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Farmers transplanting paddy despite ban
Karnal village prays for its wards Down Under
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No to Oz doctorate
Prepare for Assembly poll, Bishnoi tells party men
Tech institutes allowed to fill vacant seats
Villagers ‘assault’ PHD officials
Secretariat interiors to be renovated
Concession to HCS members
6 get life term for murder
Man held for wife’s death
Man beaten to death
4-yr-old crushed to death
Autorickshaw drivers threaten to go on relay fast
Haryana offers subsidy on pesticides
UHBVN to relax norms
KU starts admission helpline
Examiners to get more
New assignments for 5 bureaucrats
236 cases settled
Setback to HJC
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Farmers transplanting paddy despite ban
Sirsa/Fatehabad, June 2 The state government today issued orders to advance by five days the paddy transplant season in view of the expected early monsoon, thus commencing it from June 10 instead of June 15. Under its earlier orders issued as per the Haryana Preservation of Sub Soil Water Act, 2009, no farmer was authorised to transplant paddy before June 15. The agriculture authorities are empowered to impose a fine of Rs 10,000 per hectare on farmers defying these orders. Farmers of Sirsa and Fatehabad — the two districts known for a good crop of paddy — have been critical of the government’s earlier orders. “Earlier, the transplantation was allowed from June 1, but this year the government issued arbitrary orders banning the transplantation of paddy before June 15 putting the farmers to a lot of difficulty,” said Gurnam Singh, a farmer from Bajekan village in Sirsa. He said for a farmer having one tubewell power connection and 30 to 40 acres of land to transplant paddy, it would take a month to complete the transplantation. By starting transplantation from June 15, or even June 10 now, the work would not be completed before the middle or end of July resulting in a loss of yield and also decrease in the quality of rice, he added. Vijay Kumar, a progressive farmer from Akila village, said even starting transplantation on June 10 was unacceptable.With all transplantation work to be done manually and with a lot of water required, farmers with large land holdings were at a highly disadvantageous position. “Stopping the sathee variety, which is transplanted in May when the evaporation of water is at its peak, is fine. But the farmers should be allowed to transplant their crop from June 1 so that they could comfortably complete the transplantation work well within the time schedule,” he added. Meanwhile, despite the ban orders, farmers have already started the transplantation of the crop both in Sirsa and Fatehabad. Pardeep Meel, Deputy Director, Agriculture, Sirsa, maintained that his department has been conducting regular surveys to stop farmers from transplanting their paddy earlier than the scheduled date and had even got the crop uprooted in certain cases. He, however, admitted that early transplantation had been reported in certain villages despite vigil. |
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Karnal village prays for its wards Down Under
Karnal, June 2 A son or daughter of every fifth household in the village is studying abroad and their parents are on tenterhooks and keeping their fingers crossed. Watching TV channels has become a ritual in the village as it is the only medium to keep abreast of the latest developments in Australia. Fear stalks the village as the parents are apprehensive about the future of their wards studying abroad and praying for normalcy to return. The villagers differ on the objective behind the attacks and many of them rule out the theory that it is a planned conspiracy to drive Indians out. Sher Singh, an elderly villager, told The Tribune that his son Karan Singh and nephew Satbir, who worked in Melbourne, and his daughter-in-law, a student, were here on a short visit and told him that adults and educated persons were kindhearted but a section of the “misguided youth” was aggressive and creating trouble. Drug addicts among teenagers were indulging in criminal activities like loot and attacks in vulnerable places like railway stations and markets and some areas like Sunshine and Springwale in Melbourne, which were more prone to such attacks. “I have been working there for the past three and a half years and I have not come across any such incident,” said Satbir Singh, who is scheduled to fly back to Australia on June 8. Septuagenarian Bhagirati, whose grandchildren study abroad, lamented that it was tough to raise money for sending children abroad for studies and it would be suicidal if the children had to abandon studies and return during mid-course. “Who will pay back the loans as we have already sold the land for arranging money to send the kids abroad,” she said in a chocked voice. “We had sent them abroad in the hope that they would become ‘something’ and earn money, but for us their lives and security are more important than money,” she added. Babu Ram and Chameli, who live alone in the village as their kids are abroad, said last year their nephew Naveen Kumar, who was residing in Sydney, was robbed of money and a mobile, but the behaviour of the police was not impartial and cooperative. Babu Ram, who also visited Melbourne in December last year, said when Indians call for help, cops don’t turn up in the same way as they do in case of Australian citizens. There are over 10 kids from the village and the adjoining areas waiting for visas to go to Australia but there parents are nervous and frightened to let them go. Kela, whose only son studies in Melbourne and nephews Ajay and Vijay are also there, said she was tense over the attacks in Australia and called up her son every night before going to bed to know about his well-being. She said her family spent Rs 10 lakh to send their son abroad and questioned the credentials and morality of the Australian Government to issue visas when it could not guarantee the safety of Indian students. An uneasy calm prevails in Chakiwali Gali where a kid from every second house is abroad. |
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Relief for victim’s kin
Yamunanagar, June 2 The amount was given from the Red Cross funds to Rajesh’s family as his maternal uncle was scheduled to leave for Australia tomorrow to meet him, he said. “We are in regular touch with the family and will provide all possible help to it”, the Deputy Commissioner said. |
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No to Oz doctorate
Gurgaon, June 2 “It was a personal decision and I decided to make it public through my blog. I felt it was inappropriate to take the honour at a time when so much dishonour against my countrymen was taking place (in Australia),” he said. The film actor, who is also the brand ambassador of IIFA awards, visited the city to promote the upcoming IIFA awards that will be held at Macan, China, this year. Asked whether his decision to reject the honour was premature, Big B said, “I do not know, I just followed my heart and that is all to it.” The actor, who was also slated to attend a retrospective on his films in the Brisbane Film Festival, cancelled his trip in the wake of the recent attacks on Indian students in Australia. “The Brisbane Film Festival retrospective was a kind a celebration; for me going to a region which witnessed atrocities against my countrymen was unethical and therefore I turned it down politely,” he said. On Saturday, the superstar had declined to accept an honorary doctorate offered by Queensland University in Brisbane.
