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Lohan khap mahapanchayat put off
Haryana BJP determined to go it alone
EC should annul recent policy decisions of Chautala govt: Birender
BKU delegation calls on
Sheila Dikshit
Mani Ram Bagri’s grandson joins
Congress
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Thousands attend mahasammelan
Election training for Haryana staff
Leaf from
History
Prostitution den raided, 5
held
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Lohan khap mahapanchayat put off
Narnaund, December 5 The girl’s father had been given time till today to review his decision on the proposed marriage. However, he had refused to obey the panchayat’s
diktat. After the last meeting of the mahapanchayat, Mr Pratap Singh had moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the order. He had also requested the district administration and the police authorities to provide security
to him. The grandfather of Satyajit Kadyan had also moved the court and sought security for his family. The families of Pinky and Satyajit have asserted that the panchayat order notwithstanding, they would go ahead with the proposed marriage. Residents of Narnaund and nearby villages say the cancellation of the proposed marriage would not be possible under the given circumstances, especially when the persons concerned had moved
the court. Though no villager dares to come out against the panchayat, they feel that the present situation had arisen due to lack of unanimity among the panchayat members. It was evident during the last meeting of the panchayat, when some members had advocated the cancellation of the proposed marriage while others supported the
girl’s father. After the parents of the boy and the girl had moved the court, it was being said that the panchayat would not be able to enjoy absolute authority over the issue. Clouds of uncertainty were looming large over the proposed panchayat meeting. Mr Shripal Lohan, Sarpanch of Bhaini Amirpur, told The Tribune that at a recent meeting of the khap mahapanchayat, it was decided that the brotherhood among the members of the khap would be maintained. According to sources, the new date for the next meeting of the khap mahapanchayat would be decided within a few days. However, in view of the firm stance adopted by the families of the would-be bride and groom, it does not seem that the panchayat will have its say in the matter. |
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Haryana BJP determined to go it alone
Rohtak, December 5 The tone was set by Mr Shiv Raj Singh Chauhan, in charge of Haryana affairs, when he announced during the inaugural session that he agreed with the Haryana leadership that the BJP “should neither let any other party fire the gun from its shoulder, nor use any crutches to ride to victory in the coming elections”. The state unit of the party had been opposed to any alliance in Haryana after it withdrew support to the INLD-led government before the Lok Sabha elections. Since then, it had been steadfastly selling this line to the Central leadership, which at times appeared to favour an alliance. After Mr Chauhan, the state BJP chief, Mr Ganeshi Lal, too voiced similar sentiments, stressing that it had deployed every means available to the party to assess the mood of the masses and on the basis of these surveys, the Haryana unit had decided that it would do better if it contested the elections alone. At a press conference here this evening, Mr Ganeshi Lal targeted both the INLD and the Congress, saying there was very little difference between the two. He termed both parties as individualistic and casteist. He said the people of Haryana had tested these parties several times and the electorate now wanted the BJP to go it alone and form a government. The meeting involved several long brainstorming sessions yesterday and today. During these, various party leaders put forth their views on the party’s election strategy. A unanimous view was that the party should focus on highlighting the INLD’s anti-people policies and various scandals involving the ruling family. It was suggested that infighting among Haryana Congress leaders should be exploited to the hilt. The party’s political resolution promised withdrawal of all taxes, including VAT, taking back all retrenched government employees in service and an end to corruption. |
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EC should annul recent policy decisions
Panipat, December 5 Mr Birender Singh said all major policy decisions after the Lok Sabha elections had just been taken by Chautala government to lure gullible voters for the forthcoming Assembly poll. So, the Election Commission should not only annul all major policy decisions of Chautala government, but it should also issue directions to it to stop taking any major policy decision in the future. Criticising the distribution of letters to the old-age pension beneficiaries in which it had been stated that their pension would be increased by Rs 100 if INLD again came to power in ensuing Assembly poll, the Congress leader said he would meet the Chief Election Commissioner on Monday to bring this to his notice and would demand annulling all major policy decisions taken by the INLD government in the recent past. When asked that Congress national General Secretary and in charge of Haryana Congress affairs, Mr Janardhan Diwedi had already ruled out the requirement of dismissing Chautala government while addressing a rally at Sonepat he said he had ruled out the need for dismissing the Chautala government on the basis of the ‘charge sheet’ prepared by the party but now Mr Chautala had started using government machinery for the Assembly poll. Mr Birender Singh suspected that the Chautala government would enroll ineligible persons as pension beneficiaries just to get their votes in the forthcoming poll as he had done during last Assembly elections. He alleged that as many as 6,000 ineligible persons had been enrolled for pension before the last Assembly elections in his constituency Uchana alone. |
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BKU delegation calls on
Sheila Dikshit
