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Bahadurgarh Land Acquisition
Relief for hailstorm-hit Bhiwani farmers soon
Rao fades into background as Hooda flags off Rath Yatra
Classification of prisoners challenged
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Fatehabad DC warns against illegal constructions
Cong leader Jai Pal Rana joins HJC
Efforts to revive Ambala IMT project
Security beefed up at Ambala railway station
TV channel’s effigy burnt
Rs 17.45-cr aid sanctioned for MCs
Collection of
Money
Harassed by 2 youths, Class IX student commits suicide
Newborn girl’s body found
10-year jail for husband, in-laws
Man held for murdering friend
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Bahadurgarh Land Acquisition
Chandigarh, March 17 The assertion by the Division Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice RP Nagrath came on a petition filed by Dushyant and other petitioners against the State of Haryana and other respondents. In their plea before the High Court, the petitioners had claimed they were owners in possession of land measuring approximately 85,000 square metres situated within the revenue estate of Bahadurgarh acquired by the state government, vide notifications dated January 19, 2012, and January 17, 2013, under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act. Seeking quashing of the notifications in regard to their land, one of the principal contentions raised on behalf of the petitioners was that the JSIC constituted by the state government conducted a survey of the area before the issuance of the notification under Section 4. After several meetings, the committee recommended exemption of existing structures from the acquisition process, including houses in existence on January 19, 2012, when the notification under Section 4 was issued. Taking up the matter, the Bench asserted: “Having heard counsel for the parties and after going through the documents placed on record, including the recommendations made at different levels, we are of the considered view that the state government needs to take an appropriate decision on the basis of the recommendations said to have been made by the JSIC. “Consequently, without expressing any views on merits of the petitioners' claim, we deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondents to consider the petitioners’ claim and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order in accordance with law and policy decision.” Before parting with the case, the Bench also set a two-month deadline for the purpose, and added that till then both the parties would maintain status quo. |
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Relief for hailstorm-hit Bhiwani farmers soon
Bhiwani, March 17 Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who made
a brief stopover at the airstrip here today, told Bhiwani Deputy Commissioner Ashok Kumar Meena to expedite special girdawari of crops and send report to the government soon. “Ensure that a complete transparency is observed in the special
girdawari, so that no deserving farmer is left without compensation for his damaged crop,” Hooda told the DC. Hooda reached Bhiwani from Chandigarh by air and after a brief interaction with senior officers of the district, headed for Rohtak. Mustard, wheat, gram and some other rabi crops in over 50 villages of Bhiwani in the heavy rains accompanied with a hailstorm that hit the area on the night of February 23. Farmers and leaders of the INLD, the HJC and
the BJP have been demanding compensation for the farmers. Bhiwani MP Shruti Choudhry and Haryana Minister Kiran Choudhry had also taken up the matter with the government and assured early compensation to the farmers on their recent visit. “We had started a survey immediately after the hailstorm and had submitted a report on the tentative loss to the government on February 26,” Meena told The Tribune and said the
final report of the special girdawari would be submitted to the government very soon. As per the report on tentative loss submitted by the Bhiwani administration, loss to mustard crop is 50-75 per cent and to wheat, grams and others 26-50 per cent in Bhiwani tehsil of the district. In the Charkhi Dadri tehsil of Bhiwani, loss to mustard is 50-75 per cent and to wheat, the loss is 10-25 per cent. Farmers in Loharu block of Bhiwani have suffered 20-30 per cent loss to
their mustard, wheat, grams and other crops. The report on tentative loss to crops says that there is no loss of crops in Badhra, Tosham, Siwani and Bawani Khera tehsils and Behl and Bond Kalan subtehsils of Bhiwani. |
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Rao fades into background as Hooda flags off Rath Yatra
Over the last week, as the who’s who of the Haryana Congress converged in Delhi to “apprise” the high command of the goings-on in the factionalism-marred state unit of the party, Rao Inderjit was neither summoned nor did he attempt to establish any contact with the party leadership. Sources said a few days after Rao Inderjit floated his Haryana Insaaf Manch to fight for justice for southern Haryana, party national vice-president Rahul Gandhi, at a meeting of Haryana MPs, emphasised that detractors had no place in the party. At the meeting, Gandhi, without referring to the MP directly, also said those leaders who had got nothing usually became the most vocal critics of the government and it boiled down to a Congress versus Congress battle in the end. Giving a “clean chit” to Hooda on the issue of employment, Gandhi also informed the MPs that he had gone into the merits of the allegations that the government had employed people of a particular district, and had found them to be false. Again Rao Inderjit was conspicuous by his absence during Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s visit to Gurgaon on March 8. His “ill-health” was cited as the reason for his skipping the visit. Interestingly, on March 9, instead of choosing to lie low after an “earful” at Rahul Gandhi meeting, he went ahead and organised a workers’ meting at Narnaul, sticking to his contention that south Haryana was being discriminated against. Even as the Congress high command went ahead to “organise” a meeting between Hooda and Selja earlier this week, to facilitate ironing out of their differences, there has been no such attempt from the party to address Rao Indrajeet’s grievances so far, indicating a widening chasm between the MP and his party. Even as Rao Inderjit faces “exile”, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda flagged off the Haryana Vikas Rath Yatra in Delhi today to highlight the “unprecedented” development works in southern Haryana. This Rath Yatra is scheduled to reach Gurgaon via Faridabad today. On March 18, this Rath Yatra would start from Gurgaon and reach Rohtak via Jhajjar and Bahadurgarh. On March 20, it would reach Palwal via Rewari, Mahendergarh and Sohna. This Rath Yatra would conclude on March 21 at Faridabad. Hooda said southern Haryana had never witnessed such a development before, which had now been undertaken during the tenure of the present government. The Vikas Rath yatra maybe the government’s answer to Rao Inderjit’s Haryana Insaaf Manch and his oft-repeated allegations of discrimination, but it is unlikely to be enough to gloss over the growing differences of the MP with his party.
