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Atrocities on
SCs, STs
Fake Currency Seized
Bali Episode
Delay in Chakki bridge construction resented
Panchayat official held
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Gastro cases reported from Kullu areas
HC directive on holding poll to
3 tribal seats
HAS officers to be special secys after 18 yrs
Girl washed away
CM favours cap on loan repayment
3 cops, retired SHO convicted
NSS doing commendable job
One held for murder
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Guilty to be dealt with sternly: CM
Tribune News Service
Shimla, August 9 Presiding over the state-level vigilance and monitoring committee constituted to implement the provisions of the Atrocities against SC/ST Act here today, he said ground realities would be unearthed to bring out the truth and justice would be delivered to the victim’s family. He directed the authorities that no case of atrocities should be dropped without discussion in the district-level committees constituted to implement the Act. The Chief Minister emphasised the need for improving the rate of conviction in cases of atrocities. Virbhadra Singh said the government was spending Rs 231 crore under the SC component sub-plan during the current financial year while Rs 197.38 crore was being spent under various other schemes. The Chief Minister said the Mother Teresa Matri Sambal Yojna had been envisioned to provide financial help to the daughters of destitute women up to the age of 14 and so far 7,121 children had benefited. The marriage grant to the daughters of helpless women had also been increased from Rs 5,100 to Rs 11,001 and the honorarium of anganwari worked from Rs 1,200 to Rs 1,300 and of helpers from Rs 600 to Rs 700 per month. The process to recruit 10,894 anganwari workers and helpers was in progress.
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Una factory owner, 2 others arrested
Our Correspondent
Bilaspur, August 9 SP Balbir Thakur said here that Narender Singh purchased oil worth Rs 500 at Jai Durge Filling station in Ropar district on the border of Bilaspur district and made the payment through these fake currency notes. After some time the salesman of the filling station became doubtful about the genuineness of these currency notes and informed the Swarghat police chowki. The Bilaspur police immediately swung into action and all police stations were alerted but this car had already crossed the Swarghat police barrier and was somewhere between Swarghat and Bilaspur town. The police kept a vigil and this car was found crossing Bilaspur town in the afternoon and was stopped near Police Thana, Sadar, here. When the occupants of the car were searched, 35 fake and 54 genuine currency notes of Rs 50 were found in the possession of Narender Singh. He did not have any other currency notes. Narender Singh supplies empty cement bags manufactured in his factory at Una to the ACC factory at Barmana. The car has also been impounded.
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Govt keen on probe by HC judge
Tribune News Service
Shimla, August 9 Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said here today that he had already received a request from Bali seeking a probe into the matter by a judge of the high court. He said Bali had not opened a front against him. He met him and informed him that his speech at the "samman" rally at Nagrota Bagwan was misquoted in the media. The issue was torn out of context. He said he had shown him the video recording of the rally and he was satisfied with his explanation. Regarding the audio CD released by Vijay Mankotia he said the matter was now in the court and it was for Mankotia to prove that it was authentic. Even the media which published the contents of the CD without verifying its authenticity was equally liable but he had not initiated proceeding against newspapers. Answering a question regarding plans of the BSP to raise a third front in the state he said the social engineering experiment of UP would not work in Himachal as the ground realities in the hill state were totally different. He said Dalits and other backward classes in the state were not a deprived lot either economically or politically. They were not the "have-nots" as was the case in some other states, they were not economically better off but also a part of the power structure. He said the BSP had been contesting polls in the state without making its presence felt and its fortunes would not be changed by merely inducting Mankotia and some other leaders who had been repeatedly losing elections. No respectable leader would be ready to become the palanquin bearer of Mankotia. Virbhadra Singh asserted that the defeat of the Congress in the Hamirpur byelection notwithstanding, the party would emerge victorious with even a greater majority in the coming Assembly poll. Replying to a question he said there was no proposal to increase the retirement age of employees. Even in the case of doctors the government would provide re-employment to such experts whose services were absolutely essential.