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Prepare for Assembly poll, Bishnoi tells party men
Karnal, June 2 Addressing the party workers at Rajput Dharamshala here, he said major Opposition parties like the INLD, the BJP and the BSP had been decimated in the Lok Sabha poll and the HJC alone was capable of dethroning the Congress. Making an appeal to the party cadres to sink all differences and work dedicatedly for the victory of the party in the Assembly elections, Bishnoi claimed that the performance of the HJC would have been much better had the workers put in united efforts like the INLD cadres. He said the lists of new district presidents and other key functionaries of the party would be released soon. Indiscipline would not be tolerated at any cost. The Lok Sabha poll results had proved beyond doubt that the HJC, which won the Hisar seat, was the only party with a mass base. Bishnoi maintained that the Lok Sabha elections were fought on national issues but local issues would be in focus in the Assembly poll. The HJC would expose the acts of “omission and commission” of the Hooda government during the campaign. Accusing the Congress of hijacking HJC issues, Bishnoi said all announcements made by the Congress had already been included in the election manifesto of the HJC. People would not bother about the “false” announcements made by the state government but question its performance in implementing the promises, he added. |
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Tech institutes allowed to fill vacant seats
Bhiwani, June 2 A spokesman for the board said some technical institutes were given permission to start pre-engineering classes in the academic session 2008-09. While several institutions admitted students to class XI, due to a delay in the decision in this regard, the prescribed seats could not be filled. On a request of the institutions, the board has now permitted all institutions, which had not been able to fill the seats of class XI in 2008-09, to directly give admission in class XII in the current academic session. He said such institutions had been allowed to fill the vacant seats of class XII without late fee by June 10. |
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Villagers ‘assault’ PHD officials
Rewari, June 2 Sources said when XEN Umesh Bhardwaj, SDO Sunil Ranga and JE MS Yadav tried to thwart certain villagers’ manipulations to secure private connections illegally from the main water supply line of the village, they allegedly assaulted them and deterred them from discharging their responsibility. On a complaint filed by the XEN, the Rampura police has registered a case of assault, causing hurt, obstruction and causing damage to the water supply line under Sections 332, 353, 186, 427 of the IPC against the assailants. |
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Secretariat interiors to be renovated
Chandigarh, June 2 This was stated by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda after the inauguration ceremony of the newly renovated block housing rooms of several Ministers and parliamentary secretaries on the eighth floor of the Secretariat. He said Rs 1.80 crore had been spent on the renovation of the block which was inaugurated today. This block houses the rooms of Finance Minister Birender Singh, Agriculture Minister Harmohinder Singh Chatha, Education Minister Mange Ram Gupta, Industries Minister Lachhman Dass Arora, Irrigation Minister Ajay Singh Yadav and Parliamentary Secretaries Paramvir Singh and Dura Ram. Yadav, who has charge of the Public Works Department also, said an honorarium would be given to those employees who had contributed significantly to the renovation work of the block and this would be reflected in their annual confidential report for carrying out the work in a time-bound manner. |
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Concession to HCS members
Chandigarh, June 2 Stating this here today, an official spokesman said these orders had been issued consequent upon the revision of the pay scales of state government employees. The selection grade of Rs 15600-39100+7600 grade pay would be admissible to the members of HCS (Executive Branch) with effect from January 1, 2006, after 10 years of regular satisfactory service limited to 30 per cent of the cadre post. The super time scale of Rs 37400 67000+8700 grade pay would be admissible to the members of the HCS (Executive Branch) after 15 years of regular satisfactory service limited to 20 per cent of the cadre post. |
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6 get life term for murder
Kaithal, June 2 Darshan Dass, a resident of Kakheri village in this district, had a land dispute with some persons of the same village and he had gone to take possession of this land on August 23, 2006. He was attacked by a group of persons with firearms. He died on the spot. The police registered a case and put up a challan in the court against seven persons, including four brothers - Rishi Pal, Sukh Pal, Narain Dass and Narinder Dass, their father Thakur Dass and two others - Rohtash and Sanjay. After hearing arguments of the prosecution and the defence and perusal of the evidence on record, the court acquitted Thakur Dass and sentenced all six others to life imprisonment and a fine. Meanwhile, in another case, Shori, ADJ, sentenced a JE, Devi Dayal, of the UHBVN to three years’ imprisonment after holding him guilty in a corruption case. |
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Man held for wife’s death
