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Overflowing canal causes breach
Youths save 7 lives
Dera chief to be served summons
Dera postpones ‘naam charcha’
Members of managing bodies:No entry during college hours
5 mango merchants killed in road mishap
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Kartar Bhadana quits BJP
Maurya VC of Hyderabad varsity
Health budget enhanced
Mullana prepares to rouse the party
Workshop for scribes held
Illegal timber seized
Modernisation need of the hour, says Lt Gen Kumar Student beaten,
in hospital
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Overflowing canal causes breach
Yamunanagar, August 3 Officials of the canal department, however, clarified that the canal was safe and discharge in the canal from the Hathnikund barrage has been reduced so that overflowing could be stopped. Senior officials had reached the spot to inspect the breach, about 25 feet wide. The discharge in the Yamuna river recorded in the afternoon was more than 6, 3000 cusecs and it was swelling. Discharge in the canal was more than 15,500. Officials were facing problems in repairing the breach as it was difficult to press in earth moving machines. Officials were trying to bring in labourers and villagers were helping officials in their efforts, said sources. Executive engineer of canal department O.P Nagpal claimed water would not enter villages as water discharge in the canal has been reduced. |
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Youths save 7 lives
Yamunanagar, August 3 The seven persons, who were crossing the river, remained trapped on the island for more than eight hours. The island disappeared soon after the last man was rescued. Meanwhile, a makeshift bridge on the river was also washed away and road communication between Himachal Pardesh and Haryana has been cut off. The Kala Amb bridge was washed away during the last year rains. The PWD Department was raising a new bridge these days. According to the information, the seven persons were crossing the river at around 11 am, when the river swelled. They were left trapped on a portion of the bridge with only a tree trunk to hold themselves from being washed away. In no time hundreds of people gathered on each side of the river. The police and administrative officials of both Haryana and Himachal Pardesh too reached the spot. Finally, Kamal, Sunil and Harnek (Kangra), Praveen (Hamdipur), Vikram (Hamirpur) and Raj Kumar (Kala Amb) entered the waters and succeeded in rescuing the trapped persons. |
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Dera chief to be served summons
Sirsa, August 3 It is learnt that the dera chief is likely to be served summons in the cases either on August 5 or 6. The Ambala court had issued summons to dera chief to appear in the court on August 31, taking note on the three reports filed by the CBI against him. Meanwhile, the dera chief today cancelled his scheduled visit to Uttar Pradesh to address the religious discourse to be held on August 5. The dera chief had to leave for UP in early morning. As a result a large number of police personnel were deployed on the roads since 5.30 am and security personnel were also alerted. The reason of the cancel of the dera chief visit was not ascertained yet. In murder cases against the dera chief, Khatta Singh, turned out to be the star-witness for
the CBI. Khatta Singh in his statements alleged that the dera chief had ordered his confidants (dera men) to kill Ranjeet Singh
and Chhatrapati. Ranjeet Singh was murdered as he was suspected to circulate the anonymous letter of the
Sadhvi, who had levied serious allegations of sexual exploitations of Sadhvis by the dera chief. Chhatrapati was murdered as he had published news about Sadhvis exploitation by the dera chief in his evening newspaper “Poora Sach”. Two Sadhvis had recorded their statements under Section 164, CrPC, accusing the dera chief of committing rape. Besides it, two more Sadhvis recorded their statements before the CBI under
Section 161 of the CrPC levelling the allegations of the rape against the dera chief. |
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Dera postpones ‘naam charcha’
Fatehabad, August 3 With the postponement of the ‘naam charcha’, the possibilities of a conflict between the Sikhs and the dera followers has been averted as both the sides had been sticking to their guns earlier. While the dera followers had announced ‘naam charcha’, the Sikh organisations had announced that they would not allow it to take place. The authorities have sent back all companies of paramilitary forces except one company each of the border security force and the central reserve police force, which, SP Saurabh Singh said would be sent back after the Independence Day. The district had summoned nine companies of the paramilitary forces in the wake of panthic sammelan at Ratia last month. The management of the Dera Sacha Sauda deferred the ‘naam charcha’ proposed for August 5, after the meeting with a peace committee from the district at Sirsa last evening. |
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Members of managing bodies:No entry during college hours
