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Haryana extends power bill waiver scheme
Govt plans to free farmers from debt
Haryana to develop pilgrim centres
Order to attach Gati Ltd vehicles
Police helps ailing beggar
Son turns out to be mother’s killer
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Sarpanch accused of murder, suspended Karnal, March 14 The sarpanch of Manglora village, Jagbir Singh, has been suspended from his post with immediate effect. Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Gupta issued an order in this regard here today. 
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Haryana extends power bill waiver scheme
Panchkula, March 14 Senior officials in the state Power Utilities informed that the scheme has been extended for those consumers who had not availed the benefits of the scheme, when it ended on January 31 earlier this year. These farmers will not have to pay surcharge on their pending electricity bills, but will be required to pay a late entry fee. The Electricity Bill waiver scheme announced by the Hooda government on June 16, 2005, has been able to resolve the long- standing contentious issue of unpaid electricity bills by farmers of Haryana. Over 64 per cent of defaulting farmers (8. 90 lakh consumers from a total of 13. 86 lakh consumers) have already availed the scheme. It was only when the two power distribution companies— Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam started to disconnect the power supply of defaulting consumers last month, that they pleaded for the extension of this scheme. The Hooda government in Haryana had waived off a whopping Rs 1600 crore outstanding power arrears of farmers and other rural domestic consumers under this scheme. Arrears of only those consumers in rural sector are waived off who pay the future bills regularly. To ensure this, the government decided that 10 per cent of the arrears would be written off with the payment of each of the next 10 bills on a two-month cycle. If a consumer pays regularly and “uninterruptedly” his electricity dues for 20 months, his entire arrears would stand paid off. As a reward to those rural sector consumers who paid their bills regularly, the government decided to give them 5 per cent rebate on their dues for the next 20 months. This decision was taken to respect the sentiments of the farming community of those districts which constitute the “tubewell belt” along the G.T. Road. Residents of Ambala, Yamunanagar, Karnal and Kurukshetra never agitated for free power, but demanded “quality and adequate” power. |
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Govt plans to free farmers from debt
Bhiwani, March 14 after unveiling a statue of martyr Nayak Sispal Singh at Bamla village in this district yesterday. He was awarded Mahavir Chakra posthumously. Mr Birender Singh said now the farmers were being given loans at an annual rate of 7 per cent instead of 9 per cent by the cooperative banks. He assured that there would not be any dearth of funds for development works. He said that Deen Bandhu Sir Chhotu Ram had struggled with the British rulers to safeguard the interests of the weaker sections of society. It was because of the concerted efforts made by the Deen Bandhu to uphold the dignity of the farmers that he was being remembered by the nation. While paying tributes to martyr Sispal, Mr Birender Singh said the brave soldier belonged to the Jat Regiment. He had sacrificed his life on April 9 in 1948 at peak No.3831 popularly known as "Rohtak picket". He said the State Government, under the able leadership of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the pension of freedom fighters had been increased from Rs1,400 to Rs 3,500 per month. The Finance Minister who addressed the participants at a five -day workshop on complete sanitation here in the town, said a Rs 239.52 crore plan was being formulated to construct individual
latrines, women sanitation complexes and anganwari latrines. Out of its total cost, Rs 147.23 crore would be provided by the Central Government. |
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Haryana to develop pilgrim centres
Kurukshetra, March 14 He said the Pehowa-Kurukshetra-Hardwar road would be four laned. The government had planned various schemes for the development of ancient “tirthas” in the state. He said traces of the Saraswati river had also been found at Kalayat in Kaithal district, therefore, this place would be developed. The government would make efforts to maintain the basic identity of the river. Mr Hooda also inaugurated a new “ghat” at the Saraswati Tirth. It was constructed by Mr Naveen Jindal, MP, in the memory of his father, O.P. Jindal. Mr Hooda announced a grant for Rs 25 lakh from his discretionary funds for the restoration of the Saraswati Tirth. Criticising the Chautala government, the Agriculture Minister, Mr H.S. Chatha, said the previous government had introduced a Bill for taking over temples but the Hooda government withdrew the Bill. Representatives of various religious, social and political organisations honoured Mr Hooda, Mr Chatha and Mr Jindal for their contribution to the restoration of the Saraswati Tirth. Mr Dillu Ram, Parliamentary Secretary, Mr Ramesh Gupta, District Congress President, Mr Pawan Garg, Commissioner, Mr Mahavir Singh, district police chief, Mr Sanjay Kumar and representatives of the Sadhu Samaj and the Brahaman Tirathodhaar Sabha were also present. |
