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Campaign ends in 3 constituencies
HC orders fail to evict encroachers
DC firm on removing illegal constructions
NUJ asks Hooda to give protection to newspersons
Show-cause notices to petrol stations
Thirsty residents take to streets
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Decade-long wait for promised job, reward
Revenue officials booked for fraud
Miscreants beat up man, take away his car
Murder accused arrested
BDPO, Naib Tehsildar suspended
Programme on export marketing
Refresher courses for farmers
Illegal colonies demolished
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Campaign ends in 3 constituencies
Chandigarh, May 31 Unlike the past when the Chief Ministers used to contest any byelection, this time no high-profile campaigning was witnessed in Kiloi. The contrast becomes extremely stark when one remembers the “Meham mayhem” of 1990. Large-scale rigging and violence had marked the byelection of Meham, also in Rohtak district like Kiloi. The Election Commission of India had to countermand the Meham byelection. When the byelection was held again, it was again countermanded when an Independent candidate, Mr Amir Singh, was murdered. The culprits are still at large, despite a CBI inquiry. Though Meham remains unparalleled, the story was not much different in Tosham and Adampur of 1986 and Rori of 2000, when either the then Chief Ministers or their close relatives contested the byelections. There was naked misuse of official machinery. In Kiloi, Mr Hooda had issued strict instructions that no official machinery was to be used. He himself has not visited, what to talk of the constituency, even Rohtak district, except to file his nomination papers. Of course, he plans to go to Kiloi to cast his vote on June 2. Setting a precedent, Mr Hooda, informed sources say, saw to it that the expenses on the election campaign were much less than the limit imposed by the Election Commission of India. The campaign was sans posters, banners, rallies and motorcades. The election campaign of Mr Hooda is being managed by the former MLA from Kiloi, Mr Shri Krishan Hooda, who vacated the seat for the Chief Minister. The stress had been on door-to-door campaigning in the initial stages. However, villagers told the campaigners not to take the trouble of visiting each and every household. The villagers wanted the campaigning to be left to them. They formed “Jathas” to campaign in neighbouring villages. Though the wife of the Chief Minister, Asha, is camping at his Rohtak residence, she has not visited the constituency to campaign. Informed sources say Mr Hooda refused to accept election fund. He turned down the offer of many an industrialist in this regard by politely telling them that since he had not been spending more than his capacity on the election, he did not need any election fund. An officer confided how Mr Hooda lost his temper when an industrialist, who drove down from Delhi in his Mercedes to Chandigarh to give the election fund, insisted that it had been a practice with him to contribute to the election fund. However, he had no answer when Mr Hooda asked him whether he had given him any fund during the past elections. The result of the three byelection is a foregone conclusion. No major opposition party has put up candidates in Tosham and Hisar, from where the widows of Mr Surender Singh and Mr O.P. Jindal, two Ministers who died in a helicopter crash on March 31, are contesting on the Congress ticket, respectively. The INLD and the BJP stated that they were not putting up any candidates in these constituency out of sympathy for the families of the two late Ministers. It is strange no such consideration was shown by these parties during the Yamunanagar Assembly byelection when the Congress MLA from there, Dr J.P. Sharma, died shortly after his election. It is obvious that these parties wanted to avoid their sure humiliation. In Kiloi, these parties put up their candidates. The BJP had to face added humiliation when its candidate, Mr Ram Bhaj Hooda, withdrew from the contest in favour of the Chief Minster. The INLD candidate, Mr Azad Singh Atri, and the other party leaders, led by the Secretary-General, Mr Ajay Singh Chautala, are not getting any response from the public in the constituency. |
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HC orders fail to evict encroachers
Kaithal, May 31 The inaction by the departments concerned has not only boosted the morale of the encroachers but also made the life of road users miserable. The encroachments have left markets congested and has hampered the smooth flow of traffic, causing inconvenience to the public . Automobile workshop owners in the town use road berms to do repair work and throw the waste material on the road. Work on Transport Nagar, which is coming up on Jind Road, is moving at a slow pace. The department concerned has also not initiated steps to allot land to the users. There is fear in the minds of the people that if automobile workshops were not shifted to Transport Nagar, its very purpose will be defeated. “Rehriwalas” park their “rehris” outside shops and occupy a major portion on busy roads, leaving limited space for the movement of vehicles. Though in the past, the district authorities had initiated action to remove these rehris, politicians played spoilsport. In markets, shopkeepers continue to occupy major portions of roads to display their goods. At a number of places, footpaths are under the occupation of shopkeepers . In many markets, gravel, iron and heaps of sand on roads and at parking places are a common
