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3 Delhi cops ‘involved’ in Rohtak youths’ kidnap
Rural job scheme a big draw
Deepender hits out at Raje
Assault on Vice-President of Union
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Gujjars to gherao Parliament
Quota: Jats form panel
Panchayat gets liquor shop shifted
Children as Domestic Help
HAREDA to boost solar power
HIFA annual awards announced
65 pc kids administered polio drops
Mealy bug attack worries cotton farmers
After recuperation, ex-model leaves for Delhi
‘Reports of DET paper leak baseless’
Selected candidates honoured
Firing Incident
Suicide by Trader’s Family
3 held for selling fake gold bricks
Woman’s purse snatched on train
Petrol station raided
One killed in mishap
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3 Delhi cops ‘involved’ in Rohtak youths’ kidnap
Rohtak, June 1 Rohtak SSP Hanif Qureshi told The Tribune that three persons were kidnapped by some car-borne youths from the Kathmandi area of the town last night. The kidnapped persons - Pankaj, Rajesh and Binder - were taken to Delhi, from where the kidnappers demanded a ransom of Rs 1 lakh from their family members. The families of the abducted persons informed the police about the matter. Following this, the Rohtak police laid a trap to nab the kidnappers. Police teams were sent to Delhi, where they arrested the two kidnappers, namely Aneesh and Lokesh, from the Peeragarhi chowk. The kidnapped persons were also rescued from their custody. Aneesh was found to be a resident of Madipur in Delhi, while Lokesh is from Khanpur in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh. The interrogation of the arrested youths revealed that some Delhi police personnel had hatched the conspiracy to kidnap the youths. The Delhi police personnel allegedly involved in the kidnap are Parmender, Dushyant Kumar and Naresh Kumar. They were posted in the special staff cell at Rajouri Garden in west Delhi district. A case has been registered and further investigations are on in this regard. Qureshi said a police party had been sent to the special staff cell of the Delhi police, but the police personnel were found absconding from their place of posting. Efforts were being made to arrest the absconding Delhi police personnel allegedly involved in the kidnap till the time of filing this report.
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Rural job scheme a big draw
Rohtak, June 1 The scheme is already running in several villages of the district, while many more villages are likely to be covered soon. Works related to water conservation, tree plantation, construction of roads and streets, levelling of land, repair and renovation of old ponds, digging of minor canals, irrigation channels, housing schemes and other developmental schemes of village panchayats are being undertaken under the scheme. Deputy commissioner P.C. Meena here today said till date, nearly 3,000 rural families had applied to get employment under the scheme. Of these, 485 applications had come from the Kalanaur block, 335 from Sampla, 480 from Meham, 480 from Lakhan Majra and 1,073 from Rohtak rural block. “More than 1,500 of these families have already been issued job cards,” Meena said, adding that the officials concerned had been directed to simplify the formalities so that its benefit could reach the maximum number of people. As of now, a person who wants to avail the benefit of the scheme can apply on a plain paper or even verbally convey his/her interest to the village sarpanch. As per the provisions of the scheme, an applicant has to be provided employment within 15 days of his/her applying for it. If the applicant does not get employment within the stipulated time, he/she will have to be paid unemployment allowance. The persons employed under the scheme are entitled to get a remuneration of Rs 135 per day and the payment is required to be made within two weeks. “As far as possible, the applicants are provided employment within a radius of 5 km,” Meena said, adding that in case it is not possible, 10 per cent additional wages are paid to them. The deputy commissioner has appealed to the people of the district to avail the benefit of the scheme and get their job cards made at the earliest.
