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HUDA seals fate of 100 traders
School function or occasion to flatter CM ?
Gotra row unresolved, panchayat meeting today
Voter lists to be updated for panchayat byelections
Govt callous towards farmers’ plight: BKU
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Emergency provisions being flouted: councillors
Action sought against Makkar
Paramour helps woman kill husband
Stalemate of management, workers continues
Woman set ablaze by ex-employer
EC bans 8 from contesting elections
Students demand recognition of diploma course
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HUDA seals fate of 100 traders
Hisar, December 21 While the affected traders lodged their protest against the move, the HUDA officials maintained that they were following specific directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. A number of shop owners of the Tosham road blocked the traffic at the Dabra Chowk to register their protest. The protesters asserted that the HUDA authorities had no right to seal their shops as they had been paying the tax to the local municipal council. The HUDA Estate Officer, Mr Jai Krishan Abhir and the DSP, Mr Tejvir Singh, rushed to the spot and tried to reason out the issue with the traders. Stating that they were only following court's orders, they requested the shopkeepers to cooperate. However, the traders maintained that they had valid papers to run their commercial establishments and had been paying due taxes. At this, they were told to submit their cases along with the documents with the District Town Planner. |
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School function or occasion to flatter CM ?
Mor Majra (Karnal), December 21 In his “new” role at the function, State’s Education Minister, Phool Chand Mullana “entertained” the gathering by mimicking the “rude” behaviour of a former Chief Minister of the state.
He also equated Mr Hooda with an “avtaar” and who had been to eliminate ‘bad’ elements from Haryana. Mr Hooda was here to lay the foundation stone of Arya Girls college and to inaugurate the newly constructed hostel and administrative block at the Arya Kanya Gurukul. Independent MLA from Pai, Tejinder Pal Singh Mann, who is also associated with the Gurukul, organised the function. Later Mr Hooda and a battery of MLAs and ministers who reached two hours late addressed a gathering on the school campus of 800 students and villagers. Absence of Dr Arvind Sharma, local MP, who otherwise attends all functions of the CM in his constituency remained a question. Most of the VIP guests including Cooperative Minister, Ms Meena Mandal and present MLAs focused on Mr Hooda and his family. They talked of Hooda’s political achievements and development projects being undertaken by the present regime. Political adviser to the CM, Prof Virender Singh also focused his entire speech praising Mr Hooda and his father. He ignored the girl students. Mr Hooda too focused on various achievements of his government. Stressing upon the need of job-oriented courses he announced to commence D. Pharmacy course at the Gurukul. He announced a Rs 10 lakh to the Gurukul and promised to start science and commerce classes for classes XI and XII at the charitable school from the coming season. Earlier, Mr Hooda inaugurated a tissue culture laboratory constructed at a cost of Rs 1.50 crore and Kisan Seva Kender constructed at a cost of Rs 18 lakh on the premises of Karnal co-operative sugar mills. He said the government had earmarked producing 30 lakh quintals of sugar in the current crushing season against 18 lakh quintals in in the previous year besides 325 lakh quintals of sugarcane would be crushed in the current season against 196 lakh quintals in the previous year.
