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June 26, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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Sack Petroleum Minister: CPM Grumpy SHO incites people Encroachments removed from Rohtak road Girls outdo boys in Haryana matric exam Chautala demands food-for-work plan |
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Soldier
cremated ‘Haryana
Govt neglecting IDDC’ 19 employees found absent HIGH COURT Arrest criminals, demands BSP DC urged to order road repairs Rape victim alleges
police pressure Youth’s death: four cops suspended
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Sack Petroleum Minister: CPM Rohtak, June 25 The state secretariat of the CPM, after two-days of discussions here, said the charges of clandestine distribution of petrol pumps and gas agencies to many BJP leaders and their close relatives had been publically levelled and the accused leaders and the Union Minister had failed to deny the charges. The CPM state secretary, Mr Inderjit Singh, said the party considered the revelations as grave in nature as the allegations had been levelled by BJP activists themselves, who had been sidelined during the arbitrary distribution of petrol pumps and gas agencies. The state unit of the party has decided to apprise the CPM MPs and those belonging to opposition parties to raise this matter in Parliament and seek the resignation of Petroleum Minister Ram Naik. Mr Inderjit referred to a criminal case registered at Ghraunda police station, Karnal, last month in which the Personal Secretary of the Petroleum Minister and Mr Ram Naik himself had been mentioned as being present when the illegal gratification of Rs 2.50 lakh were given by the complainant for getting a petrol pump allotted. He said the startling revelations as exposed by BJP men are of concrete nature and revealed shady deals involving bribery, favouritism, nepotism and misuse of office for party
interests. Therefore, the CPM had decided to urge the President of India to dismiss the Petroleum Minister and get the scandal probed by the JPC, Mr Inderjit said. According to the CPM, the BJP had been exposed yet again as a thoroughly self seeking party which never hesitated to indulge in corruption and misuse of government position. Mr Inderjit Singh said the CPM had resolved to take up the matter at its forthcoming two-day state committee meeting on June 30 and chalk out their course of action following the issue and also demand cancellation of all controversial allotments of petrol pumps and gas agencies. |
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Grumpy SHO incites people Jhajjar, June 25 The UHBVN officials alleged that
instead of controlling the demonstrators the SHO provoked them to teach a lesson to the power officials who caused harassment to people. Mr Dahiya said the SHO used abusive language and tried to manhandle him and his staff grumbling that “you are the people who installed meters even in the houses of policewalas”.Mr Dahiya explained that at least 200 persons, including women were demonstrating peacefully in front of the powerhouse when he informed the police about the incident. “But to our great surprise”, he further explained,” the police officer reaching the spot started inciting the public to take the law into their hands against the public servants”. As a result the demonstrators turned into a mob and resorted to widespread violence breaking government property and manhandling the UHBVN staff. However, the staff immediately informed the higher officials in Chandigarh, including the Power Commissioner and other officials at the district headquarters. The Superintendent of Police, Jhajjar, later constituted a committee to investigate into the matter. On the basis of the report of this committee the accused SHO was told to go on five days leave, today. Meanwhile, the UHBVN workers’ union led by its general secretary, Mr Dhara Singh, held a meeting today demanding transfer of the
erring SHO. The union sources said chairman of UHBVN, Mrs Minakshi Anand Chaudhary, had assured them to get the SHO transferred by tomorrow evening. The union, it added, would wait till 5 pm tomorrow and then take further action according to the situation. |
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Encroachments removed from Rohtak road Sonepat, June 25 According to official sources, Mr Hardeep Singh Doon, DSP (Headquarters), and Mr
Y.S. Gupta, Executive Officer of the Sonepat Municipal Council, assisted the officials of the demolition squad. The entire area of the Sonepat-Rohtak road was turned into a police camp and the police succeeded in maintaining law and order during the anti-encroachment drive which started around 5.30 a.m. and continued till late in the evening. The officials claimed that they had cleared the road from the railway crossing near Hindu College to the Kalupur octroi post by demolishing structures and sheds constructed by the shopkeepers on both sides of the road. Many shopkeepers pointed out that the district administration had launched the anti-encroachment campaign after a gap of 27 years when a similar type of campaign was launched to widen the road. |
