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End to Haryana teachers’ stir in sight
Teaching work remains paralysed
College lecturers hold a protest demanding the implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission in Gurgaon on Wednesday. — PTI |
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Teenaged boy beaten to death
Tankers sent to Dalits denied water supply
HJC leader quits party, joins Cong
14 HCS officers shifted
8 days on, violence-hit school yet to reopen
Charges framed in Sarita suicide case
Doctor refutes allegations
Mahant’s murder: 1 held
High Court
Pact on digital mapping
Former HJC office-bearers
join Cong
Rs 5 lakh robbed from bank
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End to Haryana teachers’ stir in sight Chandigarh, August 26 The delegation was led by president of HFUCTO NS Kaushal. Before meeting the Chief Minister, the delegation had an over two-hour meeting with Chief Secretary Dharam Vir, Finance Secretary Ajit Mohan Sharan, Education Secretary Rajan Gupta and Commissioner, Higher Education, Saroj Siwach in the secretariat. However, the deadlock continued. It was only after Hooda categorically told the officers to give whatever was due, whether pay band IV or designations, to the teachers as per the notification issued by the Union Ministry of Human Resources on December 31, 2008, that the tension eased. The meeting between the teachers’ delegation and Hooda lasted about 30 minutes. While officially it was described as a case of “communication gap”, Rajbir Prashar, general secretary of the federation, said their agitation was against the “misreading of the 2008 notification by the bureaucracy”. He said the teachers were not against Hooda, for whom they had high regard. Both Kaushal and Prashar said a meeting of the action committee would be held tomorrow morning at Rohtak, where the next course of action would be decided. They said the federation would go ahead with its plan to hold a rally in Rohtak tomorrow. However, they said, the character of the rally would depend on whether the government would come out with necessary clarifications in writing before the rally starts.
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Teaching work remains paralysed
Hisar, August 26 The teachers staged day-long dharnas at their respective institutions. Teachers of Guru Jambheshwar University and Haryana Agricultural University staged demonstrations on the campuses. Teaching work remained suspended in the local Dayanand College, the FC College for Women and the two boys’ and girls’ government colleges. A spokesperson for the Haryana Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations (HFUCTO) said here that the teachers would remain on strike tomorrow also. He said striking teachers from all over Haryana would gather at Rohtak tomorrow and stage a state-level protest there. He said the future course of action would be decided at Rohtak after the protest. He said the government notification had lowered the status of vice-chancellors, professors and senior faculty members in universities and colleges. YAMUNANAGAR:
Teachers of all aided colleges on Wednesday abstained from work and held a procession demanding “proper implementation” of the UGC notification regarding revised pay scales. The teachers also submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda through the Additional Deputy Commissioner. SIRSA:
Teachers of Chuadhary Devi Lal University and Government National PG College here remained on strike for the second consecutive day on Wednesday. The teachers sat in dharna on the university and the college campus and raised slogans against the state government. The teachers, later, submitted a memorandum, addressed to the Chief Minister, to the Deputy Commissioner. Meanwhile, teachers of the local CMK National PG College for Women, too, participated in the strike. KURUKSHETRA:
The executive committee of the Haryana Non-Government College Principals Association, at a meeting held here on Wednesday, unanimously resolved that the notification issued by state government regarding the revision of pay structure of teachers was not acceptable to it. In a press note, association president RR Malik demanded that the UGC notification regarding the revision of pay scales should be implemented in toto. |
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Teenaged boy beaten to death
Fatehabad, August 26 His body was recovered from the house of a neighbour this morning. The victim, Deepak (17), was a student of Class X in the village school. The police has booked his neighbour, Mana Ram, and the latter’s two sons - Sunil and Anil - for Deepak’s
