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HARYANA BUDGET SESSION BJP legislator Anil Vij (left) interacts with INLD leader Abhay Singh during the Budget session of the Assembly in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
INLD leaders walk out during discussion on Guv’s Address
Five killed, 2 hurt as goods train rams into car in Sirsa
Attempt to portray khaps in good light
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Power issues dominate Question Hour
Haryana’s Shame
Haemophilia centre opened in Faridabad
With Jain in jail, no one to look after his constituency
Forest officer airs grievances on social networking
site
Stricter rules to check sale of drugs from March 1
Meeting rising grain demand ‘challenge’ for farmers
Abetment to suicide case
Over 800 girls of Sirsa college receive degrees
Four tea traders killed in mishap Woman, kin seek police protection Nari Niketan inmate flees hospital, found CM lays stone for ‘tower of justice’ in Gurgaon NDRI plans school for farmers Pay through stamps, get RTI info Cash prize for NCC cadet
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CM flays Oppn conduct
Tribune News service
About the Lokayukta report, Hooda said the government had referred the matter back to the Lokayukta for review. The Lokayukta had given its report and the government was examining it, he said. Commenting on the letter written by Public Health Engineering Minister Kiran Chaudhary and MP Shruti Chaudhary about the murder of a BJP leader, Hooda said they had sought justice and strict action against the culprits. ‘I have directed that those found guilty in the case should not be spared and the innocent should not be implicated’, the Chief Minister added. Hooda said the government had always taken care of the interest of guest teachers, adding that all guest teachers terminated during their dharna would be reinstated. INLD, BJP assail govt attitude
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INLD leaders walk out during discussion on Guv’s Address
Chandigarh, February 25 As Congress MLA Anand Singh Dangi initiated the discussion on the Governor’s Address, Chautala and Arora were on their feet pleading with Speaker Kuldeep Sharma to revoke the suspension of 25 MLAs. The 25 MLAs were named by the Speaker for disprupting the proceedings of the House in protest against his decision to disallow an adjournment motion on the Fauji issue. Saying that the Opposition wanted to raise public issues on the floor of the House, Chautala asserted that all they wanted was a statement from Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on the Fauji issue. Joining his party colleague, INLD MLA Ashok Arora wanted the government to make a statement on the letter written by state minister Kiran Choudhry and her MP daughter Shruti Choudhry to the Chief Minister and the Governor in connection with the killing of a BJP leader in Bhiwani. Even as the INLD leaders were on their feet, several Congress members, including Naresh Sharma, Fauji, Shakuntla Khatak and Anil Dhantori, virtually came to the Well of the House protesting against Chautala’s remarks against Fauji. However, Chautala later expressed regrets over his remarks. As the INLD members’ pleas for the revocation of suspension of INLD members failed, Chautala and Arora staged a walkout. The Speaker said it was for the House to revoke the MLAs’ suspension. However, Hooda, who is also the Leader of the House, parried questions to the revocation of the suspension of the INLD MLAs, saying that the House should run smoothly so that decisions about public welfare could be taken. |
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Missing line of defence
Randeep Surjewala, Parliamentary Affairs Minister and Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s troubleshooter, was clearly not in his elements. The young minister, who is the government’s first line of defence with his oratorical skills and shrill voice, surprisingly kept quite even when the Opposition tried to put the government on the mat on the issue of CLU ‘scam’ involving CPS Ram Kishan Fauji and state minister’s Kiran Choudhry’s alleged involvement in a murder case in Bhiwani. The countering of the Opposition was left to the second-rung leaders, relying more on lung power than argumentative skills. Well, is it on account of greater role given to Surjewala as the AICC spokesman or there is something more than meets the eye? Unlucky INLD MLA
Luck was not on the side of senior INLD MLA Ram Pal Majra. First, when turn came for his question in the Question Hour, the clock stuck 3, signalling the end of the Question Hour. Later, his adjournment motion on malnutrition in the state was lost in the din between the Treasury Benches and the Opposition, ultimately to be rejected by the Speaker. Last but not the least, the former CPS was suspended for the rest of the session for disrupting the proceedings of the House. Fumbling FM
