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Quota in Central varsity: BJP ex-chief, Congress MP back villagers
Disqualification of five HJC legislators |
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Prof Dhattarwal is next IMA-Haryana chief
25 malls in Gurgaon to be polythene-free soon
Major expansion for Gurgaon bus service
IMPROVING SEX RATIO
IOA’s suspension leaves athletes worried
Land for Mahatma Phule bhawan demanded
Haryana to provide 95 AC vegetable vending carts
Trade fair attracts foreign
participation
Permanent Lok Adalat set up at Sirsa
Rs 64 cr for winter uniforms
Pension-Related Grievances
SD Vidya School presents ‘Fusion’
SEVENTEEN-YEAR WAIT
‘Info panel should have persons with judicial qualifications’
People dissatisfied with growing number of power cuts
Reservation quota sparks another debate
Sonepat cops ‘solve’ 24 cases of crime against women
Sura is Asst Cane Commissioner
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Quota in Central varsity: BJP ex-chief, Congress MP back villagers
Mahendergarh, December 6 “We had suspended our stir two months ago after Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda invited us for talks and wrote to the then Union HRD Minister for sympathetically considering our case. However, no concrete action has been taken by the government or university authorities to address our concern, due to which we are forced to resume our stir,” maintained Ranbir Singh, the president of the Aarakshan Bachao Sangharsh Samiti, Pali-Jant. The protesting villagers have decided to stage a dharna in support of their demands at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on December 12. “We have got the permission to hold a dharna at Jantar Mantar from the authorities concerned and several leaders owing allegiance to different political parties, including former BJP president Rajnath Singh and sitting Congress MP Rao Inderjit Singh, have assured us of their firm backing on the matter,” asserted Malkhan Singh, the convener of the struggle committee formed by the villagers. The panchayats of Pali and Jant villages had leased nearly 500 acres of their land for the university at a token rate of Re 1 per acre per year on the promise of reservation in university jobs and admissions. However, when the villagers approached the university authorities in this regard, they were shown the door. Tired of running from pillar to post for justice, the villagers decided to stage a dharna in support of their demands. The dharna began on July 30 this year and continued for more than two months, but it failed to elicit any concrete and favourable response from the authorities “concerned”. Eventually, the protesters got the construction work on the university campus stopped. Soon after, they were invited for talks with Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. However, during the talks, Hooda maintained that provision of reservation did not come under the purview of the state government. The Chief Minister later urged the then Union HRD Minister, Kapil Sibal, to “sympathetically consider” the demand of the villagers for reservation in jobs and admissions at the Central University being set up on their land. In a demi-official letter written to the Union minister, Hooda had stated that the panchayats of the aforementioned villages had given their land free of cost for the construction of the Central University of Haryana. However, the Chief Minister did not mention in the letter that the villagers had been promised reservation in jobs and admissions before they gave their land to set up the university. Nor did the letter mention the breach of trust by the government in this regard, which led to a long-drawn struggle by the villagers to claim their promised dues. As the communiqué also failed to elicit any favourable action, the villagers have now decided to take their protest to Delhi.
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Disqualification of five HJC legislators
But, the Haryana Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Sharma and the Haryana Janhit Congress supremo Kuldeep Bishnoi are involved in an ugly verbal spat over the case of disqualification of five HJC legislators pending before the former these days. Bishnoi’s elder brother Chander Mohan has also joined the spat after his name was dragged in the spat during accusations and counter accusations between Sharma and
Bishnoi. Incensed by Bishno’s remarks, Kuldeep Sharma came down heavily on the HJC supremo during a meeting of Congress workers in Fatehabad on Tuesday. “Bishnoi should first see his own conduct and his brother Chander Mohan’s conduct before telling me anything,” Sharma said. He said if anyone deserved the jail, that person is Chander Mohan, who brought shame to the state by his conduct. Kuldeep Sharma was obviously referring to Chander Mohan’s marriage with Anuradha Bali alias Fiza after changing his religion, when he was deputy chief minister of the state. Pooh-poohing Bishnoi’s claims of bringing probity and transparency to politics after coming to power, Sharma said that the HJC leader should tell people from where he got the huge riches he owned today. The speaker’s diatribe has now invited sharp reaction from both Kuldeep Bishnoi and Chander Mohan. While Chander Mohan said that he had not committed any violation of the constitution, while Sharma, he alleged, has been willfully delaying a decision on Bishnoi’s plea against HJC legislators, the Haryana Janhit Congress supremo has alleged that the speaker had crossed all limits and his conduct was brazenly partisan. Bishnoi alleged that Sharma’s conduct was unbecoming of an Assembly speaker. “Normally, I should have laughed off Kuldeep Bishnoi’s statement threatening me of jail. But when others cross their ‘Lakshman Rekha’, I am not a weak person who will listen such rubbish talks meekly,” responded Kuldeep Sharma to Kuldeep Bishnoi’s allegation.
