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Hooda to have fresh look at land record
computerisation
INLD leader’s bail plea
dismissed
41 panchayats elected
unopposed
Liquor vends auctioned amidst allegations of foul
play
Woman kills husband, buries body in
house
Shekhar Suman
summoned
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high court
Four honoured on World TB
Day
Sugarcane development plan for cooperative
mills
Chautala to undergo knee surgery
HAU Kisan Mela from March
28
4 held with 285 kg poppy husk
Arrangements made for wheat procurement
Vehicle thief nabbed
Rail passenger looted
Criminal escapes from
lock-up
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Hooda to have fresh look at land record
computerisation
Chandigarh, March 24 Land record computerisation is an old plan of the Government of India but it has not succeeded in getting it implemented in any of the states except Karnataka where the plan was a complete success. Sometime back when the Union Government announced that state governments could apply for fresh grants for this purpose, the Haryana Government managed to get a pilot project sanctioned for Sirsa. Sirsa, home district of Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, was among 11 districts in the entire country for which the Central Government had sanctioned funding for taking up computerisation of land records as pilot projects. However, when the project was nearing completion, it was scuttled. A top aide of Mr Chautala reportedly telephoned the district administration and said the project must be dropped. Sources attribute the Chautala-led government’s reluctance to implement the project to a variety of reasons. First, it would have diminished the power of Patwaris to play truant with people who wanted to sell or purchase lands. It would have also made the touts, who thrived on the red-tapism in revenue offices, jobless. Besides, the local heavyweights had their own reasons for opposing any move to bring in transparency in the land record management system. All these people having vested interests apparently ganged up and ensured that land records were maintained in the old fashioned way. Today, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda called a meeting of administrative secretaries to discuss the future visions for their respective departments. The preliminary vision plan presented by the IT Department in the meeting included computerisation of land records as one of its top priority agenda. The Chief Minister heard the IT Secretary as well as other secretaries and asked them to prepare more comprehensive vision plans in three weeks’ time. Another interesting aspect of the IT Department’s vision to introduce transparency is to float on-line tenders and accept applications as well as earnest money through the net. Tenders are available on-line even now but the forms are to be downloaded from the internet and submitted physically at the office concerned. This system had attracted allegations about favouritism in the acceptance of tenders by the previous regime. |
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Hooda shifts to official residence
Chandigarh, March 24 After becoming Chief Minister, he had been staying in Haryana Niwas because his official residence was being renovated. A “havan” was held yesterday at his official residence. His father, Mr Ranbir Singh, the oldest living freedom fighter in Haryana, had come specially for the occasion. He also visited the Vidhan Sabha and watched its proceedings for some time. |
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INLD leader’s bail plea
dismissed
Hisar, March 24 Lohan is the prime accused in the case regarding the murder of Kulbir Singh, the driver of Mr Randhir Singh, the Congress MLA from Barwala. Kulbir was shot dead in a clash between Mr Randhir Singh and INLD candidate Umed Lohan and their supporters near Mirchpur village on February 3, the day of polling for Assembly elections. A case in this regard was registered at the Narnaund police station. Lohan, his brother-in-law Kuldeep Kapdo and their supporters were booked in the murder case. Later, the INLD leader applied for anticipatory bail in a local court. Lohan, who is a lawyer himself, was not granted bail, though the court directed the police to give him a notice five days before arresting him. The DSP (Hansi), Mr Ravinder Kumar, who is investigating the case, told The Tribune that a police party went to serve the notice to Lohan at his house in Hisar on March 12, but he was not available there. Following this, the pre-arrest notice was stuck at the entrance of his house. However, instead of surrendering before the police within the stipulated period, Lohan moved the court with a request for anticipatory bail. The hearing on his bail plea was fixed for March 22. However, Lohan requested for the grant of another day as his counsel had to arrive from Delhi. The judge accepted his request and postponed hearing by a day. The court heard the arguments from both sides on Tuesday, but reserved the order till Wednesday. Finally, the anticipatory bail plea moved by Lohan was dismissed. The DSP said a hunt had been launched to arrest Lohan and the other accused in the case. The police would now move the court and obtain warrants against the murder accused, he added. |
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41 panchayats elected
unopposed
