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Dera-Sikh Conflict
Six killed in car-truck collision
Six hurt in firing
Solar eclipse fair attracts 10 lakh pilgrims
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Career Scheme
Mealy bug may hit cotton production in Sirsa, Fatehabad
Deepalaya aims to reach out to the ‘unreached’
Protest against shabby civic amenities
Threat to blow up rly stations
3-month jail for ex-civic body chief
Youth stabbed to death
Incentive to detect power theft
Kidney scam case adjourned
Bandh at Kalanwali
Kanwar-bearer stabbed to death
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Dera-Sikh Conflict
Sirsa, July 30 Badal was speaking to mediapersons at Dabwali town after handing over a cheque of Rs 5 lakh to Mohinder Singh, father of Harminder Singh, who was killed in Dera Sacha Sauda-Sikh altercation on July 18. When his attention was drawn to the peace offers made by dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh during his press conference recently, Badal said Akal Takht, which was the supreme religious body of the Sikhs, had issued hukamnama against the dera chief. Now, if the dera chief wanted any kind of bridging the gap with the Sikhs, he should submit himself before Akal Takht first, he added. Whatever edict was issued by Akal Takht, it would be acceptable to all Sikhs, he said. Badal said the Punjab DGP was probing the conduct of the official gunman of Congress MLA Harminder Singh Jassi. The gunman is in the custody of the Mumbai police in the case of murder of a Sikh at Muland. Badal said the gunman was not authorised to accompany the dera chief to Mumbai and he should have been where he was posted. |
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Six killed in car-truck collision
Gurgaon, July 30 Six persons died on the spot when their Baleno car coming from Delhi collided with a truck near Rajiv Chowk while another was critically injured as their vehicle hit the truck from the rear. However, in the absence of any eyewitness, it is difficult to say whether the truck was stationary or moving. The deceased have been identified as Bhagat Singh (32) of Sanjay Gram,
Gurgaon, Faqir Singh (60) of Delhi, Gurmit Singh (36) and his brother Mahender Singh (38) of
Karnal, Haricharan (43) and Prem Pal (40) of UP. A case has been registered. In another incident, Nitin (21), a BBA student of
Manesar, was hit by an unknown vehicle while he was on his way home. Four days ago a young motorcyclist was killed on the spot near Signature Tower after his bike collided with a truck. |
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Six hurt in firing
Sonepat, July 30 The seriously injured - Dharambir, his wife Kitabo, brothers Azad, Bhim and Balwan, were immediately rushed to the civil hospital, but later were referred to the Rohtak PGIMS. According to information, Dharambir and his family members were sitting in their house when Sajjan Pal, who is also resident of the same village and serving in CRPF in Delhi, along with many other armed persons, including one Joginder, reportedly came in two vehicles and allegedly fired at them. Joginder was reported to have come to the village with Sajjan Pal. In the firing, Pratap and Mahender of the same village also received some injuries. The motive behind this incident is suspected to a dispute between the families of Sajjan Pal and Dharambir. |
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Solar eclipse fair attracts 10 lakh pilgrims
Kurukshetra, July 30 Deputy commissioner Pankaj Aggarwal said in case of death of a pilgrim an insurance claim of Rs one lakh would be given to the nearest kin of the deceased. He said temporary reception centres had been established on all entry points and they would remain open 24 hours till August 2. Five officers and employees had been appointed for each centre and they would work in three shifts of eight hours each. He said the local information and broadcasting centre had been established at the Srikrishna museum from where the information regarding lost and found would be broadcast. Meanwhile, Aggarwal promulgated Section 144 of the CrPC, prohibiting carrying of weapons, firearms and other things or materials, which are capable of being used as weapons. He said any person found violating law would be liable for punishment under Section 188 of the IPC. |
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Career Scheme
Rohtak, July 30 The librarians, who are unhappy over the “arbitrary” implementation of the scheme, recently met the state education minister and apprised him of the discrimination against them. The minister assured the delegation of the Haryana Library Association (HLA) of prompt action in this regard. However, the matter seems to be entangled somewhere in the intricate state babudom. The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development approved the revised CAS for assistant librarians, college librarians, assistant directors of physical education and college directors of physical education in 2006. According to the aforesaid decision, deputy librarians/assistant librarians (selection grade)/ college librarians (selection grade) with five years of service as on January 1, 1996, would be eligible for placement at the minimum of Rs 14,940, as in the case of readers. In a letter to the education secretaries of all state governments and union territories on October 19, 2006, the University Grants Commission (UGC) authorities clearly mentioned that the said CAS would be effective from July 27, 1998. However, after sitting over the matter for a long time, the state authorities finally decided to implement the revised CAS with immediate effect (May 26,2008), denying its benefits to senior librarians. The librarians working in state universities/colleges assert that the scheme should have been implemented with effect from the date mentioned in the UGC letter, as was done by the Punjab government. In a representation addressed to the higher education commissioner, Haryana, HLA president R.D. Mehla has maintained that the decision to implement the revised CAS in the case of librarians “with immediate effect” was discriminatory and against their collective interest. The HLA has urged the higher education commissioner to get the anomaly removed at the earliest. |
