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Ties under strain, Bishnoi meets Sushma, Gadkari
Assembly election: Venod, Kanda to play non-Jat card
Victory of non-deserving BJP candidates unfortunate: Abhay
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Rising above defeat, Cong reaches out to Mewat voters
Govt submits Rs 800-crore health plans to Centre
72 HCS officers transferred
14 mths to deadline, work crawls at Kalpana Chawla medical college
Whatsapp helped crack Ketan Sardana case
Jhajjar villagers protest toll tax
3,000 PGTs to boycott test
ROBBERY CASES
Demand for metro power line: Farmers' dharna enters Day 6
Testing day for teachers, authorities today
Mother jumps into canal with her two children
Docs being harassed for minor paperwork: IMA
79% vote in Dharuhera MC poll
MC sets aside Rs 100 crore to beautify Rohtak
Four arrested for ‘molesting’ minor sisters
After loss, Tanwar’s wife to take charge of Sirsa
Traffic woes continue for Sonepat
Learn lesson from defeat, Jindal to partymen
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Ties under strain, Bishnoi meets Sushma, Gadkari
HJC president Kuldeep Bishnoi met senior BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj and Nitin Gadkari in Delhi on Saturday and expressed his displeasure over the state BJP leaders publically seeking that the BJP go it alone in October’s Vidhan Sabha elections. He asked them to tell state BJP leaders to refrain from commenting on the “status” of the alliance. With both Sushma and Gadkari pre-occupied with government formation at the Centre, they are reported to have promised to take up the matter in the coming days. Perturbed over the course of action suggested by the BJP's state core committee that met in Rohtak two days ago, Bishnoi issued a veiled threat as a counter-offensive. Barring two state BJP ex-presidents, Krishan Pal Gujjar and Ganeshi Lal, most members wanted that the alliance should be re-worked given the changed political equation, as the BJP could form the government in Haryana on its own. Bishnoi has already announced his party would contest all 90 seats in the state if the BJP went back on the terms of agreement between the two parties. The BJP-HJC contested the just-concluded Lok Sabha election together. The BJP won seven of the eight seats it contested, while the HJC lost both Hisar and Sirsa seats. The two parties have an alliance and a pre-poll seat sharing agreement where the parties would contest 45 seats each in the 90-member Haryana House. The state BJP leadership has been vocal in saying that a party that could not win either of the two seats it contested would not be of help to the BJP. Despite the loss, the HJC had maintained a lead on seven Assembly segments in the LS polls, indicating it could win these seats in the Assembly election. In 2009, the HJC had maintained a lead on nine Assembly segments. The BJP Core Committee that met in Rohtak had near unanimity in deciding to ask the party high command to rework its alliance with the HJC. Leaders in the BJP are now suggesting that if the party did not want to scrap the alliance completely, it should re-work the alliance in a way that the seat sharing with the HJP is limited to constituencies where the party demonstrated a lead in the 2009 and 2014 LS poll. Meanwhile, the Election Commission is learnt to have asked the Haryana Government about a suitable time to conduct the Assembly election. The state is reported to have suggested that the election be held in a single phase between October 15 and 18. The EC is yet to decide the poll schedule. All eyes on Assembly elections
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Assembly election: Venod, Kanda to play non-Jat card
Both Venod and Kanda were part of the ruling dispensation in the state just before the parliamentary election. While the Congress and the INLD are still finalising strategies for the Assembly elections, Venod and Kanda have already launched a statewide tour to open offices and enrol new members. Similarly, Kanda, who claims to have backing of his Agarwal and other urban communities, has been trying to garner support by promising increased social security pension of Rs 2,500 per month, jobs to youths and salaries to police personnel at par with their Punjab counterparts. Interestingly, both leaders have their own shares of legal woes that hindered their political progress