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Deepender hits out at Raje
Chandigarh, June 1 This was claimed by Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda, who is the Congress election in charge of Hanumangarh district, in a statement issued here today. Earlier in the day, he addressed a “Sadbhawna Sankalp Sammelan” organised by the Congress in Amarpurajalu Khat village in the Sangriya assembly constituency. He also addressed public meetings in Pilibanga, Nathwana and Shahapini villages. Deepender said the people of Rajasthan were disappointed with the state government as it had indulged in firing on them and had not fulfilled its election promises. He accused the Rajasthan government of functioning in an aristocratic manner which had triggered grate resentment among the masses. On the contrary, the previous Congress governments in the state always worked for the welfare of the poor and the farming community. He said in Haryana, the Congress, under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, had taken a number of historic decisions for the benefit of all sections of society. Coming down heavily on the Indian National Lok Dal, which plans to contest the Rajasthan assembly elections, Deepender said in Haryana the party faced the anger of the people in the assembly elections in 2005 for committing several atrocities on farmers. The people’s anger against the INLD was so intense that its supremo Om Prakash Chautala could not even become the leader of the opposition in the Vidhan Sabha. The BJP in Rajasthan would meet the same fate as the INLD had met in Haryana. Lashing out at Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, Deepender said the people living in palaces could not think of the welfare of farmers and the poor. Only those people who had worked with them could think of their welfare and take decisions for
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Assault on Vice-President of Union Tribune News Service
Yamunanagar, June 1 Ramesh Kumar, vice-president of the union, was allegedly beaten up by a group of persons lead by Guchha last evening. Incidentally, the entrance examination for admission to polytechnic courses was held today and hundreds of students who came to the district for appearing in the examination had to look for alternative modes of transportation to reach to their centres. Meanwhile, on a complaint of Ramesh Kumar, the police has booked Guchha and 25 others for assaulting him. On April 4 also, the auto-rickshaw drivers had observed a strike alleging that the police was unnecessarily challaning their vehicles.
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Gujjars to gherao Parliament
Rewari, June 1 A decision in this regard was taken at a mahapanchayat of Gujjars of Rewari, Mahendragarh, Gurgaon and Faridabad districts held under the chairmanship of Kalu Ram Nambardar (Bawal) at the Jaisinghpur Khera barrier, 25 km from here, today. Expressing solidarity with their community members fighting for ST status in Rajasthan, leaders reiterated their demands for a compensation of Rs 10 lakh each to the dependants of those killed in police firing and Rs 5 lakh each to those injured, unconditional withdrawal of cases registered against Kirori Singh Bainsla and other Gujjar leaders of Rajasthan and a judicial inquiry into the alleged atrocities on Gujjars in Rajasthan. Capt B.R. Mahlawat, district president of the Jat Mahasabha Haryana, Thakur Abhey Singh, district president of the Rajput Mahasabha, Haryana, Prem Singh of the All-India Brahmin Sabha and Shyam Singh Thakur, chairman of a cluster of 360 villages of Gurgaon district, extended support to the agitation while addressing the mahapanchayat. |
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Quota: Jats form panel
Sonepat, June 1 The six-member committee will be headed by former Chief Justice D.S.
Tewatia. The other members of the committee are Kanwal Singh Pradhan, Col Maher Singh Dahiya
(retd), Mangeram Sangwan, Ranbir Singh Malik and Udey Singh Dalal, former MLA. After the meeting here in Chhoturam
Dharamshala, which was jointly organised by the World Jat Aryans Foundation, New Delhi, and the Rastriya Surveer Jat Akta Aour Samjhota
Manch, Haryana, the working president of the foundation Col O.P. Sindhu
(retd) said the committee would hold a meeting on June 3 to finalise the names of the sangharsh
samiti. The samiti members, including members from Delhi Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and
Rajasthan, would go to villages in Haryana to seek public support and create awareness among the Jats about their demand, he
added. Tewatia said the demand for reservation for Jats in OBCs justified on the pattern of other castes like Gujjars and Ahirs as the Jats were socially backward in comparison to other upper castes. |
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Panchayat gets liquor shop shifted
Jind, June 1 Though the panchayat failed in getting the shop closed permanently, it succeeded in getting the liquor shop shifted to another place. It also announced to get the matter resolved amicably and directed various parties to get their complaints and FIRs withdrawn within a period of three days. The police had booked a criminal case of assault and snatching of money and mobile phones against the operator of the liquor shop and his men. The villagers had blocked the National Highway No. 71 a few days ago in support of their demand. A former minister, Kulbir Singh Malik, chaired the panchayat. According to the resolution adopted in the meeting, the contractor, who was charged with assaulting of two persons of Gatauli village, was asked to apologise publicly and pay Rs 20,000 for the losses suffered by the victim. The victims were asked to withdraw the FIR lodged by them against the contractor in return. However, women residents were not happy with the panchayat’s decision to shift the shop to a place near waterworks. The meeting was attended by a woman sarpanch also.
