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Sex scandal lands police in a fix
Delay costs Cong heavily
BJP comes out in support of Varun
Now, EC says yes to old-age pension hike
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Protest over patient’s death
Champion of ‘No Open Defecation’ project in Sirsa
Army recruitment drive begins
Morni auction fetches Rs 15 lakh
Plea disposed of
Education officer seals students’ marksheets
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Sex scandal lands police in a fix
Panipat, April 2 A senior police official of the city has also come under the scanner for his alleged role in the matter. He has been accused of having accepted huge graft from the accused for not registering a case in this regard. Following this, the department has withdrawn all charges from the senior police official of the district and has also ordered verification of the allegations against him. The incident took place on March 23 when a team of police under the senior police official raided a hotel situated on the national highway (NH) 1. The team caught three persons from the hotel, along with four women. According to sources, there was an IPS officer also present in the hotel, but just before the raid he managed to leave the place. His identify was revealed later and it was learnt that he was posted as a DSP in Panipat some time back, said a senior police official. However, no case was registered against anybody even after the raid. As the matter came to the notice of the district police chief, he marked an inquiry into the matter, but still no case was registered. Hotel owner’s son was also caught along with the others. However, the police did not register any case in this regard. There were rumours that the senior police official, who had conducted the raid, had received huge grafts from the industrialists for siding with them and letting them go scout free. The official said the raid had been conducted on the basis of a tip off, but no official record was maintained. Sources said the women, who were caught at the hotel also belonged to some influential families. There were no CCTV cameras installed in the hotel which otherwise could have been used to verify the facts. Sources said after the raid, SP MS Sheoran had even ordered an inquiry into the matter and had asked DSP Randhir Saini to look into the issue. The IG while speaking to The Tribune confirmed that he had withdrawn all charges from the official and asked one of his officers to verify the allegations that have been leveled against him. He said till the allegations were completely verified, the official would not be given any charge as such. He said in case he was found guilty of having accepted the bribe, strict action as per the law would be taken against him or anybody else found involved. He said as of now, none were coming forward to divulge any details of the incident and the department was finding it difficult to crack the matter.
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Delay costs Cong heavily
Chandigarh, April 2 The party has lost much of the ground it had gained because of the extra-ordinary delay in the finalisation of its candidates. Though a party committee had recommended that the candidates must be finalised at least 40 days ahead of the polling, the high command has not been able to do so for the state even one month after the elections were announced. The BSP and the INLD-BJP alliance have already announced their nominees, who are thick in campaigning. The delay is being attributed to the irreconcilable differences among various factions in the party over the choice of candidates for certain seats. Though the party could have announced the names of those candidates about whom there is no dispute, in its wisdom the party has withheld the entire list. Even the candidates, who are sure to be nominated, are sick of the delay. Many of them have decided to start campaigning without their formal nomination. It is learnt that they have requested the AICC to finalise the list at the earliest. The media, the leaders argued, was giving an impression to the public that the Congress was a divided house. All senior leaders, who should have been campaigning in the state, are spending their time in lobbying in Delhi for their candidates. The Opposition is making good use of the vacuum left by the Congress. So much so that while the INLD is accusing the ruling party of violating the model code of conduct every day, there is no one from the Congress to deny the allegations. Meanwhile, even though the Congress is yet to officially announce its list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Haryana sitting MP from Ambala Kumari Shelja not withstanding the announcement has decided to go ahead with her campaigning from her constituency Ambala.
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Cong list by first week of April
Faridabad, April 2 According to sources in the ruling Congress, there was a strong possibility of the finalisation of the nominees by Saturday, though the public announcement of the same may be held up for a day or two for politically tactical reasons. A broad indication emanating from the state Congress following talks with a section of senior leaders was that the party was having no jitters over other political parties already declaring their nominees, who have started their election campaigns. |
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BJP comes out in support of Varun
Ambala April 2 Chairman of the Haryana BJP election campaign committee and spokesman of the party Rambilas Sharma said the Congress and the BSP had hatched a conspiracy to defame
Varun. Talking to mediapersons here today he said that in fact the Congress did not want any other ‘Gandhi’ to over take Rahul Gandhi in politics. He said that the Congress had lost its credibility in Uttar Pardesh and now it wanted to pull down the BJP by adopting such cheap tactics.
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Now, EC says yes to old-age pension hike
Chandigarh, April 2 The commission had earlier asked the state government to disburse the pension only at old rates. The old-age pension was revised by the Hooda government from Rs 300 per month to Rs 500 and to Rs 700 to those who had been receiving pension for the past 10 years. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had dispatched chief secretary Dharam Vir and secretary, Social Welfare, Navraj
Sandhu, to represent to the commission to review its decision. The top officers met the commission in Delhi today, following which the commission allowed the state government to go ahead with the disbursal of revised pension. |
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Protest over patient’s death
Yamunanagar, April 2 Although the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) JR Bansal said we had constituted a team of five doctors to investigate the matter and to submit a report in this regard. After a probe report, the cause of the patient’s death would be revealed. The incident took place in the evening when after two hours of the operation, Jaipal was not brought out of the operation theatre. Deceased’s son Rohit told the mediapersons that he had enquired the reason for keeping his father too long in the operation theatre, however, he did not get any satisfactory answer from doctors.
