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‘Support hinges on public interest’ Samitis to boost INLD image
200 paddy purchase centres being
closed Guidelines for
punishment Hastily begun BSNL faces fund
crunch Kalandars panic in face of seizure of
animals Army recruitment rally from Nov 20 |
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Lok adalat to handle
bank recoveries too Relief for sugar mill employees Governor opens blood camp Drive to collect house tax begins Protest against student’s suicide SHO stops minister’s
car, suspended Late winter leaves traders in the
cold Three succumb to injuries in
PGIMS Children’s Day celebrated
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‘Support hinges on public interest’ CHANDIGARH, Nov 14 — “The BJP support to the Chautala Government will be withdrawn only in public interest and not on issues concerning any individual.” This was stated by the President of the Haryana unit of the BJP, Mr Rattan Lal Kataria, at a press conference here today. This assertion from Mr Kataria came when newsmen asked him about the notice sent by the State Vigilance Bureau to the Leader of the BJP Legislature Party, Mr Krishan Pal Gujjar. Earlier Mr Gujjar had spoken about withdrawing the party support to the Chautala Government. Mr Kataria said in future if there was a problem with him also from the government side, the party support to it would continue. The decision to withdraw the support would be taken only in public interest and by the entire party leadership. He said the issue of notice to Mr Gujjar, which was a serious matter and politically motivated, had been brought to the notice of the party high command. Giving a clean chit to the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, on the issue of the demolition of a temple in Faridabad, Mr Kataria said he had himself visited the site. When the matter was brought to the notice of Mr Chautala, he also visited the site and promised all cooperation for its reconstruction. Mr Chautala, he said, told BJP leaders that the demolition had not been brought in his notice by officials. Mr Kataria reiterated his resolve to make the BJP the number one party of the state. As many as 14,000 “shakti kendras” had been set up in the state. He said a meeting of the state working committee of the party would be held on November 26 and November 27 which would be attended, among others, by the Vice-President of the party, Mr Ram Dass Aggarwal, who has been recently appointed as in charge of party affairs in Haryana in place of Mr Narendra Modi. Mr Kataria was here after his return from New York, where he addressed the 55th U.N. General Assembly seminar on “Towards Global
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Samitis to boost INLD image ROHTAK, Nov 14 — The Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, apparently exploiting the situation created due to the virtual non-functioning of opposition parties by strengthening the INLD’s base in the rural areas. His latest decision to constitute Gram Vikas Samitis in every village the state is apparently aimed at creating the impression that the INLD supremo believes in devolution of powers to panchayati raj institutions. However, political observers claim that the real motive behind this decision is to establish direct rapport with rural voters, the backbone of the INLD. The earlier mass-contact programme, known as “sarkar aap ke dwar” launched by Mr Chautala immediately after taking over as Chief Minister is July, 1999, had paid rich dividends to the INLD in the previous vidhan sabha elections. It succeeded in securing a majority of its own though it had entered into an alliance with the BJP. Inspired by the success of the “sarkar aap ke dwar” programme, Mr Chautala has launched its second phase to redress grievances of the panchayatas besides getting feedback about the mood of the people and amending the party’s policies accordingly. Sources in the INLD say that the Chief Minister has decided to constitute the Gram Vikas Samitis to involve the people in development works. This will also reduce the cost of construction as overhead expenses of the engineering wing of the panchayati raj institutions vary between 30 per cent and 40 per cent of the budget. Since most of the sarpanches in the state owe allegiance to the INLD, these samities would be headed by the respective sarpanches and comprise a mahila panch, a panch belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes, an ex-serviceman and two prominent residents of the village to be nominated by the gram sabha. Interestingly, the former sarpanches would not be conducted into these samitis. The Gram Vikas Sahayak, who would be appointed by the panchayats, would get an honorarium of Rs 2500 per month. The duties of the Vikas Sahayak would include distribution of pension among the beneficiaries of old-age pension, handicapped and widow pension schemes. He would also distribute power bills, besides maintaining the accounts of the Gram Vikas Nidhi, which would be operated by the sarpanch and panch nominated in the committee. |
