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18-storeyed temple for Kurukshetra BJP to start Jagran Yatra in Sept Sarvjan Manch to contest election Martyr’s status to Bhindranwale decried MLN College starts bio-informatics course |
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Orientation course concludes at KU Raid conducted on lawyer’s house FCI case accused untraced Nine ‘BKU’ men arrested
INLD youth leader booked CPM opposes drive to recover loans 9 water boosters
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18-storeyed temple for Kurukshetra Kurukshetra, June 8 Stating this to mediapersons at a press conference held at the premises of the trust, its founder President, Mahant Chiranjeepuri, said the different events of 18 Puraanas, four Vedas and Shrimadbhagwad Geeta would be depicted by computer on screen, besides the computerised screening of the events of the 18th day, Mahabharata battle and 18 chapters of Geeta in the temple. The description regarding events related from Shrimadbhagwad Geeta to Ramayana, 4 Vedas, 18 Puraanas, 27 Nakshatras and 9 Planets would also be made. Mahant Chiranjeepuri said the temple map had already been submitted to the Haryana Government for its approval. Its construction would be completed in three to four years, he added. He said the detailed soil investigation was being done by Dr Anupam Mittal of the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, and architectural planning and detailing had been done by Mr Puneet Sohal of Urban System India, Delhi, while Mr Suhas Bahulkar from Mumbai would look after the sculpture part. The temple would also accommodate a modernised hospital, orphanage, Annkshetra and old-age home. Besides, computer education would be given to the backward people as well as research on Vedas and Puraanas would also be carried out in the temple premises, he added. |
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BJP to start Jagran Yatra in Sept Karnal, June 8 The core group demanded the withdrawal of enforcement of VAT in Haryana. It also expressed resentment over the house tax policy of the INLD government. The group also opposed the proposed move of the Kurukshetra Development Board to take over temples of Kurukshetra and Pehowa. The core group meeting was attended by Mr I.D.Swami, Union Minister of State for Home affairs, Mr Atam Parkash Manchanda, Vice-President of the BJP, Mr Ram Pyare Pandey, organising secretary of the party, Mr Ram Bilas Sharma, a former state unit president of the BJP, Mr O.P.Dhankhar, national secretary, Mr Kailash Sharma, state general secretary, Mr Krishan Pal Gurjar, MLA, Mr Vir Kumar Yadav and Mr Sita Ram Singla. Members took exception to the move of the Chautala government to send fodder to the drought-hit areas of Rajasthan while the interests of farmers in Southern Haryana, who had been hit by drought were being neglected. The move of the Chief Minister was aimed at expanding the INLD base in Rajasthan at the cost of Haryana farmers, they alleged. It was disclosed that the BJP would start a “jan jagran yatra” in September which would pass through all 10 Lok Sabha constituencies. The BJP has decided to enrol over 11 lakh members this year. |
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Sarvjan Manch to contest election Hisar, June 8 Addressing mediapersons here today its president, Mr Sarvdanand Arya, said the manch had constituted its units in 45 assembly segments and the rest would be constituted by the end of this year. He said his party would contest the next assembly election after forging alliance with other like-minded parties. He said no state government had fulfilled hopes of the people of Haryana. The manch opined that political importance should be given to every section of the society on the basis of its population. Without any discrimination, all government jobs should be given on the merit basis, he added. Mr Arya alleged that all political parties of Punjab and Haryana had been failed to find out a solution to the SYL issue. He said the state government was exploiting urban people and landowners through enhancements by HUDA. Criticising the state government he alleged that the state government was forcing private school owners to close their institutions. He demanded that the state government should provide Rs 50 per quintal as bonus to farmers on minimum support price. Later he also addressed a worker meeting at Punjabi Dharmshala here. |