Kurukshetra, March 24 According to an official press release, the panchayats elected unopposed are 12 of Pehowa block, nine of Shahbad block, eight of Ladwa block, seven of Thanesar block and five of Babain block. The wards from where members of Panchayat Samitis had been elected unanimously are Ward No. 18 and 27 of Thanesar block, Ward No. 16 of Ladwa block, Ward Nos. 10 and 12 of Pehowa block, Ward No. 7 of Shahbad block and Ward Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 9 of Babain block. Now, the election would be held only in 107 wards of Panchayat Samitis in the district. |
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Liquor vends auctioned amidst
Ambala, March 24 The auction process continued amidst heavy police deployment. A posse of police personnel stood guard at King Palace, the venue of the liqour vend auction. The
liquor vends in Ambala, Panchkula, Yamunanagar and Kaithal districts were auctioned for Rs 154.56 crore, while the reserve price was set at Rs 127.96 crore. There has been an increase of 20.78 per cent compared to last year. The reserve price for the
liquor vends was set at 5 per cent more than the last year’s bid price. The bidders were informed that if the bid price exceeds 20 per cent more than last year’s bid price, the bidder will have to deposit one-third of the bid amount there. In Yamunanagar, there are 44 country
liquor vends and 20 English liquor vends. Ashok Wadia and Company won the bidding at a price of Rs 42.68 crore, while the reserve price was 41.63 crore. In Ambala, there are 73 country
liquor vends and 39
English liquor vends. PS and Company won the bidding at a price of Rs 41.75 crore, while the reserve price was Rs 40.71 crore. In Panchkula, there are 52 liqour vends. Ganpati Associates won the bidding at a price of Rs 22.34 crores, while the reserve price was Rs 19.02 crore. In Kaithal, there are 57 country
liquor vends and 19 English liquor vends. Mittal and Company won the bidding at Rs 38.29 crore, while the reserve price was Rs 36.60 crore. |
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Woman kills husband, buries body in
house
Chhachhrouli, March 24 The duo had allegedly killed Pala Ram (40) on Sunday night with a sharp-edged farm implement. Her four children, all under 10 years of age, were sleeping in another room at the time. According to police sources, Shyamo Devi and her nephew Devi Singh, both residents of Begampur village, have been arrested under Sections 302, 334 and 201 of the IPC. The decomposed body of Pala Ram has been sent to the PGI, Rohtak, for a post-mortem examination. It is being alleged that she had been having an affair with Devi Singh, son of the elder brother of Pala Ram, for the past three years. Pala Ram had objected to the relationship on many occasions. On Sunday evening, Pala Ram returned home at around 11.30 pm and, Shyamo Devi allegedly gave him a cup of tea with some poisonous substance in it. After consuming the tea, he went to sleep. The accused then hit him with a sharp-edged weapon on his neck several times. They then wrapped the body and buried it in a pit and covered it with a heap of garbage. Police sources said the garbage heap was used to cover up the foul smell of the decaying body. The following morning her relatives asked her about Pala Ram and she told them that he had gone to a relative’s place and would return by the evening or the next day. On Tuesday also she managed to fool them. On Wednesday, she made plans to sell the three buffaloes of Pala Ram. Pala Ram’s elder brother Pawan, however, objected to it. In the meanwhile, villagers got suspicious and started questioning her about Pala Ram. When her relatives threatened that they would hand over to the police, she broke down and confessed to the crime. |
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Shekhar Suman
summoned
Karnal, March 24 The directions were given on a complaint filed by Mr Arun Jain, Mr Sandip Jain, Mr Narinder Kumar, Mr Navneet Singhal and others who had alleged that cheques issued to them worth approximately Rs 20 lakh by a company, Grover Multi-Trade India, Mumbai had bounced. Shekhar Suman has been made a respondent as he was the brand ambassador and director of the company. The Managing Director of the company, Mr Akash Bhardwaj who appeared before the court yesterday was granted bail. Earlier, Mr Sukhwant Singh Kalra, a director,was granted bail. |
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Ex-Lokayukta seeks modification of order
Our High Court Correspondent
Chandigarh, March 24 In an application that came up for hearing today, Justice Vashishth prayed that the Haryana Government be directed to pay interest on the salary and other allowances payable to him as per a High Court order. Sometime back, the High Court had directed the government to pay all outstanding dues to Justice Vasishth. The period from which the petitioner was entitled to the relief was January 5, 1999, to March 31, 2001. However, in his application, Justice Vashishth has stated that despite the specific relief demanded by him in his petition, the High Court order is silent on interest. Appointed the Lokayukta on January 1, 1999, by the Bansi Lal government for five years, the petitioner was removed from his post by the Chautala government on September 18, 1999. The Chautala government had repealed the Haryana Lok Pal Act, 1997, through an Ordinance. Justice Vasishth had moved the High Court seeking compensation for the unexpired period of his five-year tenure. During hearing of the application today, Justice Vasishth's counsel, Sanjay Bansal, stated while the government had not paid the amount due to the petitioner so far, the High Court must modify its order vis-à-vis the payment of interest. He also stated that no SLP had been so far filed in the Supreme Court against the High Court order. After hearing him, the Bench of Mr Justice Amar Dutt and Mr Justice Baldev Singh issued notice of motion for March 28.
