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75 pc turnout in Panchkula panchayat poll
2 polling officers assaulted during panchayat poll
SCs elect their own panchayat
5 Haryana civil hospitals to be upgraded
CBI grills Dalal for four hours
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Laxity in probe into child marriage irks CM
Students seek change in exam dates
Crop in 4 villages destroyed in fire
Depot smoke sends residents into tizzy
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75 pc turnout in Panchkula panchayat poll
Panchkula, April 9 The election to elect the panch (ward No. 3) of Kakrali gram panchayat was cancelled due to wrong acceptance of nomination papers. The polling will now be held on April 15, said official spokesperson for the State Election Commission. Till the filing of this report, uncertainty prevailed over polling to elect sarpanch of Rampur Jangi village in Pinjore block and panch of Kami village in Barwala. A difference of just one vote remained between two candidates — Ram Singh and Gurbaksh Singh — after the presiding officer had cancelled six votes. Gurbaksh Singh polled 340 votes, while Ram Singh got 339 votes. After the result was announced, tension prevailed in the area. SDM Devinder Kaushik and DSP Uday Shankar reached the spot to bring the situation under control. Meanwhile, voters turned out in large numbers at most of the villages. But the polling process was slow because voters had to cast four votes — for panches, sarpanches, panchayat samiti members and zila parishad members. Presiding officers at most of the polling booths said voters started turning up in large numbers since morning. In Rampur Seori village, 160 of the 690 voters had cast their ballot by 11.30 am. At Kiratpur village, 31 per cent polling was reported at one booth, and 50 per cent polling at another booth by noon. In Rampur
Jangi, 56 per cent polling was reported around 12.30 pm. At Nadda village, polling was brisk and 62 per cent voter turnout was registered at one booth and 34 per cent at another booth around 1.30 pm. At some villages, including Karanpur in Pinjore and Nadda, confusion prevailed for some time when some voters were initially not allowed to cast their ballot because they did not have voters’ identity cards. However, Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer Brijendra Singh issued directions that in case voters’ name was registered in the voters’ list, they be allowed to exercise their franchise by showing proof of residence. At Nadda village, villagers had a heated exchange when the election staff allowed around 80 residents of Nadda Sahib gurdwara to cast ballot. Villagers contended that their identity cards had been issued by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. However, it was only after these voters showed other proofs of residence that they were allowed to caste ballot. |
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2 polling officers assaulted during panchayat poll
Ambala, April 9 In Bhurewala village, polling process was disrupted after a polling agent of a block samiti candidate hit the polling officer. In Malikpur village, a verbal altercation over casting of vote led to assault of polling officer. The ruckus took place over the casting of vote by elderly lady Angrezo Devi. |
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SCs elect their own panchayat
Dadwa Majri (Yamunanagar) April 9 The village with a population of more than 1,200 has a very low literacy rate. Till date these villagers had the right to vote in the parliamentary and Assembly elections but not in the panchayati raj system. The village also did not fall under any municipal committees of Jagadhri and Yamunanagar. They had made numerous representations to the MPs and MLAs to accord a status of panchyat to the village. The matter also remained a poll issue. About 20 years ago, these people were uprooted from Deha Basti near the bus stand here and were rehabilitated in the panchayat land of Darwa village. But in the name of rehabilitation they were only given land and no other civic amenities were provided. Twenty years hence there is no change in the condition of the village with no sign of development in sight. The streets are kaccha and people depend on handpumps to draw water. The newly elected sarpanch, Mr Jagjit Singh, said the residents had made hundreds of representations to the administration and elected members. “A panchyat is must for the development of any village. With a panchayat now new streets would be laid and arrangements of adequate drinking water would be made”, said Mr Jagjit Singh. Villagers at present are using kundi connection to draw power. Meanwhile, the second phase of elections of members of panchayati raj bodies passed off peacefully today. About 90 per cent voters exercised their rights in the Jagadhri, Chhachhrouli and Bilaspur blocks of the district. Votes were polled to elect 11 members of zila parishad, 73 members of panchayat samitis and 270 sarpanches and 892 panches. Counting of votes for sarpanches and panches started immediately after voting was over and the results were expected by late evening. |
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5 Haryana civil hospitals to be upgraded
Gurgaon, April 9 According to the Medical Superintendent of the local Civil
Hospital, Dr Summan Bishnoi, The government has already sent the budgetary sum of about Rs 31 lakh for the upgradation. In fact, a modern multi-facility Blood Gas Analysis equipment was yesterday installed in the hospital as part of preparation for the Regional Diagnostic Centre. Each of the proposed Centres, will cater to a cluster of nearby districts around it. The concept behind setting up of the Regional Diagnostic Centres is to expand the health services provided by the government. The patients can be treated locally whereas at present they are referred to Delhi. The expansion of the health services in the Civil Hospital in Gurgaon is a long felt need of the people of the
area. While the flow of outdoor patients has been increasing over the years from the hinterland of the
district, the number of visiting patients from the city alone has increased manifold in the past few years. This hospital was set up in the early seventies and has 120 beds. In
contrast, the neighboring Faridabad district has two hospitals, each having 200
