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August 8, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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What kept Jat MLAs away Sonia takes serious note of Hooda’s absence 29 gazetted
officers to be booked Order reserved on CBI application No petrol station for martyr’s kin |
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Vegetable growers face heavy losses Develop indigenous
technology: VC Compensation for failed FP operation Answerbooks’ theft : lecturer suspended Fake currency seized Army officer run over by train Mahabharat Utsav from Dec 11
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What kept Jat MLAs away Chandigarh, August 7 A Jat MLA confided in TNS on condition of anonymity that they had not come to the party office yesterday because farmers (read Jats) in the heartland of the state, who were already inimical to Mr Bhajan Lal, were annoyed with the former Chief Minister because of his non-cooperative attitude towards the recent BKU agitation. If any Jat MLA was seen on the stage with Mr Bhajan Lal, his fate would have been sealed in his constituency in the next Assembly elections, he added. This argument is in sharp contrast to the attitude of at least certain Jat MLAs, who were seen in the Bhajan Lal camp till a few months ago. Mr Bhajan Lal’s rally at Bhiwani in March last year was organised by Mr Dharamvir, a Jat MLA from Tosham. The then Haryana Congress President, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, was not allowed to speak by a section of the audience at the Bhiwani rally, which was the first show of strength by Mr Bhajan Lal after the 2000 Assembly elections. At that time, Mr Jai Prakash Barwala, another Jat MLA, was also in the Bhajan camp. The attitude of the Congress Jat MLAs seems to have undergone a sea change since then. The primary reason for this change, they say, is the non-participation by Mr Bhajan Lal in the programmes launched by the Congress in support of the BKU agitation in which nine persons were killed. This, they say, has again made Mr Bhajan Lal a persona non grata with the Jats. According to informed sources, Mr Bhajan Lal, who went to Delhi after taking over as the party President, will try to make the most of the absence of the Jat MLAs yesterday. He will like to cash in on the sentiments expressed by two central leaders, Mrs Mohsina Kidwai and Mr Hanumanta Rao, who had taken exception to the absence of CLP leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Mr Bhajan Lal will obviously tell the high command that when he had been trying to make a fresh start, the other camp was not willing to bury the hatchet. The Jat MLAs counter that they were not alone in their absence. Three Ahir MLAs, one Punjabi MLA and one Aggarwal MLA had also not attended yesterday’s function. The absence of the 11 MLAs has, however, not dampened the upbeat mood of supporters of Mr Bhajan Lal. They are happy with yesterday’s turnout. Mr Bhajan Lal’s MLA son, Mr Chander Mohan, has proved his critics, who project him as an easy-going youth, wrong by organising an impressive function. Mr Bhajan Lal’s supporters say when the high command would crack the whip, the Jat MLAs, who wanted another non-Jat leader to be the party chief, would fall in line. Meanwhile, Mr Hooda told TNS on the phone from Delhi that he was hurt by the claim of Mr Bhajan Lal that he (Mr Hooda) had not come to yesterday’s function because of a bereavement in his family. “All members of my family are hail and hearty. I had informed Mrs Kidwai that because of high temperature I would not be able to come to Chandigarh,” he added. Mr Hooda said neither he had phoned Mr Bhajan Lal nor had he sent any fax message to him. As the Congress infighting goes on, Mr Om Prakash Chautala and his INLD are laughing all the way. INLD leaders say what threat Mr Bhajan Lal could pose to their government when he was not able to exhibit his hold over his own party MLAs. |
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Sonia takes serious note of Hooda’s absence New Delhi, August 7 The high command is also unhappy at the absence of senior leader Birender Singh and some MLAs from the function. AICC sources said the issue of Mr Hooda’s absence had been reported to Congress President Sonia Gandhi. They said while the high command was inclined to take a lenient view of Mr Hooda’s absence after it was conveyed that the CLP leader was held up in his constituency due to some bereavement in the family of a local resident, the reported calls later made by his supporters to newspaper offices had annoyed the high command. Yesterday’s incident also showed that the recent changes in the Haryana Congress had failed to sort out the problems of disunity. AICC leaders, however, hoped that differences would be sorted out and the party would function as a cohesive unit. They indicated that if problems persisted, more opportunities could be given to young leaders. |
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29 gazetted
officers to be booked Chandigarh, August 7 As many as 25 officials were caught accepting bribes. The bureau also recommended departmental action against 56 gazetted officers and 66 officials. |
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Order reserved on CBI application Ambala, August 7 Mr Chander Mohan
Sehgal, counsel of Mr Pawaria, submitted that in the notification of the Haryana Government, it was clearly mentioned that First Additional Sessions Judge, Ambala, had jurisdiction through out the state of Haryana for CBI cases. He stated that as per the FIR the alleged offence took place in Gurgaon and hence the court at Ambala had the jurisdiction. He further submitted that the matter had gone to the High Court and the CBI had never took up the plea there that court at Ambala has no jurisdiction in this case. Dr Prasoon after hearing the argument of both sides adjourned the case for tomorrow for order. Mr
