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Will Governor give nod to casino Bill? Fraudulent allotment of land detected Peacemakers to visit Sri Lanka CITU flays govt for disturbing meeting HIGH COURT KU Goyal Prize for Prof Pathak |
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‘Kehta Hai Dil...? Director for uniform ET policy Scribe's murder: CBI probe sought Sugar
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Will Governor give nod to casino Bill? Chandigarh, December 4 Though the last meeting of the Assembly ended on October 31, the bills and amendments passed during the session were sent to Raj Bhavan only yesterday after more than a month. Apart from the Bill on casinos, the business carried out in the House, which needed the Governor’s approval, included amendments to the Public Gaming Act, amendments in the house tax policy of the Urban Development Department and an amendment to raise the housing loan limit of legislators. Haryana Government officials claimed that the delay in the submission of the Bills took place because the Chief Minister had gone abroad, adding that it did not imply any hesitation on the part of the state government to place the Bill to the Governor for assent. This argument, though, seems to have a chink in it as the Chief Minister had left for his foreign trip on November 7, having good six days to sign the Bills and amendments. When asked why the Chief Minister did not sign the papers before he went abroad, an official said that Speaker Satbir Singh Kadian, whose signature on the Bills and the amendments were also mandatory had left Chandigarh as soon as the session was over and the papers could not have been processed in his absence. Babu Parmanand also left Chandigarh in November-end for the Andaman Islands and he is scheduled to return to Chandigarh on December 9 when the Bills can be given to him for consideration. The Governor was in Chandigarh when Mr Chautala returned from his foreign trip on November 23 and the two reportedly also met in Delhi though what transpired during the meeting is not known. What has triggered speculation that the Governor may hold back assent to the casino bill is his reported opposition to the setting up of a place for gambling. If the Opposition MLAs — who met the Governor at the end of the last Assembly session urging him to turn down the casino Bill — are to be believed, the Governor is vehemently against the idea of having casinos in Haryana. He had reportedly also told them that he had called up Mr Om Prakash Chautala and asked him whether the casino Bill would be placed in the Assembly session to which the answer was in the negative. He reportedly told them that he was surprised to find that the Bill was placed in the Assembly and passed which was contrary to the assurance given to him by the Chief Minister. It is also a wellknown fact that Babu Parmanand and Mr Chautala do not enjoy good relations and it is not considered unlikely that the Governor may put his foot down on the casino issue a decision which he will be able to justify on moral grounds. In fact, attempts made by the Chief Minister’s Office to obtain the Governor’s assent for the casino Bill when the Chief Minister was abroad were turned down by the Governor on the ground that the Bill did not have signature of the Chief Minister. A source here said that Babu Parmanand would have three options when the Bill would be placed before him after his return to Chandigarh. He can give his assent, thus ending all controversy. He can send the Bill back to the state government suggesting some modification. However, if such is the case then the state legislature can again pass the Bill in its existing format to which the Governor will be then compelled to give his assent. The only way the Bill could be scuttled by the Governor was by referring it to the President of India, the source said. The President would then send the Bill to the Law Ministry as well the ministry concerned with the subject of the Bill for examination. The process is so time-consuming that referring a Bill to the President is considered as good as the Bill getting killed. Indeed the Bill could be killed by the President if he considered it fit to be dealt in this manner, the source added. |
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Fraudulent allotment of land detected Chandigarh, December 4 In a case recently unearthed, a displaced person, Alla Singh, was allotted 23 standard acres in Dachar village of Karnal district in 1950 in lieu of the land left by him in Pakistan. He died on November 24, 1958. Neither he nor his legal heirs ever demanded any additional allotment. However, after about 45 years, an application duly thumb-marked by one person who claimed himself to be Alla Singh (for convenience sake he will be called Alla Singh-2) was moved before the Assistant Registrar-cum-Managing Officer, Rehabilitation Department, Haryana, in 1996 that he should be allotted additional land. The department allotted over seven standard acres to the power of attorneys of Alla Singh-2 in Dera and Rataur villages of Naraingarh tehsil. Following press reports about the fraudulent allotments of land in the name of displaced persons, an inquiry was ordered. However, by the time the inquiry started the attorney of Alla Singh-2, Mr Ishwar Chand, had sold the entire land in Rataur village to certain persons within 12 days of its allotment. The Chief Settlement Officer, Haryana, Mr R.S. Doon, summoned the legal representatives of the original Alla Singh. They confirmed that the additional land allotted in 1996 was on the basis of forged documents. Setting aside the allotment of additional land to Alla Singh-2, Mr Doon has ordered an inquiry by the Vigilance Bureau as the role of certain department officials has come under question. |
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Peacemakers to visit Sri Lanka Faridabad, December 4 The delegates were informed that Sri Lanka was one of three conflict areas visited by NVPF teams to collect data to evaluate the invitations from local groups. Donna Howard, who led the Sri Lankan team, commented: “The people who invited us (NVPF) were facing serious threats from spoilers of the peace process”. “Violence is self-perpetuating and if we look at the many instances of its use in conflict resolution, we will be disappointed: Why then is there so much violence around us?” Mr Hasina asked the gathering while delivering keynote address at the opening of the convention. Mr Samdhong Rinpoche, Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government in exile, told the gathering that the NVPF was needed in today’s world. The violence across the world was unprecedented. Nick Mela, spokesperson for the conference, said the NVPF project was the latest effort to provide an alternative to military interventions in conflicts. He claimed that seven Nobel Peace Prize laureates had endorsed the NVPF. The meeting elected a new International Governing Council of the NVPF. The members include lyn Adamson (Canada), Omar Drop (Senegal), Donna Howard (USA) Young Kim (Republic of Korea) Akihiko Kimijima (Japan) Ramu Mannivanan (India), Micheel Pokawa (Sreiva Leone), Renad Qubbaj (Palestine), Phil Ritter (USA), Elizabeth Roberts (USA), Claudia Samoya (Guatemala) Chaiwat S. Anand (Thailand), John Stewart (Zimbabwe) and Francesco Tullio (Italy). |
