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Iron pills: Over 42 kids fall ill in Jagadhri, Kaithal
Five districts record scanty rainfall
Sonepat plot led cops to book CJM for dowry death
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Bhiwani court convicts 14 in triple murder case
hike in petrol and diesel prices
Doctors’ strike hits medical services
Govt deletes objectionable words from SC list
Awards for innovative ideas instituted
Power utilities extend settlement scheme
Uttarakhand floods
Two schools on single campus to be merged: CM
Actor stabbed to death
Five of a family killed in accident
Freedom fighter cremated with state honours
Six sentenced to life in murder case
Police raids local pub, owner held
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Iron pills: Over 42 kids fall ill in Jagadhri, Kaithal
Yamunanagar/Kaithal, August 1 More than 26 students of Government Senior Secondary, Jagadhri, fell ill after they were given iron tablets. The students complained of headache and nausea after consuming the tablets. They were immediately taken to the civil hospital and kept under observation. District education officer, who rushed to the school, defended the tablets claiming that these were meant for improving the students' health. A schoolteacher said teachers were now reluctant to administer these tablets. Four girl students of a government school in Rampur village had to be admitted to the local heath care centre after they complained of nausea following the consumption of iron tablets yesterday. Meanwhile, 12 government school students fell ill at Kasan village and four at Kithana village in the district after consuming iron pills. All 16 students were brought to Indira Gandhi Multi-Speciality Hospital here this morning for treatment. A doctor said the children, including six girls, were out of danger and recovering. The doctor said the cause of the illness could possibly be the consumption of iron pills with empty stomach on Wednesday. Iron pills were given to 45 students of whom a few fell ill after going home. They started feeling giddy and complained of stomach and headache. A few of them also started vomiting. When some of the children failed to recover till this morning, their parents informed the school authorities. The school authorities then informed the health department officials who rushed an ambulance to bring the children for treatment here. Deputy Commissioner NK Solanki said investigations indicated that the illness was the "reaction" of iron pills. A few of them might have got ill on seeing other children vomiting which usually happens in such cases. Solanki said proper care of the children was being taken and they were all recovering. He had asked the Civil Surgeon to visit the villages and give instructions to all concerned to prevent such incidents in future. He said the health department would advise the school authorities to take steps like consuming iron pills with lemon water in future and take other precautions as advised by the doctors. |
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Five districts record scanty rainfall
Sirsa, August 1 Fifteen other districts are rain deficient where shortfall of rain is 20 to 59 per cent. The Indian Metrological Department say only Faridabad district has received normal rain from July 1 to 31 this year. Kurukshetra with 84 per cent departure on the minus side from the long period averages is the worst affected district, while Panipat (78%), Rohtak (74%), Sirsa (70%) and Fatehabad (70%) are the other four districts that have witnessed scanty rainfall in July. Kurukshetra is a leading rice growing district while Sirsa and Fatehabad together produce almost half of the Haryana’s cotton crop. The deficit of rain is likely to hit farmers, who will need extra electricity to irrigate their fields. Among the rain deficient districts till July 31, Kaithal had a shortfall of 59 per cent from the long period averages, Jhajjar 55 per cent, Panchkula 53 per cent, Hisar 46 per cent, Palwal 42 per cent, Gurgaon 43 per cent, Mahindergarh 41 per cent, Sonepat 37 per cent, Bhiwani 36 per cent, Jind and Karnal 34 per cent each and Rewari, Mewat and Ambala have witnessed deficit rainfall by 30 per cent or slightly less than that of the long time averages. Against a normal rainfall of 268.6 mm from July 1 to July 31, Kurkkshetra has witnessed merely 67.7 per cent rain this year. Sirsa witnessed 51.3 per cent rain against a normal of 122.8 mm, while Fatehabad got 87.1 mm rain against a long time average of 135.6 mm. Panipat 73.1 mm against a normal of 231.3 mm, Rohtak 76.4 mm against a normal of 243.6 mm and Jhajjar 99.9 mm rainfall against long time average of 193.7 mm are some other rain deficient districts of Haryana. “Shortfall of rain has a direct impact on us, as we have no option but to consume more electricity to irrigate our fields,” said Satnam, a farmer from Ding village in Sirsa. Dr Ram Niwas, head of the department of Agriculture Meteorology of Chaudhary Charan Singh Agriculture University, Hisar, however, said the rain expected to hit the region in the next four days were likely to cover much of this deficit. The Agromet Advisory released by the department has predicted light to moderate rain at isolated places in the state up to August 5. |
