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DHBVN to spend Rs 100 crore on operation circles
Birender plays down Bhajan’s resignation
Bhajan PCC permanent member
Factionalism in Cong has hit governance, says Rajnath
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Pak national, 2 others held for spying
SYL non-issue with Cong, says Sampat
Gita Gopal Himalayan rally flagged off
7 bonded labourers freed
Abducted girl rescued, 3 arrested
Haryana BJP poll officials
Woman dies, in-laws booked
Transport officers’ body
Domestic help abducts minor
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DHBVN to spend Rs 100 crore on operation circles
Bhiwani, July 7 This was disclosed by Mr Vijayendra Kumar, Managing Director, DHBVN. He was addressing a review meeting of operation activities in the area of operation zone , Delhi, and construction activities in the area. The meeting was attended by the Director, DHBVN, and chief engineers, superintending engineers and executive engineers of operation zone, Delhi, of the DHBVN. Mr Vijayendra Kumar said the DHBVL would construct 40 new sub stations of 33 KV level at different places and segregate 300 feeders of 11 KV level by dividing each feeder in two or three parts. The complete system of these feeders would be renovated. Besides increasing the length of distribution network, the nigam would add 3,500 distribution transformers in the network during the current financial year. He said funding for these power development works would be available through the Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme
(APDRP) of the Government of India, National Capital Development Plan, different plans of the Rural Electrification Corporation and DHBVN’s own development plans. This comprehensive plan of power development does not include the power transmission augmentation plan of the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN) under which a number of 66 KV, 132 KV and 220 KV sub stations are to come up at a cost of hundreds of crores of rupees. The Managing Director said the management has increased financial powers of the field officers so as to accelerate the pace of development works. They should make efforts to achieve the targets. Mr Vijayendra Kumar directed the officers to speed up the work of shifting of meters from the premises of consumers to meter pillar boxes to be set up by the side of roads so that the consumers could be given relief from the responsibility of meters and their privacy is not disturbed by the power department personnel. The Managing Director said in order to provide power supply of better quality in villages the feeders of rural domestic load and agriculture load are being segregated. The work is to be completed with in a period of 18 months. He asked the officers to get capacitors installed on connections of consumers as per standards and on all the 33 KV sub stations so as to improve voltage level. |
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Corruption in govt, party not to be tolerated: CM
Bhattu Kalan (Fatehabad), July 7 Mr Beniwal, the first-time MLA, is said to have got party ticket in the last Assembly election because of his friendship with Mr Kuldip Bishnoi, an MP son of Mr Bhajan Lal. Mr Beniwal referred to this popular perception in his speech and clarified that he was nominated as party candidate by Mrs Sonia Gandhi, AICC president. Referring to the allegations being levelled against Mr Hooda by INLD leaders and Mr Kuldip Bishnoi in the deal with the Reliance on the special economic zone, Mr Beniwal said “Choron ko sab chor nazar aate hain (Thieves see everyone as such)”. The rally was addressed, among others, by Mr Mani Ram
Godara, a senior leader of the Bishnoi community, to which Mr Bhajan Lal also belongs. However, Mr Godara and Mr Bhajan Lal do not see eye to eye with each other. Mr Godara said in the past people had been electing “uneducated” persons as Chief Ministers, but now two educated persons had taken over as the Chief Minister and the Acting president of the Haryana Congress. “Difference between the past and the present can be seen by everyone.” Mr Bhajan Lal’s nephew, Mr Dura Ram, MLA from neighbouring Fatehabad, also addressed the rally. Though he did not name anyone when Mr Hooda said the Congress had shown that it would not tolerate corrupt persons “either in the government or in the party”, it was obvious he was referring to Mr Bhajan Lal, his bete noire. Mr Hooda said action would be taken against those found indulging in corrupt practices during the ongoing recruitment of police constables and teachers. Asserting availability of adequate power and water and good law and order situation were essential inputs for the development of a state, Mr Hooda said the previous governments did not take steps to increase power generation as a result of which the state faced an acute shortage of power. Now the government had initiated several projects which would bear fruit within three to four years. He said the state faced water shortage in the past because the INLD, which had good relations with Akali leaders in Punjab, did not bother to get Haryana’s share in the river waters. Now the available water was being distributed equitably among all areas of the state. The law and order situation was much better compared to one under the previous government because the police had got tough against antisocial elements. Accusing the previous governments of terrorising people, Mr Hooda said: “They worked for notes, we work for votes”. Referring to a long list of demands put by Mr
