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Separate SGPC
Floorwise ownership allowed
Property dealers will have to get licence
Govt offers land for setting up AIIMS
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3 killed in train-auto collision
Fire toll rises to 5
29 bonded labourers freed
Residents rue unscheduled power cuts
Army recruitment process put off
Engg students hold protest
Drunk man roughs up cops
3 doctors booked
Husband gets life term
Three dead as borehole caves in
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Separate SGPC
Sirsa, February 4 Talking to mediapersons here today, Jhinda said the HSGPC (ad hoc) would not wait for long for the constitution of a separate SGPC for Haryana. He said the HSGPC would take over the “seva” of all gurdwaras in Haryana in case the Haryana government failed to fulfil its promise of a separate SGPC for the state by the forthcoming parliamentary polls. In response, Aherwan dared Jhinda to try it in any one gurdwara of his choice. “Under what law does he want to take control of the gurdwaras in Haryana?” Aherwan asked. He said anyone coming to take control over the gurdwaras would have to come walking over his dead body. Meanwhile, the “shukrana yatra” of the HSGPC entered Fatehabad district late in the evening today. However, Jhinda is not accompanying the yatra in Fatehabad district. “After the hostility shown by Aherwan, I have decided not to accompany the yatra in Fatehabad, his home district,” Jhinda said while talking to The Tribune. The yatra will move to Ratia tomorrow and stay there for the night before moving ahead. The district authorities, meanwhile, have made elaborate arrangements due to the presence of several rival groups in the Ratia area on February 6. While the yatra will pass through Ratia villages on that day after staying for Thursday night at Ratia town, the state unit of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) will hold its meeting on the same day, which will be addressed by Balwinder Singh Bhundar, general secretary in charge of the party. Avtar Singh Makkar, SGPC president, will also visit Ratia on February 6, where he will address a congregation at Kamana, 4 km from
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Floorwise ownership allowed
Chandigarh, February 4 Disclosing this here today, Finance Minister Birender Singh said the decision had been taken at a high-level meeting held recently under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. He said the decision would be applicable only to the residential units in authorised areas and the vertical divisions of plots and an increase in the floor area ratio (FAR) would not be allowed. In the existing sectors/areas, the minimum size of plots on which floors would be registered independently would be 180 sq yd. Birender Singh said in addition to the normal stamp duty, 1 per cent extra stamp duty would have to be paid by the party desirous of registering the floorwise dwelling units through a separate challan. This 1 per cent stamp duty would be paid by the treasury to the municipal committee/HUDA, as the case might be, for defraying the costs of additional external development that these bodies would have to incur due to the pressures on civic amenities that would arise due to extra persons living on the plotted areas. He said the registration of floors could also be done in the case of plots which were yet to be constructed and there would be no restriction on the size of the plots that could have multiple owners floorwise. For new sectors, HUDA could devise rules and licence fees keeping in view the above decision. |
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Property dealers will have to get licence
Chandigarh, February 4 According to the rules, the licence holder will get only 1 per cent commission on the agreed consideration value paid by the seller. He will get 0.5 per cent each from the seller and the purchaser. In the case of lease/rent of immovable property, the commission will be paid by the lessor and lessee at the rate of one month rent of the property to the licence holder. Any property dealer or a company/society/firm can apply for a licence under the Act. In the case of an individual, a person who has attained the age of 21 years and who is not bankrupt or insolvent or a lunatic or of unsound mind can apply for a licence. Any company or society or firm which is registered under the Companies Act, 1956, the Societies Registration Act, 1860, or the Indian Partnership Act, 1932, respectively, can apply for the licence. The applicant should be a citizen of India and should not be convicted of an offence of moral turpitude. Fees for the grant and renewal of a licence in the individual category will be Rs 25,000 and Rs 5,000, respectively, and for an organisation/company/society, it will be Rs 50,000 and Rs 10,000, respectively. Late fees for individuals and companies will be Rs 500 per
month, or part thereof, and Rs 1,000 per month, or part thereof, respectively. The Collector will grant a licence for five years for the business of property, which will be renewed after every five years on the same terms and conditions. |
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Govt offers land for setting up AIIMS
Jhajjar, February 4 A team of the Union Health Ministry today visited Badsa village to inspect the site for AIIMS. The team reportedly liked the site, leading to a strong possibility that the prestigious institute will come up at this place. Joint Secretary of the Union Health Ministry BN Prasad discussed the geographical and social aspects of the area in the presence of Haryana Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Health, Anuradha Gupta. Deputy Commissioner Nitin Yadav explained to the officers that the proposed site was suitable not only due to its close proximity to Delhi and Gurgaon but also as it was near to the Kundli-Manesar Expressway. Besides the site for AIIMS, the team members were apprised of the proposed SEZ in the area and availability of sufficient drinking water. Member of Parliament Deepender Hooda is reportedly in constant touch with the Union Health Ministry for setting up AIIMS in Badsa village. |
