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Ellenabad ready for Cong rally today
Workers give final touches to preparations for the “Nav Vikas” Rally of the Congress at Ellenabad on Saturday. Photo:
Amit Soni
UT Administrator’s post should be rotated: Hooda
Rs 16.30 crore booster dose for tourism industry
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Rs 85.93 lakh spent on three northern districts, says Wakf Board
MLA Vij, 6 others get bail
5 booked for killing 30-year-old
This goat is priced at Rs 1.5 lakh
HINI: 4 more cases in Karnal
4 infected in Sirsa
Martyr’s statue unveiled
Directions sought
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Ellenabad ready for Cong rally today
Sirsa, November 28 However, the real motive of the rally, which is testing the waters for the future byelection, is an open secret. Ellenabad seat has been lying vacant since the Indian National Lok Dal supremo and former Chief Minister Om Parkash Chautala resigned from this seat on November 4. Although the Election Commission is yet to announce dates for the byelection, it will definitely be held in the next three or four months. Ellenabad constituency was carved out in the delimitation exercise by including villages of erstwhile Darba Kalan and Ellenabad (Reserve) assembly seats. Chautala himself toured all villages of Ellenabad assembly seat from October 30 to November 2 and although he did not give any hint of the possible candidate of his party, his younger son Abhey Singh Chautala has not left anyone in doubt that he would be contesting the byelection. Squabbling in the Congress came to the fore twice before this rally. Once, when the party had to postpone the rally to November 29 at the instance of Sirsa MP Ashok Tanwar after Sirsa independent MLA and a minister in Haryana Gopal Kanda had already announced November 23 as its date. The second one, when party workers came to blows in front of the HPCC President Phool Chand Mulana during his visit Sirsa on Tuesday to review preparations for the rally. Several contenders, including Bharat Singh Beniwal, who lost to Chautala in October 13 election, Anil Khod, son of a former MLA Lal Chand Khod and KV Singh, a former aide of Hooda, have emerged as the contenders for the Congress ticket. The name of Ranjit Singh, former deputy chairman of the state planning board, is also doing the rounds. |
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UT Administrator’s post should be rotated: Hooda
Chandigarh, November 28 The CM was interacting with mediapersons after addressing a function organised today by Haryana Pradesh Vyopar Mandal. On a question about the facilities extended to the traders in the state, Hooda said the state government had taken several decisions to benefit the traders, including reduction in the sales tax on many items and exemption in sales tax on tractors and agricultural implements. Besides, the state government was seriously contemplating simplifying the Form 38, which would definitely provide a major relief to the traders. Replying to a question for earmarking Rs 10 crore for the rejuvenation of Saraswati River, he said that the legendary river relates to Indian culture and civilisation and connected with Mahabharata times, hence efforts were being made to revive it. The help of Oil and Natural Gas Nigam was also being taken for this purpose. Hooda said the revival of the extinct river would add a new chapter in the field of irrigation in the state. In reply to the statement of the leader of Opposition Om Prakash Chautala that the government would fall under its own weight, Hooda said that the government was completely stable. Earlier, addressing the traders, Hooda hoped that they would support the government in future also to ensure the progress and prosperity of the state. He promised that the present government would take decisions in the interest of the traders and would fully support their cause. Without naming anyone; he said that during the tenure of previous governments, there was an atmosphere of complete distrust. However, the present government had been able to regain the confidence of people in its previous tenure. The members of Vyopar Mandal honoured the Chief Minister by presenting him shawls and mementos. |
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Rs 16.30 crore booster dose for tourism industry
Kurukshetra, November 28 Offering prayers at the holy bank of Brahma Sarovar at the concluding ceremony of five-day long Kurukshetra Utsav Gita Jayanti Samaroh here today, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the samaroh had assumed a significance importance and the festival was not confined to the state only, but it had become famous at the national level also. He said the utsav was a unique example of mixture of spirituality, art, culture and music. He added that the holy land gave a new energy to every human being who visited the holy place. He asserted that the country could usher in a new era of prosperity only after following the cherished ideals enshrined in Shrimad Bhagwad Gita. Hooda said Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi treated Gita as mother. He used to read Gita in search of peace. He said Gita having 18 chapters and 700 shlokaas was an essence of all religions that gave solace to the human being at the time of adversity. Later, the Chief Minister inaugurated a cultural programme by lighting a traditional lamp organised by the Kurukshetra Development Board, Haryana Tourism, Information and Public Relations Department, Haryana, and North-Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala. Wadali Brothers kept the audience spellbound with their Qwalis. Hooda also visited an exhibition put up by various government departments and the craft’s mela. MP Naveen Jindal, Chief Parliamentary Secretary Sultan Singh, Sumita Singh, Anil Dhantori and Zile Ram Sharma, all MLAs, Divisional Commissioner, Ambala, Mohinder Kumar, Secretary to Governor AK Singh, Kurukshetra University Vice Chancellor Lt General DDS Sandhu (retd), Deputy Commissioner Pankaj Aggarwal, SP KV Ramana, Chief Executive Officer RK Singh and Bhramswaroop Brahamchari were among those who were present on the occasion.
