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Farmers block NH-8 against acquisition
Case against sarpanch false: Villagers
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Jind gets legal helpline
Families hit by demolition order to fight it out
State ranks third in rural sanitation
Three dera followers die in mishap
Robbers’ gang busted, 3 held
Doctor held for practising on invalid registration certificates
75-year-old raped, murdered
Give us our due in politics: Punjabis
Portfolios of CPSs changed
Man gets 4-yr jail for attacking ADC
INLD activist, family attacked
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Farmers block NH-8 against acquisition
Pachgaon (Gurgaon), February 13 The farmers had assembled here to hold a mahapanchayat under the aegis of the Upjau Krishi Bhoomi Bachao Sangharsh Samiti to chalk out a strategy to prevent the acquisition of their fertile land for setting up an Industrial Model Township (IMT). Farmers of Mokalwas, Kharkhari, Bans Lambi, Kasan, Sehrawan, Kukrola, Kufarpur and Fazalas villages, who have been issued notices under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, have been opposing the government move to acquire their fertile land. The villagers had held a mahapanchayat over the same issue on January 30, during which Haryana Youth Congress president Chiranjeev Rao had assured them that he would convey their concerns to the Chief Minister and get the matter resolved. However, after waiting for about two weeks, the farmers again held a mahapanchayat here today. Some local leaders of the Opposition parties, including the INLD and the BJP, apart from Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) activists, also attended the mahapanchayat. Around noon, the panchayat leaders leading the protesters “summoned” the Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner to “appear” before the mahapanchayat within two hours, listen to their contention and clarify the administration’s stance (and offer) regarding the matter. A little later, they received the message that the Deputy Commissioner was away on leave and an SDM could be sent to them to receive their memorandum. The panchayat meeting continued for some more time, but then, the members decided to block the Delhi-Jaipur National Highway No. 8 alongside which the mahapanchayat was going on. The protesters soon blocked the highway, refused to talk to the SDM and demanded that either the Divisional Commissioner or the Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) be sent to accept their memorandum. aMeanwhile, an anti-riot squad of the police force was deployed at the blockade site as a preventive measure. Ultimately, Gurgaon ADC VS Hooda and SDM Satender Duhan went to the farmers’ leaders and accepted their memorandum. They assured the protesters that their memorandum would be sent to the top state authorities and a meeting of their representatives fixed with the Deputy Commissioner. Following this, the blockade was lifted by the farmers. |
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Case against sarpanch false: Villagers
Fatehabad, February 13 The police had booked Malik for the murder of Sonu on the complaint of her brother-in-law Anil Sharma. The latter alleged that the sarpanch had run his vehicle over his sister-in-law and father Jagdish Sharma as he nursed a grudge against them for not supporting him in the panchayat elections. Also, his relative, Mahabir, had sought information under the RTI that had ‘exposed’ the sarpanch’s role in a fraud. The villagers told the SP that Anil had falsely implicated Malik at the instance of Mahabir who ran a ration depot under the public distribution system which was closed by the Food and Supplies Department following complaints of irregularities by the sarpanch. The villagers also told the police officer that the case of alleged pension fraud had nothing to do with the death of Sonu. They said the FIR regarding the pension fraud case had been registered on the complaint of one Phool Singh, who was not related to Mahabir, Jagdish or Anil Sharma in any way. The SP said that he had asked DSP (Headquarters) Shamsher Singh Dahiya to conduct an inquiry. |
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Jind gets legal helpline
Jind, February 13 .He said the helpline, available on the phone number 01681-246989, would provide all legal information about any issue and anybody would be able to contact the helpline. He said while free service would be provided by a team of the advocates, call would be taken only between the stipulated time. This is the first such service started in the
district. He said six lawyers had been deputed for the purpose. According to details, the lawyers in the team include Devender Singh Sheokand, Ishwar Singh, Jagdish Kumar Jagroop Singh and Mahavir Tanwar. He said two lawyers would be attending calls on a daily basis and the work had been divided into two shifts. A local lawyer said this would help the residents get proper information about their queries and they would not be wasting their time enquiring about an issue in the offices of the district administration and the local judicial complex. The clients would also be saved from getting duped or misguided by vested interests, especially regarding legal services or help on various matters without getting into legal hassles. |
