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Rohtak to have region’s first IIM
Subdivision status for Indri soon
Now, Sarita’s husband threatens suicide
Sarita Suicide Case
Panchayat excommunicates family
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Kidney Scam
MDU implements semester system
Education board fined
Compensation to Headmaster
HIGH COURT
HIGH COURT
2 suicides, mysterious death rock Hisar Cantt
3 robbers pay with their lives
Traffic blocked over poor power, water supply
UHBVN employee assaulted
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Rohtak to have region’s first IIM
Rohtak, June 13 A few days after the creation of a medical university here, the way has been cleared for the setting up of an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) - the country’s most reputed management education institution - in the district. The Haryana government has sent a proposal for setting up an IIM in Garnawati village in the district to the union ministry of human resources development. According to highly placed sources, the proposal was today received at the ministry. With this, the last roadblock on the path of establishing an IIM in Rohtak has been removed. Persistent efforts by Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda bore fruit when the HRD ministry accepted a proposal of the state government regarding the matter some time ago. However, the union ministry gave conditional approval to the project, subject to availability of suitable land for the purpose. The Haryana government constituted a team under state financial commissioner-cum-principal secretary (revenue) K.S. Bhoria to identify land for the setting up of the IIM. Haryana financial commissioner-cum-principal secretary (technical education) Ajit Mohan Sharan and Rohtak divisional commissioner J.P. Kaushik were the other members of the panel. The committee identified 165 acres in Garnawati village near Rohtak town and found it suitable for the purpose. Following this, the state government sent the proposal along with the details of the available land to the union ministry. “The setting up of an IIM in Rohtak is a significant milestone in our roadmap of creating educational infrastructure in the state,” observes Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda, who has been instrumental in getting the IIM sanctioned for Rohtak. If all goes well, this will be the first of the seven new IIMs likely to come up in near future; and also the first IIM to be located in the entire region.
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Subdivision status for Indri soon
Indri (Karnal), June 13 The thanksgiving rally brought cheer on the faces of many as the Chief Minister announced to grant the subdivision status to Indri soon. Besides, he promised more development funds for all panchayats of the area and assured to upgrade the local hospital. The demands for the same were put forth by newly election legislator from this constituency Bhimsen Mehta right at the onset of the rally. Addressing the gathering, the Chief Minister said the rival parties had committed “political suicide” by going for the byelections in three constituencies. “The results have shown that the INLD has been discarded by the people, the HJC is yet to establish a political identity and the BJP has no standing in the state,” he asserted. HPCC president Phool Chand Mullana said it was beyond doubt that the mandate was in favour of the Chief Minister. MP Arvind Sharma said the Hooda government had taken historic decisions for the welfare of all sections of society. Rajya Sabha member Ram Prakash said the Chief Minister was a popular leader and would definitely form the next government in the state. Agriculture minister Mohinder Singh said the people had stood by the truth. HPCC working president Kuldip Sharma said the byelections were held in a democratic manner. He said the results had inflicted a political injury on the rivals. He said the party would hold a rally at Adampur soon.
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Now, Sarita’s husband threatens suicide
Rohtak, June 13 Giving yet another twist to the matter, Sarita’s husband Subhash today threatened to commit suicide if he did not “get justice” and “allegations continued to be levelled against his wife even after her
death”. Subhash, along with a delegation of villagers from Bagpur, his native village in Jhajjar district, met new Rohtak range inspector-general of police V. Kamraj today. The delegation expressed apprehension that the supporters of the dismissed policemen Balraj and Sheelak Ram, who had resorted to violent protest demonstrations yesterday, could influence the course of investigation by putting pressure on the state authorities. The
IGP, however, assured the villagers that the law would take its own course and anybody found guilty would not be spared. Talking to The Tribune after the meeting, Subhash said he had also stated before the IGP that if justice was not done; he, along with his two daughters, would also commit suicide at the state Police Headquarters in Panchkula where his wife had ended her life. The IGP could not be contacted for his comments. SSP Alok Mittal maintained that two police personnel had been deployed for the security of
Subhash. He, however, denied having any knowledge of the suicide threat. Meanwhile, CPM state secretary Inderjit Singh has demanded that DGP
R.S. Dalal should be removed for its “irresponsible” remarks over the matter.
