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SHO suspended for dereliction of duty
Haryana extends relief work
BJP to adopt Gujarat village Bhajan to organise
anti-Chautala rally Decks cleared
for Bhajan Lal’s rally Rs 1.11 crore given
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Govt to wind up 71
employment offices Work on astroturf to begin soon Tension after victim’s death Delhi to have second Haryana Bhavan 
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SHO suspended for dereliction of duty SONEPAT, Feb 5 — Mr Mohinder Singh Rana, Station House Officer of the Civil Lines police station, has been suspended on the charge of dereliction in performing official duty and not informing the authorities about the damage caused to the Haryana Roadways and DTC buses in attacks by the protesting ITI students in the city. According to official sources, this step had been taken as the state government, particularly the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, had taken a serious note of the violent incidents and directed the authorities concerned to take action against the officials found guilty of dereliction in performing their duty. The state government, reportedly, had also been contemplating to take action against Principal of the ITI who had also failed to inform the district and police authorities about the assembling of students in the institute before holding a march in the city to register their protest against the death of their co-student by the Haryana Roadways bus. The security arrangements here continued at vulnerable points today in the city. Barring the government ITI, all other schools and colleges functioned normally amidst tight security arrangements. Armed police pickets were also deployed at the railway station, bus stand, telephone exchange, head post office and other chowks in the city. Meanwhile, mediapersons of the national dailies here today started boycotting all government functions and press notes in protest against the alleged slapping of a local journalist by a gunman of the Deputy Commissioner. They also declared that the boycott would continue till the gunman offered his apology to the journalist in the presence of the DC and SP. |
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Haryana extends relief work CHANDIGARH, Feb 5 — The Haryana Government today claimed to have extended its relief operation in the quake-devastated Rapar area of Gujarat covering 27 villages. Victims from other areas continue to approach the Haryana authorities at their camp to provide them with basic necessities. The Haryana Speaker, Mr Satbir Singh Kadian, who has been camping there, today visited most of the villages adopted by Haryana to supervise the relief work. The 10 additional villages of the Rapar area where relief work has been launched by Haryana are Nadasar, Ravmoti, Rav Nani, Davri, Dasalpur, Anandpur, Bhimasar, Pragpar, Ravechi Mandir, and Valabpar. Earlier, supplies were being provided to the affected people in 17 villages. A large number of volunteers, including those of the Sirsa-based Sachha Sauda, are making a significant contribution to mitigate the sufferings of the affected people. The Chairman of the Haryana Public Enterprises Bureau, Mr Vishnu Bhagwan, who has also been camping for a week now along with the chief coordinator, Mr Ram Nivas, said the state government had been ensuring a regular supply of relief material for the state. He said quake victims had been provided with tents, blankets, utensils and essential commodities. Twelve teams of doctors and paramedical staff were providing medicare. The Haryana Government had got airlifted a large consignment of relief material like tents and blankets late last night from Chandigarh. More such material will be reaching there by air tomorrow. |
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BJP to adopt Gujarat village AMBALA, Feb 5 — The Haryana BJP president and MP, Mr Ratan Lal Kataria, today said the state unit had decided to adopt a village in quake devastated Gujarat. Talking to mediapersons after flagging off two truck-loads of relief material by the BJP and the RSS, Mr Kataria said an emergency meeting was held last night at the residence of the Haryana Prabhari, Mr R.D. Aggarwal, regarding relief work in Gujarat. We have decided to give relief to about 1,000 families by sending kits which contain necessary items,” he added. Mr Kataria said each kit would cost about 3,000. He sated that the state unit had already dispatched Rs 15 lakh goods, including two trucks which was sent today. Mr Kataria has said a team led by Prof Ganeshi Lal will leave for Gujarat to supervise the relief activities. Another medical team led by Dr Dharamvir Nandal has already left for Gujarat. Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner, Mr D.D. Gautam, flagged off four trucks of relief material for Gujarat. The relief includes 510 tents, 1560 blankets and 310 polythene sheets. He said till now 16 trucks carrying Rs 26 lakh worth of relief including Rs 12 lakh cash had been dispatched from
