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Visually impaired Fatehabad principal’s plans go haywire
Govt should have given officials ‘more time’ to retire
Financial planning of staff goes for a toss
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‘Forcible’ retirement causes resentment among employees
A month in saddle, BJP in troubled waters
Party workers to monitor development work in each segment, says Khattar
Cabinet decides
Devi Lal industrial model township at Manesar
MGNREGS scam report to be reopened, says Vij
Karnal-Y’nagar four-laning project shelved
20% cases lie unsolved with Gurgaon police
CM orders shifting of city bus stand project venue
Officers left red-faced at new DC’s meeting
Teachers’ selection board scrapped after irregularities: Minister
Three held for selling vehicles on fake papers
Miscreants rob Delhi cop of Rs 2 lakh
Sonepat divided into 4 sectors for better policing
First Kurien Memorial Oration Award given to Amrita Patel
Pension through banks from January
Gurgaon residents get 6 months for Aadhaar cards
Panipat Mayor joins BJP
1 held for poaching blue bull
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Visually impaired Fatehabad principal’s plans go haywire
Fatehabad, November 26 Earlier, he was due to retire on June 30, 2016, after attaining the age of 62 (the rules provide two years of relaxation for handicapped and visually impaired employees). “This government has treated its employees in the shabbiest manner. I have given 34 years of my life to the government. Now, I am being told that my services are no more required after four days,” Sharma said. “How can I complete my papers for pension, gratuity and provident funds in four days? It normally takes three to six months to complete the papers,” he said. The government’s sudden decision has disturbed his plans. “I have been living in an official accommodation in Bhodia (Fatehabad) for the past several years. My house in Sirsa needs renovation. I had planned to get it repaired before my retirement in November 2016. But the government’s decision has shattered my plans,” the principal said. “If the state government wanted to lower the retirement age, it could have cared a little about the dignity of its employees. Rather than asking them to go in four days, it could have given them six months to plan their retirement properly,” Sharma added. Satyawan Singh Dalal, principal of Government College, Bhattu Kalan (Fatehabad), is also resentful of the government’s decision. “I was to retire in August this year. But after the Hooda government’s decision to raise the retirement, my superannuation was fixed for August 2016. Hence, I was yet to prepare papers for my pension, gratuity and GPF. Now, I have to retire after four days but my pension may not start for three or four months for the want of approval,” Dalal said.
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Govt should have given officials ‘more time’ to retire
Sonepat, November 26 District Food and Supplies Controller PK Sharma aired his grievances by saying the government should have given the officials some more time instead of ordering them to retire within five days after taking the decision. “A lot of formalities including filling of the retirement papers, withdrawal of money from the GP Fund, completion of the inquiries etc. have to be completed in the office before going on retirement,” he remarked. The exact figure of the employees retiring on November 30 could not be known, but as many as nine employees from the Education Department alone would be affected by the new order in the district. On the other hand, the All India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisation stated that this decision had created an anomaly in the retirement age of the university and private college teachers with that of the government college teachers. Talking to the mediapersons at Gohana today, national spokesman of the federation Pawan Lathwal said with the new orders, university and private college teachers would retire after 60 years of service, whereas the teachers of government colleges in Haryana would have to retire at 58. He urged Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar for the removal of this anomaly and revise the retirement age of the government college teachers to 60 years. Distressed voices When serving employees are able to prepare their documents in 4-5 months, retired will take at least double the time as after retirement, no one will allow us check official records and we will have to depend on other officials. Our pension will start after the completion of all work, which means we will have to stay without pension for at least 4-5 months senior government official. The Manohar Lal Khattar government should have allowed them to serve at least till the end of the ongoing financial year and we are surprised at the hurry shown by the government. There are lakhs of vacant posts and the government could have given jobs to youth without throwing these old-age employees out of offices. — Vinod Sharma, spokesman, Haryana Karamchari Mahasangh
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Financial planning of staff goes for a toss
