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Security stepped up in state
Despite Mumbai attacks, nakas sans policemen
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Delhi Police ASI shot dead
Over 100 IT proposals approved: CS
Crop Loans
Residents rue lack of basic amenities
Dera chief to appear in UT on Dec 3
Samiti holds protest against attacks
Sirsa police obtains production warrants of con man
1 held for murder
One killed in group clash
Power cuts reimposed in state
Hooda mourns death of V.P. Singh
Gramin sena to hold statewide protests
Assault on students condemned
2 booked for killing woman
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Security stepped up in state
Chandigarh, November 27 Stating this here today, a spokesperson for the Haryana home department said instructions had been issued to the commissioner of police, Gurgaon, all deputy commissioners, superintendents of police, deputy commissioners in Gurgaon and superintendent of police, Railways, Ambala Cantt, to ensure the special vigil and strengthening of security arrangements. He said they had also been directed to pay special attention towards the security of foreigners staying in various parts of the state. He said they had also been asked to continuously review the effectiveness of the security arrangements made. He said it had been decided to deploy briefed check posts on highways and city roads for surprise checking. The security of all posh hotels, guesthouses and resorts where foreigners usually stay and of all vital installations and religious places would be strengthened. The security of malls, posh hotels and other high-rise buildings would be reviewed with their management and would be ensured that all required security arrangements like CCTVs, drop-gates, DFMDs, fire fighting and manual frisking were being followed. He said parking places of cars, scooters and cycles would be given special attention and their contractors be made responsible for the checking of vehicles in addition to the police. Guesthouse owners would also be asked to keep a record of the guests staying there. He further said it would be ensured that maximum police personnel were deployed at public places like busy markets, cinema halls, bus stands, malls, railway stations, religious places and important parks. He said the police would also maintain a close watch on PCOs to check the movement of anti-social elements at these places. Gurgaon: In view of last night's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the local administration has sounded a high alert in the district. At a meeting of district officials held here today, Gurgaon district magistrate Deepti Umashankar directed the police authorities to intensify patrolling so as to check the movement of anti-social elements in the district. The district magistrate directed deputy commissioner of police Inder Singh Saini to keep the police force on alert to meet any eventuality. She also directed the officials concerned to keep the fire brigade on alert. The health authorities were asked to ensure that adequate number of doctors were available in hospitals and blood in blood banks. Meanwhile, Gurgaon joint commissioner of police M.S.Ahlawat asserted that security at big hotels, shopping malls and other high-rise buildings had been increased in view of the prevailing situation. |
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Despite Mumbai attacks, nakas sans policemen
Rohtak, November 27 Nakas in the district were also unmanned when The Tribune lensman went there this evening. Rohtak is one of the most important and strategically located cities in Haryana and is the hometown of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Though the police here today claimed that security had been stepped up following the terrorist strike in Mumbai yesterday, police personnel, it seemed, made full use of the leave of the SSP, who was reportedly out of town today. Deputy superintendent of police (headquarters) Dalbir Singh Yadav claimed that the district police had been keeping a strict vigil and patrolling had also been intensified in different parts of the district, especially Rohtak city. He said the district police was on full alert as routine instructions were being received from the higher authorities to step up vigilance, patrolling and searches to thwart any attempt by miscreants to disturb peace. He said all possible precautionary measures had been taken for public security in the district.However, despite the terrorist attack on Mumbai and notwithstanding the claim, the Rohtak police was not visible at its own barricades today. When a telephone call was made to the Rohtak range IGP in the evening, the attendant said he had gone for a meeting with the DGP. |
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Delhi Police ASI shot dead
Jhajjar, November 27 The incident reportedly took place when he was waiting to board a bus to go to his place of posting. The assailants fled in a car, which was parked outside the bus stand. According to sources, Karan Singh had gone to the village bus stand with his nephew- Dheerpal- today at 8 am. Dheerpal after dropping him came back, but when after some time he again went at the bus stand, he was astonished to see that three armed assailants were indiscriminately firing at Karan Singh. He reportedly died on the spot. The sources said when the police did not reach the spot even after half an hour, villagers assembled at the bus stand and started blocking traffic by putting his body on a road for around an hour. Later, SP Vikas Arora along with police force reached the spot and tried to pacify them by assuring that the assailants would be nabbed soon and stern action be taken against them. On the basis of a complaint filed by Dheerpal, the Bahadurgarh Sadar police has registered a case against three persons — Krishan, Dhabbu and Manjeet — of the same village. Raj Singh, the elder brother of the deceased and former sarpanch of the village, was also allegedly gunned down one year ago due to an old enmity, the sources added. |