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DCs told to check practice
Geetanjali Gayatri Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 1 Labour commissioner N.C. Wadhwa has written to all deputy commissioners seeking their cooperation in checking employment of under-14 children as domestic help in the district. The DCs have been asked to organise meetings of residents’ welfare associations of their respective areas through SDMs. Also, they have been urged to seek the help of labour officers to create awareness among members of the association and help check child labour. “We think it is impractical if our officers go around poking their noses into other people’s lives. This does not work n case of domestic help though it works very well by way of raids at roadside eateries and other public places where child labour is employed. As a way out, we decided to operate through the welfare associations since they are generally aware of employment of child labour in their neighbourhood,” says Wadhwa. The immediate action plan is only of creating awareness among the public against the employment of child labour. For the purpose, in addition to organising lectures by labour officers, the department has decided to put up hoardings about rights of children at public places and the action violation of the Anti-Child Labour Act could invite. “We are propagating that employment of children under the age of 14 years is banned by law. Any violation could mean two years imprisonment plus a fine in addition to on-the-spot recovery of Rs 20,000 from the party guilty of violating the Act. We have publicised this in papers and have identified district courts, bus stands, health centres among others to install permanent hoardings,” he stated. Meanwhile, following a communication from chairman of the National Commission for Child Rights Shanta Sinha, the department is gearing up to observe the International Day Against Child Labour on June 12 by organising a state-level function and functions at the district level. For the purpose, the department has roped in the health department, the education department, the women and child welfare department to sensitise the public by way of a workshop and exhibitions.
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HAREDA to boost solar power
Chandigarh, June 1 The meeting was organised by HAREDA to discuss various issues such as availability of land for projects, tie-up agreements with technology providers and arrangements for debt and equity. Chaudhary assured the developers of all possible help from the government to translate their proposals for setting up solar power projects into a reality. According to Sumita Mishra, director, HAREDA, 18 proposals had been received for setting up solar power projects of 92 MW capacity. Some of the leading groups like Reliance Industries, Albina Power Ltd., Epuron Renewable Energy Power Private Ltd., Emco Ltd. and RS India Wind Energy Private Ltd. had shown a keen interest in setting up these projects in the state. She said the state had about 320 clear sunny days in a year, which offered a great potential for using solar energy for various thermal and electrical energy applications.
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HIFA annual awards announced
Panchkula, June 1 Eulogising Haryana’s rich cultural prominence, Deswal delved deep into the contemporary socio-cultural scene where the otherwise gullible, tradition loving and brave folks of Haryana require to be educated about the consequences of female foeticide and rigid attitude of social patriarchs. HIFA patrons Col Manvir Singh Chauhan, Manna Dewan and S.P. Chauhan urged the state government to open a state academy for Haryanvi arts and culture on the lines of sahitya academies. The highest HIFA lifetime honour, “Jasraj Samman” carrying a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh, citation and ang bastar will be conferred on advertising guru Prahlad Kakar of Genesis Film Productions. “Karmayogi Samman” carrying cash prize of Rs 31,000 for excellence in respective realms of arts and services will be bestowed on Balbir Singh Malik, IAS (environment), Amardeep Singh Dahiya (tourism), Baba Kashinath Almast (folk music), Dr Suresh Gopal Srikhande (classical music), Mahavir Parshad Bondwal (handicrafts), Raj Singh Gehlot (business), Raj Kishan Nain (photography), Roop Cahnd (fine arts) Sameer Gehlot (young achiever) and Tarsem Kumar Garg (education). “Karambhumi Samman” of Rs 11,000 will be awarded to Bhup Singh Gulia, Daya Ram (handicrafts), Ishwar Sharma (folk music), K.B. Pandit (media), Naresh Malhotra (classical music) Rajesh Purohit (ancient heritage) S.K. Sharma (magic), Sultan Singh (agriculture), Sumer Sharma (theatre) and Yashpal Sharma (films).
