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No big names involved in ‘Apna Ghar’ case: DGP
Petrol pumps go dry in many dists
Sarpanches lock BDPO’s office
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Sand mafia claims yet another life
No examination centres in
self-financing colleges: CDLU
Nod to 25 acres for culinary institute in NCR
Ration cards to go smart
Villagers lock powerhouse in Sirsa village
Poison claims lives of man, daughter
Cotton crop in hundreds of acres submerged
Rs 95-lakh fraud in SBI branch
Gorakhpur
N-Plant HC turns down teacher’s
plea for chowkidar’s job
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No big names involved in ‘Apna Ghar’ case: DGP
Panchkula, June 19 Dalal, who inaugurated the other ranks (ORs) Mess on the Police Lines premises at Moginanad village, said that the special investigation team (SIT), headed by MS Maan, Additional Director-General, Law and Order, would also continue to probe all aspects of the case. He said the SIT was equally competent to probe the case and that also without any pressure from any quarters. The DGP said rumours and hype was being created about the involvement of some high- profile persons in the case, but according to the information gathered till now, no big names had cropped up in the investigations conducted by the SIT. Notably large-scale abuse and exploitation of children and destitute girls has been allegedly reported from the shelter home following which seven persons have already been arrested. The probe team was constituted by the DGP following allegations levelled by certain inmates of the shelter home before the four-member committee was constituted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court about the involvement of certain policemen in the misdoings at the home. All eight accused, Jaswanti, her daughter Simmi and son-in-law Jai Bhagwan, driver Satish, brother Jaswant, cousins Sheila, Neelam and Veena were in judicial custody till June 29. The DGP said people wanted to know the truth behind the case, which surfaced on May 9. He said even though several independent agencies, including the National Commission for Protection of Child’s Rights, had been probing it, he had directed the SIT to bring out the truth before the people. On the involvement of some police officials, he said if any policeman was found involved, he would face strict action.
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Petrol pumps go dry in many dists
Rohtak, June 19 The HPCL Dealers Association of Haryana has announced not to lift petro products from the dispensing station till a solution to their grievance is found. The strike, which started on June 14 when the He said the rate should have been increased in He said the dealers The association has also charged the company with putting “unnecessary” financial burden on the dealers through other means, including putting stickers, vehicle-tracking system and ABS of particular companies. The company, it alleged, had been charging much more than the market rates. “The extra expenditure borne by dealers in He said all pumps of the company had gone dry as none of the dealers had lifted the product from the depot located at Asaudah village near Bahadurgarh since June 14 in protest against the move of the company. “We will await the response of the company till June 21, the last date of acceptance of the tender bids, and will decide the next step if the company fails to revise the transportation rate,'' said the spokesperson.
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Sarpanches lock BDPO’s office
Sonepat, June 19 The SHO, Kharkhoda, Kuldeep Deswal, reached there and after discussing the matter with the sarpanches, informed the authorities concerned. DDPO Hari Singh Sheoran reached Kharkhoda from Sonepat and after hour-long discussions, convinced the sarpanches to open the lock. He also assured them that their grievances would be redressed soon. The sarpanches alleged that the BDPO, Kharkhoda, had written letters to the bank authorities to not make payment to the sarpanches. The SDO, Panchayati Raj, was also not signing the papers relating to the completion of the development works in the villages. As a result, the gram panchayats were not in a position to make payment to labourers and others, including suppliers of raw material, and it had resulted in delaying of the ongoing development works in the villages, they said.
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Sand mafia claims yet another life
Faridabad, June 19 Jeetender, the owner of a tractor-trolley loaded with sand which ran over a 15-year-old boy killing him on the spot in Bhudutt Colony in Ballabgarh area yesterday, has gone missing. The culprit is a resident of Machgar village in the district. The police said the culprit’s driver, Yakub, who was arrested, said that the sand he was transporting was mined from Rahimpur village in Palwal district. The police said the consignment was to be delivered to a buyer in Dabua colony here. In another incident, Zargeesh, the owner of a dumper loaded with sand in the SGM Nagar area, was stopped by the police last Saturday. He, too, has gone missing. His driver arrested by the police stated that the former hailed from Manesar in Gurgaon.
