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Flash flood halts work
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Over 80 vehicles stranded at Rani Nullah for 20 hours
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SC to consider entitlement of Nepalese to regular jobs
Delimitation changes caste equations
Not eyeing any post, says Virbhadra
Former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh (in garlands) with other Congress leaders at a party rally in Una on Sunday. Photo by writer
Insurance company told to pay claim
Mission to boost green cover
Vermi-composting, new income source for farmers
A vermi-composting unit. Farmers are incresingly taking to vermi-composting.
Athletics coach feared she would be killed
29,928 hectares brought under irrigation
Virbhadra’s statement result of ill advice: Cong
Scholar: Sanskrit has contributed to most languages
Trinamool Congress for cheaper power
Private hospital owner booked in forgery case
Eight-day Minjar fair draws to a close
Rise in cases of theft in Nagrota Bagwan
HPSEBL starts interaction, awareness programme
Rain continues to batter houses
Jats demand ticket from 3 constituencies
Nigerian held with cocaine
No scope for third front, says Dhumal
Rao terms govt announcements a poll gimmick
Girl killed in road mishap
No new districts without consensus, says CM
Naib tehsildar, patwari among five booked
Man gets 2-yr jail for negligent driving
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Flash flood halts work
on Rohtang tunnel
Manali, August 5 With the approach road and the bridge having been washed away, all supplies of material and machinery to and from the south portal of the tunnel have been hit. Engineers said the Seri Nullah had been playing spoilsport with the project. Water ingress from this nullah had slowed down the boring work at 1,965 metres inside the tunnel for the past one month. The state electricity board is yet to restore the power supply to the Rohtang tunnel project headquarters at Solang and the surrounding villages that has further hit the work. Two transformers located alongside the river were washed away in the surging Seri Nullah waters on Friday. Engineers fear that the water ingress may increase from the present 30 litres per second as the exact location of Seri Nullah lies at 1,990 metres, about 25 metres further inside. The project authorities are yet to start the restoration work on the Dhundi site. Project in charge SP Sharma said it would take more than a month to restore the Bailey bridge and build a road to link the south portal. He said the water had been drained out safely and a support system was being put in place to plug the water ingress. However, the restoration of connectivity to the south portal would take more than a month. “We can bore just 0.5 metres daily from the south portal and have reached 1,965 mtrs. Work on the north portal is on the fast track and we have reached 1,010 metres,” he added. Supplies Hit
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Over 80 vehicles stranded at Rani Nullah for 20 hours
Manali, August 5 The HRTC also restored its bus services to Udaipur, Keylong, Kaza and Killar in Pang subdivision via Udaipur today. Traffic on the Manali-Leh highway has decreased by almost 80 per cent during the past week. However, the BRO has failed the stabilise a 60-metre-long landslide prone stretch near Rani Nullah. BRO Commander Yogesh Nayyar said they were helpless as the traffic on the highway did not allow them enough time to work at Rani Nullah where heavy rain had rendered the steep slopes slushy. “We need at least a traffic-free week to make it trouble-free,” he said. Kullu Deputy Commissioner Amitabh Awasthi said the BRO restored traffic on the Manali-Leh highway at around 8 pm. However, Rani Nullah continued to be problematic. “We are giving four hours every day for the BRO to work. We cannot stop traffic for the whole day these days as the pea season in Lahaul is at its peak,” he added. The Deputy Commissioner said the total damage due to the Seri Nullah flash flood could be more than Rs 10 crore.
