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NRI held with 5.2 kg heroin
Architecture students allege ragging
Women burn Hooda’s effigy
Cong MP Sharma back to his old ways
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Teachers’ spat turns ugly Shamsheeda Begum Case
Students Continue Strike
Amendment to IT Act
Jawan cremated with honours
Shamsheeda Begum Case
Phalgu mela begins on Sep 15
The Phalgu tirath in Kaithal district which has been renovated for the coming mela. Photo: Satish Seth
First 600 MW boiler drum inaugurated
Chautala hails CJI’s decision
3 booked for cheating
Wanted criminal held
HC: Release prisoners granted bail immediately
4 of Ambala family die in road mishap
High Court
Supdt held for graft
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NRI held with 5.2 kg heroin
New Delhi, September 10 Sources said he was initially picked up by the agency on Monday evening outside the gates of the posh DLF Exclusive Floors in Gurgaon along with another accomplice and a large suitcase. “On opening the suitcase, we found 5.2 kg of heroin,” an official said. The sources said Joshi, chairman of the Grimus Group of Companies, which runs several educational institutes across the world, has admitted to the agency of being involved in the narcotics trade for quite some time. “He gave us a statement under Section 180 of the Customs Act which is admissible in court. He was put under arrest on Tuesday and was immediately produced before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, who remanded him in judicial custody for 14 days,” a top official said. According to the sources, Joshi was under surveillance for several days and he was to deliver the drugs to his accomplice in Canada. The DRI said investigations were going on in the case and did not rule out more arrests. “He has been operating the racket for some time. He was into the narcotics trade as a side business and had undertaken similar trips before also,” an official said, adding that he mostly used human couriers to deliver the consignments.
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Architecture students allege ragging
Sonepat, September 10 A written complaint in this regard was lodged today with the vice-chancellor of the university by P.P. Kapoor, state convener of the
IFTU, stating that 30 students, including 20 girls, had taken admission to BArchitecture (first year) this year. Of the 10 boys, seven - Nikhil,
Pulkit, Ali, Prateek Gaba, Rajesh Sippi, Srikant and Khurram - had been allegedly ragged by their seniors by being forced to cut their hair in the “zebra style”. The remaining three boys managed to escape ragging as they took admission late. According to the complaint, some senior students, who stay in hostels, allegedly consume liquor at night and rag the freshers, leaving them terrorised. Interestingly, even their teachers have advised them not to venture out alone and move in groups for “safety purposes”. Similarly, girl students are being ragged by their seniors by imposing a dress code on them. They have been asked to shun jeans and only wear the traditional salwar-kameez to the university. The freshers are being warned by their seniors that if they complained about ragging, they would boycott them and not help them with notes. Kapoor has urged the university authorities to take strict action, including registration of an FIR and suspension of the those involved in ragging and consumption of liquor in hostels. |
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Women burn Hooda’s effigy
Kurukshetra, September 10 Raising anti-government slogans, the protesters broke empty pitchers and burnt an effigy of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in front of the mini-secretariat, where they submitted a memorandum to deputy commissioner Pankaj
Aggarwal. Sharma said Haryana residents had not only been facing the dearness but were also severely affected by the short supply of drinking water, electricity and cooking gas. She alleged that Hooda was least concerned to find solutions to problems being faced by the residents and was more worried about the saving of his chair. The Haryana government had failed on all fronts. She further alleged that the present government was anti-women. She also condemned the police firing on guest teachers in Rohtak on Sunday, in which a woman teacher, Raj Rani, was killed. Later, addressing a press conference at the HJC (BL) office here, Sharma said when supremo of the HJC (BL) Kuldeep Bishnoi would come to power, women police stations and nari niketans would be opened in all districts in Haryana. Eighty per cent of the Haryana residents would be given employment by giving preference to unemployed persons. The 22-point charter of declaration issued by Bishnoi would be implemented in the real sense. |
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Cong MP Sharma back to his old ways
Chandigarh, September 10 This time the occasion was the lathicharge on protesting guest teachers in which one of them lost her life during firing in Rohtak on Sunday. On Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s home turf, Sharma compared the former to his predecessor, INLD supremo Om Prakash Chautala. He added that the Hooda regime was no different from that of the INLD. He not only termed the magisterial probe as eyewash, but also demanded an inquiry by the CBI or a retired Judge of the high court. While the Congress unit in the state has chosen to keep a safe distance from Sharma in the past, he has gone ahead with organising party meetings of his workers in Samalakha and Panipat in the last month in order to keep his tribe together. He is now even planning a sammelan of his supporters at the end of this month in Karnal. Sources in the Congress said Sharma’s utterances against the Chief Minister and his attempt to draw parallels between Hooda and Chautala were only indicative that he was likely to “move on”. Also, his meetings with his workers were also hinting at the same. Maintaining that loyalty would be a big issue in the coming Lok Sabha elections, sources in the HPCC said Sharma had changed his heart twice during the trust vote, which certainly did not go unnoticed. Though speculation of Sharma’s “disenchantment” with the Congress surfaces on and off, he had earned the tag of “flip-flop” politician during the trust vote when he was in touch with the BSP leadership. He had been demanding from the BSP that he should be projected as its Chief Minister candidate in Haryana as a price for quitting the Congress. Even before the Assembly byelections in Haryana in May this year, he had reportedly contacted the BSP and had offered to quit the Congress when the ruling party was facing an acid test in the state, provided the BSP agreed to his terms. The move fizzled out after the BSP refused to project him as its Chief Minister candidate in the state “so soon”. After the “betrayal” during the trust vote when Sharma was cajoled into voting in favour of the Congress, the state unit of the BSP, too, had announced its decision to distance itself from Sharma. Sources said Sharma’s disenchantment with the Congress started after his ambition to head the state unit of the party was not fulfilled. |
