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Honour killings: Case registered
Employment Scheme
Kapal Mochan fair: Poor management alleged
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Investigations: SPs in learning mode
Vir Shanti Bhatti quits BJP, joins BSP
Highway stretch to be widened
Ex-DEO, BEO among 4 booked for embezzlement
2 held for doc’s murder
2 die, 10 hurt in road accident
Cop held on rape charge
Sarita Case
Jindal has narrow escape as plane tyres burst
INSO favours President’s rule
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Honour killings: Case registered
Bhiwani, November 11 Taking suo motu cognisance of reports that two sisters of the Dhanak community were mercilessly attacked with axes and stones after they returned late in the evening escorted by unidentified men, the police registered the case. This was done though neither of the families of the two girls had come forward with a complaint, Bhiwani SSP Sanjay Kumar said. “As nobody in the village is willing to speak, we have summoned a team of forensic science laboratory experts to get some clues,” Kumar said, adding that the investigations in the case were underway. Families suspected to be involved in the barbaric killing that took place on the Diwali night last month would be questioned, the district police chief said. The police said they were unable to trace Rajender Shivran, a resident of Kaluvas village, 3 km from Bhiwani, who claimed that he witnessed the killing. The two girls were reportedly attacked by waiting villagers as they got down from a car ferrying two male escorts. In his complaint sent to the National Human Rights Commission and the National Commission for Women, Shivran claimed that enraged family members of the girls, who were unconscious after being beaten up, poured kerosene on the duo, dumped them in the cremation ground and set them ablaze. No one in the village is ready to speak on the issue, making the task difficult for the police. Shivran said people were deliberately keeping quiet and those who wanted to speak were also unwilling fearing dire consequences. Kaluvas came under the media spotlight after local pugilist Vijender Kumar won a bronze in boxing at the Beijing Olympics. Earlier, two sisters - Pinky and Komal - were killed by their cousin in Greater Noida as they had gone for an outing with their boyfriends.
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Employment Scheme
Fatehabad, November 11 The SAAP, as the authorities admit, is a panic reaction to the total failure of the scheme in the district. It may be recalled that though the scheme was launched in April and funds were also received, the authorities could not start proving employment under the scheme till June due to teething problems. Even when the work was started in June, it could be started in only 30 out of the 240 villages due to delays in the opening of bank accounts and preparation of the job cards. And out of these 30 villages, works on digging of pond and levelling of land was started in Chuli Bagrian, Thuiyan, Jandwala Bagar, Dhabi Khurd, Dayar, Dhingsara, Gadi, and Chuli Kalan villages of Bhattu Kalan block after providing a total of 286 man-days of labour in these villages. Of the estimated expenditure of Rs 49.38 lakh for the Bhattu Kalan block, only Rs 3.68 lakh could be spent on providing employment to rural labour. In the Bhuna Block, work was to be started in 10 villages, but it proved non-starter in Gorakhpur, Bhattu, Dhani Sanchla, Lahrian, Rehankheri, Dulet and Jandli Khurd and three other villages Chandrawal, Dhani Delet and Baijalpur, where it started on Rs 2.67 lakh could be spent on providing employment, whereas the authorities had the provision of Rs 21.31 lakh. In the Fatehabad Block, where the authorities had made a provision of Rs 28.06 lakh for starting work in nine villages, work could actually begin in Dhangar and Nakta villages only and a sum of Rs 1.68 lakh could only be utilised. In the Jakhal Block, the authorities selected five villages but the work could start in three only and that too has been stopped now after spending only Rs 49,005 out of the total provision of Rs 13.84 lakh. Similarly in Ratia Block, Rs 2.29 lakh could be spent out of the total provision 12.90 lakh. Tohana showed the worst performance, where not a single penny could be used out of the total provision of Rs 21.31 lakh made by the authorities for the first phase of work. Admitting that the NREGA has failed to take off in the district, additional deputy commissioner C.G Rajnikanthan said the supplementary action plan prepared by the authorities aimed to complete this year’s targets as far as possible. “Every village of the district has been asked to identify at least five works which could be started this year. The Fatehabad Block has already given their list of works and the rest of the Blocks were expected to submit their lists in a day or two. We will get the works approved in the next meeting of the Zila Parishad and hopefully start works after the cotton picking season finishes,” Rajnikanthan said. |
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Kapal Mochan fair: Poor management alleged