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Sarita Suicide Case Chandigarh, June 13 An official spokesman said here that the decision to change the inquiry officer was taken because Sharad Kumar had already applied for three months’ leave, which had now been allowed. Sharad Kumar was asked to probe the case, which has shocked the entire nation, on June 10 and was asked to give his report within 10 days. Today’s decision means that the inquiry report will be delayed.
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Panchayat excommunicates family
Sirsa, June 13 Confirming the development, sarpanch of the village Gurmail Singh said they had to take the step in the interests of villagers. A carpenter, Mitu (28) allegedly had an affair with a 35-year-old woman of the same village, who is a mother of three. The other family members of Mitu are his father, mother and a cousin. All villagers have been asked not to keep any kind of relation with any of them. The village head said their persistent pleas fell on deaf ears and both of them eloped on
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Defence counsel plea dismissed
Our Correspondent
Ambala, June 13 The defence pleaded that the CBI had filed the complaint under section 22 which could not be treated as a chargesheet. The counsel had also requested the court to stop further proceedings on the complaint. Special Magistrate Abdul Majid today accepted the CBI plea that the complaint filed under section 22 should be treated as a chargesheet. The magistrate also dismissed the application of Dr K.K. Agarwal in which he said that the CBI had failed to file the chargesheet even after the expiry of 90 days of his arrest and he was entitled for bail. Ajay Jain, counsel for Aggarwal, said he would file an appeal in the High Court in this regard. Another application of the CBI for the attachment of the overseas property of Dr Amit was also adjourned for June 20. The CBI had pleaded in the application that the bank accounts of Dr Amit prevailing in a bank of Canada should be ceased. One of the accused in the scam, Dr Upender, became unconscious and fell down in the courtroom while the hearing in the case was going on. On the directions of the court, he was shifted to the local civil hospital. The doctor attending on him said Upender had the medical history of heart disease.
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MDU implements semester system
Rohtak, June 13 These include implementation of the semester system in university teaching departments, introduction of various new study programmes and grant of affiliation to 15 new BEd colleges. According to official sources, the new courses being introduced from the academic session 2008-09 included an integrated five-year MCom (Honours) course, a PG diploma in retail management, integrated five-year MBA course, BBA in hospitality management, integrated five-year MSc (economics), MPharma in pharmaceutical chemistry, diploma in remote sensing, MPhil in journalism and mass communication, master of journalism and mass communication, MPhil in vocal as well as instrumental music, three-year diploma course in dance, integrated five-year MSc (Honours) in mathematics and a BSc (Honours) degree course in chemistry. A three-year degree course named bachelor of journalism and mass communication was also approved by the council. “The heads of university teaching departments have been given autonomy in holding exams under the semester system on the pattern of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU),” said Prof Surender Kumar, dean (academic affairs) at MDU.
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Education board fined
Jind, June 13 The board has been ordered to release the compensation within a period of two months or face an additional penalty in shape of interest of two per cent on the amount after the designated time. According to the decision delivered today by the forum chaired by R.N. Sharma and its member Bimla Sheokand, the board had been found guilty of misplacing the answer sheet of the complainant. He had appeared in the exam to clear compartment in English on August 4, 2005. He claimed that despite several reminders and appeals, the board neither declared the result of the re-appear exam nor told him the cause of the delay in doing so. The board officials stated that the answer sheet of the candidate had gone missing since the exam and thus they had asked him to re-appear in the paper for the second time without paying the fee. |
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Compensation to Headmaster
Chandigarh, June 13 The trial court had directed the Haryana government to pay a compensation of Rs 2 lakh on account of harassment faced by the headmaster. The then education minister Phool Chand Mullana had suspended the headmaster of Government High School in Ambala, S.N. Sharma, in 1995. Sharma was suspended on the complaint of Harichand, sarpanch of a village in Ambala. Mullana first transferred Sharma and then suspended him from the service. Thereafter, the headmaster was charge sheeted by the department. His reply to the chargesheet was found to be satisfactory by the department and he was reinstated.
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PIL seeks CBI probe into Sarita case
Chandigarh, June 13 The same could not be listed as certain documents required to be attached with it had not been filed. In its petition, the council, through chairman Ranjan Lakhanpal, had asserted the probe should cover the entire matter, right from the rape to the suicide. It said Sarita wanted investigation on the basis of her complaint against police officials.
