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Gujjar Unrest
Mahapanchayat peaceful
Congress, BJP appeal for peace
Hansi-Butana canal step closer
Bonded Labour
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Villagers clash with police
4 booked for duping farmer
7-yr jail for 3 brothers
Anti-malaria drive launched
Agency to provide nursing training
Govt to open fruit processing centres
INLD set to gain with more joining party
Book shop
gutted in fire Man held for
murder Accident victim needs help Seminar on reiki healing Officer held for graft
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Gujjar Unrest
Faridabad, June 1 While a police jeep was torched by the residents, the police had to cane charge and use teargas shells to disperse the crowd that had gathered to block the traffic in protest against deaths of Gujjars in the police firing in Rajasthan. The police also opened two rounds of fire in the air. A contingent of around 140 jawans of the Haryana Armed Police and the CRPF took out a flag march in some of the areas in the evening. Over 24 persons have been booked by the police. A bus of the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) was set ablaze on the Mathura road, near Mewla Maharajpur village, last night. Separate groups, belonging to the community, blocked the traffic at at least six spots in and around the town. The residents of Ankhir village claimed that the incident of burning the police vehicle took place after a woman was manhandled by a policeman. However, police officials denied the charge. The situation was under control and there was no traffic blockade anywhere in the district, said a senior district official. Gurgaon: Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Haryana Armed Police (HAP) personnel took out a flag march on various roads in the city, including the Delhi-Jaipur NH. The agitation by members of the Gujjar community continued with some villagers surrounding the Nathupur-affected blockade on Gurgaon-Mehrauli and the Gurgaon-Sohna road.
The agitators at the Gurgaon-Mehrauli road burnt tyres. Hansi: Members of the Gujjar community damaged two Tata Sumo vehicles and as many private buses here. Earlier, the protesters gathered at the Kali Devi temple chowk early in the morning. They observed a two-minute silence there before marching towards the office of the sub-divisional magistrate (SDM). They handed over a memorandum to the authorities concerned. FATEHABAD: Protesters belonging to the Gujjar community held a demonstration against the Rajasthan government for a second day on Friday. However, their efforts to burn an effigy of the Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia was foiled by the police. |
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Mahapanchayat peaceful
Yamunanagar, June 1 The community members burnt an effigy of the Rajasthan Chief Minister and handed over a memorandum to the deputy commissioner. The turnout at the mahapanchayat was far less than the expected with political leaders of all major parties, including the BJP and the INLD participating in it. Ram Kishan Gujjar, MLA from Narayangarh, Ambala, who is also a Haryana Cabinet secretary, while addressing the gathering said the police personnel responsible for yesterday’s lathi charge on the community members here would be identified and administration would be urged to punish them. In the memorandum, the community has demanded that the President’s rule be imposed in Rajasthan, Rs 10 lakh compensation each be given to the families of those killed in the police firing in Rajasthan besides government job to a kin of the deceased.
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Congress, BJP appeal for peace
Chandigarh, June 1 In a joint statement issued today, Chhokkar and Arya, who belong to the Gujjar community, said the violent agitation would harm the cause for which the community was
agitating. They said the Gujjars should follow the legal process for getting the ST status instead of resorting to violence. The two Congress leaders said they had met BJP president Rajnath Singh along with other Gujjar leaders in
Delhi today. Hisar: Haryana BJP chief Atam Parkash Manchanda on Friday appealed to the Gujjar community to help Rajasthan government restore peace in the state. Addressing party workers for the first time after assuming office here, he said the community should resolve all problems through negotiations and other democratic means. |
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Hansi-Butana canal step closer to construction
Chandigarh, June 1 He said the canal was being dug by the state in its own territory and no other state was being affected. Earlier, Punjab and Rajasthan had raised objections to the construction of the canal. The Bhakra-Beas Management Board had also nothing to do with its construction. Yadav made these remarks at a meeting of senior functionaries of the Haryana Irrigation Department, including Haryana irrigation minister Capt Ajay Singh. The union minister said the level of underground water was gradually declining in Haryana and it had become a major area of concern. He was told that Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan had agreed in principle to give money as per their share of water for the construction of the Kishau Dam in Uttarakhand. Capt Singh said the 3 MAF of the Ravi-Beas waters, which was going waste to Pakistan from the Harike barrage due to lack of water management, could be saved and properly utilised. For this, he suggested the construction of a second Beas safety link to. He said if the scheme was implemented by the BBMB, the recipient states would get water on much cheaper rates. Under the Indus Water Treaty, 1960, the waters of the Satluj, Ravi and Beas were made available for the unrestricted use by India and Pakistan received that right to use all the waters of the Jhelum, Chenab and Indus, he added. Capt Ajay Singh said it was surprising that a large quantity of water in the Ravi, received at the Madhopur Head Works through the rivulets like Ujh and Basantar, still flowed to Pakistan.
