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Woman among 7 shoved off Attari Express
Remarks against Guru: book banned
Haryana to set up cooperatives in every village
Govt takes over quarries on Yamuna bed
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Improve children’s health, education: Swaraj Paul
Safai karamcharis block road
Snag in power generation
30 LPG cylinders seized during raids
Girl, cop held
Student hires goons to beat up teachers
5 booked for forcing woman to commit suicide
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Woman among 7 shoved off Attari Express
Ambala, October 15 Ms Khurshida, a resident of Saharanpur, has lodged a complaint with the GRP police stating that she was shoved off the train by Railway Protection Force personnel. She claimed that she paid Rs 200 to the personnel so that she could alight at the railway station as the Attari Express does not halt here. Khurshida was returning to India after meeting her relatives in Lahore. She has sustained injuries, including two broken teeth and a fractured arm. Besides Khurshida, other passengers who were also allegedly shoved off the train include Jawahar Hussain, Akhlaq Ahmed and Ayub Khan. The incident took place at about 12.30 a.m. Ms Suman Manjari, SP, Railways, said a case had been registered and investigations were being taking place. She said the RPF personnel on duty aboard the Attari Express were from Amritsar. “Attari Express does not have a stoppage at Ambala Cantt railway station and nobody is allowed to disembark from the train midway,” she said. The victims have claimed that the RPF was carrying out checking in the train. They said during checking, they expressed their keenness to alight at Ambala Cantt since they belonged to Saharanpur and Muzaffarnagar it would be convenient for them to alight there. They alleged that the personnel charged Rs 200 from them to allow them to disembark at Ambala Cantt. They claimed that when the train slowed down near the railway station, they were shoved off the train by the personnel. Khurshida has also alleged that her luggage was also taken away by the personnel. The other passengers have sustained minor injuries in the incident. |
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Remarks against Guru: book banned
Hisar, October 15 Exercising his power as the District Magistrate, Mr Gupta banned the book in the district. The order to this effect has been issued under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973. According to an official statement issued here today, the step has been taken to maintain peace and order in the district. A portion of the book contained allegedly derogatory remarks against Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru. The issue had triggered a controversy. The district unit of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) had submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister through the local Deputy Commissioner yesterday, in which it had demanded a ban on the book. The party had also sought action against the school authorities for hurting the sentiments of the Sikh community by including this book in their course curriculum. Mr Sukhsagar Singh, president of the district unit of the SAD, had alleged that chapter 10 in “Bhasha Manjari” contained factually incorrect and baseless remarks against Guru Gobind Singh and Sikhs in general. He pointed out that in the aforesaid chapter, which was a write-up by Rabindra Nath Tagore, the 10th Sikh guru had been presented in a bad light. It was mentioned in the chapter that Guru Gobind Singh beheaded a pathan when the latter asked him to pay for some horses bought by him. Earlier, when the guru asked the pathan to come on the next day, the pathan remarked that all “dusht” Sikhs appeared to be thieves. “The instance of Guru Gobind Singh bringing up the pathan’s son and later instigating him to kill the guru is nowhere in history,” the SAD leader maintained, adding that it gave an impression that Guru Gobind Singh had been disillusioned with life. “Moreover, the chapter projects the guru as a depressed person, who loses temper and kills the pathan, which he later regrets. This is absolutely opposite to the great character of Guru Gobind Singh, who sacrificed his life for the community,” said Mr Singh. A delegation of SAD leaders had apprised the district administration of the matter. Following this, the Deputy Commissioner issued the order to ban the book with immediate effect. Meanwhile, taking strong objection to the controversial Hindi book for Class VI students in some private schools in Haryana, the SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur, called for its immediate ban, said a report from Amritsar. She sought legal action against publisher ‘Tushar Publications, New Delhi’, author and printer’ of the books. Allegations said that on page 41-44, chapter X of book ‘Bhasha Manjari’ contained ‘derogatory remarks about appearance, conduct and nature of guru’. Also the guru was shown very old which was contrary to fact as the guru was still young when he scarified his life. |
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Haryana to set up cooperatives in every village
