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BJP, INLD cosying up?
State paid Rs 1.44 cr to Tulsi
Violation of RTE, Haryana Education Acts
IAF objects to construction near Gurgaon ammo depot
VHP, Bajrang Dal, Sena join cow activists
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Passion to marry another girl lands her in jail
Set up medical board to examine Chautala, orders Delhi HC
BJP releases first list
Baby cremated as unclaimed without mother’s knowledge
Each dist to get Rs 1 cr as innovation fund
Most wanted criminal shot dead in Jind
Max, Fortis on govt panel
Villagers block traffic for 8 hours
Pleas on N-plant dismissed
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BJP, INLD cosying up?
New Delhi, May 16 Party spokesman Shahnawaz Hussain neither confirmed nor denied the politically significant meeting. All that he said was that it might have been a courtesy call. Sources, however, confirmed that the BJP president and Naqvi reached the hospital around 11.30 am and were there with for almost half an hour. During this “get-well-soon courtesy call”, the leaders may also have exchanged notes on political issues. Notably, Singh’s meeting with the former Haryana CM takes place at a time when speculations about a rift between the BJP and the HJC on issues pertaining to elections to seven Municipal Corporations are doing the rounds. Even though the BJP and the HJC have already decided on a seat-sharing formula for the forthcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, sources say the BJP leadership is finding it difficult to keep pace with Bishnoi’s “style of functioning”. Moreover, while the HJC’s real voter base is yet to pass a real political test, the INLD’s rural-Jat vote bank stands confirmed. The INLD managed to give a good fight to the Congress in the last assembly elections and with the BJP’s urban, non-Jat support, the combination can be quite formidable for the Congress, party sources say. Moreover, shoring up the anti-Congress votes in the state serves another purpose for the BJP. Significantly, after becoming the BJP president for the second time, Singh had indicated that he would like to expand the NDA by adding new allies and the BJP’s growing closeness to the INLD can be viewed in this context. The INLD is a natural ally for the BJP. Beginning during Devi Lal’s tenure, their political friendship continued during Chautala’s tenure as the CM. However, the two allies fell out, fought the 2005 elections separately and lost badly to the Congress . The last Assembly elections also saw the two parties going their separate ways. However, any political significance of this meeting would also have to viewed in the context of the HJC, the BJP’s official ally in the state.
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State paid Rs 1.44 cr to Tulsi
Gurgaon, May 16 The Manesar plant of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) witnessed arson and violence in July last in which a senior company executive was killed and nearly 100 were injured. Following the incident, the company management sacked 500-odd regular workers while around 150 were arrested. The arrested workers are facing trial in a Gurgaon court, and the state authorities had appointed Tulsi as special public prosecutor in August, 2012, to plead the case. In response to an RTI application, the authorities have conceded that Tulsi and his team had been paid approximately Rs 1.44 crore as fees. In a statement issued here, the president of the Gurgaon and Mewat Committee of the All-India Lawyers Union has maintained that the government had engaged the senior advocate to please the Maruti-Suzuki management and create an atmosphere of terror among the hapless workers. The union has further stated that on the one hand, the state government had expressed its inability to release the amount sanctioned for the construction of a court building in Gurgaon, on the other, it was mercilessly spending public money to pay the exorbitant fees to a lawyer.
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Violation of RTE, Haryana Education Acts
Chandigarh, May 16 Officials sources said here today that the schools had been closed for the violation of the RTE Act and the Haryana Education Act, 1995. “The schools have finally been given closure notices after giving them enough opportunities under the rules,” Surina Rajan, Principal Secretary(School Education), told The Tribune today. The parents were advised not to admit their wards to these schools as they had not been recognised by the Education Department. According to Section 18 of the RTE Act, a 'certificate of recognition' from a competent authority is must for running a school. Meanwhile, it is learnt that Hisar district topped the list with 168 illegal schools, followed by Fatehabad (153) and Kaithal (108). Gurgaon also has 100 illegal schools. Mahendragarh with two such schools and Sirsa with six schools were at the bottom of the list. Among the other districts with illegal schools are Mewat (15), Rohtak (39), Rewari (46), Yamunanagar (29), Palwal (43), Panipat (99), Panchkula (47), Jind (42), Karnal (31), Ambala (41), Bhiwani (24), Faridabad (39) and Jhajjar (39).
