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SYL canal within a year: Chautala
Rewari, May 15
The Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, has asserted that the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal in Punjab would be completed and made functional within a year. He made this announcement after inaugurating a water supply scheme at Mandhia Khurd village, 8 km from here, yesterday. He said that the state government had been in constant touch with the Union Government as well as the Supreme Court in this regard.
Delhi Samata Party elects president finally to beat EC deadline
New Delhi, May 15
Mr B. K. Tewari was unanimously elected president of the Delhi state unit of the Samata Party for a term of two years at a meeting held in the party office here on Wednesday.
SPECIAL FOCUS
ON ROHTAK
Selection panel cannot remain valid for indefinite period: Advocate-General
Rohtak, May 15
The Advocate-General, Haryana, has advised Maharshi Dayanand University that a panel cannot remain valid for an indefinite period and there is no justification either in law or in equity to revive the selection panel approved on October 31, 1995.
Camps in villages to encourage sowing of cash crops
Sonepat, May 15
To encourage farmers to take to cash crops instead of the traditional wheat and paddy crops, the district administration, in coordination with the Agriculture Department, has decided to organise training camps in the rural areas of the district. Centre’s missive on
spread of FMD
Sonepat, May 15
The central government has expressed grave concern over the spread of foot and mouth disease among animals in Haryana and directed the state government to take immediate and concrete steps to check it effectively.
Banquet hall fined Rs 5.5 lakh for stealing power
Rohtak, May 15
The Vigilance Department of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam
(UHBVN) imposed a fine of over Rs 5.50 lakh on a banquet hall located near Tilyar tourist complex on the National Highway 10 here last night.
Jhajjar second in small savings
Jhajjar, May 15
Jhajjar district has got second position in the state in achieving the target in small savings scheme during the financial year 2003-04. The first position was bagged by Panipat district while Panchkula got third position.
NCR BRIEFS
10-yr jail term to
five women for smuggling narcotics
Faridabad, May 15
Five women have been sentenced to ten years of imprisonment by a local court on the charge of smuggling narcotics. The accused, identified as Subha Bai, Shanti, Rashmi, Sahiba and Isha, were caught by the police in November 1998 on the charge of trading and selling narcotics weighing about 94 kg.
- Saini Society poll on May 18
- NFL gets ISO 9001 certification
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DELHI DIGEST
DU announces 2003 exam results
New Delhi, May 15
The University of Delhi today announced the results of the annual and supplementary examinations, 2003.
The courses for which the results were announced are Diploma in Hindi, Modern Arabic, Chinese language, Certificate in Hindi, Modern Arabic Language, Advance Diploma in Hindi, Modern Arabic Language, Advance Diploma in Japanese and Chinese (Part-time), Intensive Advance Diploma in Japanese and Chinese, Certificate course in Chinese (Part-time), Diploma in Japanese Language (part-time) and Post Intensive Advance Diploma in Japanese and Chinese languages. |
Baljeet Singh Chadha
honoured by DSGMC
New Delhi: The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee today honoured Mr Baljeet Singh Chadha at Gurdwara Bangla Sahib in the presence of Mr Paramjit Singh Sarna, President, DSGMC, Mr Manmohan Singh Mohini, Mr Prahlad Singh Chandhok and other members.
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When Manjari Chaturvedi dons her costume and ghungroos, she miraculously transforms an old dancing form, Kathak. For this 29-year-old danseuse, her imagination helps her create fresh steps.
Manjari aims at adding new proportions to Kathak and arouse peoples’ interest in this artform. Her expressions have added several innovations to the Kathak repertoire. Manjari has incorporated the mystique of Sufism and the moving meditation, thereby unifying both the Hindu and Muslim traditions.
Born in Roorkee, she began her dancing career at a tender age when she was in school. Gradually, she drowned herself in the sea of Katahk by learning more and more about it and finally pursuing it as professions. Her parents always stood behind her. She said: “I have always found them as my best audience.