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Bonded Labour
Karnal, June 1 With over 36 written complaints already submitted to IFTU by the labourers, the federation has begun compiling similar cases of bonded and forced labour. More than 20,000 illiterate workers, mainly from West Bengal, were forced to work as bonded labourers in various pit loom units of the district, the IFTU leadership claims. The federation has also demanded the constitution of a new monitoring committee comprising human right activists, lawyers and other non-officials to provide legal aid to the oppressed workers. Talking to The Tribune today, state convener of IFTU P.P. Kapoor said more than 300 pit loom units were running without registration in Panipat. He said the factory owners, under the guise of advance payment, were treating the workers as bonded labour. He alleged that the underpaid workers were forced to work under inhuman conditions and were not allowed to leave the factory premises by the owners. Since more than 90 per cent of the pit loom units were not registered under the rule of the land, it is difficult to nail the guilty, he said. “We get 2-3 written complaints of bonded labour everyday. However, owing to the officials-industry nexus, the authorities hush up the matter by claiming these as mutual dispute between labourers and the factory owners,” he alleged.
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Villagers clash with police
Kaithal, June 1 The mob, which had gathered at civil lines police post last evening, demanded the arrest of an accused in a dowry death case. However, it turned violent and damaged a police vehicle. Police sources said it had to use force when the violent crowd did not disperse despite a warning by duty magistrate Mohinder Pal. The police took 10 persons in custody on the charge of breach of peace and causing obstruction to police in performance of its official duty. The police have registered a case under the Arms Act. |
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4 booked for duping farmer
Fatehabad, June 1 Charanjeet Singh, a farmer from Hinjrawan Kalan village, near here, approached his grain market arhtiya Jagdish Chander and sought his help for getting a bank loan of Rs 10 lakh. Jagdish Chander introduced him to one Rajesh Siwatch, who assured the farmer that his loans would be sanctioned, but he would have to pool in Rs 2 lakh as earnest money. The farmer paid the money to Siwatch on June 23, 2006, who also charged Rs 11,000 as file processing charges. Siwatch informed the farmer on July 18, 2006 that his loan had been sanctioned and he could collect a cheque of Rs 10 lakh from one Love Kumar at Chandigarh. Love Kumar and his accomplice Pawan, according to the complainant, demanded Rs 50,000 for releasing the cheque and after receiving the money, delivered a cheque for Rs 10 lakh drawn on the Fatehabad branch of a nationalised bank to him. When the complainant presented the cheque for payment, he found out that the account holder did not even have Rs 10 even in his account. Charanjeet Singh then approached the police with a complaint against Rajesh Siwatch, Jagdish Chander, Pawan and Love Kumar.
