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College girls detained for mahila sammelan Rohtak, November 27 Mr Krishan Murti Hooda, a former minister and an HPCC spokesperson, today alleged that the students, whose classes ended 2 pm, were forced to stay on in the college premises till the sammelan concluded at 3.30 pm. Even the parents of the students, who had gathered at the main gate of the college to collect their wards, were denied permission to enter the premises. The main gate of the college was locked from inside and the watchman directed the parents to pick up the wards after about two hours. This reportedly infuriated the parents who demanded that they be allowed to meet the principal. However, permission was declined and they had to fidget at the main gate till about 3.30 p.m. The commotion at the gate also caused traffic jams on the main road. The Congress leader disclosed that a majority of the college students, who were detained in the college, hailed from rural areas and they missed the buses to their villages. They had to travel by the main route buses and cover a distance of 5 km by foot to reach their destinations. Mr Hooda alleged that the organiser of the sammelan was a teacher in a government school who managed to requisition the college ground for the sammelan in violation of all rules and regulations. He further alleged that the students of the government school, along with their mothers, were forced to attend the sammelan. The detention of the girl students had made a mockery of the slogan ‘women empowerment,’ which resounded at the ‘mahila sammelan’. He sought immediate suspension of the principal of the college and a check on the recurrence of any such incident. |
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Child rescued from sewer line after 5 hours Noida Daughter of one Devinder Singh, the child was playing when she fell into the uncovered sewer line. As there was a marriage in the neighbourhood, there was a great deal of commotion and nobody noticed that the girl had fallen into the sewer. The family of the child presumed that she was with somebody. But after all the guests had departed the family started looking around for the child. Then, somebody had the good sense to look into the freshly dug sewer line and saw her sleeping there. She was pulled out after some effort, five hours after she fell into the sewer. Apparently, she had been weeping and had tried to climb out on her own. Later, she fell asleep due to exhaustion.
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ANSAL PLAZA CASE New Delhi, November 27 Disposing a petition filed by Krishna seeking an independent inquiry into the shootout and quashing of the police notice to him, a Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Devinder Gupta and Justice A K Sikri said he would appear before the South Delhi ACP at 4 p.m. tomorrow. Krishna, who was served the notice by the police on November 8, five days after the shootout, for recording his statement under Section 160 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) as a witness, had so far declined to appear before them, alleging that he was being threatened by some police officials. The court said, while questioning him, the ACP, who is also probing into the shootout on the order of the Delhi Police Commissioner after a petition was filed before the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), would question Krishna as per the guidelines issued by the commission. Delhi Police Counsel Mukta Gupta said the case for probe was transferred from Special Cell to the South Delhi Police by the Police Commissioner on his own initiative after a petition was filed before the NHRC. The Special Cell had executed the operation in which two Pakistani terrorists, reportedly belonging to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), were shot dead in the basement of the shopping plaza in South Delhi. The operation was enveloped in controversy with the media raising questions about the encounter. |
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Jammu Tawi-bound train becomes trade fair shuttle Sonepat, November 27 According to a report, some of the students were returning from the International Trade Fair; others had gone to the Capital to attend the rally organised by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. When the train left Delhi, the livid students pulled the chain near Narela. Immediately the Railway Police personnel and the Northern Railway TCs got into action, in an attempt to identify the students who had pulled the emergency chain. However, they drew a blank. When the train resumed its journey, it was again held up by some students. By the time the GRP personnel had responded to the situation, the students had moved out of their compartment. The train resumed its journey, only to be held up for the third time. Result: The train was delayed for half an hour near Narela railway station. It is stated that the students held up the train for the last time when it was nearing Sonepat; again the hooligans could not be located by the GRP. Finally the train reached Sonepat 45 minutes behind schedule. Many commuters pointed out that the train had been running behind schedule almost daily, since the beginning of the trade fair at Delhi. In another alarming incident, it was panic stations on the Delhi-bound Howrah-Kalka Mail (2312 Down), when two bogies attached with the engine caught fire after reaching Sonepat railway station yesterday. Some of the passengers were injured when they tried to get down from the bogies. The ASM on duty immediately informed the fire brigade which arrived on the scene and brought the fire under control. The train resumed its journey after a half-an-hour delay. |
