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April 1, 2001, Chandigarh, India   
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Haryana
stops loan recovery Govt must
help farmers: Pawar Hooda
seeks relief for rain-hit farmers Dangi’s
judicial remand refused IYC begins non-cooperation stir Haryana’s population
growth rate ‘worrying’ |
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New look
for traffic police MDU seeks
Chief Secy’s help to check copying District Diary Armed
youths’ bid to rob bank Cong demonstration
over Tehelka issue Seminar to
revamp textile industry Villagers
seek withdrawal of cases Cops’
wives oppose notice to vacate houses Unfair
means cases on rise Residents
oppose house tax survey Statement
recorded in minister’s case Bid to arrest Bajrang
Dal's convener flayed New phone
exchange opened ‘Math’
ex-secy furious over shielding mahant Four die
in mishaps DCs asked
to stop blue films on Cable TV 1,000
animals in Haryana affected by FMD KU
updates computer courses Prohibitory
orders imposed
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Haryana stops loan recovery Sonepat, March 31 The Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, told mediapersons here last evening that the affected farmers would also be given suitable compensation after the completion of a special girdawari in the areas affected by the calamity. He said the patwaris have been directed to seek the cooperation of Gram Vikas Samitis for the assessment of loss to the standing rabi crop particularly wheat, gram and
sarson. He said cooperative sugar mills had been asked to provide sugarcane from the farmers of the affected villages on a priority basis so that they could get the support price for their produce. He made a fervant appeal to sugarcane growers to rush their produce to the mills and get payment within 48 hours. The Chief Minister further said he would meet Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and apprise him of losses suffered by the farmers in the state and seek funds for providing relief. He said he would also press for financial assistance under the “Food for work” programme so that the agricultural workers could get employment during the execution of development schemes. He said the harvesting season was round the corner but the farmers had suffered huge losses on account of incliment
whether. As a result, the farm labourers, who mainly depended on harvesting, had become jobless. But the state government would provide jobs to them to enable them to earn their livelihood. To achieve this goal, the speed of development activities would be accelerated. Earlier, the Chief Minister toured rain and storm-hit villages of this district to see for himself the extent of damage caused due to heavy showers, hailstorm and gale during the past 48 hours. During the whirlwind tour, Mr Chautala visited the villages of Bhatgaon, Garhi, Rattan Garh, Nakloi, Mohana, Juan, Salimsar Majra, Mohana, Farmana and Bidhlan. He was accompanied by Mr Dev Raj Dewan, MLA, Mr Sudhir Rajpal, Deputy Commissioner, Mr Paramjit Singh Ahlawat, Superintendent of Police, and other officials. Addressing a gathering at Farmana, Mr Chautala expressed sympathy with the affected farmers. He said the loss to the crops at Bhatgaon, Garhi and Nakloi villages was cent per cent. The state government, he said, would fully compensate the affected farmers. Youth Congress leader Azad Singh Nehra also toured the affected villages. Mr Nehra appealed to the state government and the Chief Minister to help mitigate the sufferings of the people. Mr S.N. Solanki, CPM leader, Mr Howa Singh, CITU leader, Mr Braham Singh Dahiya, BKU leader, and Mr Hari Parkash SUCI leader, demanded suitable compensation for the farmers. |
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Govt must help farmers: Pawar Ladwa (Kurukshetra), March 31 Addressing a Kisan rally in the Ladwa grain market which was organised by the Haryana Unit of the Rashtriyavadi Congress Party, he felt that the Indian farmers had neither the resources nor the wherewithal or the technology to fight their counterparts in other countries. Mr Pawar said the farmers with small holdings up to four acres could not compete with the farmers of the USA or Canada who had land holdings up to 50,000 acres. He said the Union Government and the state government should help the farmers. The former Defence Minister said they should be provided with new seeds and latest technology, besides making arrangements for the sale of their produce in foreign markets. Talking about the prices of foodgrain, he said the farmers were not “beggars” who needed more subsidies. However, he said the grain prices should be linked with the cost of production, giving a margin of profit to the farmers. He said there was a need for the farmers to take political power in their hands. Mr Pawar said politicians talked about the problems of the farmers only during election time. Mr Tariq Anwar, Secretary of the party, alleged that the farmers were being exploited by politicians. They had been denied remunerative prices by all governments. He said the Haryana Government which was supporting the government at the Centre was also not sensitive to the problems of the farmers. Mr Ved Pal, member of the central working committee of the party, said the Chautala government was implicating its opponents in cases. Mr Prafula Patel, MP, said the farmers had to spent more on grain production while the prices given to them was far less. |
