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Shadow of
Bhajan-Hooda feud in Assembly Bhajan men
violated order: YC leader Haryana
BJP cold to PM’s visit Bansi
promises to withdraw form 38 |
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Process
to simplify house tax initiated Telco
shown undue favour: CAG Preserving
an old structure Sonepat
starts its own Internet Plea to
seek tariff hike review Assembly
passes 21 obituary resolutions Two
farmers shot dead, 1 held Challan
presented against Dangi Ambala
MC budget passed Community
halls for quake-hit villages Ex-servicemen want same pension for same rank KUTA
welcomes decision Conference
on nature farming War
widows given financial help
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Shadow of Bhajan-Hooda feud in Assembly Chandigarh, March 5 Inside the Assembly the ruling INLD legislators used the issue as a weapon to corner the Opposition
Congress. It all started when the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, following a demand by the Republican Party of India (RPI) MLA, Mr Karan Singh Dalal, for extension of the sitting of the House beyond the stipulated time, requested the Speaker to hold two sittings on March 14 and 15, instead of one sitting each on these two days. The Finance Minister, Mr Sampat Singh, who is also doubling up as the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, however, did not quite welcome the idea. Sensing Mr Sampat Singh’s reluctance, the Chief Minister, too, did not press the matter further at which Mr Bhajan Lal stood up and demanded that the House should meet for two days, on March 13 and 14, for a discussion on the Budget. The CLP leader said that the leader of the House himself had suggested this and asked the Chief Minister to carry out voting on the issue of the sitting of the House on March 13 and 14. Mr Chautala’s feeble reply that his suggestion was not found acceptable by the MLAs could not convince the CLP leader who went on to say that the INLD legislators’ reluctance was as good as their expressing no confidence in the Chief Minister. Mr Bhajan Lal was pressing his INLD counterpart hard when Mr Bhagi Ram, (INLD) punctured the Congress attack saying that the CLP leader was not allowing Mr Hooda to speak. Mr Chautala and Mr Sampat Singh immediately made sarcastic comments on the issue of the Bhajan-Hooda feud. The two Congress leaders screamed against “outsiders” interfering in the Congress party’s affairs, but the backtracking by Mr Chautala on the issue of the extension of the sitting of the House was given a burial as the House was adjourned soon after. Meanwhile, even though the Congress tried to put up a united face inside the House, it was different outside. At least Mr Hooda did not mince words while expressing anguish at the heckling from a section of the crowd yesterday. He said 100 to 150 persons who were sitting in front of the dais had booed and heckled him. “ It was pre-planned and apparently carried out by some pro-Chautala elements “, Mr Hooda said while talking to reporters in the Committee Room of the Assembly building. He said he decided to leave the venue of the Bhiwani meeting half-way for safeguarding Congress unity and Mrs Sonia Gandhi’s image. Referring to the booing by the crowd, Mr Hooda said such incidents at rallies would make sure that the Congress would not gain politically. “ There may be Chautala’s agents inside the Congress also”, the HPCC chief said. He added that the stage management at yesterday’s rally was bad. When asked whether he would complain to the party high command about yesterday’s crowd behaviour, Mr Hooda said that AICC representative, Ms Mohsina Kidwai, was herself a witness to the incident. He said he would see to it that such incidents were not repeated and added that he would organise a massive state-level rally in the state at the end of March or beginning of April. When Mr Bhajan Lal was asked about yesterday’s rally, he tried to play down the crowd behaviour and said that such incidents kept happening at rallies. The Congress high command would not pay much attention to what happened at Bhiwani yesterday, he claimed. Mr Dharam Vir, Congress MLA from Tosham, who was the convener of the rally, held an impromptu press conference regarding the rally at the press reporters’ room in the Assembly building. He said that some outsiders were responsible for the heckling of Mr Hooda. “We will get them identified and teach them a lesson “, Mr Dharam Vir, who was accompanied by Rao Inderjit Singh, also a Congress MLA, said. He said that he had already expressed regret to Mr Hooda. He admitted that the stage management at the rally was not up to the mark. On the issue of the presence of expelled Congress leaders at the meeting, Mr Dharam Vir said that no expelled leader was allowed to come to the dais. |
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Bhajan men violated
order: YC leader Panipat,
March 5 In a press note issued here last evening, the Youth Congress leader said the HPCC President had presided over the rally under the directions of the AICC President, Mrs Sonia Gandhi. The way the Bhajan Lal loyalists created chaos and did not allow the HPCC President to address the rally was a gross violation of the directive of the Central Congress leadership, he alleged. Mr
