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Hold night camps in villages before Dec 15: Govt to DCs
Fire in paper mill causes major loss
Railways draws safety plan for foggy weather
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4 girls fined for wearing jeans in Bhiwani college
Clash over DJ song at Marriage Ceremony
Villagers block road over youth’s murder
Changing Licence of Affordable Housing Projects
SYL CANAL
Data of missing kids being collected
Torture: Suspension of two ASIs recommended
Bhutan seeks state’s help on economy
MBBS paper-tampering: 2 PGIMS HoDs suspended
Auto driver found murdered
Phone, SIM cards seized from convict
Cash escort company robbed
Class XII student stabbed
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Hold night camps in villages before Dec 15: Govt to DCs
Chandigarh, December 10 The Haryana Government has asked the DCs of all 21 districts to hold a night camp in a village for this month before December 15. The Sub-Divisional Officers (Civil), too, have been asked to hold one such camp independently. Late last month, the DCs had been asked to organise these camps with an idea of hearing and redressing public grievances as also to “feel the pulse of the people”. Citing the night halts as an “important tool for connecting with people”, the nodal officer for monitoring CM’s announcements, TC Gupta had asked them to not only hold the first camp by mid-December but even select the first village by December 7. Sources said so far 12 DCs had informed the officer of their programme while a few others claimed they were yet to receive the information. Of the 21 districts, Deputy Commissioner, Kaithal, Chander Shekhar, was the only one to have taken the initiative of organising night halts in villages. He had been organising two such camps in a month for the last four months. Though the Chief Minister had repeatedly and specifically asked the DCs and SPs to organise night halts, most of them have had reservations about organising night halts for the simple reason that the size of the district was very small. However, Gupta has justified the government directions by maintaining that the presence of senior officers would bring the district administration in touch with people at the grass root level besides generating “goodwill”. While the DCs will have to organise a monthly camp each, the SDOs (Civil) have been directed to organise a stay independently with the directions clearly stating that if he choose to stay with the DC, it would not count. Night halts by the district administration is not a new concept in Haryana with instructions being issued to this effect from time to time. As early as the 70s, 90 days touring and 60 night halts were compulsory while the SDOs were required to tour the district for 100 days and have 60 night halts every year. In 2005, while 60 days touring was “prescribed” for the DC and the SDO (civil), respectively, no night halts were fixed. “This was left entirely to the administration which gradually did away with the concept. Night halts will provide redress at the doorstep to the villagers and serve common good. They have been asked to comply with the Chief Minister’s directions and send reports of their experience. I have even volunteered to join a DC at his night halt,” Gupta statied. With less than two years left before Haryana goes to polls and just over a year for the Parliament elections, this “reach-out” programme, officers feel, could prove to be a game-changer in a close contest. |
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Fire in paper mill causes major loss
Ambala, December 10 Even as five fire engines were rushed to the spot, it took them more than six hours to tame down the flames which by then had reduced the raw material to ashes. The owner of the paper mill, Jitendar, said the fire engulfed the whole factory which is spread over seven acres of land within a short span. He said flames coming out of the factory were visible from a distant. Even as hundreds of residents from the nearby Nahoni, Tamnouli and Khera villages reached the spot to help douse the flames, their efforts provided futile as the fire spread all over the factory within a few minutes due to the presence of easily flammable raw material. Rajpal, a worker of the mill, said they were setting up the raw material when they spotted flames coming out from a part of the mill. They immediately reported the matter to the owner, who called in the fire brigade office in Ambala cantonment. Five fire engines arrived at the spot, but were still struggling to bring down the flames even four hours later. Subdivisional magistrate Barara Satyawan also reached the spot and informed the Deputy Commissioner of Ambala. Mullana police supervised the operation. The exact loss due to fire is yet to be ascertained. The owner stated that raw material worth over Rs 40 lakh had been burnt in the fire, while the damage to the machinery had not yet been ascertained. |
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Railways draws safety plan for foggy weather
Ambala, December 10 The authorities are working out ways to ensure trains function without compromising the safety of the passengers and minimal cancellation of the trains. Other than upgrading the emergency halt systems installed on the trains, the authorities have decided to limit the train speeds to 60 km/hr in case of reduced visibility. Senior officials in the Railways said the Delhi-Amritsar and Delhi-Una sections were highly affected by the fog which engulfs the region in mid-December and affect the train movement till February. They said that the department had overhauled the safety mechanism of the trains to make certain that no situation arises from the failure of systems on the train. The officials monitoring the movement of the trains have also been asked to remain alert during foggy conditions and maintain the signal systems aptly. The officials said depending upon the weather the department might go in for the cancellation of certain trains from January 1 till 15, next year. These include the Lucknow-Chandigarh Express, Chandigarh-Lucknow Express, Jaipur-Amritsar Express, Amritsar-Jaipur Express, New Delhi-Jalandhar Intercity and Jalandhar-New Delhi. Besides, the railways department is already testing the latest fog safety devices which have been installed on most of the trains which operate in the region. These devices, which are based on the global positioning system, provide the train drivers with information about approaching signal posts. The officials said all-out efforts were being made so that passengers faced minimal inconvenience due to the weather. |
