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Lok Sabha Elections
Cong holds training camp for party workers
Security beefed up in Sirsa
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300 cases of malaria, viral fever reported
Sonia to visit Kurukshetra tomorrow
Man held for killing uncle
Lovers commit suicide
Sarita Case
Efforts on to nab girl’s kidnappers
Blood donation camp held
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Lok Sabha Elections
Rohtak, July 26 Despite the BJP’s dismal performance in the last state Assembly elections as well as the recent bypoll for three Assembly seats, the party’s state leadership was till recently adamant on going it alone instead of forging a poll alliance, atleast in the Lok Sabha elections. Indicating a marked shift from the state BJP’s earlier stance of going solo, party’s state unit president Atam Prakash Manchanda said here today that the party would consider electoral alliance for the next Lok Sabha poll if the party’s central leadership so desired. Manchanda said though the state chapter of the party wished to contest the Lok Sabha poll on its own, it could forge a poll alliance if told by the party’s Central leadership. He was addressing a press conference after a meeting of the district presidents and general secretaries of the party at the state BJP headquarters here today. “As of now, our top priority is to strengthen the party organisation right to the booth level so as to be better-placed at the time of negotiations for electoral alliance with other parties,” Manchanda said, adding that the party would organise conferences of booth committees in all 90 Assembly constituencies of the state in August. Similar conferences would also be organised in Lok Sabha constituencies for which booth committee members, party workers and sympathisers would be invited, he maintained. Manchanda disclosed that the party would also organise rath yatras in all the 10 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state to apprise the people of the party’s policies and
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Cong holds training camp for party workers
Panipat, July 26 Alva sensitised party workers to shed internal differences and work jointly to consolidate the party’s position in the state for the Lok Sabha elections. Hinting at Karnal MP Arvind Sharma’s move to first abandon the party and then revive his decision, the party general-secretary said party loyalists, who attempted to leave the party, soon realised their mistakes and rejoined the Congress. She said the civil nuclear deal would be one of the main issues during the next Lok Sabha elections. She claimed that as every section of society was in favour of this deal, the Congress would again come to power. The voting in Parliament had ended the political instability after the Left parties withdrew its support to the government and the Congress-led UPA government emerged stronger. Alva also praised the leadership of Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda saying that the state had been taking rapid strides in every field of development and the state was on the threshold of becoming number one state in the country. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda condemned the BJP for its role during the debate on the N-deal issue in Parliament. He said though the opposition was in favour of the civil nuclear deal with the USA but it tried to use the issue for political gains. The Chief Minister said the N-deal was in favour of the country, as it would help in meeting the energy demand of every sector of economy in future. Listing various development and welfare schemes launched by the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre as well as in the state, the CM said all sections of society, including farmers, Scheduled Castes, students and women, had been taken care of by the Congress. He exhorted party leaders and workers to reach out to a larger section of the masses to consolidate party’s standing amongst the electorate. |
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Security beefed up in Sirsa
Sirsa, July 26 The authorities are expecting a turnout of at least 20,000 persons for the bhog ceremony. Meanwhile, the Dera Sacha Sauda will also hold its monthly “satsang” in Sirsa tomorrow. The authorities expect an equal number of persons for the “satsang”, which has made the task of security forces tougher. “As many as 26 companies of the police, the HAP and the paramilitary forces have been deployed in the district,” said Sirsa SP K.V. Ramana. “We have persuaded the dera followers to take a different route so as to avoid passing through Dabwali and avert a possible confrontation between the two groups,” he added. He said Daljit Singh, SHO of the Dabwali police station, had been sent to Police Lines for dereliction of duty and Shish Ram had been appointed as the new SHO of Dabwali. Meanwhile, the district authorities have identified seven villages in the district as hypersensitive and 41 other villages as sensitive. “We have appointed 20 Duty Magistrates. They have been given the charge of hypersensitive villages and told to stay at their respective villages,” said deputy commissioner V. Umashankar. More than 30 barricades had been set up in and around Dabwali and the police as well as paramilitary forces had been deployed on these barricades. The police has also intensified its efforts to arrest the persons named in the FIR regarding Harminder Singh’s murder. It rounded up four persons last evening. However, a large number of local residents reached the police station in their support and said the persons were not related to the July 18 incident. They were later released on the guarantee of local people. Some prominent persons of Dabwali today organised a peace march in the town under the banner of the peace committee. The march started from Vaid Ram Dayal Chowk and reached the market committee office passing through main markets of the town. |
