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Congress workers clash at Hisar meeting
Cong worker campaigns against state leadership
Rs 4,400-cr boost to power distribution
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Ultimatum to Korean firm to reinstate workers
Separate SGPC: Badal’s comment irks Sikh leaders
Doc held for conducting prenatal sex test in Rewari
NGO seeks free bus travel for disabled
Rajnath to meet state leaders today
BJYM wants representation in 25 seats
BJP Kisan Morcha to move Agriculture Ministry
Fire damages forest wealth in Y’nagar villages
AAP women’s wing holds convention
On Panipat tour, Hooda
suspends 3, attacks INLD
Rs 1,110 cr collected as labour cess, reveals RTI reply
Assembly electoral rolls to be revised
Faridabad-Gurgaon toll tax hike to be rolled back
Moderators to examine answersheets
Time limit fixed for cyber park colony
Hooda sets deadline for completion of projects
3 of a family killed in mishap
Acid attack: Head of family held; wanted to kill wife, her paramour
Two die after inhaling poisonous gas
Yamunanagar youth commits suicide
3 booked for raping, threatening woman
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Congress workers clash at Hisar meeting
Hisar, June 8 The situation turned ugly when Congress leader Rambhajat Sharma was addressing party workers. Some workers started raising slogans in favour of Selja, disturbing the proceedings. To this, the Hooda supporters retaliated and raised slogans, resulting in a confrontation between the two groups. Some workers even roughed up each other. The spat continued for around 20 minutes as they refused to listen to the pleas of the senior leaders to maintain order. On witnessing the acrimonious scenes, party observer Krishan Murti Hooda, who presided over the meeting, and legislators Savitri Jindal, Vinod Bhayana and other senior leaders left the meeting. Krishan Murti later said he would hold another meeting to set things right in the district unit before the Chief Minister’s and state Congress chief Ashok Tanwar’s visit to the city on June 27. He said those who created chaos at the meeting were misled by some individual leaders. Earlier, Nalwa legislator Sampat Singh, who unsuccessfully contested the Hisar Lok Sabha seat, made a brief appearance and left the meeting midway. He said if he brought forth facts about the realities of the Lok Sabha elections in the state, it would be explosive. “Leaders who worked against me during the elections are seated on the dais,” Singh said. District party unit president Jai Prakash and legislators — Naresh Selwal and Ram Niwas Ghorela — were conspicuous by their absence in the meeting. Most of the party leaders and workers expressed worry over the party’s performance in General Election in the state, especially in Hisar, and called for urgent steps to rejuvenate the alienated cadre. Unruly behaviour * The situation turned ugly when Congress leader Rambhajat Sharma was addressing party workers * Some workers started raising slogans in favour of Selja, disturbing the proceedings * To this, the Hooda supporters retaliated and raised slogans, resulting in a confrontation between the two groups * The spat continued for around 20 minutes as they refused to listen to the pleas of the senior leaders to maintain order
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‘development bias’ Parveen Arora Tribune News Service
Karnal, June 8 He hit out the Congress for poor conditions of roads, and lack of infrastructure, sanitation and sewerage in Karnal. “The state government has always ignored the district,” he said while addressing a gathering at Shiv Colony here. “Roads are in a poor condition. Stones are scattered all over the roads, making it difficult to drive vehicles. Pedestrians, too, face difficulty,” Gupta said, adding that roads should be constructed with interlocking tiles. The Congress worker further said that Karnal being a rice bowl, the district had not been developed as a rice hub. Gupta demanded that top institutes such as the IIT and IMT should be set up in Karnal so that youths should not venture out for higher education. “Illegal colonies in the city should be regularised with facilities of sewerage, roads and drinking water,” he said, adding that 50 per cent quota should be reserved for local residents in HUDA plots. Fault lines * Poor roads * Illegal colonies * No major education institutes such as IIT * Lack of infrastructure, sanitation and sewerage
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Rs 4,400-cr boost to power distribution
