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Knot to be
HC stays acquisition of land in 16 Rewari villages
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rape of ‘lower-caste’ girls
Hooda clears Rs 15
crore for Yamunanagar uplift
Hooda hints at separate gurdwara panel
Cong puts Sadhaura MLA on notice for indiscipline
Hooda out to consolidate activist base
One killed in acid attack on family
Protesting computer teachers reach Pipli
Gharaunda minor’s rape: Traders shut shop
In Ambala, girls race past boys in boards
Fresh warrant against Drug Control Officer
KU teachers call on Hooda
Govt boost for healthcare
Three get 20 years’ jail for raping
minor
Woman kills alcoholic husband
23 vehicles destroyed in fire at police station
Subsidy for Hepatitis-C patients
Electoral rolls to be revised
Employment Dept office moved to Panchkula
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Khaps, villagers as confused as
ever
Mahapanchayat to meet soon, will tell villagers dos and don’ts on matrimonial alliances Deepender Deswal, Parvesh Sharma & Sunit Dhawan Tribune News Service
Hisar/Rohtak/Jind, June 6 Haryana’s Sarv Khap Panchayat (SKP) will “soon” organise a state-level Mahapanchayat to clear the air. “Though each khap (a network of self-appointed village elders) has its own views on inter-caste marriage, we want to end the confusion about the khaps’ stand on marriages. The Mahapanchayat due soon will take a final decision, acceptable to all khaps,” said Kuldeep Singh Dhanda, SKP convener, in Jind. Hisar’s Satrol khap had about two months back “allowed” marriages within 42 villages under its “jurisdiction” with a rider that such marriages must not be in same gotra and the same village. Inder Singh, pradhan of Satrol khap, told The Tribune that ever since the ban was relaxed, two families belonging to different gotras in Puthi and Rajthal villages (Satrol khap) have come forward to forge matrimonial relations. “Such a marriage was unthinkable only a few months ago,” he said. “The bride and groom sides are unwilling to go public with their identities for fear of adverse social fallout. The marriage, due post-harvesting season, will mark a new beginning,” Singh said. In Rohtak, Om Prakash Dhankhar, the president of the Dhankhar khap, said the khap objection centred on such matrimonial alliances that “violated relationships of blood, milk and village brotherhood.” “We have no objection to inter-caste marriages,” he said. He said the Haryana government has failed to get the state’s age-old customs and traditions included in the law of the land despite repeated representations and reminders. “We have never opposed inter-caste marriages. The decision to marry within their own caste or outside has to be taken by individuals and their parents,” said Ram Karan Hooda, working president of the Hooda khap. Village realities, however, present a contrasting picture. Most villagers in Jind say they will not allow their children to marry outside their caste even if khaps announce their decision supporting these marriages. “How can we allow inter-caste marriages? We respect khaps, but a marriage is a personal matter and khaps have no role in it,” said 46-year-old Jaidev Sheokand from Uchana Khurd village. Another farmer of Dalamwala village, Ishwar Singh, says the ongoing debate is “illogical.” “Social realities are very much clear to our children as they are taught about caste affiliations from their childhood,” he said. “When we don’t want to allow our children to marry outside our caste, then why this debate?” said Vijayinder, another farmer, of Bahutwala village. Lovers are waiting in the wings. “I am in love with a girl who belongs to a different caste. I want to marry her. But my parents will never allow me. If khaps take a stand in favour of inter-caste marriages, many couples like me would find our dream come true,” said a 27-year-old Jat boy from Jind, requesting anonymity. Ties they seek
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HC stays acquisition of land in 16 Rewari villages
Chandigarh, June 6 The notice and the orders came on a petition filed by Rewari's Bhoomi Adhigrahan Virodhi Sangharsh Samiti that represents 16 villages of the district. Appearing before the Division Bench, Supreme Court advocate Dr Surat Singh and counsel Vikas Chaudhary argued the government initially issued a notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act on July 14, 2011, followed by another under Section 6 on July 11, 2012, to acquire 3,600 acres in 16 Rewari villages. Acting on an earlier plea by some farmers, the High Court had on September 11, 2013 directed the state government to carry out a fresh survey before providing an opportunity of hearing to the affected parties. The state was then asked to pass a speaking order on the issue. Dr Surat Singh argued neither