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Postal delay forces HPSC to keep office open today
2 attempt suicide over BPL list
Bishnoi praises Alva for outburst against Cong
Rs 100 crore plan to strengthen power supply
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CM: Brahmins to get representation in cabinet
2 safai workers die inside manhole
Hooda woos voters
Labourer killed over tumbler
Man attacks estranged wife on court premises
Students’ Protest
Protest over depleting water table
Conversion stayed
Man held for setting wife afire
Samjhauta Blasts
JUST ANOTHER DAY: Children’s Day has little significance for this child who spent the day as usual washing dishes to eke out a living in Gurgaon on Friday. Tribune photo: Rajesh Kumar Yadav
Set up varsity in state, CM to Ramdev
10-yr-old student found dead
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Postal delay forces HPSC to keep office open today
Chandigarh, November 14 Hundreds of the candidates approached the commission today complaining that they had not received their admit cards bearing their roll numbers. The commission, which had posted the admit cards under “UPC” on November 3 and November 4, had to face a lot of problems from the complaining candidates. Earlier, application forms of several candidates had to be rejected by the commission as these were received in its office after the cutoff date, though the candidates had posted them well in time. Chairman of the HPSC B.B. Batra told The Tribune that besides the postal delays, some of the candidates had mentioned their native places as their postal addresses while they stayed in Chandigarh. Instead of collecting their admit cards from their native places, these candidates wanted the commission to issue them duplicate cards. Since the commission was yet to be fully IT-enabled, it had outsourced the work of preparing the admit cards. Clerks of the commission had to go to the private agency’s office to collect the duplicate admit cards. This took about two hours, he said. Batra said the commission’s office would remain open tomorrow. Any candidate seeking duplicate admit card could approach the commission before 5 pm. The private agency had also been directed to set up its equipment in the commission’s office tomorrow so that there was no delay in issuing duplicate cards to the candidates. He said elaborate arrangements had been made to ensure transparency and fairness of the examination. For the first time, the state government had deputed 18 senior IAS officers to act as “observers” for the examination. DIG Shatrujit Kapoor would head the security persons on duty. No unauthorised person would be allowed entry in the 16 examination centers. |
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2 attempt suicide over BPL list
Ellenabad (Sirsa), November 14 The two have been identified as Bhim Sen and Ghukkar Singh and have been rushed to the general hospital, Sirsa, where their condition is stated to be out of danger. The Manav Goraksha Sewa Samiti, a local NGO, had been spearheading an agitation on the issue of non-inclusion of eligible persons in the BPL list for the past over a month under the leadership of its president Jarnail Singh Brar. Volunteers of the samiti had been sitting in dharna in front of the office of local SDM Subhash Sheoran and had even met the then deputy commissioner, V. Umashankar, some time ago and demanded a fresh survey of BPL families and inclusion of eligible persons in the list. The samiti had recently served an ultimatum on the authorities that its volunteers would commit mass suicide on November 14 in case their demand was not met by then. The authorities had taken their threats seriously and Brar had been put under preventive arrest since last night. The police had been keeping a close vigil on the activities of the other members of the samiti and had been guarding the place where they had been staging a dharna. “We had rounded up several volunteers of the Manav Goraksha Samiti last night as a preventive step and also arrested Brar,” said Dheeraj Setia, DSP (Headquarters), Sirsa, who has been specially deployed here in view of the threat by the samiti members. Suddenly, Bhim Sen (40) and Ghukkar Singh (30), both volunteers of the samiti, reached near the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the main market of the town with bottles of the monochrome pesticide in their hands and before anyone could understand anything, they consumed the contents of the bottles. A police party rushed them to the local general hospital, where first aid was provided to them. The victims were then shifted to the general hospital in Sirsa, where they are stated to be out of danger now. “The authorities had told the volunteers of the samiti that the guidelines for the BPL survey are provided by the central as well as the state governments and no change can be made in these guidelines at the subdivision level, but they had been holding an agitation despite that,” said Subhash Sheoran, SDM, Ellenabad. |
