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Orders to private schools on timings
Experts examine school lab in gas leak case
Chander Mohan demands
White Paper
Ranjit Singh quits BJP
Governor accepts
Katyal’s resignation
Sampat stresses on small savings |
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Raids by Delhi police; criminals arrested
HAUTA poll today
Term of advisory panel extended
Haryana Police transfers
Home Guard volunteers’ allowances raised
126 cases settled at Lok
Adalat
Sepoy cremated with honours
Birender to hold function at Gohana
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Orders to private schools on timings
Yamunanagar, November 9 Once the private schools implement the new timetable, parents would have to ‘re-schedule’ their daily activities. With the implementation of new timings, hundreds of tutors and tuition academies would also be forced to change timings of their classes. A parent told The Tribune the delayed school timings are good for children but the same may not be good for working parents. In winters a large number of private schools here advance school timings by half hour to one hour on their own. Some of the schools have already advanced school timings between 8 am to 9 am. Principal of the Sacred Heart Convent School, Jagadhri, Ms Kanthi said the new timings (9 am to 3 pm) would come into force from Monday. During the last winters, the school used to assemble at 8.30 am. The Principal of Greenfield School, Ms Veena Handa, said the school would switch to 9 am to 3 pm schedule from next month. Meanwhile, after facing criticism in wake of the death of three schoolchildren in a road accident, the administration has posted traffic cops on all major crossings. The school managements have been asked to post their staff members at school gates before the assembly and after the final bell and ensure that children cross roads safely or embark their vehicles. The buses carrying schoolchildren would drop children inside the school premises and not outside the schools. The school managements have been asked to ensure that their buses adhere to the specified speed limits. Roads passing in front of all educational institutions have already been declared ‘slow traffic zones’. But the district police has only one speed-measuring instrument (gun) and it would not be feasible for the cops to keep check on over-speeding vehicles. Rickshaws fitted with extra wooden benches for carrying schoolchildren have already been banned. Despite the ban in force since five days now, such rickshaws and over-loaded three-wheelers (carrying children) are still a common scene on the roads of the two towns. The administration has decided to install traffic lights on all busy crossings and roundabouts of the two towns. One such lights would also come at the Matka chowk where the children died on November 3. Some traffic lights in Yamunanagar, which have been lying defunct for past several years, now would be made functional. The other road safety measures, include painting zebra crossings near schools, a parallel or slip road would be constructed from Jagadhri Bus Stand on the Ambala road. In a meeting of the district administration chaired by Deputy Commissioner Mr Vijayender Kumar, it has also been decided to lay footpath along all the major roads in the two towns. |
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Experts examine school lab in gas leak case
Jind, November 9 Revealing this to The Tribune, the investigating officer Inspector Rajinder Singh, SHO of city police station, said the investigation into the matter was in progress. However, no complaint was lodged in this regard. Meanwhile, the District Magistrate expressed his concern over the incident and said timely action by the police, health authorities, social workers, NGOs and other officials of the local administration averted big tragedy. Admitting that the nature of the incident was serious, he said but a magisterial inquiry into it was not required because it was not a case of any sabotage as evident from the preliminary investigation. He said a special committee was already constituted by the district administration under the chairmanship of the Additional Deputy Commissioner to see whether schools and other educational institutes adopted precautionary measures of disaster management and complied with the rules. Mr Dharam Dev Vidhyarthi, Regional Managing Director of DAV Schools, denied any lapses on part of the school authorities and claimed, “It was a spray being used by women for self-defence in case of an attack by bad elements with an intention of molesting them”. He said the preliminary findings had established that it was an ‘act of mischief’ by some student. |
