H A R Y A N A

CM promises 2 more sugar mills
Hisar, March 22
The Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, said here today that there was no communal tension anywhere in the state. Speaking at a function held here at Haryana Agricultural University in connection with the annual kisan mela he said the government was competent enough to maintain law and order and ensure communal harmony and there was no cause for concern in this regard.

DHBVN spends 28.58 cr on power distribution system
Fatehabad, March 22
The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has spent Rs 28.58 crore to strengthen the power distribution system in the district during the past three years. The nigam has commissioned a new 33 kv substation at Ajit Nagar and augmented the capacity of six existing substations of 132 kv capacity each at Fatehabad, Ratia, Tohana and 33 kv capacity at Rainwali, Behabalpur and Bhattu during the period.

Kurukshetra REC to start MCA course
Chandigarh, March 22
The Haryana Technical Education Department has decided to start the MCA course with an intake of 60 at the Regional Engineering College (REC), Kurukshetra, and the YMCA Institute of Engineering, Faridabad.

KUTA rejects proposals
Kurukshetra, March 22
The general body meeting of the Kurukshetra University Teachers Association (KUTA) was held here last evening at the university. Hundreds of teachers attended the meeting and expressed their concern over the delay in CAS interviews.

Man dies as roof caves in
Fatehabad, March 22
One person was killed and three others were seriously injured today when the roof of the basement of a shop which was under construction in the new vegetable market here caved in. All these persons were labourers and were working under the roof when the accident occurred.

Revamp Haryana Cong: Hooda
Faridabad, March 22
A former Haryana Minister, Mr Krishan Murti Hooda, has called for the ‘revamping’ of the Congress in Haryana to make it stronger and provide a stable political alternative to the alleged misrule of the Chautala government in the state.

Abducted boy found in UP
Kaithal, March 22
The police today rescued a 10-year-old boy who was abducted allegedly by a domestic servant from Kathwar village of this district on March 20 and taken to Saharanpur. The abducted was demanding a ransom of Rs 2 lakh.

Telephone services paralysed

CM promises 2 more sugar mills
Our Correspondent

Hisar, March 22
The Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, said here today that there was no communal tension anywhere in the state.

Speaking at a function held here at Haryana Agricultural University in connection with the annual kisan mela he said the government was competent enough to maintain law and order and ensure communal harmony and there was no cause for concern in this regard. Minor incidents should not be taken seriously.

He said communal tensions had become an international phenomenon because certain forces were bent upon disturbing peace and creating tension among different communities. However, stern instructions had been issued to the authorities all over Haryana not to allow these forces to raise their heads.

He asked people especially people in the rural areas not to be misled by any propaganda or rumours floated by such forces. The government would take serious note of any mischief and the guilty would be immediately punished.

He assured farmers that despite the fact 615 lakh metric tonnes of wheat was rotting in godowns of the Haryana government would lift every grain of wheat grown in the state. No farmer of Haryana should have any worries in this regard he added.

The Chief Minister, however, asked farmers to diversify and get out of the wheat-paddy cycle at the earliest as it had become unremunerative. The sooner they accepted this fact, the better of they would be. He said he was in touch with the Centre on the issue of raising the MSP of wheat and an announcement would be made shortly.

Referring to livestock development he said an insurance scheme for livestock would be launched shortly. The government would pay half of the premium while the rest would have to be paid by the livestock owners. This, he said, would go a long way in providing a sense of security among dairy farmers.

Mr Chautala said two new sugar mills would be set up in Haryana during the next financial year. He claimed Haryana was paying the world’s highest rates for sugarcane to the growers.

The chief minister was upset at the poor arrangements at the function and he scolded the organisers for it.

Earlier, Mr Chautala inaugurated Sant Ravi Das Hostel here. The Local Government Minister, Mr Subhash Goyal, and the Agriculture Minister, Mr Jaswinder Singh, were also present at these functions.

DHBVN spends 28.58 cr on power distribution system
Our Correspondent

Fatehabad, March 22
The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has spent Rs 28.58 crore to strengthen the power distribution system in the district during the past three years. The nigam has commissioned a new 33 kv substation at Ajit Nagar and augmented the capacity of six existing substations of 132 kv capacity each at Fatehabad, Ratia, Tohana and 33 kv capacity at Rainwali, Behabalpur and Bhattu during the period.

Stating this here yesterday the Deputy Commissioner, Mr O.P. Indora, told mediapersons here that the DHBVN, has been embarking upon the massive and ambitious development plans in the districts of Faridabad, Gurgaon, Rewari, Mohindergarh, Bhiwani, Hisar, Sirsa and Fatehabad.