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Bishnoi praises Alva for outburst against Cong
Rewari, November 14 Addressing a press conference here today, he alleged that the Congress, under the stewardship of Sonia Gandhi, had been persistently indulging in corrupt practices in almost all vital matters and many more skeletons could roll out of the party’s cupboard in the days to come. He said a host of “self-respecting” party leaders, who were feeling suffocated in such “polluted” environment, could also seek “emancipation expeditiously”. Regarding the coming Lok Sabha elections, the HJC supremo said the party would field its candidates in all 10 constituencies and would contest the elections without entering into an electoral alliance with any party. While Rao Narbir Singh had already been declared the HJC’s candidate from the Gurgaon constituency, the names of the remaining nine party nominees would be made public at the HJC’s Bhiwani rally on December 2, he added. Ridiculing the Haryana Chief Minister’s claim that the state had acquired many “firsts” in various spheres during his rule, Bishnoi sarcastically remarked that under Hooda’s regime, Haryana had virtually become the number one state of the country in corruption, unusable roads, poor law and order situation and mismanagement of power supply. Earlier, Kuldeep Bishnoi virtually launched his party’s election campaign while exhorting the people at a rally held at Brahmgarh here to ensure a massive win of party’s nominee Rao Narbir Singh at the hustings during the coming Lok Sabha elections.
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Rs 100 crore plan to strengthen power supply
Karnal, November 14 Announcing this today after laying the foundation stone of 33 kV substations at Barota near here, to be constructed by the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN), Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the UHBVN and the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam had jointly commissioned 13 new substations by investing Rs 178 crore during the past three years. These included one 220 kV substation in Unispur village, two 132 kV substations in Newal and Jalmana villages and 10 33 kV substations in Brass, Chor
Karsa, Popra, Bahri, Thal, Padha, Salwan, Budhapur, Shamgarh and Nigdhu villages in Karnal district alone, besides augmenting the capacity of eight existing substations. The government also approved the construction of 220 kV Bastara substation, 132 kV substations in
Stondi, Nagla Megha, Bhadson, Ramba, Nadana, Ballah villages and 33 kV substations in
Gullarpur, Dabarthala, Shahpur, Barota, Kaimla, Kalram, Chochra, Dadlana, Rindle and Raipur Jattan villages. Further, the capacity of the 132 kV substation at Jalmana and the 33 kV substations at Old Power House, Garhi Birbal,
Ballah, Ram Nagar, Sector 12 and Sector 6 was being augmented. Ashok
Lavasa, financial commissioner and principal secretary (power) said the UHBVN was segregating domestic and agriculture load in rural areas to provide electricity in villages on the urban mode and to ensure reliable power supply to the agriculture sector. Under the project, the load on 108 feeders of 11 kV level was being segregated at a cost of Rs 36 crore. Work of five new feeders had already been completed, benefiting 12 villages, while work on the remaining 103 feeders was in an advanced stage of completion. |
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CM: Brahmins to get representation in cabinet
Karnal, November 14 Addressing a function organised by Saraswat Brahmin Sabha, Karnal, on its founder day here today, the Chief Minister said a maximum number of 14 ministers could be inducted in the Cabinet and one post was lying vacant after the resignation of Ambala MLA Vinod Sharma. He claimed that due representation had been given to the community in the appointment of chairman of various boards and corporations and the Congress was the only party which had given due regard and representation to the Brahmin community. Hooda announced a grant of Rs 21 lakh for the construction of the bhawan of Saraswat Sabha and assured that the vacant land of HUDA adjacent to the bhawan would be given to the sabha on priority basis after examining the case. Presiding over the function, Vinod Sharma, former union minister and MLA, sought to play down the infighting in the party and said that both Arvind Sharma, Lok Sabha member from Karnal, and his bete noir, Kuldeep Sharma, acting president of the HPCC, were disciplined soldiers of the Congress. The Brahmin sabha meeting indicated an interesting turn in Haryana Congress politics with both Arvind Sharma and Kuldeep Sharma sharing the same platform and Vinod Sharma presiding over the meeting. All three leaders are considered to be front-runners for the Congress ticket from the Karnal Lok Sabha seat.
