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Web cameras to monitor highly polluting units
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STATE JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
Estranged couple begins life afresh, courtesy judge
Nothing less than reservation acceptable to
Jats: Sangwan
State leads in implementing judicial reforms, says Hooda
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda releases balloons after laying the foundation stone for a
district alternative dispute resolution centre in Bhiwani on Sunday. Photo: Manoj Dhaka
Nod to Ambala, Kalanaur development plans
Reebok ex-MD, COO denied bail
Acid attack victim dead
2 shelter home minor girls recovered from dera
Karnal gets fingerprint van “Pehchan Kaun”
2 buried alive as wall caves in
Mega health camp held in Kalayat
DCs asked to recruit staff for child protection units
Govt offers to regularise constructions
Financial aid for mentally challenged
Roadways staff block traffic
Two drug peddlers held
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Web cameras to monitor highly polluting units
Chandigarh, May 27 A senior official said these cameras would be connected to the website of the board for monitoring the quality of effluents discharged by these units. Besides, HSPCB teams would make surprise checks on industrial units and collect samples to ensure that these complied with the pollution norm Officials stated the government was encouraging the industry to install the common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) in various industrial estates. Till now, the CETPs had been installed at Panipat, Kundli, Manesar, Barhi, Murthal, Rai, Jind, Faridabad, Gurgaon
and Ambala. Meanwhile, the board has come out with a scheme for the sewage treatment plant (STP) to be installed in smaller towns through the Public Health Engineering Department. A sum of Rs 3 crore out of Rs 6 crore earmarked under this scheme had already been released to the department. Last year, the HSPCB went into an overdrive and ordered the closure of 286 industrial units not conforming to environmental protection norms. Besides, prosecution proceedings were launched against 30 defaulting units in special environment courts. A study conducted by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) through the Delhi IIT found 43 industrial clusters, including Faridabad and Panipat, to be “critically polluted” in the country. As direct fallout of this, the setting up of new projects was banned in these cities. However, the HSPCB has prepared action plans for pollution control in these two towns following which the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests lifted the ban on setting up new industries. Panipat, Faridabad ‘critically polluted’
A study conducted by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) through the Delhi IIT found 43 industrial clusters, including Faridabad and Panipat, "critically polluted" in the country. As a direct fallout of this, the setting up of new projects was banned in these cities. However, the HSPCB has prepared action plans for pollution control in these two towns following which the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests lifted the ban on setting up new
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Gurgaon admn has no record of NGO shelters
Gurgaon, May 27 In a press note, Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner PC Meena has directed the NGOs running children homes in the district to get the shelters as well as inmates registered with the district administration “so that a record is available with the administration and these can be monitored on a regular basis”. Official sources said there were at least 11 children’s homes in the district. It is pertinent to mention here that the state government has made it mandatory for the NGO shelters/children homes as well as their inmates to be registered with the committee, which is headed by the Deputy Commissioner concerned. The state government has also set up an office of the District Child Protection Officer at Vikas Sadan near the ADC’s office in Gurgaon for taking care of issues pertaining to the safety of children, especially destitute and orphans living in NGO shelter homes. The DC maintained that all 11 children homes run by NGOs in Gurgaon would have to get themselves registered under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2006. Meena said during the registration of these children homes, the antecedents of children living there would be verified by the District Child Welfare Committee. “A separate file of each child living in the shelter homes would be prepared,” Meena said. The DC said a team of officers comprising the Programme Officer of the Integrated Child Development Scheme, the Child Development Project Officer, the newly appointed District Child Protection Officer and an official from the latter’s office had been constituted for conducting surprise inspection of Children’s Homes. The team was supposed to ensure that the inmates got all basic facilities and were looked after properly. “If any discrepancy or shortcoming is found in children care, NGO functionaries would be asked to do the needful in a week. The team would again visit the place after a week and if any concrete measures have not been taken by the NGO or shelter caretakers by then, strict legal action will be taken,” Meena asserted.
