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Remnants of fortified Harappan era found
Girja Vyas for woman-centric Budget
Mahasabha of gurukuls urges CM to open women’s university
CM misleading people
on power front,
says Sampat Singh
Head Constable held for kidnapping, extortion
Steps to augment irrigation facilities
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Workshop on solar heating technologies
CIA arrests criminal
Degrees conferred on 666 students
Badli carnage accused succumbs to injuries
Haryana lawyers seek separate HC
Bill to make education must soon, says Selja
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Remnants of fortified Harappan era found
Bhirdana (Fatehabad),
February 26 Superintending Archaeologist L.S. Rao, who is in charge of the operations here, told The Tribune that in a significant development, vital remnants of the early, early-mature and mature Harappan eras, besides those of the Hakra Civilization, had been found so far during the excavation. Mr Rao asserted that from the city layout pattern, it seemed that at a certain stage, human beings lived in shallow pits covered with twigs and straw plastered with clay. The pits had been classified as shallow residential and deeper auxiliary pits, he added. “Apart from the fortification wall, drainage system and pit-houses, various copper objects, carnelian, chert and lapislazuli beads, seals made of steatite, weapons like axes and spearheads and a highly stylised animal head with horns, which seems like a ritualistic object, have been found so far,” Mr Rao maintained. The ASI team, which is camping at the site for the third season, is likely to finalise the operation this time. It also put up an exhibition of the findings at Fatehabad recently. A large number of local labourers, who have been trained for the work, are carrying out the digging and related tasks. A number of residents from nearby areas are visiting the excavation site to witness the emergence of a whole civilisation from underneath the earth. “Groups of research scholars, teachers and students of history and archaeology from various universities, colleges and other institutes are also coming to see the active site,” said Assistant Archaeologist Sameer Diwan, adding that many of them were undergoing practical training.
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Girja Vyas for woman-centric Budget
Panipat, February 26 She was speaking this morning at a seminar on ‘‘Female foeticide and fall in sex ratio in North India’’. The seminar was organised by Mata Sita Rani Sewa Sanstha. The two-day seminar was sponsored by the NCW. However, the scene at the seminar turned sour when Dr Vyas commented about the absence of all officials from the district health department. She also enquired about the CMO from the dais and asked the Finance Minister, who was present on the occasion, to take a serious note of the absence of the government doctors at the seminar. Terming the decreasing sex ratio in Punjab and Haryana as alarming, she said there was a need to take immediate steps in this regard. She said it had become a serious matter as both Punjab and Haryana were prosperous states. However, she said there was a need to make changes in the education system to eradicate social evils and for the uplift of women. She also made an appeal to the Planning Commission of India to make special provisions for the women in the 11th commission. She said the decreasing sex ratio was fast becoming a social problem. Citing examples, she added that the commission had reports where a woman was married to four men. She said there was a need to make people aware of the Pre-Natal Sex Determination (PNDT) Act to successfully check the illegal practice. She said district level committees should be constituted on the PNDT Act and reports in this regard should be submitted to the commission. She said there was an alarming rise in dowry related cases and also demanded the registration of marriages. The Finance Minister, Mr Birender Singh, criticised the present day politicians for not working for the welfare of women. Terming female foeticide as against the nature, he said instead of waiting for a law, women should themselves come forward to raise a voice against the evil practice. Dr Sayeeda Saydden Hamid, Member of the Planning Commission, revealed that the issue of women empowerment would get special mention in the 11th commission. |
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Mahasabha of gurukuls urges CM to open
Khanpur Kalan (Sonepat), February 26 Other demands in the resolution include reimplementation of the old constitution of the mahasabha, retaining old membership of the mahasabha, university be named after Bhagat Phool Singh, founder of the Gurukul institutions in 1937, right of transfer of moveable and immoveable properties of Gurukuls in the name of university to the Deputy Commissioner, Sonepat. The resolution urged members concerned of the mahasabha to withdraw court cases relating to elections and membership of the mahasabha. The meeting was held amid tight security and concluded peacefully. None of the members was opposed to the proceedings of the meeting. The members, who have been opposing the move, did not attend the meeting. The DC hailed decision of the mahasabha, which, she said, would go a long way for uplifting women. Nearly 6000 girls from Haryana and other states have been receiving education in different educational institutions — degree college, college of education, law college, ayurvedic college, polytechnic, senior secondary school with hostel facilities at Kanya Gurukul Khanpur Kalan and it is said to be the largest girls campus in North India.