in the past. While the former union minister's son Manu Sharma is serving imprisonment in the Jessica Lal murder case, Kanda is facing trial in the Geetika Sharma suicide case. Meanwhile, the BJP, which is hoping for another Modi wave-like phenomenon in the state Assembly elections, is also banking heavily on urban and non-Jat voters. While consolidation of urban and non-Jat voters could help the BJP, their division would help the INLD and the Congress. On a roll
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Victory of non-deserving BJP candidates unfortunate: Abhay
Kurukshetra/Kaithal, May 25 “Even though we gave unconditional support to the BJP, the results of the Lok Sabha elections were unfortunate as some non-deserving candidates also won,” he said. “The BJP has a misconception that it can win the Assembly elections on its own. During the parliamentary elections, the people have voted for Modi, not for the BJP. In the Assembly elections, the INLD will form the next government in the state as it had secured two LS seats despite the Modi wave sweeping across the country.” While addressing a district-level workers’ meeting in Kurukshetra on Sunday, Abhay said, “We are in a position to dismantle the incumbent government as several sitting MLAs and ministries of the Congress are in our contact. However, we wouldn’t do that, as they (Congress MLAs) want to contest the Assembly elections on the INLD ticket and the party would never let its workers down by giving ticket to corrupt Congress leaders.” Criticising Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Abhay said, “The law and order situation has been at its worst in the last 10 years.” Terming Kuldeep Bishoni as an egotistical man, Dushyant Chautala said, “Kuldeep Bishnoi had claimed that the INLD would not be able to secure a single Lok Sabha seat and its existence would be over, but he didn’t manage to secure even his own seat.” Meanwhile, at a party workers' meeting in Kaithal today, Abhay said people in the state are fed up with the misrule of the Hooda government and want to bring Om Parkash
Chautala to power. State INLD president Ashok Arora, newly elected MP from Hisar Dushyant Chautala , Rajya sabha members Ranbir Prajapati and Ram Kumar Kashyap were also present on the occasion. |
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Rising above defeat, Cong reaches out to Mewat voters
INLD leader Zakir Hussain, who stood second in the LS elections and had his largest number of votes from the region, has started a tour of villages in Mewat to thank them and seek support. "Despite a strong Modi wave, voters here supported us and I have come here to thank them," said Hussain in Salaheri village. The thanksgiving tour is being seen by political experts as an attempt to regain party's lost ground among Jats. Similarly, the Congress, which despite having a minister from the area, Aftab Ahmed, fared poorest, is now out for damage control. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and several big wigs are expected to visit the area in June. Though the Congress had to face defeat in almost all Assembly segments, it was Mewat where the defeat was the hardest to accept, as their trump card of Aftab Ahmed failed to work and get the Meo votes. BJP leader Rao Inderjit Singh, meanwhile, is unperturbed. "People know what they are and that is why they lost. The voters can not be befooled anymore. Now even many Congress supporters won't vote for the party. We have already started preparations and many mass leaders want to switch sides and be a part of the BJP government. I've told my supporters to keep the momentum for the next five months," he said. The trend indicates that the Congress has lost ground in Gurgaon, Badshapur, Sohna, Pataudi, Rewari and Nuh. Experts have predicted that the BJP will have an upper hand in Gurgaon. |
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Govt submits Rs 800-crore health plans to Centre
Chandigarh, May 25 Stating this here yesterday, Health Minister Rao Narender Singh said out of the total amount Rs 188 crore had been proposed for new vertical programmes such as National Mental Health Programme (NMHP), National Programme for the Healthcare of Elderly (NPCHE), National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP), National Oral Health Programme (NOHP) and National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS). The minister said under the PIP, the other initiatives proposed include construction of four maternal and child health wings at Sirsa, Narnaul, Jhajjar and Ambala, preconception care package, infant young child feeding counselling centres; kangaroo mother care room, establishment of new nutrition rehabilitation centre (NRC), Diarrhea training and treatment units (DTTU), strengthening of peer learning and skill demonstrations sites (PLSDS) in seven high-priority districts and newborn screening labs. Singh said 16 DEICs had been constructed in the state and equipment for 21 DEICs had been procured. Five new MMUs had also been procured. During the current year, there was a plan to open new AFHCs in 11 districts in sub-divisional hospitals. With a view to extend health services offered in the state, emphasis had been laid on maternal and child health care programmes. Intra-partum and immediate post partum care standards were being implemented at all labour rooms to reduce mother mortality rate (MMR), still-births and IMR. Haryana was the first state to introduce and implement preconception care package, he added. The health minister said as a result of the maternal and child health care programmes being implemented in the state, the health index had shown considerable improvement. The MMR had been reduced to 146 from 186 in 2004-05. Similarly, infant mortality rate had been reduced from 61 to 42. Institutional deliveries had also been encouraged which had now been increased to 84.2 per cent against 23 per cent in 2004, the minister added. Initiatives proposed by the health minister
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72 HCS officers transferred
Chandigarh, May 25 Pankaj Chaudhry has been posted as General Manager, Haryana Tourism Corporation, in addition to her present duties. SP Arora has been posted as Additional Director (Administration), Hospitality, against a vacant post and ADC-cum-CEO, District Rural Development Authority (DRDA), Panchkula; Secretary-cum-Registrar to Justice Iqbal Singh (retd), Commission of Inquiry, Mirchpur, and mini-secretariat, Rewari. Sandeep Singh goes as General Manager, Haryana Roadways, Rewari. Hema Sharma has been posted as Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO-Civil)-cum-Additional Collector, Panchkula. Anju Chaudhry will be the General Manager, Haryana Roadways, Gurgaon, while Narhari Singh Banger has been posted as SDO (Civil) -cum-Additional Collector, Rohtak. Pardeep Kumar-I will take the charge as General Manager, Haryana Roadways, Ambala, while JK Abhir has been posted as the Joint Director (Administration), Secondary Education, and Joint Secretary, School Education Department. Shakti Singh has been posted as General Manager, Haryana Roadways, Yamunanagar, and Gurmeet Singh as Estate Officer, Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), Panchkula. Pratima Chaudhary has been posted as Joint Controller, Civil Defence, Ambala, against a vacant post and Secretary, Haryana School Teachers’ Selection Board, Panchkula. Vatsal Vashisht has been posted as Joint Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Gurgaon, while Mukesh Kumar goes as SDO (Civil)-cum-Additional Collector, Hisar. Devinder Kaushik has been posted as SDO (Civil)-cum-Additional Collector, Shahabad, in addition to his present duties. Hawa Singh will charge as SDO (Civil)-cum-Additional Collector, Kaithal, and Estate Officer, HUDA, Kaithal. Surjit Singh goes as Joint Director (Administration), Public Works Department (B&R), against a vacant post. Narinder Singh Yadav has been transferred as Estate Officer-II, HUDA, Gurgaon, while Amar Deep Singh as Additional Registrar (administration), Co-operative Societies against a vacant post. Satbir Singh Kundu has been posted as secretary of the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) in Ambala, Panchkula Yamunanagar. Bir Singh Kaliramana has been posted as General Manager, Haryana Roadways, Sonepat, while Satbir Singh Lohchab as SDO (Civil)-cum-Additional Collector, Gohana. OP Sharma has been given the charge of Additional Director (Administration), Sports, while Amardeep Jain goes as SDO (Civil)-cum-Additional Collector, Narwana. Rajiv Ahalwat has been posted as SDO (Civil)-cum-Additional Collector, Kharkhoda, and Managing Director, Co-operative Sugar Mills, Gohana. Partap Singh has been posted as General Manager, Haryana Roadways, Narnaul, while DR Kairon goes as Additional Director (Administraion), Elementary Education, Haryana, and Joint Secretary, School Education Department. Virender Singh Sehrawat has been transferred as SDO (Civil)-cum-Additional Collector, Bahadurgarh, and Estate Officer, HUDA, Bahadurgarh, while Ashima Sangwan (awaiting orders of posting) is the SDO (Civil)-cum-Additional Collector, Gohana. Subhita Dhaka has been transferred as SDO (Civil)-cum-Additional Collector, Bawal. Jaideep Kumar goes as SDO (Civil)-cum-Additional Collector, Beri, while Baljeet Singh has been posted as the SDO (Civil)-cum-Additional Collector, Barwala. Naveen Kumar Ahuja will charge as