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Chautala to contest from two seats
Chautala apologises to voters
BJP trying to woo Sikhs
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Top BJP leaders to address rallies
Congress releases list of candidates DC’s warning to INLD, BJP on posters, hoardings
Farmers turn thieves, courtesy fertiliser shortage
College affiliated
against norms
VB recommends recovery
of Rs 40.58 crore
Adalat promptly pays ex-serviceman his pension
Convention for
statutory powers to ICAR
Man beaten to death by wife’s brothers
Kidwai accepts resignation
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Chautala to contest from two seats
Gurgaon, January 13 According to sources, a strong opinion in the INLD is in favour of Mr Chautala simultaneously contesting from Narwana as well as any other Assembly constituency. However, there is a demand from several constituencies in the INLD circles for Mr Chautala to contest in the elections from Badli (Jhajjar district) or Rori (Sirsa). While Rori falls in Sirsa, the home district of Mr Chautala, the sitting INLD MLA from Badli, Mr Dhirpal, also a minister, is having reservations on contesting again on health ground. Both Rori and Badli are considered to be the strong bastion of the INLD. The INLD leaders are egging on Mr Chautala to have a shot at two Assembly constituencies as he has already contested simultaneously from two places in the last two consecutive elections. Meanwhile, the INLD has already declared the names of candidates for 72 seats and the party, in a revised strategy, has decided to take time to declare the names of candidates for the remaining 18 constituencies. According to sources, the party was to announce the second list for the remaining 43 constituencies, but changed its strategy. Among the 72 names already declared 12 sitting INLD MLAs have been denied the party ticket. At least four more sitting MLAs are tipped to be denied party nominations. In case the INLD makes bare its political moves, the disgruntled members could join hands with the BJP, which is also delaying announcing its full list of candidates. The INLD leadership is credited with the view that the party’s interest lies in not allowing the BJP to grow. The thinking in the INLD is that although there is presently bad blood between INLD and the BJP, the BJP should be kept on the fringes so that it perforce aligns with it in long-term politics in the state. The INLD’s political calculation for the impending election also takes into account a possible hung Assembly. In such a hypothetical scenario the BJP with lesser number of MLAs will be compelled to accept the INLD as a major partner in case of the exigency of forming a non-Congress government in the state. |
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Chautala apologises to voters
Rohtak, January 13 He
said," In rural society, if two street urchins quarrelled, the complaint was made to the head of their family who took necessary action to ensure this did not happen again. So, do not punish them by voting against ‘me and my party’, he said. Sensing that most of the villages that he toured were Jat dominated, he did not hesitate from indirectly appealing to the conscience of his kinsmen. Naming several communities, he said, “They all gang up against you when it is time to vote. So take care you do not indulge in infighting. Remain united and defeat them.” Mr Chautala said he was seeking another term in the office because he wanted that he should do something for the ‘kunba’ (extended family) he was born in. He lashed out at the Congress terming it as ‘mentally anti-farmer’. He said so long as Mr Chandrababu Naidu, Mr Parkash Singh Badal and he had a say in the Centre, “We ensured that the farmers interest were protected. During those days, procurement prices were raised and prices of inputs were cut.” However, during the past eight months of the Congress-led UPA government, the prices of commodities that farmers consumed had gone up and the prices of agricultural produce had gone down. He said the Manmohan Singh government had reduced subsidies given to the agriculturists. Instead, financial benefits were being extended to the rich industrialists and businessmen who had bankrolled the Congress in the last Lok Sabha poll, he added. He said the only way to safeguard to interests of the peasantry was to strengthen his hands by voting him to power again. |
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BJP trying to woo Sikhs
