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CM clarifies on transfer of land in Hisar
Jaguar engine test facility opened
Police to check driving by minors
3 of family shot dead
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Housewife gangraped
Two dead, six injured in separate incidents
Four convicted for smuggling poppy husk
3 get life term for raping woman
Most wanted of UP held in Karnal
Father gets custody of minor daughter
Cut in power supply to industrial units
Application forms for new courses
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CM clarifies on transfer of land in Hisar
Chandigarh, August 5 The transfer of the land belonging to the Haryana Power Utilities has triggered off a controversy with Opposition parties accusing the government of the favouring the Jindal Industries as the owners of the industrial house include a Congress MP and a Congress MLA. Talking to reporters after a meeting of the state Cabinet here, Mr Hooda said the strip of land was serving no purpose and while handing it over to Jindal Industries the government realised the full price as per the floor rate applicable to Hisar. On the issue of the Power crisis in the state, Mr Hooda said North India was facing a severe shortage of power due to various problems affecting the power generating units in this part of the country. He, however, said that the situation was likely to improve in about five days as these plants were expected to get back to normal functioning by that time. Mr R.N. Prasher, Principal Secretary, Power Department, Haryana, said that while the state needed 8.25 crore units of power daily to ensure adequate supply to various categories of consumers, the availability of power in the state had come down to about 720 lakh units daily on an average. On the issue of response to the electricity arrear waiver scheme for the rural consumers, Mr Prasher said out of 12.13 lakh defaulters, 5.61 lakh had settled their bills. The Chief Minister said that under a new scheme the state government would segregate rural and urban feeders to monitor the respective consumption of power by the two sectors.
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Jaguar engine test facility opened
Ambala, August 5 Air Marshal A.K. Singh said by utilising the test bed, the Adour engines, which power Jaguar, can now undergo elaborate functional and other tests locally without having to despatch them to HAL, Bangalore. To a query, he said 60 per cent of crashes in different air forces world over took place due to technical faults. Also, because of very high speed of fighter aircraft, pilot error led to aircrashes. Project team leader of HAL P.V. Mustafa said they had built similar facilities for MiG in Koraput and Sea Harrier in Kochi. “The construction of two engine test bed facilities are under way. While one facility is being established for Sukhoi in Koraput, another facility is being set up for Hawk in Bidar,” he said. Mr Mustafa said: “Oman has shown interest in our aero-engine test bed facility.” “At the Adour engine test bed facility, full testing can take place in five or six hours while normal testing can be carried out in one or two hours,” he added. It has been certified in coordination with Rolls-Royce, the United Kingdom, after extensive calibration runs. The engine test bed built by indigenous expertise and equipment, has been set up at less than half the cost of a similar imported test bed. The design and construction, on a turn-key basis, was carried out by HAL. The Indian Air Force team, that monitored the programme, was led by the Air Officer Commanding, Ambala airbase, Air Commodore L.K. Malhotra.
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Police to check driving by minors
Sirsa, August 5 Talking to the reporters, newly appointed S.P. Ajay Singal stated that the police would soon involve schools to discourage the menace of underage driving which causes accidents. He said that traffic regulation would be top priority of the police and offenders would be dealt with strictly. On the issue of recovery of unclaimed bodies in the district, Mr Singal said that a plan of action would be prepared to identify the deceased and his cause of death. On the huge recovery, he added that possibility of deaths due to the efforts to control the narcotic trade could not be ruled out. The 1992 batch IPS officer from the state cadre said that he had planned to rework the way to control the narcotic trade in the district. Sirsa being the bordering area of Rajasthan, where poppy husk is sold in the open market is known as the haven for drug peddlers. Showing the success card of the police he said that the district is able to nab 63 proclaimed offenders in the last few months.
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3 of family shot dead
Jhajjar, August 5 According to information, Jora Singh along with his son were waiting for bus at the bus stop in the village when assailants attacked them. First, they gunned down the father. On seeing this, Sonu tried to escape, but the assailants chased him down 200 metres away and killed him. The sources told that when his mother came out of the house, which was situated near the bus stop on hearing the gunshots, she was also shot dead. The police has registered a case against unidentified attackers and conducting raids on various places. The police as well as the villagers are unable to told about the number of the attackers or any other identification. However, the villagers informed that a son of the deceased couple, Pawan is in jail in connection with the murder of his namesake, Pawan, and the murders could have been executed to take revenge.
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Housewife gangraped
Sonepat, August 5 According to a report, she had gone to the booth for making a telephone call. When she failed to return home her husband went to the booth. He heard the screams of a woman from inside the bolted booth. He banged on the door which was then opened by the youths. On seeing the scene of the crime, he lodged a complaint with the Sadar police station.
