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 Tuesday, June 22, 1999 |
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Relief to martyrs inadequate: Cong SONEPAT, June 21 — Mr Dharampal Singh Malik, former president of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, has denounced Pakistan for its barbaric and inhuman acts committed on Indian Army officers and jawans after capturing them while they were on a patrol duty in the Kaksar sector of Jammu and Kashmir on May 14. Mahasangh favours negotiated deal ROHTAK, June 21 — The Haryana Karamchari Mahasangh has urged the Chief Minister, Mr Bansi Lal, to initiate steps for a negotiated settlement on employees' demands. |
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Power bills’ date
extended till June 30 BHIWANI, June 21 — The Haryana Minister of State for Power Mr Attar Singh Saini talking to reporters here at the local PWD rest house yesterday, their pending power bills could be paid June 30. Drive against obscenity KU
gesture for martyrs’ kids Sonia
advances Haryana visit Help
sought for martyrs' kin |
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Relief to martyrs inadequate: Cong SONEPAT, June 21 — Mr Dharampal Singh Malik, former president of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, has denounced Pakistan for its barbaric and inhuman acts committed on Indian Army officers and jawans after capturing them while they were on a patrol duty in the Kaksar sector of Jammu and Kashmir on May 14. Addressing party workers here yesterday, he said the Pakistani action was a violation of the universal declaration of human rights. He defended the decision of the party to support the Central Government in countering the Pak action. The meeting was attended among others, by Mrs Shanti Rathi, Mr Hukam Singh Dahiya, Mr Shyam Dass Mukhija, all former ministers, Mr Satnarain Aggarwal, former DCC chief, and Mr Satpal Chauhan, a member of the HCC. The meeting placed on record deep sense of gratitude for supreme sacrifices made by the valiant soldiers and conveyed sympathies to the bereaved families. By another resolution, the meeting hailed the decision of the AICC President, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, to visit the state on June 25 for expressing sympathy with martyrs' families. The meeting condemned the discriminatory attitude of Doordarshan and AIR in not giving an equitable and fair treatment to the Congress compared to the caretaker government of Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee. The meeting also criticised the Bansi Lal government's attitude towards the martyrs who had laid down their lives in the Kargil sector. The compensation announced by the state government for the families of the Army Officers and jawans killed, according to their ranks, was inadequate. It should be raised to Rs 10 lakh irrespective of the rank, the meeting demanded. The meeting pointed out that maximum casualties have so far been from Haryana and the present government was not taking any concrete steps for the welfare of the bereaved families. It also demanded that the government should name roads of the native villages of the martyrs after them and also erect their statues in the villages. It demanded that the state government should provide jobs to a member each of all martyrs' families and allot a 500 yards residential plot to them. Meanwhile, a prayer meeting was organised at Rohna village, about 25 km from here, yesterday to pay homage to the martyr Ravinder (20) who laid down his life on June 6 while fighting the Pakistan-backed infiltrators in the Kargil sector. A large number of inhabitants of the village and adjoining areas, including ex-servicemen, participated in the meeting. A "shaheed samark samiti" was constituted on the occasion and it decided to erect a statue of the martyr in the village. Mr Sandeep Garg,
Additional Deputy Commissioner, handed over a cheque of
Rs 15,000 on behalf of the District Red Cross Society to
Mrs Moorti Devi, mother of the martyr at the meeting. |
Cong activists burn Sharif's
effigy HISAR, June 21 — Activists of the Congress along with several other persons today burnt the effigies of Nawaz Sharif and Sartaz Aziz at Ambedkar Chowk in Hansi town, about 26 km from here, to protest against Pakistani involvement in the Kargil intrusion and torture of Indian soldiers captured by Pakistanis. They took out a procession through the main markets from Jai Bharat Mandal Dharmashala and raised slogans against Pakistan. Mr Amir Chand Makkar, a former MLA, led the procession. Earlier, the Congressmen held a meeting and observed two-minute silence to pay homage to the Indian soldiers who laid their lives while fighting the intruders. As many as 101 persons donated blood for the wounded soldiers of "Operation Vijay" at a camp organised by Punjabi Sabha with the help of other organisations. Mr Aproov Kumar Singh, Deputy Commissioner, inaugurated the camp in Jai Bharat Mandel Dharmashala at Hansi today. Officers, teachers and non-teaching employees of Guru Jambheshwar University had decided to donate one day's salary to the Chief Minister's War Heroes Fund to express their solidarity with the families of the Kargil martyrs. This decision was taken
at a meeting presided over by Mr Dharmvir,
Vice-Chancellor of university and the Commissioner of
Hansi division here yesterday. The meeting paid rich
tributes to the Indian troops fighting Pak infiltrators
in the Kargil-Dras sector. |
