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Sunday,
September 14, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Sonia’s visit reopens old
wounds of villagers Rebels meet Sonia for Bhajan’s removal Bansi Lal to expose ‘embezzlement’ by INLD leaders Minister assures help
to villagers Take action against godown owner, minister
tells engineer RBI directive to check terrorist funding |
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Teachers with
kin not to get duty at exam centre 2 get 10-year jail term for
abduction, rape Rallies to mark Devi Lal’s birth anniversary Woman buried amid tension Non-delivery of bills resented Woman dies of
poisoning SDO held for
taking bribe Wall collapse kills two labourers 3 killed in
road mishap
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Sonia’s visit reopens old
wounds of villagers Damdama (Gurgaon), September 13 The presence of former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, has acted as catalyst to remind the villagers of the way they were jilted by him after they had donated 15 acres of village common land to set up the holiday home. The villagers allege that Mr Bhajan Lal, the then Chief Minister, had at a public meeting announced the decision on laying of the foundation stone for the home in 1994 and of having sanctioned Rs 25 lakh for infrastructures for model village. The sarpanch of the village, Mr Ranjit Singh, and two former sarpanches, Mr Prahald and Mr Kundan Singh, alleged that nothing was done in the name of developing Damadama as a model village. According to them and other villagers, the Bhajan Lal government had sent Rs 7.5 lakh as the first instalment of the sanctioned amount, but the village panchayat had not receive the money. Some villagers who were involved in the process of donating the village common land said the land had been given in two instalments. According to them, the holiday home was the pet project of Rajiv Gandhi. The trust was set up in 1952. Some villagers claimed that Mr Bhajan Lal had made the announcements in the presence of Ms Gandhi. They felt that with Rajiv Gandhi having been assasinated and the Congress government led by Mr Narasimha Rao reluctant to fulfil the promise of the model village, they had virtually no place where they could lodge their protests. The villagers had wanted to meet Ms Gandhi separately when she visited the village, but they were not allowed to do so. Only six villagers had been given passes to enter the complex and meet her. Due to paucity of time, they could not raise old issues. According to Mr Ranjit Singh, she had assured them of meeting them later. She had promised to take up the issue of starting a Delhi
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Rebels meet Sonia for Bhajan’s removal Chandigarh, September 13 Four rebel leaders, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Leader of Opposition, Ms Shelja, a former union minister, Mr Birender Singh and Mr Harpal Singh, both former chiefs of the PCC, reportedly met the AICC President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, in New Delhi yesterday to press for the restructuring at the PCC in the state. They reportedly told Ms Gandhi that the activities of the PCC had failed to motivate public. A change in the PCC leadership was needed if the Congress wanted to do well in the coming Lok Sabha elections, they said. Numerically strong castes and communities of the state such as the Jats, the Scheduled Castes, the Sikhs and the Muslims would keep away from the Congress if Mr Bhajan Lal remained the chief of the PCC at the time parliamentary poll, they added. Even though Mr Bhajan Lal had been the Chief Minister of Haryana on three occasions, he had never headed the PCC before. Ever since Mr Bhajan Lal became the president of the PCC, the Congress candidate lest the only Assembly bypoll held in Fatehabad in the state. The defeat triggered demand by Mr Hooda, an arch rival of Mr Bhajan Lal, for a special meeting of the PCC for a review to ascertain why the Congress nominee lost. Interestingly, the Congress nominee in the Fatehabad bypoll actually had fared better than the Congress candidates in the Yamunanagar and Rori
bypolls, which were held during Mr Hooda's tenure as the PCC president. The Hooda camp, however, argued that given the history of Mr Bhajan Lal's association with the Fatehabad area, the Congress nominee, a nephew of Mr Bhajan
Lal, should have won the poll instead of losing by a small margin. |
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Bansi Lal to expose ‘embezzlement’ by INLD leaders Asandh (Karnal),
September 13 Addressing a public gathering here today, Chaudhary Bansi Lal, former Chief Minister and president of the HVP, criticised Mr Om Prakash Chautala, saying that he and his colleagues had amassed crores. He declared to probe illegal properties made by INLD leaders if voted to power. He said there was unrest among all sections of society in the state. “Crime in the state has increased making it almost impossible for a common man to live a peaceful life,” he said. Women, students, farmers, businessmen and other categories of society had been protesting against the anti-people policies of the state government, he said. He expressed his concern over deteriorating power situation in the state and said that the present power tariff was beyond the power of common man in the state. He promised to people that if voted to power he would stop the arrest of farmers who had failed to pay the instalments of bank loans. All cases registered against the farmers during Mr Chautala’s regime would be withdrawn, he added. The HVP leader, who parted ways with Congress a decade ago, said: “Senior leaders of the Congress had betrayed the people of our country by making Sonia Gandhi as party’s president. People would never vote the Congress to pave the way for a foreign national to become the PM of our country.” Earlier talking to mediapersons, Chaudhary Bansi Lal said that his party would contest the coming elections on its own and not ally with any party. The media adviser of the HVP, Mr Balbir Singh, district president Balbir Pal, local leader of the youth wing of the HVP, Mahendra Goyal, and other local leaders were also present in the rally. |
