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CM ridicules Ganeshi Lal’s remarks 7 IAS officers get super time scale 72 officials face departmental action 28 projects to be taken up: DC Ex-servicemen to check copying in exams HUDA takes possession
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budget passed 66 kv substation inaugurated at Kalka 21 hydel project employees chargesheeted Major BJP rally early next year,
says Kataria 3 held for robbing car owner
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CM ridicules Ganeshi Lal’s remarks Chandigarh, December 31 When Mr Chautala was asked during a press conference here about Mr Ganeshi Lal’s statement yesterday demanding a white paper on the Central assistance being received by Haryana, the Chief Minister replied that what the BJP chief had said showed his ignorance about the distribution of funds between the Centre and the state government. “I am not going to say anything more on his demands because a grown-up man does not get provoked by a child”, Mr Chautala remarked. It was, however, obvious that the INLD supremo was getting worked up over the charge being levelled repeatedly against him by the state BJP leaders of thriving on the grants released to Haryana by the BJP-led Centre. Mr Chautala’s elaborate lamentations about “Haryana not getting its due share from the government”, in fact, paved the way for attracting a volley of questions on the INLD relationship with its ally, BJP. The Chief Minister said at least Rs 3,000 crore, which the state should have been getting from the Centre, was being withheld. Haryana’s share was slashed for helping the people of Gujarat who were affected by an earthquake as well as drought, Mr Chautala said. He said Haryana was neither given any aid by the Centre when it sought relief for drought. The Chief Minister claimed he was saying all this to underscore the state government’s success in utilising its limited resources for carrying out development works in the state. However, when he was told that Mr Ganeshi Lal had alleged that the “Sarkar Aapke Dwar” programme was being supported by Central funds, the CM said that not even a penny from the Central Government was being spent for implementing works under the programme. “Even though we are not getting adequate support from the Centre. We have not drawn overdraft on a single occasion till date,” the Chief Minister said and added that perhaps Haryana was being “punished” by the Centre for its good performance on the financial front. The Chief Minister said the INLD was supporting the NDA government because there was no alternative to Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee for the Prime Minister’s office. He, however, did not give any clear answer about retention of the INLD-BJP alliance for future elections. “ We are partners now and only the Almighty knows what will happen in future,” he quipped while answering a question. The Chief Minister, rounding up his government’s performance during the past four years, said his most important achievement had been that there was no defection by the legislators from the ruling party. “ Haryana was notorious for defection by the MLAs. This tendency has been put to an end and my greatest achievement is giving the state a stable government,” he said. On the issue of the Supreme Court ordering a probe by the CBI in the appointment of JBT teachers, Mr Chautala said that he would not like to comment on a court order. He, however, added that the government followed the laid-down procedure for recruiting the teachers. Mr Chautala also refused to comment on the Deputy Prime Minister’s reported statement about early Lok Sabha poll. “All I could say is that there would be no early poll in Haryana,” he said. |
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7 IAS officers get super time scale Chandigarh, December 31 Mrs Anita Chaudhary, Commissioner and Secretary, Institutional Finance and Credit Control, is now Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary and will look after the same department. Mr M. L. Tayal becomes Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Education and Languages. Mr L.S.M. Salins, Commissioner, Gurgaon Division, has been promoted and posted as Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Social Justice and Empowerment and Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Department, vice Mrs Veena Eagleton. Mrs Eagleton has been posted as Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Science and Technology, vice Mr Pius Pandarwani whose posting orders would be issued later. Mrs Chaudhary, Mr Tayal and Mr Salins belong to the 1976 batch. Their batch-mate, Mr R.S. Gujral, Home Secretary, Union Territory, Chandigarh, has also been given proforma of promotion. Mr Ashok Lavasa, Resident Commissioner, Haryana Bhavan, New Delhi, will also work as Commissioner, Gurgaon Division. Mr H.S. Dhankhar, Registrar, Cooperative Societies and Director, Non-Conventional Energy Sources, has been posted as Deputy Commissioner, Mahendragarh, vice Mr O.P. Indora, who retired today. Seven IAS officers of the 1988 batch have been promoted to the supertime scale. They are Mr Tarun Bajaj, Mr R.K. Khullar, Mr M. Ramsekhar, Mr T.V.S.N. Prasad, Mr D.R. Dhingra, Mr M.K. Midha and Mr H.S. Rana. Mr Ramsekhar and Mr Prasad are abroad on study leave. Mr John V. George, IG, Vigilance, HVPN, has been promoted as Additional Director-General of Police(ADGP). Mr Vipin Kumar has been promoted as ADGP, Devi Lal Centre for Police Training and Research, Bhondsi in Gurgaon district. Both IPS officers belong to the 1975 batch. Mr P.K. Aggarwal, SP, Karnal, has been promoted as DIG and posted as DIG, Security, Chandigarh, with additional charge of DIG, HAP, Madhuban. Mr Sibash Kabiraj, Additional SP, Faridabad, is the new SP of Karnal. Fatehabad district also gets a new SP in the new year. Mr Saurabh Singh, SP, Highway Patrol, replaces Mr Des Raj as SP of Fatehabad. Mr Des Raj will be the SP, Vigilance, Hisar. Mr R.C. Mishra, Commandant, 4th Bn, HAP, Madhuban, will also hold the additional charge of SP, Highway Patrol. |
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72 officials face departmental action Chandigarh, December 31 While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that the bureau had also recommended registration of criminal cases against five gazetted officers, 14 officials and 29 others in 11 investigations conducted by it during the same period. The bureau had also recommended departmental action against 15 gazetted officers, 18 officials and two others as they were found guilty in the investigations conducted by it. The bureau had also recommended recovery of over Rs 3.60 lakh, besides registration of cases and initiation of departmental action against the defaulters. |
