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Officers playing foul
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Ex-judge
heads tribunal Cong will form govt, says
Surjewala 5 die in three mishaps 10-year jail for raping 2 minors FIR against HCS officer cancelled Israeli envoy felicitated Taxi driver murdered Shuttle bus service Woman burns herself, 2 children Old man dupes shopkeepers Go for diversification, farmers
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Officers playing foul will face
action: CM PATAUDI (Mahendergarh), Aug 26 — The election campaign in Mahendergarh parliamentary constituency today assumed a new dimension with the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, publicly expressing his doubts on the integrity of a section of the officers in the state close to the Bansi Lal government. Addressing a public meeting here to canvass support for the BJP-INLD nominee, Mrs Sudha Yadav, Mr Chautala asserted that although he was not in a position to transfer officers on account of the model code of conduct imposed by the election commission, yet he could place them under suspension. Mr Chautala made these utterances against a section of the officers in the context of the erratic supply of power in the state. According to him, since the INLD formed government, the state was buying power on a daily basis from Punjab to supplement the availability of power in Haryana. He expressed concern that the supply of power remained static in spite of the additional power from Punjab. "This means that some officers close to the Bansi Lal government were playing foul to destabilise and defame my government. I had hoped that these officials would adapt themselves with the changed political situation in the state. It seemed they were construing my liberal posture as some kind of weakness", he said. Mr Chautala will reach Chandigarh tomorrow. There are indications that he would review the entire situation during this visit. A senior officer of the state told TNS that there was a possibility of action against some persons. He lambasted the Congress leadership and its leaders from Haryana. According to many in the crowd, the statements of Mr Chautala against the Congress leaders were provocative. He asserted that the INLD-BJP nominee in Haryana would win all 10 Lok Sabha seats. Top leaders of the BJP, Mr Ram Bilas Sharma and Mr Sita Ram Singla, said the candidature of Mrs Sudha Yadav from Mahendergarh reflected the sincerity of the BJP towards war heroes. Among others, former Union Minister, Col Ram Singh, also addressed the meeting. SONEPAT: The Indian National Lok Dal supremo Mr Om Prakash Chautala, on Thursday warned the people against voting for the Congress and said if the Congress returned to power there would be no future for the country. Addressing election meetings in favour of the BJP nominee, Mr Kishan Singh Sangwan, who is contesting the Lok Sabha seat there Mr Chautala said Congressmen were afraid of him and had tried to stop him from becoming the Chief Minister because they wanted to prevent him from implementing the populist policies and programmes. The main thrust of his speech revolved around the Congress and its President, Mrs Sonia Gandhi. He termed the Congress as power hungry and charged it with creating political instability and shattering the country's economy during the past five decades. The Chief Minister termed Mr Vajpayee as an able, honest, patriot, brave and a man of farsightedness. Warning the state officials against indulging in electoral malpractices, Mr Chautala said the state government would take stern action against the guilty. BHIWANI: Mr Om Prakash Chautala, has succeeded in making an impression in Tosham, the 32-year-old stronghold of the former Chief Minister, Mr Bansi Lal. Mr Chautala was addressing a public meeting here on Thursday in favour of his son, Mr Ajay Chautala, who is contesting from Bhiwani Lok Sabha seat against Mr Surendra Singh, son of Mr Bansi Lal. Mr Dharamvir, a Congress candidate is also contesting from here. He asked the voters to defeat Mr Surendra Singh from Tosham and their native village Golagarh so that Mr Bansi Lal should know his real status among the people. He said during the last Lok Sabha elections government machinery was used to defeat Mr Devi Lal from Rohtak and Mr Ajay Chautala from Bhiwani. However, Mr Chautala assured the people that keeping in view the democratic traditions he would ensure fair and impartial elections in the state. Mr Chautala said the Congress was losing its base in the state as Mr Bhajan Lal wanted to contest from Faridabad instead of Karnal, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda from Sonepat instead of Rohtak, Ms Selja from Ambala instead of Sirsa and Mr Om Parkash Jindal from Hisar instead of Kurukshetra. BAHADURGARH: The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, has accused the Congress of thrusting the mid-term poll on the country. In a scathing attack on the Congress President, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, he said the Italy-born woman was "dreaming of becoming a Prime Minister and was wandering here and there" to secure an entry into the Lok Sabha. Mrs Sonia was unaware of the Indian language and culture and various problems facing the common man, he said, and asked "How can a person who does not know the tradition, culture and values of the country provide an efficient leadership?" He said the Congress and
