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June 13, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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UP stops
work on Yamuna bedbars Dalit-Jat
clash: 5 more held Kurukshetra
varsity results to be out by BKU dharna
hits bus services Brick-kiln
workers’ wages revised |
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Cong workers clash Haryana
team attends Hindi conference 2 jailed for life in murder case
Excavation
reveals two skeletons
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UP stops work on Yamuna bedbars Yamunanagar, June 12 According to highly placed sources, the Haryana Government has referred the matter to the Government of India in which Uttar Pradesh has raised the dispute on demarcation of land, resulting in work being stopped. Two years ago one of the creeks on the right side of the Yamuna (Haryana side) got activated which resulted in the flooding of about 12 villages of Yamunanagar district. Even during low flood (up to one lakh cusecs of water in the Yamuna) there was a threat to these 12
villages. Haryana proposed the construction of a bandh to close the creek before monsoon last year. Uttar Pradesh opposed it and took the issue to the Yamuna Standing Committee comprising the co-basin states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh under the Central Water Commission. On a complaint from Uttar Pradesh the Yamuna Standing Committee constituted a subcommittee under the chairmanship of the Chief Engineer (Flood) of the CWC. The Chief Engineer (Ganga) of Uttar Pradesh and the Chief Engineer (Yamuna) of Haryana were members of the committee. According to information, this decision was taken at the 62nd meeting of the Yamuna Standing Committee held on July 31, last year in which it was decided that the subcommittee would inspect the site on August 21, and decide on the issue. The sub-committee inspected the site on the same date and sought additional information. The Haryana Government sent the information to the Central Water Commission in November, 2002. A meeting was convened by the committee again on March 5, this year. It was decided to further inspect the site on March 20. After hearing both sides the sub-committee decided that the Haryana Government could construct three Bedbars suitably spaced with top level at 1006 ft. When the newsman contacted Mr Vijayender Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, Yamunanagar, he said demarcation from the Haryana side had already been completed, both by manual and laser technology-based system in the presence of officials from Haryana as well as Uttar Pradesh. He said it had been established that land belonged to Haryana. However, to satisfy the Uttar Pradesh authorities, the demarcation from the Uttar Pradesh side will start tomorrow in the presence of officials from both sides. He said he had visited the site along with senior officials of the Irrigation Department and found that the demarcation work carried out by Yamunanagar district was correct. However, the high-powered meeting at the level of the Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner and the Superintendent of Police of Saharanpur and Yamunanagar was held on June 9 in which it was decided that the demarcation work should be undertaken once again but the same could not materialise. |
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Dalit-Jat clash: 5 more held Kaithal, June 12 These arrests were made following a tour of an official team of the National Human Rights Commission which was sent to take stock of the situation by the Chairman, NHRC. The members of this team who remained here from June 5 to 7 recorded statements of Dalits who after leaving village after the clash in February were camping at Ravi Dass Mandir in Kaithal. The team members also visited the affected village and met the members of the majority community. They also talked to the Deputy Commissioner and the S.P and reportedly sought a written report from them on the episode . |
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Kurukshetra
