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Gurdwara panel writes to Akal Takht Jathedar
Dera head leaves for UP
94 govt-aided colleges to be linked through Edusat
Stop humiliating teachers: MDUTA
NHAI okays proposal for Rohtak-Hisar road Two held for issuing extortion threats |
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4 held for cop’s murder
Farm labourer beheaded
3 cops held for aiding kidnappers
Cambridge sub-centre at women varsity
Scholarships for Haryana students
Rakesh Vats cremated
Escorts for eight
more trains Panel to meet flood exigency Do-gooder honoured
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Gurdwara panel writes to Akal Takht Jathedar
Chandigarh, July 6 The Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (ad hoc) has written to the Jathedar of Akal Takht, pointing out that the convention at Ratia can endanger peace in Haryana. Therefore, the committee urged him to hold the convention at any of the five takhts. The committee assured the Jathedar that if the convention was held at one of the five takhts, Sikhs from Haryana would also participate in it in a big way. The letter was signed, among others, by patron and president of the committee, Sampuran Singh and Jagdish Singh Jhinda, respectively. Jhinda is also a member of the SGPC from Haryana. The others who signed the letter included Didar Singh Nalvi, Ravinder Kaur, Avtar Singh Chaku, Jagdev Singh and Baldev Singh Khalsa, all members of the SGPC from Haryana; Gurcharan Singh Sirsa, Karnail Singh and Malkit Singh. Informed sources say, a meeting of the committee was convened at Dera Kar Sewa, Kurukshetra, yesterday to consider the situation created by the convening of the Sikh convention at Ratia. Nalvi, who is the moving force behind the Haryana committee, proposed that the committee should write to the Jathedar of Akal Takht urging him to hold the convention at one of the takhts instead of Ratia keeping in view the law and order situation in Haryana. The sources say some members had reservations about the proposal. They were of the view that the committee should not involve itself in this controversy. However, later the view of Nalvi prevailed and an 11-member committee under the convenership of Joga Singh, senior vice-president of the Haryana Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee was formed to draft the letter. Each and every word was carefully weighed so that the committee could not be accused of being disrespectful to the clergy. Meanwhile, the situation in Fatehabad district has become further complicated following the permission sought by Dera Sacha Sauda to hold a "Naam Charcha" in Ratia on July 11, when the Sikh convention is scheduled. The administration has not yet accorded permission either to the organisers of the Sikh convention or to the dera to hold their respective congregations in Ratia on July 11. The Haryana government is believed to have informally told the Punjab government to persuade the organisers of the Sikh convention to hold it in Punjab. Haryana has sought 10 companies of
para-military forces from the Centre to maintain peace in the areas dominated by Sikhs and dera followers.
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Dera head leaves for UP
Sirsa, July 6 Besides, Z plus security provided to him, he was accompanied by a large number dera followers and dera security men. Uttar Pradesh police has also been intimated to make appropriate security arrangements for him in view of the threat to his life. The dera chief, however, has been addressing the religious discourse called “Majlis” in the morning and evening at the dera every day. The state government had provided Z plus security to the dera chief on last Friday as per the recommendation of the Intelligence Bureau and state CID in view the threat to his life. According to sources the dera chief left the dera in the morning and will address the religious discourse in Barnawa on July 8. The dera had made announcement of religious discourse to be addressed by the dera chief in other states on June 29. Besides it, the dera chief is also scheduled to address a religious discourse on July 15 in Rajasthan. On way to UP, he also addressed dera followers in “Naam Charcha” dera in Fatehabad and Rohtak for a while. Meanwhile, dera follower Jasminder Singh of Bathinda, who had made an attempt to commit self-immolation on July 2 here, was shifted to Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi from PGI, Rohtak. His condition was stated to be serious. Besides it, the three more dera followers who were staging indefinite fast in front of the deputy commissioner’s office, were also lifted and admitted to the hospital by the police after their condition deteriorated. The police has registered a case against the three under Sections 309 of the IPC. |
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94 govt-aided colleges to be linked through Edusat
Chandigarh, July 6 The process will be completed during the current academic session. The state government will provide a subsidy of Rs 1 lakh to each college against a total cost of Rs 3 lakh. Education minister Phool Chand Mullana said government run colleges in the state had already been connected through Edusat network and a separate studio for higher education had been set up at Panchkula. He said the department was evaluating the impact of the system on the learning environment in colleges. After government-aided colleges get connected through Edusat, interactive lectures for BA, B.Sc and B.Com students would be delivered through this system. A common time table for all the colleges was being formulated. Mullana said the project would lead to a significant enhancement in the interest of the student for the science stream. The students would be prepared for the competitive exams by giving the coaching through this system. He said the Haryana government has launched one of the biggest initiatives in the country in the Edusat programme. It would broadcast education content to cover the entire gamut of education at school and college level. |