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Highway blues — III GT ROAD: All the All the police stations along the Chandigarh-Ambala-Delhi road have these scary exhibits — wreckage of mangled and twisted cars — grim reminders of fatal accidents on the highway. This scary aspect of the GT Road can be further fathomed if one looks at statistics. While the number of deaths taking place in road accidents in the four main highways in Haryana (NH 1, NH 2, NH 8 and NH 10) are estimated to be 1600 every year on an average, one-third of them take place on the 182-km Ambala-Delhi road. Seven accidents take place on this stretch every day on an average and more than 35 per cent of them turn out to be fatal. Most people die in accidents caused by heavy vehicles. Most of these accidents result from erratic motorists’ behaviour. While stationary trucks parked in front of roadside dhabas are sometimes hit by moving vehicles causing accidents, a more serious problem is posed when heavy vehicles break down on the middle of the road. This reporter came across one such truck, stuck because of a tyre burst on the middle of the road near Sonepat. Rajinder, the driver, was lying beside the truck, spreading a cloth on the road.” The seth lives in Delhi and by evening ( which will be at least 12 hours from the time of the burst) the tyre should be changed”, he said. As the police seldom patrols the highway, usually nothing is done to move such vehicles to safer places. A damaged truck may be stationed on the road for four to five days if the owner is based at far-off places line Chennai or Mumbai. Drivers, particularly of trucks, dread stationary vehicles on the middle of the road.” It is not possible for us to make a loaded moving truck screech to a halt even after applying the brakes”, said Lakhwinder Singh Kuka, a driver from Amritsar, who added that if a truck driver did not notice a stationary vehicle on the middle of the road well in time, it would invariably result in an accident. The worst instances of traffic movement on the GT Road, however, are seen around midnight when traffic is at peak owing to trucks coming from Delhi. Trucks are not allowed to ply inside Delhi till 9 pm. Once the deadline is over, all Ambala-bound trucks hit the road and it creates a scramble.” I do not drive on the GT Road at night because I do not want my car to get squeezed between the lorries”, said Harpreet, a Chandigarh-based cab driver. Talking of road accidents, Mr V. Kamraj, SSP (Traffic), Haryana, said fatigued driving also account for many lives. The accidents of this category mostly take place very early in the morning.” After driving throughout the night, the drivers feel tired in the morning and sometimes doze off momentarily in the moving vehicle, causing accidents”, he said. The condition of the highway also does not facilitate safe movement of traffic. While the stretch from Chandigarh to Ambala is a single- lane road and vehicles plying on them have a virtual free-for-all in the absence of any regulating authority, there are at least seven diversions — each 1.5 to 2 km long — on the two-lane highway from Ambala to the Delhi border. The work for converting the Ambala-Delhi highway to a four-lane road is apparently in progress and most of the diversions on the highway are a fallout of this work. The traffic moves slowly in the diversions and at times vehicles coming from one direction have to wait till the road is cleared. “The diversions may become death traps in the winter months when the visibility is affected by thick fog,” a worker at the traffic aid post in Karnal said. Karnal, once notorious for head-on collisions, has fared better (214 persons killed in road accidents in Karnal in 1998-99, which is considered an improvement!) since the highway was broadened and made two lanes. Karnal, however, still has the highest rate of accidents in the 235- km stretch between Chandigarh and Kundli (on the Haryana-Delhi border) and the two diversions at Karnal have made the traffic workers apprehensive about winter. |
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200 paddy purchase centres being
closed CHANDIGARH, Nov 14—The Haryana Government has decided to close about 200 paddy purchase centres out of the 226 centres with immediate effect in view of the tappering of the arrival of paddy. The decision has also been prompted by the complaints that certain millers and traders who purchased paddy at below the minimum support price(MSP) were now selling the same to the government agencies at the MSP, cornering huge profits. Most of the centres which will be closed are in small mandis. The decision to close the purchase centres was announced by the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, at the conference of the Deputy Commissioners and the Superintendents of Police held here yesterday. The Centre had relaxed the specifications of paddy to be purchased by the government agencies on October 22. Before that the traders and the millers had purchased a large quantity of paddy rejected by the government agencies at rates much below the MSP. The Government had received reports that certain non-farmers were now selling the substandard paddy to the government agencies at the MSP in view of the relaxed specifications. Mr Chautala said the paddy should now be purchased only in those big mandis where the paddy was still arriving. Otherwise also almost the entire paddy crop is brought to the mandis by the end of November. The Chief Minister appreciated the efforts of the Food and Supplies Department and the Deputy Commissioners in successfully meeting the challenge posed by the massive task of procurement of paddy for the first time in the state this year. |
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Guidelines for
