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Farmers allege non-payment of dues by company
Act against fake varsities, says Centre
3,500 BSNL phones not working
JE, lineman hurt in mob attack
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Gotra Issue
BSP promises 3 acres on lease to landless
426 teachers to be promoted
Villagers beat up tehsildar
3 arrested in robbery case
Dharuhera holds its first MC poll
Smart cards to replace ration cards
Transport pact with Rajasthan
Fire in shoe factory
4 get 10-yr RI for murder bid
Supervisor falls to death
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Farmers allege non-payment of dues by company
Sonepat, August 28 When this was brought to the notice of deputy commissioner Ajit Joshi, he summoned the company representatives on Tuesday evening. After hearing the aggrieved farmers and company representatives, the DC directed the company to make the outstanding payment to the farmers before September 5 and also asked the company representatives to appear in his court on September 5. AJS Builders Private Limited Company purchased the land and got the purchase registered in the company's name in Gannaur Tehsil in March 2006 after paying 25 per cent amount of the total cost and issued a post-dated cheque for the remaining amount. The mutation of the land for the ownership of the land was also completed within two months. When the farmers went to encash the cheque, it bounced. Though the purchased land is still under the possession of the farmers, the company had taken bank loan of crores of rupees on this land. The farmers alleged that the company also obtained no objection certificate from the farmers with the promise that soon after receiving the amount from the bank, the farmers would be paid their outstanding amounts. Thirtyeight farmers said they had suffered heavily due to this. First with the 25 per cent paid amount, they gave agreement money (biyana) for the purchase of other land. But when they did not get the remaining 75 per cent amount from the company, they could not purchase the land and their amount lapsed after the expiry of the agreement date. |
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Act against fake varsities, says Centre
Jhajjar, August 28 The ministry has recently dispatched a circular to the HEC, Haryana, along with a list of 21 universities that have been declared fake under the University Grant Commission (UGC) Act. The circular revealed that several self-styled and fake universities had been reportedly functioning in contravention of the UGC Act in different parts of the country. Such fake institutions were falsely claiming that their degrees were both recognised for the purpose of admission for higher studies and also for employment by the central government and the state government. The ministry also pointed out in the circular that as fake institutions had not been created through any legislation, many of them could be registered as societies under the Societies Registration Act with the object of running educational programmes and conferring degrees. The ministry also urged the HEC, Haryana, to issue suitable instructions to registrar of societies so that they should consult the UGC whenever an application was submitted to them for registration of societies under the title university, vishwavidyalaya and vishwavidyapeeth or any other regional synonym with the objective of conferring degrees. According to the UGC Act, only those universities that have been established under an Act of Parliament or state legislature or granted a deemed university status under Section 3 of the UGC Act are entitled to call themselves universities and confer degrees. Degrees provided by such institutions are recognised by educational institutions and centre/state governments for the purposes of admission and employment. Contravention of these provisions of Section 22 and 23 of the UGC Act attract the penal provisions of Section 24 of the Act, which, however, has not been found to have deterrent effect. Sources said the ministry of human resource development was considering amendment to the relevant provision of the UGC Act, 1956, so as to make the penal provisions in the said Act more stringent. The universities that have been declared fake are Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi (UP), Jagatpuri, Delhi; Commercial University Limited, Daryaganj, Delhi; United Nations University, Delhi; Vocational University, Delhi; ADR- Centric Juridical University, Rajendra Palace, New Delhi; Mathili University/Vishwavidyalaya, Darbhanga, Bihar; Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University Education Society, Gokak, Belgaum; St. John’s University, Kishanattahi, Kerala; Keserwani Vidyaith, Jabalpur (MP); Raja Arabic University, Nagpur; DDB Sanskrit University, Putur, Trichi, Tamil Nadu; Mahila Gram Vidyapeeth/Vishwavidyalaya (Women’s University) Prayag, Allahabad; Indian Education Council of UP, Lucknow (UP); Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith, Prayag, Allahabad (UP); National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy, Khanpur; Netaji Subhash Chander Bose University (open university) Achaltal, Aligarh (UP); Uttar Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya, Kosi Kalan, Mathura (UP); Maharana Partap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya, Pratapgarh (UP); Gurukul Vishwavidyalaya, Vrindawan (UP); Indraprastha Shiksha Parishad, Makanpur, Noida, Phase-11 (UP); Indian Institute of Science and Engineering, New Delhi. Apart from the 21 universities, the matter of recognition of degrees like BEd/MEd awarded by the Bhartiya Shiksha Parishad, Lucknow, and its recognition is still sub judice. |
