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BJP Kisan Morcha burns Pawar’s effigy
Global market for farmers in Sonepat
Security tightened at
Ambala Cantt railway station
Laying of stone to be opposed
Health services to be improved: Hooda
Teacher murdered, husband injured
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Liquor vend of councillor’s
husband demolished
City bus service introduced
European parliamentarians visit Ambala
villages
Three new DGPs in state
Instalment of DA released
Chander Mohan visits grain market
Body of youth identified
DCC president resigns
Girl crushed to death
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BJP Kisan Morcha burns Pawar’s effigy
Karnal, April 21 The police rounded up 200 workers and leaders of morcha and took them to different police stations where they were detained for two hours. Later, they were released. The leaders who were detained included former Union Minister I.D. Swami, national vice president of the Morcha Om Prakash Dhankharh state president Subash Barala, general secretary Bhupendra Saini and national office-bearers V.K. Sood and Dr Shyam Bhaskar. Mr Dhankharh demanded from the UPA government to provide as much price of wheat to the farmers of the country for which it was imported. Later Mr Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) workers led by Mr Vijay Pal burnt former BJP president L.K. Advani’s effigy at the same place terming his party as opportunist. Earlier speaking at the convocation, Mr Pawar stressed the need for development of dairy foods with special health attributes. He stressed the need to modernise this sector to produce high quality product with long shelf life. He said with the hygienic and eco-friendly packaging Indian dairy products could be made globally competitive. Mr Pawar assured Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to consider sympathetically the demands put forward by him. In his address, Mr Hooda appealed to the Union Minister to take steps to fix separate minimum support price (MSP) for the fine and superfine paddy. He also requested Mr Pawar to make arrangements to clear several agriculture-related projects sent to the Union government by the state government. Mr Pawar conferred B. Tech (Dairy Technology) degrees on 39 students, M.Sc/ M.Tech/M.VSc on 132 students and Ph.D degrees upon 67 students in various disciplines of dairying. Besides eight gold medals/ director’s medal and seven merit certificates were given away to toppers and outstanding students in undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes of the NDRI university. The best teacher award for 2003-04 was given away to Dr S.K. Anand. PG Nair award for research in dairying was given to Dr V.K. Kansal. NDRI director and VC of the university Dr Sushil Kumar presented report on the Institute’s activities and achievements. Dr Mangala Rai, Secretary Department of Agricultural Research and Education and DG, ICAR, New Delhi was also present on the occasion. |
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Global market for farmers in Sonepat soon: Pawar
Karnal, April 21 Mr Pawar said this market would provide a opportunity to farmers of Punjab, Haryana and adjoining areas of Uttar Pradesh to export their produce. Such type of international markets would be set up at different places of the country, he said adding, farmers had the right to get maximum price of their crops by exporting it like Tatas and Birlas, who exported their products to get higher rates. Urging the farmers of this region to break the cycle of paddy and wheat, he encouraged them to adopt diversification of crops which would not give them better returns and save their land from getting barren as water level was decreasing due to the sowing of paddy. Mr Pawar said the farmers of Punjab and Haryana would be given 60 per cent subsidy on the expenditure of sowing crops other than wheat and paddy. Expressing concern over suicides of farmers in different parts of the country, he said the main cause of the suicides was their inability to repay loans taken from private moneylenders. Mr Pawar said that he had taken a decision under which the farmers would be given agriculture loan below Rs 3 lakh only at seven per cent rate of interest so that they required not to get loan from private moneylenders. Earlier the rate of interest on such loan was 12 per cent, he said adding, he would try to further decrease the rate of interest. Earlier general secretary of the Nationalist Kisan Congress and former Deputy Speaker of Haryana Assembly Choudhury Ved Pal demanded Rs 100 bonus per quintal on wheat. In a memorandum submitted to Mr Pawar, the representatives of several cultural and social organisations demanded directions to the NDRI authorities to provide its auditorium on reasonable rent for cultural activities. NIFAA president Pritpal Singh Pannu said that present director of the NDRI was charging Rs 85,000 as rent for a function. |
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Security tightened at
Ambala Cantt railway station
Ambala, April 21 Superintendent of Police (Railways) Suman Manjari said security had been beefed up at the railway station. She said besides police personnel in uniform, more than 50 of them had been deployed in plainclothes at the railway station. “We are also trying to ascertain the authenticity of the threatening letter. The possibility of somebody playing a prank cannot be ruled out at this stage. But we are not taking any chances and adequate security arrangement has been made,” she said. She said every movement was being closely monitored and efforts were being made to ensure that no untoward incident takes place. The authenticity of the letter is being questioned due to three words which seem to have been written in Urdu. The words have been written in a shaky hand at the end of the letter. Experts opine that the words neither make sense in Urdu nor in Farsi. They point out that the words have been written in a manner to make it look like Urdu to a person who is not familiar with the language. |
