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Wednesday,
June 27, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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Milk dairies to be shifted MDU bans entry of 2
persons MCI team inspects medical
college Examine
Dangi, Civil Surgeon told |
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KU toppers aim to enter
IAS Faridabad prone to road
mishaps
Replacement of faulty fax machine sought ABVP: involve academicians
in policy-making HIGH COURT Man on fast in front of
DC office Chahal not member
of police body: DGP
Doctor held for demanding bribe
Hafed manager held for graft Infant killed in road
mishap 6 held for violating traffic rules
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Milk dairies to be shifted Gurgaon, June 26 According to the president of the Gurgaon Municipal Council, Mr Braham Prakash, the municipal council is in the process of identifying a suitable site where the dislocated dairies could be rehabilitated at one place. According to other sources in the local self-governing body, the authorities are in touch with the panchayat of Khedki Daula village to take its land on lease for setting up the site for the dislocated dairies. The panchayat has about 40 acres of land. The
municipal council wants only about 30 acres of land to achieve its object. There are more than 500 large and medium-sized dairies operating in various residential localities of this city. They hardly care for the city’s sewerage as they dispose of the cowdung cakes in them. This has been happening for the past several years. The problem has become bigger as such unauthorised dairies continue to mushroom. It is not that the authorities were not aware of the damage done to the system by the dairies. The problem was allowed to fester as the question was who would bell the cat. The reason being that the owners of these dairies and their associates have links with the nearby villages. They are said to be having clout with the politicians of the area. The
politicians, it appears, had more penchant for garnering votes than redressing the city’s civic infrastructure. It is only now when the problem stares the authorities in the face that the residents have started showing signs of asserting their views. They have decided to act fast and in a substantive way. The insiders in the municipal council feel that in case the dairies are shifted half of the problems relating to choking of sewerage pipes will be solved. Technical hands opine that on account of choking of the pipes for days at a stretch, and frequently at that, they have rusted and ruptured at a number of points. Although no official is ready to go on record, the overwhelming feeling is that on account of the rupture of sewerage pipes at some places there is always the danger of mixing potable water drawn out for residences in various pockets of the city. At a number of places the sewerage and drinking water pipes run parallel to each other. At a number of
places, the pipes carrying drinking water are also not in the best of condition. Earlier, there had been reports of the pipes developing leakages at some places. The problem, however, still remains, unresolved in one aspect. The authorities do not seem to have any plan against a large number of persons keeping one or two milch cattle in their residential premises. After all, they are also contributing to choking of the sewerage. |
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MDU bans entry of 2
persons Rohtak, June 26 Interestingly, both these persons — Om Parkash of Chulian village and Rajinder Singh Mar of Samchana village — are neither employees nor students of the university. Rajinder Singh Mar had been a student of Law Department but had left studies over a couple of years ago. Explaining the reasons for the ban, the Registrar, Dr S.P.S. Dahiya, told The Tribune that both these persons were involved in a duplicate detailed marks certificate (DMC) scandal along with over half-a-dozen university employees. The university had filed an FIR against these persons and also the university employees in the DMC duplicate scandal in August last. The university, Dr Dahiya said, had also appointed an inquiry committee comprising Mr S.S. Dahiya, retired Sessions Judge, and Dr M.S. Malik, to probe the duplicate DMC case. The report of the inquiry committee was likely to be submitted shortly, he added. Because of the nexus between these persons and certain university employees, it was found desirable to ban the entry of Om Parkash and Rajinder Singh on the campus, the Registrar said. The employees involved in the scandal were already under suspension, he added. The Registrar said the university had asked the principals of the arts, science and commerce colleges, affiliated to Maharshi Dayanand University to consider the compartmental candidates of Class XII for admission to TDC (part-I) in case seats remained vacant in the colleges after admitting the plus two pass candidates, in order of merit. The government, it may be recalled, had advised the universities in Haryana not to admit the compartmental candidates of plus two from the current academic session. The government decision, however, has invited severe criticism from its adversaries and opposition parties. Following the poor pass percentage (43 per cent) in the plus two annual examination conducted by the Board of School Education, Haryana, universities fear that the number of students seeking admission in the colleges, particularly in rural areas, may not be very high this year. Therefore, besides permitting the colleges to admit compartmental candidates, the university has also asked these to seek its special permission in case the colleges wanted to start a class in any subject where the student strength was less than 30. |
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MCI team inspects medical
