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1 killed, 46 hurt as ashram followers, youths clash Arrears to pvt college employee paid by govt Haryana wakes up to control malaria Mill told to pay arrears to farmers Scam: MLA denies involvement Engg courses: forum for restoring reservation |
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Bid to rape 8-month-old Man shot dead by
brother Charges against Surjewala refuted Man robbed of Rs 2.50 lakh Residents get relief Ultrasound centres to give name of radiologist CM writes to Pawar on subsidy Career
guidance week
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1 killed, 46 hurt as ashram followers, youths clash Karontha (Rohtak), July 12 The deceased has been identified as Sonu of Baghpur village in Jhajjar district. He was hit by a bullet in the neck. Trouble began when a panchayat of 27 villages of the area was meeting at Dighal village near here this morning to finalise their strategy to get the ashram vacated. The panchayat leaders had met Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday at Bahadurgarh and demanded that the ashram be wound up in three days. However, even as the elders were trying to convince angry youths not to precipitate the matter, about 1000 youngmen, armed with sticks, left the panchayat and tried to gherao the ashram, where more than 500 followers of controversial preacher Rampal have been camping for the past several days. As the mob approached the ashram, the preacher’s followers, armed with guns and other firearms, began firing at the mob indiscriminately. They also pelted brickbats. Since the followers of the preacher were at a height, the youths became sitting ducks. The villagers removed the injured to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) at Rohtak. The police resorted to a lathicharge to disperse the youths who had surrounded the ashram. When this did not work, the police also fired teargas shells and pressed water cannons into service. The mob later withdrew from there to some distance but the situation was still tense. Deputy Commissioner R.S. Doon said Section 144 Cr PC had been imposed. He said police from the nearby districts had also been summoned here to ward off escalation of trouble. Paramilitary forces had also been alerted. He said if the mob did not leave, curfew would be imposed. Mr Doon said the ashram property had been attached under Section 145 Cr PC, which meant that the government would take over the property and get it vacated because it threatened peace in the area. The Rohtak and Jhajjar police have surrounded the ashram but the authorities were still trying to convince the ashram followers to vacate it and the mob outside to go back to their villages. Mediapersons were not allowed to go towards the ashram by the police. The preacher has earned the wrath of the people of this area because of his controversial views on Arya Samaj. The entire belt is a stronghold of the Samaj and residents of nearby villages have been demanding the ashram’s closure for several years. Fresh trouble arose on July 8 when the preacher’s followers blocked traffic on both sides of the ashram, demanding release of two persons detained by the Jhajjar police in connection with a criminal case registered against nine supporters of the preacher on June 7 last. It is learnt that a disciple of the preacher had left his mentor about a year ago and founded his own ashram near Ambala. He originally came from the rival ashram in Chhudani village. This disciple had written a book criticising the preacher. A group of supporters of the preacher led by a woman had gone to Chhudani looking for the former disciple who was not there at that time. A scuffle followed, following which the police registered a case. The woman had also lodged a complaint which was allegedly not entertained by the police. In retaliation to the blockade, residents of nearby villages blocked all approaches to the ashram on Sunday. The ashram men lifted their blockade yesterday but the villagers did not allow those stranded inside the ashram to go. Power and water supply to the ashram had been cut off several days ago. |
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Arrears to pvt college employee paid by govt Hisar, July 12 Satbir Singh Beniwal, who is employed as a library restorer with the
C.R. College of Education, run by the Jat Education Society, Hisar, went on a study leave a few years
ago. However, it came to the notice of the college management that Satbir was not studying, but running a shop of farm inputs during the leave. Following this, the college authorities sent him a letter, asking him to furnish the details of the course and the university where he was enrolled. When the employee did not comply with the direction, he was given a notice, stating that he should report back to duty, failing which his services would be terminated. Satbir did not respond to the notice as well and was subsequently expelled from service. The sacked employee moved a labour court, where he lost the case. He later went to the High Court, which ruled in his favour on some technical ground. After being reinstated by the college, Satbir sought his salary arrears for a nearly three-year period. Strangely enough, the employee reportedly managed to get his arrears to the tune of Rs 3.5 lakh released from the state government in March, 2001, though he was an employee of the private college. Hence, his arrears should have been paid by the college management. The matter came to light when a local resident lodged a written complaint with the state Higher Education Commissioner in this regard. Following this, the Commissioner sent the case to the college Principal for his comments. The matter was taken up at a recent meeting of the college management, which constituted a three-member inquiry committee to look into the matter. |