Karnal, January 13 The announcement of the SAD to extend unconditional support to the ruling INLD despite being a partner in the NDA has by and large alienated it form the Sikh community in the state. On the other hand, the announcement of Mr Jagdish Singh Jhinda, leader of the seven elected SGPC members who had revolted against the SAD demanding a separate management committee for looking after the gurdwaras in the state, to support the Congress has also disappointed a majority of the Sikhs living in the area. The BJP has fielded two Sikh candidates, Mr Gurdial Singh Saini from the Thanesar assembly constituency in Kurukshetra district and Mr Bakhshish Singh from the Nilokheri constituency in Karnal district, who have a good reputation not only among the Sikh community but also among other communities in these districts. This was quite evident from the public rallies organised by the party at Pehowa in Kurukshetra district on Monday, at Kaithal and Pundri on Tuesday and at Karnal on Thursday. People belonging to this minority community were seen in large numbers at all these public gatherings. There was a heavy turnout of the Sikhs at the BJP rally here today. The rally was organised in favour of party candidates Mr Shashi Pal Mehta from Karnal, Mr Bakhshish Singh from Nilokheri, Mr Ramesh Kashyap from Gharaunda and Master Shamsher Singh from Jundla, who filed their nomination papers before the respective returning officers at the mini-secretariat here today. When Mr Bakhshish Singh, who left the ruling INLD last week, stood up to address the gathering, the Sikhs raised jaikaras of ‘Wahe Guru Ji Ka Khalsa, Wahe Guru Ji Ki Fateh’, portraying the traditional culture of Akali rallies that are organised in Punjab. Similar jaikaras were raised when the other three candidates stood up to address the gathering. Political observers say the large turnout of the minority community, which is a deciding factor in almost all constituencies of these districts, seems to be an indication of the feelings of the Sikhs, who looked disappointed with the Akali leadership that claims to represent them through out the country and with the Congress leadership that had in the past neglected them in the state. Mr Harjinder Singh, a resident of Nilokheri who was present in the rally, said the Akali leadership sitting in Punjab had never bothered to uplift them politically in Haryana during the past six years despite the fact that Mr Prakash Singh Badal enjoyed cordial relations with the ruling INLD. Instead, the SAD leader suppressed the hidden feelings of the Sikhs to get their share in power, he alleged. Mr R.S. Virk, a resident of Karnal, alleged he could not forget the days of the Congress rule under Chief Minister Bhajan Lal prior to the Asian Games held at New Delhi in 1982 and after the assassination of Indira Gandhi when innocent Sikhs of the area faced atrocities and the administration remained a mere spectator. If the views of these two educated Sikhs were any indication, the BJP would possibly be the gainer in attracting the minority community in their favour that otherwise was quite visible from the today’s rally. |
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Top BJP leaders to address rallies
Karnal, January 13 On January 15 Ms Shushma Swaraj would address public gatherings at Bahadurgarh,
Sampla, Rohtak and Beri; on January 16 she would visit Gurgaon, Sohna, Tavru and Pataudi and on January 17 she would address gatherings at Mahendragarh, Narnaul, Ateli and Rewari. The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Mr Babu Lal Gaur, would address public gatherings on January 19 at Gurgaon and
Dharuhera. On January 20, he would address public gatherings at Rewari,
Khandoda, Berli and Nahar. On January 13, the national general secretary of the party, Mr Shivraj Singh Chauhan, would address gatherings at Panipat, Jind, and
Uchanna. Senior leaders Mr Shivraj Singh Chauhan and former Chief Minister of Delhi, Mr Sahib Singh Verma, had already arrived in the state and addressed public rallies at Pehowa, Kaithal and Pundri, early this week. |
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Ambala city BJP rebels to field candidate