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3,500 BSNL phones not working
Bhiwani, August 28 The department of telecommunications has failed to restore these connections. Subscribers have lodged several complaints to the officials concerned, but nothing has been done so far. During recent heavy rains here, the entire underground telephone cable network was affected. Later, many cables developed carbon on the distribution points and needed replacement. An official said that in several areas, the administration had pressed the JCB machines into service to clear the accumulated water, and several connections got disconnected. Now departmental employees are trying to locate the faulty cables. Although the administration and departments like the PWD and Public Health are required to inform the telecom department before digging anywhere in the town, this is never done by these departments. According to sources, a top administration official, while rejecting departmental norms during rains, had said that human life was more important than communications facility. At the Dinod gate area, the Public Health department officials had pressed a JCB machine into service to locate the manhole of a storm water channel last Friday. The machine operator unknowingly cut down BSNL telephone and broadband cables. The department has been unable to locate these disconnected cables so far and the BSNL subscribers are suffering due to this. Complainants are approaching the telecom staff for the restoration of their connections, and some of them have threatened to move court in case their connections are not restored within a day or two. Some PCO booth owners of the Rohtak gate area warned officials today that they would move court if their connections were not restored by tomorrow.
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JE, lineman hurt in mob attack
Fatehabad, August 28 Two other officials of the DHBVN had to save their life by fleeing from the spot. The police has registered a case of rioting, assault, causing hurt to public servants and obstructing public servants from performing their duty under Sections 148, 149, 332, 353 and 186 of the IPC against Moti, Jagdish and 70 to 80 unidentified villagers. Ashok Kumar Virdi, executive engineer of the DHBVN at Tohana, said his staff was attacked by the villagers without any provocation. The DHBVN has started shifting the village power supply on low voltage distribution system (LVDS), under which 28 domestic meters had been shifted out of the houses in Baliala village on Tuesday. But the villagers broke 26 out of these yesterday. The DHBVN authorities had lodged an FIR in this regard yesterday against some villagers. Apparently infuriated at this, the villagers, who were waiting for the DHBVN team to arrive in the village, pounced upon them as soon as it arrived. JE Onkar Singh and lineman Gurdarshan Singh were caught by the villagers, while lineman Dharamvir and driver Ram Chander managed to escape. The two officials of the nigam were beaten up mercilessly with kicks, punches and sticks by the angry villagers. A profusely bleeding Onkar Singh, somehow, escaped from the clutches of the mob and ran towards a house. After bolting a room from inside, the JE informed his superiors about the incident from his mobile phone. A police team rescued the two officials.
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18 booked in girl’s ‘abduction’ case
Bijendra Ahlawat Tribune News Service
Jind, August 28 The Tribune had carried a story today regarding the alleged delay in action by the police in this regard. The 65-year-old father of the girl had said here yesterday that despite running from pillar to post for over two months, he had failed to get his daughter back. He had claimed that she had been abducted by his son-in-law on June 12 last and had been missing since then. This had been done as part of a conspiracy by the accused. A complaint of dowry harassment was also lodged against her in-laws a few years ago. The complainant Mage Ram threatened to immolate himself at a public place soon if the police failed to recover his daughter soon. He alleged that the police department was hand in glove with the accused and had also named at least three policemen, including an SHO, for sheltering the accused. But the police today booked a case against all accused named in the complaint except the three cops. Several representations and complaints at various levels had been made by the victim in this regard. Those who were booked by the police today include the main accused Rajender, Ram Niwas, Ramesh, Sita, daughter of Vidyanand, Bala Devi, wife of Ram Niwas, Sunita, wife of Sham Lal, Santosh, wife of Ramesh, Satpal of Panipat, (all kin of Rajender), Surender Gadaria, Revti, daughter of Surja, Bimla, wife of Surja, Ram Mehar, Poonam, wife of Jasbir, and Savitri, wife of Ram Mehar, resident of Buddhakhera village in the district. Earlier, Mange Ram, who had also submitted an affidavit regarding his complaint, claimed that his elder daughter Sheela had been married to Rajender on March 13, 2001, and they had a five-year-old son from the marriage. He said he had submitted his complaint to the SP and the DC of the district, but no action had followed. According to him, the police officials had been claiming that the girl had gone with the accused voluntarily and no case could be registered in this regard. He had submitted names of at least 21 accused, including an SHO, a head constable, a driver of the police department, but these names have been reportedly missing from the FIR lodged today.
