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Tuesday, February 5, 2002,
Chandigarh, India  
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Haryana CID men in UP CPM flays police atrocities BJP alleges violation of protocol Haryana to keep eye on NCERT books Renovated gate of NDRI opens |
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Two youths booked for raping minor Two
booked on murder charge Workshop on technical education MC to withdraw
house tax bills Prof Janak Grover memorial
declamation contest Inter-college music competition
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Haryana CID men in UP Gurgaon, February 4 According to sources a strong
posse of CID personnel including more than half-a-dozen personnel of the rank of DSP and officers of the rank of SP have been deputed, allegedly at the instance of the Haryana Chief Minister and INLD supremo, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, to give necessary inputs on a day-to-day basis. The number of lower staff members is said to be much on the higher side. CID personnel however have not been provided with extra facilities and support, and often have to brave the chilling nights in UP without any accommodation. According to sources the CID staff from all over the state were being pressed off and on a couple of months even before the process of UP Assembly election got underway. Moreso, when the INLD used to organise its rallies in the state during the run up to the election. It is not far to seek that consequent upon the CID sleuths activities in UP, the intelligence gathering for the statecraft in Haryana has been the main casualty. However, the convention is that any state government acts as the Chief Minister desires. The priority of the INLD is presently to put up a good show in UP and return as many of its nominees as possible in that state’s Vidhan Sabha. It is an open secret that Mr Chautala has made the UP election a prestige issue. So much so that he has thrown the gauntlet to the BJP by pitching his party nominees for the election in direct contest. The INLD nominees will muster votes which will directly affect the prospects of the nominees of the alliance partners of the BJP and the Union Minister Ajit Singh led Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) in Western UP. As the BJP did not oblige the INLD by parting with a decent number of seats, Mr Chautala decided, to go it alone in the elections. The unsavoury development between the INLD and the BJP in Haryana, where the two allies put up their own candidates for byelection to the Yamunanagar seat, is attributed as a direct fallout of the bitterness occasioned between them by the UP elections. The Haryana unit of the BJP announced that it had withdrawn support to the INLD government in Haryana,though this was rebutted by the national president of the
party. But political observers say that the BJP high command underplaying the development in Haryana was simply a
truce, till the outcome of the elections in the four states and its ramifications on the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the Centre. It is in this background that the ruling INLD in Haryana wants to invest with anything that would pay political dividends at the hustings in UP. Whether it is the CID staff or officers of other departments, all would be passee in oiling the electioneering machine of the INLD. |
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CPM flays police atrocities Rohtak, February 4 The Bhiwani district administration, he said, had imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 Cr PC in the rural areas of Khanak and Tosham with a view to granting ‘illegal’ mining rights of a handful of unscrupulous contractors. The district administration, Mr Inderjit Singh said had virtually bypassed even the foreign rulers in perpetrating cruelty on the innocent rural people. Residents of over three dozen villages of the Khanak and Tosham area had been earning their livelihood by working in stone queries since generations and they had become worst sufferers of the government’s mining policy, the CPM said. The workers had formed a union and urged the district administration to impose a ban on royalty being collected illegally’ by some contractors to protect the interests of the workers. But instead of ensuring the rule of law, the administration was trying to crush the genuine protest of the people through the use of massive police force, Mr Inderjit Singh alleged. The CPM demanded the immediate withdrawal of the police force, an end to reign of terror and repression and the initiation of a dialogue with union leaders. The party said a fresh pro-people mining policy could be the only amicable solution. The party also decided to apprise its parliamentary office of the situation in the Khanak and Tosham areas and the police repression and partisan role played by the administration. The Akhil Bharatiya Janvadi Mahila Samiti has also criticised the district administration for letting loose a reign of terror in the Khanak and Tosham areas. Mrs Brinda Karat, the national General Secretary of the samiti said hundreds of people had sustained injuries in the police repression. |
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BJP alleges violation of protocol Faridabad, February 4 While activists of both parties have rushed for supporting their candidates at Yamunanagar and in western UP, the developing “bitterness” between the two parties has started spilling in the open. The BJP MP from here, Mr Ram Chandra Bainda, was not extended an invitation for the inaugural function of the 16th Surajkund Arts and Crafts Festival which was held here on February 1. It was seen as an ‘after-effect’ of the announcement of the state unit of the BJP withdrawing support to the Chautala government recently. It is alleged that the authorities have started ignoring the BJP leaders. District-level leaders of the BJP have criticised it alleging that it was a violation of the protocol. Fielding of the INLD candidate in Yamunanagar and western UP had been a direct result of this, it is claimed. The INLD has fielded 105 candidates in western UP despite the fact that the BJP has closen Union Minister Ajit Singh’s Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) as its partner there. While both parties have activated their workers for the coming poll, the heat generated by the development now could takes an interesting turn in near future.
