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September 18, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Govt committed to uprooting corruption, says Chautala KIDNAPPING, MURDER OF
CHILD Minorities panel team to visit Safidon today News Analysis Private parties to run
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No govt interference, says power panel chief Education board to root out copying Police assault on students condemned Architects to certify building plans: HUDA High Court Bar Council’s assurance to agitating lawyers KUTA chief invited to conference Varsity allowed to fill 28 posts Shankar Dass takes over as MC chief again
Leaf from history Reconnection to tubewells allowed Jawan dies fighting ULFA militants Exporters’
body seeks govt help Three held for
assaulting newsman Power board’s scheme for defaulters Panchayat Officer held for accepting bribe
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Govt committed to uprooting Sirsa, September 17 He lashed out at the Congress for adopting double standards because a similar operation by the Congress government in Punjab was being justified. He said a party in which 20 leaders were claiming the post of Chief Minister could not be trusted by the people. He
discussed the achievements of his government and said as many as 71 minors and distributaries were constructed during the past three and a half years and a proposal for Rs 880 crores for consolidation of irrigation facilities in the state had been sent to the Union Government for approval. Earlier, while addressing a gathering of farmers and farm scientists at the local Krishi Vigyan Kendra of HAU after inaugurating a kapas mela there, the Chief Minister said the Union Government had given a written assurance to the Supreme Court to abide by the direction with regard to the SYL canal. This had brightened the chances of Haryna getting its rightful share of water within a year, he added. Mr Chautala called upon the farm scientists to develop disease-resistant varieties of seeds to reduce the dependence of farmers on chemical fertilisers and pesticides. He advised the farmers to diversify into organic farming as it would enhance the fertility of soil which was declining due to an imbalanced use of chemical fertilisers. He also called upon them to go in far more remunerative crops like medicinal plants, vegetables and floriculture. Mr M.K. Miglani, Vice-Chancellor of HAU, said the university experts were developing the district as a cotton seed district. Meanwhile Mr Chautala today presented a cheque for Rs 10 lakh as prize money to the panchayat of Kharian village of the district. Mr Ram Kumar
Nain, Sarpanch, received the prize money. The panchayat was declared the best panchayat in the state earlier for carrying out outstanding development work in the village. Mr Chautala also honoured a progressive farmer, Surinder Singh
Vedwala, for promoting organic farming in the region. |
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Govt jobs limited, says Chautala Fatehabad, September 17 Addressing party workers at the local Shri Sobh Raj Batra dharamsala here on Tuesday, the Chief Minister said the Supreme Court had earlier directed the Punjab Government to complete the SYL canal within a year. In the event of its failure, the Central Government was to get the work completed under its supervision. He said now when the Punjab Government had failed to fulfil its obligation, the onus was on the Central Government to complete the canal. The Chief Minister said his party had been striving hard to fulfil the promises made by it to the people before coming to power. He said that thousands of unemployed youths would be provided government jobs during the next few months. He, however, advised the youths not to run after government jobs, as there was a limit to these jobs. He said his government had been encouraging the propagation of technical education as it helped youths to find avenues for self-employment. The Chief Minister invited the party workers to come to Karnal on September 25 to attend the birthday celebrations of Devi Lal. |
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KIDNAPPING,
MURDER OF CHILD Ambala, September 17 The local residents expressed unhappiness with the police action. They said that the police should have reacted swiftly. Most of the shops in Regiment Bazar remained closed as policemen kept a vigil. In the early afternoon, the family members of Saurabh tried to block the main road. They were demanding postmortem should be carried out at the Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt. Police personnel managed to dissuade the family members from blocking the road. A doctor at the Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt said that the body of Saurabh was examined by two doctors. After the examination, they decided to refer the body to Rohtak. The body was accompanied by family members and policemen. A city court today sent Kunal, who is alleged to have kidnapped and killed Saurabh, to one-day judicial remand. Meanwhile, Nitin Sehgal, who was instrumental in nabbing Kunal yesterday, narrated the sequence of events. He and two others helped in nabbing Kunal which ultimately led to the recovery of the decomposed body of Saurabh. The body had been stuffed inside a sack and kept in a dilapidated building located behind 102 Mall Road. Nitin,
a resident of Defence Colony, Kalarheri road said that yesterday two
youths informed him that they suspected Kunal to be involved in the
disappearance of Saurabh. “The youths had seen Kunal writing a
