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Pressure mounts on Rampal followers, more forces arrive
Followers sent back from Jind railway station
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State set to have 10 model villages under SAGY by 2016
Jind, November 15 If all goes as per plans, Haryana will see 10 model villages villages by 2016 under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY). Though lone Congress MP of the state Deepender Hooda has demanded modifications in the criteria of selection of villages under the scheme, he has also adopted a village under Jhajjar district.
Fireworks expected at state Cong meetings
Cong will oppose BJP’s attempts to ‘saffronise’ Haryana, says Tanwar
Nalvi to meet CM over separate gurdwara panel
Kautilya to be Bal Swachhta Week’s face
Thieves behead accomplice, 3 held
Man arrested for raping
Gohana bank heist
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Pressure mounts on Rampal followers, more forces arrive
Barwala (Hisar), November 15 Personnel were deployed in fields on all sides of the ashram and they were watching Rampal commandos on the roof of the ashram. The first eye
contact between them heightened tension in the ashram. In Hisar, the Deputy Commissioner got ready for a meeting around 11 am, waiting for a delegation from the ashram. The ashram spokespersons denied talks with the district administration. A white Tata Safari from the ashram was driven past nakas towards Hisar, fuelling speculation that an emissary was headed for the meeting. The vehicle was driven back into the ashram around 1 pm, escorted by a police vehicle with a senior official in it. Rampal aide Ram Kumar Dhaka agreed
on some discussions, but denied anything concrete. Hisar IGP Anil Kumar Rao came to a naka about 500 metres from the ashram around noon, interacted with officials and issued instructions. The IGP allowed mediapersons to stay around the ashram till 2 pm, leading to murmurs regarding a police crackdown Saturday evening. He was followed by Muhammad Akil, ADGP for Law and Order, who stayed at the naka for a brief period to oversee the situation. The stationing of about a dozen police vehicles and Haryana Roadways buses 200 metres from the ashram around 2 pm triggered speculation again. Police officers in their official cars and with escort vehicles started heading towards the ashram. The convoy took a couple of minutes to reach
the opposite naka on the highway. This led to Rampal followers loudly chanting “Bandi Chhod Satguru Majaraj ki jai ho”. Police officers in their vehicles had a view of followers gathered at the main entrance of the ashram. The evacuation of
dhanis and closure of dhabas were ordered by the evening. The police advanced to the ashram and halted about 100 metres away. Sources said the storming was deferred to Sunday morning. Some religious heads and politicians arrived in town to mediate. The sources said the police could enter the ashram by force if parallel talks failed by Sunday. Rampal’s followers appear in court
Rohtak (TNS): As many as 30 followers of controversial godman Rampal appeared in the district court here today in the case of a clash with Arya
Samaj devotees in which dozens of persons were injured and a youth was killed in 2006. The court fixed
December 3 as the next date of hearing. Adequate security arrangements had been made at the
local judicial complex in view of the sensitivity of the matter. Rampal’s supporters had clashed with Arya Samaj followers at the former’s Satlok Ashram located in Karontha village on July 12, 2006. A youth was killed
and nearly 60 persons were injured in the armed clash. Tension graph up
Chief Minister’s plea
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Saturday appealed to Rampal to appear in court without hindrance. He said this in reply to questions about the prevailing situation. He appealed to followers of the godman and people in general to cooperate in following directions issued by the High Court.
