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Woman gang-raped in Sonepat
Youth held for raping minor on promise of marriage
1 held for bid to outrage modesty of Dalit
CAG picks holes in Hooda govt’s land acquisition policy
GRPF cop slaps locals using railway bridge
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Jats’ dharna at Fatehabad village from March 14
Dharna at Jantar Mantar from March 18
Father, son among 3 killed in accident
Surjewala clarifies on MLAs’
TA bills
Cong MLAs took on own govt over poor healthcare
MDU scam: 16 staffers reinstated
2 kids die after taking mid-day meals
Undertrial hurt in firing
Jewellers call off strike
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Woman gang-raped in Sonepat
Sonepat, March 12 On her complaint, a case of gang rape was registered in Kundli police station. The police arrested the accused soon after receiving the report of rape today. In her complaint, she said that she along with the accused was working at a unit in Kundli. The unit owner assigned them a duty for going outside the unit. But the accused took her to an abandoned industrial unit in the area and both raped her one by one. After returning home, she narrated the incident to her husband and lodged a complaint with the police today. The SHO of Kundli, Rajpal, said the accused were arrested today and they would be produced in the court tomorrow.
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Youth held for raping minor on promise of marriage
Sirsa, March 12 The accused, Banti, a resident of Sardulgarh in Punjab, had allegedly eloped with the 15-year-old victim on February 15. The girl’s parents had lodged a complaint with the police of her kidnapping. During investigations, the police located the youth’s mobile under the network of Himachal Pradesh and succeeded in arresting him from Manikaran. The medical examination of the girl confirmed that she was raped. The police produced the accused in a court today, where he was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days.
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1 held for bid to outrage modesty of Dalit
Rewari, March 12 He was today produced in a local court which remanded him in 14-day judicial custody. Earlier, on a complaint filed by the woman, the police registered a case of assault against Dhani Ram and his elder brother, Hukam Singh Gujjar (40). The woman alleged that when she was sleeping in her house on Saturday night , Dhani Ram intruded in her room and tore off her clothes. When she raised the alarm, other inmates of the house were alerted, but Dhani Ram managed to flee. When the village sarpanch was called in, Dhani Ram’s elder brother, Hukam Singh insisted on suppressing the matter using abusive language against her.
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CAG picks holes in Hooda govt’s land acquisition policy
Chandigarh, March 12
In its latest report presented to the Haryana Vidhan Sabha yesterday, the CAG alleged that the rules were tweaked to favour certain big builders and other organisations in the allotment and release of the land under the acquisition. In fact, the Hooda government allegedly bent over backward to allot over 5 acres of land to the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust at Ullahwas (Gurgaon) for setting up of an eye hospital. “Rules were violated in allotting land to the trust,” Onkar Nath, Prinicipal Accountant General (Audit), Haryana, said. The notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act had already been issued when the decision to lease out the land to the trust was taken. Moreover, while leasing out the land, a process of bidding was to be adopted, which was not done in this case, the CAG report alleged. Similarly, irregularities were detected in the valuation of nearly 351 acres of land in Gurgaon by a government-appointed consultant. The government transferred about 351 acres of land to the HSIIDC for developing recreational and leisure projects. The HSIIDC had appointed ILFS Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited as consultant to assess the cost of the land. “Due to wrong valuation, the land was assessed at about Rs 1,684 crore whereas according to proper calculation, it should have been Rs 2,142 crore,” Onkar Nath said. The land was later taken by the DLF in bidding. The bidding process was undertaken again after increasing the floor area ratio by 20 per cent while the bid amount remained the same, the report alleged. Meanwhile, the report termed the release of over 136 acres of land to M/s Uddar Gagan Properties Private Limited, a company promoted by a media group, in Rewari against the provisions of the Act. Listing several cases of the land released to the private builders under the Land Release Policy, 2007, the report stated that 2,071 acres of land was released to the private builders by the state government since 2007-2008.
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GRPF cop slaps locals using railway bridge
Yamunanagar, March 12 The action came after five persons were allegedly crushed to death under trains on this bridge in the last one week. However, instead of allegedly putting effective measures in place to thwart the locals from using the bridge, the SHO victimised them. SHO Brijpal was caught in camera slapping more than 15 persons who tried to cross the railway bridge. Local residents say that they used the bridge as a shortcut, but it was so long and narrow that if a train came, it was difficult to find a safe place on the bridge. The SHO later gave an interview to a news channel in which he claimed that “the population has increased so much that it has become impossible for the police to control it.” The SHO spared none, as both children and grown-up individuals faced his wrath for over an hour on the bridge. Superintendent of Police Y Puran Kumar, when contacted, said he would have the matter looked into.
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Jats’ dharna at Fatehabad village from March 14
Hisar, March 12 However, Jat activists will not disrupt vehicular traffic and stage their dharna on the roadside. The samiti has a plan to begin similar dharnas at Bamla in Bhiwani and Sonepat. Ram Bhagat Malik, a spokesman of the state unit of the AIJASS, said the organisation had earlier planned to start a dharna at Gajuwala in Fatehabad, where they had organised similar agitations in 2011 and 2012. The dharna at Mayyar entered its seventh day today while the indefinite fast entered its sixth day. With the health of agitators deteriorating, the district authorities have kept an ambulance at the dharna site. Meanwhile, an 11-member committee of AIJASS leaders was constituted today to manage the agitation and take steps to spread the stir in Haryana.The samiti has a plan to begin similar dharnas at Bamla in Bhiwani and Sonepat. The AIJASS has been demanding a quota in jobs for Jats in Haryana as well as at the centre . Though the Haryana government has already announced a 10 per cent quota in jobs for Jats and four other castes, the faction of AIJASS led by Yashpal Malik has rejected the offer. The faction maintains that the reservation announced by Hooda government was is practical as the quota in jobs has exceeded 50 per cent and is unlikely to withstand judicial scrutiny. The faction led by Malik has demanded a quota within the 27 per cent reserved for the OBCs. Dharna at Jantar Mantar from March 18 Karnal: Agitating for inclusion of Jats in the OBC list for reservation in jobs and education, the Sanyukt Jat Aarakshan Samiti has decided to intensify the struggle and sit on an indefinite dharna at Jantar Mantar at New Delhi from March 18, Jagbir Goyat, president of the state unit of the samiti, said. As many as1000 youth Jat volunteers were being trained to maintain peace and discipline during the dharna, Goyat added. A meeting of samiti members would be held at Panipat, Jind and Bhivani on March 14 and 15.
