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Monday,
March 3, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Cong
threatens ‘jal yudh’ on SYL issue
Springfest
a hit with flower lovers Now row over Indira Gandhi’s statue in park Mob
avenges cop’s action |
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In-laws
booked for demanding dowry Jewellery worth 70,000 stolen 
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Cong threatens ‘jal yudh’ on SYL issue Jhajjar, March 2 It was time to launch “jal yudh” on the issue, Mr Hooda said and further announced that bands of youths would be implementing the blockade and would be ready to make the supreme sacrifice also if necessary. While the Congress leader refrained from announcing any date for launching the agitation, he said he and the other leaders would lead the agitation from front. “This is the best time for us to get the SYL because the Supreme Court has given verdict in our favour. We are giving time to the Prime Minister to think over the matter”, he said. Referring to the rally at neighbouring Rohtak organised by the state government to celebrate three years of the INLD rule, Mr Hooda announced that in future whenever the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, would hold any rally, the Congress would also reply by holding a parallel meeting. The Congress leaders, who had assembled at the meeting, did not confine themselves to Chautala bashing only as Mr Bhajan Lal, HPCC chief and a former Chief Minister, also received a lot of flak from successive speakers including Mr Hooda, Mr Birender Singh, and Rao Inderjit Singh, the three key figures in today’s meeting. None of speakers though took Mr Bhajan Lal’s name directly. While Mr Hooda said today’s rally was much bigger than the demonstration at Ram Lila Ground (organised by Mr Bhajan Lal on the SYL issue), Mr Birender Singh called upon people to constitute committees in villages to bring to power the ‘new generation of Congress’ leaders. Mr Birender Singh also announced that demonstrations would be held in front of the residences of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha members from Haryana if they failed to persuade the Centre to complete construction of the canal. The BJP MLAs of Haryana would also be subjected to the same treatment, he said. Rao Inderjit Singh, MLA, said even the river water passed on to Haryana from Punjab is monopolised by two districts, namely Sirsa and Hisar. Mr Raghubir Singh Kadiyan, MLA and the convener of today’s meeting, Rao Dan Singh, Mr Jeetender Malik, Mr Sher Singh, Mr Dharambir, Mr Shadilal Batra, Mr Zakir Hussain and Mr Jai Prakash, MLAs, also spoke in the rally. While Bhajan Lal loyalists kept away from the meeting for obvious reasons, central leaders of the Congress were also conspicuous by their absence, except for Ms Renuka Chaudhry, MP and president of the AICC’s Farmers Cell, who made a brief appearance at the rally. In her speech, Ms Chaudhry said the Congress would oppose the proposed hike in urea price and other anti-farmer steps of the NDA Government during the debate on the Union Budget in the Parliament. |
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Springfest a
hit with flower lovers Kurukshetra, March 2 This was disclosed by the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Abhilaksh Likhi, at the function organised to give away prizes to the winners of flower, rangoli, mehndi, painting and baby show competitions held at Ch Devi Lal Town Park, Pipli, 5 km from here, today. The Deputy Commissioner said as many as 497 entries were received for various types of flower competitions besides 43 participants took part in painting contest while 35 in rangoli and 26 in mehndi competitions. Earlier, in the morning Mr M.P. Bansal, Administrator, HUDA, Panchkula, inaugurated the flower festival and maintained that HUDA had decided to organise such festivals on March 8 and 9 at Panchkula, Faridabad, Rohtak and Bhadurgarh also. He said eight nurseries had been set up in the state by HUDA at Panchkula, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Rohtak, Hisar and Sirsa. The results of various competitions are as follows: — Rangoli competition — Babita and Divya of Guru Nanak Senior Secondary School won first prize while Karan and Parveen of the same school bagged second prize and Ritu Vatas of House No 109 Sector-3 got third prize. Onkar and Deepak of Gita Niketan Senior Secondary School were given consolation prizes. Mehndi competition — Deepti of DAV Public School stood first while second and third prizes were won by Ramndeep and Manju, respectively. Painting competition — Sonia Sharma and Ritika Dhiman of Guru Nanak Senior Secondary School won the first and second prizes, respectively, while Khayati Pal of DAV Public School was
adjudged third. Adit Tondan of DAV Public School got the consolation prize. Baby show — 1-year category: Tehjeeb — first, 1-3 years: Harshit — first, Atul — second; and Aditya and Vidit — third. 3-6 years: Apurva Sharma — first; Hirdev — second; and Sanifada and Sarthak — third. Flower show: Fresh flower arrangement — Savita Verma — first; Dipali Lalit — second. Dry flower arrangement: Renu Sachdeva — first; Savita Verma — second. Mixed flower arrangement: Savita Verma — first, Mr Renu Sachdeva — second. In the competition for children upto 15 years in a bunch of fresh flower arranged in a vase or bowl: Sriyanshi Verma — first; Srijan Verma — second. Similarly, in a bunch of dry flower arranged in a vase or bowl: Srijan Verma — first and Sriyanshi Verma — second. Flower arrangement for central table, only for gardeners: Vibhu — first; Mukesh Kumar — second. Artistic bouquet: Vibhu — first; Kiran — second. In making most artistic garland: Mukesh Kumar — first; Som Nath — second. On the occasion the SDM, Thanesar, Dr N.S. Bangar, the SE, HUDA, Panchkula, Mr Jogi Ram, the SE, HUDA, Karnal, Mr Amrik Singh and other senior officers of the district administration were also present. |