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65 pc kids administered polio drops
Chandigarh, June 1 An official spokesman here today said the campaign would continue for another two days and health officials would go from house to house to administer polio vaccine to the left-out children. He said apart from nodal officers from the state headquarters, independent monitors of PGIMS, Rohtak, NPSP-WHO and about 2000 officers, officials supervised the campaign. About 26 lakh children were to be covered during this campaign, he added. He pointed out that as many as 9,950 booths had been set up in the state, which were being manned by approximately 40,000 health officials, volunteers, anganwari workers and ASHA. He said during this round special attention was being paid to slums, far-flung areas, isolated hutments, brick kilns and floating population.
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Mealy bug attack worries cotton farmers
Fatehabad, June 1 The pest was responsible for damaging the cotton crop in 76 out of 210 villages of the district last year. The agriculture authorities have suggested some methods by which the farmers can nip the evil in the bud as cotton plants have just started coming up in the area. The mealy bug, according to agriculture experts, is a small white pest and its body is covered with a white wax-like substance. The pest sucks juice from the petals, stem, branches or even roots of small and big cotton plants for subsistence. According to deputy director, agriculture, Fatehabad, R.C. Punia, farmers should visit their fields daily and observe their plants. He says the moment they notice an attack of these pests, they should uproot the affected plants, if these are few in number. They should use pesticides as advised by the agriculture authorities, if the affected plants are large in number. He said the farmers should also uproot all weeds around their fields, if their land is situated near the roadside or river banks. Punia said in no case should the farmers throw the affected plants anywhere or bury these in the soil.They should, instead, burn such plants so that the pest was destroyed.
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After recuperation, ex-model leaves for Delhi
Hisar, June 1 She was seen off by revenue minister Savitri Jindal, who assured her of all possible help. Geetanjali was sent to Vimhans Hospital in New Delhi after she was found begging on the streets. The local school had offered to keep her on its campus here for her recuperation and integration in society after she left drugs. Thanking the school administration for hosting her, she saidshe would never forget the time that she spent here. |
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‘Reports of DET paper leak baseless’
Ambala, June 1 Talking to mediapersons here today, he said some unsocial elements had distributed the fake DET question paper in Hisar on Saturday to misguide students and to grab money from them. The fake question paper bore the serial number, 771, while the technical education department had started the serial number from 100001. Moreover, the pattern of the fake question paper was different from the original. He said the DET was conducted today and not even a single question from the fake question paper was found in the original one. The department would probe the matter. He said the society received 1.28 lakh applications against 25,000 seats in various polytechnic institutions of the state. |
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Selected candidates honoured
Chandigarh, June 1 The function was jointly organised by the Shri Agarsain Services Welfare Association (SASWAK) and Prerna, a voluntary organisation. The candidates were honoured by local MLA Ramesh Gupta and DC Pankaj Aggarwal on behalf of these organisations. Chander Seikhar Khare, Sudha Gupta, Aman Garg and Rahul Jain were felicitated on their selection to the All-India Civil Services. Vikas Gupta and Nidhi Bansal were honoured for their selection to the Haryana Judicial Service. Meenal Aggarwal, Swati Mittal and Siwani were also greeted for their achievements in the field of education. Congratulating the candidates, Gupta and Aggarwal hoped that they would serve the nation with dedication and discharge their duties transparently. Tarsem Chand Mittal and Jai Bhagwan Singla, presidents of the two organizations, K.K. Gupta of the O.P. Jindal Jan Kalyan Sansthan and many officers of the district administration were also present on the occasion. |
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Want murder case against guilty
Tribune News Service
Panipat, June 1 Speaking to mediapersons, Gujjar leaders said a condolence meeting had been convened on June 9 in memory of Kuldip and Papan, who were killed in the firing incident. The meeting would be attended by national and state leaders of the Gujjar community. They maintained that the Haryana Roadways bus was not set on fire by them, claiming that their intentions were only to hold a symbolic protest to show solidarity with the struggling community in Rajasthan. The sangharsh committee demanded that the names of officials who had ordered the police to open fire should be made public so that responsibility could be fixed. They also demanded that the cases that had been registered against community members during violence should be withdrawn. They reiterated their demand for the imposition of President’s rule in Rajasthan and grant of ST status to the Gujjar community in the neighbouring state. The committee announced that the Gujjar community would offer financial assistance to the family members of the two persons who were killed in the police firing and a memorial to them would be constructed. Gujjar leaders Dharam Singh and Mokham Singh said a delegation would soon meet the Governor to apprise him of the reality.