Joint Director (administration), Women and Child Development, while Manisha Sharma as Secretary, MC, Faridabad. Kamal Preet Kaur has been posted as the officer on special duty to Commissioner, Ambala Division, while Pardeep Kumar-II goes as General Manager, Haryana Roadways, Jhajjar. Anu goes as Joint Commissioner, MC, Gurgaon, and CEO, Shree Mata Sheetla Devi Shrine Board, Gurgaon, while Vivek Chaudhary has been posted as SDO (C), Samalakha. Dalbir Singh goes as Secretary, RTA in Sonepat and Panipat, while Ashwani Malik as Managing Director, Co-operative Sugar Mills, Panipat, in addition to his present duties. Pooja Chanwaria has been posted as Joint Director (Administration), Information, Public Relations and Cultural Affairs, while Tarun Kumar Pawaria as General Manager, Haryana Roadways, Faridabad. Manoj Khatri goe as Secretary, RTA, Gurgaon. Transfers of recently appointed officers
Issuing posting orders of the recently appointed HCS officers, the government has transferred Sudhanshu Gautam as city magistrate, Sonepat; Shilpy Pattar as city magistrate, Ambala; Bharat Bhushan Gogia as city magistrate, Mahengragarh at Narnaul; Ekta Chopra as city magistrate, Gurgaon; Meenakshi Dahiya as city magistrate, Panipat; and Richa as Joint Director (Administration), Town and Country Planning Department and Urban Estates. Radhika Singh goes as city magistrate, Panchkula, while Mamta goes as city magistrate, Karnal. Kushal Kataria has been posted as General Manager, Haryana Roadways, Rohtak, while Rohit Yadav has been transferred city magistrate, Rewari; and Vijender Hooda as city magistrate, Jhajjar. Girish Kumar goes as city magistrate, Fatehabad, and Gauri Midha as zonal administrator, HSAMB, Karnal. Gaurav Antil goes as city magistrate, Faridabad, and Meenakshi Goyal as SDO (C), Firozepur Jhirka. Jagdeep Singh goes as city magistrate, Bhiwani, and Pardeep as city magistrate, Palwal. Nirmal Nagar has been posted as city magistrate, Sirsa, while Parshant goes as city magistrate, Hisar. Ruchi Singh goes as city magistrate, Yamunanagar; Pooja Bharti as city magistrate, Kaithal; and Gagandeep Singh as city magistrate, Kurukshetra. The other transferred officers include Kiran Singh, who has been posted as CEO, Kurukshetra Development Board. |
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Hisar village shuts out high notes
Hisar, May 25 The gram sabha met today to review its earlier decision of imposing restrictions on DJ music after 11 pm. Since there were still complaints about the unabated use DJs in the village, the panchayat has put its foot down and banned their use. “From today, playing DJ music in streets is banned. Families that want to celebrate can set up music arrangements in their houses, but they must play songs on low volume. If the neighbours object, the family must stop the music,” village sarpanch Dharampal Bagri said. The decision to ban DJs was taken after factoring in villagers’ views on the matter. A seven-member committee, including three members from the village Youth Club, was formed last week for the purpose. “People had a slew of complaints regarding loud music being played in the neighbourhood. One of the villagers claimed that the condition of an elderly man in their house deteriorated due to DJ music, while another said his buffalo delivered before the completion of calving period as it got excited due to loud music,” Bagri said. This is not all. “There have been several instances of altercation as whoever object to loud volume are assaulted by those dancing on songs and, needless to say, the miscreants are in an inebriated condition,” the sarpanch said. Bagri said that if any family defied the order, the village panchayat would not cooperate with it. He though clarified that the ban was not a diktat, but a common will of the villagers who wanted to live in peace and harmony. The panchayat, however, has not made any provision for penalising those who violate its directive. Youth Club president Surender Basniwal said that last week it had urged the panchayat to restrict the use of DJs after 11 pm. “After discussing the problem with several villagers, we realised that it has been a cause for inconvenience for many,” he said, adding that vulgur songs played at functions cast a wrong impression on the young minds. The panchayat has decided to take up the issue of ban next week as the committee has been asked submit a report in the next meeting scheduled for Sunday. |
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2 leprosy ashram inmates die after inhaling poisonous gas
