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Chandigarh, March 15 An overzealous contractor out to make money put the Haryana State Industries Development Corporation (HSIDC) in an embarrassing situation.
Cong to prefer
youth as LS candidates
CM’s criticism of BJP hollow, says Sharma
Cong, BJP men meet GOC Kharga Corp Govt hoarding covered with cloth
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BKU may join politics, says Nain
‘Consumers must know their rights’
Ex-servicemen helpline
College hostel to have Internet
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Army jawan looted on train
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Contractor puts HSIDC in the soup
Chandigarh, March 15 The contractor employed by the corporation put up a number of hoardings eulogising the achievements of the INLD Government in Ambala district yesterday in clear violation of the directions issued by the Election Commission of India, which has asked the Centre and the states to remove all hoardings. The action of the HSIDC contractor gave the impression that the Haryana Government hears exactly the opposite of what the commission says. The places at which the HSIDC contractor put up the hoardings included Ambala city, which is the seat of the district administration. Sources say about five hoardings were put up in that district yesterday. The Chief Secretary of Haryana, Mr A.N. Mathur, told newsmen at a HUDA function in Panchkula on Saturday that the Election Commission’s directive regarding the hoardings would be implemented in letter and in spirit. Even men of the National Highways Authority of India were seen covering with a cloth the hoardings projecting National Highway No. 1 as a part of the dream project of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at Ambala today. Confirming the development a spokesman of the corporation said the contract to put the hoardings was given to a Delhi-based private agency much before the elections were announced. In its anxiety to complete the contract, the agency put up the hoardings in Ambala yesterday. However, the spokesman said, as soon as the Managing Director of the corporation, Dr Harbaksh Singh, came to know of what the agency had done, he immediately ordered it to remove the hoardings by this evening. To be fair to the HSIDC, true to the spokesman’s word, the agency removed the hoardings by 6 p.m. today. Meanwhile, it is learnt that the state government had asked the HSIDC to put up about 125 hoardings at a cost of about Rs 22,000 each. If this is taken as a yardstick, various corporations of the state must have sunk about Rs 4.5 crore in putting up the hoardings which are viewed by the Election Commission as an unfair election practice. |
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Cong to prefer
youth as LS candidates
Hisar, March 15 Talking to reporters at Narnaund, about 45 km from here, yesterday, he said the party high command had given the ticket to five office-bearers of the youth wing in its first list of party candidates. He said though the youth wing had not demanded any ticket, the party President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, wanted to give maximum representation to the youth in the country. He hoped that the party would give ticket to more youth. Commenting on the possibility of an alliance between the INLD and the BSP in Haryana, he said both parties had contested elections jointly twice in the past, too, but just after the elections, they parted ways for petty political interests. The people of Haryana would not be misguided this time, he added. Mr Shamsher Singh Surjewala, former president of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC), and Dr Ajay Singh Chaudhary, son of senior Congress leader and former Power and Irrigation Minister Virender Singh Narnaundia, also addressed the party workers. |
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CM’s criticism of BJP hollow, says Sharma
Rohtak, March 15 Addressing a press conference here, he said the INLD, got the mandate jointly with the BJP. Since the BJP had severed its political ties with the INLD, Mr Chautala should seek a fresh mandate if he wanted to criticise the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister. Mr Sharma said Mr Chautala had suddenly become severely critical of the two leaders and the BJP after it chose to go to the polls on its own. He would know where he stood without the BJP if he resigned and contested the Assembly elections without the support of the BJP. |
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Cong, BJP men meet GOC Kharga Corp Ambala, March 15 While the Congress delegation led by the president of the Cantonment unit, Mr Ashok Jain, met General G.D. Singh today, the BJP delegation led by a former MP, Mr Ratan Lal Kataria, had met him yesterday. The district unit president of the Congress, Mr Ashok Jain, said the delegation met Lt Gen G.D. Singh and the Sub Area Cdr, Brig D.C. Katoch, and apprised them of the problems being faced by the Malli Parade residents due to the fencing work being carried out by the Army. “General G.D. Singh assured us that the work was being carried out in accordance with the law and in the interest of the local populace,” he added. Mr Arjun Lal Kalra, Col Kishan Chand (retd), Mr Raj Kumar Bindra, Mr Tilak Raj Taneja, Mr Kamlesh Gupta, Rano Dhamija, Subedar Singh, Mr Rakesh Kumar and Mr Dev Raj were present on the occasion. |
