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Notice issued to District Red Cross Society
Ambala airbase most prone to bird-hits: study
Power shortage haunts industries
Rs 45-cr package for Sirsa
Villages sans power for three weeks
2 held in duping case
Chief Minister on stone-laying spree
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Supply suspended to 33 fair price shops
Suspended officer’s house raided
Hooda
greets people
Cable operators submit memo to SP
CNG buses may be
introduced at 3 depots
MC chief’s poll on January 2
Doctor awarded
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Notice issued to District Red Cross Society
Yamunanagar, December 31 The society had purchased the premises for Rs 1.08 crore on installments spread over 13-year to set up a working women hostel but the district administration sub-let the premises to different government departments. The society is yet to pay about half of the installments. As a result of the notice, several departments, including the education and revenue, functioning from the premises are now looking for new offices. Sources said the hostel building was inaugurated in 2000 but the hostel never came up as the area falling in Sector 18 of the HUDA is yet not developed and isolated. The premises remained unoccupied for several years. About two years ago, the then district administration rented the flats to different government departments, including education, irrigation and revenue and District Sainik Welfare Board. As per the sources, the administration has asked the above departments (occupying 38 sets) to vacate. In the remaining part of the premises an AIDS hospital, de-addiction centre, family counselling centre, creche of Bal Bhavan, store of the Red Cross Society and an office of Home Guards are functioning but these have not been yet asked to vacate. It is the Education Department, which will be affected most by the vacation orders as it has occupied as many as nine sets in the premises. Sources in the department said they were looking for a new premise. In view of the newly announced education policy, the staff strength of the department will increase and hence need a bigger premises. The Irrigation Department has already shifted its store from the premises and office of the Assistant Agriculture Officer too will be shifted soon. The District Sainik Welfare Board is reportedly looking for an office in the Gobindpuri here, while the Revenue Department is yet to decide where to shift its record room. The Deputy Commissioner, Ms Sukriti Likhi, said she was aware of the matter. She said the administration would approach the government for approval of construction of part -II of the mini secretariat in view of the shortage of space for different offices. |
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Ambala airbase most prone to bird-hits: study
Chandigarh, December 31 The study takes into account
the number of bird-hits suffered by aircraft during monsoons over a
10-year period from 1995 in all seven IAF commands, including the
Training Command and the Maintenance Command. It reveals that as many
as 222 fighter aircraft suffered bird-hits during the period under
review. Bird-hits are a major cause of aircraft accidents and aircraft
are vulnerable during take-off and landing. A bird-hit can damage the
cockpit's windscreen or if ingested by the engine can result in a
flame-out. The ever-growing human habitations around airfields and
improper disposal of waste, garbage and animal carcass attract
birds. The IAF has identified 10 airfields across the country that are
most prone to bird-hits. Over the past few years, it has initiated
several measures to curb this menace. Another significant finding of
the study is that maximum number of bird-hits during the said period was
reported from the Western Air Command (WAC). The WAC covers Jammu and
Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and parts of Rajasthan. It accounted
for 45 per cent of all bird-hits reported during the period. The WAC is
followed by the South-Western Air Command, which accounted for about 20
per cent of the reported bird-hits. The lowest in the list are the
Southern Air Command and the Maintenance Command, which reported just
two bird-hits each during the period. According to the study, the
Ambala airbase is the most prone airbase to bird-hits, both during day
as well as at night. Jodhpur is the second most prone airbase during day
while Halwara near Ludhiana is the second most prone airbase for night
flying. Bhisiana near Bathinda is also listed as highly prone to
bird-hits during night. The study noted that birds are most active from
6 a.m. to 10 a.m. In fact, most fighter flying is done during this
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Recall 2005
AMBALA: The year witnessed major political developments especially during the Assembly Municipal Council and Zila Parishad elections.