Hisar, June 6 Devender Singh said as per load demand projections, the projected requirement will be 6000-6200 MW against the availability of 8000-8200 MW during the first fortnight of June. During the second fortnight of June, the projected demand would be from 7300-7500 MW against the availability of 9100-9300 MW. In the months of July, August and September, the projected requirement of electricity was 7590 MW, 6600 MW and 6640 MW against which the availability of 9500 MW, 9300 MW and 8400 MW ,respectively. Devender Singh said that the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN), the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) and the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam(UHBVN) had proposed a Rs 4,400-cr plan to strenghthen the transmission and distribution system. The plan which would be completed in the 2016-17 financial year comprises construction of new substations, augmentation of capacity of existing substations and erection of transmission lines connecting these substations to the feeding substations. The utilities would construct 251 new substations of various levels and augment capacity of 373 existing ones to match the capacity of the transmission system to the increasing availability of power in the state. The new substations include one 440-KV substation , 29 220-KV substations , 12 132-KV substations , 19 66-KV substations 190 33-KV substations. The substations to be augmented under the plan include four 440-KV substations, 35 220- KV substations, 20 132-KV substations, 64 66-KV substations and 200 33-KV substations. All these substations would be commissioned by the end of the 2016-17 financial year. Project details The plan which will be completed in the 2016-17 financial year comprises construction of new substations, augmentation of capacity of existing substations and erection of transmission lines connecting these substations to the feeding substations.
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Separate SGPC: Badal’s comment irks Sikh leaders
Kurukshetra, June 8
Hooda had, on Friday, hinted at forming the SGPC for Haryana before the Assembly elections. To this, Badal said the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) would oppose such move and warned the Congress not to meddle in Sikh religious affairs. Jhinda welcomed Hooda’s announcement, and said Badal’s statement was politically motivated. “The HSGPC (ad hoc) will strengthen, not divide, the Sikh community.” He claimed Badal and his son, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, had promised thrice to form the HSGPC, but never delivered. “The Badals has once again betrayed the Sikh community of Haryana,” Jhinda said, adding that “Haryana should have its own gurdwara committee on the lines of Delhi”. “A meeting of the Haryana Sikh community has been called in Kaithal on Tuesday to discuss the further course of action. We are trying to meet Sukhbir to remind him of his assurance,” the Jhinda faction said. Sukhbir had assured that a sub-committee would be constituted to take care of all gurdwaras in Haryana. The Nalwi faction of the HSGPC (ad hoc), meanwhile, was equally critical of the Haryana and Punjab governments. “Neither of two state governments wants to give the Sikhs their right. One day, the Haryana Chief Minister makes an announcement and, the next day, the Punjab Chief Minister opposes it. Nothing will come out of this political wrangling and the matter will again be relegated to oblivion,” Nalwi faction chief Didar Singh Nalwi said. He is the former general secretary of the united HSGPC (ad hoc). Taking potshots at Badal, Nalwai said: “The Badal’s statement has disrespected Parliament. So he doesn’t deserve to hold the office of Chief Minister. Constituting a separate SGPC is a matter related to the Haryana Assembly and the Punjab CM has no right to oppose its decisions.” Badal, he said, should rather concentrate on several other issues, concerning both the states, hanging fire. Hitting out at Hooda, he said: “I ask the Haryana Chief Minister what kind of legal opinion he is seeking as the formation of the HSGPC is a constitutional right of Sikhs living in the state.” Hooda had, on Friday, said the government would seek legal opinion on the Harmohinder Singh Chatha Committee report and take a decision suited to the Sikhs living in the state before the Assembly elections. Tarlochan advises Hooda to tread cautiously Sirsa: Tarlochan Singh, former chairperson of the National Commission of Minorities, on Sunday advised Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda not to take any step that could cause disharmony among Sikhs living in Punjab. He also asked Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to take steps for constituting a regional committee of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee for managing gurdwaras in Haryana, as per the assurance given to the Sikhs of this state. Singh had mediated when the issue was in the spotlight during the last Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee elections. It was decided to constitute a separate regional committee for Haryana with its headquarters in Kurukshetra to appease state Sikhs. It was decided that the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president would head the regional committee, and all members elected from Haryana would be its members. Besides, Tarlochan Singh said, it was decided that the regional committee would have its separate budget and have control over employees working in gurdwaras in Haryana.
