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Dam issue: Haryana, UP at loggerheads CBI raid: lawyers abstain from work Bandh over trader’s murder Co-op Bank’s secretary commits suicide ‘Chautala govt directionless’ Decision
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Waiting list for tubewells College fees not to be hiked Fire extinguishers fail to deliver FIR lodged against rice mill partner HIGH COURT
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Dam issue: Haryana, UP at loggerheads Yamunanagar, June 9 The work was started last year but then also Uttar Pradesh officials said it should be sanctioned by the CWC, which was agreed by both states. The Uttar Pradesh officials apprehended that if such a structure is not constructed according to the measurement, eight villages in their state would be flooded in the coming monsoon. On
the other hand, the Yamunanagar district officials camping there claimed that 12 villages of Haryana would be flooded if the flood-protection structure is not constructed as per the layout. Officials of both states feel that fresh measurements should be taken in the presence of the senior officials to resolve the issue. Mr Vajyendra Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, said measurement work would be started in the presence of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Jagadhri, Mrs Renu Phulia, and officials concerned of Saharanpur district. He informed that Section 144 had been imposed in the area as a preventive measure. He said the construction of the dam would benefit the people of both states. He informed that Uttar Pradesh had constructed a flood-protection structure at a much higher level than the present work allowed by the CWC. He said because of the high structure, there was a threat of water entering Haryana. |
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CBI raid: lawyers abstain from work Ambala, June 9 Later at a meeting held in the Bar room the lawyers condemned the incident. The president of the Ambala Cantt Bar Association, Mr Davender Bansal, alleged the raid was an attack on the freedom of the lawyers. He said the matter would be taken up with the Human Rights Commission and a case would also be filed against the CBI in a competent court. It was also decided at the meeting that a deputation of the association would meet the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The association also passed a resolution condemning the incident and alleged misconduct of the CBI officials with family members of Mr Sarpal. Later a deputation of lawyers met the Superintendent of Police in this regard. They also objected to the SHO of Mahesh Nagar police station accompanying the CBI officials. A former president of the association, Mr Satish Jain, while condemning the incident, said the CBI officials should not have misbehaved with Mr Sarpal and his family members. He said the CBI should have issued a search memo to the advocate if nothing incriminating was found from his house. A senior advocate of Ambala, Mr Ajay Jain, said the government should take this issue seriously as it related to the sovereignty of the lawyers. Mr R.P. Singh Walia, an advocate of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, said no security agency could search the house of any advocate without a search warrant. It could not arrest any accused from the residence of an advocate if he had come for
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Bandh over trader’s murder Jind, June 9 According to reports, Virender was shot dead at his residence in Patram Nagar Colony by two motor cycle-borne youths. A majority of the shops in interior areas of the town were closed while in outer areas shops were open. The call for the bandh was given by the Haryana Pradesh Veopar Mandal. Condemning the murder, Mr Bajrang Dass Garg, state president of the mandal, said the government had failed to protect lives and property of the residents. He demanded immediate arrest of the culprits. Mr Randeep Singh Surjewala, President, All-India Youth Congress, said law and order situation in the state had deteriorated. He accused the INLD government of giving protection to the criminals. the suspects had been identified as Kunti and Pawan of Danoda village. |
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Co-op Bank’s secretary commits suicide Fatehabad, June 9 Naveen Kumar (50) was posted as the Secretary of the Cooperative Bank at Akanwali village in the district. He had allegedly embezzled a sum of Rs 2.32 lakh from the bank four years ago and had been absconding since then. He was under suspension. Naveen was apprehended by the execution staff of the Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Fatehabad, today and produced before the Assistant Registrar, Mr Balbir Singh. While officials were completing the process of sending him to the lock-up at Hisar, he allegedly consumed celphos pills. He was rushed to the local General Hospital in a serious condition. The doctors tried to save his life but could not succeed. |
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‘Chautala govt directionless’ Sirsa, June 9 Ms Selja, addressing party workers here, said the senior leaders of the BJP had gone astray. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishan Advani and BJP President, Venkaiah Naidu were “singing different songs” to the detriment of the country’s interests. “Being preoccupied with the issue of party leadership, they were all confusing the people and creating problems for the country,” she added. Making a scathing attack on the Chautala government in Haryana, she said it lacked direction. The state was facing worst ever lawlessness and farmers were reeling under the scarcity of water and electricity, she added. Senior Congress leader and former Minister Jagdish Nehra flayed Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala for his foreign trips in the name of foreign capital investments.