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Acid attack victim fails to identify accused
Rohtak, May 27 “Though an affair cannot not be ruled out in the case, the girl and her family claim that they have no clue about the suspects and the reason that could have led to such an incident,’’ claimed a police official on condition of anonymity. The victim, identified as Ritu Saini, who has represented the district in the state-level championship in volleyball in 2009 and 2011, used to keep herself busy in sports besides continuing her studies through an open school, said a kin. Two youths poured acid on Ritu near Saini School at around 4 pm on Saturday when she was alone and was walking towards the school. The accused, who had covered their faces with a cloth, escaped after committing the crime on a motorcycle before anyone could rush to help of the victim who fell on the ground in a semi-conscious state. “Though there were several persons present on the spot, none has come forward to provide a clue about the culprits who had also covered the number plate of the motorcycle with a cloth,’’ said police sources, adding that two youths had been rounded up on suspicion. The incident took place near a police barricade, but no policeman was present there when the incident took place. Meanwhile, the police sources claimed that the accused could have been known to the victim and were perhaps residents of the same locality. A delegation of the local residents’ association of the Chunnipura locality met the Chief Minister at his residence in connection with the incident. This is the second such incident in the district in the past one year.
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STATE JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP Sushil Manav Tribune News Service
Sirsa, May 27 AS Kalra, secretary of the District Chess Association, said Aditya Mittal, Sidhant Nath Jha and Aadhitya Srinivasan, all from Gurgaon, bagged the first three positions in Under-7 (boys) category. In the Under-7 (girls) category, Tiya Agarwal (Gurgaon) bagged the first position while Dia Aneja and Ashnoor Kaur (both Faridabad) got second and third position respectively. The first position in the Under-9 (boys) went to Harshit Arya from Sonipat while Nakul Hans and Bhawaj Singla (both Gurgaon) bagged the second and the third positions respectively. Tanishka Kotia (Gurgaon) won the Under-9 (girls) trophy while Manleen Kaur (Faridabad) and Aditi Dhillon (Bhiwani) were second and third respectively. Amarjot Singh (Sirsa), Lokesh Hans and Kritik Satija (both Gurgaon) bagged the first three positions respectively in Under-11 (boys) while Shruti Bhanot (Gurgaon), Bhavya Gupta (Faridabad) and Snehi Insan (Sirsa) bagged the top three positions in the Under-11 (girls). Jayant Chauhan and Avranil Mukherjee (both Gurgaon) and Vaibhav Sharma (Faridabad) bagged the top three spots in the Under-13 (boys) while Kriti Lamba and Vaishnavi Thakur (both Gurgaon) and Simran Arya (Sonepat) were placed in the first three positions in the Under-13 (girls). In the Under-15 (boys) Divyanshu Hasija (Faridabad), Manish Kumar (Bhiwani) and Shreyash Shukla (Gurgaon) bagged the top three positions while Vaibhavi Thakur (Gurgaon), Durga Sharma (Bhiwani) and Prakriti Sharma (Faridabad) were placed first, second and third respectively. Yogesh Gautam and Prince Soni (both Bhiwani) and Jaipreet Singh (Faridabad) were placed in the top three positions in the Under-17 (boys) while Neha Shah and Hardika Ohri (both Faridabad) and Gauri Suri (Gurgaon) got the first three positions in the Under-17 category. In the Under-19 (boys) category, Kaushik Shubham (Bhiwani), Nilesh (Sonepat) and Sagar Malik (Gurgaon) were placed in the top three positions while Tamanna Panwar and Anita (both Faridabad) and Kanika Malhotra (Sirsa) bagged the first three positions respectively in the Under-19 (girls) category.
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Estranged couple begins life afresh, courtesy judge
Fatehabad, May 27 A humane intervention by a local court has helped an estranged couple start their marital life afresh. A rapprochement between their parents facilitated by the court has brought smiles back on the faces of the three siblings. SC Goyal, District and Sessions Judge, Fatehabad , who heard a plea of divorce filed by the kids’ father, Raj Kumar (28), against their mother, Saroj (25), counselled them for over two hours. In his petition filed under section 13 (1) (a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, for dissolution of marriage on ground of cruelty, Raj Kumar alleged that Saroj had left home on May 19, 2011, on the pretext of dropping children to school but never returned. He claimed that his attempts to bring her back failed. He alleged that she wanted him to leave his parents and ancestral house in Badopal village and live with her in Fatehabad town, which he could not afford due to his meager resources. While the husband said he was ready to continue the marriage, the kids’ mother was adamant that she would not stay with Raj Kumar again. When all persuasion failed, Goyal told the couple clearly that “ it is just another file for me, but this will decide the shape of careers of your daughters and son Shubham.” This approach made Saroj soften her stance. Goyal later sent the couple to Harish Gupta, Chief Judicial Magistrate (Legal Services Authority), who was able to persuade the couple to sink their differences for the sake of children.