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Sonepat plot led cops to book CJM for dowry death
Gurgaon, August 1 Corroborative evidence produced by Geetanjali’s family against Garg is the payment records of this plot which the family alleged was bought for Ravneet but in the name of a common friend. “We had bought this plot two years ago and paid around 16 lakh through a demand draft. To escape Income tax hassles, he had bought it in the name of a woman, a common friend who was then posted in Panipat. For two years,
the plot was in her name but just eight days before Geetanjali’s murder, Ravneet got it transferred in his name without telling her or us about it. This proves that her death was well-planned. We have submitted all details to the police along with the bills of cars we gave to him and
his brother. We hope that this will nail him in front of the CBI,” said the deceased’s father, OP Aggarwal. The family will again meet Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda seeking speedy transfer of the case to the CBI. “While the addition of the dowry death section should have speeded up the probe, the Gurgaon police has done no questioning nor taken their forensic investigation further, Whenever we call them they say they are ready with transfer papers and now only the CBI will deal with our issues,” said Geetanjali's brother, Pradeep
Aggarwal. Campaign for justice to Geetanjali Gurgaon: Geetanjali Garg’s family has started a special campaign — Geetanjali ki Goonj — to garner public support against Gurgaon CJM and Geetanjali’s husband, Ravneet Garg, whom they hold responsible for her alleged murder. The family will hold a candlelight march in the Civil Lines area of the city, where the accused CJM's house of is located, to demand justice. The family had written to the Gurgaon DC seeking permission for the march which has been granted,” said deceased’s brother, Pradeep Aggarwal. — TNS Forensic experts await orders Gurgaon: It has been seven days since the Haryana government set up a special board of forensic experts comprising TD Dogra, SK Dhattarwal and Sanjay Narula, head of the team which conducted Geetanjali's post-mortem to probe the circumstances leading to Gurgaon CJM Ravneet Garg's wife, but the committee has not even met once leave aside making any breakthrough. A member of the committee said no formal communication about what to review and how had been received.
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Decision on domestic airport in Karnal welcomed
Karnal, August 1 The Karnal domestic airport will be built over 205 acres of land whereas the Karnal flying club is already spread over 105 acres of land. The airport will give a boost to the tourism industry and other business activities resulting in employment generation. “The land survey was conducted by the team of executive director, Airport Authority of India, in October 2012, and the final selection was taken later. The Congress MP from Karnal, Arvind sharma, who had strongly pleaded for constructing the domestic airport at Karnal, said, "Karnal is the most suitable and central place for locating the airport benefiting people of all adjoining districts." "An airstrip of the flying club already exists in Karnal. It is not only close to Kurukshetra, but also contiguous with adjoining districts of Panipat and Yamunanagar,” he said, adding that Karnal was the only central place linking Chandigarh and Delhi by the national highway. Kamal Kishore, chief instructor at the Karnal flying club, said coming up of the domestic airport at Karnal was a great achievement and another feather had been added to Karnal. At present, there are three aircrafts in the flying club spread over an area of 105 acres. A batch of 25 students are being trained every year and the flying club will be a part of the domestic airport. However, there was hectic lobbying by Kurukshetra MP Navin Jindal for locating the airport at Kurukshetra and former Finance Minister and Rajya Sabha member Chaudhary Birender Singh and another Rajya Sabha Member Ishwar Singh had also put in their weight behind Jindal. Manbeer Chowdhary, president, Hotels and Restaurants Association, Haryana (HRAH), described the decision as historic and said it had met the long-pending demand of the tourism industry. The airport would not only boost the tourism in the region, but also benefit the textile hub of Panipat and go a long way in promoting tourism in the cities along the national highway, he added. |
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Bhiwani court convicts 14 in triple murder case