Ambala, November 26 While many of the affected people had planned to use the two year’s of extra income to fund higher or foreign education of their kin, some had even planned building a new house or simply consolidate their financial standing with the additional income that was to come their way. Bal Kishan, a clerk working at a local co-operative bank, who was to retire from the services after two months, said earlier he was happy that he would be able to work till attaining the age 60 and the additional income would be used to build a new house for his family. He said it was definitely a financial loss and had upset all the planning that went into building the new house. “We now have to give up the idea of owning a new house, which had been my dream for many years.” Vinod Goyal, who was working as a foreman in the Haryana Tourism Corporation at Chandigarh, had had attained the age of 58 in September but was working on an extension, said the decision had not only affected the employees but also their entire families. He said after getting two-year extension, he had engaged in monthly investment plans. “The sudden decision has hit the investments. Now, I cannot withdraw the long-term investments as it would mean huge losses and also cannot continue with the investments as I have no income.” Goyal, who would now have to retire on November 30, said “I had also planned my son’s wedding next year for which I was saving a certain sum each month and now it has also been affected.” One of the senior officials in the Education Department on condition of anonymity said he had planned to send his daughter abroad for higher education as the extra service would have enabled him to pay for the expenditures. But the government’s decision has now put a financial constraint on his daughter’s foreign education. He said it appeared the BJP government intended to roll back all decision taken by the Congress without taking into consideration the welfare of the masses. He said if the government was really keen on providing jobs to the youth, it should have first filled thousands of posts that were still lying vacant in many government offices after the retirement of the staff. He said before rolling back the decision taken by the Congress, the BJP should consider if
these were in the larger interests of the people of the state or not. It appears the BJP government intended to roll back all decision taken by the Congress without taking into consideration the welfare of the masses. If the government is keen on providing jobs to the youth, it should have first filled thousands of posts that are still lying vacant in many government offices after the retirement of the staff~ education dept official |
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‘Forcible’ retirement causes resentment among employees
Jind, November 26 “After serving the government all life, all expect a graceful farewell. But we have got the most insulting farewell ever without any fault. If the government was in so much hurry to throw us out from offices, they should have at least given us two-three months to complete all paper work,” said Gyani Ram, inspector posted in the Civil Supplies Department, Jind. During inquires from various government departments, it has come to light that a majority of government departments will see the retirement of at least 4-5 employees on November 30. The sudden forcible retirement has upset their plans as some had planned weddings of their children in December, while others had taken loans from some banks, hoping to repay with instalments in the coming years, as they had got an extension till 60 years from the previous government. “The government should have allowed them to serve at least till the end of the ongoing financial year and we are surprised at the hurry shown by the government. There are lakhs of vacant posts and the government could have given jobs to youth without throwing these old-age employees out of offices,” said Vinod Sharma, state spokesman of the Haryana Karamchari Mahasangh. Sources dealing with pension cases said it was the first time that thousands of employees of the state government would go back empty hands without their pension benefits and other dues. “Every employee needs at least 4-5 months to prepare his pension-related documents to get all his post-retirement dues and goes home after retirement with all retirement dues. But this time, since the government has not given even a month’s time to employees,” a source said. |
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His plan to start business disrupted
Panipat, November 26 Working as a record-keeper on the post of LDC in the Panipat circle office of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam
(UHBVN), Surat Singh will now have to retire from his job later this month and his entire plan of starting some small-scale business after retirement for making his both ends meet has shattered. Talking to The Tribune, Surat Singh said, “I have one son and five daughters, but my son died some time back. When the previous government increased the retired age from 58 to 60 years a few months ago, I was very happy. As my entire savings were spent on my daughters’ marriages, I had planned to save a considerable amount of my increased job period for starting some small-scale business to make both ends meet for my family after retirement, but now my entire plans have been shattered with the decision of reducing the retirement age.” “Had the decision of reducing the retirement age not been taken by the Khattar government, I would have retired on August 31, 2016, but now I have to retire on November 30,” he added. Terming the decision of the Khattar government as a “wrong” one, Surat urged the government to restore the retirement age to 60 years after reconsidering its decision. Similarly, Pratap Singh also termed the decision of reducing the retirement age as wrong. Working as a Junior Engineer with the UHBVN in