letter as well as making phone calls,” he said. “When we asked
Kunal, he said that he was paid Rs 200 to make the phone calls. We
asked him to take us to the persons who had paid him the money. He
then led us on a wild goose chase,” Nitin said. He said “First
he took us to a tea stall where he claimed the persons used to have
tea. The tea stall owner refused any knowledge. Then, he took us to
the residence of a person where he claimed that the persons used to
play cards. The houseowner said that Kunal had enmity with him.” “Kunal
then said that the child was being kept in a servant’s quarter. He
later said that he had forgotten the house. Till that time we had no
idea that the child had been killed. Then Kunal took us to the
dilapidated building where the body was kept in a sack. It was
shocking,” he stated. Nitin, a former student of Major RN Kapoor
DAV Public School, said that he and another person helped put the body
onto a rickshaw. |
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Minorities panel team to visit Safidon today Safidon (Jind), September 17 A team of the NCM headed by its member Lieut-Gen A.M. Sethna (retd) would be visiting this town tomorrow to inquire into the matter after taking suo motu cognisance of the incident. Mr Rajiv Sharma, Deputy Commissioner, said he had received a fax from the minority commission. He said no orders had been passed by the district administration so far to arrest the accused police personnel. “Since, the NCM has not asked the district administration to produce the accused in front of the team there is no point arresting them as they have already been granted bail by the local court,” he said. Former SHO Ishwar Singh Rathi and other police personnel have gone underground after securing bail. Their whereabouts are not yet known. |
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News Analysis Safidon (Jind), September 17 The sequence of events indicates that the local administration has tried to leave certain loopholes to protect the policemen from non-bailable offences. They have been involved in the alleged torture of four Sikh youths Kulwinder Singh, Daler Singh, Shisha Singh and Asa Singh of Danauli village, Asandh subdivision of Karnal in the night of September 11 and 12. When the case came to light on September 12 after the victims got admitted in the local Civil Hospital, no one turned up to record their statements in time. The statements were recorded by the Deputy Superintendent of Police Rishal Singh on September 13 following which an FIR under Sections 323, 342 and 382 of the IPC was registered without mentioning the names of the accused. The police arrested an ASI, Head Constable and a constable on September 14 and were produced before a local court on the same day. The Additional Civil Judge, Mr R.K. Dogra, while passing the bail orders scrapped Section 382 of the IPC and commented in writing. “I fail to understand how the DSP has imposed the offence under Section 382 of the IPC against the accused person”. Further, the three policemen were produced before the court by the SHO Ishwar Singh Rathi who himself has been alleged as an accused. It has been clearly mentioned in the statement of the victims recorded in the FIR, “Police valon ne hamen mara pita jismen SHO sahab bhi the” (policemen had beaten us, in which SHO was also involved”. Later, when the issue was highlighted in the media and was taken up by the local people at the political level, fresh statements were recorded by the DSP on Monday in which the victims explained the whole incident. Subjecting to political pressure, the DSP promised the victims to add their statements as supplementary to the FIR. But, the question is whether the FIR could be amended even as all alleged accused had been granted bail. |
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Private
parties to run chemists shops in Chandigarh, September 17 The government, however, will regulate the
prices of medicines, food and other things sold in these shops. The
Civil Surgeons or the Director, PGIMS, Rohtak, will fix the prices of
these items, a communique issued by the Health Commissioner’s office
on Monday said. The communique, addressed to the Director-General, Health Services, and the Director, PGIMS, Rohtak, added that the shopkeepers would not enter into any dispute with the state government in a court of law. In the case of a dispute the matter would be referred to the Director-General, Health Services, for arbitration and his decision would be final. The shopkeepers would be allowed a maximum profit of 10 per cent to 15 per cent. These shops would operate under the district hospital management committees more than one shop selling the same kind of goods would be allowed. The
shops would be allotted by the hospital management committees for
three years. The allotment, however, would be terminated by either
side at three months’ notice. In the case of violation of any
condition, licences would be terminated without notice. Preference
in allotment would be given to NGOs, charitable institutions etc. The
shops would be given at the PWD-approved rates. The licensee would
erect a temporary structure and arrange the electricity, water,
sewerage connections. The shopkeepers would bear the expenditure on
electricity, water etc even though the ownership of the shops and
superstructures would be with the Health Department. |
