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Interest on crop loans cut
Admissions in govt primary schools at all-time low
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Municipal councillors sworn in
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Suicide accused had lied to family, says police
Patient administered ‘contaminated’ glucose
50 khair trees felled by mafia
Cotton factory gutted
Jaundice grips Sirsa
2 police officers shifted
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Interest on crop loans cut
Chandigarh, April 26 The decision would benefit about 12 lakh farmers to the tune of Rs 30 crore per year. He also announced a reduction by 1 per cent in the rate of interest on long-term loans being advanced by the Haryana State Cooperative Agricultural and Rural Development Bank. The new rate of interest would be 8 per cent up to a loan of Rs. 50,000. The rate would be the lowest in the country offered by any agricultural and rural development bank or a commercial bank. Mr Hooda announced these steps following a meeting held here to review the functioning of the Cooperative Department and cooperative institutions in the state. The Chief Minister said the possibility of setting up women cooperative banks in the state should be explored. Also, women’s participation in dairy farming should be increased. He also suggested that the concept of Kisan Seva Kendras should be implemented to provide agricultural inputs like fertilisers, seeds, diesel and petrol to farmers.
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Hooda to inaugurate judicial complex
Fatehabad, April 26 The three-storeyed court complex has been constructed at a cost of Rs 7.14 crore. The complex has 16 courtrooms, a bank, a post office, a dispensary, a bar room, a library and a record room. The construction work of the building started in August, 2001, and it was completed in April, 2005. It will be the first visit of the Chief Minister to Fatehabad since he assumed office as Chief Minister of the state.
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Admissions in govt primary schools at all-time low
Chandigarh, April 26 Confusion prevails among school authorities over dealing with all such cases where students are unable to submit their birth certificates. To tide over this problem, they have devised their own formulae. While some are turning away students, others are allowing them to sit in classes without admitting them formally. Still others are making do with certificates from village chowkidars or basing admissions on the immunisation chart of anganwari workers. In Kishangarh, the in charge at the government primary school, Mr Om Prakash, puts the toll of the birth certificate at 60 per cent. "This rule for producing a birth certificate to be eligible for admission has affected government schools in a big way. Most students are now preferring to go to private schools around the village to circumvent this clause," he maintains. At the boys school in Mohra village, Ambala, the teachers lament while the parents give affidavits at the time of admitting their wards with a promise to submit their birth certificates later, they return only at result time. "As of now, we are letting all such students, 35 of them, attend school without putting their names on our rolls. We have told the parents, primarily migrants, to get the birth certificates if they want their child's name registered in our school. They are, however, unable to produce the certificates even at the end of the session," the teachers maintain. In the adjoining girls' school, too, not many students are coming forward to take admission. In Kurukshetra's Mohri village, the Headmistress, Ms Kaushalya Devi, explains that they are making do with the village chowkidar's verification about the date of birth. "Only one students of those taken in this session has submitted his birth certificate. The rest have been admitted on the basis of the chowkidar's report," she adds. The Headmistress at the primary school in Kesri, Ms Paramjeet Kaur, says against 50 admissions last year, they have been able to admit only 20 this year. "The immunisation schedule available with the anganwari workers is being used to verify the date of birth," she maintains. The situation is similar in Dinapur, Teora and Dorana among others and other districts of the state. However, the Department of Primary Education says it can do little since the Centre has been repeatedly asking them to introduce the birth certificate clause. "They reason that people will get into the habit of registering births only if the certificate is made mandatory in the schools. Schools have been asked to accept affidavits to begin with but insist birth certificates within two months of granting admission," the Director, Mr Anand Sharma, maintains. Since its introduction last year, the birth certificate clause has led to a 30 per cent increase in the registration of births in the state. "The Director- General, Census, is in favour of removing the two-month relaxation we are giving. Without the certificate, we can, in no way, give admission," he adds.
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Chandigarh, April 26 In an affidavit filed in the High Court sometime back, Mr Sheokand had claimed that former Haryana Lokayukta Justice I.P. Vashisth (retd) was not entitled to any interest on the compensation awarded to him by the High Court as it had not been sought in the petition. Therefore, the affidavit further said, the application filed by the petitioner was not maintainable. Today, during hearing of application filed by Justice Vashisth seeking directions to the government to pay interest on the salary and other allowances payable to him as per High Court order, the Bench was informed by Mr Sanjay Bansal, counsel for the petitioner, that interest had been prayed for in the original petition that was allowed by the court in February. The Bench of Mr Justice Amar Dutt and Mr Justice Baldev Singh, while adjourning the matter to May 5, also remarked that the state was taking a constitutional functionary for ride which speaks volume of its conduct. Mr Bansal also informed the court that no SLP seemed to have been so far filed in the Supreme Court against the High Court order. The case will now come up on May 5. It may be recalled that Justice Vashisth had moved the court stating that it had inadvertently skipped the interest part while directing the Haryana Government to pay his dues. Vacant posts
The High Court on Tuesday asked the governments of Punjab and Haryana if they have any objection to the High Court filling the vacancies of judicial officers in these states. During resumed hearing in the PIL filed by Panchkula-based advocate Baldev Singh, seeking directions to the Governments of Punjab and Haryana to fill posts of Judicial Magistrates (First Class), the Bench of Chief Justice Mr Justice D.K. Jain and Mr Justice Hemant Gupta raised this query. Sometime back, another Bench had directed the High Court Registrar to pursue the matter of bringing the authority of filling vacant posts of judicial officers in the purview of the High Court. On being informed that the State of Haryana had already initiated the process of filling 62 posts of HCS (Judicial), the Bench observed that the High Court had initiated a move on the administrative side to ensure that the posts in question were withdrawn from the purview of the Public Service Commissions and the High Court be allowed to fill them by its own process.
