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Shaukat identifies bodies
Cong rally starts debate
Surjewala flags off Haryana gaurav
Intach plans museum at Jal Mahal
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HC orders removal of Haryana Pharmacy Council registrar
Shorewala acquitted in corruption case
Complaint against trader, lawyer
2 held for shooting man
6 get life term in murder case
Prisoner commits suicide
100 labourers booked
Fresh survey to identify BPL families
BJP to help farmers under loan burden
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6 Samjhauta blast victims laid to rest
Panipat, February 23 Earlier, the administration decided to bury all bodies lying unidentified and unclaimed at the local civil hospital today itself, but following a request by officials from Pakistan, the burial was postponed till tomorrow, said Rajiv Ranjan, deputy commissioner, Panipat. Pakistan embassy officials, who opened a visa counter at the civil hospital, had said that a few more relatives of victims were on the way from Pakistan to identify the bodies, Ranjan said. In all, 37 bodies lying at the civil hospital, Panipat, had been identified by relatives, of which 30 were those of Pakistan nationals. Meanwhile, the bodies of six victims were buried by their relatives here today. Of them, five belonged to Karachi while one body was of Anwar (44), a resident of Khera in Gujarat. The Pakistan nationals whose bodies were buried were Anam (15), Momina (40), Yunus (40), Mariam (40) and Furkan (20). |
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Shaukat identifies bodies
Panipat/Amritsar, February 23 The couple had lost their five children in the train mishap on Sunday. Rana Shaukat, who reached here from Delhi with his family after they were discharged from Safdarjung Hospital yesterday, identified the bodies of his children and decided to take these to Pakistan for burial. "I and my wife ran towards the doors of the coach when smoke filled in the coach and jumped out but till then we had got burn injuries as the fire had engulfed the coach," said Rana. “After that I could not dare to enter the coach to save my children,” said the Pak national. Claiming that one person got down from their coach after the train started from Delhi, Rana said the RPF personnel who asked a person to get down of the train on the way when it slowed down also died in the bomb blast. “As I had a little idea about the identity of the suspect I helped the police in making his sketch,” he said. Rana, who was facing difficulty in getting the compensation from the Railways due to requirement of some documents, was helped by Pakistan embassy officials who arranged the documents from Pakistan through fax after which the authorities
released the amount of Rs 5 lakh to him. Meanwhile, seven more bodies of the victims of the blasts in the Attari Express train have been handed over to the Pakistan authorities at the Wagah joint checkpost since last night. The relatives accompanying two bodies, who have been identified as Umar Deen (60) and his son Rana Mohammad Younis of Mumtaz Bagh in Multan, said that the two had come to visit their relatives in New Delhi a month back. BSF company commander Lakhi Ram Yadav handed over the bodies to Major Hafaz of Pakistani Rangers. A total number of 19 bodies have crossed the Wagah checkpost so
far. Five bodies of the children of Rana Shaukat Ali are likely to arrive at the Wagah checkpost in the early tomorrow. Meanwhile, three relatives of the bomb blast victims have arrived from Pakistan and were lodged at the checkpost as the district administration was yet to make arrangements for their onward journey to Panipat or New Delhi till the filing of the reports. |
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Cong rally starts debate
Chandigarh, February 23 INLD leaders, led by former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, have questioned the rationale behind the rally. They have been describing it as a futile exercise by the ruling party to highlight the "imaginary" achievements of its government. INLD spokesman Pradeep Choudhary, said no development had taken place in the state during the past two years. The INLD is not alone in its criticism of the rally, being held in the home district of its supremo Chautala. It has been supported by MP Kuldeep Bishnoi, son of former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, who also feels that there is no justification for the rally as the government has failed take the state on the road of progress. Even Pratap Singh Chautala, the estranged brother of the INLD supremo, held a press conference here yesterday in which he said the rally was a wastage of precious resources. On the other hand, Congress leaders supporting Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, have reacted sharply to the statements of anti-rally leaders, inside and outside their party. However, their reaction is more strong against Bishnoi and his father than the INLD leaders. Haryana Congress spokesman Ved Prakash Vidrohi said those Congressmen who were critical of the rally should not forget that their present status was due to the party. Vice-president and general secretary of the media cell of the Congress Rajinder Singh Pammi and Lakhwinder Singh Lakha, respectively, said the large turnout at the rally would be an expression of the people's confidence in the leadership of Hooda. They said the people of Haryana had been a witness to "politics of connivance" for the past 40 years. It was only for the past two years that a new breed of leadership had emerged in the state. The rally would expose the "political fixers" in the state, who had been joining hands while remaining in separate parties for their own vested interests. Convener of the media cell Pawan Jain said the INLD leaders were perturbed by the Congress rally because never in the history of Sirsa, the home district of the Chautalas, had ever hosted a state-level rally. Since these leaders knew that the success of the rally would pose a big challenge to their leadership, they were raising questions about it.
