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Eight yrs on, Miri Piri institute awaits nod for CLU
State urges Centre to give Rs 3,000 cr in lieu of CST
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Alert issued for eight most-wanted criminals
Hisar-Dabwali stretch:
Rs 1,120 cr approved for four laning
Several women police recruits faint during passing-out parade
Spurned youth held for threat to girl
Man gets life term for murder
Deserted by father, 2 girls find home in shelter
2 of family die in mishap
11 malaria cases detected in Rohtak
BJP flays curbs on farmers
2 held with poppy husk
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Eight yrs on, Miri Piri institute awaits nod for CLU
Chandigarh, April 21 While the Haryana Government has “reasons aplenty” for withholding permission for the CLU sought by the SGPC, the latter terms it as a “political drama”. Sources in the Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department said the unauthorised construction falls within the 45-metre-wide sector road and 60-metre-wide green belt along the NH-1. However, the permission for the CLU has been pending because of the failure of the institute to submit various permissions, including that of the National Highway Authority of India. “The institute has not submitted permission of the Medical Council of India for the college, the detailed building plan showing the unauthorised construction, the original revenue documents and an affidavit about composition of unauthorised construction, ” said an official of the TCP Department. While over 161 kanals of land for the medical college to be spread over 25 acres came on a lease from the SGPC, 40 kanals was leased out by Gurdwara Shri Mastgarh Sabha, Shahbad. It was during the INLD rule in September, 2004, that the District Town Planner (DTP), Kurukshetra, issued a show- cause notice to the gurdwara management and sent a complaint to the SP, Kurukshetra, to register an FIR against the manager for permitting unauthorised digging and construction in violation of the Punjab Act, 1963. A few months later, while Om Prakash Chautala, considered close to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, was still the Chief Minister, the DTP sent a reminder on February 1, 2005, seeking registration of an FIR, which ultimately did not happen for reasons best known to the authorities. Also, while forwarding the case of the CLU for the institute, the DTP intimated the department that the site falls in a green belt along the NH-I, residential and agriculture zone. However, SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar alleged that the present Haryana Government was against the project because its foundation stone was laid by Badal in 2006. “The Haryana Government is against Sikhs. First, it tried to divide us by floating the idea of a separate SGPC. Now, it is not granting the CLU permission and the NOC to get affiliation despite our completing all formalities. Makkar said he had no idea about the recommendation to register an FIR during the INLD rule or how the unauthorised construction initially took place. Meanwhile, Congress sources maintain that the government would consider the CLU permission favourably if the institute management submits the relevant documents. They say the SGPC merely wants to politicise the project by raising inconsequential issues. “The whole idea is to delay its completion during the Congress term otherwise why else would the management not fulfil various requirements for the CLU,” a leader said.
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State urges Centre to give Rs 3,000 cr in lieu of CST
Chandigarh, April 21 This was stated by Haryana Public Health Engineering Minister Kiran Choudhry at a press conference here today. She said the state government was positive about the restoration of pending CST compensation. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had also sent a written communication to Union Finance Minister on the issue of CST. She said the state government had been regularly taking up the CST issue at the meeting of Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers. The Union Finance Minister had agreed on the issue and a meeting was to be held in the first week of May. On the stand of the Central Government on GST, Choudhry said this issue would soon be sorted out. She said GST, which was a big tax reform, was among those very good initiatives taken up by the Central Government and it would provide relief to the states. While stating that the toll-free helpline to redress public grievances had received a good response, she said of the 3,185 calls received, 2,596 complaints had been addressed and closed. “The remaining 589 complaints will be dealt within this month. The complaints were essentially about no water supply, polluted water, broken pipes among others,” she said. Water conservation would be a priority in view of the fast-depleting water table, she added. Choudhry has instituted four awards to honour progressive village panchayats for their achievements in conservation of water. Also, a campaign would be launched to make children aware of water conservation from an early age. She said the awards would be given as a one-time untied grant. Those village panchayats which would ensure provision of taps on all private and public connections and a minimum of 75 per cent of the households having sanctioned private water connections in the village would be eligible for the award. These awards would be given to village panchayats at a function to be held at the district level on January 26 and August 15. She said a village having a population of more than 4,000 would get an award of Rs 50,000 whereas Rs 40,000 would be awarded to a village panchayat having a population of more than 3,000 and up to 4,000. Similarly, a village panchayat having a population of more than 2,000 and up to 4,000 would be rewarded with Rs 30,000 and Rs 20,000 would be given to the panchayat having a population up to 2,000.