varsity results to be out by Kurukshetra, June 12 The Vice-Chancellor was presiding over a meeting of Principals of affiliated colleges. Talking about the unfair means cases, he said all colleges would have to purchase the gazette and these cases would also be decided very quickly by the second week of July for which six committees had been constituted. He said that one more committee had also been constituted for deciding various appeals made by the students. The Vice-Chancellor asked the Principals to submit new lists of senior teachers to the university administration so that they could be deployed on duties in theory and practical examinations. He further claimed that at present there was no pending case of non Government Colleges Screen Committee. He also directed to restore the working of the Development Council of the university. Dr Chawla said the syllabus would be sent to all colleges in the first week of July while the university would organise a grand function to honour those students who had excelled in the field of academic, sports and cultural activities. He said whenever there arose a vacancy in the University Executive Committee and the University Court, these would be filled quickly. For encouraging cultural activities in various colleges, the university administration had constituted one more zone which would include technical, medical and management colleges affiliated to the university. The university would establish a Youth Hostel at Dalhousie or Manali, he added. Some Principals pointed out that during national level seminars in the university, teachers of affiliated colleges should be associated. |
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BKU dharna hits bus services Kaithal, June 12 According to information BKU activists under the leadership of Mr Jia Lal, former acting president , started a dharna on the N.H. 65 Near Simla village on Wednesday which continued today. As a result of this dharna traffic on this road remained suspended . Mr Jia Lal has stated that their dharna was peaceful and they had to resort to road blockade following adamant attitude of the government on the release of Nain and other BKU leaders .The traffic on the Kaithal-Jind road remained effected due to BKU dharna at Kandela in Jind district . The direct bus service on the Kaithal-Kurukshetra road remained suspended as the authorities sensed trouble at Pabnawa village. However the services to these towns were diverted via other routes. Deputy Commissioner Anurag Agarwal said here today that the administration would be tough with all those who block roads or caused loss to government property in the guise of any agitation. Jind: Dharna and Rasta Roko Andolan by Bharatiya Kisan Union workers at Kandela village in this district continued its third day on Thursday. Farmers were demanding release of Mr Ghasi Ram Nain state President of the BKU from the jail. The BKU blocked the Jind-Kaithal road at Kandela village. With the blocking of road at Kandela village
traffic between Jind-Chandigarh and Jind-Karnal was disrupted. The Haryana Roadways suspended bus service on the Jind-Bhiwani and the Jind-Barwala roads. The Deputy Commissioner Jind, appealed to the agitating farmers to lift road blockade at Kandela village. He said the District Administration was ready to hold talks with the agitating farmers. |
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Brick-kiln workers’ wages revised
Chandigarh, June 12 The wages for “bharaiwala” (loading of bricks into kiln) had been revised to Rs 55 per 1,000 bricks loaded in the kiln provided the distance from the field to the kiln was up to 400 metres. Beyond this distance, additional wages of Rs 5 per 1,000 bricks for every additional 100 metres or part thereof would be paid. These rates would be applicable to the animal-driven rehri loader only. For tempo or any other mechanical-driven vehicle, Rs 45 would be paid up to 1000 mtrs. Beyond this distance, additional wages of Rs 5 for 1,000 bricks for every additional 500 mtrs would be paid. In the same category, Rs 2,500 per month would be paid for “chunaiwala”, Rs 10 per 1,000 bricks for “kariwala”, Rs 40 per 1000 bricks for “Nikashiwala” and Rs 2,500 for “mistri”, coal man and “jalaiwala”. In category ‘B’ for munshi or clerk Rs 2250.09 per month would be paid to those below matric, Rs 2350.09 per month for those as one matric but not graduate and Rs 2700.09 per month for graduates or above. Chowkidar would be paid the monthly wages of Rs 2140.09, drivers of light vehicle Rs 2350.09, drivers of heavy vehicles Rs 2500.09, cleaner and jamadar (without commission) Rs 2140.09, all unskilled workers would be paid monthly wages of Rs 2140.09 or Rs 82.31 per day.
