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INLD to begin
campaign on May 30 GURGAON, May 27 — The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), principal Opposition party in the Haryana Assembly, will formally launch its election campaign for the coming parliamentary elections in Haryana in Taoru on May 30, notwithstanding the prevailing suspense over the possibility of its alliance with the BJP. The Congress and the BJP have already kicked off their election campaign with their meetings in Dadupur in Karnal district and Taoru, respectively. The HVP is said to be in the midst of preparing its election strategy. The party is said to be going slow as it is awaiting BJP’s formal announcement of its election ties. The election campaign of the INLD will commence in Taoru with a public meeting which will be addressed by former Chief Minister and party’s chief Mr Om Prakash Chautala. According to INLD sources, the party will organise 23 such meetings in the first phase of its campaign which will come to an end on June 30 at Ambala. Significantly, the venue of the meetings in the first phase will be those Assembly segments of the Lok Sabha seats where the INLD has yet to decide its nominees. The meetings in the remaining Assembly segments will be organised in the second phase. The planning in the INLD is that the party should not dilute or postpone its election campaign till the time the BJP has decided on its alliance partner for the Lok Sabha poll. The INLD leaders have not forgotten their bitter experience with the BJP on the issue of alliance during the last Assembly elections in Haryana. Although the BJP was having talks with its leadership for an alliance, it finally chose the HVP. The party’s election campaign then suffered as it lost valuable time. A section in the BJP is in favour of broadbasing the HVP-BJP alliance by including the INLD to avoid a split in the anti-Congress votes. The Haryana unit of the Congress is making efforts for the party president, Mrs Sonia Gandhi’s visit to the state to address a rally sometime in June-July. An office-bearer of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) said the venue of the meeting was yet to be decided. The Congress in the state has drawn up a schedule for public meetings in major villages in each of the Assembly segments in the state. The meetings will be addressed by state president of the party Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The Congress has decided to organise meetings of workers at all district headquarters. The meetings, which are likely to begin from the first week of June, are tipped to commence in Rohtak and Jhajhar. Incidentally, Rohtak is
the home district of Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda. He also
represented the Rohtak parliamentary seat in the
dissolved 12th Lok Sabha. |
Trial on 24-hour power supply
fruitful CHANDIGARH, May 27 — The trial conducted by the southern Haryana Power Distribution Corporation on May 18 to supply power round-the-clock in Hisar district has been successful. The Deputy Commissioner of Hisar, Mr A K Singh, said the uninterrupted supply in the past one week proved that the distribution system had the potential to fulfil the promise made by the government. During these days, the urban and rural areas of the district were supplied three phase power without any scheduled cut. He said prior to this trial, power consumption in Hisar circle was 28 lakh units which shot up to 33.34 lakh units after two days of trial. As a result of the recent rain, there had been a reduction in power consumption and despite maintaining power supply round-the-clock, the consumption was of 25.27 lakh units a day. The consumption was 28 lakh units on May 26. A sum of Rs 23.26 crore
had been spent on strengthening the transmission and
distribution systems. The capacity of seven sub-stations
had been enhanced. A 5 MVA transformer would be
commissioned at 132 kv sub-station. Also 268 additional
transformers had been set up and the capacity of 71
transformers enhanced in the past three years. Apart from
these, 7745 defective meters were changed, he claimed. |
Haryana Cong men remember Nehru CHANDIGARH, May 27 — The Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee today joined the nation in remembering the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, on his 35th death anniversary. Prayers as well as workers' meetings were organised by the district Congress committees at their respective headquarters, where homage was paid to the architect of modern India. Speakers at the meetings highlighted the singular services rendered by Pandit Nehru, the apostle of peace, in the country's freedom movement and as Prime Minister of the country in laying foundation of a strong Socialist India as also for world peace by promoting spirit of Panchsheel. Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, President, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, paid floral tributes to the departed leader at Shanti van in Delhi, the samadhi of the former Prime Minister. Dr Ram Parkash, general
secretary, HPCC led party workers in paying homage to
Pandit Nehru by garlanding his portrait at the Haryana
PCC Headquarters, in Chandigarh. |
Two arrested for murder SONEPAT, May 27 — With the arrest of two persons, the Gohana police today claimed to have solved the murder case of Mehar Singh of Pardhana village (Panipat). The decomposed body was found in a channel near Mundalana village under the Gohana police station in the district on May 4. The Senior Superintendent of Police, Mr K. Selvraj, told mediapersons here today that the arrested persons have been identified as Rajinder and Sunder and both belonged to Pardhana village. During interrogation Rajinder told the police that Mehar Singh had abducted a youth, Prem, some months back and kept him in illegal confinement for months. The youth, he said was his relative and he wanted to take revenge. Giving details of the murder, Mr Selvraj said Mehar Singh along with Rajinder and Sunder had gone to Bhadot village for taking part in a marriage of his relative on April 29. On the return journey Mehar Singh was strangulated by the two and his body was thrown into the channel. Both culprits were produced before a judicial magistrate yesterday and remanded in police custody.