punishment CHANDIGARH, Nov 14 — The Haryana Government today carried out some changes in the guidelines for imposing punishments on Group A and Group B officers. According to a circular issued by the Chief Secretary here today, the powers of awarding minor punishments in respect of Group B officers would be exercised by the head of the department, while the government would be the appellate authority. In case of major punishment like removal and dismissal from service, the punishing authority would be the government itself while there would be no appellate authority in such cases. Major punishments other than dismissal or removal from service would be awarded by the Administrative Secretary concerned and appeals against such orders could be made to the government. It may be recalled that earlier the Administrative Secretary was authorised to order dismissal or removal of a Group B officer from service, while appeal against such orders could be made to the governmrent.The Chief Secretary’s circular stated that in the case of Group A officers, the powers of awarding minor punishment would be exercised by the Administrative Secretary and appeal against such orders could be made to the government. The circular stated that there would be no change in the existing system of awarding major punishment to Group A officers. This power will remain with the government and no appeal could be made against such decisions. |
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Hastily begun BSNL faces fund
crunch ROHTAK, Nov 14 — Shortage of funds has virtually paralysed the functioning of the newly constituted Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). The Junior Telecom Officers Association has alleged that the Centre has not transferred any money under the DTS and DTO funds to the BSNL, except for providing it some loan on a very high rate of interest. The BSNL has started with zero fund. As a result, officials were facing difficulties in getting retirement benefits, including GPF, gratuity CGE, insurance claims and pension etc, the association said. The BSNL was constituted in October, six months before the date proposed in the National Telecom Policy, 1999. It began without adequate arrangements for its proper functioning having been made and ignoring the protests of the employees and the opposition parties, the association said. The hasty constitution of the BSNL, it alleged, was due to the pressure of multinational companies and the World Bank lobby. The terms and conditions of the services of its employees are yet to be finalised. The ad hoc payment of Rs 1000, assured to employees, is yet to be made. The employees are being treated on “deemed deputation” without paying them the deputation allowance. Lodging a protest against the neglect of the BSNL, the association has urged the government and the Communication Minister to immediately provide funds to it for essential development activities and settlement of employees’ claims. |
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Kalandars panic in face of seizure of
animals FARIDABAD, Nov 14 — About 350-odd families of ‘kalandars’ (madaris) settled near Ballabgarh town in the district are a worried lot. These families solely depend on their performing animals and related acts for their bread. They are in panic due to the tightening of noose by the authorities for compliance of provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, and Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. The Chief Wildlife Warden, Haryana, has directed the wildlife inspectors to ensure immediate compliance of the directions issued by the Central Government recently in this regard. The inspectors have been asked to send compliance reports in the form of an affidavit within three weeks from November 7. Earlier, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, in its communication to the Chief Wildlife Warden of the state had asked it to stop the use of wild animals by the kalandars and give shelter to the animals in the department or with animal welfare organisations. In its letter dated October 31, the Deputy Secretary of the department, Mr S.K. Verma, has written that despite a ban on the exhibition and training of five wild animals as performing animals, a large number of kalandars had been exhibiting bears, monkeys, tigers, panthers and monkey, etc, in violation of the ministry’s notification dated October 14, 1998. The People For Animals (PFA), Haryana, has been asked to assist the department in this connection. According to the union government’s notification, five wild animals — bears, monkeys, tigers, panthers and lions — are not allowed to be used as performing animals. The wildlife inspectors have been directed to contact the kalandars and dissuade them from using the animals to perform. The department has been asked to seize these wild animals from the kalandars. Besides the ‘Renhara Khera’ locality of Ballabgarh, about 60 families are located near Sonepat also. The total population of kalandars in the country is reported to be just over a lakh. But the kalandars are not happy with the present condition. Alleging discrimination in the matter of the provisions of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, they cite the use of wildlife animals, including lions and tigers, as performing animals by various circus companies as a major violation. The kalandars claim that the authorities were only concentrating on seizure of their animals while the blatant violation by circus companies went on with impunity. A kalandar family living near Ballabgarh said that they would starve if their animals were taken away in the absence of any concrete plan of their rehabilitation. |
