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Wednesday,
January 9, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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BJP firm
on Yamunanagar seat Yamunanagar:
Sonia to select nominee BSP fields
Punjabi to shed ‘Dalit image’ Play
meaningful role, Chautala asks litterateurs DC
suspends his ‘corrupt’ PA |
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Woman murdered, body dumped in bed box Joginder
murder: 3 arrested for harbouring hitmen Kurukshetra
cops nab robber ‘16 per
cent decline in highway mishaps’ Farmers
protest against poor water supply Haryana to have
departmental Lok Adalats 350
polluting units closed MDU
executive council members nominated Traffic Safety Week begins Forum
tells dealer to replace TV
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BJP firm on Yamunanagar seat Gurgaon, January 8 The BJP’s state parliamentary board meeting has been convened tomorrow to discuss the names of the aspirants for ticket. The three-member committee, comprising office-bearers from Haryana, to assess the ground reality in Yamunanagar and chances of winnability of the aspirants, has already submitted its report to the state president of the party, Mr Rattan Lal Kataria. According to sources, the committee has shortlisted 10
names, including that of a former minister and BJP stalwart, Ms Kamla Verma. The name of a former president of the Haryana unit of the BJP, Prof Ram Bilas Sharma, does not figure on the list A local leader from Yamunanagar, Mr Ghan Shyam Dass, is also in the reckoning. Although INLD and BJP leaders have reduced the frequency of spat against each other in public, a majority of the BJP leaders are said to be apprehensive of Mr Chautala’s moves in Yamunanagar, especially in light of the last Assembly elections in Haryana. It may be recalled that immediately after the elections, almost all top leaders of the BJP alleged that Mr Chautala had worked against them, resulting in setback to the party. At some places the INLD allegedly encouraged its leaders to enter the fray as Independents in direct contest to the BJP nominees. The chill in the relationship has not improved as witnessed by continuing sporadic outbursts of the BJP leaders against the policies of the INLD government. Significantly, during the call given by the Haryana Congress for “Bandh” in urban pockets of the state on November 2, the BJP did not oppose it. A senior BJP leader said his party attached significance to the elections in Yamunanagar as it was considered to be its stronghold. The BJP has won the seat three times and stood second on other occasions. Hence, the BJP could give up its claim on the constituency, he added. |
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Yamunanagar: Sonia to select nominee Chandigarh, January 8 This decision was taken unanimously by the Election Committee of the party, which met here under the presidentship of Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Among those who attended the meeting were the Leader and the Deputy Leader of the Congress Legislature Party, Mr Bhajan Lal and Capt Ajay Singh Yadav, respectively, Mr Shamsher Singh Surjewala and Mr Harpal Singh, both former presidents of the Haryana Congress; Mr Mange Ram Gupta, MLA; Mr Chiranji Lal Sharma, Mr Khurshid Ahmed and Mr Hari Singh Nalwa, all former MPs; Mr Jagdish Nehra, Mrs Prasanni Devi and Mr Phool Chand Mullana, all former Ministers; and Mr Jai Singh Rana, former MLA. Waking up from a slumber, the party also decided to organise a dharna in Panipat on January 18 to protest against the murder of a teacher, Mrs Joginder Kaur, in which the involvement of certain relatives of the Haryana Assembly Speaker is alleged. Mrs Joginder Kaur was murdered inside the court complex on November 26 last. Though the Youth Congress had organised a demonstration in Panipat, it is for the first time that the parent body will hold any kind of protest. Mr Hooda said a party delegation would also give a memorandum to the President, the Prime Minister, the Union Home Minister and the Haryana Governor demanding a CBI inquiry into the case. |
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BSP fields Punjabi to
shed ‘Dalit image’ Panipat, January 8 The name of Mr Ahuja, who will file his nomination papers on January 21, was cleared by the high command last night. The nomination of Mr Ahuja is part of the new strategy of the party to grow and expand its base among the other castes and communities to widen its electoral base, sources told The Tribune here today. Under the new strategy party was planning to give representation to the leaders of those communities which have a major presence in the area so that it stood to gain electorally. This becomes clear by the decision to give ticket to Mr Ahuja, as the Punjabi community, to which Ahuja belongs, has a strong presence of over 35,000 votes in the Assembly constituency. The Dalits, too, have over 35,000 votes followed to Brahmins (25,000 votes) and Muslims (15,000 votes). However, the nomination of Mr Ahuja is likely to be mired in controversy as he had hit the headlines when he was booked under Sections 452, 420, 419, 384, 170, 506, 120-B, 223 and 242 of the IPC on September 17 last year on charges of harassment and extortion from a boy and a girl staying in his hostel here. The case had generated much heat here and the FIR was lodged on the directions of the Haryana DGP, Mr M.S. Malik, after the local police tried to allegedly hush up the case. The SI Mr Narinder Dahiya, and Havaldar Ranbir were suspended in the case. Mr Ahuja was later released on bail. Talking about the main election issue, Mr Ahuja said failure of the Om Prakash Chautala government on all fronts would be his main plank. Mr Ahuja is a former general secretary of the Haryana Pradesh Youth Congress before he joined the BSP in November last year and was appointed state spokesman of the BSP. |