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Hooda seeks relief for
rain-hit farmers Chandigarh,
March 31 In a statement here, Mr Hooda said in view of the gravity of the situation the Haryana Government should immediately constitute a team of experts to visit the affected areas and make a comprehensive report of the extent of damage. He said the announcement of relief made by the government was meagre. He demanded that revenue and electricity bills of the farmers of the affected areas should be waived off completely and the interest on loans given to them should also be waived off. Mr
Hooda also toured Rohtak and its adjoining areas to have a first-hand knowledge
of the crop damage, the press statement said and added that he would visit
Sonepat district on April 3 and take stock of the condition of the crops there. |
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Rain causes loss to farmers Ambala, March 31 Farmers who own cattle were also concerned since the chances of Foot and Mouth Disease spreading would now go up. |
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Dangi’s judicial remand refused Ambala, March 31 On a notice to the defence counsel two week time was prayed for and the matter was kept in abeyance till January 15 this year. The SP, SVB moved an application on March 22 before the Special Judge, Rohtak, that the accused had been formally arrested in this case and sought judicial remand of the accused. The Special Judge, Rohtak, had directed to move an application for seeking judicial remand before the judicial/trial court at Ambala. The application was contested by the advocate, Mr C.M. Sehgal, appearing on behalf of Mr Dangi. During argument he said without the presence of the accused, no police or judicial remand could be given under Section 167 (I) Cr PC. He further said that the letter attached by the investigating officer on behalf of the Superintendent of the District Jail, Rohtak was not meant for this court. The Superintendent, District Jail, Rohtak, could only request the court for extension of the judicial remand if he had remand papers of the accused. It was further averred that the application moved by Mr Sadhu Singh, Superintendent of Police, State Vigilance Bureau, Rohtak, who was also the investigating officer in this case was also not maintainable. Mr Jagmal Singh appeared on behalf of the state. He said it would be open to the prosecution to make an appropriate application before the judicial/trial court for extending the remand of the accused by accepting his notional presence on the basis of the request of the Superintendent, District Jail, Rohtak, highlighting the circumstance that the accused could not produce in view of the direction of the apex court. After hearing the arguments of both sides the Magistrate dismissed the application of the Vigilance Bureau with the direction that as per Section 167 (1) CrPC, it would be appropriate for the state to move an application for seeking the judicial remand of the accused before the court at Rohtak where the accused is lodged. He observed in the judgement that the investigating officer could not take or seek the judicial remand without the presence of the accused before this court which was mandatory, but as per the direction issued by Supreme Court relating to all the cases pending at Rohtak as well as in Ambala that the accused, Mr Anand Singh Dangi, apprehended danger to his life from the Haryana Police, he should not be handed over to the Haryana Police. “With these findings, I find no merit in the application and the same is hereby dismissed,” Mr Dhanjal observed in his order. |
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IYC begins non-cooperation stir Chandigarh, March 31 Stating this here today the President of the IYC, Mr Randeep Singh Surjewala, said workers of his party would enforce a social and political boycott of the Prime Minister and his ministers all over the country on the lines of the Quit India Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi against the British rulers. Wherever they would go, the IYC workers would greet them with black flags and raise slogans like “Corrupt ministers, corrupt government, go back”. The agitation would continue till the corrupt Vajpayee government resigned. Mr Surjewala said after the Tehelka expose the people had lost faith in the BJP and its allies. Hence, the government had neither the moral nor the constitutional right to continue in power. Accusing Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee of being a protector of the corrupt, Mr Surjewala said the needle of suspicion had been pointed at the household as well as the office of the Prime Minister. “In this situation, insistence by the NDA government to stick to power at all costs is a living example of its moral and political bankruptcy.” The IYC leader said the government should have once again requested the Chief Justice of India to spare the services of a Supreme Court sitting Judge to conduct the inquiry into the Tehelka expose. He said it was unprecedented for the Prime Minister to defend the corrupt individuals exposed by tehelka.com. He said when the authority initiating the inquiry itself was issuing certificates of innocence to the