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Helicopter Crash
Sirsa, November 27 The body was brought in a casket in an Indian Air Force aircraft. Sachin’s widow Neetika, father Ashok Bhatia and father-in-law O.P. Madan also came in the aircraft. The mortal remains of Sachin Bhatia will be consigned to flames with full military honours tomorrow at 9 am. The aircraft carrying the mortal remains of the victim landed at the local Air Force Station at 4.14 pm. Group Captain G.S. Bedi, Station Commander of the Air Force Station, deputy commissioner Suresh Goyal and kin of the victim received the body. Wing Commander C.N. Yadav, Wing Commander Sunit Agarwal, Squadron Leader V.N. Khare and DIPRO Satish Mehra were also present. A 21-member contingent of the Indian Air Force gave guard of honour to the martyr by lowering their arms. Jawans of the Indian Air Force acted as pallbearers for the body and took it to the residence of the martyr with full military honours. Bhatia was to celebrate his 27th birthday on December 3 and his first marriage anniversary on December 4. He received his primary education from Sirsa. After completing his schooling from Sainik School, Bhatia joined the Army through the NDA. He was commissioned as Flight Lieutenant in the Sikh Regiment of the Army and was posted in the aviation wing of the army. He was promoted as Flight Captain recently. Family sources said the helicopter, which Bhatia was flying yesterday, would have crashed in an inhabited area after it developed a snag. However, Sachin used his skills to crash it into a canal. His co-pilot K.D. Singh was saved by some fishermen as his belt was opened but Sachin Bhatia got trapped in the chopper. |
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Over 100 IT proposals approved: CS
Chandigarh, November 27 It was stated by Haryana chief secretary Dharam Vir during e-Governance Conference, which was organised by Data Quest here today. Haryana had already taken a lead in implementing state sector mission mode projects identified under national e-governance plan of the government. The chief secretary said Haryana aspires to use e-governance as a way of life for the people of the state in the near future to qualitatively raise the standard of lives. It would not be confined just as an instrument to be selectively used for the development of economy in selected areas only. He further said Haryana State Wide Area Network (ADHAAR) had been set up in the state as a communication corridor to connect state headquarters to district headquarters and further to blocks, subdivisions, tehsils and subtehsils on a three-tier vertical structure. Haryana was the first state to roll out all Common Service Centres (CSCs) across the state to enable the citizens to have an easy access to citizen services. As many as 1,159 rural and 104 urban CSC’s had been established in the public private partnership mode. In order to provide a state-of-the-art common central repository of all applications and data, a large-scale state data centre with 35 TB storage capacities was being set up at a cost of Rs 50 crore. With this, the state had now geared up to take the benefit of latest technology down to the grassroots of the administration and citizens. |
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Crop Loans
Chandigarh, November 27 A spokesperson for the bank said the credit limit had been enhanced in the case of crop loans. He said a target had been fixed to advance crop loans amounting to Rs 2,760 crore during rabi 2008-09. It would include Rs 2,550 crore as cash and remaining in kind. He said central cooperative banks had advanced loans amounting to Rs 20,133 crore from March 2005 to August 2008. The government had already reduced the rate of interest on crop loans from 11 to seven per cent to benefit the farming community, he added. He said the Haryana Cooperative Societies Act, 1984, had been amended by deleting the provisions of coercive methods of recoveries as arrears of land revenue under Section 104. The revolving cash credit limit had also been increased from 75 per cent to 90 per cent to provide more flexibility to farmers for purchasing inputs to raise crops. He said under the Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme-2008 of the Centre, Rs 827.19 crore had been waived off, thus, benefiting over 2.60 lakh marginal and small farmers of Haryana. An additional relief of Rs 343.16 crore had also been given to more than 2 lakh big farmers in the state. A relief of 2 per cent had also been provided to the members of cooperative societies under the Timely Payment Incentive Scheme. This incentive was admissible to those who had repaid their loans regularly in the past, he added. This decision had benefited over 6.42 lakh farmers to the tune of Rs 23.42 crore. He further said under the Recovery Linked Incentive Scheme for the members of PACS implemented by central cooperative banks, an interest relief of Rs 177.74 crore had been provided to more than 2.58 lakh farmers in the state.