Ambala, January 13 Their candidate is likely to be either Master Shiv Prasad, who has been MLA from Ambala city thrice, or Headmaster Faqir Chand Aggarwal, a former Deputy Speaker of the Haryana Assembly. A final decision in this regard will be taken tomorrow. The decision to the candidate was taken by a nine-member action committee comprising Mr Vijay Kumar Jain, Mr Vinod Kumar, Mr Laxman Das, Mr Virender Aggarwal, Mr Inder Pal, Mr Brij Mohan Dhiman, Mr Suresh Bansal, Mr Ram Swarup and Mr Sant Lal. The members of the action committee said their 48-hour ultimatum to the party high command against ticket allocation to Ms Chibber expired on Sunday. “A team of senior leaders, including Haryana BJP President Ganeshi Lal, former Punjab minister Mohan Lal and former MP Ratan Lal Kataria got in touch with us. We were told that the issue would be discussed with the Central Parliamentary Board,” the members said. They said two days had elapsed since then and there had been no response from the state leadership and the party high command. “We have now unanimously decided that we would support Mr Aggarwal or Mr Shiv Prasad. A mahapanchayat will decide on the candidate,” they said. Master Shiv Prasad, who had been a teacher in Anglo Sanskrit High School, said after the decision of the
mahapanchayat, the candidate would contest the election even if there was pressure from the party high command. “However, if the party high command decides to field either one of us in the constituency by tomorrow, then the decision to field a rebel candidate will be withdrawn,” he said. He said, “It is being said Ms Chibber sacrificed his post of MLA over the SYL issue. I wonder whether a direction of the party high command can be termed as a sacrifice. Also, she went to Mr Chautala’s party programmes and she even tolerated Mr Chautala’s ill remarks against the BJP,” he stated. “We want to save the Ambala city seat for the party, even if it means that we have to go against the party’s decision,” he said. Mr Faqir Chand Aggarwal, who has been Headmaster of SA Jain School, said he was deeply saddened by the developments. “In 2000, a responsible BJP leader informed me that I was going to be the candidate from Ambala city but the ticket was denied to me at the last minute. This time too, I had received an indication of my candidature for the seat but ticket was denied to me,” he said. He stated a large number of office-bearers were of the opinion that Ms Chibber would not be able to win the seat. In Mullana constituency a number of senior leaders of the party have tendered resignations in protest of allotting ticket to Mr Arun Kumar while ignoring the senior most leader, Mr Mange Ram
Panjel. The dissidents are of the view that if the party high command did not listen to their demand they could put up an independent candidate from Mullana too. |
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Congress releases list of candidates
New Delhi, January 13 The party’s Central Election Committee cleared the list tonight, a party release said here. Following is the list of candidates: Mr Chander Mohan (Kalka), Mr Ram Kishan (Narayangarh), Mr Ramjilal (Sadhaura), Mr Haji Amir Hassan (Chhachharauli), Mrs Krishna Pandit (Yamunanagar), Mr Subhash Chaudhry (Jagadhari), Mr Phool Chand Maulana (Mulana-sc), Mr D K Bansal (Ambala Cantt), Mr Vinod Sharma (Ambala city), Mr Nirmal Singh (Naggal), Mr Rakesh Kamboj (Indri), Mr Jai Singh Rana (Nilokheri), Mrs Sumita Singh (Karnal), Mrs Meena Mandal (Jundla-sc), Mr Virender Singh Rathor (Gharaunda), Mrs Raj Rani Poonam (Asandh-sc), Mr Balbir Pal Shah (Panipat), Mr Bharat Singh Chhokar (Sambhalka), Mr Brijendra Singh Kadian (Naultha), Mr K L Sharma (Shahbad, Mr Lehri Singh (radaur-sc), Mr Ramesh Kumar Gupta (Thanesar), Mr Har Mohinder S Chattha (Pehowa), Mr Dillu Ram Bazigar (Guhla-sc), Mr Shamsher Singh Surjewala (Kailthal), Mr Bhag Singh Arya (Pundri), Mr Sajjan Singh Dhull (Pai), Mr Chakravarty Sharma (Hassangarh), Mr SriKrishna Hooda (Kiloi), Mr Shadilal Batra (Rohtak), Mr Anand Singh Dangi Meham), Mrs Kartar Devi (Kalanaur-sc), Mr Raghuvir Singh Kadian (Beri), Mrs Anit Yadav (Salhawas), Mr Hariram Valmiki (Jhajjar-sc), Mr Chhatar SIngh (Badli), Mr Rajender Joon (Bahadurgarh), Mr Ramphal Rukhi (Baroda-sc), Mr Dharampal Singh Malik (Gohana), Mr Jitender Singh Malik (Kailana), Mr Anil Kumar Takkar (Sonipat), Mr Ramesh Kaushik (Rai), Mrs Krishna Gehlawat (Rohat), Mrs Geeta Bhikkai (Kalayat-SC), Mr Randeep Singh Surjewala (Narwana), Mr Birender Singh (Uchana Kalan), Mr Satvinder Singh Rana (Rajond), Mr Mange Ram Gupta (Jind), Mr Sher Singh (Julana), Mr Karamvir Saini (Safidon), Mr A C Chaudhary (Faridabad), Mr Mahendra Pratap (Mewala Maharajpur), Mr Sharada Rathor (Ballabhgarh), Mr Karan Singh Dalal (Palwal), Mr Uday Bhan (Hasanpur-SC), Mr Jaleb Khan (Hathin), Mr Azad Mohammad (Firozpur Jhirka), Mr Aftab Ahmed (Nuh), Mr Zakir Husain (Tarou), Mr Rao Dharam Pal Yadav (Sohna), Mr Bhupender Chaudhary (Pataudi-SC), Mr Dharamvir (Badhra), Maj Nirpender Singh Sangwan (Dadri), Mr Ranbir Singh Mahendra (Mundhal