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Friday,
October
17, 2003,
Chandigarh, India
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Pak MPs
for peace, more interaction Advani asks Pak to hand over 20 fugitives
BSP not to have poll
pact: Sherwal Doctors’
leave cancelled |
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One more dies of suspected
encephalitis Norms for sale of fire-crackers
GMN College holds prize distribution
function 
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Pak MPs for peace, more interaction Faridabad, October 16 This was stated by the members of a delegation of MPs of Pakistan who visited the town on the invitation of the Indo-Pak International Society of Emotions here last evening. Chaudhary Manzoor Ahmed from Kasoor, Mr Omar Zasman Kaira from Gujarat and Mr Zulfikar Ali Gondal, members of the National Assembly of Pakistan and representing the Pakistan Peoples Party, spoke to mediapersons and selected local residents about the present political
scenario on both sides. They said their only mission was peace and they believed that interaction between people on both sides could play a vital role. Mr Gondal, who is a former Army officer and represents Mandi Bahawalbin seat in Pakistan parliament, said Pakistan and India had been spending a big part of their budget on defence sector, which he said, could have been used on development. He said Pakistan had been spending 42 per cent of its budget on defence and a whopping 56 per cent was being spent on repaying loans. Chaudhary Manzoor Ahmed, who is leading the six-member delegation, said problems were same on both sides and issues of contention between the two countries had been a creation of leaders on both sides. He said war was no solution. He said the enmity between the two nations was only a means to divert people’s attention from issues like poverty and unemployment. He said both India and Pakistan were serving the interests of the USA who had been selling its weapons to these countries. Mr Qamar Zaman said any third country should not be allowed to take advantage of the situation. |
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Advani asks Pak to hand over 20 fugitives Manesar, October 16 He was talking to reporters after presiding over the raising day celebrations of the National Security Guards (NSG) here. Earlier, while addressing
officers and jawans of the NSG, he lauded the role of the force in serving the nation. Mr Advani asserted that there would be no let-up in the security forces operations against terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir and observed that a record number of more than 200 militants were killed last month.
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BSP not to have poll pact: Sherwal Ambala, October 16 Talking to mediapersons here today, Mr Sherwal said they would contest all 90 seats without any alliance partner. “I am confident that we are in a position to secure 55 seats which will help us in forming the government in the state,” he said. Mr Sherwal said at present he was holding guidance programme for activists in different districts. “We have already covered seven districts and Ambala is the eighth district under the programme,” he said. He said the BSP was different from other parties since it was an ideology-based party. “Regional parties like the INLD and the HVP do not have any issue. They have failed to carry out development and there is unemployment and poverty in the state,” he said. Mr Sherwal said Mr Kanshi Ram formed the BSP so to remove inequality. When the BSP came into being, there were eight national parties. Today, only the BJP and the Congress are left. And we will leave them behind in the next elections,” he said. Mr Sherwal said in Haryana they had one MLA, in Bihar five MLAs, in Chhattisgarh seven MLAs, in Jammu and Kashmir three MLAs, in Kerala one MLA and in Madhya Pradesh 13 MLAs. “In Haryana, we are now following the Uttar Pradesh pattern. We have taken people from different walks of life into our fold. There are now 1.25 lakh office-bearers.” he said. Mr Sherwal alleged that the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Ms Mayawati was being framed in the Taj corridor case. Mr Vikas Gupta, Ms Kusum
Sherwal, Mr Jagdish, Mr Rameshwar Das, Mr Ram Phal were also present on the occasion. |
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Doctors’ leave cancelled Chandigarh, October 16 This was revealed by Mr Raj Kumar, Commissioner and Secretary, Health, at a meeting of senior officers of his department as well as those of Public Health, Panchayats and Urban Development held here today. The meeting was presided over by Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala. Mr Chautala directed the health authorities to launch a special campaign in the state, particularly in the Mewat area, to ensure sanitation and provide healthcare to the people at their door-steps. Mr Raj Kumar said health teams were being sent to those villages from where cases of fever had been reported. The government hospitals had been directed to provide round-the-clock medical care to the affected persons. The department had launched a special campaign for fogging and had taken anti-larva measures to check the spread of malaria. No death due to dengue had been reported in any part of the state. |
