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Nine die of diarrhoea Ultrasound clinics raided Short sessions order of the day in Haryana Three held for Sirsa girl’s rape, murder Encroachments have motorists fuming |
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Defacement of public property — sarkaari style 16,700 hectares brought under forest cover Cooperative society asked to return Rs 35,562 to consumer Kendras to deal with power complaints British envoy meets Chautala High Court 9 professional courses for distance learners Additional charge for Dhankar Youth killed Roadways men assault softball players Rania MC ward byelection on November 2
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Nine die of diarrhoea Yamunanagar, September 12 The district administration has geared up its rescue operation and five teams of doctors and more than 30
para-medical staff have been deputed there for medical help. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Vijayendra Kumar, said here today that the Civil Surgeon here had been told to submit detailed report by evening on the outbreak of diarrhoea in the town. He said strict action would be taken against the defaulting officials. The first death occurred early morning yesterday. Four persons who died yesterday included 11-year-old Ravi, a resident of Vijay Colony, 65-year-old Baru Ram and 13-year-old Ravi of Jaswant Colony and four-year-old child Hameed of the same locality. The persons who died today have been identified as Jaswant (55), Shiksha (58), Geeta (10), Deepak (10) and
Jubiada. Mr Naresh Sharma, Civil Surgeon, confirmed the death of six persons. He said 15 persons, including seven children, had been admitted to the Civil Hospital Yamunanagar. He said othtolidine tests had been conducted on a number of points of water supply and the test was negative. Mr Sharma said a few samples have been collected from different water supply points and sent to bactrological laboratory at Karnal for examination. An open nullah passing between these colonies and pipe lines of the public health water supply passing near the nullah had caused the contamination of water due to the leakage of water pipe. According to public health officials, 30 illegal connections in these colonies had been disconnected. The official said the department was working round-the-clock to ensure safe water supply. |
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Ultrasound clinics raided Fatehabad, September 12 The team led by the Assistant Drug Controller, Mr G. L. Singla, the Deputy Director, Health, Dr G. P. Saluja, and the Senior Drug Inspector, Mr L.C. Mittal, raided three ultrasound clinics in the town and seized some incriminating documents. The team also checked ultrasound records at the local General Hospital. The team found that though the ultrasound machine in the hospital was in perfect order, doctors had made it a practice to refer cases of ultrasound to clinics situated outside the hospital reportedly for a commission. It was found that patients were being asked to purchase even those items from the open market which were available with the hospital. This was being done for a commission. The Assistant Drug Controller told mediapersons that the team found irregularities in Sirsa also. He said action would be taken against some companies under the Drug Price Control Act for printing a higher price on their items than the prescribed rate. |
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Short sessions order of the day in Haryana Chandigarh, September 12 The most vocal advocate of having a large number of sittings of the House is Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the Leader of the Opposition, who is yet to don the hat of the Chief Minister. HVP chief Bansi Lal and Haryana Congress President Bhajan Lal, both of whom had been Chief Ministers on more than one occasion, avoid insisting on long sessions since short sessions were the order of the day even when they were at the helm of affairs. The current Vidhan Sabha (10th) headed by Mr Chautala had held its first sitting on March 9, 2000, and till the end of its last Budget session on March 14, it had held 52 sittings. On an average a little over 17 sittings of the House were held in each of the three years separating the two dates. The number of sittings of the previous Vidhan Sabha headed by Mr Bansi Lal was less than the current average. In the three-year tenure of Mr Bansi Lal as Chief Minister 48 sittings of the House were held. Even in 1997, when the government was stable, only 16 sittings were held. The eighth Vidhan Sabha, constituted in 1991, was headed by Mr Bhajan Lal of the Congress. During the five-year tenure of the Congress government, 81 sittings of the House took place. The average number of sittings in each year was a little over 16. The number of sittings of the seventh Vidhan Sabha presents a figure which is only marginally better. There were 71 sittings of the House during this period with an average of over 17 sittings in each year. The figures of the sixth, fifth and fourth Vidhan Sabhas were splendid from the Haryana standards. The fourth Vidhan Sabha met for 119 sittings, the fifth for 118 sittings and the sixth for 97 sittings. The third Vidhan Sabha again resorted to the familiar pattern and 71 sittings in all were held between the first session on July 15, 1968 and the last session on January 18, 1972. There were 22 sittings of the second Vidhan Sabha between its first session on March 17, 1967, and the last session on June 21, 1967. |
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Three held for Sirsa girl’s rape, murder Sirsa, September 12 The
district police chief, Mr Atar Singh Ahalavat, called a press
conference today in which one of the accused, a native of Suneeta’s
village was also present. The district police chief disclosed that the
police had arrested three persons who were studying in the fifth
semester of Agriculture Engineering in the local Polytechnic College.
