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jat agitation
Stir may spark shortage of basic items
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Harried Hooda calls special Cabinet meet
High court relief to allottees denied possession of plots
6 killed in road mishaps
Loot case of Rs 12 lakh from SBI solved; gang busted
Jind HR bus services suspended for 4 days
India’s first OPU-IVF calf born at NDRI
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jat agitation
A faction of the pro-reservation protesters tonight agreed to call off the protest tomorrow on the condition that all its leaders, in police custody since the Ramayan village swoop, were released tomorrow morning. Reports from Ground Zero, Hisar, suggested the protesters were in no mood yet to commit themselves. “Before the government holds talks with us, we want our leaders out of jail,” said a UP Jat leader Yashpal Malik. The Jats have been demanding Other Backward Classes status for the community. Saturday was the 21st day of the protest. On March 3, a 26-member khap committee, authorised by the protesters to talk to the state government, had similarly arrived at a “compromise.”
The agreement called for ending the agitation as the Haryana Backward Classes Commission was in the process of giving its recommendations. The government had said it wanted a six-month window to implement the recommendations. The protesters rejected the agreement. Talks between the protesters and Chief Parliamentary Secretary Dharambir Singh and principal OSD to the CM, MS Chopra went on late into the night. Secretary of the 26-member khap committee, which had arrived at last week’s agreement, Subey Singh Samain, said the protesters were ready to end the agitation if the arrested leaders were freed and the terms agreed to by the khap committee headed by Nafe Singh Nain were accepted. The Chief Minister has called a meeting of the Cabinet tomorrow to discuss the issue. (With inputs from Raman Mohan in Hisar) kurukshetra The Jat reservation agitation spread to Kurukshetra district on Saturday with protesters blocking the highway in response to the bandh call given by the Jat Arakshan Samiti to protest against the arrest of their leaders and seek their release. The protesters also burnt an effigy of the CM. — TNS Fatehabad Even as the situation continues to be tense at Gajuwala and Parta after this week’s clashes between the police and villagers, the Jat agitators on Saturday blocked vehicular traffic at Baijalpur village and threw stones at vehicles of the subdivisional magistrate and the police party that went to stop them. — TNS Jhajjar The Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti has described the ongoing agitation in Hisar district as “politically motivated”. The Samiti’s leaders said some people were misguiding members of the community for serving their political interests. — OC
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Stir may spark shortage of basic items
Hisar, March 10 The prices of fresh vegetables and fruits have begun to rise as there have been no arrivals from Delhi and Himachal Pradesh for the past four days. The supplies have completely stopped now as all roads have been blocked. Thus far, truckers were taking circuitous routes to reach here, but, with more roads closed, this is no longer an option. The Hisar Chemists Association has already warned of shortage of life-saving drugs. The local markets are dependent on daily travellers to Delhi who bring the medicines every day. Now that all road and rail traffic has been suspended, the shortage of drugs is already being felt. Petrol Pumps have so far been able to maintain normal sales. However, if the roads continue to be blocked for another two or three days, the stocks will dwindle. A representative of the Petrol Pump Owners Association said the supplies were received from the Panipat refinery. There had been no supplies for the past four days. This was bound to create shortages. Cooking gas agencies owners, too, have been affected similarly. All educational institutions in the city remained closed for the fourth day today. The administration had closed these institutions for three days on March 7. The closure was extended by a day yesterday. Meanwhile, Jat protesters blocking the rail track at Ramayan village near here today reiterated that they would not cremate the body of Sandeep who had died in a clash with the police on Monday till their demand for unconditional release of all the persons arrested in connection with the stir was met. Suresh Koth, a senior leader spearheading the stir, said unless their men were released, the agitation would not be suspended nor they would hold any talks with the government on any issue. The protesters have now placed wooden beds on the track. A shamiana has been hoisted over the spot where the body of Sandeep has been placed on the track. In Mayyar, too, the Delhi Road was blocked by hundreds of protesters this morning. All other roads leading to Punjab, Delhi and Rajasthan were blocked too. Representatives of khaps who met the jailed leaders here last evening held talks with the authorities till late last night but no decision could be reached. The protesters had earlier in the evening spurned their offer for mediation till the arrested men were released. A highly decorated senior former Inspector-General of Police Rajpal Singh said today that the method adopted by the members of the Jat community for securing reservation in government jobs was tarnishing the image of the Jats.