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Minister assures help
to villagers Fatehabad, September 13 Residents of Jandwala Sottar village complained to the minister that the village sarpanch had cut trees planted on the panchayat land and had been misappropriating the panchayat money. The villagers said that though the Panchayat Officer had inquired in to the matter, but they were not satisfied with the inquiry. The minister asked the SDM, Tohana, Mr Satbir Singh Saini, to look in to the matter. Ms Mandip Kaur, a resident of Rattia alleged that her father-in-law was refusing to give her share in the parental property. The minister assured her free legal aid for contesting against her father-in-law in the court of law. Residents of Shahnal village also complained against the village sarpanch and alleged that the sarpanch had been misappropriating the funds received for the developmental activities. The minister ordered a probe by the Block Development and Panchayat Officer in to the matter. In another complaint, the minister asked the police to remove illegal encroachments from Kamana village. |
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Take action against godown owner, minister Kaithal, September 13 In another case relating to encroachment on the Pundri municipal committee land by some influential persons Dr Ranga directed the Secretary of the committee to lodge an FIR against the persons involved in the activity. The minister asked the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anurag Agarwal to call the in-laws of Kelo Devi, a widow of Jai Singh Pura village, and tell them not to harass the widow. She also said her father in-law was not ready to give her share from the husband’s property. The minister directed the police to provide security to the family of Ram Niwas of Arjan Nagar locality here who was allegedly being threatened by the owner of a private coaching centre as the victim could not pay Rs 50,000 which was demanded for passing his son in the B.Ed and OT examinations. Dr Ranga also directed the DSP to get the certificates and hand it over to the complainant. In all 11 complaints were redressed in the meeting. Mr Amar Singh Dhandey, MLA, Guhla, Mr Anurag Agarwal, Deputy Commissioner, Mr J.P.S. Dahiya, ADC, Mr Pankaj Yadav, SDM, Guhla, were present in the meeting. |
RBI
directive to check terrorist funding Karnal, September 13 These directions have been issued to keep a check on money laundering and possible finance operations of terrorist outfits. This would also make it easy for the intelligence agencies to detect shady transactions. The RBI also empowered the banks to question the source of income from the depositors having a bank balance of Rs 10 lakh or more. This would also help the Income Tax Department to get an idea of the income of a depositor. Further, if the account holder refuses to cooperate, the bank authorities will be empowered to initiate suo moto action against the depositor. The new directive of the RBI has also empowered the bank officials to seek local police help if required to interrogate the depositor to reveal his source of income. This measure is seen as a direct of shoot of a countrywide crackdown to spot and locate terrorist funds. |
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Teachers with
kin not to get duty at exam centre Chandigarh, September 13 This was stated in a press note issued here today. It was also decided that district education officers would not appoint superintendents of examination centres at their own level. Exception to this rule could be made only in case of an emergency by choosing Superintendents from the reserve list sent by the Haryana School Education Board. Instructions saying that superintendents of examination centres and supervisors would also record cases of unfair means during examinations were also issued. Action under Rule 7 would be initiated against teachers who remained absent from examination duty or were found guilty of dereliction of duty. In case the flying squad detected a large number of cases of copying at any examination centre, the superintendent and supervisor would be held responsible. It added that an adequate number of supervisors and 523 superintendents had been appointed and 221 flying squads constituted for the supplementary examinations of middle, matric and senior secondary classes. Over 1.81 lakh students would appear in 624 centres for the examinations. |
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2 get 10-year
jail term for abduction, rape Jind, September 13 According to the prosecution, the duo had abducted the victim from her parents’ house at Kharainti and raped her. They had later taken her to Delhi and to Kolkata, it had added. The police had arrested them in Delhi and looked on the charge of abduction and rape. |
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Rallies to mark Devi Lal’s birth anniversary Jind, September 13 He was addressing INLD workers of Jind district at the Jat dharamshala here. He exhorted INLD workers to strengthen the party and devote an hour a day for party activities. The Chief Minister announced that 50,000 jobs would be created in a year for which a notification had been issued and appointment process started and appointments would be made by October 15. He said a special force, the Haryana Industrial Security Force on the pattern of the Central Industrial Security Force, would be raised and 10,000 youths would get jobs in this force. He reiterated that the SYL canal would be completed in a year. Earlier, Mr Chautala at a meeting of the District Grievances Committee redressed all grievances put before him by the people. The Chief Minister also inaugurated the water works constructed at Hamirgarh village in Narwana sub-division. Mr Chautala also inaugurated two bridges at Padarth Khera and Revar villages. The bridges are across the Bhakra main line Barwala link channel. |