Surender Singh said HPCC President left the stage at the rally because
he wanted to avoid the situation from aggravating. Such incidents were
unfortunate and damaged the party image, he added. He urged the
Central leadership to take disciplinary action against the persons
involved in the incident. |
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Haryana BJP cold to PM’s visit Gurgaon, March 5 The indifference in BJP circles even on the eve of Mr Vajpayee’s visit is on account of “injured ego”. The reason behind this is said to be the “cavalier attitude” of the Chief Minister and INLD supremo, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, towards party leaders in connection with the rally. To start with, the BJP was not taken into confidence while deciding the schedule. According to sources in the INLD and the BJP, the state government has not been able to convince the Prime Minister to make any major
announcement in the form of concession to Haryana. A major issue hanging fire is the completion of the Sutlej Yamuna link (SYL) canal project. More than 95 per cent of the work has been completed with regard to the project in Haryana. However, construction has been halted in Punjab on account of stiff opposition from Akali leaders. The BJP leaders have also reportedly failed in their efforts to convince the PMO to give sops to the state. Some leaders feel that the rally was aimed at boosting the performance of the INLD. The state government in the past few months has come under flak on several issues. |
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Panels detailed for PM’s visit Kurukshetra, March 5 Stating this here today, the Deputy Commissioner, Mrs Jyoti Arora, said that the state government had constituted various committees including reception, Brahmsarovar, panorama and public meeting so that due regard could be provided to the Prime Minister. Detailing out the various committees, the Deputy Commissioner said the reception and see off committee various dignitaries included, the Governor, the Chief Minister, I.D. Swami, Minister of State for Home, Ashok Kumar Arora, Transport Minister, Haryana, Rattan Lal Kataria, MP, President BJP, Haryana, Ram Dass Aggarwal, Prabhari Haryana BJP, Chief Secretary, DGP, Secretary to the Governor Commissioner, Ambala Division Maha Singh, IGP Ambala range, the Deputy Commissioner Kurukshetra, and the SP. She said at the Brahmsarovar function, Jaswinder Singh Sandhu, Agriculture Minister, Haryana, M.L. Ranga, State Minister for Health, Krishan Pal and Ram Bilas Sharma, would receive the Prime Minister. Similarly, the committee constituted to receive the Prime Minister at the public rally included Gopi Chand Gahlot, Deputy Speaker, Haryana Vidhan Sabha, Kartar Singh Bhadana, Co-operative Minister, Mohammed Ilyas, Minister, Animal Husbandry, Risal Singh, Social Welfare Minister, Subash Goyal, Local Govt Minister, Bhadur Singh, Education Minister and Ram Pal Majra, Chief Parliamentary Secretary. A committee had been
constituted to receive the Prime Minister at panorma function. It included Satbir Singh
Kadian, Speaker Haryana Vidhan Sabha, Sampat Singh, Finance Minister, Haryana, Dhir Pal Singh, Town and Country Planning Minister, Haryana, Manohar Lal
Khattar, Veer Kumar Yadav and O.P. Dhankar. In addition, Secretary, Culture, Government of India, Chairman Governing Body and Director General National Council for Science Museum, would also be present. |
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Bansi promises to withdraw form 38 Kurukshetra, March 5 Talking about the current political scenario at the Centre and in Haryana, Mr Bansi Lal said that BJP government at the Centre and the INLD-BJP coalition government in Haryana were on their lost legs. Midterm polls would be held very shortly, he hoped. He said that although, neither MPs nor MLAs wanted midterm polls, yet, political crisis would create such a situation that holding of midterm polls would become essential. Commenting on the Congress rally held in Bhiwani yesterday, Mr Bansi Lal said that it was a state-level rally and majority of them had come from Mr Bhajan Lal’s own native Hisar area. He alleged that Mr Bhajan Lal got gathered the crowd by spending about Rs 2.50 crore while the HVP was holding its rallies at district levels without spending even a single pie. Talking about the relations between Mr Bhajan Lal and Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Mr Bansi Lal said that he would be a political gainer even if both, Mr Bhajan Lal and Mr Hooda, joined hands together. Mr Hooda was not even allowed to address the public rally at Bhiwani yesterday, he added. In reply to a question regarding house tax, Mr Bansi Lal said that if his party came to power, he would restore the old house tax policy. The taxes imposed on halwais and confectionaries as well as other taxes, including the taxes imposed on beoparies and sales tax form 38 would be withdrawn. Mr Bansi Lal said that during his last regime the taxes worth Rs 170 crore were imposed and out of this, the taxes worth Rs 10 crore were withdrawn. But, immediately after gaining power, Mr Chautala had imposed taxes worth Rs 1500 crore. Instead of reducing the taxes, he had enhanced the taxes harassing the general public including shopkeepers, beoparies, industrialists and housewives. The harassed