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Education Minister serves notices on officials
Iron pills: 7 more kids fall ill
Remove new HPSC member, says INLD
New rail link to shorten Rohtak-Hisar route
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Three held on murder charge
HC Judge stresses on out-of-court settlement
CJM’s wife death: Bullet found from crime spot
Vigilance for action against 58 govt staffers
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Education Minister serves notices on officials
Hisar, July 27 Talking to The Tribune over the phone today, the minister termed the delay as “unfortunate”, the minister promised that the books would be provided to the students by the first week of August. “It is a serious matter and action will be taken against anyone found guilty, whether it’s government officials or the book publisher or both. The explanations have been sought from the officials concerned”, she said. The education minister maintained that the publisher firm would be blacklisted for its delay in providing the books, which has caused inconvenience to the students. “The publisher firm has informed that the truckloads of books have been dispatched to Haryana from Mumbai. He has expressed problems in binding of the printed material and has now assured that books for all the classes would be supplied in the next few days”, she stated. She said the government could rope in another publisher if this firm failed to supply the books by the end of this month. She expressed surprise over the delay despite the fact that the process had begun in August last year after getting clearance from the high-power purchase committee headed by Finance Minister HS Chattha. The minister, however, maintained that books for Classes IX to XII are available in the market and the problem of non-availability of books was only for the Classes XIII and below. “I have instructed the teachers to arrange previous year’s syllabus books and teach the students until the new books arrive”, she said. The Haryana education department needs to make available textbooks to the students of Class I to XIII in all the government schools in the state free of cost under the RTE Act. The government awarded the contract to publish the books to a Mumbai-based publisher but it failed to provide books to the students even three months after the start of the academic session. Only the Classes I and II books could be supplied in some of the districts, while students are still without books in around eight districts. |
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Iron pills: 7 more kids fall ill
Sirsa, July 27 Many parents of affected children said their children had consumed IFA tablets on Monday and since then they had been complaining of pain in abdomen, nausea and vomiting. Sirsa Civil Surgeon Dr Surender Nain said some of these children were getting treatment in a private hospital in the town earlier. He maintained that two of these children had complained of fever and they were being treated accordingly. Dr Nain said intravenous drips were being administered on the children admitted to the General Hospital. |
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Remove new HPSC member, says INLD
Chandigarh, July 27 Addressing a press conference in the presence of INLD legislators Rampal Majra and Pradeep Chaudhry, Rajender, whose son was allegedly murdered, levelled allegations against the HPSC member. “The charges have been framed in two criminal trials which are at an advanced stage at Palwal. At such a stage, it is inappropriate and illegal to appoint such a criminal on a constitutional post,” Majra said. Chaudhary alleged that the family was being threatened of false implication in criminal cases. “He has been appointed due to his proximity to former minister Karan Singh Dalal, a close relative of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda,” he held. He added that it was an irony that a person facing such serious criminal cases would now be a part of the selection process for judicial magistrates. The HPSC member was not available for comment. Meanwhile, the INLD alleged arbitrary allotment of industrial plots in Panchkula. Majra issued a list of 11 persons alloted industrial plots in Panchkula. Made in July, these allotments came as a “windfall” for the beneficiaries since the difference between reserve price and market price was huge, according to INLD leaders. Majra claimed that plots were allotted to Manjot Kaur, wife of a lawyer at the AG office and daughter-in-law of a sitting judge, Mona Beri, daughter-in-law of an officer in the CM’s office, Nandita Hooda, wife of a senior lawyer in the AG office, and Pardeep Kumar, whose father was in the CM’s staff. “Among beneficiaries is Ganesh Dutt Ratan, the Chief Minister’s friend, Aman Gupta, a former legislator’s son, Renu Hooda, Hooda’s relative, Lt-Col OP Dahiya (retd), relative of a former legislator and now CM’s relative, Dagar Katyal, the relative of a lawyer in the AG office, and Kanwar Kurukshetra University functionary’s family,” Majra alleged. Meanwhile, a Haryana Urban Development Authority spokesperson clarified that industrial plots in Panchkula were advertised in leading newspapers and all applicants were called for interview by the committee headed by the HUDA Chief Administrator. |
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New rail link to shorten Rohtak-Hisar route
Hisar, July 27 The 68.8-km rail line will have have eight stations and four underbridges will be built en route. It is likely to be completed in five years, said Northern Railway chief PRO Neeraj Sharma. The new rail line would shorten the Rohtak-Hisar route by about 50 kilometres, reducing the distance between the towns to 93.9 kilometres. In the absence of a rail link between Rohtak and Hansi, train services were available via Bhiwani, he said. Union Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge would lay the foundation stone at Hansi on Sunday in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The Centre and the state government would bear 50 per cent each of the construction cost. Rohtak Member of Parliament Deepender Singh Hooda said, “After completion, travel time on the Delhi-Hisar-Sirsa route will be cut short by almost an hour. It will improve connectivity and open new avenues of trade and industrial development in the region.” |
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Three held on murder charge
Faridabad, July 27 The girl was traced to his sister's house at Palwal. Her parents brought her home while the boy fled. When he returned home yesterday, the accused allegedly took him to an unknown destination on the pretext of questioning him. The accused had told his family that they would let him off after questioning him. After a few hours, the family came to know about his body lying at a field in the village. The accused were named in the first information report lodged on the basis of victim's brother Pawan's complaint. |
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HC Judge stresses on out-of-court settlement
Karnal, July 27 This was stated by Justice Satish Kumar Mittal of Punjab and Haryana High Court after laying the foundation stone of District Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Centre at Karnal Judicial Complex here today. Justice Mittal, who is also executive chairman of the Haryana State Legal Authority, said legal literacy clubs had been opened in 2,000 schools, 175 colleges and Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) to create legal awareness among the future generation. “The idea behind ADR centres is to deliver speedy justice to all and to achieve this objective District Alternative Dispute Resolution Centres are being opened in 15 districts of Haryana", he said. Calling upon the lawyers to make "out-of-court settlement" mechanism a success, he said they should shun the apprehensions that it would hit their practice as delivery of speedy justice would instill confidence among litigants in the system. Haryana was in number 1 position in providing infrastructure and another facility in the District and Sessions Courts and subordinate courts and lawyers were also being provided chambers in the vicinity of courts, he added.
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CJM’s wife death: Bullet found from crime spot
Gurgaon, July 27 However, during the search at the spot, the police discovered the fourth bullet, strengthening the theory of a professional gang being involved behind the incident. The latest development has also left investigators wondering that if apparently four bullets were shot, how nobody in the area noticed it. A ballistic expert from Madhuban visited the spot. The report will be submitted next week.
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Vigilance for action against 58 govt staffers
Chandigarh, July 27 A bureau spokesperson said 15 more officials were recently caught red-handed accepting bribe against extending undue favours. Criminal cases were registered against them under the Prevention of Corruption Act, he said. — PTI
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