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Two dead, six injured in separate incidents
Panipat, August 5 Seema wife of Rajesh of Siwah village reportedly ended her life by hanging herself with the ceiling fan, Harish (35) of Eight-Marla locality was crushed under a train when he was trying to cross railway line near railway station. Two brothers Vijay and Ajay of Kishanpura locality received injuries when their motorcycle collided with a van in front of Skylark petrol station on National Highway number one, whereas Darshan of Chhajpur village injured when his tractor was hit by a Jeep on Yamuna bridge on Haryana-UP border. Vijay’s condition is reportedly serious and he was referred to the PGI, Rohtak. Besides, Jai Bhagwan of Ganga Ram Colony, Yashpal of New Housing Board and Vipin of HUDA received minor injures in separate clashes in different parts. |
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Four convicted for smuggling poppy husk
Fatehabad, August 5 According to reports, Mr Vijay Kakkar, SHO of the Sadar Police station, had recovered 70 bags of poppy husk from a truck (RJ31G-1460). The police had stopped the truck at the Baropal police barrier after a tip-off. The bags of poppy husk had been concealed under bags of onions. Police arrested the driver of the truck, Joginder and the cleaner, Anil, from the spot. They told the police that the consignment was to be delivered to a roadside eatery belonging to Prithvi Singh. However, the police found that Prithvi Singh was innocent and booked the driver and the cleaner along with the truck owner, Sanjay, a resident of Hisar. The court found the three guilty of the crime and sentenced Joginder and Anil to three years rigorous imprisonment and fine of Rs two lakhs each, while Sanjay was awarded 10 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs one lakh. In another case, the District and Sessions Judge, Mr Lachhman Sharma, sentenced a poppy husk trafficker to one-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000. The convict, Buta Singh, was arrested by the police on February 21, 2003, with 10 kg of poppy husk.
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3 get life term for raping woman
Jhajjar, August 5 The police had registered a case against Ramkishan, Aneesh and Aslam, all hailing from Najafgarh. The police said the accused were members of a gang who had attacked many houses. The gang reportedly injured several persons and then raped the complainant. However, on the basis of a medical report and other evidences, the court of Mr A.S. Narang, held them guilty. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on each accused. |
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Most wanted of UP held in Karnal
Karnal, August 5 According to a spokesperson of district police, CIA II staff arrested him from bus stand after a tip-off. A countrymade revolver of .32 bore was also recovered from his possession. Pankaj among top 10 criminals of UP, the police spokesperson said, adding that one of his companions Harish had already arrested the Panipat police a few days ago. |
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Father gets custody of minor daughter
Fatehabad, August 5 People coming to the court complex this afternoon could not resist stopping at the main entrance to the litigants’ hall where a woman in her twenties was seen crying with a baby in her lap. Some relatives were trying to separate the baby from the woman, but she was not allowing them to take the baby away. It was with great difficulty that the baby was separated from the mother and the sobbing woman was taken out of the court complex by her relatives. According to the story, revealed later by the counsel of the couple, Shalu, alias Sapna, of Sunder Nagar was married to Sanjay of Mandi Dabwali in Sirsa district in January 2001. The couple went along well for a year after which Urvashi was born to them. Differences started cropping up between the couple after some time. Meanwhile, Shalu lodged a complaint against her husband, Sanjay, and mother-in-law, Kalawati. Efforts by the nodal cell of the police failed to bring about a compromise between the warring couple and finally an FIR was registered against Sanjay and his mother. After a long legal battle of three years, the couple was separated by the court through a mutual accord today under which the husband’s relatives agreed to give back dowry items and Rs 60,000 in cash as compensation to Shalu, while the woman’s relatives agreed to give back the ornaments gifted by her in-laws. The husband also got the custody of Urvashi.
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Cut in power supply to industrial units
Panipat, August 5 At the same time, DC stated that a relaxation of 5 per cent on average daily consumption for meeting essential services based on average consumption of last 12 months would be allowed to the industries. |
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Application forms for new courses
Panchkula, August 5 Stating this here today, a spokesman of the Higher Education Department said admissions at Government Colleges, Panchkula and Kalka, would be made on merit and without charging late fee. He said the first merit list would be displayed on the noticeboard on August 12 and the second and final list on August 16. All students who had already taken admission in BA, B.Sc, B.Com (first year) could also apply for admission in these new courses. The date for opting for a subject change had been extended up to August 10. Compartment cases would also be allowed for admission, keeping in view that the applicant should not have been placed in compartment at the plus two stage in elective or specialised subject which he or she wanted to pursue further in TDC-1 courses. |
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Post office to be shifted
Ambala, August 5 The Senior Superintendent of Posts, Ambala, Mr R.C. Sharma, said all savings bank records/accounts opened in the Ambala City Kutchery post office and certificates purchased from the post office would be transferred to the Ambala City head office. |
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Haryana transfers
Chandigarh, August 5 |
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