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Three rapes in Sirsa; accused held
Child sexually assaulted in Gurgaon
Power staff to lay siege to minister’s house tomorrow
Norms on CLU for petrol stations issued
Political functions mark maiden journey of Rewari-Rohtak train
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3 held for attacking Hisar shopkeeper
Court ends row over guest faculty selection
Boy buried alive by relative after beating rescued
Dadu’s supporters block traffic over cases against him
BPL card holders protest against bank
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Three rapes in Sirsa; accused held
Sirsa, January 8 The two minor girls were allegedly kidnapped from their Panihari village in the district by two youths hailing from nearby Jhanda village of Punjab and raped them after taking them to nearby Ghaggar river. The youths allegedly threatened them of dire consequences if they narrated the incident to anyone. The girls, however, narrated the incident to their family members, who approached the police. The girls aged 15 and 16 are cousins. They said they knew accused Harman and Sonu, who were known to their fathers. The police has booked the accused after the medical examination of the girls confirmed rape. Sources said the accused had come to Panihari on January 5. The victims, students of Class IX, were on their way to school when they were allegedly kidnapped and then raped near the Ghaggar that flows near the village. In the second case, a 23-year-old from a Sirsa village, who worked in a multi-national company in Gurgaon, was allegedly raped for a year by a youth with a promise to marry her. The police has arrested Sahib Singh (25) of Sangatpura village in Sirsa. He was produced before an Ellenabad court, where he was remanded to one-day police custody. The boy and the girl worked in two MNCs in Guragon and being from the neighbouring villages, developed friendship. The accused, allegedly developed physical relations with the victim with a promise to marry her and the two started living together in Gurgaon. While the girl continued pressing for the marriage, the boy kept making excuses. However, the boy suddenly left his job and came back to his village. Heartbroken, the girl too came back after leaving her job and narrated the incident to her parents, who lodged a complaint with the police. When efforts of rapprochement by the Mahila Cell of the district police failed to yield results, the girl lodged an FIR against the accused.
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Child sexually assaulted in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, January 8 The girl started crying loudly and Dalbir fled leaving her in the room. The girl walked out of his room and reached her mother who noticed blood stains on the victim’s clothes and private parts. The police was called who rushed the victim to the Civil Hospital where doctors confirmed the attempt to rape. The police has booked the accused. The police has pulled up the landlord for not getting the tenants verified. The minor's family hails from Odisha. Man held on rape charge
Karnal:A case of rape under Section 376 of the IPC was registered in the Civil Lines police station on the complaint of a woman here today. She alleged that Mant Kumar, resident of Sector 7, raped her on the pretext of marrying her. The medical examination of the complainant was conducted and the accused was arrested, police sources said. — TNS |
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Power staff to lay siege to minister’s house tomorrow
Rohtak, January 8 The union has declared it would lay siege (gherao) to the residence of the Haryana Power Minister on January 10, besides continuing its campaign of mass awareness on the fallouts of the wrong policies of the state government regarding the management of the department. Stating this, a spokesperson of the union claimed here today that an analysis of the policy of privatisation and outsourcing being adopted by the department for the past over 12 years had resulted only in a sharp rise in the losses of the department and a downfall in the quality of service, despite a steep hike in the power tariff in the state during the period. “The number of power connections have risen by over 10 times, but the staff strength has gone down sharply due to very low recruitment against the posts that have got vacant over the past about 15 years. Thus, the department fell prey to the vested interests of the private players who had been milking the department as a result of the policy of privatisation and outsourcing that has become a bane over the years,” said Subhash Lamba, senior leader of the union. He said both the AHPCWU and the Sarva Karamchari Sangh, Haryana, have taken up the issues at all forums and the state government, but the authorities had failed to move on any of the suggestions reached at those meetings. Claiming that the even Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had agreed to several demands in the past couple of years, but nothing positive had failed to take shape due to the vested interests of certain officials in the outsourcing deals, he alleged. He said the losses of the power distribution companies which had been Rs 400 crore in 1994 had swelled to Rs 20,000 crore at present due to the wrong policies. Demanding that the over 20,000 posts lying vacant in the department be filled, he said the authorities had failed to either regularise the services of or pay the PF, Grade Pay and ESI to thousands of employees working on an ad hoc basis during the past several years. The decision to outsource the work or maintenance of 11-kv feeders was another wrong move and would be opposed by the employees’ union, he added.
