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Agriculture Dept braces
for deficient monsoon
Bogus voters registered in several districts, says INLD
Construction row turns violent; 13 hurt
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1,181 get certificates for
houses under Rajiv yojana
Trees make way for CM’s helipad in Jind village
Illegal weapons used in Tauru violence, says police chief
Medical reimbursement procedure simplified
Yadav fails to make farmers give up land
Woman extorts Rs 5 lakh over molestation charge
Agriculture projects worth Rs 455 cr cleared
Karnal docs urged to treat BPL patients under RSBY
4,964 toilets to be built in Fatehabad
Hooda forms panels to resolve engineers’ issues
Haryana’s Shame
Stubble burning continues unabated
Villagers seek CBI probe into minor’s rape case
AAP chalks out strategy for Assembly poll
Orphanage gets LCD on Rahul Gandhi's birthday
Woman raped; neighbour among 2 held
Child among two killed in mishap Govt, Dell foundation sign MoU
Road blocked over erratic power supply Financer held for molesting councillor DCR varsity to roll out 6 new courses Man axed
to death
17% DA hike for govt staff
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Agriculture Dept braces
for deficient monsoon
Jhajjar, June 19 The authorities are expecting at least 10 per cent less than the normal monsoon this year. “If it happens, we will have to take effective measures not only to ensure maximum production of kharif crops, especially bajra, but also make adequate fodder available for cattle,” said a higher official of the Agriculture Department. The local office of the Agriculture Department has started chalking out the action plan after collecting information about farmers, water table level, crops and sowing area in Jhajjar district. “We have planned to launch a special programme in the district to make farmers aware how they can ensure ample production of their kharif crops in the event of deficient monsoon. Since bajra crop requires a considerable amount of water, farmers find it tough to get a good yield if rainfall is deficient,” said Dr Madan Mohan, deputy director with the Agriculture Department in
Jhajjar. He said farmers would be informed about varieties of bajra that yield more in less time as well as consume less water. Farmers would also be made aware about the benefit of life-saving irrigation. “The most crucial task at hand is to ensure availability of fodder for cattle. Special measures will be taken to reduce the possibility of scarcity of fodder,” said Madan Mohan. Soon, an action plan
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Bogus voters registered in several districts, says INLD
Hisar, June 19 The grandson of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief Om Prakash Chautala said: “In the Nalwa Assembly segment of Hisar, the software has detected nearly 21,000 voters who share either their name or father’s name or date of birth or all three. It can be a coincidence that, say 4,000 voters, share any of the personal details. So this put into question nearly 17,000 voters.” The details, Dushyant said, needed to be verified as could be duplicity of voters. “Besides using the software, party leaders will scrutinise the voters list manually to unearth the fraud and submit reports. Later, the party will approach the Election Commission (EC) to demand deletion of fake voters, inquiry into suspected case and strict action against officials found guilty,” the MP said. To prove his point of state machinery’s involvement in the registration of fake votes, Dushyant said the alleged role of Minister of State (Sports) Sukhbir Kataria in fake voter registration case had strengthened the INLD’s doubts. Dushyant hinted that the fraud ran deep. “The party had detected nearly 3,000 bogus voters in Kaithal district during the last Assembly elections. Recently, we found that 180 voters have the same address in Hisar,” he added. Hisar Tehsildar (election) Ramniwas said that anybody with a complaint about bogus voters had to submit an objection to the office in this regard and it would be investigated into. “We have removed names of nearly 11,000 voters who have either dead or are enrolled twice or more. Any other complaint would also be inquired into before taking further action,” he added. Hisar MP asks for office in Mini-Secretariat
Hisar MP Dushyant Chautala has asked for space to set up his office at the Mini-Secretariat for inspecting work under the Member of Parliament Local Area Development
(MPLAD) funds. The MP said he was entitled to set up a facilitation centre for monitoring works under the MPLAD scheme. “An MP is entitled to set up office as per the MPLAD guidelines, but no MP has ever bothered to do so. As per the provisions, an MP can spend two per cent of the MPLAD funds to maintain office. I have sought a room and other facilities from the Deputy Commissioner,” Dushyant said. The DC, ML Kaushik, said the Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) has been asked to facilitate the MP to set up his office, as per the guidelines. Dushyant’s allegations
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Construction row turns violent; 13 hurt
