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 Wednesday, November 25, 1998 |
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Jindal out to take
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 New scales for HAU non-teaching staff HISAR, Nov 24 — The Haryana Agriculture University here has announced revised pay scales for its non-teaching employees. Notification to this effect was issued here yesterday. The revision will be effective from January 1996. |
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Woman
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Jindal out to take vengeance on
CM HISAR, Nov 24 — Continuing his tirade against the Chief Minister, Mr O.P. Jindal asked Mr Bansi Lal to make public the account of Haryana Vikas Party funds. He said, Mr Bansi Lal was in the possession of Rs 6 crore, which had been raised for the party. The industrialist-turned-politician, who recently quit the HVP while addressing a press conference here, alleged the Chief Minister was unable to control his family members, from indulging in corruption. Mr Jindal accused Mr Bansi Lal of having failed on all fronts. "He has not fulfilled a single election promise." He said, he was still consulting his supporters. He said that he may float a party, that will not have the dominance of any particular caste, but hastened to add that he may join a new party. Just put to rest speculations about his future moves. Mr Jindal said, he could join the BJP or the Congress, depending upon which party will be better placed to serve the people of the state. The former Senior Vice-President of the HVP did not conceal his ambition of becoming the Chief Minister of the state. "Whoever helps me, I will take his support", Mr Jindal remarked, clarifying at the same time that he will not let any of the HVP ministers join his organisation. Mr Jindal claimed that 12 HVP MLAs, including four ministers had conveyed their willingness to join him. "However, I made it clear to them, that I do not need you", he said. Mr Jindal seemed to be too hurt over the treatment meted out to him by the Chief Minister and the HVP. He made his motives clear of taking vengeance on Mr Bansi Lal. "I will avenge it all", he asserted. He claimed that Bansi Lal's days in power were numbered. Replying to the charges levelled against him by the HVP general secretary and press adviser to the Chief Minister, Mr Rajiv Jain, Mr Jindal said, Mr Jain had been pressurised by the CM to issue that statement. Mr Jindal claimed that Haryana politics was heading for a dramatic change in next 15 days. He said, the BJP will soon realise how suicidal it would be for the party to continue its alliance with the HVP. The sooner they part ways, the better it would be for the party, he pointed out. Listing the failures of the Bansi Lal government, Jindal said, he had been insisting upon the CM to withdraw the taxes imposed after prohibition. Even, the farmers were not getting enough electricity and their fields still remained inundated.
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New scales for HAU
non-teaching staff HISAR, Nov 24 — The Haryana Agriculture University here has announced revised pay scales for its non-teaching employees. Notification to this effect was issued here yesterday. The revision will be effective from January 1996. While the arrears from January 1996 to December 1997 would be credited to the General Provident Fund account of the employees, for the remaining period the employees will get the arrears in cash. However, 1000 employees of the university are unlikely to get any benefit from the revision. Particularly some scales like that of the Store and Purchase Officer, Deputy Public Relations Officer and the Principal, Campus School have been adversely affected. While the Principal, Campus School, was earlier in the scale of Rs 3,000-Rs 4,500 under the new scales, according to the government recommendations, he should have got Rs 10,000-Rs 13,900. However, under the revised scale the principal has been placed in the scale of Rs 8,000- Rs 13,500. Similarly the old scale for the Deputy Public Relations Officer was Rs 3,000- Rs 4,500 plus special pay. Under the new scales, according to the government recommendations, the scale should have been raised to Rs 10,000- Rs 13,900. But under the revised scale recommended by the special committee set up for the purpose, the new scale for the DPRO will be Rs 8,000- Rs 13,500 only. In another case of similar disparity, there has been comparatively a drastic slide in the pay scale of the Store Purchase Officer. Earlier the pay scale for the said post was Rs 3,700 - Rs 5,000 plus special pay. Now after revision the new scale fixed for the said post is Rs 6,500-Rs 10,500, while as according to the government recommendations it should have been Rs 12,000-Rs 16,500. While the serving officials in these scales will get at least 30 per cent benefit, the new appointees will be in the loss. There have been other disparities recorded in other scales also. Officials of one particular scale have reportedly opted not to get their scales fixed in the revised way.