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Norms on CLU for petrol stations issued
Chandigarh, January 8 Stating this today, a spokesman of the department said the minimum size of the plot for a CNG or PNG station should be 50 m x 30 m so that two gas compressors and up to eight dispensers could be installed at the station. He said this would accommodate CNG equipments and efficiently cater to vehicles of all sizes. However, in the case of recommendation from the gas distribution company regarding the suitability of the site for setting up of a CNG or PNG station, the same would be considered on the site area proposed by gas distribution company, he added. He said the canopy as well as the buildings to be used for ancillary activities like sales-room, toilets and control panel room shall be allowed up to 7 m with two stories. He said the minimum distance from the buildings and outer boundaries to the gas storage unit or tank shall be governed by the Code of Oil Industry Safety Directorate-OISD 179 and Gas Cylinder Rules, 2004.
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Political functions mark maiden journey of Rewari-Rohtak train
Tribune News Service The state has got a new railway line after 33 years. And it is for the first time that the Railways and the state government have shared the expenditure of about Rs 602 crore incurred on the project. The new rail route has five stations — Gokalgarh, Palhawas, Machharauli, Jhajjar and Dighal. The joy and enthusiasm of the residents was evident from the way they greeted the train and its special passengers - Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Union Minister of State for Railways KJ Surya Prakash Reddy, Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda, Haryana Power Minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav and Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal -at every station where the train halted. Youngsters carrying flags of the Congress party were seen running along the train as it approached their village station. Fireworks as well as loud and colourful festivities were also witnessed. Hundreds of people were present at the railway stations, hoping to catch a glimpse of their leaders from close quarters. The situation assumed stampede-like proportions at Jhajjar as the large numbers of people present there jostled past each other in a bid to shake hands with Hooda and his son Deepender and hand over their applications to them. The political leaders cpromised to fulfil the people's aspirations during the pre-organised public meetings at the railway stations on the way. The political overtone of the event was clear at as Hooda said the Congress regime had spent much more money on the development of the south Haryana constituencies of Rewari, Kosli and Bawal than the INLD regime. Deepender also lambasted the INLD leadership, saying, “Instead of raising demands for the betterment of the people, they keep on predicting mid-term elections in a bid to lure their workers and supporters. Interacting with journalists on board the train, Deepender said the new line would also become part of the railway corridor linking the region to the other parts of the country like Mumbai. Earlier, at the dedication ceremony, Capt Yadav read out a number of demands. The Chief Minister also endorsed the demand for a Shatabdi Express from Jaipur to Chandigarh via Rewari, Jhajjar and Rohtak. Union Minister of State for Railways Reddy assured the people that he would address all concerns of Haryana pertaining to the Railways. State Congress president Phool Chand Mullana and several leaders of the ruling party were present on the occasion. CM travels 80 km in A/C for Rs 14 The political mileage drawn from the launch of the new Rewari-Jhajjar-Rohtak railway line by the ruling Congress party in Haryana, especially Hooda and his Deepender, was phenomenal. However, the CM's aides went rather overboard. During the dedication ceremony at the Rewari railway station, Hooda was presented a ticket to travel in the passenger train from Rewari to Rohtak. A senior Railway official who handed over the ticket to Hooda was given Rs 14 travel fare in full public view and after due announcement. Moments later, the CM and his party boarded an air-conditioned chair-car compartment of the train for Rohtak. If the CM had to pay the fare, why did he choose to pay the general class fare to travel in an A/C coach?
