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Tanwar brushes aside ‘outsider’ tag
Cong rebel firm on contesting
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Deepender harps on development
BSP woos minorities
Arvind to seek votes on development
Equip cops with advanced weapons: PC
68,073 cops to be deployed for poll
Contempt of Court
Mega Lok Adalat
Hospitals told to install CCTVs
Engg student drowned
Man kills paramour, ends his life
Charges false, says Jindal
Lovers commit suicide
Juvenile offender gets three-year jail
Cop killed, 7 hurt in road mishap
Four killed in road mishap
8 taken ill after eating food
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Tanwar brushes aside ‘outsider’ tag
Sirsa, April 8 The cavalcade of Ashok Tanwar, comprising over 200 vehicles, was first received by the Congress workers near the border of Fatehabad district on the Delhi road. Kunal Bhadoo, son-in-law of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, accompanied Tanwar. He was received among others by Parliamentary Secretary Dura Ram, Paramvir Singh, Bhattu MLA Kulbir Singh Beniwal, district Congress president Randhir Singh, Pahlad Singh Gillankhera and several other leaders. Later, the Indian Youth Congress president was received on the Delhi bridge is Sirsa by hundreds of party workers. Haryana minister Lachhman Das Arora, Congress leader KV Singh, district Congress president Hoshiari Lal Sharma, Ranjit Singh, Jagdish Nehra and Darba MLA Bharat Singh Beniwal received him at Congress Bhawan here. Talking to mediapersons, Tanwar brushed aside allegations of being an outsider and said he belonged to Haryana and could contest from anywhere in the state. He said Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi had given the ticket to several youth leaders and he would try to live up to the expectations of the leaders. Meanwhile, the Indian National Lok Dal today alleged that the Congress had played a bad joke with the Sirsa people by imposing an outsider as a candidate on them. Padam Jain, district president of the INLD, said the Congress had a tradition of imposing outsiders on the people of Sirsa as if the local party leaders were not capable of contesting the elections. Meanwhile, Sita Ram, INLD candidate, campaigned in Jakhal block of the Sirsa parliamentary constituency and sought votes for himself. He said people of Haryana were fed up with the “anti-people” policies of the state government and had decided to defeat the Congress in these elections. He was accompanied by former MLA Karam Singh Dangra and several other party leaders. |
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Cong rebel firm on contesting
Sirsa, April 8 Gill, who was denied the party ticket by the Congress high command from the Sirsa parliamentary constituency to accommodate Indian Youth Congress chief Ashok Tanwar, today claimed he had received offers of support from Lalu Prasad Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Ramvilas Paswan and some other leaders in his endeavour to oppose the Congress in the forthcoming elections. He said while his decision to contest the forthcoming poll was final, he could also decide to oppose the Congress in the rest of the nine constituencies in the state. Atma Singh Gill said he would have no truck with the Congress in future and also ruled out the possibility of joining hands with Bhajan Lal’s Haryana Janhit Congress. Accusing the Congress of being anti-Sikhs and anti-Balmikis, Gill said the Congress would not be able to win a single seat in Haryana during the coming elections. |
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Deepender harps on development
Rohtak, April 8 He said it was a matter of honour for the people of this region that their young representatives in Parliament had made his mark by raising their voice boldly and firmly in the Lok Sabha. Highlighting the development initiatives taken by the central and the state governments, Deepender Singh Hooda said there was a clear wave in favour of the Congress. Alleging that the opposition parties had been left high and dry due to no issue for them and the development works done by the Congress government. He said these parties lack any subject to talk about and they were only raising baseless matters. He cautioned the people not to be misled by the fulminations and political conspiracies of the opposition parties. He appealed to the people to re-affirm their faith by giving him a resounding win by record margin. Hooda addressed public meetings in several villages, including Mungan, Polangi, Rurki, Kiloi, Bhalaut, Bohar, Ladhout-Bhaiyyapur, Dhamar, Makdoli (Kalan & Khurd), Brahmanwas, Basantpur, today as part of his ongoing campaign. |
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BSP woos minorities
Sirsa, April 8 Talking to mediapersons during the election campaign of party’s Sirsa candidate Rajesh Vaid here today, Man Singh Manhera, general secretary of the BSP and in charge of the Haryana affairs of the party, said neither the Congress nor the NDA had given the ticket to any person belonging to the minority communities or Dalits of the “A” category. “The BSP has fielded a Sikh, Gurdial Singh Saini, from Kurukshetra and a Muslim, Zakir Hussain, from Gurgaon as also a Balmiki, Rajesh Vaid, from the Sirsa parliamentary constituency,” said Manhera, adding that the BSP had given due representation to all communities in the state. Terming the BSP leader Mayawati as the right person to lead the country as Prime Minister, Manhera said while others had been indulging in caste and communal politics, Mayawati had shown the way by practising clean politics. He said while leaders of the Congress and the INLD from Haryana had always promoted their sons and wards, Mayawati had not given the ticket to anyone in her blood relations. Accusing the Congress of manipulating the CBI report on the Jagdish Tytler issue, Manhera said Mayawati had already announced that the 1984 anti-Sikh riots would be re-investigated if she came to power at the Centre. He justified the case under the NSA against Varun Gandhi and said in a democratic country every community had the right to live and Varun Gandhi had no business to spread hatred against Muslims in his speech. |