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4 girls fined for wearing jeans in Bhiwani college
Bhiwani, December 10 "The ban would help curb incidents like eve-teasing and maintain decorum in the college," principal, Bhiwani Adarsh Mahila Mahavidayalaya, Alaka Sharma, said here. "Jeans and T-shirts are completely westernised outfits. These small dresses don't cover students and that is the reason why they have to face eve-teasing due to which parents and college administration face problems," Sharma said. She said, “Another reason to impose this ban is to maintain the decorum of the college so that every student should look the same, irrespective of class, and through this nobody will have a superiority or inferiority complex.” The principal also said the students were not allowed to bring mobile phones to the college. Meanwhile, the imposition of fine has evoked a mixed reaction among the students. "A ban on wearing jeans and T-shirts doesn't mean that there will be no crime and boys will not pass lewd comments on you. Men who want to eve-tease will do it even if a girl has donned Indian clothes," said a college student. — PTI
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Clash over DJ song at Marriage Ceremony
Kaithal, December 10 After much persuasion by the police and civil administration, the relatives of the deceased agreed to take the body to the Civil Hospital for post-mortem examination yesterday, but refused to take possession of the body after the autopsy for cremation. They had been sitting on a dharna on the hospital premises since yesterday demanding arrest of all accused named in the
FIR, Rs 10 lakh financial assistance for the victim’s family, Rs 5 lakh to those seriously injured and
government job for one member of the deceased’s family. Meanwhile, the protesters constituted a 21-member committee to talk to the administration and spearhead the agitation. The committee today threatened to intensify the agitation and block the National Highway-65
if their demands were not accepted by 10am on Tuesday. Deputy Commissioner Chander Shekhar and ADC Dinesh Singh Yadav met the protesters and urged them to cremate the body. But, the protesters refused to budge from their stand and requested the administration to accept their demands. Superintendent of Police Kuldip Singh Yadav said two persons had been arrested and several police teams had been constituted to nab the remaining accused. Sufficient police force had been deployed in the village to keep a watch over the situation, said the SP. |
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Villagers block road over youth’s murder
Karnal, December 10 Joginder was taken to a trauma centre where doctors declared him brought dead. Demanding the arrest of the accused, the villagers led by Joginder’s kin blocked the road. Joginder’s brother, Rajesh, alleged that the police had failed to arrest the persons involved in the murder of his brother. “Joginder had gone to a relative’s house at Mangalpur village near Karnal to attend a religious ceremony. Someone had called him on his mobile phone and he had gone to meet them,” said Rajesh. |
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Changing Licence of Affordable Housing Projects
Chandigarh, December 10 Annexed along with the petition is an article on the DLF deals. The company’s name also finds a mention in the petition, where the petitioner, Jiwan Singh of Gurgaon district, quotes cases where licences have been granted for an affordable group housing project under a government policy. Taking up the petition, the Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri and Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain served notice on the state government, along with the Director, Town & Country Planning. In the petition filed in public interest against the State of Haryana and other respondents, Jiwan Singh asserted that he was challenging the illegal, arbitrary and malicious actions of the respondents in allowing private builders and licence holders to change the nature of the licence. They were being allowed to develop either a plotted colony or a group housing colony over the land for which the licence for affordable housing project had originally been granted. Elaborating, the petitioner counsel, Namit Kumar, said the respondent state formulated and published a policy for affordable housing project to provide dwelling units at affordable rates to people belonging to lower and middle-income category. The private builders were allowed to obtain licence under the policy. The petitioner added that the department had initially granted licences under the policy to a private builder in Gurgaon Sector 91 and Sector 92. But, it thereafter allowed it to convert the licence for the same land for developing a plotted colony, contrary to the project envisaged under the policy. Many private developers and builders, he added, applied for development of projects other than the one envisaged under the policy and “the department was in the process of allowing the same illegally and in violation of the rights created under the policy.” |
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SYL CANAL
New Delhi, December 10 The Act passed by the Punjab Assembly stalled the completion of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal despite a Supreme Court order on the matter. Bishnoi, an MP from Hisar, today reminded the Lok Sabha that Punjab annulled the water sharing agreement in July 2004. Due to this Act, the two judgments of the SC dated January 15, 2002, and June 4, 2004, could not be implemented. “Due to delay in completion of the SYL canal, the agricultural fields of Haryana are facing acute shortage of water for irrigation purpose resulting in heavy losses in agricultural crops.I request the government to take up the matter suitably so that it could come up for a detailed hearing at the earliest,” he added. Shruti Chaudhary, another MP from Haryana, raised the matter of providing funds for acquisition of land for laying of a railway line between Bhiwani and Loharu in Haryana and to augment rail facilities in Bhiwani and Mahendragarh districts of the state. A survey for the Bhiwani-Loharu railway line had been conducted, now funds may be sanctioned for the land acquisition for this line and construction of stations enroute, she said, adding that it would reduce the travelling distance between Haryana and Rajasthan. |