Panipat, Pratap Singh said “The previous government took the decision of increasing the retirement age from 58 years to 60 years a few months ago on its own. We had not demanded that. But if it had increased the retirement age, the Khattar government should not have reduced the age from 60 years to 58 years as it would have adverse affect on hundreds of government employees.” While there is no exact data available so far regarding how many state employees will retire in Panipat district on November 30 after the reduction in the retirement age, as per an estimate, about 250 employees will have to retire in the district later this month following the
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Happiness short-lived
Rewari, November 26 The only breadwinner of the family, Ram, posted in
Rewari, has two daughters and as many sons. Worried about future of his children, he will get only ~495 as monthly pension. “The reduction in retirement age is no less than a nightmare for me and my family. After getting the extension, I was planning to marry my daughters off within two years. The government’s decision has disrupted my planning,” Ram said.
Rameshwar, a government employee posted at Narnaul in Mahendragrah district, said: “I was working with renewed vigour on getting the extension, hoping for better life. But the government’ decision has put me in a worry. No doubt, the government has disappointed the employees.” he was working under extension for the past two
months. Suman Yadav, a teacher posted in Narnaul and who was to retire on August 31, said the government should have given the employees at least three months to plan their lives after retirement instead of making them retire within a couple of days after taking the decision. |
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Govt decisions anti-people: Hooda
Rohtak, November 26 Hooda, who made his first public appearance here after the crushing defeat suffered by his party in the recent elections to the Lok Sabha and the state Assembly, said the hike in VAT on diesel would doubly hit farmers. “The Khattar Cabinet was expected to take pro-people decisions, but it has not been done,” Hooda said while interacting with reporters after attending a commemoration ceremony of his late father and state leader Ranbir Singh. The former Chief Minister said the Congress would oppose tooth and nail the “anti-people” decisions of the state Cabinet.
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Govt urged to fill vacant posts
Rohtak, November 26 Rohtak-based Vita Milk Plant supervisor-cum-security in charge Jagbir Singh, who is due to retire at the end of this month following the state government’s decision, said it was a welcome move. “I joined service in 1978 and have served for 36 years, which is a fairly long time. Now, it is the turn of the young generation to take over the baton,” observed Jagbis. Kalam Singh Chhoker, who is also due to retire as Sales Officer from the plant at the end of this month, said the decision had come as a setback to him and several other employees.
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1,500 govt college teachers to be affected
Karnal: With the implementation of the state government's new decision of lowering the retirement age, as many as 1,500 teachers of various government colleges will be affected. This was stated by Ram Partap Singh, general secretary, Haryana Government College Teachers' Association (HGCTA). Talking to The Tribune, he said, "Despite our opposing the decision of lowering the retirement age, the government had reduced the age from 60 to 58 years." Members of the association have decided to hold a meeting this month to oppose the government's decision. He said it was after a long struggle that the retirement age of government college teachers had come on par with their colleagues in aided colleges and universities, who were still enjoying the retirement age of 60 years. — Parveen Arora Education Dept staff may challenge decision
Kurukshetra: Education Department employees are planning to challenge this decision and may file a case in the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a couple of days. Kuldeep Chopra, an elementary head master in Bahadurpura village, said, "The government should have given us at least a month’s notice as we were not mentally prepared for this. Besides our personal life, the sudden decision has affected the official projects too. Several projects were on, who will handle these projects now?" He added now we are supposed to complete all our documents and files within the next three days, which is a tough task, Chopra added. — TNS |
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Subhash Barala is state BJP chief
Chandigarh/Fatehabad, Nov 26 Many office-bearers of the Haryana BJP were elected as legislators in the recent Vidhan Sabha elections. Barala too was a party general secretary and got elected as MLA from Tohana in Fatehabad district. Soon after his elevation, Barala said he would work for strengthening the party in the state and recruiting more workers in every constituency in view of the local bodies and panchayati raj elections due in the state next year. Before his elevation today, Barala has worked for the BJP in various positions and was till recently the party’s general secretary. He had defeated former Agriculture Minister Paramvir Singh in the recent elections. After completion of his studies, he was appointed president of the Bhartiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha in Haryana. Later, he worked as district president of the BJP in Fatehabad and state president of the Kisan Morcha of the party in Haryana for three consecutive terms. Before his election from Tohana in the 2014 assembly poll, Subhash Barala had contested this seat unsuccessfully in 2005 and 2009. Incidentally, when BJP president Amit Shah started his poll campaign in Haryana for the assembly poll, he addressed his first rally at Tohana for Subhash Barala. Rise to the top
