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CBI serves notice on dera chief
Minimum Wages
Elopement case eliciting ‘edict’
Yuvraj Case
6 get bail in dera-Sikh clash case
‘Maya formula has no relevance in state’
3 IAS officers shifted
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Two murdered
125 cases settled
Treason accused denied bail
Traders drugged; lose Rs 90,000
Suicide by Youth
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CBI serves notice on dera chief
Sirsa, August 18 The CBI team, comprising six officials from New Delhi and Chandigarh, had to wait for about an hour discussing the legal formalities with the dera management regarding serving the notice in person to the dera chief. The management was of the view that the notice be handed over to it and it would get the paper work done. However, the management relented and took the CBI officials into the “gufa”. The team, comprising K.S. Negi, Ram Singh and J.P. Singh from New Delhi and Rajesh Khajuria, Vijay Malhotra and Sukhwinder Singh from Chandigarh, reached here at about 11 am. It met SP Vikas Arora at his office who sent CIA inspector Varinder Singh and SHO of the Sadar police station Mauji Ram along with the team to execute the notice. The team left the dera after about 2 pm. The notice was issued by the Ambala court acting on the three charge sheets filed by the CBI. The investigating agency has accused the dera chief of hatching a criminal conspiracy, along with his confidants, to eliminate Ranjeet Singh and Chhatrapati and for committing rape on sadhvis. |
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Inspectors to conduct raids
Tribune News Service
Yamunanagar, August 18 Haryana finance, employment and labour minister Birender Singh stated this while addressing the state-level annual meeting of the Indian National Trade Union Congress at Saraswati Sugar Mill, here, today. He said 50 labour inspectors would carry out surprise inspections in industries each month to check if labourers were getting minimum wages. This would benefit about 26 lakh labourers of organised and unorganised sectors. Parliamentary secretary and local MLA Dr Krishna Pandit said the government was committed for the welfare of the labour community.
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Elopement case eliciting ‘edict’
Fatehabad, August 18 The police has booked the youth Bholu, his brother Chain Singh and a woman Batheri under Sections 365, 376, 343, 506 and 34 of the IPC and sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act. The woman moved an application with an affidavit to the SDM Tohana in this regard. She has alleged that Bhatheri took her to a place near the village on some pretext, where Bholu and his brother Chain Singh were waiting for them. They took her to Barwala and to New Delhi later at pistol point. She further alleges that she was raped by the duo many times. She gave them the slip when they were under the influence of liquor. While she was returning to her village, the police arrested her. Earlier, the woman had alleged that she had eloped with Bholu on her own as her husband used to beat her up. She had alleged that the village panchayat had given a “fatwa” to eliminate them. Prominent persons of the village, who attended the panchayat, had denied that any edict had been issued at the panchayat. The panchayat had ordered the excommunication of the Dalit family. However, Bholu and his brother had refused to leave the village. |
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Complainant held for contempt
Gurgaon, August 18 Judicial magistrate Ranjana Agrawal ordered the police to take her into custody as she passed “contemptuous remarks” against the court’s order of adjourning the matter for November 20. Mahajan was reportedly annoyed over the repeated adjournments in the case. She alleged the magistrate of taking sides with the cricketer. She had even told the magistrate that she would be taking the issue with the Punjab and Haryana High Court against this “attitude” of the court. She was, however, taken to the civil hospital as she complained of chest pain. The counsel for Mahajan said they would be moving the court for her bail tomorrow. Mahajan, who had filed a complaint on December 15, last year, alleged that Yuvraj Singh and his mother Shabnam Singh misbehaved with them and assaulted her son Yuvraj Siddharth when they went to attend the cricketer’s birthday party at his house here on December 12 last year. — PTI
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6 get bail in dera-Sikh clash case
Fatehabad, August 18 The police had arrested Gurpreet Singh, Kundan Singh, Swarn Singh and Sher Singh under Sections 148, 149, 323, 295-A and 188 of the IPC and dera followers Rajesh and Naresh under Section 188 of the IPC. They were involved in a brawl between two groups of Sikhs and dera followers over “naam chaarcha” on the night of August 14. |
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‘Maya formula has no relevance in state’
Rewari, August 18 Addressing a press conference here, he said things were totally different in Haryana from what they were in Uttar Pradesh. The talk about the Dalit-Brahmin combination was something preposterous in Haryana where the Dalits were already an integral part of the Congress, which had always been working in harmonious rapport with people of all communities. He blamed the previous governments for the shortage of power and said no power plants were set for the generation of additional power while its consumption and demand increased rapidly. The present government was working on several power projects, the completion of which would mitigate the problem, he added. Regarding a specific query about the activities of Bhajan Lal and his MP son Kuldeep Bishnoi which were in gross violation of party discipline, Mullana said while the HPCC was not empowered for it, the AICC was the competent authority to initiate action against such violations. Later, Mullana and HPCC working president Kuldeep Sharma were given a rousing reception by party activists at a special
