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Notice to Bansi Lal for contempt CHANDIGARH, May 28 — The Maharaja Agrasen Medical Education and Scientific Research Society, which runs Agroha Medical College, has served a notice under Section 10 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, to the Chief Minister of Haryana, Mr Bansi Lal. Revenue records on computer: DC NARNAUL, May 28 — The computerisation of revenue records being done by the National Informatic Science Centre in Mohindergarh district was in full swing at district headquarters here. |
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1.82 cr earmarked for
Sonepat SONEPAT, May 28 — The Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board has earmarked Rs 1.82 crore for the construction and repairs of roads and other development works in the district. Poppy husk seized: 3 held BKU
threat to launch stir Hike
in prospectus price criticised Self-immolation
threat Imposter’s
remand extended |
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Notice to Bansi Lal for
contempt CHANDIGARH, May 28 — The Maharaja Agrasen Medical Education and Scientific Research Society, which runs Agroha Medical College, has served a notice under Section 10 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, to the Chief Minister of Haryana, Mr Bansi Lal. In the notice, given yesterday, the society alleged that by giving an interview to a newspaper in which Mr Bansi Lal reportedly stated that the grants-in-aid to the college were stopped during the tenure of Mr Bhajan Lal and the decision to stop these grants was taken at a meeting held on July 11, 1995, he (Mr Bansi Lal) had committed contempt of court. The society said in the notice, sent through its counsel, that a civil court of Hisar had held that no decision to withdraw the aid was taken at the meeting of July 11, 1995, and the Chief Minister and other officers of the state had no authority to unilaterally withdraw the grants-in-aid. The court had also held that the Chief Minister had no authority to withdraw grants-in-aid already provided to the society under an agreement unilaterally without getting the approval of the Council of Ministers. Admitting that the operation of the court judgement had been stayed by the District and Sessions Judge, Hisar, Mr R.N. Singhal, as well as the decree issued by the lower court on August 7, 1998, till the pendency of the appeal filed by the state, the society, however, maintained that the observations and findings of the civil court were "intact and has not yet been set aside by any court of competent jurisdiction". The state's appeal would come up for arguments on June 2. The society said if the
Chief Minister did not withdraw his statement within 15
days, it would file contempt petition under Section 10 of
the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, in the court of Mr
Singhal because Mr Bansi Lal's statement "amounted
to interference in the administration of justice." |
BSF officer cremated REWARI, May 28 — The body of Sukhbir Singh Yadav, Deputy Commandant of 171 Battalion of the BSF, who laid down his life on the Chhenigund front in the Kargil sector on May 26, was brought here by a BSF contingent today. At least 50 jawans and officers of the National Security Guard also accompanied the body. He was cremated with full military honours at his native Dhamhawas village, about 7 km from here. Thousands of people from the city and different villages attended the funeral. Besides the BSF and the NSG jawans and officers, the President of the state unit of the BJP Mr O.P. Grover; a Congress legislator Capt Ajay Singh Yadav and others laid floral wreaths on the body. The BSF contingent reversed arms and gave a gun-salute to the brave soldier. The funeral pyre was lit by the four-year-old son of the BSF officer. The unit of Sukhbir Singh Yadav was moved from Kalayni (West Bengal) to Kashmir recently and he was sent to the Kargil sector on May 17. On May 26 at about 7.30 p.m. , when he along with a party of eight jawans was heading towards the forward defence line at the Chhenigund front post at a height of about 16000 ft, the party came under heavy fire by the Pakistani artillery and he was hit by a splinter which killed him on the spot. He is survived by his
wife, a daughter (7) and a son (4). His father Capt
Raghuvir Singh Yadav is a retired Army officer. |
Revenue records on computer: DC NARNAUL, May 28 (UNI) — The computerisation of revenue records being done by the National Informatic Science Centre (NISC) in Mohindergarh district was in full swing at district headquarters here. On completion, the revenue data of all 372 villages of the district would be available on computers. This will facilitate speedy completion of works for the district administration and specially the Revenue Department and help farmers. It will save them from unnecessary visits to various officials and officers, said Mohindergarh Deputy Commissioner Sham Sunder Prasad here today. He hoped that this would bring efficiency in department offices. Mr Prasad said out of 372 "jamabandi" cases, 326 had been computerised and now only 46 such cases were remaining. Similarly, Mr Prasad said 92439 "khevats" records were targeted to be computerised out of which 79911 records had already been computerised. In Mohindergarh district 132346 "khataunia" have been included under the revenue records which will be computerised. Out of this 112767 "khataunia" had been computerised, he said adding that the computerisation of the revenue records would be completed by the end of current financial year. A lot of precautions had been taken during the process of computerisation. The computerised records were being checked by the patwaris so that there were no errors. These records would be
available to farmers at the headquarters and would help
him in setting their matters speedily. |
