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Dera-Sikh row: CPM warns Punjab Govt
8 dead, 6 hurt in road accident
2 govt depts lock horns over opening of liquor vend
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Recruitment test to select school heads postponed
High court
Proud moment for KU Law Faculty
Fire at gurdwara
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Dialogue with Akal Takht
Sirsa, May 26 The committee of the dera headed by Dr Aditya Arora was called as the process to solve the conflict with Sikhs was almost deadlocked yesterday. It was also to review the security arrangements at the dera and in the district in view of the Akal Takht edict of vacating the deras in Punjab by May 27. Besides it, thousands of followers from different states will attend a monthly satsang at the dera tomorrow. Although after the meeting, commissioner Wadhawa said that the meeting was held to review the security arrangements and that they had deployed enough security personnel to control law and order. But he refused to divulge the details. The committee of the dera also remained mum on this issue and left the rest house after the meeting, without interacting with media.It is learnt that the dera management and the officials did not reach any conclusion to open a dialogue with Sikh high priest. Commissioner Wadhwa along with the deputy commissioner and the SP Vikas Arora discussed various issues with the dera committee during the meeting held at PWD rest house between 4 pm to 6.40 pm. The talks were held to end the deadlock between the Sikh high priest and the dera management after Swami Agnivesh made statements to the media that the dera chief had agreed to tender apology to solve the conflict. Thereafter, the dera has been receiving calls from its followers all over the country against Swami Agnivesh’s statements and as a result the high-level committee of the dera had terminated all communications with Swami Agnivesh. Since morning the paramilitary forces had been put on high alert in the district here. The eight companies included the ITBP, the BSF and RAF. IG (RAF) Dalal Chand also reviviewed the security arrangements on the border areas. Strict checking was being done at three nakas held on the way to dera right from the Kirtinagar police post. The dera’s internal security maintained high surveillance on followers and others visiting the dera. Besides the visitors, now the vehicles carrying persons, are also thoroughly checked.
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Dera-Sikh row: CPM warns Punjab Govt
Rohtak, May 26 The party has also condemned the political parties for patronising religious bodies for getting electoral favours. Expressing deep concern over the recent happenings in various parts of Punjab and Haryana over the issue, the CPM state committee has termed the entire episode as "unfortunate". The committee said the countrymen had already suffered a lot due to such gross political misuse of religion. Recalling that serious allegations of criminal nature had been pending against the dera chief for the past several years, the CPM state secretary maintained that it was highly objectionable that instead of the dera chief proving his innocence, his followers resorted to mob tactics to prevent the CBI from inquiring into the allegations. |
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8 dead, 6 hurt in road accident
Mahendragarh, May 26 Among those who died are a constable of the Haryana Police Satbir Singh, and three children of another personnel of the Haryana Police, ASI Rajinder Singh. The driver of Maz was also among those who died. All of them died on the spot. Six family members of Rajinder Singh consisting of himself, his wife, three daughters and one son were among the passangers in the ill-fated Max coming from Dadri to Mahendergarh. While two daughters and son of Rajinder Singh died, he along with other family members have been critically injured.They have been referred to the PGI hosital at Rohtak. Two of the dead have not been indentified. The Tata 407 was coming from the opposite direction and was loaded with gunny bags of sarson.
The impact of the collision was very severe and the sound of the collision was deafening, according to eyewitnesses.
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2 govt depts lock horns over opening of liquor vend
Karnal, May 26
Inquiries revealed that though the state excise department had
"allowed'' the liquor contractor to open the vend on the dividing road of Sector 7-8 but HUDA had sealed the same alleging it as a gross violation of rules. Talking to The Tribune here recently the estate officer of HUDA confirmed that the vend had been sealed for illegally using the HUDA land. He said no permission was sought to run the wine shop. Malik said any authorised commercial activity could be run strictly from the markets developed by HUDA in various sectors. Despite repeated attempts district excise and taxation officer Rameshwar Mehra was not available for comments. It is learnt that the local HUDA officials have written to the headquarters over the issue and awaiting ‘green light’ before taking any action, including registering an FIR against the ``violators''. Meanwhile, residents and students of private schools held a demonstration near the vend recently. Holding posters against the opening of the vend the slogan-raising protesters demanded immediate shifting of the shop. The agitated parents said that they were worried about their wards. |
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Recruitment test to select school heads postponed
Chandigarh, May 26 The exam scheduled for tomorrow now stands postponed with the fresh date and format yet to be announced. Earlier this month Haryana had announced its move to conduct an objective type test for teachers to select the very best from among them.