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Haryana to keep eye on NCERT books Chandigarh, February 4 Highly placed sources here said that the NCERT was re-drawing the course structure for Classes III, VI, IX and XI. The Haryana Government, which has been following the NCERT curricula all these days, is now preparing itself to adopt the new curricula. “ It helps our boys to be in the mainstream of school education and enables them to do well in competitive examinations “, the sources said. They added that the state government had also decided to adopt books being brought out by the NCERT. Exceptions, however, would be made to this rule if the presentations in the NCERT books were found lacking in striking a balance between various viewpoints. “In the case of subjects such as mathematics, physics or chemistry, such problems will not arise. But the story is likely to be different in the case of social sciences”, the sources said while pointing at the raging debate between Marxist historians and NCERT officials over the issue of changes in the history curriculum allegedly being carried out by Hindu Right-wing historians at the behest of the NCERT. The sources said that if an NCERT textbook on any subject had the potential of creating a controversy, the state government would reject it and prescribe some other book which would address the issues mentioned in the syllabus. “We are now waiting for the NCERT books. These are likely to be ready by April. We may also want the students to know a little more about the history of Haryana if a book is found to be inadequate in this respect”, the sources said. The sources revealed that the Union Human Resources Ministry had been trying to impress upon universities of the state by offering them liberal grants to introduce controversial disciplines such as astrology. “It is up to the universities to take any decision in this regard. The state government normally does not interfere in the affairs of the universities”, they said.
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Renovated gate of NDRI opens Karnal, February 4 Renovated at a cost of Rs 32 lakh, by the CPWD, the gate will make the entry of employees and visitors into the institute easy. Provided with the facility of sliding gates separately for entry and exit, it will help control unauthorised entry of vehicles into the campus. The two-wicket gates on both sides will allow the smooth flow of two-wheelers in and out of the campus under the watchful eye of the securityman. The three-tier waterfall with granite black stone has added to the beauty of the gate. More parking space is now available to the public visiting the milk parlour of the NDRI. Dr Panjab Singh, also inaugurated a feed quality control laboratory attached to the Dairy Cattle Nutrition Division of the NDRI. Built at a cost of Rs1.96 lakh, the laboratory will keep quality check on the feed of bovine livestock. The Director-General, ICAR, also inaugurated a hostel for international students funded by the Department of Education of the ICAR and built at a cost of Rs 46.61 lakh. The ICAR chief on his first official visit to the NDRI visited different research facilities at the institute. He also inspected the state-of-the-art processing facilities provided at the Model Dairy Plant which apart from commercial handling of milk for different dairy products, is also being used for training undergraduate dairy students from the NDRI. Dr Panjab Singh addressed staff of the institute at the NDRI auditorium. The Director, NDRI, Dr B.N. Mathur, also spoke. |
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Two youths booked for raping minor Panipat, February 4 According to information, the father of the girl of the same colony lodged a complaint alleging that while he had gone to work in the town and his wife was in Ambala, the two youths took his daughter to fields on the pretext that her mother was asking for her. He also alleged that they made her daughter unconscious and raped her. The incident was reported by the victim to her parents. Medical examination of the victim has also been carried out at the Civil Hospital. |
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Two booked
on murder charge Ambala, February 4 In a complaint lodged with the police the brother of the deceased stated that his brother reached home last night in a critical condition. However, he succeeded to convey that two persons had served him poison-laced liquor. According to the police he was immediately rushed to the local civil hospital from where he was referred to the PGI, Chandigarh. But he died on way to Chandigarh. The police has registered a murder case against the two persons in this regard. After conducting the post-mortem the police handed over the body of the deceased to his relatives. |
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Workshop on technical education Jind, February 4 Dr L.N. Mittal, Director, Jind Institute of Engineering and Technology, in his welcome address emphasised upon the need of changing the concept of employment from wage employment to business and industrial development.
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MC to withdraw
house tax bills Ambala, February 4 According to information, several residents of the sector, along with Rajnish Jaiswal and Shashi Bansal met the Chairman of the council, Mr Rajinder Guddu, today. The council had filed an appeal in this regard in the High Court that was still pending there. The Executive Officer of the council, Mr Satbir Ahalawat said the council had decided to withdraw the bills of the house
tax sent to the residents of that sector earlier. |
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Prof Janak Grover memorial
declamation contest Ambala, February 4 As many as 36 speakers from 16 colleges of the region participated in the contest held under the supervision of Prof Vinay Malhotra. Mr Lakshmi Sagar, vice-president of the college governing council, was the chief guest. The Prof Janak Grover memorial running trophy was won by GN Khalsa College, Yamunanagar. The first prize (team member) went to Vijay Kumar of GN Khalsa College, Yamunanagar, the second (team member) to Sonia DAV College for Girls, Yamunanagar and the third prize (team member) to Archana Sharma of Arya Girls College, Ambala cantonment. The first prize (individual) was won by Jyoti Kanojia of GMN College, the second prize by Shipra of GMN College, Ambala cantonment and the third prize went to Ashok Kumar of the Department of English, Kurukshetra University. In the poetry recitation
competition, MDSD Girls College won the running trophy. Also, Neeru of B. Com (IInd year) won the first prize (individual) and Geetika of BA (IInd year) the second prize. |
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Inter-college music
competition Ambala, February 4 The running trophy was bagged by Government College, Karnal, Harbhajan Singh from GMN College won the first prize in classical (instrumental) while Richa from Government College, Karnal, won the second prize. In light vocal category, Neelam of GMNC and Arti of Government College, Karnal won the first and second prize, respectively. In folk songs, Suresh bagged the first prize and Pooja of GMNC won the second prize. In individual category the winners included Swarati from Arya Kanya Mahavidyalaya
Shahbad, Gresham from DAV College, Ambala city, Vaishali from Arya Kanya Mahavidyalaya Shahbad and Deepak S.A. Jain College, Ambala city, won prizes in ghazal, folk song, classical vocal and tabla, respectively. |
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