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Transfer of cops state’s discretion: Apex court
Reserves verdict in HPSC case
Extortion case
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‘SPURIOUS Milk’
Gurgaon traffic police on Facebook
HSGPC workers released
Minister inaugurates substations
Cinema mirror of society:
Guv
Golden feat at CWG celebrated
Rana is GJUTA president
Dalits block road over youth’s death
Flesh trade racket busted, 13 held
Fresh probe begins into dairy plot scam
Experts dwell on climate change
IGNOU centre in jail
Chautala unveils martyr’s statue
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Transfer of cops state’s discretion: Apex court
New Delhi, October 7 “The transfer and postings of policemen must be left to the discretion of the state authorities concerned which are in the best position to assess the necessities of the administrative requirements of the situation,” a Bench comprising Justices Markandey Katju and TS Thakur observed yesterday, while allowing the appeals filed by the Haryana government and the state police. Virtually reprimanding the High Court, the apex court said it “has taken a totally impractical view of the matter. If the view of the High Court is to prevail, great difficulties will be created for the state administration since it will not be able to transfer/deploy its police force from one place where there may be relative peace to another district or region/range in the state where there may be disturbed law and order situation and hence the requirement of more police.” Writing the judgment for the Bench, Justice Katju further said the judiciary “should not, in our opinion, interfere with purely administrative matters except where it is absolutely necessary on account of violation of any fundamental or other legal right of the citizen”. “After all, the state administration cannot function with its hands tied by judiciary behind its back.” On May 15, 2006, the HC had upheld the contention of constables, head constables and exemptee head constables that they could not be transferred outside the district. The HC had also agreed with the arguments of ASIs and SIs that they could not be transferred outside the range. The apex court said a perusal of the relevant provisions of the Indian Police Act 1861 “clearly shows that the state police is one integral unit and does not consist of separate independent units. The overall administrative control of the police in the state is with the IGP (now the DGP).” The relevant Rules in the Punjab Police Rules 1934 also showed that the entire police establishment under the state government was one integrated police force, though for better administration the state had been sub-divided into districts/ranges. “Thus, a plain perusal of the Punjab Police Rules shows that transfer can be done from one district to another district or even to another range, and there is no absolute prohibition for doing so. However, in such a case, the seniority of constables and head constables at the district level and of ASI and SI at the range level is maintained in the parent district/range despite the transfer. Promotion/confirmation is also given strictly as per the seniority in the parent district/range level, as per Memo No. 43515-22/E-(III) dated 10.8.2010,” the apex court ruled. The SC said the HC had wrongly relied upon an apex court verdict restraining the transfer of employees of Jawaharlal Nehru University to Manipur University, set up as the centre of postgraduate studies by JN University at Manipur.
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Reserves verdict in HPSC case
New Delhi, October 7 Winding up the contentions, Haryana’s counsel PN Mishra and Additional Advocate-General Manjit Singh Dalal pleaded for taking into consideration all nine charges levelled against the suspended members as the “misbehaviour” charge mentioned in the Presidential reference was a larger term. The suspended chairman and members had refused to cooperate in the investigation into alleged malpractices in the HPSC exams even after the High Court and the SC had rejected their plea for immunity, he said. |
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Charges framed against ASP, others
Manish Sirhindi Tribune News Service
Panipat, October 7 After registering a case against the accused on March 11 this year, the police had filed a 744-page challan in the court of the chief judicial magistrate (CJM) on June 11 against the accused. The permission to prosecute the accused cops from the state government had also been granted earlier on. Naresh Ahlawat, investigating officer (IO) of the case, said the charges had been framed under Sections 395 (dacoity), 397 (Robbery with attempt to cause death or hurt), 398 (attempt to commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapons) and 120B (Criminal conspiracy) of the IPC read with Sections 27/54/59 of the Arms Act. The IO stated that the police had collected enough evidence against the accused, including ASP Ashok Sheoran, ASI Vijay Pal, head constable (HC) Jagbir, HC Raj Kapoor, HC Iswar Singh and constables Vinod Kumar, Dharam Singh and Mahinder Singh. Besides, charges were also framed against Satish Verma of Panipat, who was found to be the informer of the cops and Raj Kumar of Dari, who was an accomplice in the crime. He said the accused had undergone polygraph tests during which they had revealed vital information. This information, clubbed with the documentary and circumstantial evidence, had placed the police in a strong position to prosecute the accused persons. Besides, there was also a CCTV camera footage which showed one of the cops trying to extort money from a local jeweller, which was vital in the case. The accused had been in custody ever since they had been arrested by the police and are lodged at Karnal jail.
