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Misbehaviour with girl student to invite FIR
Ex-MP urged to launch drive against caste system
Chiranji Lal, former MP, at a function on his 85th birthday at Ahulana Dherka village on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph
Ram Setu Protests
Powermen raise slogans against cops
Ekta Express to have independent status
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Goldsmith dupes residents
Scientists discuss soil
Bimonthly power billing restored
Police reserves jobs for women
Thieves decamp with jewellery
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Misbehaviour with girl student to invite FIR
Chandigarh, September 13 Gupta has made it clear that the head of the school will also be held directly responsible for any incidents that come to light. All heads of schools were expected to take steps that help in minimising these incidents. He made these observations after reviewing the working and schemes of the education department with the commissioner and secretary, education, and all directors of the education department here today. The Haryana education department had taken a decision around this time last year to scan all schools in the state to identify male teachers that the department said could be “potential trouble makers”. Several stringent measures were announced to boost the morale of girl students and their parents and to ensure that the Hisar incident - where a student was molested - was not repeated. A circular to all principals and headmasters of various government and private educations institutions was sent out last year in which they were told directly as well as through district education officers (DEOs) to keep a strict vigil on the ‘suspicious’ activities of the male staff and anything ‘abnormal’ should be reported immediately. The education minister has expressed dissatisfaction at the measures taken and has issued a strict warning to “undesirable elements” in schools. The minister has stressed the need for revamping the education system in the state in the light of the fast-changing scenario globally and has directed the officers of the education department to chalk out a time-bound programme for imparting qualitative education. At the meeting, the minister stressed the need for imparting education, especially to girls in rural areas. He said the girl child was still discriminated against by parents in rural areas. On the other hand, two families could be educated by giving the education to a girl. The education minister took exception to absenteeism by teachers and stressed the need for enforcing discipline strictly in schools. He said strict action would also be taken against teachers who visited Chandigarh for their transfers and postings without prior permission. He directed all directors of the education department to ensure that all grievances of teachers were disposed of at the district level. |
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Ex-MP urged to launch drive against caste system
Ahulana Dherka (Sonepat), September 13 Panchayat of Ahulana Dherka village today organised the 85th birth anniversary function of Chiranji Lal at a local school complex, in which several MLAs and state ministers, including the Chief Minister, participated. Father of the newly elected working president of the state Congress Kuldeep Sharma, Chiranji Lal is the only MP elected four times from Haryana. Showing gratitude to the villagers, Lal gave a cheque of Rs 1 lakh for the village school. The finance minister said there was a strong need to have leaders to the stature of Chiranji Lal in the present political scenario. He said it was indeed a matter of worry that several politicians, including those from the Congress, were indulged in caste politics. Terming it shameful, he said certain self-centred politicians had coined the terminology of jat and non-jat in the state, which was causing unrest among the society. The CM ensured the villagers to provide sufficient water for the villages located at the tail end in the area of Binjhol canal. He also promised to command an overall development of the village. |
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Agitation to be stepped up, warns VHP
Tribune News Service
Ambala, September 13 A meeting, which was held to assess the situation, was organised by VHP city president Ravinder Chadha. Among others, Deepak Raj, M.L. Gupta, Amar Nath Tiwari, Rajesh Sharma, Harish Kumar, Harish Ahuja, Surender Bindra and Vijay Jain were present. Calling it a grave mistake on the part of the government to prevent a peaceful demonstration, Chadha said a country-wide awareness campaign was being launched from September 27 on the issue. Former Ambala MP Ratan Lal Kataria said the UPA government must apologise to the nation for submitting an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that there is no historical evidence to prove the existence of Lord Rama. He said the entire issue had enraged the Hindu community. Stating that whenever the image of the Congress-led UPA government was dented, the government turned towards Sonia Gandhi, the former MP demanded stern action against union law minister Hansraj Bharadwaj over the matter. Kataria said damaging Ram Setu would have grave consequences, claiming that chances of a tsunami would increase, sea life would be affected and the thorium deposits would be destroyed. Meanwhile, a meeting of the district Congress committee was held at Congress Bhavan in which the demonstrations by BJP and its associate groups was criticised. District spokesman Naib Singh Saini said the saffron party had always tried to encash upon the religious sentiments of the people and the common people had paid a heavy price for it. He said the Congress believed that all religions are equal. He said the BJP should have held a dialogue on this matter instead of blocking traffic, which put thousands of commuters to inconvenience.
