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Wednesday,
September 26, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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DHBVN
floats conversion scheme Kant
unveils statue of Devi Lal Chautala
opens PWD rest house BRIG SATYA DEV CASE Three
killed in shootout |
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Mock
exercise keeps cops on toes AMBALA DIARY ‘Sugandh’
a success, say scientists 2 brothers
abducted, murdered Murder
suspect declared PO CPM flays
Centre over economic policies 3 of
dacoits’ gang arrested 
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DHBVN floats conversion scheme Hisar, September 25 A Nigam spokesman said here yesterday that due to a large number of pending applications for tubewell connections under the agriculture category, several consumers had obtained connections under the LT industrial (SP) category. Since most such connections were practically being used for agriculture purposes, it was decided to convert connections. He said that under this scheme, all those consumers, who had obtained horticulture connections before August 27, 2000 and were using it for agriculture, would be allowed to convert their connections into the agriculture category, if they deposited the entire principal defaulting amount by October 15. All surcharges of such consumers would also be waived by the Nigam. However, this scheme was applicable only to those who had obtained horticulture connections ignoring other connections, which had been obtained under the same tariff. He said that the consumer desiring such conversion could apply with a written application to the Sub-Divisional Officer concerned on or before October 15. Meanwhile, the Nigam has received overwhelming response to its scheme to regularise ‘kundi’ connection in the rural areas. Claiming this, a spokesman for the Nigam said here that more than 3000 connections had been regularised under this scheme during the past three weeks. The Nigam officials had selected 116 villages of Hisar, Fatehabad, Sirsa, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Mahenderagarh and Rewari districts for the first phase of the scheme. The officials organised a special campaign in 85 villages of these districts and about 3200 persons applied for regular connections. The officials sanctioned most of the connections on the spot. |
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Kant unveils statue of Devi Lal Faridabad, September 25 He was speaking after unveiling a one-tonne statue of former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal, on his birth anniversary at Karman village near Hodal town, about 65 km from here. He described the late leader as a true national political figure who had dedicated his life to fight for the rural poor. The Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, said the state government would install statues of freedom fighters and martyrs at educational institutions and public places. The Sarpanch of Karman village, Mr Tarif Singh, presented a turban to the Vice-President. The village panchayat had donated two acres for the construction of the statue made of bronze. It has been placed near the border of Haryana and UP on the National Highway No 2. |
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Chautala
opens PWD rest house Sonepat, September 25 The rest house,
which is spread over 3 acres, has all modern facilities for the
visitors. Mr Chautala laid the foundation stone of a tehsil building
to be built at a cost of Rs 47.50 lakh and would be completed within
six months. The building would consist of a treasury office also. Mr
Vijay Goel, Union Minister of State, who accompanied the Chief
Minister praised the working of the Chautala government and described
it as pro-people and pro-farmer. Mr Dhirpal Singh, Minister for
Country and Town Planning, Mr Dev Raj Dewan, Mr Suraj Mal Antil, Mr
Padam Singh Dahiya, Mr Ramesh Khatak, Dr Ram Kumar Saini, all MLAs and
Mr Ved Singh Malik, former minister, were among those who were present
on the occasion. Later, Mr Chautala also inaugurated a state-level
“ragini” competition organised in connection with Chetna Week
being held in the memory of former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal at
Rohna village yesterday. |
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BRIG SATYA DEV CASE Chandigarh, September 25 Brig Satya Dev is a close relative of the Haryana Congress president, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda. He was appointed the Secretary of the Rajya Sainik Board when Mr Bansi Lal was the Chief Minister. However, his services were terminated after Mr Om Prakash Chautala took over the reins of power in Haryana. The officer challenged his termination before the high court and impleaded Mr Chautala as a party in person, levelling allegations of mala fide against him. The petitioner alleged that his services had been terminated out of political vindictiveness because Mr Chautala’s father, the late Devi Lal, was defeated by Mr Hooda from the Rohtak Lok Sabha constituency thrice. The high court set aside the termination on the ground that these orders had been passed “without any application of mind”. The court also made critical references to the handling of the whole issue by the state authorities, including the Chief Minister’s staff. |
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Three killed in shootout Rohtak, September 25 According to police sources, Suresh, Zile Singh and Om died on the spot in the shootout while Mahender, Raj, Pradeep, Anoop, Jai Bhagwan, Ram Bhaj and Ramphal sustained bullet injuries in the cross fire. They have been admitted to the PGIMS here. A police party has rushed to the village. No arrests had been made till the filing of this report.