Chandigarh, October 15 This was stated by Mr Hooda while speaking at a seminar on "Dairy Development - Today and Tomorrow" organised by the DrAmrik Singh Cheema Foundation Trust at the Tagore Theatre, here today. Mr Hooda said the Central Government had sanctioned an ambitious project involving an investment of Rs 554 crore for the development and preservation of buffaloes of Murrah breed. While complimenting the women on the occasion of the World Rural Women Day, the Chief Minister said dairy farming could be a very profitable avocation for the women. "We have to break the cycle of paddy-wheat rotation since production has reached a point of saturation. Dairy farming, fishery and poultry as also diversification holds the key to a promising tomorrow," he emphasised. Mr Hooda was of the opinion that in this era of liberalisation, quality of produce was critical to venture into the world market. "There's a lot of competition around us. We have to make quality our USP to be able to face competition. Also, we realise that the farmers of Punjab and Haryana are debt-ridden. The banks must come to their rescue," he stated. Mr Hooda announced Rs 5 lakh to the trust. The Punjab Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Minister, Mr Jagmohan Singh Kang, appreciated the Haryana Government's decision to waive electricity bills amounting to Rs 1600 crore. "It is a rare gesture which Mr Hooda made immediately after assuming office as Chief Minister since most populist measures are announced during election time," he maintained. All praise for the livestock of Haryana, he also urged the farmers to break the cycle of wheat-paddy-sugarcane and take up dairy farming, poultry and fisheries. He gave Rs 1 lakh to the trust. While presenting his keynote address, Dr Arun P. Phatak, a US-based livestock scientist, said Indian dairy farming had remained as a family operation. "India should not follow the American example of vertical integration of dairy business," he said. He observed that Indian dairy industry would never become a corporate business as in case of Europe and the USA. The Chairman of the trust, Mr Jagdeep Singh Cheema spoke about the achievements of the trust and the support he had got from Mr Hooda for creating awareness in rural areas. Others who also spoke on the occasion included Mr Hemant Contractor of the State Bank of India,
Mr Tejvir Singh of the Centurion Bank of Punjab, Mr Beda Rust, Vice-President (Tech.) Nestle India, Mr Devinder Singh, MD, Haryana State Dairy development, and the Director, Animal Husbandry, Dr KS Dangi. The widow of Dr Amrik Singh Cheema, Mrs Raminder Kaur was among those present on the occasion. |
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Govt takes over quarries on Yamuna bed
Yamunanagar, October 15 The Delhi-based M/s Development Strategies Pvt Ltd was found violating the terms and conditions of the contract, said sources in the mining department. The security deposit of the company has also been forfeited. The cancellation orders were signed in Chandigarh last evening and the possession of the quarries was taken today. Sources in the Mining Department informed that the company was found violating terms and conditions of the contract. Besides other terms and conditions, the company was found to be engaged in deep digging, said the sources. Sixtynine ghats were clubbed into zones for auction. The Delhi-based company was awarded the contract in 2004 for five years. The company had deposited Rs 2.75 core as security. The SDM, Jagadhri, Mr S.S. Saini, said the quarries have been taken over. The deep quarrying in and around the Yamuna riverbed has been highlighted in these columns. The river had changed creek on July 6 and deep mining was believed to be one of the reasons behind it. |
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Improve children’s health, education: Swaraj Paul
Charkhi Dadri (Bhiwani), October 15 Speaking at a series of functions organised here at APJ College and APJ School he said India’s strides in industry and other related fields could only be meaningful if the young children were educated properly and provided the best healthcare facilities. While appreciating the progress made by India during the past decade Lord Paul said despite all this the country still lagged behind in health facilities and quality education. He said he wanted to supplement government efforts and would do whatever he could to ensure quality education and health facilities for the children. He said during British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s recent visit to India, a corpus of £ 25 million had been created to improve education facilities in India. This would go a long way in creating more and better educational infrastructure in the country. Lord Paul said he believed that more stress should be laid on improving health and education facilities in the rural areas which to him was the real India. “India is a great nation and I am proud of it”, he added. He said the investment atmosphere in Haryana was excellent and he planned to set up a large auto spare parts unit at Manesar in Gurgaon district. However, in the same breath he said Haryana was not making the best use of advanced agricultural technology. Later, he laid the foundation stone of a stadium in Charkhi village. He was accompanied by four members of the House of Commons – Ms Helan Jones, Dr Lynee Jones, Mr Peter Lutt and Mr Andrew Tuggey. |
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Safai karamcharis block road