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Residents rue lack of basic amenities
Panipat, November 27 Residents of the sector have been living without a proper sewer system, drainage system, roads and streetlights ever since HUDA had set up the sector. Besides, till date there is no provision for dumping of garbage and the condition of parks and roads is deplorable. The resident welfare association has sent several notices to the HUDA authorities, but no steps have been initiated so far to provide any relief to the residents. J.S. Yadav, one of the residents of the sector, said the sewer system never functioned completely in the area and sewage had been overflowing for the past two years. The local civic body sent some of the sweepers, who diverted the flow of sewage towards plot number 258 and 267, converting these into virtual ponds. These not only emitted foul smell, but had also made the locals’ life miserable, he said. R.M. Bhardwaj, another resident of the sector, said the water drainage system was almost non-existent and during the rain, residents had to face a lot of hardship. The condition of roads was also appalling. There were four parks in the sector, but all were now in a state of neglect and were being used for grazing animals, he said. The residents said there was an 18 metre-wide road that connected the sector to the NH-1. However, with the completion of the elevated road project, the road had been closed by the private contractors causing mush inconvenience to them. They said there were no streetlights at most of the points and given the condition of the roads it had becomes difficult to use these roads during the night. Residents rued that so far there were no arrangements for dumping of garbage due to which the garbage was thrown along the roads. This posed a major threat to the health of the residents. Besides, the residents said vacant land in the sector was being encroached upon that had changed the master plan of the sector. |
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Allotment of Free Plots
Karnal, November 27 The villagers marched to the office of the deputy commissioner and handed over a memorandum alleging involvement of panchayat members in the draw of lots. They also demanded cancellation of allotments. The villagers alleged that deserving persons had been ignored while relatives of panchayat members had been allotted the plots throwing all norms to winds. Citing specific cases, the villagers alleged that Dalvir and Mahabir, sons of sitting panchayat member Kartari Devi, chowkidars, Balwinder and Romesh Verma, and two sons of another member Dalip Singh, who were financially well off, received the plots. Alleging that the sarpanch and the secretary manipulated the allotment of plots, they asked the deputy commissioner to make fresh allotments himself to deserving persons. However, the sarpanch’s son said he had asked the villagers to file a complaint and get the wrong allotment annulled. He said all 300-odd applications were forwarded to the block development officer. Sixty-seven persons were sanctioned plots while 41 persons were allotted plots through a draw of lots. Deputy commissioner B.S. Malik said he had received the memorandum from the aggrieved villagers and asked the SDM to look into the matter. He assured that wrong allotment, if any, would be cancelled. |
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Dera chief to appear in UT on Dec 3
Chandigarh, November 27 He is facing allegations of hurting religious sentiments of the Sikh community by dressing himself up like Sri Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru. Pronouncing the orders in an open court while taking up the plea for confirming the anticipatory bail, Justice A.N. Jindal directed the police chiefs of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh to ensure maintenance of law and order when the accused arrives here to join the investigation of the case. Justice Jindal also made it clear that the dera chief would be made to join the investigations on a continuous basis. He would join the investigation the next date, if it remained inconclusive. Opposing the plea to confirm the anticipatory bail, Punjab additional advocate-general Naresh Kumar Sanghi asked for custodial interrogation of the accused as it was essential for confirming certain facts of the case. He also reiterated the accused was not fully cooperating with the investigation. Counsel for the complainant in the matter, Navkiran Singh, added the petitioner did not deserve the concession of bail as he had tried to break the secular fabric of the country. A case under Section 153,153-A and 295 of the IPC was registered at the police station city Kotwali in Bathinda on May 20 last year on the complaint of Rajinder Singh. |
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Samiti holds protest against attacks
Karnal, November 27 President of the samiti Narender Arora urged the union government to take stringent steps to contain terrorism and hang all terrorists lodged in jails to teach a lesson to those indulging in the killing of innocent people. It was unfortunate that terrorism had spread its tentacles across the country and no person was safe. He called upon the people to unite against terrorism and asked political leaders to rise above politics on the issue of terrorism. General secretary of the samiti Mahesh Sharma said the terror attacks were a result of the total failure of the intelligence agencies. He said political parties were only interested in votes and not concerned about the safety and security of the citizens. The samiti had invited leaders of all political parties and prominent citizens but no leader except the district president of the Haryana Janhit Congress spared time to pay homage to the victims. |
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Sirsa police obtains production warrants of con man
Sirsa, November 27 The imposter, who introduced himself as a senior IPS officer posted in the crime branch of the Delhi police, told the SHOs on their mobile phones that a gang of thieves had been nabbed in Delhi, who had told him that they had committed thefts in the district. After getting telephone numbers of the theft victims from the SHOs, the imposter called the victims and demanded money for restoring back their stolen items. He had reportedly duped some persons. The local police had found that the con man had called up from Kotputali in Rajasthan. Later, it was known that the con man had used these methods in Rajasthan, Punjab and some other states too. The police had registered a case on the complaint of Ajay Sharma, SHO of the local city police station, who too became a victim of the con man. The imposter has now been nabbed by the Ganganagar police in Rajasthan, where a case has been registered against him. According to police sources, the accused, Vikram Gujjar, was physically handicapped and educated only up to middle class. Gujjar is a son of an ordinary farmer from Bharda Ki Dhani situated near Kotputali in Jaipur district of Rajasthan. |
