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Statutory posts not for those with criminal records
Landless hope govt will remember them
Sushma not to contest Faridabad LS seat
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State YC ex-chief stakes claim to Gurgaon
Siwani traders to act tough on unfair practices
Govt claims only 10.1% tariff hike in three years
New roads cave in, Rs 2 cr down the drain
Woman delivers in moving bus as hospital refuses to admit her
Naib tehsildar remains untraced, police fails to keep deadline
Murder victim’s family alleges police inaction
Nod to 226 flood-control schemes
VAT proceeds up 9.92 pc
HC orders framing of state-level merit list
Court to frame charges on February 7
Professor hurt in group clash
Deepender calls off inauguration
Rs 1 lakh each for three Sirsa shopkeepers
209 quacks booked
Burglars decamp with oil containers
Woman attempts immolation
Man held for dowry death
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Statutory posts not for those with criminal records
Chandigarh, January 9 This decision has been takento ensure that persons appointed to these posts had the highest degree of merit and integrity, Chief Secretary SC Choudhary said here today. The decision seems to be an offshoot of the conviction and sentencing of HPSC member Harinder Pal Singh to seven years by a Palwal Court recently in an attempt-to-murder case. Now, the onus of giving information about his ‘criminal activities’ would be on the appointee concerned as a special column would be inserted in the application form itself for this purpose, a senior official asserted. Official hoped that the new order would check of entry of ‘tainted’ individuals to the constitutional and statutory posts. What about ministers, MLAs?
Tainted politicians seem to be ruling the roost in Haryana as 16 legislators have the dubious distinction of being labelled as “tainted”. Six of the legislators, including Leader of the Opposition Om Prakash Chautala, two former ministers Gopal Kanda and OP Jain and one former Chief Parliamentary Secretary (CPS) Zile Ram Sharma and two INLD MLAs, Ajay Chautala and Sher Singh Badshami, are in jail in
various criminal cases. Sports Minister Sukhbir Kataria and two Chief Parliamentary Secretaries(CPSs) Ram Kishan Fauji and Ram Kishan Gujjar are facing criminal cases. Besides, video CDs of Health Minister Rao Narinder Singh, three CPSs, Vinod Bhayana, Jaleb Khan and Ram Kishan Fauji, among others, allegedly demanding money for change of land use(CLU) were recently released by the
INLD. No entry for tainted
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Fatehabad N-plant reality Deepender Deswal Tribune News Service
Gorakhpur (Fatehabad), January 9 Big farmers whose land was acquired for the plant are now rich. They are purchasing property, building lavish houses and purchasing luxury items. Small farmers haven’t received much and no benefits came to the landless. These are the people who are pinning their hopes on the Prime Minister’s visit. They want a ‘special package’ for the village that will uplift them economically. “We are looking ahead to the Prime Minister’s visit on January 13 and will make three demands: to provide one job to every family who gave their land, to include them in the new relief and rehabilitation (R&R) scheme and to double the royalty amount of current Rs 21000 per acres. Besides, the villagers hope for a special development package for the village”, Rampal Siwach, who is head of the Parmanu Lagao Samiti, a village body favouring the project. “The entire village would celebrate the day as Diwali if the demands are met. But we shall also be compelled to take harsh decisions in case the villagers are ignored”, he said. He alleged that the company had befooled the people by spinning golden dreams that turned out to be nothing but words. “They promised to build an industrial training institute, a hospital, lay sewerage in the village and to provide jobs to the village youths. But they forget all the promises after we gave them the land. I have approached the top company officials several times but not a single youth has been employed so far”, he alleged. Among the ‘haves’ is farmer Ishwar Siwach. His 31 acres was acquired for the project and he has now purchased 60 acres of agriculture land in another village of the district. “I did not feel good to part with the ancestral land. But it’s a proud moment our village has such a big project. I will provide good education to my children and also construct a better home”, said father of three young unmarried daughters and a 10 year old son. Another young villager, Rajesh Siwach, whose 22 acres was acquired, is now constructing a palatial house in the village. “We have purchased 24 acres land in another village. Earlier we used to life in a farmhouse in the fields but now we have decided to live in the village”, said Rajesh, who has already spent Rs 80 lakh in construction of the new house. Village facts
