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Selja flays atrocities on farmers
Fatehabad, December 26
The AICC Secretary Ms Selja, has accused the state government of crossing all boundaries in “committing atrocities” on the agitating farmers at Kandela village in Jind district and alleged that the state government has been exploiting the farmers most.

Villagers foil kidnap bid
Panipat, December 26
Villagers foiled an attempt by four armed men to abduct a girl in the wee hours yesterday. One of them was nabbed. While another was runover by a train at Dahar village, near here.

Haryana to set up food processing division
Chandigarh, December 26
The Haryana Government has decided to create a food processing division(FPD) in its Industries Department to be headed by an IAS officer and having adequate manpower drawn from departments like Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, etc.

• 3 killed in accidents
• HUDA to auction houses, flats

Selja flays atrocities on farmers
Our Correspondent

Fatehabad, December 26
The AICC Secretary Ms Selja, has accused the state government of crossing all boundaries in “committing atrocities” on the agitating farmers at Kandela village in Jind district and alleged that the state government has been exploiting the farmers most.

Talking to mediapersons at Chamar Khera village in this district yesterday, Ms Selja said the government that never tired of boosting to be championing the cause of farmers, had shown its real face by opening fire on the peaceful agitating farmers. She claimed that the government would not last and reminded the case of Bansi Lal government in the state that, she said, had to pay the price for committing atrocities on farmers. She demanded that the government should get the incident of firing on farmers investigated by an independent agency and announce a compensation of Rs.1lakh each to the farmers injured in the incident.

Ms Selja claimed that the Congress would win the forthcoming poll in the UP, Uttranchal and Punjab Assemblies. Commenting on the efforts being made by the INLD in these states, Ms Selja said the party would not be able to save its security deposits in any of the Assembly constituencies let alone the question of winning. She said the history of Punjab and Rajasthan elections would be repeated in these elections where the INLD drew a blank.

Castigating the Pakistan Government, the AICC secretary said it stood exposed before the world as a nation that harboured the perpetrators of terrorism. She said the Indian Government had already given proof of Pakistan’s involvement in the December 13 attacks on the Parliament House and Pakistan would no longer be able to befool the world community on this issue. 

Villagers foil kidnap bid
Our Correspondent

Panipat, December 26
Villagers foiled an attempt by four armed men to abduct a girl in the wee hours yesterday. One of them was nabbed. While another was runover by a train at Dahar village, near here. However, two others escaped under cover of darkness.

According to information, a 15-year girl of Dahar was returning home with her mother when the men picked her up and dragged her to the nearby fields.

The girl’s mother raised the alarm, following which some of the villagers rushed to the spot and challenged the gangsters. Two of them fled away but one of them, identified as Ashok of the same village, was caught and beaten up. The fourth one, Dalbeer, also of the same village, who tried to escape came under a train and died on the spot.

The police has registered a case under Sections 363, 364, 354, 342 and 506 of the IPC and have taken two youths into custody. Ashok has been admitted to the Civil Hospital.

Haryana to set up food processing division
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 26
The Haryana Government has decided to create a food processing division(FPD) in its Industries Department to be headed by an IAS officer and having adequate manpower drawn from departments like Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, etc.

An official spokesman said here today that the FPD would function as the State nodal agency in place of the Haryana Agro-Industries Corporation and the Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation. A consultant with expertise in food processing would be appointed.

He said the FPD was being set up to have proper coordination with the Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries and other Central agencies engaged in the promotion of food processing industries.

3 killed in accidents
Our Correspondent

Jind, December 26
Three persons were killed in different accidents in various parts of the district yesterday. According to reports received here today Bal Ram a resident of Gulkani village was seriously injured after he was hit by a truck on the Jind-Hansi road near Ikkas village. He died on way to hospital.

In another accident, Inder Singh, a resident of Poli village was run over by a train. He died on the spot.

In the third accident Daulat Ram a factory worker, was seriously injured while operating a machine in a factory at Julana village. He was admitted to the local general hospital where he died.

HUDA to auction houses, flats
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 26
The Haryana Urban Development Authority(HUDA) has decided to auction built-up houses and flats in housing colonies of Panchkula, Panipat, Karnal and Ambala City.

A HUDA spokesman said here today that Type I (four-storey) houses in Sector 14, Panchkula, would be auctioned on January 4 next at Panchkula. The low income group(LIG) double-storey, medium income group (MIG) houses and high income group (HIG) houses of Sectors 13, 17 and 6, Panipat, would be auctioned on January 14 next. He said MIG, HIG(L), HIG(U) and duplex houses of Sector 4 and 5, Karnal, would be auctioned on January 10. Similarly, MIG, MIG(I), HIG(L) and HIG(U) houses in Sector 10, Ambala City, would be auctioned on January 2 next.