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23, 2001, Chandigarh, India   
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Call for
Haryana bandh on March 5
CM warns
tariff hike protesters Sale of
expired drugs on rise Haryana committed to give
safe potable water: CM Varsity
teachers’ delegation meets Vice-Chancellor |
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MSP issue: Cong leader threatens agitation Tax tips
for businessmen Secondary
school results declared Using
rice husk ash to grow banana trees Farmer killed by
wife BJP condemns Jain’s
murder Vijender Jain cremated INLD to oppose Sonepat bandh Institute to be opened today Arun Shorewala arrested in corruption case
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Call
for Haryana bandh on March 5
Rohtak, February 22 The mandal president, Mr Laxmi Chand Gupta, said the beopar mandal headed by Mr Bajrang Dass Garg was also likely to associate with the bandh call. Efforts were being made to wage a united fight against the government on the issues which have hit every section of the population in the state. Mr Gupta said the recent hike in power tariff had put an unbearable burden on consumers of each category. The worst hit were the poor and middle class families, traders and the cottage and small scale industries, he said. |
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CM warns tariff hike
protesters Hisar, February 22 Addressing mediapersons here, he alleged that the Opposition leaders were misleading people on these issues for political benefits. He said these leaders were causing inconvenience people by instigating farmers to block traffic. They were also defying court orders. The Chief Minister said he had directed the police officials to register cases against such people. He clarified that the government was not in a position to ensure adequate supply of power and irrigation water. He said the government had been forced to hike power tariff as it was paying higher rates to power generation units. However, he claimed that the state was providing power at cheaper rates than the adjoining states. Mr Chautala said the availability of irrigation water in the state had been reduced due to drought. The state had no natural resource for water and the government was forced to fix quota for minors. Criticising the Congress, Mr Chautala said it had failed to play role of a responsible opposition party in the state. He termed Congress leaders as power hungry and alleged that it was the Congress which had taken many anti-farmer decisions in the past and encouraged corruption in the state. Commenting on Congress rally at Bhiwani on March 4 and 18, he said there was no possibility of holding these rallies as the organisers would cancel these at the last moment. KU VC donates month’s salary Chandigarh, February 22 He also presented a cheque of Rs 30 lakh to the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, for the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for the quake victims. This money has been collected by the staff of the university and its affiliated educational institutions. The managements of the professional colleges affiliated to the university have also contributed to the relief fund. Rs 31,000
donated for relief fund Chandigarh, February 22 |
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Sale of expired drugs on
rise Faridabad, February 22 According to drug officials, a chemist shop located at Hassanpur has been booked for selling “expired” drugs. While the officials collected six samples of such medicines, it is learnt that there were about 20 to 22 types of drugs which were found to be ‘sold’ despite the fact that they had got “expired”. The Additional Drug Controller, Mr
G.L. Singla, told The Tribune that some of the outdated medicines had expiry date of 1997 and 1998. He said while expired drugs need to be kept separately and a slip on it should read that these were outdated. He claimed that the shop owner had no evidence that he had been following the required guidelines. It is stated that saleable and expired drugs were kept in same boxes and cartons. He said the owner of the medical shop had not written to the stockists or the company for the replacement of the expired drugs. A case under Drugs and Cosmetic Act has been registered against the accused. The officials also ‘raided’ another medicine shop located near the Community Health Centre and lifted two samples from there. Both the samples have been sent to a Chandigarh-based laboratory. There are about 11 chemist shops in the town. The officials admit that there was no proper ‘infrastructure’ to keep a check on such practice. |
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Haryana committed to give
safe potable water: CM Sirsa, February 22 This was stated by the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, after laying the foundation stone of a water works at Chilkani Dhaba village about 30 kms, away from here. The water works would cost about Rs 50 lakh and it would cater to the needs of people living in Bhuratwala village in addition to Chilkani Dhab village. The capacity of this water works is estimated to be around 1.72 lakh litre per day. The Chief Minister also announced that a beautiful park would be developed on an area of about 5 acre in the premises of the water works. Mr Chautala said according to decision of the state government, the augmentation of water works was being carried out and till now the water works of 663 villages had been augmented. While referring to water supply schemes being taken up in Sirsa district, he said the per capita water supply had already been increased to 70 litre per day in 142 villages of the district and the work of augmenting or constructions of separate water works was in progress in 72 other villages. Safe potable drinking water would be made available in all villages in the state by the end of next financial year, the Chief Minister asserted. The Commissioner and Secretary of Irrigation, Mr Chander Singh, Financial Commissioner and Secretary, Public Health, Mr
