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IT vendors unite to have fair deal with Microsoft
Disciplinary action against Bhajan supporters
Surjewala wants package for farmers
Employees’ fears on new pension scheme
Couple, kids suffer burn injuries
Trickster couple runs away from court
One arrested for gang-rape
Youth caught inside dera
Mild explosion causes panic
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Truck runs over cyclist Yamunanagar, May 24 RMP doctor Ghasetu Ram of Ratanpura village, who was returning home on a bicycle, was run over by a truck near the village along the thermal plant. Earlier also the villagers of the area had made several complaints to the administration about unauthorised over-loaded trucks plying on roads of the town. The mob dispersed before the police reached the spot. The mob also set on fire several sheds on the campus of the thermal plant and ransacked its canteen. Two fire tenders were pressed into service to control the fire at different places in the campus. Senior officials of the administration, including the DC and the SP, reached the spot. The trouble started when the news of the doctor’s death spread in the area, said police sources. Soon a crowd gathered and a large number of villagers went towards the plant, being set up by the Reliance Energy Limited (REL). The crowd stopped two trucks (dumpers) along a road leading to the plant and set it on fire. The mob then entered the thermal plant campus and set on fire several sheds. Two motorcycles and an equal number of bicycles were also burnt in the incident. Sources said later the mob moved further into the thermal campus and ransacked the canteen. The cash box of the canteen containing a large amount of money was also missing. Workers and labourers in the plant ran for cover as the crowd had also started pelting stones. DC Nitin Kumar Yadav told the Tribune that preliminary investigations revealed that there were certain anti-social elements in the crowd who had caused the trouble and the police was looking for them. Meanwhile, family members of the deceased agreed to lift the body from the spot after about two hours. The body was sent to the morgue of the Yamunanagar civil hospital. No case had been registered when the reports last came in. The driver of the truck has absconded.
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Man thrown out of moving train
Karnal, May 24 The victim was found injured on the railway track this morning and was rushed to the hospital by the railway police team. In the semi-conscious condition, Sikander said he was worried about his three friends who were accompanying him in the Amarpali Express and had boarded the train at Katihar. He added that they were headed to Ludhiana. A resident of Tadhiapur village in Katihar district, Bihar Sikander said some co-passengers, who had a disagreement with him, attacked him and pushed him out from the moving train. He alleged that that about 10-12 passengers, who had boarded the train near Lucknow, had harassed a woman passenger also. “I, along with others, backed the woman’s husband and this infuriated the miscreants. They started hurling abuses on us,” he said. After the harassed couple got off at Delhi, the miscreants reportedly began threatening Sikander and his friends. Though he tried to avoid them, he was caught hold and thrown out of the train, he said. Meanwhile, a photojournalist informed Siander’s family in the village about the incident. The railway police have registered a case. |
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Yamunanagar, May 24 Earlier, a preliminary autopsy at the Jagadhri civil hospital had revealed that the burns on the body were post-mortem burns. The body was brought to the village last night amidst heavy police presence. A meeting of Dalit community was held, which was attended by state in-charge of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Chanderpal and deceased’s brother Shyam Pal. It was decided that the body would not be cremated till the accused were arrested. BSP MLA from Chhachhrouli Arjun Singh, Zila Parishad chairman Shyam Sunder Batra, SDM (Jagadhri) Narinder Singh and DSP Haith Ram had a tough time in pacifying the agitated members of the community. They assured immediate and proper inquiry into the matter. After several hours the officials managed to persuade the members for last rites. Meanwhile, tension between the Dalit and Gurjar communities surfaced today as members of both communities used different routes to travel within the village. Police was deputed in almost all the streets and the village chaupal. DSP Haith Ram said report from Rohtak revealed that Biram Pal was hacked to death. Police sources said there were more than one persons involved in the crime as preliminary investigations suggested that Biram Pal, with his hands tied at back and mouth gagged, was dragged to the orchard and then dry leaves were set afire. The police are yet to identify the motive behind the murder. DSP Ram said a hot pursuit for the four accused was on and they would be arrested soon. |
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IT vendors unite to have fair deal with Microsoft
Chandigarh, May 24 Hit hard by Microsoft’s anti-piracy drive in Haryana, the Haryana Computers Traders Association has been formed with about 60 vendors joining in from cities like
Rohtak, Karnal, Hisar and Panipat. The association, first of its kind in the region pledged its support to the software ‘anti-piracy’ campaign, but made it clear that they will not succumb to arbitrary and uncalled pressure from ‘overzealous’ guardians of software companies. In a process to form a pressure group, the association has made it clear that it does not support the business of pirated software and appreciates Microsoft's drive against it. They said that formation of the association became necessary after Microsoft sent notices to various business partners as part of its anti-piracy drive on May 3, 2007, issuing legal notices and imposing penalties. The newly formed association would now initiate dialogue with Microsoft to minimise harassment to the vendors and at the same time support the corporation in its anti-piracy drive. Till the announcement of executive body, a three-member committee consisting of Ajay Singla from Panipat, Habhajan Singh from Karnal and Rajiv Taneja from Hisar will look after the interests of the association. The association proposes to find a mutually agreeable solution between Microsoft and its business partners - the vendors - on various issues that include warranty, service and payments. It may be mentioned that software major Microsoft has opened a facility in Chandigarh, as part of its strategy to boost its presence in the non-metros of the country. Company officials said that they planned to make their presence in States like Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and J&K markets more visible. Several issues have arisen out of the company’s move to have a direct presence in the region. While Microsoft proposes to help its clients and partners with enhanced solutions and services, besides support with faster turnaround time, but Microsoft partners in Haryana feel that individual partners are unable to leverage fair terms and therefore want to negotiate terms of business through an association. |
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Disciplinary action against Bhajan supporters
Chandigarh, May 24 The four former MP Jangbir Singh, former MLA Lehri Singh, Harvinder Kalyan of Karnal and former MLA Brajinder Kadian — all Bhajan supporters — are of the Pradesh Congress Committee. Since their resignations had not reached the party office here, working president of the Haryana Congress Ram Prakash had written to them to confirm whether the newspaper reports about their resignations were true. Till date, they have not replied. Sources said the party had decided that their silence should be taken as confirmation and they would shortly issue letters expelling them from the party for their “anti-party activities”.