Jhajjar, June 19 The injured were admitted to the Civil Hospital here and the condition of all of them was stated to be out of danger. No case was registered till filing of the news as the police were investigating the matter after receiving the complaints from both the parties. According to the police, both the parties had constructed their houses in their fields and had been quarrelling over the construction of the pathway leading to their houses for some time. The quarrel took a violent turn when members of both families attacked each other with agriculture equipments. Those injured in the clash were identified as Sher Singh, Virender, Vijay, Pawan, Praveen, Poonam, Rakhi, Manphool, Phoola Devi, Surender Singh, Ashok Kumar, Ombir and Rajesh. “Statements of both the parties are being recorded to find out the veracity. The case will be registered after preliminary investigation,” said the police. Dispute over ancestral land
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1,181 get certificates for
houses under Rajiv yojana
Sirsa, June 19 A total of 2,144 houses for the poor are to be constructed in Sirsa at a cost of Rs 95 crore under the scheme of the Ministry of Urban Housing and Poverty Alleviation. Presiding over the function, Avantika Maken Tanwar said 2,016 houses would be constructed near Kanganpur road while 128 more will be constructed near the Auto Market. Sirsa’s Additional Deputy Commissioner Shiv Prashad Sharma said possession of the houses would be given as and when they were completed. Speaking on this occasion, Savitri Jindal said UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi had dreamt of a slum-free India and had promised a roof to every slum dweller. She said the state had witnessed unprecedented development during the past 10 years under Bhupinder Singh
Hooda. She said Sirsa saw a plethora of development activities during Ashok Tanwar’s term as MP, including bringing the Rajiv Awas Yojana to the town. |
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Trees make way for CM’s helipad in Jind village
Jind, June 19 However, Lohia residents said officers could have made the helipad in Aleva grain market, around 10 km from Dhatrath, but they made it in Lohia village by axing many trees in panchayat land near a private polytechnic. “Just to reduce the distance by 5 km, officers axed many trees without mandatory permission. We demand strict action against all officers,” said Fateh singh Lohia, a senior INLD leader of the village. When a call was made to village woman sarpanch Sushil Devi, her husband Uday Singh attended the call and said the administration neither asked his wife for land nor she allowed the axing of trees. As per norms if any panchayat wants to axe any tree, it first has to submit a request to the forest authorities concerned who take the final call. If allowed, the panchayat must auction the axed trees as per rates fixed by the Forest Department. Jind District Forest Officer (DFO) Shamsher Singh Saini said: “My officers have told me that a helipad was made over panchayat land after axing trees without permission. I will look into the matter” said
DFO. Rajiv Rattan, DC, Jind , said Safidon SDM Prem Chand had made all arrangements as he was busy in a meeting in
Hisar. "The helipad was set up in Gohia due to security reasons on the recommendations of the CM's security staff" Said the Safidon
SDM. What the norm says
As per norms, if a panchayat wants to axe any tree, it first has to submit a request to the forest authorities who take the final call. If allowed, the panchayat must auction the axed trees as per rates fixed by the Forest Department. The wrong cut
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Illegal weapons used in Tauru violence, says police chief
Rewari, June 19 Vashisht was interacting with the media after a meeting with senior police officials of Rewari, Mahendragarh and Mewat district to discuss the law and order situation. Violence had erupted on the morning of June 8 in Mewat’s Tauru village, 40 km from Gurgaon, after a truck mowed down two men on a bike, killing one of them on the spot, the police had said. Plundering and rioting went on for several hours. All this while, the district police were reduced to mere spectators. “We have planned a special drive to prevent smuggling of illegal firearms and to nab persons in possession of illegal weapons, especially in the three districts of South Haryana,” said the DGP. Mewat would take priority during the campaign, he said. Vashisht said a fake arms licence racket was recently unearthed by the police, wherein a large number of locals managed to get licences from Nagaland on fake documents. Over 200 such licences had been cancelled after investigation, he said. He said high-resolution CCTV cameras would be installed at busy places and crossroads in each district to keep a vigil on the movement of people. One hundred Gypsy vehicles would be made available to the district police. 700 IRB jawans deployed in Mewat
Gurgaon: A battalion of 700 IRB jawans has been deployed in Mewat district, revealed S N Vashisht,DGP, who was here today to chair a meeting of police officers of Gurgaon Division here. Vashisht said illegal mining and illegal transportation of construction material and overloading would be strictly curbed in Mewat district. If the situation warranted, more batallions would be sent to ensure peace in the Mewat region . The SP, Mewat, has been appointed as Commandant of this batallion. He said 300 Home Guard jawans, who were receiving training at Bhondsi these days, would also be deployed soon in the Mewat region to keep watch on illegal mining. The trucks carrying legally crushed material would be issued stickers with hologram and barcode, besides giving them properly stamped papers. The colour of the sticker would be different daily. The trucks or dumpers found without these stickers would be treated as carrying illegal material and challaned.