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Ensure family is not excommunicated: HC
Saurabh Malik Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 28 Anshula’s father, Suresh Chander, had earlier moved the High Court seeking directions to the state and other respondents to ensure the ending of their boycott by the panchayat of Bohla village under the Mohana police station in Sonepat district. In his petition placed before the Bench comprising Justice Ashutosh Mohunta and Justice Rajan Gupta, Chander had contended Anshula had married Rakesh Rathi of Dhanana village in the same district. While the petitioners were Jats belonging to Dhull “gotra”, Dhanana village was inhabited primarily by the Rathi “gotra”. There was feeling of “brotherhood” between the two “gotras”, they believed. Chander had added Bohla village panchayat not only ostracised, excommunicated and boycotted them because of the brotherhood factor, but had also imposed a fine of Rs 51,000. Responding to the petition, the state counsel, on the other hand, claimed that the family had neither been excommunicated nor fined. In an attempt to substantiate his contentions, the counsel also referred to an inquiry carried out in the matter by the police. Appearing through their counsel before the court, the other respondents too denied boycotting the family. The Bench observed it was clear from the state counsel’s assertion that the petitioners had not been excommunicated. The Bench added, “In view of this, nothing survives in the petition.” But leaving nothing to chance, the Judges directed the authorities concerned “to ensure that the petitioners or their family are not ostracised or excommunicated from their village”. Disposing of the petition, the Bench also directed the “official respondents to ensure that the petitioners are not harassed by any person of their village on account of marrying their daughter in Dhanana village”.
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BSP promises 3 acres on lease to landless
Gurgaon, August 28 Addressing a public meeting organised under the banner of the Sarv Samaj Bhaichara Sammelan, in charge of state BSP affairs Man Singh Manhera gave an assurance to the gathering of around 3,000 at the Khel stadium at Sohna near here that this promise would be fulfilled if his party came to power in the state. The announcement is seen to counter the announcement made by Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda that his government would give free residential plots of 100 sq yd to the families of the Scheduled Castes and the BPL category. Describing the Congress and the BJP as two sides of the same coin, Manhera said the BSP alone had the potential to meet the aspirations of the Dalits and people of different castes who had so far been exploited by both parties for their vested political interests. He reiterated that the current political situation in the country clearly indicated that the popularity of his party chief Mayawati was at the peak and no power could stop her from becoming the next Prime Minister of the country. He expressed the hope that his party would form the next government in the state with a non-Jat as the Chief Minister. In his speech, BSP’s candidate for the Gurgaon Lok Sabha seat Zakir Hussain made a fervent appeal to the gathering to elect him from this seat.
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426 teachers to be promoted
Chandigarh, August 28 Stating this here today, education minister Mange Ram Gupta said the promotions to the vacant posts of headmasters were pending for the past many years on account of variety of issues, including litigations in courts. Gupta said a meeting of the Departmental Promotion Committee was held today in which a decision regarding promotion against 426 vacancies of headmasters was taken and another 183 posts were kept reserved for the promotion, which would also be done shortly after getting the record of all teachers concerned completed. He further said providing adequate and well qualified teachers and institutional heads in all government schools of the state had been accorded a high priority by the state government and it would also be insured that the remaining vacancies of the headmasters were also filled up expeditiously. Gupta appreciated the efforts made by the officers of the education department for completing the records of teachers.
