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December 15, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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Sonia’s Haryana visit off I want to die like my father: ASI’s son Haryana to launch ‘Nai Disha’ project Haryana to have more jails Non-teaching staff oppose transfer policy Pay retiral benefits on last working day: CS |
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Transport Minister bereaved Dangi
released on bail KU to have Mahavira Chair: CM
Additional charge for
M.P. Bansal
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Sonia’s Haryana visit off Chandigarh, December 14 Why? Different factions of the Haryana Congress give different reasons. The former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, Mr Bhajan Lal, describes the cancellation of Mrs Gandhi’s visit as a fallout of yesterday’s terrorist attack on Parliament. Hisar was the choice of Mr Bhajan Lal as the venue for a rally to be addressed by the AICC supremo. Mr Bhajan Lal told TNS on the phone from Hisar that Mrs Gandhi’s visit to Haryana had not been cancelled. It had been only postponed because the security agencies of the country had prohibited the movement of the President, the Prime Minister, the Home Minister and the Leader of Opposition, Mrs Gandhi, outside Delhi for about a month in view of yesterday’s incident. He said the AICC had communicated to him that Mrs Gandhi would come to Haryana some time next month. However, opponents of Mr Bhajan Lal in his party, who were upset over the projection in the media that Mrs Gandhi was coming to Hisar at the invitation of the former Chief Minister, have a different version regarding the cancellation of Mrs Gandhi’s visit. Sources in the Congress factions opposed to Mr Bhajan Lal claim that state Congress chief, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, along with a former party president, Mr Birender Singh, met Mrs Gandhi yesterday before the attack on Parliament. The two leaders reportedly told her that her visit to Hisar would encourage dissidence in the party and it would send a wrong message. The anti-Bhajan Lal factions give the impression, without saying so, that Mrs Gandhi’s visit has been cancelled as a result of her meeting with Mr Hooda and Mr Birender Singh. Mr Bhajan Lal strongly denies this. The decision to cancel the visit was conveyed to Mr Bhajan Lal after an emergency CWC meeting convened by Mrs Gandhi in Delhi last evening to discuss the situation arising out of the terrorist attack, though the rally was not specifically discussed, informed sources say. The CWC did discuss, among other things, the proposed demonstration to be held by the Indian Youth Congress outside the Parliament House today in protest against the coffin scam. The IYC President, Mr Randeep Surjewala, who had made arrangements for the demonstration at short notice, was informed about its cancellation by the high command late in the night.
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I want to die like my father: ASI’s son Rathdhana (Sonepat), December 14 Putting up a brave face, his son
Dharamvir, a plus two student, feels proud of the heroic death of his father. “Main apne papa ki maut marna chahta hu” (I want to die bravely like my father), he says before his eyes well-up even as his friends break down. Villagers said his family had remained calm after the news reached the village last night, and Ganga Devi was consoling relatives who had come to share their grief. Sacrificing life for the nation was the supreme sacrifice worth emulating by the youth and even my two sons, the middle-aged Ganga Devi, sitting amid mourners, said. The other members of the family also put up an equally brave face. Even as the stream of mourners come and go, Puja and Arti, teenaged daughters of the martyr, sit huddled together in a corner, trying to come to terms with the irreparable loss. Outside, hundreds of people, including second-rung politicians cutting across party lines, continue to sit even as they wait for the body to arrive from New Delhi. Fond memories of the martyr, who put duty before family, are exchanged. He wanted to join either the Army or the police and wanted to live and die for the country, informs his childhood friend and classmate, Mr Rameshwar Dayal. Adjoining the house, on a stretch of panchayat land, a unique kar seva is in progress. The area is being levelled to cremate the body. “Nanak brought pride to the village and the government should raise a memorial,” Sarpanch Anup Singh said. Demanding that the village school should be named after the martyr, Mr Rajiv Jain, general secretary of the HVP, regretted that no high-ranking official or minister had visited the family of the martyr. Praise for the martyr, interspersed with the Central Government’s “soft policy” towards Pakistan and militants gives way to anger among the youth. “How many bodies will we count in the proxy war by Pakistan before the government emulates the USA and destroys training camps in Pakistan occupied Kashmir,” asks Rakesh! Prominent among those who visited the family were Mr Dharam Pal Malik, a former HPCC chief, and Mr Suraj Mal, an INLD MLA. |
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Haryana to launch ‘Nai Disha’ project Chandigarh, December 14 The project aims at strengthening manpower planning and management to upgrade the quality and relevance of agricultural education and in service training, besides enhancing staff efficiency by rationalising the policies of the participating departments and CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. He will also launch an ambitious project, “Nai Disha”, to provide integrated services for all citizens under the district minimum agenda programme (D-Map) from the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Panchkula, on that day. “Nai Disha” will provide 20 kinds of integrated services at a single window. It would be located at five different places in the district, namely tehsils of Panchkula and Kalka and sub-tehsils of Morni, Barwala and Raipur Rani in the first phase. The network of “Nai Disha” will be expanded in the second phase in the districts of Hisar, Gurgaon, Rohtak and Sirsa. “Nai Disha” has been developed by the Haryana unit of the National Informatics Centre in consultation with the district administration of Panchkula. |