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Chander Mohan demands
White Paper
Gharaunda (Karnal), November 9 He was addressing a gathering here yesterday on the eve of the completion of the 15-day padayatra by secretary of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) Harvinder Kalyan, in which he covered 104 villages of the area. The padayatra was part of a “jan jagran abhiyaan” of the Congress. The Congress MLA lashed out at the state government and alleged that corruption had reached its height during Mr Chautala’s regime. The Chautala family and their colleagues in the government as well as outside had amassed a huge money by corrupt practices, he alleged. He publicly appealed to the people of Haryana to avoid going by the words of Mr Om Prakash Chautala or his two sons who had already brought the state on the verge of bankruptcy. He sought the help of the masses to form a Congress government in the forthcoming elections and promised to inquire into all the allegations of corruption against Mr Chautala and his family. Mr Kalyan thanked the people for the cooperation extended to him during the padayatra and promised that after the formation of a Congress Government all problems of the people of this area would be solved immediately. |
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Ranjit Singh quits BJP
Sirsa, November 9 Talking to this correspondent from New Delhi yesterday, Mr Singh confirmed the move as he was “fed up” with the party. He said the convention of the Sangh Pariwar at Hardwar was immediate cause of the resignation. He said over the years the party had lost its base due to its anti-farmer stand. Mr Kirpa Ram Punia said he would soon announce his future plans. He said the recent “directions” of the RSS to the BJP to adopt the Hindutva ideology led him to quit the party. |
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Governor accepts
Katyal’s resignation Chandigarh, November 9 While stating this here today, an official release said the state government had constituted a 3-member selection committee for choosing a member in place of, Mr Katyal. Mr Justice N.K. Kapoor (Retd), of Punjab and Haryana High Court would be the chairman of the committee. Other members of the committee are the Chief Secretary, Haryana, and Mr H.L. Bajaj, Chairman, Central Electricity Authority. |
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Sampat stresses on small savings Panchkula, November 9 The Finance Minister was speaking at a function organised for the draw of prizes under the Haryana small savings prizes scheme for the period from April 1, 2004, to Sept. 30, 2004, today. A total of 13,116 cash prizes worth Rs. 1.36 crore were announced. The first prize worth Rs. 10 lakh went to coupon No. 2191628 belonging to an investor from Gurgaon. Five second prizes worth Rs. 2 lakh each were won by coupon nos. 1177364 from Ambala, 4816352 from Faridabad, 4160282 from Sirsa, 1572542 from Bhiwani and 3123206 from Kurukshetra. Ten third prizes of worth Rs. 1 lakh each were won by investors holding coupon Nos. 5159548 from Sonepat, 4636093 from Gurgaon, 1977671 from Faridabad, 4430048 from Yamuna Nagar, 1313435 from Ambala, 1485415 from Bhiwani, 4288228 from Sonepat, 4252044 from Sonepat, 3379638 from Panchkula and 2113851 from Gurgaon. Speaking on the occasion, the Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Finance, Mr Bhaskar Chatterjee, termed the small savings scheme as beneficial for investors from lower and middle classes. He said that small savings played an important role in
augmenting the resources of the state government as 100 per cent net collections under small savings were being transferred to government as long-term loan, which was repayable in 25 years with an initial five years moratorium on repayment of principal and carried interest. Among others who were present on the occasion were Commissioner and Special Secretary, Finance, Mrs Anuradha Gupta, Deputy Commissioner, Mrs Neelam P Kasni, and SDM, Mr Virender Dahiya. |
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Raids by Delhi police; criminals arrested
Sonepat, November 9 According to police sources, the police also seized an AK 47 rifle from his possession. The man was wanted in a number of criminal cases registered against him in different police stations in Delhi. The officials declined to give details about the accused who was taken to Delhi. According to another report, the officials also raided a house in Malik Colony last night and seized arms and ammunitions. The arms include an LMG sten gun, two hand grenades, 150 cartridges, a gun, a revolver and a country-made pistol. The police also detained an old man in this connection. At his instance, the police carried out a raid on another house where his son-in-law was arrested. Both were taken to Delhi for interrogation. |
