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All set for big fight today
Bikes, LCDs, phone sets on offer for votes in Karnal
30 polling booths in Hisar hyper-sensitive
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Honour killing: Youth hacked to death
Hooda on inauguration spree in Kaithal
Illicit liquor seized, 24 arrested
4 held for bid to rape
Class XII results tomorrow
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Haryana mc poll
Chandigarh, June 1 Nearly 17.08 lakh voters will decide the fate of the candidates at 1,696 polling stations across the municipalities amid tight security. Out of 1,696 polling stations, 251 have been declared sensitive and 335 as hyper-sensitive. There will be heavy police deployment at these polling stations, Dharam Vir, State Election Commissioner, said. Over 9,050 police personnel, including 35 DSPs and 109 Inspectors, would be deployed at polling stations to prevent any untoward incident. Substantial police force, including the Haryana Armed Police and India Reserved Battalion, have been stationed in reserve at suitable locations in each corporation so that it can reach any place in the shortest possible time, the official said. In addition, there would be one or more police patrol parties in each ward. These parties would visit the polling stations from the start of poll to the close of poll and departure of polling parties. Official sources said over 9,000 officials would be deployed to conduct these elections in a free and fair manner. Besides, to monitor the situation at the polling stations, there would be a large number of mobile parties in each corporation area, he said. They included 186 parties of supervisory officers and 152 of magistrates. Meanwhile, in association with the NIC, Haryana, the election commission has developed a software to monitor the progress of the polling. Anyone can visit http://mcelections.nic.in or www.secharyana.gov.in to watch the progress of voting. Poll Time in State
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Bikes, LCDs, phone sets on offer for votes in Karnal
Karnal, June 1 Some candidates and their poll managers have alleged that mysterious slips for ration to the poor, mobile phones and bikes to youths, LCDs and liquor are being issued to voters by rich candidates. A candidate of ward no. 9 in Karnal alleged that a slip for issuing free ration to voters with their names intercepted, but it was not clear that who had the slip and from where the ration was to be drawn. Moreover, the voters were demanding liquor and other favours before the poll. Keen contest is on the cards in many wards in the Karnal MC as about 24 ex-councilors of the former Karnal Municipal Council have entered the fray and in most of the wards, both BJP and the Congress are plagued by dissidents, giving edge to some powerful independents. There were 31 wards in the Municipal Council, but the number of wards has been reduced to 20 in the Municipal Corporation leading to a clash among ex-councilors in some wards. The BJP had expelled 19 rebels for contesting against official party candidates, but the rebels are unfazed and alleged that merit, integrity and hard work of candidates were ignored. Some of the rich and wealthy candidates who were given tickets had joined the BJP in the run up to the poll and these turncoats have found favour with the state party leadership, which was unfortunate, he added. Former chairman of Karnal Municipal council Suresh Gupta has entered the fray from ward no. 13 and is also supporting many independents in different wards. Gupta’s, close relative Renu gupta is also contesting elections from ward no. 12, backed by the BJP-HJC and even the INLD has not fielded candidate against her, making it clear that it was Renu Gupta versus other independents. Contrary to expectations, not many kins of prominent politicians are in the fray for the MC poll in Karnal. Although, several state leaders are backing their loyalists and relatives of some local leaders are in the fray, former Haryana Industries Minister Shashi Pal Mehta’s son, Sanjeev Mehta, is the lone person contesting from ward no. 3 on a BJP ticket. Meanwhile, a leading NGO, National Integrated Forum of Artists and Activists (NIFAA), has alleged that a large number of voters had made double registration and said about 250 such voters were registered in one ward alone. Naresh Barana, National Convenor of the NIFAA, said, “We will try to check fake voting and vigorously raise the issue to expose and book such voters and the officials who aided them in making double votes.” |
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30 polling booths in Hisar hyper-sensitive
Hisar, June 1 Hisar Deputy Commissioner ML Kaushik said the authorities had identified these booths based on previous record of violence. Ward 18 of the city has the maximum number of seven hypersensitive booths followed by ward 4 that has four hypersensitive booths. Wards 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 15 and 19 do not have any hypersensitive booth. "We have deployed extra force on sensitive and hypersensitive booths and additional forces will be sent to these booths immediately in case of any incident," said Rahul Sharma, SP, Hisar. Meanwhile, returning officer for Hisar Municipal Corporation poll Ashok Kumar Garg said polling parties had been dispatched to all 20 wards of the corporation. With only a few hours left for the polling, the candidates contesting the poll have been making their last-ditch efforts for wooing voters. With an obvious attempt to malign the reputation of rival candidates, supporters of some candidates have been spreading rumours casting aspersions on those close to the rival candidates. Meanwhile, satta market is also active in the poll and according to conservative estimates, betting worth Rs 200 crore has been placed on the victory of various candidates. |
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Honour killing: Youth hacked to death
Fatehabad, June 1 Satpal, a Jat youth from Dhani Issar village, had fallen in love with a Dalit girl from Balmiki Chowk of Fatehabad and due to resistance from the girl’s family, he had married the girl in a temple in Hisar some days ago, according to sources close to the family of the victim. Satpal’s younger brother Suraj Bhan’s wedding was scheduled for June 3 and he had come to Fatehabad for shopping and distribution of invitation cards. When the victim went towards a street to give an invitation card, the girl’s father Mukesh and the latter’s sons attacked him with sharp-edged weapons. Superintendent of Police P Vikas Dhankhar reached the scene of crime soon after the incident. The police took the victim to the General Hospital where the doctors declared him dead. The sources said Satpal went to Mukesh’s house yesterday to invite his daughter as he wanted her to participate in the wedding. |
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Hooda on inauguration spree in Kaithal
Kaithal, June 1 Hooda announced a slew of incentives for the people of the area which included a grant of Rs10 crore from the Haryana Rural Development Fund (HRDF) for the development works in villages of the Guhla assembly constituency, Rs 2 crore to the Municipal Committee, Cheeka, for beautification of the city, Rs.10 lakh each for gaushalas of Siwan and Guhla. He also announced the four-lanning of the road from Shaheed Udham Singh Chowk up to PWD Rest House, upgrade of schools fulfilling the prescribed norms, construction of sports stadium on the land provided by village panchayats and setting up of a grain purchase center at Bhagal. Later, Hooda attended the felicitation function organised by the Bar Association, Guhla, where he announced to give Rs 10 lakh for the purchase of books and computers for library. MP Naveen Jindal and Industries Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala also addressed this public meeting. Others who spoke included HPCC president Phool Chand Mullana, former Chief Parliamentary Secretary Dillu Ram, Anil Dhantodi, Chairman, Haryana Institute of Public Enterprises and DCC president Tejinder Pal Maan. More power for state
Haryana has started getting 500-MW power today from HP, J&K Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Delhi under the banking arrangements made by the state in order to supply adequate power to consumers. This was stated by the Chief Minister.
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Illicit liquor seized, 24 arrested
Rohtak, June 1 Polling for the Municipal Committee of Kalanaur will also be held on Sunday. Revealing that 117 polling stations in the city had been identified as ultra-sensitive and sensitive, a spokesperson of the election department claimed that additional police force and officials had been deployed at such places. |
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4 held for bid to rape
Sirsa, June 1 They tried to rape her and when she resisted, they allegedly beat her up. She raised an alarm and her father and brothers woke up. The accused fled from the scene when her father and brothers tried to nab them. |
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