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Rajiv Gandhi a votary of clean politics: Hooda
Pak flags at school function, probe ordered
Short-duration courses at Home Science College
Beware of thieves during vacation
Man offering wife as prostitute held
Aged couple buried under wall
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Rajiv Gandhi a votary of clean politics: Hooda
Ambala, May 21 Mr Hooda, who was addressing a largely-attended public meeting organised in New Grain Market of Ambala city, said Mr Gandhi was killed on this day 15 years ago by terrorists because he enjoyed the status of an international leader, who wanted peace in the region. He was a votary of clean politics and waged a relentless war against power brokers. It was his commitment to clean politics that resulted in the formation of an anti-defection law, putting breaks on misplaced ambitions of unscrupulous and unprincipled politicians. It was due to his firm faith in the youth that Mr Gandhi was instrumental in lowering the voting age to 18 years. Today India had the largest population of youth voters in the world. Similarly, it was Mr Gandhi who first made provision of reservation for women in elected bodies by keeping one-third seats in Panchayati Raj institutions for them. Claiming that Mr Gandhi had a soft corner for Haryana because the state came into existence when his mother was the Prime Minister, Mr Hooda said if Haryana was to get its due share in the river waters through the SYL canal, it was because the Supreme Court had based its judgement on the canal in favour of the state on the Rajiv-Longowal accord. Amidst loud cheering, Mr Hooda announced several schemes for Ambala city, including a special economic zone (SEZ), a Rajiv Gandhi sports stadium, two sewerage schemes, drainage scheme and opening of a technical institution. He said the “biggest gift” for the people of Ambala were Power Minister Vinod Sharma and Union Minister Selja,” who were MLA and MP from here, respectively. Recalling the contribution of Ambala in the freedom struggle, the working president of the Haryana Congress, Dr Ram Prakash, said the party would celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first war of independence of 1857 in Ambala in a big way. It would also install statues of Mr Gandhi at all those places visited by him in the state during his 1991 election campaign. Mr Venod Sharma, who was primarily responsible for today’s show, said Mr Gandhi was a great visionary. He was the first to talk about India in the 21st century. Mr Nirmal Singh, MLA from Naggal, the neighbouring constituency, appreciated Mr Sharma for being able to mobilise people to attend the rally in such big numbers though Ambala city was an urban constituency. Among others who spoke were Education Minister Phool Chand Mullana, Agriculture Minister H.S. Chatha, Health Minister Kartari Devi and Mr D.K. Bansal, MLA from Ambala cantonment. |
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Pak flags at school function, probe ordered
Kurukshetra, May 21 Though the district administration has marked an inquiry in the flag incident, Dr Ram Prakash, who was the chief guest, has held the school responsible for mismanagement if any. The police has registered no case. According to reports, Janata School on the Jhansa Road, Kurukshetra
organised a function on Saturday to honour the state Congress working president. Sources said during the function the school management noticed identical flags of Pakistan and removed them. There were five similar flags in a row provided by the Municipal Council here. DSP Ram Chander Rathi told The Tribune statements of school management’s officials and others had been recorded. On the identical Pak flags, he said probably the flags were made from cloth offered at the mazar of Naugaja Pir. He hinted that role of the BDO would be probed for the alleged incident. The DSP added that the case seemed to be of mistaken identity as the colour scheme between the Pak flag and the flags in question varied from each other. Deputy Commissioner, T.K. Sharma, said an inquiry had been marked in the case, which would be completed in two three days. He also confirmed that the flags were reportedly procured and supplied by the MC here. However, he said there were no such directions to the MC to ensure if the flags or other welcome materials to be used in the functions were carefully checked to avoid any mischief. Dr Ram Prakash said though he had attended the function but claimed that he was unaware of the incident till evening. The senior Congress leader said that he had contacted the school management and informed that the MC office provided the flags. He clarified the Congress party had nothing to do with the organising of the function and it was the responsibility of the school management. |
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Short-duration courses at Home Science College
Hisar, May 21 Dr Neelam Kheterpaul, Dean, College of Home Science, said while the undergraduate and postgraduate courses had been given shape in accordance with the market demand, a few short-term job-oriented courses had also been introduced recently to make the girls economically self-reliant. The admission process for all the courses had started, she added. The Dean said, besides the BSc and MSc home science degree programmes, there were one-year postgraduate diploma courses in school counselling, apparel designing and management and human nutrition and dietetics, one-year certificate course in garment manufacturing, hosiery and four-month courses in bakery and confectionery and creative arts. She said barring the BSc and MSc degree programmes, all short-term courses were co-educational. However, graduates in any stream were eligible for admission in the postgraduate diploma courses, whereas the minimum educational qualification for certificate courses was matriculation, Dr Kheterpaul said, adding that the last dates for procuring admission forms and prospectus of degree and diploma courses were May 31 and July 29, respectively. These forms can also be obtained by June 7 and August 7, respectively. with late fee. |
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Beware of thieves during vacation
Karnal, May 21 Keeping in view the increased incidents of burglary and theft during vacations, the district police has asked the residents of Karnal to beware of thieves during this period and to take precautionary measures to prevent theft in their unoccupied houses. The SP, Mr Sibash Kaviraj, says that the residents can play an important role in reducing theft incidents by taking a few steps. They should inform the police station concerned and the president of the respective Residents Welfare Society before leaving the house so that the beat staff of the police and the office-bearers of the society can keep a close watch on unoccupied houses. Mr Kaviraj said the residents must ask the newspaper hawker to discontinue the supply of newspaper before going out for vacation. If suspected persons found a heap of newspapers in the veranda, it would indicate that the family was out. Patrolling in different localities of the city would be increased during vacation to minimise theft incidents, he added. |
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Man offering wife as prostitute held
Hisar, May 21 On getting a tip-off, a police team raided a house in Rishi Vihar, near Urban Estate, here. The raiding party found that Purushottam was standing outside the house, while Rohit was inside with Purushottam’s wife. According to the police, the woman was sent to Rohit’s house after he struck a deal with her husband. All of them were arrested from the spot. Meanwhile, the crime branch of the local police also claims to have busted a gang comprising mostly minors which was allegedly involved in thefts at religious places. The police claims that the gang was active in Hisar, Fatehabad and Sirsa districts. Of the four members of the gang arrested by the police, three, including the leader, are minors. The arrested boys are Twinkle, alias Tinku, Ajay, Sonu and Mukesh. All, except Mukesh, are minors. They were produced in a local court which sent them to judicial custody. |
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Aged couple buried under wall
Sonepat, May 21 They were reportedly returning from the fields in the evening and in order to save themselves from the gusting winds and hail, they stood adjacent to a wall of the farmhouse. However, the wall collapsed and they were trapped unaware. |
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