Dabwali (Sirsa), May 25 The tank is cleaned by the inmates periodically and the task was assigned to Rajinder and Gobind today. As Rajinder (40) opened the cover of the tank to clean it, a gush of poisonous gas knocked him unconscious and he fell inside the tank. Gobind, 22, tried to go inside the tank to help Rajinder, but fell unconscious, too, and toppled into the tank. Ashram inmates rushed to the tank as news of the accident spread. They rushed Rajinder and Gobind to the General Hospital at Dabwali where doctors pronounced them brought dead. The police recorded the statements of the inmates. Dabwali city police station SHO Bhartender Kumar said legal proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC had been completed. Inmates blamed the authorities for the deaths. “We have been meeting sub-division-level officers and elected representative for years to press for a sewer connection, but to no avail,” anm inmate said. Tragedy strikes
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14 mths to deadline, work crawls at Kalpana Chawla medical college
Karnal, May 25 The slow development of the project poses a threat to the Medical Council of India (MCI) approval to run medical classes this year as the college must have infrastructure, staff and a 300-bed hospital running for at least
one year. The college administration has built pressure on the construction company concerned to speed up the work. A notice has also been sent to the construction company. The government had given the contract to the Hospital Services Consultancy Corporation (HSCC). Five other companies were also engaged by the HSCC for various works under the project. “The performance of Supreme Infrastructure Company, which was allotted Rs 137-crore work of construction of a teaching block and a residential complex, is not up to
the mark,” said Dr Surinder Kashyap, Director, KCGMC. He added that it had come to their notice that the company had not made payment to their workers. He said he had written a letter to the Principal Secretary, Medical Education and Research, and told them about the situation. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had laid the foundation stone of the project on November 18, 2012. The project was allotted to the Supreme Infrastructure Company in November 2013 and it was supposed to complete the work within 20 months' time, the director said. He added, “We are putting pressure on the company to accelerate the work. Now we are not in the condition to call a fresh tender as it will further delay the project.” He added that facility of colour doppler ultrasound, computerised X-ray, computerised cell counter, semi-auto analyser, laparoscopy surgery, dental RBG X-ray, computerised OPD registration and many other facilities had also been started in the hospital. He said, “We are trying our best to put up the file of approval to run classes to the MCI this year so that we can start our classes in 2015.” |
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Whatsapp helped crack Ketan Sardana case
Karnal, May 25 “Deepak Kumar, the Karnal cyber team leader, used the application for nabbing the accused. He made a group and added the police team members investigating the case,€ť said the SP. The team members stayed in touch with each other while Ketan’s family went to give ransom to the kidnapper, he said. “We have a long way to go. Without public support, it would not have been possible. People should keep their eyes open and stay alert,”€ť said the SP. DSP Joginder Rathi said the police were yet to trace other missing children. He said efforts were on to trace two-and-a-half-year-old Krishan, who had been missing since February. How it happened
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Jhajjar villagers protest toll tax
Jhajjar, May 25 They also slammed the state government for not finding out any permanent solution of the burning issue. Addressing the protesters on the occasion, Virender Hooda, chief of the THSSH, said they would not end their agitation till the state government accepted their demand of 'toll-free Haryana'. “The state government is ready to ensure toll-free traveling for the people residing within 25-km radius of toll plazas across the state, but we are seeking toll-free Haryana,”he added. Dr Ashok Dixit, general secretary of the THSSH, said an 11-member committee would be formed at village level to ensure villagers' participation in the ongoing agitation against toll tax. |
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3,000 PGTs to boycott test