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Sushma not to contest Faridabad LS seat
The Haryana BJP
now can finalise the names of candidates to be considered for the Faridabad seat. The party has high hopes in Faridabad and Gurgaon. The BJP strategy for the Lok Sabha elections in south Haryana, which is dominated by non-Jats, will now be drawn afresh. Speculation on Swaraj’s possible candidature from Faridabad followed thinking within the central BJP on the merit of making party leaders contest from their native states. The idea was to widen the party’s momentum nationally after Narendra Modi was made the BJP prime ministerial candidate. Meanwhile, state HJC general secretary Hemant Batra said today that although seats to be shared between his
party and the BJP were yet to be decided, both will work with full force to win the Gurgaon and Faridabad seats. The HJC also has a significant base in Gurgaon and Faridabad. Former Chief Minister and HJC patron, late Bhajan Lal, had once won from Faridabad. The BJP has also won both seats earlier. To contest from Vidisha in MP
Swaraj, who is a native of Haryana, would contest from Vidisha in
Madhya Pradesh from where she is a sitting MP. A few days ago, she made it known to state leaders that she would not change her seat. |
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State YC ex-chief stakes claim to Gurgaon
In a statement issued here, Chiranjeev Rao claimed that he had been actively participating in political and social activities in this region for the past few years and constantly connecting with people through public campaigns. He said he had worked for strengthening the youth organisation of the party as president of the Youth Congress in the state under the guidance of Rahul Gandhi. |
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Kejriwal effect Deepender Deswal Tribune News Service
Siwani Mandi (Bhiwani), January 9 The native town of Delhi Chief Minister has been hogging the limelight ever since the AAP upstaged the political applecart in Delhi and formed the government last month. According to information, a section of cattle-feed shopkeepers of the town, who were known for cutthroat competition, were duping customers by offering underweight bags of feed. Following complaints from farmers and cattle owners, the traders have adopted strict norms and declared financial and social penalty on anyone found guilty of selling underweight bags. Deen Dayal Bansal, pradhan of the grain market and traders’ association, told The Tribune here yesterday that even though residents had been basking in the glory of the Kejriwal's victory, a section of traders had been bringing a bad name to the town by unscrupulous dealings. “We had held a panchayat last week in the mandi and decided to introduce a strict code of business dealing for all the traders. Now if any trader is found guilty of giving underweight bags of cattle feed, he will have to give two bags to the local gaushala free of cost. If the same shopkeeper is caught for the second time, he will have to pay a fine of Rs 5,100,” the pradhan said. The incident points to the growing influence of the AAP in the region. Party registration booths have been set up at tea stalls, cycle repair shops, kiryana shops and other such places. One sees long queues of people eager to join the party. The Arvind factor in Tosham, Loharu, Barwana, Hansi, Badhra and Dadri towns is getting stronger.
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Seed scam: AAP activists accuse police of sheltering culprits
Sirsa, January 9 Within hours of the demonstration, the police announced the arrest of Om Pal Singh Panwar, former manager of the HSDC, while it said Sunil Chawla, a trader, the beneficiary of the seed scam, was still at large. The activists assembled at Town Park here and marched towards Mini-Secretariat to handover a memorandum addressed to the Chief Minister to the authorities. The activists handed over a copy of the memorandum to City Magistrate Prem Chand Gangle and demanded that SSP Saurabh Singh accepts their memorandum. When Additional SP Rajender Meena went up to them to accept the memorandum, they refused. Eventually, Saurabh Singh received the memorandum of the agitators. AAP membership campaign from today
Karnal: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is set to launch a district and block level helpline to register public grievances within a week. The party would start a nation-wide membership campaign named as “Mai Bhi Aam Aadmi” (I am an ordinary man) from Friday. No membership charge will be taken till January 26. People would be able to call on the helpline to know about the party’s policies and submit their complaints and issues of the locality, said Neeraj Gautam, district convener, Karnal. He said their mission was to reach at the door step of ordinary people. They should come forward and would contest for his government. He said the party’s target was to add 50,000 persons to its fold.
