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BJP submits memo to
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ICAR scientists
resent new norms on promotions Idols stolen from
ancient temple Haryana Agriculture University (HAU) here will start B.Tech degree programmes in Food Engineering and Biotechnology from the next academic year. Jhajjar, June 6 A fast track court here yesterday sentenced a murder accused to seven years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him. The court acquitted nine others in the case. Chandigarh, June 6 An employee of the Haryana Revenue Department, Ram Pratap, was caught red -handed by the Haryana State Vigilance Bureau while accepting an illegal gratification of Rs.2,000 from a villager in Hisar. 
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BJP submits memo to Governor Chandigarh, June 6 In a memorandum submitted to the Haryana Governor, Babu Parmanand, here today, the BJP took up the issue of recent CBI raids on a number of places in the state in connection with the JBT teachers recruitment scam. It claimed that the facts of the case which had come to light so far clearly indicated that top state government functionaries were involved in the scam. The memorandum said the state government had also recruited people against thousands of other positions. It was quite likely that extraneous considerations had played a role in the selection of candidates for these jobs too, the memorandum said. It urged the Governor that an impartial agency might be asked to look into all recruitments made during the INLD regime. The memorandum took up the INLD’s rout in the recent Lok Sabha poll in the state, adding that not only all INLD candidates were defeated but the deposits of some of them were also forfeited. The LS elections outcome showed that the INLD had no moral right to rule the state and it should be immediately dismissed, the memorandum demanded. It alleged that Mr Om Prakash Chautala, Chief Minister of Haryana, was trying to divide people of Haryana on caste lines. The CM’s outburst against Punjabis and trading castes was a pointer in this direction, stated the memorandum. The Chautala Government’s acts such as the imposition of various taxes on people, retrenchment of employees and registering “false” cases against political opponents were also taken up. A separate memorandum addressed to the President of India, which, too, was handed over to the Governor urged the President to intervene against the inclusion of six “tainted persons with criminal background” in the Congress-led Union Government. The BJP delegation, which went to Raj Bhavan, included Mr Ganeshi Lal, president of the Haryana unit of the party, Mr I.D. Swami, a former union minister; Mr Krishan Pal Gurjar, leader of the BJP legislators in Haryana; Mr Krishan Singh Sangwan, Congress MP from Sonepat; Mr Rambilas Sharma, a former Education Minister of Haryana, among others. Earlier in the day, BJP leaders participated in a state-level workers’ meeting at Agrasein Bhavan here. Most speakers, including Mr Krishan Singh Sangwan and Mr Rambilas Sharma, asserted the party would not enter into an alliance with any party for fighting the Assembly elections. Mr Sangwan, said the BJP was, however, open to merger of smaller outfits into the party. Mr Ganeshi Lal said if the BJP came to power in Haryana, all those employees who had been retrenched would be reinstated. The meeting was also attended by Mr Ranjit Singh and Mr
K.R. Punia who left the Congress and joined the BJP before the LS elections. |
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Change order that demeans women, says Brinda Karat Fatehabad, June 6 Ms Karat said that the new government at the Centre, the AIDWA has met the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) drafting committee, the Coordination Committee Chief Ms Sonia Gandhi and has also sought an appointment with Prime Minister Mr Manmohan Singh on issues concerning women. She said that the main concern of the AIDWA was that the government should place before the House the Bill regarding 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and state Assemblies. She said political leaders like Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav, who had been opposing this Bill, must realise that they were no more in opposition and if they had some opposition to the Bill they should spell out some alternative instead of opposing the Bill for the sake of opposition. The two day convention of the Haryana unit of the AIDWA concluded today. Earlier, inaugurating the convention yesterday Brinda Karat called upon women to make a concerted effort to change the social order that provided the status of a second rate human being to women in the society. Ms Shubha, a member of the central committee of the AIDWA, Ms Sumitra Chopra, president of the Rajisthan unit, Ms Jagmati Sangwan and Ms Manjit Rathi, president and secretary respectively of the Haryana unit of the AIDWA and Ms Jatinder Paul Kaur and Ms Anita Kranti, president and secretary respectively of the district unit of the AIDWA also spoke on this occasion. Mr Inderjit Singh general secretary of the state unit of the CPM, Mr Prithvi Singh Gorakhpuria and a member of state secretariat of the CPM were also present on this occasion. Hundreds of AIDWA activists from the state participated in the convention. |