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Prof Dhattarwal is next IMA-Haryana chief
According to an official statement issued by Dr Vinod Tayal, chairman of the election commission of the IMA Haryana state branch, Professor Dhattarwal has also been elected honorary state secretary of the association for 2013. Besides, Dr Prabhakar Sharma from Ambala Cantt and Dr Dinesh Gupta from Faridabad have been elected vice-presidents (elect) of the body for 2014. Professor Dhattarwal is a life member of the Association for the Promotion of DNA Finger-Printing and other DNA Technologies. He is also Associate Editor of Medico-Legal Update, an international journal published by the World Information Syndicate, Area Editor of the Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology and Chief Editor of the Haryana Medical Journal. The medical don has more than 100 national and international publications to his credit and has presented more than 90 papers at various conferences. He has also contributed in three textbooks of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology and is a recipient of the the State IMA Award, Haryana Chiktsa Rattan Award and Bharat Vidya Saraswati Puraskar.
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25 malls in Gurgaon to be polythene-free soon
Gurgaon, December 6 This was decided at a joint meeting of Gurgaon mall owners with Municipal Commissioner Vijay Singh Dahiya here recently. The MCG is running a campaign against the use of polythene bags and had started the endeavour with Ambience Mall, where 300 shops will start the green initiative. “We look forth to becoming a city which not only has some of the best and largest malls in the city but also green and polythene free. With malls going the green way, it will be easy to get campaign across to smaller shopkeepers and consumers,” said Dahiya. Along with shopkeepers, the MCG is also roping in consumers to spread the message of saving the environment. Members of the joint action forum of resident welfare associations met Dahiya and promised not to use plastic bags in their day-to-day lives. The corporation in the second phase of its campaign will reach out to schools. Private and government schools will be roped in not just to create awareness among students but also to make them campaigners. The corporation is working on challan policy in this regard and shall declare the amount within the next 15 days.
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Major expansion for Gurgaon bus service
Gurgaon, December 6 Intra-city bus service in Gurgaon was launched with 72 buses, which was gradually increased to 160 buses. However, due to its popularity, the state Transport Department has decided to increase the fleet. “The response to inter-city bus service has been overwhelming. Since the induction of new drivers are almost over, we look forth to our expansion which will strengthen public transport by early next year,” said an official statement issued by the department. In addition to this expansion, the Haryana Roadways also intends to introduce low floor air-conditioned CNG buses in Gurgaon by the next year. The introduction is much anticipated and inspired from the success of AC bus services in Chandigarh and Delhi. The buses will also be introduced in
Faridabad.
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IMPROVING SEX RATIO
She announced that the social initiative “Laado” would be launched from February. “This will not be a political programme of the party, but a social initiative by her through her NGO,” Renuka said while talking to The Tribune about her project. “As an educated woman, I have always believed that stereotyped methods of improving the sex ratio in society are not going to succeed unless we improve women’s lot by making them self-dependent and empowering them through quality education and vocational training,” Renuka added. She said she was in touch with a couple of NGOs and besides creating awareness among people on the issue of saving the girl child, “Laado” will work towards empowering women by providing them training in various vocational fields. She said if people start educating their girls and make them stand on their own feet economically, they would never feel the need of killing them in the mother’s womb. “What we actually need is to remove the difference between male and female children. Only then, the longing for a male children will end in our society,” she added.
