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INLD observes warning day
Notice to doc for not implementing award
Farmers allowed to sell cane
Uneasy calm prevails; IG visits Mehmadpur
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Tribune Impact
Registration of housing societies
ITI students, staff observe strike
Wall of widow’s house demolished sans notice
Crash landing turns copter into junk
Bulgarian order for 8000 buffaloes
SC directions on marriages hailed
Baraat bus stoned
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INLD observes warning day
Karnal, February 15 Observing warning day, INLD workers held out a procession led by former Health Minister Meena Lal Ranga from Shakha ground in the morning that culminated at Mini Secretariat after passing through railway road, Committee Chowk and Kunjpura road. Addressing the INLD workers, Ranga criticised the Congress government for removing Tau’s name from the two establishments. Gharaunda MLA Rekha Rana, former MLAs Gulzar Singh, Nafe Singh, Dharampal Sidhpur, INLD national secretary Brij Sharma, its state general secretary Gulshan Batra and its district president Ram Kumar Abla were among the protest. FATEHABAD:
Activists of the INLD on Wednesday held demonstration against the dropping of the name of former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal from the name of the Panipat Thermal Plant. Mr Nishan Singh, a former MLA and president of the district unit of the INLD and Dr Sushil Indora, an MLA from Ellenabad, led the agitating INLD workers. Ms Swatantar Bala Chaudhary, a former MLA, Mr Gian Chand Odh, an MLA and Ms Krishana Poonia, president of the women’s wing of the party were also among the demonstrators. The INLD workers then submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner to be forwarded to the Governor, Haryana. The memorandum said that the state government had hurt the sentiments of the people of Haryana by deleting the name of Chaudhary Devi Lal from the name of the thermal plant. REWARI:
INLD activists from Rewari, Jatusana, Bawal and other parts of the district participated in a rally and demonstration held in protest against the anti-Devi Lal stance of the Hooda government in Rao Tula Ram park here on Wednesday. Flaying the Congress-led state government for removing. Mr Devi Lal’s name from the Thermal Power Plant of Panipat, former MP and state president of the women’s wing of the INLD Mrs Kailasho Saini said it was sheer arrogance of the power which had led the Hooda government to indulge in such acts. She announced that the INLD activists were prepared to make any sacrifice to preserve the Tau’s honour and their present struggle would continue till Mr Devi Lal’s name was restored to the thermal power plant at Panipat. Later they took out a protest march shouting slogans against the Hooda government. The march culminated at the district secretariat where they submitted to the district administration a memorandum which was addressed to the Governor of Haryana. |
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INLD workers protest
Ambala, February 15 Hundreds of INLD workers staged a dharna before the office of the Deputy Commissioner and raised slogans against the state government. Former minister Rasal Singh, former MLAs Jasbir Mallor and Malik Chand Gambhir, district president Surjeet Singh Sonda and senior leaders of the party Sucha Singh
Baknor, Balvinder Punia, Nirmal Vij, Shashi Kesari, Rameshwar Prasad Agarwal, Karnail Singh and Barjinder Sharma were also present on this occasion. Later INLD workers led by Mr Sonda submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner, Ambala, in which they alleged that the Congress government had been victimising INLD workers. PANCHKULA: Leaders and activists of the INLD held a rally and demonstration at the office of the Deputy Commissioner before submitting a memorandum here today. Led by INLD leaders, Mr Pardeep Choudhry and Mr Manoj Aggarwal and over 500 workers converged on the venue. Leaders lauded the sacrifices and contribution of Devi Lal. They urged the government to reinstate the name of the plant. |
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Notice to doc for not implementing award
Fatehabad, February 15 The forum has asked the doctor to show cause by March 7, why he should not be proceeded against for not implementing the award? Raj Pati, a resident of village Ratta Khera, had undergone a family planning operation at the nursing home of Hisar-based surgeon Dr Kuldeep Singh on June 24, 2000, according to a complaint filed by the women in the District Consumer Forum. The woman was diagnosed pregnant, when she got her medically examined on January 20, 2004. The doctors told her that abortion at that stage could be perilous. She delivered an unwanted baby on June 2, 2004. The woman served a legal notice to the doctor through her counsel for damages but the doctor did not care to reply. She than lodged a complaint with the forum. The notice issued by the forum was duly served on the doctor, but he did not care to respond. The forum then issued an ex-parte judgment asking the doctor to pay Rs 2 lakhs as compensation and Rs 25000 as legal costs to the complainant. When the doctor did not implement the award even after passage of the stipulated period, the woman moved the forum again with an execution petition. The forum has now issued a show cause notice to the doctor for March 7, 2006. |
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Farmers allowed to sell cane