The lack of power supply and nagging problem of NOC continued to haunt the local residents. Owners of industries in Ambala were not happy with the prevailing power situation and the scientific instruments industry was particularly badly hit. The Assembly election saw a stunning victory for Congress in all five Assembly seats falling within Ambala district. The MLAs from Ambala district are — Mr Venod Sharma from Ambala City, Mr D.K. Bansal from Ambala Cantt, Mr Nirmal Singh from Naggal, Mr Phool Chand Mullana from Mullana and Mr Ram Kishen from Naraingarh. Not one but two MLAs from Ambala district went on to become ministers in the Haryana Government. While Mr Venod Sharma is the Haryana Excise and Taxation Minister, Mr Phool Chand Mullana, is Haryana Education Minister. In the Municipal Council elections, most of the Congress candidates emerged victorious in Ambala City as well as in Ambala Sadar. While Ms Neelam Sharma became the president of MC Ambala Sadar, Inder Pal Singh Pammi became president of MC Ambala City. However, Inder Pal Singh Pammi died in a road accident following which Mr Harish Sasan was elected president of MC Ambala City. Ms Neelam Sharma had to face revolt from a section of Congress Municipal Councillors. A group of councillors moved an application seeking a no-confidence motion against her. The application was ‘filed’ after one councillor claimed that he had been misguided into signing the application. The Zila Parishad election also witnessed political drama. Mr Brahm Pal Rana, a close associate of Naggal MLA Mr Nirmal Singh, went on to become the Zila Parishad Chairman. With regard to the industries in Ambala, frequent power cuts and low voltage remained a nagging problem. The production has been hit and manufacturers are facing financial liability due to this. On the law and order front, the Director General of Police, Mr Nirmal Singh, personally caught a Sub Inspector red-handed while accepting bribe. Mr Nirmal Singh, who was wearing the dress of a commoner, arrested SI Baljit Singh, SHO Parao. Mr Nirmal Singh’s stern action sent a strong signal against corruption among the policemen. There were a couple of chain snatching incidents, including an attempt to snatch a chain from Ms Banto Kataria, wife of former Ambala MP Ratan Lal Kataria. The Superintendent of Police, Ambala, Mr Rajbir Deswal, said there had been a decrease in the cases of murder due to pro-active preventive measures taken by the district police in the year 2004-05.Mr Deswal said 23 cases of murder had been reported during the current year as compared to 28 cases reported last year. He said the police had solved most of the murder cases. He said the number of cases registered under section 304, IPC, had also reduced comparatively. The number of dowry-related cases had also reduced to 121 from 220 reported last year. He stated that there had been a slight increase in the number of rape cases out of which some cases were found to false on verification. Mr Deswal said during the current year, there had been a marginal increase in the cases of snatching and looting whereas cases of dacoity and house break-ins had reduced. The number of accident cases had also gone down due to proper traffic management, he added. He said the district police had succeeded in apprehending seven of the 20 most wanted criminals. Efforts were also being made to nab two dreaded criminals, Rakesh alias Bobby and Nishan Singh. There is a reward of Rs 25,000 for the arrest of both. Mr Rajbir Deswal said steps had been undertaken as part of social policing. He said a Senior Citizens, Cell had been constituted to redress the grievances of the aged persons. He stated the district police has undertaken a “smile train” scheme to have the children with cleft lip and cleft palate provided plastic surgery free of cost with the help of an NGO. As many as 19 children had reported to the district police for surgery, out of which seven children had already undergone successful surgery.
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Rs 45-cr package for Sirsa
Sirsa, December 31 Stating this at a news conference here today, the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Vimal Chandra, maintained that Rs 34.80 crore would be spent on various development schemes under this mega-project. Of the amount, nearly Rs 5 crore would be spent on the construction of new rooms in schools, another Rs 5 crore on link roads, Rs 2 crore on a veterinary poly-clinic, Rs 3 crore on improving health services, Rs 4 crore on irrigation facilities and Rs 3.75 crore on employment-generating programmes. With a view to bringing about an information revolution in the district and generating employment opportunities, 150 e-chaupals will be set up in the district at Rs 1 crore. Apart from these, crores of rupees will be spent to ensure regular supply of potable water, proper power supply to “dhaanis” in the district, besides horticulture operations, digging of ponds and making organic manure. Moreover, Rs 10.20 crore will be spent on several new schemes under the project. These include strengthening of power infrastructure, establishment of new “aanganwadi” centres and agriculture-development schemes. The Deputy Commissioner stated that Rs 10 lakh would be spent on the construction of a hostel in the school of mentally-challenged children. Another Rs 45 lakh had been earmarked for the provision of additional facilities at the cooperative milk unit, he added. “A grant of Rs 4.08 crore has already been released to the Education Department for the construction of 228 rooms in schools during the current financial year. Similarly, crores of rupees are being utilised for different developmental works,” he asserted. Mr Chandra pointed out that the district administration had chalked out several new schemes to be implemented at a cost of nearly Rs 10 crore, adding that the scheme would prove to be a milestone in the development of the district.