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Factory of pirated CDs unearthed New Delhi, November 27 The police have arrested two persons Davesh Rathore, director and Kulbir Singh, responsible for marketing the CDs. Surender Kumar Wadhwa, the owner of the unit has been absconding. Acting on a tip-off, the police raided Siddharth Opticals in Mayapuri and recovered two imported CD-recording machines, one CD printer, make of Hanky and Partners of Taiwan, 10,600 blue films video CDs, nine blue film stampers with 21 positives of blue film, 482 MP3 audio CDs, 13 MP3 stampers and 39 positives of MP3 audio, one Sony colour television, one CD player with remote, two computer speakers and one audio-video converter from their possession. Preliminary investigations revealed that the equipment seized is capable of making about 50,000 CDs per day. The masters of blue film and the masters of MP3 were smuggled from Singapore and the stamper is also made in Singapore. In another case, the Crime Branch has raided shops in Sadar Bazar and recovered 2,950 girlie magazines like Debonair, Fantasy, Menz Club, Fantasy Fun, Chastity, Vaishai, Urvashi, My Love, Non Stop Ishq, Dream Hasina, Sex World, Adventure. |
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loads dice in gambit against ‘casino culture’ Gurgaon, November 27 Women were conspicuously part of the impressive procession, which threw the vehicular traffic in disarray. Holding placards, the processionists raised slogans against the government’s pro-casino policy. The agitators ended their march to the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Gurgaon, Mr Anil Rastogi, and submitted a memorandum to the Governor. Building up a case against the move to open casinos, the memorandum said that the casino culture was a ‘social evil’. The culture will push the already indigent masses of the state to poverty and lead the youths to unethical and immoral ways. The memorandum expressed the party’s resentment on the deteriorating law and order situation, saying that the state was witnessing a ‘jungle raj’ where nobody’s life and property were safe. While the police and the administration have been gripped with a sense of inertia, the criminals and anti-social elements are having a field day. With regard to the farmers, the HVP pointed out to the Governor that had Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala made a timely presentation of the extremity of the drought and the suffering of the farmers to the Centre, the state would have got its share of the central package as compensation. Mr Chautala only presented the case after Union Agriculture Minister Ajit Singh, publicly stated on September 5 that the state had not presented its case to the Centre on the drought issue. Mr Chautala stood on false ego in presenting the case to the Union Agriculture Minister. It alleged that the farmers of the state have not been given a penny in the name of compensation on account of the drought. It urged the Governor to use his good offices to provide compensation to the drought-affected farmers at the earliest, especially in view of the sowing of the rabbi crops. Also it urged for an ample provision for irrigation water and electricity to the farmers for sowing the rabbi crops. It also picked holes in the government’s decision to levy an eight per cent surcharge on Maximum Retail Price (MRP) of 60 items. The masses of the state have been adversely affected by this move. It has particularly affected trade and industry in the state. The party demanded immediate rolling back of the surcharge. Earlier, addressing the processionists, Mr Surender Singh spoke in the same vein as that of the memorandum. Besides, he said that the INLD government, instead of implementing its poll promise to provide jobs was indiscriminately laying off the employees in various departments. Should his party come to power, it would annul the anti-people policy of this government and give justice to those, including the employees, who are being harassed in the present regime. While speaking to newsmen on the occasion, he said that while the mass of people was reeling from poverty, unemployment and other social indicators, the present government was trying to indulge in the fancy of promoting flesh trade and gambling in the name of casino. These activities grievously militate against a host of provisions of the Directive Principles of State Policy. The Chief Minister is hardly aware of the plight of the basic needs of the people. He was often finding excuses to go on foreign jaunts, he added. |