Yamunanagar, February 15 One of the reasons behind the failure of the agitation is that it got stretched over a long period and the leaders failed to take any ‘concrete’ decision. A delegation of the samiti had also met the Chief Minister but they had to return empty handed. The samiti on January 19 had announced a gram bandh. The mill was forced to close operations but had recently re-opened after some farmers started selling cane to it. All previous five mahapanchayats were attended by thousands of farmers but today they were even less than 100. The samiti office- bearers announced at the grain market, Jagadhri, that the agitation would continue but the farmers were now free to sell their cane to anyone they wish to. Dr Shamsher Singh Tyagi, general secretary of the samiti, admitted that no major demands of the farmers had been accepted by either the government or the mill management. Mr Pankaj Malik, general manager of the mill, said that the mill management was grateful to the farmers that they had given up the path of agitation and started selling their produce to the mill. He claimed that the mill was pro-farmer and would continue more welfare schemes for them. |
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Uneasy calm prevails; IG visits Mehmadpur
Mehmadpur (Karnal), February 15 The Ravidasis were trying to close shops on Tuesday morning in protest against the decision of the district administration of not allowing them to carry out a procession on Ravidas Jayanti on Monday. As a result, a violent clash between the police and Ravidasis had taken place at Kunjpura chowk on Monday evening. Rohtak range IG Sharad Kumar visited the village today to take stock of the situation. Accompanied by DC Rakesh Gupta and SP Sibash Kaviraj, he met the representatives of both the communities. In the meantime, the DC claimed that tension had been defused as both communities had reached a compromise of providing an alternative place to Ravidasis for their chaupal during a meeting of the representatives of the two groups in which he himself and the SP were also present. The bone of contention between the two communities was reportedly a piece of land regarding which a case is pending in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Ravidasis claimed that the land situated on the outskirts of the village belonged to them and they had been using it as their chaupal (a common place of sitting). While the representatives of Rodh community agreed on the compromise but a section of Ravidasis said that they had nothing to do with the compromise as most of their actual representatives had either been put behind the bars by the police or had been missing since the tension. Mehmadpur Sarpanch Sohan Singh told The Tribune that the district administration would construct a chaupal for Ravidasis on a 10-marla land. |
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Tragedies fail to curb writer’s lighter side of life
Chandigarh, February 15 When colonial India was split into two countries, Dr Chandra was teaching in the S D College in Lahore. He faced the miseries suffered by millions of other evacuees on both sides of the border. From Lahore, he shifted to Mirpur in the earstwhile state of J&K. Mirpur also happens to be Dr Chandra’s birth place. But what awaited him in Mirpur was much worse then flleeing from the riot ravaged Lahore. His father, mother, sister and a number of other close relatives were killed during the attack on Mirpur by tribal raiders with support from the Pakistani Army in October 1947. Given Dr Chandra’s experiences, he could have turned into a sullen writer churning out dark and gloomy pieces. On the contrary, Dr Chandra’s writings are full of wit and humour. He is also considered an expert in writing satirical pieces and is a recipient of the Chakallas award. The award, instituted by a Maharastra based academy, is given for promoting satirical writings. Dr Chandra has written a book on Kalidasa’s romantic masterpiece “Meghaduta” . He has also written books on works of ancient Indian poet, Bhasa. Dr Chandra’s works also include a biography of the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar and a book on prominent Muslim poets of Hindi literature. For the latter book, he received an award from the UP government for promoting national integration. These two books by Dr Chandra also show that the personal tragedies that befell the writer did not affect his secular worldview. Dr Chandra played a key role in establishing the S D College at Ambala. He also happens to be the first post graduate professor of this region. A large number of students have got their doctoral and post doctoral degrees working under his supervision.
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MC orders removal of hoardings
Vishal Joshi Tribune News Service
Panipat, February 15 The Tribune had highlighted how the MC authorities had adopted a lenient attitude towards the violators. According to the rules, no hoardings, glow signs, signboards or other means of publicity could be put up along the national highway. Mr M.S. Jagat, Executive Officer, said orders had been issued and soon the hoardings would be removed. The MC President, Mr Vinod Wadhera, had mentioned his official status on hoardings. According to officials, the MC was losing lakhs as influential parties and businessmen having an association with the Congress do not take permission to put up hoarding in the town at specified places.