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Villages sans power for three weeks
Sonepat, December 31 The Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) authorities have failed to repair or replace them in spite of repeated complaints made by the residents of these villages. According to the report, the affected villagers include Asawarpur, Rasoi, Sewli, Rai, and Jatheri villages. Mr Sher Singh, sarpanch of Aswarpur village said today that three out of five transformers in these villages had caught fire and all his complaints made to the officials concerned in this connection had fallen on deaf ears. He said normal life in the villages had been thrown out of gear and potable water supply was the worst hit. With the annual examinations around the corner, the students had to study in candle light. The women folk had to fetch water from far-off places. Inquiries made by this correspondent revealed that a transformer each had caught fire at Rasoi, Sewli and Rai villages whereas there had been fire at two transformers following sparking in Jatheri village. According to another report, Aghwanpur village had remained powerless for the past 100 days, following sparking and fire at the transformer in the village. |
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2 held in duping case
Kurukshetra, December 31 Stating this here today, the district police chief, Mr Sanjay Kumar, said Shamsher Singh, a resident of Bid Amin village in this district, had lodged a complaint with the police alleging that Shakuntla Rani, a resident of Punjabi Bagh, Delhi, and Sanjay Kumar, a resident of Mohali-Ropar in Punjab, had agreed that they would charge Rs 8 lakh for sending him to the USA. The complainant told the police that he had paid a sum of Rs 2,20,000 as an advance payment. However, Shamsher Singh was asked to pay Rs 8 lakh and only then he would be sent to abroad. At this juncture, Shamsher Singh became suspicious and he asked them to return his money. Retaliating the complainant's demand, both alleged culprits did not return the money. They also threatened him of dire consequences. Therefore, on the complaint of Shamsher Singh, the police had registered a case under Sections 406, 420, 504 and 506 of the IPC and the investigation was assigned to ASI Preetam Singh. Finding them guilty, both the accused had been arrested. The police chief further said in another case, the police had also arrested Pawan Kumar, a resident of Thanesar Town, for allegedly removing the tyres of a truck (HR - 26G 0109) and a tanker (HR - 65-0062) and selling them in black market. |
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Chief Minister on stone-laying spree
Jind, December 31 Dumarkhan Kalan and Dumarkhan Khurd, both villages, would be developed as model villages, he promised. Welcoming the Chief Minister in his native village, Finance Minister Birender Singh said the former had a blood relation with the village. Mr Hooda inaugurated a blood donation camp. He laid the foundation stone of Jind District Primary Cooperative and
Agriculture Rural Development Bank at Uchana to be constructed at a cost of Rs 1.12 Mr Hooda said the bank would provide loans worth Rs 500 crore to the poor, marginal farmer and rural artisan of the state this financial year. The Chief Minister said the bank had reduced the rate of interest on the loans from 9 per cent to 8 per cent up to an amount of Rs 50,000. He also laid the foundation stone of the second storey of the Haryana Cooperative Marketing-cum-Processing Society office at Uchana. Earlier, he laid the foundation stone of the Barsola feeder, near Baroda village. The project would be completed at a cost of Rs 5.9 crore. He assured the villagers that work on all foundation stones laid by former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala would be
completed besides launching new projects. |
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Supply suspended to 33 fair price shops
Sonepat, December 31 The DC Ms Neerja Shekhar, said officials of the department had checked the records of 65 fair-price shops and found gross irregularities in 53 of these. The department, she said, had also confiscated the security deposits amounting to Rs 31,800 of some shops as their owners had committed irregularities in the distribution of commodities. She said the department had also cancelled the licences of seven depots. The department, she said, had also lodged FIRs against owners of five depots for serious irregularities. According to the DC, the department had also lodged FIRs against the owners of two LPG agencies for irregularities. |
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Suspended officer’s house raided
Karnal, December 31 The raid was conducted in connection with the investigation of a case of corruption and possessing disproportionate
assets filed against him last year at Rohtak, sources said. The VB seized several documents during the raid. The HCS officer had allegedly issued fake receipts after challaning several vehicles and thus pocketed the amount during his tenure as General Manager (Roadways), Karnal, the sources added. Following which, then Chief Secretary of Haryana suspended him and a case of corruption and possessing disproportionate
assets was filed against him on his direction. |
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Cable operators submit memo to SP
Ambala, December 31 The cable operator alleged in the complaint that a director of the ACN had made false and baseless allegations against Mr Chauhan and others. They said in the memorandum that the ACN had entered an agreement with Mr Chauhan for renting out the ACN on a monthly rent of Rs 10,000 from December 1, 2005. The SP assured the cable operators that he would look into the matter in detail. Meanwhile a cross case was also registered in this regard.
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CNG buses may be
introduced at 3 depots
Chandigarh, December 31 While stating this here yesterday, the Transport Minister, Mr Randeep Singh Surjewala, said keeping in view the success of CNG buses in Delhi and their minimum adverse effect on the environment, the department was planning to introduce these buses in the NCR. He said the department had decided to replace buses which were more than seven years old. |
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MC chief’s poll on January 2
Bhiwani, December 31 The municipal council elections were held on August 21 wherein 31 councillors were elected. Though no political party had participated directly, candidates had their backing. As per the Municipal Act, the first meeting of the elected councillors was convened on September 26 but it also had to be postponed due to lack of quorum. |
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Doctor awarded
Ambala, December 31 According a press note issued by Dr Jaspal, this paper was adjudged the best paper. He was presented with scroll and a cash award.
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