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Teachers’ spat turns ugly
Sirsa, September 10 Denying the allegations, Malik, who is also the security in charge of the university, has alleged that the complainant has been harbouring anti-social elements on the university premises. He further said the police had arrested one such youth from the university on Tuesday. Vice-chancellor K.C. Bhardwaj said he has constituted a committee of three senior teachers to look into the matter. In his letter addressed to the Sirsa SP, copies of which have been sent to the chancellor, vice-chancellor and the Jathedar of the Akal Takht and the Minority Commission of India, Bajwa has alleged that Malik, chairperson of the law department, and Yadav, a lecturer in the food technology department, came to his residence and beat him up mercilessly on Sunday. He alleged that the teachers pulled up his beard and crushed his turban under their feet after throwing it on the ground. However, Malik and Yadav have denied Bajwa’s allegations. Malik said: “His official residence is situated just opposite to that of Bajwa, where the latter, who lives alone, allegedly call anti-social elements and drink and dine with them.” Malik said Mahesh Bhadu, a youth who used to visit Bajwa earlier, was arrested by the police for outraging the modesty of a girl student of the university. Bhadu’s younger brother, Sanjay Bhadu, now frequently visited Bajwa’s residence and he had been receiving complaints of eve teasing against him from girls, Malik added. He maintained that he and Yadav had tried to persuade Bajwa on Sunday to disassociate himself with such people, which he seemed to have taken sportingly on that day. Sanjay Bhadu was later nabbed by the city police from the university campus on Tuesday while he was allegedly eve teasing girls, students of physical education. He had been booked under Sections 294 and 509 of the IPC for obscene acts and outraging the modesty of women. Malik and Yadav have alleged that Bajwa has enacted this drama in fear of being implicated along with Bhadu in this case. The vice-chancellor said he had received complaints from both sides. He said a committee comprising Dr Anu Shukla, chairperson of the English department, Dr Sultan Singh, chairperson of the business management department, and Dr Vikram Singh, chairperson of the computer technology department, had been constituted to inquire into the matter and submit a report to him.
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Shamsheeda Begum Case Panchkula, September 10 Shamshida Begam, who reached the police headquarters on Monday, alleged that the Yamunanagar police had been shielding the accused, including some policemen, who were responsible for thrashing her, which led to her miscarriage. According to Shamsheeda, she bought a washing machine four years ago in 2004 from a shop in Mustafabad village, which did not work properly. Later, when her husband served a legal notice upon the shopkeepers, Sonu and Monu, they along with some others, including the sarpanch of the village and a few police personnel, thrashed her and her husband Salim Saifi on April 13 last year. The local police had failed to take any action against the accused even after complaints were lodged against the accused, alleged Shamsheeda in her complaint to the DGP. Haryana DGP Ranjiv Dalal sent a team led by additional inspector general of police Charu Bali to investigate the matter yesterday to Yamunanagar.
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Talks fail to end dress code impasse
Bhanu P. Lohumi Tribune News Service
Karnal, September 10 About 700-odd striking students gathered at the main gate of the college, but were not allowed to enter the campus. A section of the students threw stones at the gate. Later, the students dispersed with a firm resolve to continue the strike till the decision to impose the dress code was withdrawn. Principal of the institute Harish Abichandani blamed the striking students for the impasse and accused them of “twisting and misrepresenting” facts. He said the dress code was already in force for MBA students while MCA students had asked for it. Claiming students’ representatives were taken into confidence before taking a decision on the dress code, he said there was no dress code for BPharma students and only engineering students had been directed to follow the dress code for four days in a week. Referring to the allegation of the agitating students that a pair of trousers, a shirt and a tie were being supplied for Rs 2,800, the principal said the institute was providing a blazer, two pairs of trousers, two shirts and a tie. He challenged the students to get the clothing of Raymond stuff at this cost. Reacting to the deadlock, he said there was no outcome of the talks as four students of final year came for the talks, but there was no dress code for final-year students. Students affected by the dress code were not a part of the delegation, he said. He asked the students to “understand reason” and refrain from indulging in violence and obstructing studies. “The classes are going on and those staying away from these will be marked absent,” he said, adding that the institute would seek police intervention if the striking students tried to take law in their hands. However, negotiations could be held on reducing the number of days for the dress code, but the decision would not be rescinded, he asserted.