Gurgaon, June 2 According to the postmortem report, the death was caused due to hanging. However, the police did not find any suicide note. Gurgaon police commissioner SS Deswal said the woman had died in Rajiv’s house under mysterious circumstances in less than seven years of their marriage. "The onus lies on Rajiv to prove why he should not be held responsible for it," he added. Tapasya's brother, Lalit, said Rajiv had married her at Khurja in 2004. He said the initial few months went fine, but things started worsening thereafter. "Since my father is no more, my uncles even went to meet Rajiv and his parents a few months ago to resolve the situation," he maintained. Meanwhile, Tapasya was cremated today. Her children, four-year-old Sunny and one-and-a-half-year-old Mansi, have been taken to their Khurja home. |
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Man beaten to death
Yamunanagar, June 2 On a complaint filed by deceased’s son Karambir, the police has booked all accused under Section 302 of the IPC. None of the accused has been arrested so far. Sources said Jaipal was having the land dispute with Indraj’s son Karambir for a long time. The incident took place when Jaipal, accompanied by four others, had heated arguments with Indraj outside his house and following this he was allegedly beaten up by Jaipal and four others with rods and sticks. Later, he succumbed to his injuries. |
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4-yr-old crushed to death
Fatehabad, June 2 The incident took place when Sonia of Saniana village was playing outside her residence. The bus of a private school crushed her to death as the driver could not see the girl playing behind the vehicle. Eyewitnesses shouted at the driver and asked him to stop the bus, but by that time, the girl was killed. Later, villagers caught the driver and handed him over to the police. |
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Autorickshaw drivers threaten to go on relay fast
Sirsa, June 2 They took the decision after a meeting for rapprochement convened in a city police station today failed to yield results. They also accused the police and alleged that it had failed to act against the unlawful use of power by the dera’s force. Ajay Sharma, SHO of the city police station, however, maintained that the compromise could not be reached, as autorickshaw drivers did not have one leader, who could enjoy command over others. The autorickshaw drivers have been protesting against the alleged “bullying” attitude of volunteers of the Green S Force, who stop them to transport devotees coming to the dera to participate in congregations. The dera, however, denied the allegations and accused autorickshaw drivers of blocking traffic in front of the main gate of the dera by parking their autorickshaws. |
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Haryana offers subsidy on pesticides
Chandigarh, June 2 Hooda made this announcement while presiding over a meeting of state- level coordination committee for agricultural production for Kharif 2009 held here today. It was decided that farmers could purchase pesticides from the source of their choice and claim subsidy from the State Agriculture Department. It was told that grasshopper was not a serious pest, but had now started appearing in some parts of the state. — PTI
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UHBVN to relax norms
Karnal, June 2 The nigam would allow the release of power connections to consumers like educational, medical and commercial institutions and industrial houses from an industrial feeder having a group of industries or from an urban feeder, as per the request of the applicant provided the applied load was not more than 30 KW, a spokesman of the UHBVN said. However, no such connection would be allowed from an independent essential feeder, but the facility would also be extended to such existing institutional connections. The request for a change of supply from the rural to the urban mode or from an urban feeder to an industrial feeder would be allowed only in cases where the urban or the industrial feeder, from which the supply was sought, was within 2 km of the premises of the applicant, he added. |
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KU starts admission helpline
Kurukshetra, June 2 Stating this here today KU Registrar Raghuvendra Tanwar said the admission helpline would function on all working days from 9 am to 5 pm.The three helpline numbers were 01744- 238321, 238322 and 238323. Students could also visit the helpline office on the university campus (room no. 10B(R), ground floor, Computer Centre building) to seek information or to get their documents attested, added Professor Tanwar. |
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Examiners to get more
Chandigarh, June 2 An official spokesman said here today that a hike of Rs 250 had been given in the remuneration being given to the examiners and paper- setters. However, the rate of remuneration for the evaluation of answerbooks would remain the same. |
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New assignments for 5 bureaucrats
Chandigarh, June 2 Pradeep Kasni has been posted as Additional Director (Admn), Agriculture; Parveen Kumar as ADC-cum-CEO, DRDA, Gurgaon; and Abhe Singh Yadav as Deputy Secretary, Planning Department, and Administrator HUDA, Faridabad. Mohan Lal Kaushik has been posted as Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana, and Ramesh Chand Verma as ADC-cum-CEO, DRDA, Jind. |
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236 cases settled
Sirsa, June 2 Gopal Krishan, Chief Judicial Magistrate and secretary of the authority, said nine cases pertaining to the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal were settled during the Lok Adalat in which Rs 5.66 lakh was paid as compensation to the victims. |
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Setback to HJC
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