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Reward amount increased to Rs 5 lakh
Sops galore by Hooda
Traffic blues on road leading to rally venue
Bishnoi targets Sonia
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Bid to kidnap MLA’s son; 3 held
‘India ahead in intelligence systems’
Hallmarking of jewellery must from 2008
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Reward amount increased to Rs 5 lakh
Panipat, February 25 According to the probing team, the accused were knowing this fact that the speed of the train used to get slow (11 km per hour) between Badli and Olambi Kalan villages on Delhi outskirts, which helped them in getting down after placing the bombs in three coaches. “The caution instructions were issued to the crew for that distance for the past one month,” stated Ms Arora. Denying any arrests in the case till now the SP, GRP, stated that the SIT was getting steady information and more than 24 persons were being questioned, including some witnesses in the case. Even as the SP refused to comment, it has come to the notice of The Tribune that a copy of a Hindi daily, dated January 11, 2006, found in one of the two suitcases containing the bombs has also puzzled the investigators. The copy of the Hindi daily of Uttar Pradesh is containing the news item regarding 114 grenades found during construction work on the premises of Darbar Sahib in Amritsar on January 10 last year. Earlier, the SIT had to let off Salman and Saira, picked up from Bikaner on the basis of information received after releasing the sketches of suspects on Tuesday, after they wer found innocent. The questioning of Usman Mohammad, a passenger from Pakistan on the ill-fated train, did not give any clue to the SIT. |
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Sops galore by Hooda
Sirsa, February 25 This was one of the many concessions announced by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in the presence of AICC president Sonia Gandhi at a mammoth Navyug rally organised here today to mark the second anniversary of his government. The package of concessions would please farmers, working class and employees. The concession will be admissible to members of the scheduled castes, backward classes, poor craftsmen and artisans, labourers, farmers and small shopkeepers, who have not been able to pay instalments of their loans for the past one year. About eight lakh defaulters of cooperative banks will benefit. Similarly, about 1.40 lakh families who have been the defaulters of the Agriculture Development Bank will not have to pay interest for the period after June 30, 2006, if they return the principal amount by June 30. Those who have been paying their loan instalments regularly have also not been left out. They will get a rebate of 2 per cent on the interest rate for one year as an incentive. This amount will come to Rs 830 crore. In a major relief to unskilled workers, Mr Hooda said the minimum wages in the state would be raised from Rs 2,484 to Rs 3,510 per month, giving a benefit of more than Rs 3,000 crore to 27 lakh persons in the state. The decision will also cover about one lakh teachers working in non-government schools. Mr Hooda pointed out that in the Left-ruled West Bengal the minimum wages were Rs 1,966. Mr Hooda said the leave travel concession (LTC) of the government employees, which was suspended by the Chautala government seven years ago, would be restored. Among other announcements made by him were the repair of all water courses within two years, completion of new water courses under the Bhakra command area, benefiting primarily Sirsa and Fatehabad districts in two years, constitution of the Haryana rural development authority (HRDA) to ensure systematic development of rural areas and a fresh survey of the people living below poverty line (BPL) within three months. Mr Hooda, who was addressing the first ever state-level rally here, did not disappoint the people of the town. The package for Sirsa included a Rs 25-crore railway flyover, desiltation of Ottu Lake at a cost of Rs 55 crore, enhancement of the Western Jamuna Canal (mainline lower) at a cost of Rs 30 crore to provide 1,500 cusecs of water to farmers of Sirsa, Fatehabad and Hisar districts during the paddy season, a bypass at Sirsa and a government college at Dabwali. |
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Traffic blues on road leading to rally venue