Bhiwani, October 15 Addressing the employees, local president of Safai Karmchari Sangh Kamla Devi said they had been holding protest by staging dharnas for the past four days but no concrete assurance had so far had been given to them. Safai Karmchari had not been given the arrears of 39 months announced by the Fifth Pay Commission which showed the anti-employees face of the state government, she said adding that they should be released residential plots as per the policy. All safai karmcharis should be provided with gas mask, gloves and other necessary equipment before entering manholes to avoid accidents, she demanded. Kamla Devi said she would meet the Chief Minister on his visit to Bhiwani on November 16 if their demands were not met by November 15. |
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Snag in power generation
Yamunanagar, October 15 According to sources, the unit developed snag because of silt and power generation has reduced to 3 MW against the normal 8 MW. The snag was developed on Friday, sources said. The four power houses (with two generating units each) produce 64 MW of power a day. The sources added that a silt ejector erected by the Irrigation Department near Hathnikund Barrage was not functioning properly and thus increase in silt in the hydel link channel. No official of the Irrigation Department was available for comments. |
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30 LPG cylinders seized during raids
Karnal, October 15 An official spokesman said raids were conducted on several commercial places, including hotels, dhabas and welding shops in Nilokheri, Gharaunda, Nissing, Asandh, Indri and Karnal city. Several owners of commercial establishments were found using domestic LPG cylinders for commercial purposes. As many as 30 cylinders, 15 regulators and as many gas stoves were seized and several persons arrested and cases registered against them under Section 3 of the CPC Regulations of Supply and Distribution (Order 2000) is under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. A cylinder for domestic use contains just over 14-kg of gas and costs Rs 295, whereas the same for commercial use contains 19 kg of gas and costs Rs 800. Some domestic consumers had complained to the DC about the scarcity of LPG cylinders, following which he directed the DFSC to take strict action against those found using domestic LPG cylinders for commercial purposes. |
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Girl, cop held
Sonepat, October 15 Mr Rajinder Singh, Superintendent of Police, told mediapersons here today that the police also arrested the owner of the house and a youth who was found with the call girl. The call girl, he said, belonged to Lado Sarai of Delhi and the youth was identified as Yogesh of Braham Colony, Sonepat. The owner has been identified as Pradeep. All four were booked under the Immoral Trafficking Act and produced before a judicial magistrate here today who remanded them in 14 days’ judicial custody. The call girl was sent to the women’s jail in Rohtak whereas the rest were sent to the district jail in Sonepat. The SP further said the police had seized Rs 1,31,500 from the possession of the policemen, who belonged to Rajpur village in the district. The arrested constable during interrogation told the police that he was posted in Delhi for the security of a VVIP and had been engaged in this business for the past few months. |
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Student hires goons to beat up teachers
Yamunanagar, October 15 According to police sources, Karmvir, a former student of the school approached the school authorities for re-admission in Class XII. He had reportedly forged his date of birth certificate. The two teachers, Mr Bhim Sen and Mr Ram Rattan detected the forgery and refused the admission. To take revenge, Karmvir, allegedly hired Arun, Rajeev, Rambhan and Bobby to beat the two teachers. Bobby is still at large, while the other three have been arrested. It is to be mentioned here that the school teachers had boycotted classes for two days and sat on dharna claiming that the police was not taking action against the culprits. |
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5 booked for forcing woman to commit suicide
Bhiwani, October 15 The complaint to the police, Umed of Gopalvas village said that his sister Bimla had been married to Vazir Singh of Paintawas Kalan and his sister maltreated by her in-laws for bringing dowry. According to the complainant, the in-laws thrashed Bimla badly on the night of October 12, forcing her commit suicide by jumping into a well. The police had booked Vazir Singh, Sukhender, Kitabo, Munni Devi and Sumit. |
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Narender Rathi shot
Sonepat, October 15 Mr Rathi was going in his car to a farm house along with Balraj Saini, Sunil of village Bhatgaon and his eight-year son. Two gangsters came out of their car and fired at Mr Rathi who reportedly died on the spot. The gangsters managed to speed away after committing the crime. |
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JE caught taking bribe
Karnal, October 15 The Vigilance Bureau nabbed him when Mr Jasbir Singh contacted its officials about JE’s demand for bribe. |
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Ambala, October 15 Mr D.R. Yadav, Joint Secretary CBSE Regional Office, Chandigarh, was the chief guest. Various issues, including the smooth conduct of annual examinations, were discussed, a press release stated. TNS
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