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3 held for attacking Hisar shopkeeper
Hisar, January 8 The police had booked the youths aftera news item”Man beaten up by eve teaser” was published in these columns on January 5. The police had recorded the girl’s statement in the court, where she said that it was a matter between her and Yogender and Abhinav had intervened despite stopped from doing so. — TNS |
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Court ends row over guest faculty selection
Chandigarh, January 8 The judgment comes at a time when approximately 14,000 posts of PGT teachers in different subjects have been advertised. As many as 85 petitions were filed in the matter by Shivani Gupta and other petitioners. As per the Rules of 2012, the essential qualification for PGT Teacher is post-graduation in the relevant subject along with a B.Ed degree. The candidates are also required to pass the School Teachers Eligibility Test and Haryana Teachers Eligibility Test. But, teachers, who have worked for a minimum of four years on the date of enforcement of these rules, are exempt from the STET as a one-time measure with the condition that they qualify the HTET by April 1, 2015. Subsequently, an amendment was carried and it was stated that teachers working in the privately-managed government aided, recognised and government schools were exempt from the HTET/STET and B.Ed. in case of direct recruitment, if they have worked as a teacher for a minimum period of four years on the date of enforcement of these rules. According to petitioners, these amendments were deliberately made with sole motive to accommodate GFTs. Since the beginning, the government was opposed to their claims. But after 2008, there was a change of mind and repeated attempts were made “to see that these GFTs somehow continue and were given appointment on a regular basis.” “When such demands failed on the anvil of judicial scrutiny, to wriggle out of the mandate given by this court and the Supreme Court, the government has come out with the exemption clauses, waiving the essential conditions for appointment of these teachers. With the result, these GFTs, who are otherwise not eligible for consideration to the posts of PGT, will now be considered,” the petitioners contended. The Bench asserted: “The attack on the validity of the rule is devoid of any merit and stands blunted when examined on the touchstone of legal principles. The rules do not have any blemish and the note exempting teachers with experience of four years from passing STET/HTET and B.Ed., as a one time measure, is not violative of Article 14 of the Constitution or suffers from any other illegality…. “We, thus, hold that all those who have working experience as teacher for a minimum period of four years on the date of enforcement of rules i.e. April 11, 2012, would be entitled to be considered for the posts in question whether they were in fact in service as on April 11, 2012, or not.” |
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Boy buried alive by relative after beating rescued
Hisar, January 8 The accused Ashok, who has been booked for attempt to murder, has since been evading arrest. The police said Ashok’s wife had gone to her parents' home in Rajasthan after a quarrel with him a few days ago. Yesterday, she sent her relative Monu to bring her clothes from her marital home in Arya Nagar. When Monu asked Ashok for the clothes, he allegedly became furious and beat him up black and blue. Later, taking him as dead, he buried Monu under the soil in a ditch.
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Dadu’s supporters block traffic over cases against him
Sirsa, January 8 Terming the case of attempt to murder against their leader as false, Dadu's supporters demanded cancellation of the FIR against him. His supporters also demanded the arrest of the dera chief in criminal cases pending against him. Coinciding with Dadu's appearance in the court, dera followers announced a 'naam charcha' for today. However,the police and the local authorities persuaded the dera followers to put off their programme, thus averting a face-off. Hundreds of supporters accompanied Dadu when he arrived in Dabwali to appear in the court today. His followers sat on the highway near Bathinda Chowk in Dabwali and blocked vehicular traffic towards Sirsa, Abohar, Bathinda and Chautala sides for over an hour. Later, the police persuaded Dadu's supporters to lift their blockade.
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BPL card holders protest against bank
Sonepat, January 8 They raised slogans against the government and the bank authorities demanding immediate acceptance of their forms. The trouble started when the branch manager refused to accept the forms at a time when a large number of the card holders were standing in a queue outside the bank in biting cold. BJP state media in charge Rajiv Jain reached the spot and after hearing their grievances assured them that the matter would be taken up with the authorities concerned. After his discussion with HUDA and bank officers, he informed the card holders that the work would be streamlined from tomorrow.
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