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28 hand pumps supplying polluted water Yamunanagar, September 17 Mr V.K. Gupta, Chief Engineer (Urban), Public Health Department, who was deputed by the Haryana Government to survey the area, infomed here today on telephone that it had been established that the hand pumps which were in the vicinity of the nullah carrying domestic and industrial wastes along with heavy pollutants were supplying contaminated water. Four samples were taken from these hand pumps and sent for bacteriological examination in Ambala. He said all samples failed. Mr Gupta recommended that polluted water should not be used for human consumption and in case it was to be used, it should be boiled and sterilised. He said in a report he has recommended the government that the nullah, which is running through the heart of the city, should be either closed down or be made pucca. He stated that this was to avoid the seepage of polluted water to the subsoil water of the area. Mr S.K. Goel, Joint Secretary, Public Health Department, Haryana, Mr R.K. Trehan, Superintending Engineer, Public Health Circle, Haryana, and Mr J.B. Verma, Executive Engineer, had toured the affected colonies i.e. Vijay Nagar, Jaswant Colony and Ravi Nagar. |
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No govt interference, says power panel chief Chandigarh, September 17 Though the retired Army officer, who was inducted into the HERC as member in August, 2001, is no newcomer to the Secretariat, his visit today to the Power Secretary’s office is likely to give further credence to outgoing HERC Chairman K.S. Chaube’s allegation about government interference in the regulatory commission, which has been set up to monitor the functioning of the power sector corporations run by the state government. Talking to the The Tribune yesterday, the HERC Chairman refuted the charge that the state government wanted to influence HERC’s decisions. “We have interacted with members of the regulatory commissions of the other states. Ours is one of the commissions free from government interference,” he claimed. There had been an acrimonious relationship between Mr Chaube on one hand and Colonel Raghbir Singh and Mr Subhas Katiyal, on the other. The duo had been inducted as members after, Mr Om Prakash Chautala became the Chief Minister. Mr Chaube, had been chosen as member in Mr Bansi Lal’s regime. Colonel Raghbir Singh said he and Mr Katiyal had been chosen as per the Act constituting the HERC. He claimed that there was provision for one engineer as member while others could be from finance and administration. Claiming that he had been chosen from the administration quota, he said there was no rule on members to be from the administration or finance. |
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Education board to root out copying Jhajjar, September 17 Addressing a press conference at the PWD Rest House here this evening, Mr Rakesh Gupta, Secretary of the board, said the board was introducing many steps to tighten the screws on the corrupt officials by making the systems of enrolment, examination and evaluation more stringent as well as transparent in the eighth, 10th and 12th classes examinations from March 2004. Mr Gupta said the examination forms would be computerised on the pattern of the CBSE and all forms would be scanned .The marksheet would contain printed photographs of the student and the same details about the student along with a photograph would be printed on his/her examination slip. Mr Gupta said the HSEB would start enrolment of the students from the eighth class instead of ninth. He said to control the irregularities by the private schools and to debar bogus candidates from appearing in the examinations, which is being facilitated by private schools with the involvement of board and government officials by presenting fake school-leaving certificates (SLCs) from other states, the HSEB had introduced a strict process of scrutinising their examination and admission forms. The secretary said foolproof methods were being introduced by plugging loopholes with the cooperation of the CBSE. He said there would be no leniency with the examinees found using unfair means and the room supervisors and the superintendent would be responsible in this regard. The district administration, the Education Department and the HSEB were determined to eradicate the menace of copying which was mostly prevalent in Jhajjar, Rohtak, Sonepat, Bhiwani, Mahendergarh, Rewari, Gurgaon, Faridabad and Karnal. He said of the 8,900 unfair means cases last time only 165 had been acquitted. He said that the board would not give in to any pressure from any quarter. Mr Gupta admitted that the style of functioning of the board was obsolete. He said a Rs 100 to Rs 200 crore scam was existing in the board because of a nexus between corrupt officials and the private school mafia, adding that he had now decided to break this nexus to stop all illegal practices. |
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Police assault on students condemned Chandigarh, September 17 HPCC chief Bhajan Lal condemned the assault on students carried out jointly by the police and Haryana Roadways employees at Kaithal. The students were protesting against the increase in the bus pass charges. The statement said whenever a democratic protest was launched in the state, the government tried to suppress it by using brutal methods. While supporting the students’ demand the PCC chief said the state government must immediately withdraw the hike in bus pass charges and also bear the expenses on treatment of students injured in the action. If the Congress came to power in the state, all “economic burdens” imposed on students by the Chautala regime would be promptly withdraw. In another statement, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Leader of Opposition, expressed concern over the torture of some farmers by the police at Safidon. Mr Ajay Singh Yadav, Deputy Leader of the CLP, said the police action against the Sikh farmers amounted to the violation of human rights. The outbreak of diarrhoea in Yamunanagar was a serious matter, alleging that the failure of the Public Health Department to take timely steps had led to the epidemic. |