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Commercial activity to be excluded from ‘charitable purpose’
Tribune News Service
Yamunanagar, September 10 Income tax commissioner, Panchkula, Jaspal Singh said this here yesterday. Urging people of the state to pay tax, he said the people of the state should make voluntary tax compliance, as tax paid by them contributes to the growth and development of the state and national economy. Recent statistics have revealed that people of Haryana paid more tax than Punjab. Last year, taxpayers of the state had paid Rs 3,300 crore to the income tax department. This year, a target of Rs 4,000 crore had been fixed, he said while answering queries of mediapersons after addressing a gathering of top taxpayers of Jagadhari. “The state has been witnessing a valuable increase in the income tax for the past three years. The taxpayers had paid Rs 1,361 crore to the income tax department in 2005-06, 2,528 crore in 2006-07 and 3,300 crore in 2007-08. The development in Faridabad, Gurgaon and Panchkula had led to a rise in the number of taxpayers in the state,” the commissioner said. The revenue generated through the income tax was contributed to the development of the country.
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Jawan cremated with honours
Jind, September 10 Dharamvir laid down his life while fighting terrorists in the Kashmir valley yesterday. He was cremated with full military honours in his native Pega village in the district today. Senior district officials, including the deputy commissioner and the SP, were conspicuous by their absence at the cremation. The district administration was represented by a tehsildar. The MLA of the Rajound assembly constituency was also present. Dharamvir, who passed class XII in 2002, was recruited by the Army the same year and was allotted the Jat Regiment. He was at present posted in the Kashmir valley and had come home about four months ago. His wife, Mukesh, was in the family way then and Dharamvir had promised her to come back soon to meet their child. However, the family members received the most shocking news of their life last night when the Army authorities in New Delhi rang up to say that Dharamvir had laid down his life for the country during an operation in Jammu and Kashmir yesterday and his body would reach the village this morning.
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4 cops suspended
Tribune News Service
Panchkula, September 10 The suspended policemen are inspector Ram Dutt, the then SHO of Chappar police station, the then ASI, Rajeshwar and head constables - Ishwar and Subahsh. Shamshida Begam alleged that the Yamunanagar police had been shielding the accused, including some policemen, who were responsible for thrashing her, which led to her miscarriage. According to Shamsheeda, she bought a washing machine four years ago in 2004 from a shop in Mustafabad village, which did not work properly. Later, when her husband served a legal notice upon the shopkeepers, Sonu and Monu, they along with some others, including the sarpanch of the village and a few police personnel, thrashed her and her husband Salim Saifi on April 13 last year. The local police had failed to take any action against the accused even after complaints were lodged against the accused, alleged Shamsheeda. After finding the policemen and shopkeepers along with the sarpanch of the village, Rajbir, and his accomplice Manmohan guilty in the case, the AIG recommended action against them.
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Phalgu mela begins on Sep 15
Kaithal, September 10 The district administration has initiated various steps to facilitate the arrival of a large number of pilgrims, who visit here to have a holy dip in Phalgu Tirath on the occasion of the Sompati Amavas on the last day of Shradhs. Phalgu Tirath is situated in Faral village in Pundri sub-tehsil of the district. Deputy commissioner Vikas Gupta accompanied by SP Sultan Singh, ADC Ramesh Verma , SDM-cum-mela administrator Hawa Singh and officials of various other departments visited the tirath to inspect the ongoing construction works and arrangements to ensure safety of the pilgrims . The state government has sanctioned Rs 1 crore for the uplift of the Sarovar, construction of ghats and for various others facilities to the pilgrims. The deputy commissioner said the administration had made various arrangements to ensure uninterrupted power supply to the mela. He said extra-long electricity poles fitted with high-powered tubes had been installed to provide light in the area. The mela area had been divided into 12 sectors and a sector magistrate would man each sector. The health department had been asked to ensure proper medical facilities. SP Sultan Singh said 32 CCTV cameras would be installed to keep a close watch on the activities of anti-social elements. Police personnel would remain deployed during the period. |
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First 600 MW boiler drum inaugurated
Hisar, September 10 “The construction work of the plant is going on as per schedule and it will be completed by November 2009. This will be the country’s first 600 MW unit to be installed, said Hooda. He said with the achievement of this milestone, the plant construction was poised to complete the project ahead of schedule. After completing the required civil work, the Boiler Drum for Unit-I (600 MW) was lifted to the height of about 100 metres on the top of the boiler. This was the first project ever to be awarded the mega project status in the northern region under the mega project policy of the Centre. The two units would be commissioned within 35 and 38 months from the project award date, respectively. The mega power status would eventually result in the reduction of cost of generation of power.