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Harried Hooda calls special Cabinet meet
Chandigarh, March 10 Adding to the government woes, the relatives have not cremated the body. The state government continues to see a “political conspiracy” behind the unfolding events. The protesters, too, have changed tack: their main demand now is the release of those taken into custody by the police following the crackdown. Though talks between the protesters and the government have resumed, the entire process is more complicated because the agitation has become virtually headless with too many of its leaders and organizations running the show and pulling in different directions. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that the Cabinet meeting would discuss the “political situation arising out of the agitation.” Other issues, too, could come up for discussion, he added. Government sources said talks reopened with the protestors today after last week’s “pact” between the government and the 26-member khap delegation failed to appease the protesters. Rejecting the agreement to withdraw the agitation until the Haryana Backward Classes Commission submitted its report and allowing another six months to the government to implement it, the protesters continued to hold up traffic and set up blockades to press for their demand of OBC status for the Jat community. Sources said the Chief Parliamentary Secretary Dharambir Singh rushed to Hisar to bring the protesters around. The protesters are adamant on getting a timeframe for the submission of the Commission’s report and an assurance from the state government that it will implement the OBC quota in Haryana and recommend it to the Centre. “We have declined to talk to the government till those in jail are let off. From what I know, cases of sedition are slapped against them. We’ll talk with the government only when they are released,” said Yashpal Malik. |
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High court relief to allottees denied possession of plots
Chandigarh, March 10 The significance of the judgment can be gauged from the fact that a Division Bench of the high court has decided nothing less than 25 civil writ petitions on the issue with a single order. Culling the facts from a petition filed by Subhash Puri against the state of Haryana and other respondents, the Bench of Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice AN Jindal asserted: “All petitioners have been allotted residential plots of different sizes in Sector 57, Gurgaon. The possession of the plots allotted to the petitioners could not be delivered for one or the other reason. Therefore, the petitioners have invoked the writ jurisdiction of this court for directing the respondents to deliver physical possession of the plots so allotted”. As the case came up for hearing, counsel for the respondents senior advocate DV Sharma agreed: “A large number of allottees in Sector 57, Gurgaon, have not been delivered possession”. He added: “In an exhaustive exercise, it has been decided that all allottees, who have not been delivered possession shall be considered for allotment of alternative plot firstly in the same Sector and if not possible to be adjusted in the same Sector, then in Sector 51, Gurgaon, in terms of the policy dated December 10, 2007”. Sharma also told the Bench that the “process of demarcation in the alternative area shall take about three months and the process of allotment of plot shall be completed after another two months”. Taking on record the assertion, the Bench asserted: In view of the said statement, we dispose of all these writ petitions with the direction to the respondents to complete the process of allotment of alternative plot within five months in terms of the policy dated December 10, 2007. With the direction, all the writ petitions stand disposed of”. |
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Three undertrials killed in shootout
Jhajjar, March 10 Two policemen also sustained injuries in the shootout. The assailants managed to flee from the spot after perpetrating the crime. The police believe the shootout to be a fallout of a gang rivalry. The deceased have been identified as Dilbagh Singh, his brother, Shri Bhagwan, of Karor village in Rohtak, and Anil, of Chiri village, in Rohtak district, while the injured untertrials, Naseem and Ranbir, and the policemen, identified as Vinod and Vivek, have been admitted to the PGIMS, Rohtak, where their condition is stated to be out of danger. The deceased were notorious criminals and were lodged at the Bhondsi Jail in Gurgaon district. All five undertrials were brought to Rohtak from the jail this morning to produce before a trial court in Rohtak. The incident took place when they were being taken back to the jail from Rohtak in a prisoner van this evening. The van was hit and intercepted by a truck when it reached near Dulina police post in Jhajjar district. All of a sudden, over 12 armed youths reportedly opened indiscriminate fire on the prisoners from a close range. Dilbagh Singh, Shri Bhagwan and Anil reportedly died on the spot while Naseem and Ranbir sustained gunshot injuries. The assailants also fired on a escort jeep of the Jhajjar police when some policemen tried to retaliate.Two cops got injured in the firing. All assailants sped away in three cars after committing the crime. Later, IG Alok Mittal along with the Jhajjar SP reached the spot and took stock of the situation. |