industrialists particularly were compelled to migrate from Haryana to other states, alleged Mr Bansi Lal. He further alleged that the law and order situation was deteriorating in the state. The crime incidents including thefts, decoities, abductions and rapes were on rise. The shopkeepers in the towns, where the INLD rallies were held, were illegally harassed. Due to fear of looting, some of them close down their shops before such rallies. Contrary to this, the shopkeepers kept open their shops without fear during the HVP district-level rallies, he claimed. In reply to another question, he said that during his regime when Mr Vajpayee visited Kurukshetra, he had decided to provide Rs 1 crore each from the Centre and Haryana state for the construction of former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda Foundation Project costing Rs 2 crore, but Mr Vajpayee had failed to provide this amount to the Foundation Project so far. Later, Mr Bansi Lal addressed a public rally at Shahabad, 20m km from here today. |
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Process to simplify
house tax initiated Sirsa, March 5 Mr Jha said under the new system a policy had been evolved to assess the value of the property. For this the cost of land on which the building was constructed would be assessed taking the collectorate rate as the basis. The cost of construction would be assessed at a rate of Rs 300 per sqft for the RCC and the RVC constructions and Rs 150 per sqft for the ACC construction. He said a 50 per cent rebate had been allowed on the total cost of the property whereas the new houses had been given three-year tax holiday and a rebate of 1 per cent per year for depreciation for assessing the cost of property. After taking all these aspects into consideration 5 per cent of the remaining value of the property would be taken as the one-year cost of the property. On this value an additional 10 per cent deduction would be allowed for the maintenance. The value thus calculated would be taxed at the rate of 10 per cent as the house tax, he added. The new property value assessment work would be completed by April 15. After this a one-month notice would be given for objections, which would be taken up by the Sub-Committee of Municipal
Corporators, Mr Jha said. |
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Telco shown undue favour: CAG Chandigarh, March 5 According to the CAG’s report for the year ended March 31, 2000, which was tabled in the House here today, the decision of the now dissolved HSEB to buy vehicles manufactured by Telco “lacked justification”. The CAG’s report said that in order to improve the mobility and operational efficiency of the supervisory staff, the HSEB invited (August 1997) international competitive bids for the purchase of 50 jeeps, each having a seating capacity of six persons. The notice inviting tenders provided for 15 per cent variation in quantity. The technical specifications provided for ground clearance of the vehicle to be minimum of 200-225 mm and a payload a more than 600 kg. Subsequently, offers for five models of jeeps were received from three firms. The bids were evaluated by the Bid Evaluation Committee which found the fourth lowest bid (Rs 2.47 lakh) of Mahindra and Mahindra, New Delhi, for its model MM/550-2WD/DP as technically responsive. Bids for other four models were found to be technically non-responsive. The first lowest bid (Rs 2.27 lakh) of Mahindra and Mahindra for another model, MM/540-2WD/DP having a low payload of 510 kg with ground clearance of 200 mm as well as the second lowest bid (Rs 2.38 lakh) of Telco for the TATA 207 Crew Cab having a lower ground clearance of 170 mm, were found technically non-responsive. However, it was seen in the audit that the Store Purchase Committee (SPC) recommended purchase of a costlier model of the TATA 207 Crew Cab by terming this offer as technically responsive and ignored the lowest bid of Rs 2.27 lakh per jeep as non-responsive. The HSEB accepted the recommendations of the SPC and the contract for 57 jeeps at Rs 135.55 lakh was awarded in March 1998, to Telco which supplied the vehicles up to January, 1999. The CAG’s report said that the decision of the HSEB to accept the higher offer of Telco by ignoring the lowest offer lacked justification because both offers were short of the required specifications and the SPC had not recorded any reason for giving preference to Telco. The report added that the HSEB had been using model MM/540-2WD/DP of the Mahindra and Mahindra jeep purchased in 1996-97. The HSEB incurred an extra expenditure of more than Rs 6 lakh on the purchase of 57 jeeps by ignoring the lowest offer, it said. The report added that the matter was reported to the government in April, 2000, but no reply was given till September 2000. |
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Preserving
an old structure KURUKSHETRA: The structure, in the form of gate, was once in bad shape and stood unattended. Archaeologist of Shri Krishan Museum, Mr Rajesh Purohit and Mr R.S. Rana, acted promptly on the directions of the then Chief Executive Officer, Mr A.K. Yadav, to preserve the slowly crumbling structure. Mr
Girish Arora, Chief Executive Officer of the KDB, told The Tribune
that the preserved structure spoke volumes for the importance which