Those arrested have been identified as Ravinder, son of Inderjeed
Kamboj of Nejadelan Kalan village, Anuj son of Ved Parkash of Karnal
and Kailash son of Keshav Datt Sharma of Palwal. According to the
district police chief, the three youths stopped Suneeta at the
Arorvansh Chowk and lured her to a room near gate No. 4 in the Anaj
Mandi on the promise of giving her a job and free tuition in the
academy they were planning to start. The room had been hired by four
polytechnic students namely: Mohit of Kurukshetra, Pardeep of
Yamunanagar, Vikram of Jhhajhar and Ved Parkash of Ambala. The accused
had procured the key of the room on the request that they needed it
for some urgent work and would not like to be disturbed. When Suneeta
reached the room she was offered tea, juice and lemon water all laced
with sedatives. When she became unconscious they gang raped her and on
Ravinder’s request strangulated her lest she should disclose their
crime to the villagers. They wrapped the body in a bedcover and after
defacing it threw the body in the fields. When the tenants of the
room returned they suspected something wrong. Mohit talked to his
friends and asked Anuj to return the bedcover, which his mother had
brought from a satsang. Instead of returning the bedcover Anuj handed
him Rs 150 for buying another one. The students of various
educational institutions who were holding protest demonstrations here
since past one week have called off their agitation following the
arrest of the three persons. |
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Encroachments
have motorists fuming Ambala, September 12 The problem aggravates during the morning hours. The rehris stand just outside the wholesale vegetable market and they do not move out of the area. Over the years, the rehris have turned the road leading up to the bus stand into a retail vegetable market. The vegetable market not only leads to filth in the area, it also restricts the traffic movement. The worst affected are roadways bus drivers who have difficulty in passing through the roads. The bus drivers who have to regularly pass through the area have time and again complained about the situation. The vegetable market also attracts a large number of stray cattle. Interestingly, the authorities concerned take action only when it is `required’. A few weeks, a major conference on human rights was organised at Kharga Auditorium. A large number of senior police officers participated in the conference and their lunch was hosted at Batra Hotel. On that day, the area was spick and span. Not only had the rehris been taken care of, there was no stray cattle or garbage in the area. A committee official said that the rehri owners should require a licence and it was stipulated that the rehri cannot be stationary. He said that they have taken steps in the past to sort out this matter.  |
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Defacement
of public property — sarkaari style Panchkula, September 12 From the walls of government schools to government buildings and aprons of culverts (the walls of the culverts) are being used as a canvass for the state government to glorify the ruling party and Mr Chautala. A visit around the city today revealed that fresh slogans have been painted on the walls of Government Middle School, Railley; walls of Nahan Kothi in Sector 12- A, which houses the District Mining Office; apron of a culvert near Sector 18; and at several places on the roads dividing two sectors. Various boards and corporations in the township are being asked to foot the bill for this “party propaganda.” The painting of these slogans began last week. The Administration has decided to paint slogans at 200 places and asked the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) to identify the sites. It has been decided to set up two electronic hoardings which will highlight the achievements of the ruling party in its over three years in power, besides painting these slogans on village walls. It is learnt that the state government, during a meeting convened by the Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Mr
B.D. Dahlia, in July earlier this year had asked all boards and corporations affiliated to it to launch a publicity drive to highlight the INLD government’s “various achievements”. Specific sites were identified for setting up these billboards — in the vicinity of schools, local hospital, the DC’s office, approach road to villages etc. The move is being seen in the concerned circles as a sign of the ruling party subtly launching its election propaganda. As the District President of Congress, Mr
R.S. Chauhan puts it: “On the one hand there is talk of beautifying the town, and on the other the Administration is defacing public property by painting slogans of the ruling party. This is illegal, and Congress councillors will take up the matter at the next meeting of the Municipal Council.” The “success “ of the ‘sarkar aapke dwar’ programme, enhancement of old-age pension, increase in availability of power, hike in the purchase price of sugarcane by cooperative sugar mills, abolition of octroi, and Devi Rupak Scheme are among the “achievements” that figure in these slogans. |
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16,700 hectares brought under forest cover Panchkula, September 12 The 10-year project , costing Rs 126 crore, and funded by a grant of
Eur. 23 million by the European Union Commission in India (EC), covers 300 villages in 10 districts of the state. This was stated by the project director, Mr
S.K. Dhar, while detailing the mid-project results in a press conference today. The project has had many monetary and social benefits for the villages, apart from the general improvement of green cover. The village panchayats have been given incentives to maintain the plantations so that the tree mortality rate is reduced. The funds thus obtained can be used by the community for development work. Mr Goran
Jonsson, technical assistance team leader on the project, pointed out the several social upliftment benefits for the villagers, particularly the deprived sections such as women and backward communities. He gave the example of the introduction of low-fuel smokeless
chulhas, of which 2900 have been set up in the village households. “Moreover, the self-help groups, mostly run by women, have been able to take up income generating activities with assistance from the project. In one case, for instance, a women group made an initial investment of Rs 2000 and was able to earn over Rs 1.0 lakh in just one year from sale of organic manure made through
vermi-composting-an activity for which the women were trained and provided initial inputs from the project”, Mr Jonsson added. The project has also helped in efficient utilization of the water resources of the villages. As part of the project activities, earthen water harvesting dams have been constructed in identified villages in the
