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Police-smuggler nexus in illegal trafficking of cattle
Preliminary voters’ lists by September 15
Election panel to set up centres to help voters
Governor refuses to sign ordinance
CM to inaugurate 5 projects today
Kurukshetra varsity VC opens
Sadhbhavana yatra to leave for Pak today
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Youth stabbed to death, 3 held
Nain’s bail plea dismissed
Power supply to industrial units cut for 15 days
Lawyers demand judicial probe
HVP to reorganise party unit
19 power theft cases detected
Wrestler killed in Sonepat
3 labourers die in wall collapse
UCO Bank to double credit for farm sector
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Police-smuggler nexus in illegal trafficking of cattle
Karnal, September 8 Though, the state government has already directed district transport officials and superintendents of police to establish joint check-posts on the inter-state border to prevent illegal trafficking of cattle and other criminal activities, yet criminals from Uttar Pradesh continue to indulge in the illegal activities. A nexus between the police at the lower level and the persons engaged in illegal trafficking of cattle was exposed at Karnal on Monday when three police personnel were suspended on charges of demanding bribe from two truck drivers carrying 29 cows from this side to Saharanpur district. The trucks were heading for Uttar Pradesh crossing the National Highway. Having noticed the trucks, two police personnel, namely Mehar Singh and Pradeep Kumar, chased and intercepted them at Meerut Chowk. They allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 2000 to allow them to pass through Karnal. In the meantime, another police constable Jai Narayan reached the spot, who also demanded share from the bribe, which led to confrontation among them. Meanwhile, the truck drivers fled but were again intercepted by another police party from Madhuban police station near Nagla Megha village. The police arrested the drivers, Angrej Singh and Karnail Singh, along with Shahabuddin. A case under Sections 11, 59 and 60 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960 was registered against them. The police believed the cows were being taken to unauthorised slaughterhouses of Saharanpur and Mujaffarnagar. |
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Preliminary voters’ lists by September 15
Sonepat, September 8 Giving this information, Mr Vidya Dhar, District Electoral Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner, told mediapersons here today that objections and claims could be filed on any working day between September 15 and October 15 at the election centres and tehsil and municipal offices of the district. He appealed to all eligible voters to have a look at the voters’ list and file their objections and claims, if any. He disclosed that all objections and claims would be received on September 18 and 19 and again on October 9 and 10 and the final publication of the voters’ list would be made on January 3 next year. He said that the objections and claims would be disposed of between September 25 and September 30 by the Assistant Returning Officers of the district. These officers, he said, would organise meetings of the election staff and supervisors in each constituency to finalise the electoral rolls. Similar meetings will also be organised in the urban areas for this purpose. Regarding the preparation of the photo identity cards, the Deputy Commissioner disclosed that it would be done between September 10 and 25 and six camera teams had been deputed for this work. In the Rohat assembly constituency this would be done between September 10 and 12, Rai between September 12 and 15, Kailana between September 15 and 17, Sonepat between September 18 and 20, Gohana between September 21 and 23 Baroda (R) between September 24 and 25. |
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Election panel to set up centres to help voters
Chandigarh, September 8 The Chief Election Commission, Mr
T.S. Krishnamurthi, said here today that this was one of the steps the commission was contemplating to deal with the problem of registration of voters, which was the biggest challenge before it. He was delivering a lecture as part of the series of lectures organised by the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development in memory of the veteran diplomat, Mr P.N. Haksar, here today. Mr Krishnamurhi said the problem could be solved only through the collective effort of the commission, the government, the staff deployed on revision of electoral rolls and voters themselves. The problem arose mainly because of the law, which required that the voter should ordinarily be the resident of a particular area. He said the voters should also take initiative for their registration. Still, he felt that the commission was doing a good job in this regard. In many countries, he pointed out, it was the job of the government to prepare the electoral rolls. He said on an experimental basis the commission would prepare the electoral rolls with photographs of the voters in Kerala and Pondicherry, though it was considering to introduce the practice in certain constituencies of the other states also as a pilot project. Mr Krishnamurthi said the second biggest problem the commission faced was regarding the enforcement of the code of conduct, which, he regretted, was not taken seriously by many political parties, particularly regarding expenditure and personal attacks. He said both national and certain state parties were guilty of this. He expressed the hope that the political parties would show more maturity in complying with the code of conduct in its letter and spirit. He said there was a need for legislation to put a limit on expenditure on elections by the political parties. He also said there was a need to strengthen internal democracy in the political parties because certain parties were being run like personal fiefdom by their leaders. He also favoured the continuation of disqualification of a candidate even if his conviction was stayed by court. Such a candidate, he said, should be denied the right to contest on the pattern of a government employee accused of a misdeed and placed under suspension till he is acquitted. Mr Krishnamurthi said small parties(other than the state parties), which were formed to cater to the interests of a particular community or a particular objective, should be made to ally with a national party before the elections as they affected national governance. He said the commission would “continue to make noise about the electoral reforms till sanity prevails among the political parties.” |
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Governor refuses to sign ordinance
on SEC’s eligibility
Chandigarh, September 8 The post of SEC fell vacant on July 14 last when Mr T.D. Jogpal completed his tenure of five years. Since then no one has been appointed the SEC, though under the law the post should not remain vacant. On July 14 itself the Cabinet had approved an amendment in the State Election Commissioner Conditions Rules, 1994, proposing that besides a retired High Court judge or a retired senior bureaucrat, a former Chairman of a Public Service Commission or a former Vice-Chancellor can also be appointed the SEC. Dr Kidwai sought information from the government about the conditions for appointment of the SEC in the other states. Instead of supplying this information, the Cabinet tried to take the Ordinance route when it approved an Ordinance in this regard and sent it to the Governor for his approval. Informed sources say the government also supplied information sought by the Governor in respect of only 12 states. The sources say information was incomplete in respect of three states. They say the Governor has now asked the government to inform him about the conditions of appointment of the SEC in all other states before he can take a decision on the Ordinance.