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No examination centres in
self-financing colleges: CDLU
Sirsa, June 19 The university will also make sure that teachers from a college whose students are appearing in a particular examination centre are not appointed invigilators in that centre. These are some of the decisions taken by the university in a bid to make examinations free of copying. Examinations for BEd and MEd courses of the university are starting from July 3. The university has set up 11 examination centres where about 3,700 students from as many as 28 colleges of education from Sirsa and Fatehabad districts will appear. The centres have been made either in colleges run by the government or in those funded by the government. “This will eliminate chances of copying in connivance with the staff,” said Praveen Aghamkar, Controller of Examinations of the university. Like in other parts of Haryana, a number of self-financing colleges imparting teaching in education have mushroomed in Sirsa and Fatehabad. In an earlier practice, the university used to set up examination centres in self-financing colleges as well. While the centre superintendent used to be from outside, the invigilator staff were generally from the college itself. Meanwhile, RK Sharma, Principal of Government College, Bhodia Khera, today demanded that the invigilators should be appointed from degree colleges and not from colleges of education. |
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Nod to 25 acres for culinary institute in NCR
Chandigarh, June 19 The decision was taken at a meeting presided over by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda here today to review the working of tourism complexes in the state. The land would be provided on condition that 50 per cent of the seats in the institute would be kept reserved for students of Haryana. Besides, the youth of the village would be given employment in the institute. — TNS |
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Chandigarh, June 19 Jakhu said ration cards were important even for those who did not get ration. BPL and Antodaya Ann Yojna (AAY) beneficiaries get ration at cheaper rates under various schemes but for above poverty line (APL) people, these serves as a proof of residence. A comprehensive survey would be done taking the help of booth-level officers (BLO) appointed by the Election Department. — TNS
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Villagers lock powerhouse in Sirsa village
Sirsa, June 19 A large number of villagers assembled outside the powerhouse, raised slogans against the power utilities and locked it . “The power situation has become grim in these extreme hot conditions. We hardly get power supply for two hours daily,” claimed villagers Ram Singh and others. Interestingly, senior officers of the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) have been expressing helplessness on this issue. Meanwhile, large areas in Ratia town of Fatehabad remained without power for the second consecutive day due to a snag. Residents of Nathwan Gate, Shakti Nagar, Tohana Road Chungi and some other areas had to remain without electricity due to the burning of their transformers. Residents allege DHBVN officials have been adopting a lackadaisical approach to the problem. |
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Poison claims lives of man, daughter
Rewari, June 19 Following an altercation, Navin and his wife, Anita, consumed poison at Guraora village, 26 km from here, yesterday. Mahak, too, was administered poison. However, their five-year old son, Sahil, who was away at relative’s house at that time, escaped unharmed. While Navin died yesterday, Mahak breathed her last today. The police is unable to record the statement of Anita, whose condition was critical. 2 youths drowned Fatehabad, June 19 Another youth, Gurmeet (22), was drowned into the Bhakra mainline canal near Tohana, where he had gone to take a bath. |
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Cotton crop in hundreds of acres submerged
Fatehabad, June 19 The breach occurred due to unknown reasons last night and officials of the Irrigation Department, who were making efforts to plug the gap, said in the evening that it would take some more time. “We rushed towards the canal after hearing about the breach and found our crops submerged under water,” said farmers. They alleged that it was entirely due to non-cleaning of silt from the canal that breaches had been occurring one after the other. Farmers alleged that the irrigation authorities “spent” huge funds on silt clearance and removal of vegetation from the canal, but all this remained in papers alone. Satish Kumar Jinaawa, Executive Engineer of the Irrigation Department in Fatehabad, said the cause of the breach was not immediately known and he did not rule out the possibility of a mischief. He said the canal had a capacity of 1,028 cusecs at the point of breach and nearly 900 cusecs water was flowing at the time of the incident. He said the canal water had affected crops on nearly 90 to 100 acres of land. Jinaawa maintained that though the breach would be plugged within a few hours, the department would run the canal only after brick lining of the damaged portion.
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Rs 95-lakh fraud in SBI branch
Hisar, June 19 The cashier has been shifted to Kalanwali in Sirsa district for the time being. The police said the complaint was under investigation. |
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Rs 460-crore land award released
Tribune News Service
Fatehabad, June 19 Kaushik said the money would be disbursed among farmers only after July 17, the day a public hearing would be held in Gorakhpur village for issuing environment clearance to the project. The authorities have offered a price of Rs 20 lakh per acre, which after the addition of 30 per cent solatium, 20 per cent no-litigation bonus and 12 per cent per annum interest from the date of notification, approximately becomes Rs 34 lakh per acre.
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HC turns down teacher’s
plea for chowkidar’s job Chandigarh, June 19 Ved Parkash of Satgauli village in Yamuna Nagar was initially appointed chowkidar after the area Collector held that he was a better qualified and entitled to consideration for appointment. Ved was holding BA-B.Ed degrees and was a person of good character. He would help in the government work, wherever an administrative officer visited the village. Moreover, Ved was better than other candidates, particularly 7th class pass Ramesh Kumar. But, the Collector’s decision was set aside in an appeal filed by other candidates before the Deputy Commissioner. The decision was set aside on the ground that Ved was not a suitable candidate to perform a chowkidar’s duty as he was a BA-B.Ed, already doing teaching work. The Deputy Commissioner also held that many villagers recommended Ramesh Kumar’s name for appointment as the village chowkidar, whereas only three villagers made statement in Ved’s favour. Appearing before Justice Kannan, Ved’s counsel contended that higher qualification ought not to be taken as disqualification. On the other hand, he must be treated as educationally better qualified for the post. The arguments, however, failed to evoke a favourable response from the High Court. In his five-page judgment, Justice Kannan asserted: “For the choice of a suitable candidate as a chowkidar, if the Commissioner held that the petitioner was much too qualified to be a chowkidar, I would not find this to be wrong approach.” “A higher qualification at all times ought not to be found as wholly irrelevant. It will be really a case of under-employment of a person possessing graduate qualification with B.Ed. qualification to be vying for a post as a chowkidar,” he said. “I cannot make an intervention unless I find that the order of the Deputy Commissioner is so brazenly vitiated that a correction would become necessary. I would find no reason for interference in the writ petition. The order impugned is sustained and the writ petition is dismissed,” he added.
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In order to express their anguish over the “dictatorial” attitude of officers of the Panchayati Raj Department at Kharkhoda block office, the sarpanches of around 45 villages today locked the main entrance of the BDPO’s office at Kharkhoda.
