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| Monday, January 1, 2001, Chandigarh, India   
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Gang of thieves busted, 3 held 4 killed, 2 hurt in accidents Probe against PWD engineer ordered Demand to post SC officer in CM’s office Governor meets N-E students |
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| Power theft case detected 2 killed in road mishap Results of science quiz declared MLA for proper distribution of canal water Scheme to honour meritorious college students Haryana appoints 4 new chairmen Governor, CM extend greetings 
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| Gang of thieves busted, 3 held SONEPAT, Dec 31 —With the arrest of three persons, the CIA staff today claimed to have busted an interstate gang of thieves operating in parts of Haryana, Delhi and UP for the past few months. The Superintendent of Police, Mr Paramjit Singh Ahlawat, told mediapersons here today that the arrested persons had been identified as Raj Singh of Butana village in the district, Dharminder, alias Baloo, and Sunil of Based in UP. He said during the course of interrogation, the arrested persons confessed before the police that they along with Pardeep and Rajbir of Kaloda village in Panipat district and Sakil of Shamli in UP and some others, had kidnapped a person of Kandhla Masjid area of Delhi and demanded Rs 3 lakh as extortion money from his family. He was taken to a field where he was kept for a week. After the non-receipt of the extortion money, he was murdered. The Superintendent further said the culprits also confessed to their involvement in a case of snatching of a motor cycle about five months ago. He said the police has also recovered stolen goods worth thousands of rupees from their possession. Meanwhile, the Kundli police has arrested two persons, Lakki Singh and Pardeep Kumar of Bahadurpur village in Saharanpur district and recovered a stolen car from their possession. The arrested persons have confessed that they had stolen eight cars from Delhi and two from Chandigarh, Mr Ahlawat said. He said the Kundli police had arrested two persons, Jagdish of Pakasma village in Rohtak district and Pankaj of Etawah district in UP on the charge of theft and recovered stolen goods worth thousands of rupees from their possession. Cases have been registered against all arrested persons. |
| 4 killed, 2 hurt in accidents JIND, Dec 31 — Four persons were killed and two injured in separate accidents in different parts of the district yesterday. According to reports received here today, two persons were killed when the vehicle they were riding was hit by a truck on the Jind-Rohtak road, near Kila Zafargarh village. The dead were identified as Ashok and Subhash of the same village. The driver of the truck fled after the accident. Residents of Kila Zafargarh village blocked traffic on the Jind-Rohtak road yesterday evening and demanded the immediate arrest of the truck driver. Later, on the assurance of senior police officer, they lifted the blockade. In another accident, a lady teacher Kamlesh Kaur was killed when she was knocked down by a truck near Ujhana village. Meanwhile, the body of Jagat Singh was found near Singhana village. It is presumed that he had died in an accident. In two separate accidents in the town two persons, were injured seriously. They have been admitted to the local General Hospital. | |
| Probe against PWD engineer ordered SONEPAT, Dec 31 — The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Sudhir Rajpal, is reported to have ordered an inquiry into the alleged irregularities and malpractices indulged in by an executive engineer of the PWD (B and R) and deputed Mr Ashok Yadav, Additional Deputy Commissioner, for conducting a probe into the allegations levelled against the officer. According to official sources, the Deputy Commissioner has taken the action on a complaint received from the leaders of the union of junior engineers of the department. The ADC had summoned the officer to visit his office on December 27 but he failed to turn up. Now the ADC has given him the last opportunity to appear before him and fixed the next date for the inquiry. The union leaders, in the complaint to the Deputy Commissioner have alleged bungling in the manufacturing of the concrete blocks to be used in the construction of roads in the district. This work was entrusted to a contractor who heads three firms in different names and thus always manages to get the contract from the department. The union leaders also alleged that substandard material had been used in the manufacture of concrete blocks and so far 45,000 concrete blocks had been manufactured against 15 lakh for which the tenders had been approved by the department. |
