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Bhajan’s show of strength Shadow Cabinet meeting held CHANDIGARH, June 9 — The maiden meeting of the first Shadow Cabinet of Haryana was held under the chairmanship of the Leader of Opposition, Mr Bhajan Lal, here today, more as a show of strength within the Congress than to rap the Chautala Government. INLD bid to woo Rohtak MCs Haryana school board
changes exam pattern
Compensation sought
for lightning victims
Academic as VC favoured Lokayukta for
Haryana demanded Farmers not to
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Ban on teachers’
recruitment goes CHANDIGARH, June 9 — The Haryana Government today lifted the ban on the recruitment of teachers so as to fill vacant and newly created posts. This decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala. Youths loot 9,000
at brick-kilns 'Angry' boy returns home
after 2 weeks ROHTAK, June 9 — Rajiv Kumar (974/1200) of Dronacharya Government College, Gurgaon, Preeti (1285/1450) of Hindu Girls College, Sonepat, and Pinki Rani (1312/1800) of Adarsh Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Bhiwani, topped in the final year of Maharshi Dayanand University’s B.A., B.Sc. and B.Com. examinations, respectively. The results were declared today. Youth commits suicide Arya Samaj to take up SYL issue: Indervesh Adulterated petrol
flows freely Computerisation
of licensing work AMBALA, June 9 — The SHO, Ambala city, was put under suspension here today. The exact reason of his suspension could not be ascertained. Agency robbed Two thieves arrested Duplicate books seized
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Bhajan’s show of strength CHANDIGARH, June 9 — The maiden meeting of the first Shadow Cabinet of Haryana was held under the chairmanship of the Leader of Opposition, Mr Bhajan Lal, here today, more as a show of strength within the Congress than to rap the Chautala Government. If the Haryana Congress President, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, along with his supporters stayed away from the meeting, Mr Bhajan Lal effectively demonstrated his strength within the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) by ensuring the presence of at least 11 out of the 21 party MLAs at the meeting. Besides he read out the letters of two MLAs, Mr Jai Prakash (Barwala) and noted industrialist-turned-politician, O.P. Jindal, who could not attend the meeting but extended their support to “whatever decisions it will take”. Mr Jindal informed Mr Bhajan Lal that since he was away to the USA, he was unable to attend the meeting. Mr Jai Prakash said he had already fixed certain public meetings in various villages of Kaithal district for today. While Mr Bhajan Lal was briefing newsmen about the meeting, he received two calls on his mobile, which, he said were from Mr Daan Singh and Mr Inderjit Singh, who had been held up in a traffic jam. Though Mr Hooda and some of his supporters have publicly dissociated themselves from the Shadow Cabinet, Mr Bhajan Lal claimed that even Mr Hooda informed him telephonically that he was unable to attend the meeting because he was preoccupied with a meeting of a party cell in Karnal. To silence his critics who say that the Shadow Cabinet does not have the approval of the party high command, Mr Bhajan Lal also read out a letter by the AICC General Secretary in charge of Haryana affairs, Mr Moti Lal Vora, directing Mr Bhajan Lal to form the Shadow Cabinet before April 15, 2000. Mr Vora had also written that Mrs Sonia Gandhi had desired that all members of the Shadow Cabinet should submit monthly reports about the activities of various ministries under their supervision. The meeting had an unexpected fall out. A number of party MLAs, most of them first timers, are believed to have felt disgusted at the party infighting. According to informed sources, these MLAs held a meeting of their own later and decided to meet the high command next week to urge it to take steps to check fighting between the Bhajan Lal group and the Hooda group so that the party could be strengthened in the State. The sources say the MLAs who decided to meet the high command are Mrs Anita Yadav, Mr Dharambir, Mr Zakir Hussain, Mr Sher Singh and Dr J.P. Sharma. Those who attended the meeting besides Mr Bhajan Lal were Mr Lachhman Dass Arora, Mr Mange Ram Gupta, Mr Sher Singh, Mr Dharambir, Dr Sharma, Mrs Yadav, Mr Hussain, Mr Chander Mohan, Mr Narinder Singh and Mr Balbir Pal Shah. Mr Bhajan Lal demanded that as a healthy convention; the State Government should recognise the Shadow Cabinet and provide its members with cars, staff and telephones. The Leader of Opposition should be given a office in the Vidhan Sabha. Each MLA should be given a grant of Rs 2 crore per annum for the development of his constituency. Mr Bhajan Lal criticised the Chautala Government for its failures on various fronts like water, power, law and order and development. He said it was wrong on the part of the Chief Minister to say that the Chandigarh issue was dead. He said the issue of the SYL canal and Chandigarh were alive and the Congress would not allow the transfer of Chandigarh without simultaneous transfer of Abohar-Fazilka and 105 villages to Haryana. |