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Followers sent back from Jind railway station
Jind, November 15 Teams under the supervision of railway police SP Ashok Chauhan in coordination with the city police personnel led by DSP Dharmbir Punia were sending back followers coming from Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. The officials were checking the passengers. A follower can be easily identified from a big locket of Kabir around his or her neck. Followers were travelling in the Ferozepur-Mumbai Janta Express, the Sriganganagar-New Delhi Intercity and some local trains. During interaction with the personnel, followers admitted that they had received SMSes and telephone calls from the ashram authorities to reach Barwala at the earliest as the police were trying to reach the ashram. When the police teams showed them news clippings about the High Court ruling, a majority of them agreed to board trains back home. Only a few were adamant on reaching Barwala and they had to return from the local bus stand as Haryana Roadways had cancelled all buses playing between Barwala and Jind. “On an average, buses make between 42 and 45 trips on the 56-km Barwala-Jind road,” said Rahul Jain, District Manager, Haryana Roadways. “On the directions of the authorities, our buses are being plied back on Saturday from Khedi Chokhta village, 26 km from the ashram,” he said. The ashram authorities used to park at least four buses at the railway station in Jind, but after tension mounted, the authorities had impounded all buses. When a team of The Tribune visited the last station of Haryana Roadways at Khedi Chokhta village, the police did not allow the bus to be plied further. “Most followers are not aware of the reality and the presence of a heavy police posse around the ashram. We are telling them and they are leaving without causing a problem,” said Inderjit, SHO, railway police, Jind. In action mode
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State set to have 10 model villages under SAGY by 2016
“I have adopted Datauli village of the Sonepat constituency and will make it a a model village by providing better education, health and other facilities. Though the PM has asked us to adopt three villages by 2019, I have already decided to adopt five-six villages. Deepender and his family have not come out of the shock of their recent defeat, that’s why they are opposing SAGY,” Sonepat BJP MP Ramesh Chander Kaushik told The Tribune. Out of the total 10 MP seats of the state, in 2014 general elections, the BJP won seven, including Sonepat, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Bhiwani, Kurukshetra, Ambala and Bhiwani-Mahendergarh, while two Sirsa and Hisar have gone to the INLD. The Congress succeeded in saving its Rohtak seat Though there are allegations that politics weighed heavily on the minds of MPs when they elected villages under SAGY, they all have denied the charges and said they elected the villages keeping in mind the needs of the people. PM Narendra Modi had on October 11 launched SAGY and announced that the scheme would run under the supervision of MPs. He asked all MPs to develop at least one village by 2016 and two more by 2019. “I am not against SAGY and have adopted Islamgarh village of Jhajjar district, which has the highest number of girl population in the district. But under this scheme, an MP can adopt a village with a population of below 5,000, which is not correct. I am against any such capping,” Deepender added. |
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minister speak: Ram Bilas Sharma Pradeep Sharma Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 15 He holds nine important portfolios including education, public distribution system, tourism and parliamentary affairs. The Hooda regime virtually destroyed every democratic and administrative institution in the past 10 years. Now, these institutions would have to be nurtured back to life and our government is committed to put in place an institutional mechanism for the welfare of all sections of society,” Sharma told The Tribune on Friday. Sharma, arguably the most-popular BJP minister, who shuffled between meeting people, the officials and the media, said education was close to his heart and he wanted to make certain fundamental changes in the system. “We want to bring the standard of government schools at a par with private schools,” he asserted. Over the past few days, he had been holding review meetings of all his departments. After the review meetings, Sharma said a concrete action plan would be worked out in consultation with all stakeholders, including officials and people’s representatives for every department. “Sabe ka saath, sab ka vikas would remain our motto in the next five years,” he said. Institution building "The Congress government led by Bhupinder Singh Hooda virtually destroyed every democratic and administrative institution in the past 10 years. Now, these institutions would have to be nurtured back to life and the BJP government is committed to put in place an institutional mechanism for the welfare of all sections of society"
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Markets open after three days, night curfew continues in Hathin
Palwal, November 15 The tension seems to be receding in view of the heavy presence of security forces and this instilled a sense of security among the people. They went for work and procured essential items of daily use, claimed Yogesh Goyal, a local resident. While security was their prime concern, their main demand was prevention of such incidents in future and they had submitted a memorandum to the IG, South Haryana Range, on Friday. Sources said the shopkeepers association was persuaded by the authorities to open their shops. They were also assured that they would be compensated for their losses and that such incidents would not happen in future. The curfew will remain in force during the night and would be reviewed in light of the improvement in the situation, claimed a police spokesperson. The administration was forming a SIT headed by a DSP to look into the complaints and FIR’s lodged in connection with the rioting and violence. However, the demand for a fair probe into the allegations and counter allegations from the two communities was raised recently by the local residents who claimed that several innocent persons have been named in the FIR’s. Meanwhile, the new SP, Kuldeep Singh, has
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Sirsa residents block traffic over youth’s ‘death’