| Demand to post SC officer in CM’s office CHANDIGARH, Dec 31 — The Haryana unit of the All-India Confederation of Scheduled Castes/Tribes and Backward Classes has expressed displeasure at the removal of Mr S.C. Chaudhary from the post of Special Principal Secretary to the Haryana Chief Minister. He was the only officer belonging to the SC communities in the CM’s office, who was also working for the welfare of the oppressed sections, the confederation said in a statement here. They also demanded that in Mr Chaudhary’s post, another SC officer must be posted. The confederation has also decided to organise a rally at Chandigarh on January 10 to press for the demand of representation of members of Scheduled Castes in government services. The participants in the rally will meet the Governors of Punjab and Haryana and present them memorandums demanding adequate representation of Scheduled Castes in various government services. It will also demand that the contract system for hiring class IV employees must be abolished, clear the backlog in appointment of Scheduled Caste employees, and also put an end to the process of privatisation and consequent retrenchment of employees. The press statement said that these decisions were taken at a meeting convened by it at Valmiki Temple at Sector 20, here today. Nine organisations, namely, the Chandigarh Sweepers Union, the Gazetted/non-Gazetted SC/ST Officers Association, the Ambedkar Study Circle, the All India Valmiki Youth Organisation, the Ambedkar Welfare Committee, the Ambedkar Welfare Council, Chandigarh, All-India Safai Mazdoor Congress, the Valmiki Sabha, Chandigarh and Sewerage Union of Chandigarh extended support to the confederation at the meeting which was presided over by Mr Karamvir Singh. | |
| Governor meets N-E students CHANDIGARH, Dec 31 — A group of 36 students from Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands called on the Haryana Governor, Babu Parmanand, at the Raj Bhavan here today. The group was led by Dilip Saikia, organising secretary of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), Assam, and Mr Viswajit Goswami, coordinator of the Students Experience in Inter-State Living (SEIL) project. The objective of the project is to organise interaction between students and VIPs of various states and promote the spirit of national integration and patriotism. Mr Kuldip Kaul of the ABVP, Punjab, thanked the Governor for extending hospitality to the students. Ms Sudesh Kumari, Governor’s wife, also met the students. |
| Power theft case detected SONEPAT, Dec 31 — Officials of the district circle of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) have detected a major case of power theft by the management of a steel factory near Kharkhauda town in the district. Mr Prem Sagar, Superintending Engineer (Operation) of the Nigam told mediapersons here today that a penalty of Rs 3.54 lakh had been imposed on the owner of the factory and further investigations were in progress. He further stated that the nigam officials had also detected at least 15 cases of meter tampering in the city and steps had been taken against the persons involved in power thefts. The racket, he said, had been unearthed following the arrest of a shopkeeper from the Sarang Road area of the city. Mr Sagar disclosed that at least Rs 24 crore were outstanding against all categories of the consumers. Of it Rs 20 crore were outstanding against the rural consumers and Rs 4 crore against some government departments, he said. He further said there were 64 unauthorised residential colonises in the city identified by the local municipal council and the nigam would charge the development amount from the residents at the time of providing power connections to them. |
| 2 killed in road mishap ROHTAK, Dec 31 — Two youths were killed and six injured when a Tata Sumo carrying them collided with a truck near Bahu Akbarpur village today. The deceased have been identified as Amarjeet and Jagannath of Bhaini Khungar village in Bhiwani district. They were reportedly coming to Rohtak to take the examination of Junior Basic Teacher (JBT). | |