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Classification of prisoners challenged
Chandigarh, March 17 In a PIL placed before the Division Bench of Chief Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri and Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain, advocate HC Arora contended that classification of prisoners on the basis of family background, income and
education level was unconstitutional as it violated Articles 14 and 15 of
the Constitution. The prisoners cannot be treated differently in the jail as all criminals were equal before law. Thus, grant of better facilities to more educated, richer or high family status, was arbitrary and illegal. Referring to the provisions of the jail manual, he said better class prisoners in Haryana and UT Chandigarh jails were entitled to better facilities, including facility to get food cooked separately, or to eat home-cooked food, more newspapers, more number of magazines, more visitors, wear dresses other then those worn by ordinary prisoners and exemption from hard jobs. Arora added an analysis of the data showed that the convicts and undertrials, enjoying Class-B facilities in Model Jail, Chandigarh, included seven prisoners involved in murder, one in dowry death case, four of same family for abetment to suicide, one each in attempt to murder, kidnapping for ransom and kidnapping woman to compel her to marry. |
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Quota row: Jats block Hisar, Fatehabad national highways
Hisar, March 17 The protestors have started another dharna at Dhanana in Bhiwani from today besides the sit-in dharnas being organised at Mayyar in Hisar and Dhani Gopal in Fatehabad. “We will wait for the response of the authorities till 11 am tomorrow and if the authorities failed to release the striking Jats who have been admitted to the hospital against their wishes, our action committee will take a decision for the future course of action,” said Mahinder Singh Punia, a spokesperson of the Jats at Mayyar. Punia said their organisation had decided the timings of the roadblocks in such a manner that the schoolchildren appearing in examinations do not get held up anywhere. Meanwhile, the authorities today clarified that the striking Jats were not lifted. Instead they were provided medical aid at the General Hospital in view of their deteriorating health, the police said. According to the health bulletin released by Hisar Civil Surgeon Dr Ashok Chaudhary each of the five agiating farmers on fast since March 7 had decreased by 5 to 6 kg. A faction of the AIJASS, led by Yashpal Malik, had rejected the reservation of the Jats, as announced by the state government. Its activists started a dharna at Mayyar on March 6 demanding reservation within the 27 per cent quota fixed for the OBCs. The five activists aged between 62 and 76 had started their fast-unto-death from the next day. Similar dharnas are now being held at Dhani Gopal in Fatehabad and Dhanana in Bhiwani. At Dhani Gopal too, a 90-year-old agitator sat on a fast-unto-death from March 15. Meanwhile, another faction of the AIJASS, led by Hawa Singh Sangwan, has termed the agitation as unjustifiable, as the state government had already announced reservation for the Jats and four other castes, , a faction leader maintained. |
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Fatehabad DC warns against illegal constructions
Fatehabad, March 17 The Deputy Commissioner, Dr Saket Kumar, told property dealers to get their establishments registered under the Haryana Regulation of Property Dealers and Property Consultants Act, 2008. Setting a deadline of March 31 at a meeting of property dealers in his office today, the DC warned that action would be taken against them in default. Notified on October 13, 2008, the Act provides for registration all persons in the trade of property dealing in Haryana. The Act provides that any person found dealing in property consultancy business without having a valid licence will invite a penalty of Rs 50,000 and in case of society, company or organisation, the fine is Rs 1 lakh. Besides this, the violation can attract punishment of imprisonment for
six months. Of the over 200 property dealers operating in Fatehabad district, merely 39 have so far registered their establishments under the Act. The DC said the registration of sale deeds and start of any kind of construction without the written permission of the District Town Planner was banned in Fatehabad. Illegal colonies have sprouted up in different parts of the district, leading to haphazard development. |
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Cong leader Jai Pal Rana joins HJC
Gharonda (Karnal), March 17 Rana had been virtually sidelined by the Congress and sulking after the 2009 Assembly elections, which he could not contest as his Nilokheri constituency was reserved in delimitation and a Congress ticket from any alternative constituency in Karnal district was denied to him. He had been occasionally causing embarrassment to the Hooda government by openly alleging discrimination against north Haryana in development and employment. He had indicated last month about joining the HJC and finally ended the suspense by announcing his decision to join the HJC along with his supporters. Bishnoi said it would further strengthen the HJC in the region. Lashing out at the UPA government for lowering the age for consensual sex for girls from 18 to 16 years, Bishnoi said this tender age was meant for getting education, becoming self-reliant and staying physically fit. |