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Alert issued for eight most-wanted criminals
Rohtak, April 21 Four special teams of policemen had been formed to arrest the most wanted,
it is claimed. The criminals whose names have been published were wanted in various crimes, including murder, attempt to murder, loot, dacoity and seeking ransom. The most wanted and
the rewards on their heads are as follows: Manoj, son of Nahar Singh (Morkheri), reward: Rs 60,000, Vinod, son of Lachhi Ram (Mithathal), reward: Rs 50,000, Sant Kumar, son of Mukhtiar Singh
(Ismaila), reward: Rs 25,000, Krishan, son of Ramphal (Sanghi), reward: Rs 20,000, Rajkumar, son of Bijender (Sanghi), reward: Rs 25,000, Sandeep, son
of Rajender (Jatheri-Sonepat), reward: Rs 11,000, Sumit, son of Suresh Kumar (Sector-1,Rohtak), reward: Rs 10,000 and Bahadur Singh, son of Sarup Singh (Shimli village), reward: Rs 25,000. The local police has released helpline numbers, 9996781012 and 01262-247100, in this connection and said the name
and identity of the persons informing about the wanted criminals would be kept secret. According to police records, the district
has registered a high rate of crime in the recent months. |
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Hisar-Dabwali stretch:
Rs 1,120 cr approved for four laning
Sirsa, April 21 Giving details of the projects, Sirsa MP Ashok Tanwar told mediapersons in a press conference organised in the PWD Rest House here today that the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) was to spend Rs 3,574 crore in Haryana in the current fiscal, out of which a major share was to be spent on this project. Tanwar said the project included construction of a 10.3-km long four-laned bypass linking Fatehabad road with Dabwali road
in Sirsa. The MP said the spadework for the construction of two railway over bridges (ROBs) in his Sirsa parliamentary constituency — Rs 62.50 crore ROB in Dabwali and Rs 26 crore bridge in Jakhal — have been completed
and the actual work will begin very soon. |
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Several women police recruits faint during passing-out parade
Bhondsi (Gurgaon), April 21 Women constables kept on falling down one after the other and had to be taken away for medical treatment even as Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Director-General of Police R.S. Dalal lauded the strength of the state police department in their speeches on the occasion. At least five or six women constables fainted while listening to the speeches after the parade. As many as 438 women police constable recruits joined their ranks in Haryana Police after receiving training at the Haryana Police Academy in Madhuban, Karnal. The CM also honoured the women recruits who excelled in various fields during their one-year training course. Recruit Parmila Devi bagged the overall first position in the training, while recruits Meeran Devi and Rajni Bai were adjudged second and third respectively. —
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Spurned youth held for threat to girl
Rohtak, April 21 It is learnt that the 21-year-old girl was returning home from college, when Navid Ahmed confronted her near the Arya Nagar Market and asked her if she wanted to marry him or not. As the girl turned down his proposal, the accused reportedly threatened to kill her and her family. The accused was arrested soon after the girl lodged a complaint with the police in this regard. Meanwhile, in another development the district court has sentenced a youth and a woman to 10-year jail in connection with the rape of a girl at Samain village in the district. The accused identified as Rakesh and Pooja were convicted in the case that was lodged in 2009 on a complaint of the victim. The court has also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 and Rs 5,000 on the youth and the woman, respectively. |
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Man gets life term for murder
Fatehabad, April 21 The accused threatened the victim of dire consequences and went back. He came back in the night with a handle of a hand pump and hit Satyawan on his head, while he was sleeping. Satyawan’s brother, Shamsher Singh, had lodged an FIR against the accused. The court has also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Lakhwinder. |
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Deserted by father, 2 girls find home in shelter