Kapal Mochan (Bilaspur), November 11 Over three lakh devotees said to have reached the town in this afternoon. Despite the great religious sanctity of the sarovars include Kapal mochan and Rin mochan were not cleaned properly and algae can easily be seen on the water surface. Moreover, the presence of snakes in the sarovars has turned out much scary for the pilgrims who came here to take holy dip for ‘Moksha’ (salvation). Only in Rin mochan sarovars, seven snakes were reportedly killed by the pilgrims since last night. The pilgrims came here from far flung areas have been complaining of shortage of the drinking water and facility of toilets. They even complaint that the administration did not provide them proper space. While the administration claimed to have ordered for the setting up of 600 temporary toilets. The carpeting and maintenance of the road leading to Kapal mochan from Jagadari in 12-Km stretch has not been completed yet, which is required to complete before the fair. The pilgrims also rued that allotment of the site for langar and stay was not done in proper manner, as a result many have to shift to other venue instead of those provided to them. Sadhus of the different organisations led by national president of the Bharat Rakha Sant Samiti Ramswaroop and president of the Pat Darshan Sadhu Samaj Ekta Mandal Mahant Amar Das also submitted a memorandum to mela in charge SDM Harish Chand Jain for the Chief Minister highlighting their problems. They alleged that head of different religious organisations, who came from other states, were not allotted proper accommodation. Moreover, the administration did not allow their vehicles to carry different items to prepare langer. They threatened that if the administration failed to provide facilities to them they would boycott the fair in next year. SDM Harish Chand Jain said we had deployed duty magistrate and DSP to look after the problems of the pilgrims. We are also holding to take care of the water and toilets problem of the pilgrims. |
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Domestic Help Case
Gurgaon, November 11 Rishikant, a social activist, said, “According to the law, all acts made for children are bailable offence which should not be.” He added that in case of Lakhi, it was neither registered under the Juvenile Justice Act nor bonded the Labour Act because she was just 13 years of age. The police had arrested Devok and Pratima Malik for allegedly torturing their domestic help on November 8. Lakhi had told the police that the family used to beat her up for minor mistakes. Rishikant affirmed that the DCP (east) has yesterday told an English daily that the Juvenile Act just catered children till they are 13, which is not true. It is till 18 years of age. “The state government is not treating children properly and if we don’t get justice, we will continue the protest and will also move to Haryana Bhawan in Delhi,” he clarified. He claimed that the National Commission of Women had written to the Chief Minister and the home minister to resolve the issue soon and said this was just the beginning. Rishikant said even the medical examination of Lakhi was conducted today and 13 X-rays were taken, which actually should have been done the same day. He said they wanted the government to take strict action against the DCP and the DC for not providing full support. “We want that the government should suspend both of them for not taking strict action against the couple as the DC is also the head of the Juvenile Committee,” he added. |
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‘Quota’ For Men
Chandigarh, November 11 The petitioners believe the state, by doing so, has practically taken the reservation to 100 per cent, even though it is against the mandate of the law, and the Apex Court verdicts. Otherwise also, reservation in favour of men cannot be made under the constitution, it has further been contended. Taking a note of the contentions, the Bench of Justice Mehtab Singh Gill and Justice K.Kannan today issued notice of motion to the state and other respondents. The Bench made it clear the selection and appointment of candidates would be subject to the final decision of the writ petition. Granting the respondents four weeks’ time to file reply, the Bench fixed December 16 as the next date of hearing in the matter. With this, the fate of 1,056 appointees or selected candidates would depend upon the outcome of the writ petition. As the case came up for hearing before the Bench, state counsel, on the instructions of Haryana director-general, Education, Anurag Rastogi, said, “If any candidate from female category or another category is having more marks than the last candidate in the general category, he or she will be selected in accordance with the law.” In the petition filed through advocate Anu Chatrath, Prabhjit Kaur of Karnal and 10 others contended they had been able to lay their hands on information supplied by the state public information officer. A perusal of the letter dated September 4 and other available information would show that out of 1,056 posts, 708 have been earmarked for men and 348 have been kept for women candidates. Challenging the same, the petitioners contended there could not be any reservation in favour of men, since the science masters and mistresses was a united cadre and there could be no bifurcation for the general category candidates. Petition allowed
Allowing a petition with Rs 10,000 costs, the high court has quashed an order passed by Faridabad-based HUDA estate officer. He had, vide the impugned order, reached the conclusion that an educational institute had been running primary and nursery classes, which allegedly amounted to misuse of the allotted site. In the petition before the Bench of Justice M.M. Kumar and Justice Jora Singh, Apeejay Education Society and another had contended no infringement of any clause of the lease deed. |
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Investigations: SPs in learning mode
