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Cong seeks support of all 36 castes
Congress nominees’ show of strength before filling papers
INLD candidate fails to impress SGPC member
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BJP's Virender Verma rejoins BSP
Recruitment of junior engineers Married
woman abducted by kin, rescued
Assistant linemen to boycott work
21-member committee to resolve Kosli-Bhakli row
Army man ‘pays’ for same ‘gotra’ wedding
Over 3.5 lakh INLD workers at booth level, says Abhay
Four held for bike theft
Youth killed in group clash
2 file papers in Faridabad on first day
Only Guv, CJ can use red beacons: Govt
250 graduates get degrees
1 booked for raping cousin
Youth drowns in Brahma Sarovar
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Cong seeks support of all 36 castes
Danoda (Jind), March 15 “I will take all possible steps to provide Central reservation to all five castes which have been provided reservation in Haryana on an economic basis. We know that people are poor in every community and have been fighting for reservation to provide balanced growth to all communities,” Hooda asserted. The palpable nervousness among Congress leaders due to protests of non-Jat communities could be gauged from the fact that both Hooda and Surjewala devoted a major portion of their respective speeches to clarify that they were not working only for the welfare of Jats and cared for all communities. Hooda devoted 16 minutes of his 25-minute speech to clarify the reservation policy of the Congress. Surjewala devoted 11 minutes of his 18-minute speech to reservation. They not only repeatedly mentioned various castes which had been granted reservation in Haryana, but repeatedly requested all 36 castes to support them as well. “Reservation is the need of hour if we really want to help the poor grow. The Congress has always provided reservation to all communities which needed it,” Surjewala said. “Reservation for Jats does not mean that other communities will not get their due. We have provided reservation to Jats without hurting the interests of others,” he added. The khap leaders who had organised the function did not announce their support for the Congress. Though Hooda did not seek votes directly, he sought the support of all and gave credit to his son and Member of Parliament from Rohtak Deepender Hooda in securing reservation for Jats. “Only leaders convicted by court can be termed as tainted. There is no other definition of a tainted leader. No Congress leader is shying away from contesting the elections,” Surjewala said. |
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Congress nominees’ show of strength before filling papers
Jhajjar, March 15 Deepender had been on bed rest for a month due to a spinal problem and his mother Asha Hooda, along with MLAs of all nine Assembly segments in the Rohtak parliamentary constituency, had held the reins of his poll campaign and begun efforts to make the show successful. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had addressed a public meeting in Rohtak to invite the people for the ‘naamaankan’ rally to ensure a good gathering at the rally. The rally aimed at providing a public platform to Deepender for making an emotional appeal to the people to get their votes and support in the upcoming poll, the sources said. Doctors had advised Deepender to stay away from canvassing and he would not be able to campaign after the rally, they said, adding that it would be Deepender’s first public appearance after over a month. Shruti and her mother Kiran Choudhry, the Public Health Minister, had been holding public meetings in rural areas ever since ever the declaration of the poll schedule. Both had covered over 100 villages in Bhiwani and Mahendragarh districts so far. They had been calling upon villagers to reach Bhiwani on March 21 to make Shruti’s show of strength successful.