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Plea against two MDU employees ROHTAK, Nov 24 — Mr Prem Singh Rathee, a local resident, has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the court of Mrs Sunita Goyal, Civil Judge (Senior Division), challenging the reinstatement of two senior employees of Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) who were earlier charged with employing fraudulent means to secure service. The court has admitted the petition and issued notice for December 3. The Vice-Chancellor and Registrar of the university have also been impleaded in the petition. The petitioner alleged that Mr Balraj Singh had cheated the university by taking employment as assistant security officer on the basis of a bogus BA degree from Magadh University, Bodh Gaya (Bihar). The other employee named in the plea is Mr R.K. Goyal, Deputy Registrar. The petition further alleged that when Mr Balraj Singh was asked to get his degree verified from the university, he produced a fake degree (roll number 15324 of 1991) from Magadh University. When it was apprehended that the degrees would be challenged, Mr Balraj Singh produced another degree of the same university but with a different roll number (65334 of 1995). Mr Rathee said an FIR was lodged against Mr Balraj Singh on March 25, 1995, following which the then Vice-Chancellor, Mr Vivek Chand Sharma, dismissed the services of the assistant security officer on October 30, 1995. However, soon after the exit of Mr Sharma from the university, the acting Vice-Chancellor reinstated Mr Balraj Singh. Mr R.K. Goyal, he alleged, misused his position as Deputy Registrar and committed gross irregularities. His services were also terminated by Mr Sharma on May 29, 1996.
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Traders' appeal to ministers from
community ROHTAK, Nov 24 — The Haryana Beopar Mandal has welcomed the resignation of Mr Om Parkash Jindal from the ruling Haryana Vikas Party and called upon the ministers belonging to the 'business community' to follow suit and dissociate themselves from the Chief Minister, Mr Bansi Lal. The mandal president, Mr Laxmi Chand Gupta, has asked Mr Jindal to launch an agitation for highlighting the problems and sufferings of the people, particularly of backward communities. Mr Jindal, he said, should organise members of all communities as was done by the late Mr Jai Parkash Narayan in 1974, and wage a campaign for redressing problems of the people. Mr Gupta charged the Chief Minister with instituting false cases against the businessmen who had helped Mr Bansi Lal in forming the government on the advise of Mr Om Parkash Jindal in 1996. He alleged that officials of the Excise and Taxation Department were harassing traders to please Mr Bansi Lal. He said that prior to Assembly polls in 1996, Mr Bansi Lal had reiterated that, if voted to power, he would set up a committee under the chairmanship of Mr Om Parkash Jindal to solve problems of industry and traders. But such a committee was yet to be formed. He said that the Beopar Mandal had several times advised Mr Bansi Lal to trust those traders who had helped him in forming the government.
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Woman kills two daughters,
herself SONEPAT, Nov 24 — A quarrel in the family reportedly led to the death of a woman and her two children at Anandpur Jharot village 10 km from here yesterday. Condition of her third child is stated to be serious who has been removed to the Medical College Hospital at Rohtak for treatment. It is stated that Mrs Luxmi first poisoned her three children — Rekha (3), Kiran (4) and Ravinder (8) in her house. After it, she also consumed a poisonous substance to end her life. This resulted in the death of Mrs Luxmi, Rekha and Kiran. Condition of Ravinder became critical and he was sent to the Medical College Hospital at Rohtak for treatment. The police has sent the bodies for a post-mortem examination. Meanwhile the police recovered two bodies — one from Gohana town and another from Chidana village yesterday. Body of a 20-year-old youth was found from near a temple at Chidana village. He has been identified as Romesh a son of Mr Ram Kishan. The police believes it to be a case of suicide but doctors of the civil hospital, Gohana, refused to believe police version. The body was sent to the Medical College Hospital at Rohtak for a post-mortem examination to find out the cause of death. Another unidentified body was found on the Gohana-Panipat road. The Gohana police has detained one person for questioning in the case of looting of Rs 2,14,654 from an arhtia of the foodgrain market on Thursday last.
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1.15 lakh tonnes of paddy procured CHANDIGARH, Nov 24 — All the six paddy procuring agencies in Haryana had procured 1.15 lakh tonnes of paddy out of the total arrivals of 17.67 lakh tonnes till yesterday. Prof Ganeshi Lal, Food and Supplies Minister said today. He said the procurement included 15,665 tonnes by the Food and Supplies Department, 38,000 tonnes by Hafed, 47,000 tonnes by FCI, 2939 tonnes by the Haryana Agro Industries Corporation, 9270 tonnes by the Haryana Warehousing Corporation and 1776 tonnes by Confed. The rest — 16.52 lakh tonnes — had been procured by millers. He said the total arrivals included 18,780 tonnes of common paddy, over 13.58 tonnes of grade 'A', and over 3.89 lakh tonnes of basmati. The Haryana mandis had received 26,000 tonnes of paddy in a single day (November 23), which included 17,539 tonnes of basmati, 8490 tonnes of paddy which included grade 'A' and common varieties, he added.
