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A team of the National Commission for Women (NCW) comes out of a shelter home in Bhiwani on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
NCW team visits Bhiwani
Samples of fungus-infected foodstuff. Photo by writer
Cop’s murder points to official-sand mafia link?
Woman shot in Bhiwani
Man hacks wife, paramour
Four mobile phones seized from jail
Dearness relief up for pensioners
Auto driver found dead in Hisar
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No relief in sight for power pangs
Panipat, June 12 The turbine blades of the 600-MW Khedar thermal plant unit 1 had also been damaged. Both 660-MW units of the Jhajjar thermal power plant are also not producing any power as unit I is under shutdown for general maintenance from May 11 while the other one is down due to coal shortage. The sources said out of the total 5050 MW of installed capacity, the corporation could generate only 1,738 MW from its own sources. With six thermal units out of operation and the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) imposing restrictions on overdrawals from the northern grid, the state is reeling under a severe power shortage. Under the prevailing circumstances, power cuts have been imposed in urban areas up to a minimum of eight hours. The situation is more alarming in rural areas. The sources said the daily demand for power had already crossed 1300 lakh units. With paddy cultivation in the offing , the demand was likely to soar. After the CERC directives, the state has restricted the overdrawals to 110 lakh units daily. Despite arranging power from all sources, the state was still facing a shortfall of more than 250 lakh units daily.
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Steep hike in conversion charges
Pradeep Sharma Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 12 The steepest hike has been effected in the “hyper-potential zone”. The conversion charges for hotels along national highways has gone up to Rs 4,700 per square metre from a mere Rs 1,470. While the rates have gone up from Rs 1,260 per square meter to Rs 4,500 in the case of resorts along sector roads, the new rates for hotels along other roads would be Rs 4,300 from Rs 1,050 per square metre. Similarly, the new rates for hotels along national highways have been fixed at Rs 2,600 per square metre against 1,260 now . For such ventures along the sector roads, the new rate would Rs 2,400 per square metre as against the existing rate of Rs 1,050 . For resorts along other roads, the rate has been hiked from Rs 840 per square metre to Rs 2,200. Under the new rules, the conversion charges for hotels abutting national highways in a “low-potential zone” have been hiked to Rs 350 per square metre from Rs 200. For hotels along sector roads, the new rates would be Rs 300, up from Rs 150 per square metre. For hotels along other roads, the new rate would be Rs 250 per square metre as aginst Rs 100 now. “With the property prices skyrocketing in major towns, particularly in the National Capital Region (NCR), an increase in the conversion charges was the need of the hour, a senior official reasoned.
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BJP seeks CBI probe into Apna Ghar case
Chandigarh, June 12 The demand was made in a memorandum submitted to Governor Jagannath Pahadia by a delegation of the party led by its president Krishan Pal Gurjar here. The delegation included, among others, Ram Bilas Sharma, former minister; Rattan Lal Kataria and Kishan Singh Sangwan, both former MPs; Kavita Jain and Ghanshyam Saraf, both MLAs; and Atam Prakash Manchanda, a former party president. Gurjar said the party also demanded a CBI inquiry into the murder of Rajbir Yadav in Bhiwani district in March and its link with the alleged consumption of poison by a Chief Parliamentary Secretary (CPS) of the state. He said the people of the state wanted to know under what circumstances the CPS consumed poison. Intervening, Ram Bilas Sharma alleged that two CPSs were involved in Yadav's murder but the state police was protecting them. Only a CBI probe could bring out the truth. Gurjar said under the emerging political scenario of the country, the people had started hating the Congress, which was no better than a sinking ship. While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had promised to bring down inflation within 100 days of the beginning of his second tenure, the Haryana Chief Minister had promised round-the-clock power supply. Both had failed to keep their promise. The BJP leader said his party's alliance with the HJC of Kuldeep Bishnoi would continue and under no circumstances would the BJP go with the INLD. Earlier, he introduced Master Hari Singh, a former political adviser to two Chief Ministers of Haryana -Om Prakash Chautala and Bansi Lal, who quit the Congress to join the BJP. Hari Singh had contested the Adampur Assembly election against former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal and then his son, Kuldeep Bishnoi. Hari Singh said as he was disillusioned by the "anti-farmer" policies of the Congress, he decided to quit the party.
