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Rs 1445-cr loan
for farmers Communal clashes: 24 acquitted ‘Govt committed to children’s welfare’ New numbers in Haryana telecom circle HAU scraps entrance
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HUDA reduces interest
rates Scribes demand action against sect
followers Woman beaten to death, in-laws booked
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Rs 1445-cr loan
for farmers Chandigarh, November 13 This was stated by the Haryana Agriculture Minister, Mr Jaswinder Singh Sandhu, while presiding over a meeting of the state-level Coordination Committee for Agricultural Production here today. He directed the heads of agriculture and allied departments to ensure adequate arrangements for timely supply of agricultural inputs during the ensuing rabi season. Mr Sandhu said the government had fixed the target of production of foodgrains at 103.20 lakh tonnes for rabi 2002-2003 as against 96.57 lakh tonnes achieved during the last rabi season. He said the production target of oilseeds had been set at 8.20 lakh tonnes as against 7.96 lakh tonnes of the last rabi season. The sunflower targets of area and production had also been fixed at 15,000 hectares and 25,000 tonnes, respectively. Mr H.C. Disodia, Commissioner and Secretary, Agriculture, said efforts would be made to bring more area under horticulture, which would help conserve natural resources since the water requirement for growing such crops was less. |
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Communal clashes: 24 acquitted Bhiwani, November 13 District and Sessions Judge Lalit Batra acquitted all 24 accused in the case yesterday when three complainants — Gulam
Hasan, Jafar Ali and Gulam Mohammad — filed an affidavit in the court that the accused had nothing to do with the communal clashes which occurred in the wake of severe beating up of a cow in Loharu town. The judge ordered the release of three accused from jail as the other 21 accused are already out on bail. The clashes had occurred when some anti-social elements had torched some religious places, shops and houses in the wake of severe beating up of the cow by some people in the area.
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‘Govt committed to children’s welfare’ Chandigarh, November 13 While stating this in a message issued here today on the eve of Children’s Day, the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, said earlier this scheme was being implemented in four blocks. While describing the children as national asset, Mr Chautala said the state government was committed to providing them with basic facilities. He said the government was laying stress on the development of the girl child. Therefore, a new scheme, Chaudhary Devi Lal Rashtra Utthan Evam Parivar Kalyan Yojna, popularly known as DEVIRUPAK, was launched to check the decline in the sex ratio. The Haryana State Council for Child Welfare had taken up a project to provide assistance for education to the children of the Kargil martyrs. Stating this here today, the Haryana Governor, Babu Parmanand, said 17 children were sponsored during this year. As many as 116 more creches for children had been set up, thus raising their number to 397. He greeted the children on the eve of Children’s Day. |
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New numbers in Haryana telecom circle Ambala, November 13 Talking to mediapersons here today, Chief General Manager, Telecom, Haryana Circle, Mr A.K. Nagpal, said the telephone numbers of the subscribers in certain areas were being changed by prefixing digit “2” to the existing telephone numbers. In telecom district, Faridabad, the phone numbers will change in Palwal. In telecom district Gurgaon, phone numbers will change in Ferozepur Zirka and Nuh. In telecom district Karnal, phone numbers will change in Assandh, Cheeka, Gharunda, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Nilokheri and Pehowa. In telecom district Rohtak, the phone numbers will change in Bawani Khera, Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Jhajjar, Kalanaur, Loharu, Meham, Siwani and Tosham. In telecom district Hisar, the phone numbers will change in Adampur, Barwala, Dabwali, Ellenabad, Fatehabad, Hansi, Hisar, Kalanwali, Ratia, Sirsa and Tohana. In telecom district Rewari, the phone numbers will change in Bawal, Jatusana, Kosli, Mahendragarh, Narnaul and Rewari. In telephone district Sonepat, phone numbers will change in Gohana with first digit ‘6’ being replaced by digit ‘2’. In telecom district Jind, the phone numbers will change in Jind, Jullana, Narwana and Safidon. The STD codes of these stations shall remain unchanged. The level ‘1’ numbers of special services like 180, 198 etc shall remain unchanged. Mr Nagpal said that the access code ‘91’ for dialling to and from Delhi with NCR towns of Gurgaon, Faridabad, Bahadurgarh and Sonepat will changed to ‘95’ plus STD code with effect from November 22.
