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bound for Punjab, HP diverted via Jhajjar Haryana retains cane prices ‘CBSE Commissioner’ arrested Pak spy sent to judicial custody 10-year jail for 8 smugglers |
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Rs 5.44-crore water scheme approved Kaithal, November 14 The Central Government has approved a Rs. 5.44 crore canal based water supply scheme to provide potable water to residents of Kalayat town of the district. Steps have been initiated to acquire 1.7 acre land for this scheme. This was stated by the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anurag Agarwal, while redressing public grievances at an open durbar at Kalayat town yesterday.
Bhai Santokh Singh award for two
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Vehicles
bound for Punjab, HP diverted via Jhajjar Rohtak, November 14 Following a ban ordered by the Supreme Court on the entry of heavy vehicles bound for Punjab etc states in the Union Capital, the heavy traffic coming from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan etc for Punjab, Chandigarh, Himachal, Jammu and Kashmir and parts of Haryana has been diverted via Jhajjar and Rohtak. Due to traffic diversion one heavy vehicle has been passing through Jhajjar town every three minutes, Inspector-General of Police, Rohtak Range, Resham Singh told The Tribune. Since the roads passing through Jhajjar have been blocked by protesting villagers since yesterday, the vehicles coming from the Mumbai side were stranded near Rewari. He said the police in Rewari had been advised to divert these vehicles via Kaniana and Charkhi Dadri to rule out losses due to theft etc. Similarly, vehicles coming from northern states and bound for Gujarat, Maharashtra etc have been diverted via Kalanaur, Charkhi Dadri and Kanina. These vehicles enter into the NH-8 near Bawal in Rewari district. This arrangement, he said, would continue till the blockades by villagers at different places in Jhajjar district were removed. Meanwhile, Director-General, Haryana Police, Mohinder Singh Malik today visited the PGIMS to enquire after the health of DSP Prem Singh Saini and Inspector S.S. Sheoran admitted there after they received injuries in the mob attack at Surha village near
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Haryana
retains cane prices Chandigarh, November 14 The State Sugarcane Control Board, which met here today under the chairmanship of Agriculture Minister Mr Jaswinder Singh Sandhu, decided to retain the old cane price payable by the state sugar mills. The Commissioner, Agriculture, Mr H.C. Disodia, described the cane rates in the state as the highest in the country. The board comprises seven official members and seven non-official members. However, the Managing Directors of all 15 sugar mills in the state also attend its meetings as special invitees. According to informed sources, while representatives of farmers pleaded for an increase in the sugarcane price in view of the increased cost of inputs, representatives of the mills opposed any hike this year. The mill representatives said the sugar prices in the country had fallen considerably as compared to last year. If the cane prices were increased, the viability of the mills would be seriously eroded. The mills, they said, were burdened with huge unsold sugar stocks. The sources say after listening to the arguments of the two sides, it was decided not to increase the cane price this year. Early varieties of sugarcane will continue to fetch Rs 110 per quintal; medium varieties will get Rs 106 per quintal and the late varieties will get Rs 104 per quintal. The meeting also decided to renew the licences of 687 gur-making units and 57 khandsari units in the state so that the growers could sell part of their produce not required by the sugar mills to these. The sources say the normal requirement of the 15 mills in the state is 770.40 lakh quintals of sugarcane if they run for 180 days each in a year. The estimated cane production this year is 949 lakh quintals. The board allotted 678 lakh quintals of cane to the mills this year. Last year’s allotment was 661 lakh quintals against which the mills had crushed 628.78 lakh quintals and had produced 62.39 lakh quintals of sugar. The recovery percentage of sugar also increased from 9.80 in 2000-2001 to 9.95 in 2001-2002. The khandsari and gur units crushed 194 lakh quintals of cane last year. According to Mr Sandhu, the mills pumped Rs 627.88 crore in the rural economy of the state last year. While the cooperative sector mills had paid all the dues of the cane growers, Rs 16.95 crore was outstanding against two private mills. While the Saraswati Sugar Mill, Yamunanagar, did not owe anything to the farmers, the Naraingarh sugar mill owed Rs 15.73 crore to the growers. It had obtained a stay order from the Punjab and Haryana High Court against making payment to the farmers. The Bhadson sugar mill of the Piccadily group was still to pay Rs 1.21 crore to the growers. |
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‘CBSE Commissioner’ arrested
Ambala, November 14 The impostor called up Mrs Mathur this morning and told her that he was CBSE Commissioner Katiyal. He said his car had met with an accident near Shambhu border and his daughter had sustained injuries in the accident. He told her that help was coming from his office and he urgently required about Rs 5000. He said he was sending his driver to get the money. Mrs Mathur then contacted the school management as well as Principal of another school. The Principal on hearing about the incident, asked Mrs Mathur to engage the person till such time he reached the spot. He suspected that this was the same person who had narrated a similar story a few days ago and demanded Rs 8000. When the impostor arrived at Lord Mahavir Jain Public School, Mrs Mathur asked him to wait and told him that the money was being brought from the bank. The other school Principal recognised the fake CBSE Commissioner. The impostor was arrested.