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Girls outdo boys in Haryana matric exam Bhiwani, June 25 Declaring the result of the examination, the board Chairman, Dr Malik Chand Gambhir, told mediapersons here today that girls maintained their supremacy over boys with a pass percentage of 52.66 in comparison to 48.87 of the boys. He informed that last year girls obtained a pass percentage of 70.08 as compared to 65.64 of the boys. He said 3,10,085 candidates appeared this year whereas last year the number was 2,70,299. He said 1,55,995 candidates were declared successful this year while 54,346 candidates were placed under
compartment. Dr Gambhir said the overall pass percentage decreased this year and claimed that the system of five types of question papers was
instrumental in checking copying to a considerable extent. Giving further information, Mr Mohinder Singh Mor, board Secretary, said 1,92,293 boys
appeared in the examination and 93,971 got through while on the other hand 1,17,792 girls took the examination and 62,024 were declared successful. Mr Mor said regular candidates had a pass percentage of 52.31 whereas private candidates had a pass percentage of 39.36. He said schools in urban areas showed better results with a pass percentage of 60.03 in comparison to 47.17 in rural areas. He said private schools fared well with a pass percentage of 65.62 in comparison to 41.96 on government schools. Private-aided schools had a pass percentage of 69.81 and private unaided schools 64.40. Mr Mor said the board had made elaborate arrangements to make the result available to candidates throughout the state. He said the result had being published in four Hindu dailies and could be downloaded from the Internet website http:/haryana.nic.in. The result would also be available at the offices of district education officers, district-level coordination centres of the board and the board head office, Bhiwani. The Secretary said the regular candidates would get their pass certificates, fail, compartment or re-appear cards from their respective schools within 15 days of the declaration of the result. The private candidates would get their pass certificates within 15 days of the declaration of the result and fail, compartment or re-appear cards within one week of the declaration of the result. The Secretary said for the supplementary examinations, September-2001 forms would be acceptable by hand or by post only at the Bhiwani head office of the board. |
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Chautala demands food-for-work plan Mahendragarh, June 25 The Chief Minister was addressing a public meeting at Bawania village, near here, where he laid the foundation stone of Rs 1.05 crore 33 kv substation. He said as a result of the steps being taken to improve the availability of power the state would not only be self-sufficient in power but would also be able to supply it to neighbouring states after two years. He said the substation would be completed by November this year and benefit over 4000 consumers of nine villages. The consumers of 56 other villages too would be benefited indirectly, he added. Mr Chautala said Rs 40 crore were being spent to improve the availability of power in Mahendragarh district. He said his government had provided 70 per cent more power than the previous government for irrigation to the farmers of Mahendragarh district.
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Soldier
cremated Yamunanagar, June 25 Thirtythree year-old Havaldar Amarjeet, resident of Mandhar village in Yamunanagar district, was posted at Kupwara Sector 6 Rashtriya Rifles battalion. It is reported that on June 22 Amarjeet along with his other colleagues was on duty when they were attacked by
terrorists in the Sound Tekri hills at Chonkiwal post in Srinagar. He was seriously injured when he was shot at and died in hospital. On hearing the news the entire village assembled to pay tributes to the martyr. Earlier last year, one army man of the same village also died during the Kargil war. Mandhar village consist of 300 houses and almost every family has sent one person to the Army. |
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‘Haryana Govt neglecting IDDC’ Ambala, June 25 The association said the IDDC was
facing “extreme neglect” at the hands of the officials of the
Haryana government. “In the past three years, no regular customer
meets have been attended by the officials of the Haryana government.
