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High-level team in Uttarakhand
Jhajjar admn launches helpline for flood victims
PIOs yet to pay Rs 12.76-lakh penalty
998 consumers avail settlement scheme
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House tax on HUDA sectors opposed
State BJP vice-president Rajiv Jain hands over a memorandum to SB Lohia, ADC, at the mini-secretariat in Sonepat on Friday. Tribune photo
411 ex-servicemen get financial aid
Candidates at wits’ end as exam dates clash
Bhiwani, Mahendragarh likely to be included in NCR soon
Bhiwani MP Shruti Choudhry hands over a memorandum to Union Minister Kamal Nath in Delhi
on Friday. A Tribune photograph
Three held for bid to suicide
Rs 1-lakh award for clue to murder accused
Scheme to rehabilitate kids rescued from circuses
State government releases Rs 100 crore to sugar mills
Major-Gen Shrikant Sharma takes charge as Hisar veterinary varsity VC
Prostitution racket busted in Sirsa
Policemen with two women arrested for immoral trafficking in Sirsa on Friday.
A Tribune photograph
532 centres for Teacher’s Eligibility Test
HAU entrance test tomorrow
Illegal colonies to face FIRs
Cloudy sky, dusty winds expected in Hisar
Anganwari worker to get President’s Award
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High-level team in Uttarakhand
Chandigarh, June 21 Haryana Chief Secretary PK Chaudhary has spoken to his Uttarakhand counterpart, Subhash Kumar, and assured him that relief material was ready to be dispatched to the locations indicated by the the Uttarakhand Administration. The material included tents, medicines, blankets, clothes, food packets, mobile generating sets, fuel and other emergency supplies. Meanwhile, the Shri Sanatan Dharam Education Society, Panipat, has donated Rs 21 lakh to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to help those stranded in Uttarakhand. Kaithal: Deputy Commissioner Chander Shekhar accompanied by officials of various departments inspected and reviewed the flood-preventive arrangements in Kaithal and Kalayat areas of this district on Friday. Major AK Upadhyay from Ambala cantonment with a contingent of Army jawans was also present on the occasion. Shekhar directed officials to work in a coordinated manner and ensure completion of construction works and cleaning of drains and nullahs on a war footing. |
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Jhajjar admn launches helpline for flood victims
Jhajjar: The Jhajjar district administration has set up toll-free helpline numbers 1077 and 01251-254007 at its special control room for the people stranded in areas affected by floods and landslides in Uttarakhand.
Jhajjar Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ajit Balaji Joshi said the Haryana Government was in constant touch with the Uttarakhand Government for providing relief to the affected people, besides bringing them back safely. The DC has appealed to the people that anybody from the district or their relatives who are stranded there can contact this helpline. Joshi also maintained that various officers had been deputed to tackle the problem of flood-like situation in different areas of the district. |
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PIOs yet to pay Rs 12.76-lakh penalty
Rohtak, June 21 Only 434 of the 4,566 Public Information Officers (PIOs), who got show-cause notices by the commission, have been found guilty. The authorities have failed to recover the penalty of Rs 12.76 lakh from 158 PIOs since the commission became functional in 2006. This has been revealed in information collected by a local RTI activist Subhash from the office of the Chief Information Commissioner. He said while a penalty of Rs 31.79 lakh was imposed on 434 SPIOs till February 28 this year, 158 SPIOs paid no heed to the SIC orders and did not deposit the penalty despite reminders by the commission. This had resulted in the pending penalty amount that rose to Rs 12.76 lakh till February 28 last. Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Naresh Gulati said the delay in recovering the penalty was perhaps due to lack of provision to take action against the guilty. However, the pending dues would be recovered sooner or later, he added. |
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998 consumers avail settlement scheme
Chandigarh, June 21 Devender Singh said the scheme would remain in operation up to July 31 or settlement of all cases of consumers pending in courts, district consumer disputes redressal forums, the state commission and arbitration as on February 28. All such disputes where penalties had been levied could be settled under the scheme provided the consumer paid a reduced amount of 50 per cent of the amount initially assessed, along with a simple interest of 12 per cent per annum on the unpaid balance of the reduced amount. Disputes on account of levy of development charges were also covered under the scheme. |
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House tax on HUDA sectors opposed
Sonepat, June 21 They were led by state BJP vice-president Rajiv Jain. They pointed out that when all kind of dues were being paid to HUDA, there was no logic for charging the property tax by the Municipal Council. They also questioned the recovery of the tax of the past three years when there was no tax on HUDA properties. They threatened that if this 'anti-people' decision was not taken back, the residents would be forced to start an agitation. Jain said the MC had no right to recover the tax till all kinds of maintenance work was in the hands of HUDA. The MC had not even spared the owners of vacant plots and the owners of houses in unauthorised colonies where no facility was being provided by the council, he added.