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INLD bid to woo Rohtak MCs ROHTAK, June 9 — Too many cooks appear to have spoiled the broth for the ruling INLD which was keen to install its own person as President of the prestigious Rohtak Municipal Committee. Elections to the 31-member municipal council were held simultaneously with other civic bodies in the state on April 2 and its elected members were administered oath on April 25. But despite a lapse of over one and a half months, the newly-elected councillors have not been able to elect the President and the Vice-President. Although Rohtak is considered a stronghold of the BJP, an electoral ally of the INLD, it has failed to secure a majority in the municipal council. While only five members were elected on the BJP symbol, the INLD suffered a major defeat as it could score a win only in one ward. Notwithstanding the numerical strength of the INLD, its supremo and Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala has been striving hard to muster majority in the municipal council so that his own candidate could be installed its President. Immediately after the municipal elections, Mr Chautala had deputed the District President (Urban), Mr Sushil Sharma, and Mr Inder Singh Dhull, Chiarman, Agro Industries Corporation, to mobilise support for the INLD among the newly-elected municipal councillors. Keen to capture municipal committee so as to spread the base of the INLD to the urban areas also, Mr Chautala opened alternate channel to woo the municipal councillors to his fold. The job was, it is learnt, also assigned to former minister Subhash Batra, who had resigned from the Congress in the wake of the last Vidhan Sabha elections, and Mr Munish Grover, a defeated candidate of the BJP from the Rohtak assembly constituency. Both these leaders reportedly gathered 21 municipal councillors and arrived at an agreement that they would repose confidence in the leadership of Mr Om Prakash Chautala. According to an understanding reached among these councillors, the presidentship was to go to an Independent candidate and vice-presidentship to the BJP, which had elected Mr Subhash Dang as its leader in the municipal council. The Chief Minister and the district administration were informed accordingly which fixed May 25 for electing the new President and the Vice-President. But the meeting was adjourned on certain technical grounds and the newly-elected members, too, did not attend the election meeting. The situation rapidly changed thereafter as the Hassangarh MLA and President, District Committee (Rural), Mr Balwant Singh Myna, also jumped in the fray and started efforts to install an INLD man at the helm of affairs in the civic body. He claimed on Tuesday that nine municipal commissioners had joined the INLD and that the ruling party in alliance with the BJP would elect the President and the Vice-President. The overenthusiastic INLD legislator, who had also the backing of Mr Grover of the BJP, assured Mr Chautala that he would take all the newly-converted INLD councillors and those of the BJP and its supporters to Chandigarh on June 8 to seek the blessings of the Chief Minister. A bus was chartered today morning to take these councillors to Chandigarh but the organisers of the trip kept on waiting for the ‘distinguished passengers’. These passengers numbering 16, reportedly gathered at a secret place and decided to meet the Chief Minister independently. To avoid any sort of pressure, these municipal councillors left the city in hired Tata Sumo on Wednesday night for an undisclosed destination. Majority of these 16 municipal councillors owe allegiance to Mr Batra and Mr Dharam Pal Makrauli, Chairman, Zila Parishad, Rohtak. Mr Batra later said the President and Vice-President of the municipal council would be elected by the decision of Mr Chautala. These 16 municipal councillors, he said, would shortly meet the Chief Minister to seek his blessings, but he refused to give any specific
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Haryana school board
changes exam pattern ROHTAK, June 9 — The Haryana State Education Board has decided to change the pattern of the annual examination system for the middle, matric and plus two classes next year. Stating this, the Secretary of the board, Mr Jagdish Sihag, said here yesterday that the board had decided to introduce the system of
