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BJP to expose ‘failures’ of Hooda government
Immolation threat puts cops on the edge
4 industrial houses to adopt ITIs
SDM to probe charges against plant officer
Selja inaugurates community toilet
Convince farmers to accept Bt cotton: |
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Relief for farmers sought
Man set on fire by in-laws
Korean hostel to be
set up
Social worker with a mission
Youth need to ‘inculcate’ human values
Bhajan Lal bereaved
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BJP to expose ‘failures’ of Hooda government
Ambala, January 30 Talking to mediapersons here, Prof Ganeshi Lal said the demonstrations would be held in different districts of the state. “The demonstrations will be held from February 12 to 28. We will lay bare the hollow achievements of the Congress government in Haryana,” he said. Prof Ganeshi Lal said the Haryana Government had been talking about false achievements. “The achievements cited by the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government are untrue and baseless,” he said. He said the Haryana Government had overstepped the spirit of the Constitution by appointing several Parliamentary Secretaries and a Chief Parliamentary Secretary, who were being considered equivalent to ministers. “Their strength today stands at more than 15 per cent. We are today going to challenge this in the high court,” he said. Prof Ganeshi Lal said the labour policy of the Congress government in Haryana is meaningless. “They have allowed women to work at night. But which work women will perform and who will safeguard the interest of women at night. These factors have not at all been taken into consideration,” he said. He said now even the Congress MLAs were openly criticising the functioning of the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government. “The Congress MLAs are saying that the government is non-functional. Also the law and order situation in the state has deteriorated,” he said. Prof Ganeshi Lal said under the labour policy, inspection of a unit would take place only if there was a complaint by a worker. Also, the working hours in the units could be increased. “It is clear that the workers are going to be oppressed,” he said. “Under the education policy, teachers are to be kept on contract. The teachers are to be paid Rs 50 per hour and it is common knowledge that subject teachers have few periods to teach. The minimum wages are Rs 2,360. This means that the teachers on contract will be getting about Rs 1,250 per month. We demand that the teachers on contract should be paid at least Rs 200 per hour,” he said. Prof Ganeshi Lal said ever since the Congress had come to power, black marketing had increased. “Goods are now only available in the black market. The worst affected are the ladies who have to run the household,” he said. He said a medical college approved in the name of astronaut Kalpana Chawla had yet not been constructed while a military school, for which the foundation stone had been laid in Jhajjar, no work had begun. He stated that due to the recent frost, crops had been damaged. “The situation is precarious for farmers. We demand that special girdawari should be carried out and a compensation of Rs 20,000 per acre should be given to the farmers. Mr Pradyuman Kumar, newly appointed organisation secretary of the state unit, was present along with former Ambala MP Ratan Lal Kataria, Mr Ravinder Dhawan, Mr Shish Pal Bhola, Mr Shubhadesh Mittal and Mr Ajay Jain. Mr Pradyuman Kumar was earlier with the Rajasthan unit of the BJP.
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Immolation threat puts cops on the edge
Rohtak, January 30 The 3500-strong Haryana Rajya Audyogik Suraksha Bal Sangharsha Samiti began its agitation for the umpteenth time here last week to seek their reinstatement or absorption into the state police. At first, the police simply ignored their indefinite sit-in and posted a posse at a safe distance from their tent as a precautionary measure. However, when intelligence inputs suggested that two of the protesters were planning to attempt self-immolation, the police wizened by the shocking experience of the Patiala police, immediately moved in closer, made arrangements for riot control and also parked a water canon van at the site. For the past three days, the protesters have been virtually isolated from the rest of the world. The problem the police now faces is that if it forcibly removes them from their tent, the situation could get worse should the protesters translate their immolation threat into action sometime later without the police getting wind of their plans. However, if the sit-in is allowed to continue, it could become the rallying point for other sacked and retrenched employees who have been seeking their reinstatement. As many as 3500 youths, including 576 women, were recruited to the HSISF by the Chautala regime in the dying moments of its rule in October 2004. No budgetary provision was made for paying them salaries which in any case the then government hoped to draw from industrial houses opting for deployment of HSISF personnel. The recruits were in the midst of training at Police Training College, Madhuban, when they were suddenly sent home in July last year after the government disbanded the force. There were immediate protests with at least one of the women recruits committing suicide days after she was sacked. In August they set up a sangharsh samiti and started a sit-in here. The protesters clashed with the police here when they tried to reach the venue of a function where the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, was the chief guest. On August 17 last year, their leaders went to see the Chief Minister in Chandigarh following which the stir was withdrawn. The government assured them that they would be given preference whenever recruitments were made to the state police. HSISF sangharsh samiti general secretary Ruchi Dudi says they have no choice but to agitate to voice their grievances. She thinks the government is being “insensitive to their plight”. “Even if the previous government made some administrative lapses, what was our fault? I fail to see why am I unemployed today having spent months training to be a security personnel”, she said. The problem now is that while the government maintains that it will fulfil its promise as and when fresh recruitments are announced, the sacked youths are becoming more and more impatient as time passes. In the midst of all this, the local administration finds itself hardpressed. |