college Hisar, June 26 The three member MCI team included Dr J.K. Tandon, Dr D. Vohra and Dr V.P. Mishra. It met the Director, Brig R.P. Aggarwal (retd), and went round the campus to inspect the infrastructure developed during the past three years during which no admissions were made to the
college. The team summoned the staff members for physical verification of the faculty, paramedical staff and the administrative staff. This is the second time that a MCI panel has visited the college. The first team visited the campus in 1997. However, at that time there were too many shortcomings in infrastructure. The construction activity had come to a halt after the government stopped the grant-in-aid to the college. The management could not recruit proper staff due to the paucity of funds. Consequently, fresh admissions were stopped indefinitely. However, the grants to the college were restored two years ago. It is learnt that the college has so far received Rs 5.8 crore from the government. Another instalment of Rs 1 crore is expected within a week, sources claimed. The management claims that the college now meets all minimum requirements prescribed by the MCI. A spokesperson of the management told this correspondent at Agroha that the required buildings had been completed and sufficient staff recruited. However, the MCI team members refused to comment. The college, which was set up in 1988, was initially allowed to admit 35 students who were accommodated at Rohtak Medical College as guest students. No admissions had however, been possible since 1998. |
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Examine
Dangi, Civil Surgeon told Ambala, June 26 Mr Chander Mohan Sehgal, counsel of Dangi, stated the court that Dangi was admitted to the local Civil Hospital on June 12 on the recommendation of the jail doctor and he was discharged forcibly by the hospital authorities on June 19. He informed the court that Dangi is still facing various health problems so he should be examined properly by senior doctors. On the direction of the court, the Civil Surgeon has consisting a medical board constituting of two specialist doctors who will examine him on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Dangi was sent to the jail. He will be brought to the hospital on Wednesday for check-up. The counsel also requested the court to allow him to meet Dangi on the court premises for half an hour to discuss the cases. The Magistrate adjourned the case till July 4. |
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KU toppers aim to enter
IAS Ambala, June 26 In the results declared so far, at least four students of SD College have come first in KU. While Aparna Bansal has topped the Kurukshetra University three years in succession in B.Sc (non-medical), Suman Lata, who is from Shahzadpur, has come first in BA second year and Priyanka Jain is first in B.Sc third year (home science). The college has done a clean sweep in BA final year (vocational stream) by bagging the first three positions. While Ravinder Kaur is first in KU in BA third year (vocational stream), Sushma Manchanda is second in KU and Pooja Jain is third in the university. The other toppers from SD College include Lovkesh Gupta, who has stood eighth in B.Sc final year and Aditi, who has stood ninth in B.Sc final year. In B.Sc home science final year, Shivani Wadhawan is third and Gayatri is ninth. In BA second year, Ritu Rani is placed tenth. Another Ambala girl, Geeta Lekhi from MDSD College, has stood third in KU in BA second year examination. Aparna Bansal told Chandigarh Tribune that concentrated studies were the key to her success. “I had prepared notes and thoroughly studied the books. I used to concentrate in the class. I used to take the exams, including the college ones, seriously and prepared well for them,” she said. She said she was taking the MCA exams. “I will do my postgraduation. I want to clear the Union Public Service Commission exam and become an IAS officer. I have complete support of my family members,” she said. Suman Lata claimed that she did not take any tuitions. “I used to pay complete attention in the class and used to everyday revise the work,” she said. She said she used to put in at least 6 to 7 hours of study everyday. “I had set myself a routine for the studies and I stuck to that routine even during the exam days. My hobbies are reading magazines and playing chess,” she said. “I want to become an IAS officer,” she added. |
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Faridabad prone to road
mishaps Faridabad, June 26 A majority of accidents take place on the main Mathura road (national highway) which dissects the town and its suburbs into two regions. Careless crossing of main roads by pedestrians, cyclists, rickshaw-pullers and those on two-wheelers and overspeeding are seen as the main cause of the accidents resulting in the death of or injury to victims. Although the state government has set up a special traffic patrol police to deal with accidents and provide immediate help to mishap victims, yet it has hardly been effective to check the number of accidents. According to figures available, the 70-km highway stretch from the Badarpur border to Hodal town is the most accident-prone area as far as the number of road mishaps on national highways passing through the state are concerned. About 100 cases of accidents have been reported on this stretch in the past six months. The authorities concerned have posted traffic cops on the main crossings on the national highway, but they are not available at various congested points. Traffic lights and blinkers are not functioning at many points and traffic rules are openly violated at many places, thanks to the absence of any regular checks. Residents of several sectors and colonies have appealed to the authorities to check the menace of overspeeding and driving by minors but no action has been taken so far. The district police has, however, claimed to have challaned over 1,000 persons for violation of traffic norms in the recent past which include pollution, wrong parking, smoking or using mobile phones while driving, not wearing seat belts and driving without helmets. Another factor is that lanes have not keen marked on the roads, especially on the highway. The plan of