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IOA’s suspension leaves athletes worried
London Olympic bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt said the suspension was unfortunate and it would dishearten players. The decision would give a wrong message about India in the international sports arena and it should be resolved at the earliest. “It is always a dream of sportspersons to participate in the Olympics and other international events and win medal,” he added. The former captain of the Indian Women Hockey Team, Pritam Siwach, said the ultimate loser of this decision would be the sportspersons. For the office-bearers of the IOA, it was a game of chair, but it should not be at the cost of the players. “Sooner, the issue is resolved, better for the sports and sportspersons,” she said. Para Olympian Amit Saroha said the decision would bring down the morale of sportspersons and it might adversely affect their preparations.
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2 Sonepat schools to participate in national science Congress
Sonepat, December 6 The teams were selected at the 20th Haryana State Children Science Congress held in Bhiwani recently. Around 100 teams from the state participated in the science Congress, which was organised by the Haryana Vigyan Manch in collaboration with the Nation Council of Science, Technology and Communication and the Union Ministry of Science and Technology. The focal theme of the state-level science Congress was “Energy: Harness, Explore and Conservation”. In junior (urban) group, a five-member team from Little Angel School was led by group leader Priya, while the team of Khanpur Kalan school was led by Mohit in the junior (rural) group. The Khanpur Kalan school team presented its project report on “Agriculture Waste-Source of Energy” and projected that farmers in the northern India burnt paddy husk and wheat stubbles in their fields, which not only polluted the environment but also reduced the fertility of soil. The Little Angel school team presented its research papers on “Cycle Transformation- Conservation of Energy”. Chairman Ashish Arya, director Sonia Arya and principal Asha Goyal of Little Angel School accorded warm welcome to the school team, while principal Sunita Kadian and teachers of the Khanpur Kalan school felicitated their school team. The district coordinator, KK Malik, block elementary education officer, Kaushalya Arya, and Anil Goyal, Krishan Vats and Surender Mehla of the District Science Congress said organising such events would strengthen the spirit of competition among students.
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Land for Mahatma Phule bhawan demanded
Ambala, December 6 Talking to mediapersons at Ambala Cantt, Saini said Mahatma Phule was an icon of society for whom even Mahatma Gandhi and Dr BR Ambedkar had great admiration. He added that an imposing edifice would be raised in his memory. He claimed that a representation recommended by HPCC president Pool Chand Mullana and Assembly speaker Kuldeep Sharma and MLA DK Bansal had been sent to the Chief Minister to give land on lease. However, several months had gone by, but the Haryana Government was not serious about their demand. Saini said it was ironic that despite constituting 12 per cent of the population, the community had no representation in the state government and the samaj had no MLA or MP. He said this issue had been raised in every election and political parties had also committed to fulfil their demand, but after the elections, the politicians forgot to fulfil their promise. Saini also demanded the restoration of stipend to the students from the community which, he said, was withdrawn arbitrarily.
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Haryana to provide 95 AC vegetable vending carts
Chandigarh, December 6 The vegetable vending carts costing Rs 1.40 lakh each would be provided to the beneficiary at Rs 14,000, a spokesman of the Department said here recently. He said the diesel-run air-conditioned vegetable vending carts would visit cities and towns and provide fresh vegetables to consumers. The spokesman said each diesel run air-conditioned vegetable vending cart costs Rs 1.40 lakh and out of this amount, the beneficiary would have to pay Rs 14,000. The remaining cost of Rs 1.26 lakh would be borne by the Horticulture Department as subsidy. He said with the implementation of this scheme, not only the people belonging to SC category would get employment but also the people would get fresh vegetables at their doorstep. Also from the marketing point of view, this vehicle would prove to be beneficial to the farmers, he said. The body of this vehicle had been designed in such a way that it could easily pass through the streets of cities and towns, he added.