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Laying of stone to be opposed
Ambala, April 21 A memorandum addressed to the Deputy Commissioner stated that in a meeting held at Kurukshetra, Haryana, the Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee had unanimously resolved to oppose the laying of
the foundation stone by Mr Badal. The memorandum pointed out that a piece of land where the medical college was being built belonged to the Mastgarh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, Shahabad. “In the present case, the SGPC suspended the duly elected local body of the Gurdwara Mastgarh at Shahabad and appointed a receiver who in turn transferred the property in name of the SGPC, which thereafter through a resolution by the SGPC was transferred to a trust,” the memorandum stated. “It is suggested that the Government of Haryana may kindly be requested to take legal steps to ban the entry of Mr Parkash Singh Badal, President Akali Dal (Badal), in the state of Haryana, particularly on the premises of Meeri Peeri Medical College and Research Institute located at Shahabad Markanda, on April 26, 2006,” the memorandum
stated.
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Health services to be improved: Hooda
Barwala, April 21 Mr Hooda said the state government had made a programme to conduct a survey in all districts to identify handicapped and disabled persons to whom hearing aids, artificial limbs and appliances could be given. The Chief Minister said the Swami Devi Dyal Group of
Institutions were doing a commendable service by imparting hi-tech education to the youth belonging to rural areas. The Chief Minister also appreciated the services of Swami Devi Dyal, a yogi and saint, who followed the mission of “Health is Wealth” and set up a number of yoga ashrams throughout the country. He said Swamiji set up his first yoga ashram at Rohtak and educated his followers about “prevention is better than cure”. |
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Teacher murdered, husband injured
Hisar, April 21 The deceased was serving as a teacher at Government Middle School, Zevra village in the district. Her husband is working with the Forest Department. Their 20-year-old son, Amit, alias Babloo, found his parents lying in a critical condition when he returned from a marriage party this morning. While the woman was dead, he took his father to a local hospital where he is undergoing treatment. Later, a police party, along with forensic experts, reached the scene of crime and took fingerprints and photographs. The district police chief, Mr Arshinder Singh Chawla, also visited the site. In his statement given to the police, Amit stated that he had gone to attend a marriage party yesterday and he found the doors open and the parents lying in pool of blood. The police has registered a case against unidentified assailants on his statement. The husband of the deceased, Mr Sudesh Kumar, was not in a position to give a statement.
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Liquor vend of councillor’s
husband demolished
Jagadhri, April 21 A team of the MC, led by Tehsildar Nandita Kaushik, demolished the “unauthorised” vend located on the Ambala-Jagadhri road at around 4 pm. Earlier, several residents had demanded removal of the vend at one of the weekly khula darbars chaired by the Deputy Commissioner. Sources in the MC said that the demolition took place on the orders of the Deputy Commissioner’s office. Mr Sanjeev Chaudhary, husband of councillor Mithlesh Chaudhary told The Tribune that he had put the matter before Deputy Chief Minister Chander Mohan at the District Public Relations and
Grievances Committee meeting today. |
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City bus service introduced
Panipat, April 21 Similarly, a plan to construct five subways to cross the NH-1 would further benefit the local residents. The decision to ply the shuttle buses has been taken after autorickshaws were banned on the GT Road till the completion of mega elevated highway project. The project is proposed to be completed by 2009. Talking to The Tribune here today, the Additional Transport Commissioner, Mr Shiv Dayal Thareja, said two shuttle buses would ply between the bus stand and Jhattipur village. The department has fixed the bus fare between Rs 2 and Rs 6 and the buses will run from 8 am to 5 pm. The General Manager, Panipat Depot, Mr S. K. Goyal said the department had proposed to the administration to ply the buses till 7 pm. |
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European parliamentarians visit Ambala
villages
Ambala, April 21 The team was led by Ms Neena Gill. The other members of the team include Jim Nicholson (UK), Joseph Linen (Germany), Philip B Matthews (UK), Jean Marie Bupai (France), Neeraj Deva (UK), Jean Lambert (UK) and Marine Mico (Estonia). The team members interacted with the women who are part of the self-help group. The villagers discussed bio-fertiliser, mat weaving and plantation. The team members inspected the smoke
free’’ chulha’’. Among others, Goran Johnson, SK Dhar, Rajesh Gulia and RK Sharma were present. An official said that on January 24, 1997, a financial understanding was reached between European Commission and Government of India. The total cost of the project is Rs 141.47 crore. The programme was started on November 30, 1998, and it will culminate on June 30, 2008. The programme is being implemented in Ambala, Panchkula, Yamuna Nagar, Kurukshetra, Sirsa, Fatehabad, Hisar, Bhiwani, Mahendragarh and Rewari.