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SC to consider entitlement of Nepalese to regular jobs
New Delhi, August 5 A Bench comprising Justices HL Dattu and RP Desai has issued a notice to one such employee on a petition filed by the state government and the Public Works Department (PWD), challenging the July 7, 2011, verdict of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, which directed the state government to regularise the service of Dilsara, a Nepal national. The PWD had engaging thousands of persons as ‘beldar’ on daily wage and a large number of them were Nepalese. Appearing for the petitioners, advocate Mohan Lal Sharma said Dilsara had deliberately failed to disclose in the high court that she was Nepalese. The high court was not justified in extending the state government’s April 3, 2000, policy instruction to such persons as this would have an enormous financial implication on the exchequer and have a cascading effect on the service condition, seniority and promotion aspects of numerous employees, besides opening the floodgates for litigations and resentment, he said. The cut-off date for regularisation was a policy matter of the state and it could not be varied, extended or ignored for giving indirect benefits to employees not covered under the policy, the petition contended. Under the April, 2000, one-time policy instructions of the state, all those employees who had completed eight years of continuous service, with a minimum of 240 days in each calendar year, as on March 31, 2000, were eligible for regularisation. |
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Delimitation changes caste equations
Dharamsala, August 5 Besides, 4,000 votes from the Dehra Municipal Council have been excluded from the Jwalamukhi constituency and added to the Jaswan Pragpur constituency. The new limits of the Jwalamukhi constituency have about 65,000 voters of whom 27,500 are from the Rajput community and 16,500 from the OBC community. Of the remaining voters, 9,800 are SCs, 7,800 Brahmins and 3,500 belong to minority communities, mainly Gujjars. Since Independence, the Congress has won the Jwalamukhi constituency just once when party candidate Kewal Singh Pathania won this seat in 1993. Sushil Rattan of the Congress lost twice from Jwalamukhi. His son Sanjay Rattan contested as an Independent two times from the constituency. He lost both times. Nardev Kanwar, block Congress president from Jwalamukhi, is a strong contender for the party ticket from the area. He is being considered a strong candidate due to the changed caste equations in the area, according to which Rajputs now comprise a majority of the electorate. Nardev Kanwar undertook a “padyatra” and is considered close to Rahul Gandhi. From the BJP, Minister for IPH Ravinder Ravi, whose previous Assembly constituency, Thural, has been reserved, wants to contest from the Jwalamukhi constituency citing changed caste equations. Ravi belongs to the Rajput community. The new Dehra constituency has about 68,000 voters. It has 46 polling booths from the old Jaswan constituency and 20 booths from the Jwalamukhi constituency. Congress aspirants from the constituency include Viplove Thakur, former Rajya Sabha member, and sitting MLA from Pragpur Yog Raj. From the BJP, the Dhumal faction wants Minister for Food and Civil Supplies Ramesh Dhawala to contest from Dehra owing to the changed caste equations of the area. However, sources said Dhawala was adamant on contesting from Jwalamukhi. In case Dhawala does not contest from Dehra, Kirpal Parmar, former Rajya Sabha member, is a strong contender for the BJP ticket from the area. Another newly named Jaswan Pragpur Assembly constituency has about 66,500 voters. This constituency has 64 polling booths from the old Pragpur constituency. Nikhil Rajour, sitting Congress MLA from Jaswan, is a strong contender for the party ticket from the Jaswan Pragpur constituency. From the BJP, Vikram Thakur, former MLA, is likely to be the party choice from this Assembly constituency.