Beniwal, he said it was surprising that the constituency which had been represented by a Finance Minister (Prof Sampat Singh) for such a long time, had so many problems. Dr Ram Prakash, acting president of the Haryana Congress; Mr Ranjit Singh, Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Board; Mr Dharamvir Singh, Chief Parliamentary Secretary; Mr Jai Prakash and Mr Atma Singh Gill, both MPs; and Dr
K.V. Singh, Officer-on-Special Duty to the Chief Minister were among the speakers. The organisers had employed many cooks to prepare food for 30,000 people. Mr Mohinder Garg, a shopkeeper in the grain market, where the rally was held, told The Tribune that the cooks had been making “jalebis” and other food items since last night. Mr Raj Kumar Narang, another shopkeeper said he had never seen such a large rally in the history of Bhattu Kalan. |
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Birender plays down Bhajan’s resignation
Ambala, July 7 Talking to mediapersons before attending the installation ceremony of the Rotary Club of Ambala, Mr Birender Singh said Mr Bhajan Lal’s resignation was nothing important. “Every individual has a role in the party. A person has to fulfil the role assigned to him,” he said. “Even I had been removed from a party post in the past, but work must continue,” he added. Mr Birender Singh said Mr Kuldeep Bishnoi was a Congress MP and in a democratic set-up, every person had the right to express his opinion. “However, the opinion must be within limits. It is for the party to decide whether the limits are being crossed,” he said. He said burning of effigies by some so-called Congress persons was not a healthy sign. “If they have grievances, they should approach the party high command. It is not proper to hold such public demonstrations,” he said. To a query, Mr Birender Singh said Opposition parties were not aware of the facts pertaining to the SEZ. “The SEZ will help in the economic growth of Haryana. The land for the SEZ was acquired four years back by the HSIDC and compensation has already been paid to farmers. The SEZ is a joint venture of Reliance and the HSIDC,” he said. He said for SEZ projects falling within the NCR region, the government was willing to help in acquiring up to 25 per cent of the land requirement and for SEZ projects outside the NCR region, the government was willing to acquire land up to 50 per cent of the requirement. “Farmers are not at a loss and we are always with them,” he said. Regarding the power situation, Mr Birender Singh admitted that they were not in a position to provide adequate power. “There is a demand for 9,000 MW and we are able to generate 4,000 MW. We have also bought power from outside at Rs 4 to Rs 6 per unit,” he said. He pointed out that the Northern Grid lacked the capacity for carrying excess power. “There is no proper system in place when it comes to supplying excess power from a state to a power-deficit state. The transmission issue needs to be taken up on priority,” he said. He added that Haryana and Punjab had both opposed the move by Uttar Pradesh to draw excess power from the grid, which lead to grid failure. “Three days ago, during a meeting on the draft proposal for the 11th Five-Year Plan, Punjab had made a plea, supported by Haryana, that there should be a cap on pricing in the trading system of power. It is unfair when power surplus states demand excess money for providing power. There is a need for providing power to farmers at a reasonable rate,” he said.
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Bhajan PCC permanent member
Chandigarh, July 7 According to the Press note, Mr Bhajan Lal has been inducted into the PCC because of his being a former PCC chief. Others, who have been inducted into the PCC today as Permanent Members are Mr Ranbir Singh (father of the Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda), Rao Nihal Singh, Sardar Harpal Singh, Mr S S Surjewala, Mr Dharampal Singh Malik and Mr Ram Kishan Gupta. Besides, Mr
B.D. Gupta and Mr Hukm Singh have also been inducted as Permanent Members in view of their being Chief Ministers of Haryana earlier. While Mr Bhajan Lal’s inclusion as a Permanent Member falls in the category of a routine exercise, what is considered significant politically is the induction of his loyalist Mr Mangeram Gupta, MLA and former Haryana Finance Minister, as a member of the PCC executive. |
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Factionalism in Cong has hit governance, says Rajnath