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Champion of ‘No Open Defecation’ project in Sirsa Sushil Manav Tribune News Service
Sirsa, April 2 The Limca Book of Records goes on to add that Yudhvir Singh Khayalia, the additional deputy commissioner - cum - CEO of the District Rural Development Authority (DRDA), Sirsa, took on the responsibility of making Sirsa the country’s first district to be free from open-air defecation. The DRDA in association with an NGO Jai Swachhta Samiti launched the “Naya Saal Naya Savera” (a new year, a new beginning) campaign in the district under the total sanitation campaign (TSC) of the Ministry of Rural Development, the Government of India on October 2, 2007. There were huge rallies, nukkar nataks (street plays), door to door campaigns as well as class-room sessions on squatting in the open and the ailments and diseases spread by open-air defecation said the booklet issued by the Limca Book of Records issued on this occasion. The mission was accomplished in just 90 days. Today all houses, anganwadis and schools in all 333 villages of the district covering a population of 8.76 lakhs have toilets. Talking to The Tribune, Khayalia said he was humbled by the award.
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Army recruitment drive begins
Fatehabad, April 2 The recruitment drive that began in Fatehabad police lines will continue till April 7. Recruitment Director AS Ahluwalia said today that the youth from five districts of Haryana, including Sirsa, Jind, Fatehabad, Kaithal and Hisar would be recruited as per their turn. The recruitment was conducted for the category of general duty soldiers from Fatehabad and Kaithal districts on Wednesday. Today, the Army recruited soldiers for the same category from Jind district. Tomorrow, the recruitment will be only for the youth of Ahir community hailing from Bhiwani and GD soldiers of Sirsa. On April 4, the recruitment will be for the youth of Hisar district. He said on April 5, the recruitment will be conducted for the category of Soldier Clerks covering the youth hailing from Sirsa, Kaithal and Fatehabad districts. On April 6, the Army will recruit Soldier Clerks from Hisar and Jind districts. Similarly, on April 7, the recruitment will be conducted for the category of Soldier (GD) and Soldier (Nursing Assistants). He said for recruitment to the category of Soldier General Duty on April 7, only those candidates who are sons of serving soldiers, sons of ex-servicemen and those of widows and war widows, hailing from Hisar, Jind, Sirsa, Kaithal and Fatehabad districts would be recruited. In addition to it, Sikhs, Sikh Ramdasia and certificate holders of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) will participate in the recruitment drive. For recruitment to the category of Soldier (Nursing Assistants) on April 7, the recruitment will be conducted for the youth hailing from all districts except the districts of Faridabad and Gurgaon. He said that successful candidates for the category of Soldier Clerk and Soldier (NA) would have to appear in a written examination on May 31 at Army School, Hisar. He cautioned the candidates and their parents not to fall prey to touts and not to waste their hard earned money, as the touts could not influence recruitment. He told the youth to bring along all basic documents like original certificates of matric, 10+2, graduation, character certificate, caste certificate, proof of residence, certificate of marital status and 12 coloured passport size photographs with them at the time of recruitments.
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Morni auction fetches Rs 15 lakh
Panchkula, April 2 The auction of theme park at Morni and boating at lake fetched the Haryana Tourism a total of Rs 14 lakh here today. In addition to it, a counter for sale of popcorn and steamed corn was also sold for Rs one lakh on lease of one year during the auction held here for the first time. Till now, the state tourism department was managing the affairs at these places. The bid for boating facilities at Tikkar Tal lake had gone for Rs 7 lakh for 2 years and the bidder would be allowed to float more boats in the lake in addition to existing four boats of Haryana Tourism. |
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Plea disposed of
Chandigarh, April 2 Lakhanpal pointed out the Centre had informed the national human rights commission (NHRC) in this case that Pakistan conveyed he was in Bahawalpur jail from 1967 to 1984, but thereafter nothing was known. |
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Education officer seals students’ marksheets Gurgaon, April 2 Interestingly, the school principal has admitted to the fault. Now, the school has declared that 21 students of classes VI, VII, VII, IX and XI that were passed earlier had actually failed or got compartment. “I have sealed all school records and which I will get them check from our teachers. If anyone found guilty we will take strict action,” Chaudhary told the Tribune. Parents of some children had complained in written to the DC that the schoolteachers had made their children failed, who are otherwise very intelligent and can never be unsuccessful, because they did not fulfil their demands. They had alleged that the teachers used to take money from students to pass them and whosoever denied it he/she had to face the same situation. Parents also claimed that they were forced to keep tuitions from their schoolteachers only. They gathered in a large number on the school premises today and refused to leave the place without getting justice. It is to be mentioned that more then 90 children of Sh SN Sideshwar Sr Sec Public School failed in their examination held in March. These students claimed to be intelligent and who actually passed were declared as dumbest. Dinesh Aggarwal, whose son is studying in class XI failed in his examinations for the very first time, was the first person who came forward to make a complaint. He said when his son was studying in Amicy Institute he had topped in the city and was ranked 23rd in NCR then how can he fail now. He alleged that one of the school teachers had asked his son to pay her Rs 5,000 if he wanted to pass in the examination. The principal kept on denying the same but by the evening they issued a new mark sheet that mentioned that those 21 students have actually failed or got compartment.
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