Khurd), Dr Shiv Shankar Bhardwaj (Bhiwani), Mr Surender Singh (Tosham), Mr Somvir Singh (Loharu), Mr Ram Krishan Fauzi (Rawanikhera-SC), Mr Randhir Singh (Barwala), Dr Ajay Chaudhary (Narnaund), Mr Amir Chand Makkar (Hansi), Mr kulbir Singh Beniwal (Bhattu Kalan), Mr O P Jindal (Hisar), Mr Chhatarpal Singh (Ghirai), Mr Paramvir Singh (Tohana), Mr Gurdeep Singh Gill (Ratia-SC), Mr Dura Ram (Fatehabad), Mr Bhajan Lal (Adampur), Mr Bharat Singh Beniwal (Darba Kalan), Mr Mani Ram Keherwala (Ellenabad-SC), Mr Lachhman Das Arora (Sirsa), Mr Jagdish Nehra (Rori), Mr Jagannath (Dabwali-SC), Mr Bharat Singh (Bawal-SC), Capt Ajay Singh (Rewari), Mr Yadvendra Singh (Jatusana), Mr Rao Dan Singh (Mahendragarh), Mr Rao Narendra Singh (Ateli), Mr Chandra Prakash Advocate (Narnaul). — UNI
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Second list of 37 BSP nominees out
Chandigarh, January 13 The party apparently has not lost the hope of a last-minute alliance with the INLD, headed by Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala. “The chances of a tie-up with the INLD are less but the possibility cannot be ruled out as yet,” BSP national general secretary Narendra Kashyap said today while releasing the second list in a press conference here. Mr Kashyap said the list comprises 13 SC, 11 BC and 13 general category candidates. Among the general category candidates, there are nine Jats, two Rajputs, one Bishnoi and one from the Baniya community. Like the first list of BSP candidates, the second list too is devoid of any woman candidate. The third list of nominees was likely to be released in Delhi on January 15, the birthday of party supremo Mayawati, Mr Kashyap said. The BSP leader did not rule out carrying out changes in the already announced list of candidates in case of the party reaching a last-minute alliance with the INLD. Mr Kashyap, however, also targeted the INLD for atrocities on Dalits during the five-year tenure of the Chautala Government. Asked why the party was then trying to join hands with the INLD, Mr Kashyap replied that this was an age of alliance in politics. |
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JD(S) announces 8 candidates
Rohtak, January 13 These eight nominees are: Mr Kedar Singh Sharma (Gohana), Mr Dalel Singh Dahiya (Rai), Mr Mukesh Sharma (Sonepat), Mr Hari Om Dalal (Julana), Mr Ishwar Singh Sheokand (Uchana), Mr Jasmer Singh Kamboj (Indri), Mr Ishwar Singh Chahal (Kalanaur) and Mr Ravinder Khatri (Hasangarh). Mr Singh said former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda would tour Haryana twice in support of the party candidates. He would release the party manifesto here on January 19. The same day he would address party rallies in Julana and Uchana. The former Prime Minister would tour the state again from January 27 to February 1, he added. |
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33 file papers for poll
Chandigarh, January 13 Those who filed their
nomination papers today included 15 independents, seven of the BJP, one
each of the CPI, the Bharatiya Samata Party, the Bharatiya Rashtriya
Congress (E), the Samajik Ekta Party, the Samajwadi Party, the Labour
Party (Secular), the Lok Dal and the Rastriya Lok Dal. Two candidates
each of the Socialist Party and the Ekta Shakti Party also filed their
nomination papers. Mr Nau Rattan filed his nomination papers as an
Independent as well as a candidate of the Samajik Ekta Party from
Kailana. Those who filed their nomination papers as independents
included Jujhar Singh and Jafra from Gharaunda, Anil Chokhar from
Samalakha, Sunita Prabhu Dayal — Jhajjar, Sitayendar — Sonepat,
Gyanender — Mewla Maharajpur, Daya Chand — Hassanpur, Kanhiya Lal
— Sohna, Mangal Singh Khar and Nafe Singh — Tosham. Other
Independents include Karambir — Bawani Khera, Jai Deep — Hisar,
Kashmir Singh — Tohana and Joginder Singh — Rori. The BJP
candidates included Shashi Pal Mehta from Karnal, Shamsher Singh from
Jundla, Rajinder Singh from Assand and Sudha Yadav from Gurgaon and
Mangal Singh — Tosham. Other BJP nominees included Ramesh Kashyap —Gharaunda
and Puran Lal — Hassanpur. The other candidates who filed their
nomination papers are Shamsher Singh Arya of Bharatiya Samata Party —
Naraingarh, Arun Kumar of CPI — Sadhaura, Netram and Anil of Ekta
Shakti Party — Panipat, Ram Singh of the Bharatiya Rashtriya Congress
(E) — Bahadurgarh, Devender and Jai Karan — Rai, Sanjay Lattar of
Samajwadi Party — Julana, Ghasi Ram of Labour Party Secular —
Hassanpur. |