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Stop humiliating teachers: MDUTA
Rohtak, July 6 “Ever since the reopening of Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, on July 2, nearly 50 university-appointed teachers of the hitherto University College have been without work and place to sit,” said the MDUTA president, Dr Rajinder Chaudhary, here today. The teachers’ association has written a joint letter to the secretary, Education, Haryana, and Vice-Chancellor, MDU, urging them to take immediate and effective steps to put an end to the humiliation
of teachers. Briefly recapitulating the key developments in the letter, the MDUTA president has held both the state government as well as the university authorities responsible for the “illegal and unwarranted” takeover of the University College. “Moreover, both government and university authorities have failed to sort out the matter over the past 14 months,” he maintained. Urging the state authorities to reconsider the decision of taking over the reins of the erstwhile University College, Dr Chaudhary pointed out that immediate remedial measures were required in this regard as the new academic session had already begun. The MDUTA has further asked the authorities concerned to ensure that all teachers of the erstwhile University College are treated alike and have identical terms and conditions of service, which are on a par with what they have enjoyed in the University College. |
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NHAI okays proposal for Rohtak-Hisar road
New Delhi, July 6 The proposal included design, engineering, finance, construction, operation and maintenance of three projects in Haryana, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh under the NHDP Phase-III A. In a meeting held yesterday, it was decided that the three projects will have adequate provisions for construction of ROBs, bridges, flyovers, service roads, wayside amenities, truck parking and bus bays Besides the Rs 543-crore Rohtak-Hisar highway the other two projects include the Patna-Muzaffarpur Section of NH-77 with a 17.071 km bypass to Muzaffarpur connecting NH-28 and the Khalghat-MP/Maharashtra Border Section. — TNS |
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Two held for issuing extortion threats Kaithal, July 6 One of the arrested turned out to be a former employee of the dealer. The third accused has been identified and efforts are on to nab him. Rajinder Singh, SP, said the owner of Jagdamba Plywood, here, lodged a complaint that he had received threatening calls between May 13 and 15, in which the caller threatened him with dire consequences for failure to pay the demanded money. A case under Section 387 was registered. Ramesh Chand, SI of CIA, arrested Birbhan of Harsola village, who was a former employee of the dealer. Fearing that the shopkeeper may recognise his voice, Birbhan asked his friend Naresh also of Harsolsa village to make the threatening calls. Further interrogation revealed that Birbhan also utilised services of his cousin Jindal of Alipura village in Jind district. Naresh is employed at a confectionery shop in Kaithal. The police has recovered the mobile phone, which was used in issuing extortion threats. The SP said members of all extortionists operating in this area had been arrested by the police. He cautioned the public to inform him or the nearest police station if they received any threatening call. |
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4 held for cop’s murder
Sonepat, July 6 The accused have been identified as Vikram, Mohit and Vikas of Sonepat and Sandeep, alias Sanjay, of Murthal. Navdeep Singh Virk, SSP, disclosed here today that the body of the victim was recovered from the fields near Murthal village on June 29. Satyavan was on a temporary duty at Samalkha police station. After recovering the registration certificate of a motorcycle and driving licence of Vikram from the place of incident, the CIA unit nabbed the alleged accused, who confessed to have committed the crime, he said. The accused were produced in the court yesterday and were remanded in four-day police custody.
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Farm labourer beheaded
Fatehabad, July 6 The accused, Juma Ram, and the deceased Ram Kumar worked as farm labourers on the fields of Ajaib Singh, a farmer in Dharsul Kalan. The two consumed liquor in the evening yesterday and later Juma Ram chopped Ram Kumar’s head with a sharp-edged tool while he was sleeping. A neighbour noticed the body in lying in a pool of blood in the morning today and informed victim's son Sandeep of the incident. |
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3 cops held for aiding kidnappers
Fatehabad, July 6 The cops had provided shelter to the kidnappers after they fled from the district with the ransom received from the accountant of the trader. Ram Pal, alias Pallu, the main accused of the case, had told the police during interrogation that three constables- Ashok Kumar, Manoj Kumar and Mukesh, had provided them shelter. The police has booked the cops under Sections 364-A, 216-A and 120-B of the IPC. The cops were produced in a local court, which sent them in judicial custody for 14 days.