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Army recruitment rally from Nov 20 CHANDIGARH, Nov 14 — An Army recruitment rally is being organised at Doat Stadium, Hisar Cantonment by Branch Recruiting Office, Charkhi Dadri, from November 20 to 23. According to a statement issued here today, the rally is open only to candidates belonging to Bhiwani, Rewari and Mahendragarh districts of Haryana. Recruitment is being done for general duty soldier, technical trades, nursing assistant and clerk. General candidates from the above mentioned districts will be recruited on November 20, 21 and 22, while sons of serving and retired soldiers as well as widows will be enrolled on November 23. The minimum educational qualifications for general duty soldier is matric. For clerk it is matric with English and mathematics, while for technical trade it is matric with English, mathematics and science. For nursing assistant the minimum qualification is matric with English, mathematics, science and biology. |
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Lok adalat to handle
bank recoveries too KURUKSHETRA, Nov 14 — The Legal Services Authority of Kurukshetra has decided to hold legal literacy camps in the villages to acquaint the public with their civil and legal rights and to provide to them legal aid free of cost. Two such camps, one at Mirzapur village and the other at Mathana village, had already been organised by the District Legal Services Authority under the chairmanship of Mr C.R. Goel, District and Sessions Judge. Mr Goel told TNS today that Kurukshetra district was the first in the state to organise free Legal Aid Camps for the rural people. He maintained that more such camps would be organised in the district. He further stated that a lok adalat would be held in Kurukshetra on December 9 in which, for the first time in Haryana, bank recovery cases would also be settled. The lok adalat would be ‘held ‘under a tree — a new concept which was first tried in Sonepat. He further claimed that it was for the first time in the state that a seminar on legal aid services was organised in the District Bar Association premises in which Law students of Kurukshetra University and its faculty members participated. At the seminar, it was decided to achieve the goal of providing free legal aid to members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, women, children, disabled persons and victims of natural calamities, ethnic violence, caste atrocities, industrial accidents, disasters. The Legal Services Authority extended its services free of cost to all those whose annual income was less than Rs 25,000 per annum. A panel of 10 advocates had been formed to provide free Legal Aid to persons in police custody who could not afford it. The panel members visited jail inmates frequently. During the last year, 482 eligible applicants were provided free legal services. Likewise, a free legal aid counsel had been appointed in each court of this district to attend to the remand work of persons who had been arrested by the police but were unable to afford the services of a lawyer. Mr R.K. Sondhi, Chief Judicial ‘Magistrate-cum-Member Secretary of the District Legal Services Authority, has been taking steps to organise more legal aid camps. |
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Relief for sugar mill employees CHANDIGARH, Nov 14 — The Haryana Government today announced interim relief for the personnel employed under the Third Sugar Wage Board in the cooperative sugar mills in the state. An official press note issued here said the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, who was inaugurating the 17th crushing season at the sugar mills at Shahbad in Kurukshetra district, said that a relief of 20 per cent basic pay with a minimum of Rs 300 per month would be admissible to these employees with effect from November 1, 2000. An additional relief of 10 per cent of the basic pay with a minimum of Rs 100 per month would also be given to the employees with effect from July 1, 2002. Similarly, additional relief of 10 per cent of the basic pay with a minimum of Rs 100 would be given to the employees from July 1, 2003. |
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Governor opens blood camp YAMUNANAGAR, Nov 14 — Babu Parmanand, Governor of Haryana, inaugurated the eighth blood donation camp jointly organised by Guru Nanak Khalsa College and the Lions Club here today. Mr Bhupinder Singh Jauhar, president of the college governing body, said the college is committed to the social and economic upliftment of the area. Mr Rajeev Sharma, Deputy Commissioner demanded that the capacity of the blood bank should be raised from 250 units to 500 units. Dr Amrik Singh, Principal, read out the college report and highlighted the achievements of the college in academics, sports and socio-cultural activities. Blood donors like Mr Arun Aggarwal who has donated 108 times and Dr Anil Aggarwal, who has donated 76 times were honoured by the Governor. As many as 343 units of blood were donated. Drive to collect house tax begins SONEPAT, Nov 14 — The Municipal Council here has launched a campaign for the recovery of house tax from the residents. Mr Y.S. Gupta, Secretary of the council claimed here today that the council had created a record by collecting Rs 43 lakh as house tax during the first six months of the current financial year. The council, he said, recovered Rs 12.05 lakh during last month alone as against the target of Rs 15 lakh fixed by the state government. Mr Gupta said the arrears of house tax against several government departments were mounting every month. More than Rs 40 lakh were outstanding against these departments. |