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Play meaningful role, Chautala asks litterateurs Chandigarh, January 8 Mr Chautala, who was speaking after honouring several writers, poets and authors at a function organised by the Haryana Sahitya
Akademi, said the state government would activate the Sanskrit Akademi as well as the Cultural
Akademi. He asked the Director of the Sahitya Akademi, Dr Chander
Trikha, to raise the award amount for the second and third prizes for stories by at least five times. At present these prizes are Rs 750 and Rs 500, respectively. The
prestigious Sur Award of Rs 1 lakh was conferred upon Dr Harish Chander Verma of Rohtak for his contribution to the Hindi literature for the past four decades. Dr Sansar Chand of Chandigarh was honoured with Maharshi Vedvyasa Award of Rs 15,000. The Babu Balmukand Gupt Award for Hindi literature was conferred upon Dr
Naresh, Chairman, Bhai Vir Singh Chair, Panjab University, Chandigarh. A former Editor of Dainik Tribune, Mr Radhey Shyam Sharma, was honoured with the Babu Balmukand Gupt Award for Hindi journalism. Mrs Shakuntala
Brijmohan, Dr (Mrs) Sudha Jain and Dr (Mrs) Meera Gautam were honoured with the Women Empowerment Awards of Rs 11,000 each. Mrs Brijmohan(82), took to Hindi literature at the age of 70 after the death of her husband, Dr
Brijmohan, who was Head of the Department of Mathematics at Banaras Hindu University. Pandit Lakhmichand Award was conferred upon Dr Puran Chand Sharma of Rohtak. Among the other award winners were Dr Rajendra
Gautam(Delhi), (MORE) Mrs Bharati Babbar of Karnal, Mr Kumar Ravindra of Hisar, Dr Naresh Mishra of Rohtak, Dr Harishchandra Bandhu of Jind, Dr Sudha Jain of Panchkula, Mrs Sudarshan Ratnakar of Faridabad, Dr Yashpal Vaid of Ambala, Mr Shriniwas Vats of Rohtak, Mr Rohit Yadav of
Ateli, Mr Ram Prakash Sharma of New Delhi and Dr Puran Chand Sharma of Rohtak. |
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DC suspends his ‘corrupt’ PA Faridabad, January 8 The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Arun Kumar, who took charge recently sprang a surprise when he suspended the PA on charges of corruption. The PA had reportedly offered a payment received through illegal means to the Deputy Commissioner. Mr Arun Kumar has announced that axe will fall on all corrupt officials. The incident has not only sent a warning to other government employees but has also put a question mark on the credibility and functioning of the Office of/Deputy Commissioner. In the second case, a Block Development Officer in Hodal subdivision has been placed under suspension on charges of inefficiency and irregularities in his work. The third official who has been suspended is Assistant Fire Officer of the local municipal corporation. He has allegedly demanded a bribe for providing an NOC to an oil depot holder. |
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Woman murdered, body dumped in bed box Ambala, January 8 The murder came to light late this evening at Shastri Colony, which is located next to the GT Road. Mrs Sudesh Abrol, wife of Dr M L Abrol, who has a practice at Topekhana, Ambala Cantonment, was murdered by unidentified assailants and her body was dumped in the box of a bed which was in the drawing room. Mrs Abrol (48) was last seen by her neighbours at about 5.15 p.m. When her son, Rinku, arrived home this evening, he found household goods strewn allover the place. He began to search for
his mother and also informed the neighbours. When they were unable to locate Mrs Abrol outside, they searched inside the house. It was then they opened the bed box and found her body. An eyewitness said that her hand and feet had been tied together with a rope. The telephone wire had also been cut. At the time of filing the report, it was not known whether any goods had been stolen. However, a visit to the spot revealed that the house had been ransacked and the almirahs were lying open. The dog squad picked up a scent up to the GT Road but lost it thereafter. Forensic experts had also been called. The Superintendent of Police, Mr Sandeep Khirwar, who was at the spot, said that they are looking into various aspects of the case. Ambala Cantonment MLA, Anil Vij, who is a resident of Shastri Colony, and BJP Ambala Cantonment Mandal president Shish Pal Bhola were present at the spot besides a number of colony residents. The local residents expressed shock over the murder of Mrs Abrol and demanded that the security must be beefed up. |
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Joginder
murder: 3 arrested for harbouring hitmen Panipat, January 8 According to sources, Naveen, of Sampla village of Rohtak district and Parveen of Kharkhauda village at Sonepat district and Gurmeet of Kotla Sukhdev Nagar here were arrested for giving shelter to the alleged killers Sheelu of Lat Joli village of Sonepat district and Sandeep of Gosiam Khera village of Jind district. Another accused, Surjeet, is also said to be involved in the crime. A case under Section 216, IPC, has been registered. This would mean that Sheelu, whom the dreaded criminal, Kuldip Kalwa, is said to have hired for the murder, was accompanied by Sandeep and Surjeet thus further complicating the case. Three accused were today remanded in three days’ police custody. |