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Registration of housing societies
Chandigarh, February 15 The Haryana Urban Development Authority, which had floated the Group Housing Scheme-2005 had extended the last date for the submission of applications to February 28. Mr Roshan Lal said as the process of registration was time consuming and a number of documents had to be examined by the ARCS so the last day of receiving applications had been fixed as February 20. All such applications would be disposed of as expeditiously as possible but not later than February 25. The registration of societies would be done on a first come first served basis. |
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ITI students, staff observe strike
Sonepat, February 15 According to a report, the striking students, instructors and employees took out a march which passed through the main bazars of the city. They also held a massive demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office. A rally was also held on the
occasion which was addressed, among others, by Mr Yashpal Tanda and Mr Sube Singh, president and general secretary, respectively, of the Haryana State Industrial Training Technical Karamchari Kalyan Sangh. They warned that if the state government would go ahead with the move then the sangh would launch an agitation against the state government. They disclosed that the state government had already privatised six ITIs in the state and it wanted privatise more. They added that a delegation of the sangh had called upon Mr Ajit Mohan Sharan, Commissioner-cum-Secretary of the Industrial Technical Education in this regard. Meanwhile, the Students Federation of India has given a call to the students for a three-day strike from today in support of the ITI students. According to another report, a large number of INLD workers took out a march and held a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office here today in protest against the renaming of the Panipat Thermal Power Station. |
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Wall of widow’s house demolished sans notice
Hisar, February 15 While the municipal authorities assert that the wall had been built on municipal land, the widow as well as her neighbours affirm that it had been there for the past about 20 years and they had not got any notice during all these years. Political pressure is said to be behind the demolition. When The Tribune team reached the scene, some labourers sent by the Municipal Council were busy levelling a portion near the demolished boundary wall. The widow and her mentally challenged son Vijay were standing nearby helplessly. On being contacted, the Executive Officer of the local Municipal Council, Mr Suresh Bhardwaj, evaded a direct reply on the issue on one pretext or the other. The council president, Mr Arvind Kharinta, maintained that the house owner had been verbally asked to produce the registration and other papers of the property, but she failed to do so. “It was after this that we were forced to take action in this regard,” he maintained. On being asked why a formal written notice was not served, Mr Kharinta pointed out that soon after getting a notice, the persons concerned obtained stay orders from the court, which made things difficult for them. However, the widow as well as some residents of the locality maintain that the municipal body was acting under political pressure regarding the matter. The old widow, one of whose three sons is dead and another is mentally challenged, does not know which door to knock for help. |
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Crash landing turns copter into junk
Ambala, February 15 IAF officials carried out a detailed technical inspection of the helicopter and it was decided that the helicopter needed to be dismantled. The dismantled parts of the helicopter would be taken away to the Sarsawa airbase in Uttar Pradesh. The MI-17 helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing on the Markanda river bed near Damli village last week. The technical team managed to repair the helicopter engine but they were not taking any risk of flying. The large rotors of the helicopter would lead to a tremendous ‘lift’, which would cause sand of the dry river bed to fly and the engineers did not want to take such a chance as sand may damage equipment. A recovery van would be used to carry away the dismantled parts. Carrying away the main portion of the helicopter would be a major challenge since it would be difficult for a large recovery vehicle to reach the spot where the helicopter had landed. The possibility of air-lifting the main portion of the helicopter was not being ruled out. |
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Bulgarian order for 8000 buffaloes
Sonepat, February 15 The Chief Minister said he had recently held a meeting with the Bulgarian ambassador in this regard. A proposal worth Rs 554 crore had been sent to the Central Government with a view to promoting livestock farms in the state. The Chief Minister visited an exhibition put up by the department where he gave away prizes to breeders. |
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SC directions on marriages hailed
Chandigarh, February 15 In a statement issued here today, Mrs Chaudhary said the decision of the Supreme Court would go a long way in enhancing the status of women in Indian society. This step would also help curb social evils like child marriage and the dowry system prevailing in society and, in turn, uplift the social status of women. She further said with the registration of marriages, instances of property-related disputes would decrease. |
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Baraat bus stoned
Ambala, February 15 A marriage party had gone from Amritsar to Tundla village. The bus carrying the marriage party was returning through Topekhana Bazaar when some of the luggage kept on the top of the bus touched overhead wires. This led to sparking. The local residents had an altercation with the bus driver over the route taken by the bus. Even before bus passengers could react, the local residents began to pelt the bus with stones. Ten persons, including the brother of the groom, sustained injuries in the incident. Two of the injured are stated to be serious. They have been taken to the Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt. The injured include Kasero, Sonu, Ashwini, Raj Kumar, Raju, Praveen, Kishori, Sunita, Amit and bus driver Baljeet. Two women bus passengers have alleged that the mob snatched their gold jewellery. The stone-pelting incident led to tension in the Topekhana Bazaar area. Police personnel rushed to the spot to control the situation. |
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2 students caught for copying
Bhiwani, February 15 A board spokesman told that the flying squad of the secretary of the board inspected about six examination centres of Rohtak and Bhiwani. It said the flying squads held two students for using unfair means in the examination. |
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