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Surjewala flags off Haryana gaurav
Kaithal, February 23 After flagging off the bus he told mediapersons that the bus had been introduced to provide better and comfortable journey to the passengers. This 40-seater bus has pressure windows, comfortable seats and mobile charging and radio facility. The bus driver will operate the doors through a remote control. Deputy commissioner Rajinder Kataria, general manager of Haryana roadways Kaithal depot M.S.Yadav, general secretary of the Haryana pradesh congress committee Randhir Rana and district congress committee chief Kavi Raj Sharma were also present on the occasion. |
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Intach plans museum at Jal Mahal
Narnaul, February 23 Bhargava’s ancestry goes back to Hemu or Hemchandra, who took the title of Vikramaditya after establishing control over Delhi and Agra following Emperor Humayun’s death. He was defeated by the army led by Akbar and Bairam Khan in the second battle of Panipat in 1526. Hemu fell unconscious after getting hit in his eye by an arrow and that cost him the battle. An unconscious Hemu was captured and brought to Emperor Akbar by Shah Quli Khan. Akbar, then only 14 years old, reportedly severed Hemu’s head and sent it across to Kabul for showing the trophy to the women in his father Humayun’s harem. Bhargava, an entrepreneur by profession, was here as a part of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (Intach ) team visiting the city. The members of the Intach team included Ms Komal Anand, a retired IAS officer, who had also held the position of Director General of the Archeology Survey of India. Long after the second battle of Panipat, Akbar, in a bid to make with Hemu’s family, had granted them right over an area near Narnaul. Bhargava’s family had preserved the imperial grant, which was later passed on to the Panipat Museum for showing as an exhibit. Shah Quli Khan, the Mughal army commander, had also settled down at Narnaul after Emperor Akbar made him the Governor over there as a reward for capturing Hemu. Jal Mahal or the lake palace, one of Narnaul’s most beautiful old structures, was built by Shah Quli Khan. His own tomb, got built by Khan 25 years before he died, too, is located near the Jal Mahal. Bhargava and his associates in Intach are now working on a plan to keep the memories of these two old adversaries alive. Hemu’s old haveli still exists at Mahendragarh and Intach is pushing for a museum to be set up in the haveli to showcase Hemu’s life. It also has plans to carve out an area for linking the Jal Mahal and other monuments in its neighbourhood
and make the area a heritage site. Yesterday, the Intach team had a fruitful meeting with the Deputy Commissioner of Narnaul on the subject. |
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HC orders removal of Haryana Pharmacy Council registrar
Chandigarh, February 23 The court has also directed the state Vigilance Bureau to investigate the allegations of financial irregularities, including misutilisation of funds by Nehra. Pronouncing his judgment on a writ filed council chief K.C. Goyal, justice S.N. Aggarwal also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on Nehra, which will be deposited with the Haryana Legal Services Authority. Incidentally, in an earlier petition, Nehra had sought directions to quash the order of his removal issued in 1996, which had been later stayed by the High Court pending outcome of the petition. Later, that petition was dismissed. On the other hand, Goyal had alleged that Nehra was not initiating steps for the election of the council office-bearers, which has an electoral college of about 15,000 pharmacists. It was also pointed out that Nehra did not hold elections despite letters written by the Haryana government in this regard. It had been further alleged that he did not maintain a proper record of financial transactions. While allowing the petition, the court also asked the council to appoint a new registrar and also hold election of the council as per rules. The High Court on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by Kaptan Singh, an assistant superintendent of Central Jail, Ambala and three others convicted of murdering Mohinder Singh, the young son of a former Sarpanch of village Juglan in Hisar on June 23, 1998. All four accused had been sentenced to life imprisonment by the additional district and sessions judge, Hisar on June 3, 2003, following which they had challenged the order in the High Court. According to the prosecution case, three of the accused Umed Singh, Rajinder Singh and Surat Singh, who had committed the murder by slipping out of the jail illegally at night in collusion with the jail staff, wearing police uniforms to hide their identity. In its order, the Division Bench of Justice Mehtab Singh Gill and Justice Arvind Kumar upheld the sentence awarded by the lower court.