Pawaria, who is allegedly involved in fake arms licence case, surrendered before this court on August 5 when the Punjab and Haryana High Court and the Supreme Court had denied to grant him anticipatory bail. |
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No petrol station for martyr’s kin Gadhauli (Ambala), August 7 On August 31, 1999, soldier Pawan Kumar Saini attained martyrdom defending the nation’s territorial integrity. A petrol station was allotted to members of his family who live at Gadhauli village. After considerable delay in the allotment of government land for petrol station, a piece of land was eventually allotted which was found to be unsuitable for the station. Unhappy with the inordinate delay and
red-tapism, the soldier’s family bought land for the petrol station near Naraingarh with their own money two days ago. The Deputy Commissioner, Ambala, Mr
D.D. Gautam, said he would have the matter looked into. “If any assistance is required, it will be provided to the family of the Kargil martyr,” he assured. The martyr’s father, Mr Ishan Ram, said they had been running from pillar to post for getting the land allotted for petrol station. “Eventually, the land which was allotted was found to be unsuitable. Frustrated over the delay, we have now bought land for the petrol station with our money,” he said. Mr Ishan Ram said despite meeting the Haryana Chief Minister thrice, he did not get any relief.” Although officials like Estate Officer,
HUDA, Mr Mukesh Ahuja, did go out of the way to help us, the same cannot be said about other officials,” he said. “Had we known that we will have to pay from our own pocket, we could have easily bought land earlier and then the land price would have been comparatively lower. It is a distressing situation,” he said. The members of the soldier’s family were allotted the petrol station under the special scheme for allotment of oil product agencies. On September 28, 2000, the family received a letter which was a “Letter of intent for proposed retail outlet dealership at
Naraingarh, district Ambala under Operation Vijay Scheme”. The letter states, “For enabling you to operate the dealership, we will develop the retail outlet at Naraingarh and provide the same to you with certain facilities including a suitable plot of land duly developed as retail outlet with sales room, storage tank, pump and air facility for operating your dealership.” The soldier’s elder brother, Mr Ramji
Lal, said, “Initially, we did not pursue the case as it was told that the land for petrol station will be allotted by the government. When nothing happened for a couple of months, we tried to follow up.” He said after much effort, a plot of land was recently allotted for the petrol station at Naraingarh which was unsuitable. “There was a 15 feet long and 8 feet high culvert right in the middle of the land. Apparently, water used to accumulate in the land as it was low lying. The experts observed that the land could not be used for a petrol station,” he said. “When we approached the officials concerned with a request to have the land changed, we were categorically told to either take the land or leave it. Since the land was useless for petrol station, we left it and bought land with our own money,” he said. The family members lamented that they ended up paying for the land which was promised to them in the first place. Now that we have bought the land, we just hope that starting of the petrol station is not such an uphill task,” they said. |
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Vegetable growers face heavy losses Chandigarh, August 7 “Crops worth about Rs 8 crore has been damaged by the dry weather”, an official in the Horticulture Department said. He said while vegetable prices in the state had already skyrocketed due to shortage in supply, Delhi had also been affected by the decimation of crops in the state as it caters to a large share of Delhi’s demand Official sources said a concerned Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash
Chautala, who was keen to that farmers should break the traditional rice-wheat cycle and go for vegetable and flower cultivation, would be making a two-day trip to Himachal Pradesh on August 13 to learn more about horticulture and how to salvage fruit and vegetable crops in adverse weather conditions. The Chief Minister, along with Mr
M.K. Miglani, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, and officials of the Horticulture Department, will go to
Katrain, where a research centre on horticulture was being run by the Indian Agriculture Research Institute, on August 13. The sources said while more than 1.84 lakh hectares area of Haryana was under vegetable, fruit and flower cultivation, the drought condition had come as a blow to the growers of horticulture crops. About 50 to 60 per cent losses were reportedly expected to occur in the production bottle gourd, ridge gourd and cucumber. According to official estimates, 30 to 40 per cent losses were being noticed in ladies finger, bitter gourd,
sem, brinjal and early chilli crop due to the delayed monsoon. The sprouting of progeny of
chilli, brinjal and cauliflower has also been delayed. This too will result in about 40-50 per cent losses to growers. The tomato output is likely to go down by about 40 per
cent. |
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Develop indigenous