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A month in saddle, BJP in troubled waters
Chandigarh, November 26 The Manohar Lal Khattar government has little to showcase as its accomplishment in the first 30 days. The most part of its “work” has been confined to reversing various decisions of the previous government. As “constructive achievements”, the government has only two still-on-paper announcements — the CM’s window to be set up in districts to forward complaints and the registry-at-your-doorstep scheme to minimise corruption at the tehsil level — to showcase. These are in addition to Chief Minister’s “khula darbars” being held to redress public grievances, and noises the government and its people make about providing a transparent and corruption-free system. Beyond that, instead of looking and moving ahead, the government seems to be in reverse gear, having undone the Congress government’s decision to raise the retirement age to 60 years, raising the social security by Rs 200 per month instead of Rs 500 as approved by the Cabinet in the Congress regime, scrapping the Haryana School Teachers Selection Board and removing the chairman and members of the Haryana Staff Selection Commission. The government has already disbanded the Haryana Kesh Kal and Kaushal Vikas Board cleared by the Hooda government. Among the first announcements Khattar made was the review of all decisions taken by the Hooda-led Congress government between the General Election in May and the Assembly elections in October. Even as the roll back of decisions continues, the government is in the firing line for raising VAT on diesel, a move the Opposition has termed as “anti-people” especially since an increase in rates hits the farmers directly. The BJP is yet to unveil its vision and provide “direction” to governance, while Khattar had to shuttle between Chandigarh and Delhi to get the names of ministers and their portfolios cleared from the “party high command”, indicating that the power centre was clearly in Delhi. With the Haryana Government being “remote controlled” from Delhi, it has not been easy for the Chief Minister to set the ball rolling and get the projects off the ground, insiders say. Every approval, they claim, comes with a direction from Delhi. With Khattar “media shy and reticent”, CM’s Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Jawahar Yadav, who gives the government’s perspective, says: “We have posted officers with integrity and capability at all key positions. This reflects on the government’s commitment to provide a corruption-free system. The CM’s window and the registry-at-your-doorstep is another step in that direction. We have done away with toll points at six places on roads declared as national highways. Wiping out corruption and providing a transparent government will be our priority.” Leader of the Opposition Abhay Singh Chautala said that though the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) had announced that his party would support all public welfare decisions, it did not approve of the “anti-farmer” stance of increasing diesel rates. “We will urge the government to reconsider it,” he said. Meanwhile, branding the Manohar Lal Khattar’s as a “roll back government”, the Haryana Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Kiran Choudhry, flayed its anti-farmer, anti-poor and anti-employee approach. “The decision to increase VAT on diesel is anti-farmer, anti-people and inflationary. Taken under pressure from the petroleum lobby in Punjab, it will have a cascading effect on the prices of agricultural inputs and essential commodities. While diesel prices in the global market are coming down, the government instead of passing the benefit to the consumers, especially farmers, has decided to add to their burden,” she said. Govt being ‘remote controlled’
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Party workers to monitor development work in each segment, says Khattar
Karnal, November 26 The party workers would be a part of this committee and will monitor and give feedback to the concerned MLA about the update of development works in the district, said the CM. Khattar, who was presiding over the meeting of the party representatives from Karnal and Panipat today, said this committee would be in addition to the district public relations and grievances redressal committees. He said his government had completed a month and reminded that before assuming the office of the CM, he had planned to visit his constituency twice in a month and today, it was his second visit to Karnal. The CM said whenever he visited Karnal, the public should consider him as the MLA of Karnal and nothing more than that as he was their representative. He said the BJP was aiming to enrol at least 10 per cent electors as its members from each Assembly segment. Anyone could become the member of the BJP by calling on the toll free number 18002-662020. Policy to boost industrialisation soon: CM