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Gotra row unresolved, panchayat meeting today
Badhra (Bhiwani), December 21 SDM of Dadri subdivision S. S. Lohchab visited the village and met village elders. He asked them at least to lift the ban on the entry of the groom Ombir Singh’s parents. His plea was that the decision on Ombir Singh and his bride Saroj could be taken later. However, the villagers refused to yield saying the decision would be taken at a panchayat to be organised in the village tomorrow. Meanwhile, the deadline for the boy’s family to leave the village expired today. However, the only woman in the house of the boy’s father Hawa Singh Poonia stayed put with a police picket guarding the house round the clock. All other members of the family have gone underground following the family’s expulsion from the village by the panchayat on Sunday last. The ‘nakas’ put up by irate villagers stayed in place for the third day today. All vehicles entering or leaving the village were checked thoroughly by the villagers manning the ‘nakas’. The ‘nakas’ were erected on Tuesday to prevent any member of the expelled family from entering the village in violation of the panchayat’s diktat. Bhiwani SP Subhash Yadav said the police would maintain law and order at all costs and no one would be permitted to take law in his or her hands. He said there was adequate police presence in the area to take care of any eventuality. However, despite heavy police presence, the area continues to be tense. Meanwhile, preparations are on for tomorrow’s panchayat which would decide the future course of action. Villagers said the panchayat was unlikely to yield on the issue and in all likelihood the expulsion of the Poonias would be endorsed. There was no word today from the Poonia family regarding their plans. Earlier on Tuesday Ombir Singh’s mother had stated that they would approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court for relief and security. So far, there have been no reports that they have approached the court. The row erupted after the marriage of Hawa Singh’s son Ombir Singh to Saroj on December 10. The bride hails from a family in which a close female relative belongs to Sheoran gotra. By tradition she could not have been married in a Poonia family of the village. The villagers met Hawa Singh on November 28 to urge him to cancel the marriage. However, despite agreeing to do so, Hawa Singh went ahead with the marriage. |
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Voter lists to be updated for panchayat byelections
Chandigarh, December 21 The State Election Commission proposes to hold byelections for all the seats of panches and sarpanches that are vacant on December 31. State Election Commissioner Chander Singh said that these lists would be updated on the basis of relevant parts of the Assembly electoral rolls published on May 31, 2006. Some seats of panches and sarpanches of gram panchayats, members of Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads are currently vacant and will see a byelection, he said. These are mainly in Ambala, Jhajjar, Karnal and
Sonepat districts. In case of Ambala district, the areas for which the lists would be updated would include ward No. 9 and 10 of Gram Panchayats Kaulan and Kulheri, respectively. The office of panch has fallen vacant in both these gram panchayats following the resignation of the panches. In case of Jhajjar district, the offices of sarpanch have fallen vacant in gram panchayats of Goachi, because of disqualification, at gram panchayat, Bishahan, due to resignation of the sarpanch and at Kheri Aasara due to death of the sarpanch. He said that the office of panch had also fallen vacant due to his resignation in case of gram panchayat Kaimla in district Karnal. The state Election Commission has decided to treat January 1, 2007 as the cut off date for updating the voters list. |
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Govt callous towards farmers’ plight: BKU
Panipat, December 21 This was stated by Mr Gurnam Singh, president of
BKU, Haryana, here today. The state president of the farmers’ organisation, while talking to mediapersons, announced that to air the grievances of the farmers and labour community a rally at Pipli would be held on March 9 next year. Though the state government had assured time and again that the interests of farmers would be protected at all costs, the farmers were harassed and humiliated by the state financial institutions to recover their debts, said Mr Gurnam Singh. At Bhiwani, a total of 1,116 farmers were issued the notices regarding attachment of their properties, informed the BKU leader. Similarly, at Panipat, more than 1,200 farmers were issued notices and the action was delayed only after the intervention of district administration when the farmers approached the authorities, said Mr Singh. Still the farmers were being humiliated in all parts of state by pasting posters at public places mentioning their names with amount of debts and the details of properties to be attached, rued the BKU president. If the state government did not stop this practice, the
farmers would be compelled to agitate and refuse to pay the debts, warned the farmer union leader. In addition to it, the farmers were agitated over the erratic power supply and increase in the charges domestic supply, added Mr Singh. The crop insurance for the crops produced in Haryana was one of the main demands of the farmers said Mr Singh. Similarly, keeping in view the financial position of farmers in the state, medical facility in the government hospitals should be provided free of cost to them, demanded the farmer leader. Further demanding that the MSP of wheat should be at least Rs 1,000, Mr Singh said it was imperative as the price of wheat in the open market was hovering around Rs 1300 in the country. |
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Emergency provisions being flouted: councillors
Ambala, December 21 Mr Omkar Nathi demanded to know the provisions of the Emergency section in the Municipal Council Act. He said what was construed as an ‘Emergency’. The EO, Mr K.K. Jain explained the Emergency provisions and stated that the President, Vice President and the EO of the Municipal Council were authorised to use the provisions. Municipal Councillors Mr Suresh Garg and Mr Kamal Kishore Jain claimed that the Emergency provisions were being misused. Mr Hira Lal Yadav said over the years, it had been noticed that the Emergency provisions were being used on a regular basis. He said there should not be any favouritism or discrimination. He stated that if the administration did not take this matter seriously, they would have to face the displeasure of the Municipal Councillors. The issue of delay in passing of building plans in Ram Nagar was raised in the meeting. Apparently, an NOC is required from B&R Department and there has been no response till date. The Municipal Councillors said the building plans must be passed since people were being put to inconvenience. However, Ms Nisha Parmar stressed that there were certain rules and regulations and they should be adhered to. Dr Ved and Mr Suresh Trehan also stated that rules had been formulated for this purpose and there should not be deviation. Voting was carried out in this regard in which except five Municipal Councillors, the rest were in favour of clearing the building plans.
