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Anger as woman dies after surgery
Quota for poor: MLA asks Oppn to clarify stand
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Cotton arrival picks up in Jind
1,300 unrecognised schools face closure
Board chairmen to get more perks
Mange Ram joins INLD
Conductor gets 10-yr RI for rape
Two killed in mishap
Illicit liquor seized
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Anger as woman dies after surgery
Sirsa, September 21 Seema (27) of Gidranwali village of Sirsa underwent tubectomy in the hospital on June 7. Her husband Sukhdev alleged that when his wife’s internal bleeding did not stop, he brought her to General Hospital again on June 8. When her condition did not improve, doctors referred her to PGIMS, Rohtak, where she remained there till August 21 without much improvement. He alleged that the doctors, who attended on his wife in the PGIMS, informed him that due to the negligence of the surgeon at Sirsa, her blood vessel had been ruptured. He said the doctors sent them back to General Hospital, Sirsa, on August 21, who again referred her to Maharaja Agarsen Medical College, Agroha
(Hisar), on August 22. However, doctors at Agroha sent her back to General Hospital,
Sirsa, on August 28, where she died last night. Demanding the arrest of the surgeon, who conducted tubectomy operation
on the woman, angry relatives created a ruckus in the hospital, locked its main gate and
blocked vehicular traffic outside it. The police had to open Circular Road of the town for heavy vehicles, though it was closed for such vehicles some time back. The relatives refused to accept Seema’s body till the doctor was arrested and booked. The authorities later persuaded them to let the postmortem of the woman conducted at PGIMS, Rohtak, and if any negligence was found, the authorities would take action. Civil Surgeon Dr Surender Nain maintained that had there been any negligence on the part of the doctor, the woman would have died within days of the surgery. He, however, said he would constitute a medical board for ascertaining medical negligence, if he received any such communication from the police. |
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Quota for poor: MLA asks Oppn to clarify stand
Sadhoura (Yamunanagar), September 21 Facing criticism from leaders of the opposition parties, who termed the move a “political stunt” aimed at gaining political mileage, Sharma said these leaders should clarify their stance whether they were in favour or against the move. He said the fact that the leaders of the INLD, the HJC and the BJP were raising fingers against the proposal showed their inclination against the poor. He said it was only the Congress, which had been concerned about the welfare of all sections of society. Addressing a gathering at the old vegetable market, Sharma said political interference had already seen the project for the Industrial Model Township (IMT) for Ambala getting scuttled, which could have provided jobs to more than one lakh youth of the region. Defending the state government against the allegation of disparity in development, the MLA said there was no dearth of funds for development, but it was the vested interest of some of the local leaders who had been working against the interest of the people due to which development in certain districts of the state had taken a back seat. He said the government was considering the demands of the locals and an all-out effort would be put in place to ensure development. |
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Cotton arrival picks up in Jind
Jind, September 21 “We are getting more than Rs 5,000 per quintal this year, which is higher than the rate of Rs 4,400-4,500 fetched last year,” said Om Prakash, a farmer from Uchana block in the district. He said the production of the crop had also improved this year in comparison to the past couple of years and due to good quality of the crop, the farmers were getting higher prices of their produce. Echoing similar sentiments, Ranbir Singh, another farmer, said, “Good prices this year have been a cause of some satisfaction for the growers as the input costs have gone up in the past few years.” He said favourable weather conditions and no major natural calamity had resulted in higher production of the crop in the region, especially in the Uchana block. Uchana Market Committee Secretary Pawan Chopra said arrival and procurement of the crop at Uchana mandi had been much higher this time in comparison to the past year. Over 770 quintals of the crop had arrived so far against just two or three quintals in the corresponding period last year, he added. While the arrival of the crop at Jind mandi crossed 1,300 quintals on Saturday, sources said the production and arrival of the crop in the Jind area (market) was likely to remain low mainly due to pest attacks and excess rain that left the fields in several villages flooded. However, sources in the department concerned revealed certain alleged irregularities in the procurement process of the crop in various markets. They alleged that certain buyers purchase the crop in such a manner to evade market fee, HRDF fee and VAT through backdoor transactions. The total arrival and procurement of the crop here had been several times more than what was shown officially in the records, they said. |