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Mock exercise keeps cops on toes Rohtak, September 25 It was around 10 am when the message was received which also said the prisoners had fired indiscriminately before fleeing. The message was transmitted on behalf of the SSP, Mr Attar Singh
Ahlawat. First to reach the jail within a few minutes after the flashing of the message was DSP (City) Kartar Singh Hooda followed by DSP (HQ) Sultan Singh and DSP (Detective) Tikka Ram. The SHO (Civil Lines) and SHO (City) also arrived to record the incident and start investigations. The
IGP, Mr Resham Singh, also rushed to the jail. The police set up nakas on all roads leading out of the city. However, the SSP was sitting calmly in his office on the second floor of the mini secretariat. Mediapersons and photographers also rushed to the jail. However, on reaching the jail, they learnt that it was a mock exercise to check the efficiency of the police. The reporters learnt that against a sanctioned capacity of 350 prisoners, the jail had nearly, 1,800 inmates. Over 30 of prisoners were suffering from the tuberculosis and 20 were heart patients. Between 40 and 50 were suffering from other serious ailments. The medical facilities at the jail are, however, inadequate. |
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AMBALA DIARY Rahul Das Tribune News Service Ambala A two-day free eye camp was held by the Junior Chamber of Ambala Industry at Aggarwal Dharamshala. ‘Kaun Banega Vijeta’ was held at Rukmini Devi Hall. Besides these, the events included an inter-school talent competition, a talent and fashion show for children, and a health camp. Free uniforms were distributed among schoolchildren of Basle Ka Nagla village. A ‘Boogie-Woogie’ dance competition was the highlight of the week in which a number of participants danced to foot-tapping numbers. *** The Lions Club, Ambala Central, honoured teachers at its general body meeting. Among others, Ms Sudha Mathur, Principal, Lord Mahavir Jain Public School, Ms Balvinder Kaur, Lecturer, Kurukshetra University, Ms Sangeeta Batra of Government School, Ms Gurpreet Kaur of Chaman Vatika, Ms Shashi Bala Mittal of Mittal Open School and Ms Anu Nagpal, lecturer, Government College, were honoured. The president of the club, Mr Rajesh Batra, said that despite dwindling values, the teacher-student relationship had survived in India and the teachers continued to be revered by the students. *** By winning the first Ashwini Memorial Football Tournament, Ambala has considerably regained its glory in football. There is a Football Chowk in Ambala Cantonment outside War Heroes Memorial Stadium, which indicates the importance of football in Ambala. However, playing football at the War Heroes Memorial Stadium is going to end since an astroturf for hockey is going to be laid on the football field. Local football enthusiasts were distressed when the goal posts were uprooted from this ground. *** The local Bharatiya Janata Party activists are enthused with the presence of senior party leaders from Delhi in their midst. Earlier, BJP activists used to lament the fact that their suggestions were not taken seriously by the higher leadership. This situation is now changing and at least two leaders from Delhi have visited Ambala to attend workers’ meetings. While a former Health Minister of Delhi, Dr Harsh Vardhan, attended the BJP workers’ meeting at Aggarwal Dharamshala, the Union Minister, Mr Venkaiah Naidu, attended a meeting of workers from Ambala, Kurukshetra, Yamunanagar and Panchkula districts, at the new grain market in Ambala City. |
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‘Sugandh’
a success, say scientists Jhajjar, September 25 The crops will ripe in only 118 days and its production is 40 per cent more than any other basmati rice seed. It needs less water than other varieties. Dr
A.K. Singh said this to farmers at Jakhoda village on Monday. Dr R.P. Singh, agriculture economist, and around 20 agriculture scientists from the
IARI, including Dr R.C. Gautam, Dr K.S. Deswal, Dr Baldev Singh, Dr
B.B. Singh, Dr Kartar Singh, Dr Subhas Chandra and Dr Shiv Charan participated in the programme. |
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2 brothers
abducted, murdered Faridabad, September 25 While the relatives of the victims identified as Dheeraj (6) and his brother Gopal (3) are in deep shock, the residents of Baselwa Colony are angry over the police failure to save the lives of the children and arrest the culprits. The children were playing outside their house after which they reportedly went missing on Saturday. The parents lodged a complaint with the police, suspecting it to be a case of abduction. Their suspicion came true when the body of Gopal (3) was found from a nullah near Bhadkhal bridge here on Sunday. The family received another shock today when they got news of their elder son’s death. The body of Gopal was found wrapped in a gunny bag on Sunday. The post-mortem report also confirmed it to be a case of murder. Residents of the colony gheraoed the police station and took out a procession in the town yesterday in protest. Meanwhile, police teams have been sent to UP to nab the culprits. |
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Murder suspect declared PO Chandigarh, September 25 While stating this here today, a spokesman of the Haryana police said Satpal was allegedly involved in the murder of Virendra besides injuring others in Badra village on September 12. A case under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 342, 365, 109, 307, 302, 452 and 216 of the Indian Penal Code was registered against the suspect. Pahari was once said to be close to Mr Surender Singh, son of Mr Bansi Lal, former Chief Minister of Haryana. He said the Fatehabad police seized over 20 kg of opium worth Rs 3 lakh from Inderjit Singh of Pirthala village under the NDPS Act on September 24. Four other persons had also been arrested under the Excise Act. As many as 216 bottles of liquor, one working still and 50 kg of lahan were seized. |
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CPM flays Centre
over economic policies Rohtak, September 25 Addressing a gathering of demonstrators at the end of nationwide campaign against the government, organised by the CPM, Mr Dahiya said there were no employment opportunities for the youth and education and health services were converted into businesses. He accused the government of bowing before the USA and ignored the interests of common people. Earlier, a large number of farmers, labourers, women and students held a demonstration and took out a procession raising anti-government slogans. |
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3 of dacoits’ gang arrested Fatehabad, September 25 The SP, Mr Hanif Qureshi, told mediapersons today that the accused had been identified as Gurdeep and Ranjeet, both residents of Katakheri village, and Rajinder a resident of Swami Nagar village. Three of their accomplices managed to escape. The police has seized a pistol from them and booked them under Sections 399 and 402 of the IPC. |
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Ban on use of plastic bags Yamunanagar, September 25 Ms Renu Phullia, SDM, Jagadhri, started the campaign. In the first phase, students of different schools who are members of eco-clubs and volunteers of the NSS took part in the rally. She said the government had imposed a ban on traders, retailers and vendors to use polythene carrybags. The defaulters may face imprisonment a fine of Rs 5,000. |
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