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MCD panels on parking tax, heritage site set up New Delhi, November 27 The four-member Parking Committee is chaired by Vijender, a senior councillor of the Congress. Its other members are Surender Pal Singh Bittoo, Pratap Naraian, both Congress councillors and Rakesh Kumar, a BJP councillor. The committee will discuss the proposal and submit the report before the Standing Committee. Vijender Kumar Gupta, opposition member has termed the proposal as unlawful and anti-people which would hit the middle class hard. |
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becoming a byword for indolence, graft Faridabad, November 27 The civic body’s attempt to auction about 194 shops, kiosks, booths and commercial spots in various areas drew flak yesterday, when no one turned up to buy the commercial property. It is not the first time the MCF officials faced such an embarrassing situation. It has happened many times earlier also, say the corporation sources. The MCF, facing financial crunch for the past three or four years, has now been focussing its attention to develop commercial sites and other points to auction them at attractive prices. However, the civic body’s move to develop a residential colony on the pattern of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has already snowballed. The MCF failed to develop and allot plots to the residents (applicants) for its ambitious Aravalli Vihar scheme launched about 10 years ago. The corporation which has an annual budget of about Rs 119 crore, pays a whopping Rs 50 crore as salary to its employees. “The rest of the amount left with it is either meagre to carry out the required works or is used allegedly only in the wards of municipal corporators who belong to the ruling political party,” claims Mr Shiv Charan Lal Sharma, senior Deputy Mayor of the corporation and a known Congressmen here. He alleged that ward no five and six represented by him and his wife Maya Devi Sharma had been deliberately ignored due to political rivalry. Quoting an example, he said, the residents of Jawahar Colony, the biggest residential colony in Haryana, having a population of about 2.5 lakhs, get potable water supply once in five or six days, even in winters. He said the residents were forced to buy drinking water in summer when there is a huge scarcity, claiming that the colony was passed way back in 1974. It had still no sewerage system till now. While there are over a hundred residential colonies, including the Huda sectors in the town, still there are more than 40 colonies awaiting regularisation. The district got a rude shock when the authorities concerned at Chandigarh ‘failed’ to include even a single colony of the town in the list of the colonies to be regularised. Some residents of the Jawahar Colony revealed their plan to wear ‘black badges’ and protest outside the MCF office on the day when the Chief Minister visits the town to chair the grievances committee meeting. The MCF has already allotted the work of cleanliness of the eastern part to the ‘Sulabh International’ on contract basis, but the work of the body has been far from satisfactory in several areas. The work of cleaning sewers and drains in the town had been poor and the complaints of choked sewers and drains are common. This has led to increased risk to the health of residents as the cases of malaria and contamination of drinking water have been on the rise while the acute shortage of drinking water, inadequate sewerage network, removal of garbage, lack of proper roads, streetlights and overall sanitation still poses a challenge to the MCF. The civic body often faces shortage of funds, mainly due to poor recovery of taxes and delay in various projects. It is alleged that no file could move in the MCF office until the officials are ‘bribed’ or unless it is backed by influential quarters. The staff structure of the body presents a ‘heavy top’ picture with several officials manning it, which include an IAS and three HCS officers. It is reported that the MCF officials have begun beautification plan worth several lakhs of rupees just in front of the MCF office and auditorium where the Chief Minister presides over the monthly meeting of district grievances committee. Ironically, an open drain on the other side is choked with filth and the commercial area of Nehru Ground here is crying for development, but the MCF is blissfully ignorant.  |
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Hooda flays INLD for not increasing MSP Sonepat, November 27 Speaking to mediapersons here, he said that the sugarcane growers have not been getting sufficient power and canal water for sowing the Rabi crops. He said that the farmers in the state had suffered heavy losses due to the unprecedented dry spell but the state government has failed to provide relief to the drought-hit farmers. On the other hand, the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, had been engaged in foreign visits in the name of alluring the entrepreneurs. The Congress leader opposed the imposition of various taxes on the people and alleged that this has caused widespread
