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Tuesday,
April 30, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Hooda camp plays down reports on ouster
Dharna against wakf
board today No retrenchment in roadways: Arora NSUI plans agitation |
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400 wheat bags destroyed
in fire Soldier cremated Slow lifting of
wheat alleged Members of
7 market committees nominated Petrol station owner robbed of Rs 4.62 lakh 2 killed in accident
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Hooda camp plays down reports on ouster Chandigarh, April 29 The latest statement in this regard has come from former HPCC chief Virender Singh, who was quoted to have said that a reshuffle in the state unit of the party was imminent. The Congress faction leader is reported to have said that the result of the Yamunanagar byelection, which was snatched by the INLD from the Congress, had once again shown Mr Hooda’s “incompetence” to lead the party in the state. Reacting to Mr Virender Singh’s statement, sources close to Mr Hooda claimed that among the Jat leaders of Congress, Mr Hooda’s stature was taller than that of Mr Virender Singh and Mr Shamsher Singh Surjewale as they were not holding any legislative position at present. They said that Mr Virender Singh had lost in the Lok Sabha elections from Hisar in 1999 as well as the Assembly poll held in February, 2000, from the Uchana Kalan constituency. Mr Surjewale did not even contest the election while his son, Mr Randeep Singh Surjewale, lost from Narwana in the Assembly poll. They added that important Congress leaders from the state had been given party posts to keep them in good humour. While Mr Virender Singh has been made a member of the Congress party’s central election
committee, Ms Selja, whose name too is doing the rounds as a probable candidate for the HPCC chief’s post, is a secretary in the AICC. Mr Randeep Singh Surjewale has been made the president of the All-India Youth Congress while Mr Bhajan Lal, bete noire of Mr Hooda is the leader of the Congress in the Assembly as well as a special invitee in the Congress Working Committee. “ If Mrs Sonia Gandhi is contemplating Mr Hooda’s removal, she would not have given the green light to us recently for the constitution the district Congress committees”, sources close to Mr Hooda said, adding that the HPCC would organise a rally in Sonepat on June 23 which would be addressed by Mrs Gandhi. Meanwhile, the Bhajan Lal camp too claimed that restructuring of the HPCC would be undertaken in view of the “poor performance by the party in the state”. “The restructuring of the AICC has taken place and now it is time for a similar exercise in four states, including Haryana”, sources close to Mr Bhajan Lal said. They said that four Congress leaders from the state, including Mr Bhajan Lal, were in the reckoning for the HPCC chief’s post. The others were, Ms Selja, Mr O.P. Jindal and Mr Virender Singh. “Mrs Gandhi has demonstrated her faith in Mr Bhajan Lal by making him the leader of the CLP. Moreover, at least 10 out of the 30 newly made DCC chiefs are Bhajan Lal loyalists “, they said while challenging the allegation that Mr Bhajan Lal did not have a “good equation” with Mrs Gandhi. |
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IAS officer shielding call girls? Gurgaon, April 29 According to authoritative sources, the police rounded up three girls, including a daughter of a senior police officer of the rank of DIG of Jammu and Kashmir, from a residence in the posh DLF City following a complaint by Meena (the name has been deliberately changed). Meena told her family members that Peeushi (the name changed), daughter of a DIG, had drugged her to push her into immoral acts. A brother of Meena lodged a complaint with the DLF police station. The police acted swiftly and on a tip-off from Meena’s relatives, the residence in DLF was raided from where the three girls were rounded up. On interrogation, Peeushi identified herself as daughter of a DIG of Jammu and Kashmir. She than called up an IAS officer in Gurgaon on her cell phone, and complained to him that the police was harassing her. The bureaucrat allegedly reprimanded the police personnel on the phone and ordered that the girls be released forthwith. The diktat was abided by. The personnel from the police station apprised the Senior Superintendent of Police, Mr Kuldip Singh Sihag, about the development, including the interference by the bureaucrat. The district police chief, much annoyed, asked his men to hunt for the girls. The following day two of them, including Peeushi, were rounded up. The bureaucrat intervened again. A senior IPS officer from Gurgaon was approached by him, who talked to the distirct police chief and the girls were again released. The police here is tight-lipped about the interference by the bureaucrat. None the less, a senior police officer, on condition of anonymity, confirmed the development. |
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Dharna against wakf
board today Ambala, April 29 The board will also organise its 42nd annual general conference at the cantonment on April 30. The administrator of the board, Dr M.R. Haque, will preside over the conference. Mr Khan said the Muslim community of Ambala City was feeling discriminated. He said the board had allotted the graveyard of the city to several persons on lease. Moreover, the boundary wall of the graveyard had not been built due to which the community had to face difficulties. He alleged that some persons had been trying to encroach on the land of the graveyard. He said most of the mosques of the city were in miserable condition. Two of the mosques did not have the services of Imam. In others, the basic facilities were not available for the Imams, he said. He said the city had only one madarsa for Muslim students. The building of the school was in dilapidated condition and students had to study in the open. The board authorities had not taken any step to get it repaired.