survey was completed on time, nor was an opportunity provided to the affected parties, let alone the passing a speaking order. Dr Surat Singh also argued that the new land Act -- The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 -- come into effect in the meantime from January 1. The new Act provides safeguards to affected parties. But despite the new Act, the state government on April 11, 2014, issued a notification under Section 7 before making a public announcement on May 9, 2014. The authorities were now threatening to dispossess the farmers from their only source of livelihood, in an illegal and arbitrary manner, he argued. After hearing the counsel and perusing the records of the case, the Division Bench also issued notice to the Land Acquisition Collector, Rewari District. Ambitious project
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Bhagana Dalits stand divided
Deepender Deswal Tribune News Service
Bhagana (Hisar), June 6 Kitab Singh, a Dalit and former sarpanch of the village, said: “The animosity between communities is not going to do any good to us. The Haryana Government should address Dalits’ problems. Some persons are politicising the issues to pursue their vested interests,” he said, alluding to his brethren who have been protesting for two years. Tension erupted in the village in April 2012 when land-owning Jats laid claim to shamlat land (village common land). When landless Dalit agricultural labourers protested, the upper-caste men imposed social boycott on them. Left with no option, nearly 120 Dalit families left their homes and camped outside the Mini-Secretariat. Drained of protesting, many of them returned home, but some led by Haryana Kumhar Sabha chief Virender Bagoriya, continued the dharna. And then this April, four Dalit girls were allegedly raped, fuelling the already-tense situation. “They (protesting Dalits) are not ready to listen to us. They have their agenda,” Kitab Singh said. Juxtapose this statement with Hawa Singh’s and the divide along the caste lines becomes clear. “I worked as an agricultural labourer with a Jat family to earn a living. But not anymore. Now, I work at construction sites in Hansi or Hisar, while two of my sons do odd jobs outside the village as Jats denied us work,” said Hawa Singh, an elderly man from the SC community. Baljit Singh, belonging to the Jat community, says social boycott was not imposed on the Dalits. He agreed with Hawa Singh on some Dalits going astray. “The village elders tried to defuse the tension, but this group (protesting Dalits) remained adamant on their stand,” Baljit said. Village sarpanch Rakesh Panghal alleged that those sitting on dharna had clubbed the land issue with the alleged rape of four girls to get political mileage out of it. Making light of Jats’ “hollow claims”, Bagoriya says Dalits seek their rehabilitation outside Bhagana. “We fear for our lives in Bhagana and, thus, will not return to the village.” Calling for peace The animosity between communities is not going to do us any good. Some persons (protesting Dalits) are politicising the issues to pursue their vested interests. Kitab Singh, former sarpanch Voice of oppressed I worked as an agricultural labourer with a Jat family to earn a living. Since they denied me work after the social boycott was imposed, I was left to fend for
myself. Hawa Singh, dalit
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Hooda clears Rs 15
crore for Yamunanagar uplift
Chandigarh June 6 The spokesman said similarly, Rs. 257.76 lakh had been approved for development works in ward number 7, 8, 10 and 11 and Rs. 239.33 lakh for ward number 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16. He said that Rs. 133.55 lakh had been approved for development works in ward number 17, 18 and 20 and Rs. 158.62 lakh for ward number 10, 12, 15, 18 and 20 of the Corporation. He said Rs 122 lakh had been approved for strengthening of metal road in ward number 9, 10 and 15 and Rs. 58.45 lakh for widening of S.H from PWD Rest House near Vishwkarma Chowk towards Joria Naka. Similarly, Rs. 63.67 lakh has been approved for construction of footpath and widening of metal road from Fountain Chowk to Railway Station and Rs. 10.76 lakh for development of park in Hari Parshad Colony, Rs. 9.75 lakh for automatic computerised Traffic control signal at chowk near Chaneti road crossing Jagadhri. He said that likewise, a sum of Rs. 86.10 lakh has been approved for replacement of LED light on different main road in the limit of Municipal Corporation, Yamunanagar and Rs. 62.83 lakh for LED light on different main road and Rs. 29.80 lakh entry gates at various entry points in the Corporation, he added. Sports nursery at Jagadhari The proposal to establish a day-boarding volleyball sports nursery at Jagadhari with an intake capacity of 15 boys and an equal number of girls girls has been approved. The sports nursery for junior players of volleyball would be opened at Delhi Public School, Jagadhari. A sum of Rs 6 lakh is expected to be incurred on the players from June 2014 to March 2015