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Action sought against Makkar
Chandigarh, December 21 In a statement issued here today, Mr Nalvi, who is also a member of the SGPC from Kurukshetra, said siropas were presented to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and Mr Makkar, when they visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar yesterday, by an official of the Sri Darbar Sahib. While Dr Manmohan Singh accepted the siropa with full reverence and kept the same on his person during the time he remained in the Golden Temple complex, Mr Makkar removed the siropa immediately and returned it to the official who had presented it to him. Mr Nalvi claimed that this act of Mr Makkar, who is not an ordinary person but the President of the SGPC and well-versed with the Rehat Maryada concerning the presentation and acceptance of the siropa, "is highly violative of the Sikh Rehat Maryada." He said the Jathedars should immediately initiate action against Mr Makkar for not accepting the siropa in the manner prescribed in the Sikh Rehat Maryada. Mr Nalvi said immediately after the siropas were presented to Dr Manmohan Singh and Mr Makkar, the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, and his wife, Mrs Parneet Kaur, MP, entered Sri Darbar Sahib. But no one presented siropas to them.
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Paramour helps woman kill husband
Rewari, December 21 Pratap Singh was eliminated by the duo soon after the woman and her paramour were allegedly found in a compromising position by him (Pratap Singh) at his house. It is stated that the body, which remained buried in a heap of chaff throughout the night on Sunday, was packed in a gunny bag and then taken away in a Pick-up van by the duo thrown into a canal near Lisan village under Khol police station in Rewari district, 27 km from here, on Monday night. After being spotted by some villagers, the decomposed body was recovered by the Khol police from there on Tuesday evening. The name of Sasroli, inscribed on the gunny bag, incidentally led the police to Sasroli village where investigation spilled the beans. Consequently the police has now arrested Manju Devi and Ram Kishan. It is stated that Pratap Singh was infuriated at Manju's illicit relations with his neighbour Ram Kishan. But when he found them in a compromising position on Sunday night, it perturbed him beyond description. However, he was eliminated by the duo. |
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Stalemate of management, workers continues
Fatehabad, December 21 The workers and the management are at loggerheads over the functioning of the mill and the impasse between the two has resulted in delay in the cane crushing activities. The workers, who have refused to work with the new management started relay fast
yesterday and have maintained that their agitation would continue till they were absorbed in some other cooperative sugar mill or some other department by the government. They have also demanded suspension of the Sugarfed MD who, they allege, was responsible for the losses resulting from the sellout of the mill. The mill, which was run by the Federation of Cooperative Sugar Mills, Haryana, till recently, was sold to the private management by the government. The new management had agreed to take the worker of the mill on the pay scales they were working earlier. But the workers had taken cudgel against the new management alleging maltreatment at the hands of managers. |
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Woman set ablaze by ex-employer
Yamunanagar, December 21 In her statement to the police, the victim, Mamta (30), said she was returning home along with her two sons, Deepak and Sagar, when Heer Lal waylaid and set her ablaze after throwing kerosene on her. She raised an alarm at which locals came rushing and doused the fire. The police sources said Mamta used to work as a maid at the house of Heera Lal who got infatuated with her. Upset over this, she had lodged a police complaint against him but a compromise was reached.
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EC bans 8 from contesting elections
Ambala, December 21 Deputy Commissioner O.P. Langyan stated that these candidates would not be allowed to fight Vidhan Sabha, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha elections for three years. Those disqualified from seeking election included Sushil Kumar (Mullana), Shiv (Ambala cantonment), Darshan Singh, Kulwant Singh, Gurdip Singh, Nirmal Singh Neeraj, and Surinder Kumar (Naggal).
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Students demand recognition of diploma course
Ambala, December 21 The students said their diplomas were not recognised by the Haryana Staff Selection Commission when they applied for a job. They lamented that there is no point in pursuing such a diploma, which was not recognised. A letter issued by the Registrar, Education (Schools), Haryana, stated “It is intimated that diploma in art and craft conducted by the Director, Industrial Training and Vocational Education, Haryana, is the only recognised course in the state of Haryana. The diplomas/certificates in art and craft from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, and other universities are not recognised for the purpose of appointment for the art and craft teacher in Haryana. |
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