sight. Dhaba owners and “halwais” have constructed “bhattis” outside their shops, while some have even gone to the extent of installing temporary sheds on foothpaths to serve eatables. In the local sabzi mandi too, the situation is chaotic due to encroachments. |
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DC firm on removing illegal constructions
Kaithal, May 31 Mr Khemka said that in spite of a ban on unauthorised colonies some
unscrupulous colonisers succeeded in misguiding the public and sell them plots. Though a number of cases had been registered against such colonisers, the ultimate sufferers were those who constructed houses in such colonies. He asked the public to remain vigilant while purchasing plots and contact the Municipal Council or the Town Planning Department to know whether a particular colony was authorised or not. The Deputy Commissioner said that some irregularities in the distribution of wheat among below poverty line families (BPL) through the PDS had recently come to light and action against the erring staff and depot holders had been initiated. |
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NUJ asks Hooda to give protection to newspersons
Chandigarh, May 31 In a statement issued here today the vice-president of the
NUJ, Mr Ashok Malik, said the union had received reports that Mr Abhey Singh Chautala, a former MLA from Rori and younger son of the former Chief Minister, issued threats to Joshi while addressing a press conference in Sirsa on May 17. Joshi had earlier written that Mr Chautala, who had enrolled himself as a student of the LL.B (final year) class of Choudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, had not attended even a single lecture. Following the publication of the report, the university did not issue the admit card to Mr Chautala for appearing in the examination. The former Chief Minister’s son was obviously irked over this report. Mr Malik said three persons travelling in a white Zen, which did not carry the number plate, threatened Joshi again yesterday in Sirsa. He said Joshi was coming back from a press conference addressed by Mr Pratap Singh, the estranged brother of the former Chief Minister. Mr Pratap Singh had alleged at the press conference that a close associate of Abhey had obtained a passport on the basis of false information furnished by him to the authorities. |
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Show-cause notices to petrol stations
Yamunanagar, May 31 The administration has also asked for a review of the petrol pumps to ascertain change of land use by the pump owners. After an inquiry, one of the defaulting pumps in Jagadhri has been issued a notice regarding cancellation of the conditional NOC issued to it. The show-cause notices to the companies were issued under rule 149 of the Petroleum Rules, 2002, sources said. The sources said former Deputy Commissioner R.K Rao issued these notices a few days before he relinquished charge. The Deputy Commissioner had ordered that in case petrol stations were found functioning without fulfilling basic parameters including change of land use, action must be taken against them under the relevant provisions. He had ordered that the review of the pumps must be done within the next 15 days (from the date of the order), the source added. It is learnt that the Deputy Commissioner had conducted a case study of the pumps that came up during the past three years in the district. The study has revealed that the pumps were issued conditional NOCs. In a majority of the cases, the pumps had started functioning without fulfilling the terms and conditions stipulated in the NOCs, said the sources. The Deputy Commissioner was not available for comments. The sources said the Deputy Commissioner was of the view that the scope of scrutiny of NOCs should not be limited to the past three years. It should cover all cases of NOCs issued so far in the district. The sources said the land use as per it, while issuing conditional NOCs, had been ignored. Before issuing the NOCs, it should have been ascertained whether it was permissible to install a petrol pump on a particular piece of land. And whether the company concerned had obtained an NOC from the Department of Town and Country Planning. If not, the condition of change of land use should also have been incorporated in the conditions while issuing a conditional NOC. |
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Thirsty residents take to streets
Yamunanagar, May 31 People in urban areas are also facing a water shortage for the past few days. However, officials in the Public Health Department claimed that the supply had improved today following improvement in the power supply. Till yesterday, there was an acute water shortage in urban areas reportedly due to unscheduled power cuts. Sources in the department said consumers were also responsible for the problem, as most of them had installed water boosters directly on the main supply line, affecting water pressure. The sources said it was not feasible to start a house-to-house search to check the use of water boosters. The department was “said to be hesitant” in taking action against those who use boosters because it would attract a public outcry. Meanwhile, the Public Health Department had approached the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) for special transmission lines to tubewells, the sources said. Sources in the UHBVN said it was not technically feasible to provide special lines to the tubewells as these were scattered all over the district. Mr Prem Singh, Executive Engineer, Public Health, Yamunanagar, confirmed that the department had approached the UHBVN for special transmission lines. “We are ready to pay for it, but we have been told that it is technically not feasible”, said Mr Prem Singh. He said the department had deposited Rs 15 lakh with the UHBVN sometime ago for the purpose, but it was lying unutilised. In 1977, three tubewells in the town were provided with special power lines on an experimental basis, but now the special facility stood withdrawn, the sources said. Mr A.K Johar, Superintending Engineer, UHBVN, Yamunanagar, said he had no knowledge of the request by the Public Health Department regarding the special lines. “All tubewells of the department are attached with urban power feeders, which ensure 24-hour power supply”, said Mr Johar. Asked about the unscheduled power cuts during the past few days, he said the problem was due to low power frequency, caused due to snags at the thermal power plant in Panipat. |
