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Special recruitment drive for the differently abled
14-day judicial remand for accused
Gurgaon MC poll on May 15
Nuh DFO, clerk held on graft charges
Accused doc in judicial custody
Salary, pension on April 29
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Rahul roots for youth in politics
Media kept at
bay However, for reasons best known to the
organisers, mediapersons were barred from a first-hand coverage of the event. Instead, a press statement was mailed to the newsmen from an e-mail address of some “Congress committee” late in the evening
Gurgaon, April 21 However, for reasons best known to the organisers, mediapersons were barred from a first-hand coverage of the event. Instead, a press statement was mailed to the newsmen from an e-mail address of some “Congress committee” late in the evening. According to party insiders and political observers, the strategy of not allowing the media to the meeting venue was two-pronged: One, to arouse the curiosity of journalists so as to ensure an elaborate coverage. Secondly, a message would be sent out that the Congress “yuvraj” was not publicity-hungry. Also, the media would have no choice but to present whatever was provided to it. Haryana Pradesh Youth Congress president Chiranjeev Rao, who had held a press conference here a couple of days ago to announce Rahul’s visit, as well as his father and senior Haryana minister Ajay Singh Yadav, who had been calling journalists to attend the press conference, washed their hands off the event at the eleventh hour. So much so, that the District Information and Public Relations Officer, who had sought the names and photographs of the press reporters and photographers yesterday for the coverage of today’s event, was not allowed to enter the meeting hall. In his address, Rahul asked the party youth to take up issues of public interest with the authorities concerned. The Youth Congress members also aired their grievances, chiefly the unresponsive attitude of the administrative officials. Rahul, in turn, instructed the Chief Minister to take cognisance of the matter and do the needful. Dangling a juicy red carrot before the party youth, the AICC general secretary said he would want to involve more youth in the next general as well as state Assembly elections. |
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Dept inspects Bt cottonseed outlets, lifts samples
Sirsa, April 21 The bollguard-I (BG-I) variety is the most sought-after range of Bt cottonseed in the area. Angry scenes have been witnessed at some outlets where Bt cottonseed of some sought-after varieties has been sold in the past few days. “Not a single pack of the BG-I 6488 variety has been distributed by the HSDC so far, while in the open market, it is available for a premium. The packet priced at Rs 825 is available in the market for Rs 1,500,” alleged a farmer from Panjuana. Om Pal Panwar, manager of the HSDC, admitted that 8,000 packets of seeds had been lying in the stocks here for the past few days and maintained that these had been withheld on orders from his superiors. Meanwhile, a team from the Agriculture Department today checked several outlets in Sirsa town, where Bt cottonseed of different varieties is being sold. The team comprising RC Punia, Joint Director (Cotton), Jagdeep Brar, Deputy Director, Sukhdev Singh, Subdivisional Officer, and Babu Lal, Quality Control Officer, took 12 samples from various shops. Later, Punia said the team checked 15-odd outlets and directed traders to display the stocks available with them on the notice board installed in their establishments. He said a similar exercise was undertaken at Bhiwani yesterday, where, accompanied by local officers of the department, he took eight samples of Bt cottonseed. |
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Special recruitment drive for the differently abled
Chandigarh, April 21 A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the state-level coordination committee constituted under the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995, held under the chairpersonship of Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Geeta Bhukkal here today. Bhukkal directed the officers concerned to take effective steps in this direction so that 1,392 vacant posts for differently abled persons could be filled on a priority basis. She said special employment exchanges would be set up at the district level to facilitate persons with disabilities. Apart from this, a special recruitment drive would be carried out to fill six posts of subject experts in the Social Justice and Empowerment Department. Bhukkal said a provision of Rs 50 lakh would be made for research on artificial limbs. She also directed the officers concerned to ensure the implementation of provisions of the National Building Construction Code in government buildings to facilitate the differently abled. Apart from reserving 3 per cent posts in all aided voluntary organisations, 3 per cent seats should also be reserved for the differently abled in admission to universities.
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12-year-old girl murdered at brick-kiln
Rohtak, April 21 The police has rounded up four persons, including the brother of the deceased, for interrogation. A case has been registered in this connection. The incident took place around 9.45 pm last night after there was a quarrel among some youths working at the brick-kiln near the village. The victim, identified as Laxmi Kumari, was a student of Class V at a private school. Hailing from Kanshi Ram Nagar in UP, the girl had been residing here with her parents and an elder brother. “While her parents had gone to their village a few days ago, the victim was been looked after by her brother, employed at the brick-kiln,” said Anoop Singh, manager of the brick-kiln. He said the body of the girl, with severe injuries on the head, was recovered early this morning. Even though the police was informed, the body of the victim kept lying at the spot till 2 pm and the police did not care to shift it to a mortuary, claimed a worker at the kiln. The spade, reportedly used in the crime, was found lying near the spot. The postmortem would be done tomorrow morning, said investigation officer Ajmer Singh. |
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14-day judicial remand for accused
Yamunanagar, April 21 The prosecution did not press for police remand of the accused and told the court that the dagger used in committing the crime had been recovered at the instance of the accused. The court was informed that gold ornaments and Rs 5400 which they had taken away after committing the crime had also been recovered. Sat Pal, his wife Veena Rani, two sons, Mukesh and Rinku, and daughter-in-law Suman were done to death by the accused on Saturday night.
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Gurgaon MC poll on May 15
Chandigarh, April 21 State Election Commissioner Dharam Vir said the nomination papers could be filed between April 28 and May 2. Scrutiny would be on May 3 and withdrawals between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on May 4. Symbols would be allotted to the contesting candidates after 3 p.m.on this day. Polling would be held between 7.30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on May 15. Counting would take place after the close of polling
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Nuh DFO, clerk held on graft charges
Nuh (Mewat), April 21 IG (Vigilance Bureau) Sheel Madhur said Ram Avtar Singla of Nagina had lodged a complaint with them, alleging that the Nuh DFO, Virender Singh Gill, had demanded an LED television set costing Rs 42,000 for issuing forest clearance to him for the installation of a petrol pump. A raiding party headed by Inspector Manohar Lal caught clerk Yogesh at the DFO’s office while accepting Rs 2,000. Yogesh had allegedly demanded Rs 10,000, the IG said, adding that the DFO had demanded an LED television set, which was also recovered from his possession.
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Accused doc in judicial custody
Karnal, April 21 Meanwhile, Dr Brij Sharma and Neelam have been sent for one-day judicial custody while Amit Kumar, who brought the girl, have been sent to one-day police remand.
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