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November 27, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Security to Ved Pal; Haryana plea rejected Nain, 16 others in judicial custody till Dec 9
BKU leader’s release sought Hooda condemns lathi charge |
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Shekhawat to open Gita Jayanti utsav HIGH COURT Memorial to martyr unveiled Steps to boost quality education Engineering
students end agitation
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Security to Ved Pal; Haryana plea rejected Chandigarh, November 26 The security to Mr Ved Pal, on whom a terrorist attack was made on March 9, 1984, was provided on the directions of the High Court in 1996 when the government sought to withdraw the security provided to him. Another attack was made on Mr Ved Pal’s house in Karnal in 1998 when he was the Chairman of the State Agriculture Marketing Board and enjoyed the rank of a Cabinet minister. The state government pleaded in its application that Mr Ved Pal was not in need of security. It said the state-level review committee periodically reviewed the list of protected persons as per threat perceptions to them. Mr Ved Pal’s name, the application said, did not figure in the list of protected persons prepared by the committee. The application further said that the state was facing an acute shortage of manpower. Hence, the state should be allowed to withdraw the security provided to Mr Ved Pal. The application was opposed by Mr G.K. Chatrath, counsel for Mr Ved Pal, on the plea that the Chautala Government was opposed to his client and the application was motivated by political considerations. He alleged that the committee’s report was “manipulated and procured”. Dismissing the application, the Bench said it was not maintainable. |
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Nain, 16 others in judicial custody till Dec 9 Ambala, November 26 They were produced in the court Judicial Magistrate Jasbir Singh, who remanded them in judicial custody. He ordered that the accused be lodged in the Central Jail, Ambala. Earlier, Nain and others moved an application in the court seeking that they be examined medically before being sent to jail. On the directions of the Magistrate, they were examined medically at the Civil Hospital. Mr Nain and other BKU activists and office-bearers were arrested yesterday near Shehzadpur for allegedly indulging in violence in which some policemen were injured. The BKU activists were protesting against the non-payment of arrears to sugarcane growers by the management of Naraingarh Sugar mills. Mr Nain and 16 others were arrested under various Sections of the
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BKU leader’s release sought Kaithal, November 26 Addressing mediapersons here today, he called the murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrpati as murder of democracy. He said if the voice of the Press was suppressed by threats or terror, it would have serious repercussions for the democratic set-up.
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Hooda condemns lathi charge Chandigarh, November 26 In a statement issued here today Mr Hooda warned the Chautala Government that if it failed to accept the genuine demands of the farmers, it should be prepared to face the consequences. Mr Hooda said instead of accepting the genuine demands of the farmers, including the payment of their arrears, the government was terrorising the farming community, which had still not forgotten the police atrocities on it at Kandela a few months ago. Demanding immediate release of the arrested farmers, Mr Hooda said the farmers were still waiting for the sugar mills to start the crushing season. The delay, he said, would lead to unrest among cane growers. |
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Shekhawat to open Gita Jayanti utsav Kurukshetra, November 26 Among others, the Union Tourism Minister, Mr Jagmohan, Governor, Babu Parmanand, Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, Member of Parliament, Mrs Kailasho Saini, Transport Minister, Mr Ashok Kumar Arora, Agriculture Minister, Mr Jaswinder Singh Sandhu, all MPs from Haryana, will participate in the inaugural function. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Abhilaksh Likhi today said for the first time this year, Gita Jayanti-Mahabharat Utsav-2002 was being organised on a national level. Mr Likhi said about 1,500 artists from seven cultural centres in the country would participate in the utsav while the Union Tourism State Minister, Mr Vinod Khanna, and Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, would be Chief Guests. |
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, November 26 In his petition taken up by the Bench — comprising Mr Justice S.S. Nijjar and Mr Justice M.M. kumar — Ajay Kumar of Dhani Sanchala village in Fatehabad had earlier contended that the orders passed by the officer were illegal and unlawful. Going into the background of the case, he had contended that the sarpanch was removed from the post and debarred from contesting the elections for five years after an inquiry had held him guilty of getting trees cut and causing a loss to the gram panchayat. He had added that the sarpanch’s appeal was, however, accepted by the officer. He had further contended that otherwise also the sarpanch, having three children, was liable to be disqualified under the provisions of the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act. |
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Memorial to martyr unveiled Fatehabad, November 26 Mr Krishan was here today to unveil a memorial to Rajesh Kumar, who laid down his life fighting enemy forces in Uri sector last year. The Deputy Commissioner, Dr R.B. Langyaan, the Zila Parishad chairperson, Mr Kailo Devi, the Haryana Kisan Sabha president, Mr Krishan Swaroop, and Ms Suman Siwatch, Zila Parishad member, were present on the occasion. The Deputy Commissioner announced that the senior secondary school in the village would be named after the martyr. |
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Steps to boost quality education Bhiwani, November 26 Giving this information here yesterday, a spokesman of the department said an action plant had been introduced in all schools in the state to implement this scheme. The programme was bringing about visible improvements in the conduct and thinking of students as well as teachers in all educational institutions. He said steps had also been taken to improve the quality of education by starting a school evaluation scheme to assess various activities being performed in the schools. Performa for the school evaluation schedule had been framed and the department would be able to assess the activities of each and every school in the state. He further informed that a model school each had been started in the districts of the state to improve the quality of education. All 19 districts had been covered under this project and the schools were now required to show better results not only in academics, but also in cocurricular activities. The department was also planning to cover one more model school in each of the 19 districts under this project. He said the department, in association with Oriental Insurance Company, had introduced an insurance policy for school going children as well as the teaching and non-teaching staff at a meagre premium amount of Re 1 per year. The spokesman informed that educational supervision had been strengthened and special focus was being laid on all schools which had shown results less than 50 per cent in the middle, matric and senior secondary examinations. |
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students end agitation Kurukshetra, November 26 Stating this to mediapersons here today, a student leader, Om Prakash Yadav, said they had withdrawn their agitation because their demand of restoring the old system had been fulfilled by Kurukshetra University. The students who would be placed under compartment category in one or more subjects would now be promoted to the next class and such students would continue to appear in the supplementary examinations till they clear the same, Yadav added. |
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