constructing subway on the national highway and to install red lights at several points is reported to be hanging fire. |
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Flyover causing traffic blues Ambala, June 26 The local motorists, coming from Allenby Lines, normally travel in the opposite direction towards the railway station side for going to the Ambala Sadar area. If the motorists of the Allenby Lines area have to avoid going in the opposite direction, they have to take a detour of at least three kilometres. The problem has cropped up following the construction of the elevated highway. A cut across the GT Road has been blocked at the foot of the elevated highway, which effectively means that the traffic from Allenby Lines cannot go straight across to the other side. Now, the short cut, which is potentially dangerous, entails going against the traffic and then crossing below the elevated highway. The problem has been compounded just opposite the railway station since many buses, instead of entering the newly constructed bus stand, prefer to pick up and drop passengers on the main road itself. This stretch of road becomes congested, specially due to the traffic coming from the wrong side. The Haryana Roadways has even been forced to deploy inspectors on duty opposite the railway station to ensure that buses do not stop here and go inside the bus stand. Some of the buses on the road stop haphazardly, which adds to the traffic congestion. |
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Replacement of faulty fax machine sought Faridabad, June 26 The fax machine installed here for the transmission of news reports and for the use of common public is quite old. It has been repaired at several occasions earlier, but the authorities seem to be least concerned about replacing it in spite of the increase in work load. According to CTO sources, a second-hand fax machine was installed here for a few days, when the old machine was sent for repairs. However, the present machine failed to work properly. Reports of the mediapersons sent from here in the past three days have not reached their destination. The General Manager (GM) and the Deputy General Manager of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) which maintains the service, were not available when contacted at their offices. According to reports, they had been on leave for the past two days. The matter was also brought to the notice of the Divisional Engineer (DET), in charge of the CTO, who said he would look into the matter. But the machine had not been replaced so far and some journalists had been forced to fax their reports from private PCO’s at a charge. Similarly, the common man approaching the CTO had been facing this problem. This was also resulted in financial loss and harassment to the consumers. |
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ABVP: involve academicians
in policy-making Yamunanagar, June 26 He said the education draft also dealt with new dimensions of education, especially the ill-effects of information technology and globalisation on humanities, literature, languages and basis sciences. Mr Kothari said the government should first get public opinion before announcing it. He also criticised the steep hike in the fee structure of higher education and stressed on the need for a parity in the fee structure. He said the government should take action against the managements
charging exorbitant fees from poor students. Mr Kothari lashed out at all political parties which changed the education policy on coming to power as per their convenience. He demanded transparency in donation process. He said the parishad would be forced to go on strike if their demands were not accepted. |
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, June 26 Seeking directions to the Ambala Civil Judge for deciding their application in their petition against Ambala Sadar Lok Nayak Co-op House Building Society and three other respondents, Haryana Muslim Welfare Committee of Ambala Cantt had earlier stated that the very purpose of filing the suit would be defeated if the construction was allowed to continue over the land. Giving details, counsel for the petitioners had stated that the suit had been filed for declaring 39 kanals and 15 marlas, adjoining Ram Bagh AA road, a graveyard. They had added that the case had been adjourned several times. After going through the record and hearing counsel for the petitioners, Mr Justice Nirmal Singh disposed of the petition with a direction to the trial court to decide their application. |
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Man on fast in front of
DC office Jind, June 26 Pirthi Singh alleged that sarpanch Raj Singh was anti-Dalit and he had used derogatory words against Dalit communities. He levelled charges of irregularities and corruption against the sarpanch. He further alleged that he had written several letters to higher authorities regarding the irregularities and misuse of panchayat fund by the sarpanch but no action had been taken against him. The sarpanch Raj Singh, however, denied all charges levelled against him by Pirthi Singh and said the charges were false and frivolous. |
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Chahal not member
of police body: DGP Chandigarh, June 26 The statement said the Haryana Government recognised only one association of the police employees, the Haryana Police Constables and Head Constables Association (HPCHCA). It said clause 12 (1) of the charter of the association laid down that any person who was not in service anymore could not remain a member of the association and consequently could not hold any office either. “Mr Chahal was dismissed from police service vide order dated July 28, 1999, of the SP, Panipat. Therefore, as per the charter of the association he is no longer a member of the HPCHCA and cannot hold any office of the association”, the communique stated. |