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Not eyeing any post, says Virbhadra
Una, August 5 Addressing the rally, Virbhadra desisted from attacking the state leadership of the Congress that has been at the receiving end from him. He instead attacked the state BJP government. He said he was not aiming for any post, indicating that he was not vying for the post of the Chief Minister in case the Congress was voted to power. “I just want that the Congress should be voted back to power in the state. However, that will only be possible if good candidates are given the party ticket,” he said, while giving a tacit warning to the party. Virbhadra arrived late at the first district-level parivartan rally of the Congress at Una today. Speaking on the occasion, Virbhadra advised the state leadership of the Congress to go and meet the Chief Election Commissioner and complain against the alleged misuse of public money by the BJP government in the state to influence the electorate. He also advised Congress men in the state to work unitedly in case they wanted the party to come back to power during the forthcoming Assembly elections. Meanwhile, the rally became the rallying point for ticket seekers from the district. A large number of small-time leaders paraded bandwagons of supporters carrying their placards and banners before the Congress leadership. They kept disturbing the rally by raising slogans in favour of particular leaders. The most interesting bandwagon was that of the Gagret Ekta Manch that was lobbying that only a local candidate should be given the party ticket from the Gagret Assembly constituency. The manch was lobbying against Congress MLA from Chintpurni Rakesh Kalia, who is now trying for the party ticket from Gagret as his own constituency, Chintpurni, has been reserved for the Scheduled Castes. Supporters of former MLA OP Rattan also put up an impressive show of strength during the rally. Congress MLA from Santoshgarh Mukesh Agnihotri kept yelling from the stage telling the supporters of various leaders that the ticket was not being distributed here. Birender Singh, in charge of the party affairs in Himachal, said the BJP government in the state was claiming credit for various schemes launched by the Centre. He said the Congress was united and would fight the forthcoming elections under the collective leadership of state leaders. Kaul Singh, HPCC president, said the BJP government had failed on all fronts. The mining and land mafia were ruling the state. Land worth crores had been leased out to the HPCA that was headed by the Chief Minister’s son, he alleged. CLP leader Vidya Stokes, former HPCC president Viplove Thakur, GS Bali, Chander Kumar and Ram Lal Thakur were among other prominent Congress leaders present during the rally.
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Insurance company told to pay claim
Shimla, August 5 The commission also imposed Rs 1 lakh as damages for unjustified repudiation of claim and causing harassment and mental torture to the complainant. It also imposed Rs 10,000 as litigation cost on the insurance company. The commission, headed by Justice Surjit Singh (retd), passed this order on a complaint filed by the aforesaid firm through Pradeep Kumar Gupta alleging that he had already got the stock in trade insured, when a fire broke out on his business premises in Shalli Bazaar, Theog, Shimla, and the stock in trade worth Rs 25 lakh approximately was destroyed in it. It was further stated that a report was lodged with the police, and the insurance company was also apprised of the incident immediately. The company deputed a surveyor, who confirmed that a huge stock belonging to the business of the complainant had been destroyed in a fire. Thereafter, an evaluator deputed by the company assessed the loss at Rs 12,31,506. The surveyor and the evaluator reported that the fire broke out in a building of some other persons in which the complainant used to run business and that this business place was different from the two business places, which the complainant had got insured with the company. The insurance company, in view of the observation of the surveyor and the evaluator, did not settle the claim. It was stated that the stock in trade, which was insured, was kept in two buildings that were separate from the building that caught fire. Thereafter, the complainant filed a complaint seeking issuance of a direction to the insurance company to pay the claim. While allowing the complaint, the commission comprising president of the commission Justice Surjit Singh and its members Chandershekhar Sharma and Prem Chauhan, observed that the stock in trade of the complainant, which got destroyed in the fire, was covered under the insurance policy. “Further, we have no reason to disagree with this assessment of the evaluator engaged by the insurance company,” it had said. |
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Pilot schemes to be launched in four forest
circles
Rakesh Lohumi Tribune News Service
Shimla, August 5 Under the project, part of the national plan to fight climate change, pilot schemes are being launched in four forest circles of Dharamsala, Mandi, Bilaspur and Hamirpur for which a sum of Rs 1.26 crore has been released by the Centre. The project will be extended to the entire state subsequently. A “perspective plan” based on micro plans at the village level will be implemented with the involvement of local communities to help relieve extractive pressures on core dense forests and aid conservation of wildlife and biodiversity. There is no fixed budget for a state and funds will be released based on the feasibility of the perspective plan, which is likely to be formulated over the next three months. Apart from raising plantations, various other activities for enhancement of livelihood and improving soil moisture regime like water harvesting and conservation works, and introduction of energy-efficient devices which directly benefit the local communities, will be undertaken. It will be almost like an umbrella programme under which there will be convergence of all forestry-related schemes and even schemes like the MNREGA under which such works can be undertaken. The objective is to restore degraded forests and protect and enhance the relatively dense forests to improve carbon sequestration which make the mission very important for a state like Himachal where open forests (density between 10 to 40 per cent) have gone up from 3,931 sq km in 2001 to 11,050 sq km in 2009. Open forests account for over 34 per cent of the total forest area as compared to just 24 per cent in Uttarakhand, indicating the extent of degradation. Besides, an area of 10,500 hectares has been diverted for non-forestry use since the enforcement of the Forest Conservation Act in 1980. Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and in charge of the project Sanjeeva Pandey said under the pilot project, 10 joint forest management committees would be activated in each circle for the implementation of micro plans. The entire project would be centrally monitored through satellite imagery-based geographical information system for which a special laboratory was being set up. All works to be carried out under the project would be indexed using the global positioning system so that the status could be monitored anytime with the click of a button.