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300 cases of malaria, viral fever reported
Fatehabad, July 26 The authorities confirm having detected over 300 cases in the town during their mass fever survey. But sources claim the number is much more than what is being reported by the authorities. Among the persons affected are two doctors, who have been receiving treatment for suspected dengue at Delhi and Hisar. More than half a dozen patients are getting treatment for suspected dengue at Hisar. “I have been receiving 20-30 new cases everyday,” said a doctor, who runs a private nursing home at Tohana, on the condition of anonymity. He said the situation was going out of control due to poor sanitary conditions. Civil surgeon J. K Bishnoi has admitted detection of over 300 cases of fever during a survey and said 22 out of these are that of malaria. He maintained that only two cases of dengue have been confirmed so far and reports of tests are still awaited in rest of the cases. The SDM yesterday convened a meeting of government and private doctors on the issue. He discussed measures for containing the spread of the diseases. Meanwhile, Fatehabad, too, has witnessed a spurt in the cases of malaria and viral fever in the past two days. Presence of stagnant water at several places in the town has turned into a breeding place for mosquitoes. Residents have also complained to the authorities about the supply of contaminated water that is leading to water-borne diseases. |
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Sonia to visit Kurukshetra tomorrow
Kurukshetra, July 26 A spokesperson for the university here today said Governor A.R. Kidwai would preside over the inaugural session and Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda attend the function. Sonia will lay the foundation stone of a section of museum dedicated to The First War of Independence: 1857, which will be part of the state museum, ‘Dharohar’, on the university campus. |
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Man held for killing uncle
Rewari, July 26 Balbir was produced in the court of the sub-divisional judicial magistrate at Kosli today, which sent him to a 14-day judicial custody. Sources said Balbir Singh barged into his uncle’s house where he had an altercation with him. Following it, Balbir hit Amarnath with an iron rod that resulted in his death. When Amarnath’s wife Shanti Devi (70) tried to intervene, she, too, was assaulted by the accused. She was seriously injured in the fight and was subsequently referred to a hospital in Delhi. On a complaint filed by Dheeraj Kumar, grandson of the deceased, a case of murder, trespass coupled with intention to commit gruesome crime and criminal intimidation was registered against the accused. The complainant alleged that Amarnath’s reprimand to Balbir Singh to abjure drinking had apparently led him to commit the horrendous crime. |
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Lovers commit suicide
Rewari, July 26 Sources said Ravi, a resident of Buxar town of Bihar, and Anita’s father, Ram Prakash, a resident of Pratapgarh town of Uttar Pradesh, were both employed in a factory in Dharuhera and were living in the same colony in Dharuhera. Ravi and Anita developed intimacy and they were planning to get married. However, failure to do so led them to take the extreme step. |
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Sarita Case
Ambala, July 26 Sarita, a resident of Rohtak, had committed suicide in front of the office of the Haryana DGP at Panchkula on June 9. She had alleged that the accused had raped her. The police had registered a case against the officials and placed them under suspension. Later, the case was handed over to the CBI. |
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Efforts on to nab girl’s kidnappers
Yamunanagar, July 26 Sapna was allegedly kidnapped by three youths for ransom on July 16. A ransom of Rs 20 lakh was demanded for the release of the girl. A case of kidnapping and extortion had been registered against the three youths - Updesh, Parvesh and Parveen from Meerut - yesterday on the complaint of the victim’s brother. |
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Blood donation camp held
Sirsa, July 26 Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh inaugurated the camp. Dera sources said teams from the general hospital, Sirsa, and the PGIMS, Rohtak, collected over 600 units of blood. |
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