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3 IAS officers shifted
Chandigarh, August 18 Administrator,
HUDA, Hisar, Phateh Singh, IAS, has been posted as managing director, Haryana Seeds Development Corporation. Mandip Singh
Brar, IAS, awaiting posting order, has been posted as SDM, vice Ashok Kumar
Garg, HCS. Saket Kumar, IAS, awaiting posting order, goes as SDM,
Panchkula, in place of V.K. Dahiya, HCS. Pradeep Kasni, HCS, awaiting posting order, becomes additional director
(Admn) Development and Panchayats against a vacant post. Mukul Kumar,
HCS, City Magistrate, Rohtak, becomes SDM, Rohtak, vice Vatsal Vashisht,
HCS. Yashendra Singh, HCS, awaiting posting order, becomes estate officer,
HUDA, Gurgaon-II, against a newly created post. Mandeep Kaur, HCS, awaiting posting order, will be the new joint director
(Admn), Town and Country Planning Department. V.K.Dahiya, HCS, goes as joint director
(Admn), Tourism Department. Vatsal Vashisht, HCS, becomes SDM, Gurgaon-II, against a newly created post. Satbir Singh,
HCS, City Magistrate, Mewat, becomes City Magistrate, Rohtak. — TNS |
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People block traffic with bodies kept on road
Our Correspondent
Kaithal, August 18 They also demanded a compensation of Rs 10 lakh and government job for a member of the affected family. They staged a dharna keeping the body of the deceased in the middle of the road. Former chief parliamentary secretary Ram Pal Mazra also joined the protesters. Deputy commissioner Rajinder Kataria and SP Hanif Qureshi assured the protesters of appropriate action against the guilty if the inquiry or the postmortem report pointed torture of the victims. The officials also assured to forward the case of compensation and job to the government. Following their assurances, the blockade was lifted. The police said ADC Sanjeev Verma had been asked to conduct an inquiry into the case. Two youths, arrested in a robbery case, had allegedly consumed poison in custody. They had died at the PGI, Chandigarh. Members of their families had alleged that the police had tortured the youths in custody and later poisoned them to death.
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Two murdered
Sonepat, August 18 Ashish (24) of Kundli village was found dead this morning. According to a complaint lodged with the police, he had gone to sleep on the roof of his house late last night. Members of his family found him murdered in the morning with bullet wounds on his chest and temple. A case of murder has been registered. In another incident, Kanwal Singh (62), owner of a teashop located at the bus stop of Garhi Bala village, was found strangulated in the morning. The cash box was lying broken in the nearby bushes. A case of murder has been registered on a complaint of his son Samunder. |
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125 cases settled
Bhiwani, August 18 |
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Treason accused denied bail
Jind, August 18 Additional district and sessions judge S.K. Goyal today fixed August 20 as the next date of hearing in the case. The accused had been among a group of persons who had taken out a rally in which they had allegedly raised anti-country slogans and called for an armed struggle to get their demands met. The rally had started from Narwana town. Leftist labour organisations had good hold on labourers and workers in the district, claimed an employee here. |
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Traders drugged; lose Rs 90,000
Fatehabad, August 18 The traders Ravinder Kumar, Parkash and Dharam Pal, all from Badarpur (UP), were coming to Fatehabad by bus to purchase buffaloes. Ravinder Kumar, who is recuperating in the local general hospital, said when their bus stopped at Meham in Rohtak district, two persons, who were also travelling in the same bus, offered them tea. They fell unconscious after consuming the tea. |
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Vinod Sehgal enthrals
Ambala, August 18 Deputy commissioner, Ambala, R.P. Bharadwaj, was the chief guest on the occasion. Bharadwaj said the students must adopt high values and strive to eliminate social evils like dowry and female foeticide. College principal Dr R.R. Malik said Vinod Sehgal is an alumni of the college and the college was proud of the fact the singer had carved a niche for himself in the music world. The programme commenced on a lively note with the singer belting out his hit number ‘Kurti satrang di’ followed by ‘Badam rangiye’ and ‘Gur nalon ishq mitha’. He also sang ‘Chodhh aye hum...’ from the movie Maachis. |
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Cop among 2 booked
Ambala, August 18 Rajesh Pandey had committed suicide yesterday leaving behind a suicide note in which he alleged police harassment. Pandey had blamed two persons in the note. Last night, the family members of Rajesh Pandey had demanded that a case be registered against the persons named in the suicide note. An FIR was registered against Havaldar Jitender Rana of CIA staff and another person named Pao. However, this morning, Pandey’s family was reluctant to take the body and demanded that the accused be arrested. Only after assurance from SP K.V. Ramana, the body was taken for cremation. — TNS
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