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Power bills of flood-hit farmers to be waived Haryana FM clears position on PF rate cut Need to restructure party: Ajay Chautala Centre’s role on SYL issue partisan: Sampat Chautala seeks elevated highways at Panipat, Faridabad |
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Traffic restored on
Amritsar-Ambala line 82 new substations in Haryana Board Chairman inspects exam centres The Chairman of the Haryana Board of School Education, Brig O.P. Chaudhary (retd), made an inspection tour of the examination centres here today and caught a number of students indulging in unfair means in the supplementary examinations of middle, high and higher secondary classes. Breach causes panic in village Standing crops in about 55 acres were submerged following a breach in the Rajpur minor near Gumar village, about 20 km from here, last night. According to a report, the swirling water of the Rajpur minor also entered houses in the village, causing panic among residents. Bhajan gives relief to Cong worker’s kin High Court
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Power bills of flood-hit farmers to be waived Fatehabad, August 13 Mr Chautala said special girdawari of the villages, hit by floods had been ordered to ascertain the loss. He told villagers that arrangements of providing healthcare and veterinary facilities to affected villages had been made in villages affected by floods. Commissioner, Hisar Division M. Kithan, IG Police Resham Singh, Deputy Commissioner Mahtab Singh Sehrawat, SP Saurabh Singh and officers of the administration, Tohana MLA Nishan Singh and Rattia MLA Jarnail Singh were present on the occasion. Later, the Chief Minister laid foundation stone of a 132 KV power substation at Teliwara village in this district. The station will cost Rs 5.25 crore. Mr Chautala claimed that power production in Haryana, had increased by 883 Megawatts in four years. Mr Chautala also inaugurated water supply schemes at Dhani Gopal and Saniana villages. The Chief Minister also heard, public grievances and issued orders on the spot. |
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Haryana FM clears position on PF rate cut Hisar, August 13 Addressing newspersons here today, he said the reports, which had appeared in some newspapers, were “incorrect, misleading and politically motivated.” He clarified that the Centre had reduced the interest rate on the employees’ provident fund (EPF) from 9.5 per cent to 8.5 per cent under the Labour Act. On the other hand, the interest rate on the general provident fund (GPF) had already been fixed at 8 per cent for 2003-04 by the Union Government in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, he maintained. The minister said while the EPF concerned the employees of private undertakings, the GPF was deducted from the salaries of the government employees. He asserted that the two provident funds were distinct, adding that the misleading information in this regard had been spread by some anti-social elements. Further, Prof Sampat Singh asked the Union Government to impose Article 365 in Punjab and dismiss Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. Citing reasons for this, he said the Punjab Government had failed to obey the Supreme Court’s verdict on the SYL construction. The minister also blamed the Punjab Government for creating flood-like situation in various parts of Haryana. He alleged that the Amarinder government diverted the excess water towards Haryana, due to which Ambala and its neighbouring areas were inundated. |
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Need to restructure party: Ajay Chautala Jhajjar, August 13 Speaking at a party workers’ meeting here last evening, Mr Chautala stated that the senior leaders and second-rung leaders have emphatic powers that could attend to the needs of the party workers. But, he said, it was reported that these people (pointing towards the dais) turned down the requests of the workers on the excuse that they should directly approach the top leadership and the Chief Minister. Stressing on the need to restructure the party organisation to prepare the cadre for the forthcoming Assembly elections, he promised to compensate party workers who have been ignored so far in the next six months. He said party workers had publicly aired resentment towards the party for non-fulfilment of their personal works, which created an adverse atmosphere in the recent Lok Sabha elections. The state unit INLD president, Mr Ashok Arora, Mr Sher Singh Badsami, former state unit chief and political adviser to Mr Om Prakash Chautala, Mr Dhir Pal, Town and Country Planning Minister, apart from other senior party leaders and MLAs were also present on the occasion.