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Mealy bug may hit cotton production in Sirsa, Fatehabad
Sirsa/Fatehabad, July 30 Sirsa and Fatehabad together count for more than half of the cotton produced in Haryana, and out of the 4.17 lakh hectares of the state where cotton has been grown this year, 2.40 lakh hectares falls in these two districts alone. But this year the cotton-producing farmers in the two districts are a worried lot because of an unprecedented attack of the mealy bug. The mealy bug is a small, white-coloured sucking insect that damages the crop by sucking juice from petals, stems and small branches of green cotton plants. Though it attacks certain other plants, too, it has been causing damage to Bt cotton in particular in recent years. "The attack of the mealy bug is more severe this time and though our crops are still standing tall, we are apprehending more damage this year due to the gravity of the attack," said Risal Singh, a farmer from Hinjrawan village of Fatehabad district. "This time we have been witnessing a new trend of the insect attack. The attack is not continuous but scattered, forcing us to use small barber's spray bottles for treating the affected plants with insecticides," said Bajrang Tarad, former secretary of the Kisan Club, Fatehabad. Ram Pal Sangwan, technical assistant in the office of the deputy director, agriculture, Fatehabad, says over 75 per cent of the 78,000 hectares, where cotton has been grown this year, is under attack from the mealy bug this time. Cotton was sown on 1.60 lakh hectares in Sirsa district this year. The situation is even worse in this district, forcing some farmers to plough their fields in desperation. "Despite our best precautions, the mealy bug has attacked our crop with a vengeance. We fear it may devour a major part of our crop," said Narsi Ram, a farmer from Nathusari Chopta village in Sirsa district. Dr Dilip Monga of the regional centre of the Central Institute for Cotton Research, Sirsa, informed The Tribune that cotton was grown on 4.17 lakh hectares in Haryana this year as against 4.75 lakh hectares last year. Shortage of canal water at the time of sowing was the reason behind lesser sowing,
he added. Intermittent rain during the sowing days also resulted in a decrease in the area under cotton.Many farmers decided against going in for cotton, when they had to sow it twice or even thrice, every time rain coming before the sprouting of seeds, Monga said. |
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Deepalaya aims to reach out to the ‘unreached’
Chandigarh, July 30 In the city for a meeting, secretary and chief executive of Deepalaya, T.K. Mathew, says that the most ambitious project of the celebration year would be to reach out to the “unreached” and help them turn a new leaf. “We have come up with the idea of imparting computer education with a difference. We will launch mobile computer learning centres in the Tavru block in Mewat so that the youth of the villages around are trained in a skill which will be an asset for them,” he says. Under this project of Deepalaya, any villager can walk up to the mobile van equipped with computers and the entire paraphernalia as also instructors to impart training. “We don’t believe in offering any service free of cost because people don’t realise the worth of it unless they pay for it. So, for nominal charges, any youth of the village can avail himself of this facility and become adept in the use of computers. We have identified four places where these mobile vans will be stationed for the benefit of the villagers,” he explains. This project was given the nod after the tremendous success of their “education on wheels” programme which was later adopted by the Delhi government. “We took education and learning to children who were unwilling to attend school. The computer programme is a step higher in the same direction,” Mathew remarks. With a mobile medical unit of the NGO already attending to medical concerns in the area, Deepalaya has also set its eyes on educating and rehabilitating handicapped children. “We want to make the disabled children differently-abled so that they are not seen as a burden by their families. The modalities are being worked out for the same,” he said. With three decades of social service behind them, the members of the NGO are upbeat about the programmes in the offing. “We are gearing up for the celebration in October when we have a few programmes lined up which include preparing a carol-singing team of 300 students drawn from our schools. A dispensary offering OPD, cataract operations, a gynecological department will be inaugurated on October 9 followed with a programme in Delhi,” he maintained. Recalling how Deepalaya came about, Mathew, who will complete 50 years of social service, said that three office-bearers of the church conceived the idea way back in 1978 and are seeing it fructify. “It is a dream realised for us. The sense of having made students out of street-children gives tremendous pleasure and it can only grow given the projects on the anvil,” he avers. For now, Deepalaya is spreading a lot of smiles around as it gears for its big day in October. The mood is jubilant in the Deepalaya camp though its members realise that there are still miles to go to change the world around. |
