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Saturday, February 16, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Congress
to present CEC memo against Chautala Congress leaders appeal
for votes Goyal
Prizes for 4 scientists Engg
college chosen to hold entrance tests
Sex ratio in Ambala declines |
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Kin see
foul play in watchman’s death MSP for
wheat sought
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Congress
to present CEC memo against Chautala Yamunanagar, February 15 The delegation, to be led by general secretaries of the AICC, will meet Mr Lyngdoh on February 18. It will include, among others, the former Haryana Congress president, Mr Shamsher Singh Surjewala, who will also prepared a detailed memorandum to be submitted to the Election Commission. Mr Surjewala told The Tribune here today that a party delegation, which included party MLAs also, met the Election Commission observers here yesterday and protested against the inaction of the commission on several complaints sent by the Congress to it against the misuse of official machinery by the ruling INLD. He alleged that from the attitude of the Election Commission it appeared that the commission was afraid of taking action against Mr Chautala. Mr Chautala said the commission should direct the Chief Minister and his two sons to leave the Yamunanagar constituency to ensure free and fair elections. He also demanded that no Haryana officer or employee should be put on election duty in Yamunanagar. Only the central staff should be put on the poll duty. Similarly, the Haryana Police should not be deployed in the constituency. Only the paramilitary forces and the police from the other states should be on duty here. He also demanded that since the constituency was spread over 45 villages besides the industrial town of Yamunanagar, at least 50 senior officers should be deployed as election observers here. “If the commission can appoint 30 observers in each of the Punjab constituencies, why cannot it put 50 observers in Yamunanagar.” He warned that if the commission did not act on the Congress demands, the party would stage a big demonstration outside Nirvachan Sadan. |
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Congress
leaders appeal for votes Yamunanagar, February 15 Leader after leader, including the AICC General Secretary, Mrs Mohsina Kidwai; the Haryana Congress President, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda; and the CLP leader, Mr Bhajan Lal, stressed that the February 21 byelection was not an ordinary election because the defeat of the INLD candidate here would be the beginning of the countdown of the Chautala government. “But the success of the INLD nominee would be misconstrued as a certificate of approval for the state government,” was the refrain of the Congress, as Mr Bhajan Lal put it. Mr Hooda took the argument further by saying that whenever an Assembly byelection had been held under the rule of Mr Devi Lal and his family, it had resulted in the speedy downfall of their government. “May it be the Narnaul byelection of 1979 or the Meham byelection of 1990, history will repeat itself in Yamunanagar now”, he added. Obviously with an eye on the large percentage of voters belonging to the Punjabi and Bania communities, Mr Hooda reminded the electorate that Mr Devi Lal always used to say that these communities should be deprived of their voting rights. He claimed that today no section of the society was happy with the Chautala government. Attacking the BJP, Mr Hooda said it had come down from Lord Rama to Kanshi Ram and then to Sukh Ram only for the sake of “Kursi Ram”. Mr Bhajan Lal said amidst cheers: “Aap Chautala ke candidate ko hara do, phir is sarkar ko hamare jhatke dekhna”, adding that after the defeat of INLD candidate, its government would not last for more than three months. He said the Yamunanagar electorate should not be afraid of the Chautala government because he himself would stay here on February 21, the polling day. Ms Kidwai primarily targeted the BJP, which, she said, was not a political party as it had no policies. Accusing the BJP of being pro-rich, she said the Congress alone was the champion of the poor, the Dalits, the minorities and the farmers. She said the Vajpayee government was not the government of the BJP but of the RSS. Trying to remove the general impression that the Haryana Congress was a divided house, Ms Kidwai said it was not the election of Dr (Mrs) Krishna Pandit but of the party because the Yamunanagar seat was won by the Congress in the last election. She told the party leaders: “Krishna is only a symbol of the party. We must retain the seat. ‘Chautala ko muhn tod jawab dena hai”. A former Haryana Congress President, Mr Shamsher Singh Surjewala, said all sections of society in Haryana wanted to get rid of the Chautala government. He alleged that the Chief Minister wanted to win the seat here by rigging the elections. He said the BJP-INLD alliance was doomed from the very beginning because it was not based on any principles. Mr O.P. Jindal, industrialist-turned-politician, said there was an anti-Chautala wave in the state and “I would quit politics if he again becomes the Chief Minister.” A veteran Haryana Congress leader, Mr Khurshid Ahmed, said the people of Punjab and Haryana have voted alike. Since the people of Punjab had now rejected Mr Parkash Singh Badal, the people of Yamunanagar should also reject Mr Chautala, who happens to be a close friend of Mr Badal. A former Union Deputy Minister, Mr Jai Prakash, MLA from Barwala, said the people of Yamunanagar might give money to Mr Chautala, but they should vote for the Congress nominee. He claimed that the defeat of the INLD nominee in Yamunanagar would inspire the MLAs of Mr Chautala to revolt against him. “Once the INLD MLAs walk out of the Chautala fold, the Congress would support them in forming a government in Haryana. Among others who spoke were Mr Harpal Singh and Mr Dharam Pal Malik, former Haryana Congress Presidents; Mr Tara Singh, former MP, and Mr Sat Pal Kaushik, PCC Secretary. |
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Goyal Prizes for 4 scientists Kurukshetra, February 15 Stating this to mediapersons here today, Kurukshetra University’s Professor Emeritus and Goyal Prizes’s Organising Committee, Vice-Chairperson, Dr
S.P. Singh said four eminent scientists who would be honoured tomorrow, comprised Dr
C.M. Gupta, Director, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, Dr J.P.