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2 safai workers die inside manhole
Sirsa, November 14 It is not clear whether they died due to inhalation of some poisonous gas or electric current in the sewer. Six safai workers were clearing sewers near Bathinda Chowk in Dabwali today. A youth, Rakesh, entered the manhole to clear the sewer, but soon cried for help. Mukesh, another youth, went in, but could not come out. However, he helped Rakesh to come out. After some time, Kalia went inside the sewer, but he too could not come out. As the sewer manhole is located near an electricity transformer, it was presumed that there was electric current inside the sewer. Some other youths went in after getting the power lines switched off and brought out Mukesh and Kalia. They were rushed to the general hospital, where doctors declared them brought dead. Rakesh is still unconscious and unable to give statement. “The exact cause of the death will be known only after a postmortem of the victims,” said Satish Mehra, DIPRO, Sirsa. He said deputy commissioner S.K. Goyal had announced a relief of Rs 1 lakh each for the two victims. The injured person would be treated free of cost. |
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Hooda woos voters
Ballah (Karnal), November 14 Aware of the fact that power shortage would be one of the major issues in the next Lok Sabha elections, Hooda sought to assure the people that the ambitious plans of the government to add 5,000 MW by 2009-10 were making steady progress and the power situation would be eased to an extent that every household would get an assured power supply of 20 to 22 hours. Addressing a public meeting here, Hooda announced 132 kV substations for Ballah and Salwan, a sports stadium spread over six acres and a community health centre at
Ballah, Rs 50 lakh each for twin areas of Ballah and Salwan for cementing paths and Rs 2 lakh for Balmiki
Chopal. “Ballah has not been given its due during the past 40 years and I will repay this debt with interest”, he said. Reiterating that his government was committed to the welfare of people, Hooda said the government would encourage labour-intensive industry to generate employment and announced job to at least one member of every family in the organised sector. Haryana had given the highest prices for sugarcane to farmers and emerged as the biggest producer of wheat, Hooda said. |
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Labourer killed over tumbler
Jind, November 14 The victim identified as Suresh, a resident of Lochab village here, was allegedly beaten and strangled to death by his cronies on November 10. The fact came to light after the arrest of three persons, who admitted that they had murdered the victim after a tiff over the breaking up of the glass tumbler by him during the drinking session. Two of the accused identified as Satyawan and Jaiveer were remanded in judicial custody by a local court this morning. A case of murder was registered after the postmortem report. Another accused has been reportedly admitted to the Civil Hospital here, as he was also allegedly thrashed by Satyawan and Jaiveer, when he failed to cooperate in disposing of the body after the murder. The victim and three others persons, including Satyawan, Jaiveer and Dayal Singh, all residents of Lochab village, had assembled at a spot for a party. A heated argument took place between Suresh and the trio when the glass he was drinking in reportedly fell down and broke. The situation turned ugly when the trio allegedly started beating up Suresh, who fell unconscious and later died. The accused then allegedly buried the body under some waste piled up in the fields of Jagat Singh. The owner of the field informed the police after a foul smell started emanating from the body. The police recovered the body and sent it for a postmortem. |
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Man attacks estranged wife on court premises
Sirsa, November 14 The accused, Kashmir Singh, a resident of Madh village in Fatehabad district, got married to Saroj, a local girl, three years ago. The couple, however, could not pull along together and Saroj started living separately. She filed a suit for maintenance and divorce in the local courts. Both Kashmir Singh and Saroj had come to the courts to appear in the case, which was listed for today. Kashmir Singh suddenly attacked Saroj with a sharp-edged weapon. A profusely bleeding Saroj was rushed to the general hospital in a critical condition from where she was referred to the PGIMS, Rohtak, with a fractured skull. Kashmir is at large.