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Haryana to have more jails Panipat, December 14 Talking to The Tribune here yesterday, Mr Ravi Kant Sharma, I.G. (Prisons), conceded that 18 jails, sub-jails and central jails in the state were virtually bursting at the seams and were accommodating four to five times more undertrials than the total capacity of the jails. The other places where the jails are to be set up are Jhajjar, Faridabad, Panchkula, Rewari and Sewah (Panipat). Expressing concern at the overcrowding in jails, Mr Sharma informed that according to an estimate only 10 per cent of the jail inmates were professional criminals. An overwhelming majority of the remaining 90 per cent comprised “first-time” criminals. Talking about the shortage of staff, he blamed it on the Punjab Jail Manual, 1891, which has hardly any relevance in the changed scenario. The problems regarding shortage of staff, overcrowding and the functioning of the jails will be taken care of once the Model Jail Manual for the whole of the country, which was in final stages, was implemented, reliable sources said. Mr Sharma was here in connection with an inquiry reportedly ordered by the Punjab and Haryana High Court into the alleged “custodial death” of Randhir, a resident of Dadola village in Panipat district. Randhir, who was booked under Section 420 of the IPC in a fraud case by the local police had died under mysterious circumstances at the Ambala Central Jail over two years back. Meanwhile, it is learnt that the new state-of-art jails will have separate facilities like dispensaries, creches, canteens, close-circuit cameras and a public address system for the female jail inmates. And with a view to make the inmates self-sufficient and a useful member of the society, computer centres have also been planned for the jails. Similarly, libraries in the jails have been set up and reading material particularly magazines have been borrowed from schools, colleges and NGOs to inculcate reading habits in the inmates. In fact, to divert their attention from the destructive activities, the Police Department is contemplating holding of sports competitions among the inmates of different jails early next year, the sources added. |
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Non-teaching staff oppose transfer policy Kurukshetra, December 14 It is learnt that an executive fiat by the Haryana Governor, who is also the Chancellor of the four university in the state will suffice to introduce the system. The employees are also agitated with the Chancellor’s insistence on introducing a six-day week in Haryana universities. Although the proposal had been finalised at a meeting of the four vice-chancellors some time back, yet the administrations of the varsities have been hesitating to introduce it because of stiff opposition by the unions of the non-teaching employees. The reaction of the non-teaching employees to the proposals could be seen on the Kurukshetra University campus yesterday when the Non-Teaching Employees Association staged a demonstration and held a rally near the administrative block. Addressing the rally, Mr Karan Singh, President of KUNTEA, vehemently opposed the two proposals and said the non-teaching employees would thwart this move. He clarified that the union would not allow any inter-university transfer of employees. The employees had been recruited by Kurukshetra University and only its rules were applicable to them. He alleged that the Varsity administration was engaged in “frittering away” the funds of the university. He questioned the justification of Kurukshetra University employees hosting dinner for vice-chancellors of the universities at Pinjore Gardens and spending over Rs 50,000 when the varsity was neither a co-host nor the conference was held on the Varsity campus. The employees struck work from 11 am to 1 pm. The union leaders demanded that the proposal to abolish five-day week should be scrapped. The KUNTEA also demanded an early action on the demand charter submitted to the varsity authorities recently. |
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Pay retiral benefits on last working day: CS Chandigarh, December 14 In a demi-official letter written to all Administrative Secretaries, the Chief Secretary asked them to hold a meeting with the head of the department concerned in the first week of every month to review the status on each point regarding the retiring employees with special emphasis on the employees who were retiring in that month. If need be, a follow-up meeting could be held in the third week so as to ensure that all dues were given on the last day. They had also been asked to explore the possibility of delegation, if not done earlier, of powers to sanction leave encashment to Head of Department for Class-I and II officers. He said to facilitate the matter, a time schedule for various activities had been worked out for them. The Drawing and Disburisng Officer concerned should ensure that no-demand certificate was issued by the seventh of the month of retirement of the employees. In case, the employee wanted to retain government accommodation, he or she should deposit the four months’ licence fee to the authorities concerned in advance and submit no demand certificate (NDC) before 5th of the month of his or her retirement. The recovery of long term advance must be completed six months before the date of retirement so that NDC was issued by the Accountant-General, well in time. The last pay certificate and NDC may be issued by seventh of the month of retirement. The retirement order may be issued by seventh of the month of retirement.