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Doctor held for demanding bribe Ambala, June 26 Dr P.S. Ahuja, SMO, Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantonment was arrested by Vigilance Bureau sleuths from his residence. Dr Ahuja had allegedly demanded illegal gratification of Rs 2,000 from the father of a young boy, who had been undergoing treatment. The boy’s father then approached the Vigilance Bureau, who caught Dr Ahuja red-handed while accepting the bribe. Mr S.P. Ranga, SP, Vigilance, said when the patient visited the doctor at
the hospital, Dr Ahuja, a paediatrician, called them to his residence for treatment. He then demanded Rs 2,000 as a bribe for carrying out the treatment. Earlier on June 13, Dr Garg, an ENT specialist at the Civil Hospital, Ambala City, was nabbed for accepting a bribe. Vigilance Bureau personnel nabbed the doctor after he received a bribe from a patient. The doctor had allegedly demanded money for an operation from a resident of Panjokhra. The patient had given a part of the sum and was not able to arrange for the remaining amount. The patient then approached the Vigilance Bureau. Bureau officials nabbed the doctor after he accepted the bribe. Mr Ranga said besides the doctor, an
SDO, of the Haryana Vidyut Pradhikaran Nigam was arrested yesterday for demanding illegal gratification. He said the
SDO, posted in Kurukshetra, had demanded Rs 6,000 from a consumer for granting connection. The consumer had then approached the Vigilance Bureau. Bureau sleuths had nabbed the SDO while accepting the bribe. |
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Hafed manager held for graft Rohtak, June 26 The SSP, Mr A.S. Ahlawat, said Baljit of Kheri Sampla village today complained that he was a transporter at Sampla, 25 km from here. He said he transported the Hafed wheat from Sampla to Rohtak on contract. But, he alleged Surjit Singh, manager, Hafed was adopting
dilly-dallying attitude towards paying his dues and finally he demanded a bribe of Rs 10,000 for the job. He said he was forced to pay bribe of Rs 5,000 for getting sanctioned a cheque worth Rs 8,00,000 (8 lakh) two days ago while another amount of nearly Rs seven lakh was to be paid in the second
installment. The complainant alleged that the manager was demanding again Rs 5,000 for releasing the cheque for rest of the
remaining amount. The SSP said a team comprising DSP Ram Kishore and the SDM Yashendra Singh was constituted which caught the manager red-handed while accepting the bribe from the complainant. The police registered a case under Section 7-13-88 of the prevention of Corruption Act in this connection. |
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Infant killed in road
mishap Rohtak, June 26 The infant’s father, Mr Pankaj Setia a tehsildar posted at Panipat, was going to Rohtak along with his family in a Tata Sumo when it collided with a Rajasthan Roadways bus. Mr Setia and other members of his family were injured in the accident and admitted to the PGI. The driver of the bus fled with the vehicle after the accident. In another incident, three youths were injured in an accident on the Rohtak-Gohana road. Anand, a resident of Janta Colony here, was going with his friend Anil to Jasia village on his motor cycle when it was hit by a car. Anand, Anil and Ved Prakash, driver of the car, received injuries. |
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6 held for violating traffic rules Bhiwani, June 26 A thief involved in four different cases in Bond and Bhiwani areas has been arrested. A 0.315 bore countrymade pistol and two live cartidges were seized from his possession. The police has recovered a Hero Honda motor cycle, three television sets, electric motor and large number of readymade clothes worth Rs 80,000 from him. A police party stopped a motor cycle near the Rohtak road and nabbed one of the riders, Vijay Mal of Kharak. |
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killed in accident Ambala,
June 26 |
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Held for smuggling of
wood Kalka, June 26 |
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Poll for sarpanch’s post on July 8 Bhiwani, June 26 He said nomination papers would be filed in the office of the Block Development and Panchayat Officer (I) at Dadri from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. till June 28. |
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Auditoriums to be constructed Chandigarh, June 26 A spokesman of HUDA said applications for pre-qualification on prescribed forms had been invited from contractors, firms and joint ventures for construction of these auditoriums. Applications should reach the office of the Executive Engineer, HUDA Division No 2, Panchkula, by July 12. |
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Power consumers
‘doubly harassed’ Chandigarh, June 26 In a statement here, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, chief of the PCC, said the consumers were doubly harassed: they got an erratic supply and were being slapped inflated bills. He said the people were apprehensive that the new meters gave higher readings. Regarding the installation of meters on tubewells, Mr Hooda said this move by Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala was against the interest of the
farmers. |
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HUDA to auction sites in Panipat Chandigarh, June 26 A spokesman of HUDA said the authority would also auction commercial shop-cum-flat sites and booth sites in Sector 6 and MIE (Parts A and B), Bahadurgarh, on a freehold basis on June 28. |
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