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4 industrial houses to adopt ITIs
Chandigarh, January 30 Two separate MoUs were also signed by the government with the Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC), Delhi, for conducting vocational courses in the construction sectors at the ITI, Palwal, and implementing an innovative scheme of testing and certification of workers in the informal sector. This MoU has been signed because the construction sector is the largest employer in the country after agriculture and one of the fastest growing segments of the economy. The need for the skilled manpower related to construction will grow rapidly. While Maruti Udyog Limited will adopt the ITIs at Gurgaon and Rohtak, Liberty Shoes Limited will adopt the ITI at Karnal. The ITI at Nagina will be adopted by Sona Koyo Steering Systems Limited and that at Faridabad by Jay Bharat Maruti Limited. The Commissioner and Secretary, Department of Industrial Training and Vocational Education, Mr Ajit M. Sharan, signed all MoUs on behalf of the state government. Mr S.Y. Siddiqui, Chief General Manager, signed on behalf of Maruti, Mr Adesh Gupta, Chief Executive Officer, on behalf of Liberty Shoes. Mr Surinder Kapur, CEO, on behalf of Sona Koyo Steering Systems Limited, and Mr S.K. Arya, CEO, on behalf of Jay Bharat Maruti Limited, Mr P.R. Swarup, Chairman and Managing Director, signed on behalf of the CIDC. The corporate houses adopting the ITIs will provide in-plant training to students and the faculty. They will supervise the upgradation of teaching aids like working models, slides, video projection, instruction material in vernacular languages, workbooks and detailed job assignments. The industry will update the syllabi of the existing trades according to the local needs of the industry and recommend this to the National Council for Vocational Training through the Haryana Government for implementation. These industries will also assist in the placement of trainees after the completion of training in the industry. The MoUs were signed in the presence of the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the Industries Minister, Mr Lachhman Dass Arora, and the Chief Secretary, Mrs Meenaxi Anand Chaudhary. Mr Hooda said the government had entered a new era of quality industrial training in the state which would increase the employability of the students of Haryana throughout the world. As a result of the MoUs, separate Institute Management Committees (IMCs) would be formed, which would be apex decision-making bodies. A representative of the industries, which were adopting the institute, would chair the IMC. The IMCs would take day-to-day decisions. On the other hand, the government would maintain the buildings and assist in improving the functioning of the ITIs and the quality of training. The CIDC would, to begin with, run vocational courses in two trades of construction at the ITI, Palwal. The scheme of testing and certification of workers in the informal sector has been launched by the Department of Industrial Training and Vocational Education in collaboration with Maruti Udyog Limited and the CIDC in the sectors of automobiles and construction. Mr Hooda said 20 more ITIs would be adopted by the industrial houses. |
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SDM to probe charges against plant officer
Karnal, January 30 The dealer, Mr Rajesh Kumar, of Bhadson in Indri Teshil, alleged that the APPO had demanded Rs 10,000 from him and Rs 2000 were given to him last month through Dharampal Sangwan, a veterinary doctor, in Taraori last month. “Despite getting Rs 2000, Dharampal Sangwan told me that the APPO demanded more money”, the dealer alleged. But he refused to give even a single paisa more. At this, three persons including the APPO came to his shop on January 20 and took four bags of pesticides, two bags of total pesticides and five pieces of Agro-Gold pesticides with them in a Tata Sumo in his absence, he alleged. The dealer said that when he returned, neighbour Dinesh Khurana informed him about the incident. He submitted a written complaint to the Bhadson police post on the same day but the police delayed to register a case, he alleged. Deputy Director Agriculture Mr Surender Dahiya denied that bags of pesticides had been seized in the absence of the dealer. The dealer did not have authorisation to keep and sell these pesticides, so they were seized, he added. To a question, he said had the dealer levelled charges against the APPO of bribe before the seizure, it would have some validity. The dealer said that he had got the required sanction to keep and sell the pesticides seized from his shop. The dealer said that he had been pressurised into reaching a compromise, police post in charge Mr Brij Bhan said that FIR had not been registered as he had called the APPO but he could not come in past 10 days. The DC could not be contacted as he was out of station, ADC Mr Sanjiv Kumar said he would ask Karnal SDM to look into the matter and action would be taken against the erring official. |
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Selja inaugurates community toilet