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Vermi-composting, new income source for farmers
Shimla, August 5 It is emerging as a major source of income for farmers. At some villages in apple-growing areas like Kullu, almost every household had set up a vermi-compost unit. In the past five years, over 12,000 units had come up at the 600 gram panchayats in the project area. In the Behna panchayat of Kullu, three vermi-composting groups with 29 members were promoted at Jagerh village by providing various incentives. Another 45 households set up as many units on their own. A total of 74 of the 102 households were now producing organic manure on a commercial scale. The main reason is that vermi-compost is fetching remunerative returns and making dairy farming economical. Indigenous cattle breeds which most villagers rear yield small quantities of milk, but the additional income is making it a rewarding proposition. On an average, a standard unit yields up to 1.5 tonne of organic manure annually. Most villagers are now going in for bigger units. When all units achieve full capacity, over 18,000 tonne of vermi-compost will be produced annually. A major advantage is that farmers do not have to make effort to sell the produce. Orchard-owners procure organic manure in bulk at between Rs 5 and Rs 6 per kg from farmers. On an average, a farmer has an additional income of around Rs 10,000, which is a significant amount. Chief project director RK Kapoor said more income for farmers was helping fruit-growers and vegetable-growers switch over to environment-friendly organic farming. It was encouraging farmers to stall-feed cattle, which would decease grazing pressure on forests gradually. It would also help contain the stray cattle menace.
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Athletics coach feared she would be killed
Bilaspur, August 5 Reports said Kamlesh wrote on May 10 in her diary the names of four persons who should be held responsible if she met an unnatural death, with her signature. She also wrote their names and designations. Three of them were from Bilaspur district and the fourth a senior sports officer in Shimla. She named a sports coach here, a district-level officer and a ‘tantrik’ from a village near here, who were after her for weeks, trying to prove her a ‘daayan’ responsible for the illness of a sports hostel girl trainee. Kamlesh had earlier served a one-month notice through her counsel for Rs 20 lakh as compensation to the four persons for tarnishing her image and defaming her. She had later filed a case against them in the Himachal Pradesh High Court. The next hearing was August 8. She further wrote in her diary note that her teenage daughter Rudransh should take the diary to the police so that she got justice. She also expressed the desire that her daughter would fight to get justice for her. “This has proved the suspicion of many persons true,” said her counsel Rajesh Mishra. He confirmed that the note had been found and would be handed over to the police.