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Father, son among 3 killed in accident
Panipat, March 12 The ill-fated vehicle carrying Kulwant Singh of Barada village in Ambala district, his wife and son and another woman, hit the divider on the flyover after losing balance and three persons, including Kulwant Singh, his son and the woman accompanying them, died while his wife was admitted to a local private hospital in a critical condition. The police reached the spot and sent the bodies to the Civil Hospital, Panipat, for postmortem. 2 students crushed by truck
Jhajjar: Two students of a private school were crushed to death by a truck on the Jhajjar-Bahadurgarh road near Kablana village today. The truck driver also attempted to crush other two students when they reportedly tried to nab him after the mishap. The deceased, Mohit and Deepak of Kablana village, were Class X students . The police said the accident took place this morning when Mohit and Deepak were going to Jhajjar on a motorcycle. Both students reportedly died on the spot. When two other students- Sandeep and Lokesh- tried to nab the truck driver after the accident, he attempted to run over them.The truck driver managed to escape, said the police.The truck driver has been booked for rash and negligent driving. |
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Surjewala clarifies on MLAs’
TA bills
Chandigarh, March 12 However, CAG, in its report clearly mentioned irregularities in the payment of free travel facilities to 26 MLAs, including 12 ministers who were re-elected to the 12th Vidhan Sabha. |
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Cong MLAs took on own govt over poor healthcare
Chandigarh, March 12 The House which discussed issues as varied as crime against women, road accidents, education, the spread of cancer and swine flu in the nine calling-attention motions brought by MLAs from all parties, the din caused over the adjournment motion on probity in public life brought all proceedings to a halt. Essentially a “counter” to the INLD's adjournment motion on Skylight Hospitality Limited of Robert Vadra which finally lapsed, the Congress took up the adjournment motion on probity in public life which the INLD didn’t want to be discussed. Despite assurances from Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda that the conviction of their leaders, including Leader of the Opposition Om Prakash Chautala, would not be mentioned at all, the INLD as also the Leader of the BJP legislature party, Anil Vij, carried out a full-throttled protest against the move, leading to their naming and suspension or frequent walkouts. However, the Treasury Benches that were so keen on debating “probity in public life” failed to rise above party politics and reduced it to a Chautala-bashing exercise, recounting various incidents during INLD rule. In the absence of the INLD, Congress legislators had a “field-day” flogging Chautala for his “misrule” as Chief Minister. For the first time, the House has instituted a “Best Legislators Award” which will be based on the issues raised by any member, the times he contributed to the proceedings and obedience to the Chair. Speaker Kuldeep Sharma, said though the Opposition got sufficient time to speak, its behaviour was a cause of concern. “They get time to speak but do not know how to speak,” he claimed. Another interesting facet of the session was the four-member BJP group in the legislature seemed a house divided as its members seemed to differ on most issues.
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MDU scam: 16 staffers reinstated
Rohtak, March 12 The police has arrested five persons, including two lecturers of affiliated colleges of MDU, in connection with the scam that surfaced after the recovery of around 2,191 unmarked answersheets on the campus. Admitting that 16 employees had been reinstated, the Vice-Chancellor Dr R.P. Hooda, said the employees had been asked to be available to the police regarding the investigation. He said the three employees who were in judicial custody had not been reinstated.
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2 kids die after taking mid-day meals Panipat, March 12 An inquiry has been ordered into the incident. Deputy Superintendent of Police Virendra Dalal said the suspicion by the deceased children's relatives about the role of a close relative would also be looked into. Sagar (7) and Raman (4), both real brothers, went to the anganwari for mid-day meals. Their condition suddenly deteriorated after taking mid-day meals. They were taken to a private hospital where doctors declared them dead. The officials assured Ramphal, the deceased children's father, that if any lapse was found on the part of the anganwari staff, stringent action would be taken. What baffled the officials was that no other child who had taken mid-day meals had fallen ill. However, a team of doctors has been rushed to the village to take stock of the situation. |
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Undertrial hurt in firing
Jind, March 12 Manish, a local resident and accused in a case of attempt to murder, has been shifted to the PGIMS, Rohtak, in a critical condition. While the culprits managed to escape, the police has booked a case in this connection. The police has recovered a country-made revolver used by the culprits. — TNS |
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Jewellers call off strike
Karnal, March 12 The SP asked the association to send one shopkeeper daily along with a patrolling party so that every place could be checked. |
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the music for slapping a woman in Tarn Taran district of Punjab, an SHO of the Government Railway Police Force (GRPF) today publicly slapped at least 15 persons.
The All-India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti (ALJASS) today announced to start another dharna at Dhani Gopal village on the Fatehabad-Chandigarh road from March 14.