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Families hit by demolition order to fight it out
Faridabad, February 13 These unauthorised structures pose a security threat because of their proximity to an ammunition depot of the Air Force. More than 20,000 houses and small industrial units spread over at least six densely populated colonies will be affected by the court order. Illegal buildings began coming up in the prohibited zone more than two decades ago with both the civil authorities and the high-ups at the Air Force Station looking the other way. If residents are to be believed, a senior personnel posted at the Air Force Station bought a big chunk of private land, carved out plots and sold these to private parties. A good number of retired IAF personnel are among those to have constucted houses in the area, Chaudhary Bachchu Singh being one of them. He claimed than an officer who once headed the Air Force Station had sold a number of plots to personnel of the department. So blatant are the violations that some shops and houses have come up right at the main entrance of the defence establishment. Also, there have been encroachments on the 60-metre road that connects the Air Force Station to the city roads. The residents, who took to the streets on February 6, have constituted a sangharsh samiti to counter the move of the authorities to demolish their structures. Jagtar Singh Virdhi, who set up a factory in the area after migrating from Ludhiana, said the residents of the affected colonies-Kapra Colony, parts of Jawahar Colony and Dabua Colony, Nangala Colony, Oriya Colony and Gajipur Colony- had decided to wage a legal battle. Some of them would appeal to the Supreme Court against the orders of the
High Court. Virdhi said most residents had sold their properties to set up home and find a livelihood for themselves here. He said they must be compensated for being uprooted. Minister Shivcharan Lal, who represents the NIT (Faridabad) constituency, says he has taken up the matter with the Chief Minister. He said a way out would soon be found. |
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State ranks third in rural sanitation
Chandigarh, February 13 This was stated by the Chief Secretary, Urvashi Gulati, while presiding over a meeting of the state-level selection committee held here recently for finalising the state-level awards under the Mukhyamantri Sanitation Incentive Puraskar Yojna for 2010-11. The village gram panchayats, which have been selected for the awards, include Madhubans of Yamunanagar district under category A, with a population of 1500, village Bado Brahmanan of Hisar district under Category B having a population from 1,501 to 4000, and village Mehlawali of Yamunangar district under category C, with a population of over 4,000. The villages, which bagged the awards, would be given cash prizes of Rs 3 lakh, Rs 5 lakh and Rs 7 lakh, respectively. The Chief Secretary said the gram panchayats had been selected for awards at three levels--block, district and state--through a defined process, and in all, 444 awards have been given. Explaining the selection process, Gulati said in the first stage, block-level selection committee selected gram panchayats for block-level awards based on given indicators like well-maintained schools, anaganwaris, other public buildings, ponds and community toilets, proper collection and disposal of wastes, both liquid and solid etc. Third-party verification for independent assessment of these block-level award winning gram panchayats was carried out for selection for the district and state-level awards. District-level selection committees, in turn, select gram panchayats for district-level awards on the basis of the score obtained during third-party verification. Finally, state-level selection committee selects gram panchayats for state-level awards on the basis of the third-party verification report, and recommendations of respective district-level selection committees. The Centre for Rural Research and Industrial Development (CRRID), Chandigarh, had undertaken the task of verification for selection of grampPanchayats for district and state-level awards. Gulati said sustainability awards would also be given to 13 villages on the basis of verification report of the CRRID. The villages were situated in the districts of Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Jhajjar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Mewat, Panipat, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonipat and Yamunangar. Out of these villages, Lowa Khurd falling in Jhajjar district had topped the list of sustainability awardees followed by Nautaki of Mewat and Jattal (Panipat) and Marodi Jattan (Rohtak), each with 71 points. As many as 61 villages were in the race for the sustainability award. Yamunanagar, Sonipat, Hisar and Sirsa were the top performing districts and improvement had also been made by Panchkula district. The Chief Secretary lauded the efforts of the Rural Department for efficient sanitation drive. As many as 259 villages had bagged the Niraml Gram Puraskar. She said the efforts of the Education and Health Departments were equally laudable in this regard. |
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Three dera followers die in mishap
