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Proposal to buy e-way
NHAI asks authorities to work out modalities
Gurgaon, November 10
Claiming the Haryana Government’s proposed “buy back” of the Delhi Gurgaon Expressway to be “too tricky and difficult”, the National Highway Authority of India has asked the Gurgaon Municipal Corporation, HUDA and the PWD Department to study and work out the modalities of the proposal along with its technical experts.

205 learner driving licences issued at village night camp
Kaithal, November 10
The district administration’s initiative of holding night camps every month has gained international identification and this programme has been quite successful to achieve its main objective of bridging the gap between the administration and people.

Alleging fleecing by mill, farmers block road
Fatehabad, November 10
Angry farmers blocked the national highway between Fatehabad and Sirsa and raised slogans against the authorities after they detected that a factory owner had been fleecing them by weighing their produce on a faulty machine.

Youth shot in Jhajjar village
Jhajjar, November 10
A youth was shot dead and two others, including a woman, were seriously injured in an assault carried out allegedly by their co-villagers at Kharar village under Bahadurgarh subdivision here last night.



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4 accused of gangrape held
Hisar, November 10
The police today arrested four youths accused of gangraping a minor Dalit girl hailing from Dhaya village of this district. Superintendent of Police B Satheesh said the victim’s family had initially complained that these boys had only tried to molest the girl. Later, the girl told the police that she was gangraped by four youths, Kulbir, Deepak, Pawan and Vijay.

Arora INLD state chief again
Chandigarh November 10
National president of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala has re-nominated Ashok Arora as the president of the state unit of the party.


Trainee officers take oath during 43rd (A) batch passing out parade at the CRPF Academy, Kadarpur, Gurgaon. Tribune photo

Girl raped by neighbour
Faridabad, November 10
A 20-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour at Sikri village in the Ballabhgarh area of the district. The police said the incident took place yesterday, when the accused Parvinder sneaked into the victim's house in the absence of her father and raped her after giving some sedative-laced food to the victim.

Rai to get shooting range
Sonepat, November 10
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced to open a rifle shooting range at the Motilal Nehru School of Sports (MNSS) in Rai. The government is also contemplating to upgrade the school to a sports college, he added.

Police clueless about culprits
Faridabad, November 10
The police is still clueless about culprits who yesterday looted Rs 26 lakh from the house of a local businessman after stabbing his wife and critically injuring her. The victim is stated to be out of danger. She was stabbed twice by the culprits. She was alone in the house at the time of the incident. Her son, Rohit, spotted her lying in a pool of blood.

Rape accused nabbed
Rewari, November 10 
The police has arrested Raj Kumar Yadav of Dakhora village, who had been on the run in a rape case for the past three months, from Neemrana town of Alwar district in Rajasthan. The police has also seized a motorcycle from the accused, which he had used to kidnap the girl from Dakhora village, near Kosli, on August 8. Raj Kumar was produced in a local court today, which remanded him in 14-day judicial custody. — OC

Hoardings: INLD accuses MCF of bias
Faridabad, November 10
The face-off between local INLD leaders and the Municipal Corporation Faridabad (MCF) over the removal of the leaders’ hoardings in the Ballabgarh zone today assumed another dimension with a state leader of the party and former MLA, Ram Kumar Saini, asking the MCF to desist from being partisan. He said the authorities were wrong in removing hoardings of his party leaders. TNS

NSS volunteers for green Divali
Kurukshetra, November 10
NSS volunteers of the University Teaching Department, Kurukshetra University, resolved to celebrate green Divali this year. On this occasion, Prof CR Darolia, Proctor of the university, called upon students to restrain from the use of firecrackers this Divali because of heavy pollution and a thick layer of smog. He said crackers pump in heavy pollution into the environment, which causes several problems like asthma, bronchitis, burning of eyes, etc. The aged people and the animals also face problems. TNS

 





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Proposal to buy e-way
NHAI asks authorities to work out modalities
Sumedha Sharma
Tribune News Service

Gurgaon, November 10
Claiming the Haryana Government’s proposed “buy back” of the Delhi Gurgaon Expressway to be “too tricky and difficult”, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has asked the Gurgaon Municipal Corporation, HUDA and the PWD Department to study and work out the modalities of the proposal along with its technical experts. The Special Technical Committee, whose report will play a pivotal role in a decision over buy out, was formed last evening at a special meeting where the Haryana Government formally offered to buy the expressway.