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Kurukshetra
cops nab robber Kurukshetra, January 8 The district police chief, Mr Desraj Singh, told The Tribune that Avtaar Singh, alias Taari, along with his accomplices Baljeet Singh and Ram Subhash, both, residents of Roopa Majra village, under thana sadar, Ambala, had looted the accountant and fled in a car. During interrogation, Avtaar Singh told the police that they entered Punjab on foot leaving behind their car which had sunk in the sands of Taangree river near Ambala. Later, Baljeet Singh was arrested by the Kurukshetra police while, Ram Subhash allegedly committed suicide in his village when he came to know that the police was after them. A sum of Rs 20,000 in cash and 15 cartridges have been seized from Avtaar Singh’s possession. Eighteen cases of murder, dacoity and robbery have been registered against Avtaar Singh, alias Taari, at Ludhiana, Patiala and Sangrur districts in Punjab. Avtaar Singh has been sent in judicial custody for 14 days. |
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‘16 per cent decline
in highway mishaps’ Chandigarh, January 8 Quoting Mr Rajan Gupta, Transport Commissioner of the state, the release said that the number of accidents on the four major highways passing through Haryana declined by 16 per cent following the setting up of 19 Traffic Aid Centres on them by the Haryana Highway Patrol and Road Safety Organisation. The release said that the number of accidents came down to 1,798 in the past 11 months as compared to 2,093 in the corresponding period last year. Similarly, the number of persons killed in road accidents came down to 847 from 1,005. It said that during this period, the TACs attended 1,065 accidents, provided first aid to 749 accident victims and shifted 1,214 victims to the nearest hospitals. As many as 304 damaged vehicles were removed from the roads by the TACs during this period, it added. |
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Farmers
protest against
poor water supply Faridabad, January 8 Reports of acute shortage of both water and electricity have poured in from several villages. According to residents of the affected areas, the power department had failed to ensure even eight to 10 hours of supply. A farmer of Kheri Kalan said the villagers had not been getting more than six hours of power supply in a day for the past about a fortnight. Moreover, the voltage had been poor, a panch of the same village said. The villagers have submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner. Similar complaints have also been reported from several villages of nearly all subdivisions, including Ballabgarh, Hodal, Hathin, Hassanpur and Palwal. Delay in rain has further added to their woes. |
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Haryana
to have departmental Lok Adalats Chandigarh, January 8 An official release said that a decision to this effect was taken at a meeting presided over by the Executive Chairman of the Haryana State Legal Services Authority, Mr Justice V.K. Bali in Chandigarh last evening. The release quoted Mr Justice Bali as saying that cases relating to transfer, promotion and irregular appointments could be settled in the Lok Adalats. However, cases connected with seniority of service, in which a compromise could not be reached, would not be taken up. |
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350 polluting units closed Chandigarh, January 8 While stating this here today, an official release said that show-cause or closure notices had been issued to 1,650 units. It warned that strict action would be taken against those found violating the provisions of the water and air pollution Acts. |
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MDU executive
council members
nominated Rohtak, January 8 The appointments made under statute-II of the MDU Act will be for two years with effect from January 12. The Vice-Chancellor has, on the recommendations of the research committee and the board of examiners, declared five research scholars eligible for Ph.D degrees. These research scholars are Renu (Education Department), Hari Om (rural development), Anand Prakash (commerce), Vinay Kumar (Sanskrit) and Man Mohan (management). The university has also organised a coaching-cum-consultation programme for NDA/CDS aspirants with effect from January 11. The university students interested in research scholarships (2001-2002) can apply to the head of the department concerned till January 12. |
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Traffic Safety Week begins Kalka, January 8 Officials remained busy on the highway, fixing two reflectors at the rear of every vehicle and black stickers on headlights. DSP Rajesh Duggal said the general public was giving an encouraging response to the drive. |
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Forum tells dealer to replace TV Fatehabad, January 8 Mr Vinod Kumar of the local Dharamshala road had purchased a colour television of an internationally acclaimed company for Rs 11,990. The dealer gave a warranty of three years on the television. But it did not function properly even in the beginning. The consumer asked the dealer to either replace or repair the television but the dealer refused to do anything. The consumer then sent a legal notice to the dealer on November 15,2000, but the dealer did not respond to the notice even. |
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