— PTI
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Trade fair attracts foreign
participation
Ambala, December 6 The fair was inaugurated by T Satyaparkash, director, Industries, Haryana. Nearly 105 stalls, including six foreign stalls from the US, Germany, Singapore and Taiwan, displayed their products at the fair. Expressing satisfaction, the participants at the fair said they were getting good business enquiries and orders from all over the country. ASIMA president Amarjeet Singh said a large number of teaching
staff, students and experts from other countries visited the fair. ASIMA chairman Ashwani Goel condemned “erratic purchase policy” by the government educational institutes, who were the major buyers of scientific equipment in the country. Student of Ambala Engineering College displayed their models at the fair.
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Permanent Lok Adalat set up at Sirsa
Sirsa, December 6 VP Bishnoi, a former district and sessions judge, who is also the Chairman of the Permanent Lok Adalats for Sirsa and Fatehabad districts, said that cases pertaining to public utility services like transport, Post and Telegraph, telephone, power supply, water supply, sanitation, health facilities, banking, housing and insurance could be settled in this Permanent Lok Adalat. He said that Permanent Lok Adalats had been set up in all districts of the state. Bishnoi said the Lok Adalat would be organised in Sirsa on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays whereas in Fatehabad it would be organised on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
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Rs 64 cr for winter uniforms
Chandigarh, December 6 Bhukkal said Rs 400 per student had been released under the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan. Out of 15,99,363 students, 10,56,380 girl students, 4,35,783 Scheduled Castes students and 1,07,200 BPL students were registered under the abhiyaan in the state. She said the Haryana School Shiksha Pariyojna Parishad had released the funds in the first week of December in the bank accounts of SMCs for purchase of winter
uniform. — TNS
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Pension-Related Grievances
Rewari, December 6 It was formally inaugurated by Brig Amardeep Bhardwaj of the 54th Armed Regiment here
on Wednesday. Addressing the gathering, the Brigadier said for this purpose, a high-level committee had been constituted which would comprise Anandan Samantrai, MS Riyaz (both military officials), Deputy Commissioner CG Rajini Kaanthan, ZSB secretary Major Pratap Singh, DPDO Rajender Kumar and his head clerk Ashok Kumar. He said while complete data pertaining to the pension of ex-servicemen and war widows was being fed in a computer to facilitate prompt availability of the requisite details, they could file their complaints regarding pension, disability pension, classified emoluments, gratuity and ESM to the ZSB here. He said prospective commencement of such facility at block headquarters in the district was on their agenda as well. Appreciating the establishment of the above office for resolution of pension-related difficulties of ex-servicemen and war widows, Deputy Commissioner-cum- chairman of the ZSB CG Rajini Kaanthan recalled the valiant exploits of the heroes of the Ahirwal region in the pre as well as post- Independence era. He said the region was now widely and popularly known as a fine nursery of soldiers. He exhorted the ex-servicemen and war widows to take optimum advantage of the above office to get their pension-related problems solved speedily.
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SD Vidya School presents ‘Fusion’
Ambala, December 6 The extravaganza began with an invocation to Lord Ganesha and Goddess Saraswati in the form of a dance, “Saraswati & Ganesh Vandana”. After a formal welcome to the chief guest, the programme continued with “The young foot tappers” from toddlers dancing to the tunes of Sha-la-la. A Hindi skit, “Prashna Chinh”, raised questions about the evils prevailing in our society while children performed a dance drama, “Monkeys and The Cap Seller”. “Afro Jazz”, a dance full of energy and vigour, was presented by students of Classes III to V. It was based on the cultures and values of Africa and Europe. The folk band of the school presented a real fusion when they performed Haryanvi orchestra and won appreciation from the audience. This orchestra will be competing at the national level in January 2013. The Principal of the school, Rupinder Saini, read the annual school report. Children of Classes I-V took the audience on a trip to the fairy land with their play “Snow White and Seven Dwarfs”. The Rajasthani culture was depicted in the form of “Chirmi” when girls of Classes VIII-X danced on Rajasthani tunes. The chief guest gave away the prizes to the toppers of X and XII board exams and the national and international achievers in the sports and the cultural fields.