Sonepat, December 5 According to a report, the memorandum stated that the SYL canal was the lifeline of the Haryana farmers and the union had been pressing the demand for its early completion by organising an indefinite dharna since October 15 at the Khubru Fall of the Western Yamuna Canal (WYC) near Khubru village in Sonepat district. The memorandum also pointed out that the union had sent notices to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh and the Chief Minister Haryana, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, and informed them about the decision of the BKU to block the flow of water to the National Capital. It, however, regretted that the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister had failed to take steps for the early completion of the canal. |
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Mani Ram Bagri’s grandson joins
Congress
Rohtak, December 5 Talking to mediapersons here today, he said though he was politically groomed by his grandfather, ideologically he was closer to the Congress because he believed in the Gandhian thought. That was why he thought that the Congress alone represented the aspirations of such a diverse and vast society like India. He said the Congress was not only a truly democratic party with a national outlook, it was also the only political organisation in the country which afforded its members a real inner democracy. The recent induction of youth and their elevation to the high offices within the party as well as state Assemblies and Parliament meant that it had a vision for the future of the country. Mr Vikas Bagri said he would tour the Bhattu Kalan Assembly segment for three days from December 7. He had chosen this constituency since his ancestral village Ban Mandori fell in this constituency. |
Thousands attend
mahasammelan
Rewari, December 5 It was addressed by Mr Shailender Yadav, Social Welfare Minister and Mr Vinod Yadav, Forest Minister of the Uttar Pradesh Government as well as Mr Vijay Somany, president of the RNC. Kicking off the election campaign of Mr Vijay Somany; the Uttar Pradesh minister Mr Shailender Yadav called upon Yadavs to root out the Congress in Haryana during the coming Assembly elections as it was, he alleged, “the real enemy of the poor and backward classes as well as the farmers”. He asserted that the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre was totally averse to the pro-poor and pro-farmer Mulayam government. |
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Election training for Haryana staff
Chandigarh, December 5 While stating this here today, a spokesman of the Election Department said the training programme would be conducted in three batches commencing from December 6 to 7, December 9 to 10 and December 13 to 14. He said Mr. T.S. Krishnamurthy, Chief Election Commissioner of India, will address the first batch on December 6 while Mr. B.B. Tandon and Mr.
N. Gopalaswami, both Election Commissioners of India will address the second batch and third batch on December 9 and 13 respectively. |
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Leaf from
History Around 100-year-old rare photographs of Ambala City and Ambala Cantonment give a significant insight into the life and times of a bygone era. These photographs show Ambala in a totally different light. Not only do these show the original grandeur of buildings, but also shows the lifestyle in those times. Men wearing dhoti and kurtas with pagdi or ‘toupee’, on their heads, horse drawn carriages and wide open spaces are clearly visible in these photographs. These photographs also dispel the notion that during the Raj era only the elite of the town used to be photographed. Mr Bhag Singh Sodhi, who has won national award for photography thrice, said he received photo prints of rare photographs from a British woman. “A chance encounter led to my receiving these rare photo prints,” he recalled. Mr B.S. Sodhi, who owns Standard Hotel, said more than a decade back, a British woman came to his hotel. “She was carrying out research on the Ambala Christian Cemetery and she wanted to document graves,” he said. He said this woman showed him some photographs of Ambala and sought his assistance in finding those places. “She had received those photographs from a British family, settled in England. That British family had passed on the photographs to her since she was planning to visit Ambala,” he said. Mr Sodhi recalled that after returning to England, that British woman sent him about 12 prints of those photographs. “Unfortunately, many of the prints were destroyed in the floods,” he lamented. The photographs tell a tale of their own. The photograph of Masonic Lodge in Ambala Cantonment clearly shows the wide expanse of open space around the building. The low walls and the twin pillars at the main entrance are striking. Another photograph shows Queen Victoria Memorial in Ambala City. The building currently houses Guru Gobind Singh library. The one-horse carriage or ‘tanga’ in the photograph shows the type of carriages that were commonly used in Ambala. It was a common means of transport. This photograph also highlights the importance of Ambala during the British period as the Victoria Memorial would only have been constructed in a city that the Britishers felt was important. The photo print of ‘Reservoir, Umballa City’ shows a number of local persons with the water reservoir in the background. While three persons are sitting, which perhaps shows their importance, rest of them are standing. The reservoir in Ambala City was the main point where water was accumulated before being supplied in the city.
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Prostitution den raided, 5
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Sonepat, December 5 The police carried out the raid after receiving a tip-off. It has registered a case against all five persons, including the three women and further investigations were in progress. Officials of the special police also accompanied the raiding party. |
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Panipat, December 5 |
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Trucks carrying cows impounded
Yamunanagar, December 5 |
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2 held for stealing wheat from train
Karnal, December 5 The RPF Inspector said an FIR under relevant sections of the Railway Act had been filed against them and further investigation was on.
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