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Municipal councillors sworn in
Ambala, April 26 In Ambala Sadar, the swearing-in ceremony was conducted by the SDM, Mr Satbir Saini. Thirtyone municipal councillors were administered the oath. Out of 31 municipal councillors, 13 were supported by the Congress, seven belong to the BJP, six to the Vikas Parishad and five to the Sangharsh Vahini. In Ambala city, the swearing-in ceremony was conducted by the City Magistrate, Ms Amrita Singh. The municipal councillors were administered the oath of office. Out of 31 municipal councillors, 20 were supported by the Congress, three belong to the BJP and eight are Independent. With the swearing-in ceremony over, hectic political activity has begun with regard to the election of the President of the Municipal Councils. While, in Ambala city, the Congress has got a clear majority, in Ambala Sadar, the Congress has missed simple majority by a slender margin. Even as the Congress is trying to ensure that a Congress MC becomes the president in Ambala Sadar, the other political parties are also trying to work out a post-poll alliance to keep the Congress at bay.
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Ayurvedic, Unani board elections
Chandigarh, April 26 While stating this here today, Dr R.K. Malik, returning officer-cum-Deputy Director of the board said four members would be elected from amongst ayurvedic practitioners registered on the basis of valid qualifications, two from amongst practitioners registered on the basis of experience and one from amongst practitioners registered under the Unani System on the basis of experience. He said the nomination papers could be submitted on or before May 5, while scrutiny of the papers would be carried out on May 6. Candidatures could be withdrawn by May 9. The ballot papers would be sent to the voters before May 27. The voters should deliver their ballot papers personally or through messenger to the returning officer on or before June 15. The counting of the ballot papers would begin in the office of the Registrar of the board at 10 a.m. on June 16. The results would be declared as soon as the counting process was over. |
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Suicide accused had lied to family, says police
Samalkha, April 26 Sandeep’s paternal uncle Dharambir Singh, newly elected Sarpanch of Dehra village, and his other family members had told medipersons and the police that he had been selected as flight lieutenant in the air force a few months ago and was getting training for the same at Bangalore. Sandeep was about to rejoin the training in a couple of days after some weeks’ leave, they had further claimed. The DSP said that he had been suspicious about the statement of his family members as they could neither provide any documentary proof of his selection nor show his identity card. Following which, the police had contacted Indian Air Force officials in New Delhi and also sent two officers from Ambala to know the exact position, he added. Mr Rana said IAF had confirmed after the visit of its two officers here that Sandeep had never been selected in the air force. However, mystery still shrouds why he had misguided his family members about his selection and what was the motive behind his suicide attempt. His family members preferred to keep mum about the issue when contacted by this correspondent, Sandeep, himself was in the ICU of a private hospital in Panipat. The DSP said that the police had not yet recorded Sandeep’s statement.
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Patient administered ‘contaminated’ glucose
Karnal, April 26 Though the health authorities have denied the allegation but the family members of the patient alleged that the glucose was infected with fungus. The Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr O.P. Mittal, has marked an inquiry into the case and sent the glucose bottle for laboratory examination. However, during the preliminary investigations, the CMO found the glucose bottle not contaminated. Earlier, the family members removed the glucose bottle and protested against the health authorities along with other people. Mr Rakesh Kamboj, MLA from Indri, also reached the centre. The patient, Maha Singh, former sarpanch of Sangoha village in Indri block of Karnal district, who is a heart patient, was injured in a group clash four days back. |
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50 khair trees felled by mafia
Ambala, April 26 The District Forest Officer, Mr Satbir Singh Dahiya, who was informed by a forest guard in this regard visited the forest area today. Confirming the incident he said that the trees cut down by some unknown persons were not fully grown. He said the department had filed a complaint with the Naraingarh police. He said the department had deputed a number of guards for surveillance the activities of khair mafia in the area. It is learnt that the Ambala Forest Department had planted khair trees in around 1000 acres in various parts of Naraingarh but only 15 forest guards had been deployed for the safeguard of the trees. An officer of the department said the number of forest guards should have been increased. |
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Cotton factory gutted
Hisar, April 26 The fire broke out in V.S.Industry and spread rapidly as bales of cotton lying there caught fire. The strong winds blowing at that time also enhanced its intensity. Ten fire engines were rushed from Hansi, Hisar and Bhiwani to douse the flames. Still, it took around eight hours to put out the fire. The exact reason is yet to be known, but short circuit is suspected to be the cause of fire. |
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Jaundice grips Sirsa
Sirsa, April 26 In an attempt to check the cases of jaundice, the health authorities have started taking water samples. Dr S.C. Chaudhary, officiating Civil Surgeon, informed The Tribune that the areas, including Kirtinagar, JJ Colony, Housing Board Colony and Sector 20 had been identified as the affected area.
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2 police officers shifted
Chandigarh, April 26 Mr Yoginder Singh Nehra, SP, Gurgaon, has been given additional charge of SP, Mewat. |
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