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No-trust motion against MC chief passed
Illegal Bt cotton seed to push up produce in Haryana
Development projects for Rohtak on cards
Surjewala keen on tracing Saraswati
Close-circuit cameras to
be installed at HAU
Bhiwani leads in online records
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Two killed, 20 hurt in road mishap
Body found, villagers protest police inaction
Mystery shrouds man's death
Traders protest ‘hafta’ collection
Camp to fill posts for visually challenged on September 15 Haryana to have NCW branch Protest by non-affiliated schools’ body Rally against drug addiction Train passengers checked Fancy dress
competition
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No-trust motion against MC chief passed
Hisar, August 12 The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Phateh Singh Dagar, chaired the meeting in which 24 councillors, apart from the local MLA and Minister of state for Urban Development, Ms Savtiri Devi Jindal, participated. Other than the MLA, 22 councillors exercised their right to vote. Of the total 23 votes polled, one was cancelled and 22 went in favour of the no-confidence motion. Tight security arrangements had been made in view of the crucial meeting of the council. Mr Dagar said secret franchise was exercised and the no-trust move was passed with 22 votes polled in its favour. The vice-president of the council, Ms Manju Arora, was made the acting president of the council. Talking to mediapersons later, Mr Kharinta remarked that today was a black day in the history of the city, as the councillors had voted under influence of money. On the other hand, Ms Jindal said the councillors had made Mr Kharinta the council president and the councillors had removed him from the post. |
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Illegal Bt cotton seed to push up produce Chandigarh, August 12 Officials in the Agriculture Department, Haryana, said more than 41,000 hectares of area had been brought under these hybrid varieties of cotton, mainly in the districts of Sirsa, Fatehabad, Hisar and parts of Bhiwani and Jind. Comparatively, last year the area under these varieties was just 10,000 hectares. Since the use of these varieties ensures that the cotton crop will not be under attack of American bollworm (which severely hits production), the department is expecting the cotton production to go up to 21 lakh bales, as against a total production of 14. 99 lakh bales last year. Cotton is one of the most important cash crops in Haryana, and is known to fetch high returns to farmers. But over the years, the cotton belt of the state (districts of Sirsa, Hisar, Fatehabad, Bhiwani, Jind, Jhajjar, Rohtak and parts of Mahendragarh and Rewari) had been severely hit by attacks of American bollworm on the crop and area under cotton reduced drastically. Thus, the advent of Bt cotton hybrid last year was seen as a boon for farmers. Though the commercial cultivation of cotton was allowed last year, farmers had been illegally buying this hybrid seed from Gujarat and sowing it in their fields. Interestingly, even after the commercial cultivation has been allowed for two years now, farmers are still buying seeds from Gujarat. ‘‘In fact, almost 50 per cent of the area under Bt cotton has been cultivated by using unrecognised seeds from Gujarat,’’ said a senior Agriculture Department official. The official said the reason for the farmers not buying Bt cotton from approved sources was that it was much more expensive than the other hybrids available in the market. The cost of cultivating Bt cotton hybrid per acre of land was around Rs 1,750. As compared to this, the cost of cultivation of ‘desi’ cotton per acre was Rs 100 and of other hybrids Rs 1,000 per acre. While 1.2 kg to 1.5 kg of hybrid cotton seed was required per acre, only 450 gm of Bt cotton seed along with 120 gm of normal hybrids seed (without the Bt injection to act as refuge belt around the Bt cotton) was required, he added. Haryana has now demanded that the minimum support price (MSP) of cotton should be uniform in Punjab and Haryana. Generally, the MSP of cotton is Rs 10-15 per quintal higher in Punjab than in Haryana. As a result Haryana farmers often sell their produce in adjoining areas of Punjab.
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Development projects for Rohtak on cards
Rohtak, August 12 He said there were many hurdles in the way of the project, but he was able to convince the Railways of the urgency of this project. Besides, Rohtak-Rewari railway line via Jhajjar had also been approved, which would facilitate goods traffic from here. The widening of Delhi-Hisar National Highway No. 10 would be done in two phases. In the first phase, six laning of Delhi-Rohtak road would be taken up which was expected to take off by December. The Centre had also cleared four laning of Panipat-Rohtak-Jhajjar-Rewari-Bawal National Highway No. 71. He said the local PGIMS hospital would be developed as one of the best hospitals in the country. A telemedicine unit had been set up in the institute at a cost of Rs 17.11 lakh, which would help doctors to consult experts at AIIMS, New Delhi, and PGI, Chandigarh. Besides, Maharshi Dayanand University would be developed as a central university for which projects worth Rs 14.40 crore were in progress, the MP said. The MP said Rs 107 crore would be spent on improving the power supply and distribution in Rohtak district. He said two 132KV substations in Sector 3 and Hisar Road would be set up in near future. The work on laying storm water disposal lines from local D-park to Delhi Road and in old Housing Board colony were in progress. The MP said a master sewerage scheme of Rs 44.25 crore had been prepared under which sewer lines would be laid in newly approved colonies of the town.
