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Sirsa admn rejects BPL survey of urban
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Over 1,100 litres of ‘adulterated’ ghee, cooking oil seized
Govt orders relief for child victim of police torture
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Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda addresses an election meeting at Balsamand village, near
Hisar, on Wednesday. Photo: Manoj Dhaka
Mirchpur inquiry commission gets six months’ extension
Congress denies factionalism, says no groups within party
Roman Polanski in Haryana
Shift Hisar SP, says INLD
Info panel refers matter to double Bench
Maharaja Aggarsain remembered
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Sirsa admn rejects BPL survey of urban
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Sirsa, September 28 The Additional Deputy Commissioner, DK Bahera, has ordered a fresh survey of the BPL families living in Sirsa, Dabwali, Kalanwali, Rania and Ellenabad, the five towns of the district, said sources in his office. Earlier, the Deputy Commissioner, Yudhbir Singh Khyalia, had handed over the survey of over 31,700 BPL families living in these urban areas of Sirsa in April this year to volunteers of the Zila Saksharta Samiti. The survey parties conducted videography on each and every family to know their economic status and found over 13,000 BPL families as fake. The survey parties said many of these 13,000 families mentioned in the BPL list were not traceable while some others have managed to get their names included in the lists without merit. The Deputy Commissioner while confirming that the survey would be conducted afresh said that the Additional Deputy Commissioner was looking into the matter. The Additional Deputy Commissioner, however, could not be contacted. Sources in his office confirmed that the ADC had rejected the survey conducted by the Zila Saksharta Samiti volunteers and said a fresh survey would now be conducted.
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Over 1,100 litres of ‘adulterated’ ghee, cooking oil seized
Jind, September 28 The demand for ghee, oil and milk products has risen sharply due to the upcoming festive season. The police has collected samples of the seized items and has booked a case against some persons. According to police sources, a pick-up van loaded with around 79 tins, having unbranded desi ghee and refined oil, was on its way when it was intercepted by a police team after receiving a tip-off that suspected adulterated edible oil in a large quantity was being transported and could be meant for the increased demand of such products by the sweetmeat shops and manufacturers of such items during this period. The huge quantity that was found in the vehicle included 40 tins of desi ghee and 39 tins of refined oil besides a large number of wrappers and bottles of essence. Three persons, who had been carrying this lot, have been identified as Raja of Hisar district and Parvin and Navin hailing from Hansi town. They have been detained. The initial interrogation found that some persons had been preparing refined oil and ghee by using essence and some other chemicals and these were being supplied to shops and other dealers. Though the police has not revealed the place where this activity was based and who was the owner of the factory, it has claimed that samples of the ghee and the oil have been lifted and sent to the laboratory for test. A case under the Essential Commodities Act and for cheating has been booked in this connection. |
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Govt orders relief for child victim of police torture
New Delhi, September 28 The case involves a 13-year-old boy from Gurgaon’s Krishna Colony who was not just detained illegally in a false case of theft by two local policemen but tortured in ways the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
(NCPCR) has described as “inhuman and inconceivable”. The constables in question, head constable Jitender Kumar and constable Manoj Kumar, used a pipe to force petrol through the child’s anus. By the child’s admission, they later used green chilly on his eyes to exacerbate the injury. It took the Haryana Police six months to book the erring constables who were eventually nailed through an investigation ordered by the
NCPCR, a statutory body with powers of a civil court to ensure child protection. Going by the report of the commission, which The Tribune has accessed, the probe team concludes that the child was picked up for theft of a scooty by the two constables on March 28 and was kept in detention even when the said scooty had been recovered within minutes of being reported as stolen. “The policemen tampered with records in police post, Sector 4, where they tortured the child,” the report concludes, adding that a false case was slapped on the child after his poor family failed to pay Rs 50,000 bribe the policemen demanded for his release. The inquiry report (submitted to the Haryana Chief Secretary) records that the medical officer at Gurgaon Civil Hospital first gave a false clean medical report to the child. It was a subsequent medico legal certificate issued by another doctor that recorded the actual injury. This MLC stated, “External injuries were caused by blunt force impact and the possibility of alleged forcing of petrol through the anal route cannot be ruled out.” The commission in its recommendations to the state government charged the two constables with illegal arrest; unlawful detention; merciless beating and fabrication of evidence. It also went on to demand action against
SHO, Sector 5 police station, Naresh Kumar, who, despite knowledge of the brutality by constables, took no action against them. Importantly, the NCPCR also comes down heavily on DCP concerned (West Zone) Maheshwar Dayal who argued that an FIR against a police official could not be filed unless the issue had been investigated properly. “This contention is against Section 154 of the Criminal Procedure Code and against judgments of the Apex Court. |
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CM: Opposition parties have personal political agendas
Hisar, September 28 Continuing his whistle-stop tour of the constituency, he said this was the basic difference that people must understand before they voted. Hooda was addressing election meetings in villages of the Nalwa Assembly segment.