Jind, April 21 Police sources said the girls identified as Pinki (14) and Tamanna (9), hailing from the Camp Chowk locality of Hisar, reached the police station at Uchana and sought help for their safety. The victims told the police that they were deserted by their father, Krishan, a truck driver at Narwana bus stand, on April 19. It is learnt that while the girls had lost their mother already, they were dependent on their father for survival, but they said they had been victims of harassment and torture at the hands of their father and had no one, including any relative, whom they could contact for help. As they were dropped at the Narwana bus stand and had no clue of the whereabouts of their father, they sought help from some bike-borne youths who gave them a lift to Hansi Road. But as the youths tried to exploit them sexually, they freed themselves from their clutches and reached the police station at Uchana on Thursday evening. The police produced the victims before the Deputy Commissioner here and told him that the girls did not want to return to their house as they had no one to look after them. The girls have been sent to a shelter home in Jhajjar district for their rehabilitation, said an official.
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2 of family die in mishap
Sirsa, April 21 Two persons seriously injured have been shifted to Hisar in view of their condition. According to family sources, all victims were members of a Revenue Department official Om Parkash’s family and they were going from Jodhkan village to his sister’s house in Bakrianwali, while trying to overtake a jeep, their vehicle collided against a canter coming from the opposite direction. Om Pakash’s wife, Kaushalya Devi, and his granddaughter, Anchal (10), died on the spot. The canter driver fled from the scene leaving behind the vehicle. A case has been registered. |
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11 malaria cases detected in Rohtak
Rohtak, April 21 The department concerned has announced to launch a malaria awareness programme from April 25. “Though the official figures of malaria victims so far have been not a cause of concern, the number of patients reporting at various OPDs of government hospitals and private clinics has started increasing,” sources said. The department was planning to start fogging at sensitive places besides distributing chloroquine tablets to prevent growth of malaria parasites in blood, said an official of the Malaria Department. “While 1,199 cases of malaria had been recorded in the district last year, around five cases got surfaced in the district during March, making it a total of 11 so far this year,” said the official. “The weather so far had been cool and humid due to unseasonal showers in the past few weeks and this could have been responsible for a sharp growth of malarial parasites in the surroundings of the residential areas,” claimed Dr Kuldeep Malik. Advocating use of mosquito nets and other methods to prevent a mosquito bite, he said the number of fewer cases of both viral and malaria could go up in the next few weeks. A total of 9,634 slides had been prepared of the suspected cases in the past month of which five came positive.
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BJP flays curbs on farmers
Sonepat, April 21 In a press statement issued here, Rajiv Jain, state media in charge of the party, criticised the government for asking farmers to bring copies of ‘fard’ of their land along with their produce in grain markets. “It was perhaps for the first time that farmers were forced to bring ‘fard’ even for purchasing fertilisers or selling their wheat produce in the grain markets,” he said. |
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2 held with poppy husk
Sirsa, April 21 A police spokesperson said the accused woman has been identified as Naseeb Kaur of Musa in Punjab and she was arrested with 10 kg of poppy husk. The police has booked her under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. He said the other accused, Kala Ram, of Viruwala Gudha had been caught with 4 kg of poppy husk.
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Unauthorised construction, registration of an FIR hanging fire for eight years, the change of land use (CLU) pending and yet another mudslinging match between Punjab Akalis and Haryana.
Haryana has urged the Central Government to give a compensation of Rs 3,000 crore to the state on account of the Central Sales Tax (CST) till the introduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) so that the state did not suffer a financial loss.
Water conservation is a result of persistence efforts
A spokesperson for the department said while a campaign had been launched to arrest the accused, a reward had
also been put on their heads to seek cooperation of residents of the district in this drive.