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BJP to submit fresh chargesheet today
Election of Una ZP chief set aside
Taxi operators’ strike today
Villagers oppose setting up of thermal plant
Rs 1.37 crore for sports promotion
Protest against sacking of female staff |
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JP Thermal Plant
Ravi Dhingra set to be
chief secy
Support price for apple, citrus fruits up
Three endangered chicks born
Blood bank fails to kick off
3 die as truck falls into gorge
BJP Kisan Morcha
Rs 1.5-cr water scheme inaugurated
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BJP to submit fresh chargesheet today
Shimla, June 27 A delegation comprising senior BJP leaders will submit the memorandum to Governor V.S. Kokje tomorrow evening. Besides listing corruption charges against the government, ministers and senior Congress leaders, the BJP will demand a probe into the charges against Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh contained in the audio CD released by Mankotia. The BJP said the Chief Minister was terming the allegations against him as baseless and was unnecessarily dragging name of the BJP in the affair. “Under these circumstances, it becomes imperative that either the Chief Minister should order a high-level probe by an independent agency or else he should quit the post,” said BJP leader Ashok Kapatia. Pratibha Singh should be suspended from the Lok Sabha as her name also figured in the CD episode. “If BJP MP Suresh Chandel could be suspended in the money for query scam, why should the Chief Minister’s wife be spared,” the BJP leader said.
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Election of Una ZP chief set aside
Shimla, June 27 This order was passed on a petition filed by Balbir Bagga , where in he had challenged the election of Sahota on the ground that the election of chairperson had been materially affected by non-compliance of the provisions of the Panchayti Raj Act and rules. The petitioner said in his petition that he and Sahota had received eight votes each. But the presiding officer declared one invalid vote in favour of Sahota and declared her elected chairperson. The petitioner challenged this election before the divisional commissioner, Kangra, who declared null and void the election of Sahota as chairperson. Sahota challenged this order before the financial commissioner in appeal who set aside the order of the divisional commissioner, thus upholding the election of Sahota as chairperson. The High court quashed the order of the financial commissioner and declared as void the election of Sahota as the chairperson of the Zila Parishad, Una.
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Taxi operators’ strike today
Shimla, June 27
The action committee today submitted a memorandum to deputy commissioner Tarun Kapoor informing him about their decision to keep their vehicles off the road. They will keep their taxis in the stand from 8.30 am tomorrow. They have suggested that the government should issue a separate series with either three number or “T” for taxis which will be allowed to ply only locally. Only the owners of these vehicles will have to get meters installed in their taxis. The other taxis bearing 1 and 2 series will be allowed to operate on long routes and will not have to get the meters. The taxi operators have also conveyed to the government that the rate of Rs 5.60 per km for smaller vehicles and Rs 10 km for bigger vehicles like Sumos and Qualis was too high and unacceptable to them. Moreover, the flat rate of Rs 50 for smaller vehicles and Rs 70 for bigger vehicles with meter down was also too high. The taxi operators also pointed out that Rs 3,400 as meter charges and Rs 400 as installation charges were too high. They said till the government takes a decision on all the issues, they will keep their vehicles off the road.
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Villagers oppose setting up of thermal plant
Bagheri (Nalagarh), June 27 The public hearing was organised by the Pollution Control Board. The atmosphere got charged up after local MLA H.N. Saini gave a call to the crowd to come out openly against the move. Scores of people, including panchayat pradhans, members of the Thermal Power Plant Hatao Sangarsh Samiti, Bagheri, opposed the plant spelling out pollution as the major deterring factor. Daya Ram Ranger, who is leading the Bhumi Bachao Andolan, Anil Sharma, who is leading this agitation, and members of the Him Parivesh, including Jagjit Singh Dukhiya, aired their views against the plant. Efforts of president of the company Rajiv Gaur to present a report emphasising pollution control measures met with protests as the gathering insisted that he should announce a rollback of their plan. It was after intervention of ADC Lokender Chauhan, SDM Manmohan Sharma and DSP Sandeep Dhawal that Gaur could convey some details about the plant. He said world’s best technology would be put in place to ensure minimum pollution. H.N. Saini criticised the state government for having given an NOC to the company without the knowledge or accent of the local people. He said the people would oppose the move at all costs and, if required, an agitation would be launched. Lending support to the people, zila parishad chairman Ram Kumar said no work would proceed without their approval.
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Rs 1.37 crore for sports promotion
Kullu, June 27 Three per cent seats have been reserved for them in government jobs. As many as 960 sportspersons have been honoured since 1982 for their participation. This was stated by forest, youth services and sports minister Ram Lal Thakur at an inaugural function of the of the 45.69-lakh pavilion and multi-gymnasium at the outdoor sports complex, Dhalpur, today. Thakur said Rs 40-crore cricket stadium of international standards was under construction at Shimla which would have a capacity of 25,000 people besides a parking space for 1,000 vehicles. The sports minister said the government had decided to provide gymnasiums in all district headquarters of the state to enable sportspersons to improve their skills. Ses Ram, chairman, zila parishad, Dharam Vir Dhami, president, district hockey association and Col Prem Chand, a winter sports expert and Suman Rawat, joint director, sports, were also present on the occasion.