| Results of science quiz declared KURUKSHETRA, Dec 31 — While inaugurating a state science quiz and exhibition organised at the local Gita Niketan Awasiya Vidyalya under the aegis of the Hindu Shiksha Samiti, Haryana, here yesterday, the Kurukshetra University Vice-Chancellor, Mr R.S. Chaudhary, said, “The present age is the age of science and technology, but in the gilter of colence we should not lose sight of our own culture.” He said schools should provide such an education in which there was co-ordination of all elements and added that the moral education should be made an integral part of the education. The results of the competitions are as follows: Science exhibition: Gita Niketan Awasiya Vidyalya (Kurukshetra) 1, S.M.B. Gita Senior Secondary School (Kurukshetra) 2, and Gita Girls Senior Secondary School 3 (Kurukshetra). Science quiz (senior group): Halwasiya Vidya Vihar (Bhiwani) 1, Gita Niketan Awasiya Vidyalya (Kurukshetra) 2 and Gita Vidya Mandir (Gohana) 3. Science quiz (junior group): Gita Niketan Awasiya Vidyalya (Kurukshetra) 1, Mahrishi Vidya Mandir Sanwala (Kurukshetra) 2 and Shiksha Bharti Kanya Vidyalya (Rohtak) 3. Paper reading competition: Halwasiya Vidya Vihar (Bhiwani) 1, Gita Niketan Awasiya Vidyalya (Kurukshetra) 2 and 3 both. The chief guest, Dr R.P. Jaiswal, gave away the prizes to the winners. As many as 136 students participated in the competitions. |
| MLA for proper distribution of canal water Chandigarh, Dec 31 — The Congress MLA from Tosham, Mr Dharam Vir, has demanded “equal distribution” of canal water in Haryana. In a statement today, Mr Dharam Vir said that starting from January 7, 21 persons would sit on a 24-hour fast in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office at Bhiwani every day to press this demand. He said 95 lakh acres of land in Haryana was irrigated by 9,000 cusecs of water obtained by the state from two major canals. While 6000 cusecs, out of a total of 9,000, cusecs were supplied to 32 lakh acres falling in the Narwana, Tohana, Sirsa and Dabwali areas, the remaining 3,000 cusecs were supplied to 63 lakh acres, the MLA alleged . He added that southern Haryana districts would be further affected by the new rotation plan for canal water supply for these areas being introduced by the government from January 3. While earlier the rotation was eight days’ supply of water followed by 24 days’ stoppage and again followed by eight days’ supply, under the new rotation the stoppage of water was for 32 days for every eight days of supply. This might also result in drinking water shortage in certain areas, Mr Dharam Vir said. While the state government had cited the lowering of the water level at the Gobind Sagar Dam for starting the new rotation, what was actually needed was equal distribution of canal water between the “privileged” and “deprived” areas, the Congress MLA said. |
| Scheme to honour meritorious college students CHANDIGARH, Dec 31 — Mr Bahadur Singh, Education Minister of Haryana, today said that in 164 colleges (out of a total 168), cells on women studies had been set up. He said the cells had been set up under a scheme called Education for Women Equality. Women coordinators of these cells as well as the Principals of colleges had been sensitised on gender issues by organising zonal workshops at Gurgaon, Yamunanagar, Karnal, Faridabad and Kaithal. He said a scheme to honour meritorious college students studying in the rural and urban areas had been drawn up. Students securing above 75 per cent marks in urban colleges and those securing above 65 per cent marks in rural colleges would be eligible for the honour. The best teacher, the best head of the institution and the best institution would also be honoured, he said. |
| Haryana appoints 4 new chairmen CHANDIGARH, Dec 31 — The Haryana Government today appointed four new Chairmen of different organisations with immediate effect. Mr Balwant Singh Mayana, MLA, Hassangarh, will be the Chairman of the Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board; Mr Banta Ram MLA, Radaur, will be the Chairman, Haryana State Federation of Co-operative Sugar Mills; Mr Ramesh Khatak, MLA, will be the Chairman, Haryana State Backward Classes and Economically Weaker Sections Kalyan Nigam; and Dr Ram Kumar Saini, MLA, Gohana, will be the Chairman, Haryana Board of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of Medicine. |
| Governor, CM extend greetings Chandigarh, Dec 31 — The Haryana Governor, Babu Parmanand, the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, and the president of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, have, in separate messages, extended greetings to the people of the state on the occasion of the New Year. While the Governor said that the people must resolve to work tirelessly for the cause of national integration, Mr Chautala urged them to continue to render cooperation and make the state as well as the country more prosperous. |
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