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Minor girl killed for 'honour' in Panipat
Rohtak girl's father remanded in judicial custody
Cong high command seeks report on Rao Inderjit
Sonia Gandhi may launch Gurgaon Metro |
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Decks cleared for single-point power supply to housing societies
Owners and teachers of private schools hold a demonstration in Gurgaon on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
Power consumers being wrongly charged meter rent
Ministry’s directives on Hepatitis B vaccine
MC sweepers getting more than Mayors!
Woman hacked to death in Jhajjar village
Mystery shrouds lovers’ death
Woman abducted, 5 held
Farmers await relief for damaged crops
Market fee on cotton to be charged at reduced rate
2 held in shopkeeper murder case
Missing child singer marries
Residents protest chocked gutter
Minor girl raped, accused held
Nagal to probe Dharuhera violence
Man run over by truck
Man hacked to death
Proclaimed offender arrested
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Minor girl killed for 'honour' in Panipat
Panipat, September 24 The girl had reportedly gone missing from her house a fortnight back and was recovered and brought back by family members 10 days ago. While the villagers were tightlipped about the ghastly incident, sources said the family members took the extreme step to save their honour in the village. Sources further said the family members suspected that she had eloped with a boy of Bahadurgarh village, who belonged to a different caste while the girl was from the barber community. The girl had left her studies last year after she flunked in Class X. The police has registered a case of murder against three persons, including the girl's father Satyanarayan, her brothers Praveen and Ajit. ASI Ravinder Singh, a relative of the girl, who assisted the family members in tracing her without lodging a complaint, has been booked and placed under suspension. The three main accused have been remanded to one-day police custody. The brothers stated that their sister had threatened to run away again and confessed to the honour
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Rohtak girl's father remanded in judicial custody
Rohtak, September 24 While three accused are still in the police custody, the wife of the main accused Narender and mother of the deceased girl, is already in judicial custody. An NCW team, which visited the affected families in the village, was told in its face that honour killings could not be stopped until the government brings an amendment to the marriage Act and take steps to stop youths to violate the same gotra and same village norms in having a matrimonial alliance. Meanwhile, in another incident of crime against women, the police today arrested Sombir of a nearby village in connection with the rape of a married woman of Dairy Mohalla here. The victim had registered a case against the accused hailing from Garonthi village on Monday.
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Cong high command seeks report on Rao Inderjit
New Delhi, September 24 Congress general secretary in charge of Haryana Shakeel Ahmed, AICC secretary Asha Kumari and Haryana Congress president Phool Chand Mullana will visit the Lok Sabha segment area of Inderjit tomorrow and interact with Congress leaders there to get a feedback. The high command has asked the team to furnish details of serving Haryana Congress office-bearers at the district, block and youth wing levels who attended Inderjit’s rally. Sources said the high command was contemplating strong action against all such district and block presidents from the Gurgaon Lok Sabha parliamentary segment who attended the rally. Asked what the party was thinking about Inderjit who has announced his exit, Congress leaders said if Rao Inderjit was serious about ideological differences with the party and wanted to quit on those grounds, he should have sent a formal resignation letter to the party high command. “We have not received Rao Inderjit’s resignation . We will wait for the report of the state PCC chief to decide on the future course of action on him,” Shakeel Ahmed told TNS today. Leaders said a person was “either with the party or not with the party but Rao Inderjit was in a strange situation where he had announced his exit without relinquishing his Lok Sabha membership of Gurgaon which he got on the Congress ticket”. If the Congress expels Inderjit from the party, he gets to retain his LS membership - a reason why he has not resigned from the party though he has publicly announced so in the Rewari rally. The question now is - who blinks first. Meanwhile, Rao Inderjit said today that he would mobilise anti-Congress votes. |
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Rao supporters quit Cong
Rewari, September 24 Notably Dr Banwari Lal, Rewari district Congress committee chief (rural); Rao Ram Singh, Mahendragarh DCC President, GL Sharma and Vivek Yadav, Gurgaon DCC chairman (urban) and Gurgaon DCC vice-president (rural), respectively; Manish Yadav, vice-president of the Gurgaon unit of the Haryana Youth Congress and several others announced their decision to quit the party while submitting their resignations to Rao Inderjit Singh. |
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Sonia Gandhi may launch Gurgaon Metro in October
Chandigarh, September 24 Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had invited the Congress president to visit Gurgaon and Mewat on Gandhi Jayanti, falling on October 2, for the ceremony of the three projects. Though the invitation was being considered actively, the Congress decided to let the "inauspicious" days of the shraadh pass and push the visit and the launch to the Navratras. Though the party's official line is that the Congress president has her schedule full on Gandhi Jayanti, insiders maintain that the inauspicious days were one big reason to adjust the programme by a week or so. Consequently, the state government has been asked to take its pick from a couple of dates already conveyed to it. Insiders said the only choice available is to organise the programme within the first fortnight of October since the party leadership will have its hands full with the elections slated in the five states after that. Meanwhile, the state Congress which was initially planning to launch its official website on Gandhi Jayanti will also do so on October 6 as per the tentative schedule so far. Sources said party general secretary in-charge Shakeel Ahmed is expected to be in Chandigarh on that day and the party is keen that he launches the website.