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IAF objects to construction near Gurgaon ammo depot
Gurgaon, May 16 The matter figured at a coordination meeting of the district administration and the IAF authorities held at the Air Force Station on Old Delhi Road here yesterday to chalk out a common strategy to curb further illegal constructions in the restricted area. Deputy Commissioner PC Meena directed Assistant Commissioner of Police Ashok Bakshi to inspect the site and arrest the owner(s) as well as the mason(s) and labourers involved in illegal construction. Meena assured full support to the Air Force authorities. He told the meeting that the area falling within the 900-metre radius of the ammunition depot had been demarcated. Copies of a map showing the demarcation of the restricted area were tabled at the meeting and signed by the Air Force, district administration and Municipal Corporation Gurgaon (MCG) authorities. Now, pillars will be erected on the boundary for the convenience of the people in general. The demarcation map will be uploaded on the MCG website as well. The Deputy Commissioner said the entire restricted zone had been divided into six sectors, where four Joint Municipal Commissioners were deputed for supervision. Besides, three SDMs have been appointed to check any new illegal construction. The Additional Deputy Commissioner has also been authorised to inspect the area randomly and recommend disciplinary action against the erring officer in case any violation is found. Two quick action teams (QATs) headed by SDOs have also been constituted for taking up demolitions. The police has also increased night patrolling and FIRs are being registered against the violators. Of the 125 FIRs registered against the violators, arrests have been made in 79 cases. The Station Commander of the Air Force Station, Group Capt S Datta, appreciated the efforts of the district administration and underlined the need for coordinated efforts in this regard. |
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VHP, Bajrang Dal, Sena join cow activists
Karnal, May 16 The Vishva Hindu Parishad, the Bajrang Dal, the Shiv Sena and the Jhandewali Samiti came out in support of Sant Gopal Dass, who has vowed to release the “Gochar Bhumi” (pasture lands) and blocked the Committee Chowk for one hour. Terming grabbing of pasture lands a biggest scam, he said it must be investigated that where the pasture land, which, according revenue records, was 3,32,50,000 acres in 1968, had disappeared and who had grabbed it and added that immediate steps should be taken to restore it for grazing. Tehsildar Hari Om Atri tried to pacify the protesters and the blockade was lifted after the agitators gave time to the administration till Monday. Dharna enters Day 11
Sonepat: An indefinite dharna being staged by the Gau Raksha Andolan activists here in front of the Mini-Secretariat today entered the 11th day and Sant Rajgiri Maharaj also continued his indefinite fast on the 6th day today. The dharna is being staged in support of the demands, including constituting of the Gauchar Bhoomi Vikas Board in the state, banning the auction as well as vacating of the gaucharan land in the village from unauthorised occupations. A number of organisations, including representatives of different gaushalas, had extended their support to the demands. According to Gau Raksha Andolan spokesman Ravinder Jatheir, a team led by Baba Dharam Nath of Murthal Gaushala was contacting the representatives of different gaushalas in the district to join the dharna. "We are planning a big demonstration on May 20 at the dharna site and many other volunteers will also go on an indefinite fast on that day," he added. |
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Passion to marry another girl lands her in jail
Bhiwani, May 16 The police said the girl had threatened that if she was not married with her classmate, she would either commit suicide or kill her classmate. The two girls study together in a government school at Sanwar village in Bhiwani. The parents of the other girl approached the police and expressed apprehension that the girl could harm their daughter. The police said efforts were made to counsel the girl and they sent her to Child Marriage Protection Officer Harbans Kaur too. But efforts to counsel the girl did not yield any result and the girl, according to police sources, remained adamant on marrying her classmate. The SHO of the Bond police station in Bhiwani said finally, the police got a written complaint from the victim and booked the girl. The parents of the victim girl alleged that the girl had barged into their house on May 9 and threatened to kill their daughter if they did not marry the two. The police produced the girl before the juvenile court from where she was sent to a reform centre. The police action has, however, sent shockwaves among social activists. “It is most insensitive on the part of the police to have sent an adolescent girl to jail instead of handling the case with sensitivity,” said Jagmati Sangwan, national vice-president of the All-India Democratic Women Association (AIDWA). |
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Set up medical board to examine Chautala, orders Delhi HC
New Delhi, May 16 Justice Sidhdarth Mridul asked the AIIMS Director to constitute the board with a doctor each from the Tihar Jail, AIIMS, RML Hospital and GB Pant Hospital here. Chautala has been sentenced to 10-year imprisonment for his involvement in a scam relating to the recruitment of more than 3,000 JBT teachers in 2000 when he was the Chief Minister. His son, Ajay, and eight others have also been sentenced to 10 years. Chautala (78) has sought bail citing various ailments, including heart and cervical problems. His senior counsel UU Lalit said a medical report by the AIIMS had already certified that his client deserved to be released on bail. His bail plea would be taken up again on May 21. |
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BJP releases first list
Though unanimity reportedly eluded the BJP to finalise the names of 24 candidates for the Panipat MC, the party top brass at a meeting under the chairmanship of party president Ram Bilas Sharma today finalised the first list of 89 names (out of a total of 144 candidates for the seven MCs). The list included 13 names from Panchkula, 15 from Karnal, 18 from Ambala, 15 from Rohtak, 17 from Yamuna Nagar and 11 from Hisar. Except Panipat, which has 24 wards, all other municipalities have 20 wards each. The INLD, the other political party fighting the elections on its party symbol, will announce its list tomorrow, state INLD president Ashok Arora said. While one nomination each was filed in Panipat and Ambala, two nominations were filed in Panchkula and three in Hisar, according to Dharam Vir, State Election Commissioner.