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Villagers beat up tehsildar
Jhajjar, August 28 Residents of the village had blocked the Jhajjar-Sonepat road in protest against power shortage in the morning. Tehsildar Raj Singh along with SHO Satnarayan rushed to the spot and tried to persuade the protesters to lift the blockade. However, some of the villagers allegedly assaulted him near the blockade spot. Jhajjar SDM Satyender Duhan accompanied by heavy police force rushed to the spot after getting information about the incident. The victim was sent to the civil hospital here for medical examination. The SDM assured the villagers that steps would be taken to supply adequate power to the village. Following the assurance, the protesters lifted the blockade in the evening. Meanwhile, a case under Sections 332, 353, 427, 148 and 149 of IPC was registered against 22 villagers, some of whom were arrested. |
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3 arrested in robbery case
Rewari, August 28 The police also recovered Rs 40 lakh out of the total booty from two miscreants, Amarjit and Rajender. SP Ram Singh Bishnoi said the car driver spilled the beans in this regard during police interrogation here yesterday. Consequently, raids were conducted at specified hideouts in which both Amarjit and Rajender were apprehended today. With the connivance of the car driver, the miscreants had intercepted the car in which the cashier was travelling at Akeda village, and looted Rs 44 lakh, which belonged to the factory and was being taken to the factory headquarters in Delhi.
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Dharuhera holds its first MC poll
Rewari, August 28 In ward No. 12, where two rival candidates, Lakhi Agarwal and Nand Lal Saini, received an equal number of votes, the result was decided by tossing a coin, which went in favour of Nand Lal Saini. The poll was held on Tuesday. In the remaining 12 wards, the following were declared the winners by returning officer-cum-SDM Yogesh Bhardawaj: Ward 1 - Prem Das Lodhi, ward 2 - Kiran Devi, ward 3 - Kamla Devi, ward 4 - Sunder Lal Prajapat, ward 5 - Anirudh, ward 6 - Shivdeep Singh, ward 7 - Kanwar Singh Patwari, ward 8 - Sudesh Devi, ward 9 - Pawan Rao, ward 10 - Mahesh Pandey, ward 11 - Mamata Sakhiya and ward 13 - Om Praksh Saini.
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Smart cards to replace ration cards
Chandigarh, August 28 A revised Rs 153.27 crore comprehensive road map for replacing the 52 lakh ration cards with smart cards under a pilot project is expected to get the central government's nod soon. The revised proposal was forwarded to the central government earlier this month. With the implementation of the project, Haryana will become the first state in the country, along with the Union Territory of Chandigarh, to introduce smart cards for the public distribution system Information on the monthly entitlement of families will be stored in the card. |
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Transport pact with Rajasthan
Chandigarh, August 28 Financial commissioner and principal secretary, Transport, Haryana, Samir Mathur and principal secretary, Transport Department, Rajasthan, S. N. Thanvi signed the agreement on behalf of their governments.
Mathur said the number of routes for the plying of buses of Haryana and Rajasthan state transport , according to the agreement, would increase to 315 whereas private operators from the two states could now ply on 89 routes. |
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Fire in shoe factory
Bahadurgarh (Jhajjar), August 28 The fire broke out on the third floor of the factory building, where machines were installed for manufacturing shoes. However, no loss of life was reported. Short-circuit was said to be the reason behind the fire. Meanwhile, this was the second incident of fire in the factory during the past four days. The fire broke out at around 5 a.m. Watchmen on duty noticed flames coming from one of the rooms on the third floor and informed the factory owner, Jagdish Sharma, and the Fire Brigade. The Bhadurgarh Fire Brigade office had to call more fire tenders from Rohtak, Delhi, Sonepat and Jhajjar. It took several hours to control the fire. The police said a case had been registered and efforts were being made to ascertain the cause of the fire. |
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4 get 10-yr RI for murder bid
Fatehabad, August 28 The convicts, Rohtash, Mahabir and Dharam Pal, all brothers, and Surja Ram, all residents of Bhirdana village, had a property dispute with Pawan Bajaj, a grain market trader. They allegedly opened fire on Bajaj at his shop on August 7, 2004, and injured him critically.
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Supervisor falls to death
Yamunanagar, August 28 The mishap took place when Vinod along with another employee was inspecting the work of the under construction building and he slipped accidentally. |
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