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Ravi Kant ‘wants to surrender’ Government insensitive to farmers: Congress Chautala meets party workers DC’s action saves MC from losses Breach in Yamuna embankment Nain threatens stir |
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Engg students make ‘car’
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Ravi Kant ‘wants to surrender’ Panchkula, September 15 “He knows he has no option. He is himself an IPS officer and will not run away from the law. But the Delhi police has created such circumstances that he cannot surrender,” said his daughter, Ms Komal Sharma. She said the Delhi police had tapped their phones, those of their friends and family members, and even Ravi Kant’s lawyers. “This is preventing my father from getting in touch with his lawyers, in order to discuss the next course of action. The police has made it a prestige issue to arrest him, and laid
siege at the courts, our house and even at houses of our relatives. Thus he cannot surrender,” she said. “We are being hounded by Delhi police cops. During our stay at my maternal aunt’s house in Delhi recently, the cops searched their house five times. ACP Upadhayay came with 30 cops at their house and accused her of giving infrastructural support” to Ravi Kant’s family ( that means us). “Even now cops have been deployed outside her residence on a permanent basis,” she alleged. When asked if they would approach the Apex Court after the Delhi High Court rejected Ravi Kant’s bail application, she said that they would decide only after they received a certified copy of the court order and then consulted their lawyers. She said though Ravi Kant had not got in touch with them or his lawyer since August 17, he had always expressed his desire to surrender and face trial after exploring legal options before him. |
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insensitive to farmers: Congress Chandigarh, September 15 “The MSP must be announced immediately”, said Mr Ajay Singh Yadav, Congress party’s Deputy Leader in the Assembly, who also added that the MSP must be substantially increased to compensate farmers for the additional expenditure on inputs incurred on account of drought. Earlier, in May, the Haryana government had sought Rs 690 per quintal as MSP for the grade A variety of paddy. However, it has been made a practice by various state governments to seek the MSP much in excess of what is likely to be announced by the Centre. Last year Haryana had sought Rs 670 per quintal for the grade A variety while the MSP finally announced by the Centre was Rs 560 for the grade A variety and Rs 530 for per quintal of common paddy. This time round the farmers also had to bear additional cost because of the dry weather which necessitated more consumption of diesel, expenses on account of labour cost for boring tubewells further to have access to the depleting ground water level, etc. However, the Agriculture Cost and Prices Commission has reportedly refused to increase the MSP. The Union Agriculture Ministry, headed by Mr Ajit Singh, it is learnt, has requested the ACCP to reconsider the recommendations made by it to the Centre regarding the MSP. Significantly, when Mr Parkash Singh Badal was Chief Minister of Punjab, Haryana and Punjab had always made concerted moves on issues related to farmers. This used to yield good results as the coalition regime in Delhi could not ignore pressure mounted by the partners. However, with the Congress taking over the reins in Punjab, initiative for joint action on the issue of MSP does not seem to be on the cards. |
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meets party workers Yamunanagar, September 15 Mr Chautala was speaking at district-level party workers’ meeting at Jagadhri today. He said during the tenure of his government, all-round development of the state had been ensured. The Sarkar Aapke Dwar programme had helped ursher prosperity in the rural areas. Under this programme, he had visited all 90 Assembly constituencies twice to hear and redress the grievances of the people at their doorstep. The third phase of this programme would commence on October 2. Later, Mr Chautala inaugurated the Panchayat Bhavan building in Yamunanagar. |
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DC’s action saves MC from losses Kurukshetra, September 15 This aspect came to light when the three octroi rooms were auctioned again for a rent of Rs 12,750 per month against the earlier rent of Rs 925 at the August 20 auction allegedly in connivance with municipal committee officials. The auction was conducted again under the supervision of the City Magistrate, Ms Hema Sharma, who represented the Deputy Commissioner. But in the absence of the Deputy Commissioner’s representative the debris’ auction on May 22, the maximum bid was reportedly Rs 3 lakh. The same debris were auctioned in the presence of the Deputy Commissioner’s representative on May 29 for more than Rs 6 lakh. The audit branch had already objected to the earlier auction. Mr Likhi also constituted a three-member committee, headed by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Dr Narhari Singh Bangar, in this regard. Mr Likhi has also recommended action against those found guilty. Meanwhile, Mr Likhi has also forwarded the report on the poor construction of a drain on the Amin road here to the Commissioner and Secretary, Local Bodies Department, Haryana. He has also urged the higher authorities concerned that the construction of the four-laning on the Railway road here should be assigned to another agency than the Municipal Committee,
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Breach in Yamuna embankment Chandigarh, September 15 Following the nearly 150-feet-wide breach in the Yamuna embankment near Bilaspur village late last night, standing kharif crops over vast areas were destroyed at Bilaspur, Hathwala and Rakash Hera villages of Samalkha subdivision, a report from Panipat said today. Many low-lying localities of Hathwala village were flooded and residents had to be shifted to higher areas. No loss of life has been reported so far, official sources said. Panipat Deputy Commissioner, M.R. Anand along with the SDM, Samalkha and officers of revenue, water services and police departments reached the affected areas. Meanwhile, many places in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh continued to enjoy pleasant weather after wide-spread rains this week. Chandigarh recorded a high of 29.8°C, while Ambala had a high of 30.8°C.
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Nain threatens stir Karnal, September 15 Speaking at a largely-attended public meeting, where he was brought atop an elephant with much fanfare, he said families of six deceased of the Kandela firing had received the promised amount of Rs 5 lakh each, whereas none of the kith and kin of the deceased had got a job as was promised by the government.
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Engg students make ‘car’ Ambala, September 15 The students — Vikas
Markanday, Ankur Pradhan, Rohit Mongia and Vikas Jindal — have made the “car” which they say can run both on petrol as well as LPG. The “car” made by these students has a 100 cc four-stroke engine. The vehicle has four gears and can attain a top speed of 55 km/h. They said the car gave an average of about 90 km/kg of LPG and 50 km/litre on petrol and had a small turning radius. “The approximate weight of the vehicle is 240 kg. Overall dimensions of the car are: length — 2640 mm, breadth — 1320 mm and ground clearance — 270 mm,” they stated. The students said they had put in a lot of hardwork to make the car. “We succeeded in our endeavour and finally drove the car. The very first day of its trial was on the day of our major project practical in the college. We directly took the car to the college that is located at a distance of around 22 km,” they stated.
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Chetna yatra concludes Chandigarh, September 15 Thirtyfour prominent poets, critics and artists joined the march and participated in a dozen literary conventions held at various places in the state, stated a press note issued here today.
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