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411 ex-servicemen get financial aid
Kaithal, June 21 As many as 188 widows of ex-servicemen who were not getting pension benefits were provided financial assistance of Rs 4.98 lakh by the state government. Similarly, 140 ex-servicemen above 60 years who were not getting pension were provided Rs 2.96 lakh as financial assistance. Widows of former servicemen have been provided Rs 44,000 for the solemnisation of the marriages of their daughters and the District Red Cross Society has also provided Rs 8,800 to them. "The ex-servicemen were also given vocational-course training so that they could augment their sources of income," said Major Balwainder Singh. |
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Candidates at wits’ end as exam dates clash
Chandigarh, June 21 In fact, the candidates are at their wits' end as both examinations are slated to be held on June 30. "The HPSC should ensure that the two examination dates do not clash so that no student was deprived of a fair opportunity to take the examination,” a candidate Jatin Chugh said. It may be recalled that the UPSC fixed the schedule of its examination several months in advance so that other state and central recruitment bodies could plan their examinations for the benefit of the student community. However, for reasons best known to the
HPSC, the Assistant Engineer's examination was scheduled for June 30 leaving candidates from the state in a quandary as they would miss one or the other examination. |
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Bhiwani, Mahendragarh likely to be included in NCR soon
Bhiwani, June 21 Shruti Choudhry said it was a long-standing demand of the people of Bhiwani and Mahendragarh as inclusion in the NCR would open gates of development for the area. She said she had met the minister six months ago too, when she had demanded NCR status for Bhiwani, so that her people could witness development. She said after intervention of Kamal Nath, a survey was conducted by a committee set up for inclusion of the areas under the NCR and now the committee’s report had also been released. The MP said the minister’s attitude was very positive. |
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Three held for bid to suicide
Rewari, June 21 Consequently, the police recovered a suicide note in which Nishant had stated that he was ending his life because of a wrongful act done by his father-in-law Shanker Lal, brother-in-law Jitender and another relative Anil Kumar. The police had registered a case of abetment to suicide against the trio. It is learnt that six months ago, when Nishant’s wife ended her life by consuming some poisonous substance, his in-laws allegedly manipulated his implication in a case of abetment to his wife’s suicide. Subsequently Nishant, who was arrested and sent to jail in that ‘false’ case, was presently out on bail when he committed suicide. |
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Rs 1-lakh award for clue to murder accused
Sonepat, June 21 As many as five police teams had been deputed to arrest the accused. The police has been trying to make a sketch of the assailant, he added. Meantime, a delegation of the representatives of different traders associations today met Superintendent of Police (SP) Arun Singh in his office demanding immediate arrest of the accused. The SP assured them that the accused would be arrested soon and a reward of Rs 1 lakh had already been announced for giving any information leading to the arrest of the assailant.
