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Rs 5 lakh relief for Sarita’s daughters
HJC holds protests against govt
Dismiss DGP, says Chautala
HAU improves conventional mustard oil
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Power crisis worsens
Bishnoi seeks CBI probe
Gujjars refuse to join inquiry
Work in crushing zone comes to
a halt
Additional charge
Man sells minor daughter
1 held on bribe charge
Kidney Scam
Facility for NRIs
Logo of women’s varsity released
Web-based grievance registration system
High Court
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Rs 5 lakh relief for Sarita’s daughters
Rohtak, June 11 Rohtak SSP Hanif Qureshi was among the first ones to face the wrath of Sarita’s family members, who criticised the police failure in taking prompt action against the policemen who had allegedly raped the woman. Initially, the family members of the deceased refused even to accept the Rs 5 lakh cheque of compensation from deputy commissioner P.C.Meena, who had gone to their house. They also asserted that Sarita’s body would not be cremated until the “rapists” were arrested and the compensation amount increased. Members of different opposition parties and other organisations staged demonstrations and submitted memorandums to the administrative officials. These included the CPM, the HJC, the BJP and social and women’s organisations. Activists of certain such organisations also made things tougher for the administrative officials trying to convince Sarita’s family to cremate her body. However, after persuasion by the deputy commissioner, Sarita’s husband Subhash and other family members cremated the body in the evening. The Chief Minister’s political aides, Capt Chatar Singh and J.K.Malhotra, played a key role in tackling the matter. Apart from getting Rs 5 lakh from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, Sarita’s family was also assured of all possible help from the government. “We assured them that the daughters of the deceased would be helped in getting admission to some educational institution, besides adjusting her husband in some job,” Meena said while talking to The Tribune after the cremation. The deputy commissioner said the said amount would be kept in two fixed deposit accounts of Rs 2.5 lakh each in the name of the two daughters of Sarita. Meanwhile, besides transferring the Rohtak range IGP, district SSP and a DSP in connection with the case, the police authorities also sent all members of the local CIA staff to the police lines. However, no arrests had been made till the time of filing of this report.
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HJC holds protests against govt
Panipat, June 11 A number of party supporters raised anti-establishment slogans demanding immediate dismissal of the state government. Party spokesman Dinesh Sharma said the party was holding similar protests across the state demanding immediate arrest of the erring cops. Blaming the state Congress for having failed in maintaining the law and order situation in the state, he said, after this incident the women folk in the state were feeling insecure. He said the family of the victim should be given at least Rs 25 lakh. Later, the protesters handed over a memorandum to the district administration in this regard. BHIWANI: Meanwhile, dissatisfied with the police action of terminating the services of two police personnel in the case of a rape and suicide of the woman, the woman wing of the HJC staged demonstrations in Bhiwani and Charkhi Dadri. Party office-bearer Kusum Sharma at Bhiwani and state vice-president Guddi Yadav and state general secretary Jagwanti Jangra at Charkhi Dadri led the demonstration. The protesters also demanded the resignation of the Chief Minister and burnt his effigies. They demanded a compensation of Rs 20 lakh and a government job to the next kin of the deceased. Sonepat: Hundreds of women activists of the district unit of the Haryana Janhit Congress, led by state general-secretary of the party and former minister Shanti Rathi, staged a demonstration here today. They protested against the neglecting attitude of the state government and the police in redressing the grievances of rape victim Sarita of Rohtak, who committed suicide outside the office of ADGP in Chandigarh few days ago. They handed over a memorandum, addressed to the Governor of Haryana, to the deputy commissioner demanding dismissal of the Hooda government and action against the guilty police personnel.
