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INLD to highlight Congress rift Chandigarh, March 4 In successive sessions, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, Chief Minister of Haryana, has used the differences between Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Leader of the Opposition, and Mr Bhajan Lal, HPCC chief, to his advantage as neither of the two Congress leaders had any ready answer to Mr Chautala’s question on whether either of them accepted the other as his leader. This time, it has been decided by the INLD strategists, that there will be an enhanced dose of the same medicine to quieten Mr Hooda and his camp followers who are walking with a spring in their steps following the Jhajjar rally. As a matter of fact, neither Mr Bhajan Lal nor his son, Mr Chandra Mohan, MLA from Kalka, turned up at the meeting of the Congress Legislature Party held at Mr Hooda’s official residence here today. Along with Mr Om Prakash Chautala, Mr Bhajan Lal, too, was attacked by speakers at the rally on Sunday, giving a fresh boost to the animosity between Mr Hooda and Mr Bhajan Lal. And the INLD will indeed capitalise on it in the House. Twelve of the 20 Congress legislators present at today’s meeting, included Mr Lachman Dass Arora, a camp follower of Mr Bhajan Lal, Capt Ajay Singh Yadav, Deputy Leader of the CLP, and Rao Dharam Pal, who are siding with the HPCC chief. “The presence of Mr Arora, Mr Yadav and Mr Rao in the meeting shows that there will be no lack of unity in the Congress in the Assembly”, a Hooda loyalist said, adding that Mr Balbir Pal Shah, MLA from Panipat, and Mr O.P. Jindal, MLA from Hisar, could not come as they were not in good health. The decision of the CLP to take up the issue of alleged privileges enjoyed by two Haryana districts in sharing river water coming from Punjab has, however, cast a shadow over the CLP’s resolve to maintain a show of unity in the House. Congress legislators like Rao Inderjit Singh believe that river water coming to Haryana from Punjab is monopolised by Sirsa and Hisar and if he highlights this theory it will certainly make Mr Bhajan Lal uncomfortable since it is he who is accused of ensuring a larger share of water to Hisar during his tenures as Chief Minister while late Mr Devi Lal and his son and successor, Mr Chautala, are alleged to have done the same for Sirsa. The CLP today also decided to give adjournment notices for discussion on the completion of the SYL canal as well as steps taken by the state government for giving relief to the drought-affected farmers. |
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Wildlife Dept rescues panther Berwala (Panchkula), March 4 The animal had been caught in a wire loop trap, which was allegedly set up by some hunter(s) in this remote village. Wildlife officials say the trap had most likely been set up for a wild boar, but the panther was caught in this since the night of March 2. This has once again revealed the practice of poaching in the forests of Panchkula division.
The panther, which is around four years old, was spotted in the trap by some villagers of Chilla and Searla yesterday afternoon. They then informed the nearest Wildlife post and the message was immediately sent across to the Divisional Wildlife Office. It was then that a three-member team of wildlife inspectors — Mr Sada Ram and Mr Ram Karan, and Divisional Inspector Jagdish Chand — was rushed to the spot last evening. The three officers kept vigil on this seven-and-a-half-feet-long animal all night and in the morning a Veterinary Surgeon, Wildlife Department, Dr M.R. Singla, reached the spot. “As soon as the Veterinary Surgeon reached the spot, he used a tranquiliser gun to sedate the animal, but without success. So, it was decided to try and sedate the animal manually. The veterinarian, after confirming that the animal would not be able to free itself from the trap and thus attack him, manually gave an Xylazine shot (a tranquiliser), to sedate the animal,” informed Mr R.D. Jakati, Chief Wildlife Warden, Haryana, who was also at the spot. Once the animal was sedated, Wildlife officials cut the wire loop trap and shifted the sedated animal in an iron cage. Dr Singla, while talking to Chandigarh Tribune, said that the animal had received a slight injury on its left cervical region and that its pulse rate was feeble. The panther was taken to Chatt Bir Zoo and would be kept under observation for a few days, before being released in the forests. It may be noted that there are 18 panthers in the forests of Panchkula, besides leopards, cheetahs, sambhars, wild boars, barking deer, and a wide variety of birds. |
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, March 4 In his petition for handing over the investigation of the first information report registered on October 24 last year under Sections 302, 120-B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, the journalist’s son Anshol Chhatarpati had earlier submitted that the police was shielding the prime accused in the case as evident from the facts and circumstances. Going into the background of the case, he had contended that his father, editor of “Pura Sachh”, besides being correspondent of a national newspaper, was on the lookout for illegal acts being committed in the dera. Subsequently, on October 24, 2002, he was rushed to a hospital after being shot at. It may be recalled that the High Court, while taking up a letter regarding alleged sexual exploitation of female inmates by the head of the religious organisation, had directed the CBI to look into the matter. The Court had also asked the premier investigating agency to submit its finding within six months.