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Raiding team fails to take samples
Sushil Manav/TNS
Fatehabad, October 7 The authorities now said they had lodged a complaint against the dairy owners Ajay Kumar and Vijay Kumar with the police. They also claimed that they had been able to take one sample of the left-out milk from containers in the afternoon. The civil surgeon OP Arya had constituted a team headed by the deputy civil surgeon Hira Lal Gupta to raid the dairy and take samples of the milk after receiving an anonymous complaint that “fake milk” was being prepared and distributed from there. Arya said he had also informed the SDM, who sent a naib tehsildar and a cop to accompany the team. The raiding team found several hundred litres of milk lying in containers in the dairy, but surprisingly did not take any samples. “We do not have a government food inspector (GFI) in the district, so we came back for summoning the GFI from some neighbouring district,” explained Gupta, who holds the charge of deputy civil surgeon (Health). He claimed that when the team visited the village again, they found the entire milk thrown in the street and in the drains. He alleged that the owner had forced entry into the premises locked by them and destroyed the entire stock of milk. RC Goyal, who took the samples, admitted that he was not sure that the sample milk was the same that was stored in the dairy in the early morning and added that it was the reason that an FIR had been lodged against the owners.
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Gurgaon traffic police on Facebook
Gurgaon, October 7 And once you are on the police network, you will get regular traffic updates on your mobile phone so as to enable you to choose a route with smooth movement of vehicles to reach your destination in time. You can also get traffic updates on Facebook, a popular social networking site. The residents as well as commuters can also upload their suggestions for better traffic management onto the site, which, the police authorities claim, will be taken up in the right earnest. With a view to enhancing its interaction with the people, the Gurgaon police today launched a two-way short-messaging service (SMS), apart from creating its profile on Facebook. In order to access the service, one has to merely SMS Join (space) GTP to 09219592195. On this number, anybody from the general public can send information about traffic movement and the subscribers will get traffic advisory from the police through SMS on their mobile phones. Stating this at a news conference here today, Gurgaon Police Commissioner SS Deswal pointed out that the names and pictures of habitual violators of traffic rules - like offenders of over-speeding and drunken driving - will also be put on the Facebook. Deswal, who was flanked by Joint Commissioner of Police Alok Mittal and Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Bharti Arora, said any person could click the photo of a vehicle violating the traffic rules and put it on the Facebook to inform the police about it. Deswal assured that prompt action would be taken on the people’s complaints as well as good suggestions. He said the entry of heavy vehicles in Gurgaon city had been prohibited from 7 am to 11 am and from 4 pm to 8 pm. A shift system had also been implemented in the IMT, Manesar, for better traffic management, he added. Meanwhile, the Gurgaon Traffic Police has recommended the cancellation of driving licences of 20 local residents for violation of traffic rules more than once. SDM (Gurgaon-North) Satender Duhan, who is the Licensing Authority, has issued a show-cause notice to all violators.
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HSGPC workers released
Kurukshetra, October 7 The agitation was started after HSGPC workers were not allowed to go to Gurdwara Chhevin Patshahi and several persons, including HSGPC president Jagdish Singh Jhinda, were arrested. During the past three weeks, 312 HSGPC volunteers had courted arrested of whom 45 persons had sought bail on different pressing grounds. However, the remaining persons refused to seek bail and were released today. Barring some persons against whom cases had been registered, all detained persons were released. Kanwaljit Singh, youth leader of the HSGPC, claimed that the Chief Minister had invited a delegation of the HSGPC for talks yesterday and the stand of the government on the issue was positive. He said the Chief Minister told the delegation that “earlier the high command was not in favour of separate gurdwara committee but now there is some change in its attitude and we are hopeful of sorting out the issue”. HSGPC vice-president Karneil Singh said an 11-member jatha from Kaithal courted arrest today and the process would continue till the demand for a separate gurdwara committee was met.
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Minister inaugurates substations
Kaithal, October 7 This was stated by Power Minister Mahender Pratap Singh while talking to mediapersons after inaugurating a 33 kV substation at Jagdishpura near here today. He said the Hooda government was committed to adding 5,000 MW to the state’s kitty to meet the growing requirements of electricity consumers. He said the government had given top priority to power generation. He inaugurated the first unmanned 33 kV substation in the district at Sirta Road, Kaithal. The substation has been set up by the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam. He also inaugurated substations at Lander Keema, Budha Khera, Kutabpur, Chandana and Songri Guliyana villages in the district. These substations would benefit 9,000 consumers, including 3,800 having tube wells.
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Cinema mirror of society:
Guv
Yamunanagar, October 7 This was stated by Governor Jagannath Pahadia at the third Haryana International Film Festival at DAV Girls College, Yamunanagar. He lauded the college’s effort for taking initiative for hosting the film festival and exposing the students to the best in Indian and world cinema. He said there was no shortage of talent in the state and it had produced personalities like Sunil Dutt and Om Puri, who had made a name for themselves in Indian and international cinema. Indian films had to work hard to make a mark overseas and so exposure to world cinema help in raising the stature of films, he added. However, he said, there was need to provide greater facilities in the state for filmmaking. On the occasion Shanti Pahadia, wife of Jagannath Pahadia, presented awards to three films selected out of 14 short films from different institutions. First prize went to “Sharam hai par aati nahin” by Geetanjali of the Mass Communications Department of Kurukshetra University, second prize was given to “Ek sawaal” by Honey Monga and Shashi Rawat of DAV College for Girls, Yamuna Nagar, while the third prize went to “Our well-wishers” by Sanjay Kumar Verma of SP College of Communications and Management, New Delhi. The awards were selected by a four-member jury headed by former FTII director Tripurari Sharan with film critics Vinod Bhardwaj and BB Nagpal and author Mahendra Mishra.
