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Tuesday,
September 9, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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BJP
lambasted for backing tainted VC Vigilance seizes varsity records BJP to oppose amending of varsity Act Conference on short rotation forestry opens Vice-Principal
of school found slain |
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Food-for-work programme to be popularised Unplanned growth of town to be checked Students resent closing down of colleges Inept handling of medical college case alleged Of dead phones and indifferent officials 1 killed in
road mishap; youth drowned Met Dept centre
starts working Lifestyle diet blamed for heart ailments JBT entrance test on Sept 14
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BJP
lambasted for backing tainted VC Shimla, September 8 Mr Rakesh Singha, secretary of the district unit of the party, said that the BJP was trying to save its leaders who were involved in rampant corruption in the university during the Dhumal regime. He urged the government to speed up the inquiry so that all officials and politically influential persons were held accountable for their misdeeds. The
party ridiculed the Congress government for adopting dilatory tactics
in proving the university affairs. A section of the leadership of
pro-Congress teachers, employees and students was also a part of VC’s
bandwagon because of their personal benefits and they were against any
action to bring the corrupt officials of the university to book. The
CPM termed the action of the Chancellor as quite confusing. He first
asked the executive council, highest decision-making body of the
university, to look into the matter and as a result the council came
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Vigilance seizes varsity records Shimla, September 8 The probe is likely to make headway with the surfacing of Mr P.N. Bhardwaj, Deputy
Registrar in charge of secrecy, for whom the team has been looking for after an FIR was registered. Mr Bhardwaj, who has been granted an anticipatory bail till September 15 by the high court, will join the investigations tomorrow. He is considered the key person as Dr S.D. Sharma, Vice-Chancellor, had during questioning told the team that the entire work pertaining to the setting and printing of question papers was handled by him as the secrecy officer. The records concern the appointments made in the ICDEOL. The wife of the Vice-Chancellor was one of the three consultants appointed along with other staff. The team had questioned Dr O.P. Saraswat, Director of the ICDEOL, regarding these appointments. The log books of the vehicles used by the Vice-Chancellor are being scrutinised by the team. Meanwhile, the Students Federation of India held a rally asking the Vice-Chancellor to quit, failing which it would announce its action programme. |
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BJP to oppose amending of varsity Act Shimla, September 8 Talking to mediapersons here yesterday he said he was not against holding inquiry into the affairs of the university but this should not be used as a pretext to undermine its autonomy. He said the very fact that the government was bringing an ordinance indicated that the action already initiated by it was wrong. He said the move to waive the condition of postgraduate degree for deputationists from the state administrative service for the post of Registrar was unwarranted. In the university PhDs and other well qualified persons were available to fill the post. It seemed to be an attempt to retain a particular person in the post. He said the government should not meddle in the affairs of the university which was an exclusive domain of the Chancellor. The present controversy not only involved the Vice-Chancellor and the government but it had also brought the government and the entire academic community face to face. More important, the amendments also encroached upon the powers of the Governor as Chancellor. |
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Conference on short rotation forestry opens Barog, September 8 The Chief Minister said the huge deficit between demand and supply of forest-based products had led to large-scale ecological disturbances. Expressing concern over the depleting forest cover, he said diversion of forest areas for recreational and industrial development was disturbing. Emphasising the importance of short rotation forestry, he said it was capable of reducing the harvesting time of plantations by more than half of the rotation time of natural forests, with relatively high production per unit area. The biomass thus produced was a substitute for fossil fuels, he said. He said the government was working on a policy to tackle the monkey menace. He also announced the imposition of a ban on mining along river beds. Forest Minister Chander Kumar said that forests were no longer an inexhaustible source. Expressing concern over the increasing demographic pressures on the shrinking forest cover, he said this had led to a change in forest management policies. Mr R.P.S. Katwal, Director-General, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehra Dun, Mr Lars Christersson, Department of Short Rotation Forestry, Sweden, and Dr S.S. Negi, Vice-Chancellor, University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, also spoke. Later, four interactive sessions were held. |
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Vice-Principal
of school found slain Dharamsala, September 8 According to the statement of the chowkidar, when he rang the door bell, nobody responded and on peeping through the window, he found her lying on the floor. The matter was immediately brought to the notice of the school Principal and police. When senior police officials reached the spot, Ms Renu Sood was found murdered with a sharp-edged weapon. The police recovered some jewellery and cash which rules out theft as the motive behind the murder. According
to police sources, the victim was married in 1982 to Mr Anil Sood, a
senior manager with the HP Agro Industries Corporation, and had three
children. In 1994, due to differences, both separated. |
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Food-for-work programme to be popularised Nurpur, September 8 He said the department had been computerising all block development offices, which would make these more effective and accountable. Each block would get one watershed project of Rs 4 crore and the areas not covered under the Kandi development project would be covered under the watershed project, he added. Talking about the development works undertaken by the government in the Nurpur area, Mr Mahajan said 15 water supply schemes at a cost of Rs 11 crore had been approved to cover 62 villages in the Nurpur Assembly constituency. He added that 25 handpumps had been installed during the past six months. He pointed out that under the new industrial policy, Rs 5 crore had been earmarked for the proposed development of an industrial estate at Naglahar. He said the proposed CRPF group centre at Kopra, near here, which had been shelved by the BJP government, had been revived by the Congress government by taking up the matter with Centre. |
