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Rain leaves Fatehabad, Sirsa areas waterlogged
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Protection of monuments part of DCs’ duty: HC
Tribune Impact
Farmers seek higher rates for acquired land
3 robbers arrested
Woman, youth electrocuted in Sirsa
Bank robbed of Rs 4.26 lakh
Ex-sarpanch’s death
Mango Mela begins tomorrow
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Rain leaves Fatehabad, Sirsa areas waterlogged
Sirsa/Fatehabad, June 30 People were seen wading through knee-deep water in several areas of the town. In Sirsa, Dabwali, Kalanwali, Rania and Ellenabad had a good rainfall in the past 24 hours. Rain in Sirsa led to waterlogging in its low-lying areas like Chatargarh Patti, Kirti Nagar, JJ Colony, Khanna Colony and Agarsen Colony. The rain has brought cheer to farmers as paddy transplantation is in full swing these days. “The rain will be very beneficial for us as it costs Rs 1200 to Rs 1500 to fill one acre of land with water for paddy transplantation with the help of diesel as power has been playing truant these days,” said Jagir Singh, a farmer of Aherwan. Meanwhile, villagers blocked vehicular traffic on the Fatehabad Chandigarh national highway at Jandli Kalan in Fatehabad against poor drainage of rainwater from their village. The villagers alleged that after the level of the national highway had been raised, rainwater had started entering their houses during the monsoon. Baljit Singh, SDM, went to the village and persuaded the protesters to lift the blockade, assuring them that their problem would be sorted out soon. |
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Manmohan’s Next Reshuffle
Chandigarh, June 30 During the UPA I government, Haryana had two union ministers, Selja and Rao Inderjit Singh. Hans Raj Bhardwaj, a Rajya Sabha member from the state, was also there as the Union Law Minister. However, during the UPA II government, the state’s share in the Union Cabinet went down to just one. At present Selja, MP from Ambala, is the sole representative of the state in the Manmohan Singh Cabinet. While Bhardwaj was made the Governor of Karnataka, Rao Inderjit Singh, who was the Minister of State in the previous Manmohan Singh Cabinet, was not inducted in 2009. Rao Inderjit Singh met Sonia Gandhi a few days ago. The meeting is being linked by political circles of the state to his possible induction into the Cabinet. There is another heavyweight claimant to the ministerial berth in senior Haryana Congress leader Birendra Singh, who had lost the Assembly elections to Om Prakash Chautala of the INLD by a narrow margin in 2009. However, the Congress later nominated him to the Rajya Sabha. A few months ago, he was entrusted a job in the AICC. If the party high command decides to use his services in UP and Himachal, the two states that go to the polls next year, the Cabinet berth may elude him. Faridabad MP Avtar Singh Bhadana would also like to be in the race for a slot in the Union Cabinet because of his claim to the leadership of the Gujjar community. But then Sachin Pilot is already there in the Cabinet to represent the community. He is said to have better credentials than Bhadana as a leader of the Gujjars. Industrialist-turned-politician Naveen Jindal, MP from Kurukshetra, is another hopeful from Haryana. He has good contacts in the high command and he is active in the corridors of power in Delhi. How well his contacts will be able to help him in getting a ministerial job is yet to be seen. The hopefuls would remain optimistic till Manmohan Singh reshuffles his Cabinet. |
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Protection of monuments part of DCs’ duty: HC
Chandigarh, June 30 Referring to an earlier order passed in a petition against the state of Punjab on the protection of monuments, Justice Ranjit Singh has also made it apparent to the DCs that they are required to send reports on encroachment to the ASI. The directions are in continuation to instructions issued to the state of Haryana and the Centre to settle monument-safeguarding issues without “invoking jurisdiction of the writ court”. These come on the Central Government’s plea for direction to Haryana to stop illegal and unauthorised encroachment by residents around KOS Minar, Akbarpur Barota, in Sonepat district. Reiterating the directions issued on October 4, 2008, in the Munshi Ram versus state of Punjab case, Justice Ranjit Singh observed: “The DCs have already been directed to obtain a report from the revenue authorities regarding encroachment, if any, and send its copy to the ASI. “The DCs and the ASI have also been directed to get the ancient and protected monuments retrieved from the encroachers in accordance with law. The ASI is to ensure that all ancient and protected monuments are maintained, preserved, repaired or renovated periodically and collector of the district concerned is to perform duties under the Ancient Monument Archeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, without even any request from the ASI”. Justice Ranjit Singh concluded: “These wide-ranging directions issued by this court in Munshi Ram's case obviously have not been disseminated to the Deputy Commissioners in Haryana. “It would, therefore, be appropriate for the state or for Union of India to convey all these directions to all DCs in the Haryana so as to apprise them about their responsibility to protect such monuments…. “Let copies of this order, along with the directions issued in Munshi Ram's case be sent to all DCs in Haryana and also to the Department of Home and any other department, which is dealing with the protected monuments, at the state government level”. |
