoU to the state government, which is being examined by Haryana officials. A meeting is scheduled to take place between GAIL representatives and Haryana Government officials here tomorrow to give final shape to the memorandum. The Haryana Government got a jolt by the shutting down of power generation at the Nathpa-Jakhari unit due to the floods in Himachal. Haryana was expecting more than 300 MW of power from Himachal to supply to the paddy farmers. At the same time, the shortage of coal in the country has prompted the Union Government to import it from abroad and allocate it to states for keeping the thermal power units in these running. Haryana has been allotted 30,000 tonnes of coal monthly. Work is now on at the Panipat thermal plant for rigging up a machine for producing a mixture of imported and indigenous coal that will not do any harm to the boiler. Otherwise, the boiler may burst due to the level of heat generated by imported coal. Problems such as these have prompted Haryana to turn to gas-based generation. The major projects, proposed to be set up in the state, are the 432 MW NTPC Phase 2 at Faridabad, the 1,000 MW Aban-Lloyd project at Faridabad and a 600 MW project to be set up by Tatas at Jhajjar. All these projects will be gas based. GAIL will be asked to supply gas to these through a “carrier network” (pipeline), also set up by the company. The state government hopes that the understanding to be reached with GAIL will also help increase investments from private parties in the power sector. The state government apparently feels that there will be no shortage of gas in the country in the near future. |
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Gandhiji responsible for Partition, says Gahlot
Ambala, June 27 Talking to mediapersons, he alleged that Jawahar Lal Nehru and Mohammad Ali Jinnah were eager to grab power at any cost. That was why they supported the move of the British Government to divide India on caste basis. He said Mahatma Gandhi could have persuaded Nehru and Jinnah on this issue but instead of opposing their move, he kept mum. Criticising the UPA government, he said the government had failed to fulfil its promises made in the election a year ago. He said the hike in petrol and diesel rates would adversely affect the common man and the farmers. He said the Left Parties, who had been supporting the UPA government, were also launching agitation against the price hike in petroleum goods. Referring to the statement of a senior BJP leader, Mr Yashwant Sinha, regarding the Jharkhand Government he said such matters should be discussed on party platform instead of taking up with the media. When asked to comment over the demand of the VHP that Mr Advani should resign from the post of president of the BJP he said the leadership of Mr Advani is acceptable to all leaders and workers of the party, that was why no question of seeking his resignation. A former MP of the BJP, Mr Rattan Lal Kataria, who was also present on this occasion, alleged the UPA government had ignored the interest of the SC/BC. He said to highlight the grievances of SC/BC, the BJP would organised a ‘Maha Dalit sammelan’ in Bhopal on October 2. Several other leaders of the party were also present on this occasion.
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‘Revamp’ education in farm sector
Hisar, June 27 Addressing farm scientists and extension specialists on the concluding day function of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-sponsored summer school on advances in extension and communication methodology on the HAU premises, she said despite the development of various useful technologies by farm scientists, stagnation in foodgrain production was being experienced. To overcome this situation, there was an urgent need of revamping the agriculture extension education system, she added. She said realising the importance of education in agriculture sector, the Union Government had launched a scheme to revamp the extension education system. The Vice-Chancellor mooted the idea to include marketing intelligence in the mandate of extension education so that the farmers could get timely information on the demand of crops and their price in the market. For this, she urged the ICAR to extend necessary help. |
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Villagers allege murder, to police it is suicide
Karnal, June 27 The deceased was identified as Baljit Singh (48) of the same village. The police sent the body to the civil hospital for a post-mortem examination, report of which is still awaited. The fourth suspected murder in Kunjpura village in couple of months, besides, a case of immolation by a young Rajput girl at a place of worship. At least 20 persons were suspected murdered in the district in the current year, say official sources. Local villagers were in panic over un-natural deaths suspected murders in village. A villager said that the police was not serious in investigating such cases. |
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Proper use of vacant land demanded