Jind, May 25 “Government officers, in connivance with an NGO, want to misappropriate government funds. That’s why they have decided to conduct this illogical test. Teachers get jobs after passing several tests and the new test is beyond comprehension. All 3,000 PGT will boycott the test tomorrow,”€ť said Sunil Arya, district Press sectary of Prathmik Shiksha Sangh (PSS). Over 100 teachers from seven blocks participated in the meeting. They said the state government had neither prepared a syllabus nor provided books to prepare for the test. “The government was in such a hurry that it did not collect feedback from teachers before deciding to conduct the test,” said a teacher. |
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Wrestler Sushil Kumar honours KU sportspersons
Kurukshetra, May 25 KU gave away cash prizes worth Rs 63.47 lakh to its 358 sportspersons, who had won medals at various national and international events, 40 coaches, 39 managers, 20 principals and 23 physical education teachers. KU Vice-Chancellor Lt Gen Dr DDS Sandhu said, “I congratulate all winners for their hard work and dedication. I hope they will improve their performance in the coming years and bring a good name to the varsity and the country.” Dalel Singh, director sports, KU, presented the detailed report of the sports activities during 2013. |
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Sewa Sangh holds mass marriages in Kaithal
Kaithal, May 25 Congress MLA Randeep Singh Surjewala and Jatinder Pal Singh
Sodhi blessed the married couples. In his address, Surjewala lauded the efforts of the organisation, which had been organising various social services for the benefit of people from the under privileged sections of society. Baba Jatinder Pal Sodhi and Sewa Sangh president Subhash Mittal wished the married couples a happy life and advised them understand each other’s feelings for a happy life. Shiv Shanker Pahwa, general secretary, Sewa Sangh, gave the details of the activities under taken by the organisation. He said this organisation had helped in organising marriages of 125 couples till date, besides running a leprosy centre, organising blood donation camps, eyes care and medical check up camps. |
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CS lays stone of state’s first golf academy
Sonepat, May 25 The occasion was marked by signing of a MoU between the Haryana Golf Association and Chandigarh Golf Association, under which Chandigarh Association would assist
in developing the academy with state-of-the-art facilities. Speaking on the occasion, Chaudhary said golf was not only a sport for entertainment, but a professional game that was now included in the Olympic Games. “It will be another game for Haryana sportspersons to excel in as they have done in other games at the national and international levels,” he said. Chaudhary also inaugurated an e-Source Centre at the school premises. Amit Jha, additional chief secretary (sports), Haryana; RC Misra, additional DGP; Bachhitar Singh, president of Chandigarh Golf Association; Alok Rai, IGP; Samir Pal Srow, DC; Akash Ohri, executive director of DLF Principal; and VK Verma, director of MNSS, and other senior officers of the state government and office bearers of the associations were also present
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Jind jewellers resent police ‘inefficiency’
Parvesh Sharma Tribune News Service
Jind, May 25 “The police have proved ineffective in cracking the four cases. They are groping in the dark,” alleged Ram Mehar Verma, general sectary of the Mair Sunaar Sabha, Jind. The sabha passed a resolution to announce their agitation plan on June 2, if the police failed to crack the cases before the deadline. During the intervening night of April 12 and 13, miscreants stole jewellery from a shop in Aleva village. On April 26, two jewellery shops were targeted again. In another incident, on May 21, robbers snatched a bag of a jeweller while he was on his way to his shop and whisked away on his motorcycle. “Jewellers are under terror. They fear carrying an empty bag in the market as robbers may mistake it for one filled with jewellery and attack them. The police should increase patrolling in the city to control crime,” said Naresh Kumar Soni, cashier of the sabha. The sabha members threatened to start an indefinite protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office if the police failed to arrest the culprits. Jind city Station House Officer (SHO) Kamaldeep said that initially jewellers were unwilling to lodge a case in the May 21 incident and, after persuasion, an FIR was lodged. “We are close to solving the cases and will disclose all facts in the coming days,” the SHO Kamaldeep claimed.
