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Sonia to decide Haryana Cong chief: Hooda
INLD leader’s charge against Hooda govt
Kuldeep for change in legislature party leadership
Increase in forest area
Badal seeks easy norms for Punjabi teaching in colleges
Medical seats: assn told to postpone counselling
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Murder of nurse solved, one held
Remand of preacher extended
Teacher arrested in molestation case
Two kids killed as woman jumps before train
4 girls caught using unfair means in exam
Villager shot
BSS activists burn Musharraf’s effigy
12 hurt in bus mishap
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Sonia to decide Haryana Cong chief: Hooda
Kurukshetra, July 16 In reply to a question, Mr Hooda said Kurukshetra would be developed and it would be brought on the international map. An Akshar Dham temple would also be constructed at Kurukshetra and the final decision would be taken soon as he had got the proposal for the setting up of the same. A number of steps had been taken now to generate more power in the state and a number of projects were in the pipeline in the state, including 1000 MW power plants at Hisar, Jajjar and Panipat. Besides, the work on 600 MW thermal power plant at Yamunanagar had already been started. He revealed that Reliance Industry Limited had also promised to set up a 2000 MW power plant in the upcoming Special Economic Zone in Haryana. Earlier, Mr Hooda inaugurated a Community Health Centre at Mathana village, 8 km from here, constructed at a cost of Rs 2.40 crore. The centre would provide better health care facilities to 1.82 lakh population of the adjoining villages of Mathana. The Chief Minister directed the health authorities to make the provision of dental chairs and all equipment, including X-ray machines, immediately in the centre. The Haryana Health Minister, Mrs Kartar Devi said the budget of the Health Department had increased 60 per cent so that better healthcare facilities could be provided to the people at their door steps. The Chief Minister also laid the foundation stone of Babu Dharamchand Memorial Shopping Complex to be constructed at a cost of Rs 64.20 lakh by the Municipal Committee, Ladwa. Mr Hooda also inaugurated a gymnasium at Ladwa, 10 km from here, constructed by Naveen Jindal Friends Club at a cost of Rs 3 lakh. Mr Hooda also inaugurated a vegetable market at Ladwa constructed at a cost of Rs 14 lakh on 8 acres. The Kurukshetra MP, Mr. Naveen Jindal, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee working president, Dr Ramprakash, Haryana Urban Development Minister of State, Mrs Savitri Jindal, Parliamentary Secretary, Dr Krishna Pandit, local MLA, Mr Ramesh Gupta, MLA from Bhattu Kalan, Mr Kulbir Beniwal, MLA from Naultha, Mrs Prasanni Devi, Political Adviser to Chief Minister, Prof Virender Singh, Deputy Commissioner, Mr T.K. Sharma, and SP, Mr Sanjay Kumar, were present. |
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INLD leader’s charge against Hooda govt
Chandigarh, July 16 In a statement here today, the spokesman of the INLD, Mr Pradip Choudhary, said the registration of a false case against a senior INLD leader, Mr Sube Singh, at the "behest" of a coloniser in Tohana "was not the first attempt by the government to gag those who exposed its misdeeds." He said earlier the government had implicated a leader of the youth wing of the INLD, Mr Umed Singh Lohan, in a murder case. He said the government was hunting INLD workers throughout the state because the party was exposing the former's "immoral" deals with colonisers.
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Kuldeep for change in legislature party leadership
Chandigarh, July 16 Supporters of the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, led by the General Secretary of the Haryana Youth Congress, Mr Lakhwinder Singh Lakha, reacted immediately and described Mr Bishnoi’s demand as “the result of his frustration”. Mr Bishnoi, who is the younger son of the former Chief Minister, Mr Bhajan Lal, fired the fresh salvo after he was served a show cause notice by the party high command for his outbursts against the state government about a month ago. He also announced an agitation against the Reliance SEZ deal. The agitation, “Aam Aadmi Adhikar Andolan”, would start from Khandsa village on July 18 to pressurise the government to pay market value to those whose land was acquired for the Reliance SEZ, to which Mr Bishnoi had been objecting. During the agitation he would visit four more villages where the land had been acquired for the SEZ, which he descibed as the biggest scam of the state. Mr Bishnoi said Mrs Sonia Gandhi should inquire individually from all party MLAs about the performance of the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, whom he described as “inexperienced and incompetent”. Asked if his outbursts were attempts to force the Congress to expel him and pave the way for his family to float a separate party, Mr Bishnoi said “the Congress is in our blood. I cannot even think of quitting it.” He said Mr Bhajan Lal was not planning any new party or non-political front. |
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Increase in forest area
Bhiwani, July 16 Ms Chaudhary inaugurated the function by planting Triveni of Vat, Pipal and Neem. About 1000 students from different schools of the district also planted saplings. Addressing the gathering, the minister emphasised the role of forests in maintaining ecological balance and environment conservation. She said when Haryana came into existence in 1966, the forest area in the state was just 2.86 per cent, but now the forest and tree cover of the state had become 6.6 per cent of the total geographical area. Mr Gaurav Garg from Faridabad stood first in the state in Eco-quiz competition, while Pooja Pawar and Pritika Gulati from Nuh (Mewat) got second and third places, respectively. At the district-level, Mayank Jain got the first place in Bhiwani district, Pradeep Bhardwaj and Neha Sisodia stood second and third, respectively. In the painting competition, Yojna was adjudged first in Bhiwani district in the senior category, Simran Saxena and Rajesh Kumar came second and Priya Soni came third in the same category. In the junior category, Pratibha got the first place, Edinko second and Akanksha Jain third place. |
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Badal seeks easy norms for Punjabi teaching in colleges
