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Friday, February
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Chandigarh, India  
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Chautala
to take up SYL issue with PM Strong
reaction to POTO-type move CM for nod
to 3 railway lines Life term for 3 in triple murder
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42 employees found absent Army
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Chautala
to take up SYL issue with PM Yamunanagar, January 31 While talking of newspersons he made it clear that he would take up the issue with the Prime Minister and the BJP regarding clarification on the issue. Mr Kohli has stated that two days back while campaigning in favour of the BJP candidate in Punjab that the BJP would support the Punjab Government for its stand to file a review petition against the recent order of the Supreme Court to complete the SYL canal within one year and no state other than Punjab would be entitled to its water. Mr Kohli not only supported the stand undertaken by Punjab, but had also confirmed that Punjab had no water for other state. Mr Chautala also lashed out against the Congress on the SYL issue, alleging that they were following double standards. He alleged that in Haryana the Congress was supporting the Supreme Court decision whereas in Punjab it was opposing the decision. He suggested that Mr Kohli, who is also the observer for Haryana and Punjab, should not speak without taking the high command’s approval. Mr Chautala breaking the alliance with the BJP in Haryana made it clear that five MPs of the INLD would continue to provide unconditional support to the BJP in the NDA government. He said the BJP had fielded a weak candidate for the Yamunanagar byelection. This could have
benefited the Congress and so it fielded an INLD candidate from there. |
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Strong reaction to POTO-type move Chandigarh, January 31 The president of the Haryana Congress, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, said his party would oppose any undemocratic action of the government as it had done when the Vajpayee government wanted to introduce a Bill to replace the infamous POTO. He said such a draconian law would be used by the Chautala government against its political opponents and inconvenient journalists. Already, he claimed, the government had registered about 1,100 cases against its political adversaries in all parties. Mr Hooda said the people of the state had not forgotten how journalists of Sirsa, the home district of Mr Chautala, had to obtain blanket anticipatory bail from the high court when the Janata Dal was in power in the state. The incident, he said, showed how intolerant the Chautala clan had been of a free press. Even now, he said, false cases had been registered against journalists in places like Faridabad. Newsmen at Yamunanagar were even lathi-charged. The RPI MLA, Mr Karan Dalal, said if such a law was ever adopted in Haryana, it would spell doom for democracy. The law would be used only against political opponents and journalists and not against criminals. The general secretary of the HVP, Mr Rajeev Jain, said the Haryana version of POTO would be used by the ruling party to curb the voice of dissent in the state and not against any criminal who enjoyed the patronage of INLD politicians. The president of the Chandigarh Journalists Association, affiliated to the
NUJ (I), Mr Radhey Shyam Sharma, said whenever the government tried to muzzle the Press in the name of controlling crime, it forgot that crime was encouraged by the slackness in official machinery. Any attempt to gag the Press by the government to cover up its shortcomings had never been good for society. Experience had shown that crime and terrorism had always thrived on the weaknesses of government machinery and political patronage. The president of the Haryana Union of Journalists, Mr Vinod Jindal, said the HUJ had always fought for the freedom of the Press under the guidance of its parent body, the National Union of Journalists. He said the HUJ would not shirk its responsibility this time also. Meanwhile, an official spokesman described the news report titled, “Haryana plans POTO-type Act to muzzle the Press” as “totally false, motivated, malicious and aimed at tarnishing the image of the state government”. He said the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, had opposed those provisions of POTO which could be misused to curb the freedom of the Press. The spokesman, however, clarified that the state government had received a letter from the Union Government on June 6, 2001, asking all state governments to consider the framing of a special legislation on the pattern of the MCOCA, along with a copy of the Maharashtra Act. The Union Government, he said, had conveyed that “in the context of national security the Maharashtra Act may serve as a good model to deal with organised crime”. He admitted that the matter was under “examination with the state government”. |
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CM for nod to 3 railway lines Chandigarh, January 31 Mr Chautala, in a demi-official letter addressed to Mr Nitish Kumar, said that the laying of the railway lines — the Bahadurgarh-Jhajjar-Kosli-Kanina, the Sonepat-Gohana-Lakhanmajra-Meham-Bhiwani and the Jakhal-Ratia-Fatehabad-Bhattu Kalan — would provide the rail facility in those areas of the state which had remained deprived of it so far. Also, the new railway lines would strengthen the infrastructure in the National Capital Region (NCR) and ensure the socio-economic upliftment of the people, especially in rural areas of the state. The Chief Minister said that the Bahadurgarh-Jhajjar-Kosli-Kanina railway line would be about 78 km long. Jhajjar had already been made a district headquarters and an industrial area was also being developed there to act as a counter-magnet to Delhi in the NCR. The Sonepat-Gohana-Lakhan-majra-Meham-Bhiwani railway line would be about 104 km long. Mr Chautala also conveyed to the Union Railway Minister the state government’s desire to have the railway line proposed by the Rajasthan Government from Rewari to Bhiwadi extended up to Palwal as it would ensure better connectivity of the backward areas of
Mewat. |
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Life term for 3 in triple murder
case Ambala, January 31 The Additional Sessions Judge, Ambala, Mr Lakshman Sharma, sentenced Ajay Gill, Manish Kumar and Tulsi Shah to life imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs 5,000 each for having committed the offence punishable under Section 302 along with Section 34, IPC. In default of payment of fine, they shall undergo further rigorous imprisonment for one year each. The case pertains to the murder of Ajit Singh, Gurdeep Kaur and Sukhvinder Kaur in March, 1998. According to the Public Prosecutor, the accused went to the house of the deceased at midnight and committed three murders by inflicting 33 injuries on their person with knives. The order observed that the present case was based on circumstantial evidence only and the accused were young persons. Each of the accused is further sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 10 years and to pay a fine of Rs 3,000 each for having committed the offence punishable under Section 460, IPC. In default of payment of fine, the accused shall undergo further rigorous imprisonment for six months. The accused are also sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of Rs 1,000 each for having committed an offence under Section 25 of the Arms Act. In default of payment of fine, the accused shall undergo further rigorous imprisonment for one month. All the sentences shall run concurrently, the order stated. |
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42 employees found absent Ambala, January 31 Mr Mahinder Kumar inspected the offices of the Municipal Council, Ambala city, HUDA, District Bal Kalyan Parishad and Haryana Roadways. Twentythree employees were found absent in the Haryana Roadways office. Mr Kumar said that strict action would be taken against them. |
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Army recruitment rally on Feb 6 Panipat, January 31 Only candidates belonging to the Sikh, Mazbi Sikh, Ramdasia Sikh and Gorkha communities will be eligible for recruitment. They should have passed at least class X and should be between the age group of 16 and 21 years as on April 1. |
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IG given
warm farewell Ambala, January 31 Speaking on the occasion at the Police Lines, Ambala city, Mr
H. S. Ahlawat, said the police personnel must work hard and maintain the honour of the police force. They must be always ready to help the people and hear their grievances patiently. During his tenure as IG (Ambala Range), there had been no major terrorist or communal incident, he added. Earlier, police personnel drawn from Ambala, Panchkula, Yamunanagar, Kaithal and Kurukshetra participated in the farewell parade. Mr Ahlawat then inspected the parade. The police band played different tunes. Among others, the Commissioner, Ambala division, Mr Maha Singh, Deputy Commissioner, Ambala, Mr D. D. Gautam, Additional DC, Mr Mahinder Kumar, and the Ambala SP, Mr Sandeep
Khirwar, were also present on the occasion. |
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