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Protest against student’s suicide KAITHAL, Nov 14 — Students of DAV Senior Secondary School, Guhla, went on the rampage and broke the furniture in the Principal’s office and damaged two school vehicles yesterday. They were agitated over the alleged suicide committed by a school student two days ago. They held the Principal responsible for it. They alleged that the Principal had removed Harvinder Singh, as head boy. When he protested, she allegedly taunted him, following which the boy committed suicide as he could not bear the insult. The Principal denied the charges and said this could not be the reason for the tragedy. |
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SHO stops minister’s
car, suspended
ROHTAK, Nov 14 (UNI) — SHO Bijender Singh of Kalanaur in this district has been suspended and sent to the Police Lines apparently because he dared to stop the official car of a Haryana minister during a “naka” (barricade) at Kalanaur College crossing for checking at night a few days ago. The car had a red light on its top. Official sources said here when the minister asked the SHO the reason behind stopping his car, the SHO informed him that he was checking every car on the directive of the district police chief. He immediately allowed the minister’s car to go. However, the next day the SHO was ordered to report at the Police Lines here and some other officer was posted at the Kalanaur police station. |
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Late winter leaves traders in the
cold HISAR, Nov 14 — Delay in the onset of winter has left several businesses in the cold. The worst affected are those dealing in wollens and readymade garments. It has also affected vegetable and spice trade in the area. The town is the biggest centre of wollen and readymade garments in the district. There are about 200 shops selling readymade wollen garments in the town. Most of these are located in the Rajguru Market, Pooja Market, Arya Samaj Market, Guru Jambheshwar Market and the Chaudhary Market. Normally just after Devali, when the winter season starts, there are brisk sales in these garments. The shops are crowded and the trend continues until January. This year, the garment traders are sitting idle even though it is mid-November. The reason is the delay in onset of cold weather. The day temperature is still in the range of 250 C in the region, which generally remains under 200 C in November. People of the region have, therefore, not started wearing even half-sleeve sweaters till now. Most of the wholesalers purchase woollen garments from Ludhiana and Delhi and supply them in the region. They say that they had placed orders worth lakhs in advance but they were unable to lift the supplies in the absence of sales. The spices and vegetable dealers are also sailing in the same boat. Due to the delay in winter, the sales of several spices and vegetables like garlic have also withnessed a slump. According to traders, sales of vegetables like green chillies and garlicgo up in winter. Likewise, peanut sales are yet to pick up. Heaps of peanuts stacked along roadsides in early winter are nowhere to be seen. Three succumb to injuries in
PGIMS ROHTAK, Nov 14 — Three persons, including two women, died at the PGIMS today.
Maina Devi of Babra Mohalla here was seriously injured when her vehicle met with an accident near Gohana on November 10. Sushma of Sanjay Colony was admitted to the PGI on November 11 following burn injuries. Jagdish of Balambha village was admitted yesterday after he reportedly consumed poison. Meanwhile, at least three cases of harassment for dowry were registered in the district in the past 24 hours. Mr Om Prakash, an employee in the local Canal Rest House, alleged that his daughter, Anita was harassed by her in-laws for dowry. In a separate incident, Mr Bhagwan Das of Rohini (Delhi) charged the in-laws of his daughter, Veena, of harassing her for dowry. Rajendra of Jhang Colony here also alleged that his daughter, Neelam, was maltreated by her in-laws for dowry. Cases under sections 498A and 406 of the IPC were registered against the in-laws of the women.
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Children’s Day celebrated YAMUNANAGAR, Nov 11 — The state-level Children’s Day function was inaugurated by the Haryana Governor, Babu Parmanand here today. The Governor, who was on his first visit to the district, paid tributes to Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru. He urged educationists, teachers and policy makers to cooperate with the Central Government to achieve the target of providing free compulsory education to all children up to the age of 14 by 2005 and eradicate child labour from the country. The Governor and his wife gave away prises to the outstanding students of the district. Renowned social workers of the district indulging Mr Ranjit Puri from Saraswati Sugar Mills, Mr A.N. Pathak from Ballarpur Paper Mills, Mr Darbari Lal Gupta, former chairman of the Haryana Public Service Commission, and Mr Pritam Goyal from Ms Krishna Engineering Works were also honoured. FATEHABAD:
Children’s Day was celebrated here at the Bal Bhavan. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anil Malik, inaugurated the function. Sweaters were distributed to the students of the Street Children Project by the DC and his wife.