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Tribune Impact
Fatehabad, June 30 A meeting of the village panchayat was held after intervention by the police today, where the issue was resolved after their neighbours assured the victim family of better conduct in the future. SP Vivek Sharma said Tohana DSP Suresh Kaushik was present at the meeting, where both parties decided to sink their differences. He said other villagers had also assured the police that the incident would not be repeated in the future and the Muslim family did not want to pursue the case any more. Kuldeep Khan, son of the family’s head, Chanan Khan, said their family was happy with the resolution of the dispute and they
had agreed to return to their home. The Muslim family, which eked out a living by etching on wooden items for the past 20 years in Diwana, had shifted with their household items to Karandi village, after being allegedly tormented by a majority community family and the alleged apathetic attitude of the police. The family had alleged that Godha Khan, a member of the family, was beaten up by the sons of a neighbour for listening music on his mobile. Later, his family members were tormented and humiliated for reporting the matter to the village panchayat and the police authorities. The Tribune had highlighted the plight of the poor family in a news item, “Tormented, Muslim family flees village”, in its columns today. The police acted swiftly after reading the news story and a compromise was worked out. |
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Farmers seek higher rates for acquired land
Hisar, June 30 Today, they drove on motorcycles and assorted vehicles all the way from Agroha, about 20 km from here, and then marched in a procession to the Deputy
Commissioner’s office. The police did not allow them to reach the entrance to the Mini-Secretariat but permitted them to hold a protest meeting in the vicinity. BKU leader Krishan Sarup Gorakhpuria said the government had paid Rs 95 lakh per acre to farmers of Satrod village, near here, and Rs 85 lakh an acre to farmers of Sirsa. However, the Agroha farmers were paid a paltry Rs 8 lakh an acre last year. |
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3 robbers arrested
Kaithal, June 30 The police recovered the looted cash from the criminals. They were produced in a local court today, which remanded them in police custody. SP Simardeep Singh told mediapersons here today that two motorcycle-borne youths stopped their bike in front of
Surjit, an employee of Mimoja Enterprise Finance Private Ltd, near Mannat Hotel yesterday while he was returning on his motorcycle after collecting cash. They threw chilly powder into Surjit’s eyes and snatched a bag carrying cash and some important documents. Three of their accomplices, who were riding another motorcycle, kept a watch from a distance. The police sounded an alert and set up nakas to nab the culprits, who were arrested from the Kaithal-Jind bypass. Those arrested have been identified as
Parveen, a resident of Nara, and Viplu and Pawan of Hasanpur in Sonepat. Two of their accomplices, Munish of Nara and Yatin of
Sonepat, are still at large. The SP said the gangsters were also involved in a similar looting incident in Cheeka on June 7 and some other incidents in
Panipat. |
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Woman, youth electrocuted in Sirsa
Sirsa, June 30 In another incident, Balraj, a youth working in a furniture house, was electrocuted after he touched an air- cooler lying in the shop. He was rushed to the General Hospital, Dabwali, where he was declared brought dead. |
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Bank robbed of Rs 4.26 lakh
Hisar, June 30 On entering the bank they took out their revolvers and took the entire staff hostage. They removed the cash from the teller’s counter and made good their escape. The police said all nearby districts had been alerted about the robbers.
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Ex-sarpanch’s death
Jind, June 30 It threatened to intensify the stir to seek the arrest of all accused, including a former minister and an ex-Chief Parliamentary Secretary. |
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Mango Mela begins tomorrow
Chandigarh, June 30 Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Tourism, Ram Kishan Fauji, said here today that mela would be inaugurated on July 2 by Chhatar Singh, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, while Governor Jagannath Pahadia would be the chief guest at the prize distribution-cum-closing ceremony the next day.
— TNS
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