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29,928 hectares brought under irrigation
Shimla, August 5 An area of 29,928 hectares has been brought under irrigation through large, medium and small schemes over the past four years and a target of 7,500 hectares has been fixed for the current financial year. The Water Management Board has been constituted to ensure optimum use and scientific management of water resources in the state. The first phase of Rs 104-crore Balh Valley (Left Bank) Medium Irrigation Project in Sundernagar has been completed. It is the first-of-its-kind fully automated irrigation scheme in the country and will irrigate 2,355 hectares, benefiting 7,500 families of 24 gram panchayats of the area. On the completion of the second phase of the project by December, 2,780 hectares will be irrigated. Work has been started on another major scheme, the Rs 204.51-crore Phina Singh Medium Irrigation Project, which will help irrigate 4,025 hectares in Nurpur
tehsil. The Rs 387.17-crore Shah Nehar Irrigation Project, which will bring 15,287 hectares under irrigation, is also under execution. Work has commenced on the Rs 95.29-crore Sidhata Medium Irrigation Scheme to bring 3,150 hectares under irrigation. The Rs 84.58-crore Changer Medium Irrigation Project in Bilaspur will help irrigate 2,350 hectares and a Rs 103.45-crore project to irrigate 2,979 hectares in Nadaun has been cleared by the Technical Advisory Committee of the Government of India. Besides, 191 small irrigation schemes involving an expenditure of Rs 185.72 crore have been sanctioned by the Centre to bring 26,652 hectares under irrigation. |
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Virbhadra’s statement result of ill advice: Cong
Chamba, August 5 Virbhadra had also raised questions about Kaul Singh Thakur as president of the state Congress, and Asha Kumari, secretary, All-India Congress Committee. In a press note here recently, Malhotra said Virbhadra Singh had steered the Congress in the state for the past 30 years with the blessings of the party high command and the support of workers. He could again steer the party in case he was directed so by the high command, Malhotra said. “The Congress is a disciplined party and no person is above the party. We will abide by the directions of AICC president Sonia Gandhi. Her directions shall be final and respected by all the Congress workers and leaders,” Malhotra said. “Kaul Singh is the elected president of the party and has steered the party in the opposition and will lead the party to form the government in the coming Assembly elections,” Malhotra said. Malhotra said Virbhadra had resigned from the Union Ministry on his own and no other person could be blamed for this. GS Bali, a Congress stalwart, is campaigning throughout the state to awaken people about the misdeeds of the BJP regime in the past five years, Malhotra said.
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Scholar: Sanskrit has contributed to most languages
Bilaspur, August 5 This was stated by Dr Lekh Ram Sharma, former Sanskrit Department Head, Punjabi University, and a known language scholar. He was addressing as chief guest a district-level Sanskrit Day function being celebrated by the District Department of Language and Culture at Chadole, 35 km from here, yesterday. District Language Officer Dr Anita Sharma said here today that Dr Sharma said, “Not only Hindi, our mother tongue and national language, but also most of the other languages being spoken in this country owe most of their vocabulary to Sanskrit which has a unique, very rich and unending store house of words and thoughts.” Government Senior Secondary School Principal Jeet Ram Suman and Dr Anita Sharma also addressed the gathering. Two Sanskrit scholars Sushil Kumar and Vijay Sharma presented their papers on “Ideal Code of Conduct in Our Shashtras” and “Krishi and Jyotish”, respectively. Sixteen students drawn from various schools, including those from Chadole, Tanbol and Jaamli, presented a show of “shlokochharan” and “Gitika Gaayan”, while Phoolan Devi, a popular folk artiste and danseuse, presented local “Chaitra Masa”, a tradition slowly dying from our traditional annual celebrations at the beginning of the year.