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Doc held for conducting prenatal sex test in Rewari
Rewari, June 8 The team sealed the hospital’s ultrasound machine after registering a case against the doctor. As per official information, Rewari Deputy Civil Surgeon and Drug Control Officer created a shadow witness by giving him Rs 4,000 in currency noted signed by the Drug Control Officer. The shadow witness went to the hospital with a five-month pregnant decoy patient. Dr Sethi performed the woman’s ultrasound and sent her out of the room. The shadow witness was inside the room with the doctor and the deal was settled for Rs 4,000. The witness handed over the money to the doctor after he told him the woman was carrying a male child. The team present in the hospital with two police constables caught the doctor red handed. The doctor was carrying the currency and Form-F in his pocket, which was not duly filled. “Signed currency notes were recovered from the doctor. Entry of Form-F was not done in the hospital register. The currency notes, ultrasound machine and Form F have been seized and sealed,” said an official of the Health Department. |
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NGO seeks free bus travel for disabled
Sirsa, June 8 Iqbal Shant, president of the Shant Foundation, said the NGO had also given a memorandum to Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in this connection. He said the state government allowed free travel facility in Haryana Roadways buses only to those with 100 per cent disability. Shant said HP, Delhi, Rajasthan, Nagaland, Orissa and Manipur provided free bus travel to all PWDs while Punjab, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Andhra and Maharashtra provided 50 to 75 per cent concession to those with disability of 50 per cent or more. — TNS |
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Rajnath to meet state leaders today
Chandigarh, June 8 Core Committee of the BJP that met at Rohtak last month felt that the BJP no longer needed an alliance with the HJC and that it should go alone in the Vidhan Sabha elections scheduled for October. Most members of the core committee, Haryana BJP President Ram Bilas Sharma and seven recently elected MPs have been asked to come prepared with their arguments along with a "suggested plan of action". Senior BJP leaders made rounds of the state in the past few weeks trying to assess the political situation and political implications of scrapping the agreement with the HJC. The HJC has in the recent days threatened to contest all 90 Assembly seats if the BJP went back on its seat sharing agreement where both parties would contest 45 seats each in a 90-member Haryana House. The BJP Core Committee had achieved near unanimity about asking the party high command to rework its alliance with the HJC as it felt that the alliance could proved to be a liability rather than an asset. At the same time the core committee also does not want any truck with the INLD. Prior to the Parliamentary elections BJP leaders in the state felt that an alliance with the INLD would be a better option as it would help garner Jat votes. Buoyed by the success in the parliamentary poll, the Haryana BJP now feels that it can do sufficiently well to form the next government in Haryana on its own. Sources in the party said nothing concrete was expected from the Delhi meeting but the Haryana leaders were expected to throw up the names of probables for the post of Chief Minister. Not all state BJP leaders favour the naming of a chief ministerial candidate before the poll. There are others who feel that naming a person to govern the state, as was done in the case of parliamentary elections, would augur well for the party. A section in the BJP suggests that a situation should be created to force the HJC to announce scrapping of the agreement. HJC-BJP alliance on agenda * Rajnath convened a meeting of the Haryana unit of the party along with new MPs to chalk out a strategy for the forthcoming Assembly elections *
He is expected to make assessment on various issues, including the fate of the HJC-BJP alliance *
BJP's core committee felt the party no longer needed an alliance with the HJC and that it should go alone in the Vidhan Sabha elections scheduled for October *
Most members of the core committee, Haryana BJP President Ram Bilas Sharma and seven recently elected MPs have been asked to come prepared
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BJYM wants representation in 25 seats
Ambala, June 8 State BJYM president Mukesh Gaur, while addressing a meeting of party workers here today, said a delegation would meet party high command in this regard soon. He said the youth had played a crucial role in the Lok Sabha elections. Hence, he said, they deserved proper representation in the Assembly elections. They have demanded 25 seats, he said. He said the BJP had taken a lead in 52 constituencies in the Lok Sabha elections in the state, while the Congress could get a lead in 15 constituencies only. He said block and district-level conferences of party workers would be organised soon. Gaur said the Congress had failed to fulfil the promises made for the welfare of youths during the last election. He said government jobs were granted to the youths of a specific district and the selection was not made on merit basis. He said corruption, worst law and order condition, price hike and scams would be the main election issues this time.