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Cooperative society asked to return Rs 35,562 to consumer Fatehabad, September 12 The local Basti Bhiwan resident, Mr Banwari Lal, had applied for a house loan of Rs 49,000 from the Deepak House Building Society. The society mortgaged the plot of the consumer and issued the first instalment of Rs.14,700 on February 1, 1988. After that the society was closed and he could not get any further amount. The consumer repaid Rs.4000 in 1995. But the Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies, asked Banwari Lal to deposit another sum of Rs.24237 with the society. He
paid Rs 14,000. He was arrested by the staff of the Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies, on June 14, 2000, and was asked to deposit Rs 50,000. He was released after 11 days after making payment of Rs 40,000 and giving a personal bond of Rs 25,000. Banwari Lal the approached the District Consumer Forum. The forum president, Mr P. C. Gupta, the member Mr B. S. Dandiwal and Ms Seema Saraf directed the society to refund Rs 35,562 with interest besides costs and compensation to him. |
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Kendras to deal with power complaints Hisar, September 12 This was disclosed by Ms Chanda Saini, Managing Director, DHBVN, after inaugurating a kendra alongside the Rajgarh road here yesterday. She said the kendra was equipped with telephones and computers. An attendant at the kendra would note down the name, address, telephone number of complainant, nature of complaint and the time at which the complaint was telephonically registered. After this, the
attendant would inquire from the power substation concerned and inform the consumer the reason of the power future and the expected time of the restoration of the supply. In case of supply from the substation, the attendant would contact the complaint staff in the field on the mobile phone for investigating and attending to the complaint immediately. She said the nigam had set up two kendras in Gurgaon and Faridabad last month and these were functioning successfully. The scheme would be extended to other towns in the state in a phased manner, she added. |
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British envoy meets Chautala Chandigarh, September 12 The High Commissioner appreciated the industrial-friendly climate in Haryana and the Devi-Rupak scheme, which was aimed at checking the growth of population and the declining sex ratio. He also appreciated the manner in which different political parties in India were collaborating to run the country. Among others who were present at the meeting were Chief Secretary A.N. Mathur and Mr B.D. Dhalia, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister. |
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High Court Chandigarh, September 12 Saran, earlier posted as Managing Director of the Haryana Financial Corporation, was initially booked in an alleged loan scam case registered under Section 406, 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code, besides under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Another case was registered on July 19 last year. Claiming to have been implicated, the
petitioner had claimed that he was not named in the first information
report registered in the matter. After hearing the arguments, Mr
Justice Gill observed: “I have perused the FIR, dated July 19, 2000.
The name of the petitioner is not mentioned anywhere for any wrong
doing.... The petitioner is granted interim bail.” |
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9 professional courses for distance learners Kurukshetra, September 12 The Directorate of Correspondence Courses had also extended its base by allowing service providers to offer counselling to students in practical and theory papers of the professional courses. The organisations with such authorisation are HARTRON, Chandigarh; ZILSL, Mumbai; Swift Career Academy, Panchkula; IICE (Webcom) Technologies, New Delhi; and MPCT-IET, Panjokhra Sahib (Ambala). |
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Weightage for admission announced Chandigarh, September 12 Welcoming the decision, the national President of the youth wing of the Indian National Lok Dal, Mr Ajay Singh Chautala, said here today that the decision would benefit the students. He regretted that some student leaders associated with the Congress had resorted to the agitation on the issue of affiliation of their colleges with the Sirsa university. |
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Supplementary
exams from Oct 18 Kurukshetra, September 12 The Director, university Scientific Instrumentation Centre, Dr S.N. Chaturvedi, who is officiating as Controller Examinations, said that the date-sheets would be issued later. The supplementary examinations for BCA, BIM, BSIS, BIS and BBA etc would only be held in December along with the examinations for the postgraduate date classes. |
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Additional charge for Dhankar Chandigarh, September 12 Mr N.K. Singla, Additional Director, Urban Development, has been posted as ADC-cum-CEO, DRDA, and Special Officer, Agricultural Production Zone, Rohtak. Mr Sushil Sarwan, GM, Haryana Roadways, Chandigarh, and Mr Mukesh Kumar, City Magistrate, Gurgaon, will swap their places of posting. |
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Youth killed Fatehabad, September 12 |
Roadways men assault softball players Kaithal, September 12 In a written complaint to the Deputy Commissioner, the secretary of the District Softball Association, Mr Rajkamal, said seven boys of Kaithal district had been selected to represent Haryana in the All-India Junior Softball Championship to be held at Puri, Orissa from September 14 to 19. When they went to the local bus stand to board a bus to Jind where other members of the Haryana team were to join them, the driver and conductor of the bus (HR-56-1924) misbehaved with them. When the team protested, other roadways employees also attacked them.
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Rania MC ward byelection on November 2 Chandigarh, September 12 State Election Commissioner T.D. Jogpal, said here today that the nomination papers would be submitted from September 29 to October 3. Scrutiny would be held on October 6. The last date for withdrawals was October 13. Polling would be held on November 2. |
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400 phones out of order Sirsa, September 12 The villagers of Modiakhera, Madhosinghana, Mangala, Tetukhera and Dhani Kahan Singh have complained to the BSNL, but received little response. Mr D.R. Dhingra Chandigarh, September 12 |
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