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Rs 85.93 lakh spent on three northern districts, says Wakf Board
Chandigarh, November 28 The board has earmarked Rs 80 lakh in the budget for 2009-10 for establishment of polytechnics in Yamunanagar and Panipat. Besides, the board spends Rs 85.93 lakh per annum for fulfillment of main objects of Wakf and various welfare activities in Ambala, Panchkula and Yamunanagar. Denying that the community in northern areas of the state was not being given a fair deal as has been made out by a delegation which met Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda recently, the board justified that of a total of Rs 309 lakh had been spent in 21 districts of Haryana on various educational and welfare activities, while Rs 85.93 lakh was spent only in these three major districts. Out of 296 mosques being run under the direct management of the board, 98 mosques are alone in Ambala, Panchkula and Yamunanagar which are being run under the direct management of the board with annual expenditure of Rs 42.04 lakh. Further, it adds that no disability and widow pension being disbursed to the members of the Muslim community has been stopped by the board. Only in such cases, where duplication had been found and beneficiaries were also getting pension from the government, monthly pension had been stopped.
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MLA Vij, 6 others get bail
Ambala, November 28 They were produced in the court of Ilaka Magistrate Parveen Kumar. The defense counsels pleaded that their client was falsely implicated in the case. While granting the bail, the court ordered Vij and others to furnish a bail bond of Rs 20,000 each. Later, talking to mediapersons Vij said he had sat on dharna on November 22 at Ambala Cantt when the police misbehaved with one of his party workers and refused to entertain their complaint against the ASI concerned. He alleged that the police had falsely registered a case against him and his supporters. He said he had taken up the matter with the state president of the party. He said he would soon summon a meeting of leaders of other opposition parties to discuss police atrocities. Former Ambala MP Rattan Lal Kataria said it was a political conspiracy against his party MLA. |
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5 booked for killing 30-year-old
Panipat, November 28 The villagers had informed the police about the body. The deceased has been identified as Sandeep, son of Subhash. During the preliminary investigations, it was found that the deceased was in a dispute with one of the villagers and it was being suspected that this might have led to the murder. During the investigation, the names of Soarn Singh, Sukhbir, Amarnath, Satish and Jaswant Singh, all residents of the same village, cropped up, following which the police registered a case under Sections 302, 34 and 120 of the IPC against the five. The police recorded the statements of some of the villagers. It took the body to the Civil Hospital, where it was handed over to the kin after conducting a postmortem. The police said the murder was committed last night. |
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This goat is priced at Rs 1.5 lakh
Later, some persons who knew Urdu language read these as "Ya Allah" on the back of the animal, "Ya Mohammad" on one side, and other religious marking on its coat at various places. He said due to this reason he had received Rs 1.50 lakh offer for the animal from some people from Kasarpur in Delhi.
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HINI: 4 more cases in Karnal
Karnal, November 28 They were identified as Samarth of Nishant Public School, Shubham and Sahil of Pratap Public school and Kartik. Twelve year old Siya of DPS had tested positive for Swine Flu two days ago. With this, the total number of cases has reached 10. Dr Charanjit Singh, nodal officer for Swine Flu, said so far 54 samples had been sent for tests and 10 have tested positive.The Haryana government had declared the disease as endemic on August 10 and made isolation of Swine Flu patients mandatory. So far, Swine Flu has claimed two lives in Karnal.
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4 infected in Sirsa
Sirsa, November 28 Those who were found infected today include a couple from Sonepat, a student from Panchkula and a teacher working in Jaipur. Dr Viresh Bhushan, Nodal Officer of the district on Swine Flu, said 11 samples have been sent to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases and reports would be received by tomorrow. “All of them have been quarantined and treatment is being provided,” he said. Health authorities said seven private hospitals have also been selected for providing treatment.
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Martyr’s statue unveiled
Rewari, November 28 Emphasising the need to pay respect to the martyrs, he asserted that the state government as well as the union government were fully committed to welfare of the families of the martyrs, freedom fighters
and others. Later, Hooda Junior exhorted students to imbibe true sportsmanship in their lives while addressing them at the concluding function of the annual sports meet of Government College, Nahar. He also distributed prizes to the winners. Subsequently, Hooda unveiled a statue of social activist Rao Om Prakash at
Nahar. |
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Directions sought
Chandigarh, November 28 Advocate Jagmohan Singh Bhatti has filed the application. His writ petition for directions to quash the appointment of nine chief parliamentary secretaries in Haryana has already been admitted. Respondents, include Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the Union Home and Law Ministries, Haryana Chief Secretary and the nine CPSs, Anita Yadav, Rao Dan Singh, Dharambir Singh, Jaivir Balmiki, Jaleb Khan, Prahlad Singh Gillikhera, Ram Kishan Fouji, Sharda Rathore and Sultan Singh Ror.
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The stage is set for Congress party's "Nav-Vikas Rally" at Ellenabad tomorrow, which will set the ball rolling for the bypoll expected to be held for this assembly segment soon.
Sonepat, November 28