a former Chief Minister and HVP supremo, Mr Bansi Lal,
were "hand in glove" and their candidates were
not in a position to "seek votes from the
people". |
Pilot warns voters against BJP
slogans ROHTAK, Aug 26 — Senior Congress leader and a former Union Minister Rajesh Pilot today cautioned voters not to be misled by sentimental slogans and "false" promises of the BJP and its allies. Addressing a public meeting in support of the Congress candidate, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, at Jhajjar, 35 km from here, Mr Pilot claimed that the BJP which had become "synonymous" with instability and poor administration had been trying hard to capture power by playing with the sentiments of the people. Criticising the BJP leaders for taking credit for the Kargil operation, he said the Prime Minister, was engaged in saving his coalition government at the time when Pakistani troops and intruders had already entered the Indian territory. He said the BJP had an alliance with the Haryana Vikas Party last year for the Lok Sabha elections and now it had aligned with the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) which had withdrawn its support to the Vajpayee government at the Centre by declaring it as "anti-farmer". Mr Hooda, however, was not present at the meeting as he was busy in his campaign in the Salhawas region, where he reportedly visited about 25 villages. YAMUNANAGAR: Mr Pilot while talking to newspersons here at Chhachhrauli, 15 km from here, admitted that there were some problems among Congress leaders in Haryana but that now things had been resolved. When asked about the increase of regional feeling in the country, he said it was an unfortunate development but Kargil was one instance where the nation became one. Mr Pilot, who was in the Ambala parliamentary constituency to campaign for the Phool Chand Mulana lashed out at the Vajpayee government for involving the service chiefs at Cabinet meetings. He said the services should be kept away from politics. On the occasion, a number of Haryana Vikas Party leaders joined the Congress. Mr Raghubir Singh was among them. Mr Phool Chand Mulana
claimed that the other HVP leaders who joined the
Congress were Mr Jaswinder Singh, Mr Phool Chand, Mr Sat
Pal Boobka, Mr Dayal Singh and others. |
Passengers' protest Shatabdi's delay SONEPAT, Aug 26 — An irate mob of passengers held up the Ambala-bound Shatabdi Express and delayed it for half-an-hour at Rathdhanna railway station, about 8 km from here yesterday. The trouble started when the Delhi-Kalka Passenger Train (303 UP), was stopped by the Railway Control Office to allow the Shatabdi Express to pass. This led to resentment among the passengers of the Delhi-Kalka train. The irate passengers got down from the train and blocked the railway track to register their protest against stopping the train. They also raised slogans and threatened to gherao the ASM on duty. The ASM called the police to bring the situation under control. The mob was pacified by the policemen and the railway officials and agreed to lift the blockade. The police also had to use force to disperse an irate mob of commuters and to remove Mr Ram Kishan Kaushik, President of the Daily Passengers Association and his other associates from the engine of the Ekta Express for Panipat at Gohana railway station, 35 km from here, yesterday. According to a report reaching here, the situation became tense when the Executive Magistrate, accompanied by the police posse, threatened the daily commuters with dire consequences if they failed to get down from the engine of the train and allow it to resume the journey. The trouble arose when the Ekta Express arrived at Gohana around 6 a.m. and a group of daily commuters led by Mr Kaushik did not allow it to continue its journey towards Panipat by picketing the railway track in front of the engine of the train. The commuters were protesting against the registration of a case against Mr Kaushik by the Government Railway Police in connection with the alleged stopping of the train on May 31. The police swung into action immediately and an ASI used force against the protesting demonstrators to disperse them. He also boarded the engine of the train and pushed Mr Kaushik and others out. The demonstrators, then blocked the track and pelted stones on the police. However, the demonstrators stopped pelting stones and allowed the train to pass through the railway station, after Mr Kaushik's intervention. The leaders of the
association condemned the action of the police and the
Executive Magistrate and threatened to launch an
agitation if the case against Mr Kaushik was not
withdrawn. |