Mittal, Director, Chemistry and Isotope Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, Dr Lal Ji Singh, Director, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
(CCMB), Hyderabad and Dr O.N. Srivastava, Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi, are reaching here on Friday to receive these prizes. Besides these four distinguished scientists, two young scientists, Dr Diazy
R. Batish of Panjab University, Chandigarh and Dr Naveen Arora of the Centre for Biochemical Technology, Delhi, will receive the Rajib Goyal Prize for young scientists. The prizes will be given by Babu
Parmanand. The Goyal Prizes instituted by Mr Ram S. Goyal, an NRI settled in the USA carry a cash amount of Rs 1 lakh each, a gold medal and a citation. These prizes are annually awarded to individuals for their outstanding contributions in the field of science and technology and for research that have contributed towards national development. Dr
S.P. Singh said Dr C.M. Gupta had made significant contribution in the understanding of the role of membrane biology in medicine whereas Dr J.P. Mittal’s work in the areas of laser chemistry, photo chemistry and radiation chemistry opened up new avenues for research. The awardee for life sciences, Dr Lal Ji Singh, is considered as the pioneer of developing NDA finger-printing technique for crime detection, Dr
O.N. Srivastava, the awardee for physics, has made efforts to make two-wheeler vehicles which may use hydrogen instead of conventional fuels. The Goyal Prizes which have been given to 28 eminent scientists so far through the Goyal Foundation is now being given through Kurukshetra University. |
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Engg college
chosen to hold entrance tests Kurukshetra, February 15 Dr N.P. Mehta principal of the Regional Engineering College, said here today that a decision to this effect had been conveyed by the state government in a communication received here today. Dr Mehta said that this examination, known as Combined Engineering Entrance Test (CEET), would be held on June 1, 2002 (Saturday). He said that it was decided at the meeting held under the chairmanship of Mr Dharam Vir, Financial Commission and Secretary to the Haryana Government, Technical Education Department at Rohtak recently. The Vice-Chancellors of all universities of Haryana and Principals of Government of government aided engineering colleges in the state, also attended the meeting. Dr Mehta further said that the state government had already decided that 15 per cent seats in undergraduate programmes in engineering and technology meant to be filled on all-India basis including the State of Haryana, would be filled through All-India Engineering Entrance Examination to be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi. Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra, had been conducting this test since 1991 to 1999 while this test was conducted by Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar, for the past two years for 2000 and 2001. |
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Sex ratio in Ambala declines Ambala, February 15 Mr Sunil
Gulati, Director, Census Operations, Haryana, today said that according to provisional population totals, Ambala district has recorded a decline of 34 points from 903 in the 1991 census to 869 in the 2001 census. In comparison to the 1991 census, Haryana has recorded a decrease of four points in the 2001 census, since during the 1991 census it was 865 female per 1000 males while in the latest census it is 861 female per 1000 males. The sex ratio in all districts of the state is below the national average. During 1991-2001, there is a decline of 59 points in the child sex ratio, 0-6 age group, from 879 in 1991 to 820 in 2001 in the state. Ambala has recorded the lowest child sex ratio in the state, from 888 in 1991 to 784 in 2001. The sex ratio of
Naraingarh, Ambala and Barara tehsil are 873, 862, 895 respectively, during this census and the sex ratio of 0-6 age group population of these tehsils are 780, 786 and 781 female children per 1000 male children, respectively. Regarding literacy rate, Mr Gulati said that Ambala district has recorded lowest male-female literacy gap in rural area, which is 1.28 in rural and 1.1 in urban area. The sex ratio of literates varies from the lowest of 694 in rural area to 775 in urban area in Naraingarh tehsil. In the rural and urban areas, literates’ sex ratio of the district are 699 and 770, respectively, which shows that the district has better education facilities and awareness of education among women. He said the provisional population of Haryana is 2,10,82,989 and the sex ratio in the state is 861 females per 1000 males. He stated that the 0-6 years age group population in the state is 32,59,080 and the sex ratio of this age group is 820 female children per 1000 male children, which is not a good sign for the future. Mr Gulati observed that Ambala district in the population ranking occupied ninth place with 1,013,660 population while it was in the second place in the 1981 census. He said that the population density of the state has increased from 512 persons per sq km to 644 persons per sq km. During the 1991-2001 census, the gap between male/female literacy rate has decreased in all districts. |