Hisar, August 3 In his communication to presidents of managing bodies of such colleges sent on July 24, HEC has said reports indicated that members of managing bodies and office-bearers had been frequenting the college premises during working hours affecting teaching and administrative work. He has asked the presidents of managing bodies to direct all other office-bearers and members to approach the principals or other staff for any work either before or after working hours only so as to maintain discipline in the colleges. It is learnt that the step has been taken as principals and other teaching and non-teaching employees of these colleges had been complaining that members of management committees spend a lot of time on the college premises on one pretext or the other during working hours affecting studies as well as functioning of the college as a whole. Reports indicated that many office-bearers had even allotted themselves office rooms in the college premises and many spent the entire day in the college itself. This was particularly so in the case of retired persons or those who had no other business to attend to than the college affairs. In many cases the managements had appointed retired teachers or close relatives of office-bearers as self-styled directors of privately managed affiliated aided colleges. They had even usurped the powers and responsibilities of principals. Significantly, there is no such post in any college provided under the relevant act which governs constitution of managing bodies of such colleges. The trend was started by DAV Colleges which then percolated down to other institutions as well. In many cases, these directors are also drawing remuneration from managing committees. Still others have been provided with chauffeur driven cars as well as the expense of the college concerned. Although the recent communication is expected to effectively end undue interference by members of managing bodies in the day to day functioning of these colleges, Principals of DAV Colleges fear that this may not bring much relief to them as their colleges have two bodies each. One is the managing body constituted under the relevant act and the other is the self-styled Delhi-based managing committee which rules the roost in these colleges. |
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5 mango merchants killed in road mishap
Yamunanagar, August 3 Condition of the injured was said to be serious. Mustakin (35), Shahjad (20), Shahid Ahmad (22), Iqfal (22) and Irshad (35) were killed on the spot, while Mohd Irshad and Intzar were injured seriously. The truck driver (a resident of Indri, Karnal) fled from the spot. The road on which the accident took place is not suitable for heavy vehicles but drivers choose this route instead of the Chandigarh-Roorkie road to save on 5 km and police pickets, said police sources. The administration has banned heavy vehicles on the road as a bridge near Fathepur is not safe. Police sources said as it was raining the merchants had covered the rear of the truck with a tarpaulin. The merchants who were killed were sitting at the rear atop cartons of mangoes. The injured were sitting along with the driver in the cabin. When the truck reached the old Saharanpur road, one of its wheel got sturck in mud and the driver lost control of the vehicle. The truck fell into the pond. The police reached the spot in time but merchants could not be taken out alive. Mohd Irshad said that the nylon ropes with which tarpaulin was tied could not be unwinded in time. The bodies were handed over to family members after a post-mortem examination. |
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Kartar Bhadana quits BJP
Faridabad,August 3 Bhadana had joined the BJP before the last Lok Sabha elections after quitting from the INLD and the post of ministership during the time of INLD government headed by Om Prakash Chautala. He unsuccessfully contested from Dosa Lok Sabha seat in Rajasthan as a BJP nominee.He later unsucessfully contested from Sohna assembly seat falling in Gurgaon district as a BJP nominee. Significantly, Bhadana today announced his resignation from the BJP on the eve of a Mahapanchayat of Gujjar community at Surajkund organised by him to pressure the political parties,including the BJP and its government in Rajasthan to recommend to the Centre to give his community as SC status.The Mahapanchayat is being organised under the banner of the Akhil Gujjar Aaakashan Panchayat and was claimed that it would be attended by community members from all over the country. |
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Maurya VC of Hyderabad varsity
Chandigarh, August 3 He has been a professor of Russian literature at Delhi University since 1988. Born in a peasant family of Haryana, Maurya is a self-made person. He was the first person in his family to attend a school. After studying up to the middle standard in village school, Maurya did his higher secondary from a government school
of Kaithal. With a PhD degree in Russian literature from Moscow State University, he joined Delhi University in February, 1974, as a lecturer. Four years later, Maurya became a reader and 10 years thereafter a professor. He had been the head of department of Modern European Languages and in 1988, he became the founder head of the Department of Slavic Studies. Maurya was awarded the “A. S. Pushkin Medal”, the highest honour in the field of Russian literature and language, by the International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature in 1986. |
