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| Pregnant woman killed for dowry Fatehabad, May 9 A husband allegedly killed his expectant wife at Banawali Sottar village near here yesterday for bringing insufficient dowry. Mr Joginder Singh of the same village and brother of the deceased, Ms Sukhwinder Kaur has lodged a complaint with the police in this regard. 
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Station senior officers in key constituencies, Chandigarh, May 9 The Inspector-General, Haryana Armed Police, Madhuban, Mr V.N. Rai, has been stationed at Bhiwani to supervise the security arrangements in the constituency. Mr Ajay Singh Chautala, elder son of the Chief Minister, is facing a stiff challenge from Mr Surender Singh and Mr Kuldip Bishnoi, sons of former Chief Ministers Bansi Lal and Bhajan Lal, respectively, there. Mr Alok Joshi, IGP, Ambala Range, has been stationed at Kurukshetra from where the younger son of the Chief Minister, Mr Abhey Singh Chautala, is locked in a stiff battle with Mr Navin Jindal of the Congress and Mr Gurdial Singh Saini of the BJP, besides Mr Jatinder Singh Khurdban of the HVP. Mr K.K. Sindhu, DIG, Vigilance, Gurgaon, has been stationed at Sonepat from where Mrs Krishna Malik, wife of the DGP (on leave), Mr M.S. Malik, is fighting a grim battle to snatch the seat from the sitting BJP MP, Mr Kishan Singh Sangwan. These orders came today amidst allegations by the Opposition that the ruling party had enrolled a large number of bogus voters in various constituencies. Meanwhile, the necessary arrangements have been made to enable over 1.22 crore electorate of Haryana to exercise the right to franchise tomorrow from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. During the period of polling, the movement of all vehicles, including two-wheelers, would not be allowed. However, bicycles have been exempted from the ban. However, the vehicular traffic on the national highways would be allowed. Vehicles carrying serious patients would also be allowed to ply. To facilitate the movement of newspersons, the Chief Secretary, Mr A.N. Mathur, has issued instructions that the authority letters issued by the Election Commission to the media people to visit polling booths would be treated as valid passes to ply their vehicles in the state. The mobile phone services would remain suspended during the period of polling. Over 55,000 officials would be on polling duty at 12,574 booths. The commission has deputed 30 observers, three in each of the 10 constituencies, besides three special observers for the entire state. The voters would have to prove their identity at the polling booths before casting their vote. Besides the voter identity cards, the commission has notified 14 other documents like passport, driving licence, income tax PAN card, service identity card of the central and state governments, boards and corporations, public sector undertakings or even private industrial houses, bank or kisan or post office passbook (if the account was opened on or before March 31, 2004), property documents and student identity card issued by recognised educational institutions issued on or before March 31, 2004, for establishing the identity of a voter.
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Last-ditch attempt to woo voters Bhiwani, May 9 Mr Rambilas Sharma, the BJP candidate, has also spent considerable amount of money but it is not much as against members of the three Lal families. The candidates hired a large number of vehicles. Even as use of vehicles and supporters came to an end yesterday as per the Election Commission deadline on campaigning, the INLD candidate found a novel way to advertise his candidature. Advertisements claiming that Mr Ajay Chautala will win from Bhiwani and similar items were published in the local pullout of a popular Hindi daily in news format. The pages are designed in such a manner that readers may not immediately understand that it is actually an advertisement supplement. “It is attempt to mislead the people of Bhiwani”, a member of the Congress said. The BJP is trying to play the caste card to woo Brahmin voters who have a strong presence in the constituency. Today, Mr Dharambir Gaur, president of the Bharat Seva Shakti Sangh, a front outfit of the BJP, issued a scathing statement against Mr Iswar Chandra Sharma, president of the Akhil Bharatiya Brahman Samaj, for lending support to the Congress candidate. The INLD has, meanwhile, roped in Mr Basudev Sharma, a former Congress leader, in its fold and hopes to get the support of the Brahmins. The Jats, the backward classes and the Dalits also form a substantial chunk of voters in Bhiwani. However, it is the Brahmins, who are the second largest community after the Jats in Bhiwani, who are at the centre of the tug of war between the three main contenders. Though canvassing officially came to an end yesterday, the candidates are still making attempts to win over the voters by way of door to door canvassing. Mr Ajay Chautala spent the day visiting various villages of the Adampur constituency, considered to be a bastion of Mr Bhajan Lal, today. Mr Kuldeep Bishnoi is touring important centres of all nine assembly segments of the constituency while Mr Surinder Singh, is also canvassing door to door at Adampur. Mr Rambilas Sharma is visiting various villages of the Dadri assembly segment. |
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Cong activist joins INLD Fatehabad, May 9 Talking to mediapersons here today he said that he had taken this decision after due to the directions of some senior leaders of the Congress. Mr Baldev Singh, president of the Rattia unit of the INLD welcomed Mr Bishnoi today. Dr Sushil Indora, candidate of the INLD, Mr Jarnail Singh, MLA from Rattia and Dr Vinod Sharma, a senior party leader were present on the occasion. |
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BJP fears rigging in Rohtak Rohtak, May 9 Addressing a press conference here, Capt Abhimanyu said the supporters of Congress candidate Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who is also Leader of the Opposition in Haryana Assembly, could resort to booth capturing in three of the nine assembly segments, including Mr Hooda’s assembly constituency Kiloi. The BJP had urged the Election Commission to deploy additional forces in these areas where the party suspected booth capturing.
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Pregnant woman killed for dowry Fatehabad, May 9 According to the report, Mukhtiar Singh took his wife to Banawali Sottar village on the pretext of meeting her parents. After reaching the village he took his wife to the fields of her father for an outing. But, strangulated her with her ‘dupatta’ and threw the body into a watercourse passing through the fields. After committing the crime Mukhtiar Singh returned to Fatehabad. A niece of Ms Sukhwinder Kaur noticed her body lying in the fields last evening. The police has registered a case.
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