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Reprieve for Yadav
Chandigarh, June 13 The petitioner’s counsel had claimed that Yadav was issued show-cause notice last year on May 10 for filing reply within 15 days, but without waiting for the same, the Vidhan Sabha secretariat under orders of the Speaker handed down orders of his premature retirement on May 11, 2007. The premature retirement order was challenged as arbitrary and illegal by Yadav in a writ petition to the High Court, praying for directions to quash the order and stay till decision on the writ was taken.
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2 suicides, mysterious death rock Hisar Cantt
Chandigarh, June 13 Army sources said a jawan detailed for guard duty at the residence of the General Officer Commanding 33 Armoured Division allegedly shot himself with his service rifle yesterday. He has been identified as Devinder Singh from a Guards Battalion. Ten days ago, a jawan, Pradeep Malik, had allegedly hanged himself in the unit lines where he was living, sources said. He was serving with an armoured regiment. Sources claimed that family problem was behind the two suicides. Sources alleged that it was known that there was a dispute between Devinder and some of his family members. The victim was talking on the phone to his family members when the incident took place. He had reportedly fired two rounds. The weapon, an INSAS rifle, used in the incident and two empty cases had been seized. The investigators are yet to locate one of the slugs. In the case of Pradeep, a short letter written by him to his wife was recovered from the incident scene. The deceased had allegedly committed suicide after returning from a leave. Sources, however, do not rule out stress or other extraneous factors behind the incidents, Separate courts of inquiry (COI) have been ordered by the brigade headquarters concerned into the incidents to establish The commanding officers of two units have been appointed as the proceeding officers of the respective COIs. FIRs have also been lodged with the local police. In another case, a retired army officer, Dhirender Singh, was found dead, apparently because of a fall from a rooftop, this morning. According to sources, he fell of the parapet and sustained head injuries. Sources said it was not clear whether it was an accidental fall, suicide or if he was deliberately pushed. There was a power cut last night and the deceased had apparently gone on the rooftop. Since he was retired, the investigations in this case are being conducted by the police. |
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3 robbers pay with their lives
Odhan (Sirsa), June 13 The police today handed over the bodies of all three accused to their family members after getting the postmortem conducted at the Civil Hospital here. The deceased were identified as Bagga Singh, driver, his brother-in-law Resham and Pappu Singh. The incident took place when Vijay started chasing the robbers despite knowing that he did not know proper driving. However, he ran the truck over the motorcycle they were riding on, following which the three died. Vijay Kumar, who is admitted in a hospital, said he along with truck driver Bagga Singh was returning from Punjab with a payment of Rs 3.50 lakh after delivering consignment of pulses there. However, the driver’s mind changed upon entering Haryana and he rang up his men to commit the robbery. He also took drinks on the way. He said two motorcycle-borne youths waylaid the truck near Odha village and mercilessly beat him up and took money from him at gunpoint. Vijay alleged that the driver also joined the robbers in thrashing him. Subsequently, all three accused fled on a motorcycle. Meanwhile, he immediately intimated the owner of the consignment about the robbery, he said, adding that the owner asked him to chase them. Though he did not know how to drive the truck properly, he made an attempt to drive it, which led to the death of the three robbers. The SHO said Rs 1.47 lakh, a country-made revolver, three cartridges and two mobile phones were recovered from the site of the accident. He said the confusion regarding the missing of Rs 2.3 lakh would be cleared after investigations. |
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Traffic blocked over poor power, water supply
Sirsa, June 13 The protesters, including women, blocked traffic at Nohria Gate for four hours, beginning 11 am. They alleged that they had hardly been receiving power supply for the past four days. They alleged that some local Congress leaders were misusing their influence and diverting power supply to their area. Officials of the district administration had a tough time handling the agitated persons. Meanwhile, residents of several villages of Rania tehsil also blocked the Sirsa-Rania road in protest against poor power and water supply. |
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UHBVN employee assaulted
Jind, June 13 The villagers were reportedly agitated over a power breakdown. They alleged of uncooperative behaviour by the staff posted at the substation located in the village. The police has booked a case against four persons in this connection. No arrest has been made so far. The injured has been identified as Dilbagh Singh. The police has registered a case against Jeetu, Sandeep, Rajkumar and Sat Narayan. |
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