While interacting with the industrialists at another programme, the CM said a comprehensive policy would soon be implemented to further boost the industrialisation in the state. He urged the industrialists of the district to set up Karnal Development Fund so that they could also contribute in the development of the town besides the state government. Besides agriculture, industries also play a vital role in strengthening the economy, said Khattar, adding the aim of the present state government was to ensure uniform development of the state. CM advocates justice for all
While addressing the lawyers on the occasion of Law Day at the district court complex, the CM said, “A competent lawyer is one who settles a dispute through negotiation outside the court.” Advocating justice for all, the CM said getting justice had become a costly affair and it had become impossible for the poor people to get justice. We should think over it. Comparing advocates to the doctors who provide justice, the CM said like a doctor, the people of our society trust the advocates, which must be maintained by you all. Meanwhile, the CM felicitated 25 lawyers, who worked for 50-years.
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Rs 3-lakh relief for kin of govt staff who die in harness
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 26 The Chief Minister, who was addressing the media after presiding over a Cabinet meeting here on Tuesday, said the government had also decided to start training of 1,002 patwaris selected during the previous regime so that they could be inducted soon. "Training will be imparted in Hisar, Panchkula, Ambala, Rohtak and Jhajjar. The department concerned has been asked to start training at the earliest," Khattar said. The Chief Minister said the Cabinet had been decided to fill 605 posts in power utilities. "Complete transparency will be ensured in these appointments and emphasis will be laid on written test while recruitment," he said, adding that the written test would account for 90 per cent of marks, while interview would account for the rest. Khattar said the government had made a provision of Rs123 crore for giving relief to farmers of Jind, Bhiwani and Hisar districts for damage to their crops in drought-like situation. At present, compensation is given only to those whose loss of crops is more than 50 per cent. The department concerned has been asked to make a proposal for compensating those farmers whose crop damage is between 25 per cent and 50 per cent. On reviewing all decisions taken by the previous government after May 16, the Chief Minister said," "Department concerned is in the process of preparing report on the same. The government is implementing some of the decisions of previous dispensation." About the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Khattar said the matter was sub judice. "The work on Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway is being taken up with the concessionaire. It will soon be started. The matter is pending with the Supreme Court. If the same is cancelled, the expressway will be completed through the National Highway Authority of India," he said. On the Rampal issue, he said that Rampal had been arrested along with 908 members of samiti. Investigation is in process in the whole issue. "The government is concerned about unlawful activities in the state. It is monitoring all such cases," he added. Key decisions
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Devi Lal industrial model township at Manesar
Chandigarh, November 26 The area was to be planned and developed by Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation Limited as an integrated complex for industrial, institutional, commercial, recreational and other public utilities. The ruling by Acting Chief Justice Ashutosh Mohunta and Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal came on a petition filed by Kamla Devi and others. They had challenged notifications issued in September and October, 2004, for acquiring their land. The petitioners claimed that Haryana issued a notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act on September 17, 2004, describing its urgent need to acquire land for setting up the township. Challenge to the acquisition proceedings was made primarily on the ground that invocation of the urgency provisions was without any basis. Moreover, the public purpose disclosed in the notification did not justify the suspension of provisions, which dealt with the issue of hearing objections. When the matter came up for hearing on March 7, 2006, an interim order staying the dispossession of the petitioners from their land was passed. Thereafter on March 9, 2006, the award was passed. After the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, came into force on January 1, the petitioners filed an application stating that they continued to remain in physical possession of the land; and more than five years has elapsed since the passing of the award. As such, the entire acquisition stood lapsed in view of Section 24(2) of the 2013 Act. Taking up the matter, the Bench asserted: “Though the award in the present case was made on March 9, 2006, the petitioners continued to remain in physical possession of the land till date in view of the interim order passed in their favour by this court; and more than five years have elapsed since the date of passing of the award. “It is admitted position on record that compensation was not paid to the petitioners but was deposited in the court only on July 1, 2014, i.e. after the commencement of the 2013 Act…. We allow the writ petition and hold that the land acquisition proceedings have lapsed qua the land in dispute in terms of Section 24(2) of the 2013 Act.”