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Children enthral audience in cultural programme
Kaithal, December 6 Principal Nijhawan said one of the salient features of the programme was that all students of the school, numbering 1980, participated in the cultural programmes. She further said that participation in cultural activities developed hidden talents of the students and instilled confidence in them. She exhorted the parents to take a keen interest in their wards to inculcate good ideas and love for moral values to make them good and responsible citizens. The programme began with Saraswati Vandana by students of Classes III and IV. The patriotic songs presented with actions invited applause from the parents and other guests. Punjabi gidda, Haryanvi and Rajsthani dances conveyed the message of unity in diversity. The play enacted by the students of Classes III and IV delivered a message to the audience about the need to perform social service and literacy. At the same time, through other skits and plays, students conveyed the message for protecting environment by planting trees.
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Annual sports meet at Fatehabad school
Fatehabad, December 6 Students, including nursery kids, participated in various events with great enthusiasm. In his speech, Dr Tiwari stressed on the importance of sports in the lives of students. Kanchan Munjal, Managing Director, Madan Mohan Grover, president of the school management body, Kulbhushan Munjal, Principal, Anju Dahiya, Ramesh Gupta, Manager, Bank of India, Jai Singh Dahiya, Ashok Khurana and Sahil Munjal were among those present on this occasion. Results: Long jump (junior group): Maninder (1st), Yuvraj (2nd) and Harish (3rd) Long jump (senior): Vikas (1st), Sunit (2nd) and Rankeet (3rd) Shot put: Rankeet (1st), Pawan (2nd) and Paras (3rd) Badminton (girls) championship was won by Tulip House, while Lotus House bagged the cricket competition. Ashish from class VIII was adjudged the man of the series. Volleyball championship also went to the Lotus House. The award for the best bowler and the man of the match title went to Krishan Dhaka. Best player in Volleyball was Pawan while the best player award for Kho Kho was given to Krishan Dhaka and Mono in the boys and girls categories respectively.
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SEVENTEEN-YEAR WAIT
Frustrated from the “non-cooperative” attitude of the authorities concerned in the department, he has recently written a letter to the Haryana Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, mentioning the difficulties being faced by him due to non-payment of the outstanding amount. He had also forwarded the copies of the letter to the Deputy Commissioner, Superintendent of Police and Superintending Engineer of the department at Sonepat. In the letter, he had mentioned about the works completed by him and the certificate received from the then subdivisional engineer of Kharkhoda subdivision about the works completed in three years. Jai Singh had also alleged that the department had misguided him for many years saying that Measurement Book (MB)-3478 of the completed work was not available. However, the MB was traced through RTI and number of entries of the completed works were found missing in the MB. He had also pointed out that the department officials were misguiding him saying that he should not worry because the annual interest of 18 per cent would be added to your payment. However, it was also just to pacify him and there was no intention to make any payment. Urging for an inquiry into the case and payment of the outstanding amount at the earliest, Maha Singh has mentioned about his mental agony and other problems, including disruption in the studies of his children, due to non- payment of the amount. He has also threatened that if justice was not given to him, he would be forced to observe an indefinite fast at the gate of the PWD office at
Sonepat.