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Surjewala wants package for farmers
Chandigarh, May 24 Talking to newsmen here today president of the front organisation of the Congress Shamsher Singh Surjewala said he had written a letter to Union Minister for Rural Development Raghuvansh Prasad suggesting that the "minimum basic rights" of the tiller of the land must be protected under the new Act. The Ministry for Rural Development is engaged in framing a new Land Acquisition Act after it was asked to do so by an Empowered Group of Ministers set up to go into the issue of special economic zones. Surjewala said since land was a "perennial" commodity, rather than acquiring it and thus depriving a farmer of his ownership rights for all times to come, the land should be taken on perpetual lease so that the owner and his subsequent generations could continue to get a sustained income. He also demanded that the news Act should take care of the rehabilitation of not only the owners but also the agriculture labour working on it, besides the rural artisans depended on agriculture-based economy. The rehabilitation package should also include the provision for providing alternative settlement to displaced
families, houses, education for their children, who should also be given technical training so that they could be gainfully employed in the absence of agriculture land. Surjewala said in case land was being acquired for a factory, the displaced family must be given a stake in the project which should be over and above the compensation paid to it for its land.
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Employees’ fears on new pension scheme
Hisar, May 24 In a statement issued here today M. L. Sehgal, president of the committee, said the Union Finance ministry had invited tenders for handing over 5 per cent of the amount deducted from the salaries of government employees appointed after April, 2004 to private parties. He said the employees feared that the balance amount would also be handed over to private parties in the future. He said the new pension scheme had not yet been approved by Parliament and the ordinance issued by the previous NDA government had also lapsed. It was, therefore, not proper to implement the scheme at this juncture. Sehgal said he had also written to the PM and the Finance Minister in this regard. |
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Couple, kids suffer burn injuries
Jhajjar, May 24 Praveen, a property dealer in Bahadurgarh, and his wife Sonia were in a serious condition while their children Nishant and Prashant are stated to be out of danger. Sources said it seemed that somebody had set the room afire as it would found bolted from outside when family members rushed to rescue them. The victims and their family, however, do not suspect anyone, the sources added. DSP Man Singh Sahrawat said they had called in a team of forensic experts who examined the spot and collected samples of the burnt articles to ascertain the cause of the fire. He said on examining the spot, it was suspected that someone had thrown inflammable material and set the room, situated on the first floor, afire. The DSP, however, said so far the police was entering the case in the DDR and an FIR could be registered later on the basis of the report of forensic experts. The couple’s parents and brothers, who live in the adjoining house, were the first to reach the spot. They told that police that the door was bolted from outside and the main gate of the house was also open. |
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Trickster couple runs away from court
Fatehabad, May 24 The cops, whom the court’s presiding officer had asked to enquire into the matter, could not catch them despite efforts. A young woman Reena had filed a suit in the local courts against her husband Rajiv, alleging he was unfaithful to her and wanted to desert her and marry somebody else. The court transferred the matter to the permanent lok adalat, also called ‘Samjhauta Sadan’. In his reply, Rajiv said he neither had any intention of deserting Reena nor marrying anybody else. Even as the court was recording the statements of the couple, a police Sub-Inspector informed the court that the girl was seemingly the one who had eloped with a youth from Dariyapur village sometime back. The court’s presiding officer asked the police to investigate into the matter thoroughly. The couple, however, sneaked out of the courtroom and escaped on a scooter before anyone could notice. It was later found out that Reena had eloped with Rajiv. |
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One arrested for gang-rape
Yamunanagar, May 24 Police sources said two teenagers, residents of the same area, lured the girl and took her on a bicycle to the banks of the western Yamuna canal, near Gulabgarh area, yesterday afternoon. When the girl’s maternal aunt did not find her home, she went to look for her. She alleged that she caught the two red-handed. A medical examination has confirmed rape and a case has been registered. |
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Youth caught inside dera
Sirsa, May 24 The youth, identified as Jagtar Singh, was handed over to the police. No arms were recovered from him, the police said. Confirming that the youth was handed over to the police after being apprehended by dera followers, Superintendent of Police Vikas Yadav said the youth appeared mentally upset and had been sent to the PGI, Rohtak, for medical check-up. The police said that dera followers suspected that the youth was sent to kill dera Chief Sant Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh.
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Mild explosion causes panic
Sonepat, May 24 SP K.K. Rao said that the explosion occurred in the wee hours today. It was a crude explosive device which was placed in a steel milk container that was place outside the house of the farmer, he said.
— UNI |
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