Fatehabad, February 13 The incident took place when the victims were returning to Sirsa after attending a congregation addressed by dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in Hisar today. SP Vivek Sharma said the accident took place as the right wheel of the truck came out suddenly. Passersby informed the police, which rushed to the spot for rescue operations. While Parkash Kaur died on the spot, two of the four injured rushed to Hisar in a critical condition died on the way and were declared brought dead at the hospital. Jaspal Singh, Gurbachan Kaur, Shanti, Kanta, Pritam Kaur, Gurjit Kaur, Raj Rani, Suman and Sumitra, all dera followers, were among those injured. Cattle traders Balwant Singh and Darshan Singh, who were travelling in the canter, were also injured. Civil surgeon OP Arya said seriously injured Parvati and Shanti had been admitted to Sarvodaya Hospital in Hisar in view of their critical condition. He said he had spoken to the civil surgeon, Hisar, to arrange for their treatment, as private doctors were reportedly on strike there. |
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Robbers’ gang busted, 3 held
Panipat, February 13 District police chief Pankaj Nain said those arrested were Rakesh, son of Amarnath and resident of Bibipur village; Sunil, son of Kartar and resident of Babel village; and Amarjit, son of Lakhim Chand and resident of Shekhupura village. The SP said the police had seized three pistols from their possession along with some bullets. He said all the three accused were arrested from different places. The gang was involved in many robbery incidents and used pistols to terrorise and loot unsuspecting people. KarnaL: The police has arrested two persons allegedly involved in a number of thefts and recovered stolen property worth Rs 4 lakh from their possession. The accused had entered a house in Sector 4 to commit theft and also administered some intoxicant to women present inside the house. ASI Romesh Chand said the arrested had been identified as Tara Chand and Pushpi, alias Raju, of Tarawadi. The arrested have confessed to their involvement in eight cases of theft and one case of chain snatching. The police recovered gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 4 lakh and gas cylinders from their possession. |
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Doctor held for practising on invalid registration certificates
Rewari, February 13 Police sources said when Dr Ramphal Yadav, ayurvedic therapy officer of Government Ayurvedic Dispensary, Sangwari, conducted a raid on Rajender Singh’s clinic at Guriani on Saturday, his registration certificate of Government Ayurvedic and Unani Medical Council, Patna (Bihar), as well as the registration certificate of the Board of Ayurvedic and Allopathic Practitioners, Delhi, were found inadmissible and hence non-permissible for medical practice. |
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75-year-old raped, murdered
Sirsa, February 13 The police has registered a case under Sections 302 and 376 of the IPC, but the SHO said the matter was being investigated from all angles. The woman was living with his brother’s family in the village. She was married in Khudian village of Muktsar district in Punjab and her husband had died some time back. |
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Give us our due in politics: Punjabis
Sirsa, February 13 Congress MLA from Rohtak Bharat Bhushan Batra lauded the role of the Punjabi community in nation building and in the growth of society in the state. He said those who migrated from Pakistan after partition worked hard to carve a niche for themselves in the society and in the process they helped in building a strong nation. He, however, regretted that the community did not enjoy the participation in politics it truly deserved. He suggested that instead of blaming others for disproportionate representation in politics, the members of the Punjabi community should exhibit unity, so that those at the helm were forced to give them their due. Punjabi folk singer Surinder Chhinda moved people’s sentiments with his touching songs on female foeticide. The sabha honoured meritorious students and other achievers of the community. |
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Portfolios of CPSs changed
Chandigarh, February 13 Prahlad Singh Gillankhera has been attached with the Public Works Minister, the Sports and Youth Affairs Minister and the Forest Minister. Zile Ram Chochra has been attached with the Public Health Engineering Minister and the Industrial Training Minister. He will also assist the Chief Minister. |
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Man gets 4-yr jail for attacking ADC
Kaithal, February 13 According to the prosecution, the incident took place when Verma was pursuing protesters to lift the blockade. Some persons, including Pawan Kumar, attacked the official with a stick. The ADC received injuries in the attack and was rushed to the Civil Hospital.
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INLD activist, family attacked
Sonepat, February 13 The injured were taken to the Civil Hospital where the doctors referred them to the
PGIMS, Rohtak. The police has registered a case. Personal enmity was suspected to be the reason behind the attack. In his complaint, Malik alleged that the accused had taken away his gun and cash. |
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