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Medical reimbursement procedure simplified
Chandigarh, June 19 Similarly, the head of office in the district will be authorised to sanction an advance and the medical bill of up to Rs 1 lakh. The administrative secretary of the concerned department will be authorised to sanction such bills of more than Rs 5 lakh. In case of government hospital, an advance of 90 per cent of the estimate will be allowed. Also, in case of government approved private hospital which are allowed at the rates of the PGIMER, Chandigarh, plus 75 per cent of the balance amount, an advance of 75 per cent of the estimate on non-package rates and 90 per cent of the estimate on the identified package rate notified by the government from time to time will be allowed. In case of government approved private hospitals, which are allowed at rates of the PGIMER, an advance of 50 per cent will be allowed because the reimbursement in such cases is less. However, 90 per cent of the amount will be allowed as advance in case of indentified package rates notified by the government. Other terms and conditions as mentioned in the reimbursement policy related to the advance will remain the same. |
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Yadav fails to make farmers give up land
Rewari, June 18 Terming Yadav’s endeavour as a political stunt, the farmers have refused to budge stating that the state government cannot acquire land without their consent, as per the new land acquisition policy. The farmers asserted they were ready to make any sacrifice to protect their fertile land. After the Cabinet meeting held on Sunday, Capt Ajay Yadav assured the farmers of compensation for their land as per the new policy, besides exempting houses built on this land from acquisition. Yadav had informed the farmers that he had raised the issue before Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda at the Cabinet meeting, who agreed to exempt the houses built on the acquired land and to award compensation, as per the new policy. But the assurance added fuel to the ongoing agitation of the farmers who accused Yadav of playing with their sentiments by issuing politically motivated statement on the issue. “Where was Capt Yadav when we were running from pillar to post to protect our fertile land from acquisition? We had several times sought succour from him but to no avail. Since the assembly polls are now round the corner, he is trying to become our well wisher,” said Ajay Kumar, a farmer from Kalaka village. |
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Woman extorts Rs 5 lakh over molestation charge
Panipat, June 19 While Ram Singh has been arrested, Raj Bala and Sheru are at large. Narrating the incident, Suraj Bhan told The Tribune that when he was returning to his house on motorcycle on June 9, his motorcycle slipped outside Raj Bala’s house and he fell on the ground. "I started cursing the sarpanch for not getting the dilapidated road repaired. In the meantime, Raj Bala and Sheru came out and started abusing me. They slapped me and called the police. Raj Bala later submitted a complaint to the police that I had molested her," said
Suraj. “Raj Bala, her husband and their neighbour demanded Rs 7 lakh from me and threatened to lodge an FIR of molestation if I did not give them the money. The compromise was struck at Rs 5 lakh and my younger brother, Shamsher Singh, deposited the sum in Ram Singh's account on June 12. After one day, Raj
Bala gave in writing that she would withdraw her complaint. I then submitted a complaint to Panipat SP B Satheesh Balan against the three,” said the victim. ASI Ratan Singh said the police had arrested Ram Singh and he
was produced in a city court today. The court remanded him in one-day police custody. Efforts were on to nab the absconding, he the
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Agriculture projects worth Rs 455 cr cleared
Chandigarh, June 19 A sum of Rs 226 crore would be spent on the departments of agriculture, horticulture, pisciculture and dairy to increase productivity and strengthen infrastructure at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agriculture University and Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at
Hisar. About Rs 22 crore was allocated for distribution of certified seeds of paddy, wheat, millet and sorghum during 2014-15. A sum of Rs 11.83 crore has been approved for various projects of CCS Haryana Agricultural University; Rs 6.77 crore for pisciculture; Rs 12 crore for the Horticulture Department and Rs 12.50 crore for the National Mission for Protein Supplement of Dairy Department. Apart from this, funds have been approved for Agriculture and related departments. Representatives of the Central Government, Joint Secretaries Vasudha Mishra and Dr Akhilesh Kamal, Additional Chief Secretaries, Haryana Agriculture and Finance Departments, Roshan Lal and Rajan Gupta, respectively, and other senior officers were also present in the meeting.