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‘Info panel should have persons with judicial qualifications’
Sonepat, December 6 Former Supreme Court Judge and current Chair of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission Justice AK Ganguly said India should be accurately described as a “constitutional democracy” as the Constitution controlled all state institutions. He agreed that the Right to Information (RTI) was crucial for monitoring state institutions. However, he regretted that some in the judiciary regarded themselves as beyond the purview of the RTI, adding that all information commissions must have a person with judicial qualifications. He summed up the conference stating that mechanisms for transparency and accountability were necessary, but they were not sufficient for healthy functioning of parliamentary democracy. Addressing delegates, Dr AM Singhvi said all major institutions in the country were in real need of reform, beginning with the Parliament, where disruption, not debate and dissent, and decision, was affecting people’s trust in the Parliament. Dr Singhvi said the Comptroller-Auditor General of India was a venerable and important institution of long standing. He said it had come into the headlines only in recent times because it might have ‘trespassed’ into the terrain of prescribing policies, going beyond its ‘legitimate’ role of evaluating policies and performance. He said while India’s judiciary was independent and creative, there was a great deal that needed to be done to enhance judicial accountability and efficiency. He said the press was in urgent need of reforms to ensure adherence to professional ethics and standards, secularism, federalism and socialism. The two-day conference commenced with an outline by Prof Peter de Souza, director, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, of the continuing contradictions in India between political equality of ‘one person-one vote’ and persistent and socio-economic inequalities. Dean Brady of the Goldman School of Public Policy expressed his admiration for the independence and capacity of India’s Election Commission and commended the former Chief Election Commissioner, SY Quaraishi, for his leadership skills. He said in the US ‘political machines’ used to purchase and deliver votes to the highest bidders, and it took decades before the vote could be regarded as a credible indicator of citizens’ preferences. Dr Ken Taymore focused on the rule of law challenges in ensuring good conduct of the US corporations and senior advocate Venkataramani highlighted the importance of ‘dharma’ in the country. The role of traditional print and electronic media and that of new social media like Facebook and Twitter and actions of civil society activist groups in both strengthening and undermining democratic governance were addressed by Malini Parthasarathy, director, The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy; Harsh Sethi, editor of Seminar magazine; BV Rao, editor of Governance Now; Harsh Mander, former member of the National Advisory Council, and Amitabh Behar, director of the National Foundation of India.
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Avoid using polythene, says Jain Samaj
Rewari, December 6 The Rath Yatra comprising a chariot, prominently bedecked with a statue of Lord Adinath as well as an expressive tableaux
of prominent Jain educational institutions, started from the Jain Temple in Mohalla Jainpuri here and finally
converged at the prestigious Nasia Ji Temple of the Jain Samaj while passing through the
city’s main markets and the circular road. Subhash Jain, president of the Jain Education Board, Adeshwar Jain, president, Padam Kumar Jain, manager, and
Tarun Jain, secretary of Jain Public School (JPS), Abhey Jain, chairman of Jain Girls Senior Secondary School (JGSSS) and a host
of other doyens of the Jain Samaj ardently participated in the Rath Yatra. JPS students’ tableau creating awareness among
residents about the harmfulness of using polythene wares, a picturesque presentation of bathing of Lord Adinath atop the
legendary Sumeru Mountain by students of the JGSSS and a pictorial representation of the significance of eschewing late night meals by students of Jain Boys Senior Secondary School were the highlights of the programme. Thus while men and women paid their
obeisance to the supreme gods of the Jain Samaj, the Rath Yatra regaled the
participants and others in various ways.
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People dissatisfied with growing number of power cuts
Kurukshetra, December 6 However, the only saving grace seems to be that the administration may go in for scheduled power cuts for enabling the people to make arrangements, official sources said. “With power consumption in the city rising by leaps and bounds in the recent years, power cuts have become a necessary evil. A better way of load shedding is using rotational powers cuts, which result in less inconvenience to the consumers,” a senior official told The Tribune here today. While the city has a total power supply of 35 lakh units, the peak demand is about 45 lakh units. In fact, the average power consumption hovers around 28 lakh units. Though the residents were not as bitter about the power cuts now, as they were during the summer season. Those people who are dependent on the power supply to earn their livelihood were not very happy. Navdeep Theka, municipal councillor and a resident of Shanti Nagar, said power cuts were being imposed in the morning and also during the day. She said though power cuts didn’t disturb the life of residents in winters, these affected the businesses of a large number of people. An electrician, Kamal Singh, said his monthly income came down once power cuts were imposed again. He had to wait for the power to be restored so that he could resume work. Welders and others, who depend on power supply to earn their livelihood, were also adversely affected. Women couldn’t carry out their daily chores in time due to absence of power supply. A shopkeeper of Sector 13 said the government had failed to provide basic facilities. Roopam Wadhwa of Sector 2 said they had adjusted their daily routine according to the power cut schedule announced, but it was difficult in case there were unscheduled power cuts. Devender Kumar of Sector 7 said there were power cuts being imposed in the morning, evening and night, of which the last ones were unscheduled, making things difficult for residents.