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Haryana wakes up to control malaria Chandigarh, July 12 Till June 30 this year, 16, 781 cases of Vivax malaria were reported from all over the state, though only nine cases of falciparum malaria were reported. Of these, 71 per cent of the cases (11, 857) have been reported from the districts of Karnal, Panipat and Sonepat. The highest incidence of malaria has been reported in Karnal (4917). In fact, for the past two years, maximum number of malaria cases (Plasmodium Vivax malaria) are reported from these districts, which have formed the high risk zone for malaria. Thus, the Technical Advisory Committee of the Government of India, has allowed the state government to spray Deltamethrine in these three districts. Senior officials at the Health Department informed TNS that the insecticide would be sprayed twice to check the breeding of the vector as the insecticide has residual effect for 10 weeks. "For the remaining 17 districts in the state, 153 tonnes of malathion has been procured and this will be sprayed, in case of rise in malaria cases," informed a senior official. Health officials say that the spread of malaria in these three districts is not just because of their their location near the Yamuna river, but also because of paddy cultivation in this belt. The mosquitoes breed in the stagnant water in the fields, and the migrant labourers who are hired for paddy cultivation and harvesting from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand, are also carriers of the parasite. "Our main strategy is on disease surveillance in these migrant labourers. We are preparing slides for these labourers in 14,175 drug distribution centres and providing them free chloroquinn tablets, in case they are detected with malaria. Over 1600 health workers are now involved in the surveillance," he said. Besides, the biological control for the anopheles mosquito, by introducing gambusia and guppy fishes is being taken up in 314 water bodies. "This biological control has already been successfully introduced in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. We are now using the existing water bodies for introducing the exotic fish species in most districts," said a top official. |
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Mill told to pay arrears to farmers Yamunanagar, July 12 A deputation of cane growers from the area led by the working president of the Haryana Pardesh Congress Committee Dr Ram Parkash met Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda in Chandigarh yesterday, with the demand. It is learnt that Mr Hooda directed the mill management to release the payment which had been pending since 2003. Earlier in the day, at least 100 farmers from the district led by Dr Ram Parkash reached the official residence of Mr Hooda. Officials of the mill were also present. After a discussion, the farmers and mill management left the decision to the Chief Minister. “Mr Hooda asked the mill to pay the arrears”, said Dr Ram Parkash. Mr Ranjeet Puri, president, Saraswati Sugar Mills, assured the Chief Minister that he would ensure early payment of the arrears. Mr C.L. Singh, general manager of the mill, and Dr Rajpal Singh, Chairman, Sugar Fed, Haryana, attended the meeting. Over 20,000 farmers would be benefited from this decision of the government. The farmers had been agitating for getting their arrears for several months. |
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Scam: MLA denies involvement Ambala, July 12 Davander Bansal, MLA, Ambala Cantt, said he had asked the police to visit the office of Cherish Ink if it wanted to check some records. He said he and his family members were not connected with Agro Fed in any manner. He alleged that some opposition leaders had been conspiring to implicate him in this scam. He said he had already demanded a CBI inquiry in the scam so that the truth could come out. He said Cherish Ink was authorised to supply stationery and other goods to various company and had sales tax number issued by the department. The company would file a defamation suit of any body attempted to
damage its goodwill . Meanwhile a former MLA of Ambala Cantt, Anil Vij, who had staged a dharna, along with his supporters, at Maheshnagar police station on Monday, said the police had acted under pressure of their agitation. He said they had lifted the dharna on the assurance of DSP that the police would take action against Cherish Ink for the bills in Agro Fed name for supply of stationary, cattle feed and other goods. The claim of the MLA that he had invited the police to visit the firm of his brother was a political gimmick . He demanded that the police should also book the MLA in this scam. He said he was ready to face any defamation suit to save the interest of hundred of unemployment youths. Meanwhile, the police has arrested three agents of the Agro Fed through whom the money was collected from the unemployment youths. The SP, Ambala, Mr Amitabh Dhillon said the police would not spare any person found involved in the scam. He said more than 60 FIRs were registered in this regard and a cash of Rs 1.25 crore, gold worth 14 lakh and 11 vehicles worth 50 lakh were recovered from them so far. |
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Engg courses: forum for restoring reservation Chandigarh, July 12 In a representation given to the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, here today, the forum pointed out that these communities had reservation in these courses till last year. The representation was given when a delegation of the forum led by a former Director-General of Haryana Police, Mr H.R. Swan, met Mr Hooda. The other members of the delegation were Mr Lachhman Dass, a former DGP; Mr
T.D. Jogpal, former State Election Commissioner of Haryana; Mr Jyoti Prakash, former Income Tax Commissioner; Mr Zile Singh, a retired IAS officer; and Mr
L.R. Narwal, a former Inspector-General of Haryana Police. The Supreme Court in the P.A. Inamdar case had decided that the government could not ask the private unaided institutions to reserve seats for the Scheduled Castes and backward classes. However, Parliament passed the 93rd Constitutional Amendment to overcome the apex court judgement. The delegation said while Punjab and the Union Territory of Chandigarh had implemented the Amendment, Haryana had only partially implemented it. The Haryana Government had made provision for reservation in all private medical and dental colleges as well as in certain engineering courses of the diploma level. However, it made no provision for reservation in the engineering courses of the degree level. Mr Jogpal said the private unaided colleges had about 86 per cent seats, none of which was reserved for the Scheduled Castes and backward classes. |