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Protest against shabby civic amenities
Faridabad, July 30 The flash point for the agitation was the apathy of the Faridabad Municipal Corporation and other authorities in not clearing the main sewerage on the main road. The residents alleged that they had been approaching various authorities on the issue but to no avail. For the past two days, sewerage water has been flowing onto the road and into some areas of the colonies. There was lot of stink that has vitiated normal life in the area. The apprehension among the residents is that the stagnating filth could be causative factor in possible occurrence of water-borne diseases. The development assumes significance as the area falls in NIT Assembly segment, which is represented by minister for local bodies A.C. Chaudhary in Haryana Vidhan Sabha. The irate public at the agitation site did not relent even at the intervention of the police. Rather, the residents were in greater emotional flare when the government side appeared to be resorting to the use of the police. They alleged that the government officials and the elected representatives were trying to suppress the public who were asserting their democratic right, instead of solving their genuine grievances. The public relented by lifting the blockade only after the concerned joint commissioner of the MCF reached the spot and gave directive on the spot for clearance of the main sewerage hole. |
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Threat to blow up rly stations
Ambala, July 30 A threat letter was delivered to the Barara stationmaster yesterday. The “area commander” also threatened to eliminate the chief of Dera Sacha Sauda on August 24. The dera chief is scheduled to visit Ambala to appear in the CBI court. The stationmaster reported the matter to the railway police. A case has been registered. Interestingly, the railway authorities have received six similar letters in the same handwriting during the past three years. The railway police has announced a reward of Rs 50,000 for disclosing the identity of the person who sent yesterday’s letter. SP , Railways, Bharti Arora said yesterday’s threat letter seemed to be a fake one. It could be act of mischief of someone. Earlier, too, a similar letter was received by the Ambala Cantt railway stationmaster. |
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3-month jail for ex-civic body chief
Fatehabad, July 30 The court has also ordered to attach the properties of the convicts, former municipal chief Ashok Mal, Ramesh Kumar of Delhi and Raja Ram of Khara Kheri. Lekh Raj Gera of the local Model Town had filed a petition in the court and sought action against these three and some others under the Order 39 Rule 2-A of the Civil Procedure Code. Gera alleged that the court had issued an injunction in his favour in a civil suit, but despite the stay orders, the accused in connivance with some others got a lease deed executed in the names of Jagdish, Ved Parkash, Subhash and Satpal. The court found the three guilty of disobedience while it acquitted others. |
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Youth stabbed to death
Jhajjar, July 30 The police has registered a case under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code against three friends of the deceased on the complaint of his sister-in-law Ramrati. According to the complainant, Dayal had gone with his three friends living in the same street. According to police sources, an unidentified person informed that a body with multiple injuries was lying outside the cinema. The police has recovered three syringes, an avil injection and some blades. |
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Incentive to detect power theft
Chandigarh, July 30 A spokesperson for the UHBVN said here today an incentive of Rs 200 would be given to every member of the party. The nigam will pay 20 per cent of the amount recovered from the defaulter to the employees . Out of this amount, 12 per cent will be distributed equally among the members of the party. The nigam will pay 4 per cent of the total amount recovered to the SDO, commercial assistant and lower divisional clerk of the subdivision concerned and 2 per cent to the executive engineer, head clerk and divisional accountant. The nigam will pay 1 per cent incentive each to the superintending engineer and chief engineer of the operation concerned. |
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Kidney scam case adjourned
Ambala, July 30 The prime accused in the scam, Dr Amit, his brother Jeevan and seven other accused were present in the court. Vijay Bhardwaj, an accused in the Rajbir murder case, was also produced in the court of the CGM today.The court adjourned the hearing for August 5. |
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Bandh at Kalanwali
Sirsa, July 30 The agitating traders alleged that the youths came to the market yesterday and demanded money from the shopkeepers. However, later the police arrested Gurdhir Singh of Hassu village and Kala Singh and Kuldeep Singh, both of Deshu Malkana village, under Section 384 of the
IPC. |
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Kanwar-bearer stabbed to death
Rohtak, July 30 The deceased, identified as Sushil, was bringing kanwar from Hardwar with his friends and when he reached near his village three motorcycle-borne youths allegedly hit his companion Ramesh. This led to an altercation between the two groups, but the matter was resolved with the intervention of villagers. However, a little later, the motorcycle-borne youths returned and attacked Sushil. He was stabbed with a knife. |
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