Chandigarh, July 16 Mr Badal sent a letter to the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, yesterday asking him to revise the norms so that those who wanted their children to learn Punjabi could do so easily. Alleging that the norms fixed for teaching Punjabi in Haryana colleges were discriminatory, Mr Badal pointed out that a minimum of 30 students were required in a college to take up the language as an elective or compulsory subject before a teacher would be provided. But, he said, in case of music, only a minimum of 15 students were required. Asserting that it would be a great injustice with all Punjabi-speaking people of Haryana, Mr Badal urged Mr Hooda to abolish the condition of minimum students immediately. |
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Medical seats: assn told to postpone counselling
Chandigarh, July 16 While stating this here yesterday, an official spokesman said the association had also been directed that at least one week’s notice should be given for the next date of counselling. The committee also directed the association to hold counselling from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. only. |
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Murder of nurse solved, one held
Rewari, July 16 The accused, Rajpal Yadav (24), who was arrested yesterday, was yesterday produced in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Baljeet Singh, who remanded him in police custody for one day. The doctors who had conducted the autopsy had established strangulation as the cause of the death. The Jatusana police had registered a case of murder under Section 302 of the IPC. Krishna Devi, wife of Naresh Kumar of Koyalpur village in Jhajjar district, had been serving as an auxiliary nurse-cum-midwife at the sub-health centre of Nangal Pathani village for the past several months. On May 5 afternoon, when she was on her way to the village bus stop, she was overpowered and dragged into the grove by the accused. She was raped twice before being strangulated by the accused. On June 19, the 60-yr-old aunt of Rajpal Yadav, Roshni Devi, complained to the DSP Kosli alleging attempt to rape, intimidation and confession of Krishna Devi’s murder by the accused. Rajpal had tried to rape Roshni Devi, but failed after a member of the family reached the scene. Yadav fled after threatening his aunt of meeting the same fate as Krishna Devi if she opened her mouth on the issue. However, Roshni Devi divulged the details to DSP Kosli Ved Prakash Godara, who got a case of assault, attempt to outrage modesty and criminal intimidation under Sections 452, 354 and 506, IPC, registered against Yadav. Yadav, who was produced before mediapersons at a press conference in the office of the district police chief here today, confessed to his crime. The DSP said another Section of rape, 376, had been added to the FIR after the confessional statement of the accused. |
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Remand of preacher extended
Rohtak, July 16 The preacher and 18 others were produced in a local court here on the expiry of their earlier remand. The prosecution stated that 23 weapons had been recovered from the ashram premises and it wanted to interrogate Rampal to find out where the weapons came from. The prosecution also stated that there were several locked chambers in the ashram and the police needed Rampal to open these. The defence, however, pleaded that there was no need for extending his police custody. The court, however, did not agree to extending custody by 10 days as demanded by the prosecution but ruled that he and the others be kept in police custody till July 19. A police constable, Bijendra, who was the official gunman of the preacher, was also produced in the court today. He is also an accused in the case as he too is alleged to have fired shots at villagers from his rifle. It may be recalled that the preacher’s supporters had opened fire on a mob of villagers on Wednesday resulting in the death of one person and injuries to 56 others. The mob comprised residents of nearby villages who had been demanding closure of the ashram. The government has attached the ashram. |
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Teacher arrested in molestation case
Yamunanagar, July 16 The primary schools of Beadchpari and Malipur villages (where Narinder Kumar teaches) remained closed yesterday as the keys of the school were with the two accused teachers and both remained untraced. Meanwhile, several teacher organisations from the district affiliated to the Sarv Karamchari Sangh today passed a resolution condemning the incident and demanded that the accused be sent back to the prathmik siksha’s head office in Bhiwani. |
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Two kids killed as woman jumps before train
Ambala, July 16 The woman Chanderkala (30) belongs to Daddu Majra village. She came at Ambala Cantt railway station along with her two children Abhishek (4) Ruma (5) to go to her parental village in Uttar Pradesh. Later she changed his mind and decided to commit suicide. Abhishek died on the spot while Ruma succumbed to her injuries in hospital. Chanderkala, who is admitted in the hospital, disclosed that her husband was working as a labourer and his earnings were limited. She said it was very difficult for them to pull on. The railway police registered a case in this regard and sent the bodies to Civil Hospital for post mortem. The police informed the husband of Chanderkala about the incident.
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4 girls caught using unfair means in exam
Karnal, July 16 According to Mr R.P. Lohan, Controller of Examination, one girl each from Rohtak, Sonepat and Safidon were caught carrying mobile phones despite a ban. He added that another girl at a college in Jind was caught while attempting to smuggle out a question paper. |
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Villager shot
Jhajjar, July 16 According to information, deceased Sadhu The wife of the deceased, Meena, lodged a complaint with the police. One of the accused has been arrested. |
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BSS activists burn Musharraf’s effigy
Rewari, July 16 They shouted slogans against Pakistan accusing it of abetting terrorism in India. Condemning the blasts, BSS’s state deputy chief Dharmi Saini also urged the UPA government to adopt tough stance against Pakistan. |
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12 hurt in bus mishap
Karnal, July 16 Sources said that the accident took place when the driver of the New Delhi-bound private bus from Punjab lost control over the vehicle. |
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