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Arvind to seek votes on development
Karnal, April 8 “I will seek votes on the performance of the UPA government at the Centre, the state government and my own contribution to the development and welfare of the people as an MP”, he told The Tribune on his arrival here. Asked about the possible impact of the INLD-BJP alliance on his poll prospects, he said no candidate should be considered weak in an election but he was confident that with the support of the Chief Minister and other leaders and development as the poll plank, he would definitely win. Defending the setting up of a hospital at Jhajjar, Sharma clarified that it was an extension of the All-India Institute of Medical Science (New Delhi) and had to be close to Delhi. It was wrong to infer that the proposed Kalpana Chawla Hospital project for Karnal had been shifted to Jhajjar and asserted that this demand would be forcefully raised. Referring to his priorities, he said his first and foremost task would be to get Panipat town included in Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission for its planned development and launching of schemes for the welfare of poor and underprivileged sections of society. He refused to comment on caste imbalances in the allocation of the party ticket in Haryana and said it was the prerogative of the party high command to field suitable and winning candidates. While a large number of Congress workers and supporters gathered at Sharma’s house on his arrival here, Congress MLAs were not seen. Asked if there was any specific reason behind the lukewarm response of local leaders, he said they had spoken to him over the phone and had assured full support. |
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Equip cops with advanced weapons: PC
Chandigarh, April 8 These suggestions came when Chidambaram reviewed the internal security situation with Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and senior officers of the state. The meeting lasted about 90 minutes. Among those who participated in the meeting on behalf of Haryana were Chief Secretary Dharam Vir; Principal Secretary to Chief Minister ML Tayal; Home Secretary Krishan Mohan; and Director-General of Police RS Dalal. Chidambaram told the state authorities to post QRTs in cities like Gurgaon, which could be potential targets of terror attacks. He also asked the state to strengthen communication channels and the intelligence wing of the state, besides training commandos. The policemen should be given modern weapons so that they could deal with all kinds of threats, particularly terrorist threats. The police should also make greater use of technology. The Union Home Minister said a helpline should be started on which the people could inform the police about suspicious elements in their locality. He said the identity of informers must be kept secret. Sources said Chidambaram did not react to Haryana’s demand for about Rs 300 crore for modernising its police force. Today’s meeting was a follow-up of the Chief Ministers’ meeting on internal security held in Delhi earlier. |
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68,073 cops to be deployed for poll
Chandigarh, April 8 Giving this information, here, a spokesman for the Police Department said the Union Home Ministry had also agreed to provide 28 companies of various Central Para Military forces to the state for elections. He said there were 12,835 polling booths in the state, which would cover the 21 districts. While outlining the details of the police personnel to be deployed, he said 31,711 police personnel were deployed from districts, 4,258 from the state armed police like HAP/ IRB, 14,025 home guard volunteers, 3,000 special police officers, 1,000 forest guards and 450 NCC/NSS cadets. Besides this, he said the additional force to be deployed on the sensitive/hypersensitive booths would be 1925/1283 that was in the ratio of 15 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively. The Secretary, Haryana Sainik Board, Panchkula, has also assured to provide 2,000 more special police officers during elections. |
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Contempt of Court
Chandigarh, April 8 A petition filed by him against Chander Mohan and another respondent under the Contempt of Courts Act has failed to take off, just because the former minister is away ever since the honeymoon ended in a divorce. So far, Chander Mohan has not been served notice in the case due to his non-availability after the Fiza episode. The case came up for hearing in February, and again in March end, but on both the dates the matter was adjourned. The report placed before the court of Justice TPS Mann clearly said notice issued to respondent Chander Mohan had been received back un-served with the report that he had been dismissed by the government of Haryana. Taking up the report and the reply filed in the matter by the other respondent, Justice Mann has now fixed August 6 as the next date of hearing in the case. Dilawar Singh, in his petition, had alleged the respondents were not complying