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Rs 1.11 crore given
for relief fund CHANDIGARH, Feb 5 — The Chairperson of the Haryana Power Utilities, Mrs Meenaxi Anand Chaudhary, today presented a demand draft for Rs 1.11 crore to Mr Om Prakash Chautala for the Haryana Chief Minister’s Relief Fund in aid of the earthquake victims in Gujarat. This amount had been contributed voluntarily by employees of the power utilities. Meanwhile, the state Governor, Babu Parmanand, who is also the president of the Haryana branch of the Indian Red Cross Society, will present a cheque for Rs 10 lakh to Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee for the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund for the quake victims. A cheque for this amount was handed over to the Governor by Ms Shashi Bala, honorary secretary of the Haryana branch of the society. |
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Bhajan to organise
anti-Chautala rally HISAR, Feb 5 — Former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal said today that his proposed rally on March 4 at Bhiwani would mark the beginning of his campaign to dislodge the Chautala government. Addressing mediapersons here he said he had been waiting for the Chief Minister to do something for the people of Haryana since he had secured the popular verdict. Though the Chautala government would complete a year in office on March 2, nothing had been achieved so far. The former Chief Minister said he would declare a state-wide agitation to dislodge the Chautala government in the rally. He said he had the backing of the party high command for the rally and Mr Moti Lal Vora, General Secretary, All-India Congress Committee (AICC), would attend the rally. Mr Bhajan Lal hoped that all congressmen would join the rally. |
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Decks cleared
for Bhajan Lal’s rally CHANDIGARH, Feb 5 — The decks have been cleared for the Bhiwani rally to be organised by the former Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhajan Lal, on March 4. A question mark had been put on the rally, which was being described as a show of strength by the Bhajan Lal camp, after the AICC general secretary, Mr Moti Lal Vora, had written to the Haryana Congress president, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, banning the holding of rallies and public meetings by any Congressman without the permission of the Pradesh Congress Committee(PCC). However, Mr Vora, who is in charge of party affairs in Haryana, told TNS on the telephone today that he and Mr Hooda would attend the rally, which means that now the rally will be virtually held under the banner of the PCC, even if the mobilisation will be done by supporters of Mr Bhajan Lal. Mr Vora said he had already talked to Mr Bhajan Lal, who had assured him that a proper invitation would be sent to Mr Hooda to attend the rally. Meanwhile, Mr Bhajan Lal has convened a meeting of his supporters in Delhi on February 9 to draw up a programme to make the rally a success. It was expected that at the Bhiwani rally, if not Mr Bhajan Lal himself, at least his supporters would have made speeches critical of Mr Hooda. Now with Mr Vora and Mr Hooda present, it will be difficult for Mr Bhajan Lal’s men to criticise, even indirectly, Mr
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Govt to wind up 71
employment offices FARIDABAD, Feb 5 — The government has reportedly decided to wind up about three-fourths of the offices of the Employment Department. A fear of possible retrenchment has gripped several employees. It is learnt that as many as 71
offices located at various sub-divisional, tehsil and block levels will be closed down soon. The staff working in these offices have been asked to deposit all records, files and stationery at district offices and report for duty there. It is reported that 39 offices have already been closed and the government has decided to have only one such office at the district
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Work on astroturf to begin soon AMBALA In Haryana, two places were chosen for laying of astroturf. While one is in Ambala, the other is in Gurgaon. The astroturf in Ambala is going to be laid at the War Heroes Memorial Stadium, Ambala Cantonment. A meeting regarding the global tenders were held today. The tenders for the astroturf in Ambala as well as Gurgaon are going to be floated together. Deputy Commissioner of Ambala, Mr D.D. Gautam, said the global tenders will be floated to invite parties who will lay the astroturf according to international specifications. “The work on laying of astroturf is expected to begin within the next 2 to 3 months. Once the process of inviting tenders is completed, the money will be released and work will immediately start on the astroturf,” he said. He said the work includes preparing of the surface before laying the astroturf, watering and proper drainage. Mr Gautam said once the astroturf was ready, then Ambala would find itself on the international hockey map. “It will give a tremendous boost to local