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HAUTA poll today
Hisar, November 9 Polling took place today at the outstation centres of the university, which comprise 234 voters. Voting on the HAU campus here will take place tomorrow and the results will be declared the same day. The HAUTA elections assume significance as the president of the association becomes a member of the HAU Management Board, the supreme decision-making body of the university. The Returning Officer, Dr R.C.Sihag, said it was for the first time that separate ballot papers had been provided for office-bearers and executive members. Dr Sihag said originally, 60 candidates had filed their nomination papers, of which five were found to be invalid. Later, 27 withdrew their nominations. Of the remaining 28 candidates, 15 are contesting for the posts of office-bearers, while 13 are vying for executive members. |
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Term of advisory panel extended
Chandigarh, November 9 The 11-member committee, headed by the Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Social Welfare, was constituted on November 15, 2001, for a period of three years with its headquarters at Chandigarh. |
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Haryana Police transfers
Chandigarh, November 9 Mr Rajbir Singh,
awaiting posting, has been posted as Superintendent of Police (SP), Haryana Police Academy, Madhuban. Mr Ravi Kumar, SP, Railway, Ambala, has been posted as SP, Crime, Madhuban, vice Mr Rajpal Singh, who goes as Commandant, Ist Battalion, Ambala City. Mr Ravinder Kumar Bhardwaj, DSP (CID), goes as DSP, Hansi, vice Mr Samey Ram, who has been posted as DSP, Government Railway Police, Ambala. Mr Mahabir Singh, DSP, Nuh has been posted as DSP, State Vigilance Bureau, vice Mr Puran Chand, who goes as DSP, Nuh. Mr Arun Kumar, DSP, Government Railway Police, Headquarters, Ambala Cantonment, has been posted as DSP, Gulha. |
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Home Guard volunteers’ allowances raised
Chandigarh, November 9 While stating this here today, a spokesman of the Home Department said that a decision to this effect has been approved by the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala. He said that duty allowance had been doubled from Rs 50 to Rs 100 per day and training allowance had been increased from Rs 28 to Rs100 per day. Parade allowance had been doubled from Rs10 to Rs 20 per parade and washing allowance had been enhanced from Rs 3 to Rs 10 per week. |
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126 cases settled at Lok
Adalat
Kaithal, November 9 To provide knowledge to people about the free-legal aid and a camp was organised at the local Hindu Senior Secondary School here. A large number of students, teachers, Municipal Councilors and social workers participated in this camp which was presided over by Mr V.K. Bakshi, Additional District and Sessions Judge. Mr Surya Partap Singh, CJM-cum-Secretary DLSA was also present. KURUKSHETRA: As many as 111 cases were finally
settled out of 210 cases which were taken up in a special Lok Adalat organised
under the chairmanship of Mr L.N. Mittal, District and Sessions Judge-cum-chairman, District Legal Services Authority,
Kurukshetra, at Judicial Complex here today. Mr Rajinder Goel, Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, said out of 111 cases, 46 criminal cases were disposed of. Mr Goel said in this Lok Adalat, 26 cases relating to MACT were finally settled by negotiations and an amount of Rs 17,68,000 was awarded to different claimants. |
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Sepoy cremated with honours
Jind, November 9 Sepoy Manish Kumar was killed when a team of five soldiers being led by JCO Shiv Narain Yadav was attacked by terrorists while passing through the crowded area of Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar on November 6. The terrorists, however, managed to escape. A 14-member team of 5 Mechanised Unit had come from the Hisar camp to pay last respects to the martyr. The funeral pyre was lit by Mr Rajinder, uncle of Sepoy Manish. The jawans fired in the air and reversed their arms to pay last tributes to the sepoy. |
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Birender to hold function at Gohana
Rohtak, November 9 The state government is holding a function on that day at Garhi Sampla, the birthplace of the legendary Jat leader, on November 24. Addressing mediapersons after a meeting of his supporters here this evening, he said his Gohana function would be completely apolitical. Veteran Congress leader Chand Ram would preside over the function. |
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