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Hisar Byelection
Panipat, Karnal put on high alert
Brain surgery on awake patient
Trade union politics behind Maruti crisis |
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Farmers continue protest, refuse to cremate body
Mirchpur violence
One more dies of fever in Sirsa village
189 kg of charas seized, 4 arrested
HAU row ends as girls accept don’s apology
2 youths killed in mishap
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Hisar Byelection
Chandigarh, September 7 The stakes are high for three main contenders, the Congress, the INLD and the HJC of Kuldeep Bishnoi. For the Congress, the byelection is crucial to prove that its government continues to be popular. For the INLD and the HJC, the success in the byelection will prove which of the two can be an alternative to the Congress. The fourth contender, the BJP, has to show that it is still relevant in Haryana politics. The INLD has taken the lead over its rivals by declaring its candidate. That the INLD has decided to field its number two, Ajay Singh Chautala, elder son of former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, shows how important the byelection is for the Chautalas, facing trial in two criminal cases filed against them by the CBI. Ajay Singh is the MLA from Dabwali. Bishnoi has to win the byelection otherwise he would be in political wilderness. He is on record that the HJC candidate would be someone from the family. If he sticks to his announcement, the possible candidates can be either his mother, Jasma Devi, or his wife, Renuka. His elder brother, Chander Mohan, is still in the Congress and he has already shown his eagerness to contest on the Congress ticket. Jasma Devi lost to Sampat Singh in the 2009 Assembly elections. Earlier, she had represented the family’s traditional seat, Adampur, in the Assembly. For Renuka, it would be the first outing in electoral politics though she had been actively campaigning for her father-in-law and husband. Even now, she has been touring the constituency in the run- up to the election. Jasma has so far not shown any inclination to contest the election. The Congress, as usual, is plagued by infighting. It organised a meeting of its activists in Hisar a few weeks ago to oil its election machinery. However, the vociferous claims and counter-claims by supporters of various leaders was the only highlight of the meeting. So far Jai Prakash Barwala, former MLA Ram Kumar Gautam and former minister Chhattar Pal Singh have staked their claim to the Congress ticket. Supporters of Rajya Sabha member Birender Singh want the ticket for one of his family members. Party spokesman Ved Prakash Vidrohi said here today that the state unit would convey the names of possible candidates to the high command, which would take the final call. |
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Panipat, Karnal put on high alert
Panipat, September 7 District police chief Pankaj Nain said elaborate security arrangements had been made in all sensitive areas in the city, including religious places, bus stands and railway station. An appeal had been made to the general public to remain watchful for any unclaimed bags, suitcases or vehicles at crowded places. All hotels, guest houses, dharamshalas and other buildings that could be used as hideouts by anti-social elements were being checked by the police. Orders had been issued to check all vehicles entering the district, Nain said. Plainclothesmen had been deployed in busy markets. Check posts had been put up at various places in the district to prevent any untoward incident, the SP said. Karnal: Maninderjit Singh Bitta, President of the All-India Anti-Terrorist Front, on Wednesday condemned the Delhi bomb blast and blamed it on ‘politicisation of terrorism’ by political parties. Speaking to The Tribune on the phone he said “ different political parties are trying to save dreaded terrorists for electoral gains, strengthening terrorists and boosting their morale.” Expressing shock over the resolution passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly, seeking clemency for Rajiv killers, echoes of pardon for Afzal Guru and Sikh leaders batting for undoing the death sentence to Bhullar, Bitta said that anti-terrorist military courts should be set up for expeditious trial of terrorists and immediate execution of sentence. Lashing out at the insensitive leaders pleading for clemency for such elements, Bitta said security of all such leaders should be withdrawn so that they could realise the plight of common man reeling under threat of terrorism. Meanwhile, security has been beefed up in Karnal, Kaithal, and Kurukshetra after the Delhi blast. Strict vigil is being maintained at all vulnerable places . Plainclothesmen have been deployed at bus stands and railway stations.