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Martyr’s status to Bhindranwale decried Sirsa, June 8 Mr Laxman Das, a social worker and BJP activist, who had shifted with his family to Sirsa during terrorism in Punjab said that this had revived bad memories of the phase. He said, it was shameful to give a martyr’s status to a person who encouraged social disharmony in the state and in the entire region. He said it was high time the BJP reviewed its alliance with the Akalis or ensured that the social fabric was not ripped again. He said peace and social harmony in Punjab had been restored with difficulty. Mr Amar Singh, a social leader in the Sikh community here expressed his anguish over this decision and said it had nothing to do with religion; it is a politically motivated decision of those who can’t live without power. Denouncing this decision, he was of the opinion that a sacred place like the Golden Temple should not have been allowed to become a shelter for terrorists. Advocate Gurdev Singh said that Mr Badal, who never cared for Bhindranwale and his associates during his rule in Punjab has started crying for a cause, which had destroyed social harmony. He questioned why this decision was not taken earlier when he was at the helm in Punjab and took all credit for tercentenary celebrations. He said that this decision was purely a political one following, which common people could only pray that the black chapter in the history of Punjab was not repeated. Another advocate Avinash Singh was deeply pained and opined that nobody was following the teachings of the ‘Gurus’, who always preached harmony and denounced those who believed in bloodshed. He also criticised Akali leadership for this decision and said that it was unfortunate that a political party who lost power recently had again resorted to political gimmicks just for vested selfish interests at the cost of social amity. Mr. Janak, a businessman, who migrated during the peak of terrorism with his entire family to Sirsa felt that this decision had reopened their wounds. He reacted to the decision of giving martyr status to Bhindranwale and said that a person who propagated and patronised terrorism in Punjab could not be a martyr. He wanted that the conspiracy to mislead the masses must be nipped in the bud for peace and harmony. Educationists, Dr R. C. Punia and Mrs Jagdish Kaur
Oberio, call this decision political, unfortunate and against humanity. Both questioned why a closed chapter should be opened again just for political purposes. |
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MLN College starts bio-informatics course Karnal, June 8 Dr Romesh Kumar, principal of the college, while talking to The Tribune here claimed that the college had become first in India to start a new course of B.Sc. bio-informatics. This course was not available in any universities of the country at present. There was a rising demand of students with B.Sc. bio-informatics in foreign countries. Dr Kumar also claimed that the college had designed its own syllabi for the course, keeping in view the market needs of India as well as foreign countries. He also informed that MLN College was also the only one in Haryana to run a course of M.Sc. (applied physics). The college had designed its own syllabi for this course under the guidelines of Kurukshetra University. The B.Sc bio-informatics degree would help students to undertake advanced research in the field of molecular biology and bio-diversity. The new course deals with methods of analysing biological data. The college draws a large number of students from western Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal. It is again the only college in Haryana to register students for Ph.D. course. At present it has four students on its rolls for doing Ph.D. |
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Orientation course concludes at KU Kurukshetra, June 8 The Director, Academic Staff College, Prof. P.D. Sharma said 31 lecturers from various colleges of Haryana Kurukshetra University, Panjab and Uttar Pradesh participated in the first orientation course of the current session. The Assistant Director of the Academic Staff College of the University, Dr Shucheta said 96 sessions were held during the course. The Registrar of the university, Dr J.S. Kadian, Dean Academic Affairs, Dr V.K. Agarwal, Proctor, Dr D.S. Bhardwaj, Dean of College, Dr Amar Singh, Prof S.P. Malhotra and Dr. N.S. Mavi also attended the concluding function of the course. |
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Raid conducted on lawyer’s house Ambala, June 8 The team was accompanied by the SHO of Mahesh Nagar and a few constables. According to information, the CBI could not make any headway during the raid. It also examined some of the documents lying in the office of the advocate. Mr Sirpal said he did not have any relation with Mr Bhardwaj, and even none of his family members knew him. He said today some police personnel entered his house along with an officer, who was introduced as an SP of the CBI. He alleged that their behavior was not proper with his family members. Meanwhile, the president of the Ambala Cantt Bar Association, Mr Davender Bansal, condemned the action of the CBI. He said the CBI officials searched the house of the advocate without any search warrant. Lawyers had the privilege of talking to their clients and they could not be compelled by any investigating agency to disclose the subject of conversation, he added. Mr Bansal alleged the CBI officials pressurised the advocate to disclose the whereabouts of Mr Bhardwaj, while Mr Sirpal did not have any link with Mr Bhardwaj. He said the bar association would observe a one-day strike in protest against the incident. The matter would also be brought to the notice of the Haryana Bar Council and the National Bar Council. Some of the senior advocates of Ambala also condemned the raid. |