Film festival concludes
Yamunanagar: The Third Haryana International Film Festival concluded this evening with the screening of the film “East is East” starring Om Puri, who said the film proved to be a milestone in British Cinema.
Speaking at the closing ceremony, Om Puri appealed to the state government to fulfil its commitment to help the festival, which was a unique effort considering it had been organised in a small town by the DAV College for Girls. He also wanted the film industry to collaborate in making this festival a success. Around 75 films from about 10 countries were shown during the festival. Eminent film critic Vinod Bhardwaj, who had conducted a part of the Film Appreciation Course here, said the initiative for awarding short films made by students was a step in the right direction since digitisation had made it easy for even amateurs to shoot films, sometimes with mobile cameras. Sushma Arya, Principal of the college which had organised this extravaganza, said the HIFF had grown considerably in the past three years and had brought many film personalities to Yamunanagar. After the screening of the closing film, a fashion show was staged by students of the college. A seminar was also held on fashion in cinema, where participants stressed the importance of fashion and costume design in films. |
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Golden feat at CWG celebrated
Sonepat, October 7 Anil’s brother and international wrestler Balwan told mediapersons that Anil had fulfilled the dreams of their father, Raghubir Singh. Faridabad: If the authorities of Western Railways had the right vision, the department presently would have been proud of its employee Aneesa Sayyed, who has bagged gold medal in 25-meter range pistol shooting event in the ongoing Commonwealth Games. On the other side, residents of Faridabad raised a toast for Aneesa and celebrated her success. |
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Rana is GJUTA president
Hisar, October 7 Dr Rajiv Kumar of the Haryana School of Business was elected the general secretary. The post of the vice-president went to Anil Kumar of the bio and nanotechnology department. Other office-bearers are Dr Saroj, joint secretary and Dr Namita Singh, treasurer.
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Dalits block road over youth’s death
Bhiwani, October 7 The protesters were demanding registration of a case, immediate arrest of the accused and Rs 25 lakh compensation to the kin of the deceased. He has been identified as Sanjay of Dhana road. The agitators also met the Deputy Commissioner and submitted a memorandum. In view of seriousness of the case, now postmortem of the body will be conducted by a special panel of doctors at the PGI, Rohtak. Sanjay was working as a helper in a hotel at Dhigava. He reportedly died of burn injuries yesterday. |
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Flesh trade racket busted, 13 held
Faridabad, October 7 The police received information about the call girl racket in Satyan Guest House in Sector 16 last evening. In the raid, the police nabbed a pair in each of the six rooms of the guest house.The owner Raj Kumar, allegedly running the racket, was also nabbed from the spot. The pairs nabbed are said to be outsiders. Those nabbed have been booked under the Immoral and Traffic Prevention Act. |
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Fresh probe begins into dairy plot scam
Panipat, October 7 Under the project to shift the dairies outside the city limits, the authorities had come up with a number of plots on the Bijhol road measuring 250 sq yards each. Before 2005, 84 persons had given applications to the civic body for the allotment of plots so that they could shift their dairies outside the city. After this, the names of 36 more aspirants were added to the list. According to sources, 44 persons were allotted the plots and out of these 32 persons did not own any dairy. These included some of the councillors of the Panipat municipal council who managed to get the plots allotted in their names or relatives. They were given these plots at a rate of Rs 800 per sq yard and had paid around Rs 2 lakh for a plot. — TNS |
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Experts dwell on climate change
Karnal, October 7 RS
Paroda, chairman, Haryana Farmers’ Commission and former secretary (Agriculture) said if the agriculture and animal husbandry activities were not managed properly, it could spell disaster.
Paroda said large areas under rice cultivation and large population of cattle and buffaloes in India was contributing substantially to methane production and global average temperature that registered an increase of 1°C in last 100 years was estimated to increase alarmingly in the next century. — TNS |
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Sirsa, October 7 District and Sessions Judge Shiva Sharma inaugurated the centre. He said this was the second centre to be set up in a jail after Karnal. “The centre will provide free education to the jail inmates. Neither the course fees nor examination fees will be charged from them. Study material will be provided free of cost to the inmates,” said Shiva Sharma. CL Sharma, Regional Director of IGNOU, said the university had the provision for providing education for academic degrees in 21 subjects. — TNS
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Chautala unveils martyr’s statue
Rewari, October 7 Sultania, a jawan of the Rashtriya Rifles, had laid down his life while fighting militants in the Chhatlooru area of Jammu and Kashmir on March 16, 2008. Sultania had killed two terrorists before being killed. Dalip Sultania, father of the slain jawan, said his family was proud of their son’s sacrifice for the country. |
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