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Hooda hints at separate gurdwara panel
Sirsa, June 6 “The report of Harmohinder Singh Chhatha committee is with the government. We will seek legal opinion on the report and take a decision on the issue before the Assembly elections,” Hooda said, adding that a decision best suited to the interests of Haryana Sikhs would be taken soon. The issue of a separate gurdwara panel for Haryana has been gaining ground since 2001 when the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (ad hoc) was set up with Jagdish Singh Jhinda as its president and Didar Singh Nalvi as its general secretary. At present, Nalvi heads a parallel faction of the committee. In the elections to the SGPC in 2004, the Jhinda-Nalvi group won seven out of 11 seats in Haryana, posing a challenge to the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) headed by Prakash Singh Badal. Both Jhinda and Nalvi had won. Soon after coming to power, the Haryana Government had prepared a draft bill - Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Bill, 2005 — in May 2005, but somehow deferred it and constituted a committed headed by Harmohinder Singh Chhatha to ascertain views of Sikhs living in Haryana. The committee collected affidavits of more than 2.75 lakh people, all supporting the demand for a separate Sikh body for the state. Just before the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, the committee submitted its report in support of an HSGPC. When the government was about to accept the demand, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal met then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and succeeded in impressing upon him that the move could drive Punjab back to the days of terrorism. With Manmohan Singh no more at the helm of affairs, Hooda can easily go ahead with his plan if he were to take a decision to set up a separate panel for the Sikhs. Recently, the Jhinda faction of the HSGPC (ad hoc) organised a dharna outside state Congress president Ashok Tanwar’s house and two of its activists sat on an indefinite death. The agitation was called off temporarily due to the announcement of parliamentary elections. The Sikhs have announced to re-launch their agitation ahead of the Assembly elections. The report of Harmohinder Singh Chhatha Committee is with the government. We will seek legal opinion on it and take a decision on the issue before the Assembly
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Cong puts Sadhaura MLA on notice for indiscipline
Yamunanagar, June 6 Bhukhri claimed he did not know about the notice. “I have no information that I have been issued a show-cause notice for indiscipline. However, I will file a reply once I get a copy of the same,” he said. Addressing a press conference in Jagadhri yesterday, Bhukhri had demanded an apology from Hooda and announced he will boycott the CM’s Yamunanagar visit on Saturday. On many prior occasions, too, Bhukhri alleged Hooda had ignored Yamunanagar district in the past nine-and-a-half years. He said he was simply voicing the grievances of the people of his constituency and would continue his fight for the rights of the people. “If raising my voice of the people of my constituency is a crime, I am ready to face any action. I will not stop this fight that is being fought for the betterment of the public,” he added. He asked Chief Minister why promises of development works made by him had not been fulfilled. “The Chief Minister promised me Rs 15 crore for development of the constituency, building of a college, a bus stand and mini secretariat at Bilaspur. Nothing has been done,” he said. The trigger
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Hooda out to consolidate activist base
Sirsa, June 6 Maintaining that the Congress would win the upcoming Assembly polls in a straight contest with the BJP, Hooda said the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) would be completely wiped out. “The INLD misled people in Sirsa and Hisar in the name of Narendra Modi, while Prakash Singh Badal hoodwinked people in Punjab,” Hooda said. He said people were feeling let down after the parliamentary polls and have now decided to bring Congress to power for a third time. Hooda said Haryana, which was at number 14 before he took over, had come to number one in several aspects. “I heard Narendra Modi boasting in his election speech in Uttar Pradesh that Gujarat’s per capita income was Rs 75,000 against Rs 38,000 in UP. But in Haryana the per capita income is Rs 1.25 lakh, which is much higher than that of Gujarat,” the CM said.