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Dismiss DGP, says Chautala
Yamunanagar, June 11 He termed the incident as a blot on the Haryana government and shameful for the police. The women’s wing of the INLD will hold massive protests and gherao the offices of the Panchkula DGP and the Rohtak SP on June 13. They will create awareness among the masses against the ‘wrongdoings’ of the government and the police. Chautala, while addressing a press conference here today, said the Hooda-led government should resign. He said Reliance Fresh stores would be asked to shut down after the INLD came to power in the state. “The INLD would form the next government in the state and Reliance Fresh would be asked to close down,” said Chautala. According to him, such stores were affecting the livelihood of common people and a large number of them had lost their earnings. |
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HAU improves conventional mustard oil
Hisar, June 11 Senior scientists of the Oil and Seed Department of the HAU have prepared three blends of oil for marketing purpose having mustard content as the main base of the mixture, HAU sources said here today. Senior biochemist Kamal Dhavan, who has worked on these blends, said the present trend of globalisation and emphasis on nutritional enrichment had led to exploration of usage of such oils that might contain the required ratio of fatty acids. ''No single conventional Indian cooking oil has balanced fatty acids, no proper ratio of omega-3 and omega-6. This is true for mustard oil also, but by upgrading it with blending, we have achieved the required nutrition,'' she said. The evolved blends of oil, it is claimed, would prove healthy for one and all because the contents have been balanced as to prove beneficial for heart, bones and brain. Dean of Agricultural College S.S. Pahuja said: ''The research and its results are very encouraging but we shall have to work more on the blends to make it possible for common use with minimum possible cost.'' — UNI
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Power crisis worsens
Fatehabad, June 11 The area was already reeling under power scarcity due to the damage of two towers near the 440 KV substation of the Power Grid Corporation of India at Mayyar near Hisar and after the snag it went into crisis. The power supply to the town and the surrounding areas went off at 5 am today and was not restored till the filing of this report today. “A jumper of the 220 KV transmission line has burnt, leading to the disruption in the power supply. The problem will be removed by evening,” said Jai Pal Singh, executive engineer, DHBVN, Fatehabad. Earlier, the power supply to Fatehabad, Ratia and Sirsa was affected due to the damage to two towers of the transmission line bringing power from the 440 KV substation at Mayyar in Hisar. While the snag at Hisar was still to be removed, authorities had made alternate arrangements to supply power from the Narwana 220 KV power substation. The authorities hoped to provide intermittent supply of power once the latest snag was removed, but they maintained that it would take few more days to restore the “The snag in the transmission line coming from Hisar will be removed by Saturday,” said D.P. Dhull, manager, public relations, DHBVN, Hisar. The water supply was too affected due to the scarcity of power for the past three days. “We have not received a single drop of water for the past two days and today we had to use mineral water to brush our teeth,” said Swati, a local resident. |
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Bishnoi seeks CBI probe
Chandigarh, June 11 In a statement issued here today Bishnoi said the incident was a blot on the face of the state government, which was trying to sideline the issue by merely transferring a few police personnel. He said several senior police officials had come under suspicion after the way they handled the situation. Hence, the investigation must be handed over to the CBI. |
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Gujjars refuse to join inquiry
Pattikalyana (Panipat), June 11 The committee demanded the transfer of the officials involved in the firing incident. Rohtak division commissioner J.P. Kaushik reached the Government Senior Secondary School, along with SP M.S. Sheoran, ADC Amit Aggarwal, SDM, tehsildar and Samalkha SHO, to record the statements of the locals, including the family members of the Papan and Kuldip, who died in the firing. However, the community leaders said until and unless the officials were transferred, they would not join the inquiry, believing that their presence would affect the fairness of the inquiry. Gujjar leader Khatar Singh held a meeting with the commissioner, demanding the transfer of the officials. The commissioner asked the Gujjars to give it in writing. So, they handed over a formal letter, signed by the family member of the victims and the Sangharsh Committee, to the commissioner. The committee also demanded that it should be given a three-day notice before holding the next meeting to record statements in the village.