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Scheme to rehabilitate kids rescued from circuses
Chandigarh, June 21 Women and Child Development Minister Geeta Bhukkal said the scheme would protect such children from negligence, maltreatment, trafficking, sexual and physical abuse of all kinds. Also, it would adhere to the Centre's decision banning the working of children below 14 years of age in circuses. The Child Welfare Committee, the Surprise Inspection Team and the District Child Protection Unit would be the major enforcement agencies and would ensure proper implementation of the scheme. |
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State government releases Rs 100 crore to sugar mills
Chandigarh, June 21 Cooperation Minister Satpal Sangwan said here today all the nine cooperative sugar mills of the state had purchased 313.18 lakh quintals of sugarcane worth Rs 878.40 crore, out of which the payment of Rs 758.06 crore had already been made to the farmers. The minister said the cane arrears would soon be paid to the farmers. He said this amount included Rs 8.50 crore to the Sugar Mill, Rohtak, Rs 10 crore to Sonepat, Rs 10.85 crore to Jind, Rs 14.90 crore to Palwal, Rs 14.85 crore to Meham, Rs 11.75 crore to Kaithal, Rs 9.35 crore to Panipat, Rs 8.60 crore to Karnal and Rs 11.20 crore to the Sugar Mill, Gohana. |
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Major-Gen Shrikant Sharma takes charge as Hisar veterinary varsity VC
Hisar, June 21 Major-Gen Shrikant Sharma is a postgraduate from College of Veterinary Sciences, Hisar, erstwhile a part of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar. Dr Sharma, who retired as Major-General, Remount Veterinary Corps, Meerut on March 31 last year, has served in several important posts such as Brigadier, Remount Veterinary Services, Eastern Commandant, Kolkata, and
Commandant of Central Military Veterinary Laboratory, Meerut. He also served as Commandant of Equine Breeding Stud, Hisar, from 2001 to 2004. He also served as Commandant of Equine Breeding Stud, Hisar, from 2001 to 2004. He is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Veterinary Sciences
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Prostitution racket busted in Sirsa
Sirsa, June 21 Saurabh Singh, SSP, said that a police team got information during night patrolling yesterday that a house in Preet Nagar here was being used for
prostitution. The team raided the house and arrested two men, Jagdish and Bhushan Kumar, and two women, Simran and Babita. The police said Simran had been brought from Delhi for prostitution while Babita hailed from Mahavir Colony of Sirsa town. The police has registered a case in this connection. |
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532 centres for Teacher’s Eligibility Test
Chandigarh, June 21 In a circular issued here today, the Chief Secretary has instructed the Deputy Commissioners and Superintendents of Police of Ambala,
Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Karnal, Kaithal, Kurukshetra, Panchkula,
Panipat, Rewari, Sonepat, Yamunanagar to deploy police personnel at the entry points of examination
centres, besides an Executive Magistrate for each cluster of centres. They have been asked to hold district-level coordination meetings on June 24 for the smooth conduct of the examination. |
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HAU entrance test tomorrow
Hisar, June 21 Dr SS Dahiya, Registrar of the university, said the university had received 5,066 applications for 50 seats in the course. The test would be conducted only at Hisar at 12 centres of which nine would be in the university . Special teams would also be deployed at each examination centre to check impersonation. Each candidate would be photographed at the examination centres. Mobile phones, calculators and electronic diaries would not be allowed in the examination centres. Dr Dahiya asked the candidates to bring downloaded admit cards with attested copies of their photograph pasted there to gain entry into the examination
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Illegal colonies to face FIRs
Chandigarh, June 21 The state government under Section 2 (0) of the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975, has issued the notification for Dulina, Kiloi, Syojipur, Aurangpur and Dadri Toye villages. A No Objection Certificate (NOC) is also mandatory from the Town and Country Planning Department for construction work. Without obtaining the NOC, all construction activities would be considered illegal in the area. |
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Cloudy sky, dusty winds expected in Hisar
Hisar, June 21 The Integrated Agromet Advisory Service Unit of the university has predicted possibility of variable weather and partially cloudy weather and dusty winds up to June 25. Light rain may occur from June 25 (night) to June 27 at isolated
places. — TNS |
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Sonepat, June 21
Bhiwani and Mahendragarh districts are likely to be included in the National Capital Region (NCR) soon.
An announcement in this regard is likely to come from the Union Urban Development Ministry by next month. Bhiwani MP Shruti
Choudhry, who has been taking up the issue of the inclusion of Bhiwani and Mahendragarh in the NCR, met Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath in Delhi today.
Sirsa, June 21