Chandigarh, November 11 With Haryana director-general of police Ranjeev Dalal as the principal and ADGP (law and order) V.N. Rai as their instructor, the SPs are learning a new chapter in executing a thorough job the hard way - classes, homework, examinations et al. The SPs were directed to go to any police station in their respective areas and in the presence of all investigating officers asked to examine files of any two ongoing cases. The intention was to point out malafide intention in delayed investigations or rectify any bona fide mistakes in the same. If this was the homework assigned by the policing school, it was examination time for all 20 SPs a couple of days ago in Madhuban where they were required to present findings of the examined cases before the police top brass. In the first meeting since the assignment was given, they wiggled restlessly in their chairs during the presentation, which went on till about midnight. While some fared well, others scrapped through and still others got a dressing down for being ill prepared. The study of the cases in police stations has thrown up interesting findings for the police - that IOs leave loopholes to benefit the accused, most delayed cases are those of “heard cases” or those dealing with dowry issues where “kickbacks” are a fashion. In the light of this study, the “guilty” have begun to be punished with reprimand, censure, departmental inquiries and suspension of a few “errant” cops. In Yamunanagar, departmental inquiries have been opened against personnel where an SHO has been found guilty of not registering a case of death due to negligence. In Rohtak, which earned praise at the meeting, an SHO, additional SHO and a number of others are facing censure and inquiries for their “prejudiced” dealings. Further, the department has made it clear that quality has to be brought into investigation of cases and the guilty must be brought to book and given “exemplary punishment” as a lesson for the rest. The onus of judicious investigation also lies with the DSPs who will also be accountable for any “faux pas”. The ADGP, Dr Rai, who is behind this increased thrust on investigation and has suspended about 24 personnel in his area, said, “We want to bring transparency in investigation and the faith of the people back in the police. Once the SPs begin to personally monitor cases at random, there will be an improvement. The process has got rolling and the results will speak for themselves.” |
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Maharashtrian families safe: Bitta
Karnal, November 11 Bitta, who was here to instill confidence in the Suryavansi family, which reportedly received a threat on November 5, said Haryana was one state in the country where everyone was welcome and even to think that any Haryanavi could threaten some outsider was preposterous. Lasing out at Maharashtra Navnirman Sena supremo Raj Thackeray for bringing a new brand of political terrorism in the country, Bitta demanded his arrest under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). “He is another Binderawala in making and his activities must be curbed with a firm hand,” he cautioned. Referring to the alleged involvement of sadhvi Pragya Thakur and army officers in Malegaon bomb blast case, Bitta said he was not sure whether the allegations were true, but even if there was an iota of truth in the allegations, it was a bad reflection on the soft policies of the government on terrorism. Condemning killing of innocent people in bomb blast in Assam, Bitta announced an award of Rs 5 lakh for providing vital clues about the culprits involved in this act. |
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Vir Shanti Bhatti quits BJP, joins BSP
Sirsa, November 11 Man Singh Manhera, national general secretary of the BSP and in charge of party affairs in Haryana, welcomed Bhatti into the party at a function held here on Monday. Bhatti had been active in the BJP for two decades and worked in the organisation at various positions. He was at present the state vice-president of the BJP Anusuchit Jati Morcha and national executive member of the Adi Dharam Samaj, the biggest organisation of the Balmiki community. Shukracharya Darshan Rattan Rawan is the president of the Adi Dharam Samaj. Bhatti has also been elected councillor of the the Sirsa municipal council for three consecutive terms. "The anti-dalit policies being pursued by the BJP and the sudden shift in its stand with regard to an alliance with the Indian National Lok Dal have disillusioned me," Bhatti said while talking to The Tribune on the reasons for
his decision. "Senior leaders of the BJP had been maintaining that they would not enter into an alliance with the INLD at any cost but they suddenly decided otherwise leaving the grassroots workers in the lurch," he added. "Workers do not have any say in the BJP and many others like me are feeling suffocated," he added. Welcoming Bhatti into the BSP fold, Manhera said social engineering, which brought the BSP to power in Uttar Pradesh, would work in Haryana, too. Meanwhile, the BSP, it is learnt, may field Bhatti for the Sirsa parliamentary seat. Bhatti confirmed that he was interested in contesting the coming poll, but added that it all depended on the decision of the party. Manhera said in his address that the party would soon announce the candidates for the Sirsa and Bhiwani parliamentary seats. |
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Highway stretch to be widened
Kaithal, November 11 Deputy commissioner Vikas Gupta said here today due to increase in movement of vehicles on this road number of accidents had risen considerably. Besides this, the Ambala- Jind road here will also be widened and the crossing road will also be widened and beautified. The 2-km long stretch near Kalayat town will also be widened and funds amounting to Rs 45 lakh had been received from the government, he added. Meanwhile, the deputy commissioner has asked officials of the PWD (B&R) and the municipal council to remove encroachments from the road to facilitate smooth flow of traffic. He said due to encroachments the roads of the town had become too congested and all this had been causing great hardship and inconvenience to the comuters. He said 80 encroachments had been identified on the Karnal road alone which will be removed soon. The deputy commissioner has also expressed his concern over the poor quality of road repair work on the Titram-Karnal bypass here. He has directed the officials to ensure quality of construction and repair work. |