setting up question papers in five different sets for the same class so that students sitting in one classroom were not able to copy from one another. Claiming that the new system would be able to check the menace of copying to a large extent, he said a majority of the cases of copying pertained to candidates sitting nearby in the examination hails. He said such an experiment adopted in Punjab had yielded good results. Besides, he said the board authorities would soon launch an awareness campaign depicting the fallout of copying. He said through meetings, seminars and conferences students and teachers would be involved the campaign. Mr Sihag said the students and the teachers who would play an active role in the campaign, would be honoured and incentives would be provided to the staff and students who help in checking copying. He said in Bhiwani, Rohtak, Sonepat, Hisar, Faridabad and Mahendergarh districts the need to create an awareness against copying was even more as cases of using unfair mean (UMC) by candidates maximum there. The board authorities registered 2,800 UMC cases in the annual exams of matric, middle and plus two classes held in March-April this year. He said Bhiwani topped in the number of UMC cases. He said 16 teachers were booked for allegedly helping in copying. He said a Principal of a school in Shahbad Markanda was suspended in connection with the leakage of a paper. Mr Sihag said the board had also decided to change the system of spot marking. The answersheets would be sent to the examiners’ residences for checking from next year. This, he added, would end the problems being faced at present. He said the
board was also thinking of introducing the system of re-evaluation of answersheets in the near future. He disclosed that the result of the matric exams were likely to be out by June 14 or 16 and the result of the plus two exams were likely to be declared by the end of June. |
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Compensation sought
for lightning victims ROHTAK, June 9 — The Guru Ravidas Samaj Mahasabha has demanded compensation to the next of kin of those killed due to lightning in the recent duststorm. The mahasabha president, Mr Ram Mehar, in a letter to the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, said three women and a girl were killed due to the lightning on June 3 at Samargopalpur village while working in their fields. He said the government had been paying compensation to the farmers for the loss of the their crops due to natural calamities but no compensation was paid to the families of those killed due to the lightning, also a natural calamity. Besides, a teacher was also killed at Mehrera village on the same day due to lightning. Sandeep, son of Mr Dayanand of Madina village, was partially burnt due to lightning in the field on June 3. He was admitted to the medical college and hospital here when he complained of loss of eyesight. His eyesight was restored after about 12 hours by doctors at the hospital. A pregnant woman and her four-year-old son had also died here after a wall collapsed on them due to the rain followed by storm on June 3. Mr Mehar urged the Chief Minister to pay an ex-gratia of Rs 1 lakh to the families of those killed and Rs 5,000 to the affected persons. In another letter addressed to the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, Mr Mehar has urged him to roll back the retirement age of Central Government employees from 60 to 58 years as was the case before the implementation of the recommendations of the Fifth Pay Commission. Adopting the old pattern of retirement, he said, would help in solving unemployment to a great extent. |
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Academic as VC favoured KARNAL, June 9 — The selection of the Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University is likely to be made early next week. According to sources, the search committee is meeting within a couple of days to recommend a panel of names for consideration of the Government and the Chancellor of the university,
Mr Mahabir Prashad. Since the term of the Governor, who is also the Chancellor of Kurukshetra University, is coming to an end on June 14, therefore he is likely to appoint a permanent Vice-Chancellor before he demits office. At present, Dr Hoshiar Singh, a known academician, is the acting Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University. This news has raised numerous eyebrows in the academic circles against the trend of appointment of non-academicians to the post of Vice-Chancellor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor in the universities of Haryana. Dr Ramesh Kumar, a very senior principal, commenting on the state of affairs stated that the appointment of non-academicians to the posts of Vice-Chancellors and Pro-Vice-Chancellors did little to raise “academic standards” in the universities and turn them into centres of ‘academic excellence’.
