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Wait over, people’s verdict today
Hooda to monitor results from Delhi
Captains of industry see red |
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Two KU lecturers felicitated litated
Bahadurgarh man dies of H1N1
NASA rich, schoolgirls return home
Eerie silence in Kohand
Cops to act tough with eve teasers
Murdered youth identified
Sow mustard by month-end, farmers advised
Farmers block highway
Commonwealth Games
Youth’s eyes donated
Police salutes its martyrs
Emoluments of retd staff
Train services affected
HC: 3 pc HCS quota for differently abled
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Wait over, people’s verdict today
Chandigarh, October 21 The highest voter turnout has added to their worries. Though each party interprets the turnout as it suits it, the fact is politicians are as bewildered as pollsters. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda is confident that his party will get a comfortable majority in the “The Congress tally will cross 60. During the last Lok Sabha elections, the Haryana electorate had given nine of the 10 seats to the Congress, which also led in 59 Assembly segments. This time, the result will be better,” However, many Congress leaders are keeping their fingers crossed. INLD supremo Om Prakash Chautala has maintained throughout the campaign that the issues in the Lok Sabha elections were different that those in the assembly elections. And so would be the result. The INLD, and for that matter other opposition parties also, say that unprecedented price rise, particularly of essential commodities post the Lok Sabha elections, will cost the On one thing there is near unanimity in the state. The INLD, which faired very badly in the Lok Sabha elections, is all set to improve and revive its BJP leaders claim they will hold the key to form the next government in the state. Privately, they admit that anything above two seats, which they had in the dissolved House, would be a booster for the party. The HJC, which once claimed to provide an alternative to the non-Jat voters in the state, has now lost hope of forming a government in the state. The best of scenario for it can be a hung assembly so that it is wooed by all major parties. So is the case with the BSP, which was the second largest party in terms of vote share in the last Lok Sabha elections. The INLD’s campaign can be described as the best. The Congress, which was a late starter due to the delay in finalisation of its candidates, could not match its main opponent as far as publicity was concerned. The ruling party was also handicapped by the fact that all its main state leaders, barring Hooda, were forced to remain in their constituencies where they were facing tough contests. Hooda spent most of his time outside not only his assembly constituency but also his home district of Rohtak to campaign for party candidates. He was assisted by his MP son Deepender. Similarly, the elder Chautala, who was contesting from two seats, toured the entire state in support of his party’s candidates. His MP son, Ajay Singh Chautala, who is a candidate from Dabwali, too, took time off from his personal campaigning to campaign for his party in other parts of the state. His younger brother, Abhey Singh, remained confined mostly to his native district of Sirsa. The results for all constituencies are expected to be out by afternoon, according to official sources. Gurgaon: A six-member Kenyan delegation will visit Gurgaon tomorrow to observe the counting process. The delegation is headed by Ahmed Issack Hassan, chairman of the Interim Independent Electoral Commission of Kenya. Other members of the delegation are commissioners Winnle Guchu, Tiyah Galgalo, Ken Nyaundi, Abiud Waslke and agriculture secretary Kennedy Kihara .The district administration has set up counting centres of three assembly segments, Gurgaon, Badshahpur and Sohna, at Dronacharya Government College here. The counting centre for the Pataudi assembly constituency is at the Community Centre, Sukhrali (near Sector 17, IFFCO Chowk). Seven duty magistrates have been appointed to maintain law and order in and around the counting centres.— TNS
Karnal: The counting of all five constituencies in Karnal will be taken up simultaneously at five centres in Karnal town andthe results would be declared by noon.Elaborate security arrangements are in place to avoid any untoward incident. DC J.S.Ahlawat, who is also returning officer, has ordered prohibitory orders under Section 144 of Cr. P.C, restraining the assembly of five or more persons within a radius of 200 metres of the counting centres. The counting of votes of the Karnal constituency w ill be held at DAV College, Nilokheri (SC) and Dayal Singh College; of Gharaunda at Karan Stadium Skating Hall, of Assandh at Panchayat Bhawan and Indri at DAV School. The fate of Minister of State for Cooperation Meena Mandal, sitting MLAs Sumita Singh and Bhim Sen Mehta and 12 others will be decided tomorrow.—
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Hooda to monitor results from Delhi
