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Acid attack on 3 minor girls in Rohtak
Dalit-Jat Standoff
Dalit women prepare to cook food outside the mini-secretariat where they have been camping since they left their houses in Bhagana in Hisar. A Tribune photograph
250 Sirsa villagers booked for rioting
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Promotion Criteria
HC nod to land acquisition
UPA govt a failure, says BYJM
Aged couple found murdered
Acid thrown on son, mother
Boy saves sister from being kidnapped
Prison van overturns, 13 hurt
Employees’ DA hiked by 12 %
Best Legislator Award instituted
Suresh Devi Rewari Zila Parishad chief
Cop commits suicide
Goods gutted in shop
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Acid attack on 3 minor girls in Rohtak Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 22 In June 2011, two youngsters had thrown acid on three minor girls in Rohtak. An FIR was registered on June 18, 2011, in Rohtak for attempt to murder and criminal conspiracy. Justice Rajan Gupta directed the CBI to take over investigation into the case and submit its report within six months. The directions came on a petition filed by the Haryana State Legal Services Authority. The three defaced and poverty-stricken victims had approached the authority to contest their case. One of the victims had alleged that despite her categorical stand Rohan, along with another youth, had thrown acid on her and her two friends, the Haryana Police had exonerated him, which was dismissed as withdrawn. The clean chit was given a day after Rohan approached the high court for anticipatory bail. One of the victims’ statement was, in fact, recorded by the Judicial Magistrate on July 15 last year, saying that one of the assailants was Rohan. A week later, the Haryana Police issued arrest warrants against Rohan and launched a combing operation only to exonerate him later. The aggrieved minor girl approached the Haryana State Legal Services Authority. Taking up the issue, the high court in February asked the CBI as to why the case should not be handed over to it. The CBI in April submitted that the "case is local in nature and does not have any inter-state or transnational ramifications". The CBI added: "The Haryana Police is well-equipped, having trained investigating officers in its CIA staff and crime branch. Still if the high court deems it fit a special investigation team be constituted to further investigate the matter. With vast resources at its command, the state police can handle it better if supervised closely by senior officers of known reputation etc".
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80 families flee Hisar village
Sushil Manav/TNS
Hisar, May 22 While the Dalits allege that the Jats have ostracised them, refusing them drinking water from waterworks and household items from grocery shops, the authorities maintain it is more a dispute over a piece of village common land than caste related. “For the past one month, they (Jats) have not been allowing our animals to drink water from village ponds, water supplies to our homes have been stopped and the grocery shops that entertain us are being made to pay fines,” alleges Suresh, a Dalit, who has been camping with his family outside the mini-secretariat. “They have erected a high wall on shamlat land outside the main entrance of our houses, closing our entry and exit,” he added. The Dalits allege that the Jats have refused to provide them employment in their fields and as the sarpanch is also a Jat, they are not being allowed to work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) either. Balraj Satrodia, Bahujan Samaj Party leader who is supporting the Dalits, has alleged that the authorities have refused to take action against the Jats despite several complaints. A representation of Jats and some other communities of the village met the authorities today and alleged that the Dalit families had been using the tool of exodus as a blackmailing tactic. They maintained that many Dalit families of the village were with them and those who had been camping outside the mini-secretariat were not representative of the community. Deputy Commissioner Amit Kumar Agarwal maintained that the issue was more of a dispute over panchayat common land than a caste clash. “These families wanted to use of a piece of land with them as a playground, but the others erected a wall to put the land for some other common purpose,” the DC added. He said he would visit the village soon and try to resolve the standoff. Directions had been issued to ensure water supply to the houses of Dalit families and provide jobs to them under MNREGA.
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250 Sirsa villagers booked for rioting
Sirsa, May 22 “Nearly 24 persons have been booked by name while the others are unidentified persons
in the mob, who beat up policemen and torched a police van, an Alto car and the government vehicles of the tehsildar and the District Education Officer. The case has been registered under Sections 148, 149, 332, 353, 186, 435 and 436 of the Indian Penal Code and various Sections of the Public Property Damage Prevention Act, 1986,” said a spokesperson of the district police here today. No arrest has been made. While the police claims that the villagers
resorted to rioting unprovoked, the villagers maintain that they took this step after they saw their children being mercilessly beaten up with lathis by the police. “One can tolerate
every situation, but no man can remain quiet seeing his children being beaten with lathis like hardened criminals,” said a villager, requesting anonymity. The villagers alleged that a posse of nearly 100 policemen led by the SHO, Ravi Khundia, lathi-charged without any warning, leaving the villagers, including schoolchildren, unprepared. The SP Devender Singh Yadav, however, said the villagers beat up the policemen after chasing them and injuring five of them seriously. “Some policemen had to take shelter in a shop.