Ashok Tanwar in his speech said some people had been suggesting him to contest the upcoming Assembly poll from some seat. “I will not contest from a seat, but from all 90 seats in Haryana, as I will campaign for all 90 Congress candidates,” Tanwar said. Hitting out at the detractors within the party, Tanwar said: “I will see that no one, who worked against the interests of the party, manages to get tickets in the upcoming Assembly polls. He said the youths would be given at least 50 per cent tickets. Reacting to a query on the demand of his resignation by his detractors within the party, Hooda said only the people of Haryana or his leader Sonia Gandhi had this right, adding that Congress nominees lost badly in the native villages of those demanding his resignation. |
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One killed in acid attack on family
KAITHAL, JUNE 6 The victims were rushed to the Guha government hospital, where Amarjeet Kaur, 38, succumbed to burn injuries; while three others, an 11-year-old girl; Deep, 9; Gurdhyan Singh, 45, were referred to the Rajindra Hospital in Patiala. The head of the family, Joginder, also received burn injuries. The police registered a case under section 302, 307 and 34 IPC. Joginder said the family was sleeping in the courtyard and around 2 am they felt some liquid had fallen over them. Before they could understand the situation, all of them felt a severe burning sensation on their bodies and started screaming. They later realised that someone had thrown acid on them. Hearing their screams, some neighbours rushed to their house and the injured were admitted to a hospital, but only after a few hours. Delayed treatment resulted in the death of one of the victims. Meanwhile, in his statement to the police Joginder suspected the hand of one of his neighbours with whom his family had had some dispute. Today, SP Kuldeep Singh Yadav entrusted the investigation to the CIA branch in Kaithal. Earlier, the Cheeka police were investigating this case. Though the SP refused to divulge any information this evening, he said the matter was now with the CIA and he would brief the, media when the investigations get finished. A police team also went to Patiala’s Rajindra Hospital, to take the victims statement. Meanwhile, the CIA team are reportedly questioning Joginder, the head of the family, who received minor injuries in this attack and also lodged a complaint with the police. The police are suspecting his involvement as there was a delay of over four hours in shifting the victims to the Guhla hospital for treatment. |
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Protesting computer teachers reach Pipli
Kurukshetra, June 6 They started their ‘Paidal Mahayatra’ under the banner of Computer Teachers’ Welfare Association (CTWA) from Haryana Chief Minister’s Chandigarh residence on Wednesday. State CTWA president, Balram Dhiman said: “A delegation of eight members met the CM on June 3 with the demands, but the CM denied help. We are not asking for regular jobs or an increase in salary. The teachers are satisfied with the salary, but not with the private company’s attitude which has hired us and the state government for which we work.” Rajeev Kumar, a computer teacher, said: “We only wanted the government to engage computer teachers with it. Instead of helping us, the CM said he didn’t want to land up in jail by engaging us with the Education Department. We have no expectations from him now and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the only hope.” Shalu, another agitating teacher, said: “The Company has taken the security deposit from us, which is illegal, as we are not even getting our salaries on time. The company has threatened to file a defamation case in case we join any employees’ association to press for our demands. So far six teachers have fallen ill, a few have fainted on the way and many have wounded themselves. But the government has turned a blind eye.” Balram Dhiman said: “We will meet the PM and if he also failed to do anything in this regard, the teachers will submit their resignation to the PM on the spot.” The teachers would rest at a government school in Samana village on Friday and are expected to reach Delhi within the next four days. |
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Gharaunda minor’s rape: Traders shut shop
Karnal, June 6 On a
'bandh' call given by the different NGOs, Gharaunda traders did not open their shops today morning. The protesters condemned this brutal incident. Social activist Jag Pal said, "Around ten days have passed and the accused is still at large. Police have failed to nab the accused. These kinds of incidents show the ugly face of our society." He demanded, "Such people should be given capital punishment for teaching lesson to those people who are involved in such incidents." If the police are unable to nab the accused within ten days, they would protest on a large scale, he added. Earlier they held a protest march on the various roads of Gharaunda and also spoke to the DSP city Raj Kumar about their
demands. DSP City Raj Kumar, said, "The police are not leaving any stone unturned in this case and have released the sketch of the culprit. Police have also increased the amount of the reward from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh for providing any information about the culprit or his vehicle, a white
Innova." An eight-year-old-girl was reportedly kidnapped while she was returning from her school. She was then raped by an unidentified Innova driver in Furlak village on May 27. After raping her, the accused escaped and left the victim near Dharamgarh
Chungi.
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In Ambala, girls race past boys in boards
Ambala, June 6 Dev Samaj Girls Senior Secondary School student, Mahak, secured 92% marks in the Class X examination, while Jaspreet scored 89%. Twinkle and Khusboo from the same school got 88% marks. In the Class XII results, Dazy secured 83.8% while Divya secure 81.4% marks. Atmanand Jain Girls School students also secured merits in the Class X examinations. Mahak got 88%, Leena 86%, Neha 85% and Hina 83% marks, respectively. From Class XII Komal secured 77% and Rubi secured 75% marks. The student of Sohan Lal DAV School, Neha secured 92 % marks in Commerce, in the Class XII exams, while Mandeep got 95% marks in the Arts stream. Rajat Sharma secured 93% marks in the Class X examinations. Saloni, Jyoti and Karanpreet, all student of PKR Jain Senior Secondary School secured 91%, 89.5% and 88.8%, respectively, from the commerce stream; while Pooja secured 95.4%, Sakshi secured 94% and Nisha secured 93.6% in the Class X results. SD Senior Secondary School, Ambala Cantt, achieved 71 merit positions in the Class X exams, Mohit Thaparwal got 96.6%, Shubham Kapoor and Surjeet secured 93.8%, Deepak Bindal 93.2% and Amit Kumar 92.8% marks.