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7-yr jail for 3 brothers
Rewari, June 1 The judge has also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 each on the convicts. Soon after Santosh’s marriage in 2004, her in-laws started torturing her for not bringing enough dowry. Unable to withstand the torture, she killed herself on September 19, 2004. |
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Anti-malaria drive launched
Chandigarh, June 1 Principal secretary, health, Urvashi Gulati said each village health sanitation committee (VHSC) had been provided untied grant of Rs 10,000 to meet local needs for sanitation and carrying out fogging at the village level. She said the campaign was aimed at intensifying efforts to combat malaria, chickungunya and dengue. The department had set-up special malaria clinics for collection of samples and treatment of fever cases in all health institutions and the services were available free of cost, she added. She said fishes like “guppy” and “gambusia” were being made available by the state authorities for release in permanent water bodies and tanks to stop breeding of mosquitos. She said the department was promoting the use of synthetic net curtains. Last year this was done on a pilot basis in Sonepat and it brought down malaria cases by 60 per cent. She said in case people purchased the curtains, the department would impregnate them at the local level.
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Agency to provide nursing training
Chandigarh, June 1 Haryana finance, labour and employment minister Birender Singh said the society has tied up with Modi Healthcare Placement, New Delhi, for imparting training in nursing and spoken English to aspirants and then helping them get jobs in America. He said the society would provide the agency infrastructure to set up a centre. Those interested in joining professions other than nursing can also get training in the centre for general English and International English Language Testing System (IELTS), he said.
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Govt to open fruit processing centres
Chandigarh, June 1 While stating this here today, an official said the centres would be set up in Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Rewari and Mahendragarh. Under the scheme, 20 batches, comprising 20 trainees each, would be organised at each processing centre to train them in preparing jam, muraba, pickles, squash and chutney.
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INLD set to gain with more joining party Ambala, June 1 The INLD had never been strong in this Assembly segment so much that during the previous elections it could not even field a politically sound candidate. However, the party could see a change with two persons joining the INLD in the past couple of days. These include Yadav and BJP leader Dr K.D. Sharma. However, with these leaders joining the INLD a piquant situation has arisen for former Ambala Cantt MLA and Vikas Parishad chief Anil Vij. During the previous Chautala regime, Vij enjoyed good equation with former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala. There is a possibility that the political equations between Vij and the party may witness a change. Vij, who was initially with the BJP, has a good track record. He won the first time on the BJP ticket but later left the party and contested as an Independent candidate. He went on to win the Ambala Cantt seat with thumping majority. But he lost to Congress candidate Devender Bansal in last Assembly election with a narrow margin. For the INLD, winning the Ambala Cantt seat is likely to be an uphill task. There is marginal presence of the party in the constituency at present. INLD top bosses are understood to be hoping for a positive change with the inclusion of Yadav and Sharma into the party.
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Summer camp concludes Ambala, June 1 Students gave a presentation of the things they had learnt during the summer camp.
Senior students performed western dance, aerobics, and Haryanvi dance.
School principal Ruchi Sharma read out the school annual
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Book shop
gutted in fire Ambala, June 1 The cause of fire could not be ascertained so far. According to information, a shopkeeper noticed smoke coming out from the book shop this morning. He immediately informed the fire brigade. The fire tenders could control the fire after fighting it for two hours. The owner of the shop said he had downed the shutter of his shop late last evening in routine. The police has registered a case and started investigating the matter.
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Man held for
murder Ambala, June 1 The accused, Veera, was arrested last late evening. A few days back the body of a middle-aged woman, Kamla, was found in the fields at Kaulan village, near Ambala City. The police said a dispute over some payment was the reason behind the murder. |
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Accident victim needs help Ambala, June 1 Jaspreet, who used to work as a shocker mechanic, met with a major accident two months back, which had invalidated him. He is not able to go to work since then. Unable to bear his medical expenses, his family members deserted him under the flyover at Ambala Cantt where he has been living for the past couple of days. |
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Seminar on reiki healing Ambala, June 1 Narinder
Chadha, president of the club presided over the function. Poonam
Khurana, Reiki grandmaster, described in detail about the power of Reiki. She said Reiki was a sacred treatment that provided peace to the body and the mind. Reiki operated at the mental, spiritual and metaphysical levels, she added. |
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