Woman buried amid tension Pilkhani (Ambala),
September 13 While one community wanted to bury the woman in a particular piece of land, the members of the other community resisted it by claiming ownership of the land. Eighty-year-old Fatima had died earlier in the afternoon. Members of her community wanted to bury her in a place which they claim was the burial ground. They claimed that the land belonged to the Punjab Wakf Board. When a group of persons went to dig a grave, another group led by a local “baba” prevented them from doing so. The other group argued that the body be buried in another burial ground. They claimed that the land belonged to them. Thereafter, members of Ahle Islam Intazamiya Committee went to meet the administration officials. The committee members reportedly sought “force” for the burial in the burial ground, as they apprehended the possibility of an altercation. In the meantime, a posse of police force led by DSP Raj Gopal reached the spot. Tehsildar G.R. Rohilla was also present to keep a tab on the situation. The woman was finally buried in the evening, which took place without any untoward incident. |
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Non-delivery of bills resented Kurukshetra, September 13 Resentment prevailed among the subscribers, including senior citizens, who complained that though they did not get the telephone bills but their telephones were disconnected without any prior notice. Fearing disconnection, other telephone subscribers were paying their dues before due dates by collecting bills from the local office concerned. Even connections of the main post office as well as office of the General Manager, Haryana Roadways, were disconnected due to non-payment of their telephone bills before the due dates. On the other hand, the BSNL and the postal authorities were blaming each other for the non-delivery of bills to the subscribers as these bills were issued from the Karnal BSNL office. The BSNL Senior Accounts Officer, Mr B.D. Gupta, told mediapersons 58,000 bills were mailed by an ordinary post and Rs 4 were paid to the postal office for each of the bill despatched. Despite this a majority of the bills did not reach the right subscribers. When contacted a main post office officer said the Karnal BSNL office had failed to despatch the bills this time and the Kaithal and Jind-based post offices' telephone connections were also disconnected due to this. |
Woman dies of
poisoning Ambala, September 13 The parents of the deceased Harjeet Kaur alias Manpreet Kaur (22) was earlier residing in Ismailabad. Later they settled in Ludhiana. They along with a number of relatives reached at the Civil Hospital and alleged that their daughter was murdered. The father of the deceased, Gulzar Singh, said that he had married his daughter with Manjeet Singh two years back. He said he had given all possible household goods in the dowry by selling his house. He alleged that the in-laws of his daughter had been harassing her and demanding more dowry. Puran Singh, the brother of the deceased, who was agitated over the death of his sister, alleged that injuries on the body of his sister showed that her in-laws had mercilessly thrashed her. He demanded registration of a murder case against the husband and in-laws of his sister. He said that the in-laws of his sister had not informed them about the incident. They came to know about the death of Harjeet Kaur through a neighbour on telephone. |
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SDO held for
taking bribe Sirsa, September 13 According to information Rajesh, a resident of Jamal village had given an application for permanent cabling. Rajesh alleged that for this the officer of the HVPN demanded bribe. He reported the matter to the police. On the basis of his complaint a raiding team was constituted under the Revenue officer, Mr Ramesh Kajal, who gave Rajesh marked currency notes of Rs 500 denomination and sent him to the officer along with a witness. The raiding party nabbed the SDO Ranbeer Singh red-handed under the Anti-Corruption Act. |
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Wall collapse kills two labourers Kurukshetra, September 13 The victims were identified as Phool Dass (40) and his relative Chanden Dass (22), both from Bihar. Both of them were removed to the LNJP hospital on the gate of which Phool Dass succumbed to his injuries while Chanden Dass died later PGI. The police has registered a case. |
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3 killed in
road mishap Hisar, September 13 According to the Hansi police, Shishpal Singh (50) of Garhi village, his mother Sama Kaur (70), and a relative, Pal Singh, of Sisar village were returning to Garhi village from Hansi on a motor cycle around 6 p.m. They had come to Hansi to meet a relative. As soon as they reached near Dhana village, situated on the Delhi-Hisar National Highway, their vehicle collided head on with a truck, coming from the opposite direction. All three persons died on the spot. The Hansi police registered a case against the truck driver for negligent driving. |
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Reward for cop Chandigarh, September 13 An official release said this quoting Mr C.P. Bansal, ADGP, here today. |
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Opium peddler sentenced Fatehabad, September 13 On interrogation it was found that he was carrying 20 kg of opium. He has been charged under the NDPS Act. The judge also ordered that he would have to undergo a further imprisonment of two years in case he failed to pay the fine. |
Metro Heart
Institute recognised Chandigarh, September 13 |
Man hit by truck, dead Ambala, September 13 The police has registered a case against the
truck driver. OC |
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