guilty, the inquiry would be rendered meaningless. Mr Surjewala said the Central Government’s proposal to end the role of the Food Corporation of India as a procurement agency would leave the farmers of the country in general, and of Punjab and Haryana in particular, at the mercy of the market forces. The state governments had neither the capacity and capability nor the political will to procure any agriculture produce. Similarly, he said, the government’s decision to leave the determination of the prices of petroleum products like diesel to the market forces would further add to the misery of the farmers. Demanding the minimum support price of wheat to be fixed at Rs 735 a quintal, Mr Surjewala said the Chief Ministers of Punjab and Haryana should either immediately announce a bonus of Rs 125 per quintal or they should resign for their failure to persuade the Centre to announce the wheat price of Rs 735 per quintal. He welcomed the Punjab and Haryana High Court decision to quash the Anandgarh project notifications. He said in view of the court strictures against the Punjab Government, Mr Badal had lost the moral right to continue in office. The IYC leader criticised the Chautala government for closing several government corporations and cancelling the licences of a large number of maxi-cabs, which, he said would render thousands unemployed. He also accused Mr Chautala of lodging false cases against his political rivals. Describing the police lathi charge on IYC workers here on March 28 as a “brutal attack”, Mr Surjewala said this was undertaken on the orders of Mr Badal and Mr Chautala because commandoes of the Punjab Police and officers of the Haryana Police were on duty on that date. They, he alleged, did not listen to the orders of the officers of the Chandigarh Police. he also alleged that the police had brought a truckload of brickbats to attack the IYC workers. He said the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) was being reorganised by its President, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The process of reorganising the state unit of the Youth Congress would be completed after the completion of the reorganisation of the HPCC. |
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Haryana’s population
growth rate ‘worrying’ Chandigarh, March 31 Mr Gulati said as on March 1, 2001, the population of Haryana was 2,10,82,989 out of which 1,13,27,658 were males and 97,55,331 females. He said 46,19,341 persons were added in the population of the state during 1991-2001. The decadal population growth of Haryana increased from 27.41 per cent in 1981-91 to 28.06 per cent in 1991-2001, Mr Gulati said, adding that the national growth rate during 1991-2001 was 21.34. From the 16th largest contributor to India’s growth in 1981-91, it became the 10th largest contributor in 1991-2001. The increase in the growth rate of population in the past decade over the previous decade was “worrying”, Mr Gulati said. He said immigration of people into Haryana could be one of the reasons for the increase. He added that the breakup of the rural-urban population ratio, which would available in June, could throw light on the phenomenon of the increased growth rate of the population. In terms of Average Annual Exponential Growth Rate (AAEGR), Haryana at 2.47 per cent was ahead of UP, Assam, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra and behind J & K, Delhi, Rajasthan and Bihar. Thus, Haryana was among the top five major states of India in terms of the AAEGR, Mr Gulati said. The AAEGR of India was1.93, he added. The population density of Haryana also increased to 477 persons per sq km in 2001 from 372 during the 1991 census. Faridabad district retained its first position with 1,020 persons per sq km, while Sirsa district had the lowest density of 260 persons per sq km, the Census official said. On the drop in the sex ratio of Haryana, Mr Gulati said it could be caused by selective female abortions, female infanticide and death of girl children in deliberate neglect. The Director said 84 per cent of child deliveries in Haryana were non-institutional deliveries and consequently the chances of female infanticides were very high. The highest sex ratio was recorded in Mahendragarh (919), while the lowest, 823, was at Panchkula. Moreover, while child population in the age group 0-6 declined from 18.98 per cent of the total population in 1991 to 15.45 per cent in 2001 census, the sex ratio of child population declined from 879 in 1991 to 820 in 2001, Mr Gulati told reporters. The literacy rate for Haryana was found to be 68.59 per cent which was higher than the national average. It was 79.25 per cent for males and 56.31 for females and these figures were also comparatively higher than the corresponding national averages, Mr Gulati said. While Panchkula (76.54 per cent) was holding the first position in terms of literacy and Ambala occupied the second position, Fatehabad( 58.16 per cent) district was at the bottom as far as literacy was concerned. While the literacy rate of Haryana improved by 12.74 per cent over the decade and put the state at the 20th position (from 28th in 1981-91) in terms of total literacy in the country, the sex ratio of literates in Haryana was recorded at 617 which was lower than the national average of 667 as well as Delhi (698), Punjab ( 744), HP (778) and Chandigarh (683).