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INLD candidate fails to impress SGPC member
While Rori has claimed that during his meeting with the SGPC member, Tilokewala had assured him of his support, the latter has maintained that the INLD nominee had visited his gurdwara to pay obeisance and nothing more should be read out of it. Immediately after the INLD announced his candidature from Sirsa parliamentary seat, the SAD MLA from Kalanwali Charanjit Singh Rori went to Tilokewala Gurdwara on Friday to seek blessings from Sant Gurmeet Singh
Tilokewala, who wields considerable influence on and commands respects from Sikhs living in this area. “Sant has given me his blessings and has assured me his support. He has also thanked the INLD for fielding two Sikh candidates in Haryana,” Rori said. However, Tilokewala denied Rori’s claim and said the SAD MLA had visited his gurdwara to seek blessings and he had wished him luck. “I am yet to decide what course to take in the coming elections and will reach a decision after taking into account all factors. People know well how Rori’s SAD and the INLD tried their best to defeat me in the SGPC elections. Ideally, the SAD should have fielded me in the SGPC elections, taking into account my services to the
Panth,” Tilokewala said. In the SGPC elections in 2011, Tilokewala, who filed his nomination as an Independent from Sirsa seat, had defeated SAD candidate Prakash Singh
Sahuwala. During Haryana SGPC's agitation outside MP Ashok Tanwar’s residence earlier this month, its president Jagdish Singh Jhinda had announced Tilokewala’s entry in his outfit. However, Tilokewala today said he had not joined the
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BJP's Virender Verma rejoins BSP
Karnal, March 15 After joining the BSP, Verma alleged that the BJP state and national leadership had promised him that they would not impose an outsider on them and now, they had given the seat to the HJC. He said he would fill his nomination on March 18. As per the pre-poll alliance, the BJP has eight seats and the HJC have two seats in Haryana. HJC chief Kuldeep Bishnoi has already announced that his party would contest from Karnal and Hisar seats. On the other hand, BJP state spokesman Jagmohan Anand said the party would not be affected with Verma’s quit. In the 2009 elections, Congress candidate Arvind Sharma defeated Verma (BSP) by a margin of 76,246 votes. Maratha was ahead of Arvind Sharma in Karnal district by 14,513 votes and had a huge lead in the Gharaunda, Nilokheri and Indri Assembly segments but Panipat came to Arvind’s rescue and he got an impressive lead in all the four Assembly segments.
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Recruitment of junior engineers Selection panel told to put details of successful candidates online Manish Sirhindi Tribune News Service
Ambala, March 15 The order came on the petition of an Ambala-based RTI activist, who had sought information about the procedure followed and candidates selected by the commission for the posts of junior engineer in 2009. Jugjeevan Pal, a diploma-holder in civil engineering, had applied, but was not selected. He filed an RTI plea in August 2010, seeking information on 15 points, including procedure and qualification of the selected. The HSSC denied the information on the grounds that it was exempt from providing it. Following this, he moved the SIC, which directed him to file an application with the appellant authority of the HSSC. The appellant authority disposed it of without providing information. He then filed a plea with the SIC, which took up the matter. In a order passed on March 3, it told the HSSC to upload marks awarded along with marks of viva voce of candidates selected on the official website. The SIC imposed a penalty of Rs 25,000 on the SPIO of the HSSC and awarded a compensation of Rs 15,000 to the applicant. Jugjeevan Pal said the information furnished was inadequate. He said the SIC ordered that he was entitled inspect the record of selections, but he was not provided a copy of the record. The case
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Married woman abducted by kin, rescued Hisar, March 14 Police spokesperson Harish Bhardwaj said that woman, a resident of Mugalpura village, married her lover Sandeep Kumar of Faridpur village on January 15. As the couple sensed a threat of honour killing from the bride’s family, the police had lodged them in a protection home under police protection after the marriage. A few days later, the couple had started living in Uklana town. On Friday evening, when Sandeep was bringing his wife from her college on his motorcycle, a car overtook them and forced them to stop. Its occupants -- reportedly the woman’s relatives -- forced Sandeep's wife into their car and drove away. When Sandeep informed the police, Uklana SHO alerted the beat police personnel who gave the car a brief chase. The police registered a case of wrongful confinement and kidnapping against three members of woman's family and other accomplices and began a search operation. As the accused saw the police closing in on their location, they fled leaving the woman behind. She was reunited with her husband on Friday night.
