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HMT seeks Rs 450 crore Central assistance
Road rage claims youth’s life
Political posters dot roads in Rohtak
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Speaker may miss 3-month deadline in HJC MLAs case
Minor killed, 20 injured as bus overturns
Stage sets for HJC rally today
Rohtak PGIMS registers
3-fold rise in HIV cases
Woman killed, sons injured in attack
Normalcy returns to Sirsa, CRPF personnel leave
Boiler owners told to get registered
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HMT seeks Rs 450 crore Central assistance
Chandigarh, December 1 The company is also looking at reviving its watch business, and is eyeing to capture the niche watch segment. Besides, it is also launching a new agriculture equipment business vertical, and will soon start commercial production of rotavators and DG sets. SG Sridhar, chairman and managing director, HMT Limited, said they had submitted a proposal to the Union Ministry of Finance for a Rs 450 crore financial package. “Once approved, Rs 200 crore will be used for the modernisation and capacity upgradation of our tractor manufacturing plant at Pinjore. The remaining money will be used for the debt restructuring,” he said, adding that the debt liability is Rs 130 crore. The HMT chairman said that the company was aiming to achieve a sales turnover of Rs 3,000 crore in the next five years. Last year, the company’s sales turnover was Rs 475 crore, and this year, it is expected to be around Rs 500 crore. “In order to achieve this, we will be expanding our tractor production capacity at Pinjore to 30,000 units per annum in next five years, start with agriculture equipment vertical this month itself by launching rotavators and diesel generator sets from our Mohali plant, and revive our watch business. We expect the government to release the funds by March, following which all business plans will be formulated,” he said. Sridhar said though the watch business was contributing just Rs 18 crore to the total business, with the launch of boutique watches and aggressive marketing now, they were expecting the watch business to contribute Rs 50 crore revenue to the company by March 2014.
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Jhajjar, December 1 The victim has been identified as Dharmender, while the Mahendergarh police has started investigation after registering a case of murder under Section 302 of the IPC and Arms Act against three unidentified youths in this regard. The incident took place when Dharmender along with five other persons was coming back to Beri in a jeep after attending a wedding party. On reaching the village, they reportedly engaged in a verbal duel with occupants of another jeep after a minor dispute over overtaking, said the police. Later, three men allegedly got down from jeep and opened fires at Dharmender from a close range. — OC
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Political posters dot roads in Rohtak
Rohtak, December 1 "Hundreds of posters have come up on the main roads and even highways, posing a threat to motorists," said Ramniwas Hooda, a city advocate. He said while there were norms and guidelines on putting up such advertisements. "Civic authorities must act against the violators to discourage defacement of public property and prevent traffic jams on the highway," he said. "Posters and advertisements continue to block important traffic signs along the NH-10," said Virender Phogat a Rohtak resident. He said such hoardings cause distraction for the drivers and may cause accidents. The Supreme Court has issued directions in the past to the state governments and the authorities concerned to remove or ban the display of such hoardings. A civic body official said the authorities would act if a complaint is registered. "We have take action in the past," he said.
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Speaker may miss 3-month deadline in HJC MLAs case
Chandigarh, December 1 Having tripped and fractured his leg, Sharma is unlikely to be able to attend office and meet the three-month deadline set by the Supreme Court in September this year to take a “final decision” on HJC chief Kuldeep Bishnoi’s plea for their disqualification. The HJC MLAs had “merged” their party with the ruling Congress on November 9 and 10, 2009, soon after the Congress government came to power for a second consecutive term in Haryana. The “fall” could especially be to the advantage of the “defector” MLAs who are likely to get “more additional weeks” yet again before the Speaker decides their disqualification case which began in December of 2009. Sources close to Sharma said though he was “hopping around” with a plastered leg despite the doctor’s advising him six to eight weeks rest, he was seeking “expert opinion” from doctors in Delhi before taking a call on attending to his duties. Sharma said, “Since I have suffered a fracture in the leg, the doctors attending to me have recommended complete rest. However, I shall see how I can best discharge my duties and decide the case to meet the deadline of January 13 next year, if at all that is possible.” The five “defector” MLAs of the HJC, Rao Narender and Satpal Sangwan (both Cabinet ministers), Vinod Bhayana (Chief Parliamentary Secretary), Zile Ram Sharma and Dharam Singh Chokker, had “merged” their party with the Congress. Bishnoi, the party chief as also the only sole member of the HJC in the Vidhan Sabha then, had filed separate petitions before the then Speaker, Harmohinder Singh Chatha, challenging the “merger”. Even as the Speaker was hearing his pleas, Bishnoi had moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging the Speaker’s approval to the merger. On this, a Single Bench of the court directed the Speaker in December 2010, to dispose of the issue within four months. Meanwhile, in 2011, Chatha joined the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government as minister and Sharma, a first-time MLA, was named Speaker. Also, later in the year, Bishnoi contested the Hisar Lok Sabha election and won after which the “defector” MLAs moved an application seeking the dismissal of the case since the former had ceased to be a member of the Vidhan Sabha, This, however, was turned down by the Speaker. The Speaker challenged the single bench order before a Division Bench. An order upholding this order was passed by the court in which the five MLAs were declared as “unattached” members and restrained them from discharging their duties as MLAs, pending the final decision by the Speaker. All the five MLAs, Bishnoi and the Speaker then moved the SC, challenging the HC verdict. In its verdict, the SC set aside that part of the HC verdict which had restrained the MLAs from discharging their functions, but upheld the directive to the Speaker to dispose of the disqualification pleas within a time-frame.
