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Chandigarh, February 9 
The Haryana Government repeated its allegation that it had not received its rightful share in financial assistance from the Centre but had still initiated and implemented revolutionary policies to achieve social justice.
The Haryana Governor, Babu Parmanand, is received by Speaker Satbir Singh Kadian at the Haryana Vidhan Sabha in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph
CM’s publicity campaign at govt’s
cost
Youth Cong rallies from
February 15
HVP against Sonia as PM
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Cong, HVP engaged in divisive politics,
says Ajay
Ex-minister to seek ticket from Kurukshetra
Varsity teachers seek change in selection criteria
Admission cards to be
available on board’s site
Panipat, February 9 The Panipat–Gohana state highway was blocked for about two-and-a-half hours in protest against the failure of the police to arrest the murderer of a clerk in the Primary Education Board. The protest turned violent when the Superintendent of Police allegedly refused to listen to them. The protesters raised slogans against the police and formed a chain across the road to block traffic.
Haryana transfers police officers
HIGH COURT
Holy Redeemer church of Ambala
cantt.
Jaipur foot centre for
Ambala
Man killed in
mishap
Nine injured in mishap
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All-out efforts to get SYL canal completed:
Governor
Chandigarh, February 9 He said his government had been working with the smallest Council of Ministers in the country and had not only provided political stability but also inspired the administration to fulfil the promises made to the people. He said his government prompted the passing of an Act in Parliament, which stipulated a ceiling on the strength of the Council of Ministers. While providing a clean and transparent administration, the redressal of grievances through the “Sarkar Apke Dwar” programme had been commended by the Central Government as a system worth emulating by other states. Babu Parmanand said far-reaching reforms had been initiated in education, particularly in technical education, to ensure that the process of modernisation did not bypass the youth of the state. The tax structure had been made more rational and during 2003-04 a revenue of Rs 6,226 crore was collected against only Rs 3,517 crore during 1999-2000. The record increase of 77 per cent in revenue had given a fillip to the state’s economy of the state. Claiming that never before had the
people been more hopeful of getting their share in the Ravi-Beas waters through the SYL canal, the Governor said all political and constitutional efforts were being made to have this lifeline completed in the Punjab region. Miraculous results had been achieved in the field of agro-based economy and industry. The state expected to export goods worth Rs 12,000 crore this year. The government had given its consent to the integrated rail-cum-bus transit scheme on the Tri Nagar-Bijwasan-Gurgaon route to provide a mass transit link to Delhi for the residents of Gurgaon. A special economic zone in over 3,000 acres was being set up at Garhi Harsaru in Gurgaon district. Haryana ranked first in the country in the implementation of industrial entrepreneur memoranda with an average of 59 per cent as against the all-India average of 37 per cent. Foreign direct investment of Rs 3,132 crore had flown to the state since 1999. Proposals to the tune of Rs 4,819 crore were under consideration. He said the Centre had appreciated the state for modernisation of the police. The law and order situation was well under control and all communities were living peacefully. The incidence of crime had gone down in 2003. A project report had been prepared to declare the “flexible sandstone” area of Kalyana village in Bhiwani district as a national park. Action was also being taken to set up a fossil park near Pinjore. A scheme would be implemented in 38 blocks of 10 districts to give impetus to girl education. As many as 28,548 disabled children were identified and enrolled in schools. Several schemes were being implemented to improve environment and living conditions in small and medium towns so as to check the pressure of population on bigger cities. Recently, a “Niyojit Gram Yojana” was launched to develop planned residential colonies in the rural areas. A target to produce 1.44 crore tonnes of foodgrains had been fixed for 2004-05. An action plan for crop diversification had been prepared to divert three lakh hectares from paddy and wheat to pulses and oilseeds. For the first time, out of 2.04 lakh metric tonnes of bajra that arrived in the state mandis, 1.99 lakh metric tonnes was purchased at the minimum statutory price of Rs 505 per quintal. The sports policy of the state had yielded encouraging results. With a view to checking the declining female-male ratio, the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Technique Act, 1994, was being effectively implemented. As many as 3915 couples had so far been registered under the Devi Rupak scheme. Later, the House paid homage to many prominent leaders, freedom fighters, martyrs and other personalities. |
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CM’s publicity campaign at govt’s
cost