Finance Minister HS Chattha, who also holds the irrigation portfolio, was at his worst again. The senior minister, who is to present the ‘populist’ state Budget on February 28, fumbled for words when giving out statistics for the Jind district represented by the Opposition MLAs. With lots of statistics to be rattled out during the Budget, one can image the condition of the Finance Minister. Abhay vs Fauji
It was INLD MLA Abhay Chautala versus CPS Ram Kishan Fauji again in the Vidhan Sabha. Chautala, who once faced music for allegedly threatening Fauji, was today quick to apologise for his 'disrespectful' behaviour towards the Dalit MLA, facing allegations of demanding bribe for the grant of CLU permission. —
Pradeep Sharma |
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Five killed, 2 hurt as goods train rams into car in Sirsa
Suchan (Sirsa), February 25
Madan Lal (45), his nephew Aditya (10), Sudhir (23), Hardutt (52) and Dhollu (17) died on the spot while Subhash (35) and his son Rajiv (12) were seriously injured. The mishap occurred at about 10.30 pm. The villagers, who assembled in a large number at the accident site in the morning today, said the wedding party of Manjit, son of Om Prakash from Arnianwali in Sirsa, had come to the bride’s house at a dhani located between Suchan and Jodhkan village. The unmanned crossing, where the accident occurred, is right in front of the dhani that hosted the wedding. “The bride’s family had deployed some persons to provide green signal to baratis’ vehicles in order to avert any accident. But when this ill-fated car approached the rail crossing late in the night, nobody was there to provide signal,” said Roshan Lal Suchan, a villager. As soon as the car approached the rail crossing, the car driver noticed a speeding goods train coming from the Sirsa side. He tried his best to avoid any mishap, but failed. The train dragged the car to a distance of nearly 150 meters before it stopped. Police was informed who, with the help of villagers, extricated bodies from the mangled car facing a lot of difficulty. Narrow escape Shahabad (Kurukshetra): Passengers on board the Tata Muri-Jammu Tawi Express had a narrow escape when it hit a sugarcane-laden tractor-trailer near Jainpur, Shahabad, on Tuesday. Nobody was injured in the accident. The accident delayed the train passengers for almost three hours. — TNS
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Attempt to portray khaps in good light
Kurukshetra, February 25 She concedes that there have been some instances wherein khaps have been found guilty. She adds, “Most of the time, khaps were falsely implicated for individuals' decisions in respective cases. Those who have been commenting on khaps are not aware of the ground reality.” Talking to The Tribune, Dahiya says, “We all were taken by surprise when the khaps decided to form the mahila wing in May 2010. The decision was taken because women could play a decisive role in curbing honour killings and women's sufferings. And the khap panchayats have been holding meetings and working on issues in Haryana and other states since then.” She says, “It has been found that people are not aware of the ideology and working of khaps. Hence, we have decided to raise awareness among the state's people. Women’s cells are being set up in every district. Currently, cells have been set up in Kurukshetra, Karnal, Sonepat, Jind, Rohtak, Hisar, Kaithal and Panchkula. The rest will be filled in the near future." "After this, mahila wings will be set up on the gram panchayat level as well as in the state," she says. Not only household women with rural background but also the highly educated and working women have extended their support, she states. “Women from Delhi and Gurgaon have also joined us. In Jind, Narwana, Kaithal, Pai, Rohtak and Meham choubisi, there were about 2,000 to 4,000 women in every meeting, says Dahiya, adding, “We don’t want youngsters to be fed with wrong information. Thus, young khap members have started raising the issue in social media.” |
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Power issues dominate Question Hour
Chandigarh, February 25 On a question by Abhay Chautala on a number of thermal plants and the reasons for shutting them down and buying power from private suppliers, the minister said the government wanted cheap power to the consumers. Capt Yadav pointed out that the government had launched a pillar box scheme whereby consumers could have
their meters moved outside their homes. "We have have announced 24-hour power supply to all such villages," he explained. INLD's Ashok Arora said villagers in the minister's own constituency as also in Bhiwani had rejected the scheme outrightly and declared they would be the last to come into the initiative's fold. "Something is amiss. If the government and its ministers are unable to convince the consumers in their constituencies,