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Surjewala keen on tracing Saraswati
Chandigarh, August 12 Mr Surjewala will soon convene a joint meeting of experts from the Archeological Survey of India, the Geological Survey of India, the Oil and Natural Gas Commission, the ISRO, and other organisations to form a joint working group to trace the paleo-channel of the ancient sacred, Saraswati. After watching a presentation on the Saraswati paleo-channel here yesterday, Mr Surjewala said the government had twin interests in launching this project — first to find out whether there was any under-ground aquifer in Haryana and secondly even if there was any slight possibility of it, then to harness the water of this channel. He said the mythical Saraswati was described as the biggest water reservoir by the Rig Veda and Yajurveda and presently confirmed by the satellite images. The focus was to discover new sources of water by linking the past with the future. He said the satellite images had confirmed the major course of Saraswati was present through the present day Gaggar which further passed through parts of Haryana, including Kurukshetra, Kalayat and Kaithal. Finally, the channel passed through parts of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan and adjoining regions in Pakistan before discharging into Rann of Kutch. Mr Surjewala said this joint venture would be launched with the assistant of the Union ministries of Petroleum and Water Resources. He explained that paleo-drainage system was an old channel through which river flowed and could hold thousands of cubic km of water.
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Close-circuit cameras to
be installed at HAU
Hisar, August 12 The Registrar of the university, Dr R.S. Dalal, said here today that apart from keeping a vigil on the outsiders, various exit points of the university would also not allow thoroughfare. Besides, close-circuit cameras will be installed at each gate of the university. The Registrar said a time schedule for each gate of the university had also been fixed. The Gate No. 1, located near the Madhuban Park, would remain opened round the clock, while Gate No. 2 on the Balsamand road would remain opened from 6 am to 10 pm during summer and 8 am to 9 pm during winter. Likewise, Gate No. 4 on the Rajgarh road would remain opened one hour before and one hour after the office hours. He said the passages connecting the mini-secretariat and the university campus had been closed permanently. Dr Dalal, who is also the controlling officer of the security organisation of the university, maintained that any attempt of crime on the varsity campus would be firmly dealt with. He said the persons who manhandled and injured a student of the university on July 30 had been arrested. |
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Bhiwani leads in online records
Bhiwani, August 12 Mr Kumar further added that last tehsil was of Charkhi Dadri where the revenue records were brought on line just three days back. |
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Patran episode: IMA for probe
Kurukshetra, August 12 Both Dr Garg and the IMA Haryana state secretary, Dr S.K. Arora, demanded a judicial enquiry into the episode so that the culprits and doctors involved in the scam could be brought to book.
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Two killed, 20 hurt in road mishap
Sonepat, August 12 The deceased were identified as Sheetla, a resident of Nipurna village of Uttar Pradesh and Shamlal hailing from a local village. All injured, including three women, were hospitalised here and two of them were referred to a hospital in Delhi. Meanwhile, in a separate mishap, Pooja (15), a student of Hindu Girls Senior Secondary School, Sonepat, was hit by a truck on Sonepat-Rohtak road near Bayyanpur village today when she was riding a bicycle to the school. She died on the spot.