Jhajjar, January 30 The minister stated that this scheme was a tribute to the Bapu who inspired people to imbibe cleanliness as habit in their lives. The minister told that the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) would provide Rs 60 lakh for the construction of these toilets at public places in each district. The central government has also prepared another scheme to provide basic amenities in slums areas of the country for which Rs 1 lakh crore would be generated. Ms Selja stated that another centre-sponsored scheme in the name of Jawaharlal Nehru Urban renewal mission, for selected districts in the country was on the anvil and Faridabad district has been selected from Haryana. Chief Minster Bhupinder Singh Hooda who presided over the function, announced sanitation especially in the rural areas was among the priorities of his government and the state government had sent a proposal of Rs 239.80 crore to the Centre for constructing toilets, especially for the women and rural areas would benefit from it. |
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Convince farmers to accept Bt cotton:
agri-board chief
Hisar, January 30 Dr Mayee was delivering the keynote address at the inaugural function of a two-day national seminar on “Transgenic Crops in Indian Agriculture — Status, Risks and Acceptance” organised by the National Society of Plant Science in collaboration with the Department of Plant Breeding and Department Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Haryana Agricultural University (HAU) here. The Chairman underlined the importance of transgenic crops in India in general and Bt cotton, in particular. He also called for the establishment of a national cotton board to attain better efficiency in cotton research and development. Earlier, in her presidential address HAU Vice-Chancellor and Principal Secretary-cum-Financial Commissioner, Agriculture, Haryana, Ms Asha Sharma, elaborated on the gains reaped in agricultural production as a result of the green revolution. Stressing on the need for a second more productive and greener revolution, she said it could be achieved through gene revolution by application of modern biotechnology in agriculture. Dr S.S. Dahiya, Dean, College of Agriculture, Dr R.K. Malik, Director of Research, Dr R.S. Waldia, head of the Department of Plant Breeding, Dr K.S. Boora, head, Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, were also present. |
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Relief for farmers sought
Sonepat, January 30 Talking to mediapersons here, he said the rabi and vegitable crops had been damaged and a large number of farmers had suffered financial losses on account of this. He blamed the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, for ignoring the farmers as he had become the leader of only a particular community. Mr Sangwan described the UPA government at the Centre and the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government in Haryana as anti-people, anti farmer and anti-employee and announced that his party had decided to launch an agitation for exposing the misdeeds of these governments. |
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Man set on fire by in-laws
Panipat, January 30 Police sources said the victim, a resident of Ashok Vihar, had had an altercation with his wife, Rupa, on Saturday. Yesterday, Rupa’s family members reached Vijay’s residence and entered into an argument with his family. They then allegedly assaulted Vijay. Hearing the commotion, neighbours converged on the spot and tried to pacify the two sides. But Vijay in-laws poured kerosene on him and set him on fire, the police said. He is reported to have suffered over 60 per cent burns and is stated to be in a critical condition. The police has booked the in-laws of the victim. |
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Korean hostel to be
set up
Chandigarh, January 30 This was stated by the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, while interacting with Mr Duck Koo Chung, a member of National Assembly of Korea. He called on Mr Hooda here today. Mr Hooda assured Mr Chung of full support by the state government to Korean entrepreneurs. Members of their families would also get facilities for education and recreation, Mr Hooda said. He said the government had already set up a Japanese hostel to offer accommodation to entrepreneurs from Japan. Mr Chung was apprised of the salient features of the new industrial policy of Haryana. Mr Chung was accompanied by the Commercial Attache, Mr Lee. The Director of the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, Mr Rashpal Malhotra, was also present at the meeting.
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Social worker with a mission
Ambala, January 30 He has been organising dental camps in backward regions of India. Talking to Chandigarh Tribune, he said he had recently completed a month-long dental camp at Renukoot in Jharkhand. He said dental camps were held from October to March by five doctors. He said cancer patients were operated upon at the beginning of the camp so that their follow-up could be monitored. He observed that lack of oral hygiene here was a matter of concern. He advocated the need to generate awareness about oral hygiene. He said he was keen that people got clean drinking water through hand pumps in villages. He added that 17 villages had benefited through their hand pumps project.
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Youth need to ‘inculcate’ human values
Ambala, January 30 The seminar was organised by the Department of Sanskrit and Political Science. Thirty research papers were presented by scholars from different universities and colleges. College principal, Dr Desh Bandhu, said the initiation of the child into the world of human values begins from his family. Mr Yudhbeer Khyalia, Registrar, Kurukshetra University, inaugurated the seminar. Dr Ramakant Angiras of Panjab University was the keynote speaker. Mr Khyalia laid stress on the need to inculcate human values into the present day youth.
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Bhajan Lal bereaved
Fatehabad, January 30 He was father of the local Congress MLA, Mr Dura Ram. He is survived by his wife Maina Devi and five sons. His cremation was largely attended. |
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