why would those of the Opposition go for this scheme?" he said. INLD's Parminder Dhull sought to know the fate of the 200-bed hospital announced by the CM in his constituency while Sumita Singh said the bus stand project for Karnal was still hanging fire. |
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Cong ex-minister Gahlawat quits
Sonepat, February 25 In reply to a question, she praised BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and said there was a "Modi wave" in North India. She said he was competent enough to lead the country. About her future plans, she said she will meet her supporters tomorrow and the final decision to join any party would be taken after consultations with them. She, however,
hinted on joining a national party. Gahlawat was a state cabinet minister from 1996 to 1999 and held important party posts, including vice-president of the All India Mahila Congress. She also served as chairman of the Haryana Social welfare Advisory Board and chairman of the Textile Committee. |
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Two held for Dalit girl’s rape
Tribune News Service
Jind, February 25 "When the girl’s family members found her missing, they started searching for her. On realising that her family was looking for her, the accused freed her and threatened to kill her and her family if she told them about the incident," said Julana Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Suresh Kumar. However, she told her family, who took her to the police station for filing a complaint. The medical examination of the girl confirmed the rape. "Both the accused have been arrested. We have collected all vital evidence with the help of forensic experts," said the DSP. Man
held for raping niece
Karnal: The Butana police have arrested a
35-year-old man for allegedly raping his 21-year-old niece. The accused,
Inderjeet of Panipat, allegedly took his niece with him on February 20,
raped her and threatened to kill her if she informed anyone about the
act. He was booked under Sections 363, 376, 506 of the IPC and nabbed
from Panipat. 2 sent to judicial custody
Kurukshetra: A local court
has sent two youths to judicial custody for allegedly abducting a minor
girl. In a complaint to the Sadar police on February 19, the victim’s
father alleged that someone had kidnapped his daughter. During
investigation, the police arrested Somnath, a resident of Doda Khedi,
and Gulshan alias Sachin, a resident of Darra Khedi in the district.
Both were produced in the court which remanded them in judicial
custody. Man held for sodomy
Karnal: February 25 The Gharaunda police
have arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly sodomising a 12-year-old
boy. In a police complaint, the victim’s father alleged Fateh Singh,
a resident of Furlak, sodomised his son yesterday. Fateh was booked
under Section 377, IPC, and the POCSO Act. |
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Haemophilia centre opened in Faridabad
Faridabad, February 25 He said it was the first such centre in the state which would take care of the specialised treatment required to be given
to all those suffering from blood disorder of haemophilia. Dr Yadav said nearly 70 patients from Faridabad, Palwal and Gurgaon districts were registered with at the centre at present. Besides the OPD, the
centre would provide free treatment which includes provision of injections which costs at least Rs 5,000 per month to an individual at a
private hospital. He said the centre had already acquired around 1,100 injections to deal with problem. The centre has also released helpline number 8130097213 for the patients. Speaking on the occasion, Asha Hooda said the state government would be extending such a facility in all districts besides ensuring that basic health facilities to all residents. She distributed haemophilia kits to 69 patients. About the centre
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With Jain in jail, no one to look after his constituency
Panipat, February 25 Recently, Bhupinder Singh Hooda led Congress government regularised 875 unauthorised colonies in the state, but none of the 67 illegal colonies falling under Jain’s segment were regularised. Interestingly, only 20 illegal colonies of Panipat district falling under the two Assembly segments of Panipat City and Samalkha were among the list of 875 unauthorised colonies which were regularised recently. Of the 20 illegal colonies, four colonies fall under Panipat city Assembly segment, represented by Congress MLA Balbir Pal Shah, whereas the remaining 16 fall in Samalkha Assembly segment represented by HJC MLA Dharam Singh Chhokhar, who supports the Hooda government. While none of the 67 illegal colonies represented by Independent MLA Om Prakash Jain have been regularised, the area of Israna INLD MLA Krishan Lal Panwar had also been ignored. While Panwar accused the Hooda government of adopting favouritism in regularising colonies and carrying out other development works, Panipat senior deputy mayor Kajal Bathla expressed hope that the illegal colonies under Jain’s segment would be regularised soon. Representing ward 1, Bathla said she had met the CM and the DC several times for getting the illegal colonies falling under her areas regularised at the earliest. She said the survey of illegal colonies falling under Panipat rural Assembly segment was on and that they would be regularised