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Trinamool Congress for cheaper power
Shimla, August 5 The party, which held a meeting under the chairmanship of its vice-president Sanjay Sharma here today, stressed that being a leading hydropower state, the government should provide electricity to local people at a very nominal rate of 25 paise per unit. It also underlined the need for giving unemployment allowance to jobless
youth and that all the government contracts up to Rs 2 lakh be given only to local contractors. The party decided to grant 50 per cent of the ticket to young candidates to increase their representation in the state polity. It also wanted to strengthen civic amenities at the village level by providing water, electricity and water supply to people. It also promised to frame a transparent transfer policy for employees and increase the insurance cover under the crop insurance scheme. Other promises included metalling of all the big and small roads and honest administration to people by taking strong action against the corrupt. |
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Private hospital owner booked in forgery case
Nurpur, August 5 The complainant in his complaint has stated that he and his wife were neither rendering their services nor had ever worked in any capacity in Surya Hospital. But the accused was allegedly using their names on the prescription slips to cause harm to clients for illegal gains. The complainant had already served a legal notice to the accused on May 31 last seeking the striking out of their names as visiting doctors in
Surya Hospital. DSP Rajinder Jaswal said following court order the police had registered a case under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468 and 471, IPC, against Neeraj Kumar. He said the police would take action after the completion of an inquiry into the
allegations levelled by the complainant.
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Eight-day Minjar fair draws to a close
Chamba, August 5 A ‘shobha yatra’ was taken out through the main bazaars of the town, converging on the right bank of the Ravi. Cultural troupes in colourful costumes danced to the tunes of their traditional musical instruments. The town’s presiding deity, Lord Raghuvira, was carried along with other local deities and insignia of Lord Manimahesh, Lakshmi Narayan and Charpat Nath. Chief Minister PK Dhumal was the chief guest. Vidhan Sabha Speaker Tulsi Ram, MLAs from the district, Deputy Commissioner Sunil Choudhary and Superintendent of Police Kuldeep Sharma participated in the procession. The Chief Minister earlier laid the foundation stones of a 30-metre bridge over the Rathiar nullah on the Bhanera-Kolka road, two bridges over the Sangera nullah on the Chamba-Sahoo road, a water supply scheme for Sungal and a 5.25-km link road to Sirna village under the Janghi panchayat.
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Rise in cases of theft in Nagrota Bagwan
Palampur, August 5 On Saturday night a gang thieves broke open the locks of eight shops situated on the national highway. However, the thieves failed take goods out from these shops. Last week property, including gold ornaments worth Rs 2 lakh, was stolen from a house in the industrial area. Dinesh Sharma, DSP, Kangra, said the police had already geared up night patrolling in the area and was checking all vehicles entering the town during late hours. He said police check-posts had also been set up on the highway for the screening of vehicles. He said a chain-snatcher gang active in the area had already been arrested on Thursday and investigation was in progress. He appealed to local residents to assist the police and report the presence of unknown persons in their area to the police.
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HPSEBL starts interaction, awareness programme
Chamba, August 5 An official spokesperson of the HPSEBL said here today that 68 energy clubs had been set up in the state to propagate its message. He said a special campaign was organised for mountainous tribal areas at Udaipur in Lahaul-Spiti, Killar at Pangi and Bhanjraru in Tissa areas. He said the ‘urja mela’ exhibition was organised during the Minjar fair in Chamba, wherein subsidy to domestic and agricultural consumers and results of the ‘Atal Bijli Bachat Yojna’?were highlighted. He said facilities were being provided to consumers, especially for the senior citizens. He added that consumers were being provided correct information through information techniques. He said government senior secondary schools at Chamba, Tissa and Chowari and the ‘mahila mandal’ at Dalhousie had been designated to spread information. He said energy saving and actual load verification were the main areas in which consumers were being informed. He added that a mobile exhibition van was always on the move for the purpose. |
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Rain continues to batter houses
Palampur, August 5 Two houses, owned by Des Raj and Roshan Lal, were damaged and many others developed cracks. Paddy crop in over 20 acres was destroyed. Flood victims told mediapersons that the Public Works Department had taken up the widening of National Highway 154 recently. Despite repeated requests not to do so, PWD workers stocked loose soil and debris on the roadside and did not remove it for
