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Wednesday, February
13, 2002,
Chandigarh, India  
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Haryana
officer held for drug trafficking Mining
mafia: ex-CM seeks probe Demonstration over girl’s death Development officers oppose move to curtail cadre
1900 cops for byelection |
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board chief takes over Bhiwani, February 12 Additional Deputy Commissioner R.P. Gupta took charge as Chairman of the Haryana Board of School Education today. He has taken the charge in addition to his present duty. 
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Haryana officer held for drug trafficking New Delhi, February 12 On specific information, the narcotics branch of the police laid a trap and nabbed Sushil Kumar Gauba from Hamdard bus stand here on Sunday, Deputy Commissioner of Police D.L. Kashyap, said today. Gauba, working at the Accountant-General’s office in Chandigarh had been posted as Divisional Accounts Officer with the Public Works Department at Rewari. Preliminary interrogation revealed that Gauba had been supplying timber in various parts of neighbouring states. In one such trip, he came in contact with a truck driver who used to supply narcotics. The lure of quick money motivated him to supply opium to customers in Delhi. Gauba was arrested before he could deliver the narcotics to the customer.
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Mining mafia: ex-CM seeks probe Rohtak, February 12 Addressing newsmen here today, Mr Bansi Lal described the extortions as “goonda- tax”. He said criminal cases should also be registered against the district authorities of Bhiwani for facilitating these unscrupulous persons in the collection of this “goonda tax.” These unauthorised persons, he alleged, were collecting approximately Rs 15 lakh daily. The state committee of the CPM has also demanded a judicial inquiry into the modus operandi of the alleged mining mafia in the Khanak area and the alleged connivance of the district administration in giving protection to the mafia. The excesses committed by the police on labourers in these mines should also be inquired, it said. The CPM state unit secretary, Mr Inderjit Singh, said last week’s violent incidents in the stone mining areas of Khanak and Tosham had one again brought in limelight the government’s controversial mining policy. This existing mining policy, he said, need to be totally changed He said the entire local population of the area was totally dependent on stone mining for decades and in fact the credit for making these hills fit for mining goes to the ancestors of these local people. The hills in the Khanak and Tosham area have quality stone material. Contractors’ had reportedly taken over six mining plots on lease at much higher bid, little realising that livelihood of tens of thousands of local families were dependent on these mines. |
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Demonstration over girl’s death Ambala, February 12 In the afternoon the relatives of the girl brought her body to Ambala Sadar Chowk and began demonstrating over the “police inaction”. Activists of the Shiv Sena demanded that culprits must be arrested soon, and raised slogans against the police. They demanded that the girl’s death should be properly investigated by the police. The demonstration lasted for about an hour and vehicular movement in the busy Sadar bazar area was disrupted. The Deputy Superintendent of Police. Mr Deep Ram, on reaching the spot, pacified the demonstrators. He assured that the police was taking speedy action and a person had already seen nabbed. On his assurance, the crowd dispersed from the Sadar Chowk and the body was taken for cremation. SP Sandeep Khirwar said that a case had been registered and investigations were
on. It may be recalled that the body of the girl, who was a resident of Lal Kurti area, had been found on the rail tracks. Her family members had alleged foul play. The girl had not returned from work on February 9 and she had reportedly been spotted along with a local taxi driver |
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Development officers oppose move to curtail cadre
Ambala, February 12 Talking to mediapersons here today, the all-India general secretary of the General Insurance Development Officers Association, Mr Sanjiv Singhal, said the proposed move made by the General Insurance Public Sector Association (GIPSA) headed by Mr K.N. Bhandari would not only finish the development cadre but also sink the public sector insurance companies. Mr Singhal stated that the development officers are the backbone of the insurance sector. “The fact is that the cost of the development officers who contribute about 60 per cent of the total industry premium, works out to only 7 per cent while the management cost is 22 per cent. Instead of reducing the management cost, they bent upon revamping the development cadre,” he said. He said at a recent meeting held at Mumbai with GIPSA, we rejected the proposed offer of Mr Bhandari and made suggestions so that the public sector insurance companies do not face rough weather. “We also rejected the proposal to increase the commission in order to check the management expenses,” he said. |
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1900 cops for byelection
Ambala, February 12 He said that the police force will include 700 Home Guard volunteers. The
election campaign with the cooperation of political parties and their candidates is proceeding in a smooth and peaceful manner barring one incident at Yamunanagar in which some dismissed/ retrenched employees attempted to create some problem. As a preventive measure, 46 persons were arrested under Section 107/151 Cr PC on February 10 and are now in judicial custody, he added. |
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Education
board chief takes over Bhiwani, February 12 The post of Chairman of the board was lying vacant since a former Chairman, Dr M.C. Gambhir, resigned to contest as the INLD candidate for the Yamunanagar by election. Mr Gupta had been secretary of the board earlier. Addressing officers of the board, Mr Gupta said his priorities included more attention towards better quality education besides holding fair examinations. He said elaborate arrangements would be made for the peaceful and fair conduct of the examinations by the board. He called upon the officials to be more dedicated towards the conduct of fair examinations. He said efforts should be made to bring more transparency in the working of the board. The Vice-Chairman of the board, Mr Dilbag Singh, and the secretary, Mr Mahender Singh Mor, were also present at the meeting. Earlier, Mr Gupta said the results of secondary and senior secondary examinations of Haryana Open School had been declared. The exams were held in December, 2001. He said the pass percentage in these examinations had increased as compared to the result of 2000. As many as 30.87 per cent students had passed in the December 2001 examinations whereas only 28.46 per cent students had passed in the December 2000 examinations. |
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