In fact, non-academicians were not very conversant with the intricate problems being faced by the teaching community, the students as well as the non-teaching staff. Therefore, the universities suffered losses in the field of academics. The need of the hour was to appoint top academicians as Vice-Chancellors. Another scholar, Dr R. Dass, while endorsing the views of Dr Ramesh Kumar, stated that the appointment of administrators could improve discipline in the universities, but the academic standards would suffer. A large number of academicians at Kurukshetra University and colleges maintained that the trend started by the Haryana Government to appoint ‘anybody to the high posts of administration in the universities needed to be reversed’. they were upset that an advocate, Mr Jai Kishan Sharma, who had no association with the university work, has been appointed as the pro-vice-chancellor of
Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak. Otherwise also the MDU has seen administrators as Vice-Chancellors than academicians in the recent past. During the earlier regime of Mr Om Prakash Chautala, Brig O.P. Chaudhary, who was working as Principal in a sports school at Rai, was made to head the MDU. Even during the regime of Mr Bansi Lal, Lt General O.P.
Kaushik, who had little to do with the academic world as such, was appointed the Vice-Chancellor. The present regime of Mr Chautala has also appointed Major General B.S. Sihag as the Vice-Chancellor. There is a feeling in the academic world that Generals of the Army could do ‘better policing’ and bring discipline to the universities but to grapple with the academic problems to convert them into “centres of excellence of learning” was beyond their capacity. The Haryana Government had earlier appointed Mr Vinay Kumar as Vice-Chancellor of Ch Charan Singh
Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar. Though, Mr Vinay Kumar had risen from the ranks and had remained associated with affairs of the HAU for a long period, yet he could not be termed academician in the true sense of the word. Vice-Chancellors are to be appointed for the two universities — Guru Jambeshwar University and Kurukshetra University. In the GJU, the acting Vice-Chancellor Dr K.C. Bangar has been a reader before his appointment as Pro-Vice-Chancellor. In Kurukshetra University, the acting Vice-Chancellor who is in the field of Public Administration, could be rated as a top academician. Despite the opposition by some detractors of the two present incumbents they fill the bill as far as the academic standards for appointment for a Vice-Chancellor are concerned. There is a general opinion amongst the academic fraternity that the ills which afflict the universities in Haryana could not be removed until and unless top academicians with long associations with the university work and the faculty were appointed as Vice-Chancellors. The method of pick and choose from amongst its favourites by the Government would not do the job. |
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Lokayukta for
Haryana demanded SONEPAT, June 9 — Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh has charged the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Parkash Chautala, with pursuing anti-people and anti-farmer policies and alleged that corruption was rampant at all levels particularly in the administration and the Chief Minister has failed to provide a clean government as promised before the assembly elections. Talking to mediapersons here today, he criticised registration of criminal cases against some former Haryana Ministers and MLAs and alleged that the industrialists and big traders were being terrorised by the Chief Minister in a bid to get money from them. The Lok Dal leader demanded immediate appointment of a Lokayukta in Haryana from other state so that he could function independently. He alleged that Mr Chautala, instigated the farmers during the regime of Mr Bansi Lal and asked them not to pay the pending power bills. But now he himself had taken coercive methods to recover the electricity bills. Similarly, the aged persons are being denied the pensions and asked to produce proof of their claim. He disclosed that Haryana Nirman Morcha, led by Mr Karan Singh Dlal, MLA (RPI would continue its struggle against the anti-people and anti-farmer policies of the Chautala government and hold workers meeting sat Gurgaon on June 12, at Bhiwani on June 15 and at Panipat on June 19. |
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Farmers not to
give up