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Cambridge sub-centre at women varsity
Chandigarh, July 6 Initially, it was scores of merit list positions from this university located in rural surroundings that made headlines, but now foreign universities and prestigious institutions within the country too have realised its potential and want to get associated with it. Cambridge, one of the world’s oldest universities located in the UK has decided to declare the women university as its sub-centre for certification in English language proficiency. The decision makes this north India's first women university to have such a sub-centre following a collaborative effort between it, Cambridge University and the British Council. An MoU in this regard will be signed on August 2 next. Once in place the collaboration will enable all girl students acquire international certification in spoken English such as Cambridge Business English Certificates (BEC) and Cambridge Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT). In a project that is being closely monitored by Chief Minister Bhoopinder Singh Hooda, the state would spend Rs 60 crore on the new projects proposed to make the university one of the best institutes of higher learning in the country. Hooda, accompanied by Chancellor Dr A.R. Kidwai is expected to review the projects on the campus this Sunday. The new projects include buildings for three girls hostels having a capacity to house more than 1200 girls, bigger teaching blocks, a campus school for the children of the staff, a guest house and about 125 houses for the staff members. All these projects will be completed on a war footing and are expected to be functional by the end of the current academic session, May 30, 2008, being the deadline, Vice-Chancellor Anuradha Gupta said. The university is going to start several new courses from the next academic session. The main aim of the new courses will be to prepare the girls students for all jobs and competitions at national as well as international levels. Employability will be one of the main factors behind starting these courses. The Chief Minister has already given a go ahead to acquire an additional 300 acres of land in the vicinity of the university to provide adequate space for world class infrastructure. |
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Scholarships for Haryana students
Chandigarh, July 6 Education minister Phool Chand Mullana said here yesterday that the scholarship would
be awarded to meritorious students of Class VI
to XII. One boy and one girl from each class from every government school would be selected. Under this scheme Rs 750 would be provided to the students up to the middle standard and Rs 1,000 to the students of high and senior secondary classes. |
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Rakesh Vats cremated
Ambala, July 6 A large number of persons were present at Ram Bagh, Ambala Cantt to pay last respects to Vats. Sunder Pal, media adviser to Haryana CM, Dalip Chawla, Anil Vij, former Ambala Cantt MLA, and persons from literary field were present.Vats died yesterday. He was 68. He is survived by wife Navalkishori, son Balkesh and two married daughters. He had written a number of short stories, novels, dramas and poetry compilations. He was a member of selection committee of the Haryana Sahitya Akademi. He was also a member of general council of Kendriya Sahitya committee. |
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Escorts for eight
more trains Ambala, July 6 Talking to mediapersons on the eve of the culmination of the rail safety week to mark 20 years of Ambala division, he said police escorts were already being provided on 17 trains passing through this division. “We are going to provide police escorts to eight more trains. The additional trains will be provided RPF personnel as escorts,” he said. Jaggi said priority was being given to passenger safety, security and facilities. “Metal detectors are used for checking. CCTV is also going to be installed at the railway station. Tenders for CCTV have been opened and a final decision was likely to be taken soon,” he said.A proposal had been forwarded to senior railway officials for relieving RPF personnel from the protection of railway property. “The proposal is that agencies like the home guard and any private agency can be given the duty of railway property safety so that RPF personnel can be spared for stationary and mobile security on trains,” he said.Jaggi said they were hopeful that the number of RPF personnel in Ambala division would be increased soon. “We are also considering sealing the entire Ambala cantt railway station but the purpose for stepping up security measures is to have a deterrent effect on anti-social elements,” he said. The recent BSNL fire had led them to consider alternative communication channels for ticket booking establishments. “Although passengers faced inconvenience in booking ticket, the railways did not suffer any economic loss since all trains during the period went full,” he said. They were going to provide railway communication line at ticketing establishments so that there were no problems in case of system failure. “We are even considering using VSAT technology for some ticketing centres,” he said. Jaggi said they were currently celebrating 20 years of formation of Ambala division. “Ambala division has won several awards. We have held a number of programmes to mark 20 years of formation of Ambala division. Cleanliness drive, sapling plantation, safety day and women health, besides a cultural programme have been held,” he added. |
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Panel to meet flood exigency Ambala, July 6 The committee, which is to be headed by deputy commissioner R.P. Bhardwaj, will have officials from the Army, the police, the BSNL, national highway, irrigation, revenue and cantonment board. An official said preparations had been completed to control floods. He said the irrigation department had made arrangements for 25,000 sandbags that had been kept at the district headquarters and 9,000 sandbags stored at Naraingarh. He observed that boats, life jackets and medicines had been stored by the departments concerned. Also, the district revenue officer, who is the nodal officer, had been asked to purchase more life jackets to meet any emergency. |
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Do-gooder honoured Ghanour, July 6 Nichar had been helping the locals for the past three decades by extending financial and other logistic support to those who have been affected by the yearly floods. He has also been helping persons who have been suffering from various ailments, but did not have funds to undergo medical treatment. He was today presented with a siropa by the panchayat along with some of the farmer organisations. Speaking on the occasion, Nichar stated that he had resolved to get 250 concrete houses constructed every year for families who had lost their houses in the floods. |
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