technology: VC Hisar, August 7 General Suhag was addressing the valedictory function of a four-week refresher course on educational technology conducted by the Academy of Agricultural Research and Education Management (AAREM), CCS, Haryana Agricultural University, here yesterday. He said scientists should understand the legitimate interests of small farmers. Besides, they should also closely monitor new developments like BT cotton and provide the government with right inputs so that approvals could be withdrawn if necessary. He also stressed upon better understanding of the Intellectual Property Right by scientists and institutions to increase the pace of research for technological development in biotechnology. He said development of transgenic plants was need of the hour along with biopesticides and biofertilisers. Presiding over the function, HAU Vice-Chancellor, Mr Vinay Kumar expressed concern over lack of emphasis on practical training in most farm varsities. Dr S.K. Agarwal, Dean, Postgraduate Studies, highlighted the activities of the academy . Earlier, the course coordinator, Dr R.B. Grewal, while highlighting the course contents said 30 participants from Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra, UP, Rajasthan and Bihar were enlightened about the latest educational techniques. |
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Compensation for failed FP operation Kaithal, August 7 According to information
Rekha, wife of Ram Pal of Jamba village in Pundri Sub-Tehsil of this district went for tubectomy at a Primary Health Centre on November 13, 1995. The operation failed and she gave birth to a male child in April 1998. The woman moved the forum, against the Director Health Services, the Civil Surgeon and a doctor, seeking compensation of Rs 2.5 lakh alleging negligence on the part of doctor who performed the operation. The Health authorities besides pleading that the forum had no jurisdiction to take cognizance of such cases also contested the patient being a consumer and the pointed that they had not charged fee for the operation, from the patient rather paid her Rs 145 as incentive money. They also took the plea that before the operation consent of the patient in respect of failure of the operation the department will not be responsible, had been obtained. The Consumer Forum President, Mr
H.K. Mudgil and the members Ms Asha Bindlish and Joginder Singh not agreeing to the plea of the defendants directed the Health authorities to compensate the patient and pay her Rs 50,000 with 12 per cent interest from the date of filing of the complaint till the realisation of the amount by the plaintiff. |
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Answerbooks’ theft : lecturer suspended Sirsa, August 7 According to information received today, on April 25 during the table-marking of answerbooks of the Hindi paper of Kurukshetra University, four answerbooks were found missing. These books had been given to a lecturer who after completing the evaluation went out of the room for some minutes and on return found them missing. Following a search they were found torn in a toilet. The case was reported to Kurukshetra University and the Directorate of Higher Education. It is believed that Mr Nanda, has been suspended on the basis of the report sent by Principal R.C. Punia. |
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Fake currency seized Ambala, August 7 According to the SP, Railway Police, Mr Sudhir Mohan, fake currency was seized from Amritsar Super Express during a special checking. The currency was kept in an abandoned bag which had been put under a seat. None of the passenger claimed it. The police has registered a case in this regard. |
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Army officer run over by train Ambala, August 7 An official said that the Army officer was run over on the off-side of the track at platform no. 1. The officer was in civilian clothes. After a hue and cry was raised, the officer’s body was taken out. Following some information available on his person, he was identified as Lt Col C.S. Kapoor. Lt Col Chandra Shekhar Kapoor was with the 2 Corp and was currently deployed for Operation Parakrama. He is said to be on leave. The officer’s family members reside at Ambala cantonment. It is not yet known whether the officer was proceeding or arriving from some place when the incident took place. The post mortem was carried out at Civil Hospital. The body was handed over to the Army authorities. |
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Mahabharat Utsav from Dec 11 Kurukshetra, August 7 A high-level team led by Ms Komal Anand, Additional Secretary, Cultural Affairs Department, Government of India, visited this place and reviewed the arrangements to be made in this connection at a meeting held here today. Director, Public Relations Haryana, Mr Rajesh Khullar, and Deputy Commissioner, Mr Abhilaksh Likhi, also attended the meeting. The team also visited holy places including, Pehowa, 25 km from here, as well as Jyotisar near here, where Lord Krishna is believed to have delivered the immortal message of Shirmad Bhagwad Gita to Arjuna. A world famous artist, Mr Bansi Kaul has been appointed as the coordinator for all cultural functions of the festival. |
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Cheque presented Chandigarh, August 7 |
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A petrol station allotted to the next of kin of a Kargil martyr is yet to start.
On August 31, 1999, soldier Pawan Kumar Saini attained martyrdom defending the nation’s territorial integrity. A petrol station was allotted to members of his family who live at Gadhauli village.