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Brain surgery on awake patient
Rohtak, September 7 Describing it as an achievement, a spokesperson of the institute said that the patient who had been admitted with a seizure disorder had been recovering well after the surgery. Dr Vineet Bhai of the Department of Neurosurgery, who conducted the operation, said it was the first time when a patient with such a disorder had been operated upon while being fully conscious. He said the patient, Bijender, hailing from Sahlawas village of Jhajjar district had been suffering from seizures for the past about 20 years. Despite treatment, the patient continued to have seizures and was asked to undergo surgery recently for the removal of a small tumour in the brain. Dr Bhai said the investigations revealed that the tumour was located on that part of the brain that is responsible for motor(main) movement of the body, and it was difficult to ensure that this sensitive part was not affected by the surgery. Any impact could have caused weakness in the motor area in the postoperative period. After meticulous planning and explaining the risk to the patient, a team of doctors comprising an anaesthetist, the head of the department, Dr Sarla Hooda, carried out the operation. It took around two hours and the team was successful in removing the tumour responsible for the seizures. The patient was undergoing a speedy recovery and was talking and having food. The Director of the PGIMS has appreciated the work of the doctors. |
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Trade union politics behind Maruti crisis
Gurgaon, September 7 During his visit, Dasgupta alleged that it was due to rampant corruption in the Labour Department that labour unions were not being duly registered, and it was a violation of constitutional rights of the workers. He called for a convention of all trade unions on September 22 to discuss the matters and chalk out a strategy for collective action. Though the Leftist trade organisation was backing (as well as fuelling) the workers’ agitation from the very beginning, its top leadership has now openly come out in support of the protesting workmen. It was this trade-union politics which derailed the tripartite talks held among the MSIL management, workers and state government’s functionaries to resolve the crisis situation in June. It would be pertinent to mention here that the main demand of the protesting workers at that time was the establishment of a separate union at the Manesar plant. They wanted the union to work under the aegis of AITUC. After a settlement was reached, the workers joined their duties, but undercurrents of friction, dissatisfaction and lack of trust persisted. According to the MSIL management, workers lately resorted to hit production by deliberately going slow, sabotaging the quality of cars and even manhandling their supervisors. Following this, the management told the workers to sign good-conduct bonds if they wanted to work at the plant. Most workers, however, refused to sign the bonds and are agitating outside the plant for the past 10 days. MSIL chairman RC Bhargava has categorically stated that the company was in no hurry for a short-term settlement and acts of indiscipline and sabotaging production were totally unacceptable. Strategic move
In a strategic move, the MSIL management has decided to manufacture Swift cars at its Gurgaon plant also, in view of the crisis situation at the Manesar plants. Meanwhile, the management claimed that at present, more than 870 persons were working in various areas of vehicle manufacturing at the Manesar plants and the company would continue to scout for more trained workers in the coming days. |
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Farmers continue protest, refuse to cremate body
Fatehabad, September 7 The agitating farmers and family members of the deceased have rejected the district authorities’ appeal for the cremation of the body. The authorities had offered to the farmers that their demands would be conveyed to the higher authorities. On the directions of the district authorities, the SDM, Baljit Singh, visited the dharna site yesterday as well as today. Intensifying their agitation, five farmers, Ram Swaroop, Prithvi Singh, Telu Ram, Jogi Ram and Jaspal, sat on a relay fast from today. Women have also come in large numbers from Gorakhpur and neighbouring villages and they went up to the Deputy Commissioner’s office today and raised slogans against the authorities. Hans Raj Siwach, president of the Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, was hospitalised last night with complaint of discomfort. The agitating farmers have reiterated their demand of rescinding of sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act from their land and declared that they would not cremate Ishwar Singh’s body till their demand was met.