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Bereft
of streetlights SIRSA: Many important roads in the city are plunged in darkness with the setting of the sun because of the absence of streetlights. The road linking the local truck union with the Civil Hospital is difficult to negotiate at night because of the non-availability of lights. The condition of streetlights on other roads is equally bad and many of poles have no lighting fixtures. The market committee shifts the blame on the Electricity Department. The absence of departmental accountability has put the lives of people in danger of accidents. * * * 'A musical evening' was organised on Saturday by the newly constituted unit 'Srijan' of the Shri Brahmin Yuvak parishad. The unit was constituted to promote Indian cultural heritage. Mr Narotam Sharma, Assistant General Manager, NABARD, Bombay was the chief guest. Mr Sharma's poem narrating the pain of separation from his daughter at the time of marriage moved the audience much. The presentations of Ashok Diwan and Dr Gopal Sharma were highly appreciated. * * * Negligence of the administration has made traffic conditions in Ellenabad worse. Traffic on the road from Talwara Chowk to the SDM's office is blocked by tractor-trailes and private vehicles. The Municipal Committee office, bus stand, Civil Hospital, railway station, Govt Girls School, a college and the Block Development officer's office are situated on this road. As the bus stand is situated on this road, all buses for Haryana, Punjab, Delhi and Rajasthan pass through this passage and their unscheduled stoppage worsens the problem, causing accidents. Encroachments by shopkeepers on both sides of the road have already made the road narrow. Besides, there are 'rehris' plying on it. Vegetable and fruit waste attracts stray animals. The net result is traffic jams for hours. There is no traffic police personnel to regulate traffic there. * * * A centre for imparting training in cutting and tailoring to children of railway employees was started at Govt Women Polytechnic Institute here. The training will be given free of cost. Mr Yashpal Bhardwaj, secretary of the Northern Railway Mazdoor Union, said similar centres would be opened at other places. * * * For the past 20 days,
the telephone (No 20840) at the Sirsa office of the
Haryana Education Board, Bhiwani, has been out of order.
This has not only caused resentment among the employees
but also put local students in great difficulty. It is so
because examinations for the Haryana Open Board, Bhiwani,
are going to commence on June 8 and the results of class
VIII and IX are expected to be declared soon. |
Couple commits suicide SIRSA, May 27 — Pardeep Kumar and Neena, a couple living in a rented accommodation at Rania Gate committed suicide by consuming poison yesterday. According to sources, Pardeep, an addict, was unemployed. Pardeep's brother, Sanjeev found them in a serious condition and admitted them to the local hospital where they died. A post-mortem
examination report is still awaited. HISAR, May 27 (UNI) — An industrialist of Ambala was jailed for two years and fined Rs 1000 on the charge of spreading water and air pollution by the Special Environment Court here today. Industrialist Harish Bhatia was charged by the Haryana Pollution Control Board with polluting air and water through smoke and effluents of his agro unit. The board had issued a notice to the industrialist in 1991 and later a criminal complaint was filed in the Environment Court here. This is the second such punishment awarded by the court in the past fortnight.
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Businessman on HPCC cell CHANDIGARH, May 27 — Mr Vas Dev Saluja, a leading business man of Faridabad, has been appointed chairman of the Beopar Cell of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee by Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, President Pradesh Congress Committee. Mr Yogesh Gaur of Palwal
is the co-convener of the cell. Haryana's review plea rejected HISAR, May 27 (PTI) — A local court has rejected the review petition filed by the Haryana Government against the decision of a lower court, acquitting two sons of former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal in an Excise Act case. Hisar Additional District and Sessions Judge BM Bedi rejected the review petition yesterday. A case under the Excise Act was registered against Mr Chander Mohan and Mr Kuldeep Bishnoi, following the seizure of two bottles of liquor from the residence of Mr Bhajan Lal by the CBI during a raid here on December 22, 1997. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate S K Goyal, a few months back, acquitted both brothers on the ground that no charge was framed against them. The Haryana Government
had filed a review petition against this decision. |
Government sits on probe report HISAR, May 27 — The Haryana Government appears to be sitting on the report of an inquiry committee constituted to probe the alleged maladministration in various DAV colleges in Haryana. The Education Minister Mr Ram Bilas Sharma had ordered an inquiry into the alleged malfunctioning of various DAV colleges in Haryana in August, 1996. The inquiry was conducted by the Deputy Director (Colleges) on behalf of the Director of Higher Education, Haryana and the report submitted in December, 1996. However, the government is yet to take action on the report. It was alleged that the DAV colleges in Haryana were being managed by the DAV Management Committee, New Delhi, while as per the provisions of the Haryana Affiliated Colleges Security of Services Act and the statutes of Kurukshetra University and Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, every non-government recognised college is a distinct and separate entity and should have a separate governing body. As no DAV college in
Haryana has separate governing body, these are being
managed by the DAV Management Committee in New Delhi. The
matter was referred to the Education Minister who ordered
an inquiry. But no follow up action has been taken. |
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