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Thursday,
January 9, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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‘Check
CM’ from inaugurating buildings
Nine die
as cab falls into gorge Ex-Chief
Engineer in Vigilance net
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80 pc
Kangra phones disconnected Virus
decimates trout population Road to be
named after Banda Bahadur Mitra
Mela today
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‘Check CM’ from inaugurating buildings Dharmsala, January 8 Talking to media persons here today, Mr Bali alleged that the Chief Minister and his ministerial colleagues were on an inauguration spree and those road , bridges and buildings which were still incomplete were being inaugurated with a view to getting political mileage in the forthcoming elections. The HPCC general secretary appealed to the CEC and the two members, who are on a visit to Himachal, to pay surprise visit to some such recently inaugurated buildings and bridges. He named the mini secretariat building at Dharamsala and bridge over river Baner at Chamunda as examples . He said all safety norms were being given a go by in these hastily inaugurated bridges and buildings . Mr Bali also alleged that remote villages were being ignored for making voter identity cards. |
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Nine die as cab falls into gorge Shimla, January 8 The police said the mishap occurred when the driver failed to negotiate a sharp turn as the cab was travelling at a high speed. |
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Ex-Chief Engineer in Vigilance net Dharamsala, January 8 The SP Vigilance at Dharamsala, Mr K.K. Indoria, said cases had been filed under Sections 420, 465, 468 and 471 of the IPC and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act against Sikand for amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income. He had also purchased benami property at many places. The former Chief Engineer had also shown his agricultural income at inflated amount. Mr Indoria said that the amount computed was around Rs 80 lakh more than the known sources of Sikand’s income. |
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80 pc Kangra phones disconnected Kangra, January 8 Telephone subscribers had to face a lot of inconvenience due to the disconnection. When Mr B.L. Sharma, a retired SDO, whose wife had a severe bronchial attack at 12 O’ clock at night picked up the phone to call his family doctor, he found his phone disconnected allegedly for the non-payment of dues. Mr Sharma had to rush to search for his doctor at night. He said the due date for remitting the telephone bill was January 6 whereas he had deposited the bill on December 19, last year. The General Manager, BSNL, Mr O.P. Sikka, said the department was contemplating to computerise the process of disconnection in future so that subscribers were informed well in advance. The telephone of some correspondents and news agency offices that had no bills pending were put through immediately following the intervention of the General Manager. |
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Virus decimates trout population Mandi, January 8 The entire stock in trout fish farms at Barot, Patli Kulh, Nagni and Sangla has perished due to the disease, which has assumed epidemic proportions. In the Barot hatchery of the district, which once abounded in trout, there are now only dead fish. There are no buyers despite an assurance given by the department that the fish is good for human consumption. Mr B.R. Kaundal, Director-cum-Warden, Fisheries, Himachal Pradesh, said the dead fish were sent to various laboratories all over the country and abroad, including Norway, to identify the killer disease. A multi-crore trout fish hatchery had been upgraded at Patlikulh in Kulu district with Norwegian collaboration. The project, started in 1986, was completed in 1996. The trout population in the Patlikulh hatchery, where the latest technology had been transferred from Norway, has also been totally destroyed by the viral disease. It has been suggested that the entire stock should be disposed of and disease-free eggs and fingerlings brought up in hatcheries all over the state. |
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Road to be named after Banda Bahadur Paonta Sahib, January 8 The Chief Minister, who visited the historic Gurdwara Paonta Sahib here to join in the birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Gobind Singh, said the formal order renaming the road would reach the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Sirmaur tomorrow as the government had already cleared the proposal. Mr Dhumal was presented a siropa by Jathedar Kartar Singh Takkar, member of the parbandhak committee of the gurdwara. The CM said the file pertaining to the allotment of a piece of land to Gurdwara Paonta Sahib in lieu of the historic Lohgarh Fort would also be cleared soon The management of the historic Gurdwara Lohgarh had in a unanimous resolution decided to hand over the management to the parbandhak committee last year. Sikhs of Himachal Pradesh had been demanding that the Lohgarh Fort, which is at present in ruins, be reconstructed as a national memorial as it was from this fort that Baba Banda Singh Bahadur launched the country’s first ever freedom struggle by waging a war against the Mughal empire. The issue has been taken up by the Union Chemicals and Fertiliser Minister, Mr Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, with the Union Government so that a proper memorial is raised. The Sikhs of Himachal Pradesh want that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee should lay the foundation stone of the proposed memorial. The National Commission for Minorities and its Vice-Chairman, Mr Tarlochan Singh, has also supported the move. About the introduction of Punjabi both as an elective and optional subject in Himachal schools, Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal assured the congregation that all promises made by his government during the tercentenary celebrations of the birth of the Khalsa and later would be honoured. “The state government is in touch with the Regional Language Centre of Punjabi University, Patiala, for training of its teachers. All schools where students want to opt for Punjabi would be provided with language teachers,” he added. Meanwhile, a colourful procession was taken out here today, on the eve of the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind
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Mitra Mela today Solan, January 8 Talking to mediapersons, Mr Sofat said though he had not made up his mind whether to contest the forthcoming Assembly elections, tomorrow’s consultation session would prove decisive for finalising the future course of action. He said three special guests — Mr Narender Thakur, a former district party president from Hamirpur, Mr Kamal Kishen Padda, a suspended BJP leader from Kangra, and Mr Rakesh Verma, a former district party general secretary from Theog — would attend the session. |
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Activists of the SFI, DYFI, CITU and Kisan Sabha courted arrest on the Mall here on Wednesday evening in protest against the economy policies of the government and the alleged high-handedness of the authorities in dealing with the Himachal Pradesh University students’ agitation. Raising slogans, they criticised the Central Government for succumbing to the pressure of international monetary agencies.
— photo by Anil Dayal