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Powermen raise slogans against cops
Jhajjar, September 13 The employees, led by the HSEB Workers Union leader Rajpal Singh, gathered at the power substation on Jhajjar Road and raised slogans against the police. They demanded immediate arrest of the accused against whom a case under Section 307 of the IPC has been registered. The incident occurred about a week ago and the injured lineman, Raghunath, is being treated in a private hospital in Bahadurgarh. SDM Manoj Kumar and senior police officials met the agitated workers and assured them that the accused would be arrested soon. Deputy commissioner Vijay Dahiya called on the injured lineman at the hospital and announced an assistance of Rs 20,000 on behalf of the District Red Cross Society.
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Ekta Express to have independent status
Rohtak, September 13 The railway ministry has agreed in principle to this longstanding demand of the passengers. As of now, the Ekta Express, which originates from Bhiwani and goes to Chandigarh and Kalka, is connected to the Himalayan Queen at Panipat. The Kalka-bound Himalayan Queen originates from Delhi. In the process, the passengers of the Ekta Express are made to wait for the arrival of Himalayan Queen at Panipat. Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda had forwarded the longstanding demand of the commuters to the railway authorities following which a proposal to make the Ekta Express an independent train has been approved in principle. Vijay Kumar Saini, president of the Rohtak-Delhi Rail Passengers Association, has thanked the MP for his efforts in this regard.
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Goldsmith dupes residents
Rewari, September 13 Sources said Capt Ram Singh and the others gave their old jewellery, along with the desired cash, for repairs to Deepak who had rented a shop in the village. Deepak disappeared along with the cash and jewellery. Deepak is reported to be a resident of the Dahina area near Karoli. The Kosli police yesterday registered a case. 3 swindlers held
The Rampura police has arrested three alleged swindlers - Suresh of Baloda village in Rajasthan, his aunt (father’s sister) Banarsi Devi of Bhiwani and another relative Lalita, a resident of Mahendergarh district. After allegedly duping Maman Singh and several other residents of Dhamlawas village, near here, of cash and gold ornaments Suresh had disappeared from the village. |
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Scientists discuss soil
Karnal, September 13 The workshop was opened by Dr Nawab Ali, deputy director-general (engineering and natural resource management), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi. The project coordinator of the AICRP, Dr S.K. Gupta, presented an overview of the past two years’ progress highlighting the technologies for use of saline water in agriculture at different centres. Dr Gurbachan Singh, director, CSSRI, made a special mention of a multi-enterprise agriculture model established at the CSSRI consisting of fisheries, animal husbandry, horticulture and beekeeping. |
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Bimonthly power billing restored
Yamunanagar, September 13 The UHBVN had resorted to monthly billing from August. According to sources, the UHBVN has decided that billing of domestic consumers of both rural and urban areas will be undertaken on a bimonthly basis. Similarly, non-domestic consumers with load less than 20 kW will also be billed on a bimonthly basis. Non-domestic consumers with load of more than 20 kW will, however, be billed on a monthly basis. Sources said agriculture consumers would
also be billed every two months. |
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Police reserves jobs for women
Chandigarh, September 13 A spokesman of the police department said the department had received 10,207 applications so far against 776 posts of women constable lying vacant. He said that 5,335 applications had been received against 352 posts for the general category while 4,872 applications had been received against 424 posts for various reserved categories. The department had established four recruitment centres at the police lines of Yamunanagar, Bhiwani, Sonepat and Faridabad.
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Thieves decamp with jewellery
Jhajjar, September 13 Sources said the family was asleep in the house when burglars barged into one of the rooms by removing the grill and decamped with the booty.
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Yamunanagar, September 13
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State finance minister Birender Singh has urged ex-MP Pandit Chiranji Lal and other veteran politicians of the state to come on a single platform to weed out the prevalent caste system from the society, which had done enough damage.