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Architects to certify building plans: HUDA Chandigarh, September 17 This was decided in a meeting held here today under the presidentship of the Town and Country Planning Minister, Mr Dhirpal Singh. He said following this decision, HUDA had done away with the requirement of approval of building plans and Damp Proof Course certificate. He said HUDA’s role would be restricted to completion or occupation certificate only. The scheme had been approved on an experimental basis for Sector 52, Gurgaon, and Sector 17(part), Panchkula, he added. He said it was also decided to allow benefit of increased floor area ratio of 175 per cent and higher sizes of dwelling unit (up to 200 sq mts) to the old group housing societies without any additional charge. Mr Dhirpal Singh said the rate of interest on the unpaid amount of external development charges recoverable from the developers and on delayed payment of instalments had been reduced from 18 per cent per annum to 15 per cent and from 21 per cent per annum to 18 per cent per annum, respectively. He said the compounding policy of unauthorised basements constructed under booths and corridors of booths and shop-cum-flats or offices had been revised by HUDA. The new revised rates would be Rs 500 per sq feet for usable area under booths against the previous rate of Rs 1000 per sq feet. The rate of compounding basement under corridors of booths and shop-cum-offices or shop-cum-flats had been reduced to Rs 1,200 per sq feet as against Rs 2,000 per sq feet fixed earlier. It was also decided that the compounding of unauthorised basements under corridors would not be allowed in future. |
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High Court Chandigarh, September 17 The ruling was issued on a petition filed by the state of Haryana challenging the Labour Court award. Taking up the case of a bus conductor accused of embezzlement, the Labour Court had ordered the reinstatement of the workman with 40 per cent back wages. Challenging the order, the state had sought directions for setting aside the same. Quashing the award, the Bench ruled that the workman had embezzled money as such the labour court ought not to have exercised its jurisdiction. |
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Bar Council’s assurance to agitating lawyers Kaithal, September 17 Mr Amrik Singh Kalra, Vice-Chairman, Bar Council, Mr Anmol Rattan Singh Sidhu, president, High Court Bar Association, Mr R.S. Takoria, Mr Ajay Choudhry and Mr Lekh Raj Sharma Members Bar Council met members of the Bar Association here to know problems of lawyers. He said that they were ready to modify buildings as per suggestions of the Construction Committee. Mr Kalra, Mr Sidhu and Mr Takoria assured that they would try to convince the Chief Justice and other judges about their problems. However, they wanted efforts for a solution to the problem. Later members of the delegation visited the half-built chambers. Mr Amrik Singh Kalra, Vice-Chairman, Bar Council, said that the Bar Council would also request the members of the Construction Committee to review its decision on the demolition of chambers. |
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KUTA chief invited to conference Kurukshetra, September 17 Stating this in a statement released to mediapersons Dr Chauhan said the conference was being organised by the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics and the title of the conference was ‘Sustainability: are we making genuine progress?’ He said renowned researchers from about 60 countries would participate in the conference, which would have 20 sessions. He would present his paper on ‘North-South trade and technology transfer with transboundary pollution: An approach towards sustainable globalisation’ at the session — ‘Assessing sustainability at various scales’. |
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Varsity allowed to fill 28 posts Kurukshetra, September 17 Dr Chawla said that the state government had allowed the creation of 28 posts of Lecturer, six posts of Reader and one post of Professor in different departments. The detail of the posts, include one lecture in Bio-Chemistry, three lecturers in Electronics, two Lecturers in USIC, one Lecturer Botany, one lecturer in zoology, one lecturer in microbiology, one lecturer in geography, two lecturers in psychology, two lecturers in Earth Science, three Lecturers and one reader in chemistry, four lecturers and one Reader in Computer Science, three Lecturers and one Reader in biotechnology, three Lecturers and two readers in Physics and one lecturer, one Reader, one professor in political science. The Vice-Chancellor also disclosed that some posts which were sanctioned and vacant had been allowed by the government to be filled. It includes one professor in zoology, one reader in microbiology, one Professor in physics, one lecturer in Library and information Science and three lecturers in Management. |
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Shankar Dass takes