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Sampat’s plea to Cong MPs on SYL canal Hisar, June 6 In an interview with The Tribune here he said the government would welcome their help on this issue irrespective of the differences in political ideology. So far as the SYL Canal issue was concerned, the INLD did not want to corner the glory of securing the apex court decision in its favour for political gains, so help from any quarters was welcome, he added. “This canal is the lifeline of Haryana. The Indian National Lok Dal government believes this issue should not be politicised as it would cause further delay in completing the project. We, therefore, appeal to Congress MPs to extend us a helping hand. If they do so we are prepared to give them all credit for completion of this project,” he said. Mr Sampat Singh said Congress MPs should meet Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and prevail upon him to honour the Supreme Court verdict and let work begin work on the project. They should also put pressure on the Congress high command and the Prime Minister to ensure that the Congress government in Punjab implemented the verdict, he said. He dismissed Congress leader Shamsher Singh Surjewala’s statement that the late Mr Devi Lal and Chief Minister Om Parkash Chautala kept silent on this issue whenever Mr Parkash Singh Badal was the Chief Minister of Punjab. He said it was Mr Devi Lal who as Haryana Chief Minister filed a suit in the court for completion of the project on April 30, 1979 when Mr Badal was heading an Akali government in Punjab. |
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Hand over “original” bride, say boy’s parents Sonepat, June 6 According to a report, a 21-year-old youth was engaged with a girl of Ahulana village. The marriage ceremony was performed with the girl on May 23. At the time of “doli”, however, parents of the bride changed the bride without the knowledge of the bridegroom and his parents. When the bridegroom along with the bride reached Bidhlana village they were stunned to see the elder sister of the girl who took the pheras at the marriage ceremony. Thereupon, the parents of the bridegroom took up the matter with the parents of the bride on telephone but they did not respond. The parents of the bridegroom called a meeting of the panchayat in the village and the panchayat had asked the parents of the bride to send the girl who had taken pheras in the marriage ceremony after the refusal of the father of the bride to take part in the meeting of the panchayat. But the parents of the bride declined to accept the demand. The parents of the bridegroom had not lodged any complaint with the police in this connection. The incident has caused a tension in the village. |
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ICAR scientists resent new norms on promotions Karnal, June 6 Only those scientists would be eligible to apply for direct/career advancement promotions who secure “outstanding” or “very good” remarks on their annual confidential reports
(ACR). Making things tougher, the ICAR has also introduced a scoring system from 2003-2004 of writing the
ACRs. The ACRs, having a maximum of five marks for each year, are at present based on professional criteria. The ICAR has now demanded from bosses of the scientists to comment in written upon the health and integrity of the scientist concerned during the reporting period. |
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Idols stolen from ancient temple Jhajjar, June 6 Idols were placed in Sita Ram temple constructed around 1388 by Thakur Balraj Singh of the village. Idols of Ram, Lakshman and Sita were made of Ashtadhatu (mixture of metals). Villagers said the temple was locked for past 22 years and no one has had darshan of the idols since then. The temple has no pujari. Keys of the temple were with Mr Doop Singh of the village. |
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HAU to start
B.Tech course Hisar, June 6 |
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7-year RI for murder Jhajjar, June 6 According to information, Khazan Singh, a resident of Jargadpur, was killed by Hansraj and others over a land dispute. Following a serious head injury, Khazan Singh died in the hospital on June 5, 2002. |
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Employee held taking bribe Chandigarh, June 6 A spokesperson of the bureau said here today that the accused had taken money from Ram Singh of Mohabatpur village for allegedly making changes in a girdawari report. A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered. |
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5 jailed for robbery Sonepat, June 6 |
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Insurance company told to pay Rs 3.75 lakh Sonepat, June 6 Mr Dharamvir was coming from Meerut when he was hit by a truck and died. The truck driver escaped. |
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