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CM misleading people
on power front,
Fatehabad, February 26 He was here to mobilise people for the March 3 ‘virodh rally’ of the Indian National Lok Dal at Panipat. Mr Sampat Singh said the government was not concerned about basic infrastructure development activities like roads, power, transport and canals. What to talk of new projects, the Congress government was not even interested in the repair of existing infrastructure. The Government talked about providing irrigation facilities to farmers but the fact was even drinking water had become scarce in the state. On the power front, the former minister said blackout-like situation prevailed in the state due to apathetic attitude of the government. He said the chief minister himself had admitted that the situation would continue for four more years. Accusing the Chief Minister of misleading people on the power front Mr Sampat Singh said that the Chief Minister had been maintaining that the gas based power plant would become operative in Haryana in 42 months but the Gas Authority of India had made it clear that it was not in a position to supply gas till 2010. The Government could be gauzed from the fact that it had stopped work on the Yamunanagar power plant that was started by the INLD government. The Government failed to correct minor snags in the Panipat plants and it could not renew in time the MoUs for the purchase of power from other states thereby plunging the state in darkness. |
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Head Constable held for kidnapping, extortion
Kaithal, February 26 The arrested cop was produced in a court here today and remanded to 14 days judicial custody. Giving this information to mediapersons, SP Navdeep Singh Virk said here today that Partap Singh, a resident of Dhand, in a complaint lodged with the police alleged that on February 24 while he was standing at Patran bus stand, Head Constable Shiv Charan, posted at Pundri, asked him to sit in a Maruti car and charged him of playing a trick with his brother causing him monetary loss. Later, he thrashed him. He also snatched cash from the complainant and asked him to pay Rs 70,000. Partap rang up his wife and asked her to arrange the money for his release. In the meanwhile, Shiv, allegedly, took Partap to Raison village and kept him at the dera of Pawan Kumar and later took him to Kaul village where an uncle of Partap and his wife paid Rs 65,000 to Shiv and got Partap released. Partap came to know that Shiv was posted at Pundri and lodged a complaint against him. Acting swiftly, the police arrested Shiv Charan and recovered Rs 65,000 from him. He was booked under Sections 365 and 386 of the IPC. Mr Virk further said the police has also arrested Sultan Singh, alias Handa, of Pabnawa village, presently lodged in Karnal jail, on the charge of threatening Ashok Kumar, a shopkeeper of Dhand Mandi. Sultan Singh threatened Ashok Kumar on the telephone and demanded extortion money from him. The accused was brought here on a production warrant and produced in the court and sent in police remand for five days. The police has also arrested Sanjeev Kumar of Fatehpur, on the charge of showing blue films, and Sanjay and Vikas Garg of Kaithal, who were allegedly selling pirated cassettes.
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Steps to augment irrigation facilities
Chandigarh, February 26 Disclosing this, the Haryana Irrigation Minister, Capt Ajay Singh Yadav, said here today that four channels — New Sinsar Minor, Matloda Minor, Singhwa
Distributary and Milakpur Minor — would be constructed at a cost of Rs. 12. 69 crore. As many as 21 villages of Hisar constituency would benefit from the construction of these channels. The construction would also fulfill long standing demands of the people of Kalayat and Barwala assembly constituencies. Capt Yadav said a bridge upon the Kaithal Drain would also be constructed. With the construction of the minors, agriculture production would increase manifold in the area. He added that work on Dadupur-Shahbad-Nalvi canal, costing Rs. 260 crores, would start soon. This canal would recharge the water table in Ambala, Yamunagar and Kurukshetra districts and would also provide ample irrigation facilities to the farmers of these districts. He urged people to reach at Hisar in large number on March 5 to participate in the rally being organised on the occasion of completion of one year by the Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led government in Haryana. He said the participants would be apprised about the policies and programmes initiated by the state government during last one year. The future programmes of the government would also be unfolded in the rally. |
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Workshop on solar heating technologies
Chandigarh, February 26 She said the Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Mr Chander Mohan, will inaugurate the workshop at Hotel Mountview here tomorrow. It was being organised in the collaboration with the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Government of India. She said six northern states — Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttranchal, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and the union
territory of Chandigarh — would participate in the workshop. The workshop shall deliberate upon the policies and implementation issues and financial and technological options available for implementing programme relating to solar thermal technologies. It shall have participation from the representatives of nodal agencies, colonizers, real estate developers, financial institutions, banks and government policy makers. |
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CIA arrests criminal
Sonepat, February 26 Mr Rajinder Singh Superintendent of Police, told mediapersons here yesterday that the police has also recovered a country-made pistol of .315 bore and a cartridge from his possession. The suspect, he said, had managed escape on the night of December 16 last year after an encounter with the Rai police. However, his associate Vinod, alias Sagar of Kami village was arrested on the spot. The CIA staff on patrolling duty on the G.T. Road near Bahalgarh chowk spotted the suspect when he got down from a Haryana Roadways bus. The police chased the fleeing suspect before arresting him. The SP further disclosed that the suspect, during the course of interrogation, confessed to his involvement in at least 11 cases of loot, murder and dacoity. |
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Degrees conferred on 666 students
Fatehabad, February 26 Graduate degrees were conferred on 666 graduates of the 2003-04 and 2004-05 sessions. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr O.P. Langayan, Mr Dev Raj Batra, president of the college management committee, Mr Subhash Sharma, Director of the MM Group of Institutions, Dr K.K. Arora, Principal of MM College, and Dr Mamata Chaudhary, Principal of the MM College of Education, were present on this occasion. |
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Badli carnage accused succumbs to injuries
Jhajjar, February 26 Surjeet, along with his wife and some relatives, had clobbered his parents, elder brother and an eight-year-old niece to death when they were asleep in their house on February 16. Surjeet and his wife Puspa had also suffered burns when they were setting the room on fire on the fateful night. They were admitted to the Safdarjang hospital. Puspa died a couple of days ago. Surjeet had confessed to the crime and the police has arrested one Shri
Bhagawan, brother-in-law of Surjeet. |
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Haryana lawyers seek separate HC
Chandigarh, February 26 The lawyers said the demand for a separate high court has been hanging fire for the last 50 years and it has been voiced by various political parties. The ruling Congress party in Haryana has also passed a resolution in its Cabinet to this effect. It was decided to raise the issue again at a meeting to be held shortly. |
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Bill to make education must soon, says Selja
Sirsa, February 26 This was stated by the Union Minister of State for Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation, Ms Selja, here today. She was speaking at the 21st convocation of Government College here today. As many as 1,320 students were given degrees on this occasion. The college Principal, Dr K.S. Yadav, welcomed the minister. OSD to Chief Minister K.V. Singh, DC Vimal Chandra and Superintendent of Police Ajay Singhal were present on the occasion.
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