with the judgment dated September 17, 2007, “intentionally, deliberately and willfully.” Going into the background of the matter, Dilawar Singh had asserted “he was made a shuttle cock” and transferred four times in eight months for “his simple fault of abiding by the rules and regulations”. This “outrageous approach of the respondents force-landed him in the high court by way of challenging the order of transfer from Faridabad to Chandigarh”. The high court quashed the transfer orders, an appeal against it too was dismissed. The petitioner added “irked by the judgment, he was malafidely placed under suspension” by Chander Mohan. Counsel Vijay Kumar Jindal said an inquiry conducted by the state vigilance bureau into certain allegations against the petitioner were found to be false. The suspension order too was challenged and final orders were passed on September 17, 2007. Jindal added Chander Mohan, while reinstating the petitioner, posted him to Chandigarh, despite the fact he had already joined at Faridabad. |
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Mega Lok Adalat
Bhiwani, April 8 Justice Puri was addressing the first annual meeting of the district legal services authority (DLSA) at the DRDA hall here today. He said the stress had been given on the numbers of cases to be settled during the Mega Lok Adalat Samadhan-2008 held during last year but, this time, the high court had decided to settle long-standing cases running in different courts for years during the mega lok adalat instead of increasing the numbers of such cases. This would provide relief to those who were moving to courts for justice for years, said Justice Puri. He said the district had achieved third place during the samadhan-2008 and now, he hoped, the administration would give full cooperation to the juidicial officers like the previous year. While welcoming Justice Puri, the district legal services authority chairman and Sessions Judge RK Bishnoi said as many as 14,814 cases had been settled during samadhan-2008. Out of which 1,320 civil and 2,294 were criminal cases and a sum of Rs 2,57, 83000 had been charged as compensation. Besides, he said, a number of lok adalat, rural lok adalats, seminars, micro literacy camps and Women’s Day were organised last year. Disclosing about the aims of the authority during Mega Lok Adalat Samadhan-2009, Bishnoi said every juidicial officer would settle 200 civil and 200 old-criminal cases and during the year five lok adalats, 12 rural lok adalats and 48 legal literacy camps would be organised. Justice Puri honoured the Chief Juidicial Magistrate Baseshar Singh, Additional Civil Judge Shashi Chauhan, Sanjeev Arya, ADC Sunita Verma, ragini singer Monika Rani, social worker Satyanarayan Sharma, DPRO Kamal Singh, superintendent Ganga Bishan Bura and Shanta Mehtani with certificate for their applaudable contribution in holding Mega Lok Adalat Samadhan-2008. Juidicial, administrative and police officials, including SP Sibash Kabiraj, Bar Association president Pradeep Bajad, members of district legal services authority and advocates were present on the occasion. |
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Hospitals told to install CCTVs
Sirsa, April 8 A meeting of the local chapter of the IMA was held here to discuss the situation after the ransacking of a private hospital on Dabwali road after the death of a six- year-old-girl in the hospital on Tuesday. Dr Ved Beniwal, patron of the state unit of the IMA said the CCTV camera would also help doctors in recording the identity of miscreants, in view of the recent cases of demand for ransom from doctors in some areas of the state. Relatives of Richa had stormed in Sigma Surgical Hospital situated on Dabwali road and had damaged the furniture of the hospital after she allegedly died due to negligence of the doctor. Richa was allegedly administered some injection after which she developed complications and eventually died in the morning yesterday. Dr GC Gupta, owner of the hospital, had denied negligence and maintained that the girl died due to aspiration. He said that Richa had suffered reaction of some injection but she was revived by his efforts but later on she died after she vomited and its contents went in to her windpipe. Meanwhile, the police has registered a case against Gupta on the complaint of Pawan Monga, father of the victim. Ajay Sharma, SHO of the city police station, confirmed that a case under section 304-A of the IPC had been registered against the doctor. |
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Engg student drowned
Faridabad, April 8 The victim, Suraj Jangra, had come here along with four other students of his college on an excursion. Suraj, who is a resident of Dabua Colony here, along with the other students, hit upon the idea of clicking photographs of a large swamp in Bhakri village. The deep swamp has been created on account of the release of water and coal dust from a thermal power station. While they were clicking photographs, a student accompanying Suraj near the swamp fell in it and was about to be drowned. Suraj tried to save him. Though he managed to save his friend, he lost his balance in the process and fell into the swamp. At the time of the incident, the other students had gone to a different site in the nearby Aravali Hills. The student accompanying Suraj raised the alarm, but to no avail. In a few minutes, Suraj disappeared in the swamp. Inquiries reveal that while the students were out on an excursion, Suraj asked them to take a detour so that they could see the construction of his house in Sector 21. Later, his body was recovered. The police has sent the body for a postmortem.