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MGNREGS scam report to be reopened, says Vij
Ambala, November 26 Health Minister Anil Vij has said that a vigilance report on the scam lying with the Chief Secretary’s office would be reopened and a fresh inquiry could be initiated, if required. The State Vigilance Bureau (SVB) had investigated into the allegations around two years ago. Sharad Kumar, then Director General, SVB, had submitted its report to then Chief Secretary on November 16, 2012, after eight months of investigation. The bureau had indicated the role of two IAS officers and several forest officials and recommended action against them. But due to political pressure of a senior leader of the-then ruling party, the report was put on the backburner. The report brought out that Ambala had received Rs 46.04 crore under the MGNREGS, out of which Rs 25.13 crore was allotted to the Forest Department. As per the MGNREGS guidelines, 50 per cent of the development works should be conducted through gram panchayats and the remaining through other government agencies. In Ambala, 54.58 per cent of the MGNREGS works were allotted to the Forest Department. In 2010, two ADCs of Ambala had sent tentative reports to the government about irregularities in the MGNREGS works. Instead to taking any action, the government transferred the officers. On May 11, 2010, the Haryana BJP led by its senior leaders Kishan Pal Gurjar, Vij and Ratan Lal Kataria had submitted a memorandum to then Governor Jagannath Pahadia and demanded a judicial investigation into the scam. Anatomy of the scam
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Karnal-Y’nagar four-laning project shelved
Karnal, November 26 As per the sources all the initial formalities for the project had been done by the Public Works Department, Building and Roads (PWD, B&R), but the work could not get started, courtesy the lack of funds. Being an important road that connects three districts — Karnal, Kurukshetra and Yamunanagar — it is presently a two-lane highway with a heavy flow of traffic making it accident prone. The PWD (B&R) had sent a proposal to the government for the widening of this highway, which was approved by the previous Congress government. The permission too was attained from the pollution department for the same, said the sources. The department had sent a viability gap funding report to the Government of India, but no response had been received, said the sources in the department. They added the project was to be built on Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) scheme. Confirming the status of the project, chief engineer roads, PWD (B&R), said the department had taken all the requisite permissions including cutting of trees from the Pollution Department, but due to lack of funds the project was shelved by the previous government. |
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20% cases lie unsolved with Gurgaon police
Gurgaon, November 26 According to the official data of all the three zones from the city, 14,705 cases were registered since November 1, 2013, till October 31, 2014, out of which 2,574 are still under investigation. The average pendency in all three zones — South, East and West — have an average pendency of around 18 per cent. The cases include around 174 cases that have been pending for over a year while 283 for over six months, 329 for over three months and 1,788 under three months. The cases pertain to all sorts of crime ranging from petty thefts and snatchings to rapes and murders. The most recent example of this was the brutal rape and murder of an 11-year-old washerman’s daughter in August. The child’s body was found from an empty plot hours after she had gone to deliver ironed clothes. The police made special teams and prepared a database of hundreds of local criminals and cornered around 150 suspects, but all interrogation and technical support failed to get it even a single clue. While the newly appointed Commissioner Navdeep Singh Virk has sought some time to review the situation and comment, another senior official said, “The percentage cannot be used to judge our efficiency. We agree that some loose ends need to be dealt with, but we are fully committed.” Official data from all 3 zones states 14,705 cases were registered since Nov last year, of which 2,574 are still under investigation |
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CM orders shifting of city bus stand project venue