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Telecom Dept material sale
unearthed ROHTAK, Nov 24 — A scandal relating to illegal sale and disposal of material belonging to the Telecom Department was reported to have been unearthed with the recovery of large number of telephone poles and cables from a house in Janata Colony here yesterday. According to police sources, a party led by the city SHO, Mr Shyam Singh Rana, conducted a raid on the house of a regular employee of the department and recovered about 325 poles and cables worth over Rs 1.25 lakh. It is learnt that the material was to be disposed of illegally by these persons, including the employee and his brother. The raid followed a complaint by some unknown persons to the police. The police has registered
a case against Mr Bhagwan Dass Saini, a regular worker of
the department and his brother Om Prakash, who is
resident of Sainipura here under Sections 379 and 411 of
the IPC. Both of them are reported to be absconding. |
Spurious shampoo factory unearthed FARIDABAD, Nov 24 — The police yesterday unearthed a factory engaged in the manufacture of spurious shampoos and pan masala and gutka of popular brands. One person, Gulshan Kumar Arora of Nehru Ground, has been arrested in this connection. A police spokesman said here today that equipment for manufacturing fake sachets of Pan Parag and Kuber, and Organics and Sunsilk brands of shampoos was seized from the factory. Meanwhile, the police has identified the body found from the canal near Palwal on October 17 as being that of Murari Lal, munim of a Mathura jeweller. He was allegedly murdered by Rajendra after being robbed of Rs 53 lakh, which he was going to deposit in Delhi. Rajendra has already been arrested by the police in some other case. Efforts are on to bring Rajendra here for interrogation.
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2 GJU officials remanded HISAR, Nov 24 — The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr R.K. Khangwal, today remanded two officials of Guru Jambheshwar University to 14 days' judicial custody for their alleged involvement in fraudulently increasing the marks of two students of an engineering college. The two officials who included one superintendent and one computer assistant were arrested today and produced in the court of the CJM. Both of them were remanded to 14 days judicial custody. The bail application of the two accused will come up for hearing on November 27. Earlier, a case had been
registered against two students of Murthal Engineering
College for allegedly changing their marks. Cultural programme inaugurated KURUKSHETRA, Nov 24 — Mr D.S. Dhesi, Additional Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Haryana, inaugurated a cultural evening here yesterday by lighting a lamp on the banks of sacred Braham Sarovar. The colourful evening presented by artistes of Aakashwani, Rohtak and Kurukshetra and was broadcast live by Akashwani, Rohtak and Kurukshetra. Mr S.B. Kapil, Station
Director, All India Radio, Rohtak, said Akashwani would
organise such cultural programmes to popularise folk art
among the people of Haryana. |
Haryana Shiv Sena chief resigns SONEPAT, Nov 24 — Dr Arvind Sharma, a former MP, today announced his resignation as president of the Shiv Sena, Haryana unit. Dr Sharma said he had sent his resignation to the Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray. However, he did not assign any reason for the decision. Asked about his future
programme in politics, Dr Sharma said he would contest
the Lok Sabha election from the Sonepat parliamentary
seat and "continue his struggle against the
injustice done to farmers, workers, Scheduled Castes and
weaker sections by the state government." 2 killed in road mishap KURUKSHETRA, Nov 24 — Two persons were killed and three injured, two of them seriously, when the three-wheeler in which they were travelling collided with a truck coming from opposite direction on the Kurukshetra-Pipli road, 4 km from here, last night. The injured were rushed to the local LNJP Hospital where Jagpal and Satpal, both residents of Dudhla Morthala village succumbed to their injuries, while Sita Devi and Mahender Singh of the same village were referred to the PGI, Chandigarh. The injured Kali Ram is said to be out of danger. The police has registered a case.
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213 power theft cases detected FARIDABAD, Nov 24 — A special squad of the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam has detected 213 more cases of power theft in Faridabad district. A spokesman of the nigam said here today that penalty amounting to Rs 17.62 lakh was imposed. The police had also registered cases against the erring persons. Among those who were
caught in the theft of energy included 194 domestic
consumers, 11 industrial and eight agriculture consumers.
Surprise raids would continue to be conducted twice a
week, he added. |
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