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Baby cremated as unclaimed without mother’s knowledge
Fatehabad, May 16 The woman, Sukhbir Kaur, had a rude shock today when she went to the nursery to know the condition of her daughter, but could not see even her. The doctors lodged a complaint yesterday with the police that a woman had escaped after leaving her critically ill female baby in emergency, who eventually died. Today, the hospital authorities found that the newborn's mother was admitted in a female ward of the hospital. However, the "revelation" came only after the police had cremated the baby as an unidentified body. It has now come out that Sukhbir Kaur brought her newborn baby to the hospital in a government ambulance with her brother Balwinder Singh and sister-in-law Jasbir Kaur. When the hospital staff took the baby inside the hospital nursery, the woman and her relatives were stopped outside. In a few minutes, the woman fainted outside the nursery and his brother and sister-in-law rushed her to the emergency again, where the doctor on duty admitted her to the female ward. After the newborn died in the nursery and the doctors did not find her mother outside, they called the police and lodged a complaint that the child's mother had left her critically daughter in the hospital. Had the doctors or the police started inquiries, they would have found that the name and address of the mother was entered in the ambulance register, OPD register as well as the indoor register of the hospital. The police did not even wait for 72 hours, a mandatory period in the mortuary for the identification of an unclaimed body, and cremated the child. Dr Mukta Kumar, Medical Superintendent of the General Hospital, said the police should have waited for identification of the body. Shamsher Singh Dahiya, DSP (Headquarters) said the police acted on the opinion of doctors in such cases.
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Each dist to get Rs 1 cr as innovation fund
Chandigarh, May 16 Stating this here today, Principal Secretary, Science and Technology Department, Dheera Khandelwal said the first instalment of Rs 50 lakh had already been released to
the districts. She said this grant would be used to fill up vital gaps in public infrastructure. Khandelwal said to avail of this financial aid,
the projects taken up under the scheme should be demand-driven rather than supply-driven. |
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Most wanted criminal shot dead in Jind
Sonepat, May 16 According to a police spokesman, Sandeep, a resident of Chitana village in the district, was allegedly involved in about 15 cases of heinous crimes, including murder, attempt to murder, decoity, extortion, contract killing and armed loot in Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan. He along with other gangster Surender had escaped from the Gurgaon police custody from a Dwarka court in Delhi in 2012. The spokesman said Inspector Ratan Singh received an information late last night that Sandeep had been hiding in Narwana for the past few days and would go to Rohtak in a car today to commit crime. Three police teams were formed and a trap was laid on the Jind-Narwana road near Baroda village. When the police signalled him to stop the car, Sandeep allegedly fired at the police and accelerated the speed of his car. However, near the Ghogharian when police vehicles reached near his vehicle, he again fired at the police. The police also retaliated in which he was injured seriously. He was taken to a hospital in Uchana where he succumbed to injuries. The police also seized a Swift car, one pistol and one revolver from his possession, he added.
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Max, Fortis on govt panel
Chandigarh, May 16 A spokesman for the Health Department said the decision to empanel these hospitals had been taken subject to the condition that the expenditure on treatment in these hospitals would be reimbursed according to the rates of the PGI, Chandigarh, and AIIMS, New Delhi. —
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Villagers block traffic for 8 hours
Ambala, May 16 The protesters demanded suitable compensation for the family of Gurdev Singh (34), who had been killed in a road accident in the company’s van which rammed into a tree after the driver lost control over the vehicle. The traffic could not be restored till 5:50 am today. Randhir Singh, SHO, Mullana, said Gurdev was the only earning member in the family and was survived by two children. The distillery management had offered some compensation to the deceased’s family, which was not accepted by it. The family demanded that besides suitable compensation, one of the family members should be employed by the management. Later, a meeting was held between members of the deceased’s family, district administration and the distillery management where the management agreed to pay a Rs 4 lakh to the deceased’s family besides a job to his widow. Meanwhile, Binder, the driver of the van,
and another employee, Vinayak, also sustained serious injuries in the accident and were admitted to hospital. The three were returning from Ambala Cantt to the distillery when accident took place near village Badhouli late last evening. |
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Pleas on N-plant dismissed
Chandigarh, May 16 Seeking directions for setting aside the proceedings, the farmers had alleged that the project would cause great prejudice to the petitioners and was detrimental to the entire area. The farmers had even submitted that the government had ingeniously invoked emergency clause for acquisition of land with the sole motive of bypassing objections. |
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