Jhajjar, February 9 The sources said corporations and boards had been selected for bearing the expenditure of the campaign. The Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister had dispatched demi-official letters to Deputy Commissioners with details of the publicity work to be carried out in their districts in August last year. Another rejoinder was sent to the Deputy Commissioners in January in this regard. The project was in its last phase, the sources said. According to information, managing directors and Chief Executive Officers had been given specimen of the hoardings to be displayed in each district. Each hoarding would carry a photograph of the Chief Minister along with a slogan eulogising the government and details of some welfare scheme. The sources said the cost of one hoarding would be between Rs 25,000 and Rs 40,000. A whopping amount would be spent on the erection of the hoardings in 19 districts. The boards and corporations that have been entrusted with the task include HSIDC, Haryana State Agriculture Marketing Board, Hafed, Haryana Sugar Federation Corporation, Haryana Road and Bridge Corporation, Haryana Police Housing Corporation, Haryana Vishnu Prasaran Nigam, Haryana Warehousing Corporation, Hartron, Tourism Corporation, Command Area Development Authority, Science and Technology Department, Housing Board, Women Development Corporation, AIDS Control Society, Forest Development Corporation and Agricultural Development Bank. The government has also selected specific locations for displaying the hoardings, including mini-secretariat, DCs office, SPs office, bus stand, SDM offices, court complexes, mandis, schools, colleges, dispensaries, panchayat ghars, BDO offices and approach roads. The sources said overhead signage boards would be displayed in each district. Each board would approximately cost Rs 2.5 lakh. The sources said about eight departments/corporations had been allotted the work. Work on writing slogans on walls would be completed under the HRDF scheme. Mr Surender Singh, general secretary of the HVP, and Mr Rajeev Jain, spokesman for the party, said it was a wastage of public funds. Terming the campaign as an open loot of public funds, Mr Krishan Murti Hooda, HPCC spokesman, said the Chautala government had broken all records of mis-utilisation of government coffers. |
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Youth Cong rallies from
February 15
Kurukshetra, February 9 Announcing the programme schedule he said the Youth Congress would organise rallies in 90 Vidhan Sabha constituencies from February 15 and a march would be taken out in each of the 10 Lok Sabha constituencies. Among others present on the occasion included (HPCC) vice-president R.D. Goyal and Haryana Youth Congress general secretary Jalesh Sharma. |
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HVP against Sonia as PM
Yamunanagar, February 9 He stated that his party would not have any alliance with the BJP and would contest all parliamentary seats in Haryana. He said the entry of Rahul and Priyanka in the Congress would not make much of a difference. He added that he would not contest the Lok Sabha election and would prefer to be an Assembly candidate. |
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Cong, HVP engaged in divisive politics,
says Ajay
Kurukshetra, February 9 Mr Chautala, who was addressing party workers at Babain village, 20 km from here yesterday, said leaders of these parties did nothing but remained engaged in cheating the public during their respective tenures by delivering misleading statements. He alleged that Mr Bansi Lal, who was now announcing to provide unemployment allowance to the unemployed youth, did nothing for them during his tenure. Talking about the INLD alliance in the coming Lok Sabha elections, Mr Chautala said the INLD’s tie-up was possible with any political party having same thinking as the INLD except the Congress and the HVP. |
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Ex-minister to seek ticket from Kurukshetra
Ambala, February 9 Talking to mediapersons here, Mr Nirmal Singh said he would seek a ticket to contest from Kurukshetra. “The final decision will be taken by the party high command,” he said. Mr Nirmal Singh said the District Congress Committee, Ambala (rural), had forwarded a panel of names for the reserved Ambala parliamentary seat. “We have suggested the names of Ms
Selja, Mr Tehal Ram and Mr Jaswinder Singh,” he said. He claimed that the rallies organised by him in Kurukshetra evoked good response from the people. “Hisab lagao rally and hisab chukao rally were a success. We have raised the issue of discrimination against North Haryana,” he said. “Congress is geared up for Lok Sabha election,” he added. Mr Nirmal Singh said the Delhi High Court order in the Bofors case proved that the Opposition parties had launched a slander campaign against former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. “We suggest that Mrs Priyanka Vadra should contest the Lok Sabha election against Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee from Lucknow,” he said. |
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Varsity teachers seek change in selection criteria
Hisar, February 9 Dr Narsi Ram Bishnoi, president of the association, said here today that though most of the universities in Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Himachal Pardesh had formulated criteria for the promotion or appointment of teachers under CAS or direct recruitment but even after nine years of existence, the GJU could not adopt the quantification of selection for the appointment of teachers. These universities had fixed weightage marks for educational qualification, experience, published work, award and research project separately but in the GJU, teachers were being appointed or promoted by the selection committee without any quantification of the selection criteria. Dr Bishnoi said the association had submitted a memorandum to the Vice-Chancellor in this regard. |