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DC’s warning to INLD, BJP on posters, hoardings Panchkula, January 13 Posters and hoardings of the two political parties, besides MNC’s like LG Compressors, Samsung, Coke, Hero Honda Splendour, BRS College and Hospital, IITT, Kala Amb and other companies and educational institutions were found at various places in the township. Pasting of posters and putting up hoardings by these companies amounts to an offence under the Prevention of Defacement of Property Act. The DC asked the political parties and the companies to remove all posters and hoardings within two days. She said that strict action would be taken
agains them, in case they did not remove the posters.
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INLD has violated EC norms: Kataria
Ambala, January 13 “By giving the party ticket to a DGP’s wife and offering a ticket to a senior IAS officer, Mr Dhalia, the INLD has proved that the bureaucracy is being misused in the state,” he added. He said Mr Chautala had turned Haryana into Bihar. “Even the Congress-led UPA government has failed to control prices and people are forced to pay more for basic commodities,” he said. To a query, Mr Kataria said the dissident activity would not have any impact on the campaign of Ms Veena Chibber in Ambala City. “There can be many claimants for the seat but the decision of the Parliamentary Board is final. We have requested the dissidents to obey the party high command,” he added. The BJP candidate, Ms Chibber, said she was seeking votes on the basis of the work done by her. “Water pipelines have been laid, 20 tubewells have been dug, new emergency ward established and streets of the city have been carpeted,” she added. |
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Sirsa morphs into hotbed of betting
Sirsa, January 13 Inquiries made by The Tribune reveal that Sirsa, which is emerging as a fast-growing
'satta' market in the region, is expected to do a `business' of over Rs 10 crore in the forthcoming polls. With no restrictions, the betting market has started opening daily till late evenings in the Bhadra Bazaar area with ``players'' ready with
thecash. A local club is also believed to be a hotspot for similar activities in the town. Experts in the trade, which have tie-ups with Mumbai and New Delhi
'satta' operators, predict a new government coming to power and that too with a majority. According to the reports in the market, players are betting on the total seats that may be won by the INLD, the Congress and the BJP. Sirsa, being home district of the CM, Mr O. P. Chautala, is rated among the top seats for betting. In the last Assembly elections in February 2000, Mr Chautala won the Rori seat from the district and later vacated the same for his younger son, Mr Abhey Singh Chautala. With the CM expected to contest from Rori, the betting arena is getting hotter and hotter. The trade sources add that the Narwana seat, the political battlefield of Mr Chautala and the working president of the state Congress, Mr Randeep Singh Surjewala, is topping the betting charts. According to the sources, the rates of betting and other aspects are decided at the two top stations and rest of the centres follow the same prices. Besides speculating on the formation of the government, betting is done on the individual seats and on the candidates also. Sources say politicians from various parties have invested in the market to make their position strong. Such investments are a common feature with an aim to mint money in the poll season. |
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Sensitive villages
yet to be identified
Karnal, January 13 The District Election Officer-cum-District Magistrate of Karnal, Mr. RS Doon, had rejected the list of hypersensitive and sensitive villages submitted to his office by the local police and asked the Superintendent of Police, Mr. Vikas Arora, to prepare a fresh list as per the guidelines of the EC with proper ground work. It may be mentioned that the police had identified 44 hypersensitive and 63 sensitive villages in all the six Assembly constituencies of the district. In the Indri Assembly constituency, the police had identified 11 hypersensitive and 21 sensitive villages; in Nilokheri 9 hypersensitive and 10 sensitive villages; in Karnal three hypersensitive and six sensitive villages; in Jundla 10 hypersensitive and 14 sensitive villages; in Gharaunda six hypersensitive and eight sensitive villages and in Asandh five hypersensitive and four sensitive villages. |
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Farmers turn thieves, courtesy fertiliser shortage