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Work in crushing zone comes to
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Yamunanagar, June 11 The work at the crushing zone has virtually come to a halt as tractor owners and stone crushers have failed to reach agreeable rates for transporting stones and other raw material from quarrying bed to crushing units. The tractor owners were getting Rs 350 and Rs 375 per trip (the price includes that of stone also), but they are now demanding Rs 500 a trip. Only 10 to 15 per cent of the 125 units, which have stocks of stones or their own plants, were running partially, sources said. As a result, the labourers have been rendered workless. Most of them are without work for the past 11 days and now grocery sellers have stopped giving them dal, wheat and rice on credit. "We do not know when the crushing would start again and, hence, we are avoiding credit. Migrant labourers shift their base if they do not find employment for several days in a row", said a shopkeeper, who himself is a migrant from Uttar Pardesh. Ram Kumar and Naresh Kumar, both crusher unit owners, expressed their inability in raising the rates. |
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Chandigarh, June 11 K. S. Bhoria , IAS, financial commissioner, revenue, has been given the additional charge of financial commissioner and principal secretary, home, jails, criminal investigation and administration of justice departments. Sushil Sarwan, HCS, SDM, Bahadurgarh, has been given the additional charge of SDM, Jhajjar. — TNS
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Man sells minor daughter
Yamunanagar, June 11 When the girl’s sister came to know about the incident, she called the police and filed a complaint against the groom and his family. The police arrested Madan Lal and Krishna, father and mother, respectively, of Om. However, Om and Mohan Lal, father of the girl, managed to flee. The girl (16) said her father had taken loans from several people and he owed Rs 35,000 to them. According to her, Om’s family gave Rs 35,000 to Mohan Lal. The girl added that after paying the money she was locked in a room by the groom’s family. The police was investigating the case. |
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1 held on bribe charge
Sonepat, June 11 The bribe was allegedly taken for registration of a society. He was arrested and a case under the Anti-Corruption Act was registered against him. Bijender lodged a complaint with the vigilance here that he had applied for the registration of Green Cover Education Society, but Bhagwan Singh was demanding bribe of Rs 2,000 from him for the registration of the society. The complaint was brought into the notice of duty commissioner, Ajit Balaji Joshi, who ordered for a surprise raid. |
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Accused appear in CBI court
Our Correspondent
Ambala, June 11 The CBI and the defence argued that whether a complaint filed under the Section 22 could be treated as a chargesheet. The court adjourned the hearing for June 13. Defence counsels, Virender Sharma and Amit Gupta, pleaded that the CBI had not filed the chargesheet in this case so far. They said the CBI counsel had filed the complaint under the Section 22, which could not be treated as a chargesheet. They also requested the court to grant a stay on the further proceeding of the complaint. They said this case should be proceeded under the Transplantation of Human Organs Act. On the other hand, CBI counsel A.K. Singh said the complaint was a chargesheet and there was a provision under the law, which he had adopted. He requested the court to treat the complaint as a chargesheet. The application of Dr K.K. Aggarwal was also heard today, in which he said he was arrested on February 20 and the CBI failed to file the charge sheet even after the expiry of 90 days of his arrest. He was entitled for the bail, he added in the application.
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Facility for NRIs
Chandigarh, June 11 An official spokesman said here today that the persons concerned need not visit the office of the Haryana financial commissioner and principal secretary, revenue and disaster management department, in Chandigarh for this purpose. He said this clarification had been necessitated because such instruments were being forwarded by treasury officers to the office of the financial commissioner and principal secretary, revenue.
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Logo of women’s varsity released
Chandigarh, June 11 Hooda also presented a cheque of Rs 25,000 as award to D.S. Kapoor, the designer of the logo and the motto. The university’s motto - "Empowering Women With Education" is visible in the logo that describes the enlightenment of women through the power of knowledge. |
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Web-based grievance registration system
Chandigarh, June 11 He said the state government had decided to create about 15,000 more seats in the streams of science, commerce, computers and technical courses in its universities during the next academic session to impart job-oriented education to the youths of the state. This decision was taken in the wake of greater interest shown by the students in these subjects. |
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High Court Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 11 In its petition, the council has asserted that the probe should cover the entire matter, right from the rape to the suicide. It said Sarita wanted investigation on the basis of her complaint against police officials. She had accused them of raping her after implicating and detaining her husband for his alleged involvement in a theft case. The petition filed in public interest has also pleaded for adequate monetary compensation to the family of the deceased, registration of a case against those responsible for the rape, and subsequent resistance to register an FIR against the accused police officials. The petitioner has also submitted that action was also required to be taken against the state’s additional director-general of police (law and order), who had failed to handle the situation properly, resulting in the suicide of the rape victim. He has also annexed copies of different media reports on the rape victim’s suicide in support of his contention for an investigation by the CBI or an independent agency. The PIL is likely to come up for preliminary consideration by the vacation bench in a day or so.
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The district women cell of the Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) today took out a procession in the city to register their protest against the failure of the state government in protecting the women’s rights.
Women supporters of the Haryana Janhit Congress hold a demonstration at the mini secretariat in Karnal on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
