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Ambala man done to death
Ration depot holders defraud BPL families
Students suffer as posts of teacher
lie vacant
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Heads of boards, corpns appointed
Power scarcity to be over soon: Hooda
Himani Kapoor Azad Mohammad is Haj panel chief
Miscreants break into cycle factory
Couple killed in road mishap
Shilpy, Ruchi win vedic quiz
Bhaniarawala cases adjourned
Bhavna wins essay contest
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Ambala man done to death
Ambala, January 28
Hari Pal Joshi, who was posted in Jammu, was done to death at his Prabhu Prem Puram residence. The police is questioning his wife Sunita and two sons in this regard. The possibility of an illicit relationship behind the murder of Hari Pal is not being ruled out. Sunita is said to have talked to a neighbour this morning and told that some persons had allegedly beaten up her husband and left him at the house. She alleged that Hari Pal had sustained head injury because of which he died. She also expressed her wish to get the last rites of the victim performed at the earliest. Local residents converged on the residence of Hari Pal on hearing the news of his death. The local residents claimed that they suspected foul play as Sunita did not allow them to remove a cap that Joshi was wearing. They claimed that Sunita showed reluctance when they told her to inform Hari Pal’s relatives about the murder. Thereafter, the local residents informed the relatives of Hari Pal as well as the police about his death. The relatives levelled allegations of Sunita having extra-marital relationship and claimed that it could have led to his murder. A police official said it was suspected that Sunita and her two sons had hit Joshi on the head with an iron rod following which he died. He said they were investigating into the possibility of involvement of a fourth person at the time of murder. He said Joshi had come to Ambala from Jammu on January 26. SP Ambala Rajbir Deswal said the wife and two sons had been arrested. “We are investigating different aspects of the case,” he said.
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Ration depot holders defraud BPL families
Hisar, January 28 To keep the records intact, the depot holders allegedly make fake entries on ration cards of BPL families on some pretext or the other. Since the members of BPL families are usually illiterate and downtrodden, they quietly accept whatever is “granted” to them, and the ration “business” goes on abated. Residents allege that most of the depot holders open the ration depots only once or twice a month. Many cardholders who go to the depots on learning about the availability of ration are sent back empty-handed by the depot-holders. This, despite the fact that every ration depot holder gets supply for all cardholders of his area. Moreover, several politicians, especially those in power, force the officials concerned to “accommodate their men”, often in defiance of law. In fact, irregularities begin at the very first stage, i.e., identification of BPL families for making pink or yellow ration cards meant for them. While some well-to-do persons get pink or yellow ration cards made for them, many needy and deserving families get green ration cards, on which no ration is provided. The District Food and Supplies Controller, Dr Ghanshyam Singh, maintained that the department received many complaints of improper ration distribution and appropriate action was taken against those found guilty. “Fine is imposed on the depot-holders indulging in corrupt practices or other irregularities. Some of them are even stripped of the charge of depots,” he said. On being told about certain specific cases, the DFSC asserted that he would look into the matter and take appropriate action. Dr Singh, however, pointed out that some residents also indulged in irregularities by getting more than one ration card made in the name of different members of one family. Some others conceal the fact that they are using LPG stove to get supply of kerosene oil. Seeing the nature and extent of the rot that has set in the public distribution system (PDS), streamlining of the entire system after a thorough cleansing is the need of the hour. |
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Students suffer as posts of teacher
lie vacant
Jhajjar, January 28 However, in a face-saving move, the state Education Department has directed the school authorities to appoint guest teachers from Class 8 to plus two. Official sources revealed that department was in the process of appointing more than 250 teachers in these schools. Senior academicians, however, have criticised the move. The middle-level exams are commencing on February 10, while the exams of Class 10 and plus Two are starting in first week of March. What magic these newly appointed guest teachers are expected perform with the students?” questioned a Principal of a school where only two teachers ‘handled’ 10 + 1 and 10 +2 classes throughout the year for all subjects. Posts of junior lecturer in English, Hindi, (both
compulsory subjects), history and economics have been lying vacant in the senior secondary school,
Matanhail, where about 250 students are enrolled in 10 + 1 and 10 + 2 classes. The
school authorities appointed guest teachers last week, there is no science teacher from class 6 to 10 for past four years. In the senior secondary wing of government schools in
Koyalpur, Lilaheri, Birohar, Khanpur, Sasroli village, only two junior lecturers have been handling all the subjects. However even guest teachers could not be appointed in the school in Koyalpur village due to non-fulfilment of certain norms. The same is the case with many other schools. Mr Randhir Singh, a clerk at the education office revealed that about 160 teachers for social science, science, Hindi, Sanskrit and English at the higher secondary level and about 80 junior lecturers for English, Hindi, history, political science and Sanskrit at the senior secondary level had been appointed so far. He said the District Education Office had also directed that vacant posts at the middle level should be filed although the exams are only two weeks away. The students are dejected and demoralised . “We waited for the entire year for arrival of teachers. Now we are under pressure with the exams round the corner,” lamented a group of students in a school. The situation is even worse at the primary level where 80 to 100 students have to make do with a single teacher. Such schools are situated in
Bambilia, Khapadwas, Chadwana and Nangla villages. |
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Heads of boards, corpns appointed Chandigarh, January 28 Mr Shadilal Batra, MLA, Rohtak, has been given the plump assignment of Chairman of the Haryana Agriculture Marketing Board, while Ms Prasanni Devi, MLA, Naultha, appointed Chairperson of the Haryana Housing Board. The remaining posts of the chairmen have gone to non-MLAs. Mr Roshan Lal Arya, a former MLA from Yamunanagar, has been appointed Chairman of the Haryana Seeds Development Corporation; Mr Anand Kaushik, a Congress worker from Ballabgarh, appointed Chairman of the Land Reclamation and Development Corporation; Mr Raj Kumar Balmiki, a former minister, appointed Chairman of the Haryana Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation; Mr Bajran Das Garg of the Haryana Vypar Mandal appointed Chairman of Confed; Ms Chandravati, a former Lieut-Governor of Pondicherry, appointed Chairperson of the Haryana Dairy Development Cooperative Federation; Mr Chhota Singh Chauhan appointed Chairman of the Labour and Construction Federation; Mr C.B. Dikshit appointed Chairman of the Cooperative Housing Federation; and Mr Javed Aslam appointed Chairman of the Haryana Forest Development Corporation.