The state, which had earlier talked about two toll plazas, Kherki Daula and Sirhaul, proposed purchasing the entire expressway in a bid to ease traffic flow on 27.7-km stretch NHAI, however, claimed it was difficult or virtually not feasible.

“Its not just the Haryana Government, but the Delhi Government, NHAI, Delhi High Court, Punjab and Haryana High Court, DGSCL and bankers also, who have lent funds for the project who are to be involved in any such decision. So a lot needs to be taken into account even before having first thought about this proposal. Haryana has already signed a MoU with the concessionaire before the Delhi High Court to improve traffic flow in a time-bound manner. So it will also be one of the legal aspects, which we need to review. Moreover, we don’t see any merit or special advantage in allowing the buy out as our only aim is smooth traffic flow, which can be achieved by other hassle-free measures,” said an official.

Sources said one of the major hurdles in the government’s proposal was the fact that the concession agreement did not have any buy back provision. It only had provisions for force majure and termination of contract with ample details about the compensation that the NHAI had to give to the concessionaire in case of force majure.

Meanwhile, the Haryana Government has also proposed to expedite the process of putting toll plazas on electronic toll collection mode for faster clearance of traffic, which has apparently got the thumbs up from authorities concerned though an official nod is still awaited.

While the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) insists that the cost of the proposed buy out of expressway can only be calculated after negotiation between all stakeholders - banks and the two state governments, Delhi Gurgaon Super Connectivity Limited, the project operator, has pegged its share at Rs 2,000 crore. Sources said the company, which was too eager to sign this deal planned to claim Rs 2,000 crore in lieu of collecting toll on the key expressway till 2023. As per the existing contract, the concessionaire can collect toll on the expressway till 2023.

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205 learner driving licences issued at village night camp
Satish Seth

Kaithal, November 10
The district administration’s initiative of holding night camps every month has gained international identification and this programme has been quite successful to achieve its main objective of bridging the gap between the administration and people.

This was stated by Sultan Singh Jadoula, Chief Parliamentary Secretary for the Transport and Irrigation Departments, Haryana, while addressing a well-attended gathering at Sakra village of Pundri block during a day-night camp organised by the administration. He said a drastic change was quite visible in the mindset of representatives of the Panchayati Raj Institutions and the villagers. He appreciated the officials of the administration for implementing the instructions of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda by organising night camps in villages. Jadoula urged the people to conserve water and to check wastage and misuse of this precious gift of nature. He also urged the gathering to extend their full support to the administration for the betterment and development of society. He threw light on a number of welfare schemes launched and being implemented for all.

Deputy Commissioner Chander Shekhar said Hooda instructed the DCs and SPs of all districts to hold one night camp every month to strengthen the bond between people and the administration.

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Alleging fleecing by mill, farmers block road
Tribune News Service

Fatehabad, November 10
Angry farmers blocked the national highway between Fatehabad and Sirsa and raised slogans against the authorities after they detected that a factory owner had been fleecing them by weighing their produce on a faulty machine.

Farmers Brij Lal and Om Prakash from Dhani Issar, Devinder and Rakesh from Dhani Chhaterian, Rajpal and Devender from Jandwala, Jagsir from Bharolawali and some others went to a ginning factory on the Sirsa road after the auction of their cotton in the grain market.

They noticed that there was some difference in the weight recorded by the weighing machine installed in the factory and another set up outside when they weighed their crop on both.

When the mill owner did not give any satisfactory answer to their questions, the farmers blocked the NH-10 outside the factory.

Farmers alleged that the mill owners were fleecing them with impunity, as the authorities had been looking the other way on their complaints.