K.C. Sharma, Engineer-in-Chief, Mr M.G. Thukral, Chief Engineer, Mr Jai Singh
Ahlawat, IGP Hisar Range, Mr R.N. Chalia, Dr Sita Ram and Mrs Vidya
Beniwal, both MLAs, were also present on the occasion. |
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Varsity
teachers’ delegation meets Vice-Chancellor Kurukshetra, February 22 After a meeting of the Executive Committee of KUTA, Prof Hari Singh, president of KUTA, told The Tribune that a delegation of the KUTA met the Vice-Chancellor, Mr R.S. Chaudhry, to apprise him of the concern of the teaching community over the state of higher education and the handicaps that the research and teaching faculties were facing. He urged upon the Vice-Chancellor to provide financial assistance for the upgradation of science and other laboratories in the university. He said unless the bottlenecks in the way of research were not removed, teachers would lose enthusiasm in research. Prof Hari Singh, who is also the president of the Haryana Federation of University Teachers Association, tried to convince the Vice-Chancellor to release the amount of arrears of the new pay scales for the teachers and to deposit the amount in the GPF instead of the NSCs. He said the Vice-Chancellor promised to do that by March 31. He said a delegation had already met the Director of Higher Education, Haryana Mrs Anuradha Gupta, who also assured full cooperation in this regard. She also assured the delegation of removing the anomalies in the pay package regarding rules of leaves, feeder-cadre, superannuation and Professor of Emimence, he said. The Vice-Chancellor appreciated the proposals of the KUTA president for the constitution of a tribunal for settling the disputes between the employees and the university and also setting up of a legal cell in the university, he said. The Vice-Chancellor agreed to fill up posts to cope up with the demand of teaching in various departments after reviewing the factual position, initiate the process of interviews for promotions under the Career Advancement Scheme, giving benefit of total service, including the study leave from 1996 onwards,
constructing some more houses for teachers, provide intercom facilities to teachers and Internet connection in every department. |
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MSP issue: Cong leader threatens agitation Ambala Talking to mediapersons here today, Mr Nirmal Singh said a large number of farmers from Naggal would attend the rally in Delhi on February 25. “The government is following an anti-farmer policy which is a matter of concern for us,” he said. “The rates of fertilisers and diesel have been hiked and there is a lot of problem regarding electricity bills. Even the minimum support price of paddy was not paid to farmers who had to face hardship. There has been a deterioration of law and order in the state,” he said. Mr Nirmal Singh said the plan to tax the income of farmers was wrong. “Activists from Ambala,
Naraingarh, Mullana and Naggal will be attending the rally,” he said. To a query, he said he was yet to receive any formal intimation regarding the March 4 rally being organised by the Congress under the stewardship of Mr Bhajan Lal. The district Congress president, Mr Balwant Gupta, who was also present, said the small-scale industries had been badly effected by the minimum billing by the Electricity Department. “The new house tax formula is anti-people since there is going to be several times increase in house tax,” he said. Tax tips for
businessmen Kurukshetra, February 22 Mr Mathoda, who was addressing a gathering of representatives of various trade associations of Kurukshetra, Pipli, Ladwa, Shahabad, Ismailabad, Pehowa and Babain at Hotel Heritage here yesterday, emphasised on paying more income tax, which according to him, helps in business expansion. To increase the efficiency and bring the transparency in the working of the department, he said the department was being restructured and computerised. The local area network would be connected to the bigger area network and finally these would be connected to national area network facilitating the departmental personnel to get the required information from any corner of the country on computer within seconds. He informed that the scrutiny of income tax cases was being minimised in the larger interest of the people and the department was handling the scrutiny cases not without the approval of Income Tax Commissioner. Regarding the processing of income tax returns for the assessment year 2000-2001, he claimed that Panchkula Income Tax Office charge was ahead of all charges in the country. He said departmental publications were available in the income tax officers and could be obtained from there. If any tax payer had any problem regarding income tax matters, Mr Mathoda advised that the tax payer might contact Public Relations Officer, Kurukshetra, Additional Commissioner, Income Tax, Ambala range, or Mr Mathoda himself. The department was ready to assist the public in this regard, he said. Mr Manmohan Singhal, president, Haryana Chamber of Commerce and Industry, appreciated the honouring of good tax payers by the Income Tax Department because the tax payers get motivated by such gestures. Mr Rattan Lal Bansal, vice-president Haryana Beopar Mandal highlighted businessmen’s problems, the solutions of which were suggested by Mr Mathoda. The Haryana Chamber of Commerce and Industry, district president, Mr K.L. Wadhawa, laid stress on organising such meets. |
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Secondary school results
declared Bhiwani, February 22 Mr Gupta further said that in the Senior Secondary Examination 22.81 per cent candidates got success. He told that 4361 candidates appeared in this examination and 995 candidates cleared it. Girls got a pass percentage of 25.75 whereas boys’ pass percentage was 21.44. The Secretary said that the candidates who wanted to appear in Secondary and Senior Secondary examinations in June 2001 could send forms without late fee up to March 30 with a prescribed fee of Rs 60 per subject. After this date a late fee of Rs 200 would be payable up to April 15. If the forms were deposited one month before the commencement of examinations a late fee of Rs 300 would be payable. The candidates could get forms for June-2001 examinations from co-ordination centres of the Board for a fee of Rs 10. Mr Gupta said that the result of Secondary and Senior Secondary examination, December 2000 could be seen at the co-ordination centres of the Board from February 22. The candidates of Fatehabad and Panchkula districts could see the results at the offices of District Education Officers. |
