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RANCHI: Dolly Kumari, a 17-year-old
polytechnic student, mustered the
courage to defy her family and
decide the course of her life. She
met Jharkhand chief minister
Raghubar Das on Saturday and
sought his help to stop her
wedding.
"I want to study further but my
parents have decided to marry me
off," Dolly told Das and requested
him to speak to her father, Kailash
Kumar Pandit, who teaches at a
government school in Koderma
district.
Das who was meeting people at his
residence on Saturday, was so moved
by the girl's determination that he
instantly called up Pandit and
requested him to shelve Dolly's
wedding plans for now.
Talking to TOI, Pandit said he was
taken aback when a voice on the
phone said, 'main Raghubar Das bol
raha hu (This is Raghubar Das
speaking)'. "I was shocked to receive
the phone call from the CM, and
later, I watched my daughter on
television meeting him (Das)," Pandit
said, adding that he was aware of
her daughter's interest in higher
education but could not do much
because of financial problem.
"I am retiring early next year and
still have two daughters to marry
off," said the father of seven
children. Asked why he was forcing
her to get married, Pandit said, "My
three daughters (of the five) are
married and since I will not have a
job next year, I want her to get
married too."
 
NEW DELHI: Another bureaucrat has
got caught in the battle between
chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and
lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung.
Snubbed by power secretary
Shakuntala D Gamlin, who took over
as acting chief secretary on Saturday
despite being advised against it, the
AAP government stripped principal
secretary (services) Anindo
Majumdar of his charge on Saturday.
His crime: he had issued the office
order notifying the appointment of
acting chief secretary on Friday
following orders from the LG's office.
The LG reacted by declaring the
state's order to take away the charge
of department of services and
general administration from
Majumdar, a 1985 IAS batch officer,
"ab-initio void".
 
CHANDIGARH: To reduce the
corruption in state's revenue
department, Haryana government
has proposed to implement a
scheme of land records under which
inteqal (mutation) of land deals
would also be done while getting
the property registered, and the
landowner/buyer would also get its
report instantly.
 
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