over as MC chief again Ambala, September 17 Mr Shankar Dass said Mr Vij did not raise a host of issues pertaining to the common man. "Instead Mr Vij interferes in my functioning," he claimed. Ambala Cantt BJP mandal president Shish Pal Bhola, said a probe into the 'irregularities' in the work carried out under Section 35 by the officiating president, Mr Suresh Garg, would be undertaken. "The findings will be brought to the notice of the Deputy Commissioner," he said. He stated that Mr Vij had said it was for the first time that a major cleanliness drive had been launched. "Mr Vij has been MLA for over eight years. Why did he not carry out this work earlier? Mr Vij is perhaps the only MLA in Haryana who interferes in the functioning of the Municipal Council," he added. Earlier in the day, Pandit Shankar Dass alongwith BJP activists and Municipal Councillors arrived at the Municipal Council Ambala Sadar to take over charge as the president. He was ushered into the President's chamber amidst slogans against the government. |
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Leaf from history The main building of the District and Sessions Court is said to be a century old. The beautiful building is a reminder of the British era. The arches and columns are a typical architecture dating back to the dawn of the last century. The building has been made with lime and ‘surkhi’. Senior advocate Om Prakash Malik said the Ambala Sessions Division had vast jurisdiction comprising Ambala, Panchkula, Yamunanagar, Chandigarh, Ropar, Kharar, Nalagarh and Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh. “The District and Sessions Court is spread over an area of about four acres. The Sessions Court is the main building which is located in the centre of the complex,” he said. He observed that the main building where the District and Sessions Judge and two Additional District and Sessions Judge courts are housed are quite fit for holding courts. The Sessions Court building is situated near Prem Nagar and Police Lines, Ambala, on the main road from Model Town to Ambala City. “The record room of the Sessions Court is having the oldest record from 18th century onwards. The record of the 18th century is lying dumped and cannot be used,” he said. Mr Malik said the court rooms of the third and fourth Additional District and Sessions Judges were built along with the main building. The right side of the main building where at present the court of JMIC-cum-Civil Judge, Ambala Cantt is held and on the left side of the main building, which is being used for the Naib Court records and for two courts of Ambala Cantt, Civil and Criminal Ahlmad, too were constructed along with the main building,” he said. “However, one court room of the Additional District and Sessions Judge, one court room of the JMIC-cum-Civil Judge, Ambala Cantt, the office of District Attorney and the Bar Room were built about 15 years back,” he added. Mr Malik said the building was currently being maintained by PWD B&R. “Although the records maintained by the PWD B&R show that that the building came into existence in 1935, it is strongly felt that it is an incorrect entry,” he stressed. He pointed out that the oldest clerk of a lawyer is Mr Jagan Nath Puri who had joined the profession with a civil lawyer in 1927. The senior most lawyer is Lala Faqir Chand Aggarwal who joined the profession in 1936. The Sessions Court has the distinction of having its Sessions Judge elevated to the position of a Supreme Court Judge. Justice HR Khanna had joined the service as a Sub Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate. “A number of District and Sessions judges, who had served the Sessions Division right from the British time have been elevated as Judges of the then Punjab High Court and the present Punjab and Haryana High Court. The recent elevation as a High Court Judge is of Justice Ms Kiran Anand Lal,” he said. Senior most advocate Lala Faqir Chand recalled that when he had joined the profession in 1936, the Sessions Court, Senior Sub Judge court and record room were already in existence. He said that before partition there were about 70-80 lawyers. Mr Faqir Chand said one of the court rooms earlier used to be a stable. “The lawyers used to tie their horses where today a court room has been established,” he recalled. Ambala Cantt bar association president Devendra Bansal said today there were as many as 700 lawyers in Ambala. “We now have about a dozen courts. Even though the Ambala Cantt courts were shifted to Ambala City after the Mandal agitation, two of the courts, including Commissioner’s court and Railway Magistrate’s court continue to function from there,” he stated. |
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Reconnection
to tubewells allowed Hisar, September 17 He said the tubewells were disconnected frequently as farmers paid their bills only on the receipt of proceeds of their crops. In the absence of a provision of reconnection of permanently disconnected tubewells, farmers had to pay Rs 20,000 per tubewell for reconnection which were charges for a new connection. The nigam had now accepted the demand of the farmers for reconnection for a smaller fee. A permanently disconnected tubewell whose LT line has not been dismantled will now be reconnected within six months of disconnection on payment of Rs 3,000. The fee for reconnection after expiry of six months but within two years of disconnection will be Rs 7,000. A farmer can apply for reconnection only after paying all arrears of bills. Such cases will be classified by the DHBVN as “reconnection cases” and a separate seniority list will be maintained for the purpose of release of connections.