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Decks cleared for single-point power supply to housing societies
Chandigarh, September 24 With the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission
(HERC) rejecting a petition by the Haryana Police Academy (HPA), Madhuban (Karnal), against the new regime, the
discoms, the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) and the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam
(DHBVN) are set to usher in new regime for power distribution in the state. In January 2013, the commission had formulated the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (Single Point Supply to Employers’ Colonies, Group Housing Societies and Residential or Commercial-cum-Residential Complexes of Developers) Regulations, 2013, after following a due process of law. The
HPA, Madhuban, challenged the regulations claiming that it was not practically possible to install the single-point power supply system as the academy was having residence and offices of various wings of the Haryana Police with different officers as their heads. However, the HPA’s plea did not find favour with the HERC which directed the Power Department to convert the existing power supply to single-point power supply within one month. Officials said under the new system, the GHS and employers’ complexes would install a single electricity meter for power distribution and individual consumers would have sub-meters. The societies would would install, operate and maintain all infrastructures required for the distribution of electricity within the premises. The society management would be responsible for individual metering, billing and collection of charges from individual users and payment of power bills to the
discoms. Currently, a majority of housing societies and residential complexes have an exclusive power distribution network in the form of transformers, high tension and low-tension cables and service cables within their premises. However, only a few societies and residential complexes have a single-point power supply under bulk supply category. Justifying the decision, a senior official said it had been taken as officials of power distribution companies currently did not have free and unhindered access to these gated complexes manned by the security personnel. Due to restricted access, officials could not take effective steps to reduce commercial losses, which ultimately results in a higher tariff and affects the interests of honest consumers. “Moreover, there are frequent complaints from residents of harassment by power distribution company employees in connection with meter reading, billing and payment of bills,” he added. |
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Pvt school owners, staff protest closure notice
Fatehabad, September 24 The agitators assembled outside the grain market and marched to the Mini Secretariat in a procession, raising slogans against the government. The school owners later submitted a memorandum addressed to the state government to Deputy Commissioner Saket Kumar, demanding a relaxation for three years to the schools that do not comply with the government norms. The Education Department has asked owners of 1,372 schools to close them within seven days or else the authorities will close them with the police help. Out of these 1,372 schools, 136 are located in Fatehabad, while Rohtak and Hisar districts also have a substantial number of schools facing the axe. Teachers to meet Bhukkal tomorrow
Kurukshetra: Members of the Haryana Private Schools Sangh marched in a procession from the new bus stand to the mini Secretariat and submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner (DC). Addressing the protesters, before submitting the memorandum to the DC, Sangh state vice-president and Kurukshetra district president Praveen Kumar said the Congress MLA would be boycotted if he failed to support our demands. He warned that such MLA would not be allowed to enter any villages. The state president of the sangh informed that a deputation comprising sangh leaders and delegates of other educational organisations would call upon the Haryana Education Minister, Geeta Bhukkal, at Siksha Sadan, Panchkula, on September 26 to discuss their demands. Their demands include non-closure of 1,372 private schools, permanent solution to their problems, simplification of Haryana Government notification-2007, granting permanent recognition to the temporary recognised schools, making the school buses totally tax free and withdrawal of the cases registered against school managers/owners in 2007. |
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Power consumers being wrongly charged meter rent
Hisar, September 24 Gupta came to know that the nigam could not charge the rent for a purchased meter. However, a consumer is charged Rs 20 per month as meter rent. He approached the DHBVN authorities to reclaim the amount which had been charged from him in the last two-and-a-half years. The power authorities redressed his problem and also promised to adjust the amount in the next bills. The nigam authorities, however, found out that their computer system did not have the option to differentiate between rented meter and purchased meter and meter rent are being charged by the system. Superintendent Engineer, Operations, BK Chauhan, however, maintained that the complaints of consumers were being rectified and the additional charges were being adjusted in the bills. |
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Ministry’s directives on Hepatitis B vaccine