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Efforts to revive Ambala IMT project
Ambala, March 17 After this, the project was considered as withdrawn. However, Congress legislator Venod Sharma claimed that the project was still under consideration of the state government and was likely to see the light of the day soon. It could provide jobs to more than 1.5 lakh unemployed youths of the region, besides ushering an era of industrial development in Ambala. He said the project plans were being redrawn. It was after opposition by Union Minister and Ambala MP Kumari Selja and local farmers whose land was to be acquired for the project that the decision against the setting up of IMT was taken. The state-level committee had decided that the area where the IMT was to be set up would remain an agricultural zone with no provisions for allowing any change of land use in future as well. In 2010, the Hooda-led government had proposed the IMT project in about 1,852 acres of fertile land of Panjokhra, Zenetpur, Mandaur, Garnala, Khatauli, Kakru and Saddopur villages. Local farmers launched an agitation against the project. Following the continuous opposition by farmers against the acquisition of their fertile land for the project, Union Minister Selja and Haryana Cabinet Minister Ajay Singh Yadav put their weight behind the agitating farmers. Yadav also wrote a letter to Chief Minister Hooda requesting him not acquire the fertile land for the industrial project. Selja and Yadav had also reportedly written letters to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Hooda expressing their resentment over the acquisition of fertile land. |
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Security beefed up at Ambala railway station
Ambala, March 17 A letter written purportedly by supporters of Balwant Singh Rajoana and Jagtar Singh Hawara, was received by ASI Dharambir Singh at the GRP police station. It contained a threat to blow up the railway station and certain places in the Ambala cantonment area on March 18. It also carried specific mention that the asserters would also target GRP SP (Haryana) Y Puran Kumar. "Though the authenticity of the threat and the origin of the letter is being examined, we are not taking any chances and have alerted the highest authorities and increased security at places mentioned in the letter," DSP Dharambir Punia said. He said the department had registered a case and started investigations. He said that a stamp on envelope was hardly visible and the investigators had so far not been able to ascertain the place from where the letter was dispatched. Over the past seven years, the GRP has received around seven such letters, which later, turned out to
be fake. However, given the public sensitivities involved, the security agencies were not taking any chances, said the DSP. Y Puran Kumar said the matter was being looked into and the security agencies had been put on an alert. |
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Free legal aid clinic inaugurated
Bhiwani, March 17 Justice
Mittal, who is also the executive chairman of the Haryana State Legal Services Authority (HSLSA), was addressing villagers after inaugurating a legal aid clinic at Badhra in Bhiwani today. Justice Mittal said with over 70 per cent of the country’s population living in villages and a large majority of them being illiterate, were unaware of their legal rights and the remedies available to them in case of infringement. He said the HSLSA had been constituted to provide free legal aid to the deprived sections of the society and to make people aware of their legal rights. |
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TV channel’s effigy burnt
Sonepat, March 17 Harcharan Singh said the serial titled as "Gurbani" was interference in the religious matters of the Sikhs and intended to hurt religious sentiments of the Sikhs. “Gurbani is not the name of a particular individual,” he said and explained that Gurbani was considered as the words of God. The teachings of the Sikh Gurus and other saints like Kabir, Bhagat Ram Dev and Bhagat Ravi Dass had been incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib, he said and demanded that the serial producer either should the change serial's name or stop its telecasting. |
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Rs 17.45-cr aid sanctioned for MCs
Chandigarh, March 17 A spokesman of the Urban Local Bodies Department said out of the total amount, over Rs 1.48 crore had been sanctioned for the Municipal Corporation of Ambala, over Rs.4.91 crore for the Municipal Corporation, Faridabad, Rs 1.77 crore for the Municipal Corporation, Gurgaon, more than Rs 1.65 crore for the Municipal Corporation, Karnal, and Rs 93.88 lakh for the Municipal Corporation, Panchkula. Over Rs 1.15 crore has been sanctioned for the Municipal Corporation, Hisar, Rs 1.79 crore for the Municipal Corporation, Rohtak, and over Rs 1.75 crore for the Municipal Corporation, Yamunanagar. |
