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SYL canal: Haryana Cong MPs meet PM Batra re-elected SAARC law panel
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People watch ‘transit of Venus’ School board starts credit transfer scheme Judge shifted to Faridabad 259 students found copying Work on to give Adi Badri a facelift HUJ, NUJ members hold dharna The Haryana Urdu Akademi today launched its quarterly magazine, ‘Urdu Disha’ (scripted in Devnagri), and a website.  Editorial:
Promoting Urdu
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SYL canal: Haryana Cong MPs meet PM Chandigarh, June 8 Dr Manmohan Singh reportedly assured the MPs that he would take an appropriate decision for the implementation of the apex court’s verdict after consultation with all parties concerned as well as the Union Ministers for Law and Water Resources. He also reportedly assured his party MPs that no injustice would be done with Haryana The 15-minute meeting took place in Parliament House. The delegation comprised the former Leader of the Opposition in the Haryana Assembly and MP from Rohtak, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Ms Selja and Rao Inderjit Singh, both Union Ministers of State; Mr Kuldeep
Bishnoi (Bhiwani), Dr Arvind sharma (Karnal), Mr Atma Singh Gill (Sirsa), Mr Avtar
Bhadana (Faridabad), Mr Navin Jindal (Kurukshetra) and Mr Jai Prakash Barwala (Hisar). Mr Bishnoi had announced yesterday that the MPs had sought an appointment with the Prime Minister and the AICC President, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, to press Haryana’s case. The MPs received a call for the meeting with the Prime Minister this morning. Speaking for the delegation, Mr Hooda informed the Prime Minister that the construction of the SYL canal had been extra-ordinarily delayed primarily because of the attitude of the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, and his father, Mr Devi Lal, in opposing the Rajiv-Longowal accord, under which a provision was made for the canal. He told Dr Manmohan Singh that due to the non-completion of the canal, Haryana was unable to draw its share of water in the Punjab rivers. As a result of this, farmers of the state were unable to irrigate their fields and had to suffer economic loss because of low agricultural production. Mr Bishnoi said that Dr Manmohan Singh was sympathetic towards the demand of the Haryana MPs. Mr Hooda said the MPs would also meet the Union Minister for Water Resources, Mr Priya Ranjan Dass Munshi, and the Union Law Minister, Mr H.R. Bhardwaj, soon to advocate Haryana’s case. |
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Batra re-elected SAARC law panel
Secy-Gen Gurgaon, June 8 Born at Hisar (Haryana) and a law graduate from Panjab University, Mr Batra said that his re-election was an honour to Haryana. The election to the executive council of SAARCLAW was held a few days ago in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The executive council further elected Mr Mehmood Y.Mandviwalla, as president of SAARCLAW. Mr AFM Meshbauddin, a former High Court Judge from Bangladesh, took over as Treasurer and the outgoing treasurer, Prof Habib-ur-Rehman, was elected as Vice- President to represent Pakistan. Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi has been re-elected to the post of Vice-President to represent India in the council. |
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leader seeks HPSC dissolution Chandigarh, June 8 While the BJP recently urged the Governor to order a high-level probe in to all recruitments made under the Chautala regime, Mr Ajay Singh Yadav, the officiating leader of the Congress Legislature Party, today demanded immediate dissolution of the Haryana Public Service Commission as well as the Staff Selection Commission and transfer their functions to an impartial body headed by the Chief Justice of India. “The Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, has recently announced that the government will fill 50,000 vacancies more in the state before completion of its tenure in February next. In view of the government’s track record, how can one expect that these jobs will go to meritorious candidates ?”, Mr Yadav asked. These vacancies apparently include the 102 posts announced by the HPSC for recruitment in the HCS and other state services. Such a huge number of vacancies announced by the HPSC is a sequel to the government move to increase the HCS cadre strength from 240 to 300. There is no corresponding move to increase the IAS cadre strength of 212. The government has also apparently given away the system of keeping aside at least 10 posts of SDO for directly recruited IAS officers. While the CM’s political adversaries are insisting for merit-based recruitments in the posts of HCS officers, DSPs, Excise and Taxation Officers, etc, announced by the HPSC, the IAS officers have their own reason to feel uncomfortable about the drive by the HPSC to recruit state service officers in large scale. The directly recruited IAS officers fear that with the induction of more officers recruited through the HPSC, a lion’s share of the postings will go to the latter. |