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Body found, villagers protest police inaction
Jhajjar, August 12 His body bore injury marks which indicated that he had been beaten to death. The villagers blocked the road to protest against inaction of the police as the deceased had complained to the police about threat to his life two days ago. Deceased Mangtu Ram (60) was having a dispute with his brother-in- laws (wife's brothers), residents of Dobh village in Rohtak district. His son, Rajender, was also reportedly murdered in Dobh village on July 24 which was also the fallout of the same dispute. However, after the murder of his son, Mangtu Ram was also fearing for his own life as his brother-in -laws, identified as Ramesh and Ramphal, had also threatened him. He had lodged a report about the threats but the police failed to act. A villager spotted the body of the deceased this morning and informed others about it. The residents were enraged over the inaction of the police and blocked the road in protest. |
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Mystery shrouds man's death Ambala, August 12 Dilip Kumar's highly decomposed body was found amidst the overgrown bushes of the bungalow. A man, who was grazing his cattle, spotted the body. He raised an alarm, following which police personnel were informed. Dilip Kumar used to work as a tailor in BC Bazar. Mr Hem Raj Verma, elder brother of Dilip Kumar, said that his younger brother had been missing since July 30. "At about 8 pm on July 30, I had told Dilip to go home and give medicine to my ailing mother," he said. He said that Dilip reached home at about 8.15 pm and after giving medicine, he told my mother that he was going out for some time. He said that they later learnt that Dilip had gone to meet an acquaintance in the Lal Kurti area. "When he did not return home, we began to search for him. We went to different areas, but could not get any information about Dilip. Last night too, we went to a nearby village hoping to find Dilip," he said. After they failed to find him, a missing person's report was given to the Regiment Bazar Chowki. This morning, when an alarm was raised about a body being found, Mr Hem Raj reached the spot and he identified the body with the help of the clothes which Dilip Kumar was wearing. |
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Traders protest ‘hafta’ collection
Hisar, August 12 The alleged beating up of a few shopkeepers of the area by the anti-social elements last evening triggered the protest. The traders kept their shops shut and staged a dharna, demanding strict action against the accused. A complaint has been lodged with the police in this regard. Meanwhile, Confed chairman Bajrang Dass Garg visited the area and demanded action against the guilty. |
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Camp to fill posts for visually challenged on Chandigarh, August 12 Mr Hooda added that the pay scales of teachers posted at the Government Institute for the Blind, Panipat, would also be revised. The Chief Minister made the announcements while interacting with a five-member delegation of the sangh, which called on him here. Mr Hooda said that with a view to avoiding an accumulation of vacant posts, procedural reforms would be undertaken. It would be made mandatory for government departments and organisations to advertise the vacancies meant for the visually challenged while advertising those for general candidates. The Chief Minister said if a vacancy had not been filled for a long time for want of a suitable candidate, it would be re-categorised. The rosters of large departments would be checked to accommodate visually challenged candidates.
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Haryana to have NCW branch Ambala, August 12 Taliking to mediapersons at the house of former DCC, chief Kiran Bala Jain here today, she said she had written letters to the state government twice to constitute a branch of the commission. She said she would personally ask the Chief Minister to do the needful. Ms Vyas said the decreasing sex ratio in Haryana was a serious issue and the government should launch a special campaign against it at the village level. Referring to reservation for women in Parliament and Assemblies, she said she would soon meet the Prime Minister and the President so that the pending Bill could be taken up. Replying to a question, she said there should be more effective provisions in the law to deal with crimes against women.
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Protest by non-affiliated schools’ body
Ambala, August 12 They pointed out that the Education Policy 2003 was impractical. Women’s wing president Raj Kohli demanded that the revised Education Policy 2003 be universally implemented. The members said if there was any adverse impact on unrecognised schools, they would intensify their agitation. They said the revised Education Policy should be implemented soon. They stated that they were planning to hold a demonstration in front of Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s house on September 4 and 5.
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Rally against drug addiction Ambala, August 12 Lieut-Col P.S. Shahid flagged off the rally from GMN College. The rally passed through different areas of Ambala Sadar, including Indra chowk, Supply Depot chowk, Nigar road, tanga stand, Vijay Ratan chowk, Motor Market, before culminating at GMN College. A function was held at the college auditorium in which MLA D.K. Bansal was the chief guest. College principal Dr R.R. Malik encouraged cadets to spread awareness against social evils. School Principal Rajan Sharma exhorted cadets to become good citizens and develop their overall personality.
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Train passengers checked
Ambala, August 12 On the platforms too, there was patrolling and the police personnel asked passengers about their destinations. They checked the belongings of passengers.
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Fancy dress
competition Ambala, August 12 Municipal Council president Harish Sasan was the chief guest. Mr Dalip Chawla and Mr Himmat Singh were also present. School Principal Dr Vikas Kohli said 200 students from 12 schools participated in the competition. In group A, Mayank of SMV school came first, Harmanjyot of Imperial Convent second, while Shivansh of Amazon Public School and Manjeevan of Vishwas Public School finished third. In group B, Kirandeep of Imperial school came first, Kushal of SMV school second and Manisha of Sai kids third. In group C, Anmol of Police DAV Public School was adjudged first, Mridul of Police DAV Public School second, Lovepreet of Maharaja Agarsain School third. |
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