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NCW team visits Bhiwani
Bhiwani, June 12 The team led by NCW member Safia Samina visited Bal Sewa Ashram located at Tosham Road and Swadhar Home at Rohtak Road and interacted with children. However, the team members refused to divulge anything. “As the matter is still under probe, we can’t comment about our findings right now” said Safia Samina.
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Fungus-infected food supplied to anganwaris in Kaithal
Kaithal, June 12 CDPO Om Lata Bagga and the workers of two anganwaris in the Kalayat block of the district had brought the samples of these food items to the office of the ADC on Monday. Roasted gram, gram pulse, wheat flour and besan were found infected with fungus even when seen with the naked eye. The ADC said the health department had taken samples from the stock on his directions and necessary legal action would be taken against the supplier. He said a case under the Food Safety and Standard Act 2006 would be registered if the situation warranted. He said the stock was not very old as it was supplied to the anganwaris on June 5 and 6. Yadav said no one would be allowed to play with the health of children. Strict action would be taken if the connivance of any staff member was established, he added.
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Cop’s murder points to official-sand mafia link?
Faridabad, June 12 The police and the Department of Mining and Geology, however, rebut the charge of being soft on those indulging in illegal mining of sand. MP Sharma, Assistant Engineer, who heads the Department of Mining and Geology in Faridabad, said 212 criminal cases had been registered against those indulging in mining over the past two years after a ban imposed by the Supreme Court. The fact that illegal mining of sand has been going on over the past two years points to the failure of the police in dealing with the mafia. The victim was crushed to death by the driver of a dumper loaded with sand allegedly at the instance of its owner, Rajpal Chauhan of Sector 30, who is yet to be arrested. Illegal mining continues in 16 villages in Faridabad district along the Yamuna. These include Tigaon, Mahawatpur and Munjhauli. Relief, job for victim’s family
Chandigarh: Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced an
ex-gratia grant of Rs 10 lakh for next of kin of constable Mahavir Singh. Hooda said the guilty would be given exemplary punishment. Ranjeev
Dalal, DGP, also announced to give job to a member of the victim’s family.
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Woman shot in Bhiwani
Bhiwani, June 12 Sources said Manju, who got a divorce about three months ago, was living with her mother. Partap of Kharak village in this district, who was was on good terms with Manju, used to visit her house quite often. When Manju asked him not to come to her house, Partap started nursing a grudge against her. He allegedly threatened Manju with a revolver five days ago, forcing her to lodge a complaint. DSP Karta Ram said a murder case had been registered. |
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Man hacks wife, paramour
Fatehabad, June 12 The accused Partap Singh later went to Sadar police station in Tohana and confessed to the crime. Partap Singh worked at a petrol pump and was on night duty. He came back early today to find his wife and Balwan in bed in a compromising position. He attacked the victims with an axe and hit them several times till they fell unconscious. The neighbours took the victims to the General Hospital in Tohana from where they were shifted to PGIMS in Rohtak. A police official had been sent to Rohtak to record statements of the victims, the police said. No case has been registered so far. |
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Four mobile phones seized from jail
Sonepat, June 12 The police has booked the four under the Prison Act and they will be taken on production warrants for investigation. The suspected involvement of the jail staff in supplying these sets was also being investigated.
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Dearness relief up for pensioners
Chandigarh, June 12 A spokesman of the Finance Department said here today that the monthly revised rate of dearness relief would be 139 per cent of the pension or family pension.
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Auto driver found dead in Hisar
Hisar, June 12 The police said the assassins had slit the victim’s throat after stabbing him repeatedly. Sniffer dogs were pressed into service to find the escape route taken by the killers. However, no arrest has been made so far.
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There seems to be no relief in sight for power pangs in Haryana as six units of thermal power plants are out of operation.
Highly placed sources in Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) said both units at the 600-MW Yamunanagar thermal plant were under a forced shutdown after turbine blade failure. These units are not likely to generate power for the next six months as the turbine rotor of a unit is being sent to China for repairs.