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Engg college director, staff booked
Tribune News Service
Faridabad, November 14 The students had resorted to agitation following the death of one of the students of the institute, who was reportedly run over by a dumper. The incident took place when the deceased identified as Sahil Arora, a resident of Ballabhgarh, was on his way home. Another student was also injured in the accident. Students of the institute had blocked the Sohna-Ballabhgarh road for more than two hours in protest against the incident. The police has registered a case against director of the institute Babu Singh and other staff members of the institute. The case has been registered on the complaint of the owner of the dumper, which was damaged in the arson indulged in by the students. However, no arrest has been made so far.
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Protest over depleting water table
New Delhi, November 14 Independent MLA from Ateli Nersh Yadav led the protest and handed over a memorandum to President Pratibha Devisingh Patil demanding that the pending issues of water sharing with Punjab be sorted out and water be provided to south Haryana. Yadav said only Hisar and Sirsa districts were benefiting from the Bhakra and Beas projects. No water was being given to south Haryana. Due to non-availability of canal water, people had been exploiting groundwater. As of now the water table was about 1,200 ft whereas it used to be 700 ft earlier. Yadav has requested the President to intervene and get the SYL Canal completed or ensure water in the Hansi-Butana canal. |
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Chandigarh, November 14 The Bench of Chief Justice Tirath Singh Thakur and Justice Jasbir Singh has also issued notices for February 6 next year to HUDA, state of Haryana and other respondents. The directions were issued on a public interest litigation by Ex-naval Personnel Welfare Society, Sector 5, Hisar, through its president Subhash Chander Kundu. — TNS
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Man held for setting wife afire
Kaithal, November 14 SP Sultan Singh today said the victim identified as Meena, who originally belonged to Muana of Jind district, was rushed to the PGI, Rohtak, by her family members following the incident. In her statement before the JMIC, Meena alleged that she was continuously victimised by her husband and his brothers Ram Phal and Satpal for bringing insufficient dowry. They all allegedly set her on fire after pouring kerosene on her. A police party headed by ASI Rajpal Singh investigated and registered a case under Sections 498-A, 307 and 34 of the IPC and arrested Suresh Kumar, husband of the victim. The police was in search of the remaining accused, who were involved in the case, the SP added. |
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Team sent to question Malegaon blast accused
Our Correspondent
Ambala, November 14 The railway police also took a few persons into custody for interrogation, but no concrete clue was found. The railway police team had also gone to Ahmadabad in this connection. According to sources, tomorrow the team is likely to meet Pragya Thakur, the main accused in the Malegaon blasts, and a few other accused arrested by the ATS, Maharashtra.
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Rehabilitation centre opened
Yamunanagar, November 14 The centre set up at a cost of Rs 43.5 lakh was inaugurated by financial commissioner and principal secretary Naresh Gulati near the bus stand here. As many as 50 children between the age group of nine and 14 years have been enrolled in the first batch. They would be provided with proper meal, a place for stay and besides education they would be imparted training in technical education, said Gulati. Centres of similar nature would also be opened in other districts of the state, he added. State labour commissioner N.C. Wadhwa, deputy commissioner A.K. Agarwal also spoke on the occasion. |
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Set up varsity in state, CM to Ramdev
Panipat, November 14 The Chief Minister visited the yoga guru at the six-day yoga camp that has been organised in Sector 25 grounds here by Patanjali Yogpeeth. Speaking on the occasion, Hooda said Ramdev had popularised age-old yoga techniques all across the world. He said Ramdev had brought about a new revolution of its own kind by promoting yoga. |
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10-yr-old student found dead
Gurgaon, November 14 Sujit (10) was a student of a government school in Gazipur. His father Shivjeet told the police that his son had left for his school in the morning and after that he received the news of his death and he had no idea what happened to him. |
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