For protecting the system and to improve the voltage level 325 low-tension switched capacitors had been installed.

Moreover, 16,143 new connections were released during the period, which included 1,483 tubewell connections. As many as 1,437 connections had been released under the “Tatkal Scheme”.

Kurukshetra REC to start MCA course
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 22
The Haryana Technical Education Department has decided to start the MCA course with an intake of 60 at the Regional Engineering College (REC), Kurukshetra, and the YMCA Institute of Engineering, Faridabad.

A spokesman of the department said that M.Tech in Computer Engineering with an intake of 30 would be started at the YMCA Faridabad and ME Mechanical Engineering, master’s degree in Technology Management with an intake of 40 each would also be started at CR State College of Engineering, Murthal.

He said that No-Objection Certificate (NOC) had been issued to three self-financing engineering colleges namely Ambala College of Engineering and Applied Research, Ambala Cantonment, Bhiwani Institute of Technology and Sciences, Bhiwani and National Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jind. Similarly, NOCs had also been issued to one MCA college namely MPCT Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjakra at Ambala Cantonment and a Pharmacy College named as Janta Vidya Institute for Para-Medical Science, Butana in Sonepat district.

KUTA rejects proposals
Our Correspondent

Kurukshetra, March 22
The general body meeting of the Kurukshetra University Teachers Association (KUTA) was held here last evening at the university. Hundreds of teachers attended the meeting and expressed their concern over the delay in CAS interviews.

The association President, Dr Pradeep Chauhan, told the House that the interviews would be held in April. The teachers were unhappy with the decision taken by the Dean’s committee on the preparation of the schedule of the workload of 40 hours and the increase in the number of students from five to 10 for optional subjects.

The House resolved to reject these recommendations. Dr Chauhan said the government whose members had walked out from the Vidhan Sabha when the Bill regarding the amendment to the statute was placed, had hijacked the autonomy of the university.

The House resolved that the new guidelines of the UGC regarding promotion of Professors were unacceptable.

Man dies as roof caves in
Our Correspondent

Fatehabad, March 22
One person was killed and three others were seriously injured today when the roof of the basement of a shop which was under construction in the new vegetable market here caved in. All these persons were labourers and were working under the roof when the accident occurred.

According to reports, the shop, belonging to a vegetable market firm M/S Ganesh Fruits Company, was under construction and the labourers were busy laying the roof of the basement when they noticed that the iron railing supporting the reinforced cement concrete structure had bent downwards. The ill-fated labourers went beneath the structure in the basement and were trying to provide support to the railings by erecting wooden pillars beneath it when the roof suddenly caved in leaving the workmen Vinod and Suraj Bhan and two labourers Vinod and Raju trapped beneath it. The bystanders rushed to the site but no rescue operations could begin as the victims were found trapped in iron mesh.

It was after more than half-an-hour that the victims were extracted out with the help of cutters. Firemen assisted by some local youths dug out the victims and rushed them to the local general hospital. A labourer, Vinod, died on the spot while the other three have been admitted to the local General Hospital with serious injuries.  

Revamp Haryana Cong: Hooda
Tribune News Service

Faridabad, March 22
A former Haryana Minister, Mr Krishan Murti Hooda, has called for the ‘revamping’ of the Congress in Haryana to make it stronger and provide a stable political alternative to the alleged misrule of the Chautala government in the state.

In a statement here yesterday. He said the victory of the candidate in the Yamunanagar byelection was not due to the popularity of the Chautala government but mainly because of the divided Opposition.

Abducted boy found in UP
Our Correspondent

Kaithal, March 22
The police today rescued a 10-year-old boy who was abducted allegedly by a domestic servant from Kathwar village of this district on March 20 and taken to Saharanpur. The abducted was demanding a ransom of Rs 2 lakh.

The SP said Mahender Singh of Kathwar lodged a complaint with the police that his son had gone to the village primary school along with his sisters but did not reach home. He suspected the hand of his servant in the abduction.

Three raiding parties were constituted and sent to different places in Uttar Pradesh in search of the boy.

The SP has appealed to the public to get the antecedents of their servants verified through the police.

Telephone services paralysed
Our Correspondent

Kaithal, March 22
The telephone services remained disrupted here today causing inconvenience to the subscribers. The non-functioning of the computerised complaint system added to their woes. Some subscribers told this correspondent that they could not lodge their complaints on telephone number 198 due to faulty computerised system, which failed to receive their complaints. On the other hand, the person at complaint number 197 refused to help them.