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Mirchpur violence
Chandigarh, September 7 The commission, which has already got two extensions since it was constituted in June last year, has, now, sought a nine-month extension till June 30, 2012, sources in the Home Department confirmed. While the commission has recorded statements of 59 persons, it has sought extension on the grounds that the statement of 40 more persons, some named in the arson and behind bars, is yet to be recorded. Once the recording of statements is through, the commission will need time to prepare a final report. Recently, the commission had issued 23 notices to those named by the witnesses for their alleged involvement in the violence. Sources said they had responded to these notices and said they wanted to reply to the allegations and would be represented by their respective lawyers. Though efforts were afoot to hasten the pace of inquiry and meet the mid-September deadline to submit a final report in the matter, the task seemed next to impossible given a large number of statements, which were still to be recorded. Sources in the government maintained that given the fact that a verdict in the case was expected shortly and all those accused would eventually move in for an appeal, this inquiry might only end up being relevant to the extent that the recorded statements could prove to be useful. Maintaining that the government may not be in favour of giving such a long extension, sources said the extension would be considered only when Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda would be back from his Japan tour. However, there is likelihood that the commission may get another six-month extension. The commission was initially given three months time to probe the Mirchpur muddle and to get to the bottom of what transpired that fateful day of April 21 last year when members of dominant community went about torching houses of the Dalits. Two members of the community, Tara Chand and his polio-stricken daughter, lost their lives in the incident. The commission’s task is also to identify those responsible for the loss of life and property, violence and assess the damage caused to the houses of the Dalits and consider the steps taken by the state government, including compensation, to the affected families.
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One more dies of fever in Sirsa village
Sirsa, September 7 Dashan Singh (25) was suffering from fever for the past one month. Villagers maintained that he suffered from malaria and got treatment from several places. He was shifted to a local private hospital, where he died yesterday. The health authorities, however, denied that the victim suffered from malaria. The Civil Surgeon, Dr Daya Nand, said that the field staff of the department had taken a blood smear of the victim some days ago and it had tested negative for malaria. He said the health authorities had also provided him a complete course of chloroquin after he developed fever. The Civil Surgeon said he had been informed that the victim had developed symptoms of jaundice before his death, but the exact cause of death, he said, could not be established. Earlier, Veer Pal (18), a school girl died of fever on September 1 and Sandeep (18), a Class XII student from the village, had died of fever on August 17.
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189 kg of charas seized, 4 arrested
Rohtak, September 7 According to SSP Satish Balan, the seizure was the largest in recent times and had been valued at around Rs 12 lakh in the wholesale market. He said the police had received reports that the drug trade had been going on in the region and the cops had been told to check every suspicious vehicle especially during the night. Balan said while one of the cars that was intercepted near Basantpur village had about 113 kg of charas packed in three bags, the other seizure of around 76 kg was made from another car near Ghilaur village on the same road. He said the drivers of the cars tried to flee but were captured with the vehicles and the cache of drugs after a brief chase. He said while four persons, Akash, Mohammad Hanif, Alamgir and Zabir, had been arrested from the spot, one of their accomplices fled.
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HAU row ends as girls accept don’s apology
Hisar, September 7 The girls continued their dharna throughout the day. The two-member probe panel appointed by the Vice-Chancellor began its hearing and summoned the research scholar concerned. The hearing continued for three hours. The agitating girls then broke the lock of the main gate of the College of Home Science and entered the premises to find out why it had taken so long. The girls then returned to the VC office and tried to break open the lock of the gate. At this juncture the entire executive committee of the HAU Teachers Association had two rounds of talks with girls. The girls demanded an apology from the professor and his dismissal. The HAUTA leaders somehow prevailed upon the girls to accept an apology by the professor but withdraw the demand for his ouster. The girls relented. Thereafter, in a late evening meeting in the committee room at the VC office, the professor apologised after which the girls ended their agitation. In between male students kept staging a dharna in support of the professor concerned. By late evening, male students had split with one group withdrawing its support. This was the first time that girl students resorted to such an agitation during which they kept sitting in dharna evening through the night. The controversy arose after a woman research scholar complained that the professor behaved with her in an indecent manner in his office on Saturday evening. The girls started their stir on Monday.
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2 youths killed in mishap
Rewari, September 7 The mishap took place when the youths were returning to the village, near here, from Narnaul while the bus was going from Rewari towards Narnaul. The Rampura police has booked the bus driver for causing death by negligence. |
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The next one month or so will be hectic for Haryana politicians, with the Hisar Lok Sabha byelection scheduled for October 13.
The Hisar seat fell vacant following the death of former Chief Minister Bhajan
Lal on June 3. He had won the seat in 2009 by a slender margin of 6,983 votes
over his nearest rival, Sampat Singh of the INLD.
In a complex case of neuro surgery, doctors of the PGIMS here yesterday performed a brain operation on a patient with him being fully awake and conscious.