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6 killed in road mishaps
Rewari, March 10 Similarly, Jitender of Majra village was killed while his friend, Yogesh, was injured when their motorcycle collided with a scooter at Gumina village on Thursday. In another mishap that took place at the nearby Suthana village on Wednesday, Kamla died while her grandson, Chandan, sustained injuries after they were knocked down by a school pick up on the school’s premises. In fifth incident, Mohan Lal of Chowki No. 2 village died while his associate, Rahul, was injured when their motorcycle was hit by a Qualis on the Kanina-Rewari road at Mundi village on Wednesday. The sixth such mishap occurred at a place in front of the bus stand at Dharuhera in on Wednesday. |
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Loot case of Rs 12 lakh from SBI solved; gang busted
Sonepat, March 10 The arrested youths have been identified as Vinod and Krishan of Lath village, Pawan of Naina Tatarpur and Surender of Gangana. They confessed to have committed the bank robbery and their involvement in many other criminal cases, including lifting of vehicles. According to a police spokesman, after his escape from the Panchkula police’s custody on November 7, he along with Somvir of Bhainswal Kalan looted a Swift car at pistol point from Panipat a few days before committing the bank robbery. Just two days before the bank robbery, Pawan and Vinod knocked down Zile Singh of village Silana with this stolen car. Zile Singh succumbed to his injuries in PGIMS, Rohtak. They also resorted to firing to scare the villagers and escaped. The main conspirator of the bank loot was Krishan, who was working as a security guard at a tower of the DOCOMO Company in Lath village and the tower was located near the Lath branch of the State Bank of India. The cash was being taken by bank clerk Jaibir and security guard Chander Singh from the main branch of the SBI in Sonepat to its Lath village branch in a hired car. The car driver, Randhir Singh of Pinana village, was injured when the criminals fired at him before looting the cash and escaping. |
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Jind HR bus services suspended for 4 days
Jind, March 10 Though private buses and maxi cabs have been operating on various routes, roadways buses coming to a halt has resulted in great inconvenience to commuters besides causing heavy losses to the Transport Department. The bus services have been lying suspended for the past few days due to the agitation and blockade of roads by Jat protesters in the neighbouring Hisar, Fatehabad and Sirsa districts and no bus could leave the depot here for the fourth day today, claimed sources in the Transport Department. The office of the General Manager here also confirmed that the bus services have come to a standstill. “We have been suffering a loss of around Rs 10 lakh per day due to the agitation besides causing great inconvenience to thousands of commuters,” added the officials concerned. “I found the main gate of the bus stand locked and the premises wore a deserted look,” claimed Dev Singh, a local resident, who wanted to go to Rohtak for some work.” |
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India’s first OPU-IVF calf born at NDRI
Karnal, March 10 A team of scientists at the NDRI comprising Dr MS Chauhan, Dr RS Manik, Dr SK Singla, Dr P Palta, Dr MK Singh and Dr Shiv Prasad was working on this project for the past five years and finally succeeded in producing a cattle calf through the OPU-IVF technology. In the OPU technology adopted by the scientists, oocytes are collected from the ovaries of a live “Sahiwal cow” using an ultrasound-guided needle. The oocytes were matured, fertilised and kept in an incubator for seven days until these are developed to a transferable stage of embryo called blastocyst. The transfer of a blastocyst stage embryo to a surrogate mother led to the birth of a female calf with a normal weight of 23 kg at the time of the birth on March 7, on the eve of Holi, and the female calf was christened as “Holi”. |
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