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Nothing less than reservation acceptable to
Jats: Sangwan
Rohtak, May 27 Commandant Hawa Singh Sangwan (retd), the state president of the samiti, said here on Friday that the organisation would wait till the Backward Class Commission of Haryana submitted its report regarding the recommendation of quota for various castes and sub-castes. The samiti would revive the agitation from August 15 if the demand was not met by then. Claiming that he was hopeful that the commission would recommend quota for the Jat community, Sangwan told The Tribune that nothing less than reservation was acceptable. The community had been rendered backward and poor economically and socially due to a sharp decrease in landholdings and rising unemployment over the past few decades. He said the demand was justified and any delay on the part of the government either at the state or the Union levels would be opposed tooth and nail. It would be gross injustice to lakhs of people in the state. Reiterating that the samiti would be left with no option but to revive the stir if the authorities concerned kept delaying and did not accept the demand by the due date. He said a meeting of the samiti would be held in Panipat on May 27 to review the issue. Condemning the reported stand of Baba Ramdev and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare in the matter, he said it was amazing that they had been advocating support for giving reservation to Muslim and Christians in the country but had not spoken up for the Jat community.
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State leads in implementing judicial reforms, says Hooda
Bhiwani, May 27 Hooda was addressing members of the local District Bar Association after inaugurating the extension block of the judicial complex, constructed at a cost of Rs 11.22 crore. Hooda also laid the foundation stone of the District Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Center to be constructed in the same complex at a cost of Rs 1.40 crore. Such centres will be set up in 14 districts of the state. The Chief Minister said the first mobile court of the country had been set up in Mewat. Similarly, evening courts had also been established in Faridabad, Gurgaon, Hisar and Karnal. Besides, the state government had accorded its approval to the setting up of 96 evening courts. As many as 39 courts and 19 jails in the state had been equipped with the facility of video-conferencing, he added. The Chief Minister said 6,676 Lok Adalats had been organised in the state so far, in which about 12.62 lakh cases had been settled. Earlier, Hooda also released a book entitled, “Status of Judicial Building in Haryana”. He also announced a grant of Rs 10 lakh to the District Bar Association out of his discretionary fund. |
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Nod to Ambala, Kalanaur development plans
Chandigarh, May 27 This decision was taken at a meeting of the
state-level committee here to approve draft development plans (DDPs) for towns of Ambala and Kalanaur . The draft development plan has been prepared for the projected population of 9.52 lakh by 2025. The plan has been amended and land use revised keeping in view the ground realities and satellite imagery. A buffer zone of a 30-meter green belt around the site of a milk dairy in Sector 26 has been provided .
Unauthorized colonies regularised by the government in 2004 have been checked. The plan for Kalanaur has been prepared for the projected population of 52,000 by 2031, which would be implemented in a phased manner with a density of 84 persons per hectare. Keeping in view the trend of expansion of areas that can be urbanised, 79.10 hectares has been proposed for transport and communication zones.
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Reebok ex-MD, COO denied bail
Gurgaon, May 27 The bail application was heard by Gurgaon Additional District and Sessions Judge Vikram Aggarwal. Counsel for the accused stated that the allegations levelled in the FIR lodged by the company were baseless. While Prem alleged that the police case lodged against him was the company’s response to his claim of damages against it, Bhagat maintained that he was being targeted for being a whistle-blower in cases of large-scale irregularities in the company. However, the company’s lawyer asserted that custodial interrogation of both accused was very necessary to bring out certain crucial facts and aspects connected with the case. After hearing both parties, the court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of the accused.
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Acid attack victim dead
Kaithal, May 27 The woman, her son and a daughter received serious burn injuries when someone threw acid on them while they were sleeping in the courtyard of their house. The victims were taken to the multispeciality hospital in Kaithal but were later shifted to Karnal for better treatment. The police had registered a case under Sections 326, 307 and 34, IPC, but after the death of Paramjit Section 302, IPC, was also added to the FIR. Reports said the victim had given her statement to a judicial magistrate when she was in the Kaithal hospital. |
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2 shelter home minor girls recovered from dera
Hisar, May 27 The girl, hailing from Tohana in Fatehabad, said she had gone to Mansa to meet her relatives. The three minor girls had escaped from Royal Awaas Greh, a Hansi-based shelter home, on May 22. The girls were lodged in the shelter home on court orders - two from Tohana in Fatehabad and one from Adampur in Hisar. They had earlier eloped with their respective lovers, who were booked for abduction, rape and other offences. While the boys were lodged in jail, the courts had sent these girls to shelter homes as they did not want to go to their parents. Dera spokesperson Aditya Insan said as lakhs of people visited the dera during “satsang,” they could not have a record of every person.