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Protest against hefty power bills gains momentum
Sirsa, January 9 They intend to assemble in Town Park, Sirsa, in a large number to demonstrate against the power tariff hike on January 18. Manoj Pacherwal, co-convener of the Haryana Bijli Andolan Sangharsh Samiti, alleged that the power tariff hike in the state was unprecedented and their agitation would continue till the power distribution corporations rolled back the hike. Samiti spokesperson C Bhola said, “The organisation has been demanding power tariff at Rs 2.5 per unit for domestic and Rs 3 per unit for commercial consumers who have their bimonthly consumption up to 1,500 units.”€¯ The current power tariff is so high that even a person using a single electric bulb finds it difficult to pay his bill, he alleged. He alleged that the power tariff prevalent today was between Rs 7 or Rs 8 per unit, including the hidden charges such as fuel surcharge adjustment (FSA), electricity duty (ED) and some other charges. The samiti started a relay fast at Shaheed Bhagat Singh Chowk here from January 4 on the issue and threatens to launch a statewide agitation from January 18, if the government failed to reduce the power tariff by January 17. Sonepat: Representatives of various social, traders and commercial organisation and residents’ welfare associations yesterday demonstrated against the power tariff hike and demanded a
rollback. Led by BJP state vice-president Rajiv Jain, they marched through markets of the town. They handed over a memorandum of theirs demands, addressed to Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, to the Deputy Commissioner, Sonepat. District Revenue Officer Suresh Kumar received it on behalf of the DC. Jain alleged that consumers were getting the hefty power bills due to fast-running meters and an increase in sundry and other charges. |
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Govt claims only 10.1% tariff hike in three years
Chandigarh, January 9 This was lower as compared to about 18 per cent in Rajasthan, 17 per cent in Delhi, 16.5 per cent in UP, 12.7 per cent in Himachal Pradesh, and about 12 per cent in Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. A spokesperson for Haryana power distribution utilities said there was a tariff hike of 13 per cent in Haryana in FY14 against a hike of 25 per cent in Uttar Pradesh, 23 per cent in Andhra Pradesh, 20 per cent in Maharashtra, 16 per cent in Himachal Pradesh
and 12.5 per cent in Rajasthan. Thereafter, there has been no tariff hike in the state as it is an annual exercise. He said the effective power rate for domestic consumers in Haryana at the lowest slab (including FSA, regulatory asset charge, electricity duty etc.) was Rs 3.85 per unit against Rs 4.41+fixed charges in Delhi (before subsidy) and Rs 5.15 per unit in Punjab. The highest slab rate is Rs 7.35 per unit in Haryana as compared to Rs. 7.91+fixed charges per unit in Delhi and Rs 7.28 per unit in Punjab. The tariff for the non-domestic and industrial category was Re 1 per unit cheaper in the state than in Delhi. The tariff in Haryana was comparable to the neighbouring states despite of high loss levels. The approved distribution losses for FY14 are about 25 per cent against 15 per cent approximately in Delhi and Punjab. For a 10 per cent lower loss level, the tariff in Delhi and Punjab is currently higher by about 10 per cent than Haryana. |
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New roads cave in, Rs 2 cr down the drain
Karnal, January 9 While talking to mediapersons at the mini secretariat, Vikas Yadav, Deputy Commissioner, Karnal, said he had got complaints from Model Town, CSSRI-Uchana road, regarding the new roads. People had alleged that the roads got damaged within days of construction. The contractor said it was due to the weather that these roads got damaged. A committee was constituted to assist the MC officer and monitor the construction of roads in the future. Improvement trust Xen, panchayti raj Xen and PWD B&R Xen are the members of this committee, said the DC. He added that the constructors had to look after the maintenance work till one year and had to install a board showing the budget and another things. Deputy Commissioner said joint commissioner of the MC will ensure whether the constructor add a photograph of the board with bill or not. On the question of the shops of Gur Mandi, he answered that the Gur Mandi will be shifted to new grain market soon. Girish Arora, ADC, said three pond systems has been adopted by the administration for proper drainage and it should be a permanent solution for dengue and maleria. |
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Woman delivers in moving bus as hospital refuses to admit her