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Decade-long wait for promised job, reward
Sonepat, May 31 Ashok has kept all clippings of the announcements made by the then Chief Ministers, Kalyan Singh of Uttar Pradesh and Bhajan Lal of Haryana, in which they have promised to reward him suitably and to recommend his name for gallantry award of “Jeevan Rakshak Padak”. A similar promise was also made by then Member of Parliament from Bullandshahar, Chhatarpal Singh by writing a letter to Ashok Kumar. But to the utter dismay of Ashok, no further step was taken by anyone in this regard. Showing the press clippings of the promises, Ashok Kumar told The Tribune: “I am waiting for the promises to be fulfilled by the governments.” He said on that fateful day, 46 players and six coaches from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi were returning in the Purushottam Express after attending a training camp at Jamshedpur. The train dashed against the Kalinda Express at the Suhag Nagar outer station. In this accident around 550 persons, including 17 players and three coaches, were killed. Ashok Kumar was also injured seriously in the mishap but he brought more than 10 passengers out of the affected compartment before he fell unconscious due to excessive bleeding from the chest and head injuries. |
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Revenue officials booked for fraud
Fatehabad, May 31 The police has registered a case under Sections 420, 466, 467, 468 and 409 of the IPC. In another case, the Judicial Magistrate, Mr Parveen Kumar today ordered the police to register a criminal case under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 34 and 120-B of the IPC against a sub-registrar, a registry clerk and five other persons, including a woman, for defrauding a woman to grab her land. Rajinder Kaur, a resident of Sardulgarh in Punjab had filed a criminal complaint in the court against her brothers, Jagraj and Gulzar, sister-in-law Kuldip Kaur, sub-registrar Bhale Ram, registry clerk Ram Parkash, a deed writer Vinod Kumar and Lambardar Hardayal, and alleged that her brothers and sister-in-law connived with the officials and duped her of 25 kanals of land that her father had given to her through his will. |
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Miscreants beat up man, take away his car
Sonepat, May 31 According to a report, the Sadar police has registered a case and launched a massive hunt to apprehend the miscreants. It is said that the driver of the car was going from Sonepat to Delhi and when he reached Harsana Kalan village the miscreants stopped him by blocking the road with their motor cycles. They beat him up and pushed him out of the car. One of them drove away the car towards Narela and the remaining two escaped on their motor cycle. According to another report, over 10 armed miscreants forced their way into a communication and cybercafe and assaulted the inmates on the Sonepat-Rohtak road here last evening. As a result, Mr Kanwar Singh, father of the owner of the shop, sustained injuries. However, the assailants escaped after leaving their car, a scooter and a motor cycle there. Later the police recovered a mobile phone from the car. The owner of the shop, Mr Aditya, said three youths arrived on a motor cycle and they wanted to know the NDA result. The owner refused to oblige them as there was no power supply. They left the shop but returned after half an hour along with seven others in the car and on a scooter. They were armed with knives and other deadly weapons. They assaulted Mr Kanwar Singh and caused damage to other goods in the shop. |
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Murder accused arrested
Rewari, May 31 The body of the shopkeeper, whose throat had been allegedly slit on the night of May 20, had been found by the police from a deserted spot on the
Rewari-Konsiwas road near here on May 21. After allegedly committing the crime, Pinki her husband Anil Kumar, and their children, abruptly left Rewari and shifted to Bahadurgarh, where Anil allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a train near Bahadurgarh station on May 28. The police also reportedly seized a suicide note from his possession. During police interrogation, laid her husband Anil was a machine operator in a factory near here. She stated that a few years ago when they were living as tenants in the house of Subhash Mehndiratta here, he developed intimacy with her. But when her husband came to know of it, they moved into another rented accommodation on the Rewari- Konsiwas road. However, when Subhash persisted in his amorous forays, her husband hatched a plan following which Subhash was invited by her to their rented accommodation on May 20 night which eventually culminated in his elimination. The police has seized the razor and other allied material reportedly used in the crime.