Sirsa, October 21 “I will be at my Rohtak residence tomorrow morning,” Hooda said. He may visit the counting centre for Garhi Sampla Kiloi in the morning and then leave for Delhi and monitor results from there. Hooda’s son, Deepender Hooda, MP, and his brother-in-law Kunal Bhadoo will remain in touch with party candidates throughout the state.INLD supremo Om Parkash Chautala, contesting from Ellenabad in Sirsa as well as Uchana Kalan in Jind, will be at his Chandigarh residence during the counting of votes. Chautala reached Chandigarh on October 19 after celebrating Diwali at his Tejakhera farmhouse in Sirsa. His elder son, Ajay Singh Chautala, will remain at Sirsa. “I will go to the counting centre for my Dabwali assembly seat in the morning and will then monitor results at my Sirsa residence,” said Ajay Singh. His younger brother Abhey Singh will be with him.“I will remain at the counting centre of the Ellenabad seat at Government Polytechnic for Women, Sirsa, till the end of the counting process,” said Abhey Singh, who is his father’s election agent. Kuldeep Bishnoi could not be contacted. However, his cousin Devi Lal, who is also his poll manager, said Bishnoi would remain at the counting centre at Hisar.His mother Jasma Devi would be present at the counting centre for her Nalwa assembly seat, while former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal would monitor results from his Sector 15 residence in Hisar.
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Captains of industry see red
Gurgaon, October 21 While the labourers’ rally was on in Gurgaon, a meeting among CPI leader in the Lok Sabha, AITUC general secretary Gurudas Dasgupta and Haryana Chief Secretary Dharamvir was in progress in Delhi. On directions from their superiors in Delhi, trade union leaders at the dharna site in Gurgaon restrained the workers from entering into another clash. That their strings were being pulled by somebody else was clear from the fact that the protesters, who were armed with logs, batons and stones, dispersed peacefully after the demonstration. Talking to this correspondent today, Dasgupta confirmed his meeting with the Chief Secretary. “The talks will continue,” was all he said. Dharamvir refused to comment. Dasgupta was prevented from entering Gurgaon a few days ago, while the industrial workers’ protest was at its peak, by the local authorities. However, the death of a RICO Auto Industries worker in a clash on Sunday undid the administrative efforts. The incident infuriated the already agitated labourers who revived their protest. The workers took to the streets, keeping the police and district officials on their toes. Their protest culminated in a dharna in front of RICO Auto Industries here yesterday. The dharna was more a show of strength by workers’ unions. Though the union leaders could not gather “one lakh” workers, they did succeed in putting the state government on the backfoot and forcing negotiations. “It does not seem like a case of workers’ resentment against management. The workers are certainly being misled by outsiders who want to further their own interests by taking advantage of the situation,” observes KC Papreja, general secretary of the Gurgaon Industries Association.Surendra Singh Chaudhary, senior vice-president (corporate-HR), RICO Auto Industries, categorically blames AITUC for instigating the workers. Industry captains maintain that after having asserted their dominance in states like West Bengal and Kerala, trade unions backed by Communist parties were now targeting Haryana. Sources point out that while the police lathi charge on Honda workers around four years ago was more likely a case of police and administrative failure, the present matter was being manipulated. Col (retd) Raj Singla, president of the Chamber of Industries of Udyog Vihar, Gurgaon, expressing concern at the developments, says the Left parties-backed trade unions’ bid to set their feet in Haryana had begun long ago. Says CII Haryana State Council president Nirmal Minda:“The worker’s death and subsequent protests were unfortunate happenings, but it does not signify the onset of any trend...Efforts are on to resolve the crisis and an amicable solution will soon be reached.”
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Two KU lecturers felicitated litated
Kurukshetra October21 The KU director of public relations, Prof Brajesh Sawhney, said Khokra presented a paper entitled, 'Anticonvulsant Studies of Essential Oils Isolated from Vitex Negundo Linn'.” Kaushik presented a paper on 'Evaluation of Antioxidant Potential of Pinus Roxburgii Extract'. “ Khokra has been sponsored by the department of science and technology (DST) as well as the All-India Council of Technical Education. Prof Sawhney said that the teachers were much appreciated for this achievement. “ It is a matter of pride for the university and the institute in particular,” he said. Kurukshetra University Teachers Association president, Dr N. S. Kaushal has also congratulated both teachers. At least 3,500 leading scientists from 160 countries attended the prestigious Congress .
