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Saturday,
October
4, 2003,
Chandigarh, India  
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Villagers
block way of Chautala’s car Lawlessness
prevails in Haryana, says Revamp of
3 flying clubs on cards Use
fertilisers prudently, farmers told Grain
markets flooded with paddy Update
knowledge, VC tells teachers |
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Man kills
wife, son, self 54 highway
patrol officials suspended Pakistan
denies visa to Indian artistes Mysterious
fever claims 3 lives 
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Villagers block way of Chautala’s car Rohtak, October 3 The police stopped the protesters from reaching the car of the Chief Minister who had come to lay the foundation stone of a Community Centre in Sampla, 25 km from here. As Mr Chautala arrived in the town, several residents of Garhi Sampla villages, including some women, pleaded with government officials to allow them to meet the Chief Minister to urge him to direct the police to trace the two youths Naresh and Azad, who were employed as driver and conductor on a truck, missing since past one year. The officials asked the villagers, including the wife of Naresh, who had come with two infants, to wait and assured that they would be allowed to meet Mr Chautala after the function ended. But the Chief Minister boarded his car to proceed to Hassangarh village where a meeting of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leaders was to be held. At this the protesters, including Rajesh, wife of truck driver Naresh, annoyed over the denial of appointment, blocked the way of Mr Chautala's car at which police officials, including the SSP, Mr Alok Roy, physically
lifted the women and pushed them aside. Seeing the commotion and as the car could not move ahead, the Chief Minister came out of his vehicle to inquire about the matter. The villagers, including the family members of both the missing youths, narrated their tale about missing youths and the failure of the police to trace them. Naresh's wife Rajesh broke down while narrating her woes saying her husband was the sole bread winner for the family. Chief Minister Chautala assured villagers that he would direct the police to trace the missing youths. It was only after his assurance that the women and other protesters allowed Chief Minister's convoy to proceed. Mr Chautala, who is also National President of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), at Hassangarh village also unveiled a statue of former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal at ‘Tau Dham’. Mr Chautala criticised former Chief Minister Bansi Lal for his remarks that he would get the statues of Devi Lal demolished, if he returned to power. He said that this dream of Mr Bansi Lal would never be realised. He said about 15,000 government officials had been regularised following the announcement made by him that the services of those employees would be regularised who would complete three years of service. He said that bajra was being procured since October 1 at a minimum support price of Rs 505 per quintal.
— PTI |
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Lawlessness
prevails in Haryana, says Bansi Lal Hisar, October 3 Talking to reporters at Ghirai village near here today, he alleged that in the past three years chaos had taken over the state and law and order situation had gone out of control. Citing a recent firing incident in the Bhiwani court complex, he said that so emboldened criminals were feeling, they were not hesitating even firing in the presence of judges in courts as police had failed to control criminals. After such incidents, the common man was feeling insecure in the state. The former Chief Minister also opposed Haryana Agriculture University’s decision to sell its land to overcome budget deficit. The Chautala government wanted to destroy a prestigious institution, which had made a big contribution to Green Revolution in the northern India, he alleged. He said that on the one hand Chief Minister Mr Om Prakash Chautala was claiming that his government had sufficient funds while on the other hand a prestigious farm varsity of the country was forced to sell land due to paucity of funds. Giving a warning to the purchasers of this land, he said that the HVP would inquire into the whole matter and take back the land coming to power in the next Assembly elections. Criticising the government’s decision to affiliate colleges of five districts to Devi Lal University, Sirsa, Mr Bansi Lal said that he would re-affiliate all colleges with Kurukshetra University or MD University Rohtak if his party came to power. He also opposed the government’s recent decisions to appoint retired IAS officers as university Vice-Chancellors. Ruling out alliance with any party, he claimed that HVP would contest next Assembly and parliamentary elections on its own. Later, he addressed a public meeting in the village. Mr Kanwal Singh, Mr Attar Singh Saini and Mr Joginder Singh, all former ministers and Mr Ramkishan Fauji, party legislator, also addressed the meeting. |