Mahasangh favours negotiated deal ROHTAK, June 21 — The Haryana Karamchari Mahasangh has urged the Chief Minister, Mr Bansi Lal, to initiate steps for a negotiated settlement on employees' demands. The mahasangh charged the government with pursuing "anti-employee" policies and criticised it for withdrawing the facilities available to the teachers under the ACP seals. This has caused great resentment among the teachers, the mahasangh alleged in a statement here today. The mahasangh said that its four lakh members would contribute one day's salary towards relief to the dependants of the soldiers killed in action in the Kargil sector. The mahasangh urged the government that each of such families should be provided financial assistance of at least Rs 10 lakh and employment to one family member. The joint action committee of the employees, the statement said has suspended that agitation of the Pehowa employees in view of the developments in the Kargil sector. The agitating employees, it said would instead donate blood for the jawans wounded in fighting with Pak-backed intruders. Meanwhile the employees
and officers of the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam posted
at Rohtak, Jhajjar and Bahadurgarh have decided to
contribute one-day's salary into the Chief Minister's
Relief Fund. |
Power
bills’ date extended till June 30 BHIWANI, June 21 — The Haryana Minister of State for Power Mr Attar Singh Saini talking to reporters here at the local PWD rest house yesterday, their pending power bills could be paid June 30. Mr Saini said the government earlier had provided the facility of payment of bills in four equal instalments after condoning the surcharge. Three instalments had to be deposited by May 31 while fourth instalment could be deposited by July 31. He said that the government was committed to provide round the clock electricity by June 30. The minister appealed to pay electricity bills in time so that development schemes and improvement in power sector was continued. He told that the HVPN
had introduced revised scheme of providing cash prizes to
those informing about power theft. He said the first
information would be given to the Deputy Commissioner,
Superintendent of Police, Subdivisional Magistrate who
would take action with the advice of Superintending
Engineer of the circle. For this the amount would be
realised from company concerned those or that involved in
stealing power and its 10 per cent would be given as cash
prize which is Rs 500 minimum or Rs 20,000 maximum. Mr
Saini urged the subscribers to get their unauthorised
load regularised. |
Drive against obscenity ROHTAK, June 21 — The district administration has launched a drive against obscenity and indecent representation of women. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Arun Kumar, has directed the Local cinema house owners to refrain from indecent representation of women through posters, pamphlets, and photographs. He warned that any violation of these directions would be dealt with strictly under the "Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986", which prescribes imprisonment or fine or both. Mr Arun Kumar has told
the local municipal authorities remove all posters, and
pamphlets from on the walls which depicted women
indecently and in a demeaning manner. He has also
appealed persons concerned to be alive to their social
responsibilities. |
KU gesture for martyrs’ kids KURUKSHETRA, June 21 — Kurukshetra University will provide free education to the kids of war heroes who have been killed in the Kargil and Dras sectors. This was stated here today by Dr M.L. Ranga, Vice-Chancellor of the university. With this decision, Kurukshetra University has become the first university in the country to provide such facility to the children of martyrs. Dr Ranga explained that under the scheme, the varsity would provide full fee concession, free books and scholarships on merit. He further said the varsity was also planning to reserve some seats in different courses for their children. The Directorate of
Distance Education will also give special consideration
to them, according to Mr L.C. Gupta, Director, Distance
Education. |
Sonia advances Haryana visit SONEPAT, June 21 — The Congress President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, will visit the districts of Sonepat, Panipat, Jhajjar, Rohtak, Bhiwani and Mahendragarh in Haryana on June 25 instead of June 26 to express sympathy with the bereaved families of Army officers and jawans killed in ‘Operation Vijay’ launched against the Pakistan-backed infiltrators in the Kargil and other sectors of Jammu and Kashmir. Mr Ranjit Kaushik, a member of the media committee of the HPCC, told newsmen here today that Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, President of the HPCC, and other senior party leaders will accompany her during the tour. Mr Kaushik said Ms Sonia
Gandhi would launch the election campaign for the ensuing
Lok Sabha elections from Sonepat. |
Two brothers killed in
accident SONEPAT, June 21— Two brothers were killed on the spot when their scooter was hit by a truck at Gohana, 35 km from here, last night. The truck driver, however, managed to escape and the police has launched a hunt for him. The victims, identified as Joginder, alias Kala, and Ravinder, were on their way from Gohana to Ghillaur Kalan village. The truck loaded with stones was coming from Rohtak. The police has
registered a case against the truck driver on a charge of
rash and negligent driving. |
Help sought for martyrs' kin YAMUNANAGAR, June 21 — The Common Cause Society, Yamunanagar, has demanded the government to pay Rs 10 lakh each to the families of martyrs of the state who have sacrificed their lives for the nation. Mr Nirman Kapoor,
coordinator of the society, said here today that a
meeting was convened here under the presidentship of Mr
Gulshan Vinayak, yesterday, to mourn the death of the
soldiers who laid down their lives along the border. The
society decided to raise funds for the families of these
soldiers. The 'slipshod' attitude of the district
administration was severely condemned. |
Resident
shot at YAMUNANAGAR, June 21 — Raj Kumar (32), a resident of Golden Colony, was injured when some miscreants shot at him here today while going on a scooter. He was admitted to a local hospital in serious condition where bullets were removed from his chest. His condition is stated to be critical. The police has
registered a case under Section 307 and 34 of the IPC. |
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