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New look for traffic police Karnal A meeting to standardise equipment and give a new look to the traffic cops was held in Delhi recently in which district police chiefs of the Rohtak Range participated. The meeting was presided over by Mr Resham Singh, Inspector-General of Police (Rohtak Range), and attended by the SP
(Telecommunications). As a result of the meeting and the decisions taken, the strength of the traffic police on almost each intersection in towns has been doubled. The Rohtak Range comprises the districts of Rohtak, Sonepat, Panipat and Karnal. The decisions taken at the meeting have been circulated in other districts also for giving an uniform look to the traffic cops, manning various traffic points in towns. Mr Attar Singh Ahlawat,
district police chief, Karnal, told newsmen that following decisions, new uniform has been provided to the traffic police. They are now distinguishable from the cops. Besides, the district police has been enlisted to man traffic point and inter-sections in each city where rush of traffic during the mornings and evenings is heavy. Mr Attar Singh also disclosed that driving by children was being strictly curbed by enforcing checks at the main gates of schools and colleges. In addition, parking places have been provided in each town, especially in Karnal, for parking vehicles. The district administration, along with the police chief, have setup a dozen parking places in the town and along the GT Road passing through the heart of the city, so that there was no traffic congestion. In order to check traffic offences, a special drive has been launched to educate scouts, NCC cadets and other students of various institutions. In each town, standposts for traffic jawans had been built on the highways with the help of social organisations. Karnal has shown the way in this respect. With a view to standardise traffic equipment, it has been ordered that safety cross-belts made of reflective yellow plastic fluorescent of two-inch width and 1 mm thickness should be worn by each traffic cop. The traffic cops have also been directed to wear safety jackets made of high quality cotton
polyester mixed with viscose in deep orange colour and embedded with retro-reflective transfer film for maximum visibility at night. This will have brightness equivalent to 500 candles per sq metre. The retro-reflective lenses would be bounded by polyurethane adhesive which would appear silver grey in daylight and white during the night. The cops would also wear a nose mask which would be light. They would have a safety light bar which would be water-proof. Likewise, they would wear reflective gloves made of orange coloured fluorescent fitted with reflective lenses. The gloves would also be bound by heat-activated polyurethane adhesive. The cops has been provided fibre glass helmet weighing less than 750 gm. Besides, they will have a safety cone made of low density polyethylene material with ethyl vinyl acetate to increase flexibility. There would be rechargeable blinkers having high efficiency amber acrylic on both sides. The traffic police would be provided with searchlights. In order to check drunken driving, the traffic cops would have alcometers, breath analysers, etc. In order to check high speed, they would be provided a speed radar gun. The Haryana Police also consulted the Delhi police regarding the suitability and reliability of the items provided. Mr Attar Singh maintained that a drive was being launched to check pillion riding in the area. Driving without helmets would also be curbed. The traffic police has been instructed to remove the black films from vehicles. The Haryana traffic police would not only have a different look but would also be able to curb traffic offences more effectively. As a result, the accident rate on the national highways and state highways is also likely to go down considerably. |
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MDU seeks Chief Secy’s help to check copying Rohtak, March 31 Adopting a tough posture, the university has said the examination will be cancelled at centres where copying occurred. The examinations already held at such centres would also be quashed, the Controller of Examination, Dr K.C. Bhardwaj, said. The university has reportedly resorted to these measures in the wake of reports of continued copying and outside interference in middle and secondary examinations being conducted by the Board of School Education. It has been alleged that policemen and state government officials have failed to check the menace. Instructions have been given to officers at the district level to provide adequate police and administrative assistance in checking outside interference. The Pro-Vice Chancellor of the university, Mr J.K. Sharma, yesterday