agitation GURGAON, June 9 — The Kisan Sangharsh Panchayat will go ahead with its proposed agitation of enforcing “Chakka Jam” on Delhi-Jaipur Road here to press the state government not to collect the enhanced compensation given to farmers against their land acquired, notwithstanding Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala’s assurance to examine their case. The Collectorate had announced awards against the land of the farmers of villages, falling in Gurgaon Subdivision, acquired by HUDA to set up sectors. The farmers went in appeal in the District Sessions Court. The court enhanced the compensation amount. The enhanced amount was paid by HUDA through the court to the farmers after they furnished sureties. In the meantime, HUDA appealed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the decision of the Sessions Court. Interestingly, the farmers also appealed in the High Court against the Sessions Court on ground that the amount of enhanced compensation was less. The court upheld the claim of HUDA, against the decision of the lower court. Consequently, the farmers who had already taken the money by way of enhanced compensation have now to return the amount to HUDA. As a follow-up measure HUDA has allegedly issued notices for recovery of the amount to about 1,000 farmers. The notices to another 25,000 farmers are said to be in the pipe-line. The farmers said hundreds of members of 17 villages had been affected by the court’s decision. According to them the total amount of enhanced compensation was about Rs 400 crore. The farmers met Mr Chautala along with Mr Gopi Lal Gehlot on June 5. According to Mr Gehlot the government would take a
sympathetic view of the case in favour of the farmers. |
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Ban on teachers’
recruitment goes CHANDIGARH, June 9 — The Haryana Government today lifted the ban on the recruitment of teachers so as to fill vacant and newly created posts. This decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala. Interviews have been taken to fill the posts of JBT and C and V teachers. The final selection would be made by the departmental committee. For the posts of school lecturers and masters or mistresses, principals and headmasters for which interviews have not yet been taken, the selection would be made through the Haryana Staff Selection Commission and the Haryana Public Service Commission, as the case may be. The vacancies had been created following the upgradation of schools, retirement of teaching staff or due to other reasons. In all 1,50,650 applications has been received for the posts of lecturers and masters by the department. The Cabinet also accepted the report of Commission of Enquiry headed by M.L. Koul, a former Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The commission was set up to look into the circumstances leading to the death of Mr Jai Pal and Mr Ashok Kumar in police firing on October 9, 1997, at Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar district. The action taken report on the recommendations of the Koul Commission would be placed in the next session of Vidhan Sabha. |
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Youths loot 9,000
at brick-kilns JIND, June 9 — Five armed youths looted Rs 9,000 at two brick-kilns at gunpoint in separate villages in the district yesterday. The youths reportedly snatched Rs 5,000 from an employee of a brick-kiln at Bhairo Khera village. Later they went to a brick-kiln at Dharoli village and looted Rs 4,000 from the owner and fled on their motor cycle. A case has been registered under Sections 392, 120-B and 34 of the IPC. A deputation of brick-kiln
owners met the SP, Jind, and urged him to provide security at brick-kilns in the wake of these incidents. Meanwhile, Milo Devi, a housewife, died under mysterious circumstances at her in-laws’ house at Belibalpur village in the district yesterday. The nephew of the deceased in a complaint lodged with the police alleged that his aunt was poisoned to death because of a family dispute. However the in-laws of Milo Devi said she committed suicide by consuming poison. The police has registered a case under Sections 302 and 34 of the IPC. |
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'Angry' boy returns home
after 2 weeks AMBALA, June 9 — It is jubilation time for
the Chander family. Their younger son Harish, who had
left home in a huff, has returned safely. Angry with his
father, 10-year-old Harish Chander had left home on May
25. Harish's father, Mr Kailash Chander, had beaten him
after he began to skip school. This had infuriated and he
left home. Talking to The Tribune, Harish said that he
was extremely angry with his father, who is a Railway
employee, for beating him up so he left home. "I
headed straight for the station. There a train was
standing which I boarded. Later, I learnt that it was
headed for Hardwar," he said. "By the evening,
the train reached Hardwar where I disembarked. I stayed
there for about five days and left for Rishikesh. I spent
some time in Rishikesh and then returned to Hardwar.