Jind, January 9 Geeta, from Bhana village, suffered labour pains in the morning. Hoping to get timely treatment, Geeta, along with her brother Mahavir and mother Sunehari, reached Narwana hospital at around 8.30 AM. But the staff at the hospital did not admit her and allegedly kept her waiting outside the general ward for more than 30 minutes. When they refused to admit her even after keeping her waiting, the family members requested for an ambulance to take the patient to Jind hospital. “But they misbehaved with us and refused to give any ambulance to my daughter. Along with my son and daughter, I boarded a private bus to Jind. But when we reached near Uchana, she delivered a female baby on the bus seat. The child died within a few minutes due to lack of medical facilities,” alleged Sunehari. When the bus was proceeding towards Jind, the patient started crying for medical care and near Uchana, other women passengers asked the male passengers to go on the front seats and emptied the backseats, where the patient delivered the baby with the help of untrained passengers. By the time the delivery was completed, the bus had reached near Uchana hospital and the driver took the bus to the hospital. But the newborn had already died before that. “When the bus reached our hospital, I immediately shifted the mother and child to the hospital. But the baby had died by that time,” said a class IV employee of the Uchana hospital. Even the loss of a precious life failed to move the authorities. The senior authorities have denied all the allegations. “The patient did not come to our hospital. We have three ambulances and could have provided one to the patient had they come,” said R K Singla, senior medical officer at Narwana hospital. But Geeta alleged that had the staff acted in time, her child could have been saved. “I have lost my newborn only because they refused to admit me. I will approach senior authorities for action,” said Geeta. When contacted, Jind CMO Dr Jatinder Grewal said he had not received any complaint in this regard. |
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Naib tehsildar remains untraced, police fails to keep deadline
Yamunanagar, January 9 Feeling the heat of a perspective agitation, the police have dropped the name of the missing tehsildar from the
FIR lodged against him by a dhaba owner at Gharaunda Police Station in
Karnal. Police sources said the Yamunanagar police had asked Ishwar Dutt Sharma, SHO, Ghauranda police station and ASI Sukhbir to come to Yamunanagar and join the investigation. Both the officials came here and their statements were recorded by the police team headed by DSP
Ajay Rana who is investigating the case. Sources also added that Dharmbir Sharma, the dhaba owner on whose complaint a case of manhandling had been registered against Rawal at Gharaunda police station, was also interrogated by the police. The SHO and the ASI were sent to the Police Lines on the basis of
the investigation conducted by the Yamunanagar police. On the request of the Yamunanagr police, a team had also visited the place where Rawal’s car was found lying in sugarcane fields at Panjeto village near Chhachhruali. The report of that team was not disclosed. In order to take the people into confidence, Yamunanagar SP Sibas Kaviraj had invited the prominent persons of the Gurjar
community, led by former BJP MLA Kanwar Pal, in the evening. Sources said the SP apprised them about the developments in the case so far and appealed to them to help the police maintain peace. Anand Singh Rawal had gone missing on January 3 and a case of kidnapping was registered against unknown persons by the Sadar Police, Jagadhri. A reward of Rs 1 lakh to anyone giving information in the case was also announced. |
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Woman commits suicide, husband arrested
Ambala, January 9 The police said a case had been registered against them on the complaint of the mother of the deceased, who alleged that her daughter was being harassed by her in-laws for dowry. The post-mortem report ascertained strangulation as the cause of the death, hospital sources said. Rachna belonged to Chandigarh and got married to Rohit five year ago. She is survived by two daughters. Subhash Chander, the father of the deceased, who is a retired IAF official, has also held the in-laws responsible. After the postmortem, the relatives of the deceased refused to take the possession of the body and demanded thorough search of the in-laws house. |
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Murder victim’s family alleges police inaction
Kurukshetra, January 9 Seema, the deceased’s sister, said “Besides Pardeep, some more people must have been involved in the crime because she was an athlete and one man alone could not kill her. Sarla’s children saw the crime but her in-laws are not allowing us to meet them and the police are not listening to us”. Pardeep is still at large. Meanwhile, Indian women hockey player Rani Rampal extended her support to the victim’s family. and demanded justice. |