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Demand for metro power line: Farmers' dharna enters Day 6
Karnal, May 25 Rattan Mann, national vice-president of the
BKU said, “Over 25 per cent of the population of the state is living in deras, but they are receiving electricity for eight
hours a day according to the agriculture schedule. If they get the metro line, they will receive electricity for 14 hours.” He said theft of transformers was a main cause of concern to the farmers. A delegation of the Bhartiya Kisan Union will meet the Superintendent of Police tomorrow for demanding the recovery of the stolen transformers. He demanded the state government to give a bonus of Rs 500 per quintal on wheat to all
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Testing day for teachers, authorities today
Sirsa, May 25 The test aims to assess the strength and weaknesses of teachers so that their training programmes could be tailor-made as per their requirements, a government spokesperson says. The Haryana Rajkiye Adhyapak Sangh has announced to hold a sit-in outside examination centers to stop teachers from appearing in the test. Jawahar Lal Goyal, state president of sangh, claimed that teachers across the state were united on not appearing in the test, as it was an attempt to humiliate them. He questioned the need of a new test, when teachers had already passed the Haryana Teachers’ Eligibility Test (HTET) at the entry level. Goyal claimed that a majority of teachers refused to accept their roll numbers when these were being distributed on Saturday. “The test is not going to serve any purpose and, instead, will eat into teaching hours,” Goyal said. The department, he claimed, had not told children not to come to schools on Monday. “The primary teachers will be away to the block headquarters to appear in the test, while children will either find locked gates or will have to sit in classes idle.” The State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT), which is holding the test in cooperation with the Haryana School Education Board, has clarified that the test result would not affect teachers’ promotions, annual confidential reports, annual increments or any other aspects of their service. The authorities had earlier postponed the test to May 29 through a letter issued on May 15. But
the date was changed again to May 26. What’s the matter
Official line The test aims to assess the strength and weaknesses of teachers so that their training programmes could be tailor-made as per their requirements, a government spokesperson says
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Mother jumps into canal with her two children
Sonepat, May 25 Villagers and the police rushed to the spot and launched a massive search operation. After around five hours of efforts, the bodies were recovered from the channel. The bodies were brought to the Civil Hospital for postmortem. Three killed in mishap
Hisar: Three youths were killed when the vehicle in which they were travelling collided head-on with a truck near Baas village on the Jind-Bhiwani road in Narnaund block of the district last night. The deceased, identified as Vijay of Kungar village, Sunil of Igra village and Shyan of Balu Bata village, were going towards Tosham in a Canter when it collided head-on with a truck coming from the opposite direction around midnight, according to information. |
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Docs being harassed for minor paperwork: IMA
Fatehabad, May 25 Dr Subhash Mehta, president of the district unit of the IMA, and Dr Ravi Dawra, general secretary of the Foundation, said instead of educating ultrasound owners about the latest amendments in the PNDT Act, the authorities believed in fixing doctors for technicalities. Dr Dawra said their association was not against exposure of those who violated provisions of the PNDT Act and rather welcomed the government's moves, but sometimes innocent doctors were harassed and humiliated in the name of small lapses in paper formalities. Dr Dawra said the Foundation was holding a seminar on ‘Strengths and weaknesses of the PNDT and the MTP Acts’. |
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79% vote in Dharuhera MC poll
Chandigarh May 25 A candidate from Ward No.13 was elected unopposed, while 69 candidates were in the fray at the 17 polling stations set up for the election. An Election Observer had been appointed to oversee the polling process and to hear complaints, if any. Similarly, an Expenditure Observer was also appointed to watch the expenditure incurred by contesting candidates. |
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‘State will be crime-free in 100 days’
Hisar, May 25 Addressing his first public meeting in Uklana town of the district today, Kanda stated that his party would provide free electricity for tubewells and would make Haryana free of criminals within 100 days of his coming to power. The party leaders Bharti Uklana, Jai Singh Bishnoi, Ashok Bawaniwala, Sandeep Godara, Govind Kanda, attended the meeting.