days together. When it rained last night, the material stocked blocked the adjoining water channel, due to which water entered houses and caused loss to agricultural land. Rekha Devi said her house could come down if the rain continued. She said she and her children spent a sleepless night yesterday. Villagers demanded action against erring PWD officials. Revenue officials visited the village this morning and prepared an estimate of the loss. No immediate financial assistance was given. The PWD authorities deputed workers to clear the blockage in the water channel and remove the loose soil debris from the roadside. |
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Jats demand ticket from 3 constituencies
Una, August 5 State parishad president Tarsem Lal Chaudhary said the constituencies had a considerable Jat vote bank. The parishad would vote for the party that fielded Jat candidates from the constituencies, he added. Members also demanded the inclusion of Jats in the OBC list for reservation in government jobs. If the Centre did not agree, Jats would launch an agitation, he said. Members demanded that Manjeet Singh Dogra be given the Congress ticket from Badarsar in Hamirpur district. They said he had won twice from the constituency. |
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Nigerian held with cocaine
Kullu, August 5 He had been staying at the hotel for many days and did not have valid documents. The owner of the hotel had not filled in the C-form, a must under the Foreigners Act. Acting on a tip-off, the police raided the hotel. It also recovered a weighing machine and Rs 37,500 from Givson. The police booked the owner of the hotel as well. Kullu SP Ashok Kumar said Givson was also wanted by the Goa Police. His involvement in other drug-related activities was being investigated, he added. |
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No scope for third front, says Dhumal
Chamba, August 5 Dhumal said though in a democratic set-up everybody had the right to form a party, such experiments had been carried out in the state in the past with little success. On the census data, the Chief Minister said its findings indicated that the state had moved ahead and the quality of life of the people had improved. He said this could be achieved due to good governance and the rich ethos of the people of the state. “Himachal Pradesh is the Switzerland of India. The World Bank will provide a financial assistance of Rs 1,120 crore for the sustainable development of the state by saving its environment,” he said. |
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Rao terms govt announcements a poll gimmick
Mandi, August 5 Reacting to the announcement about the fourth government college at Baldwara in Sarkaghat, his constituency, he said the government did not do anything to improve the condition of roads. He said the Una-Ner Chowk, the Sarkaghat-Ghumarwin and the Jahu-Kalkhar roads were allotted World Bank funds during the previous Congress regime, but looked boulder-littered now. He said the high court stopped admission on June 30, but the government wanted to start new colleges in school buildings, ruining the future of schoolchildren. |
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Girl killed in road mishap
Kangra, August 5 Stating this here today, SDPO, Kangra, Dinesh Kumar said 14-year-old Leelawati and eight-year-old Vijay Kumar, both residents of Massal village falling under Nagrota Bagwan police station, were collecting scarp when a speedy tipper hit them. The DSP said Vijay and Leelawati were rushed to Nagrota Bagwan Hospital where Leelawati was declared brought dead and Vijay referred to the DRPGMC, Tanda. The police has registered a case, arrested the driver and impounded the tipper.
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No new districts without consensus, says CM
Palampur, August 5 Talking to mediapersons here last evening, he said the state government could not be blamed if Palampur, Nurpur and Dehra Gopipur were not granted district status. He said the government had received hundreds of representations. He said the BJP government had clarified that the creation of new districts, particularly in Kangra, was a complex issue. In reply to a question, he said he favoured smaller districts for speedy development and the government was keen to create five districts, but the decision was deferred because of opposition by certain leaders in Kangra. |
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Naib tehsildar, patwari among five booked
Jawali (Nurpur), August 5 DSP, Jawali, Sanjay Sharma said following the court order, the police registered a case on Saturday under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B, IPC. He said the police had initiated investigations.
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Man gets 2-yr jail for negligent driving
Nurpur, August 5 He was awarded two-year imprisonment with a fine of Rs 4,000. The accused was booked for hitting an Ambassador car on November 22, 2003, at Damtal. Three out of the five occupants of the car died in the mishap. The Indora police had registered a case under Sections 279, 337, 338 and 304 (A) of the IPC and the Motor Vehicle Act. |
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