Sirsa, September 24 Consequently, the mission director of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in Haryana has written to all civil surgeons in Haryana to discontinue the use of this batch of vaccine till further orders.The civil surgeons have been asked to furnish details of the quantities available with them to the NRHM immediately. Hepatitis B vaccine is supplied to government health facilities for immunising children from Hepatitis B virus. Dr Surender Nain, civil surgeon at Sirsa, said he had received a communication from the mission director of the NRHM and a letter from the ministry, following which he had asked the chief pharmacist to check the stock of this particular batch. “As soon as I get a report, we will discontinue its use and send details of the stock immediately,” the civil surgeon said. |
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MC sweepers getting more than Mayors!
Karnal, September 24 The mayors are not only stripped of administrative and financial powers but also given a meagre Rs 5000 per month as honorarium, 6,000 free telephone calls from office and residence, Rs 3,000 as house rent and transport facility of 1500 km per month, which is less than the salary of a sweeper in Municipal Corporations. The newly elected Mayors of Rohtak, Karnal, Panipat, Ambala, Panchkula, Hisar and Yamunanagar are a desperate lot as their dreams of "real local self-governance" have been shattered. The mayors rue that their salary is not sufficient even to meet the expenses of tea served to visitors. "The mayors in Haryana are drawing Rs 5,000 as honorarium which is even less than the salaries of a safai karamchari who draws Rs 18,000 per month." Ambala Mayor Ramesh Mal said, "I am working from 6 am to 11 pm and you would be surprised to know that I even pay from my own pocket for serving tea to people who come to meet me". The government is paying Rs 50,000 to nominated chairpersons who are not accountable to people but Mayor and councillors, who are accountable to every citizen of the cities, are being meted out step-motherly treatment, said Mayor of Faridabad Ashok Arora. |
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Woman hacked to death in Jhajjar village
Jhajjar, September 24 Old enmity is believed to be the reason behind the killings Two villagers have been booked for murder on the complaint of Sansaar. The incident took place around 1 am when the two were asleep in the courtyard of their house. The accused sneaked into the house and attacked them with sharp-edged weapons. While Shakuntla died on the spot, Sansaar sustained serious injuries. The assailants fled the spot when Sansaar raised a hue and cry. On hearing the cries, neighbours rushed to the house and took Sansaar to hospital. The police reached the spot and sent the body to the civil hospital. Dharambir Singh, a relative of the deceased, told the police that some villagers had a brawl with Shakuntla a few days ago. Shakuntla's body was handed over to her kin after a postmortem examination today. |
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Mystery shrouds lovers’ death
Fatehabad, September 24 Mukesh Kumar, SHO of the Sadar police station in Fatehabad, said he had not received any complaint or information regarding the girl’s death and had come to know of her alleged death from media only. He said legal formalities of the deceased boy were completed under Section 174 of the CrPC as per his
family’s wish. The boy, Prem Pal, and the girl, Natasha, were neighbours at Shahidawali in Fatehabad. The girl was a teacher in a private school at nearby Dariyapur village, while the boy was a vendor. Sources said the two were in love and wanted to marry, while the girl’s family was against their relation. The girl’s family had finalised her marriage to some other boy and the wedding was scheduled for October 14. |
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Woman abducted, 5 held
Rewari, September 24 The accused have been identified as Kulwant Singh, Peara Singh, his brother Kapur Singh, Soharan Singh and Harjit Singh, all residents of Centrebas Badhoda village of Alwar district in
Rajasthan, They were produced in a local court today, which remanded them to a 14-day judicial custody. It is noteworthy that Bimla Kaur had married Sukhvinder Singh of Alwar district against the wishes of her family about four months ago and had been living with her husband’s family at Jarthlal Ki Dhani village. Members of her parental family, who came to the village on September 17, had forcibly taken away Bimla’s mother-in-law with them, following which the Kasaula police had registered a case of abduction against Kulwant Singh and others on a complaint filed by
Bimla. |
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Farmers await relief for damaged crops
Jhajjar, September 24 Earlier, Jai Prakash Beniwal, district president of the Kisan Sabha, said resentment prevailed among farmers as no compensation had been given for their damaged rabi crops even after two months. Beniwal said Rs 27 crore was to be distributed as compensation among the farmers for their damaged crop. The farmers threatened to intensify their agitation campaign if the government did not dole out the compensation soon. |
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Market fee on cotton to be charged at reduced rate
Sirsa, September 24 The government has decided to continue to charge both market fee and the HRDF on cotton at a reduced rate of 0.8 per cent each for the financial year
2013-14. Sushil Mittal, state president of the association, said their delegation met Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in this regard.