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Bid to rape 8-month-old Rewari, July 12 It was stated that the baby girl, who was sleeping beside her mother, was stealthily picked up by the accused, who again kept her there after the attempted offence. In the process when the mother woke up and raised an alarm, her husband Raju rushed towards the youth, who managed to flee. The baby girl, who was bleeding, was first taken to a private hospital in the village and subsequently to a private clinic at Rewari, from where, at the suggestion of the doctor, she was eventually brought to the local Civil Hospital. But when the doctors at the Civil Hospital showed reluctance to treat the baby girl, the hapless parents met the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Chander Prakash, who directed the hospital authorities to provide proper treatment to the victim. In view of her critical condition, the doctors at the Civil Hospital eventually referred her to the PGIMS Rohtak. Raju, his wife Kavita and his brother-in-law, all residents of Baliali village in Bhiwani district, who were engaged in construction work, were staying at the dharamshala in the village. On a complaint lodged by the girl’s father Raju, the Dharuhera police, which registered a case of attempted rape under Sections 376, 511 of the IPC, has launched further proceedings into the matter. |
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Man shot dead by brother Sonepat, July 12 Some dispute over money was stated to be the reason behind the murder. On the complaint of the victim’s son Deepak, the police has registered a case against Naresh, who is reportedly absconding after committing the murder. Deepak alleged that Naresh had threatened his father with dire consequences a number of times in the past. According to information, as part of his daily routine, Sunil was coming to the railway station with two containers of milk to board a passenger train for Delhi to deliver milk to his son. He was reportedly stopped by Naresh near a temple, adjacent to the railway station and fired at from point-blank range. Sunil died on the spot. On receiving information, the police reached the spot and brought Sunil’s body to Civil Hospital here for post-mortem examination. |
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Charges against Surjewala refuted
Kaithal, July 12 Mr Ranjha, who is also from the Balmiki community, said those persons who had raised this controversy were politically against him and they themselves or their relatives had in the past contested municipal elections against him or his relatives. He said that Mr Surjewala had done a lot for Dalits and Balmikis and even got constructed “chaupals” and got drinking water facilities in Dalit areas. It may be recalled that some Balmiki leaders including Anil Sauda , Shyam Lal Kalyan , Rajesh Bahadur and others, at a press conference held here yesterday had alleged that Mr Surjewala had used derogatory words against Balmikis when they went to local courts on July 7 and met Mr Surjewala and invited him for the function. Following this, a function to be organised to honour Mr Surjewala on July 10 was cancelled .
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Man robbed of Rs 2.50 lakh Ambala, July 12 According to information, Ranjeet Kumar, a senior officer of a scientific instrument factory had withdrawn Rs 2.50 lakhs from HDFC Bank. Later he went to a branch of Punjab National Bank located in Rai Market. He parked his car near the bank. After some time he came out from the bank, two youths came their on a motorcycle. One of the youth snatched his bag containing the cash of Rs 2.50 lakhs and fled. Later it was noticed that the glasses of the door of the car was broken which indicate that the robbers had attempted to search the car. Perhaps they were aware of it that a huge cash was been carried in the car. The police has registered a case in this regard. |
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Residents get relief Ambala, June 12 Mr Suraj Bhan, chairman of National SC/BC Commission, had taken up this matter with the Army authorities in Delhi. Today a joint meeting of Army officers and members of the commission was organised in Ambala Cantt in which Mr Bhan and several senior officers of the Army were present. At the meeting it was discussed that if the state government provides alternative land to the defence authorities in exchange of Maali Parade land, then residents would not have to vacate the same. |
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Ultrasound centres to give name of radiologist
Chandigarh, July 12 This decision was taken at a meeting of the State Supervisory Board under the Act held here today. The meeting was presided over by the Haryana Health Minister, Mrs Kartar Devi. The board reviewed the status of implementation of the Act and the functioning of the District Appropriate Authorities in the state. Mrs Kartar Devi said creating awareness about the evils of female foeticide and changing the mindset of people was of paramount importance so as to check the declining sex ratio. She said the active participation of religious leaders and NGOs could help create awareness about this heinous crime and in successfully implementing the Act.
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CM writes to Pawar on subsidy Chandigarh, July 12 In a letter to Mr Pawar today, the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, said the subsidy under this scheme should be increased from 25 per cent to 50 per cent. |
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Career guidance week
Chandigarh, July 12 While stating this here yesterday, a spokesman of the Employment Department said that during the period job seekers would be provided with information on employment opportunities available in various fields.
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