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Pak spy sent to judicial custody Ambala, November 14 The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ms Sarita Gupta, remanded Mohammad Salim to judicial custody till November 26. Meanwhile cracking a spy seems to be easier said than done and the stories Mohammad Salim, are being taken with a pinch of salt by intelligence officials who have interrogated him. Officials are conscious of the fact that the Pakistan resident agent was, in all probability, trained to handle questioning. “There is a difference between questioning an ordinary criminal and questioning a spy. Due to the training imparted to a spy, one has to undertake the challenging task of separating the truth from lies”, an official said. Mohammad Salim has told officials that he had been promised atleast Rs 5000 every month for his family when he would turn into a spy. He claims that his ISI contact had paid up for the first two months but then payment became erratic. The Pak spy has apparently informed the officials that he was “upset” about money not being paid to his family in time and he was planning to leave the country. Intelligence officials are not ready to buy his story about his planning to leave the country. They feel that his working did not suggest that he was in any hurry to leave, instead it is being suspected that he was planning to marry here. “If he had married here, then he would have definately strengthened his roots and he could have done considerable damage,” an official said. Mohammad Salim seems to be trying to convince the officials that he was an ordinary man who was pushed into the country by the ISI. He is believed to stressing on the fact that it was only for money he had come to the country. He told officials that he was being repeatedly tasked by his contact to carry out different work. “The spy was definately under pressure from senior Pakistani officials to send them information,” an official added. During questioning, the spy stated that he had nothing to do with Pakistan Army or the Military Intelligence. Officials, however, believe that he was a Pak regular and he was imparted training, which could have compromised information regarding Army units here. A senior officer said there could be a host of factors which might lead to a person turning into a spy. “There can be financial reason and even blackmail. The ISI has a background of arm-twisting people. The ISI can mount tremendous pressure and they may choose persons involved in criminal activity. The bait for such people is that the cases against them may be dropped,” he said. The officer said the ISI makes it a point to choose persons with an absolutely low profile. “If a person with a good profile is selected for the job, then he would stick out like a sore thumb. A humble background is definately preferred,” he said. “In the particular case of Pakistan resident agent. Mohammad Salim, he had tried to generate sympathy for himself here by claiming that his parents had expired,” he added. He observed that to catch a spy, a trained eye is required to look for details. “Disturbance in the pattern of activity has to be noted. Also, perseverance is a key factor. For any counter-intelligence official, neutralising a Pak spy is an ambition,” he said. The officer said that ‘game of spying’ is tough and intricate. “The best of minds are pitted against each other. Unlike in books of fiction and movies, there is no glamour attached to it. Once a person gets into this game, it becomes a passion. However, there are instances of agents turning into double agent, just for the cerebral kick,” he observed.
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10-year jail for 8 smugglers Sirsa, November 14 According to information received here, the Rori police had arrested Kartara Ram, a resident of Nohar Rajasthan, Raju, a resident of Malekan and Nachchhar Singh of Nagoki village near Faggu village of the district on February 18, 1998, when they were carrying 11 sacks of poppy husk weighing about 418 kg in a tractor-trailer. In another case, the Rori police arrested Kaur Singh and Labh Singh of Faggu village on July 19, 2001, red-handed while they were smuggling 41.6 kg of poppy husk to Rori in the district. In another case, the Dabwali police during a search recovered 80 kg of poppy husk on July 28, 1998, from a jeep. In this case, the police had arrested Seva Singh, Meva Singh and Krishan Mitta of Rajasthan. After hearing the cases, the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr
A.K. Jain, held all eight persons guilty of smuggling and sentenced each of them to 10 years’ imprisonment. He also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh each or an additional two years’ imprisonment in lieu thereof. |
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Rs 5.44-crore water scheme approved
Kaithal, November 14 The Deputy Commissioner, meanwhile, has directed the Public Health authorities to install booster pumps to augment water supply in ward no 8 and 9 of that town as residents there were not getting adequate water supply. He also directed the BD&PO to repair the chaupal of Julani-Khera village. He also directed the power board authorities to replace the old electric wires of Bata village and shift the electric transformer of primary school at Narwalgarh village.
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Bhai Santokh Singh award for two Chandigarh, November 14 This award was given once in lifetime to an individual for his contribution in the field of literary work for promotion of Punjabi in the state. Haribhajan Singh Renu has been writing poetry for the past 35 years. His famous publications included “Bhukh”, “Agan Pakheru”, “Mastak Andar Sooraj” and “Antinay te Baithi Son Chirri”. Komal is a talented writer and has made a significant contribution in the field of short stories, essays and criticism. His publications included “Mukh Band”, Safarnama “Mitran De Ghar”, “Pungar Pungar Bootya”, “Suraj Ton Sagar”, “Tapash, Dharat Grahan” and “Chhanve Baithi Dhup”. |
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Infant’s body recovered Bhiwani, November 14 Satish said 5-year-old son of his brother Mangal was also found in the similar condition from this well on October 29 and they taking it be an accident, did not report to the police. A case has been registered.
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Shastri’s
death mourned
Chandigarh, November 14
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5 robbers held Ambala, November 14 The Superintendent of Police, Ambala, Mr Hardeep Singh Doon, said that the five were arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police in Lucknow. The armed robbers who have been arrested are
Shakil, Sartaj, Vakil, Gulam and Akil. Mr Doon said that the five were produced in court yesterday and remanded to police custody till November 20.
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