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Kin see foul play in watchman’s death Fatehabad, February 15 The body of Sher Singh, a former Ex-serviceman and a watchman working in the FCI godowns here, was found lying on the roadside under mysterious circumstances on Wednesday morning outside the godowns. The body bore injury marks on its head and a lathi was also found near the body. The victim’s duty started at 4 p.m. and he was to be relieved at 12 in the midnight. But he did not reach his home that night. Next day somebody informed his son, Vinod Kumar, that his father’s body was lying on the roadside. The police sent the body for the post-mortem examination and registered a case of accidental death. But the relatives of the victim do not agree with the police version. Mr Vijay Kumar, a nephew of the deceased, said there were certain facts that pointed out that his uncle had not died due to an accident but he had been done to death. He said the bicycle of the deceased was found in the godowns with coat and blanket of the deceased hanged on to it. It was quite unusual that the victim would have gone out in the cold night without wearing his coat or donning his blanket. They further say that the victim had been expressing apprehensions about his murder to his wife and had told her that he would soon seek transfer from here. The victim’s kin have written to the SP, Mr Hanif Qureshi, demanding an investigation into the matter. |
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MSP for
wheat sought Fatehabad, February 15 A meeting of the district unit of the sabha was held here yesterday in which the sabha also demanded immediate construction of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal and improvement in the power supply. The sabha also condemned the alleged atrocities being committed on the “khanak” labourers by the state government and demanded that the arrested be released immediately and the issue sorted out through peaceful negotiations. The sabha also decided to convene a district-level convention here on February 20. It also decided to initiate a mass contact programme against the alleged anti-people policies of the government. |
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Awards to promote Punjabi on cards Chandigarh, February 15 This was stated here today by Major A S Shergill (retd), Director of the academy. |
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New vend policy to bring more revenue Chandigarh, February 15 It added that the system of auction for allotting liquor vends was replaced by the new system as the former had failed to bring additional revenue. The decision of the government to divide districtwise vends into eight to 10 groups in each district would ensure wider participation in the liquor trade, the release said. |
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Directive
on public counters Chandigarh, February 15 The Chief Secretary, Mr L.M. Goyal, today directed the heads of all such departments to ensure that these counters were manned by persons who were disciplined and had a helpful attitude towards the public. He also said that it should be ensured that the people did not have to move from one table to another for getting work done. He also asked the departments to submit fortnightly reports on the implementation of various measures regarding the simplication of rules and procedures. |
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Scholarship
awards for Ambala cadets Chandigarh, February 15 According to the college principal, Dr Kiran
Angra, a scholarship of Rs 5,000 has been awarded to Cadet Pooja Dhiman for the academic year 2000-01. This award has been won by the college students consecutively for two years. The other award for the Best Cadet in the Ambala group, carrying a cash incentive of Rs 3,000, was awarded to Cadet
Kamalpreet. |
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Development
works inspected Panchkula,
February 15 |
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Bijli nigam cash
collection Chandigarh, February 15 |
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