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Work begins on laying Faridabad Metro track
Faridabad, May 25 This and electrification work is likely to be completed in the next few months. The line is expected to be ready for trials by early next year,”€ť a DMRC, Faridabad, spokesperson said. He said the DMRC was trying to get the Rs 2,500-crore project completed before the scheduled date and all contractors have been asked to speed-up work. Work on laying the track was being undertaken by IRCON using the latest techniques, it is learnt. The DMRC had earlier used precast garders to lay the stone of the track. A total of 898 such structures and an equal number of pillars have been constructed or installed on this track. The civil work on this track is scheduled to be over by June-end. The Badarpur-YMCA Chowk stretch is over the ground and mainly runs on the eastern side of the Mathura road. While DMRC has begun constructing stations at various points, the main stockyard and rail depot is coming up in Sector 20 opposite the Magpie Tourist Complex. Pre-cast U garders have been prepared at the facility in Sector 12 here. A formal stone laying function is scheduled to be held soon. “Though the proposal to extend the Metro to Ballabgarh town had been approved by the state government, work got delayed due to the election process,” an official said. Services begin March 2015
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MC sets aside Rs 100 crore to beautify Rohtak
Rohtak, May 25 Developmental works involving an expenditure of Rs 35.1 crore are in progress while tendering of projects worth Rs 36.76 crore is in process. Dr Amit Aggarwal, Rohtak Deputy Commissioner-cum-Municipal Commissioner said here last evening that the corporation had sufficient funds to provide the required amenities and infrastructural facilities to the residents. “We have identified 70 parks and green belts in the Rohtak municipal area where boundary walls, walking tracks, potable water, swings, benches etc would be provided ,” the Municipal Commissioner pointed out. Dr Aggarwal said efforts were being made to encourage the residents’ welfare associations of different areas to take up the maintenance of parks.
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Four arrested for ‘molesting’ minor sisters
Sonepat, May 25 Two other alleged accused, the brick kiln owner Mahender and his clerk Jagdish are still evading arrest. A brick kiln labourer complained to the Mohana police station, alleging that last Tuesday his two were alone in their hut at the brick kiln, when the accused molested them. When the girls resisted, the accused started beating up the girls and threatened them with the dire consequences before leaving the hut. The girls narrated the incident to their father. — OC |
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After loss, Tanwar’s wife to take charge of Sirsa
Sirsa, May 25 Avantika
announced today that she would begin her thanksgiving tour of the five
assembly segments of the Sirsa district from May 29. She would start her
tour from Rori village of Kalanwali Assembly segment. The newly elected
Member of Parliament Charanjit Singh Rori hails from Rori village. He
represented Kalanwali seat in the state Assembly before he was fielded
for the parliamentary polls by the Indian National Lok Dal. Incidentally,
Ashok Tanwar defeated Charanjit Singh in his ancestral village Rori in
this election, though he lost the seat to him. After completing tour of
Kalanwali Assembly seat villages, Avantika will visit Dabwali, Ellenabad,
Rania and Sirsa. She said though Tanwar lost the elections due to
certain factors, people of Sirsa gave him much support. |
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Traffic woes continue for Sonepat
Sonepat, May 25 After laying of the foundation stone by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, construction work of the RoB was started on December 1, 2011, and was to be completed by November 30, 2013, at an estimated cost of Rs 22.6 crore. The construction blocked the flow of internal traffic on three main local roads in the town- Gohana road, Rohtak road and Geeta Bhawan Chowk road. Only one road from Chhotu Ram Chowk on Gohana road to Geeta Bhawan Chowk via Shani Mandir and Railway under Bridge (RuB) was left for crossing the town. |
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Learn lesson from defeat, Jindal to partymen
Kurukshetra, May 25 Jindal was here today to attend a party workers' meet at the Congress Bhawan. He asked the party workers to learn lessons from the parliamentary elections and to gear up for the upcoming assembly elections.
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Sirsa, May 25
Venod is credited with getting quota for the upper castes (Brahmins, Punjabis, Agarwals and Rajputs) on the economic basis in the state. He has now been trying to attract youths by advocating abolishing interviews in recruitments.
Gurgaon, May 25