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Revamp of 3 flying clubs on cards Panchkula, October 3 At least three new Hansa aircraft — one each for the three civil aviation clubs , and an Ardara glider for the Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation at Pinjore , are being procured from the Director General of Civil Aviation
(DGCA), besides other equipment such as wench machines. These aircraft and other equipment is likely to reach the clubs by the end of this year. As of now, the Hisar institute has one Cessna aircraft, one Super Blanic glider and a Swati aircraft (which has been grounded). The institute in Karnal has two Pushpak aircraft, and two Cessna aircraft (one of which is grounded), while the Pinjore institute has three Pushpak (two of these are grounded), one Piper Cherokee, two gliders — Ardara and a Super
Blanic, and one Swati aircraft (which is also grounded). Says the Director, Civil Aviation, Mr Rajiv Arora, “We are also working to get the certificates of air worthiness for the grounded Cessna and Pushpak aircraft in the three Institutes and resume power flying. We have applied for these certificates for a Cessna aircraft in the Karnal Civil Aviation Institute and for a Pushpak aircraft in
HICA, Pinjore. Besides, this year we plan to break even financially in all the three aviation institutes by increasing the flying hours”. It is learnt that the department has set a target of 1500 flying hours each for the three flying institutes. In Hisar and Pinjore, where gliding is also offered, the department has set a target of 2500 launches and 3000 launches each, respectively. However, with six months of the year having passed, other than the Civil Aviation Institute at Karnal, the other two flying institutes at Hisar and Pinjore have not been able to do well in power flying. While the Karnal aviation institute has so far completed 748 flying hours, the one in Hisar has managed to do 496 flying hours, and the Pinjore institute has completed only 35 flying hours. It may be noted that power flying in
HICA, Pinjore, has remained grounded for more than a year, ever since the Chief Flying Instructor (CFI),
G.S. Cheema, retired in July 2002. Though a new CFI was appointed in May, he left shortly thereafter, and the post of the CFI is lying vacant. Other than this, the Institute also offers para-gliding and para-sailing facilities — with para-gliding being more popular with aviation enthusiasts from Haryana, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh. Thus, with a target of 3000 launches of gliders for the entire year, the institute has managed to complete 1068 launches. Similarly in Hisar, the Civil Aviation Institute has managed to complete 1600 launches of a total target of 2500 launches. It may be noted that all three institutes had hit hard times as the cost of aircraft fuel (100 LL) increased several times over and people lost interest in learning flying. The fee for training was not increased and a situation reached where even the employees of one of these institutes was not paid salaries for several months. Promises Mr Rajiv Arora, “By next year, we will be able to turn around the institute at Karnal in power flying and at Hisar and Pinjore in gliding, which will help meet the expenditure. We had earlier already increased cost for training in power flying (Rs 3000 per hour on Piper Cherokee, Rs 2800 per hour on Cessna and Rs 2400 per hour on
Hansa) and for joyrides (Rs 900 for a 10-minute trip on aircraft and Rs 175 for 10-minute ride on a glider)”. |
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Use fertilisers prudently, farmers told Kaithal, October 3 Addressing farmers Mr Miglani said that the main objective of the university was to make the latest farm techniques available to them. Farmers in Haryana have increased food production manifold. The Vice-chancellor congratulated the farmers on making the state a surplus in food grains. He made a special mention of the farmers of the Kaithal area. He advised farmers to use zero tillage machines for optimum production and diminish chances of growth of weeds. He also advised that chemical fertilizers should be used selectively after proper testing of soil. He laid stress upon the use of organic vermiculture and green manures. The Vice-Chancellor agreed to ensure supply of quality seed produced by the university through KVK. He honoured Mani Ram Kadiyan, Randhir Singh, Kushal Pal Sirohi and Baldev Singh four National award winner farmers of Kaithal district. Dr Lehna Singh, Dr B.S. Dahiya scientist of HAU and Dr R.S.