Encroachments along roads CHANDIGARH, Aug 26 — The Haryana Government today appointed a retired judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice N.K. Kapur, as chairman of a tribunal to hear representations under the Punjab Scheduled Road and Controlled Areas Restriction of Unregulated Development Act, 1963. A Chief Engineer of the Public Works Department (Buildings and Roads), Mr M.K. Aggarwal, will be the member of the tribunal. The tribunal has been constituted in pursuance to the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. In 1996 a Faridabad-based company filed a writ petition in the high court, challenging the action of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) in demolishing part of a building owned by it. While the Bench comprising Mr Justice G.S. Singhvi and Mr Justice M.L. Koul which heard the petition, dismissed it, the judges suo motu took notice of violations of the Scheduled Road Act and directed the state to remove all encroachments along the scheduled roads. A bunch of petitions were filed by various people alleging that the authorities did not give them a hearing before demolishing their buildings. Disposing of the petitions the court gave a common judgement in a case filed by Messrs United Rice Land of Kurukshetra, directing the state to constitute a tribunal headed by a retired high court judge to hear various representations. The tribunal was to be set up within six months of the court order. When the Bansi Lal Government took no action to implement its directives, the court took a serious view. The then Advocate-General, Mr H.S. Hooda, gave an undertaking in the court to implement its directives. However, the state constituted a tribunal under the chairmanship of the Commissioner and Secretary, Town and Country Planning Department, which failed to satisfy the court. The government, however, amended the Act. A few days ago the
Advocate-General, Mr Mohan Jain, assured the court that
the state government would implement its directions in
letter and in spirit. An ordinance was issued to amend
the Act early this week to provide for the constitution
of the tribunal to be headed by a retired high court
judge. |
Cong will form govt, says
Surjewala FARIDABAD, Aug 26 — The Haryana Congress is confident of winning at least seven out of 10 Lok Sabha seats from the state, according to Mr Shamsher Singh Surjewala, Chairman of the Haryana Congress Campaign Committee. Speaking at the meet the press programme of the Faridabad Press Club here today, Mr Surjewala claimed that as there was a pro-Congress wave throughout the country the party would also form the government at the Centre. He accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of taking the real issues facing the people into the background. Mr Surjewala felt that the government led by Mr Om Prakash Chautala was facing the disadvantage of the incumbency factor as most of its ministers were the same who were in the former Bansi Lal cabinet. Only the label had changed. It was surprising that Mr Chautala had taken the support of the BJP in forming his government, despite the fact that he had been attacking the party for the past three years. Mr Surjewala said Mr Chautala was incapable of solving the inter-state disputes with Punjab as he was being guided by Mr Parkash Singh Badal. Mr Zakir Husain, the
Congress candidate for the Faridabad seat, was also
present. |
5 die in three mishaps HISAR, Aug 26 (PTI) — Five persons, including a woman, were killed and at least 15 others injured, some of them seriously, in three separate accidents during the past 24 hours in the district, the police said today. Two persons, including a woman, were killed when a mini-bus carrying them overturned near Barwala on Hisar-Tohana road, 28 km from here, today. In another accident, two trucks coming from opposite direction collided near Fatehabad, killing two persons on the spot and injuring another, the police said. One person was killed
and another injured when a three-wheeler carrying them
collided with a truck near power house, 20 km from here,
on Hisar-Delhi national highway yesterday. |
10-year jail for raping 2
minors FARIDABAD, Aug 26 — Mr Surinder Kumar, Additional District and Sessions Judge, today sentenced Prem Chand tutor of Gaunchi village on the charge of raping two minor girl students on February 25 last year, to 10 years rigorous imprisonment. According to the prosecution Prem Chand along with his colleague Suresh gangraped the two girls. During the pendency of the case Suresh escaped and was declared a proclaimed offender. The judge also imposed a
fine of Rs 1500 on Prem Chand. |
FIR against HCS officer
cancelled AMBALA, Aug 26 — The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr A K Tiyagi, has cancelled the FIR lodged against a senior HCS officer of Haryana, Mr M L Sarwan, which was lodged by the Vigilance Bureau of Haryana under Section 13(1), DPC Act 1988 on April 29, 1998. The magistrate said in his order. "In view of facts and circumstances of the case and the fact that the complainant has no objection, the application for cancellation of the FIR is allowed and FIR is ordered to be cancelled." The Vigilance Bureau had alleged in the FIR that while remaining on the post of SDM in Ambala Mr Sarwan had misused his official powers to purchase a bungalow and got it vacated from Regional Transport Authority. Later, the bureau