murder under Section 302 of the IPC. “Deepak was watching television late in the evening on Tuesday when Sunil and Anil called him out and took him away. His body was later found in Mana Ram’s house by another neighbour Dashmi this morning,” alleged Deepak’s father, Panna Lal, in his complaint to the police, suspecting that his son had been murdered by Mana Ram and his sons. The police, later, recovered the body from Mana Ram’s residence. The victim’s body was later sent to the Medical College, Rohtak, for a postmortem as doctors at Tohana failed to ascertain the cause of the death. Deepak’s father has alleged that his son was beaten to death by Mana Ram, Sunil and Anil with sticks as they suspected Deepak’s affair with a girl of their family. |
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Tankers sent to Dalits denied water supply
Gurgaon, August 26 Gurgaon deputy commissioner Rajender Kataria said after looking into the matter following a complaint against the panchayat, it was ascertained someone who had been providing water to the Dalits from the village borewell had now refused to continue the supply. “We have provided a water tanker to them and will ensure the regular supply is restored and the community is not discriminated against.” A group of about 50 Dalit villagers had earlier sat on a dharna outside the district administration office last Monday to protest against what they called the “atrocities” inflicted on them by the village panchayat. They claimed the latter was doing so to put pressure on them to withdraw a case being currently heard in the Gurgaon district courts, the whose verdict is expected to be announced on August 28. Inami Lal, an elder in the Dalit community, said the panchayat had even asked owners of shops in the village not to sell grocery to Dalit residents. “The panchayat had cut both the water and power supply to the basti on August 18,” he added. However, the village sarpanch, Pal Singh Pradhan, was not available for comment. The DC has appointed a tehsildar and a local SHO to investigate the matter. |
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HJC leader quits party, joins Cong
Sirsa, August 26 Mithadi was the state Joint Secretary of the HJC (BL) and among close confidants of party supremo Kuldeep Bishnoi and strong contender for the party ticket from the Kalanwali constituency. Bishnoi had declared Mithadi as his candidate from Kalanwali while addressing a rally of his party in February 2008. Mithadi had earlier contested the Assembly elections on the Haryana Vikas Party ticket in 1991 from the Dabwali (reserved) constituency and finished second after the INLD’s Mani Ram. The Kalanwali constituency has now come to the share of the Bahujan Samaj Party in the distribution of seats between the HJC (BL) and the BSP, finishing Mithadi’s chances of contesting the coming poll on the HJC (BL) ticket. Incidentally, the Congress does not have any established leader in the Kalanwali seat, which has been carved out as a new constituency after delimitation. Mithadi announced his decision to join the Congress in the presence of Sirsa MP Ashok Tanwar and a former OSD to the CM, Dr K.V. Singh, at Dabwali. Talking to The Tribune, Mithadi said it was homecoming from him as before joining the HJC (BL), he had been the district president of the Congress Sewa Dal and state vice- president of the SC and ST cell of the Congress.
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14 HCS officers shifted
Chandigarh, August 26 M.K. Mahajan, DC, Palwal, has been posted as Joint Secretary, Consolidation Department, and DC, Palwal, in addition. O.P. Sheoran, DC, Hisar, has been appointed Joint Secretary, Housing, and DC, Hisar, in addition. Sanjeev Verma, Additional Director and Deputy Secretary, Women and Child Development Department, goes as Chief Executive Officer, Kurukshetra Development Board, Kurukshetra, relieving Ran Kumar Singh. Jagdeep, Deputy Secretary, Science and Technology, and Additional,Directory (Admn), State Council for Science and Technology, becomes City Magistrate, Jind, vice Bhal Singh Bishnoi, who goes as City Magistrate, Kaithal, in place of Jagtar Singh, who will be the new Joint Director (Admn) and Under Secretary, Social Justice and Empowerment, against a vacant post. Mahender Singh Yadav, Joint Director, HIPA, Gurgaon, becomes GM, Haryana Roadways, Rewari. Dinesh Singh Yadav, LAO, Panchkula, and D.R. Kairon, City Magistrate, Ambala, will swap their places of posting. Pushpinder Singh, SDM, Faridabad, has been appointed ADC-cum-CEO, DRDA, Gurgaon, against a vacant post. Mukul Kumar, SDM, Rohtak, goes as SDM, Faridabad. Pradeep Godara has been appointed Joint Commissioner, MCF, NIT, Faridabad. Rajiv Mehta, Zonal Administrator, HSAMB, Karnal, has been appointed SDM, Rohtak. Lalit Kumar, SDM, Hodal, goes as Joint State Transport Controller, Haryana. Mukesh Kumar, Joint Commissioner, MCF, Old Faridabad, becomes SDM, Hodal. Hawa Singh, SDM and Estate Officer, HUDA, Kaithal, has been given additional charge of GM, Haryana Roadways, Kaithal, relieving Ramesh Kumar Goel.