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CITU flays govt for disturbing meeting Hisar, December 4 The working committee also condemned the action of the Haryana Government regarding dismantling and tearing of banners, pamphlets, flags during the session and termed it to be an undemocratic attempt. The working committee passed a resolution congratulating the 40,000 odd strong workforce of the Bokaro Steel Plant for observing complete strike on December 3 at the call of the CITU union there and sent a telegram to them. The meeting also deliberated on the forthcoming countrywide struggle by the plantation workers which is being joined by all trade unions functioning in the plantation sector irrespective of their affiliations. M.K. Pandhe, general secretary of CITU delivered the concluding speech and thanked the members for their valuable contributions in the discussion on the general report placed by him. He told the members that the days ahead were bound to witness bigger united movement in the face of the deepening of the economic crisis and failure of the NDA government on all fronts. The job security, standard of living and trade union rights shall face more and more virulent attack from the ruling classes. The committee unanimously passed a resolution demanding enhancement of the honorarium of the Anganwadi workers and helpers which was moved by Mr Kashmir Singh Thakur and seconded by Mr I.P. Rosa.
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, December 4 The constable — Ramesh Kumar — was apprehending arrest in a first information report registered by the police at Gurgaon under Sections 323, 342, 379 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. According to the prosecution, the petitioner, along with two others, took Rs 700 from a commuter after thrashing him. After going through the documents and hearing arguments in the case, Ms Justice Lall observed that the petitioner was on duty at the relevant time but instead of maintaining law and order, he, along with two others, allegedly gave beating to the complainant, kept him in illegal confinement and snatched money from the purse. As such the benefit of anticipatory bail could not be granted to the petitioner.
Kidnapping case In a petition filed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court, a “national level” boxer has sought directions for releasing him on bail in the event of his arrest in a kidnapping case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation. Claiming to have been implicated “on the basis of suspicion”, Punit of Rohtak added that he had nothing to do with the alleged incident. Taking up the petition, Ms Kiran Anand Lall fixed December 9 as the next date of hearing in the case. The case, it may be recalled, was initially registered by the police under Section 364 of the Indian Penal Code after the missing boy’s father lodged a complaint with the police in September last year. According to the prosecution, the boy had left his residence on September 1, 2001, but never returned. |
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KU Goyal Prize for Prof Pathak Chandigarh, December 4 The award carries a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh, besides a gold medal and a citation. The Goyal Prize was instituted in 1992 by Mr Ram S. Goyal, an NRI from Haryana, settled in the USA, to honour Indian scientists engaged in advanced research work in basic and applied sciences. Besides honouring 28 Indian scientists, Mr Goyal gave an endowment of Rs 60 lakh to the university in 2000 and these prizes were renamed as ‘Goyal prizes Kurukshetra University’. The award ceremony will be held later this month along with the university convocation. Professor Pathak will also deliver an address on the occasion. Author of more than 123 research papers in international journals, Professor Pathak has a distinguished track record of over 35 years of teaching physics in the country and abroad. His field of specialisation is condensed matter physics. Professor Pathak was conferred the Meghnad Saha award in 1996; Alexander von Humbolt senior fellowship award in 1997; UGC national lecturer award in 1986-87; and UGC national fellowship award 1991 onwards. Prominent Goyal awardees include Prof C.N.R.Rao, Prof J.V.Narlikar, Dr S.V.Kessar, R.A.Mashelkar, Prof Asis Datta, Prof P.N.Srivastava, Dr P.Venugopal, Prof S.K.Joshi and Dr K. Kasturirangan. |
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‘Kehta Hai Dil...? Director for uniform ET policy Yamunanagar, December 4 Starring Jimmy Shergill, Kim Sharma and Paresh Rawal the film is being shown in Haryana, U.P., Delhi and Rajasthan and all over India. Mr Dholakia who has already produced and directed commercial documentary films on burning issues like “Teenage Parents”, “Communalism in the USA” and also the “Kashmir issue”; said his present film had cost him about Rs 5 crore. Rahul Dholakia was here to attend the wedding of Assistant Director Rohit’s sister Rachna to Kanwar Gadhok, son of Mr Hari Krishan Gadhok. Mr Dholakia said his next film would be a venture with new faces. It’s a warm, heart-tugging story centered on the recent Gujarat riots. “It is based on a true story and deals with the sufferings of a family due to mindless communal violence”, he added. “Kehta Hai Dil Baar Baar” is a romantic comedy based in the USA. Rahul complemented Mr Shekhar Kapur, Mr Mahesh Bhatt and Mr J.P. Dutta, director, “LOC”, for making good and sensible films. He appealed to the Union Finance Minister to come to the rescue of the film industry and have a uniform policy on entertainment tax in the country. |
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Scribe's murder: CBI probe sought Kaithal, December 4 |
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Sugar
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