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BJP stalls House proceedings over corruption
Panel rejects land allotted to dam oustees
Probe against Cong leaders after poll: BJP
Relatives of murder accused duo
suspect foul play
Villagers attack police booth
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Rahi hits back at BJP
4 die as bus falls
into gorge
4 judicial officers shifted
705 more caught copying
Sanjay Karol made HC judge
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BJP stalls House proceedings over corruption
Shimla, March 7 BJP’s Mohinder
Singh raised the issue as soon as the proceeding began with the question
hour. He wanted the matter to be discussed under Rule 62 for which he
and the other two members had given notices. However, the Speaker
rejected their adjournment motion maintaining that the question hour was
never suspended. Thereafter, he proceeded with the question hour. The
BJP members tried to stall the proceedings by raising slogans against
the government. As the Speaker continued with the question hour in the
din the entire BJP group left the house. Minister for parliamentary
affairs Kaul Singh, said it was unfortunate that the BJP was resorting
to mudslinging by levelling charges without providing any documentary
evidence. He said if there was any substance in their allegations they
would file a complaint with the Lokayukta. The popular budget presented
by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh had unnerved the Opposition and it was
now resorting to such tactics to belittle the achievement of the
government. The proceedings continued smoothly thereafter and the BJP
members returned to house after the question hour. Rajiv Bindal raised
the issue of taking a few populated areas out of the Chail wild life
sanctuary. Forest minister Ram Lal Thakur said the villages falling
within the sanctuary could not be included in the proposal for
de-notification already cleared by the national wildlife board. He said
no objections were received by the committee set up by the government
for making the proposal for de-notification of the sanctuary areas. A
hue and cry was raised only after the Supreme Court’s verdict, which
terminated forest rights in protected wildlife areas. |
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Panel rejects land allotted to dam oustees
Nurpur, March 7 According to official information 700 murrabbas were earmarked recently by the Rajasthan government in jaisalmer district bordering Pakistan. The oustees who visited their murrabbas last year were startled to see they had been allotted barren land in an area where road connectivity and other amenities were non-existent. After a demand by these allottees the state government constituted an inspection committee headed by Amar Singh a Pong dam oustee. The government had recently sent a team comprising eight members in Rajasthan to observe whether the earmarked land was suitable for rehabilitation. After visiting these murrabbas a report on the topography and quality of land is being submitted to the state government. According to Mr Amar Singh, leading the team, the allotted land was non-cultivable and there was no amenity. No school, no hospital or no market were there adjoining the murrabbas, he added. The team reportedly found the allotted land unfit for cultivation as and dwelling. It is learnt that the Agricultural Department of the Rajasthan government had even declared the land as barren and unfit for cultivation. The members accompanying the inspection team revealed to The Tribune that by earmarking such land to the Pong dam oustees the Rajasthan government had done injustice to the oustees. They also appealed to the state government to take up the issue with the Rajasthan government so that fresh allotment was made at suitable place so that Pong dam oustees could be rehabilitated there.
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Probe against Cong leaders after poll: BJP
Shimla, March 7 Former Chief Minister and leader of the Opposition P.K. Dhumal today said the BJP, on coming to power, would order an inquiry into each and every charge mentioned in the chargesheets. Every year, the BJP had come out with a chargesheet against the Congress levelling serious corruption charges against ministers, bureaucrats and Congress leaders. "The BJP, which is in possession of evidence and documents to substantiate the allegations made in the chargesheet, will hand it over to the government only if an inquiry is ordered first," he said. In case the evidence was handed over to the government before an inquiry is ordered, the entire issue would be dumped. He said the BJP had evidence against officials and in one instance, an officer of the Irrigation and Public Health (IPH) Department, having purchasing power of Rs 10,000, had made purchases worth crores. "Even in the case of the Dramla road, the allegations made by the BJP in the chargesheet had come out to be true and after an inquiry, 16 persons were suspended," he said. He said the Industries Association had demanded a CBI probe into allotment of industrial plots. "The government had dismissed allegations of irregularities even in the
HP-CPMT scam, which later on came out to be true," he remarked. |
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Relatives of murder accused duo
suspect foul play Kumarhatti, March 7 Accompanied by at least 150 villagers, relatives of Ramzaan Muhammad and Goldi, the two accused, told senior police officials that Ram Murti had died due to a heavy dose of liquor. The officials went to Rohtawala, village of the accused, today in connection with the ongoing police investigation in the case. Ram Murti had not died because of any injuries inflicted during his scuffle with the accused, said the relatives, seeking the immediate release of the duo. He had been thrashed by villagers, including the duo, while he was returning home along with two friends, as per the FIR registered with the police by members of the family of the deceased. Ram Murti died at the Nalagarh hospital on the night of February 24.
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Villagers attack police booth
Solan, March 7 Two policemen on duty, Het Ram Garg and Brij Lal, were injured as the villagers came to blows over the registration of a case against Hira Lal and Narinder Kumar. The crowd ransacked the police post and the whole action continued for well past one hour. The villagers finally ran away as the police help was sought from the police station. A case was registered by the police against Hira Lal and Narinder after Vinod Kumar complained of being manhandled by them. This complaint was resented by the villagers. |
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Rahi hits back at BJP
Chamba, March 7 In a communiqué here today, Rahi stated that scams worth Rs 43 lakh had been detected in the school board which were committed during the BJP rule. Rahi said the syllabi was modified in the interest of students to keep them in uniformity with the mainstream of the national education standards and not to please any leader. On the issue of corruption in the printing of books and affiliation to schools raised by the BJP in its charge sheet presented to the Governor recently, he lambasted the BJP for its folly of putting curtain on its misdeeds. |
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4 die as bus falls
into gorge
Bilaspur, March 7 The bus was on its way to Una from Naina Devi. Reports said those killed included the driver of the bus, Pradip Kumar of village Kanphara, Bilaspur district and Hazara Singh of Bathu village, a halwai at the Naina Devi bus stand. Twentytwo passengers, who were injured, were admitted to the local Community Health Centre where the condition of all of them is said to be out of danger. Pradip Kumar, a jawan in the Army, who died in this accident, had come on annual leave and was married last year. Youth killed
Sundernagar: Pushap Raj (21), a resident of chowk, was killed after the motorcycle on which he was riding collided with a truck here on Tuesday. Lalit Kumar, who was accompanying the deceased, was injured seriously in the accident. |
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4 judicial officers shifted
Shimla, March 7 According to a notification issued by the high court, Sirmaur additional district and sessions judge A.S. Jaswal has been transferred and posted as district and sessions judge at Bilaspur. While the services of Bilaspur district and sessions judge S.K. Chaudhary have been placed at the disposal of the Lokayukta for his appointment as legal adviser. The services of fast track court presiding officer at Shimla B.L. Soni are placed at the disposal of the HP State Judicial Academy chairman for appointment as joint director. Fast-track court at Chamba presiding officer Rajan Gupta is transferred and posted as presiding officer of the fast-track court at Shimla. |
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705 more caught copying
Dharamsala, March 7 At least 705 students were caught copying on the third day of the 10+1 and 10+2 examinations today. About 1,463 students had so far been caught for allegedly copying in the examinations during the past three days. Chairman of the Himachal Pradesh School Education Board B.R. Rahi said cases under the unfair means of copying would be registered against such students. He said 361 students from Kangra district followed by 101 in Mandi, 85 in Sirmaur district, 71 in Hamirpur, 43 in Chamba, 22 in Bilaspur, 12 in Shimla, six in Una, three in Kulu, and one in Solan district were caught copying today. |
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Sanjay Karol made HC judge
Shimla, March 7 |
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