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Probe licensing violations by Reliance: panel Rohtak, June 8 In a statement issued here today the association circle secretary, Mr Arvind Pal Dahiya, said the violation put other operators like the BSNL at a great disadvantage. He said the Communications Ministry doled out favours to Reliance and even forced private operators to withdraw the case they had filed against the former. The government even decided to compensate these operators for withdrawing the case. Mr Dahiya said the 1999 decision to shift from fixed licence fee to revenue sharing also needed to be reconsidered. The decision cost the exchequer Rs 4,400 crore which was to be realised from private operators as committed licence fee. The association leader said the participation of the private sector in the rural sector was non-existent. So far not a single telephone connection had been given by these operators in this sector. This was a violation of the New Telecom Policy, 1994, which stipulated that the private operators provide 20 per cent services in the rural sector. As against this the government has been pushing the BSNL to provide services in villages. |
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12 file papers for two SGPC seats Kurukshetra, June 8 Mr Ranjan said Mr Harbans Singh filed papers as a candidate of the SGPC, Amritsar, while Mr Didar Singh and Mr Tejender Pal Singh filed papers as candidates of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (HSGPC), Kurukshetra, and the Shiromani Akali Dal, respectively. Mr Kulwant Singh, Mr Kanwar Singh and Mr Jaagir Singh filed papers as Independent candidates, he added. Mr Ranjan said Ms Harwinder Kaur filed nomination papers as a candidate of the SGPC, Amritsar, while Ms Ravinder Kaur and Ms Sukhwinder Kaur filed papers as candidates of the HSGPC, Kurukshetra, and the Shiromani Akali Dal, respectively. Ms Jaswinder Kaur, Ms Gurmeet Kaur and Ms Gurcharan Kaur filed papers as Independent candidates. The Returning Officer said the nomination papers would be scrutinised on June 11. KAITHAL: Mr Sharan Jeet Singh Sautha filed nomination papers as a candidate of the SAD from the Kaithal zone here on Tuesday. Mr Avtar Singh Chaku filed papers as a candidate of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (HSGPC) here on Monday. Mr Gurnam Singh Goraya filed papers as the covering candidate. |
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Wakf Board to launch development schemes Ambala, June 8 Talking to mediapersons here today, Mr Hamid Hussain, Chairman of the Haryana Wakf Board, said that the board had registered an increase in the revenue collection during the financial year 2003-04. He said that the Board has made a provision of Rs 1.11 crore in its budget for welfare activities. Mr Hussain presided over the first annual general meeting of the Haryana Wakf Board at its headquarter in Ambala cantonment today. He said that the Haryana Wakf Board was established on August 1, 2003 by the Government of Haryana consequent to dissolution of erstwhile Punjab Wakf Board. The Haryana Government had nominated six members for Haryana Wakf Board by notification under the Wakf Act, 1995. Mr Hussain said that Haryana Wakf Board had 16 branch offices and 13 sub branch offices throughout the state. The staff of the headquarters of the erstwhile Punjab Wakf Board was also apportioned in the prescribed ratio of properties. He said the board was running three schools, one each at Faridabad, Panipat and Ambala Cantonment besides a dispensary at Panipat. “About 308 religious and educational and vocational institutions being run by the local people are getting monthly aid from the board. As many as 589 widows and destitutes are receiving monthly pension of Rs 21.44 lakh per annum,” he said. The Chief Executive Officer, Dr Parvez Ahmed said the board had earned a record revenue collection within a short span of time. He said during 2003-04, Rs 15.20 lakh was spent on development activities, Rs 19.20 lakh was spent on educational activities and Rs 79.59 lakh on welfare activities. Among others, Mr Imteyaz Khizar, Mr Akram Khan, Mr Bashir Ahmed, Pirzada Syed Shah Abdul Qayyum and Mr Mohd Sayeed were present. |
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People watch ‘transit of Venus’ Ambala, June 8 Rain in the morning proved a dampener for the local enthusiasts, who missed out on the beginning of the transit of Venus across the disc of the Sun. However, the day cleared by afternoon the event could be seen through special equipment. Special arrangement for viewing the Transit of Venus had been made at Police DAV Public School, Ambala city. School Principal Dr Vikas Kohli said a transit occurred when the Sun and the earth came on the same line with the planet in between. He said the transits of the Venus across the disc of the Sun were among the rarest of planetary alignments. “Indeed, only six such events have occurred since the invention of telescope. It took place in 1631, 1639, 1761, 1769, 1874 and 1882. The next Transit of Venus will take place on June 6, 2012,” he said. Dr Kohli stated that transits of Mercury could be seen 13 to 14 times in a century. The first transit of Mercury in the 21st century took place on May 7, 2003 which was visible throughout the country. |
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School board starts credit transfer scheme Chandigarh, June 8 Outlining the scheme, a spokesman of the board said today that all such students who had failed in the matric or senior secondary examinations, March 2001, or in the examinations held there after under the regular schooling system but had obtained the pass marks in at least one subject, could appear in the supplementary examination, September, 2004 being conducted by the Haryana Open School under the credit transfer scheme. Such students would have to fill two forms to be obtained at a cost of Rs 30. They would also have to pay Rs 250 as the enrolment fee and Rs 80 per subject as the examination fee. Under this scheme, only subjects available in the syllabus of Haryana Open School would be covered. |