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Power scarcity to be over soon: Hooda
Rohtak, January 28 He asked party workers to propagate the achievements of his government so that the masses would remain in the know of what his government was doing and planned to do in the coming years for their betterment. He said the workers would be proud of the government's achievements within a short span of 10 months. Mr Hooda discussed the perennial problems of water, power and unemployment which were dogging the state. He said within the next three years scarcity of power would be solved. For this the government planned to raise its own generation capacity by an additional 5000 MW. Presently, the state produced only 2000 MW and about 2033 MW power was received from other sources. As a result, only 4033 MW of power was available against the requirement of 9000 MW. Mr Hooda said agriculture was the highest priority of his government and reminded partymen that he had waived off Rs 1600 crore due from farmers as arrears of power bills so that they could make a new beginning. |
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Himani flooded with Bollywood offers
Fatehabad, January 28 On a personal visit, Himani talked to mediapersons at the house of her maternal uncle Vijay Mehta here today. She said the audio cassette of her first film ‘Chingari’, in which had sung a ‘thumri’, had been released. She added that she had recorded songs for a film by Aditya Dutt and a song with Himesh Reshamiya. She further said she had been signed by Subhash Ghai for one of his forthcoming films. Himani said the television show had helped her a lot in becoming what she was today and had catapulted her from a non-entity to a celebrity. She said she could not make it to the final three rounds as her supporters had stopped sending SMSs for her due to confusion as according to a website, a male and a female singer were to be declared winners. She said when the only other female singer in the final rounds was eliminated, her supporters had thought that she was the automatic winner. Asked who she thought would win the competition, she said Vinit had bright chances, though Debojit and Hemachandra were also doing very well. Himani was the only contestant from Haryana to take part in the competition. Her hobbies were singing, playing basketball and driving. |
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Azad Mohammad is Haj panel chief Chandigarh, January 28 The Chairman, said he would try to get more funds for the committee. Mr Habibur Rehman, Independent MLA from Nuh, is the third member of the Committee under the legislator category. Under the category of experts in Muslim theology and law, there are three members. Maulana Mohd Yahya of Tirwara village in Mewat, Maulana Mohd Ayub of and Maulana Abdul Rahim, both from Ferozepur Jhirka.
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Miscreants break into cycle factory
Sonepat, January 28 The miscreants arrived in a truck around 1.30 am and forcibly opened the main gate. They overpowered the chowkidar and other employees on pistol point. They tied them up with ropes and locked them in a room. Thereafter, they started the loading of nickle plates and other metal goods in the truck. The police succeeded in arresting three of the miscreants and recovered the loaded truck from the Kirtinagar area of Delhi. A case has been registered. |
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Couple killed in road mishap
Ambala, January 28 According to information, the couple were going toward Shahbad on their motor cycle when a truck hit their vehicle. Sikander died on the spot, while his wife succumbed to her injuries on the way the local Civil Hospital. The police has registered a case in this regard. |
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Shilpy, Ruchi win vedic quiz
Ambala, January 28 School Principal Vikas Kohli said the purpose to organise the event was to recognise the inherent talent of children. The programme was inaugurated by Dr D.P. Asija. In sub-junior group, team comprising Tushar and Manik came first, team comprising Tista and Supriya came second, while the third position was jointly shared by teams comprising Monika and Kaushal as well as Divya and Ruchika. In junior group, teams comprising Opinder Kaur and Harneet Kaur and Priyanka and Aniruddh were joint first, team comprising Amar Pratap and Naresh came second, while team comprising Vaibhav and Rajat finished third. In senior group, team comprising Shilpy and Ruchi came first, team comprising Rashmi and Anshu came second, while team comprising Mahinder Kaur and Manish finished third. |
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Bhaniarawala cases adjourned
Ambala, January 28 According to the information, around six criminal cases are pending in the court of CJM. Initially these cases were registered in the police station at Noorpur Bedi in Punjab during the regime of the Akali Dal. Later, on the direction of the Punjab and Haryana High Court these had been transferred to Ambala. The police made a tight security arrangement on the court premises. A large number of devotees of the baba were present in the court.
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Bhavna wins essay contest
Ambala, January 28 She has been invited, along with parents, in Kochi on February 4 to get the award. |
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