disclosed in his report filed in the court that most of
the allegations against Mr Sarwan were not found to be
correct during investigation. |
Israeli envoy felicitated CHANDIGARH, Aug 26 — A gathering of eminent persons, including academicians, engineers, doctors, ex-Army officers and advocates felicitated the Israeli Ambassador, Dr Yehoyada Haim, at a function organised by the Indian Overseas Foundation this evening. Although India and Israel established their diplomatic relations just six years ago they had achieved so much mutually in such a short span of time which had not been achieved by other countries in 50 years. He said that growth in exports from India to Israel had gone up to 28 per cent and imports from his country had shot up to 38 per cent in recent months with a total business of $ 700 million. Mr Jaswant Singh Mann,
Mr Himmat Singh Gill, Dr Darshan Singh, Giani Bachhittar
Singh and Mr Gurdarshan Singh and others who spoke said
there was a lot between the two countries and both could
learn many things from one another. |
Taxi driver murdered HISAR, Aug 26 — A taxi driver Amit Sharma alias Bablu, a resident of Prem Nagar, Hisar, was murdered by three unidentified robbers. His naked body was found near Sasanpur village, on the Charkhi Dadri-Delhi road yesterday. According to information, three unidentified youths hired his taxi from the local taxi stand for Rewari at about 9.30 pm. But the next day his body was found near Sasanpur village. The body was buried in the sand. His clothes were found in a nullah. The registration papers of his taxi and his licence were found missing. The police has
registered a case. |
Shuttle bus service PANIPAT, Aug 26 — The Transport Department, Haryana has introduced nine shuttle bus service between Pipli in Kurukshetra district and Samalkha in Panipat district to meet tariff requirements of the villages located on and around National Highway No I. According to general manager, Panipat depot of Haryana Roadways B.R. Beri, nine buses three each from Panipat, Karnal and Kurukshetra depots had been pressed into service from August 23. These buses stops at every village bus stops and other main stops on the route. The shuttle service
scheme was finalised at a meeting of the Secretary
Transport, at Chandigarh when several representations
were received from the villagers that long route buses
did not stop at village bus stops. |
Woman burns herself, 2
children FARIDABAD, Aug 26 — A woman burnt herself and her two minor children in Mahavatpur village, 28 km from here, today. The reason behind this tragic death is stated to be her husband’s refusal to send her to her parents house on raksha bandhan. The police have
registered a case. |
Old man dupes shopkeepers PANIPAT, Aug 26 — Four persons were reportedly duped of several thousands of rupees and other material by an unidentified person here last evening. According to information an aged person came to the shop of Ram Swaroop, to purchase cloth. Ram Swaroop and his son, Laxman Dass, were present in the shop at the time. Before buying the cloth, the old man offered them "peras" as parsad. After eating them both of them became unconscious. Taking advantage, the old man took away cash and bundles of cloth. Ram Swaroop's nephew Surinder Kumar, rushed them to hospital. The old man also duped another shopkeeper on Sanoli road. using the same modus operandi. He succeeded in removing thousands of rupees from the cash box. The victims have
complained that the police was informed about the
incident but only two policemen under the "influence
of liquor", came but returned without inquiring into
the matter. |
Go for diversification,
farmers urged KAITHAL, Aug 26 — A "kisan goshthi", was organised by the District Literacy Society and Gramgoonse, an NGO, with the help of the Horticulture Department, Haryana, at Kisan Bhavan, Pundri, 15 km from here. Farmers from Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra and Yamunanagar districts took part. Various scientists, especially horticulture experts, expressed grave concern over the dwindling income of farmers because of continuance of the traditional crop pattern of wheat and rice, and suggested that it was the need of the hour for the farmers to go for agriculture diversification. The scientists laid special emphasis on taking up agroforestry, floriculture and horticulture. They observed that horticulture had a lot of potential for growth in Haryana. The quality of soil, water, and other factors made Haryana a favourable place for horticulture. Apart from many
agriculture scientists and horticulture experts, those
who attended the seminar included Divisional Forest
Officer Navdeep Hooda, Deputy Director Agriculture B.S.
Saini, Chief Executive Officer, Fish Farmers Development
Agency, Sangwan, District Horticulture Officer, Fateh
Singh. |
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