the British gave to this important “teertha”. Had the board not
acted in time, the structure would have been vandalised. The
150-year-old structure is located on the western bank of the Brahma
Sarovar — the largest bathing tank in Asia. The structure seems to
be a gateway or bathing gateway or marks the royal ghat of the olden
days. In ancient times, it was popularly called Sheronwala Ghat. As
the name suggests, there are two mutilated lion images in seated
posture on either side on the top of the structure. Mr Purohit says similar gateways were built during the rule of the East India Company and the Crown in India. The lion motif indicates British suzerainty. Sheronwala Ghat, from its architectural style and marble inscription, which is borne on the faced, belongs to the time of the East India Company. The inscription gives its date of construction as 1855. It
means that the structure was got erected in 1855, which pre-dates
Crown rule as the Queen’s proclamation came in 1858. It signifies that even during the rule of the East India Company, the sanctity of Kurukshetra and its tanks was not ignored. In fact, steps were taken to preserve the purity of the land of Mahabharata. However, enquiries made by this correspondent show that people here associate the structure with a legend of the time of Emperor Akbar. It is said that when Akbar visited the holy Brahma Sarovar, his Queens are reported to have lost some gold bangles in the sarovar. There was a hue and cry and efforts were made to locate these. Ultimately, the bangles were located and Emperor Akbar is reported to have erected this royal gate at the bathing ghat. This ghat was then known as Rani Ghat. As
per historical facts, Akbar visited the Brahma Sarovar twice. Abul
Fazal, a historian of his times, has mentioned the visit of Emperor
Akbar to the sacred tank. However, nothing is mentioned about the
legend and the visit of the Queens of Akbar as well as the lost
bangles in Abul Fazal’s chronicle. Mr Purohit says that the
structure does not belong to the Mughal period as no Lakhori bricks
seem to have been used in it. Secondly, architecturally, cusped arches
were designed during the Mughal period. The structure in question does
not bear an inscription of Akbar. Besides the existence of the two
lions on the top of the structure and the use of post-Mughal period
bricks, which were larger in dimension than the Lakhori type, indicate
that the structure does not belong to the Mughal period. Mr Purohit
maintains that the structure is typically Gothic in style as seen from
the arches and the depiction of lions. It is a beautiful brick
structure on which thick “lime putty” had been applied. The
plaster is so polished that it resembles an ivory surface. But, unfortunately, the two lion figures had been mutilated. Mr Purohit further states that the presence of lions shows that the gate was meant for VIPs coming for a holy dip. He says the kings of other states had also built ghats on the banks of the Brahma Sarovar. The ghat of the Maharaja of Patiala, the ghat of Holkar and the King of Madhya Pradesh were a few examples. Such gates seem to have been built to commemorate the visits of some important persons to the area. He says the structure may not be of any religious significance. Mr Purohit says when they saw this structure, it was affected by algae and fungus corrosion. The thick coat of algae and fungus was removed with the help of attendants and gardeners of Shri Krishan Museum who applied some ammonia and mild detergent. After this the original colour and texture of the structure got exposed. |
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Sonepat starts its own Internet Sonepat, March 5 The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Sudhir Rajpal, inaugurated the new system by pressing a button at the District Rural Development Agency’s office here last evening. This Internet comprises a main web-server. It would be connected with every part of the district and provide information at the district, block and village levels. Earlier, residents of villages wasted a lot of time and money to get information at the district headquarters. With the new system, now they could get information about various government departments at the village only. The DC said, initially all information would be available on the computers. In the second phase, priority areas would be identified and linked with computers. Ultimately, all information would be made available on the web-server, and it would be accessible to anybody on a computer and a phone connection. The DC claimed that the new system would totally change the lifestyle of the people, especially those living in the interiors. Information regarding population figures, telephone directory, railway and bus time-table, development schemes of the district, amounts allotted to various villages for the execution of development schemes, public distribution system, details of electricity bills issued to the consumers and further transmitted to all the rural-based computer information centres in the district. Mr Ashok Yadav, Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-Chief Executive Officer of the DRDA, told this correspondent here today that this main web-server facility had been developed with the cooperation of Mr Rajesh Dhanker, secretary of the District