Forgery The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday charged a Rohtak resident, Dhani Ram, for willfully and intentionally forging Court order dated August 14, 1996, reported to be passed by the Court. A Division Bench of the High Court further charged Dhani Ram for apparently committing Contempt of Court thereby rendering himself liable for punishment under the provisions of the Act. Meanwhile, Dhani Ram, when asked, denied the allegations and sought trial following which the case was adjourned to March 26. The Judges added that since Dhani Ram was in jail, the police authorities, responsible for his production on Tuesday, would produce him again in the Court on the next date of hearing also. In case he was released from the jail for any reason, Dhani Ram would appear on his own. |
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say varsity teachers Hisar, March 4 A deputation of the association led by its President, Dr Nar Singh Bishnoi, met the Vice-Chancellor, Dr R. K. Chauhan, here yesterday and pointed out that experienced staff should be shifted to the teaching departments to boost efficiency. Dr Bishnoi pointed out that while several deans were handling three to four departments each, they only had a steno and a clerk each by way of supporting staff. As against this the Dean of Academic Affairs had skeleton staff attached to him where as the Deputy Registrar (Academic) had an, Office Superintendent, a deputy superintendent, an assistant superintendent, clerks, stenos and data entry operators. The deputation demanded that the academic branch should be under the control of the Dean. The association leaders said administrative branches of the academic block had five deputy registrars where as in comparison Haryana Agricultural University did not have a single such post. Besides, these branches had four assistant registrars, five superintendents, seven assistant superintendents, 12 assistants and 17 clerks besides an army of data entry operators and peons. To justify the excessive staff each file was handled by at least five different officials which delayed decision making. The GJUTA chief said the Vice-Chancellor had agreed to lift the ban on confirmation of teachers and provision of intercom facility. |
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Girl students told to vacate hostel Yamunanagar, March 4 Dr Vimal Miglani, officiating principal of TDTR DAV Institute of physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, on being contacted, confirmed that notices had been served to the students to vacate the hostel. He said the strike was illegal and the students had not given any notice of their demands to him. He said the parents of the students had been informed telegraphically about this. Dr Miglani said the students had even locked OPD because of which a number of patients were suffering due to lack of treatment. Dr Miglani said there were 75 girls and 25 boys in the institute. He said the DAV Central Managing Committee at New Delhi had been informed about the strike. He claimed that for the past three years, tuition fees had not been increased and only the annual charges had been imposed according to the rules of Kurukshetra University. Dr Miglani has appealed to the students to end their agitation. |
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Programme on remote sensing Hisar, March 4 While delivering his inaugural address, he said the satellite remote-sensing data had opened new vistas in studying various natural resources for environmental management and ecological balance in the country. The remote-sensing programme in the country had taken deep roots with the successful launch of the first Indian remote-sensing satellite (IRS)-1A five years ago. Dr Lamba said that now India, with more than four remote-sensing satellites in the orbit could get remote-sensing data of a particular area in seven days and it was a unique achievement. Over the past two decades, the remote-sensing technology had matured to cover diverse resource themes. Mr Jitender Parsad, Chief Scientist of HARSAC, briefed about achievements of the department. He said the National Natural Resources Information Project was being carried out by the HARSAC. It was one of the most prestigious nation projects, which was being sponsored by the Department of Space, Government of India. He said the faculty members from different departments of the HAU and various colleges in the area were participating in the training programme. |
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Sammelan’s plea on Aggarsain’s portrait Shahabad, March 4 Talking to the newsmen here today he said a representation was being sent in this regard to the President, Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the Vice-President, Mr Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, and Leader of the Opposition, Ms Sonia Gandhi. The demand would also be raised in the Lok Sabha, he said. Mr Bansal expressed his resentment over the removal, of Mr Ved Parkash Goyal from the Union Ministry and “lowering” of the status of Mr Vijay Goyal in the Cabinet. He urged the Prime Minister, to fill “this” gap and give proper representation to the Aggarwal community keeping in view its population in the country. |
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Ex-minister acquitted Karnal, March 4 Mr Raj Kumar, who was present in the court, talking to reporters said he had faith in the judiciary and the truth had prevailed. The police had registered a case in 1976 against the former minister for amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income of the complaint of Har Ram of Khera village during the term of the HVP-BJP coalition government led by Mr Bansi Lal.
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