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HAU scraps entrance
test Hisar, November 13 Henceforth, admission to this course would be made on the basis of merit from the next academic session. The decision was taken by the Academic Council of the university at its meeting held here yesterday. It also decided that admission to the four-year-degree programme of bachelor of veterinary sciences and animal husbandry (B.V.Sc & A.H.) would continue to be made on the basis of the entrance test as recommended by the Veterinary Council of India (VCI). Readmission to the make-up examination, requirement of the overall grade point average
(OGPA) for the award of gold medal and introduction of “earn while you learn” scheme were the other issues discussed at the meeting. Though the university has already made the “earn while you learn” scheme an integral part of its graduate programmes in the College of Agriculture, yet keeping in view the new decision of the Haryana Government, the council decided to implement this scheme for students of all disciplines. According to the new decision, the final year students of different degree programmes and senior but deserving students of the post-graduate programmes would be allowed to work in the varsity library and other departments on an hourly payment basis. The council held that this decision would enable the varsity to achieve better work efficiency at lesser cost. |
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HUDA reduces interest
rates Chandigarh, November 13 This decision was taken at a meeting of HUDA presided over by the Town and Country Planning Minister, Mr Dhirpal Singh, here today. Now HUDA will charge 11 per cent interest on the balance amount of the land allotted by it instead of 15 per cent. Similarly, the annual rate of interest on delayed instalments has been reduced from 18 per cent to 14 per
cent. After the meeting Mr Dhirpal Singh said the decision to reduce interest rates had been taken in view of the reduction in the interest rates by various financial institutions. HUDA also announced a reprieve for those allottees who had not completed construction on the land allotted to them in the past 16 years. Another two-year extension would be given to such allottees after December 31, 2002, when the deadline for completion of construction was to expire. The
extension policy was introduced in 1987. The allottees seeking extension would have to pay a fee of Rs 85 per square metre per annum in the high potential zone; Rs 60 per square metre per annum in the medium potential zone and Rs 35 per square metre per annum in the low potential
zone. In case of commercial sites of up to two storeys and more, the rate of extension fee would be two times and three times of residential rates, respectively. However, there would be no change in the rate of extension fee in case of plots up to 100 square yards. Mr Dhirpal singh said HUDA would launch a new group housing scheme-2002, having a number of attractive features like an increase in the floor area ratio, in the size of dwelling units and a reduction in the minimum number of members required to form a society. HUDA has also decided to allow group housing societies of state or central government employees and welfare housing organisations to replace or induct new members in the general category. |
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Scribes demand action against sect
followers Fatehabad, November 13 The journalists alleged that though the police had registered an FIR on the complaint of the editor the next day, no action had been taken. The journalists forwarded copies of the memorandum submitted to the SP to the Chief Justice of India, the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission and the Press Council of India. Mr Madan Bansal, editor of the daily, had alleged in the FIR that certain followers of a Sirsa-based sect ransacked his office and damaged property worth Rs 2.5 lakh on June 6, when he published certain reports which were not to the liking of the sect. The accused, he alleged, manhandled his wife and threatened him and his employees. The police had registered a case under Sections 458, 148, 149 and 427 of the IPC against about 50 persons. The journalists regretted that the police had not taken action against the accused. The SP assured them that as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had been investigating a complaint of sexual abuse today by a former young ‘sadhvi’ of the sect against the sect chief and the state government had decided to refer all cases against the sect to the CBI. The case of Mr Bansal would also be entrusted to the CBI, he added. |
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Woman beaten to death, in-laws booked Bhiwani, November 13 The parents of the woman registered a case against her mother-in-law, husband, brother-in-law and his wife in this connection. The relatives of the deceased, Sumitra of Saman Puthi, said Sumitra was married to Jaipal of Mandhana village on January 10, 2002. The in-laws started harassing her for dowry. Sumitra had informed her parents, but the latter had shown their inability in meeting the demand and had sent Sumitra back to her in-laws. They alleged that her in-laws took advantage of this and started harassing her. Sumitra was allegedly beaten up several times after the death of her father Sajana six months back. She reportedly informed her relatives about her being beaten up on Monday. They went to Mandhana the next day, where they saw Sumitra lying unconscious. Her in-laws suggested that they take her away. She was brought to the civil hospital yesterday, where she died. |
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