beds. It includes an ESI hospital. However, in Gurgaon city there is only an ESI dispensary and the patients visiting there are referred to the Civil Hospital. There is need for at least three hospitals of 200 beds each. |
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CBI grills Dalal for four hours
Chandigarh, April 9 Mr Dalal, a source said, spent over four hours in the CBI office in Delhi during when he was asked questions about recruitments of Haryana Civil Service officers, police sub-inspectors, forest guards and of course the JBT teachers. He was also asked questions about the source of Rs 12.5 lakh found in his house by CBI sleuths when they raided his residence in Chandigarh on Thursday. Mr Dalal was also asked how he got to know that a Haryana cadre IAS officer, Mr Sanjiv Kumar, the whistle-blower in the teacher recruitment scam, who is also facing charges from the CBI of being a co-conspirator in the scam. Mr Dalal reportedly told the CBI that instead of asking him questions about various scams which took place in Haryana during the INLD regime, they should be asking these questions to Mr Om Prakash Chautala, who was then the Chief Minister. On his relationship with Mr Sanjiv Kumar, Mr Dalal said that he had got in touch with the IAS officer when the latter decided to file a writ in the Supreme Court to expose Mr Chautala’s role in the teacher recruitment scam. |
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Laxity in probe into child marriage irks CM
Karnal, April 9 A source in the CM’s office told The Tribune Mr Hooda had demanded a detailed report on the child marriage incident and the action taken thereafter by the district administration of Karnal. It has been alleged that both the District Magistrate of Karnal, Mr Shyamal Mishra, and the Superintendent of Police, Ms Bharti Arora, were trying to hush up the investigation process after registering the FIR under Sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929, on a report submitted by the Child Development Project Officer, Ms Ramesh Nagpal. No one has been arrested in this connection even though eight days have elapsed since the incident. The FIR was registered against Lakhpat Singh, father of five-year-old Neelam (name changed). The minor girl was allegedly married off to an 11-year-old boy. Interestingly, the investigating officer, ASI Satbir Singh, allegedly under the pressure of higher officials called the main accused twice to the police station at Assandh but let him go scot-free after obtaining a written declaration that the children were not married. However, during the preliminary investigations the CDPO has confirmed the illegal marriage took place and subsequently she lodged an FIR. Moreover, the medical check-up and psychological counselling of both the minor children had not yet been conducted. It was learnt that both the DM and the SP were trying to prolong the investigation process due to elections to the panchayati raj institutions, probably at the behest of local Congress leaders. Since the illegal marriage ceremony took place in a community that had a sizable presence in the district it would have adversely affected the electoral prospects of the ruling party. However, the DM and the SP did not take into confidence senior leaders of the party and the CM before trying to delay the process of investigation that had irked Mr Hooda, sources further said. |
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Students seek change in exam dates
Fathead, April 9 According to the date sheet, announced by the university, the date of zoology paper for the BSc final examination is May 18, which is also the date of the entrance test for admission to MSc conducted by Jawaharlal Nehru University
(JNU), New Delhi. A student said though the entrance test was conducted by the JNU, 29 universities in India
prepared their admission lists on the basis of this entrance test. In this way the university was depriving its students of the opportunity of appearing for admission to 29 universities, she said. Similarly, the date for the chemistry examination, which is on May 7, also clashes with the date of the entrance examination for admission to MSc in the Indian Institute of Sciences, Mumbai. The students demanded that the university should look into their problem and change the
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Crop in 4 villages destroyed in fire
Panipat, April 9
While one fire tender was sent to extinguish the fire in Karhans village, two were pressed into the work of putting out the fire in Malpur village, three fire tenders were sent to Nangla Aar and Dhansoli villages.
The cause of the fire was not yet known, said Mr Ahuja, adding that the fire in the villages was put out within minutes. While standing wheat crop spreading over 20 to 25 acres of land was burnt to ashes in Nangla Aar and Dhansoli villages, crop spreading over 6.50 acres was burnt in Malpur village and crop spreading over 0.75 acre land was burnt in Karhans village. In yet another incident, fire broke out at Chirag Spinners Mills, situated on the Gohana road, in Panipat city today morning. Two fire tenders were sent to put out the fire. |
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Depot smoke sends residents into tizzy
Ambala, April 9 An IOC officer said smoke had emanated from a pipeline which was being dismantled. The residents of colonies located near 12 Cross Road fled their homes when they saw thick smoke
fumes billowing from the depot. Fearing the worst, the families located in the Balmiki Colony, Gujarati Colony and hutments close to the depot immediately vacated the area. The fire brigade personnel from Ambala Cantt, Ambala City and also from the Air Force rushed to the depot and brought the situation under control minutes after it was first noticed at 2.45 pm. "Smoke was caused as while removing a pipeline. Probably friction caused among the carbon particles led to the smoke. The thick smoke was controlled within 15 minutes. There was absolutely no cause for concern," he said. He added that the depot had been shut down in November last year. "We are already in the process of disposing of the old equipment. Our modern automated terminal has state-of-the-art equipment for handling any eventuality so there should be no cause for worry," he assured. |
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