spoke to Deputy Commissioners and them SSPs, urging them to cooperate. He said extra vigil should be kept at centres identified as sensitive. The university had identified 20 centres as sensitive. There were four each in Bhiwani and Faridabad districts, three each in Gurgaon and Rohtak and two each in Sonepat, Rewari and Jhajjar districts. More than 1,84,000 students would appear in the examinations. Out of these, 31, 300 were appearing through distances education and the remaining as regular students. The university had set up 140 examination centres and had deployed nearly 1,700 teachers on examination duty. The examinations of undergraduate classes would be over by the third week of May. The results of TDC (part-I) would be announced on June 1, TDC (part-II) on June 6 and TDC (part-III) on June 10. The result of the Prabhakar examination would be announced on June 20. |
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District Diary Sonepat For the past few years, monkeys have been causing damage in
houses. They have also bitten a number of children and elderly persons. Residents of several residential areas, including Sectors 14 and 15, say the problem has become serious. A residents’ welfare association and some other organisations have already lodged complaints with the authorities concerned but to no avail. A senior officer of the district administration said officials were helpless because whenever any step was taken to catch the monkeys, they were stopped and told that it might hurt the religious sentiments of a section of the residents. * * * Residents of Model Town here have cooperated with the Municipal Council in starting a door-to-door garbage collection scheme, introduced on the suggestion of Mr S.P. Sachdeva, a former Governor of Rotary International. Mr Y.S. Gupta, Executive Officer of the council, said the response of the residents to the new scheme had been laudable. They were helping the safai workers of the council in making the cleanliness drive a success. * * * The Sonepat administration does not seem to have a road management policy despite the increase in traffic over the years. And if it did ever have one, it is in limbo. Several projects such as the widening of certain roads, construction of service lanes, repair and widening of the bypass and provision of
storm water channels on various roads have not yet been approved. A bypass was proposed to be constructed from the railway overbridge to the Sonepat-Bahalgarh road. However, the plan was shelved for want of funds. Similarly, most of the roads repaired or constructed during the past two years are now in poor shape, allegedly on account of the use of substandard material by the agencies concerned — the Haryana Agricultural Marketing Board, HUDA, the PWD (B&R) and the Municipal Council. Residents have also been demanding the removal of encroachments along roads but no action has yet been initiated by the authorities in this regard. * * * Sapling plantation work is in progress in Sonepat to make it a “City of Flowers”. According to Mr Sudhir Rajpal, Deputy Commissioner, a large number of saplings have been planted along all major roads. Flowers have been provided on road dividers in the Gita Bhavan Chowk area and other places. There is also a plan to have fountains of different types in parks * * * The public distribution system seems to have become the subject of criticism in this city. Many ration card holders allege that levy sugar and kerosene are being sold to halwais by certain depot holders and wholesale dealers. Kerosene is also being sold illegally to various establishments, including banks, for running generators during power cuts. Residents say a high-level probe is likely to expose the racket. |
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Cong demonstration
over Tehelka issue Sirsa, March 31 Activists burnt the effigies of the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, and the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala. Ms Selja said tehelka.com had exposed the NDA government. A rally would be held at Panipat to tell people of the “misdeeds” of the ruling government. The district unit of the party also submitted a memorandum for the President to the Deputy Commissioner, requesting the President to take action against those involved in the defence deal scam. Deploring the deteriorating law and order situation in the state, the Governor was requested to “exert” his powers. The absence of sitting Congress MLA, Mr Lachhman Dass Arora, former minister Ranjit Singh, former MLA, Mani Ram Keharwala and Thakur Bahadur Singh was indicative of the friction within the party. Asked about the reported decision of Mr Bhajan Lal to abstain from the “lalkar” rally at Panipat, Ms Selja said the rally was a party programme and was expected to be attended by all party workers. When asked about the possibility of any disciplinary action against him, she said it depended on the party high command and the state leadership. Referring to the police custodial death in Ellenabad, Mr Nehra said inspite of a case registered against the accused under Section 302, IPC no action had been taken against them. |