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Chautala hails CJI’s decision
Rewari, September 10 The committee consisting of Allahabad Chief Justice Hemant Laxman Gokahle, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Justice K.S. Radhakrsihnan and Delhi High Court Judge Madan B. Loku, was now engaged in conducting the above exercise. Addressing a press conference here today, Chautala said it was all more praiseworthy that at his behest, the CBI too was simultaneously investigating the matter. He said if involvement of any influential persons other than the judge of the Punjab and Haryana high court was detected by the investigating agency, they too should be brought to book. As regards a prospective electoral alliance of the INLD with other political parties for the coming Lok Sabha elections, he said barring the Congress, they considered no other political party as untouchable. |
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3 booked for cheating
Sirsa, September 10 The accused, Kharaiti Lal and Khushi Ram, mandi inspectors with the Haryana Agro Industries, and Narinder Singh, in charge of the Kisan Sewa Kendra, allegedly misappropriated wheat purchased for the agency in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Rajesh Kumar, accountant of the department, had lodged a complaint with the police that these three officials, who were responsible for the purchase of wheat for the agency, filled less amount of wheat in the bags. Though these officials took care to complete the number of bags, they filled these bags with less amount of wheat than the weight mentioned in the papers. The police has booked the three officials under Sections 409, 420, 467, 468 and 120-B of the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act. |
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Wanted criminal held
Kaithal, September 10 The accused had been facing a trial in a Karnal court on the charge of looting vehicles at gunpoint. SP Sultan Singh said Rakesh and other armed persons were arrested from near Ujhana village near here in May 2004 when they were planning to loot vehicles. They were booked under various sections of the IPC and the Arms Act and were sentenced to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment each by the court of the then ADJ, Neelima Shangla. The accused had also been undergoing a seven-year imprisonment in the Karnal jail on charge of another dacoity that was committed in Kaithal. However, the accused went on a four-week parole leave in February 2008 and did not report to the jail authorities after the parole period was over. A case under the Prisoners Good Conduct Act was registered against him. A CIA party on a tip off raided a place in Shakti Nagar here to arrest him, but he gave a slip to the police. The police party followed him and nabbed him from the Kaithal bus stand. He was produced in the court of CJM Ajay Parasher, who sent him to a 14-day judicial custody. |
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HC: Release prisoners granted bail immediately
Chandigarh, September 10 The order came in response to a petition filed by social activist Hemant Goswami. In it, he had referred to a particular case wherein one Hawa Singh continued to languish in jail even after five days of issuance of release warrant. The matter is now listed for September 24, on which Haryana will inform the court about the concrete steps taken. |
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4 of Ambala family die in road mishap
Dehra Dun, September 10 Shiv Kumar (30), his wife Kulwinder Kaur (25), their daughter Anmol (6) and son Akash (4) were on a motorcycle when they were crushed to death under another vehicle. They were on their way to the Hardwar railway station from Raiwala Cantt. The family used to reside at Raiwala Cantt. The police has sent the bodies for post-mortem and has sent information to his home town. |
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High Court Chandigarh, September 10 The court also directed the director-general (Prosecution), the director-general (Prisons) and the DGP to jointly conduct a meeting to put in place the mechanism. The order came in response to a petition filed by social activist Hemant Goswami. In it, he had referred to a particular case wherein one Hawa Singh continued to languish in jail even after five days of issuance of release warrant. The matter is now listed for September 24. On that date Haryana will inform the court about the concrete steps taken in this regard.
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Supdt held for graft
Bhiwani, September 10 The accused identified as Hoshiar Singh was deputed at the class XII branch of the board. Harish Rawat of Hodal in Faridabad had contacted superintendent Hoshiar Singh for issuance of roll numbers to students. After delaying the task for several days, Hoshiar Singh demanded Rs 20,000 from Rawat to issue the roll numbers. Rawat informed the Vigilance Bureau, which formed a team and arrested the superintendent red-handed. |
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A large number of women led by convener of the women wing of the Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) Kusum Sharma took out an anti-government procession from Panchayat Bhawan to the mini-secretariat here today.
Preparations for the Phalgu Mela, which will begin on September 15, are in full swing. At least 10 lakh persons are likely to visit the mela , which will conclude on September 29.
The district administration has initiated various steps to facilitate the arrival of a large number of pilgrims, who visit here to have a holy dip in Phalgu Tirath on the occasion of the Sompati Amavas on the last day of
Shradhs. Phalgu Tirath is situated in Faral village in Pundri sub-tehsil of the district.