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Shorewala acquitted in corruption case
Kaithal, February 23 According to information, the prosecution had filed an application in the court making a request for withdrawing the case, which was accepted by the court. The former minister and his two sons Anil Shorewala and Arun and then district treasury officer D.D. Vidyarthi were booked in a corruption case in 2000. According to the prosecution, there were media reports that about 12 class IV appointments were made in treasury offices committing irregularities.
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Complaint against trader, lawyer
Fatehabad, February 23 Mukesh Sharma, income tax officer, Fatehabad, today wrote to the superintendent of police, Fatehabad, demanding action against the two. The trader had submitted photocopies taken after tampering with the originals and those were attested by a Tohana-based taxation lawyer. Mukesh has written in his complaint addressed to the SP that tampering in the official documents appears to have been done with ulterior motive to deceive some financial institution to obtain a loan. The SP, when contacted, said the police would look into the matter and take suitable action. |
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2 held for shooting man
Rewari, February 23 They were produced in the court of the chief judicial magistrate today who remanded them in judicial custody. The police has also seized a revolver used in the crime. After an altercation between occupants of two cars, Suresh, who was fired upon from a close range, died while being taken to Delhi. A case under section 302 of the IPC has been registered in this regard. Meanwhile, Anil Kumar (25), a resident of Phideri village, was crushed to death by a brick-laden tractor, which hit his scooter on the Rewari- Delhi road here today. The Model Town police has registered a case of rash and negligent driving against the tractor driver who is absconding. |
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6 get life term in murder case
Bhiwani, February 23 According to prosecution, motorcycle-borne assailants had shot dead the then District Congress Committee president and municipal councillor Ramesh Masta on November 6, 2004, when the latter was sitting with his friends nera the city police station. The assailants had fired shots from point blank range. The police had registered a case under relevant Sections of the IPC against Rahul, alias Shashi Pratap, son of Karmbir, his father Karmbir, Satender, Bharat, Manjeet, and Banti, alias, Yogender of Sanjarwas village on the complaint of Pawan Masta, younger brother of the deceased. The court fined Rs 15,000 each to Rahul and Satender and Rs 10,000 each to the remaining accused. |
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Prisoner commits suicide
Karnal, February 23 According to information, Sunil (19) was found hanging in the wee hours by the jail staff. A resident of Paarth village near Matlauda, Panipat, Sunil was arrested for rape. He was brought to the jail on February 15, sources said. Inquiries revealed that all the three prisoners ended their lives by hanging themselves in the bathroom. Last year a number of mobile phones were recovered from inmates lodged in the jail. After the incident, the government directed the jail authorities to tighten security in the jail.
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Yamunanagar, February 23 Yesterday, three labourers were injured when a mound of earth at a digging site of the plant fell on them. They were rescued and taken to a private hospital where their condition was said to be stable. — TNS
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Fresh survey to identify BPL families
Bhiwani, February 23 Stating this here today, chief parliamentary secretary Dharambir Singh said earlier a survey was conducted in 2004, but when the list was sent to panchayats, it was found that there were errors in the report. He said according to this survey, names of the elite class also figured in the BPL list while genuine families had been left out. Therefore, the government had decided to
cancel this survey and conduct a fresh one, he added. |
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BJP to help farmers under loan burden
Rohtak, February 23 This was stated by senior party leader and former minister Krishan Murti Hooda here today. He said he would move a resolution in this regard at the next meeting of the state executive of the party. |
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