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Swaminathan Committee Report Tribune News Service
Jhajjar, June 8 The morcha chief, Om Prakash Dhankar, said the letter would be sent to the Ministry of Agriculture to get the recommendations of the Swaminathan Committee implemented. A delegation of the morcha would soon call on Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to discuss the financial needs of the agricultural sector, said Dhankar. Farmer leaders from 23 states attended the meeting and discussed burning issues pertaining to farming. He maintained the morcha representatives presented their suggestions about protection of farmers’ interest in the case of natural calamity, low production and other situations and underscored the formation of a new agriculture policy. “We have discussed about the formation of a new and effective programme to educate farmers about new technologies to improve production,” said Dhankar. Sandeep Sharma, state president of the morcha in Chhatishgarh, advocated Rs 2,100 as the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy. Roop Chaudhary from UP advocated a change in the subsidy policy by the Centre to benefit farmers. He said the farmers should be given subsidy on production instead of farming equipment. The two-day meeting of the national executive of the kisan morcha was inaugurated by Union Minister for Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh yesterday.
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Fire damages forest wealth in Y’nagar villages
Yamunanagar, June 8 The negligence of the Forest Department cannot be ruled out, as the government had released huge budget to make advance arrangements to prevent forest fires in June and July, an official source said. Sources said no fire lines were developed in the forest area falling at Salhapur and Jhanda villages, where the fire wreaked havoc. They said, in most cases wood mafia in connivance with a few Forest Department officials were involved in torching forest areas, adding that hundreds of plants and trees had been damaged in the incident.. On a tip-off, the Forest Department had raided a villager’s house in Jhanda on Friday and recovered three Khair trees. The department issued a damage report in the case and fined the accused. Ravinder Dhankar, District Forest Officer, said the fire had been controlled. He said there was no need for fire lines in the area where the fire had broken out.
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AAP women’s wing holds convention
Sirsa, June 8 The convention was addressed by senior AAP activists, including Suman Kaur, Gurpreet, Harbans Kaur, Veeran Bai, Suman Sachdeva, among others. In the meeting they decided that no meeting of the gram sabha should be taken as valid unless attended by at least 50 per cent women. They decided not to let any liquor vend open in any village without the consent of at least 50 per cent women.