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Ex-DEO, BEO among 4 booked for embezzlement
Sirsa, November 11 The former DEO has been identified as Sheela Bhakar. Denying the allegations, BEO Harbhajan Singh Dhanju, who was earlier the principal of the school, said a schoolteacher had got a false complaint lodged against them through a private person. Baldev Raj, a resident of Maujdeen village, had made a complaint to the police as well as the authorities that Bhakar, Dhanju, a teacher, Raghubir Singh, and a clerk, Jai Singh, had misappropriated with the funds of
the school. Confirming the registration of the FIR, SHO Ajay Sharma said the case had been registered after receiving a report of the inquiry conducted by the education department. Dhanju had, however, termed the allegations as baseless. He said the department had already conducted four inquiries into the case and they had not been given any details of the outcome of these inquiries. |
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2 held for doc’s murder
Tohana (Fatehabad), November 11 SP Saurabh Singh said Anoop Singh, a resident of Samain village, and Jora, alias Gurvinder, a resident of Diwana village, were arrested today, while another accused Indi, alias Boxer, a resident of Akanwali village was still absconding. Anoop Singh is a brother of zila parishad chief Balbir Singh Balli. The SP said Anoop Singh was treated by the slain doctor sometime back and his hand had to be amputated after gangrene developed during the treatment. Anoop considered Grover responsible for his misery as some Hisar-based orthopedic surgeon had allegedly told him that he had developed the complication due to negligence of the slain doctor. Anoop had started demanding money from Grover as compensation for the loss of the limb and he had also developed a revengeful attitude towards the doctor. When Grover did not pay heed to his demands for money, Anoop decided to liquidate the doctor with the help of his two friends Jora and Boxer, he added. The SP further said Anoop Singh made an attempt to kill the doctor on November 3, but the doctor was not there in his hospital on that day. The three again went to Grover’s hospital on the fateful day and killed
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2 die, 10 hurt in road accident
Sirsa, November 11 Three persons, who were seriously injured, have been shifted to Hisar, while seven others are being treated in the local general hospital. The Tata Sumo carrying 12 persons was on road to Hansi. When the vehicle reached near Moriwala village, it collided with the bus coming from the opposite direction. “The driver of the Tata Sumo was looking towards a car damaged by some accident on the roadside, when his vehicle suddenly collided with the bus.
The bus driver tried hard to avert the accident, but Sumo driver Khazan Chand, who lost control over the steering hit the vehicle against the bus,” said an injured person in the general hospital. The driver and a woman, Darshana Devi, died on
the spot. Two women Chandro and Imarati and a boy, Monti, got serious injuries and have been shifted
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Cop held on rape charge
Jind, November 11 The constable identified as Anil Kumar was arrested from the Uchana bus stand last night. He has been named as one of the three accused, who had allegedly gangraped a 10-year-old girl in Surbura village on October 10. The trio had allegedly raped her when the victim had gone to attend nature’s call near her house. The father of the girl had lodged a complaint with the police on October 13 and a case was registered after the medical examination of the victim. Two youths identified as Sanjay and Jagroop, residents of the same village, were nabbed by the police soon after, while the accused cop had been reportedly evading arrest so far. The accused was produced before a court in Narwana, which remanded him in judicial custody this morning. |
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Sarita Case
Ambala, November 11 Two of the accused, Baljeet and Silak Ram, were present in the court. The CBI had filed a chargesheet in this case under sections 376, 506 and 34, IPC, against two police officials of the Rohtak CIA staff for allegedly raping Sarita,a resident of Rohatak. Sarita had committed suicide in front of the police headquarters at Panchkula on June 9. |
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Jindal has narrow escape as plane tyres burst
Guwahati, November
11 Airport sources said two tyres of the
private Citation 12-seater aircraft of Jindal Steel upon landing at the
airport at 10 am, burst, stranding the plane on the approach runway,
thereby halting the take off and landing of other commercial
flights. The flights coming in at the time of the mishap were either
diverted to Kolkata, Bagdogra or Imphal and others controlled in their
originating destinations, the sources said. Navin Jindal heading
towards Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, left in a helicopter for his
destination, the sources added. — PTI |
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INSO favours President’s rule
Fatehabad, November 11 The decision was taken at a meeting of state executive of the INSO held here. Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) secretary general Ajay Singh Chautala addressed the students’ leaders on the occasion. The INSO leaders would visit each and every college, universities and the educational institutions to involve students in its signature campaign. State INSO in charge Randhir Singh Cheeka, state INSO unit president Vikas Rathee, all districts and university INSO presidents participated in
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