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Unplanned growth of town to be checked Palampur, September 8 Palampur once known as a jewel in lap of majestic Dhauladhars has been ravaged by unscrupulous persons. As you enter the town, heaps of garbage greet you whether it is at Mol Khad, SSP chowk, or Kalu Di Hatti. Concerned over rapid degradation of the small beautiful hill town which has expanded at a fast rate, the Forum, was formed by awakened citizens of the town. Ex-officials, academics, retired Army officers, lawyers and journalists constitute the forum which has decided to take up the issues of extension of Municipal limits, improvement in medical care, disposal of waste, haphazard construction, encroachments on shamlat and forest land and efficiency in government departments. A deputation of the Forum will meet the Chief Minister tomorrow when he visits Palampur and submit a memorandum to him to extend the Municipal limits of the town. |
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Students resent closing down of colleges Kulu, September 8 Student leaders alleged that the Chief Minister was working against lower districts of Himachal Pradesh as his decision to close down the evening colleges at Mandi, Dharamsala and Kulu reflected. The students later submitted a memorandum to the government through the Deputy Commissioner demanding withdrawal of the decision to close down the college. |
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Inept handling of medical college case alleged Shimla, September 8 Addressing a press conference here, he said the government had committed a folly by taking the MCI lightly. Instead of removing the objections raised by its inspection team, it had approached the Centre for permission, he said. It had raised several objections, some of which could have been settled on the spot had the minister concerned and the Health Secretary discussed the issue with officials before the inspection, he added. The government had not been able to make proper arrangements for the marketing of the apple crop, he said. There was shortage of trucks, trays and other packaging material and the prices had crashed sharply, he claimed. |
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Of dead phones and indifferent officials Hamirpur, September 8 The worst affected are those who mainly depend upon the STD services for business or other purposes. Press persons working for various dailies are also the worst hit. They find it difficult to send messages to newspapers in time. When a number is dialled, invariably lines are busy; wait for some time, reply is repeated. No senior officer of the BSNL was available for comments. People have urged BSNL authorities to rectify the faults, and provide them with better telecom services. |
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1 killed in
road mishap; youth drowned Chamba, September 8 Giving this information here today, Mr N.D. Sharma, Additional Superintendent of Police, Chamba, said one person succumbed to his injuries at the Zonal Hospital, Chamba. The deceased had been identified as Kishan Chand of Bhatot village while the three injured were the owner of the vehicle, Amit Kumar, and Om Prakash and Bobby of Ghatta village in Chamba district. Mr Sharma said the injured were undergoing treatment at the Zonal Hospital and the condition of Om Prakash was serious. The police has registered a case. Meanwhile, a youth, Sunil Kumar, reportedly drowned in a pool at Panjpulla, about 2 km from Dalhousie, last evening after he slipped and fell into it. The deceased belonged to Dhoora Sappar village in the suburbs of Dalhousie. A case has been registered. |
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Gaiety theatre gets facelift Shimla, September 8 Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today performed puja to mark the beginning of the work to start the first phase of restoration work here. A sum of Rs 1.5 crore would be spent on the restoration work in the first phase. Mr Virbhadra Singh said the
architectural design of the theatre would be kept intact. He said his government would take special care of all ancient monuments in the state.—
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Met Dept centre
starts working Shimla, September 8 The centre will cater to all meteorological requirements of a state, like weather forecast, local forecast for Shimla and agro-meteorological advisory bulletins for farmers of the state, including warning of adverse weather events like heavy rainfall, snowfall and cold waves. These warnings of adverse weather events will help agriculture, horticulture, tourism, irrigation, forest, Aviation Department, etc in Himachal Pradesh. The office will also provide information to the general public regarding earthquake, and astronomical events. One meteorological observatory is already functioning in Shimla. In this observatory, additional weather instruments will be installed. In addition, this office will provide the technical assistance to state rain-gauge stations. |
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Lifestyle diet blamed for heart ailments Shimla, September 8 Speaking on stress and its direct effect on heart Dr Ravi. C. Sharma, cardiac specialist from the IGMC, hospital, here said that stress was part of life. However, when it becomes acute it turns into a negative force. Studies reveal that it increases permeability of arterial walls to cholesterol raising its level. It leads blood clotting which causes heart attack. It could be managed only by changing the lifestyle and “learning to relax”. Dr Rakesh Jaswal, consultant Invasive Cardiology, said Indians were highly susceptible to cardiac ailments. |
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JBT entrance test on Sept 14 Dharamsala, September 8 Disclosing this the Chairman of H.P. Board of School Education, Mr B.R. Rahi, said that 575 examination centres had been set up for the entrance test. He said roll numbers had already been dispatched to all students. He said those disqualified from appearing in the test could check their names from the examination centres where list of such candidates would be available two days before the test. He said all Sub Divisional Magistrates would also be provided these lists. Mr Rahi said that the students who had appeared in the test conducted in October 2002 which was later cancelled, were also eligible to appear in the test and their admission cards had been dispatched. He said such candidates would be allowed to appear if they submit admit letters with photograph. The Chairman said that students could contact the board office in case of no-receipt of admit cards or any other problem. |
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