Sheokand of KVK Kaithal and Mr Mani Ram Kadiyan a farmer also addressed the farmers. The HAU, Haryana seed Development Corporation, National Seed Development Corporation and Central seed farm opened sale counters to make quality seeds available to farmers at subsidized rates. |
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Grain markets flooded with paddy Fatehabad, October 3 The Deputy Commissioner, Dr R.B. Langyan, told mediapersons today that paddy with the prescribed moisture limits was being purchased by the procurement agencies at a rate even higher than the minimum support price of Rs 580 per quintal. The Food and Supplies Department had so far purchased 4495 metric tonnes Confed 1527 metric ponnes the FCI 12.5 metric tonnes, the Haryana Warehousing Corporation 530 metric tonnes while private millers had purchased 2643 metric tonnes. The District Foods and Supplies Controller, Mr I.D. Khan, said there were 65 rice millers in the district until last year but 27 new mills had been set up in the district this year. He said the agencies were expecting the substantial arrival of pusa basmati variety which in local parlance is called “muchhal” paddy. |
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Update knowledge, VC tells teachers Kurukshetra, October 3 The Director of Academic Staff College, Dr
P.D. Sharma, disclosed that 23 participants belonging to varied subject areas like commerce, music, English, geography, Hindi, Sanskrit, political science, library science, history, pharmaceutical sciences and psychology attended the orientation course. Dr (Mrs)
Sucheta, the Assistant Director of Academic Staff College, presented a brief note of the orientation course. She hoped that the knowledge and experience gained by the participants from the insightful lectures would prove useful to them. Mr Samarjit Baro of Tangla College at Darrang in Assam, Ms Jyoti Saran and Dr
C.K. Jha, all participants, expressed satisfaction regarding the orientation course. The concluding session was attended by Dr D.S. Bhardwaj, Dean, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Dr
R.K. Sabharwal, Dean, Students’ Welfare and Dr G. Khurana, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences. |
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Man kills wife, son, self Hisar, October 3 According to the police, Partap Singh Devsaria (26) shot dead his wife Archana (22) and seven-month-old son Sanu with his licenced gun at his residence here in the morning after a minor dispute with his wife. After that, he shot himself in the neck and died on the spot. The bodies were brought to the local Civil Hospital for post-mortem this evening. Partap Singh, a private financer, and his family had returned from Vaishno Devi last evening. The police has also recovered a suicide note from his pocket in which he described the cause as family tension. His other family members had gone to their ancestral Devsar village in Bhiwani district for attending a religious function there last evening. The local police has registered a case in this connection. |
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54 highway patrol officials suspended Karnal, October 3 They include five police inspectors, five sub-inspectors, two assistant sub-inspectors and 42 constables. SSP Saurav Singh said here today the Deputy Inspector General (CID) has been requested for initiating departmental action against these cops. He said most of these cops were exposed when he along with his DSP travelled in trucks posing as truck drivers and caught them red handed while accepting illegal gratifications during checking of trucks. Most of the suspensions took place in Murthal, near Delhi-Haryana border and Samalkha along the Sher Shah Suri National Highway Number one, besides Bawal and Gurgaon along the Delhi-Jaipur highway. He said night checking by the Highway Patrol had been stopped following complaints that this resulted in accidents and traffic jams of the highways.
— UNI |
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Pakistan denies visa to Indian artistes Rohtak, October 3 The Saptak Cultural Society Secretary, Vishav Deepak Trikha, who is also the director of the play, has approached Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for his intervention. In his letter, he said artistes had been invited by the festival organisers He pointed out that while artistes from 14 countries were granted visa by the respective Pakistan diplomatic missions, artistes from India, numbering about 40, had been denied visa on the plea of “political situation continues to be very fluid” between the two countries.
— UNI |
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Mysterious
fever claims 3 lives Karnal, October 3 The victims were from Paslana and Nigdu
villages. The fever, reports said, was spreading in Patanpur, Karsa,
Ravisan, Pastana, Sankra Gharedu, Vir Wadalva villages of the
subtehsils also. Haryana Health Services Deputy Director today
visited the affected areas of Nigdu to ascertain the cause of the
fever. — UNI |
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Man killed Yamunanagar, October 3 |
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