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Man kills paramour, ends his life
Rewari, April 8 While the body of Sushma Yadav was found lying in a room in Nangal Pipa village, near Nangal Chaudhary town, Attar Singh's body was taken out from a well , adjacent to the room, by the police. Sources said circumstantial evidence suggested that Attar Singh had strangled Sushma to death after which he committed suicide by jumping into the well. When DSP (Headquarters) Ram Rattan Singh, along with forensic experts, reached the spot, a suicide note was recovered by them from the spot. The note, which carried the names of Attar Singh and Sushma, reportedly stated that they were ending their lives of their own. The sources said while Attar Singh worked as a tailor in a suburban area of Behror town in Alwar district of Rajasthan, Sushma was employed in a private company there. Sometime back, they developed intimacy following which Sushma often accompanied Attar Singh whenever he visited Nangal Pipa village. Attar Singh is survived by his wife and a 10-year-old son. While the post-mortem examination of Attar Singh was conducted at the Civil Hospital in Narnaul yesterday, doctors sent Sushma's body to the PGIMS, Rohtak. Meanwhile, the police has registered a case in this regard. |
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Shopkeeper shot dead
Gurgaon, April 8 The duo came with a plan of looting the shop and after taking away the cash they fled. Ratan tried to stop them. It was then that one of the assailants shot at him. According to the eyewitness, the accused were wearing school uniform. After the incident, Ratan was taken to civil hospital, where he died. The police has registered a case against the unknown criminals. On the other hand, more then 200 members of the Market Association gathered outside the hospital and protested as such incidents were taking place almost every day. They road was blocked for more then four hours. The Police Commissioner and the joint Police Commissioner came on the spot and promised to solve the case as soon as possible. |
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Charges false, says Jindal
Chandigarh, April 8 In a statement issued here today, Ravi Wadhawan, a spokesman for Jindal, claimed that they had not committed the offence mentioned in the FIR. Owner of the site Baldev Singh had given his written consent for putting up the hoarding on the top of his house on March 3. He said the returning officer of the Kurukshetra Lok Sabha seat was informed in writing on April 4 and he had not raised any objection till April 6. Moreover, no complaint had been lodged against Jindal by the Shahabad Municipal Committee, which, he said, was the only competent agency to lodge the FIR. He said it seemed that the FIR had been lodged by the assistant returning officer without verifying the factual and legal position. Wadhawan said they were making a representation to the Kurukshetra SP urging him to cancel the FIR. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Health Minister Kartar Devi have replied to the notices issued to them by the Election Commission of India asking them to explain why action should not be taken against them for travelling in vehicles with read beacons atop when the model code of conduct was in force. It is not known what they had written in their replies. |
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Lovers commit suicide
Rewari, April 8 Sources said apparently frustrated over their failure to unite in the wedlock led them to take the extreme step. The bodies were recovered from the track by the Government Railway Police (GRP) here this morning. After recovering a cellphone from Chander Pal’s pocket, the GRP informed their kin, who arrived here. They said both were college students at Narnaul and had left the village for their colleges yesterday morning after which they did not return till late last night. After a post-mortem conducted at the Civil Hospital here today, the bodies were handed over to their kin. The GRP, which held inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC, has treated them as suicidal deaths. |
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Juvenile offender gets three-year jail
Ambala, April 8 The accused was granted bail. The board, headed by Principal Magistrate Parveen Gupta and member Rajinder Kumar Sharma, yesterday awarded the maximum sentence of three years, Rs 20,000 in compensation to be paid to the victim and Rs 1,000 as fine. This is one of the few cases, Sharma said, in which the maximum sentence was awarded under the Juvenile Justice Care and Protection Act. |
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Cop killed, 7 hurt in road mishap
Karnal, April 8 While Maman Singh died on the spot, seven others - Bhagwan Das, Satpal, Ram Singh, Dilbag, Param Jeet, Vijay and the driver of the vehicle, Ramesh, were brought to the trauma centre and admitted to the Civil Hospital,
Karnal. The policemen were posted at the Commando Complex at Naval and were returning home after duty when the tragedy struck. |
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Four killed in road mishap
Sirsa, April 8 The car was coming towards Sirsa when it collided head on with a canter. Three persons died on the spot, while five others were shifted to the local general hospital, where one more person succumbed to his injuries. The identity of the victims was yet to be established. |
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8 taken ill after eating food
Fatehabad, April 8 Ram Niwas (45), his wife Kamlesh (42), daughters Roshani (22), Ritu (18) and Dolly (15), sons Parveen (12) and Amit (11) and nephew Gurdeep (22) took the meals prepared in the house last night and went to sleep. The condition of all family members became stable in the afternoon and went back to their home by getting discharged against medical advice. |
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