Rewari, July 7 Mr Raj Nath Singh was here to attend the wedding ceremony of the son of state BJP general secretary Veer Kumar Yadav. Talking to newspersons, he explained that the cliques of the Congress party were so engrossed in factional fighting that they had no time for governance. As regards the much-hyped induction of Mr Bhajan Lal into the BJP, he simply said that neither the party brass had made any such overture to Mr Bhajan Lal nor he had contacted the party in this connection. The anti-people policies of the Congress-led UPA also came in for criticism. Mr Raj Nath Singh asserted that the sky rocketing prices of essential commodities was a result of such policies. He describing the recent sharp decline in sensex as a disastrous event in the history of fiscal management after independence. He criticised the Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram for terming it a manufactured crisis. Strongly condemning the unceremonious dismissal of Dr P. Venugopal, Director of AIIMS, the BJP chief alleged that this could not have been done by the Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss without the concurrence of Mrs Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. He added that when things were so much in the boiling pot, the possibility of a mid term poll in the country could not be ruled out. Mr Bal
Apte, national vice president of the BJP, Mr Sanjay Joshi, national organizing general secretary of the party, Mr Jagdish Mukhi, leader of the Opposition in Delhi and several other prominent party leaders were present on the occasion. |
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Pak national, 2 others held for spying
Chandigarh, July 7 Sources said that technical and electronic surveillance by the intelligence agencies revealed calls being made to Pakistan after which the location and origin of these was pinpointed. The Pakistani has been identified as Makhan Ram, a 19-year-old semi-literate resident of Rahim Yar Khan. The sources revealed that he had arrived in India by train through Wagah on May 25 on a valid visa and was scheduled to return on July 9. The others arrested have been identified as Harcharan Singh, believed to be an intelligence operative, and Alu Ram. He stayed at the latter’s place. Harcharan Singh is said to be a resident of Sriganganagar and had given the CDs, believed to contain photographs and military-related information, to Makhan, who before his departure from Pakistan was apparently briefed to make contact with him. Though the community to which he belongs has members settled on both sides of the border, this is said to be his first visit to India after he got his passport in 2002. He had a visa to visit Jaipur as well, but he did not go there. The sources said that he had come to India to meet his relatives and was staying with them near Sirsa. He had made several telephone calls to Pakistan. The sources said his interrogation revealed that he had been asked to move around places like Hisar and the Sriganganagar belt and collect information on formation signs and the tactical numbers of units located in these areas. |
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SYL non-issue with Cong, says Sampat
Rohtak, July 7 Addressing a press conference here, he said there was no case pending on this issue in any court and the apex court had already cleared the decks for its completion. But neither the Centre nor the Haryana Government were interested in the canal because of the party’s electoral interests in neighbouring Punjab. He said he feared that the Hooda government had given up the project already because of the
Hansi-Butana canal project which was still involved in legal tangles. He said even if this canal was constructed, no water would be available for it from the Bhakra Mainline Canal (BMC) because it was an inter-state issue and the Central Water Commission (CWC) had not yet cleared the project. He accused the government of misleading the public on the issue of power availability and its purchase. MP Ajay Chautala said the Congress government had proven to be a big failure. Not only the opposition parties but the chief of the ruling party and its workers too were fed up with their own government. He said farmers’ interests had been ignored while finalising the Reliance SEZ project. He said the deal was a complete sellout and it was a scandal involving several hundred crores of rupees. |
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Gita Gopal Himalayan rally flagged off
Ambala, July 7 The Gita Gopal rally had entered the Limca Book of Records last year. The rally was flagged off by Mrs Shakti Rani Sharma, wife of Haryana Minister for Power, Mr Venod Sharma, from Anaj Mandi in Ambala Sadar. As many as 165 persons are participating in the rally. There are 62 motor cycles, one bus, two trucks and one Maruti van. The rally will be for a period of 18 days. The rallyists will pass through Rishikesh, Uttarkashi, Gangotri,
Gaumukh, Tapovan, Joshi Math and Badri Nath. The rally is being led by Gita Gopal president Rakesh Mohan Sharma. Mr Sharma said that their organisation was generating awareness about issues pertaining to ecology. He said that there was a need to stop pollution, stop the cutting of tress, correct usage of water and to ensure cleanliness in holy places. He said that Gita Gopal Himalayan rally had started off with 19 members and today there were 165
members. The chief guest, Mrs Shakti Rani Sharma, said that the increase in pollution levels was posing a danger to the sustainability to the human race. She said that more saplings must be planted and the use of polythene must be stopped.