resentment among them against it. He demanded immediate withdrawal of all taxes to avoid
confrontation with them. He condemned the Casino Bill recently passed by the Haryana Vidhan Sabha and said that the people would launch a statewide agitation if the Bill was not withdrawn by the government as it would ruin the youths of the region. Meanwhile, the Haryana Kisan Mazdoor Congress has convened a state-level meeting to be held at Sonepat on December 9 to discuss the Kelkar Committee report. Disclosing this, Mr Samsher Singh Surjewala, a veteran Congress leader has said that Mr Balram Jakhar, a former Union Minister would preside over the meeting. He said that if the Kelkar Committee report on agriculture was implemented, farmers of the country would be ruined as they were already facing the financial crisis and were under heavy debt. He alleged that the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre was pursuing anti-farmer policies. As a result, the economic condition of the farmer has deteriorated. He said that agriculture had become an unprofitable profession and due to the burden of debt, farmers were committing suicide in different parts of the country. |
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Simians, the scourge of Sonepat Sonepat, November 27 According to a report, the monkeys have bitten half-a-dozen people including women and children during the past one week. Most of the victims are house-maids and vegetable vendors, who cannot afford anti-rabies injections, making them prone to the deadly disease. There has been an acute shortage of anti-rabies injections in local civil hospital and other health institutions in the district as the civil surgeon has failed to ensure the regular supply of these injections from Solan (Himachal Pradesh). Many councillors of the Sonepat Municipal Council have said that the council has no funds and it requires infrastructure to capture the monkeys. Hence, it would not be able to get the city rid of monkeys. The District and Forest Department authorities should arrange for langoors to make the monkeys flee from the city areas, they said. Representatives of various political parties, social and voluntary organisations and trade unions have expressed their concern over the menace of monkeys and said that the residents are being stalked. Nobody is safe: people returning from office, housewives from their daily shopping and children from schools. The residents fear leaving the safety of their homes. Many have been attacked by the monkeys and some of them have been bitten also. But the question is who will bell the cat: the police, the municipal council, the forest department or the fire department, they said. While the bureaucratic red-tape resolves this tangle, the monkeys continue to stalk the city. Many residents said whenever they have called the police, they say that it is not their responsibility. They even say that it is an incarnation of Hanuman. So, they cannot attack it.
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House of Sonepat Cong leader partially razed Sonepat, November 27 According to a report, the officials were accompanied by a strong contingent of police, JCB machines, tractor trolleys and workers of the municipal council. When they reached the site, there was a panic in the area. A large number of people assembled. Mr Batra showed the stay-order issued by a local court and other documents of the house to the City Magistrate and the Executive Officer but they ignored and ordered the workers to demolish the room constructed without any plan and permission from the civic authorities. Mrs Krishna Batra, wife of Mr Batra, also raised a hue and cry and sought help from the residents of the area but no one showed up. Thereupon, Mr Batra and his family members started removing the household articles from the room on their own. Mr Dharampal Singh Malik, a former MP and former HPCC president arrived on the scene soon and protested against the action of the authorities but in vain. Meanwhile, Mr Rajiv Jain, general secretary of the Haryana Vikas Party has condemned demolishing the room of the house of the Congress leader and alleged that the officials have acted at the behest of some politicians who have enmity with Mr Batra. He demanded a high-level probe into the incident and stern action against the officials who have violated the court orders. |
