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Special girdawari in
rain-hit villages: CM MSP ‘raised’ due to Tehelka expose Rs 378 cr set aside for health 600 college students awarded degrees Judicial remand for
Shorewala Steps to raise
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Modern sewerage plant on anvil Social groups to help
physically challenged Brig Satya Dev (retd)
resumes duties CM’s day of
laying stones Two youths murdered Man found murdered
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Special girdawari in
rain-hit villages: CM Gharaunda (Karnal), March 30 Speaking to newspersons after listening to the grievances of 71 gram panchayats at a “sarkar aap ke dwar”
programme, he said the recovery of loans of farmers, power bills and “abiana” would be deferred where the hailstorm and heavy rain had caused damage yesterday. The Chief Minister said about 40 villages in Sonepat district had been badly damaged and there was 100 per cent damage to crops in some areas. He said he would approach the Centre for relief to the farmers, adding that the farmers would be given compensation after the girdawari reports were received. He said he would go to Meerut tomorrow to address a farmers’ rally. He announced that all schools which fulfilled the conditions laid down by the government would be upgraded. Announcing concessions to residents of Gharaunda, the Chief Minister announced that the polytechnic for girls in the town would be upgraded. He also announced a 30-bedded community health centre for the area. He said an old-age home, besides a stadium would also be constructed. He also announced a grant of Rs 15 lakh for the 15 wards of the town.
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Rs 378 cr set aside for health Yamunanagar, March 30 Dr Ranga said the Haryana Government was allocated Rs 100 crore by the Central Government for providing better health services to the people of state. He said the Chief Minister of Haryana was determined to improve the health services in the state. Medicines worth Rs 7.26 crore were purchased during the current year, he added. Dr Ranga said Haryana was the first state where a dental surgeon had been posted at every primary health centre. He said the three
districts, Yamunanagar, Ambala and Karnal had been identified by the European Commission. He said under this scheme, 20 districts had been selected where Rs 1 crore would be spent on each district for providing better health services. He added that Ambala had already received Rs 1.15 lakh under this scheme whereas two other districts would be provide money shortly. Dr Ranga said the Central Government had selected Rewari, Mahendergarh, Jhajjhar, Rohtak, Bhiwani, Panipat and Karnal districts to eradicate TB. He said TB medicines worth Rs 1 crore had been supplied to these districts. |
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600 college students awarded degrees Yamunanagar, March 30 He said the teachers must devote themselves to the welfare of the students. He assured the managing committee of the college see to start new job-oriented professional and vocational courses in the colleges. Earlier, 600 graduates and post-graduates students were awarded degrees after having passed their respective examinations from Kurukshetra University. Dr Ramesh Kumar, Principal, welcomed the chief guest and read out the progress report of the college. Dr K.L. Johar, former Vice-Chancellor, Guru Jambeshwar University, Hisar, and Vice-Chairman of Seth Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institutions, welcomed the chief guest. Mr Ashok Kumar, Chairman, governing body of the college, also spoke on the occasion. The Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University, Mr R.S. Chaudhary, emphasised the need for proper manpower and human resource development. The Vice-Chancellor gave away the awards and trophies for blood donation and presented mementos to the best men and women athletes of the year. Dr Johar said the Department of Correspondence Courses had been enriched and the Vice-Chancellor had initiated steps to introduce new information technology courses in the university. |
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Judicial remand for
Shorewala Kaithal, March 30 The police had sought five days’ police remand for the former minister in order to enquire from Mr Shorewala about his alleged involvement in cases registered against him in August last year under Section 13 (1) (D) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Sections 468, 471 and 420 of the IPC. But the Judicial Magistrate, Ms Sarita Gupta, declined the request of the prosecution and the DSP, Mr Amir Singh Sabharwal, who is investigating the cases. Mr Shorewala was evading arrest after the rejection of his anticipatory bail by the Punjab and Haryana High
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MSP ‘raised’ due to Tehelka expose Fatehabad, March 30 Ms Selja said the Tehelka expose was only a tip of the iceberg and many more skeletons would come out of the cupboard once the NDA government went out of the office. Ms Selja also accused the government of underplaying the Tehelka issue and said it was ignoring the enormity of the situation and trying to divert the public’s attention towards other issues. She said ever since the Tehelka expose had come to the fore, the NDA government at the Centre had been making all efforts to shield those who had been exposed by the Tehelka tapes. She termed the inquiry ordered by the Union Government as a “farce” and said the intentions of the government could be gauged from the fact that even before the probe had been ordered, everyone concerned in the government and the BJP, including the Prime Minister, had been trying to save those whose names had appeared in the Tehelka episode. She said as the main Opposition party in Parliament, the Congress had the duty to see to it that all those who had been named in the tapes and those whose pictures taking bribe from the alleged defence dealers had appeared in the tapes should be booked and put behind the bars. She said there was no need of a probe as there was a documentary evidence against the accused in the form of the videotapes. She said the Congress would continue its agitation against the government till its demand for the arrest of the Tehelka accused was met. Ms Selja demanded that the state government should provide compensation to the farmers whose crops had been damaged by hailstorm on Thursday. Terming the Central as well as the state governments as “anti-farmer”, the former Union Minister said it was only due to the Tehelka revelations that the farmers had been given a hike of Rs 30 per quintal in the minimum support price of wheat.  |
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Steps to raise