Hisar/Sirsa, February 25 Even the elaborate traffic-control arrangements failed to ensure a smooth movement of vehicles, given the unexpectedly heavy rush of vehicles on the road. Long queues of vehicles moving at a snail's pace were seen at several spots on the road leading to the rally venue. A large number of policemen deployed on the route to the rally venue had a tough time regulating the traffic. Hisar SSP Arshinder Singh Chawla was seen personally supervising the traffic arrangement at a road junction on the Hisar-Sirsa road near Agroha township. Thanks to the numerous traffic jams, a substantial number of vehicles continued to reach Sirsa even after the rally was over. However, the traffic bottlenecks and the rain that lashed the area while the rally was in progress failed to dampen the spirits of the enthusiastic supporters of the Congress. The occupants of several vehicles that reached Sirsa just after Sonia Gandhi's helicopter landed there had to wait for her cavalcade to pass. Though annoyed by the longish wait for the road clearance, most of them alighted from their cars and rushed forward to catch a glimpse of the Congress president. Apart from seeing Sonia in person, listening to the significant announcements from Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was the major craze for a majority of people going to attend the rally. After reaching the rally venue, the crowd waited patiently to hear the leaders. The rally was scheduled to begin at 11 am, but Sonia Gandhi's speech began only around 2.30 pm. |
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Bishnoi targets Sonia
Karnal, February 25 Talking to the mediapersons, he said it was unfortunate that visiting Panipat was not a priority for her even after seven days of the Samjhauta train blasts. “Sonia Gandhi should have planned a visit to Panipat where more than 68 persons lost their lives, but she preferred attending a rally at Sirsa,” said the Bhiwani MP. When questioned about his absence from the rally, he said he would not attend any such rally being organised by the anti-people government. Terming the Sirsa rally as “Kalyug rally” and not the “Navyug Rally'', he said instead of observing a state mourning in the memory of those killed in the Samjhauta blast, the state government decided to go ahead with celebrations of its so-called success. He said the government was openly misusing the official machinery to make the rally a success. He said the ongoing electricity crisis in the state was an example of the poor performance of the Hooda government. |
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Bid to kidnap MLA’s son; 3 held
Sonepat, February 25 A case under Sections 323 and 506 of IPC has been registered against them at the Civil Lines police station. They were produced before the Duty Magistrate today and have reportedly been released on bail. According to the information, the accused came in a car (DL-6G-3521) near the residence of Malik around 6 p.m. yesterday and allegedly assaulted Vishal who was returning after his tuition class. They attempted to kidnap him by pushing him into the car, as alleged by his mother, Sudha Malik, a former member of the Haryana Public Service Commission. All police posts were alerted and the accused were arrested in the late night. After preliminary investigation, the police found it a case of quarrel and beating up, but certainly not of kidnapping, said DSP Subhash Chander. Malik told mediapersons here today that it was an attempt to kidnap his son and the police must investigate it. |
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‘India ahead in intelligence systems’
Yamunanagar, February 25 A total of 120 delegates from India and several countries like Nepal, Sri Lanka, Yemen and UAE participated in it, said Raj Kumar, director, MAIMT. Among others who were present included R.Wahawan, principal of Maharaja Agrasen College, Des Raj Goel, chairman of Agrasen educational institutes and academician Shakti Singh. Last evening, students of the college and MAIMT gave a scintillating dance and song performance. |
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Hallmarking of jewellery must from 2008
Ambala, February 25 Singh informed that in order to promote gold hallmarking among consumers and bring more jewellers under assaying ambit, BIS is planning to spread its network of assaying and hallmarking centres in the country. Singh informed that according to an estimate there are more than three lac jewellery retailers, manufactures and over 100 large-scale units manufacturing jewellery in the country. Recent market survey conducted in 16 big cities at non-BSI shops revealed that 90 per cent samples failed against the purity declared as wide as 44.66 per cent and average shortage of 13.5 per cent. R.S. Bhatia, Director, BIS, Chandigarh, while giving the programme objective, informed that BIS was organising a lot of awareness programmes all over India for the promotion of hallmarking scheme. There are more than 3140 jewellers for gold and 208 for silver jewellery and artifacts, who had taken licences from BIS and 40 assaying and hallmarking centres recognised by BIS across the country. He informed that there were 215 licenses for gold and 43 for silver jewellery under the northern regional office of BIS. Central Government has identified Ludhiana, Jammu, Shimla, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Panipat and Gurgaon for opening of hallmarking centres. Ludhiana centre is likely to be set up by March 2007. |
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