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Karnal docs urged to treat BPL patients under RSBY
Karnal, June 19 IMA representatives-- Dr BK Thakur, Dr KB. Jain, Dr Salil Gupta and Dr Rakesh Jindal--said they would not treat BPL patients under the RSBY scheme until their all dues were cleared. Anil Grover, a representative of United India Insurance Company, assured the IMA representatives that their pending payment would be released shortly. The insurance company had paid Rs 25 lakh for 359 of the 713 cases. Dr Virender Sharma, District Nodal Officer, assured the doctors that the remaining payment would be released within two weeks and the IMA should co-operate with BPL patients. IMA members said around 34 hospitals in the city had been providing this facility to BPL patients for the past five years. But many doctors had not received payments for treatment provided under this central scheme.
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4,964 toilets to be built in Fatehabad
Fatehabad, June 19 Bahera said the authorities had set a target of constructing 449 and 549 toilets in schools and anganwadis of the district, respectively. So far, toilets have been set up in 127 schools and 113 anganwadis, he said. The DC said the authorities would spend Rs 7.80 crore in the district under the project. Out of this, Rs 2.64 crore had been already spent. Bahera said the villagers were being motivated to construct toilets in their houses and Rs 10,000 from the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan was being given to those who came forward to build toilets in their houses. He said under the Mahatma Gandhi Gramin Basti Yojna, 100-yard plots had already been given to 5,928 families in 160 villages of
Fatehabad.
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Hooda forms panels to resolve engineers’ issues
Ambala, June 19 The three-member committee will comprise the Chief Secretary, the Principal Secretary to Chief Minister and the Power Secretary, who is also CMD of power utilities. The first meeting of the committee is scheduled to be held next week. The association, in its letter to the CM, had submitted four major demands including the recent decision of power utilities to fill the post of directors through advertisement. Dahiya said the decision was likely to have far-reaching consequences on promotion of engineers. The second demand pertained to proposed changes to the promotion policy for middle and senior level engineers. The changes in the policy would increase nepotism, favouritism and corruption and prove to be demotivating for honest and hardworking officers, Dahiya said. He said the pay scale of assistant engineers of Haryana power utilities should be increased on the lines of their Punjab and Delhi counterparts. The restructuring of discoms was pending for over a decade and the workload has increased manifold without the increase of corresponding staff. |
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Minor raped in
Ratia
Tribune News Service
Fatehabad, June 19 After reaching home, the victim narrated the incident to her family who lodged a police complaint. The police took the victim to the Community Health Centre, Ratia, for treatment and medical examination. A case has been registered under Sections 323 (assault), 452 (criminal trespass), 365 (kidnapping), 376-D (gangrape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC; Section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act; and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against the two accused who are on the run.