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Four honoured on World TB
Day
Bhiwani, March 24 He said about 18 lakh new cases were being reported every year and four lakh people died because of this disease every year in the country. He said Haryana was fully covered under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP). He said more than 5000 directly observed treatment (DOTS) centres, 204 microscopic centres and 45 TB units were functioning in the state. Emphasis was laid on sputum examination than x-ray examination. Dr Dahiya said at present, nearly 34,000 patients in Haryana had access under the DOTS, which was a highly effective strategy. He said free treatment was being provided to TB patients in Civil Hospitals. On this occasion he honoured Sher Singh, Bhale Ram, Sanjeev Kadiyan, Om Prakash, Raj Kumar and Daya Kishan for remarkable contribution to control TB in the area. |
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Sugarcane development plan for cooperative
mills
Fatehabad, March 24 Addressing farmers during a seminar on sugarcane crops in the Bhuna Cooperative Sugar Mills here today, Mr Gulab Singh Sarot, Managing Director of the federation, informed that the federation planned to improve the condition of sugar mills through this scheme. He said a sum of Rs 3.02 crore would be spent in the Bhuna Cooperative Sugar Mills alone. Exhorting the farmers to concentrate more on the sowing of sugarcane crop, Mr Sarot said the more sugarcane was available for the mills the better would be the fiscal condition. He categorically assured the farmers that the mills would be run during the current season. The previous Indian National Lok Dal government, it may be recalled, had announced the closure of the mills for want of sufficient sugarcane in the area. The announcement had attracted severe criticism from the farmers of the area. Mr Sarot, however, clarified that the future of the mills would depend on the availability of sugarcane. Speaking on this occasion, Mr Phateh Singh Dagar, Deputy Commissioner and chairman of the Bhuna Cooperative Sugar Mills, said farmers were the backbone of the mills and the success of the mills depended largely on them. He assured the farmers full cooperation of the administration. The mill’s Managing Director, Mr Manoj Sheoran, said the Bhuna Cooperative Sugar Mills had to be closed for want of sufficient sugarcane crops in the area last season and the mills had to suffer heavy losses due to this. Dr R. P. Singh, Cane Advisor of Sugarfed, Haryana, Dr R. L. Yadav, Dr B. S. Chhillar and Dr Kushal Raj, all cane specialists, informed the farmers about various diseases affecting their cane crops. Prominent farmers like Mr Dev Raj Batra, Mr Sampooran Singh, Mr C. P. Batra, Mr Mulkh Raj Batra and Mr Umrao Singh Nehra attended the seminar. |
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Chautala to undergo knee surgery
Chandigarh, March 24 It is learnt that doctors want to remove a small piece of bone from his left knee, which had been troubling him for the past several years. |
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HAU Kisan Mela from March
28
Hisar, March 24 Mr Miglani said the farmers participating in the mela would be provided detailed information about various farming systems and practices which could fetch them good returns. The Vice-Chancellor asserted that an agro-industrial exhibition would also be organised during the mela, adding that the farmers would be able to purchase certified seeds of the crop varieties recommended for the ensuing kharif season. The Director of Extension Education, Dr R.K.Malik, said the farmers would be taken on guided visits to the research farms of the university where HAU experts would give them demonstrations on the proper use of farm technology. |
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4 held with 285 kg poppy husk
Fatehabad, March 24 In another case, the police today arrested Jagmail and Binder from Kunal village and seized 350 kg of lahan from their possession. The police has booked them under the Excise Act. |
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Arrangements made for wheat procurement
Chandigarh, March 24 He said Haryana had procured 51.15 lakh metric tonnes of wheat for the Central pool in the last rabi season out of a total arrivals of 52.04 lakh metric tonnes. He said this season 350 mandis would be in operation against 345 last season. The five new grain markets were Badsikri Khurd in Kaithal, Siwani in Bhiwani, Fatehgarh in Jind and Laghuwas and Dadupur in Fatehabad districts. |
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Vehicle thief nabbed
Bhiwani, March 24 The police on receiving information alerted the barriers and nabbed the culprit within an hour. |
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Rail passenger looted
Panipat, March 24 The victim was robbed of all his belongings on his way from Ambala to Panipat, RPF sources said, adding the incident of looting came to light when the victim alighted the train at 11 pm on Wednesday. |
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Criminal escapes from
lock-up
Kaithal, March 24 Rajbir, allegedly involved in some cases, was arrested by the Delhi police but he was also wanted by the Kaithal police in connection with the murder of a local financier Nirmal Singh who was shot dead here last month. He was brought here from Delhi on a production warrant for interrogation. He was produced in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Surya Partap Singh here yesterday and on police request, the court granted five days police remand. Following the remand, Rajbir was lodged in the police lock-up in the city police station. Last night when the police was putting another criminal in the lock-up, Rajbir forcibly pushed the staff on duty and fled. An alert was sounded in the entire district and a massive manhunt was launched but there was no clue to his whereabouts. The SP, Mr Mohinder Singh, has suspended an ASI, Mr Sugan Chand, and Mr Krishan Kumar, sentry, for dereliction of duty. The SP said special teams had been constituted to nab the escaped criminal and raids were being conducted at the possible hideouts. |
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Holidays on April 3, 9 Chandigarh, March 24 |
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House prorogued
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