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Using rice husk ash to grow banana trees Karnal, February 22 Chaman Lal Setia Exports Ltd has effectively used waste water and rice husk ash for agricultural purpose and as a water treatment plant. The company by using the two pollutants has been able to grow banana trees. Mr Vijay Setia, Director of the firm, said today that the proper use of the pollutants in a right combination could nullify their hazardous characteristics. He maintained that waste water discharged after parboiling is rich in starch because of leaching of rice in water. But when it is discharged in a proper system using rice husk ash, it could be of greater economic value. He said this system was suitable only for waste water discharged from a parboiling rice plant. The ground water of the area concerned could be recharged. He said that his company had been using this technology for the past three to four years. A committee was also formed by the Deputy Commissioner comprising scientist from the local Horticulture Department to prove the efficacy of this technique. He claimed that the committee had fully endorsed this technique. There are 1,50,000 modern rice mills in India out of which 50 per cent are parboiling units. India produced 130 metric tons of paddy out of which 50 was used for parboiling. An equal amount of water was required for steaming and parboiling of rice. This amount of water required to be treated to prevent pollution needs crores of rupees. Similarly, it was difficult to dispose of large quantity of rice hush ash. |
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Farmer killed by
wife Jhajjar, February 22 According to sources, wife of Mahavir Singh was allegedly involved in the crime. Mahavir was attacked with a sharp-edged weapon by his wife and her paramour when he returned after attending a marriage party. The accused then bundled the body in a cloth and put it in the roof of his house. The police has registered a murder case against his wife other details are awaited. In another incident, a panch was killed and 12 others, including the sarpanch of Rohad village of the district, were seriously injured when their jeep overturned after a tanker hit the vehicle near Ambala last night. All panchayat members were returning after attending the “ police-public conference” at Panchkula. Mr Balbir Singh, ‘panch’ died on the spot while the condition of Dalel Singh and Amit, driver of jeep, is stated to be critical. |
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BJP condemns Jain’s
murder Rohtak, February 22 The party spokesman, Mr Pradip Jain, said the murder of Dr Jain had exposed the hollowness of law and order situation in the state. The RSS leader, he said, had been receiving threatening telephonic calls but the district administration had failed to provide security cover to him. The party has asked the government to streamline law enforcing agencies so as to provide a peaceful and fearless atmosphere to the people, he said. The government should take immediate steps to remove the feelings of insecurity prevailing among the citizens. |
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Vijender Jain cremated Sonepat, February 22 The Union Home Minister of State, Mr I.D. Swamy, former Haryana minister and senior BJP leader, Mr Ram Bilas Sharma, RSS and BJP leaders and office-bearers, besides, thousands of prominent citizens and students were present. Earlier, the body was taken in a procession through the main bazars of the city. All main bazars remained closed for the second day today as a mark of respect to the departed soul. The local colleges and schools remained closed and condolence meetings were held. Meanwhile, the police is making concerted efforts to arrest the culprits involved in the murder of Dr Jain. |
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INLD to oppose Sonepat bandh Sonepat, February 22 Mr Ranbir Singh Dahiya, president of the district unit of the INLD, told mediapersons here today that the new policy framed by the state government for levying the House Tax and the Professional Tax was just and beneficial for the people in the state. Opposition parties and leaders of trade organisations were not only misleading people on this issue but were trying to tarnish the image of the INLD government. |
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Institute to be opened today Chandigarh, February 22 The institute will be inaugurated by the Union Agriculture Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, tomorrow. The training complex, which has been got constructed by Ch Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, will provide residential accommodation to 50 trainees. The complex has a computer-operated greenhouse, an administrative block, an auditorium, a committee room, a library and a laboratory. Residential accommodation has been provided to all the officials working in the complex. |
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Arun Shorewala arrested in corruption case Kaithal, February 22 Arun and the Kaithal Treasury officer, S.D. Vidyarthi, were booked under the PCA following an inquiry conducted by the SDM, Mr Ashok Bishnoi holding them guilty of committing irregularities in recruiting about 12 class IV employees in the local treasury office during the tenure of Mr Shorewala as Finance Minister. Power scheme
extended Chandigarh, February 22 The operation circles are Sirsa, Hisar, Bhiwani, Narnaul, Gurgaon and Faridabad. The scheme will continue up to March 15. |
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