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CM to inaugurate 5 projects today
Jhajjar, September 8 The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Mohinder Kumar, said here today that the Chief Minister would dedicate the newly constructed four-storey mini secretariat to the public, which was completed at a cost of Rs 5.50 crore. He would also commission the Rs 4 crore augmented water supply scheme in Beri town. Earlier, the Deputy Commissioner said the Chief Minister would also inaugurate a Rs 2.25 crore stadium constructed in the PDM College of Engineering at Sarai Orangabad near Bahadurgarh. He would also inaugurate the Silothi-Dabodha Khurd waterworks constructed at a cost of Rs 1.20 crore.
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Kurukshetra varsity VC opens two-day seminar
Kurukshetra, September 8 Dr Chawla disclosed that the successive government in Haryana have introduced several rural development programmes like the Jawahar Gram Samridhi
Yojna, Indira Awas Yojna, Employment Assurance Scheme and Sarkar Apke Dwar programme. Besides this village development committees for streamlining rural development administration had also been set up. Delivering the key note address Dr
S.L. Goel, Professor Emeritus, Public Administration, Panjab University, Chandigarh, said rural development was not a mechanical development but a human process. This requires hard work, dedication, responsiveness and accountability of both officials and non-officials to make rural development a success. He touched various aspects of rural development like plans and development, democratic
decentralisation, people’s participation, political process, mass education and awareness, role of voluntary agencies, bureaucratic reorganisation and demystification. In her presidential address Ms A.K.
Ahuja, Joint Secretary (Training), Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, New Delhi stressed on the need of building coordination between the state and Central Governments for uplifting the standard of general and weaker sections of the society in rural areas of the country. Dr Harbans Pathak, former Professor and Head, Department of Public Administration, Punjabi University, Patiala, was the guest of honour. Dr Surat Singh, Director, Haryana Institute of Rural Development,
Nilokheri, highlighted various efforts for strengthening the rural development administration since its inception in 1990’s. Earlier, Prof Mohinder Singh, Chairman, Department of Public Administration of Kurukshetra University, disclosed that in all three technical session would be held today at the inaugural session and later on three technical sessions would be organised at
Nilokheri. The Registrar of Kurukshetra University, Dr J.S. Kadian, Ms Usha Chawla, various deans of faculties, senior professors and a large number of teachers were present at the inaugural session of the seminar. |
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Sadhbhavana yatra to leave for Pak today
Yamunanagar, September 8 The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, will lead the yatra from the Wagha border onwards to the birthplace of Bhai Kanhaiya at Sodhra village near Wazirabad in West Pakistan on September 10. The Chairman of the National Minorities Commission and Member Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Mr Trilochan Singh, will flag off the yatra. He will also visit Pakistan. Sant Karamjeet Singh (Sewapanthi), member of the state level organising committee, while talking to The Tribune, said that Mr Chautala would lead the delegates from the Wagha border onwards on September 10. The goodwill delegation would return to India on September 13. During the next five days it would pass through Amritsar and Anandpur Sahib in Punjab and Nada Sahib (Panchkula), Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Karnal, Panipat, Sonepat, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad in Haryana before concluding at Sirsa on September 18. According to Sant Karamjeet Singh after the formation of Pakistan, all Sewapanthi deras established by Bhai Kanhaiya shifted to India. The deras at Bahudin and Mitha Tiwana were shifted to Yamunanagar and others were shifted to places like Amritsar, Bhatinda, Karnal and Delhi. “Bhai Kanhaiya was a disciple of Guru Gobind Singh also and he devoted himself to the service of the Guru at Anandpur Sahib. All through his life he kept serving the mankind and propagating the Gurmat”, informed Sant Kanramjeet Singh, who is the mahant of Gurdwara Thara Sahib, Jorian, Yamunanagar. “Sant Nischal Singh, a Sewapanthi, did a lot of work at Yamunanagar to propagate the philosophy of Bhai Kanhaiya by establishing various educational institutions and hospitals, besides religious institutions”, he added. According to a spokesperson for the district administration, a seminar on the life and philosophy of Bhai Kanhaiya would be held at Guru Nanak Girls College here tomorrow morning. After the seminar a large number of people would march from the college to Bhai Kanhaiya Sahib Chowk here. From the chowk the sadhbhavana delegation would start its their journey to Pakistan. Meanwhile, a light and sound programme on the life and philosophy of Bhai Kanhaiya was held at the Dushera Grounds here this evening. The Haryana Transport Minister, Mr Ashok Arora, was the chief guest on the occasion. |