Bhiwani, August 1 The court will pronounce the quantum of sentence on August 3. Santosh’s husband Sukhbir Singh had died in a road accident near Daya village in Bhiwani in 2000. Sukhbir and his three brothers Inder Singh, Satta Singh and Dhoop Singh had inherited 18 acres each from their father Bhim Singh’s 72 acres of land. After her husband’s death, Santosh had left her elder son Rajesh with her parents at Kumbha village for his studies and she herself lived in Patwan village with her younger son Jaswant and eked a living from the money she received by leasing out her land. In July 2011, her elder son Rajesh had also come to Patwan village after appearing in his senior secondary examinations. When a neighbour noticed foul smell coming out of their house on July 10 and tried to go inside, he found the house bolted from inside. Later, bodies of Santosh, Rajesh and Jaswant were found lying on the terrace of the house. Investigations revealed that the three were mercilessly murdered with sharp-edged weapons on the night of July 8. The police booked Inder Singh and Dhoop Singh and several other members of the family in the triple murder. Additional District and Sessions Judge Sarita Gupta found both Inder Singh and Dhoop Singh, their wives Bimla and Sunita, respectively, their nephew Kuldeep and his wife Neelam, Raj Kumar, Vijay, Shamsher, Manjit, Hari Singh, Dalbir, Santosh and Jagat Singh guilty of the offence and convicted them for the triple murder. Now, their fate, as far as the quantum of punishment is concerned, would be announced on August 3. |
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City hospital gives new life to Roona
Gurgaon, August 1 Baby Roona was admitted to the Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI) on April 16 for the treatment of Hydrocephalus, a rare disorder that caused her head to swell to an unprecedented 94 cm. Her treatment was supported by the Fortis Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Fortis health care. In the 105 days of her stay at the FMRI, the baby went through a series of corrective procedures and surgeries. Treating surgeon and director of neurosurgery at the institute, Dr Sandeep Vaishya, said: "Given the multiple complexities of the case, the child has shown a substantial improvement. When the case first came to us, her survival was a question, as such a case had never been attempted anywhere in the world. Today, she is playful and responding well to her surroundings. Her weight, nutritional status and vitals are much improved and her head circumference is now a manageable 58 cm. She is fit to travel back home." The doctors will get her back for a review after a few months when she may need further corrections. Jasbir Grewal, executive vice-president of the Fortis Foundation, said: "The baby has made substantial progress since she came to us. We hope that with the best medical attention provided so far and through the future treatment, the baby will be able to live a healthy life. We affectionately bid her bon voyage and wish her good health." Upon arrival at the FMRI, her first procedure was done on May 15 by setting up an extra ventricular drain to slowly reduce the intracranial pressure caused by the excessive build-up of cerebrospinal fluid to bring down the size of her head over a three-week period. Thereafter, a shunt was surgically inserted, providing a more permanent and alternate pathway to drain the fluid. Subsequently, Roona underwent four cranial vault remodelling procedures, the latest being carried out on July 11 to progressively correct her skull bone structure by using pressure bandages. |
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hike in petrol and diesel prices
Faridabad, August 1 BJP leaders alleged that the increase in fuel prices would subject the common man under further hardships. It would give added momentum to inflation, they added. The BJP leaders also criticised the Haryana Government for its alleged apathy towards the farmers. They alleged that the state was acquiring land of farmers in Faridabad at a low price. The government has so far disregarded the sentiments of farmers who are agitating to press for enhanced compensation, they added. They asserted that the BJP would soon hit the streets in a big way against the state and the Centre to espouse the cause of farmers. |
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Doctors’ strike hits medical services
Hisar, August 1 The doctors had given the ultimatum to arrest the accused in the assault case by yesterday after which they could resort to strike. However, district officials held a meeting with the agitated doctors as they went on a strike today morning and urged them to restore the medical services in the interest of the patients. The doctors called off the strike at around 11 after remaining off the job for about three hours. The emergency services remained unaffected during the strike. Deputy Commissioner ML Kaushik said the police had arrested five persons so far. The DC said the administration would take preventive steps so that such incidents were not repeated anywhere in the district. |
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Govt deletes objectionable words from SC list
Chandigarh, August 1 The Chief Secretary said the objectionable words from serial No. 2 to 9 in annexure ‘2’ would be deleted as they had lost their relevance. He said while issuing the Scheduled Caste certificate, instead of the words given in the above annexure, the words ‘Balmiki’ and ‘Chamar’ would be used. He said circulars had been issued in this regard to all administrative secretaries, heads of departments, all divisional commissioners, chief administrators, managing directors of boards, corporations and public sector undertakings, deputy commissioners, subdivisional officers (civil), registrar, Punjab and Haryana High Court, and registrars of all universities in the state.