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Fresh warrant against Drug Control Officer
Fatehabad, June 6 Inspector Bhupender Sharma of the
SVB, who is investigating the case, said Chief Judicial Magistrate Vivek Nasir had issued warrants for his arrest for June 13. The arrest warrant issued earlier had expired on June 3, but the Drug Control Officer had failed to appear before the court or the
SVB, Bhupender Sharma said. Sharma said raids were conducted on Chaudhary’s possible hideouts at
Bhiwani, Hisar and Delhi, but he couldn’t be located. Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration, according to sources, has sent a report against the officer to the government, in case action, if any, is to be taken at the
government level. The SVB had booked Suresh Chaudhary after his peon and a medical shop owner were caught red-handed while receiving Rs 20,000 as bribe. |
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KU teachers call on Hooda
Kurukshetra, June 6 He said: “As per the UGC notification, there is a provision of five advance increments to teachers having PhD degree at the entry level, which has been implemented by all neighboring states. But Haryana denied this benefit to its teachers by imposing the unnecessary condition of NET.” KUTA secretary Dr Avnesh Verma said another major demand included promotion to the post of professor under the Career Advancement Scheme of teachers working in a university, college, University College of Education and Directorate Distance Education on the pattern of MDU, Rohtak, and Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila University, Khanpur, (Sonepat), he added. He said since this benefit was already being granted to teachers in Rohtak and Sonepat, the denial to Kurukshetra University teachers reflects the regional disparity by the government.
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Govt boost for healthcare
Chandigarh, June 6 Health Minister Rao Narender Singh said the services being provided through the Haryana Referral Transport Service (No. 102) was mainly linked with mother and child health programmes. At present, the ambulance service is being provided free of cost to pregnant women, road accident victims, freedom fighters, BPL patients and patients of notified settlements and post-partum delivery cases up to six weeks and newborns. Now, the scope of the service has been extended by including children up to five years of age with an aim to reduce child mortality. In Haryana, the infant mortality rate is 48 per 1,000, for which a reduced target of 32 has been fixed by the year 2017.
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Three get 20 years’ jail for raping
minor
Sonepat, June 6 The 15-year-old girl of Nizampur village had lodged a complaint at Kharkhoda police station on June 11, 2013, alleging that she was kidnapped by the accused on May 28, while she was returning from the fields. In her complaint, she had alleged that they took her to a hotel in Gohana and raped her one-by-one. Later, she was dropped near Bakheta village after which they escaped. She narrated the incident to her family. On the basis of her medical examination report and other evidences, including her statement before the magistrate, the court convicted the accused and pronounced the judgment.
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all by announcing a subtle break from the 700-year-old rigid, self-imposed ban on same-village, inter-caste and same-gotra matrimonial ties, the villagers are as confused as the architects of the so-called paradigm shift.
Sikhs in Haryana can hope to get a separate Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) before the coming Assembly elections - a demand that has been hanging fire for the past more than a decade.
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda gave enough hints of this during his speech in the workers’ meeting and while addressing the media in the PWD Rest House here today.
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will meet over two lakh Congress workers in the state in June to constitute a committed force of party activists for the upcoming state Assembly polls.
Hooda and State Congress chief Ashok Tanwar addressed a meeting of party workers in Sirsa today. He said the results of the coming Assembly polls would be different from the parliamentary elections, as voters were misled to vote in favour of one individual.
Karnal, June 6
surrounding areas.
Superintendent of Police (SP), Abhishek Garg, also visited the spot.
Ajit Singh, SHO, Nissing, said some vehicles that caught fire were accidental, while some were impounded. He said the exact cause of fire was yet to be ascertained. As many as 23 vehicle including 12 cars, two three-wheelers, a tractor, two jeeps and six bikes caught fire and were destroyed completely.
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