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Armed youths’ bid to rob bank Jhajjar, March 31 However, the bank employees refused to give in to the threats. At this, one of the robbers shot at the Manager and fled. They were unsuccessfully chased by the bank employees and the villagers. The police also reached the spot and launched a massive man hunt to arrest the miscreants. |
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Seminar to revamp textile industry Panipat, March 31 The seminar was sponsored by the Small-Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI). It was attended by the local industrialists and exporters. The day-long seminar was marked by session on spinning, chemical processing and energy management. In these sessions the experts from IIT, Delhi, Continental, Delhi, Metax, Delhi, Dev Energy Services, Faridabad, and Delhi, gave details of new techniques. In order to compete in the international market, the entrepreneurs have to concentrate on quality and price of their products. Inaugurating the seminar, the Director of the Small Industries Service Institute (SISI), Karnal, Mr M.K. Varma, said after implementation of WTO agreement, more than 715 foreign goods of daily use would come in the Indian market. It would be a challenge for the products of the small-industries of our country. Later, talking to mediapersons, Mr Varma said the entrepreneurs of the small-industries were not interested in modernisation and quality products of their units. Rather they were only interested in using cheap materials just to bring down the production cost and hence their products are outmatched in the market. He claimed that there were more than 90,000 registered small-scale industries in Haryana which could give a boost to the development provided these were upgraded and modernised as per the requirements. Besides all industrial units with capital investment up to Rs 1 crore units of five other sectors, including hand tools and automobiles with annual capital investment up to Rs 5 crore had also been given the category of the small-scale by the Haryana Government. |
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Villagers seek withdrawal of cases Panipat, March 31 The residents, led by the chief coordinator of the Berozgari Hatao Kshetra Bachao Samiti, Mr Surender Singh Hooda, reached the residence of Mr Pawar, MLA, in tractor-trailers and raised slogans against the administration and the Panipat refinery authorities. Their demands included the withdrawal of cases against 112 villagers, construction of a cremation ground and employment for members of families displaced due to the setting up of the Panipat refinery. However, the dharna was lifted when the District Revenue Officer, Mr K.K. Amrohi, reached the spot and assured the residents that action was being taken by the district authorities to implement the recommendations of the committee. |
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Cops’ wives oppose notice to vacate houses Faridabad, March 31 A delegation of the wives and children of the affected policemen numbering over 200 met the Inspector-General, Gurgaon range, Mr Ranjiv Dalal, yesterday and sought his intervention on the issue. The women told the IG that they had been residing there for several years and it was “impossible” for them to vacate the houses. Claiming that they were not told of the condition that they would have to vacate the quarters after a certain period, they said their husbands were still serving here and it was not possible for them to vacate the house until their husbands were posted out. The cops’ wives came out on the roads after the office of the SSP issued a notice to the families who had been residing in the colony for over five years, that they would have to vacate the houses within 10 days as per the office rules. The SSP, Mr Ranbir S. Sharma, said that the notice had been issued in accordance with ‘standing orders’ of the department. Stating that as there was ‘shortage’ of houses in the colony, the cops who were in ‘waiting’ should also get a house. |
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Unfair means cases on rise Narnaul, March 31 To check recurrence of such cases, examination centres at Niwaz Nagar had been shifted to Senior Secondary School and Girls Secondary School in the district. The SDM, Mahendragarh, had ordered a supervisor and a clerk at Satnali centre to discontinue examination duties. At Badra, another supervisor was relieved of his examination duties, the Deputy Commissioner said. |