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FCI case accused untraced Sirsa, June 8 When contacted, the district police chief, Mr A.S. Ahalawat said here yesterday that raids were being conducted at different places by a 10 member team led by the CIA inspector, Mr Kaptan Singh, who was being assisted by the economic cell personnel to catch the culprit. Jaswant Singh, the accused, is alleged to have opened two accounts in different names in the State Bank of India here within 15 days. Heavy amounts — Rs 2,448,680 and Rs 3,885,640 — were transferred from the account of the FCI to the accounts of a single person. This incident of June 3 was reported on June 4 under pressure from the Senior Regional Manager of the
FCI. Though the Vigilance Department of the bank has sealed all records concerning this case, no employee has so far been held responsible. Last year, before crediting four cheques for about Rs 21 lakh to the employees of the
FCI, the SBI authorities had sought verification from the Delhi office of the
FCI. This time, no such verification was made. |
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Nine ‘BKU’ men arrested Jind, June 8 The Bharatiya Kisan Union Haryana has alleged that all arrested persons were B.K.U. activists and they were arrested while they were making publicity for the BKU rally scheduled to be held at Kandela village in this district on June 10. The executive committee of state unit of the BKU at a meeting held at Gulkani village on June 1 had decided to hold rally at Kandela village to put pressure on the government for releasing BKU leader Mr Ghasi Ram Nain from jail in connection with the agitation of farmers nine months ago. Mr Joginder Singh Mor, state executive president of the BKU said the Kamdela rally of June 10 would be peaceful as the BKU did not want confrontation with the administration. He said the BKU was in favour of solving all problems of the farmers through talks with the government. Meanwhile, several residents of Kandela village has opposed the proposed rally. |
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INLD youth leader booked Ambala, June 8 According to information, on May 31 Mr Baknor and a few others had gone to Naggal police station to inquire about a case. Some of the youths accompanying him were carrying firearms with them. According to the DDR, supporters of Mr Baknor pointed firearms at the SHO and threatened him for the dire consequences. Mr Baknor, however, had refuted the allegation of the SHO. On the next day, the SHO, Mr Babu Ram, got transferred to the CIA Staff. The SHO later met the SP and narrated him the incident. The Superintendent of Police, Mr Hardeep Singh Doon, deputed DSP Uday Shankar to conduct an inquiry of the incident.
Operation Agni
The Ambala police will launch ‘Operation Agni’ from Monday which will be continued for three months. The Superintendent of Police, Ambala, Mr Hardeep Singh
Doon, summoned a meeting of the in charges of police stations and police posts of the district and directed them about the operation. He said the police would launch a drive against the persons involved in the manufacturing of the firearms illegally. He said the police would recover the arms being kept by some persons in illegal possession. He said during the operation, abundant firearms lying in the various police stations would be destroyed after the legal proceeding.
Two arrested
The Baldev Nagar police has arrested two persons for robbing four mobile phones from a shop of Urban Estate, Sector 7, Ambala City, a few days back. On a tip off, the police nabbed Giyan Chand and Akash, alias Kala from Ambala City on Sunday. The duo accused were produced in a local court which remanded them into the judicial custody.
3 held for immoral trafficking
The CIA staff has nabbed three women for immoral trafficking from a house of Naya Banns area at Ambala City on Sunday. The woman who have been arrested include Harinder Kaur, alias Navita, Neelam and Kiran. The SP, Ambala, told that one person Ranjit Singh, an Army personnel, was also rounded up along with the women from the house. Six porno CDs, one colour TV and one CD player were recovered from the house. The police has also arrested the occupant of the house,
Nandni, in this regard, the SP added. |
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CPM opposes drive to recover loans Fatehabad, June 8 Mr Krishan Swaroop, a member of the state secretariat of the CPM, said while addressing party workers here today that the state government had burdened farmers by increasing cost of power, irrigation water, fertilisers and seeds. He also castigated the Central Government and said it was insensitive to the problems of the poor. Mr Harpal Singh, a former CPM MLA, Mr Chhatarpaul Singh and Mr Ram Swaroop Dhani Gopal also spoke on the occasion. |
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impounded Kalka, June 8 The campaign to check the illegal use of water boosters, which started on Friday on the orders of the Deputy Commissioner will continue for a week. The raids were conducted in the Upper Mohalla area and motors were impounded in Gali Sat
Narain, Dhobi Gali and Khallil Gali. It is learnt that the owners of the motors impounded would be fined Rs 1,200 each. |
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