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Levi’s to rock the Capital on December one New Delhi, November 27 This show would serve as a forum to call upon the youth of the country to take up the challenge of battling and vanquishing the scourge of AIDS. The Levi’s Battle Against AIDS Rock Concert promises to enthral its youthful audience with live performances by leading rock bands from across India. Standing by to fire the big guns are New Delhi’s Them Clones, Envision and Orange Street, Chennai’s Moksha and Mumbai’s Pentagram. The show will be on at Hamsadhwani Theatre, Pragati Maidan, at 5pm on December 1. True to the spirit of the concert, there is no entry fee to the show. Bipashu Basu, Farhan Akhtar, Ruby Bhatia, Manpreet Brar, Marc Robinson, Palash Sen (of Euphoria fame), Pooja Bedi, Devang Patel, Farah Khan, video jockeys from Channel V and B4U Music have extended their support by featuring in a new music video, `Candywalk’, which was created by the Levi Strauss Foundation and Freedom Foundation exclusively `Candywalk’ is coordinated by Amit Saigal, Editor of Rock Street Journal, and the music has been composed by Orange Street. The video is produced and directed by Indrajit Nattoji and Bindiya Murgai of Blink Pictures. Palash Sen of the immensely popular home-grown band, Euphoria, has written the lyrics for the track. |
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IN PARLIAMENT New Delhi, November 27 Replying to written questions, Minister of State for Home Vidyasagar Rao said the measures had been taken to save rape victims from any harassment which included imparting training to three upper sub-ordinates, preferably women officers. The other measures include ensuring that the rape victims or their relatives were not made to come to the police stations during the investigation of the case but instead the investigating officers visited their residences in plain clothes. Additional districts: There was no formal proposal for creation of new Delhi Police districts in the Capital, Mr Rao said in reply to another written question. About the modernisation of the Delhi Police, he said the 10th five-year plan of the Delhi Police includes two schemes —induction of the latest technology and upgradation of training.. AIIMS: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was planning to upgrade their facilities and a detailed master plan which includes expansion of housing facilities, expanded hostel facilities, new institutional building like pay wards, had been submitted to the Delhi Urban Art Commission, the Rajya Sabha was informed. Replying to a written question, Minister of State for Health A Raja said the project was expected to be implemented phase-wise as a part of vision 2025 and would cost around Rs1300 crore. |
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NCR BRIEFS Sonepat, November 27 According to a report, the protesting workers shouted slogans against Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray and passed through the main bazaars of the city. They reached Subhash Chowk in the Model Town area and later burnt the effigy of Bal Thackeray. However, no untoward incident was reported as the police made elaborate arrangements to maintain law and order in the city. UHBVN employee hurt Khaggi Ram, an employee of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN), sustained burn injuries while working on a pole on the premises of the powerhouse at Beeswan Meel, 16 km from here, on Tuesday. According to a report, the injured employee was immediately hospitalised. He is stated to be out of danger. Woman attacked by son Mrs Surti, a housewife, was seriously injured when she was hit with a brick by her younger son, Chhanna Mal, at Purkhas village, 19 km from here, on Tuesday. According to a report, the injured woman was immediately hospitalised and she is stated to be out of danger. The police are still investigating into the case. A family quarrel is stated to be behind this incident. Youth seriously hurt A youth, Vijay Kumar, was seriously injured when he was hit by an unknown vehicle on the Sonepat-Gohana road here on Tuesday night. According to a report, the injured youth was referred to a trauma centre at Delhi by the doctors of the local Civil Hospital. Farmers lift 7-day dharna Faridabad: The seven-day-old dharna-cum-blockade staged by farmers of Asavati and Pyala villages to demand employment in the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) plant in lieu of the acquired land ended on Wednesday. It is reported that the SDM and the DSP of Ballabgarh subdivision met the agitating farmers and produced a copy of the fax message reportedly received by the district authorities from the high court, which declared the dharna as illegal. It is learnt the officials of the IOC plant approached the court after the farmers declared that their blockade on the road leading to the IOC plant would continue till their demand of employment in the IOC was met. It is stated the company had been suffering a huge loss as its supplies had been disrupted totally due to the