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Residents oppose house tax survey Panipat, March 31 Some people have reportedly not given details about their houses and shops to the visiting teams. However, the executive officer of the council, Mr Shiv Kumar Vats, said about 70 per cent of the survey work had been completed. He disclosed that the council had recovered 88 per cent of the house tax, amounting to Rs 1.70 crore and notices are being served to the defaulters for payment of pending arrears. He also pointed out that house tax worth lakhs of rupees was pending against some government offices and religious institutions. |
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Statement recorded in minister’s case Hisar, March 31 In his statement, Mr Pratap Singh reiterated his charges of corruption against Mr Sampat Singh. |
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Bid to arrest Bajrang
Dal’s convener flayed Rohtak, March 31 Mr Amit Kumar, secretary of the district unit of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), said a team of the police today raided the premises of Dr Jain on the charge of exploiting religious sentiments of Hindus at a press conference organised at Hyderabad recently. He said the activists of the BJP, the VHP and the RSS surrounded the residence of Dr Jain when they heard of the incident. The Bajrang Dal has threatened the administration of dire consequences in case any such attempt is made again. |
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New phone exchange opened Jhajjar, March 31 |
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‘Math’
ex-secy furious over shielding mahant Rohtak, March 31 Mr Dahiya is a witness against Yogi Chand Nath in different cases. He went underground a few months ago sensing danger to his life. Reacting to the reported statement of Mahant Avaidya Nath that Yogi Chand Nath could not be removed from ‘gaddi’ even by the law, Mr Dahiya said the math was being run according to the principles of Shri Baba Mast Nath and it was not governed by any yogi mahasabha. Besides, Mr Dahiya also condemned Mahant Avaidya Nath for his statement against a particular community and suggested that the saints must refrain from passing such communal remarks. |
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Four die in mishaps Panipat, March 31 Mahaveer of Goyala Khurd village was knocked down by a Canter near Babarpur on the G.T. road on Thursday evening. He died on the spot. Vikram (16) of Israna village was also hit by a speeding vehicle at Israna on Thursday. He succumbed to injuries when he was being taken to the PGI, Rohtak. In another mishap, a brick kiln worker, Rajkumar, was run over by a tractor trailor at new Baholi village. Ujala Singh of Ossar village was electrocuted on Thursday evening. He succumbed to burns. |
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DCs asked to stop blue films on Cable TV Chandigarh, March 31 |
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1,000 animals in Haryana affected
by FMD Chandigarh, March 31 It said during this year, 1,113 animals had been reported to be affected by the disease and most of them were in the recovery stage. Some casualties were reported from various places, but they were not due to the foot and mouth disease but due to a secondary infection of haemorrhagic septicaemia, it said, adding that the extent of the disease in Haryana “was blown out of proportion by the media due to panic in the West”. The statement said the Haryana Government was considering vaccination of haemorrhagic septicaemia compulsory for animals and had sent a proposal for this purpose to the Central Government for its approval. |
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KU updates computer courses Kurukshetra, March 31 Giving this information, the Vice-Chancellor, Mr R.S. Chaudhary, said the university had sanctioned Rs 10 lakh for the upgradation of the department laboratory and a similar amount had been received from the University Grant Commission for the purpose. |
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Prohibitory orders imposed Narnaul,
March 31 Meanwhile, the District Magistrate, Mahendragarh, Mr V.
Raja Sekhar, in view of the forthcoming examinations of Maharishi
Dayanand University from April 2, has issued prohibitory orders around
examination centres in the district. These orders will remain in force
from April 2 to May 23. |
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Sonepat, March 31 Girl killed on railway line Ambala, March 31 The incident took place when Monica was crossing the railway line to fetch water from the other side. |
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