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Reservation quota sparks another debate
Kurukshetra, December 6 HSNM general secretary, Mohan Lal Dhiman said the manch opposed the inclusion of five ‘prosperous and ruler’ castes of Jats, Jat Sikhs, Bishnois, Tyagis and Rors in OBC category as they would grab the 27 per cent quota available to those already in the category. The manch had appealed that the government may allocate additional and separate quota to these castes, without disturbing the existing 27 per cent quota of present OBCs in the ratio of 16 per cent for BC-A and 11 per cent for BC-B, he added. As regards quota on economic basis for migrated people suggested by Singh, the HSNM pointed out that 52 per cent OBC population was already confined to 27 per cent quota whereas after excluding 22 per cent SCs/STs, the remaining 26 per cent population was enjoying 51 per cent quota and that too without proper sharing with minorities. Manch debated that due to ‘creamy layer clause’ in BCs/OBCs, only their reservation is on economic basis as 27 per cent is availed by poorer lots of BCs/OBCs, whereas, the entire quota of General & SCs/STs is in one pool, without such a clause and therefore in these two categories the shares of poor are usurped by the rich. The manch requested Singh to think about the poor of these two categories. The meeting was also addressed by Ram Sarup Jangra, Patron, Ishwar Kamboj, Treasurer, Hawa Singh Yadav, Gurnam Saini, Jaipal Panchal, Sunder Lal Dhiman and others.
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Sonepat cops ‘solve’ 24 cases of crime against women
Sonepat, December 6 The police spokesman said in 32 cases of crime related to property, including one of decoity, 26 cases of loot, and eight cases of vehicle thefts, the police had recovered looted property worth around Rs 22 lakh during the month. As many as 48 cases, out of the total 49 registered cases of crime against humans, had also been solved during the month. Similarly, the police has arrested the alleged accused in six cases of murder, including murder of Om Prakash of Murthal, Sunil of Bidhal, Manjit of Rajlu Garhi and Kishor Rai, an agriculture labourer from Bihar. Besides the arrest of six proclaimed offenders and three bail-jumpers, the most significant achievement of the police was the arrests of the most-wanted criminals, Devender, alias Lilu, of Kami village and Mohit, alias Shera, of Bidhal village, allegedly involved in a number of cases of murders and attempt to
murder. — OC
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Sura is Asst Cane Commissioner
Chandigarh, December 6
Satbir Singh has been working in the Agriculture Department for the past 35 years. During his long stint of more than three decades in the department, Sura has worked in various districts of the state in different capacities. He has also worked on deputation with the Command Area Development Authority (CADA), Soil Conservation and Water Shed Development Programme of the state government. A native of Hisar district, Satbir Singh Sura had joined the Agriculture Department in 1977 as Agriculture Development Officer (ADO).
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KHILADI 786 Directed by: Ashish R Mohan Produced by: Akshay Kumar and Himesh Reshammiya, directed by Ashish R Mohan, the keenly-awaited action comedy ‘Khiladi 786’ has Akshay Kumar, Asin, Himesh Reshammiya, Mithun Chakraborty and Paresh Rawal in the lead roles. The cine goers will see families clashing with each other over some issues. The mystery behind this film is revealed in the climax. German model Claudia Clesia of ‘Big Boss’ fame will be seen in an item song ‘Sigdi…’, which has generated a lot of interest among the viewers. Asin plays a Maharashtrian girl for the first time. The film in touted as a roller coaster ride of music, romance, comedy and power-packed action scenes directed by Rohit Shetty. This one is the ninth film of ‘Khiladi’ series. The songs have been beautifully choreographed by Ganesh Acharya. The film has a romantic song ‘Saari saari raat…’, ‘Oh bawariya….’ And a club number ‘Hookah bar…’. Watch this action comedy ‘Khiladi 786’ in multiplexes and single screen theatres all over Haryana. — Dharam Pal
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Fatehabad, December 6
It was Kuldeep Bishnoi, who fired the first salvo, when he said that the Speaker Kuldeep Sharma would have to decide the case of HJC legislators before January 13, the deadline set by the Supreme Court or else he will have to go to jail.
Gurgaon, December 6
Sirsa, December 6
Sonepat, December 6
Sonepat, December 6