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February 10, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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HUDA hikes rates of unsold plots Cong councillors boycott budget meeting Manager of bank held in fraud case Murder suspect held |
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HUDA hikes rates of unsold plots Chandigarh, February 9 Official sources here said that the Haryana Cabinet, at a meeting held on December 14, 1999, took the decision that leftover or unsold plots might be sold by way of floatation and reserve price might be fixed on the basis of market price. They said that in view of the Cabinet decision, HUDA proposed increase in the rates of plots in Sector 1 (P), Ambala, Sectors 19(P-II) and 20, Kaithal, Sectors 4, 5, 12 (II), 8 (II) and 9, Karnal. The rate at Ambala was increased to Rs 2500 per sq yard from Rs 2400 and to Rs 1500 from Rs 1200 per sq yard at Kaithal . For the Karnal sectors, the rates were increased to Rs 1300, Rs 1800, Rs 1800 and Rs 1800, respectively, from Rs 1290, Rs 1500, Rs 1590 and Rs 1500 per sq yard. Rates of plots available at 13 Part, 15 Part and 16 Part, Sonepat were increased to Rs 2500 per sq yard from Rs 2250 and Rs 1850, respectively. In Hisar, rates of plots in Sectors 13 (P- II), 16 & 17 (Part) and at Police lines were increased to Rs 2250 and Rs 3200 from Rs 2000, Rs 990 and Rs 2950 per sq yard, respectively. Rates of plots in Sector 6, Hansi, were increased to Rs 900 from Rs 550 per sq yard which was the rate when it was floated in December 1999. Rates were also increased in 3 (P), Fatehabad (Rs 1860 from Rs 1300) and at MTS, Gulha Cheeka. For plots in Sector 23, Sonepat, the rate was increased from Rs 1500 per sq yard to Rs 1650. In Sector 4, Rewari, the rate was increased to Rs 2200 from the existing price of Rs 2000 per sq yard. Rates were also increased for plots in Sector 20 (P-I), Sirsa, Sector 1, Rohtak, Sector 2-3-4 Part, Rohtak, Sector 7, Gohana, Sectors 2 and 3, Kurukshetra ( Rs 1000 from Rs 790 in both cases) as well as in Sectors 5 and 4, Kurukshetra, Sector 9, Ambala and Sector 20 (Part II), Sirsa. No change in the rates was proposed for the remaining unsold plots in the various towns and cities. |
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Cong councillors boycott budget meeting Ambala, February 9 The proposed budget was passed with an income of Rs 5.73 crore and expenditure of Rs 5.61 crore for the year 2002-2003, without the participation of the Congress councillors. Later, these councillors, staged a protest outside the House, where they said the budget was “fictitious”. The leader of the Congress in the MC, Mr Dharam Pal Chadha, said there were several lacunae in the budget like a heavy tax burden for the common man. A Congress councillor, Mr Bharat Ratan Sharma, said there was a quantum jump in the house tax compared to last year (from Rs 1.30 crore last year to Rs 1.80 crore this year), “despite the state government promise that the increase would be nominal”. He said the income from stamp duty had been Rs 55 lakh last year, which had gone upto Rs 75 lakh now. “This shows that people living in unauthorised colonies are going to bear the brunt,” he said. “The income from power supply has gone down by Rs 4 lakh. “While, last year, it was Rs 24 lakh, this year, only a Rs 20 lakh income is proposed. It reflects poorly on the manner in which the income from various heads is steadily going down,” he said. Mr Sharma said a substantial increase was also noted under the miscellaneous head. “While it was Rs 91 lakh last year, this year, it has gone up by Rs 70 lakh. One can only wonder what is the source of income under this head,” he said. The Congress councillors said the expenditure under the development work head had been proposed to be Rs 1.20 crore, which was much higher than Rs 75 lakh of last year. “We want to know what development work has already been done,” they said. The Congressmen who did not participate in today’s budget meeting include Mr Dharam Pal Chadha, Mr Bharat Ratan Sharma, Ms Amisha Chawla, Ms Mahinder Tanwar, Ms Bimla Sharma, Mr Parvesh Sasan and Mr Inder Pal
Pammi. |
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Manager of bank held in fraud case Sirsa, February 9 According to the information received here today, the arrests were made after the local Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr
A.S. Narang, ordered registration of a case against six persons for operating a bank locker defying the court order. According to the sources, the order was passed by the CJM on the ‘istgasa’ filed by Mr Neera Diwan in which she had alleged that her mother-in-law Satyawati Diwan did not allow her and her daughter a share in the valuables kept in locker No 39, of the Central Bank of India about 30 years ago jointly by her late husband Rakesh and his mother. To get back her and her daughter’s rights, she had filed a case in 1990 in the court. In 1992, the court ordered that the said bank locker would be operated jointly by
Priya, minor daughter of the deceased, and Satyawati. The court also decided to seal the bank locker and open it in front of bank officers, three contenders and advocates of both
parties. Neera alleged that on her return from Delhi, where she had gone in connection with her daughter’s education, she found that the seal of the bank locker was broken. When she inquired about this she was told that her sister-in-law, Ms Deepika Malhotra, brought a power of attorney from Satyawati and operated the bank locker. On this
“istgasa,’ the CJM ordered the registration of a case under the Cr PC, Section 156 and 3, and an investigation into the matter. |
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Murder suspect held Kaithal, February 9 |
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Support pledged to INLD nominee Yamunanagar, February 9 |
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120-yr-old woman honoured by bank Ambala, February 9 The AGM, Mr
A.S. Bhatia, presided over the function. Ms Shankari Devi’s grandson claimed that his grandmother was the oldest person in the region since she was more than 120 years old. He, however, did not present written document in support of her claim. Shankari Devi is in relatively good health and is drawing old age pension. She was presented a blanket on behalf of the bank. |
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Slain soldier cremated Ambala, February 9 He was killed during an encounter with terrorists on February 7. He is survived by his wife and two children.
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