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Govt hoarding covered with cloth Ambala, March 15 A hoarding put up along the national highway No.1 near Ambala Cantonment, highlighting achievements of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was covered by a cloth this afternoon. “Once the Model Code of Conduct is not in force after the elections, we will just remove the cloth,” an official said. However, the official did not comment on hoardings on highways violating the court directive. The Haryana unit BJP president, Prof Ganeshi Lal, said the Election Commission directive on hoardings must be strictly adhered to. “At least, a hoarding along the national highway has been covered. But no action has been taken for the removal of Haryana Government hoardings, he said. “We will take up the matter with the Election Commission,” added. |
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BKU may join politics, says Nain
Jind, March 15 The BKU chief was speaking at a rally organised jointly by the party and the Baniyan Khap at Narwana. This was the first public meeting of Mr Nain after he was released from the jail. He said a state-level rally would be organised at Kandela village in this district on March 22 and the issue of political affiliation of the BKU would be decided. At the rally Mr Nain refrained from criticising the government or any political party. But he highlighted problems of the farmers. He said the financial position of the farmers was fast deteriorating. |
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‘Consumers must know their rights’
Fatehabad, March 15 The SDM, Mr Subhash Sheoran, and two members of the district forum namely Mr B.S. Dandiwal and Ms Seema Saraf were present, among others. Mr Gupta said the consumers must know their rights and for this government and non-governmental organisations had a bigger role to play. He said while urban consumers had started identifying their consumer rights, rural consumers were still ignorant of the rights. Mr Sheoran said in today’s materialistic world some people had become so profit oriented that a common consumer needed protection from such unscrupulous persons. |
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Ex-servicemen helpline Ambala, March 15 Lt-Col Sarabjit Singh said in some cases, pension had been paid to the ex-servicemen after 15 years. “In one particular case, the helpline was able to get ex-gratia financial help from the Army headquarters for a widow after 57 years,” he said. The helpline was established at Military Hospital, Ambala Cantt, to resolve problems of ex-servicemen pertaining to pension, medical payment and other issues. It was the second helpline to be started in Western Command after Chandi Mandir. Ex-servicemen and their dependants from Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh had visited the helpline with their problem. Lt-Col Sarabjit Singh observed that at times, ex-servicemen faced problems pertaining to pension, which might be due to wrong details given, pension revised at lower rates or pension not sanctioned. “Ex-servicemen visit the helpline to get latest information on various new schemes that have been launched by the government,” he said. |
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College hostel to have Internet
facility
Sirsa, March 15 Mr Dharamveer also announced that mechanical engineering course would be introduced from the coming session while the biotechnology and chemical engineering branches would be added in the next session. Aditi won the first prize in the speech competition while Dinesh and Monika won second and third prize, respectively. A cultural programme was organised. The Director Principal and Deputy Commissioner, Mr D. Suresh, announced that a communication channel between the parents and the college authorities would be soon started by arranging a parent-teacher meeting. |
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Army jawan looted on train
Hisar, March 15 After regaining his consciousness, Mange Ram, a resident of Bhadra town in Rajasthan, said he was returning home on leave from Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir. He boarded the train from Ludhiana for Hisar. On the way, three youths, sitting next to him, offered him a cup of tea. After having the tea, he fell unconscious and they slipped away with his suitcase containing Rs 2,500 and other belongings. Meanwhile, a ticket-less passenger received serious injuries when he jumped from a moving passenger train at Dhansu village, about 10 km from here, today. He was admitted to the local Civil Hospital with badly fractured limbs. Mahender Singh, a resident of Uttar Pardesh, boarded the Bathinda-bound passenger train from the local railway station this morning. As the train approached the village, he jumped from the train when he saw a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) in his coach. |
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Five-year-old girl’s body found Ambala, March 15 The police suspects that the girl, daughter of a migrant labourer, was done to death last night. The girl was allegedly abducted yesterday. The body bore marks on the neck. The police suspects that she was strangled to death. The body was taken to the Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantonment, for a postmortem examination. |
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House shuttering collapses, 1 dead
Kaithal, March 15 Villagers rushed to the spot and extricated the victims. They were taken to the Civil Hospital here. One of the injured, Mahipal of Mohna, died on the way to the hospital. |
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