Computer Society, and Mr Davinder Sharma, District Information Officer, Sonepat. He said computer information centres were being opened at Rai and Ganaur. Similar centres would also be opened at Khubru and Bad Khalsa villages in the district. For accessing the new Internet system, the phone no. was 56701. The username and password both were ‘public’ and website was http:II drda snp. The informations would be updated in the web-server from time to time. Mr Yadav further disclosed that steps were being taken to make this system job-oriented. All rural computer information centres would be manned by educated jobless youths of the villages concerned who would pass on the information at a very nominal price to the people living in their villages. The ADC also disclosed that information about the cases of civil and judicial courts would also be made available on this new system. Sugarcane growers would get to know about the cane indent slips issued by the local cooperative sugar mill, and all kinds of revenue records. Information about the arms licences, registration numbers of vehicles, medical and science forums, news and current affairs, district profile, statistics, market rates of agricultural produce and vegetables would also be provided on the local Internet system According to the ADC, under the Vision-2000 Scheme, computer training free of cost will be imparted to the children of the families living below the poverty line. For this purpose, computer training centres have been started functioning at Bahalgarh Chowk on GT Road and the Block Development and Panchayat Officer’s office at Ganaur. Similar centres would also be set up at Kharkhauda and Gohana towns in the district shortly. |
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Plea to seek tariff hike review Faridabad, March 5 Representatives of these associations, including the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Faridabad Industries Association, Faridabad Small Industries Association (FSIA) and the Laghu Udyog Bharti met the Chairman of the HERC, Mr V.S. Ailawadi, recently and appealed him to review the hike. They had been told to file a review petition. The associations had opposed the hike, describing it as fatal to the interests of the industry, especially small and medium units. In protest against the hike, managements of several units had announced that they would be forced to get their power connections disconnected if the government did not review its decision. A majority of the small-scale units located at Mujesar, Dabua and Jawahar colonies here have decided not to pay the power bills till their demand was accepted. Owners of these factories had also held a demonstration in this regard. According to Mr Rajiv Chawla, honorary secretary-general of the FSIA, there are about 6000 small-scale units in the area and a majority of them will be unable to pay such a hefty amount as minimum monthly charges. Demanding a rationalisation of the rates, he said the authorities must look into the problems and limitations of such units. The Superintending Engineer of the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN), Mr V.K. Aggarwal, said only two or three applications had been received for disconnection so far. |
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Assembly passes 21 obituary resolutions Chandigarh March 5 The legislators condoled the victims of the Gujarat earthquake, those died in a swing accident at Surajkund, the martyred soldiers from Haryana, the victims of the ill-fated Amritsar-Howrah Mail, former Governor Dharam Vira, former Haryana minister Jagan Nath, former minister Verender Singh, former Union Home Minister Indrajit Gupta, Congress leader Jitendra Prasada, Nisha Chaudhary, Inder Singh Sheokand, Vijay Raje Scindia, V.N. Gadgil, Sushila Nayar, G. Lakshmanan, Jagjit Singh Tikka and Manohar Singh, among others. |
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Two farmers shot dead, 1 held Panipat, March 5 Two young farmers Raj Kumar and Janeshwar of Gola Khera village were found murdered when Janeshwar’s brother Hukum Singh went to his fields in the morning. The bodies were found lying near the tubewell installed in the fields. The police has arrested one of the suspected accused identified as Baljit Singh of Badshikri village in Kaithal district. SP Prabhat Ranjan Dev confirmed the arrest and said that a pistol was recovered from the arrested and he had confessed his involvement in this murder. His other companion has been identified as Raj Singh of Kharainti village in Jind district. A case under Section 302, IPC has been registered at Bapoli police station. Police parties have been sent to arrest Raj Singh. Janeshwar had allegedly murdered his unmarried uncle about two years back and remained in judicial custody in Ambala jail for about one year at present he was out on bail during his judicial custody, he had reportedly made friends with Baljit Singh and Raj Singh who were also lodged in the jail. In another case body of Virender (14) of Kurar village was found in the fields of Sanoli Khurd village by some villagers. According to post-mortem reports Virender, a student of class VIII was missing for the past five days. He had been strangulated. A case under Section 302, IPC, has been registered. Another teenager Kala of the same village has also been missing since February 25. |