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7 bonded labourers freed
Sonepat, July 7 The raid was conducted when one of the hotel servants lodged a complaint with the SDM that 19 labourers were being kept bonded by hotel owner Kuldeep and illegal activities were being carried out in the hotels. During the raid the police have reportedly arrested four persons and seized two oil tankers when oil was being sold to the hotel. The arrested persons are driver Hari Ram and conductor Sombir of Rajasthan (HR-69-3566) and driver Sanjay and conductor Girdhari of Uttar Pradesh (DL-1GB-5708). However the hotel owner reportedly escaped with other labourers before the raid. Besides seizing 40 litre petrol and diesel, one drum of liquor and a Tata-407 (HR-46B-5068), the police also recovered empty drums of oil and charcoal and other instruments used in taking out oil from the tankers. The freed labourers have reportedly told the SDM that hotels’ owner used to allegedly sell
adulterated oil and spurious liquor. They also reportedly complained that the police personnel used to visit the hotels and were being “obliged” by the owner. We used to tell them about our sufferings, they used to beat us only,” the labourers have alleged. The SDM has handed over the inquiry of the incident to Tehsildar, Rajinder Garg. |
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Abducted girl rescued, 3 arrested
Karnal, July 7 Kamolika, the main accused and her two accomplices, Manoj and Ashok, were arrested by the local police from New Delhi yesterday on the charge of abduction with an intention to murder. A local resident, Ashok, had lodged a complaint with the police on July 3 when his daughter did not return from the market. He alleged that Kamolika and two others had kidnapped his daughter after they took her from her residence on the pretext of going to the market. According to the police, Kamolika had come into direct contact with the victim’s family through Gaurav, a brother of the victim, who is lodged in the local jail. She was introduced to Gaurav through Arvind, another jail inmate. She claimed to have been engaged to the latter. The complainant said the main accused had become a frequent visitor to their home and tried to be friendly with them. On July 3, she came to the victim’s home and asked her to accompany her to the market. Her father got suspicious when his daughter did not return. Following the complaint, a team of local police yesterday conducted a raid at Dhripur in New Delhi and rescued the minor girl and arrested all the accused. |
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Haryana BJP poll officials
Ambala, July 7 Mr Kataria announced the names of district election officials. They are Panchkula - Ms Veena
Chibber, Ambala rural - Ms Rosy Malik, Yamunanagar rural - Mr Ravinder Sehgal, Kaithal - Mr Gyan Chand Gupta, Panipat urban - Ms Santosh
Atreja, Rohtak urban - Mr Lalit Batra, Jind - Mr Narendra Dahiya, Sonepat - Mr Om Prakash Sharma, Hisar - Mr Tara Chand Aggarwal, Fatehabad - Mr Haridas Saini, Gurgaon rural - Mr Arun Maheshwari, Dadri - Mr Deepak Mangla, Palwal - Mr Vikram Yadav and Rewari - Mr Anand Sharma, Ambala City - Mr Ghanshyam Das, Yamunanagar urban - Mr Ramesh Kashyap, Kurukshetra - Mr Ravinder Dhawan, Karnal - Mr Atam Prakash Manchanda, Panipat rural - Mr Dharamveer Mirzapur, Rohtak rural - Mr Om Prakash
Atrey, Jhajjar - Mr Jaivir Godara, Sirsa - Mr Kamal Gupta, Hisar rural - Mr Ramesh Bhatia, Gurgaon urban - Mr Deep Bhatia, Mewat - Mr Sat Prakash Kashyap, Faridabad - Mr Niwas Goel, Bhiwani - Mr Sita Ram Bagdi and Mahendragarh - Mr Vijay Pal. |
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Woman dies, in-laws booked
Panipat, July 7 Informing that her daughter was married to Madan Lal five years ago, the mother of the deceased, Mrs Swarna Devi alleged that her in-laws used to beat her up for not bringing adequate dowry. They came to know about the incident from neighbours as the in-laws of her daughter did not inform them although they lived in nearby Tehsil Complex, alleged Mrs Swarna Devi. She said that Rahul, three-year-old son of Asha Rani, also suffered some burn injuries in the incident that took place this morning after which her daughter succumbed to her injuries at the Civil Hospital. |
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Transport officers’ body
Chandigarh, July 7 While Mr M.S. Ahalawat, GM, Haryana Roadways (HR), Kurukshetra, has been elected senior vice-president, Mr Virender Singh, DTC (P&D), Chandigarh, is the vice-president. Mr Udaivir Singh, Traffic Manager, HR, Hisar, is the general secretary. |
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Domestic help abducts minor
Jhajjar, July 7 According to information, the girl, daughter of Rajender Singh of Mundahera village, had gone to her school at Salawas village yesterday where she was a student of Class VI, but she did not return in the evening. The family members launched a hunt. In the meantime, they also found their domestic help Raju and his wife Anita, who hailed from a Bihar village, missing. |
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Villagers block traffic
Sonepat, July 7 Hundreds of residents, including women, reportedly sat on a dharna on the highway around noon and blocked it by putting stones and wooden structures. On receiving information, SDM Amarjit Singh Mann and officials of the electricity department reached the spot and persuaded the villagers to lift the blockade.
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GJU’s online counselling centre
Hisar, July 7 An official statement today said the candidates could log on to the courses as per their own choice at the centre from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The centre will also remain open on Sundays and
holidays. — TNS |
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