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Vikas Parishad severs ties with BJP
Ambala, January 23
The Vikas Parishad today severed relations with its alliance partner the BJP, by announcing that it was launching a movement to ensure that Pandit Shankar Dass steps down from the Municipal Council Ambala Sadar President’s post.

Cong leader booked
Chandigarh, January 23
The Bhiwani Police has registered a criminal case against Mr Ran Singh Maan, organising secretary of the Haryana Congress, for allegedly damaging public property and stealing wood belonging to the government, according to information received here this evening.

Rail overbridge construction starts
Kurukshetra, January 23
The Haryana Government has approved over Rs 20 crore for the upgradation, widening, strengthening and improvement of various roads in Kurukshetra district.

Fog hits crops
Bhiwani, January 23
In the wake of continuous mist the district administration, apprehends attack of white rust on the cotton crop. Kharif crops, sarson, gram, wheat, in Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Loharu, Buwani Khera, Mundhal have been affected.

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Vikas Parishad severs ties with BJP
Tribune News Service

Ambala, January 23
The Vikas Parishad today severed relations with its alliance partner the BJP, by announcing that it was launching a movement to ensure that Pandit Shankar Dass steps down from the Municipal Council Ambala Sadar President’s post.

Talking to mediapersons here today, the Ambala Cantonment MLA and parishad’s chief, Mr Anil Vij, said they would not discuss the MC President issue any further with the BJP. “We held a meeting this morning and we have decided that from today, we are going to play the role of an Opposition party in the council,” he said.

“During the movement, we are going to expose the true face of the BJP. The movement will start on January 31 at 10 a.m. from SD Dharamshala in Katcha Bazaar,” he said.

He said the movement would end only when a public opinion forces Pandit Shankar Dass to put in his papers. “We will tell the people about the failures of the council headed by the BJP,” he stated. He said they were not asking for the President’s post on the basis of numbers. “We are demanding it on the basis of the agreement which we had entered into with the BJP,” he added.

Mr Vij said no party had got absolute majority in the MC Ambala Sadar House. “The parishad and the BJP had entered into a written agreement under which the President’s seat was to be shared for two and half years. The BJP had wanted first to become the President as they had more councillors. There were two guarantors to the agreement,” he said.

Cong leader booked
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 23
The Bhiwani Police has registered a criminal case against Mr Ran Singh Maan, organising secretary of the Haryana Congress, for allegedly damaging public property and stealing wood belonging to the government, according to information received here this evening.

The S.P. Bhiwani, could not be contacted for details. However, Mr Maan, a former Chief Parliamentary Secretary of Haryana, described the case as false, claiming that he had been in Chandigarh for the past three days.

Denying the knowledge of the alleged incident, Mr Maan said the case had been registered against him as “part of the Chautala Government’s political vendetta against political opponents”.

Accusing the Bhiwani police of acting in haste, Mr Maan said the case had been registered against him on the complaint of a supporter of the ruling party MLA from Badhra without proper investigation.

Rail overbridge construction starts
Our Correspondent

Kurukshetra, January 23
The Haryana Government has approved over Rs 20 crore for the upgradation, widening, strengthening and improvement of various roads in Kurukshetra district. This was disclosed by the Haryana Transport Minister, Mr Ashok Kumar Arora while performing the ‘bhoomi poojan’ ceremony of a Railway overbridge to be constructed on the Pipli-Kurukshetra road at a cost of Rs 13.86 crore, here today.

He said the government had also sanctioned Rs 4.53 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Sadak Yojana for widening and strengthening the Ladwa-Mustafabad and Kurukshetra-Mirmach-Hathira roads. 

Fog hits crops
Our Correspondent

Bhiwani, January 23
In the wake of continuous mist the district administration, apprehends attack of white rust on the cotton crop. Kharif crops, sarson, gram, wheat, in Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Loharu, Buwani Khera, Mundhal have been affected.

Ramdhan, a farmer of Devsar village said fog would ruin the crops. Mahender and Ranjit of Bond village said continuous mist would burn the crop. Basheshar of Jui village said leaves of wheat were falling pale due to cold.