Kaithal, January 13 As the bags were unloaded, a number of farmers came and forcibly took the bags on tractors, rehris, cycles and some even on their shoulders. Two cops of the GRP, reported to be on duty, were unable to prevent the forcible lifting of the bags of urea. After getting the information, the SHO, city, Mr Ram Phal Singh, reached the railway station and controlled the situation. It is learnt that some of the bags were recovered. The police has registered a case under Section 379 IPC against the unknown persons for the theft of urea. As the farmers had been experiencing fertiliser shortage and the supply was less, the farmers were demanding more urea as it was badly needed for the standing wheat crop. A number of farmers who had been doing rounds of the fertiliser shops for the last couple of days were disappointed but some of them took this extreme step to meet their urgent demand. On the other hand, the Deputy Commissioner, Mr H.S.Malik, told The Tribune that another rack of fertiliser arrived here today and 1500 MT was distributed to the farmers through a government agency. He said he had directed the concerned departments to inform about the arrival of fertilisers in advance so that the police force could be put on duty. He also said more urea was likely to be received in the district in the near future. |
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College affiliated
against norms
Rohtak, January 13 The fund is required to be created under Clause 4-J(1) of the MDU Calendar Volume 1. As per this clause, it is mandatory for the management of an institution seeking affiliation for ayurveda or homeopathic courses to provide proof of having deposited the fund. The provisional affiliation was approved by the Vice-Chancellor despite the noting on the file by various varsity officials saying the management had not fulfilled the conditions imposed for affiliation. The approval was granted on November 17 last year. A noting on the file stated that the management had undertaken to create the fund “within one month from the last date of admissions” which was November 30 last. However, this was not done. The noting mentioned that several other professional institutions running dental and technical courses had been served notices of disaffiliation for their failure to create the endowment funds. Before the file was cleared by the VC, another noting on the file stated clearly that the management had not indicated in its letter that it had removed the deficiencies pointed out by the inspection committee appointed by the university. It added that “it is too late to make admissions at this belated stage. The Vice-Chancellor has already turned down the request of the Lingyas Institute of Engineering. So in view of the position explained the request of the Trust for making admissions for the session 2004-05 may not be accepted”. On the same page the Registrar added his own note stating “We may seek the progress report from the institute regarding removal of deficiencies pointed out by the inspection committee”. However, the Vice-Chancellor while approving the Registrar’s note added two more comments. He stated: “It is not appropriate to equate BE programme with BHMS” and added “in view of the undertaking dated October 1,2004 of the president of the Trust, provisional affiliation as recommended by the inspection committee is approved in anticipation of the approval of the Academic Council”. Thus over-ruling all objections, the college was allowed to make admissions as late as December 2004. The case has created a stir in the university community. It will now come up before the Academic Council meeting to be held here tomorrow. Speaking on behalf of the VC, Mr Ved Nandal, OSD, said there were no irregularities in the grant of provisional affiliation since the Trust had already deposited Rs 10 lakh towards endowment fund. The Trust president had also given an undertaking to deposit the balance of Rs 30 lakh within one month of making admissions. A letter had already been sent to the Trust to do the needful. He said the case of other institutions which had been served show cause notices on this count was different since these had refused to create an endowment fund altogether. Dr Vazir Singh Nehra, president of the MDU Teachers Association, said the rules did not permit the VC to give relaxation in depositing endowment fund. He said the college concerned did not even have proper infrastructure, including a 25-bed hospital and properly qualified staff. |
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VB recommends recovery