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Decision
to use old syringes flayed Ambala,
June 9 The Haryana Health Directorate recently issued a circular to the civil hospitals to use glass syringes instead of disposable ones. The former president of the Haryana unit of the IMA and member of the central working committee of the association, Dr D.S. Jaspal, said international medical experts had recommended the use of disposable hypodermic syringes and needles to prevent infection. The decision of health authorities to bring back the use of glass syringes and steel needles was retrograde which might cause spreading of infection to the patients. He
said how it could be possible to sterilise the syringes properly in
civil hospital. Disposable syringes were sterile, non-toxic and easy
to use. Moreover, under the Biomedical Waste (management) Rules, 1998,
the disposable syringes were to be destroyed in a prescribed manner so
that it could not be recycled. |
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Maintain discipline, says AICC secretary Kurukshetra, June 9 “Those indulging in indiscipline should be ready to face the music,” they added while talking to mediapersons here. They said indiscipline of any kind in the party cadre could not be tolerated as it weakened the organisation. The office-bearers not attending party meetings too amounted to indiscipline and this could lead to disciplinary action, they added. Mr Kishan, in an apparent reference to the June 7 “Bhavishiya Pehchan Rally” at Kaithal, declared that in future no individual-level rallies would be allowed. The Kaithal rally, organised by Bhajan Lal detractors, mainly to pressurise the Central Government to complete the SYL canal in Punjab, turned out an anti-Bhajan rally. It also projected former Pradesh Congress President, Birender Singh to the chagrin of Haryana Congress Legislature Party leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Senior CWC leader K. Natwar Singh and AICC Secretary Selja, who attended the rally, remained silent spectator to the outbursts against Mr Bhajan Lal by MLA Jai Prakash Barwala, when some among the audience indulged in sloganeering. The rally was without the consent of Mr Bhajan Lal. Mr Kishan also warned that those not attending party meetings, called by pradesh unit chiefs, would also amount to indiscipline. Sources close to Mr Bhajan Lal said disciplinary action was in the offing against Mr Barwala, who is also Chief Whip of the CLP, to the chagrin of Mr Hooda. Mr Bhajan Lal said the monthlong organisational activities would commence from June 10 at Gannaur. He said all positions in the state unit cadre would be filled by June 25 to give the Congress in Haryana a new look. This would be preceded by a Panchayati Raj sammelan at Karnal on June 17. The sammelan, he said, would be addressed by former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyer. Earlier, Mr Kishan and Mr Bhajan Lal dwelt at length the programmes and policies announced by the Congress President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, for strengthening and rejuvenating the party at grass-roots level.
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Waiting list for tubewells Ambala, June 9 The large number of farmers keen to have deep-bore tubewells has led to waiting list, which at times ranges from six weeks to eight weeks. According to information, there are 13,118 shallow tubewells in the district and 6,980 deep
tubewells. While centrifugal or diesel engines are used in shallow
tubewells, the deep tubewells require submersible sets. The boring for deep tubewells is carried out by machines available with the Agriculture Department. These machines are much in demand and recently there was tension over the availability of the bore machine. A resident pointed out that villagers were keen to get deep tubewells bored before the onset of monsoon. He said it took about three days to bore a deep
tubewell. The requirement for deep-bore tubewells had led to an increase in the cost of crushed stone. Deputy Director Agriculture Banwari Lal Bishnoi said tubewells were bored according to requirements. He said this year under crop diversification, 60,000 hectares were for paddy, 10,000 hectares for maize and 17,000 hectare for sugarcane. He said it had been decided to have 1,100 hectares for peanuts, 400 hectares for
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College fees not to be hiked Chandigarh, June 9 Justifying the department’s proposal about the universities, official sources claimed that a hike had been necessitated as a sequel to the Supreme Court order abolishing the system of paid seats in educational institutions. |
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Fire extinguishers fail to deliver Ambala, June 9 Looking at the smoke, railway personnel used a fire extinguisher, but it proved to be ineffective. The same happened with another fire extinguisher. Thereafter, the railway employees used sand and bushes. The non-functional UPS unit led to the three computers in the railway reservation counter shutting down. However, two of the three computers were put on the direct line. Later, another UPS unit was sent to the railway reservation counter. Mr Shailendra Khanna, who had gone to book a ticket, said such an incident caused inconvenience to passengers. The Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Mr Dayal
Dogra, said there were no flames and only smoke was spotted in the UPS unit. On fire extinguishers, he said, “We have bought 105 new fire extinguishers three days ago. We are going to have an annual maintenance contract for the fire extinguishers,” he said. |
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FIR lodged against rice mill partner Karnal, June 9 The MLA has alleged that two blank cheques signed by him had been stolen by Romesh Kumar Bansal of Kurukshetra. A sum of Rs 85 lakh, payable in the accounts of
CONFED, was filled and the cheque was presented in the State Bank of India (Karnal), for payment in the account of
CONFED. The cheque bounced. It was alleged that Mr Bansal did this in connivance with Mr
Bishnoi. Mr Gupta made a written request in the bank that two signed cheques from his cheque book had been stolen, and the payment of all his cheques should be stopped. According to Mr Gupta, Mr Bansal did this with the motive to make the MLA a party in an outstanding payment, which Mr Romesh Kumar Bansal owed to
CONFED. The MLA, in his complaint, maintained that he and his firm had no business relations with
CONFED. There was no agreement or bank guarantee to this effect with
CONFED. Mr Gupta further held that he had not signed any business agreement with
CONFED. Therefore, he had nothing to do with the payments which Mr Bansal owed to
CONFED. A case has been registered. |
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, June
9 The orders were pronounced by a Bench, headed by Chief Justice Mr B.K. Roy, on a petition filed by Harpal Singh and others. The petitioners had contended that a policy should be framed keeping in view the Supreme Court
judgment pronounced in the Piara Singh’s case. |
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