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Stubble burning continues
Sirsa, December 1 The Tribune noticed paddy fields set on fire near OHM Cine Garden on Sirsa’s Fatehabad road on Friday. The fields being right on the National Highway number 10, the smoke and flames coming out of the fire cause a lot of incontinence to the vehicle Sirsa Deputy Commissioner J Ganesan had recently issued prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code imposing a ban on the burning of paddy straw. The orders said action under Section 188 of the IPC and under the provisions of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1981 would be initiated against the offenders. However, stubble burning on the fields continues unabated and hardly any action has been taken against the offenders in this season.
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Minor killed, 20 injured as bus overturns
Jhajjar, December 1 Sources said condition of six injured persons was stated to be critical and they were referred to the PGIMS, Rohtak, while the remaining 16 persons were admitted to the Civil Hospital at Bahadurgarh. Injured passengers told the police that the driver was driving the bus at a very high speed. The incident took place when the bus carrying around 30 passengers was on its way to Sonepat from Ashok Nagar locality in Bahadurgarh. As the bus reached a blind turn near Kulashi village, the driver lost control over the vehicle and the bus overturned in middle of the road. |
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Stage sets for HJC rally today
Sirsa, December 1 Besides HJC supremo Kuldeep Bishnoi, BJP leaders Nitin Gadkari, Sushma Swaraj and HJC leaders Chander Mohan, Renuka Bishnoi and Dharampal Malik will be addressing the rally. The rally has become important because of several reasons, one of them being that it is being held in the INLD's stronghold Sirsa. The rally has also assumed importance due to the announcements by HJC leaders that several former ministers and MLAs will join the party on this day. Political observers have set their eyes on the turnout that Bishnoi is able to manage in this rally. The HJC leadership has been maintaining that the December 2 rally will break the previous record of turnout set by the party on its foundation on December 2, 2007 at Rohtak. |
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Rohtak PGIMS registers
3-fold rise in HIV cases
Rohtak, December 1 With the majority of such patients being males, almost 95 percent of those registered here for the treatment had been on regular follow-up in terms of treatment. The main centre here has around 12 link centres in various districts of the state. While officials said the increase in the HIV positive cases was not alarming, yet the extent of the prevailence showed that the state's health sector needed to step up awareness campaigns among the youth. "We are providing free medicines and counseling to the affected. The success rate of the follow-up cases was quite appreciable with more than 95 per cent of those registered here taking the programme seriously,'' said Dr. PS Gehlot, nodal officer of the Centre at the PGIMS. He said that there had been more than three-time growth in the number of affected persons reporting here in the past four years. The figure of 3,313 patients reporting here in 2008 went up to 10,990 in 2012. A total of 5,562 patients have got registered here this year so far. These include 3,495 men, 1,821 women, 164 boys, 79 girls and three transgender. The link centres functional at various districts in the state and reporting here include Jind, Fatehabad,Bhiwani, Sirsa , Hisar, Narnaul,Kaithal, Rewari, Soneapt, Jhajjar, Panipat and Gurgaon. The authorities say despite several anti-HIV campaigns, several misconceptions persisted among the people, especially in the rural areas. |
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Woman killed, sons injured in attack
Sonepat, December 1 On the complaint of Devender, the police has registered a case under various sections of the IPC against Narender and Devender of Lakhu Buwana village and Amit, Arun and Monu of Murthal village. Sources said one of the alleged accused used to harass and eve-tease the granddaughter of Anaro Devi and it was opposed by the members of her family. The alleged accused attacked the victims with bricks and sticks and escaped after committing the crime. Serious injured Anaro Devi was brought here to the Civil Hospital. The doctors referred her to PGIMS, Rohtak, where she succumbed to her injuries. Meanwhile, Pradeep, a BTech student of DCR University of Science and Technology, Murthal, died on the spot, while his classmate Shushant was injured when they were knocked down by a speeding car late last night on the Sonepat-Murthal road. The victims along with four other students were returning to the university after attending a marriage in Sonepat.
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Normalcy returns to Sirsa, CRPF personnel leave
Sirsa, December 1 Five companies of the Central Reserve Police Force left Sirsa last night after a meeting called by Sikh organisations passed off peacefully yesterday. IGP, Hisar Range, Arshinder Singh Chawla and IG (Law and Order) Mohammed Arif, who had been camping in Sirsa since Sunday left the town last evening. DC J Ganesan, who headed a meeting attended by officers of the police, civil administration and the paramilitary forces, said the situation was completely normal. SSP Rajshree Singh, however, said there was no dilution in police deployment, as two more companies of the Rapid Action Force had arrived in the town. The maturity first shown by Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who sought an amicable settlement of the issue during a “bhandara” in the dera on November 28, and then by Jathedar Balwant Singh Nandgarh of Takht Damdama Sahib, who appealed for a peaceful resolution of the issue. — TNS
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Boiler owners told to get registered
Chandigarh, December 1 While stating this here today, a spokesman of the department said it would be the sole responsibility of the boiler owner to run the boiler after getting it registered, inspected and certified by the boiler inspectorate or authorised inspecting authority as per the provisions of the Boilers Act. Only those boilers will be registered and certified which are manufactured as per the Indian Boilers Regulations, 1950. In case of any mishap or accident, the boiler owners or users will be responsible and they will be prosecuted under the provisions of the Boilers Act, 1923. |
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The cash-strapped HMT Limited is now seeking a Rs 450 crore bailout package from the Ministry of Finance, so as to restructure its debt and infuse fresh investment in the company to revive its tractor business.
Political posters and hoardings have come to occupy a pride of place along National Highway No. 10 and other thoroughfares connecting the city, but the authorities appear to be looking the other way.