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Cong workers clash Ambala, June 12 Besides the president of the District Congress Committee (Rural), Mr Nirmal Singh, the president of the district urban committee, Ms Kiran Bala Jain, former minister Raj Kumar Saini, former DCC president Balwant Gupta, senior leader of Sewa Dal Raj Kumar Gamma and president of Manila Congress, Ambala, Amarjit Kaur Sodhi were also present at the meeting. As soon as the meeting started, Mr Mulana started taking feedback from the block presidents about the workers’ camp. When he was asking about the camp
from the block president of the Naggal constituency, Mr Joginder Singh
Pinjola, who was recently appointed by Mr Bhajan Lal, some of the party workers of Naggal raised objections, saying that Mr Joginder Singh was not even an active worker of the party, so he should not be allowed to present at the meeting. Some of the supporters of Mr Bhajan Lal including a senior Congress leader, Mr Puran Prakash Saini, raised a counter-objection. They said that none of the party worker had the right to criticise the block president nominated by the HPCC chief. They defended the Naggal block president. Later the arguments led to a heated exchange between the two groups and soon it turned into a clash. It is learnt that later some of the local leaders brought this matter in the notice of Mr Bhajan Lal and other state-level leaders. The SHO of the local police station also reached Congress Bhavan, but some of the leaders persuaded him by stating that it was the internal matter of the party. |
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Haryana
team attends Hindi conference Chandigarh, June 12 A CD of the Haryana Sahitya Akademi’s magazine, ‘Harigandha’, released at the conference, was lauded as the first literary magazine of the world in a CD. Haryana also made a mark as two litterateurs from the state — Mr Swadesh Deepak and Dr Baijnath Singh — presented the keynote addresses in two conference sessions. Mr Dhanpat Singh’s announcement that the akademi would publish at least two manuscripts of Hindi writers from Indian diaspora was lauded by the conference. A set of publications of the akademi was presented to the Vice-President of Suriname, Mr Ratan Kumar Ayodhya, by the Haryana delegates on behalf of the Chief Minister. |
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2 jailed for life in murder case Ambala, June 12 According to prosecution, the police had registered a case under Sections 364, 302, 201 and 34, IPC, against Bhupinder Kumar, Sham Lal, Rajesh Kumar and Kuldeep Kumar (all belong to the same village). According to prosecution story,
Shushma, wife of Naresh Kumar, had stated in the police complaint that on October 31,1997 Bhupinder Kumar came to her house and told her husband that Sham Lal was waiting for him in the street. Later the duo took away Naresh with them. Madan Lal, brother of Naresh, had stated that about 20 years back a quarrel had taken place between his family members and his uncle, Lal Chand, father of Bhupinder Kumar. In that occurrence the father of the accused got injured and later succumbed to his injuries. As a result of that the family of Bhupinder was nursing enmity with them. On the fateful day, Bhupinder and Sham Lal served liquor to Naresh and later took him away. Since then he had not been traced till today. The judge sentenced to rigorous imprisonment Bhupinder Kumar and Sham Lal and a fine of Rs 300. |
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NIFD fashion show captivates audience Ambala, June 12 According to the Centre Director, Mr Sudhir
Windlas, the show was the part of their annual fest. He said the dresses were designed and prepared by students of the Ambala NIFD centre. This centre had been given the best centre award in the northern region, he said. The fashion show was divided into, nine conceptual rounds —
Uphar, Mudra. Strings. In Control, Sixth Sense, Nakhra, Nizakat, Dusk and After and Country girls. It was a blend of the traditional style and western cuts. Each sequence had a new presentation with accessories as its hallmark. The first sequence titled Uphar was dedicated to the Army men. Mudra included saris painted by textile designing students inspired from Madhubani art of Bihar followed by Indo-western lehngas embellished with ‘zari’ and mirror work and evening gowns inspired from Elizabethan period. The sequence, Sixth Sense, was admired by all. It included
innovative dresses made of leaves, polythene, wire, dry flowers, ropes and popcorns. The show was choreographed by Vicky Bedi, who hypnotised the audience with his melodious voice. Rajesh and Meera Kukran of Haryana Beauty Parlour did make-up and hairstyling. Between various rounds impressive dance sequences by various groups were performed. Models that set the ramp on fire were
Kritika, Anju Rana, Ruhi Radhika, Kamal, Priya, Hema, Rashmi and Nidishiya. Male models included Sony, Vicky, Gagan, Ajay Hemant Bharatyansh and Ankur Arora. |
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Excavation
reveals two skeletons Karnal, June 12 The excavation work was undertaken recently to renovate the Dargah by the Dargah Society. Pir Haider Sahib, known as Dairywala Baba, is buried here with his son Baba Badruddin and grandson Chirag Ali, besides three other persons including a British Army officer and his wife.
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MLN College girl gets
fellowship Yamunanagar, June 12 Dr Kumar said the college had developed a research centre in the field of applied science. At present four major research projects are being carried out. |
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Police recruitment Chandigarh, June 12 A police spokesman said here today that the aspirants for the post of women constable and sportspersons were required to report at the Railway Police Lines, Ambala, on June 16 at 8 a.m. |
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Open durbar Kaithal, June 12 |
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