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Data of missing kids being collected
Chandigarh, December 10 Khandelwal was addressing the participants during an inaugural session of two-day state-level training programme on the Missing Child Tracking System here today. She said the information about missing children would be available on the Internet, which would help in their tracking. She said the database would also help in resolving the inter-state issues of missing children as the information of such children would be available on the Internet. After matching the information, the missing child would be restored to parents or rehabilitated in child care homes. She said in some cases, missing children were engaged in illegal activities and become young criminals. It takes long time to bring such children to the mainstream. The new system would help in reducing the rate of crime. |
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Torture: Suspension of two ASIs recommended
Chandigarh, December 10 In his order, HS Rana, SPCA chairman, also recommended a regular departmental inquiry against ASIs Balkar Singh and Daya Kishan from the Detective Staff, Ambala cantonment, for their “misconduct so that action in this case can be an eye-opener for other dishonest and irresponsible police officials. Such undesirable conduct on the part of the police officials not only tarnishes the image of the state government but also erodes the faith of the general public in the working of the police department,” the order asserted. An undertrial Ajay Gill, lodged in the Central Jail, Ambala, had complained against the police officials for “thrashing and torturing” him. In October 2004, Gill had come out of the jail on parole and did not report back to the jail authorities as he was “under depression”. However, on October 25,2010, Gill was arrested by the Detective Staff and thrashed in police custody resulting in a fracture of his leg. During his appearance before the SPCA, the ASIs only admitted to arresting the undertrial. Since Gill was lodged in the Central Jail, an SPCA inquiry team was sent to the Central Jail for recording his statement. In one of the jail documents, a doctor had recorded that Gill was not healthy and there was “swelling of the foot, which may be fractured. After listening to both the parties, the authority found there was a prima facie case of “thrashing and torturing” against Balkar Singh and Daya
Kishan. |
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Bhutan seeks state’s help on economy
Chandigarh, December 10 Dasho said during the visit, there had been series of useful and interactive discussions with the senior officers of the Haryana Government, which would benefit both Bhutan and Haryana. He said they were looking forward for mutual cooperation in other areas also. Congratulating the Chief Secretary for a good team of officers, Dasho said it was for the first time that he was interacting with the officers of the Haryana Government and meetings with his team had been very productive. Welcoming the delegation, Chaudhery said historically, India has been very close to Bhutan and the country has always made efforts to ensure that the people in Bhutan were prosperous and able to get whatever was available in the country in the form of technology. |
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MBBS paper-tampering: 2 PGIMS HoDs suspended
Gurgaon, December 10 The university Registrar-cum-PGIMS Medical Superintendent, Dr Ashok Chauhan, confirmed to The Tribune that Dr Veena Singh Gehlaut, Senior Professor and Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Dr Sudha Chhabra, Senior Professor and Head of the Department of Anatomy at the university, had been suspended. Dr Chauhan, however, maintained that the said HoDs had been placed under suspension because of certain other matters/allegations pertaining to irregularities in functioning, disobedience and plagiarism in addition to the paper-tampering case. |
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Auto driver found murdered
Sonepat, December 10 On the complaint of the victim’s father, Jehan Singh, the police registered a case of murder and handed over the body to his family members after conducting the post-mortem examination at the Civil Hospital here. In the complaint, Jehan Singh stated that Ram Kumar had left the house last evening saying that he had some urgent work, but did not return. His body was seen lying in the field by villagers and the police was informed. After preliminary investigation, the police reportedly took into custody a youth of the village suspecting his involvement in the murder. |
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Phone, SIM cards seized from convict
Sonepat, December 10 Ajit was sentenced to life imprisonment in a case of kidnapping, rape and murder of a minor girl in 2009. After registering a case against him at the City Police Station, he was produced in the court which remanded in police custody for investigation of the call details of the mobile phone. |
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Cash escort company robbed
Faridabad, December 10 The vehicle carrying Rs 20 lakh cash went missing along with the driver. The officials immediately informed the local police, which lanched a massive search operation following which the vehicle was recovered even though there was no sign of cash box or driver Sham Bir Singh. |
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Class XII student stabbed
Rewari, December 10 Neeraj was immediately rushed to a trauma centre here. The police said a case of attempt to murder had been registered against Sanny and his associates. |
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