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Suicide by Trader’s Family
Karnal, June 1 Mam Chand Singla, a ‘debt-ridden’ arhtiya from Pehowa town, along with his family comprising nine members, had allegedly driven his car into the canal. Seven bodies, including three children and one pregnant woman, were recovered from the canal on March 31. The bodies of two of his sons were recovered from the canal waters in Karnal district. However, as the daughter and relatives of Singla had disputed the suicide claim, the state government was forced to hand over the case to the CBI. The role of the local police is also under scanner. The family had allegedly gone ‘missing’ since March 16 and the relatives said no serious efforts were made to trace them. Even after two weeks of disappearance, no effort was made to match the handwriting of the deceased with that of the ‘suicide note’ and 21 names scribbled on a wall of their house. Subsequently, the SHO and chowki in charge of Pehowa were suspended after it was found that the complaint about the family ‘gone missing’ was not entertained by them. Sources said there was also a need to look into the reasons behind enormous cash withdrawals from various bank accounts of Singla and mortgaging of his properties since early this year. The role of a former business partner of Singla, who had gone missing after the incident, is also under scanner. Singla’s relatives have also rubbished the claims that he was under enormous debt as besides a flourishing rice business, the deceased had significantly invested in real estate in different parts of the state. Meanwhile, officials said the CBI would appoint an investigation officer (IO) for the case by the end of this week.
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3 held for selling fake gold bricks
Fatehabad, June 1 Three persons, including a woman, were arrested and a fake gold brick was recovered from their possession. The police has registered a case under Sections 420 and 120-B of the IPC against the accused. The woman identified as Sushila, a resident of Hansi town of Hisar district, and her accomplices - Jagdish and Sanjha Ram - have been operating in the area for quite some time. They allegedly used to bring fake gold bricks from Rajasthan for Rs 3,500 and used to sell it for Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh. They used to tell the buyer that the brick had been recovered during excavations. The woman had come to Ratia yesterday with a fake gold brick to deliver it to one Gursevak Singh after striking a deal with him. The police nabbed her while she was waiting for Gursevak Singh at the Ratia bus stand. The identity of the other two was revealed after the police interrogated Sushila. |
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Woman’s purse snatched on train
Hisar, June 1 Anshu Leekha, a resident of Urban Estate II here, and her teenaged daughter had boarded the train for Ludhiana at 4.15 am from the local railway station. She said as the train halted at Dhansu, which was the next halt, a youth entered the compartment and sat on the opposite seat. Just as the train started moving, he snatched the purse and dashed towards the exit. The purse contained Rs 35,000, jewellery worth Rs 60,000, a mobile phone and certain important documents. |
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Petrol station raided
Ambala, June 1 Barara SDM Ashwani Maingi, who holds the additional charge of
Naraingarh, conducted the raid after receiving a complaint. An FIR has been registered against the owner of the petrol station at the Shazadpur Police station. As many as 18,000 litres of diesel and 6,000 litres of petrol were confiscated. |
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One killed in mishap
Sirsa, June 1 The deceased has been identified as Chand Swarup. His wife Urmila, son Rahul and driver Bhup Singh were injured, who have been admitted to the Civil Hospital. Police sources said the driver of the vehicle might have lost control over the vehicle, which skidded off the road. The family was going to Salasar in Rajasthan. |
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