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Assistant linemen to boycott work
Jind, March 15 "We have decided to stop work. When we went to the SDO for salaries, he said he did not have the money to pay us as the department had not extended term sanction. Many have decided to stop work and others will do so in the next few days if the department fails to release term sanction," said an assistant lineman. Many assistant linemen claimed that their seniors had assured them in February of early renewal of their contracts, but the authorities had now refused to release their salaries. The department had hired assistant linemen on Rs 7,800 a month some years back. Their salary was hiked to Rs 11,800 per month. The department used to renew term sanction of service every six months as they were yet to be regularised. "Their contracts have not been renewed and the file is pending. We have not received money to pay them" said KC Dhanda, SDO. He said many assistant linemen had stopped working on overhead lines and electricity poles. "The union took up the case for renewal of their contracts many times, but the authorities were yet to act," said Suresh Khasa, district president, Haryana State Electricity Board Workers Union. Assistant linemen claimed their total number was 350 while the authorities said the number of staff affected was around 270. "Term sanction will be renewed. It was delayed due to some problems at the head office," said SK Bhardawaj, SE. |
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21-member committee to resolve Kosli-Bhakli row
Kosli (Rewari), March 15 Subhash Yadav, who presided over the mahapanchayat, said the committee would interact with residents of both the villages and sort out the issue. However, not a single resident of Bhakli village participated in the meeting. An elderly man was killed and 15 others were injured when a group of people from Bhakli village allegedly attacked Kosli residents10 days ago. The villagers were taking out a protest march against the naming of Bhakli village on the inauguration stone of a railway overbridge and Kisan Rest House. The protesters wanted the name of Kosli on the inauguration stone but the district authorities inaugurated both the projects without the name of Kosli. Both the projects have been constructed in Kosli town. “The mahapanchayat was convened to restore brotherhood among the residents of both the villages, but no firm decision could be taken. Hence, a 21-member committee has been formed to pursue the issue further,” said Vijay Azad, vice-president of the Kosli Naam Bachao Sangharsh Samiti. |
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Army man ‘pays’ for same ‘gotra’ wedding
Narnaul, March 15 The incident took place at Simha village, about 15 km from here, on the directive of the panchayat. Harpal is a serving Army man posted in Assam. He and his wife belong to the Ahir caste. The police reached the village on getting the information, rescued Harpal and took him to a hospital. Following this, he had to leave the village. “This action was required to stop other youths from violating the custom which does not allow wedding within same ‘gotra’ and village. We have not committed a crime by punishing him,” said a villager. Sources said Harpal married his neighbour at a temple in Hyderabad in 2008 despite family objections. He had got the marriage registered in Assam when he was transferred there. The couple avoided visiting the village for five years. Harpal arrived in the village alone on Tuesday, hoping that the row had ended. |
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Farmer commits suicide, 10 booked
Sonepat, March 15 On the basis of a suicide note left by him, a case under Sections 120-B, 306 and 506 of the IPC has been registered in Kundli police station against 10 persons, including the TDI company's manager, Suman Bhandari, and Head Constable Ashok Kumar of the Kundli police station. In his suicide note, Rajinder stated that he owned around two acres of land in the village. He said he was being repeatedly harassed by TDI's bouncers, who claimed that the land belonged to their company. He said he had also filed a case in the court against the TDI's claim of the land's ownership. He alleged that Head Constable Ashok Kumar, instead of listening to his grievances, favoured the company's persons. No one has been arrested so far. |
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Over 3.5 lakh INLD workers at booth level, says Abhay
Sonepat, March 15 “The people had made up their mind to get rid of the Congress and the workers should not miss this opportunity,” he said, adding that there was wave like “Bhag Milkha Bhag” among Congress leaders added. State INLD president Ashok Arora, Padam Singh Dahiya and other senior leaders of the party also addressed the meeting. |
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Four held for bike theft
Karnal, March 15 Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), headquarters, Joginder Singh Rathi said the thieves stole bikes from Karnal, Kurukshetra and Kaithal. The accused have been identified as Ranjeet of Bihar, Krishna of Kurukshetra, Ikram of Gangoh (UP) and Sunil of Kunjpura. The DSP said the police arrested Ranjeet and Krishna on March 7 and they revealed that they had stolen 20 bikes from Haryana and sold 10 bikes to Ikram and one bike to Sunil.
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celebration, the day provided an opportunity to ponder over how one could overcome shortcomings and build a better future.
Mishra said the aim
of acquiring education should not merely getting jobs, but it should make a person a better individual as well.
Speaking on the occasion, Principal DK Kaushik said the college students had been exhibiting their talent in various fields.
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Sirsa, March 15