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On Panipat tour, Hooda
suspends 3, attacks INLD
Panipat, June 8 The CM ordered the suspension of District Food and Supplies Controller (DFSC) Dilbagh Singh Doon and District Food and Supplies Officer (DFSO) Ashok Kumar for undue delay in distribution of foodgrain under the National Food Security Scheme. Tehsildar Suresh Kumar was suspended for illegal registries on the basis of power of attorneys of immovable properties in unapproved colonies. Earlier, addressing Congress workers, Panipat MLA Balbir Pal Shah drew the CM’s attention towards non-disbursement of foodgrains for three months. Addressing an officers’ meeting, Hooda asked why electricity had not been provided to Garh Sarnai village under the Mahatma Gandhi Basti Yojna. At this, Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) SE MS Dahiya said power would soon be provided. Hooda asked Dahiya to fix responsibility for the delay in providing electricity. During the meeting, Panipat Municipal Commissioner Gauri Prasher Joshi said a proposal to regularise 67 colonies had been sent to the state government for its approval following which all basic facilities would be provided to those colonies. Hooda directed electricity be provided to Rahimpur Kheri village in Uttar Pradesh that is located on the Haryana border. The village is without electricity 67 years after Independence. Several villagers, along with Samalkha MLA DS Chokher, had met Hooda in this regard some months ago. Hooda inaugurated the Rajiv Gandhi Sports Complex at Siwah and laid the foundation stones for the Swera School for mentally-challenged children and a government college at Matlauda. Earlier in the day, Hooda lambasted the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and said it won two seats in the recent Lok Sabha election by misguiding voters. “The INLD misguided voters and sought their vote in the name of BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. Had the BJP contested elections from Hisar and Sirsa on its own symbol, INLD would not have won a single seat,” he said. He also blamed Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal of misguiding the voters. He reiterating that the INLD would be wiped out in the Assembly elections and the contest would be between Congress and BJP and the Congress would complete its hat-trick. To a query regarding Rajya Sabha MP Kumari Selja’s demand for Hooda’s resignation on moral grounds after the LS debacle, he said, “It is between me and the party high command what I will or will not do.” |
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Rs 1,110 cr collected as labour cess, reveals RTI reply
Rohtak, June 8 However, information received in response to an RTI application reveals that less than 4 per cent of the said amount has been spent on welfare schemes. Moreover, a major chunk of it has been usurped by schemes other than those pertaining to welfare of labourers. As per government's own admission, around 9,000 of 2 lakh labourers registered across the state benefited from the fund. On the other hand, the utilisation of nearly Rs 80 lakh from the said fund for purposes like purchase and maintenance of jeeps for government officials raises eyebrows. Moreover, despite the existence of Labour and Industry Department offices at the district level, certain NGOs were engaged to carry out the registration of labourers for which they were paid lakhs of rupees. The Haryana Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board also okayed the utilisation of 82.55 lakh from the said fund for advertising. Merely Rs 2,000 were paid under the head of medical assistance scheme. Official documents received in response to an RTI application state that Rs 39.35 lakh had been spent on Janshree Insurance Scheme between 2007 and 2009. A sum of Rs 1.88 crore was spent on health insurance, Rs 6.09 crore under the death benefit scheme and Rs 10.92 crore under the Kanyadaan scheme. The information furnished by the state authorities reveals that the government has Registration process a big farce: CITU The Centre for Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has decried the registration process for construction workers as well as overall functioning of the Haryana Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board. Haryana CITU general secretary Satbir Singh said the construction workers were not getting many of the promised facilities despite the availability of sufficient funds collected as labour cess.
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Assembly electoral rolls to be revised
Chandigarh, June 8 Maheshwar Sharma, Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana, said the draft electoral rolls would be published tomorrow. The period for filing of claims and objections would be between June 9 and 30. Special campaign dates for receiving claims and objections would be June 21, 22, 28 and 29. Disposal of claims and objections would take place by July 15 whereas updating of database would be done by July 25. The final publication of the electoral rolls would take place on July 31. He said any person, whose name was not entered into the draft rolls, who was above 18 years of age on the qualifying date and who was a citizen of India, was eligible for enrolment as a voter in the electoral rolls. All the eligible electors whose names had not been enrolled so far could submit their application in Form 6 for new registration, in Form 6-A for the registration of NRI, Form 7 for the removal of name from the electoral rolls and Form 8 for correction. These forms could be downloaded from website: ceoharyana.nic.in. Applicants could also apply online.