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Delay in Chakki bridge construction resented
Nurpur, August 9 He urged Chief Minister Virbhadra singh to fix the responsibility for committing such a delay which had led to the collapse of traffic on the National Highway-20 following flash floods that swept over 100 meters of its span and supporting pillars today. He alleged that the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had rejected tender formalities submitted by the state government on flimsy technical grounds which resulted in unprecedented delay in executing the construction of the bridge. He demanded that the Union Ministry should construct a Bailley bridge in lieu of the collapsed old Chakki bridge. |
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Panchayat official held
Kumarhatti, August 9 Sub-inspector Ratan Chand is presently posted at the Block Development Office, Nalagarh. He has been accused of helping a woman to get a job in government primary school, Makhnumajra, by producing a fake birth certificate. A case under Sections 420,467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC was registered on August 14 last year, at the Barotilwala police station, on the Education Department complaints, after some villagers belonging to the woman’s native place informed about the matter. Jagiro Devi who hails from Makhnumajra had given her date of birth as March 7, 1962. However, as per the panchayat record her actual date of birth was in 1931. Interestingly in 1969, Jagiro Devi had given birth to her only son. Following the Education Department’s FIR, the police arrested Jagiro Devi and began investigations. Jagiro was later released on bail. At that time, Ratan Chand who was a panchayat secretary in Lehee panchayat had told the police that an affidavit supporting the date of birth claim was submitted by Jagiro Devi with him. |
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Gastro cases reported from Kullu areas
Kullu, August 9 Dr O. P. Ghandwal, medical health officer, and officiating chief medical officer, here, said a team of doctors and paramedical staff had rushed to the village and taken stock of the situation. He said he himself was also in the village and the situation there was under control. He said the team had treated 10 cases scattered in four-five hamlets, but none of the patients was seriously ill. Ghandwal confirmed that the cause of the disease was the contaminated drinking water, as the people were drinking supplies of the Nullah water, which was not fit for human consumption. He further said the villagers had been advised to take precautions and use boiled water until the Irrigation and Public Health Department cured the water. He said “There is no outbreak or epidemic” as feared and “things are under control”. |
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HC directive on holding poll to
3 tribal seats
Shimla, August 9 A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vinod Kumar Gupta and Mr Justice Rajiv Sharma passed the order on a petition filed by the three legislators Thakur Singh Bharmouri (Bharmour), Jagat Singh Negi (Kinnaur) and Raghuvir Singh (Lahaul-Spiti). The petitioner contended in the petition the Election Commission delinking these three constituencies from the rest 65 seats for the poll in winter on the plea that the areas would be covered by snow. They further contended that if the elections in other Assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh like Dodra-Kwar in Shimla district that had similar climatic condition were held along with the rest of the state, there was no logic to delink these three constituencies. The delay also would curtail their term to less than 5 years. And moreover, a delay in the poll would deprive voters the privilege to choose the government as the results of poll in three seats would go in favour of the ruling party. The court further observed that during the meeting, the representatives of Election Commission and the state government would consider the geographical and weather conditions of these three tribal constituencies for the purpose of conducting the elections in these constituencies with the rest of the constituencies. |
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HAS officers to be special secys after 18 yrs
Shimla, August 9 A notification to this effect was issued yesterday. The cadre strength of the HAS officers was 185 and this decision will benefit 41 cadre officers who have completed 18 years of service. President of the HAS officers association Dinesh Malhotra thanked the Chief Minister for fulfilling the long-pending demand of the officers. He said since its inception in 1974, the HAS services officers had been contributing a lot in translating the policies and programmes of the state government to reality. He said the officers had been given due placement in the administrative structure and they had been appointed on various important and independent posts, for which the association was grateful to the Chief Minister. He said the HAS officers were in a better position to serve as most of them were sons of the soil and well conversant with the life and culture of the people in the state. He said they had a greater sense of belonging to the state. He assured the Chief Minister that the HAS officers would strive hard to make the state a front runner in every sector. |
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Girl washed away
Nurpur, August 9 A cloudburst hit the Khazian gram panchayat where 35 houses were damaged when boulders rolled down on them. In Hatli gram panchayat and nearby Jassur town, water entered into the houses and shops of the residents. Shimla: The monsoon remained active in the region with most parts of the state receiving moderate to heavy rain over the past 24 hours. The lower areas of Kangra and Una experienced heavy rain with Dharamsala receiving maximum rainfall of 74.6 mm, followed by Nurpur 68.5 mm and Amb 40 mm. Palampur received 26 mm of rainfall, Mandi 22.2 mm, Pandoh 27 mm and Bharwain 15 mm. |
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CM favours cap on loan repayment
Shimla, August 9 Stating this at “meet the press” organised by the Shimla Press Club here today, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said that there were numerous cases where the farmers had paid back much more than the principal amount but their instalments were still continuing and they continued to reel under debt. The government would ask the Cooperative and Finance Departments to come out with a proposal to put a cap on the amount to be repaid by a loanee so that the farmers were not subjected to life-long harassment after taking loans In another important policy decision he said the government would not encourage special economic zones(SEZs), particularly at the cost of agriculture. He said that there was no question of government acquiring land for SEZs and such projects would be approved on a very selective basis and that too if they were necessary for growth of agriculture. After having done exceedingly well in the education sector the government was focusing attention on road infrastructure for which a Rs 1365-crore project was being implemented with the assistance of the World Bank. It was also negotiating a Rs 2500-crore loan for strengthening the road network. Under the project, state roads and important district roads would be widened and improved to facilitate smooth flow of traffic. He said despite being a special-category state Himachal was well on course towards self-reliance. The state was arranging loans only for specific development projects. He announced a grant of Rs 3 lakh for the club and also assured that more accommodation would be provided to it after shifting of the offices of the Municipal Corporation located in the Padam Dev complex. |
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3 cops, retired SHO convicted
Kangra, August 9 Palampur judicial magistrate (I-class) Sachin Raghu, today delivered his judgment. David Peter had moved the court praying that during the course of his professional work , he was engaged by one Pano Devi to institute a private criminal complaint before Additional CJM Palampur against some Meena Devi, Des Raj, Sohan Singh and Shakti Chand (police inspector). |
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NSS doing commendable job
Hamirpur, August 9 |
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One held for murder
Nahan, August 9 SP J. P. Singh disclosed that accused Mam Chand (25), resident of Chishoti village, was arrested late this evening. Investigations were going on in the case, It was registered under Section 302 of the IPC |
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