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Admission cards to be
available on board’s site
Bhiwani, February 9 This was possible if the student was eligible and had paid the fees. The new system would enable the students to get their roll numbers from the website and they would not have to visit the board’s headquarters. The roll numbers eligible candidates had already been
despatched. |
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Highway blocked over
murder
Panipat, February 9 A large number of policemen were deployed to control the protesters. The situation came under control only after the DSP assured the agitators that the culprit would be arrested soon. Earlier, family members of the victim, Vijay Sharma, accompanied by a large number of persons gathered outside the SP office at Anaj Mandi. They met the SP regarding tardy progress in the investigation in to the murder case that took place on January 26. The Azad Hind Fauj, the Brahman Sabha, Haryana, villagers and relatives took part in the protest. The Superintendent of the Police, Panipat, Dr Suman Manjry, denied the allegation levelled against her. Dr Manjry said the protesters tried to pressurise her through agitation. She added that the protesters would have to face contempt of court for violating the high court ruling regarding ban on agitations on roads. |
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Haryana transfers police officers
Chandigarh, February 9 Mr B.K. Sinha has been posted as DIG, Fingerprint Bureau, Madhuban, in place of Mr Satyendra Kumar, who has been posted as Director, State Crime Record Bureau, Madhuban. Mr Raj Gopal, DSP, Headquarters, Ambala, and Mr Ashok Kumar, DSP, Naraingarh, swap their posts. Mr Rajesh Kumar, DSP, Kalka, has been transferred as such to Panchkula, vice Mr Arun Kumar, who becomes DSP, Ambala Cantt, relieving Mr Udey Shankar for posting as DSP, Kalka. Mr Rajinder Singh, DSP, Meham, has been shifted as DSP (City), Sirsa. Mr Ram Kumar, DSP, Siwani, has been posted as DSP, Meham, while Mr Om Prakash, DSP, Loharu, has been posted as DSP, Siwani. Mr Tika Ram, DSP (Detective), Rohtak, has been posted as DSP, Jhajjar, in place of Mr Narinder Singh, who has been posted as DSP, Fatehabad. Mr Shiv Dayal, DSP, Bahadurgarh, has been shifted as such to Panipat against a vacant post. Mr Raj Singh, DSP, Ballabhgarh, has been posted as DSP, Gurgaon, while Mr Anil Dhawan, DSP, Kurukshetra, has been posted as DSP (City), Bhiwani. Mr Ram Kumar, DSP, Fatehabad has been posted as DSP, Loharu. Ms Satyawati, DSP, GRP, Faridabad, has been posted as DSP, Ballabhgarh. Mr Sukhbir Singh, DSP, NIT, Faridabad, has been posted as DSP, Palwal. |
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, February 9 He was apprehending arrest in an alleged rioting case registered at a police station in Dabwali. Arguing before the court, his counsel had added that the petitioner was being implicated due to political vendetta. Terminated staff’s petition
disposed of
Disposing of a petition filed by terminated striking employees, a Division Bench directed them to approach the departments concerned after counsel for Haryana gave an undertaking that the state was willing to take the employees back. About 60 employees, protesting against a judgement regarding reservations in jobs, were terminated on November 23, 2000 Appearing before the Bench, headed by Mr Justice Swatanter Kumar, the state had earlier submitted that the seniority of the employees would be maintained, but they would not be entitled to backwages. The employees, on the other hand, were required to give assurance against participating in the strikes again. |
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Leaf from History Holy Redeemer Church of Ambala cantonment was reconstructed by soldiers in 1905. The grandeur of the church is reminiscent of the Raj era. The church is so
well maintained that it was built 100 years back. The history of the church can be traced back to the period when British troops moved from Karnal to Ambala. Father Konrad D’Souza of Holy Redeemer Church says that from 1843 to 1848, the Catholics in Ambala were served by an Italian Capuchin, Fr
Venance, from Delhi. “He built the first church of the Holy Redeemer in 1848. At the same time, the first priest’s residence was built at the extreme end of the compound,” he said. The Vicar Apostolic of Agra, Mgr Ignatius
Persico, afterwards Cardinal, administered Confirmation in Ambala on March 12, 1860. “In 1885, the number of Catholics in Ambala is given as 340 Europeans and 20 Indians. About this time, a soldiers’ club consisting of two separate rooms was built to the north of the church near the road,” he said. The soldiers’ club later collapsed and was rebuilt. The two rooms are now used as a dispensary and reading room. “Lord Ripon, the only Catholic Viceroy of India, visited Ambala church on his way from Calcutta to Simla, attended by his chaplain, Fr Henry Kerr,” he said. In 1890, the priest’s residence was burnt down and the present house was built in the centre of the compound. After this, Ambala got its first resident priest in the person of Fr