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Judge shifted to Faridabad Chandigarh, June 8 Mr Sharma had been on deputation to Chandigarh for almost four years and handled many important cases. Among the cases which he heard were the Burail Jail Break case, the Chandigarh Club case and the Vikram Kashyap case, which came to limelight when the accused facing trial attacked a Judge, Mrs Sangeeta Rai. He is expected to assume charge of his new assignment next week. |
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259 students found copying Bhiwani, June 8 Five
supervisors were removed from duty and examinations at three centres was cancelled. Stating this today, a spokesman for the board said 25 cases of copying were
detected in Jhajjar district. Fourteen cases of copying and two cases of impersonation were detected at Loharu, Bawani Khera and Tosham centres of Bhiwani district. He said three
supervisors deputed at Maharaja Aggarsen Senior Secondary School, Hisar, were removed from duty for allegedly encouraging students to indulge in copying and one
supervisor each deputed at Government High School, Kalanaur, and Anupam Public School, Ellenabad, were also relieved from duty for showing negligence. |
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Work on to give Adi Badri a facelift Yamunanagar, June 8 Disclosing this, the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Vijayendra Kumar, said here today that the ancient Adi Badri Narayan, Kedarnath and Mantra Devi temples were located at Adi Badri. To restore fame and glory to this place and to bring it on the international map as a religious place, the plan was being executed on a war footing. Construction work on a sarovar had also been undertaken. He said the area around the sarovar would be beautified with plants. He said construction work on a water-harvesting dam was being undertaken, which would attract tourists and also supply water to nearby villages for drinking and agricultural purposes. He said work on developing a herbal park on 2 hectares adjoining the sarovar was also in progress. Mr Jagmohan Sharma, Divisional Forest Officer, Yamunanagar, said the renovation work at Adi Badri would be completed before the Kapal Mochan Mela in November. |
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HUJ, NUJ members hold dharna Chandigarh, June 8 According to a press note issued by the HUJ here, a delegation of HUJ and NUJ leaders submitted a memorandum to the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Mr S. Jaipal Reddy. A large number of mediapersons from different parts of Haryana assembled at the Press Club of India around noon and marched in a procession to Jantar Mantar, where they sat in dharna. Holding banners and placards and raising slogans against the Haryana Chief Minister, the journalists took out a procession from the dharna site to Parliament House. However, they were stopped outside the Parliament Street police station where they held a demonstration. |
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‘Urdu Disha’ launched Chandigarh, June 8 Mr Bahadur Singh, Minister of State for Education, said here today the magazine would cater to non-Urdu knowing readers He said the magazine and the website should both provide openings to creative writers in Urdu language. The website could be accessed at www.haryanaurdu.nic.in |
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Trains still running late Ambala, June 8 The main line was cleared for traffic late last night. Since derailment had thrown train traffic out of gear, a number of trains were running late
today. The trains which were running late included 4712 Intercity, 5212 Dn Jan Nayak, 4095 Up, 2431 Sadbhavna Up, 4717 Uchahar, 5211 Jansewa Up, 9368 Dn, 4649 Shahid, 2925 Up and 5707 Up.
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2 armed youths loot Rs 4.67 lakh Hisar, June 8 As he started his motor cycle in Sarrafa Bazar, two unidentified armed youths came and snatched his motor cycle and the bag containing the money at gun point. — PTI |
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Clarification on medical test dates Rohtak, June 8 Likewise, the test for admission to similar courses in ayurvedic colleges will be held on June 27. Wrong dates were inadvertently published in these columns today.
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Rail traffic hit Panipat, June 8 |
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Heavy rain in Kaithal KAITHAL: High-velocity winds accompanied by heavy
rain lashed parts of this district on Tuesday putting the normal life
out of gear. As a result, a number of residential localities were
flooded with rain water here and some major roads like Ambala road,
Jind road, Dhand road, Park road, New Karnal road remained under 1 to
2 feet of water putting the road users to great inconvenience.
Flood-like situation prevailed in most parts of the town here, as the
sewerage and drainage system collapsed and rain water could not be
drained out till this evening. — UNI, TNS |
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