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Faridabad-Gurgaon toll tax hike to be rolled back
Faridabad, June 8 According to sources in the Transport Department, the state government had set up a high-level committee under the chairmanship of Sanjiv Kaushal, Financial Commissioner, PWD Department, to review toll rates and recommend relief to commuters. The firm operating the toll plaza was told to rollback the 10 per cent to 33 per cent hike effected from June 1 and it agreed. Toll tax was raised by the operator from June 1. Owners of cars and jeeps were asked to shell out around 33 per cent more while the increase for other categories of vehicles was between 10 per cent and 20 per cent. This attracted sharp criticism and opposition from various sections, including a protest by INLD workers, who laid siege to the toll plaza at Bandhwari village on June 4, as reported in these columns. INLD local leader Vikas Chaudhary described the rollback as a victory of the masses. In a related development, the Confederation of Resident Welfare Associations of Faridabad has submitted a memorandum seeking the removal of the toll plaza at the Badarpur border. An office-bearer said the confederation’s representatives had met State Minister of Roads and Transport Krishan Pal Gurjar in Delhi and requested him to take up removal of the plaza at the Central level on the lines of relief provided to Gurgaon residents by removal of the toll plaza at the Delhi-Gurgaon border some months ago. 'Remove Badarpur plaza' * Toll tax was raised by the operator between 10 per cent and 33 per cent from June 1 * This attracted sharp criticism and opposition from various sections, including a protest by INLD workers * The Confederation of Resident Welfare Associations now wants the toll plaza at the Badarpur border to go
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Moderators to examine answersheets
Sirsa, June 6 Dr Praveen Aghamkar, Controller of Examinations, said Vice-Chancellor Radhe Sham Sharma had appointed moderators to reevaluate 10 per cent of the answersheets selected on a random basis and all those answersheets where the candidates had got lower than 10 marks. Irked at poor results, girls from Government National PG College had ransacked library building of the university and had smashed windowpanes. Protests from other colleges affiliated to the university had also been witnessed in March due to abysmally poor results. The university had to order reevaluation of answersheets of failed students in the presence of their teachers. Meanwhile, the Vice-Chancellor checked several examination centres of the university at Sirsa and Fatehabad.
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Time limit fixed for cyber park colony
Chandigarh June 8 A spokesman said a coloniser, who had been granted a licence for the establishment of cyber park colony, would be required to complete at least 60 per cent of the permitted floor area and obtain the occupation certificate within four years from the date of this notification or grant of licence, whichever is later and apply for grant of the completion certificate. The coloniser, who had been granted a licence for the establishment of a group housing colony would be required to complete the construction and development work and obtain the occupation certificate in four years from the date of approval of building plans or date of grant of environmental clearance, whichever is later and apply for grant of completion certificate. — TNS
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Hooda sets deadline for completion of projects Sirsa, June 8 Hooda, who reviewed development works in the district in a meeting with government officials after his public meeting on Friday, told them that he would personally seek a report on all works on July 7. He said he wanted the projects to finish before the model code of conduct comes into force. Former minister LD Arora’s daughter Sunita Setia, Congress ticket aspirant from Sirsa Assembly seat, read out a memorandum of demands before Hooda. State Congress chief Ashok Tanwar, who represented Sirsa parliamentary seat till recently, has also been taking up the issue of incomplete projects with the government. Hooda directed officials to run a special campaign for bringing the left-out eligible BPL families in the ambit of the scheme and update the lists by June 30. He said the departments should coordinate in completing the development works at the earliest. He asked the officials concerned to set a time limit for the construction of those roads in Sirsa for which tenders had already been floated.
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3 of a family killed in mishap
Faridabad, June 8 Reports received here stated the accident took place when Surender Singh (45) of Dayalpur village accompanied by his three daughters-- Neha (21), Pooja(18) and Akshi(10)--was travelling in their car to reach the village to meet Surender's sister. As the car crossed Meerut city and reached Khatauli, a small town, a truck coming from the opposite direction rammed into their vehicle. While Surender, Neha and Pooja died on the spot, Akshi was admitted to a nearby hospital, where her condition is reported to the critical. Surender was going to bring back his 10-year-old son, who had been on a summer trip to her aunt in the village. While Surender was a farmer, two of the daughters killed in the accident were postgraduate and undergraduate students.