For this, they were required to prove their credentials both as a teacher and administrator. But it is learnt that the government was under tremendous pressure from lobbies, who demanded the scrapping of the test as it would leave little scope for getting their candidates adjusted. Haryana has advertised 266 vacancies for headmasters and headmistresses. Since, the Hooda government has declared education one of its prime focus areas, it was proposed at the bureaucratic level to induct the very best to give impetus to education reforms like semestrisation of exams and encouraging enrolment of girls students. But for obvious reasons this move did not go well with some, whose pressure prevailed and the exam to be held at Ambala on May 27, 2007 now stands postponed. The commission has cited administrative reasons for this announcement made on the eve of the examination. But since the commission has not announced a fresh date of the examination, it is said that a fresh thinking will be done on the issue on how the recruitment is to be done. Sources said that at the instance of some people, the commission is considering increasing the marks for viva voce. It may, however, be mentioned that though the commission has succumbed to pressure and had postponed the exam, the move has not gone well with Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who is insisting that the recruitment be held on merit as per the decision already taken. But since he is pre-occupied with family affairs after the demise of his brother recently, the matter is likely to come up for his review sometime next week. The move to hold an entrance test was being viewed as a very positive development by officials of the Education Department. After the announcement of the decision, a senior official of the department had said “Putting these candidates through a written test should ascertain where each candidate stands both in terms of knowledge and aptitude”. Officials are now not willing to comment on the reasons behind the cancellation of the exam. As per the previous proposal, each candidate was to be judged on general knowledge, general studies and English language skills. They were told that they would be tested as per post graduate standards on their skills and knowledge of teaching methodology and ability to teach Hindi at the matriculation level. The Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) had shortlisted 800 candidates for filling the 266 vacancies. The now postponed test was supposed to be a multiple choice test with 200 questions, each of two marks each. |
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High court
Chandigarh, May 26 The petitioner, Ram Narain Yadav, joint secretary-1, Haryana Vidhan Sabha Secretariat, was issued an order, dated May 11,2007, of premature retirement and a notification to the effect was also issued. On April 5, 2005, the speaker of the vidhan sabha had constituted a committee on estimates for the year 2005-2006, whereby Karan Singh Dalal, MLA, was appointed as chairperson and the petitoner was assigned the duties of branch officer of the committee, said petitioner’s counsel. The committee held 110 sittings before finalising its 36th report.On February 27, 2006, another meeting was held and the business was transacted as the quorum was complete and accordingly the chairperson of the committee as also other two members signed the attendance sheet, the petitioner submitted. The report was finalised but a contention was raised that when the report was being finalised, only MLA Dalal was present and the two members had marked their attendance the next day.
After some official proceedings, Yadav, petitioner, was put under suspension on March 7,2006. An inquiry was conducted against the petitioner by Sumit Kumar, Secretary, Haryana Vidhan Sabha Secretariat. On the basis of the inquiry, the speaker formed the opinion that there was no quorom during the February
27,2006.
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Proud moment for KU Law Faculty
Chandigarh, May 26 The faculty was extra pleased because seven of the 10 distinguished alumni were the sitting Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court who had been students of Kurukshetra University Law College from time to time. The seven High Court Judges who got the status of of "Alumnus of Distinction" were Justice S.K. Mittal, Justice Hemant Gupta, Justice Surya Kant Sharma, Justice Pritam Pal, Justice Rajesh Bindal, Justice A.N. Jindal and Justice Nawab Singh. It is a sort of records that seven students of a university are sitting Judges of a particular High Court at the
same time.
The other three who got this status are no less distinguished in their fields. Dr K.N. Chaturvedi is the Secretary in the
Legislative Department of the Union Ministry of Law and Justice. He had been the
Member-Secretary of the 17the Law Commission of India. Dr Dharam Paul Sharma is the Member-Secretary of the Law Commission of India. |
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Fire at gurdwara Ambala, May 26 According to the information, the priest of the gurdwara noticed the smoke was coming out from inside the hall. He rushed inside and found that the holy book and some clothes engulfed in flames.Fire brigade was called and it took one hour to control the fire. The police has registered a case in this regard.
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