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No retrenchment in roadways: Arora Yamunanagar, April 29 Mr Arora said Haryana Roadways had been declared number one in the country so far as utilization of fleet and store inventory was concerned. He congratulated all Roadways employees for dedication towards their job. He said under the new transport policy, every village in the state would be connected with bus service. This year a fleet of 593 buses would be added to the existing fleet. He said Rs 130 crore had been spent on modernisation of Workshops, bus stands and purchase of new buses. Mr Arora stated there was an increase in passenger tax to the tune of 400 per cent. He earlier addressed students of DAV High School, Kansepur, on the occasion of their annual function. He said the Chief Minister had decided to provide same facilities to students of rural as well as urban areas. He lauded the contribution of DAV institutions in the field of education. He announced Rs 31,000 from his discretionary quota to the students. Dr M.C. Gambhir, MLA, Yamunanagar, Mr Vijay Kapoor, Chairman, DAV Institutions, also spoke. |
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NSUI plans agitation Ambala, April 29 The president of state unit, Mr Virender Kaushik, said a meeting of the state executive and district presidents would be held in Chandigarh on April 30, which would be chaired by bye HPPCC chief, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Two of the Congress MLAs, namely Mr Raghubir Kadian and Mr Dharmbir would also remain present in the meeting. Talking to mediapersons here today, he said district units would organise dharna at district headquarters on May 15. In June a meeting of students leaders of various colleges of the state would be organise either at Faridabad or Gurgaon. In August a state-level students’ rally would be organised, he added. Mr Kaushik said the election of student’s union had not been conduced for the past five years. He said the NSUI would unite the students of various universities of Haryana on this issue and would built a pressure over the government to conduct it at the earliest. He urged the government to provide 50 per cent concession to the students in Haryana Roadways buses. The president of district unit, Mr Ajay Saini, and the president of the DCC (Urban), Ms Kiran Bala Jain, were also present on the occasion.
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400 wheat bags destroyed
in fire Hisar, April 29 Some labourers were unloading wheat bags being brought from grain markets from trucks. They noticed smoke in a heap of wheat bags. They informed local officials and fire brigade. Three fire tenders from the local fire brigade station and one from Adampur were pressed into service. These took three hours to control the fire. The cause of the fire was not immediately known. Meanwhile, goods worth Rs 1 crore were burnt in a fire which engulfed the R K Cotton Mill at Uklana, about 50 km from here, yesterday. The mill administration came to know about the fire when some employees of the mill noticed smoke in a godown in the forenoon. Later, it spread to the adjoining godown too. Six fire tenders from adjoining towns fought the fire for six hours before it could be controlled. According to mill officials, the bundles of cotton lying in the godowns were destroyed in the fire. The immediate cause of the fire is yet to be known. |
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Soldier cremated Narnaul, April 29 Deputy Commissioner, Dr R.B. Langyan, Rao Dan Singh, MLA (Mahendragarh), Mr Rambilas Sharma, a former Haryana minister besides other local leaders attended the funeral. He is survived by his mother and two brothers. |
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Slow lifting of
wheat alleged Kaithal, April 29 As a result movement of men and machinery at entry points to mandis had become difficult. Commission agents allege the wheat purchased in the beginning of the season had not been lifted. |
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Members of
7 market committees nominated Chandigarh, April 29 Mr Jagir Singh has been nominated Chairman of MC, Naneola (Ambala district), Mr Gurmail Singh of MC, Shahzadpur (Ambala district), Mr Bikram Singh Mullana (Ambala), Mr Sheo Ram of MC,
Naraingarh, Mr Kuldip Singh of MC, Ambala Cantonment, Mr Gurbaksh Singh of MC, Ambala city and Mr Randhir Singh has been nominated chairman of MC, Panchkula.
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Petrol station owner robbed of Rs 4.62 lakh Hisar, April 29 The petrol station owner, Mr Mukesh Gupta was going to a bank at Satrod village to get a demand draft for the amount looted when the miscreants forced his car to stop by overtaking it. They snatched the bag containing cash from Mr Gupta after breaking the glass pane of his car. They also fired a shot in the air to scare Mr Gupta. After the robbery they drove towards Hansi a grey colour Maruti car. No arrests have been made so far in this connection. |
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2 killed in accident Kaithal, April 29 The accident occurred when the rickshaw in which they were travelling, overturned opposite the Canal colony. The victims were crushed under a truck coming from the opposite direction. While Suman and her son Dhananjay succumbed to their injuries in a hospital, her other son, Tushar has been referred to PGI Chandigarh. The rickshaw puller was also injured and has been admitted to the Civil Hospital, Kaithal. |
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