soon. |
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Forest officer airs grievances on social networking
site
Sirsa, February 25 Conservator of Forests Vinod Bhatia has taken the Facebook route to air his grievances against Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Chhotu Ram Jotriwal, who, he alleged, has been blackmailing him for “not falling in tune to his diktats.” Expressing his frustration, Bhatia said: “In government system, honesty has become a rare species ever so threatened like never before.” Bhatia, presently posted as the Conservator of Forests (Monitoring and Evaluation), has posted his six-page annual confidential report (ACR) for 2011-12 on the Facebook, which shows his boss GK Ahuja, then Chief Conservator of Forests (Production) and presently on deputation to the AYUSH Department as its Director General, gave him 9 out of 10 grades in his ACR on May 15, 2012. However, Jotriwal gave Bhatia 3.5 out of 10. Ahuja found Bhatia’s integrity “beyond doubt” in the ACR signed by him. In the pen-picture of the officer, Ahuja wrote, “The officer has very good managerial abilities. He is hardworking and has very good leadership qualities. Professionally, he is very sound with good communication skills, both oral and written. His attitude towards work is very positive and possesses very good planning and decision making abilities. He can motivate subordinates for good work.” Jotriwal wrote that he did not agree with the assessment done by the earlier reporting authority and gave Bhatia 3.5 grades out of 10 instead. When contacted, Jotriwal maintained that the grades given to Bhatia were based on his records and denied allegations of “blackmail” levelled by the officer. Interestingly, in Sanjeev Chaturvedi’s case, Vinod Bhatia, as his immediate boss, had given 9.5 and 8.75 out of 10 grades to him while writing his ACR of 2010-11 and 2011-12, respectively. As reviewing authority, GK Ahuja gave him 9 and 8.5 grades, respectively. When the file went to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Chaturvedi was given 3.5 grades out of 10 for both years. On a memorial filed by Chaturvedi, the President expunged the adverse remarks and restored him the outstanding grades awarded by the reporting and the reviewing authorities on January 31, 2014.
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Court reserves order on Kanda bail plea
New Delhi, February 25 The police, during the argument, opposed the bail plea of Kanda saying he may influence the witnesses and tamper with the evidence. Additional Public Prosecutor Rajiv Mohan claimed Kanda had given false documents related to treatment of his wife at a government hospital here to secure bail. The prosecution claim was opposed by the counsel for Kanda who told the judge that it was a typographical error and the police could verify from the hospital. Kanda had approached the court on February 17 seeking bail on the ground that he had to look after his ailing wife. He said he was under judicial custody for the past 18 months and the probe into the case had also been completed. Kanda's counsel had also told the court that the charges of sexual exploitation had been dropped against him by the Delhi High Court and earlier bail applications of his client were rejected on the ground that there were serious charges of sexual exploitation against him. Kanda had surrendered before the police on August 18, 2012, while Aruna Chadha, Kanda's employee and co-accused in the case, was arrested on August 8, 2012. The High Court had recently granted bail
to Chadha. The trial in the case had begun on May 27 last year when the court recorded the statements of eight witnesses, including police personnel and the doctor who had conducted the postmortem of the victim. Chadha and Kanda are accused of abetting the suicide of the 23-year-old former airhostess who was earlier employed in Kanda's MDLR Airlines. Both the accused have also been charged with forgery for cheating and harming the reputation of the victim. The airhostess was found dead on August 5, 2012, at her Ashok Vihar residence in northwest Delhi. In her suicide note, she had said she was ending her life due to "harassment" by Kanda and Chadha.