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Health budget enhanced
Chandigarh, August 3 While stating this here today, a spokesman of the Health Department said the planned budget of the department had been enhanced by 78 per cent in the first two years of the present state government. There was a provision of Rs 45 crore in 2004-05, which was increased to Rs 75 crore year 2005-06 and further to Rs 80 crore in 2006-07. To provide quality health services and raise health status of the people in the state during 2005-2006, four primary health centres were upgraded to the level of community health centres, three primary health centres were established and casualty services were provided in the General Hospital, Fatehabad, community health centres at Naraingarh and Kalka. In 2007-08, two hospitals have been upgraded at Bahadurgarh and Dabwali. |
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Mullana prepares to rouse the party
Chandigarh, August 3 The first thing Mullana has done after being appointed the PCC chief on July 27 is to get himself a new car from the PCC’s account. The first cheque Mullana has signed as the PCC president is for making payments for a Camry, a luxury Sedan manufactured by the Japanese auto giant Toyota. “ The PCC chief intends to travel a lot”, confided an aide here. He added that Mullana wanted to visit all the districts of Haryana during the intervening period between his appointment as the PCC president and his formally taking over the office here on August 7. The programme had to be dropped, as the local legislators reportedly wanted him to visit their areas after he formally took over the charge of the
PCC chief. “After the August 7 function he is expected to tour various parts of the state and meet district Congress committee chiefs and other party workers”, said a source here. It was learnt that a Contessa car, meant for use by the PCC president, ran its capacity and was later sold off to a buyer. Another car, a Toyota Qualis, also belonging to the PCC, was extensively used by Bhajan Lal when he was the chief of the PCC, for carrying the NSG commandos who accompanied him everywhere. “The Qualis is not fit for long travel any more”, the source said. Ram Prakash got himself an SUV (Endevour) after becoming the working president of the party. The SUV, however, was not provided by the party and therefore, there was no question of his returning it to the PCC after his removal from the post of working president. |
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Workshop for scribes held
Panipat, August 3 Representatives of the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), a government body, highlighted the achievements of Panipat villages. The district had bagged first position in the state with the
highsest number of Nirmal village, the countryside with no open-defecation. Sarpanches of all 18 nirmal villages from Panipat district were honoured by former President Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam at a function in New Delhi. In the workshop, the DRDA officials narrated their experiences and hardship in achieving the target of motivating the rural population to shun the practice of open-defecation. On the occasion, a brief interactive session was also held.
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Illegal timber seized
Jhajjar, August 3 According to information, the forest ranger Sanjeev Tomar got the information that a tractor-load of timber illegally procured from the forestland was being taken to the town for sale. When the team spotted the tractor, two persons riding on the tractor fled. He however took the tractor and timber into custody. The owners of the tractor were also identified as Jaiveer and Ravinder, residents of Vazidpur village. |
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Modernisation need of the hour, says Lt Gen Kumar Ambala, August 3 Lt Gen Kumar held meetings with senior officers of Kharga Corps. He also interacted with the officers, JCOs and personnel of the Corps of Signals. During the Sainik Sammelan, Lt Gen Kumar said, keeping in view the 21st century vision of the Corps of Signals, there was the need to achieve electronic superiority for effective functioning of the Army. He stated that Signals had embarked upon a multi-dimensional and challenging task of establishing a converged, robust and secure IT infrastructure. Lt Gen Kumar stated the war of tomorrow would be fought essentially in the electro-magnetic space and they would have to prepare for it.
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Student beaten,
in hospital Ambala, August 3 Rajat, who lives in the school hostel, called up his brother-in-law in Naraingarh last night, who admitted him to the hospital today. School principal S.P. Sharma said:" I have received several complaints against this student. A few days back, his uncle was called from Kaithal to discuss the issue. Thereafter, a teacher told me that the student had misbehaved with him." He said that the student's allegation of being "beaten up" was baseless."As a matter of fact, Rajat’s relative told us that he was taking him away for a few days. Later this afternoon, we were informed that Rajat was admitted to hospital."
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