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Commuters inconvenienced as strike enters second day
‘CBI raids on Chautalas: Cong settling political
scores’
Cong leader jailed for cheating
Hisar sizzles at 46.8 °C
18 hurt in group clash
Two booked for burning youth to death
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Police inaction alleged in Imam’s murder case
Cong worker stabbed to death
Thieves decamp with computer parts
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Commuters inconvenienced as strike enters second day
Hisar, May 5 A
Volvo bus left for Chandigarh amidst tight security. A large number of
local residents and commuters were inconvenienced and many of them were
forced to travel in private commercial vehicles, operators of which had
yet another field day. Efforts were on to defuse the situation, but no
breakthrough was achieved. CITU national secretary and Rajya Sabha
member Tapan Sen visited the employees who were injured in the lathi
charge yesterday. He said the issue would be raised in Parliament. He
demanded that the plying of Volvo buses be stopped and the agreement in
this regard be examined. He said 23,000 roadways employees were on
strike. Members of various unions continued their protest at the local
bus stand and the atmosphere was tense. Depot General Manager Bhal
Singh Bishnoi said efforts were on to convince employees to resume
service. The police booked 22 employees who were protesting against the
plying of Volvo buses yesterday. Three of them were undergoing
treatment at the local Civil Hospital and 19 others were sent to
judicial custody for 14 days. Bhiwani MP Kuldeep Bishnoi demanded
action against those responsible for the lathi charge. Jhajjar: With
the strike by Haryana Roadways employees entering the second day,
hundreds of commuters had a harrowing time reaching their destinations
on Friday. All bus services remained suspended for the second
day. Members of the Haryana Roadways Workers Union, led by its district
president Virender Dhankar, observed a complete strike and raised
anti-government slogans. Chandigarh: The strike by employees of Haryana
Roadways has only partially affected the services of the Transport
Department in the state, claimed an official release issued here on
Friday. Six depots, Chandigarh, Ambala, Sonepat, Jind, Rewari and
Narnaul, had normal operations, the release said and added that the
Panipat, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jhajjar, Yamunanagar and Gurgaon
depots were affected by the strike. The state exchequer had suffered a
loss of Rs 1.5 crore since the beginning of the strike, the release said
and added that even the West Bengal government had started Volvo buses
under the franchise scheme. The release asked why the same unions, which
were protesting against running of the Volvo buses in Haryana, were
silent about West Bengal. He said over 50,000 passengers had already
travelled by the Volvo service on the Chandigarh-Delhi route. The effort
is to extend the services to the interior of the state and cover the
districts such as Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Rohtak and
Jhajjar. While the unions had no objection to the running of the
service on the GT Road, why they were objecting to the extension of this
service to the interiors of Haryana, the release said. REWARI: The
“chakka jam” agitation by employees of Haryana Roadways continued
for the second day here today. The protesting employees staged
demonstration and dharna and raised slogans against the Transport
Minister as well as the state government. Meanwhile, justifying the
agitation, the employees’ unions of the Excise and Taxation
Department, the Rewari unit of the DHBVN and the Public Health
Department here extended their support to them today. Mr Vinod Yadav,
president of the Haryana Roadways Workers Union said the strike would
continue until the arrested employees were released, cases against them
withdrawn unconditionally and the plying of Volvo buses was stopped
permanently. |
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‘CBI raids on Chautalas: Cong settling political
scores’
Panipat, May 5 This
noon, Mr Kadiyan rubbished media reports that the CBI raided residence
of an INLD supporter at Panipat on Thursday. He charged the Congress
party leadership with settling political scores with Chautalas. Mr
Kadiyan termed CBI raids as a deep-rooted conspiracy to malign Chautalas.