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Order to attach Gati Ltd vehicles
Ambala, March 14 Ten vehicles were ordered to be attached yesterday after an execution application for non-compliance of an order took place. The case had been filed by International Biological Laboratories, Ambala Cantt. An earlier order of the forum on August 2005, stated that the complainant booked 95 boxes of scientific goods on January 14, 2004, for delivery at Guwahati, at a value of Rs 5.28 lakh. The complainant had given instructions to the company to release the goods to the consignee. It was told that the goods were fragile and that they should be released to the consignee only on the receipt of a demand draft payable for Rs 2.28 lakh and a cheque for Rs 3 lakh payable not later than February 15, 2004. The order states: "In spite of the instructions, the respondents released the goods to the consignee against a demand draft for Rs 2.28 lakh and violated the instructions of the complainant and have failed to receive the cheque for Rs 3 lakh payable not later than February 15, 2004, as instructed by the complainant. "The complainant had also sent a notice on February 2, 2004, to the respondents to comply with the instructions. OPs handed over to the complainant were bogus and the cheque on which the date is unreadable, was forged." |
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Police helps ailing beggar
Ambala, March 14 The SP, Mr Rajbir Deswal, received information that a woman beggar who seemed to be pregnant was wandering on the Ambala- Jagadhri road near Shehjadpur. Although the police department does not have a role in such cases, he went there along with two women constables. She was brought to the Civil Hospital. A doctor conducted an ultrasound and it was found that she was not pregnant but was suffering from a serious abdominal ailment. The police sent her to the Nari Niketan at Karnal but it refused to take in a retarded woman. She was again brought to the Civil Hospital. The police would seek legal permission to shift her to some other medical institution so that she could get better treatment. |
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Son turns out to be mother’s killer
Kaithal March 14 The police registered an FIR against Jogi Ram and his wife. During investigation the police learnt that it was not Jogi Ram, but Pala Ram, the complainant, who had murdered his mother with the help of his wife and a nephew . The police came to know that the deceased on the March 7 night had exchanged hot words with her son, Jogi Ram, and thereafter she sat on a cot in the street. In the meanwhile her son, Pala Ram, reached there along with his wife, Phoolwati, and a nephew, Sisan, and hatched a conspiracy to kill his mother and put the blame on Jogi Ram . Pala Ram and others killed her, took her body in a rickshaw and threw it in the pond. |
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Sarpanch accused of murder, suspended
Karnal, March 14 The sarpanch was accused of murder last year. An FIR under Sections 148, 149, 323 and 302 of the IPC and Sections 27, 54, 59-A of the Arms Act was registered against him and others at Madhuban police station on October 13 last year. Presently, the sarpanch is lodged in jail. According to an official spokesman, he was issued a show-cause notice but he did not give any satisfactory reply.
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AMBALA: A national-level seminar on “Puranic Chetna Ka Swarup Evam Chintan” was organised at SD College, Ambala Cantonment, on Tuesday. The seminar was organised by the Department of Sanskrit in collaboration with the Haryana Sanskrit Sahitya Academy. Dr Leela Dhar Viyogi, a noted scholar of Hindi and Sanskrit, was the key speaker, while Dr Rameshwar Dutt was the chief guest. Dr Simon Davison from England said, “When we are lost in the labyrinth of life, our only saviour are the traditions, so we need to redefine our culture and roots.” A number of scholars, including Dr Bhim Singh, Dr Indu Sharma, Dr Ranbir Singh, Dr Ganesh Dutt Bhardwaj and Dr Sukhdev were also present. The college Principal, Dr Desh Bandhu, said 80 participants from various college and universities participated
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