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Now row over Indira Gandhi’s statue in park Ambala, March 2 Congress municipal councillors had moved a resolution in the Municipal Council Ambala Sadar, seeking to put up a statue of Indira Gandhi in the park. The resolution was supported by the Municipal Councillors from different political parties and it was forwarded to the Deputy Commissioner. The resolution is believed to have been suspended by the Deputy Commissioner. A Municipal Council official, while confirming that the resolution concerned has been suspended, said a statue of Mahatma Gandhi is already installed in Indira Park. The president of the District Congress Committee, Ambala Cantt, Mr Ashok Jain, said they had taken a serious note of this development. “We have learnt that the resolution for putting up former Indira Gandhi’s statue in Indira Gandhi park has been suspended by the Deputy Commissioner,” he said. Mr Jain said the resolution had been suspended despite the fact that the district administration would not have been required to spend anything on the statue. “We are ready to bear the expenses of putting up the statue in the park,” he said. He said they had now decided to launch a campaign to garner more support in this regard. “We are going to start a symbolic fast on Sadar Chowk on March 9. Besides members of the Congress, people from different walks of life have assured us that they will be present there for this cause,” he said. Mr Ashok Jain said the symbolic fast would be the beginning of the campaign which would progressively intensify if the suspension orders were not revoked. “I have no hesitation in saying that if Indira Gandhi’s statue is not allowed to be put up in Indira Park, we will look at different options which include indefinite fast,” he stressed. The controversy over the setting up of the statue in Indira Park comes close on the heels of the issue of setting of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in GMN College. The issue there had been resolved after a new statue of Mahatma Gandhi was prepared and Bhoomi Pujan of the site, where the statue is going to be put up, was performed. |
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Mob avenges cop’s action Yamunanagar, March 2 Mr Vijayendra Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Yamunanagar, when contacted, said he had rushed Ms Renu Phulia, Subdivisional Magistrate of Jagadhri, and Mr Ashok Kumar DSP (Headquarters) to the site. He said, on their persuation, the crowd had lifted the blockade. Mr Yamin has been put under suspension and the SDM will submit a report in this regard shortly. Meanwhile, crowds at Yamunanagar and Jagadhri celebrated India’s victory by distributing sweets and bursting crackers. |
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In-laws
booked for demanding dowry Yamunanagar, March 2 She said she was sent back to her parents in 1999. She was told that if she did not bring Rs 2 lakh she would not be allowed to enter the house. On July 24 last year, her in-laws visited her parent’s house at Uttar Pradesh and demanded the amount. She lodged a complaint at the Farkhpur police station. The police has registered a case against her husband, the father-in-law, the mother-in-law and five more members of the family. |
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Jewellery worth 70,000 stolen Ambala, March 2 MAN KILLED:
An unidentified person was killed on the GT Road near the GRP office at Ambala Cantt on Sunday morning. His body was found lying on one side of the road. The police suspects that some vehicle hit him. The police has
registered a case. The body has been sent to the Civil Hospital for a post-mortem examination. WOMAN HURT:
The ankle of a woman got separated when she slipped while stepping down from a train at the Ambala city station on Sunday morning. According to information, the leg of the woman got entangled between the platform and the train. The passengers and a railway official present on the platform rescued the woman. GAMBLERS ARRESTED:
The police has arrested three gamblers at Ambala Cantt and seized Rs 20,000 from their possession. According to information, the police got a tip-off that a few people were gambling near gurdwara. The police raided the spot and rounded up three persons from there. ARRESTED:
The Government Railway Police (GRP) during an operation alert has arrested two proclaimed offenders and two persons under the NDPS Act. According to the Superintendent of Police GRP, Mr Ravi Azad, ASI Dilbagh Singh arrested Rakesh Kumar on platform No. 2 at the Ambala Cantt railway station and seized 20 kg of poppy husk from his possession. Another person Tirath Ram was rounded up on platform No 4 and 25.40 kg of poppy husk was seized from him. The police has registered two separate cases under the NDPS Act. During this operation the GRP arrested two proclaimed offenders Pawan Kumar and Padam Singh who were allegedly involved in a case. GANG BUSTED:
A gang of thieves, who used to steal goods from luggage vans, has been arrested. A railway police official said owing to frequent thefts of costly electronic goods between the Delhi-Ambala section of the Northern Railways from luggage vans of the running mail and express trains, a special team was formed for surveillance. The team caught red-handed four youths when they tried to escape with stolen goods after committing theft from the front SLR van of the 4553 Up Delhi Una Express. A case has been registered. |
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KU Vice-Chancellor bereaved Karnal, March 2 She was 86 years and is survived by five sons and one daughter. |
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