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Awards for innovative ideas instituted
Chandigarh, August 1 The total number of awards would be 34 and a sum of Rs 7.6 lakh would be given under these awards.She said the applicants should send their ideas by September 5 by email to myideaharyana@gmail.com. She said the ideas could also be sent by post to the Science and Technology Department,
Panchkula. — TNS
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Power utilities extend settlement scheme
Chandigarh, August 1 The Chairman and Managing Director of the DHBVN and UHBVN, Devender Singh said the discoms had offered this scheme to the consumers to avoid prolonged litigation and to settle long-pending court cases. He said the cases could be settled in the Lok Adalats being held regularly at all district headquarters. “The scheme is available for settlement of all cases of consumers pending in courts, district consumer disputes redressal forums, the state commission and under arbitration as on February 28, 2013,” he said. The scheme would not be applicable to the cases where 100 per cent payment had been made by the consumer. However, the scheme would be applicable where 50 per cent of assessed amount had been deposited by the consumer. The cases already settled or decided would not be re-opened, he added. |
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Uttarakhand floods
Chandigarh, August 1 An official spokesman said as many as 113 persons were missing or had died during the devastation and the ex-gratia grant of Rs 10 lakh each would be given to next of kin of the deceased. He said out of the total ex-gratia grant, Rs 5 lakh would be given by the Haryana Government from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund. The ex-gratia grant of Rs 5 lakh has been announced by the Uttarakhand Government. Out of these, an amount of Rs 2 lakh would be met from the Prime Minister National Relief Fund. |
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Two schools on single campus to be merged: CM
Chandigarh, August 1 Hooda made this announcement while presiding over a meeting to discuss issues related to schools here today. He said schools situated within a radius of more than one kilometer of the neighbourhood government primary school would not be merged but any two schools functioning in same village could be merged. Also, two schools functioning on a single campus would also be merged. The Chief Minister said it was the responsibility of the administration to ensure the timely distribution and any delay would not be tolerated. He instructed officials concerned to ensure time-bound supply and distribution of books and said the process for next year should be initiated immediately. He said for this purpose, books publishers in Haryana, Punjab and in the National Capital Region should be given priority. Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal apprised the Chief Minister of the fact that 70 per cent of the text books had already been printed and would be supplied to the students. |
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Actor stabbed to death
Hisar, August 1 The police had registered a case of murder and robbery on the complaint of the deceased’s son, Jagat Lal, against unknown assailants. The complainant informed the police that he had served dinner to his father in the room adjoining to their house where he used to stay and sleep at night. “My father went to sleep after taking dinner on Tuesday night. When I went to his room next morning to serve tea, I found him lying in a pool of blood on the bed while the gold items were missing.” The police had started investigation and hoped that the case would be cracked soon. |
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Five of a family killed in accident
Shahbad, August 1 All victims are from Jhajjar and one of the deceased, Anand Kumar, serves in the Merchant Navy, the police said. The police has arrested the truck driver. The police had hard time extricating the bodies trapped inside the damaged car. The bodies had been sent for a post-mortem examination. Sources said that the car driver lost control over the vehicle and hit the truck coming from the opposite direction. |
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Freedom fighter cremated with state honours
Rewari, August 1 While Kosli SDM GL Yadav placed a wreath on the pyre on behalf of the district administration, a police contingent fired in the air and gave a salute to the freedom fighter. Dharmender had joined the Praja Mandal movement in his youth, courted imprisonment and spent several years
in Hyderabad jail for India’s freedom. — OC |
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Six sentenced to life in murder case
Bhiwani, August 1 Victim's nephew Lalit alleged that Sanjay Sharma, one of the accused, was habitual of using abusive language while passing through their street which was opposed by his uncle. On June 15, 2011, when he and his uncle were returning home in the midnight after irrigating the fields, about eight persons attacked on them with lathis. He said they cried for the help, but in vain. Rohtash was critically injured and was rushed to the General Hospital in Bhiwani, where he succumbed to his injuries. Additional District and Sessions Judge Virender Malik found the accused guilty of the offence and sentenced them to life imprisonment. |
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Police raids local pub, owner held
Gurgaon, August 1 According to officials, they got a tip-off about a drug and booze party being held by some Nigerian nationals. On reaching the spot, the pub authorities did not open the gates for about an hour. It was then the police was called and an entry was forced in. The police found that over 50 persons present in the pub were under age and having alcoholic drinks. Majority of them were foreigners, who tried to flee the scene, but were caught. The police arrested the pub owner for keeping the premises illegally open beyond the permissible time. A recommendation for cancellation of its licence has also been sent to higher authorities in Chandigarh. |
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