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February 27, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Nain’s supporters hurt in lathi charge Row over new car for Raj Bhavan Maya misusing POTA: Bitta
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Telecom officers
put off stir FROM SCHOOLS Swami Dayanand remembered Three injured in road mishap Computer literacy awards 
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Nain’s supporters hurt in lathi charge Hisar, February 26 Mr Nain was brought here this afternoon for a hearing in the court of Mr K.C. Sharma, Additional District and Sessions Judge, in connection with a case registered against him at the Narnaund police station seven years ago. As soon as the police team arrived at the complex along with Mr Nain, activists of the BKU started raising slogans against the state government and the police. Mr Nain has been in judicial custody in connection with a case registered against him at Jind last year. Sensing trouble the policemen present there informed their higher authorities. Some time later the SP, Mr O.P. Kadian, along with a heavy police force arrived on the scene and resorted to lathi charge on the workers. The police also rounded up a number of Mr Nain’s supporters. This angered lawyers who tried to intervene with the police on behalf of their clients. The lawyers also exchanged hot words with the SP. They raised slogans against the police authorities and forced the SP to retreat. Later, the lawyers convened a meeting of the Bar Association which asked them to suspend work in protest against the police action. It criticised the police and alleged that the SP himself had beaten up their clients. The lawyers took out a procession from the courts complex to the PWD Rest House where a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court was staying. However, the judge had left the place before they reached there. JIND: On a call given by the state unit of the BKU, for ‘Jail bharo andolan,’ nearly 50 BKU activists led by Mr Dariyao Singh Koyal, vice-president of the district unit courted arrest here on Wednesday. ROHTAK:
Farmers from Dhamar, Ladhout, Bhayyanpur, Knidwali, Teetoli, Sanuni villages falling in the Kiloi Assembly segment represented by Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Bhupinder Singh Hooda marched in procession and raised slogans against the Chautala government. According to district president Dharambir Hooda, the farmers presented themselves before police officials for courting arrest. |
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Row over new car for Raj Bhavan Chandigarh, February 26 Under normal circumstances, the refusal would have been taken at its face value and no motive would have been attributed to it. However, as the Chief Minister and the Governor are not believed to be on good terms, every step taken by the Chief Minister regarding Raj Bhavan is being seen as a “clash”. Incidentally, the proposal for the purchase of a car came up before the Chief Minister on the same day (February 18) he met the Governor and reportedly discussed the casino as well as the pro-VC issues which had led to differences between the too. From Raj Bhavan, the Chief Minister headed for a meeting of the High-Powered Purchase Committee here where the proposal for the acquisition of a new limousine for Raj Bhavan was awaiting his approval. If a source is to be believed, the car was meant for use by the wife of the Governor, Ms Sudesh Kumari. Mr Chautala asked the dealers of the car company to give a 10 per cent discount on the price of the car. When the dealers expressed their inability to give so much discount, Mr Chautala said that in that case it would not be possible for the government to purchase the vehicle. There are already five cars at the disposal of Raj Bhavan. Talking to TNS, an official explained that there was nothing unusual about the Chief Minister’s decision to turn down the proposal. “When a Mercedes was to be bought for the Chief Minister’s own use, the proposal was not through in the first meeting because of the dealer’s reluctance to bring down the price. Similarly, Opel cars were to be purchased for the ministers. But the proposal was dropped and Balenos were bought for the ministers since Balenos were cheaper”, the official said. Meanwhile, the Chief Minister, who was expected to attend the annual general meeting of the Saket Council yesterday did not come to Raj Bhavan for taking part in the meeting and left for Bahadurgarh. Mr Chautala’s critics are smelling a rat in the CM’s absence. |
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Maya misusing POTA: Bitta Ambala, February 26 Talking to mediapersons here today he said that the UP government had imposed POTA on one of the MLAs of the state, Mr Raja Bhaiya who had been opposing Ms
Mayawati, Chief Minister, UP for her dictaorial attitude. He said that he was in favour of Raja Bhaiya’s arrest under the IPC, but not under
POTA. He urged the Union Government to take action against the UP, Chief Minister. He said that the government should constitute a national-level committee to supervise the implementation of POTA by various states. Mr Bitta criticised Congress leaders for supporting Akali factions for converting Devender Pal Singh Bhullar’s death sentence into life imprisonment. He said if Bhullar’s sentence was commuted there would also be a demand to release those involved in the Parliament attack on December 13, 2001. He said that in case of terrorism, the mercy appeal to the President should be disallowed. |
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65.19 cr spent on
“swarozgaris” Chandigarh, February 26 While stating this here today, a spokesman of the Haryana Rural Development Department said the beneficiaries included 29.872 persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and 33,718 women. He said the scheme was aimed at constituting self-help groups in the rural areas each having 10 to 20 members. |
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Telecom
officers put off stir Faridabad, February 26 According to Mr P.C. Aggarwal, president of the Telecommunication Engineering Services Association (TESA) of the Haryana circle, the members who had earlier decided to take mass casual leave today continued with their work. |
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FROM SCHOOLS Ambala, February 26 School Principal, Dr O.D. Sharma, said that Suresh Dash and Pankaj Dhawan, both of Class X, received 35th position since they had secured the same marks. He said that only six students of the kvs Chandigarh region, comprising 54 KVs qualified in the Olympiad and received merit certificates. Dr Sharma honoured the students. Mr Ajay Gupta, PGT, guided the students. Asaram Public School annual day Annual day function of Asaram Public School, Ambala Cantt, was held last night. Students performed folk and western dances. While pre-nursery students sang ‘Bacche Mann Ke Sacche’, senior students. performed gidha. Mr Y.P. Dass was the chief guest. School Principal, Ms Suman
Kaushik, presented the annual report. Nehru House was declared the best. |
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Swami Dayanand remembered Shahabad, February 26 Dr Sangita Gupta was the chief guest at the function which was presided over by Ms Surjit Kaur. Sewing machines were donated to 30 girls who completed their training at the local Beni Parshad Charitable Trust Sewing Centre. A yajna for world peace and prosperity of the country was held on the occasion. Earlier, a dental care camp was organised in which more than 150 patients were examined. |
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Three injured in road mishap Ambala, February 26 One of the injured Mukesh Gupta who sustained serious injuries was referred to the PGI, Chandigarh. One woman, Shiwangi (20), and the driver Sapahi Lal, who were injured in the accident have been admitted to a local Civil Hospital. The police registered a case in this regard. |
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Computer
literacy awards Chandigarh, February 26 While stating this here today, a spokesman of the department said all recognised schools teaching computers and information technology in their schools were eligible for the awards. The qualifying criteria would be the performance of the school in computer literacy during the past three years, availability of IT infrastructure, trained faculty and participation in IT events at the district, state and national levels. |
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Mustard MSP to be Rs 1,330: CM Narnaul, February 26 He was speaking after inaugurating a Kachi Ghani Oil Mill of Hafed here today,
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