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Bahadurgarh man dies of H1N1
Bahadurgarh (Jhajjar), October 21 The kin of the deceased have alleged negligent attitude on the part of the hospital authorities in providing proper and timely treatment to the victim. This is perhaps the first death that has been reported here due to swine flu.According to Purnima, wife of the deceased, her husband who had been employed in a private firm in New Delhi, had been suffering from fever for the past many days and was admitted in a private hospital at Bahadurgarh, before being shifted to a hospital in Delhi. She claimed that they had told the doctors that Rajesh might be suffering from swine flu but the doctors there did not paid any attention and kept him admitted without even getting his blood sample tested at the laboratory. Later, the family get the blood sample tested on their own and the report confirmed positive but it had been already late as the patient died a few hours before the report came,
she said. The Health Department here, however, swung into action this morning when a team of doctors visited the house of the deceased and collected samples of all family members of Rajesh and persons who had come into contact with the deceased. Rajesh is survived by his wife Purnima, daughter Himani (14) and two sons Diwakar (12) and Aditya (7). It is reported that while all samples have been sent to Delhi for test, Himani and Diwakar have also shown symptoms
of fever. The department has launched a drive to detect any case of the disease in various localities here and create awareness among
the residents. Panic in Jind Jind, October 21 The Health Department rushed a team of doctors to quarantine the victim and his family and provide medication. The condition of the patient, Baljit, is reported to be stable and improving following the treatment. It is learnt that the man had gone to Chandigarh recently to meet one of his relatives there but reported fever and other symptoms of swine flu when he came back to the village. Doctors of the Civil Hospital here, who attended on him, sent his blood samples for testing, which tested positive, said Dr ML Kochhar, medial and nodal officer of the hospital.He said while blood samples of all family members had been collected and tested, only Baljit had tested positive.
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NASA rich, schoolgirls return home
Sirsa, October 21 Today, she is a proud girl to have spent four days in the internationally renowned space centre in the USA and experienced for herself how the former Indian-American astronaut, who perished in the skies during the return journey from space on February 1, 2003, got her training. Manpreet, along with four other girls of her school - Shivam Chaudhary, Mandeep Kaur, Manjit Kaur and Ria - returned after their 10-day sojourn in the USA, where they spent four days in NASA. “Our girls were provided astronaut training experience (ATE) in NASA during which they were allowed in a mock space shuttle,” said Sunita Khurana, a teacher of the Shah Satnam Girls Senior Secondary School, Sirsa, who accompanied her five students to the USA. During this training, the girls were informed about the profession of an astronaut as a career, the manner in which a space shuttle is launched and the way astronauts perform their jobs while in space, Khurana added. “The life of astronauts fascinated me since my childhood and Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams, the two Indian women who earned name by making a career in this field, have always been my idols,” said Shivam Chaudhary, a Class XII student of the school. She said scientists working in NASA held Kalpana Chawla in the high esteem. “When they came to know that we have come from Kalpana’s country, their attitude towards us became more positive and friendly,” she added.
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Eerie silence in Kohand
Karnal, October 21 The school uniform recovered from the spot was identified as that of six-year-old Amarjit Singh, who was allegedly kidnapped from the school ground at Kohand in Gharaunda on September 27 last and could not be traced. Gloom descended on Kohand village as people were only waiting for the identification of the skeleton after the postmortem and the DNA test. The remains included the skull, the collar bone, the rib cage and knee bones along with shorts and a shirt, said ASP Ved Prakash Godara. The skeletal remains have been sent to the PGI, Rohtak, for postmortem and the report was awaited, Superintendent of Police KK Rao said. The parents of the child - Raj Pal and Manju - were in a state of shock and could not speak. Amarjit, the only male child, was the heart and soul of the family. Ramesh Kumar, vice-president of the Gramin Sudhar Samiti, said the entire village was waiting for the report and once the skeleton was identified, the villagers would not accept anything short of “stringent” punishment for the culprits. The alleged kidnapping of the child and the failure of the police to nab the culprits had become a sensitive issue and 4,200-odd voters boycotted the assembly poll on October 13 as a mark of protest.