1.82 cr earmarked for Sonepat SONEPAT, May 28 — The Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board has earmarked Rs 1.82 crore for the construction and repairs of roads and other development works in the district. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr P.K. Mahapatra, told mediapersons here today that the board had so far spent Rs 33.61 lakh on it. The road starting from Milton Cycle Industries to Atlas Shri Rama Temple would be repaired at a cost of Rs 6 lakh. Similarly, Rs 13 lakh would be spent on the road from Suri Petrol Station to Kakroi road and another Rs 10.52 lakh from Murthal adda to Subzi Mandi. He said the roads in the rural areas would be repaired by the board, itself. It has allocated Rs 15.59 lakh for the roads between Kilorad village to Shahzadpur village Rs 21.92 lakh between Chitana and Majra village, Rs 21 lakh between Juan village and Naina Tatarpur village and Rs 5 lakh from Lehrara village to new foodgrain market. Mr Mahapatra disclosed that the board would spend Rs 41 lakh on the construction of sheds in the new Anaj Mandi and Rs 14 lakh on the construction of new platforms in the fodder market. He claimed that the state government had repaired 103 km stretch of roads, constructed 4 km long roads and done patch-work on 100-km roads in the district during 1998-99. Mr Mahapatra said
Sonepat district had a network of 1,127 km roads and
these included 906 km long-link roads, 180 km of state
highways and 41 km of major district roads. |
Poppy husk seized: 3 held SIRSA, May 28 — The SSP Mr B.S. Sandhu, said here today that a police party arrested Pritam Singh, a resident of Mithri village on a charge of smuggling of drugs and seized 156 kg of poppy husk from his possession yesterday. Mr Sandhu further said that Mandi Dabwali police arrested Baldev Singh, a resident of Panihari Mirikan village yesterday and seized 40 kg of poppy husk from his possession. The police also
recovered 6 kg poppy husk from Atama Ram Kumhar, a
resident of Chack Jalu village, in this district
yesterday. |
BKU threat to launch stir ROHTAK, May 28 — The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Haryana, has demanded the withdrawal of cases registered against its president, Mr Bhasi Ram Nain, and has threatened to launch a statewide agitation from June 1, if the government fails to concede its demands. At a meeting at Kandela village yesterday, the union urged the government to release Mr Nain from jail. It also sought the intervention of Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, in providing relief to the farming community. The BKU said if the government failed to concede its demands, its members would stage a dharna and block traffic on all highways in the state from June 1. The BKU charged the
government with suppressing the farmers and alleged that
Mr Nain was arrested when he was telling the farmers to
sell their produce at remunerative prices. The farmers,
the statement said, were being exploited as sugar mills
had not been making payments to the growers for the past
six to 12 months for the sugarcane purchase by them. |
Hike in prospectus price
criticised ROHTAK, May 28 — The Student Federation of India (SFI) has criticised the Maharshi Dayanand University for hiking prices of prospectus for admission to various faculties and courses in the coming academic session. The federation also criticised the State Government for not releasing grants to the universities in the state. The government’s advice to the universities to mobilise its own resources had directly hit the student community, it said. The university had enhanced prices of prospectus for admission to the commerce, art and science courses last year also. This year again it had enhanced the price of prospectus by Rs 50, the federation added. The price of prospectus has been hiked from Rs 250 to Rs 300 for arts and commerce stream and from Rs 300 to 350 for science subjects. The price of prospectus
for admission to B.Ed. (regular) has been enhanced from
Rs 60 to 100, and admission fee for two year B.Ed.
(correspondence) course has been fixed at Rs 15000. The
steep hike in the admission fee has denied opportunities
to the students belonging to poor and middle class
families, the federation said. |
Self-immolation threat ROHTAK, May 28 — Mr Vidhya Bhushan Aghi, a resident of HUDA, Sector 11, has threatened self-immolation on June 1 if his demand of an inquiry against certain "erring" officials of the Haryana Urban Development Authority was not accepted. In a letter to the President, the Prime Minister, the Home Minister, the Chief Minister, the Haryana Urban Development Minister and Chief Administrator, HUDA, he demanded a departmental inquiry into the charges of irregularities and corruption levelled against certain functionaries of the local estate office by him. In a statement today, he said he had applied for a no dues certificate for his house nearly one month ago but, he alleged despite the repeated reminders neither the certificate was issued nor any response was given to him by the office. He said although there was a clear-cut provision to issue the said certificate within a week, the "inordinate" delay in issuing the same without providing any specific reason was strange. He said he decided to
take the extreme step of immolation as all his attempts
seeking justice proved futile. |
Imposter’s remand extended FARIDABAD, May 28 — A local court today further extended the police remand of Sunil Behl, self-styled senior vice-president of the World Bank, and his wife Savita by two days. The couple was arrested on May 15 on the charge of cheating after the police and other agencies raided their residence in Sector 16-A here. Police sources said Behl was taken to Hisar yesterday in search of Dharampal in whose bank account he had deposited Rs 4.50 crore taken from a South-based company on the pretext of securing land for the company in Haryana. Behl has also managed to
withdraw lakhs of rupees from a local bank after he was
arrested through post-dated cheques given to a person who
has not yet been identified. |
Open school exam from June 8 BHIWANI, May 28 — The matriculation (secondary) annual examination, 1999 of Haryana open school will commence from June 8 and conclude on June 15. Stating this the
Secretary of Board of School Education, Mr Mansa Ram
Sharma, told mediapersons here today that the
examinations would be conducted in the morning session
from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and in the evening session from
1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. |
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