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Traders close shops over IT inspection
Gurgaon, February 4 The shopkeepers became apprehensive as the inspection by the IT team, which began yesterday, continued throughout the night and till this afternoon. The traders assembled near the business establishments where the survey work was in progress this morning. After holding a meeting under the aegis of the Bada Bazar Vyapar Mandal, they decided to close their shops. Talking to The Tribune, mandal president Gyasi Ram Jangra and general secretary BL Agarwal said the survey had taken too long and the traders were feeling harassed. A little later, the IT officials left the market, but they did not disclose the outcome of the exercise. "It's a routine survey and we are doing the work assigned to us," said an IT official engaged in the inspection. Ramesh Swaika, general secretary of the Sanyukt Vyapar Sangh, said the IT team inspected the premises of a few firms dealing in iron, plywood, pipes, glass and other goods. On being contacted, Additional Commissioner of Income Tax Kartar Singh maintained that a department team had been sent to conduct a survey of certain business establishments under Section 133-A of the Income Tax Act, 1961. "The survey involves the physical inspection of stocks, besides checking the account books to find whether there is any deviation from the figures provided to the authorities concerned," he said. On being asked about the outcome of the survey, he said the survey team was yet to submit its report and the details would be out in a day or two. |
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3 killed in train-auto collision Jind, February 4 Two others, who were also travelling in the autorickshaw, however, escaped unhurt. The police has registered a case against the driver and the owner of the autorickshaw. The accident took place when the autorickshaw carrying five persons was trying to cross an unmanned railway crossing near Safidon town. The vehicle was hit directly by speeding 3JPR train coming to Jind from Panipat side. The deceased have been identified as ASI Ved Pal and Brahmpal and Raja Numberdar, residents of Singhana village. The divisional railway manager of the Northern Railways told the Tribune that the Railways was not responsible for the incident as it was the responsibility of the people to be alert at such crossings.
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Fire toll rises to 5
Bhiwani, February 4 Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has expressed grief over the incident and announced an aid of Rs 1 lakh each to next of kin of the family. Deputy Commissioner Vikas Gupta gave away the financial aid on behalf of the Chief Minister to the kin today. Gupta said the administration would bear the medical expenses of the the treatment of Shiv Kumar and his injured daughter Komal. Shiv Kumar, a labourer with the Jyoti brick-kiln and resident of the local Dhani Chejaran, his wife Abita and their five children - Komal, Muskan, Mukul, Neha and Naina - were caught in a fire that broke out in their jhuggi near the kiln. While Mukul, Neha and Naina died on the spot, Muskan and Abita succumbed to their burn injuries at the PGI, Rohtak. The remaining two members of the family - Shiv Kumar and Komal - are under treatment at Rohtak. Meanwhile, the administration said the Deputy Commissioner had sent the SDM and the Red Cross Society secretary to the hospital to provide relief and they gave Rs 10,000 to the relatives of the victims. The cremation expenses were also being born by the Red Cross Society. |
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Ranbir’s ashes immersed
Hathni Kund (Yamunanagar), February 4 The ashes of Ranbir Singh, who breathed his last on February 1 in Rohtak, were brought to Yamunanagar in a helicopter by his grandson and Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda. The urn containing the ashes were immersed at barrage by Deepender Hooda accompanied by other family members, including Inder Singh, Kulbir Singh and Lekhpal, at 2.30 pm. After performing all rituals, Deepender said his grandfather had contributed a lot in the construction of Bhakra Dam and Hathni Kund Barrage and all this would never be forgotten. Even in his last days, he had asked us to place his photographs with former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru at Bhakra Dam during its construction. Therefore, to pay respects to my grandfather’s emotions and feeling, the family had decided to immerse his ashes at Bhakra Dam and Hathni Kund barrage. NANGAL: The ashes of Chaudhary Ranbir Singh Hooda were immersed in Gobind Sagar Reservoir of Bhakra Dam by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda here on Wednesday. Five members from the Hooda family performed the last rites of Ranbir Singh. Ranbir Singh is the second national leader after former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, whose ashes have been immersed in the Gobind Sagar Reservoir of Bhakra Dam. The Chief Minister said it was his father’s last wish that his ashes be immersed in the waters of Bhakra so that it reaches every field that was sown using this water. During the establishment of Bhakra-Nangal project, Ranbir Singh was the Power And Irrigation Minister of joint Punjab. He said a national memorial would be raised at the place where his last rites were performed. Before the arrival of the Haryana Chief Minister and his family members, the spot was cordoned off in the name of sprucing up security for the Chief Minister. Bilaspur SP Kuldeep Sharma and DSP Vinod Kumar not only snatched and confiscated cameras of mediapersons, but also misbehaved with them. Media adviser to Hooda Sunder Pal and the SP had a verbal duel over the issue, which was sorted out after an intervention of other officials. |