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Stubble burning continues unabated
Kaithal, June 19 Hardly any action is taken against the violators. The Forest Department plants lakhs of saplings during monsoon, but does little to save the existing trees and plants that are not only a source of earning for the government, but are also helpful in preserving the environment and check pollution. Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Ram Kumar said that after receiving reports from the field staff, 24 reports had been prepared and action against the guilty was being taken as per provisions of the Indian Forest Act, 1927. He confirmed that due to major fire in Seonsar forest range in the district, the plants were destroyed in 10 to 12 hectares recently. A case was lodged in this connection. Deputy Commissioner NK Solanki said he had no feedback from the field officers about the burning of stubble by farmers. “The Agriculture Department had been asked to take note of burning of crop residue and take action against those who violate orders of the administration,” he said. Rohtash, Deputy Director (Agriculture), said he had not received any report from field staff about the burning of crop residue. |
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Villagers seek CBI probe into minor’s rape case
Karnal, June 19 The protesters sought the transfer of the Gharaunda Station House Officer (SHO) and the suspension of all officers of the Munak police post. Earlier, the protesters assembled at the village and marched to Gharaunda, raising slogans against the police. Joginder Rathi, DSP (headquarters), and Raj Kumar, DSP (city), tried to pacify them, but to no avail. The villagers alleged that the police had failed to nab the culprits after 24 days of the incident. The victim of Furlak village was allegedly kidnapped by a man driving an Innova car when she was on her way home from school on May 27. He allegedly raped her in the car and, later, dumped her near Dharamgarh
chungi.
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AAP chalks out strategy for Assembly poll
Hisar, June 19 Though Yadav was non-committal on the issue of contesting the Haryana Assembly elections, on being asked about AAP’s strategy, he said the party was yet to take a decision. “We are making preparations and holding meetings in all districts. We have been seeking suggestions from the party units about the Assembly elections and a final decision would be taken in the national executive meeting soon,” said Yadav. He said the party would take up land acquisition, unemployment, land mafia, power and water as the key issues in Haryana. AAP district spokesperson Mahavir Sharma said most of the workers suggested that the party should contest the elections in the state and take a decision in this regard. |
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Orphanage gets LCD on Rahul Gandhi's birthday
Sirsa, June 19 Avantika’s Lalit Geetanjali Maken Foundation donated an LCD television to the children of an orphanage at Bhodia Khera in
Fatehabad. Both Savitri Jindal and Avantika Maken described Rahul Gandhi as the youth icon for the Congress workers across the country. The minister said Rahul Gandhi had done a lot for youths by bringing them to the centre stage of politics in the country. Children
Anirudh, Adikrata, Abhistda and others presented a song on the occasion. |
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The newly elected INLD MP from Hisar, Dushyant Chautala, has alleged that bogus voters have been listed on the electoral rolls in several districts of Haryana.
“To detect the anomaly in all 90 Assembly seats in the state, the party has launched a drive to scrutinise the voters list through a software before the coming Vidhan Sabha elections. Party leaders have been directed on the job,” he told The Tribune during his visit to Narnaul today.
It was a dream come true for 16-year-old Sapna, a senior secondary student at a local government school. She will no longer have to bear the stigma of living in a slum. Her family is among the 1,181 in Sirsa to have received certificates of houses allotted to them under the Rajiv Awas
Yojna. State Urban Local Bodies Minister Savitri Jindal gave away the certificates at a function organised in the auditorium of the CMK National PG College for Women here today.
Despite having alternative space just 5 km away, senior officers of Jind allegedly preferred to axe trees to make a helipad for the Chief Minister last evening without mandatory permission. As the CM had to visit the house of a deceased Congress leader Shamsher Singh in Dhatrath village, officers made the helipad in Lohia village over panchayat land after axing trees.
Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) SN Vashisht said illegal firearms were used in the communal violence triggered by the death of a man in an accident in Mewat district some days ago.
He said the illegal firearms were mostly brought in from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and that a special campaign would soon be launched in south Haryana to check arms’ smuggling.
Every year, the administration warns farmers against burning of stubble after crop harvesting and threatens of stringent action against the violators, but does little to check the practice.
Hardly any action is taken against the violators. The Forest Department plants lakhs of saplings during monsoon, but does little to save the existing trees and plants that are not only a source of earning for the government, but are also helpful in preserving the environment and check pollution.
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s 44th birthday was celebrated by Congress workers in a function held here today.
Haryana Minister Savitri Jindal, state Congress president Ashok Tanwar’s wife Avantika Maken Tanwar, Shakuntla Rajliwal, Mayor of Hisar Municipal Corporation, Bhupender Gangwa, chairman of Haryana Maati Kala Board and several other Congress leaders cut a cake on the occasion.