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Jawan dies fighting ULFA militants Rohtak, September 17 Havildar Partap Singh (35) of 16 Grenadier, hailing from Paksma village in the district, lost his life but not before gunning down three ULFA terrorists at Mogad Mathar village on September 14. His body was consigned to the flames today at his native village amidst touching scenes and with full state honours. Capt Inder Singh, MP, paid floral tributes to the martyr on behalf of the Haryana Government while Deputy Commissioner Ashok Kumar paid floral tributes on behalf of the district administration. As the pyre was lit, buglers sounded the last post, a contingent of the Haryana police fired a volley of shots in the air and reversed their arms. The martyr is survived by his aged mother Bhagwani Devi, wife Sunita Devi, son Amit (12) and daughter Anju (7). —
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Exporters’
body seeks govt help Ambala, September 17 The president of the association, Dr N.C. Jain,
said the situation had arisen after the Afghanistan and Iraq war. “The
Middle East countries, some of the South East Asian countries and the
European countries have stopped negotiating foreign business. the
contracts which were at the negotiating stage were withdrawn with a
prejudiced mind,” he claimed. Dr Jain said during the past six
months, the price of US dollar had gone down. “The shipping
companies have also increased the shipping freight, insurance and
other charges, which the exporters cannot afford. The electricity
charges have also increased considerably,” he said. The association
members asked the Haryana Government to come to the aid of the local
exporters and sort out the basic problems so that the industry can
tide over the present financial crisis. |
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Three held for
assaulting newsman Ambala, September 17 The youths have been identified as Nanak, Rinku and Bittu, all residents of Ambala Cantonment. They were produced in the court of the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Mr N.K. Singhal, today. The public prosecutor requested the court to grant police remand of the youths as the police has to recover cash worth Rs 500, a gold chain and the weapons from the youths. The counsel, Mr Maan Singh Kakran, appeared on behalf of the accused. The judge granted two-day police remand of Nanak and one day police remand of Rinku and Bittu. |
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Power board’s scheme for defaulters Hisar, September 17 The scheme would remain in force till October 15. The scheme is applicable in case of all disputes with consumers pending in courts or under arbitration as on July 31, 2002 and where the amount involved is up to Rs 5 lakh, including surcharge. The scheme would not apply to cases where the dispute involves transfer of defaulters’ amount from one connection to another. Under the scheme, the DHBVN has offered to settle all those disputes out of court where penalty has been imposed. |
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Panchayat Officer held for accepting bribe Hisar, September 17 The officer concerned had allegedly demanded the bribe from the Sarpanch of Salemgarh village, near here, for some official work. The Sarpanch reported the matter to the Vigilance Bureau, which laid a trap. The officer took the Sarpanch to the public toilets where he was given marked currency notes. The police arrested him on the spot. |
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Farmer shot Karnal, September 17 According to police sources, the incident took place at about 3 p.m. when he was returning home from his farm on a motor cycle. Two unidentified persons armed with automatic weapons chased him and fired at him from close range. Ranbir Singh died on the spot. An FIR has been registered under Section 302, IPC. |
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Students go on rampage, booked Kaithal, September 17 Some students of R.K.S.D. College and ITI had yesterday handed over a memorandum to the General Manager, Roadways, in protest against the hike in bus fares. However, some of them reportedly tried to damage the buses. The students of R.K.S.D. College boycotted their classes for the second day today in protest against the hike in bus fares. |
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Sirsa, September 17
AMBALA: The Ambala District and Sessions Court is believed to be the oldest Sessions Court of the then Undivided Punjab.