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Karnal gets fingerprint van “Pehchan Kaun”
Karnal, May 27 “Pehchan Kaun” would act as a deterrent and the anti-social elements would be checked with just one fingerprint. It would facilitate quick verification of their identity, save time and prove effective in the prevention and detection of crime in the state. Locations in major cities have been identified to deploy 30 police vans and live scanners have been purchased, said the Director of the State Crime Record Bureau, Laik Ram Dabas. Gurgaon, Faridabad, Rohtak, Panchkula and Ambala would get two vans each while Kurukshetra, Pehowa, Sonepat, Gohana, Jhajjar, Bahadargarh, Jind, Narvana, Bhiwani, Loharu, Yamunanagar, Kaithal, Karnal, Hisar, Fatehbad, Sirsa, Palwal, Mewat, Rewari and Narnaul one van each. The van has been successfully launched in Panipat. |
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2 buried alive as wall caves in
Sirsa, May 27 The victims’ bodies were handed over to their kin after a postmortem examination in the General Hospital here today. The incident occurred when the wall suddenly gave in when labourers were trying to bring down an old, dilapidated building in the village. Besides Jagga and Sadhu Ram, labourers Mahabir and Pappu and owner of the house Bansi Lal were also buried under the debris of the wall. While rescuers saved Bansi Lal, Pappu and Mahabir, Jagga and Sadhu Ram died on the spot. |
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Mega health camp held in Kalayat
Kaithal , may 27 After inaugurating the camp, Naveen Jindal, MP, said such health camps would be organised every two or three months in different parts of the Kurukshetra parliamentary constituency. Jindal said:“We have been organising blood and eye camps regularly. Four medical vans have been dedicated to treat patients. More than 60,000 patients have been treated in 700 villages.”
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DCs asked to recruit staff for child protection units
Chandigarh, May 27 In her written communication addressed to all Deputy Commissioners, she said: “All appointment letters should be issued to the appointees positively by June 30, 2012.” Misra pointed out partial recruitment had already been done in 14 districts of Mewat, Bhiwani, Sonepat, Kurukshetra, Panchkula, Gurgaon, Rohtak, Jhajjar, Hisar, Fatehabad, Karnal, Jind, Sirsa and Yamunangar.
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Govt offers to regularise constructions
Chandigarh, May 27 The order would apply to constructions within prohibited belt of 30 metres and 100 metres beyond the government's land on both sides of all national highways, scheduled roads and bypasses, an official spokesman said here. The regularisation fee in case of such constructions on both sides of the national highways and bypasses would be Rs 600 per square metre covered area and for scheduled roads and state highways would be Rs 350.
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Financial aid for mentally challenged
Chandigarh, May 27 To be eligible for the aid, the IQ of the child should be less than 50 per cent and income of his or her parents should be below the minimum wages of unskilled labourer as fixed by the state government, an official release stated. It said the child should not be going to school, should be a resident of Haryana, regarding which an affidavit was needed to be given for availing benefit of the scheme.
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Roadways staff block traffic
Sirsa, May 27 The bus was coming from Dabwali towards Sirsa in the afternoon today when a car tried to overtake it from the wrong side. The bus driver and the car owner had an oral dual after which the car owner allegedly slapped the driver. The bus driver parked the vehicle across the road, blocking the highway. The blockade was lifted only after the police assured the roadways workers that the car driver would be arrested soon. |
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Two drug peddlers held
Gurgaon, May 27 Deputy Commissioner of Police Maheshwar Dayal said the duo had revealed that North's network was spread over 18 countries, including the USA, Britain, Australia, France and Spain.
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The police appears to be in a fix about arresting the culprits who threw acid on the 18-year-old volleyball player, Ritu, of the district as the victim was still to provide any clue regarding the two accused.
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said today that Haryana was the leading state in the country in terms of providing a modern judicial infrastructure and it was the only state that has taken initiatives to implement all kinds of judicial reforms.
Hooda was addressing members of the local District Bar Association after inaugurating the extension block of the judicial complex, constructed at a cost of Rs 11.22
crore. Hooda also laid the foundation stone of the District Alternative Dispute Resolution
(ADR). Center to be constructed in the same complex at a cost of Rs 1.40 crore. Such centres will be set up in 14 districts of the state.