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Stricter rules to check sale of drugs from March 1
Rewari, February 25 The chemists will now have to maintain the record of drug supply, including names and addresses of patients and doctors prescribing the medicines and the quantity of drugs sold. These medicines were recently listed in Schedule-H 1 of the Act, which regulates the import, manufacture, distribution and sale of drugs and cosmetics. Amandeep Chauhan, Drug Controller Officer (DCO), Rewari, said 46 drugs, including 24 antibiotics and 11 intoxicated, had side-effects due to which doctors suggested a fixed dose as per the patients’ condition. “A record of doctors prescribing the drugs, patients and the quantity of drugs sold will be maintained by chemists in writing for the next three years and they will be bound to show the record during inspections by officials of the Department of Food and Drug Administration,” said Chauhan. Stern action would be taken against those found flouting these rules, which includes cancellation of the chemist's licence, said the DCO. “The action is being taken following the notification of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, which has recently amended the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. The new guidelines will be implemented from March 1,” said Chauhan. New rules for chemists
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Meeting rising grain demand ‘challenge’ for farmers
Karnal, February 26 "We have got to boost agricultural production in the country to meet the increasing demand for foodgrains," he said. Addressing farmers and rural youth from across the country after inaugurating a three-day National Dairy Mela organised by the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Dr Kokate said the country had produced 132 million tonnes milk, 263 million tonnes foodgrains and 269 million tonnes fruits and vegetables in 2013. He laid stress on increasing production of pulses and oilseeds, which were still imported. He said quality research and quality human resources were the need of the hour. Arjun draws onlookers
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15 protesters booked for roadblock
Tribune News Service
Rohtak, February 25 The girl, who was a class X student and a resident of Sisar Khas village under Meham subdivision, had allegedly committed suicide due to harassment by an upper-caste youth of the village. The police resorted to lathicharge during the protest, during which a scuffle broke out between police officials and the protesters. Those who have been booked include state BSP secretary Balwan Singh, local party leader Satyawan, student leader Vikram Singh Damoliya, Balwant Singh, Mehar Singh Hooda, Dr Gulshan Kumar, Savitri Devi. Meanwhile, the police produced Naresh, accused of abetting the girl to suicide, before a local court, which sent him to judicial custody for 14 days.
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Over 800 girls of Sirsa college receive degrees
Sirsa, February 25 College principal Dr Shamim Sharma said those who graduated
from the college from 2009 to 2013 were given degrees at the convocation today. In his address, Dr Mahip Singh said while women have been oppressed for centuries, today, they
are on the forefront in every field. He said a country where women are educated
definitely has a bright future. He said not only does education make a person self-reliant but also it ensures his or
her participation in nation-building. Jain said with the world changing fast, old notions were undergoing a sea change. "One's education is a never-ending process. One can keep getting education and acquiring degrees throughout one's life and in the process, add to one's career prospects," she added. Hardyal Singh Gadrana, president of the college management committee, thanked the guests. |
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Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today criticised the Opposition for its conduct in the House.
The Health Department has started a day care centre for heamophilia patients at BK Civil Hospital here. The centre will provide consultation and treatment to haemophilic patients of the region. There are nearly 1,200 such patients in the state.
Dr Virender Yadav, in charge, Blood Bank of the civil hospital, said the centre was inaugurated by Asha
Hooda, chairperson, Haryana Bal Kalyan Parishad, yesterday.
Karnal, February 26
Chandigarh, February 25