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Centre’s role on SYL issue partisan: Sampat Kaithal, August 13 He alleged that the passing of the Bill was a political conspiracy and even the Punjab Governor’s role needed to come under the scanner. He said matters related to relations between states should have been referred to the President; but the step to grant his approval to the Bill by the Governor had given a blow to the federal structure of the constitution. Prof Sampat Singh said Congress leaders who claimed that maximum work on the SYL canal was done during their tenure were misguiding people. In fact, he said, between 1987 and 1991, when Devi Lal was the Chief Minister, the work on lining of the canal construction of small and big bridges and other related works were completed. He took to task the Congress for organising a rally at Kurukshetra on the canal issue and said it should have organised a rally in Delhi to put pressure on the Centre. Mr Rampal Mazra Chief Parliamentary Secretary, who also holds charge of irrigation Department, accused Punjab of backing out from implementing inter-state accords and not giving Haryana its due share in river waters. He said it was a matter of concern that excess water was being allowed to flow to Pakistan but was not given to Haryana. Mr Y.K. Mangal, advocate and president of the governing body of the college, took strong objection to a statement issued by Punjab Chief Minister on
resurgence of terrorism. Mr Naranjan Lal Bansal, Chairman, Haryana Warehousing Corporation,
Prof R.K. Gupta and Mr Ranbir Parashar,
advocate and journalist, also spoke on the
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After monkey-man, ‘bijoo’ creates panic Sirsa, August 13 Reports of attacks with the animal started pouring in about three months ago from villages around Mandi Dabwali, about 70 km from here, but no actual case came to light. Over a month ago, an unidentified animal at Abubshahar, near Mandi Dabwali, attacked a boy who sustained injuries on the face and head. Doctors confirmed that he had been attacked by some animal from the cat family but could not identify it. People who claim to “have a glimpse” of the animal give varied versions. According to some it is the size of a hound while others say it as big as a wolf. Some even claim that it changes its shape from a snake to monkey. Though the district police has deputed staff to keep a check on those spreading rumours, the administration rules out the presence of any such animal as no case has been reported in the district. Some parents want to send their wards to safer places till the animal is taken care of. Even thikri pehras are being held in some areas of the town. This is the work of people having a certain mental disorder, says Dr Ravinder Puri, a psychology teacher at the local PG National College. “Such people suffer from hysteria, a kind of mental disorder, and complain of certain unnatural behaviour. They imagine a situation or character and give examples to authenticate their experience or imagination,” he added. |
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Chautala seeks elevated highways at Panipat, Faridabad Chandigarh, August 13 In separate demi-official letters addressed to the Prime Minister, Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala drew the PM's attention to the congestion and bottlenecks being experienced at Panipat on NH 1 and Badarpur on NH 2. The Chief Minister mentioned that the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) had already prepared a detailed project report for the construction of an elevated highway at Panipat. The portion of the highway at Panipat was still a major traffic hazard. He said that the construction of an elevated highway at Panipat should be taken up at the earliest. |
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Traffic restored on
Amritsar-Ambala line Ambala, August 13 General Manager Northern Railway R.R. Jaruhar told mediapersons said that the Ambala City-Shambhu section was declared fit at 5.30 pm. “We have started running trains on the Ambala-Amritsar main line from today evening,” he said. Mr Jaruhar said 70 per cent traffic would be restored by Sunday and by Monday, the traffic would be 100 per cent. “On the up line, Ambala-Sirhind-Nangal Dam 3 SUN has passed over the section and on the down line, 4 UL has passed over the Ambala City-Sirhind section,” he said. He said three more trains would also pass over the Ambala-Amritsar rail line. “We will be running the 4033 Jammu Mail, 1077 Jhelum Express and 2403 Pooja Express,” he added. He said the damage and repair cost to the Railways Rs 5 crore. |
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82 new substations in Haryana Hisar, August 13 This was stated by Major-Gen Bhoop Singh Rathee (retd), Chairman of the Haryana Power Corporations, in a press statement here today. He said though the power generation and transmission had been strengthened, the load on the system was increasing due to the rising demand. Steps were being taken to upgrade the system to meet the heavy demand, he added.
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Board Chairman inspects exam centres Sonepat, August 13 According to a report, the board has set up four examination centres in the city for conducting the examinations. Mr Amar Deep Singh, SDM, detected two cases of copying, whereas Mr R.S. Saroha, superintendent, detected five cases of unfair means. |
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Breach causes panic in village Sonepat, August 13 However, the officials arrived after 15 hours along with a contractor and labourers. The breach was plugged with the help of villagers after a few hours. The accumulated water of the minor was drained out from fields, which passed through the Ganaur-Shahpur road, where traffic remained disrupted for several hours. The cause of the breach is being ascertained by the Irrigation Department. |
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Bhajan gives relief to Cong worker’s kin Chandigarh, August 13 The Congress workers from Hansi area were travelling in a Sumo to take part in the rally when there was a collision of their vehicle with a truck. Ten other Congress workers were injured in the accident. Mr Bhajan Lal expressed his sympathy for the injured workers and wished them speedy recovery. Mr Kuldeep Bishnoi, Lok Sabha member and younger son of the PCC chief, visited the house of the expired Congress worker. |
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High Court
Chandigarh, August 13 The Bench of Mr Justice S.S. Saron also ordered that the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Yamunanagar, would accept the bail bond of Mr Arya and grant regular bail to him. |
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Haryana postings Chandigarh, August 13 |
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Survey Commissioner
of Wakfs Chandigarh, August 13 |
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Student falls unconscious Ambala, August 13 Parents of the two students on Friday complained to the school authorities after which they apologised. |
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Kalam invites
ex-sportsman Chandigarh, August 13 |
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