hygiene levels Gurgaon, March 30 The Deputy Commissioner, Gurgaon, Mr Apoorva Kumar Singh, has issued orders to the departments concerned in the context. He is contemplating a monitoring mechanism for an effective check on possible violators. A high-level joint meeting of heads of the departments is on the cards. He told TNS that there was no reason for alarm as the steps were routine precautionary measures. The orders, inter alia, prohibit the sale of cut fruits and other eatables and ice-cream made from untested water and milk. There are many who are cynical about the success of these measures. The powers-that-be have been apathetic to both the posting and workload of Food Inspectors here. In the past the government did not fill all sanctioned posts of Food Inspector. Now the posts have been filled, but the incumbents have been given additional charge of other districts. There is a pressing need for sanctioning additional posts of Food Inspector in view of the exponential growth of the city. The population and habitation areas have increased manifold in the past few years. With the passage of time, many places have become vulnerable to pollution. Umpteen number of vendors can be seen setting up make-shift kiosks. On the one hand, the government is earnestly moving towards giving the Gurgaon Municipal Council the status of Corporation and on the other, it is apathetic to the ground realities, especially with regard to the upkeep of hygiene standards. |
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Modern sewerage plant on anvil Ambala, March 30 Topekhana Bazaar will witness a seachange in hygiene and sanitation once the project is implemented. The area is thickly populated with 1,200 dwelling units besides about 1,200 cattle head but there is no sewage disposal system. Sewage flows into open drains and the problem is acute during the monsoons. The Cantonment Executive Officer, Mr S.S. Chahal, said that the proposed project includes the laying of pipelines and installation of a sewage treatment plant. “The sewage line network will cover the entire locality and also cater to the cattle,” he said. Mr Chahal explained that raw effluents from various sources like domestic waste, kitchen and cattle waste will be treated through two phases: pretreatment and post-treatment. In the pre-treatment phase, the effluent passes through raked stainless steel flat screen and enters the grit chamber from where it flows over V-notch stainless steel device for flow measurement. Thereafter, it flows to oil and grease traps and then enters the collection sumps. After this, the effluent will pass on to the post-treatment phase in which effluent is pumped into aeration tanks and then the flow is led to plate settlers. The concentrated sludge is disposed of for off-site solid disposal treatment and taken back to the aeration tank for further treatment, he said. Subsequently, the liquid from the plate settler is disinfected with the help of hypochloride solution and is pumped through multi-grade filter and activated carbon filter. Mr Chahal said that besides the treated water being utilised for gardening and flushing the sewer lines periodically, the dried sludge can be disposed of as manure. |
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Social groups to help
physically challenged Rohtak, March 30 A special camp was recently organised at Meham subdivision. Mr J.N. Gahlaut, Secretary, District Red Cross Society, said a team of orthopaedic surgeons, artificial limb makers, para medical staff, opthalmic assistants etc diagnosed as many as 525 persons suffering from various disabilities at Meham. Tri-cycles, wheel chairs, artificial limbs, moulded foot and hand gloves were provided to the physically challenged by the Haryana Sadhu Samaj, the Yuva Sports Club and the Meham Sports Club. Similarly, Mr Gahlaut said 29 tri-cycles, three wheel chairs and 40 hearing aids worth Rs 3 lakh were distributed among the needy persons at a function organised by the society under the ADIP Scheme launched by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Union Government, a few days ago. He said the society was also spending nearly Rs 30 lakh annually for the welfare of the mentally challenged people in the district. |
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Brig Satya Dev (retd)
resumes duties Chandigarh, March 30 Brig Satya Dev is a close relation of the Haryana Congress President, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda. He was appointed as the Secretary of the Board by the Bansi Lal government on September 4, 1997. However, the Chautala government terminated his services after giving him a month’s salary in lieu of the notice period. The officer challenged his termination in the High Court, alleging that it was politically motivated. The court held that the action of the state government was not tenable under the law as the services of the petitioner had been terminated without following the rules and the order passed was arbitrary and needed to be
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CM’s day of
laying stones Kurukshetra March 30 Mrs Jyoti Arora, Deputy Commissioner, told yesterday that the Chief Minister would lay the foundation stone of Gymkhana Club building in Sector 8, Town and Country Planning Minister Dhirpal Singh would preside over the function while Mr Ashok Arora, Transport Minister, would grace the occasion. The Deputy Commissioner further said that the Chief Minister would also lay the foundation stones of Storam water disposal system scheme and Town Park in Sector 2. |
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Two youths murdered Faridabad, March 30 It is learnt that the victim was manhandled by the accused at a ‘jagran’ programme last night. The accused identified as Dharma, Babu, Rajesh (brothers), Sunder and Tejram reportedly went to his house around midnight, took him along and allegedly killed him. Their motive could not be known. The body was sent for a post-mortem this morning. |
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Man found murdered Panipat, March 30 The body has been sent to the Civil Hospital for a post-mortem. It bore multiple injuries on the head and other parts of the body. The assailants used sharp-edged weapons to kill him. Afraid of being arrested by the police in a dowry death case, 55-year-old Beddo Devi of Beholi village has reportedly committed suicide by jumping before the Shatabdi Express near Samalkha yesterday. Her daughter-in-law had also committed suicide by jumping before the train about a week ago. Besides, the police has registered a case of rape of a minor and found body of a married woman from the West Jamuna canal. |
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New chief of
Panipat Refinery Panipat, March 30 This was stated in a press note issued here today. |
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