Children’s Day at Bal Bhavan
AMBALA, Nov 14 — Children’s Day was celebrated with enthusiasm at Bal Bhawan here today.
The Deputy Commissioner of Ambala, Mr D.D. Gautam, inaugurated the programme, organised by District Bal Kalyan Parishad. He said cultural festivals and sports play an important role in shaping the life of the students. Mr Gautam inspected the science exhibition and lauded the efforts of the students. The results of the painting competition held at Bal Bhawan are as follows: In the age group 5-8 years, Shobha Sharma was first, Vishali Chadha second, Rohit Kingra third and Kunal Sehrawat got a consolation prize. In the age group 8-12 years, Mansi Jain was first, Mandeep Singh second, Rajat third and Rishi Jain got a consolation prize. In the age group of 12-16 years, Himanshu Nanda was first, Subhash Chand was second, Sanjay Sharma was third and Gagandeep got a consolation prize. In the category of mentally challenged, deaf and dumb children, Deepak was first, Nishta, second, Karamjit Singh, third and Kanika got a consolation prize. In the street children project, Ambala City, Puja was first, Anu Rani was second, Rohit, third and Ruby Rani got consolation prize. Rajneesh was first in the essay writing competition. Vivek Kumar was second, Sandeep Bhatt was third and Neha Yadav got a consolation prize. In the baby show, of the age group 0-1 years, Japneet was first, Nonu was second, Akash was third and Harjeet got the consolation prize. In the age group of 1-2 years, Sanyam Sood was first, Shivani was second, Radhika was third and Vrishti got consolation prize.
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Chautala meets
Shankaracharya CHANDIGARH, Nov 14 — The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, today called on Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Swarupanand Saraswati of Shri Dwarka Shardapeethadhishawar at Shri Mata Mansa Devi Shrine Board, near here today.
The Jagadguru blessed Mr Chautala and enquired about the well-being of members of his family, including Mr Devi
Lal. The Jagadguru is on a two-day visit to Panchkula and Chandigarh. He also paid obeisance at the shrine of Shri Mata Mansa Devi.
Stolen truck recovered AMBALA, Nov 14 — The local police has recovered a stolen truck from the Baldev Nagar area of Ambala city. The police has nabbed Gurmukh Singh, a resident of Patiala.
The truck was recovered from him, a release said.
Mishap averted AMBALA, Nov 14 — A major mishap of 3152 the Jammu Sealdah Express between Kalanor and Sarsawa, 70 km from here was averted yesterday when a cow got entangled in the wheels of its engine. The train was delayed there for about one hour as the vacuum pipes of several coaches in the rear were damaged. Due to this mishap two important trains Himgiri Express and Shalimar Express also got late by around 45 minutes.
According to sources it was not for the first time that a cattle had created problems for a train. On September 13 four wagons of a goods train were derailed near Dukheri railway station 10 km from here when it collided with a buffalo. The goods train with empty rakes was running on Ambala Saharanpur down line. Earlier on August 16, Himalayan Queen got stuck in neutral power section near Ambala city when the driver had to apply brakes when an animal came down on the track. The train was detained there for half an hour.
Centre to set up power plant
CHANDIGARH, Nov 14 — The Central Government would be setting up a 800-MW thermal plant in Haryana to meet the growing demand for power in the state. This was stated by Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash
Chautala, at Shahbad today, an official press note issued here said. The plant would be set up either at Yamunanagar or at Hisar, Mr Chautala said.
The Chief Minister said the state government was also planning to set up a gas-based power plant at Faridabad.
2nd robbery in three days FARIDABAD, Nov 14 — Just three days after the robbery at a house in Sector 14, here dacoits struck at another house in the posh locality of Sector 15 last evening.
Three youths armed with revolvers and knives reportedly made a dash into the house of industrialist Ved Mittal at about 4 p.m. They pushed the call bell and overpowered the woman, who opened the door and another person, who was present in the house at that time at gunpoint. |
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