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Three new DGPs in state
Chandigarh, April 21 The departmental promotion committee (DPC) headed by the Chief Secretary met here yesterday and decided to promote the three IPS officers. Mr Brijinder Rai, who is also of the 1974 batch, was not considered for promotion in view of a chargesheet pending against him. Mr R. S. Dalal, who is on deputation with the Central Government and posted as IGP of the Border Security
Force (BSF) at Jalandhar, has been given performa promotion. Mr C. P. Bansal will retain his post of MD , Haryana Police Housing Corporation while Mr Malhi, too, will continue to be Commandant General, Home Guard and Director, Civil Defence. |
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Instalment of DA released
Chandigarh, April 21 Now the employees will get DA at the rate of 24 per cent of their basic pay, thus registering an increase of 3 per cent in the dearness allowance. This was disclosed by Mr Birender Singh , Finance Minister, Haryana, here today. He said the employees would get this enhanced DA in cash with their salary from May. The arrears from January to April will be credited to their GPF accounts. He said with the release of this instalment, there would be an additional expenditure of Rs 113.40 crore from the state exchequer. |
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Chander Mohan visits grain market
Barwala, April 21 Haryana is the only state in the country that has increased sugarcane prices from Rs 110 to Rs 135 per quintal, Mr Chander Mohan claimed. Even fertilizers and gypsum had been exempted from taxes. The registration of tractors had been exempted and taxes on tractor spare-parts reduced to 4 per cent. He said 3,866 MT wheat had been arrived in grain markets of Barwala, Raipur Rani and Panchkula till date, out of which 1,699 MT was purchased by government agencies. He said Hafed has purchased 1,010 MT wheat at the Raipur Rani grain market. Out of the 1,848 MT wheat in the Barwala grain market, Haryana Ago Industries has purchased 579 MT and 1,269 MT by private traders. Traders purchased 750 MT from the Panchkula grain market. Mr Chander Mohan also listened problems of farmers and traders and directed officials concerned to
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Body of youth identified
Pinjore, April 21 The deceased was identified as Data Ram, a property dealer of Kalranwali village, near Barotiwala. According to the police, a resident of Barotiwala had informed Data Ram’s brothers about their motor cycle being found at a petrol station in Kalka. Data Ram’s brothers Raghubir Singh and Dalip Singh visited the spot and identified the vehicle. They enquired about his whereabouts from the petrol station employees, who told them that Data Ram took fuel from there, accompanied a group of youths in a car and did not return. The duo approached the police and identified him from his clothes and other items at the police station. The police said the body was mutilated and had been sent to the PGI in Rohtak for postmortem examination. The police had found a mobile phone number from the body and initiated investigations.
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DCC president resigns
Kurukshetra, April 21 A declaration to this effect was made by him in a letter addressed to the president, All-India Congress Committee (AICC), New Delhi, and photostat copies of the letter were circulated to mediapersons here today. He cited many reasons for his resignation, but promised to work for the party as a worker. |
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Girl crushed to death
Rewari, April 21 Accompanied by her mother, Komal, daughter of Raj Kumar of Naichana village in Gurgaon district, had reportedly come to the clinic for treatment. It is stated that a young woman, who was learning driving, was driving the car while the trainer was sitting beside her. The police has registered a case.
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