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29 bonded labourers freed
Bahadurgarh (Jhajjar), February 4 Earlier, the team carried out a raid at the brick-kiln following a complaint made by a local resident that the employers had been forcing the labourers, including women and children, to work for long hours and did not allow them to leave the brick-kiln. The labourers, belonging to Uttar Pradesh, also complained that they were forced to work and stay in unhygienic conditions at the kiln and were served stale and insufficient food. All labourers were freed from the brick-kiln and the administration made arrangements to send them back to their homes. |
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Residents rue unscheduled power cuts
Sonepat, February 4 Shopkeepers, who rely on power supply for their business activities,
have been hit hard and many of them have been forced to use diesel engines to meet their requirements. Shopkeepers in a market near the Gohana bus stand alleged that hardly one to two hours of power supply was made available during the business hours - from 9 am to 8 pm - during the past three days. An owner of a cyber café said he had used about eight litres of diesel to run the power-generating diesel engine during business hours yesterday and the situation was no better today. The supply was cut around 9.30 am today and was restored at 12.15 pm. It again went off at 1.30 pm and was restored at 3.45 pm, he added. Though every section in the market has been affected due to long-duration unscheduled power cuts, owners of computer and photostat shops, cyber cafes, welding and vehicle servicing stations are the worst hit. Similar complaints are being received from farmers, who have to complete irrigation of cropped fields using tubewells. Situation was no better in residential areas also. Though domestic consumers did not feel much disturbed during day hours because of favourable weather conditions, students had been facing a lot of problems during night hours. |
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Army recruitment process put off
Bhiwani, February 4 A large number of aspirants faced problems following the announcement. Organisers said those who had given the physical test had been called tomorrow for the recruitment process. They further said the recruitment process for the remaining would soon be conducted at the district level and information would be given through newspapers. “We had no idea that such a large number would come for recruitments and our arrangements proved insufficient to control a crowd of over 30,000 children,” said recruitment in charge Major Subhash, adding that children between 9 and 14 years of age were eligible for recruitment. |
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Engg students hold protest
Sonepat, February 4 They also threw eggs on the campus and raised slogans against the principal and the management of the college. The police reached the college premises. The students alleged that the management had introduced six-day week and had been behaving like a dictator. They said the management had not been making any efforts to invite placement agencies in the institute despite charging heavy fees. Newly appointed principal Gulab Chand Goyal said most of the regulations were in force when he took over the post and all steps of the college authorities and the management were for the benefit of students. “I will discuss all issues with the management to redress the grievances of the students,” he added. |
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Drunk man roughs up cops
Fatehabad, February 4 The police has booked the accused under Sections 332, 353, 186 and 506 of the
IPC. The cops - Mohinder Singh and Ashok Kumar - had gone to the village after the police received a complaint from Ajay’s father Pala Ram that the accused
quarreled with him after drinking. |
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3 doctors booked
Sirsa, February 4 The case has been registered on the orders of a local court. RS
Saini, a local resident, had filed a criminal complaint in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Gopal Krishan
alleging negligence on the part of two women doctors of a local hospital and the owner of a pathological laboratory in the treatment of her daughter. The victim had died a day after
her delivery. The local police today registered a case under Sections 304-A, 109 and 120-B of the IPC and began investigations. |
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Husband gets life term
Fatehabad, February 4 Kala, a resident of Saniana village in this district, had been booked by the police after his wife Geeta died of burn injuries within a month of their marriage. The couple got married on May 10, 2007, and the woman was burnt to death on June 8, 2007. |
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Three dead as borehole caves in Karnal, February 4 The tragedy struck when a portion of borehole under excavation caved in and two labourers fell into the hole dug for installing a tube well. By the time the labourers, Rassa (18) and Samarpal (25), were identified and the villasgers started the rescue operations, a huge mound of earth on the other side of the borehole gave way, trapping two more persons in the pit. The second accident in succession hampered the rescue operation and focus shifted to Sanjay and Joginder, who virtually buried. Sanjay and Joginder pulled out in serious condition and Joginder succumbed to his injuries on way to hospital at Assandh, while Sanjay was admitted in the hospital in critical condition. The bodies of Rassa and Samarpal were also taken out from the hole with the help of JCB, but they were declared dead by the doctors.
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Police Action
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