Sirsa, November 15 Residents said Sunny had an altercation with some people last evening and alleged that he was “murdered” when the youth crushed him under a truck. When the police started their paperwork during the post-mortem at the general hospital today, they passed off the death as an accident, which irked Sunny’s relatives and friends. The angry kin reached near Balmiki Chowk near the Chandigarhia Mohalla where Sunny lived and blocked traffic on the road. Residents alleged the police was trying to save the perpetrators of the murder by passing of Sunny’s death as an accident. However, SHO of the City police station, Suresh Pal, who went to convince the angry residents, said the police was investigating the matter and would take action as per evidence. |
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Fireworks expected at state Cong meetings
New Delhi, November 15 AICC general secretary and state affairs in charge Shakeel Ahmed and secretary and co-in charge Asha Kumari will attend the meetings. AICC members from Haryana, HPCC delegates, defeated candidates and rejected ticket aspirants are on the list
of invitees. The meeting is being organised to get the views of everyone on the causes of defeat and generate support for CLP leader Kiran Chaudhry. Congress leaders admitted that former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s choice for the post was former Speaker Kuldeep Sharma. It will be critical to get Hooda’s support to ensure that the Congress becomes a constructive and meaningful opposition in the Assembly even though it does not have this status. Hooda’s support is crucial for the unity of the party. Kiran’s camp had opposed Hooda. It is important to have unity by making leaders sit together and talk. The meeting of the HPCC will be organised in the morning. It will be followed by the meeting of the CLP in the evening. |
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Cong will oppose BJP’s attempts to ‘saffronise’ Haryana, says Tanwar
Chandigarh, November 15 Talking to reporters here, Tanwar said the Congress would oppose any attempts by the BJP at the central and state levels to change school curriculum to suit the agenda of the Sangh Parivar and other Hindu fundamentalist organisations. He said the process to revamp the Congress would be initiated in December and completed by June next year. The Congress state executive would meet here on November 29 to felicitate the newly elected leader of the Congress Legsilature Party(CLP), he added. |
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Nalvi to meet CM over separate gurdwara panel
Karnal, November 15 The meeting was likely to be held within four days, he said. “The case of a separate committee is under consideration in the Supreme Court, hearing on which will be held on December 5,” said Nalvi. He said they would urge the government to defend it strongly. Nalvi, accompanied by Mohanjeet Singh, executive member of the HSGMC, alleged that the facts given by SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar and member of the SGPC Harbhajan Singh were unauthentic and far from reality as the previous government had passed it. “I am sure that the newly elected government will support our cause for a separate committee and defend the rights of Sikhs in the Supreme Court,” Nalvi said. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had said during his election campaign in Karnal that the BJP would respect the order of the Supreme Court on the issue of a separate gurdwara committee while the HSGMC had announced to extend support to the Congress in the Assembly elections.
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Kautilya to be Bal Swachhta Week’s face
Karnal, November 15 This was stated by Kavita Jain, Minister of the department, while addressing a state level function to launch the week on Children’s Day at the Kalidass Rangsala here yesterday. Kautilya will motivate children of the state about their health and also inspire them to improve their mental ability. The state would ensure nutritional diet for children at aanganwadis for their all round development. We should all take a pledge to stop child labour and child marriage for their bright future, she added. |
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Thieves behead accomplice, 3 held
Kurukshetra November 15 The CIA claimed to have solved the blind murder with the arrest of three persons. However, six other accused are still at large. Those arrested have been identified as Bhudev, Udham Singh and Mohkam Singh, all residents of Aligarh. The police said the deceased and his nine friends used to steal transformers. The gang was stealing one a field in Mirzapur village on September 26 when Gajender and Bhudev were electrocuted. While, Bhudev sustained burn injuries and regained consciousness, Gajender remained unconscious. Panicking, the others fled leaving the deceased in the field. They came back the next morning and found Gajender writhing in pain. They then decided to kill him in order to hide his identity, the police said. Sources said owner of the paddy field had found a mobile phone which he handed over to the police. The phone belonged to the deceased which revealed his identity. During investigation the three accused were arrested from Bhrama Sarovar. The accused have confessed to the crime
and that they had stolen 45 transformers in the district. Gajender’s headless body was found by some labourers while working in the field on October 3 and a case under Section 302 and 201 of the IPC was registered. The accused were remanded to three-day police remand by a court. |
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Man arrested for raping
Panipat, November 15 On Friday, while under the influence of liquor he raped his seven year old daughter at 3 pm. She said the medical examination of the minor victim had confirmed rape. Rameshwar was arrested today morning after his wife lodged a complaint with the police. An FIR under Sections 376, 506 of the IPC and Section 5 of the POSCO Act was registered against at the Sadar police station. — TNS
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Victims serve 7-day ultimatum on PNB
Sonepat, November 15 The victim’s association today announced that they would not only continue their dharna outside the bank, but also contact all the locker owners of the bank to cancel their agreement with the PNB branch and hire lockers in other banks. On the other hand, the bank authorities have already had three meetings with the victims, but have failed to convince the striking owners to end their dharna. — OC
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