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Nod to 226 flood-control schemes
Directing the DCs and the superintendent engineers (SEs) of the Irrigation Department to ensure speedy implementation of these schemes, Hooda warned that dereliction of duty would be strictly dealt with. He directed the officers concerned to submit progress reports on these schemes within a month. He was apprised that 90 per cent work of the Bhiwani-Ghaggar drain has been completed. With its completion, the people would not have to face waterlogging and water-borne diseases. Hooda was informed that at Panipat about 9- km drain starting from the railway line had been completed at a cost of Rs 44 crore. The Panipat DC sought extending this drain to upstream of Ambala-Delhi railway Line for which the board agreed subject to the feasibility study by a joint committee of officers of HUDA, Irrigation and Public Health Departments. The Chief Minister was apprised that efforts had been made to strengthen the embankment of Beri-Dujjana drain in Jhajjar district so as to redress the problem of sloughing. Acting strict
Hooda has asked the DCs and the superintendent engineers of the Irrigation Department to ensure speedy implementation of these schemes. Besides, he has warned that dereliction of duty will be dealt with strictly. He has directed the officers concerned to submit progress reports on these schemes within a month. |
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VAT proceeds up 9.92 pc
Chandigarh January 9 Excise and Taxation Minister Kiran Choudhry said here that the VAT collections up to November, 2013, were Rs. 10493.76 crore, which was 9.92 per cent more as compared to that of the corresponding period last year. She said Rs1143.41 crore was collected as central sales tax up to November, 2013, during the current financial year, showing an increase of 10.92 per cent over the collections made in the corresponding period last financial year. The minister said the excise collection was Rs 2536.22 crore up to November, 2013, which was 13.83 per cent higher as compared to that in the corresponding period last financial year. Choudhry said the department had recorded an increase of 22.44 per cent in entertainment tax collections up to November, 2013, by collecting more than Rs43.31 crore as compared to over Rs 35 crore during the corresponding period of the year 2012-13. The passenger and goods tax collection was over Rs 316.42 crore during the same period this financial year. |
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selection of teachers Saurabh Malik Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, January 9 With this, the High Court has laid to rest the controversy over carrying out selections from a state merit list after discarding district-wise merit lists by bringing together all candidates interviewed in various districts. The ruling came on a bunch of writ petitions filed by Ram Kumar and other petitioners against Haryana regarding the selection of Hindi, Punjabi and Sanskrit, PTI and art & craft teachers. They had challenged the selection to the posts on the ground that these were made from a state merit list after pooling all candidates interviewed in various districts en bloc, discarding district-wise merit list for vacancies in each district. This, according to the petitioners, constituted infraction of the relevant rules under which the posts belonged to the district cadre and the appointing authority was the District Education Officer (DEO). The petitioners added the state had erred in advertising 622 posts with the state as a whole as far as PTI teachers were concerned. A similar challenge was mounted for the other categories also. They argued that the selection should have been carried out at the district level since the cadre was district-wise; and the preparation of a state-wise selection list was erroneous. Dismissing the petitions, Justice Kannan asserted: "The constitution of district-wise selection committees or receipt of district-wise application forms may be permissible but a restriction of applications only for candidates belonging to that particular district will bring in a preference on the basis of residence, and allow for a lopsided selection of varying merit criteria for each district which will be arbitrary." "The merit list has to be at the state level?. The selection authority may take preferences of candidates belonging to the particular district or nearby places as relevant to their postings. Beyond this level, there can be no constitutionally permissible district preference in the manner of selection".