Sirsa MP Ashok Tanwar had also taken up the issue with Hooda as more than half of Haryana’s total cotton is produced in
Sirsa. Hooda had said the fee reduction would be given only for those stocks that were corroborated by web-based gate pass and the millers could themselves download from the web. He made it clear that if any trader or ginner was caught evading the market fee and the
HRDF, it may be recovered from such trader for the entire season,” said
Mittal. — TNS |
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2 held in shopkeeper murder case
Hisar, September 24 The accused, who are said to be relatives of the victim, had kidnapped deceased Suresh Kumar, alias Billu, on last Wednesday from his shop. His body was found lying along the roadside near Langhli village the next day. The police started a probe suspecting it to be a murder case. The police said with the help of a mobile tracker and on the basis of the sketches of the suspects revealed by some persons who had spotted them, the police nabbed the accused from the town yesterday. They were produced in a court, which remanded them to judicial custody. He said that the accused had an old animosity with the victim in connection with a murder case that had occurred about 15 years ago. They seemed to have allegedly killed him with a motive to take revenge.
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Missing child singer marries
Kurukshetra September 24 Sonia was one of the finalists of
"Chhote Ustaad", a singing competition organised by a TV channel. When contacted on the telephone, Pehowa DSP Naveen K Sehgal said she had sent her court marriage documents through an e-mail to the police as a proof regarding her marriage. However, a controversy regarding her age still exists because her relatives say that she is still minor and cannot solemnise her marriage, while she claims that she has crossed 18 years and is entitled to
get married. The police had registered a case under Section 365 of the IPC for kidnapping against seven persons yesterday and withdrawal of kidnapping case will
be decided only after her age is confirmed, added Sehgal. |
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Residents protest chocked gutter
Rewari, September 24 Seeking relief, they demanded action against the village sarpanch for his alleged apathetic approach. Sher Singh, Sube Singh and other affected villagers complained that the recently- constructed drain had been lying choked, because the newly-constructed village road had been kept much above the low-lying surface of their houses despite their entreaties made to the sarpanch. The Deputy Commissioner entrusted the matter to the district development and panchayat officer for speedy redressal.
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Minor girl raped, accused held
Kaithal, September 24 The statement of the victim was recorded before a Judicial Magistrate here on Monday and on the directions of a court, she was sent to Nariniketan, Karnal. The accused was sent to a 14-day judicial custody today. Giving details, a police spokesperson said that a woman of Chandana village had lodged a complaint with the police that her daughter (15) was missing since August 23. A frantic search was made for her, but in vain. She suspected the hand of Jaiveer, a youth of the same village. The police raided the bus stand of Ambala city and found the girl with the accused. Both were brought to Kaithal where the girl was medically examined, which confirmed that she had been raped. |
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The Congress high command has instructed the Haryana unit to submit a detailed report on the political fallout of the Rewari rally where party’s Gurgaon MP, Rao Inderjit Singh, yesterday announced his exit from the Congress.