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One more dies of suspected
encephalitis Ambala, October 16 Six-year-old Chaya, who was admitted to the Civil Hospital in the city, died this morning. While the official death toll due to suspected Japanese encephalitis has gone up to four, the unofficial figure stands at eight. Incidentally, seven-year-old Mamta, who died two days ago, used to reside close to the residence of Chaya in Hari Nagar, Ambala City. Mr Girdhari Lal, father of
Chaya, said his daughter began to vomit yesterday. “We first took her to a private doctor, who advised us to take her to Civil Hospital,” he said. He expressed unhappiness with the treatment at Civil Hospital. “My daughter would not have died had the authorities concerned taken the trouble of improving the conditions in our area,” he stated. |
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Norms for sale of fire-crackers Ambala, October 16 The ban will be in force till October 26. Fire-crackers can be sold only through licensed vendors and the sale will be carried out from earmarked places only. In the city, the authorised areas are the Barnala road, the Dasehra ground, the Police Lines maidan, the open area in Urban Estate. In the cantonment, the sale will take place in the Gandhi ground and the Dasehra ground on the Ram Bagh road. In Naraingarh, fire-crackers will be sold near SDM Complex. Mr Gautam said there should be at least a distance of 3 metres between two fire-cracker shops and provision for adequate fire-fighting arrangement near the shop. |
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Areas earmarked for crackers’ sale Panchkula, October 16 Similarly, the open ground near Government Senior Secondary School, Ramgarh, the open ground of Government College,
Barwalam, and the open ground of cricket stadium, Raipur Rani, and near
Government Senior Secondary School in Morni have been specified. In Kalka and Pinjore, the ground of Government College, Kalka, the open space opposite Seourie Hospital in Pinjore, the open ground near HMT Pinjore have also been specified. |
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Ex-CEO
of Wakf Board held Ambala,
October 16 The counsel of the
father of Avedna Sharma, Mr Devender Bansal requested the court to
grant police remand to Mr Ali. He stated that a few photographs of the
“nikah” of Zakir Husain and Avedna was lying with him and
according to him the photographs were kept somewhere in Firojabad. He
stated that Shahid was also involved in forging fake documents of
marriage of Avedna and Zakir. |
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GMN College
holds prize distribution
function Ambala, October 16 The prizes were given away by the chief guest, Mr Balbir Singh Malik, Deputy Secretary to Haryana Chief Minister. The SDM, Mr Narsingh Dhull, was the guest of honour. The function was presided over by the college Principal Dr R.R. Malik. The toppers for the session 2002-03 in Kurukshetra University examinations include Swati, Sunita Gulati, Rajinder Kaur, Devender Kumar, Anita, Jaspreet Kaur, Shveta Vaish, Anurag Atreey, Ragini Sharma, Kamal Gupta, Poonam, Neelam, Rajani Sharma, Manoj Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Priya Chadha, Jaspreet Kaur, Sonia Chauhan, Gunjan Baweja, Bhavna Gupta, Amandeep Singh, Seema Devi, Rajni Bala, Mansi Dingra, Gursheen Anand, Shernaz Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Anu and Sucheta Sharma. The toppers also include Superna Bakshi, Franny Oberoi, Asha Singh, Reetika, Swati Gupta, Anshu Gupta, Sakshi Tuli, Divya Thakur, Rajiv Mehra, Mahesh Gupta, Rohit Mittal, Gaurav Bansal, Kunal Sen, Manisha Dhiman, Ankur Rastogi, Vishal Sharma, Monika Jain, Poonam Gupta, Abhishek Sabharwal, Chander Mohini, Ritika Gulani, Saurabh Jain, Pankaj Sharma, Gurpreet Kaur, Swati Arora, Yogender Singh, Seema Khanna, Tripati Sharma, Gunchi Midha, Vikas Sethi, Himani Sharma, Rupinder Kaur, Jai Prakash, Ashish Sharma, Nisha Rani, Ashok Kumar, Neha Vats, Aarti Wahi and Aruna Rani. NCC cadets who were given prizes include Parveen Singh Yadav, Sudeep Singh, Ajay Kumar Thakur, Mohammad Arif and Rakesh Kumar. Best NSS volunteers were Jitender, Tandeep, Anuradha, Kiran and Kulwinder Singh. The prize winners in sports include Jyoti Kaushal, Tandeep Kapoor, Neha, Pooja Chauhan, Priyanka Sharma, Sukhdev, Shalu, Amandeep Singh, Surender Kumar, Manoj and Vaibhav. The prize winners for culture are Harbhajan Singh, Mahesh, Jaspreet Kaur, Pooja
Chandok, Alka Vashishta, Shobha Pandey, Jyoti Kanojia, Harsh, Prabhjot, Vikas and Ramesh. |
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Youth festival concludes Sirsa, October 16 On the last day today, the Member of Parliament from Sirsa, Dr Sushil Indora, was the chief guest. |
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