talent,” he stressed. Hockey Olympian and Arjuna awardee, M.K. Kaushik, told Chandigarh Tribune that the astroturf would go a long way in improving the hockey standards. “Right now our youngsters play on grass field and when they go for playing on astroturf, they face a challenge in adjusting,” he said. With astroturf coming up so close to Shahbad, which is considered to be a nurturing ground for hockey, Kaushik felt that young players would not face difficulties while switching over to playing on astroturf in the international level. “Unlike in other countries, where young players start on the astroturf, it is not so here. However, this is going to change with two astroturf fields coming up in Haryana,” he said. To a query, Kaushik said the standard of Haryana players had not come down. “Due to opportunities in other organisation, they get to play for them,” he said. District Hockey Association member Satish Saini said it would provide a golden opportunity for the local talent to prove its mettle. “It will be an excellent learning ground for the local hockey players,” he said. He pointed out that one of the oldest hockey Olympians, Hukam Rai, hailed from Ambala. Besides Ambala had produced five international level players and Ambala had hosted the state hockey championship seven times. A hockey enthusiast explained that astroturf was basically a synthetic surface and polygrass was going to be put on the field. An area of about 6,000 square metres was going to have the astroturf, including the playing area. The astroturf surfaces close to Ambala include Chandigarh, Amritsar, Delhi and Gwalior. Local players, specially school and college students, teams of the Railways, Army Air Force, Indian Oil and players from the Shahbad hockey centre are likely to benefit from the
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Tension after victim’s death PANIPAT, Feb 5 — Following the death of a student of Namunda village last night at the PGIMS, Rohtak, the situation in Namunda and Ugalda villages has
become tense. Fearing an untoward incident, the police has been deployed in both villages and a case of murder has been registered against four students of Kiwana village in Samalkha police station, but no arrest has been made so far. According to information, Pramod of Namunda village and a plus two student in Government Senior Secondary School, Samalkha, was seriously injured in a group clash between the students of Ugalda and Kiwana villages near Gandhi Adarsh College, Samalkha, two days ago. Eve-teasing of girl students of Ugalda village by boy students of Kiwana is stated to be the reason for the group clash, in which about a dozen students were injured. Initially, Pramod was admitted to the civil hospital, but due to the serious nature of his injuries, he was shifted to the PGIMS at Rohtak, where he succumbed to his injuries last night. After receipt of information about the death of Pramod who belonged to Ugalda village, the situation reportedly became tense in both the villages. |
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Delhi to have second Haryana Bhavan CHANDIGARH, Feb 5 — The Haryana Government will construct a residential complex with 192 flats for its employees working in Delhi. A spokesman of the government said the decision to construct the Rs 18 crore complex was taken by the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, at a meeting to review the status of surplus land and buildings belonging to Haryana but located in Delhi. He said the complex would be located on a 3.10 acre plot in Shalimar Bagh. Another decision taken at the meeting was to construct a second Haryana Bhavan on a plot measuring 1,650 sq metres in Chanakyapuri purchased from the Delhi Government in 1984. This complex would have, among other facilities, 19 rooms for use by officers and three dormitories for supporting staff, including drivers and gunmen. Funds for the construction of these complexes would be mobilised through the disposal of unused and surplus land located in Delhi. The spokesman added that the Delhi Metro Rail Project authorities had paid Rs 6.53 crore for a pocket of land in Chowki Mubarakbad. The spokesman added that the government would also consider the construction of a cultural and convention centre at Nabha House. |
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Exam time changed CHANDIGARH, Feb 5 — The Haryana Staff Selection Commission will hold a written examination for posts of science master and music master on February 11 at Panchkula from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. instead of 10 a.m. to 12 noon as published in a section of the Press, according to an official spokesman of the commission. |
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2 killed, 3 hurt in accident ROHTAK, Feb 5 — Two persons were killed and three others seriously injured when a jeep carrying them collided with a tractor-trailer near Kheri village in Meham subdivision on Saturday night. The deceased have not been identified so far. |
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