Karnal, November 24 Khattar ordered to shift it to Indri road or to some other place. He was addressing a meeting organised to review his announcements made for the city during his first visit after assuming office on November 8. The CM directed the officials concerned to lay special emphasis on maintaining proper law and order situation and adopt zero tolerance towards crime. Directing the officials concerned to check cow smuggling to Uttar Pradesh, the CM said, “The state government is committed to ensure ‘gau raksha’ in the state.” Khattar said the state government had launched cleanliness drive and besides maintaining cleanliness, adequate arrangements should be made for dumping of garbage. He gave directions to redress issues regarding supply of urea and fertilisers to farmers. Khattar was accompanied by Minister of State for Food and Supplies Karan Dev Kamboj, Gharaunda MLA Harinder Kalyan, Nilokheri MLA Bhagwan Dass Kabirpanthi and Assandh MLA Bakshish Singh Virk. Meanwhile, he directed them to shift dairies out of the city at four places. He also told them to shift the vegetable market out of the city. |
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Officers left red-faced at new DC’s meeting
Sirsa, November 26 Presiding over his first meeting with district-level officers of various departments, the DC wanted to know the exact number of streetlights installed and currently non-functional in
Sirsa. However, BN Bharti, Executive Officer (EO) of the Municipal Council,
Sirsa, had no answer to this question. Similarly, Pradeep Punia, Executive Engineer of the Public Health Department, failed to answer the question about the total number of sewer manholes in Sirsa and how many of these did not have covers. Uncovered manholes was one of the most common problems of Sirsa and some time back a child had died after falling in a sewer line from one such
manhole. Punia did not have any answer for the total number of water connections in Sirsa and also the number of consumers who were paying their water bills and those who had not installed meters on their connections. A qualified engineer from IIT, Delhi, Gajraj told officials to come prepared and equipped with complete details of their respective departments along with site plans of the proposed works. The DC also asked the SDMs to check sewer manholes, problems of choking of manholes and streetlights in their respective areas at regular intervals. The SDMs of
Sirsa, Dabwali and Ellenabad were also present in this meeting. Earlier, the DC visited the General Hospital in the morning and expresses displeasure over the lack of cleanliness.
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Faridabad boy sets
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Gurgaon, November 26 A student of Holy Child Public School in Sector 29, he lives in the same sector there. He had been living with his grandfather along with his mother and brother after his father’s death. The police stated he allegedly brought petrol from home in a 300 ml cold drink bottle. After the morning assembly, he poured petrol on his clothes in a toilet and set himself on fire. On hearing his cries, the school sweeper rushed there and threw a blanket on the victim and doused the fire. The boy was rushed to a hospital there where after first aid he was referred to the Safdurjung hospital, Delhi. While many attribute the step to the boy’s depression over his grandfather’s death, questions have also been raised against the school for harassing him. The police have so far refused to pinpoint any reason for the extreme step. “ We are in touch with the boy’s family and it has so far expressed ignorance about the reason. Things will be clear after the boy gives a statement. We are also talking to his teachers and friends,” said Inspector Gulab Singh, SHO. — TNS
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Teachers’ selection board scrapped after irregularities: Minister
Kurukshetra November 26 Talking to mediapersons, Sharma said, “The previous government constituted the Haryana School Teachers’ Selection Board and the Police Recruitment Board and relatives of ministers and MLAs were given preference in the boards. While examining documents of teachers selected by the board, irregularities were observed following which the decision of scrapping the board was taken.” He said, “There were big toe impressions on documents instead of thumb impressions. The qualification certificates and experience certificates were bogus as they belonged to universities and institutions, which does not even exist.” He said, “In order to bring transparency, the board has been scrapped.