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Protest against sacking of female staff Baddi, June 27 Throughout the night, Awasthi camped in the unit with over two dozen workers, mostly girls. The management, which found itself in a fix, also had to remain on the premises during the night. According to Awasthi, he was instructed by his seniors to go to the unit and sort out the matter. The management, however, said Awasthi had started causing problems by unnecessarily probing into the cases of the fired female employees. Unit manager Anil Kumar Nijhawan said the legal procedure was followed in the dismissal of the girls. The girls were hampering the work of the unit and were given a month’s notice before being sacked, Nijhawan maintained. “Moreover, an agreement had been signed between the girls and the management a few months back on some common matters. However, the girls breached the agreement and continued to cause indiscipline. Awasthi knew everything but kept on pushing for non-acceptable demands, Nijhawan said. Nijhawan added Awasthi forced the unit workers to stage the dharna using unethical measures. Awasthi and his subordinates did not allow the staff buses to ferry the workers in the evening, Nijhawan accused. After persuasion by the management, most of the workers left with 25 still hanging around, Nijhawan added. Awasthi, however, said the girls were sacked in an unethical manner. The management, in an attempt to shut down the unit, was finding ways to remove its workers, Awasthi said. Awasthi added that his motive was to solve the girls’ case, besides checking on the progress of the issuing of identity cards to the workers. He added that the workers insisted they rectify things on the spot, adding they volunteered to stay back. Labour commissioner B.R. Verma could not be contacted as he was away on a tour. The management has registered an FIR at around 1.25 am, after the situation became normal.
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JP Thermal Plant Bagheri (Nalagarh), June 27 Cutting across political lines, leaders of various parties joined the cause of the villagers. H.K. Saini, local BJP MLA, said the plant would not be allowed at any cost. It was against environment norms and could pose serious damage to the area, Saini maintained. Saini added that if JP needed power they should set up a hydel power project rather than a thermal plant or seek power from the Himachal Pradesh government. Chairman of the Solan Zila Parishad Ram Kumar and senior Congress leader Lakhwinder Rana also spoke during the occasion. Plant director Rajiv Gaur’s speech on measures to control pollution was cut short by protests. The agitated villagers accused the JP authorities of befooling them by making amendments in the project. While showing a map of the earlier project, the villagers said the land now earmarked for the thermal plant was earlier meant for hospitals, schools and other social services of the JP. The enraged villagers even torn papers meant to take their signatures. “We can not trust anyone. The signatures could be used in any way,” the villagers claimed. The public hearing team comprised of member secretary of the Pollution and Control Board A.K. Gulati, SDM Nalagarh Manmohan Sharma and ADC Solan Lokhinder Chauhan. Himprivesh, a local NGO, told the team that they had received protests against the plant from 22 panchayats. President of Himprivesh Jagjit Singh Dukhia and president of the Thermal Plant Hatao Sangresh Samiti Gurrdial Singh said, keeping in mind the sentiments of the villagers, the government should not allow the plant to be set up at any cost.
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Ravi Dhingra set to be
chief secy
Shimla, June 27 Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has cleared Dhingra's name, official sources said. A letter had already been sent to New Delhi to relieve Dhingra to take up the post. Dhingra, a 1972 batch IAS officer, is currently secretary in the central Minorities Commission.
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Support price for apple, citrus fruits up
Shimla, June 27 For seedling mango the rate of procurement will be Rs 4.08 per kg, while for grated mango it will be Rs 4.75 per kg. |
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Three endangered chicks born
Shimla, June 27 Broody hen was used to hatch the eggs of the third pair of the rare bird. All chicks were healthy. The pheasantry has four pairs in all. A total of eight chicks have been born so for in the unusually productive season at the pheasantry. The first pair had also laid three eggs which were hatched on June 7 using the broody hen. The biggest success was achieved early this week when the natural mother hatched the two eggs for the first time. In all other cases, broody hen was used to hatch the eggs as the natural mother rejected the clutch. However, one of the two chicks, who was attacked and injured by the male died yesterday.
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Blood bank fails to kick off
Nurpur, June 27 Inquiries revealed that Rs 14 lakh were spent on the renovation of the newly built hospital serai over a year ago. It was built in May, 2001, by spending Rs 10 lakh released by the former union minister Shanta Kumar from the MP fund. But the building remained locked for a long period. |
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3 die as truck falls into gorge
Solan, June 27 Those dead include driver Naresh Kumar hailing from Una, Manoj kumar from Thoeg and a Nepalese youth Veer Singh. Ramesh Kumar from Majrana was among those injured in the accident. |
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Bilaspur: BJP Kisan Morcha national president Vinod Pandey has appointed morcha vice-president Chandersen Thakur as the state Kisan Morcha affairs in charge. Further, Chander Sen Thakur has appointed the follwing persons as the party affairs in charge for various districts — Gyan Chand Verma (Kullu and Lahaul & Spiti), Mohan Lal Relingpa (Scheduled tribe area of Lahaul and Pangi, Chet Ram Negi (Kinnaur district and Spiti), Surendra Jhauna (Shimla district), Ramesh Sharma (Mandi and Bilaspur districts), Pyare Lal Sharma (Hamirpur and Una districts), Ram Chand Bhatiya (Kangra district), Kishori Lal (Chamba district), Inder Singh Mehta (Solan and Sirmaur districts). Roshanlal Thakur has been appointed additional in charge of party affairs for Bilaspur district. — OC
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Rs 1.5-cr water scheme inaugurated Mandi: Excise and taxation minister Rangila Ram Rao inaugurated the Rs 1.50-crore Kanwala-Ropri lift drinking water scheme on Wednesday. The scheme would provide drinking water to over 21 villages. —TNS
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