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Acid attack: Head of family held; wanted to kill wife, her paramour
Kaithal, June 8 Joginder, his wife Amarjeet alias Kutro, his daughter, son and a guest Gurdhyan were injured when someone threw acid on them while they were sleeping in the courtyard of their house in Harnouli village of the district on Wednesday night. Amarjeet later died. Joginder, who had lodged a police complaint about the incident and had also suffered burn injuries, broke down during interrogation and confessed to have thrown acid on his family. He said Gurdhyan returned with his family from a fair and they were all sleeping in the courtyard of his house. Later in the night, he found Amarjeet and Gurdhyan together on the same bed and threw acid on them. However, breeze from a pedestal fan caused some acid to fall on his daughter and son. He suffered burns while trying to save them. DSP Gurmail Singh said they interrogated Joginder after he lodged a complaint and found gaps in his version. He later confessed to the crime. How it happened * Joginder Khan, who had lodged a police complaint about the attack and had suffered burn injuries, confessed to have thrown the acid * He said his wife Amarjeet’s paramour Gurdhyan returned with his family from a fair and they were sleeping in the courtyard of his house * Later in the night, he found Amarjeet and Gurdhyan together and threw acid on them * The breeze from a pedestal fan caused some acid to fall on his daughter and son sleeping nearby; he was injured trying to save them
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Two die after inhaling poisonous gas
Sonepat, June 8 The victims have been identified as Mukesh of Bari and Sunil of Gannaur. According to information, Sunil entered first into the eight-feet deep sewer line. He shouted for help as he started getting unconscious, Mukesh entered the sewer line to save Sunil. But, he too fell unconscious. Finally Mukesh’s father, Balbir Singh entered the sewer line with the help of a rope. Both were brought out of the sewer one by one. The victims were taken to civil hospital where the doctors declared them brought dead. — OC |
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Yamunanagar youth commits suicide
Yamunanagar, June 8 He was rushed to a private hospital where he died today. The Farakpur police handed over the victim's body to his kin after a postmortem examination.
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3 booked for raping, threatening woman
Jind, June 8 The victim is a resident of Aleva Khanda village and was married in Hisar. In her complaint, she alleged that Narayan, her father-in-law, took her to Patiala chowk area of Jind on the pretext of attending a family function on May 1, as her husband was in Hisar. She accompanied him, but after reaching Patiala chowk, Narayan allegedly took her to his son-in-law Pawan’s house. After staying there for some time, Narayan left her with Pawan, who was alone in the house, saying he would return from the market soon. As soon as Narayan left the house, Sandip another friend of Pawan came to the house and both allegedly raped her. They threatened her and prepared a CD as well. The victim’s father-in-law returned and took her back home. She said both accused raped her and her father-in-law helped them in committing the crime. She said whenever she tried to raise her voice she was threatened with dire consequences. She came to her father’s house in Jind district on Friday and disclosed the incident to her family, who decided to lodge a complaint with the police on Saturday. “She has accused Pawan and Sandip of raping her with the help of her father-in-law Narayan. We received the complaint on Saturday and immediately registered a case,” Jind SHO Kaptan Singh said. Minor’s rape: ADGP reviews progress
KARNAL: ADGP, law and order, Mohammad Akil today reached Madhuban police complex and held a meeting with officials investigating the eight-year-old girl's kidnapping and rape case. He expressed satisfaction over the present status of the investigation and directed officials to expedite it further. SP Abhishek Garg said
10 teams, including SIT have been working in coordination with the cyber cell to trace the accused. |
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Unruly scenes were witnessed during a meeting of the district Congress unit here today as supporters of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Rajya Sabha MP Kumari Selja clashed.
The BJP Kisan Morcha has prepared a letter for the Ministry of Agriculture after discussing various agricultural issues at its national executive meeting held at Bahadurgarh town in this district today.
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday suspended three officers for dereliction of duty while holding a meeting of district officials at the Mini Secretariat during his Panipat visit on Sunday.
The CM ordered the suspension of District Food and Supplies Controller (DFSC) Dilbagh Singh Doon and District Food and Supplies Officer
(DFSO) Ashok Kumar for undue delay in distribution of foodgrain under the National Food Security Scheme.
“The SGPC is not anybody’s private property and no one can debar Haryana Sikhs from the constitutional right accorded to them under Section 72(2) of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966,” Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (HSGPC) (ad hoc) president Jagdish Singh Jhinda told The Tribune.