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Bored Haryanvis take to wife-bashing Hisar, December 14 “Withdrawal” symptoms among rural males are acute, more so as the state has seen two Lok Sabha elections and as many Assembly election within a period of four years. A tour of politically active districts of the Jat belt showed that life is no longer the same. The trademark card sessions, which involved heated political discussions among the villagers, are now subdued. Likewise, the late evening binges are no longer noisy. The rural males in fact wear dull and sombre expressions. The villagers have relatively more time on their hands and the only pastime they had ever known — political rallies — has become scarce. The Congress has held a few rallies but these were marred by factionalism. Thus these generated little political interest. These were also restricted to particular areas, not involving the entire Jat belt. The Haryana Vikas Party chief, Mr Bansi Lal, is the only major personality who has been addressing rallies regularly. But these too have been relatively localised events, INLD, the party that introduced the rally culture is concentrating on rallies in Uttar Pradesh. Even the Chief Minister’s sarkar aapke dwar programme has added to the boredom. While rallies and their preparations provided the villagers with opportunities to travel to nearby areas, they no longer have to travel large distances to see their leader. Daryao Singh of Meham said the noticeable increase in family quarrels and incidents of wife-bashing were a direct outcome of idle time the villagers had on their hands. “Politics is our staple diet and lack of it affects our psyche. We cannot be happy without hectic political activity”. Raj Singh, a village elder sitting with him, said: “Mhare jawan to ulge (idlers)
hain. Yo rajniti kare bagair knoya rah sakde. Ib wah nahi rahi, yeh lugai (wife) ne pite hain”. Psychiatrists also said there had been an increase in the number of villagers suffering from depression. which they attribute to boredom, without mentioning its causes. |
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Transport Minister bereaved Kurukshetra, December 14 According to Mr Arora, she was operated upon over a year ago at the PGI in Chandigarh and since then she had been feeling weak. Among those who joined the cremation procession included Chief Minister Om Parkash Chautala, Vidhan Sabha Speaker Satbir Singh Kadian, Finance Minister Sampat Singh, Agriculture Minister Jaswinder Singh Sandhu, Health Minister M.L. Ranga Cooperative Minister Kartar Singh Badana, MLAs Banta Ram, Anil Vij, Tejveer, Dharmpal, Vaid Kapoor Chand and Dev Raj Diwan, Finance Commissioner M.K. Miglani, Transport Commissioner Rajan Gupta, Agriculture Director Rajiv Arora, IGP (Ambala Range) Hari Singh Ahlawat, Kurukshetra University Vice-Chancellor R.s. Chaudhry, Registrar Hawa Singh, Deputy Commissioner Abhilaksh Likhi, district police chief Des Raj Singh and representatives of various political, social and religious organisations. |
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Dangi
released on bail Ambala, December 14 According to the information, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had granted bail to Dangi. Earlier, the Special Judge, Ambala, Ms Anita Chaudhary, had granted bail to him in another case. Dangi had surrendered in the court of Mr Shiv Sharma, Special Judge, Rohtak, on December 4, 2000, on the directions of the Supreme Court. The apex court had directed to provide sufficient security to Dangi in the jail. Later, on the direction of the Punjab and Haryana High Court all cases against Dangi were transferred to the court of Special Judge, Ambala, Ms Anita Chaudhry. His supporters from the Meham constituency and several leaders of the Ambala Congress were present outside the jail premises when Dangi was released today. |
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KU to have Mahavira Chair: CM Faridabad, December 24 Mr Chautala said a national-level park would be established to promote wildlife, besides the construction of a “dham” in the name of lord Mahavira at Rohtak. A yoga and meditation centre and a mobile service would be started to spread the teachings of lord Mahavira. A museum would also come up at Kurukshetra, he added. Criticising yesterday’s attack on Parliament, he said, it was a cowardly act. He inaugurated a 30-bedded referral hospital under the child and maternity health programme. |
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Additional charge for M.P. Bansal Chandigarh, December 14 Mr Ram Avtar Gupta, District Revenue Officer, Bhiwani, has been given the additional charge of District Transport Officer, Bhiwani, relieving Mr R.P. Gupta, of the charge. Mr Ashok Kumar Sabharwal, DSP, CID, has been posted as DSP, Naraingarh, vice Mr Sham Singh, who has been posted as such at Gohana vice Mr Kuldeep Singh, who goes as DSP, CID, against a vacant post. Mr Gurbachan Singh, DSP, AEC, Kaithal, has been posted as DSP, Headquarters, Rohtak, against a vacant post. Mr Udey Shankar, DSP, CID, has been posted as DSP, City Rohtak.
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Arms
for security guards demanded Ambala,
December 14 A delegation of the association, led by its president, Mr R.K. Khera, met the Deputy Commissioner of Ambala Cantt. They demanded that police patrolling be made more affective. They also demanded upgrading of the Nanhera poice post following the dacoity of medicines worth Rs 80 lakh at a godown past week.
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Cheques given to sarpanches Yamunanagar, December 14 He handed over the cheques to the sarpanches of Aurangabad, Jorian, Mandebar, Rorchhapar, Bhootmazara, Ishopur, Bhojpura, Gobindpura, Raipur, Darba, Ratoli, Tejli, Gadhouli, Kheri Ranghran, Sisouli, Farkpur and Kansepur villages. |
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Small Savings Prizes draw on December 22 Chandigarh, December 14 While stating this here, a spokesman of the department said the Finance Minister, Sampat Singh would preside over the function. This draw of lots would be held for the investments made under various small saving schemes between April 1 and September 30, 2001.
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Posts of principal to be filled Chandigarh, December 14
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PRD promotions Chandigarh, December 14 |
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