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BDPO, Naib Tehsildar suspended
Kaithal, May 31
As the administration received information about the mishap the Deputy Commissioner directed the officers to rush to help in the rescue operation. Mr Kuldip Singh, BDPO, Pundri, was allegedly not available and the Naib Tehsildar, Dhand, Mr Om Parkash, also failed to reach the accident site. However, the other officials sent by the Deputy Commissioner and the police launched the rescue operation and the victims, Pawan and Jagdish (two brothers) could be brought out of the well after about 12 hours and rushed to hospital, but they were declared brought dead. Taking serious view of the absence of two officials, Mr Khemka suspended them and reported the matter to the senior officers of the department concerned. |
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Programme on export marketing
Ambala, May 31 Dr Pinaki Dass Gupta , a senior professor of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, while delivering the keynote speech, said that the role of entrepreneur was changing day by day at a fast rate and we had to focus on the changes taking place in this world and to be successful we had to bring continuous change in our self and in our industry, working, product and process. The Director, Small Scale Industries Service Institute, Mr Suresh
Yadvendra, stressed upon the need of quality consistent , continuous changes focusing on changing national character in term of becoming entrepreneurs by taking practical example from the industry. He also stressed on quality, cost packaging and delivery. Prof
M.C. Harbola, Mr S.K. Verma, Mr Adesh Kumar Pande and Mr Madan Lal enlightened the participants on many significant areas of export marketing. Dr
M.M. Sehgal, director of the institute, said that it was the need of hour to organise such kind of programmes to highlight the practical things related to export marketing. The chairman of
M.M. Group of institution, Mr Tarsem Kumar Garg, presented a memento to the chief guest. He said that such programmes would prove beneficial for the prospective entrepreneurs, faculty members and the students having ambition in the export venture. |
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Refresher courses for farmers
Hisar, May 31 The acting Vice-Chancellor of the HAU, Ms Asha Sharma, approved these courses at a meeting of the Staff Advisory Training Committee of the university. Underlining the importance of the courses proposed by the Directorate of Human Resource Management of the university, Ms Sharma said the faculty members of agricultural universities as well as the ICAR institutes should be encouraged to participate in such training programmes to update their knowledge. The courses approved at the meeting include faculty development training in educational technology and computer education, advances in extension and communication methodology, resource conservation in agriculture, advances in medicinal plants research, application of genomic molecular markers, apart from intellectual property rights and communication, skills and technical writing. The Director of Human Resource Management, Dr R.S. Dalal, said the Academy of Agricultural Research and Education Management of the directorate had recently been approached by the Union Agriculture Ministry to conduct a course of at least 40 days’ duration for the officers of the Government of Ethiopia. One-year diploma course in agricultural journalism through distance education and four other courses on microbes for sustainable agriculture, design and analysis of agricultural experiments, management of laboratory animals and application of ultrasonography in animals were also approved at the meeting. |
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Illegal colonies demolished
Panipat, May 31 The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Mehtab Singh, said that the demolition was done under the supervision of the SDM. The District Town Planner, Mr Ajit Kumar Kundu, said that notices had been served to those colonisers who had been raising illegal colonies. A large number of police personnel under the supervision of the DSP (HQ), Mr Sahib Ram Nehra, were also present during demolition. |
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New Mewat DC
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Students seek grace marks
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