During the whole time, I did feel lonely," he added. Harish said that then he wanted to return home,
but he was feeling afraid of "facing his
parents". However, he overcame his fears and headed
for Saharanpur, from where he caught a train for Ambala
on June 2. On reaching Ambala, he did not immediately go
home. Instead, he went near his home and began to play.
His elder brother, Gopal Chander, saw him playing in the
nearby fields. On seeing Gopal, Harish quickly hid in the fields. Gopal ran back home and informed the family
members that he had seen Harish playing in the field. On
learning about Harish and apprehensive that he might run
away again, family members and friends began a thorough
search in the fields. They found Harish. Harish's father
said that he is thankful to God for bringing back his
child. "I am not going to beat him again," he
said. After Harish left home, Mr Chander had tried to
search him, but failed. "I went to the railway
station where some people said that they had seen my son
but nobody was sure where he had gone. It was a
frustrating experience. But I kept looking for my
son," he said. Mr Chander said that he then lodged
an FIR with the police stating that his son was lost.
"I printed a large number of pamphlets which had a
description of what Harish was wearing along with his
photograph. The pamphlets were distributed at all
strategic places," he said. The prayers of the
Chander family have been heard. Although, Harish may
never forget this (mis)adventure, at least for now he
confidently says that he is going to study hard which
brings a satisfied smile on the face of Mr Harish Chander. Two boys missing AMBALA, June
9 — Two boys — Sumit and Ramesh — have
reportedly been missing for the past two days from Lal
Kurti area, Ambala Cantonment. According to information,
there was a function at their residence two days back.
After the function they were found missing. The parents
of the children have filed a complaint with the police.
The police is investigating the matter. No clue of the
missing children has been achieved so far. |
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Rajiv Kumar
tops BA exam ROHTAK, June 9 — Rajiv Kumar (974/1200) of Dronacharya Government College, Gurgaon, Preeti (1285/1450) of Hindu Girls College, Sonepat, and Pinki Rani (1312/1800) of Adarsh Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Bhiwani, topped in the final year of Maharshi Dayanand University’s B.A., B.Sc. and B.Com. examinations, respectively. The results were declared today. Parveen (951/1200) of B.P.S.M. Girls College, Khanpur Kalan, and Sandhya (950-1200) of Hindu Girls College, Sonepat, bagged the second and third positions, respectively, in B.A. (final). Tripta Sharma (1240/1450) of Hindu Girls College, Sonepat and Garima Aggarwal (1237/1450) of Government College, Bhiwani, got the second and the third positions, respectively, in B.Sc. (Final). Ajay Kumar (1304/1800) of A.P.J. Saraswati Girls College, Charkhi Dadri, stood second and third in B.Com. (Final). Meanwhile, as many as 25 students passed out of a total of 56 in the first year of B.Sc. (Home Science) with a pass percentage of 45 per cent. Similarly, as many as 54 and 57 students passed out of a total of 60 each in second and third year of the examination with a pass percentage of 90 and 95 per cent, respectively. |
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Youth commits suicide PANIPAT, June 9 — One person committed suicide and two were injured in an accident near Khukhrana village during the past 24 hours in the town. Naresh (21) son of Jile Singh of Alipur village reportedly consumed poison. He was rushed to the Civil Hospital, where he was declared brought dead. In another incident near Khukhrana village, a bus carrying thermal power station staff collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction, injuring its driver and a passenger. The police has registered a case in the matter. |
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Arya Samaj to take up
SYL issue: Indervesh ROHTAK, June 9 — Members of the Arya Samaj, Haryana, will meet at Sasroli village of Jhajjar district on June 17 and 18 to discuss the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal and other issues. Senior Arya Samaj leader and former MP, Swami Indervesh, said here today the proposed meet, called the ‘Haryana Prantiya Arya Mahasammelan’, had been primarily called to discuss the crucial matter of water sharing between Haryana and Punjab. He further said the Arya Samaj had, in the past, tried to raise the issue on several occasions and had also submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister regarding the issue. He alleged that while the Haryana government was not taking due interest in the matter, the attitude of the Punjab government was hostile. He said that the Arya Samaj had also decided to take up the issue with the state and central governments. |