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Khanna suicide Tribune News Service
Ambala, January 9 Anil Kaushik, the prosecution counsel in the case, today moved the court for the framing of charges against Ram Kishan Gujjar. After hearing the arguments put up by the prosecution and defence counsel, the court fixed February 7 as the next date of hearing to decide on the framing of charges against Gujjar. Khanna had committed suicide by consuming celphos tablets. In his suicide note, he had blamed MLA Ram Kishan Gujjar and two of his supporters, including Ajit Aggarwal and Vijay Aggarwal, who are already facing trail in the case, for creating circumstances that forced him to take the extreme step. He had alleged that Ajit and Vijay had been being harassing and humiliated him at the behest of the MLA. Soon after the incident, Khanna’s relatives had blocked the state highway demanding registration of a case against the MLA and others. The district police, on June 11, 2009, had registered a case against the MLA and his two supporters under Sections 306 and 34 of the IPC at a Naraingarh police station. Yashpal Khanna, father of the deceased, had alleged his son had carried some reports in the newspaper that were against the MLA, following which false cases had been registered against him to harass him. He had stated that his son had been subjected to mental agony.
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Professor hurt in group clash
Jind, January 9 Reports said some students of BSc part-1 were playing cricket in the college ground while professor Surender was watching. When a batsman played a shot, the ball hit two outsiders, who were also roaming in the ground. Though the ball did not cause any injury, the boys started abusing the students. Just when the groups were about to clash, Surender came in and tried to pacify them. Unwilling to tolerate the interference of the professor, the outsiders called their other friends and within minutes attacked Surender with sharp-edged weapons. The perpetrators fled before college staff came to his rescue. “It was my duty as a professor to pacify both the groups. I have informed the police about the incident,” said Surender, who has been admitted at the local civil hospital. Some students standing near the ground alleged lack of security in the college. They alleged that outsiders could easily enter the college. The entry of outsiders must be banned in the college, they said. In charge of the civil lines police post Sombir said they had registered a case in this regard. |
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Deepender calls off inauguration
Rewari, January 9 Some irate elements also uprooted the inaugural stone of Kisan Bhawan. In the meantime, distinguished residents of Kosli held a meeting in which it was announced that if preference was not given to Kosli in the inauguration of the two projects, they would not allow it
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Rs 1 lakh each for three Sirsa shopkeepers
Sirsa, January 9 Rahul Setia’s wife, Sunita Setia, is eying the Congress ticket from the Sirsa assembly seat. He demanded that the DHBVN should compensate the shopkeepers
for their loss as the fire had occurred due to a short-circuit. |
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209 quacks booked
Chandigarh, January 9 Dr Rakesh Gupta,Mission Director, National Health Mission, said FIRs had been registered in 22 cases under the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques
(PNDT) Act. He said that the state had been divided into seven zones to check the maternal and infant mortality rate. So far, meetings had been held with officers of the Health Department of 16 districts under the mission. |
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Burglars decamp with oil containers
Ambala, January 9 The owner of the godown has handed over the footage from the camera to the police. Some workers were sleeping in the upper storey of the godown but they came to know about the incident in the morning today when one of the neighbours informed Jitender, a cousin of the owner of the godown, after seeing the shutter broken. The exact loss has not been estimated so far but Jitendar said it could be around Rs 30 to 40 lakh. A case against unknown burglars was registered at Baldevnagar police station today. No breakthrough has been achieved in the case so far. Around a fortnight back, burglars had targeted the godown of a transport company on the Ambala- Naraingarh Road and had taken away containers of transformer oil worth Rs 40 lakh. |
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Woman attempts immolation
Jhajjar, January 9 The police were investigating the matter while no case was registered till filing of the news. The police said Vibha set herself on fire when she was alone in the house. Some neighbours on getting information about the incident rushed to the house and doused the flames but she had suffered severe burn injuries by then. They then took her to civil hospital. “The exact reason behind this extreme step will be ascertained after recording of the victim’s statement ,” said the police. — TNS |
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Man held for dowry death
Rewari, January 9 He was yesterday produced in a court, which remanded him in judicial custody. The police had registered a case of dowry death against Sanjay, his mother and younger brother on a complaint filed by Alwar resident Tara Chand, brother of the victim. |
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