The existing equipment is now more than 18 years old and require
replacement and replenishment”, the association said. “This
premier centre of design and development must be given priority
attention by the Haryana Government, both in terms and capital equity
support and official attention to upgrade the existing fatigued
instruments”. The president of the association, Dr Anil Jain, said
the IDDC as established in 1983 with technical and financial
assistance from UNIDO with a financial assistance of US $ 2 million
for the installation of sophisticated machinery and equipment. “The
Haryana Government provided land, building and technical manpower to
establish IDDC with an investment of Rs 5 crore”, he said. He stated that in the past 18 years, IDDC had helped more than six small-scale production units to get ISI certification for microscopes, and had provided calibration facilities to more than 50 ISO 9000 certified companies and more than 500 industrial organisations in northern India. Dr
Jain pointed out that IDDC was the only research laboratory in India
which had been accredited with ISO 9001 and the National Accreditation
Board for Laboratories. “The thin film coating plant, the printed
circuit board fabrication facilities and mechanical workshop of IDDC
have been helping more than 500 small-scale industrial units of Ambala
Cantt for the past 18 years”, he said. |
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19 employees found absent Ambala, June 25 Ten employees were found absent in the office of the Municipal Council, Ambala Sadar, between 9 am and 9.15 am. In the Public Health Department five employees and in the mechanical division, four employees were found absent. Departmental action has been recommended against them. The Deputy Commissioner of Ambala, Mr D.D. Gautam, said if any official had to go on tour, then entry has to be made in the tour register. Also, officials have been asked to be available from 11 am to 1 pm in their office to listen to the grievances of the people. |
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COURT Chandigarh, June 25 He was earlier booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act, along with Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, after a Hisar district resident alleged that Rs 1 lakh was taken by the former Minister for getting him selected as a constable in the Haryana Police. Giving details, he had added that the accused had paid back half the amount after the selection was cancelled, but had refused to return the other half despite repeated requests. Denying the allegations, his counsel had stated that the accused was innocent and was being implicated in the case due to political reasons. He had added that Marya was elected MLA on the Samajwadi Party ticket, but was expelled from the party after differences arose between him and present Haryana Chief Minister O.P. Chautala. Mr Marya was later taken in as a Minister in the Bansi Lal government, counsel had added. Seeking release on interim bail, he had stated that the former Minister was suffering from heart ailment and had even undergone a surgery in 1995. He had added that the accused needed proper medical attention. |
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Arrest criminals, demands BSP Ambala, June 25 The activists, took out a rally through the main markets of Ambala City, to demand the arrest of culprits. A memorandum was later submitted to the Deputy Commissioner, Ambala. The memorandum states that the culprits must be brought to book at the earliest. It has also been demanded that at least Rs 5 lakh must be paid to next to kin of the deceased and Rs 1 lakh to the injured. The activists gathered at the Ambala City district office and then headed for the Deputy Commissioner’s office. The leaders claimed that casteism is involved in the case. Mr Raju Sethi, BSP youth office-bearer, said three weeks after the deaths, the culprits are yet to be nabbed. They stated that the law and order situation in Haryana has deteriorated under the present government. The Haryana unit president had to face opposition from the activists when he said that the district administration had assured him about swift action in the matter. The activists said that they were determined to hold
demonstration till such time the main culprits are not arrested. |
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DC urged to order road repairs Ambala, June 25 Around 100 shopkeepers of these market along with the office-bearers of the association met the Deputy Commissioner this morning and briefed him about the problems faced by the markets. They said the drains of the markets were full of silt and polluted water spills over on the roads. Most of the drains are in the worst condition which need immediate reconstruction. The shopkeepers also complained regarding the sanitation problems. The association urged the Deputy Commissioner to direct the Municipal Council to make sewerage of these markets functional. The shopkeepers also requesting another toilet in the Sabji Mandi area as the existing toilet was not sufficient. They complained that most of the streetlights of the market was out of order and should be made operational. |
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Rape victim alleges
police pressure Ambala, June 25 Mr Vij said the rape victim told him that four policemen had met her and asked her to sign a document. “She told me that the contents of the document were in English, which she was unable to read. I advised her to report the matter to the Superintendent of Police,” he said. Two policemen, one of whom allegedly raped the middle-aged woman and the other who was accused of trespassing, were arrested on the night of June 22. The 45-year-old widow, a resident of Mahesh Nagar, in a complaint had stated that the incident took place on the intervening night of June 16 and 17 when the two policemen took her brother-in-law into custody. The complaint, which was handed over to the Ambala Cantonment MLA, Mr Anil Vij, stated the cops entered her house to arrest her brother-in-law later she followed the cops to the police station to get her brother in-law released. One of the policeman, Dharma, told her to return home and when she refused, he took her back home. She was then allegedly raped by him. |
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Youth’s death: four cops suspended Ambala, June 25 About 10 days ago, 20-year-old Inderjit, a resident of Friends Colony in Ambala City, was found dead on the rail tracks near Jandli. According to a family member, Inderjit was being brought back home by the police in the night and later the body of Inderjit was found lying on the railway track. Mr Sandeep Khirwar, SP, had then ordered an inquiry into the incident. The inquiry was conducted by DSP, Uday Shankar. Following the submission of the inquiry report, the four policemen have been suspended. Mr Khirwar said the four policemen had been suspended and departmental action initiated against them. |
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Repoll in Rajaund on July 15 Chandigarh, June 25 |
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Activists of the Bahujan Samaj Party today held a demonstration over the Segta deaths case.
The activists, took out a rally through the main markets of Ambala City, to demand the arrest of culprits.
