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Tuesday,
October 8, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Hooda for special session on MSP Protect mahaser
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Haryana to waive power bills of drought-hit farmers HIGH COURT |
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CM visits grain market Cultural function
of Rotary School for the Deaf
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Hooda for special session on MSP Faridabad, October 7 He has called for a special session of the Assembly for discussing the MSP issue and the “failure” to release compensation for draught-affected in Haryana. Talking to reporters here today, he said all issues concerning the farmers should to be discussed on the flour of the House. He said the recent government announcement of providing a bonus of Rs 20 on paddy varieties was eyewash and would not benefit the farmers as the cost of inputs had gone up. He said while the Punjab Government had convened a special session of its Assembly, the Haryana Government had been making false claims on the MSP and procurement arrangements. Seeking a compensation of Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000 per acre, he said the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, was continuously changing statements on the drought issue. He said while the onus was on the state government to provide relief to the farmers during a natural calamity, the state government was engaged in political rivalry with the Union Agriculture Minister on the latter’s statement about the failure of the Chautala government to seek drought relief from the Centre. He also said the Chautala government was not serious regarding the SYL issue. He said while there had been no development on the Punjab side, Mr Chautala was misleading people that the SYL would be ready by January 15. |
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Protect mahaser
variety: minister Yamunanagar, October 7 The state government had been organising state-level angling competitions since 1974. Angling for commercial use had been banned in the area where mahaser was being bred. The government should formulate a policy to protect various kinds of fish by constructing dams on various rivers as was being done in the case of the preservation of wildlife by notifying various eco-areas as sanctuaries and national parks, he said. The minister said the Planning Commission had allocated Rs 285 lakh to Haryana to produce maximum prone fish. This programme would be initially introduced in Gurgaon, Faridabad, Rohtak, Jhajjar and Sonepat. As many as 548 competitors from Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Himachal, Punjab and Chandigarh took part. The best angler award was given to Nanha of Saharanpur and the second and third positions to Mahinder of Tajewala and Naushad of Saharanpur, respectively. Dr M.C. Gambhir, MLA, said farmers must take advantage of the new policy of diversification to fisheries and animal husbandry for which soft loans were being provided by the government. Mr Vivek Mahrotra, Financial Commissioner and Secretary, informed that the Fisheries Department was going to start a website on fish culture and policy of the government for the benefit of the farmers. |
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Haryana to waive power bills of drought-hit farmers Panchkula, October 7 Mr Chautala was talking to mediapersons after paying obeisance at Sri Mata Mansa Devi temple here today. He said it had also been decided to exempt farmers from paying interest and surcharge on electricity bills of domestic and tubewell connections in drought-affected areas in the state. Mr Chautala said it had been decided to release all pending tubewell power connections by December 31 and a system of immediately releasing electricity connections from January 1, 2003, would be evolved. He said at least 51 per cent more power was supplied to consumers this year as compared to last year. When asked about the ongoing procurement of paddy in the mandis of the state, he said he had not found any irregularity and procurement was going smoothly. He said the system was so efficient that the entire arrivals in the mandis were procured on the same day. |
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, October 7 In a ruling on an appeal filed by the state of Haryana against the orders of Kurukshetra’s Additional District and Sessions Judge acquitting 10 accused in an attempt to murder case, the Bench, comprising Mr Justice R.L. Anand and Mr Justice Hemant Gupta, also ruled: “We will not be able to set aside the findings of acquittal unless it is patently wrong though we have the right of making a fresh appraisal of the entire prosecution evidence”. The appeal was filed against the orders pronounced on April 12, 1994, acquitting Sher Singh and nine other accused. They were booked in 1989 in an attempt to murder case registered under Sections 307, 326, 325, 324, 148 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code. After going through the record and the arguments in the case, the Judges also dismissed the appeal.
Allegations If allegations in an application filed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court are to be believed, hardcore criminals were being released from Ambala jail in connivance with officials for committing murders. In his application seeking permission for becoming an intervener in the Panipat court firing case in which Joginder Kaur was killed, a victim’s father stated that a senior jail officer was acting as a “contract killer”. He had invented a unique technique and was illegally releasing dreaded criminals for committing murders. After the offence was committed, the officer was illegally allowing the criminals to re-enter the jail premises. Referring to a news item, the applicant added that four accused arrested by the police were shown to be confined at Ambala’s Central Jail when the murder of Joginder Kaur was committed. Seeking CBI probe into as many as five murders committed by allegedly adopting the same technique, he asserted that a bare perusal of the judicial records would clearly established the fact that the jail officials were instrumental in the commission of murders for the sake of money. |
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CM visits grain market Panchkula, October 7 None of the officials of the Market Committee was reportedly present when the Chief Minister paid a visit this morning. He later directed Deputy Commissioner Jyoti Arora to look into the matter. He said emphasis was being laid to encourage farmers to diversify their crops. The mandis of Panchkula and Kalka had great significance as these mandis receive adequate quantity of vegetables from Himachal Pradesh. The CM, however, expressed his displeasure over the functioning of apni
mandis. After hearing grievances of farmers at apni mandi here, he said this concept was initiated to provide an opportunity to farmers to sell their vegetables themselves, but middlemen had again entered these
mandis. |
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Cultural function
of Rotary School for the Deaf Ambala, October 7 Haryana Minister for Social Welfare Risal Singh was the chief guest. He announced a grant of Rs 25,000 for the school. School dresses and hearing aids were distributed among the students. Among others, Mr Naresh
Bharadwaj, Mr A.D. Gandhi, Mr Kamaljit Jain and Dr Harprakash Sharma were present on the occasion. The cultural function was appreciated by the audience. The programme began with tiny tots of school performing a group dance to welcome the guests. It was followed by a Haryanvi dance. In the end, the foot-tapping number “Bhumbro-
bhumbro” from “Mission Kashmir” was performed by three students wearing the traditional Kashmiri attire. The craft section, tailoring wing, paintings and other efforts by the students was received well by the people. |
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