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Govt mulls making HTET a regular feature: Bhukkal
Jhajjar, March 17 Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal gave this information while talking to mediapersons after inaugurating a blood donation camp at Punjabi Dharamshala here today. The Education Department had conducted the test two years ago. |
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Collection of
Money
Chandigarh, March 17 The notice for April 22 came on a petition filed in public interest by PP Kapoor against the “All-India Organic Farming Society, Railway Road, Hisar” and its president Rajesh Beniwal. In his petition, Kapoor alleged the society invited applications through public notice dated September 27, 2012, and collected a “huge amount from a large number of unemployed persons across the country by way of applications fee." |
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Harassed by 2 youths, Class IX student commits suicide
Hisar, March 17 In his complaint, the victim’s brother has alleged that the two accused passed lewd remarks on his sister on her way back from school. He alleged that she was extremely traumatised over such harassment for the past 15 to 20 days. He said on hearing her cries, their neighbours rushed her to a hospital. The victim was alone
at home and was crying for water. She died at a private hospital. He said his sister had accused Vinod and Mohit of making her life a living hell. The girl wanted to become a doctor and was very intelligent. After their father’s death some years ago, the
victim’s mother was working in a milk dairy. The police said a case of abettment to suicide had been registered on the basis of the complaint of the victim’s brother. Youth held for eve-teasing
Kurukshetra: The police has arrested Rinku, a resident of Kheri Dabdlan, for allegedly teasing and assaulting her daughter after forcibly entering the victim’s house. On the basis of a complaint filed by the victim’s mother, the accused was today produced in a court, which remanded him in judicial custody, the police said. Man held for
raping neighbour
Gurgaon: A motor mechanic has been arrested for allegedly raping his neighbour, a married woman. Jagdeep Singh (42) of Khandsa in Gurgaon was arrested for raping a 21-year-old woman hailing from Uttar Pradesh. The victim lives in a rented house at Khandsa. The woman alleged that the accused called her at his shop for a job interview and took her to a secluded room and raped her. Later, the woman told her husband about the incident, who called the police. The victim’s medical examination confirmed rape. Today, the accused was produced before a magistrate who sent him to 14-day judicial custody. One booked for raping minor
Hisar: The police has booked Manjit for raping a 14-year-old Dalit girl of Umra village in Hisar yesterday. The accused has been booked under Section 376 of the IPC and the Atrocities against SCs and STs (Prevention) Act after the medical examination of the victim confirmed sexual assault. The victim has alleged that she was alone last night when the accused entered the house after scaling a wall and took
her to a nearby secluded dilapidated house after gagging her mouth and raped her. Hearing her cries, the victim’s mother reached the spot. The accused fled. The victim’s relatives lodged a complaint today. No arrest has been made so far. |
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Newborn girl’s body found
Sonepat, March 17 During investigation, it was revealed that Pinki, a resident of the local Adarsh Nagar, was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday for delivery. Another woman, Roshni, accompanied her. Pinki gave birth to a girl child around 11.40 am on Wednesday in the hospital. The child was underweight and weak and died yesterday. Pinki was discharged from the hospital this morning and while leaving, she is suspected to have dropped the dead child near the hospital gate. |
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10-year jail for husband, in-laws
Ambala, March 17 The deceased, Aasha Devi of Gharonda, was married to Raj Kumar of Saha village near Ambala Cantt. Her husband and in-laws harassed her for not bringing sufficient dowry. On October 7, 2011, Mahender Kumar, the father of the deceased, received an information that her daughter got expired. He immediately rushed to Saha along with some relatives. He found some injury marks on her body. |
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Man held for murdering friend
Jhajjar, March 17 A case has been registered against the accused on the complaint of the deceased's uncle. The reason of the murder is yet to be ascertained. The police said Yogesh had picked Kuldeep from his house on the pretext of attending a party on Friday evening. Later, Yogesh allegedly killed Kuldeep by assaulting him with bricks.
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