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1,300 unrecognised schools face closure
Fatehabad, September 21 The Education Department has asked the owners of these schools to close down these within seven days or else the authorities will close them with the police help. The Haryana Government has to submit an action taken report in the Punjab and Haryana High Court next month following a public interest litigation (PIL) petition. Out of these 1,372 schools, 136 are located in Fatehabad district, while Rohtak and Hisar districts also have a substantial number of schools facing the axe. The threat of closure of these schools in the mid-session has sent the owners, teachers as well as parents of the children getting education in these schools in a tizzy. “Changing school of my two children in the middle of the session will mean a lot of additional expenditure on fees, books and uniform,” said Mamta, a housewife, from Fatehabad. “Yes, we have asked the owners of these schools, who were served notices earlier, to close their institutions immediately. The department will start the process of closing these schools from the next week. The parents are advised to get their children admitted to schools recognised by the government,” said Asha Grover, District Education Officer, Fatehabad. Mahinder Madan, district president of the Un-recognised Schools Association, Fatehabad said, “Last year, the government had given us extension for one year, but now the government wants us to close our schools immediately.” A Bench of Justice Jasbir Singh and Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain of the Punjab and Haryana High Court had on September 4, 2012, directed the Financial Commissioner-cum-Principal Secretary, Haryana, to conduct a survey in the state to ensure that no school is allowed to function in violation of Section 18 of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, and the Haryana School Education Act, 1995. Consequently, a list of 1,372 schools was prepared after survey and notices were issued to them.
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Board chairmen to get more perks
Chandigarh, September 21 According to official sources, the honorarium for the chairmen will be fixed by the competent authority but subject to a maximum Rs 50,000 per month. However, if an MLA is appointed as chairman, the total emoluments entitled to him, including all allowances admissible to him as an MLA, will not exceed the total emoluments admissible to a minister. The house rent allowance of Rs 50,000 per month or actual rent whichever is less will be provided to them. He said a furnished flat in the Haryana MLAs’ hostel at Chandigarh might be provided to him if the chairman was an MLA. The rent of the furnished flat would be reimbursed to the chairman and no house rent allowance would be provided. Sources said the telephone facility might be provided at the office as well as residence along with one mobile phone equivalent to entitlement of Grade-I officer of the state government. |
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Mange Ram joins INLD
Chandigarh, September 21 Gupta, who joined the INLD along with his son Mahaveer Prasad and several other supporters, extended his full support to the INLD to "dethrone" Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government from Haryana. Welcoming the four times MLA and three times minister and his supporters in the party fold, Chautala said Gupta’s joining would strengthen the party’s base in the state and he also assured due respect to Gupta and his supporters. |
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Conductor gets 10-yr RI for rape
Gurgaon, September 21 The victim, who is 70 per cent physically challenged, told the police that she was raped on May 3. An FIR was lodged at the Kherki Daula police station in this regard on May 13. She maintained that Devender, who was a friend of her husband, used to visit their house frequently. After raping her, he also abused and thrashed her mother-in-law who had gone to his house to take up the matter, she alleged. |
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Two killed in mishap
Hisar, September 21 The deceased were identified as 20-year-old Deepak and 25-year-old Sonu, who was driving the car. Their car collided with an unknown vehicle. The driver ran away leaving the car occupants in a critical condition. The police brought the bodies to the civil hospital for post-mortem examination while four others were admitted to the hospital with injuries. The police has registered a case of causing death due to negligent driving against the driver of the vehicle. |
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Illicit liquor seized
Rewari, September 21 Its driver Ganesh Yadav, who was arrested by the police, was today produced in a local court which remanded him to police custody for three days. A senior police officer said while the truck owner, who was not travelling in the truck, had got a consignment for 700 bags of rice from a rice mill in Haryana, the cartons of liquor were being taken to Gujarat under the cover of bags of rice. |
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