He said the Hooda government at the behest of the Centre was implicating
the former CM and his family in fabricated cases. Criticising the role
of the CBI, he said the agency was playing into the hands of the
Congress. On the CBI’s claim about the seizure of records of the
property worth over Rs 1400 crore, he said the figures were
exaggerated. Questioning the valuation of the property, he said prices
had multiplied over the years when the Chautala and his family purchased
the property. He said the party would launch a statewide agitation after
a meeting to be held at Sirsa. The ex-Speaker said Mr Chautala would be
back from the USA within two months after recovery from operation. |
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Cong leader jailed for cheating
Kurukshetra, May 5 While giving time to the accused for
filing his appeal in upper court, the magistrate freed him on
bail. According to the case history, a grain market commission agent,
Mr Ajay Kumar, in a complaint filed in the CJM’s court, had informed
that he had been dealing in money transactions with Mr R.D. Goyal for
quite some time. Mr R.D. Goyal owned him Rs 7, 18, 540. Mr R.D. Goyal
gave him a cheque for Rs 50,000 on June 29, 1995, and another cheque for
Rs 4 lakh the next day. Again, he gave a cheque for Rs 1.5 lakh and Rs 1
lakh in cash to him on July 10, 1995. However, when Mr Ajay Kumar
deposited the cheque for Rs 4 lakh in the Union Bank of India, it
bounced. He informed Mr R.D. Goyal on July 13, 2005, about the
dishonouring of cheque but the latter did not respond. Similarly, he
dispatched a legal notice to Mr R.D. Goyal on July 27, 2005, but again
did not get any reply. Ultimately, he filed a case on August 24, 2006,
in court. After hearing the case, the Magistrate sentenced Mr R.D.
Goyal for one year in imprisonment and fined Rs 5,000. |
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Hisar sizzles at 46.8 °C
Chandigarh, May 5 The maximum temperature stayed two to six degrees above normal in the region, making people reel under hot weather conditions. The current heat wave has already claimed the life of one person in the region. People, reeling under blistering heat wave at Hisar, faced power cuts and shortage of water, adding to their problems. The mercury also kept its upward movement at Ambala, recording 41.4 °C, while the temperature settled at 39.8 °C, two degrees above normal, at Karnal. In Punjab, Amritsar was the hottest place with the mercury touching 43.2 °C, six degrees above normal, while Ludhiana showed 42.6 °C and Patiala 42.8 °C, four degrees above normal. Parts of Himachal Pradesh also reported rise in temperature.
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18 hurt in group clash
Sonepat, May
5 The incident was the result of an ongoing dispute over the
possession of a disputed piece of common agricultural land. The
incident reportedly took place when about two dozen persons were
returning to the village after meeting the SP, Mr Yogender Nehra, last
evening. On receiving information, the DSP along with a police party
reached the village. |
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Two booked for burning youth to death
Rewari, May 5 A case under
Section 302 of the IPC has been registered against the two suspects.
Pradeep, who had entered the labourers’ hutments near the hotel on
March 27 night, was spotted by some labourers. They raised the alarm,
following which a crowd gathered there. Pradeep was caught and petrol
was sprinkled on his genitals and was then set on fire. |
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Police inaction alleged in Imam’s murder case
Yamunanagar, May 5 Various Hindu organisations and the BJP today alleged that the
police was not taking action in the complaint against some members of
the minority community who had attacked members of their community two
days before the alleged murder took place. Some persons, including some
of the murder accused, had allegedly been attacked by members of the
minority community on Saturday. The police had booked seven persons for
killing Imam Hassan on Monday night and arrested six of the accused.
Today, a meeting of the members of the two communities and efforts were
on to resolve the controversy. — TNS |
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Cong worker stabbed to death
Yamunanagar, May 5 As per
police sources, the accused, Karan Singh, who is Zila Parishad member
from Bilaspur block, here, has been arrested and the police was in the
process of registering an FIR when the reports last came in. The
condition of the injured, Mahinder, who is admitted to the Civil
Hospital here, was said to be stable. |
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Thieves decamp with computer parts
Ambala, May 5 The security guard said yesterday evening, a youth came on a motor cycle and enquired about the guard on night duty. The youth asked for a glass of water. Since the water was not cold, the youth said he was going to get a cold drink from a nearby shop. The youth bought cold drink and a snacks packet. Thereafter, the youth poured cold drink into two glasses and offered him the packet of snacks. After drinking the cold drink, the youth left. A little later, the security guard began to feel giddy and he fell unconscious. The guard regained consciousness at the Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt.
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Meenaxi Choudhry
Chandigarh, May 5 The terms and
conditions of service of the Information Commissioner will be notified
in due course, an official press release issued here said. Ms Choudhry
had retired as the state's Chief Secretary on April 30. — TNS |
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