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Adulterated petrol
flows freely PANIPAT, June 9 — Petrol adulterated with naphtha and thinner is being freely supplied in the outer colonies and on the railway road of the town. Paint and hardware dealers are minting money with the sale of adulterated petrol. Mechanics say the pistons and engines of two wheelers are often choked due to the adulterated petrol. The adulterated petrol is freely available between Rs 18 to Rs 20 a litre whereas the retail price at petrol stations is Rs 26.23. To obtain the desired density, naphtha, slip oil and dyechlorophine or benjamin-mixed sulphur is allegedly used and in case of a difference thinner is mixed with the petrol. Officials of the District Food and Supplies Department allegedly ignore the activity due to rampant corruption. Interestingly, this petrol is available with hardware dealers only or can be had from touts or those who are known to the dealers. |
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Computerisation
of licensing work AMBALA, June 9 — The office of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Ambala today got the distinction of being the first office in Haryana to have introduced computerisation of licensing and registration work of vehicles. Commissioner of Ambala, Mr Chander Singh, said in the earlier system of getting licence, middlemen were rampant and in several cases licences were issued with duplicate stamp. Mr Chander Singh said that as per the new system, each applicant will have to personally contact the SDM’s office and get himself photographed in front of a digital camera and the next day he would be issued a computerised driving licence or registration certificate, a press note said. The Deputy Commissioner Ambala, Mr Ram Niwas, said that the entire data base would be available for quick retrieval of information regarding any vehicle for crime detection. The project has been launched in collaboration with National Informatics Centre and the District Red Cross Society, Ambala. The cost of the installation of the system is approximately Rs 3 lakhs. He stated that the
district administration has also set up a “Sahatya
Kendra” for the assistance of applicants desirous of
getting driving licence and registration certificates.
The Red Cross volunteers will help fill the application
forms of the persons applying and give them advise about
various procedures. |
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SHO suspended AMBALA,
June 9
— The SHO, Ambala city, was put under suspension
here today. The exact reason of his suspension could not
be ascertained. The Superintendent of Police, Ambala, Mr
Navdeep Singh Virk, while confirming the suspension of
the SHO, said a charge sheet had also been issued to him.
Stating the reason of his suspension, he said there were
many reasons, including unsatisfactory working. |
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Agency robbed AMBALA, June 9 — A robbery took place in the
office of Baldev Gas Agency in Ambala Cantonment. Capt
Baldev Singh (retd), proprietor of the agency, said
robbers took away Rs 4,600 from the office. "The
robbers first broke open the grill lock and the glass
pane. After this, they thoroughly searched the office and
scattered papers and documents all over the
premises," he said. A case has been registered. |
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Two thieves arrested AMBALA, June 9 — The Ambala police
has claimed to have busted a gang of thieves operating in
the district for the past several months. Two members of
the gang have been arrested. According to Superintendent
of Police Navdeep Singh Virk, the police has recovered
gold ornaments, wrist watches and some other goods, worth
Rs 99,300 from their possession. He said one of the
members of the gang, belonging to Mani Majra, was
absconding and was wanted by the police. |
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Duplicate books seized PANIPAT, June 9 — The district administration accompanied by a team of the Printing and Stationery Department, Haryana, yesterday conducted several raids on book centres to check the sale of duplicate books being sold in the local markets. Duplicate books were seized from Jagdamba Stationers and Anil Book Depot in the Subzi Mandi area, Bhalla Book Depot from Kalandar Chowk, Bhardwaj Book Depot from Krishan Pura and Capital Book Depot from Eight-marla Colony. Disclosing this the Deputy Commissioner, Mr M.R. Anand, said cases under the Copyright Act and Section 420 of the IPC Act had been registered against them. The booksellers were allegedly selling duplicate printed books for classes I to VIII in History, Hindi and Sanskrit. The raids were conducted after receipt of complaints from the public. |
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