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1 held for murder
Sirsa, November 27 The police has arrested a person, who, according to the police version, has admitted to having killed the youth as the deceased was “having an evil eye on his wife”. The police had recovered the body of Narender Paul (26) from a vacant plot on the night of November 19 in Kalanwali town in this district. The police had registered a case of murder under section 302 of the IPC against unidentified persons. “The police enquired about all acquaintances of the deceased and zeroed in on Kamal, alias Bachi (32), who resided in the same street in Kalanwali where the deceased lived. When quizzed, Kamal spilled the beans and confessed his involvement in the murder,” said a spokesperson for the district police. He told the police that he had decided to kill Narender, whenever he found the appropriate opportunity. On the fateful night, when Kamal was coming from a liquor shop after consuming liquor, he found a person lying in a plot in an inebriated condition. “The tipsy Kamal burnt a matchstick to find out who was lying and when he noticed his bete noire lying unaware of the surroundings, he lifted a heavy stone lying nearby and allegedly hit the victim on the head,” the spokesperson said. |
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One killed in group clash
Kaithal, November 27 At least six police personnel, who were trying to control the situation, sustained minor injuries in the incident. Villagers, who were engaged in a pitched battle, damaged two police vehicles by pelting them with stones. A dispute over a piece of land is said to have led the clash, in which firearms, swords and stones were freely used. The clash started at around 12 noon and continued till 3 pm. A group of villagers was sowing seeds on a disputed land, which was opposed by the other group. A police party led by DSP Guhla Abhay Singh, which tried to dissuade the villagers, was forced to retreat. Later, SP Sultan Singh went to the spot along with a large police force. However, the SP denied that the police was forced to retrace. The police has registered a case and rounded up at least 30 persons for interrogation. It also recovered some firearms and sharp-edged weapons. The deceased has been identified as Sat Pal of Bandrana village. Three of the injured persons have been identified as Shamsher, Pardeep and Jasmer, while one person is yet to be identified. The police personnel who sustained injuries included Madan Lal, Mukesh Kumar, Jasbir Singh, Baljit Singh and Pala Ram. The SP said when the police came to know about the tension prevailing in the village, it called both the parties to the Dhand police station, where both the parties agreed to compromise. However, later when they went back to the village, the police came to know about the clash. He said nobody who took law into his hands would be spared. |
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Faridabad resident dies in Taj terrorist attack
Faridabad, November 27 A pall of gloom descended on Gosai’s house in Sector 48 here following the news of the death of Gosai. According to a cousin of the deceased, Monu, Gautam had called up his father Deviki Gosai at 1.30 am and said he was surrounded by terrorists and was leaving for the basement of the hotel to save his life. He urged his father not to make any phone call to him, as it would further risk his life. Family members received a call in the forenoon that Gautam has been killed by the terrorists. According to Monu, Gutam received three bullets, which led to his death. |
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Power cuts reimposed in state
Yamunanagar, November 27 While people in urban areas of the state have been facing six to eight hours of power cuts, rural areas have been facing cuts for eight to 10 hours. Sources said the state had been facing a shortage of 82 lakh units every day. With the shutting down of unit 2 (300MW) of the DCRTPP since November 12 due to technical faults, the state had been facing a shortage of 72 lakh units every day. Similarly, the unit 3 of the super thermal plant had been shut down since October 24 for annual maintenance. Sources further said 354 lakh out of 653 lakh units of power available in the state was generated from HPGCL units only. However, the power consumption in the state had been increased up to 735 lakh units every day. Chief engineer of the DCRTPP Sushil Bansal
said the unit 2 of the plant would resume functioning tonight. |
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Hooda mourns death of V.P. Singh
Chandigarh, November 27 He said V.P. Singh had served Uttar Pradesh as its Chief Minister and later on he became the union minister and held the portfolios of finance and defence. He conveyed heartfelt sympathies to the members of the bereaved family. |
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Gramin sena to hold statewide protests
Karnal, November 27 The sena, which held a meeting on its foundation day here today, resolved to press their demands for reservation in jobs and education to rural youth; provision of facilities available in urban-area schools in all village schools; facilities for the teaching of non-medical, commerce and professional courses in all plus two schools; opening of government colleges at the sub-tehsil level; and a job to one person in every rural family. President of the sena Rajiv Arya said the organisation would continue to work for the uplift of rural youth and ensure education and jobs to them. |
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Assault on students condemned
Kurukshetra, November 27 In a signed statement released to mediapersons here yesterday, Haryana SOSD secretary and a student of the Law Department of Kurukshetra University Kavita Vidrohi said this was a serious and heinous attack on the democratic rights of the students. |
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2 booked for killing woman
Yamunanagar, November 27 Police sources said the incident took place yesterday when the victim identified as Usha went to Khandwa village regarding some domestic work. In the village, she met Ved and Kailasho, who allegedly gave some poisonous substance to Usha. However, she managed to reach her home. Later, she was admitted to a private hospital here, where she gave her statement to the police and died. |
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