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Youth stabbed to death, 3 held
Ambala, September 8 The youth was stabbed outside HDFC Bank on Nicholson Road, Ambala Cantonment. The deceased, Virender Dahiya, was a resident of Pinjore. An official said that Virender Dahiya and Kushal, a resident of Kalka, had fixed up time with a woman who was a resident of New Janakpuri in Mahesh Nagar area. They drove down from Pinjore at 11 pm last night. After reaching Ambala Cantonment, they found the woman was not present at the place. They called her up. Thereafter, they went to her residence at 330 New Janakpuri. At her residence, two other persons, Anil and Manoj, were already present. They asked the woman about Virender and Kushal. She reportedly told them that they were her acquaintances. Later, an altercation took place between Anil and Manoj with Virender and Kushal over some matter. Virender and Kushal decided to drive back in their Maruti car. When they reached near HDFC bank on Nicholson Road, they were intercepted by Anil and Manoj travelling on a motorcycle. The duo was armed with a stick and a sharp-edged weapon. They struck a blow at Virender and dragged him out of the car. Then he was repeatedly stabbed. In the meantime, Kushal ran away from the spot and watched the incident from a distance.
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Nain’s bail plea dismissed
Hisar, September 8 Earlier, the court had stayed Mr Nain’s arrest. Today, on the expiry of the stay, the BKU leader applied for anticipatory bail through his lawyer in the court of Mr Raj Kumar, Additional Sessions Judge. After hearing the case, the judge dismissed the bail plea. The case against Mr Nain had been registered under Sections 323, 506 and 124-A of the IPC on a complaint lodged by Ranbir of Thurana village. The complainant had alleged that Mr Nain and his supporters had manhandled him and threatened him with dire consequences at a public meeting in Baas village near here. |
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Power supply to industrial units cut for 15 days
Hisar, September 8 This was stated in a press statement issued by Major-Gen Bhoop Singh Rathi (retd), Chairman, Haryana Power Corporations, here today. He said many units had stopped power generation, due to which the power supply had been affected. Power supply to the units of less than 1 MW capacity would also be curtailed, he said. These units will not get power from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. for the next 15 days. |
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Lawyers demand judicial probe
Rohtak, September 8 A senior member of the association, Mr Raghbir Singh Hooda, said that they had sent memoranda to the Uttar Pradesh Government demanding a judicial probe into the clash between the Lucknow lawyers and the police and action against the District Magistrate and his deputy for having failed to prevent the clash. SONEPAT: Members of the District Bar Association staged a day-long dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office and kept the work in courts suspended for the fourth day today. They handed over a memorandum demanding action against the police for beating up lawyers in Lucknow. |
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HVP to reorganise party unit
Sonepat, September 8 The general secretary of the state unit of the party, Mr Rajiv Jain, told mediapersons here that the step had been taken on the directive of former Chief Minister and party supremo Bansi Lal, and secretary-general of the party Surinder Singh. He said the district unit of the party and other cells would be reorganised within a week and adequate representation would be given to those workers who had joined the party in recent months. |
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19 power theft cases detected
Panipat, September 8 Department sources further said Rs 1.62 lakh was recovered from persons concerned as fine for stealing power. The sources also said 35 new transformers had been installed by the city division to provide uninterrupted and regular power supply. As many as 358 domestic, 45 commercial, 33 industrial and six tubewell connections were
allotted the last month. |
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Wrestler killed in Sonepat
Sonepat, September 8 According to a report, the assailants entered the house by scaling the walls. On hearing the noise the wrestler’s brother rushed to the spot but could not save him. The police has registered a case and sent the body for a post-mortem examination. A hunt is on to apprehend the assailants. Ved Pal had an altercation with the assailants on the issue of eve-teasing and this led to his murder. |
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3 labourers die in wall collapse
Gurgaon, September 8 All the injured persons were admitted in the General
Hospital. — PTI |
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UCO Bank to double credit for farm sector
Chandigarh, September 8 According to a spokesman of the bank, Mr Malhotra also said in the meeting that during this year the flow of credit to agriculture sector in Haryana would be increased by 30 per cent and to achieve this objective the bank had drawn a four-pronged strategy.
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Chandigarh, September 8