Agnellus. In 1895, Fr Fidelis, born at Amritsar in 1864, was appointed Military Chaplain in Ambala. He began an Urdu elementary school and employed a munshi to teach. Father D’Souza stated that in 1902 began the building of the new church. “The priest in charge was Fr Peter Mary, who collected the money for the church, the three marble altars, the marble sanctuary with communion rails, the huge pipe organs and three large bells,” he said. He observed that the old church, which was more like a barn, was pulled down. To the north of the present church can be seen a memorial stone marking the site of the high altar of the old church. On November 12, 1905, the new church of Holy Redeemer was solemnly blessed by Archbishop
Gentilli. The new church can seat 800 persons. With a huge tower, solid pillars and high Gothic roof, it is an architectural marvel. Father D’Souza pointed out that an interesting aspect was the fact that the benches in the church have a niche in which soldiers could place their rifles. “Due to the then prevailing situation, soldiers had to keep their rifles in close proximity so the niche was useful in keeping their rifle within hand’s reach,” he said. Until the construction of the new church, it was being served by the Italian Capuchins of the Agra Archdiocese. In 1911 was created the Archdiocese of Simla which was handed over to the English Capuchins. “That same year three priests were assigned to Ambala. They were Fathers Benedict, Pascal and Bernard. On February 2, 1912, the first Archbishop of Simla, Mgr
Kenealy, was vested with the pallium in Ambala church. For many years, Ambala served as the winter residence of the Archbishop,” he said. The priest who spent the longest time in Ambala was Father Anthony Douglas, a Capuchin born in India. His signature is seen in the Baptism register from June, 1911, to January, 1939. Fr Alban
Swarbrick, later Bishop of Jullundher, was appointed Military Chaplain in Ambala. But in September of the same year, Fr Alban was transferred to Sirsa and Fr Anthony returned to Ambala. Fr Anthony served Karnal, Kurukshetra and also Rajpura and Patiala from Ambala. Fr Anthony Douglas built the grotto of our lady near the church and also put in the stained glass window behind the altar and a marble pavement along the centre of the church. At that time, the area up to Karnal and Panipat on the Delhi side and Kalka on the Simla side were part of the Parish and Nahan and Jagadhari were looked after from Ambala. |
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Jaipur foot centre for
Ambala
Talking to The Tribune from Jaipur, Mr DR Mehta, founder and chief patron of the Bhagwan Mahavir Viklang Sahayata Samiti, said Mr Raj Aggarwal, who is based in Houston, the USA was keen to set up a centre here. “Mr Aggarwal wants to set up a permanent branch of the samiti in Ambala. He has already visited Jaipur in this context. He will provide the capital for setting up the centre,” Mr Mehta said. Mr Mehta, who is also a former Chairman of SEBI, said, we are keen that the centre becomes operational within the next two months. The cost of ‘Jaipur foot’ is minimal compared to artificial limbs in the USA. “We already have 11 permanent centres in India. Besides Ambala, we are also planning to set up a centre in Kashmir, likely to be started by May this year.” While the samiti has eight centres in Rajasthan, there is a centre each in Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad. The samiti has fitted 20,000 callipers and 17,000 artificial limbs in one year. The centre in Ambala will be run by a local committee. “We will provide the guidelines. The most important thing is that we provide our service free of cost. There is no charge for the Jaipur foot. We are working for the betterment of society,” Mr Mehta said. The Samiti was established in 1975. It has organised camps in 18 countries, including Afghanistan. “ We sent 1000 pieces to Afghanistan, which was considered precious cargo. Even The Dawn newspaper of Pakistan appreciated our effort,” Mr Mehta stated. Incidentally, Bhagwan Mahavir Viklang Sahayata Samiti has already touched the lives of the physically challenged through camps organised by the Rotary Club of Ambala. Former District Governor Mr Y.P. Das, opined that the setting up of a permanent centre will go a long way in improving the condition of the underprivileged physically challenged persons. He said as the samiti provides artificial limbs free of cost, a number of people have benefited through the effort. “Following corrective polio surgery at the Rotary camp, artificial limbs are provided to the needy by the samiti. We help in ensuring that the person can walk without crutches. He said the camp is held for about two weeks. The samiti used to set up a workshop locally so that individual requirements of patients could be met,” he added. |
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Hisar, February 9 The injured were admitted to a private hospital. A youth was also run over and killed by a train at the railway station
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Nine injured in mishap
Kurukshetra, February 9 The marriage party was proceeding from Pathri village, Hardwar district in Uttaranchal Pradesh to Kaithal district in Haryana. The injured included Mr Balihar Singh (12), Mr Gurcharan Singh (35), Ms Harminder Kaur, Ms Gurmeet Kaur (16), Mrs Kulbeer Kaur (35), Mrs Raj Kaur (40), Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur (40), Ms Harpreet Kaur (16). —
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Ambala, February 9