Rohtak, June 27 In a communication to Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the Working President of the manch, Mr Yash Pal Panwar, said the land could be utilised for setting up a traffic park, an indoor stadium, a cultural and educational centre as well as a control room for dealing with natural calamities like floods since the town was flood-prone. It said the open Bohar drain had been rendered useless as no storm water reached it because of development of residential colonies in the area. It now was a potential source for outbreak of epidemics. The drain should be either filled up or covered. The manch has also suggested that Kanheli village, Old Housing Board Colony, Preet Vihar and Ambedkar Colony should be provided passage to Maharshi Dayanand University and the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences through an opening in the boundary wall. In the absence of a passage patients from these areas had to take a detour of around 5 km to reach the PGIMS. |
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Seven sent to jail
in smuggling case
Chandigarh, June 27 According to a statement issued here today, the Government
Railway Police, Haryana, had busted a gang involved in smuggling narcotics
and had recovered about 19 kg of charas from them. The accused had been booked under Section 20B of the NDPS Act on December 13, 2003, at the Faridabad police station. The accused have
been identified as Satyawan, Rajender, Sapna, Bimla, Murla, Dhan Kumari and Sant Bahadur. |
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Armed robbers loot petrol station
Panipat, June 27 According to information received here, the robbers reached the station at around 12.30 am and asked the three employees present there at that time to hand over all the cash to them. On their resistance, one of the robbers hit at one of the employees Narendra’s head with the butt of a country-made pistol. They also beat up the other two employees, Satish and Jai Kumar. Following which, they snatched Rs 25,000 from them and fled. All the robbers were reportedly armed with country-made pistols. While the police reached there within 15 minutes of the incident, no robber could be arrested.
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One killed,
3 hurt in mishaps
Ambala, June 27 According to information, the deceased, Sambhu Nath, a resident of Ambala city, was returning home on a bicycle after his duty. When he was on the way to Ambala City an unidentified car hit his bicycle. He died on the spot. The police handed over his body to relatives after a post-mortem today. The police has registered a case against the unknown car driver in this regard. In another road accident at Barara three person were seriously injured when a autorickshaw collided with a jeep . The injured were Jagmal , Ombir and a person could not be identified. The police registered a case.
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Protest march in cars!
Hisar, June 27 Interestingly, due to the hot weather, instead of marching on foot, several local leaders of the party followed the protesters in their vehicles. Moreover, the state BJP chief, Prof Ganeshi Lal, who led the protest march, vanished from the scene even before the memorandum was submitted. Apart from lambasting the UPA government for the petro products hike, the party attracted the attention of the President towards the grim situation of water and power supply in Haryana. |
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Councillors demand
emergency meeting
Ambala, June 27 The municipal councillors have written a letter to MC Ambala Sadar president Ms Neelam Sharma demanding that an emergency meeting should be called within
48 hours. They claimed that when they had asked for the Minerva file, they were told that the clerk concerned is on leave. However, a couple of minutes later, the file was handed over in haste to the owners of Minerva complex.
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Firing in air over property dispute
Ambala, June 27 In Macchi Mohalla, the incident took place after the owner of a shop tried to have the shop vacated. A group of people arrived at the shop last night and fired thrice in the air. The incident led to concern among the local residents. In Raja Park, two rounds were fired at the residence of a brickkiln owner Puroshottam. In this case, a property dispute is said to be the cause behind the firing incident.
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Breach in Yamuna canal
Sonepat, June 27 According to a report, farmers of the village succeeded in plugging the breach with earth and sand.
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Three youths drugged, looted
Panipat, June 27 While the train was late, some persons offered them some eatables at the station. After taking the eatables they became unconscious. Following which, the persons fled with their luggage and over Rs 5,000. |
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MDU B.Ed test on July 25
Rohtak, June 27 The examination, which was to be held on June 25, was cancelled following reports of leakage of question papers. The new date has been communicated to the government which had notified the MDU as the competent authority to hold the test.
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House prorogued
Chandigarh, June 27 |
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