The villagers tried to burn them by breaking a wall,” Yadav alleged. The incident occurred yesterday after some
villagers and schoolchildren locked the village school at Kagdana, demanding its upgradation and blocked the Sirsa-Bhadra road passing through the village. |
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SC tells Haryana judges to move HC
New Delhi, May 22 As the apex court bench of Justice Deepak Verma and Justice SJ Mukhopadhaya has asked the judicial officers to move the state high court. Senior counsel R Venkataramani said it was for the first time that the service conditions of the judicial officers were amended by a resolution of the high court. The petitioners alleged that the administrative instructions issued by the high court changing the criteria of their evaluation could allegedly pave the way for the junior judicial officers superseding seniors for promotion to the cadre of district judge. The petition was jointly moved by the chief judicial magistrates of Faridabad, Panchkula, Ambala, Kurukshetra, Hisar, Bhiwani, Sirsa, Rewari, Narnaul and Jagadhri, and the civil judges (senior division) Jhajjar, Panipat, Kaithal, Fatehabad and Kurukshetra. Additional civil judge (senior division) Rohtak was also one of the petitioners. These judicial officers moved the apex court seeking the quashing of the high court’s instructions relating to 50 per cent quota for promotion of the junior judicial officers to the cadre of district judge. The petition sought the instructions be quashed on the ground that the high court had no powers to issue such instructions. It was a settled law that administrative instructions could be issued to supplement the rules already in force and not to contradict them, the petition said. — IANS
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HC nod to land acquisition
Chandigarh, May 22 The land acquisition was challenged by Ajay Kumar and another petitioner. The petitioner had claimed the purpose of acquisition was augmentation of water supply, but the project was in contravention of the master plan and the layout plan finalised by the Town and Country Planning Department. It was argued that the requirement of seeking objections under Section 5-A of the Land acquisition Act was dispensed with, and urgency provisions were invoked. But one year and two months were taken for paying compensation, showing that there was no urgency. After hearing the arguments, Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice AN Jindal asserted: “No doubt, there is delay of one year and two months in announcing the award . But perusal of the record shows such delay was primarily on account of different departments being involved in the process of determination of the amount of compensation…”. “ As many 169 kanals are sought to be acquired, whereas the petitioners own approximately eight
kanals. In fact, the petitioners are the only persons objecting to the acquisition of land. “Keeping in view the larger public interest of water supply, individual interest of land-owner measuring eight kanals is to be ignored”. Dismissing the petition, the Bench concluded: The acquisition deprives the owner of his land. Therefore, this provision of the Act (5-A) has to be strictly complied with.” |
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UPA govt a failure, says BYJM
Chandigarh, May 22 A large number of party activists led by Mahipal Dhandha, unit president, marched to Haryana Raj Bhavan, and submitted a memorandum to the Governor. The memorandum alleged that the UPA government had failed on all fronts. Corruption and inflation had reached new heights, bringing misery to the common man. Earlier addressing the workers, Dhandha said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had promised at the beginning of his second term that inflation would be brought down within 100 days, but he had failed.
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Aged couple found murdered
Karnal, May 22 The body of the woman identified as Ajmero
Devi (60) was spotted by a villager in a pool this morning. When some villagers went to her house to inform about the incident, they were shocked to find her husband, Bal Krishan (62), lying unconscious with multiple injury marks. Bal Krishan succumbed to his injuries on the way to a hospital. The couple bore multiple injury marks on their
body, which indicated that they have been attacked with some sharp-edged weapons. The police has recovered a sheet from the pool
while a liquor bottle was recovered from the house. The SP said preliminary investigations suggest
that the motive of crime was not robbery as no cash or jewellery was missing. A case has been registered and a manhunt has been launched to nab the culprits. |
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Acid thrown on son, mother
Kaithal, May 22 All three were seriously injured and admitted to a multi-speciality hospital, here.. The police has registered a case. Paramjeet, wife of Krishan (28), and her son Vijay (10) were sleeping when somebody entered their house, threw acid on them and fled the spot. They have suffered 35 per cent and 25 per cent burn injuries, respectively. Rekha (14), daughter of Paramjeet who was sleeping at a distance, tried to help them and her hands were burnt in the process. Relatives of the victims suspect the hand of a villager behind the acid attack. The motive behind the incident could not be ascertained. Krishan was not in the village at the time. |
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Boy saves sister from being kidnapped
Faridabad, May 22 The accused has been identified as Dahilad. The police has registered an FIR under Sections 323 and 354, IPC, on a complaint of the victim’s mother. The accused was produced before a local court today, which granted him bail. The incident occurred yesterday when the siblings were on way to their school in Gochi. Dahilad grabbed the girl’s hand and dragged her with him. The boy resisted the man and raised an alarm. The challenge posed by him made the accused develop cold feet. He left the girl and fled the scene.
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Prison van overturns, 13 hurt
Sirsa, May 22 Police sources said there were 14 cops and 10 prisoners inside the van. The van driver lost control over the vehicle in an effort to avert an accident when the tyre of a car approaching it from the opposite side busted. The injured have been admitted to the General Hospital, Sirsa. |
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Employees’ DA hiked by 12 %
Chandigarh, May 22 The additional installment of DA payable under these orders shall be paid in cash to all Haryana Government employees from May 2012 that is for the month of May 2012 paid in June 2012, said an official release. The payment of arrears of enhanced DA for the months from January to April 2012 shall be made in the month of June 2012, it said.
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Best Legislator Award instituted
Chandigarh, May 22 The award carrying Rs 1 lakh in cash, a citation and a suitable replica of the Haryana Legislative Assembly Secretariat will be conferred upon a legislator rated as the best. The award shall be
given to the best legislator to be shortlisted by an ‘award committee’ constituted by the Speaker from time to time. |
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Suresh Devi Rewari Zila Parishad chief
Rewari, May 22 Ten of the 16 councillors participated in the meeting. The post had fallen vacant following the removal of former chairperson Pramila Yadav last month Suresh Devi enjoys the support of Capt Ajay Singh Yadav and Rao Inderjit Singh, MP. |
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Cop commits suicide
Hisar, May 22 She was 8-month pregnant. SP Anil Dhawan said the cause of suicide was not immediately known and the police was investigating the matter.
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Goods gutted in shop
Karnal, May 22 The owner of the shop, Vijay, said his goods could have been saved if the fire brigade had water. By the time two fresh fire brigades arrived, the residents had doused the flames. |
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village in Hisar as the 80-odd families who have left their homes and are camping outside the mini-secretariat here since Monday have refused to return despite efforts by the
authorities.