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28 projects to be taken up: DC Yamunanagar, December 31 He said the new projects included three bus stands at Sadhaura, Bilaspur and Chhachrauli, two public parks, two museums at Adibadri and Aharwala villages and Navodaya school at Hathani Kund barrage colony. |
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Ex-servicemen to check copying in exams Chandigarh, December 31 According to official sources, retired Army personnel of the rank of Captain and JCOs would be appointed as coordinator and members of the special task force to be set up for checking the use of unfair means in the examinations. The board has sought applications from such ex-servicemen who are below 55 years of age. The task force would be stationed at Gurgaon, Rohtak, Kurukshetra, Fatehabad and Bhiwani. |
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HUDA takes possession
of six shops Fatehabad, December 31 A team of HUDA officials along with the police took the possession. Mr Ashok Kumar, Estate Officer, HUDA, Hisar, and Mr. Subhash Sheoran, SDM, Fatehabad, led the team of the HUDA officials. According to HUDA sources, the allotment of the shops had been cancelled in 1994 due to failure of the allottees to clear payments. Though HUDA had resumed the shops, the shopkeepers had been keeping the possession with them since then. A shopkeeper claimed that they were the lawful owners of these shops and had the ownership documents with them, but the sources said the authorities had warned the shopkeepers in advance. Some of the shopkeepers fled by putting their shutters down soon after the news of arrival of the staff spread. But the officials put their own locks on the locks of the shopkeepers. |
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66 kv substation inaugurated at Kalka Panchkula, December 31 The substation was constructed at Kalka by the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam at a cost Rs 4.2 crore with a transformer having 12.5 mva capacity. The sub-station would benefit 26,000 consumers by providing them uninterrupted power supply. This would again be connected to the 132-kv sub-station at Pinjore and thus feeding five feeders of 11 kv for Kalka City Railway, Bitna, Bargodam and Ambala roads. Addressing a large gathering on the occasion, the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, said the Kalka residents were given this gift on the eve of the New Year which would help them enjoy the benefits of quality power supply. He said the state was poised to become self-sufficient in the field of power supply, especially after the commissioning of the seventh and eighth units of Panipat Thermal Plant of 250 megawatt capacity each, which was scheduled for the end of the next year. The Chief Minister further said besides making significant achievements in the power sector which included 800 megawatt of additional power supply during the current tenure of the present government, record achievements had also been made on the development front. Earlier, he inaugurated a sewage treatment plant at Kalka set up at a cost of Rs 15 lakh which would treat dirty water of the ward 6 of the town having a population of about 17,000 people. The plant, set up by the Public Health Department, would work on the gravity principle without the use of electricity. It is the first of its kind in the state. Accepting the demands of the local residents, Mr Chautala announced the construction of a bridge over the Sukhna choe near Kalka to facilitate them. Mr Pawan Diwan, MLA from Naraingarh constituency, Mr R.S. Chaudhary, former VC of Kurukshetra University, Mr N. Bala Bhaskar, Commissioner, Public Health Department, Mrs Satwanti Ahlawat, Deputy Commissioner, Mr Ranbir Sharma, SSP, Mr Amardeep Chaudhary, State Secretary, INLD, Mr Ram Gopal Mehta, District President of the INLD, and other leaders of the party as well as senior officers of the district Administration. |
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MC
budget passed Ambala,
December 31 The budget showed that the Municipal Council is earning a profit. While the income is shown to be Rs 9.47 crore, the expenditure is Rs 9.29 crore. BJP Councillor, Mr Kamal Kishore Jain observed that a profit showing Municipal Council will not receive any grant from the Haryana Government which will hamper development. He opined that the budget should reflect the ground reality. Interestingly, the finance sub committee had made certain changes in the budget which was forwarded by the MC office. While the Municipal Council office showed an earning of Rs 6.37 crore under the miscellaneous head, the finance sub committee showed an earning of Rs 6.57 crore under the same head. This was a quantum jump of nearly Rs 20 lakh. In expenditure, while the MC office had shown Rs 1.91 crore under the development work head, the finance sub committee had increased this to Rs 2.10 crore. The
Municipal Council will be earning from house tax, rent, `teh bazaari’
and miscellaneous and the expenditure will be on establishment,
contingency, development work and miscellaneous. |
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21 hydel project employees chargesheeted Yamunanagar, December 31 The officials included two junior engineers, seven turbine operators, one blacksmith one plumber, one electrician, one crane operator, one gate attendant, one circle head draftsman, one lineman, one driver, two lower division clerks, one fitter and one assistant lineman. |
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Major BJP rally early next year,
says Kataria Ambala, December 31 Talking to mediapersons here today, Mr Kataria said they were planning to hold the rally in February. “We are going to request the Prime Minister Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, to address the rally,” he said. The rally is likely to be held in Jind. |
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3 held for robbing car owner Ambala, December 31 According to a police report, Avtar, a resident of Kesri village, was going to his village in his Maruti car (PB-23A-0633). He stopped his car near Dubli village to answer the call of nature. In the meantime, a truck pulled up near the car. Two persons in the truck came down and started manhandling Avtar. They snatched his mobile phone and cash worth Rs 1700. Avtar later informed the police station at
Barara. The police reached the spot and succeeded in nabbing the truck driver and his accomplices after some time.
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