of Rs 40.58 crore
Chandigarh, January 13 The bureau recommended strict departmental action in 133 enquiries against 196 GOs, 301 NGOs and 185 others, including reversion and dismissal from service. Stating this here today, Dr M.S. Malik, Director, State Vigilance Bureau, said the investigating and enquiry officers recommended registration of cases in 78 enquiries against 104 GOs, 280 NGOs and 170 others during the period under report. The bureau also detected revenue leakage and recommended recovery of over Rs 35.21 crore, in seven cases and also recommended departmental action against 6 GOs and one NGO responsible for this loss. The roadways wing of the bureau carried checking of 146 buses and found 90 passengers without tickets. Over Rs 11,000 was realised as 10 times penalty from the passengers, besides challaning 28 private vehicles and impounding 70. The bureau also detected 79 sale tax evasion cases amounting to Rs 13.79 lakh. Dr Malik said with good supervision of the cases pending trial in different courts, the bureau succeeded in getting convicted seven GOs, 12 NGOs and four others in 20 criminal cases during this period. |
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Adalat promptly pays ex-serviceman his pension
Chandigarh, January 13 A total of Rs 5 lakh was disbursed during the adalat. As many as 143 cases were finally disposed of. The adalat will continue to take up cases in the Cantt on Friday. Rawel Singh's case was not uncommon. Initially, there was doubt regarding his entitlement to disability pension. Instead of seeking clarification, the ex-sepoy moved the court. He, however, approached the authorities holding the adalat and his claim was amicably settled. Giving details of cases, Senior Auditor with the Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) V P Sharma said 210 cases were received prior to the holding of the adalat. As many as 61 were disposed of immediately. Rest of the cases were settled today. Mr Sharma added that any defence pensioner, regardless of his place of residence, could project his grievance at the adalat. Representatives of the Defence Ministry, CGDA and the three service headquarters would be present for on the spot redressal. He added that the pensioners could still come to the adalat with relevant documents, including identification certificates. Details of the agencies from where the pension was being drawn currently and full service particulars, including family's details, full residential address and telephone numbers should also be brought. Mr Sharma said so far 66 such adalats had been held all over the country. During 2003-04, as many as 2307 cases were brought before pension adalats. Out of the total, only about 90 were pending as the cases involved policy decisions by the ministry. The next adalat in this region was scheduled to be organised at Shimla in June. |
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Convention for
statutory powers to ICAR
Hisar, January 13 This recommendation emerged at the annual convention of Vice-Chancellors of state agricultural universities (SAUs), which concluded at Haryana Agricultural University here today. The participants, including Director-General and Deputy Director-General of the ICAR, Deans and Directors of SAUs and office-bearers of the Indian Agricultural Universities Association (IAUA), also expressed concern over the lack of infrastructure for quality education and research as well as poor financial health of SAUs. During the deliberations, Dr J.C. Katyal, Deputy Director-General (Education), ICAR, pointed out that uncontrolled growth of SAUs, agricultural colleges and private institutions was leading to lesser funds for individual institutions. He proposed that the Accreditation Board be given the authority to make recommendations for SAUs. |
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Man beaten to death by wife’s brothers
Hisar, January 13 The complainant alleged that he and his brother had been married in Bhaironwali village of Rajasthan. He said his brother used to consume liquor due to which his in-laws were angry with him. Mr Bansi Lal said five brothers of Chhotu’s wife, Devki, came to their village in a jeep on Tuesday evening. He said Bir Singh, Hari Singh, Hanuman, Bega and Kaptan attacked his brother with lathis. He said Chhotu was injured in the attack and was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The police has registered a case in this regard. |
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Kidwai accepts resignation
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