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Cops to act tough with eve teasers
Rohtak, October 21 V Kamaraja, IG, Rohtak Range, in a statement, said the campaign would check eve teasing in Rohtak city and Jhajjar, Sonepat, Panipat and Karnal districts, which fall in this range. He said all district police chiefs had been asked to collect and supply details of all vulnerable points in these cities where incidents of eve teasing were common and suspected persons involved in such activities. He said the police would act tough with eve teasers. He said the decision had been taken following a large number of complaints received by the police regarding eve teasing and molesting.
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Murdered youth identified
Panipat, October 21 According to the police, the victim has been identified as Amit, a resident of Desraj Colony. It appears the youth had been murdered as there were many injury and burn marks on his body. The police initially could not establish his identity as there were no documents on his person. The police had taken the body to the mortuary of the Civil Hospital for a postmortem examination. Looking for Amit, his relatives reached there and identified his body. The body was later handed over to his relatives. The victim’s parents told the police that Amit had gone to their other house in Insar Market on Sunday evening, but did not return. They have expressed the suspicion that some youths known to Amit might have committed the crime. Meanwhile, the police has registered a case in this regard. |
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Sow mustard by month-end, farmers advised
Hisar, October 21 In an advisory issued here today, the scientists said any delay could result in drastic reduction in the seed yield and make the crop prone to diseases and insect-pest infestation. The Director of Research, Dr RP Narwal, said last year the productivity of rayi and mustard in Haryana was more than 17 quintals per hectare which was the highest rate of production in the country. To sustain this productivity, farmers should sow only the recommended varieties suitable for agro-climatic conditions of different parts of Haryana. He said RH 30 variety of rayi was the only variety suitable for timely sowing in both irrigated and rainfed areas. RH 8812 (Laxmi) and RH 9304 had been recommended for timely sown irrigated conditions whereas RH 819 and RB 50 were suitable for timely sown rainfed conditions. Another popular variety RH 781 had been recommended for frost-prone areas.
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Farmers block highway
Jind, October 21 The farmers, who blocked the highway by parking their crop-laden tractor trolleys on the road, claimed that the crop of 1121 which had fetched a rate of about Rs 3,400 per quintals last year was being bought by the private parties at the rates between Rs 1,500 to 1,800 which had been just half of the prices last year, as traders and commission agents start the auction rate from Rs 1,400 which they claimed had been unlawful and violation of the MSP structure announced by the government. The SHO of the nearby police station assured that their problem would be sorted out shortly if they end their blockade. |
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Commonwealth Games
Chandigarh, October 21 Stating this here recently, Haryana Chief Secretary Dharam Vir said the baton relay would be launched from Buckingham Palace, London, by the Queen on October 29, 2009, and after travelling across the participating Commonwealth countries, it would enter the host country, India, on June 25, 2010, from Wagah Border. It would travel the length and breadth of the country and finally enter Haryana on September 26 before entering the host city, Delhi, on October 1, 2010. He said the baton would travel 1,70,000 km in 240 days before entering India. In India, it would travel through every state and union territory during its 100-day journey of 20,000 km. The event would involve ordinary Indians along with athletes, officials and celebrities. He said the Haryana Governor had constituted an 11-member state-level committee to finalise the arrangements to receive the contingents of sportspersons carrying the baton when they enter the state and to provide all possible support during the journey within the state. The Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Sports and Youth Affairs, would be the chairman of the committee. The other members of the committee included a representative of the DGP, not below the rank of IGP, State Transport Controller, Engineer in Chief, PWD (B&R), Director Information and Public Relations, President, Haryana Olympics Association, or his representative, District Magistrates (DM) of Hisar, Kurukshetra and Rohtak, five outstanding international sportspersons, five Arjuna awardees, five Bheem awardees and Director, Sports and Youth Affairs. He said sub-committees under the chairmanship of DMs of Hisar, Rohtak and Kurukshetra had also been constituted with the SP, Regional Transport Authority, SE/XEN PWD (B&R), District Information and Public Relations Officer, President District Olympic Association and outstanding sportsperson to be nominated by the DMs. The subcommittees would be responsible for the supervision and coordinating the arrangements on the ground.