“All our complaints to the market committee authorities have fallen on deaf ears, because they too are hand in glove with the factory owners in the exploitation of farmers,” alleged the angry farmers.

Soon, subdivisional magistrate Baljit Singh and the station house officer of the city police station Mukesh Kumar arrived there and told the farmers to open the road for traffic or action would be initiated against them.

He assured the farmers of action in case the factory owners were found wrong.

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Youth shot in Jhajjar village
Our Correspondent

Jhajjar, November 10
A youth was shot dead and two others, including a woman, were seriously injured in an assault carried out allegedly by their co-villagers at Kharar village under Bahadurgarh subdivision here last night.

The deceased has been identified as Manoj. The injured, Kuldeep Singh and Santosh, have been admitted to the PGIMS in Rohtak where their condition is said to be critical.

Old enmity is said to be the reason behind the killing. The Bahadurgarh police has sregistered a case of murder against seven persons, including two women, on the complaint of the deceased’s brother Ajay Singh.

The incident took place around 9 pm when a verbal duel between two groups over some old petty dispute turned violent. Members of one of the group allegedly assaulted the rivals with bamboos and other weapons. Meanwhile, someone opened several rounds of fire, leaving Manoj dead and Kuldeep and Santosh injured. Kuldeep and Santosh were rushed to the Civil Hospital, Bahadurgarh, from where they were referred to the PGIMS following their critical condition.

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4 accused of gangrape held
Tribune News Service

Hisar, November 10
The police today arrested four youths accused of gangraping a minor Dalit girl hailing from Dhaya village of this district.

Superintendent of Police B Satheesh said the victim’s family had initially complained that these boys had only tried to molest the girl. Later, the girl told the police that she was gangraped by four youths, Kulbir, Deepak, Pawan and Vijay. A group of residents of Dhaya met the SP yesterday and complained that the police had not taken any action on the compliant of the girl’s father Rajbir. They submitted a new complaint alleging that the girl was raped by these youths.

Rajbir said he was being pressured to save the accused. He wanted that they be brought to justice.

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Arora INLD state chief again
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh November 10
National president of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala has re-nominated Ashok Arora as the president of the state unit of the party.

A press note issued here today said Dabwali MLA Ajay Chautala would be the secretary-general of the party. Jaswinder Singh Sandhu, Kanta Devi, Satbir Verma, Ram Bhagat Gupta, Rao Inderjit Singh, OP Matta, Rajinder Bisla, Mahadev Sharma and Lila Ram would be the vice-presidents.

The new general secretaries are Ram Kumar Saini, Balwant Sandhora, Ashok Sherwal, Hari Chand Midha, Surinder Dahiya, Buta Singh Lukhi and Ishwar Palaka. Ram Pal Majra has been named as the organising secretary, KC Bangad would be the party spokesman. Ram Kumar Ridhau and Ram Singh Brar would be chief media coordinator.

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Girl raped by neighbour

Faridabad, November 10
A 20-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour at Sikri village in the Ballabhgarh area of the district. The police said the incident took place yesterday, when the accused Parvinder sneaked into the victim's house in the absence of her father and raped her after giving some sedative-laced food to the victim.

The victim's father, who found the girl unconscious when he returned home, informed the police about the incident. The police is waiting for victim's medical report after which a case will be registered. — PTI

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Rai to get shooting range
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, November 10
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced to open a rifle shooting range at the Motilal Nehru School of Sports (MNSS) in Rai. The government is also contemplating to upgrade the school to a sports college, he added.

Hooda was addressing the annual day function of the MNSS at Rai. He claimed that during the past six years, a new sports culture had developed in the state.

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Police clueless about culprits
Tribune News Service

Faridabad, November 10
The police is still clueless about culprits who yesterday looted Rs 26 lakh from the house of a local businessman after stabbing his wife and critically injuring her. The victim is stated to be out of danger. She was stabbed twice by the culprits. She was alone in the house at the time of the incident. Her son, Rohit, spotted her lying in a pool of blood.

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