Hooda said the only agenda of the INLD nominee Ajay Chautala was to try and extend the Chautala clan’s political turf for personal benefit. Other than that there was no reason why he should be trying his luck at Hisar while being a legislator from Sirsa district. The welfare of the people of Hisar was certainly not at the back of his mind. Even if elected, how would the people of Hisar benefit from it, he asked. He said, likewise, the HJC-BJP nominee, Kuldeep
Bishnoi, had a one-point agenda - to save himself from becoming totally irrelevant to Haryana’s polity. Even if elected, he alone would stand to benefit. What would his election offer to the voters of
Hisar? he asked. As against this, the Congress nominee, Jai Prakash, had no personal agenda, he said, adding that a win for the Congress would instead benefit the people of the area directly as it would help speed up
development. Hooda said history had enough evidence to prove that both the Chautala and Bishnoi clans had only gained personally from their electoral pursuits at the cost of the people who voted for them. It was time the voters saw through their game, he said. On the other hand, Ajay Chautala said the entire nation was closely observing the by-election to the Hisar seat as it was a test for the Congress in the wake of the myriad scams that had been exposed in the recent months. Addressing election meetings in the Uklana and Hansi constituencies today, he said the result of the byelection would show to the entire country how strongly the people were opposed to corruption that plagued the Congress government. |
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Mirchpur inquiry commission gets six months’ extension
Chandigarh, September 28 Confirming the extension, the Principal Secretary, Home, Samir Mathur, said that it had been decided that the commission would be given another six months to submit its report. “We will issue a formal notification of the extension in a couple of days,” he said. While the commission has already recorded statements of 59 persons, it is yet to record the statements of those a few others who were behind bars while the proceedings in the case were on. Though they had expressed their willingness to record their statements through their counsels, the acquittal of most of them by the court will help hasten the proceedings. However, owing to a by-election in Hisar, the commission has temporarily suspended visits to the area to record the statements. The field visit will resume only after the election process is complete which would be after October 20. Meanwhile, the commission is learnt to be consolidating the statements already recorded.
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Congress denies factionalism, says no groups within party
Chandigarh, September 28 Claiming that Jai Prakash would win with a handsome margin, Vidrohi said the result of the elections would not have a bearing on the Central or state governments. But it would definitely have an effect on the development of the area. If the Congress nominee won, he would be able to raise various issues concerning his area before the government forcefully, which an opposition MP would not be able to do. He said it was now for the voters of Hisar to decide whether they wanted development or give mandate to the opposition.
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Roman Polanski in Haryana
Chandigarh, September 28 The move to help the young appreciate sensible cinema beyond Dabbangs and Bodyguards in a town which does not have a cinema hall of its own is seen as a harbinger of cultural revolution. The festival brings to their doorsteps not only world cinema in languages as diverse as Bhojpuri and Polish but also invites directors, actors, film critics and cinematographers of repute to help them appreciate films with a perspective that goes beyond entertainment. The festival was started three years ago by a few committed film aficionados at the local DAV College for Girls with technical support from the FTTI (Films and Television Institute), Pune. The seven-day long festival (September 30 to October 7) will be inaugurated by eminent British film-maker Leslee Udwin, who made “East is East” and also the sequel “West is West”. Other luminaries who are going to interact with the students during the seven-day film appreciation course include Om Puri, Manoj Bajpai, Manoj Tiwari (popular hero of Bhojpuri films), Satish Kaushik, Kundan Shah, Rajendra Gupta, Yashpal Sharma, Dr Chandra Prakash Dwivedi and Waman Kendre. The success of the programme has proved that small towns are more receptive to serious art, as major art activities remain confined to big towns. This year, the festival is also organising a special show of “Brick Lane”, the much talked about film based on the novel of the same name by Bangaldeshi author Monica Ali. An entire session is devoted to the rebellion cinema of Iran will be premiered in this small town of Haryana. Special Fare
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Shift Hisar SP, says INLD
Chandigarh, September 28 In a complaint sent to the Election Commission of India, state office secretary of the INLD Nachhattar Singh Malhan said Sharma, who was recently transferred from Fatehabad to Hisar, was an IPS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre and was on deputation to Haryana. He alleged that Sharma was a nephew of Haryana Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Sharma. Malhan said because of the close relationship between the officer and the Congress MLA, the INLD was apprehensive that it would not be possible to hold free and fair elections with Sharma heading the district police. The party also accused the state government of violating the model code of conduct. It alleged that after the code came into force, the government reappointed a retired IPS officer Ram Singh Bishnoi on September 8 as its training adviser for one year.
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Bureaucrats’ property details Manish Sirhindi/TNS
Panipat, September 28 In a formal communiqué sent to RTI activist PP Kapoor, the SIC has stated that hearing of the case has been scheduled before the double Bench of the commission comprising Prem Veer Singh and MR Ranga, state information commissioners, for September 29. The Tribune on August 30 had highlighted the delay in the taking up of the case by the commission, which in February this year had told the applicant that the matter would be referred to the full Bench of the commission for a final decision. Kapoor had put up a petition before the commission in which he had stated on December 16, 2009, that he had sought information from the SPIO attached with the office of the Chief Secretary to Government of Haryana to provide him with the details of properties owned by all the IAS, IPS, tehsildars, assistant tehsildars, HPS and HCS officers posted in the state at the time of their joining the duty and at the end of 2009.
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Maharaja Aggarsain remembered
Sirsa, September 28 Addressing people in a function organised to mark the birth anniversary of Maharaja Aggarssain, the legendary king of Agroha from where the members of Aggarwal community trace their origin, Kanda said if his teachings were followed, none would remain poor in the country. Congratulating members of his community on the occasion, Kanda said Aggarwals were peace-loving people, who believed in doing their business without malice to anyone.
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