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Youth’s eyes donated
Ambala, October 21 The corneas of both the eyes of Akshay would be transplanted to two visually disabled persons of Ambala. Two days ago, an elderly woman - Vimal Mohni Sood of Ambala City - had also donated her eyes to the eye bank after her death. Before taking her last breath, Mohni had expressed her desire to donate her eyes to an eye bank.
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Police salutes its martyrs
Sirsa, October 21 The day has been observed every year since 1959 in memory of the death of 10 police personnel at the hands of Chinese troops. Tributes were paid to 18 martyrs from Assam, 15 from Bihar, 64 Chhattisgarh, eight Delhi, seven Gujarat, 31 J&K, 52 Jharkhand, 20 Karnataka, one each from Kerala and Tripura, 12 from MP, 25 Maharashtra, five each from Manipur and Mizoram, two Meghalaya, 54 Punjab, three Rajasthan, two Sikkim, 99 Uttar Pradesh, 15 Uttaranchal and 31 West Bengal. Also, the sacrifice of life by 74 BSF, 23 CISF, 81 CRPF, 33 ITBP, five MHA, three NSG and 36 RPF personnel was remembered. Special tributes were paid to Hemant Karkare and members of the Mumbai Police who laid down their lives fighting terrorists.
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Emoluments of retd staff
Chandigarh, October 21 It has been modified
to mean that “wherever a cause may so arises that it becomes necessary to refer to the emoluments drawn in pre-revised structure prior to 1.1.2006, the corresponding ‘pay’ would mean and include the basic pay, dearness pay,
dearness allowance at the rate of 24 per cent of the basic pay and dearness pay and fitment weightage at the rate of 40 per
cent of the basic pay in the pre-revised scale of pay”. |
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Train services affected
Ambala, October 21 Amritsar-Mumbai Express was diverted via Rewari and Jaipur, Mumbai Central-Ferozpur via Jind and Bhatinda and SriGanganagar-Howrah via Ghaziabad. —TNS |
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HC: 3 pc HCS quota for differently abled
Chandigarh, October 21 Taking strong exception to the state’s indifference towards the differently abled, Justice Ranjit Singh severely criticised the functionaries, while allowing petitions filed by candidate Amit Ganeriwala and others. In a judgment full of scathing observations against the state, Justice Ranjit Singh observed: “Despite having spelt out the responsibility of the state towards the protection of rights of differently abled persons, the mind-set of the authorities apparently has not undergone a change. “Our country is a signatory to the proclamation on right to equality of differently abled persons, and has accordingly legislated the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunity Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995. Still the authorities would look for ways to circumvent the provisions of this Act, rather than ensuring the implementation of the process of this enactment.” He asserted: “The vehemence with which the plea in the present civil writ petition, Amit Ganeriwala versus State of Haryana and others; and Ramavtar versus State of Haryana and others, has been opposed shows that the aim of this Act perhaps are yet to sink in.” Elaborating on the background of the matter, he said: “The issue involved is about the right of the state to exempt certain posts of HCS (executive branch) from the purview of the Act and thereby to deny appointment to differently abled persons on the said posts.” Justice Ranjit Singh said the HPSC advertised 26 posts of HCS (executive branch), making reservations for various categories, but excluded the category of differently abled persons. He said if a differently abled person could be an IAS officer and work at district or sub-division level efficiently, certainly such a person could seek appointment to the HCS (executive branch) post also. “The action of the respondents, therefore, in issuing this advertisement by making differently abled persons ineligible for the HCS (executive branch) post cannot be sustained. The respondents are directed to reserve 3 per cent reservation for differently abled persons, in terms of Section 33 of the Act,” he said.
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Tonight will be a sleepless night for over 1,200 candidates contesting the Haryana assembly elections, and their supporters. Their heartbeat will pick up speed as the night goes by.Despite claims of getting favourable results from the electorate tomorrow, all parties are jittery.
Sirsa, October 21
Sirsa, October 21