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Three held for selling vehicles on fake papers
Yamunanagar, November 26 The accused have been identified as Baldev Singh of Purana Hamida Colony, Yogesh Grover of Model Town and Mohammad Vasim of Budha Khera village in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district. The accused were remanded in three-day police custody, said Naresh Sharma, in-charge of the detective staff. The accused had been buying vehicles from auctions and on finance — the installments of which had not been paid — besides buying stolen vehicles for several years. They prepared fake documents, changed their chaise and engine numbers, and sold them.
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Miscreants rob Delhi cop of Rs 2 lakh
Rewari, November 26 The crime was commited around noon when the cop, Krishan Kumar of Kaathuvaas village here, was going to the Brass market after withdrawing Rs two lakh from the Axis Bank branch at Bawal Chowk. The cash was kept in a bag. As Krishan reached near the Brass market on his motorcycle, two miscreants on a bike snatched the bag and fled. Krishan immediately informed the police, who sealed the border points in order to nab the looters, but to no avail. The police have started investigations after booking a case against two unidentified persons. No clue had been found till the filing of this report. |
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Sonepat divided into 4 sectors for better policing
SONEPAT, NOVEMBER 26 The SP said the strength of police personnel on traffic duty in the town had been increased four times from 25 to 100. As many as 20 motorcycles and around 100 home guard jawans had also been attached with police teams to keep an eye on the eve-teasers and other anti-social elements. About illegal mining in the Yamuna belt areas, he said no one found engaged in this illegal activity would be spared. “We are going to display the citizen’s charter outside every police station and police chowki for the convenience of people. Besides a driving test, we are going to introduce online theoretical testing of the applicants before issuing them driving licences,” the SP said. |
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First Kurien Memorial Oration Award given to Amrita Patel
Karnal, November 26 The NDRI has instituted the award in the name of Dr Verghese
Kurien, the father of White Revolution in India. Srivastava, while reading out the citation, said Patel was known for
her pioneering work in the dairy development in the country. Patel said, “The management of livestock requires a holy approach, which includes the judicious use of feed and fodder that can reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.” She emphasised that there was need to have in-depth knowledge in quantitative animal genetics. Patel focused on the use of artificial insemination and said the use of quality semen was need of the hour to enhance the productivity of milk. |
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Pension through banks from January
Chandigarh, November 26 Jain was presiding over the meeting of District Social Welfare Officers (DSWOs) and other officers of UIDAI and banks here today. Those who did not have bank accounts would be asked to do so so that their pension could be directly disbursed through banks. “We would ensure that elderly, widows and handicapped persons who had not been linked with banks for any reason would get pension at their doorstep,” she added. She directed all DSWOs to scrutinise all pending pension forms of those who had applied for the first time and streamline the process at the earliest.
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The Haryana Government’s decision to lower the retirement age of its employees from 60 to 58 has shocked a visually impaired college principal in Fatehabad.
In accordance with the Cabinet’s decision taken on Tuesday, Government College for Women, Bhodia Khera, principal RK Sharma will have to retire on November 30.
The state government’s decision to lower the retirement age from 60 to 58 years has not gone down well with the officials who are already 58-year-old and will be relieved on November 30.
Karnal, November 26
National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) Director AK Srivastava conferred Dr Verghese Kurien Memorial Oration on Amrita Patel, ex-chairperson, National Dairy Development Board, on National Milk Day today.
The NDRI has instituted the award in the name of Dr Verghese Kurien, the father of White Revolution in India. Srivastava, while reading out the citation, said Patel was known for
her pioneering work in the dairy development in the country.