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8 days on, violence-hit school yet to reopen
Rohtak, August 26 The studies and future of around 1,300 students is at stake as no class has taken place in the past eight days and the gate of the school is also locked. Residents of the village have been seeking transfer of the principal and the computer teacher at the school after the latter was allegedly found watching porn clips on a computer in the school on August 18. Several persons were injured in the clash. The accused teacher was thrashed and locked inside the school. Some vehicles, including four police vehicles and a motorcycle, were either damaged or set afire by the mob. The police had to open fire and lathicharge the protesting villagers to ensure the safety of the school staff. Though some students came to attend the school, villagers guarding the school gate turned them back. They have announced that the school will not reopen till the principal and the accused teacher was shifted out of the school. The district administration had set up a committee, but the matter had not been resolved so far, said an official. The Deputy Commissioner in a letter to the Director of the School Education has recommended immediate transfer of both the teachers. District Education Officer (DEO) Kiran Mai admitted that the impasse had been going on and the problem was to be resolved formally. She said she had apprised the higher authorities about the matter and the school was likely to reopen within a couple of days. The staff of the school had also contacted the DEO office. They had been advised not to visit the school till the issue was resolved and the school reopened formally, said sources in the department. At least 175 persons, including the accused teacher, have been booked by the police in this regard.
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Charges framed in Sarita suicide case
Ambala, August 26 Sarita, a resident of Rohtak, had committed suicide on June 9 last in front of the office of the DGP, Haryana, in Panchkula, when she did not get justice from the police department. The CBI had filed two separate chargesheets in the court. In the first chargesheet, the CBI had accused two police officials - Silak Ram and Balraj - of allegedly raping Sarita when she had come to meet her husband in Rohtak. Later, the police had registered a case against those police officials. The court framed charges against Silak Ram and Balraj today. In the second chargesheet, the charges were framed against the then DSP, Rohtak, Dheeraj Setia, Inspector Pawan Kumar, constable Ramphal and two others - Silak Ram and Balraj. The CBI has accused the police officials for exhibiting inaction in the Sarita suicide case. The court has also framed charges against Setia and others in the case. |
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Doctor refutes allegations
Karnal, August 26 Describing the allegations that a bandage was left inside the body after an operation of the uterus of the patient and that he had later asked for depositing Rs 35,000 for another operation to remove the bandage as “concocted and frivolous”, Dr Singla said how he could have left the bandage inside the “bladder” when it was not even touched during the treatment. The patient, Raj Bala, wife of Sultan Singh, again came to him with a complaint that she was feeling that there was some obstruction in passing urine and he removed the obstruction. The patient did not complain of any complication and he was at a loss to know how such allegations had been made against him, he added. He alleged that the complainant tried to blackmail him to get money and on his refusal to oblige, came out with this story. |
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Mahant’s murder: 1 held
Yamunanagar, August 26 Goyal was arrested after the police recovered some documents from the temple. The name of the accused was mentioned in the documents. It was also mentioned that the accused had to return Rs 26 lakh to the mahant. The details of the murder would be revealed after the interrogation of the accused. The accused was produced in a local court and had been remanded in police custody for five days, said police sources. |
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High Court Chandigarh, August 26 This was stated in an affidavit filed by Superintendent of Police (security) Sukhdev Singh. It was placed before Justice Jasbir Singh during the resumed hearing on the issue of policy for providing security to individuals in the states of Punjab and Haryana and Chandigarh. Haryana also prayed for four weeks to apprise the court on the policy. The case now stands adjourned to November 18, when the pending petitions against withdrawal of security previously provided to former MLA Nafe Singh Rathi and former secretary of Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) Raghubir Singh, too, would be taken up for further hearing.
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Pact on digital mapping
New Delhi, August 26 An MoU was signed between the Central Department of Science and Technology through the Survey of India and the Department of Science and Technology, Haryana, through the Haryana Space Applications Centre (HARSAC) for base-mapping towns. Science and Technology Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda were present on the occasion. |
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Former HJC office-bearers
join Cong
Kaithal, August 26 He said during the past few months a large number of leaders and workers from Opposition parties had joined the Congress. |
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Rs 5 lakh robbed from bank
Ambala, August 26 Sources said two of the youths entered into the bank while the other two guarded the main gate of the bank to keep a watch on the situation. Three of them had firearms. They warned the employees of the bank not to move from their seats. One of the youths went to the cashier and asked him to hand over the entire cash. He also took him to the strong room of the bank. According to the manger of the bank, Raj Kumar, the youths disconnected the close circuit camera of the bank and before leaving the bank they locked all employees of the bank in a room. After some time, the bank employees managed to come out and informed the police. The police has cordoned off the entire area. A police team has been sent to Punjab in search of robbers. |
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Protest
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