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DELHI DIGEST New Delhi, November 27 Mr Ram Bhaj appreciated the efforts of students and teachers through various mediums and also appreciated the confidence of students while explaining about the projects, models and charts on various topics like natural disaster, metro rail, anthrax, computer based technology, pollution control etc. “Science — Indigenous Technology & Sustainable Development” is divided into three streams –Science, Work Experience and Nursery Exhibition which is further divided into five sub-themes ie Food, Health & Agriculture, Environment Management, Transport and Communication, Educational Technology and Energy Sources. Students and teachers are expected to be benefited through this fair. On the concluding day prizes will be distributed to the best participants by Mr Arun Baroka, Secretary, NDMC. Sarna condemns attack on temple New Delhi and Kashmir. The President of the DSGMC and Shiromani Akali Dal (Delhi) along with Mr Shamsher Singh Sandhu, Senior Vice-President, Mr Gurcharan Singh Gatka Master, Vice-President, Mr Bhajan Singh Waha, General Secretary, and Dr Harmohinder Singh, Secretary, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, reiterated that terrorists groups being backed from across the international border and Line of Control had once again struck, thereby killing innocent people. The President of the DSGMC appealed to the Centre and the state government to step up security and take stringent measures and push more effectively to curb such activities once and for all in order to create a peaceful atmosphere not only in Jammu and Kashmir but along the international border and the
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Two women killed for dowry Noida, November 27 Neelu, daughter of Ram Bhiromin of Jaunpur district, was living in Phase-II, Noida, after being married to Akhilesh four years ago. Reportedly, Akhilesh killed his wife after she failed to fulfil his dowry demand of Rs 25,000. The body of the deceased is in the possession of the police. Moreover, Nilu’s father, Mr Ram Bharomin has filed a report against his son-in-law Akhilesh, Somwathi, Mrs Urmila Devi and Mrs Chhaya Devi, accusing them for the murder of his daughter. The second dowry death occurred in Chholus village under Jarcha police station. One Mohd. Vakil is reported to have demanded dowry from his wife Shabnam. When she was unable to fulfil his demand, Mohd. Vakil and his family members hanged her to death. The police have recovered the dead body. Babu Khan, Shabnam’s father, has filed a case with the police. However, the accused is absconding. In Jarcha town, the 5-year-old son of one Manveer was sodomised. Later, the victim is reported to have told his parents about the incident who lodged a report with the police. The police arrested the accused, identified as Chintu, and sent him to jail. |
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Woman held for farmer’s murder Ghaziabad, November 27 Suraj Pal had been shot dead in his fields and his
uncle (father’s younger brother), Kamal Singh, was beaten up and tied to a tree. The police had registered a case of murder against unknown persons on a written report of Kamal Singh. The criminals had come in a bullock cart and had included a young woman also, the police were told. The police nabbed 16-year-old Kusum when she was in the bullock cart. A man fled on seeing the police. He was reportedly Kusum’s father. The police have claimed that this crime had been committed by Kusum, her father and brother. The woman is reported to be living in Samana village for the past few months along with her father and husband. She told the police that they had gone to Chena village in Mussorie after the crime. There they had sold the looted paddy to Dharampal, son of Kanhya. The police was guided by Kusum to Kanhya’s house late in the night. Kanhya and his son Dharampal have been arrested while Kusum’s father and brother are still at large. |
Now, log on to PNB computer from home Rohtak, November 27 Addressing customers of the bank at a retail lending function organised here today, Mr G. K. Sawhney, Assistant General Manager, said Punjab National Bank was shortly going to provide roaming facility to its customers by connecting nine centres and 1500 branches of its group through a specialised network under the centralised banking solutions scheme by March next. Under this scheme, a customer of any branch of the bank can obtain payment from any branch at Delhi or Bombay or any other branch connected with the bank’s network. While informing the customers about automatic teller machines (ATMs), Mr Sawhney said 208 ATM machines of the bank were operating throughout the country and out of these 23 machines had been installed in Haryana. He also apprised the audience of the bank’s specialised and latest banking facilities such as telebanking, fast collection of cheques, cash management system etc being provided to customers. At least 200 customers participated in the function and retail loans worth Rs 4.20 crore were distributed. Mr C. L. Sharma, Senior Manager (Credit), Regional Office, Rohtak, informed in detail about the retail lending scheme. He said Punjab National Bank had formed various new loan schemes for its customers all over the country and under these schemes Rohtak region had so far sanctioned loans worth Rs 28.50 crore during the current financial year. The Chief Manager of Rohtak region, Mr T. R. Sharma, informed that the total turnover of the bank was more than Rs 1lakh crore while the turnover of the Rohtak Region was about Rs 1500 crore. |
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