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Challan
presented against Dangi Rohtak, March 5 Besides, Mr Dangi the challan was put up against Rajender Krishan of Punjab, Gurcharan Lal of Karnal, Hans Raj of Sonepat, Ved Parkash of Rohtak and Jai Narayan and Ram Kumar of Madina. The special court has fixed March 23 as the next date of hearing. |
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Ambala
MC budget passed Ambala, March 5 Seventeen municipal councillors attended the meeting today, which was boycotted by the opposition. An earlier budget meeting called by the president last month was postponed on the ground that the president and a few other municipal councillors were to attend to some pressing matters. The opposition MCs wanted the removal of the MC president, claiming that he was not carrying out development work. A delegation of these MCs had met the Deputy Commissioner, Mr D.D. Gautam, in this regard, who had directed the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mr Mahindra Kumar, to look into the matter. About 18 councillors had, during the last meeting, stated that they would ensure the removal of the MC president. In the intervening period, political equations have apparently taken a U-turn with some councillors favouring Mr Guddu. This helped him to muster support which enabled the passage of the budget. The municipal councillors who were present in the meeting included Mr Raj Kumar, Mr Surendra Gogu, Mr Ramesh Chander, Mr Harjit Singh, Mr Neeraj Trikha, Mr J.K. Bali, Mr Ratan Singh, Mr Amrit Lal, Mr Sushil Kumar, Ms Swaran Lata, Ms Suman Sharma, Ms Madhubala, Mr Suresh Gulati, Ms Poonam, Ms Prakash Kaur and Ms Gurpreet Kaur. Three
of the opposition MCs, Mr Ashwini Saini, Mr Mahinder Singh and Mr
Harvinder Singh, have said that they will tender their resignations
from their respective sub-committee memberships in protest. |
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Community halls for quake-hit villages Hisar, March 5 Mr Anurag Rastogi, Deputy Commissioner, said here today that the government had asked all Deputy Commissioners to provide materials for the purpose. He said these centres would be constructed of iron pipes and asbestos sheets. Mr Rastogi said each centre would have four rooms, a corridor and boundary wall. The Haryana police would supply iron pipes while Faridabad district had been asked to provide asbestos sheets. This district would supply cement and other construction materials. The Deputy Commissioner said the pipes worth Rs 10.50 lakh had already been sent to Gujarat. He said these centres would be constructed at the cost about Rs 60 lakh. He said the Gujarat Government would run these centres and the Haryana Government would erect the structures only. |
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Ex-servicemen want same pension
for same rank Rohtak, March 5 The armed forces’ pensioners demanded same pension for the same rank. They sought that the condition of 33 years of service to earn full pension should not be applicable to them as they are retired by the government to maintain the young profile of the armed forces. They said the government had accepted the fifth Pay Commission recommendation regarding the enhancement of disability pension, but no notification had been issued yet in this context. Moreover, they demanded the setting up of a separate pay commission for the serving personnel. They also demanded that the government should review its recruitment policy and provide free medical facilities to the community. |
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KUTA welcomes decision Kurukshetra, March 5 In a jointly signed statement released to mediapersons here today, the Kurukshetra University Teachers Association (KUTA) vice-president, Dr A.S. Malik and former KUTA secretary R.S. Yadav said a decision to this effect had been conveyed to all universities and departments concerned by the Director, Higher Education, Haryana. The Haryana Government had inter alia accepted the recommendations of the university grants commission (UGC) with effect from January 1, 1986. |
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Conference on nature farming Hisar, March 5 Dr I.S. Hooda, organising secretary of the conference, said over 500 delegates, including scientists, students and farmers from 12 countries and all over India would participate in the conference. He said it was being held in collaboration with the International Society for Nature Farming. He said Dr D.R. Bhumbla, former Vice-Chancellor, HAU, would inaugurate the conference, while Mr Vinay Kumar, Vice-Chancellor would preside over the inaugural function. |
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War widows given financial help Chandigarh, March 5 The Governor complimented the association on extending timely help in cash and kind to the war widows and the dependants of the medal winners of the defence forces. Babu Parmanand commended the supreme sacrifice made by our brave soldiers for the motherland. The Governor praised the Haryana Government for granting financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh to the dependents of martyrs and Rs 6 lakh to the war-injured defence personnel of the state. |
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