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Dharamsala
to have 8000-line exchange Sanatorium
projects hang fire Thakur
faction elects office-bearers HC
summons Wildlife Secretary Two
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Body
found on Rohtang Pass ‘Para
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Dharamsala to have 8000-line exchange Dharamsala, November 20 Mr Chaturvedi told reporters that efforts were on to improve services by adding more lines. He said out of 191 exchanges, 104 will be upgraded and a new technology 8000-line exchange will be set up at Dharamsala. He said this would decrease lower waiting list. He said internet services were being enhanced and the capacity would be doubled in the current year. He said at present Palampur, Dharamsala, Kangra, Dalhousie, Chamba and Nurpur towns were getting mobile service and soon towns like Baijnath, Panchrukhi, Jwali, Jwalamukhi, Dehra and Damtal would start getting mobile services. The general manager said that to provide better services, Bank of India and UCO Bank branches in the district have been authorised to collect telephone bills. He said bill collections in towns like Palampur, Baijnath, Dehra, Kangra, Dalhousie, Chamba and some other towns will be computerised. Mr Chaturvedi said that BSNL had entered into an agreement with Indian Oil Corporation. |
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Sanatorium projects hang fire Kumarhatti, November 20 An NRI, Mr Ravi Sood, has donated Rs 15 lakh to the sanatorium to set up a culture sensitivity lab, but till date there is little hope to set up the lab. It is important for the diagnosis of TB patients. At present patients have to incur huge expenses to get the facility from New Delhi and Chandigarh. “The reported multi-drugs resistant TB cases are on the rise, thanks to the implementation of Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme at grass-roots level”, pointed a senior doctor of the sanatorium. There is an urgent need to set up the lab, he added. In July two senior officials of the sanatorium visited a TB centre in New Delhi to get the information and knowledge about setting up of the lab. The recommendation to set up a state TB training, research and demonstration centre was made at a meeting of the Government Council of HP state TB Control Society on June 12, 2000, but till date the things have not proceeded from survey to survey. The sanatorium has even received Rs 18 lakh to construct the centre. The sanatorium has deposited nearly Rs 25 lakh in the past four year with the PWD to construct the residential complexes for doctors, but no work has carried out so far. Even a road leading to sanatorium is in pitiable condition. Meanwhile, Mr V.D. Sharma, Medical Superintendent of the sanatorium, said the work to set up the lab and the training centre would start soon. |
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Thakur faction elects office-bearers Hamirpur, November 20 Earlier, another faction of the employees had elected Mr Laxmi Dutt Machhan as state president at its session held at Manali recently. Nearly 150 delegates from the state, excluding Una and Kinnaur districts, took part in the elections. Addressing mediapersons at Hotel Hamir, Mr Thakur claimed that his federation was the genuine body and the election held at Manali was not genuine as only those who had association with the ruling party participated. He appealed to the state government not to invite another faction for any meeting as it was not a legal one. |
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HC summons
Wildlife Secretary Shimla, November 20 The court directed the Central Government counsel to produce the Secretary before it on November 24. The directive was passed on a public interest litigation filed by Mr Rattanjit Singh regarding the monkey menace in Shimla town and its suburbs. |
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Two killed in mishap Chamba, November 20 According to Mr N.D. Sharma, Additional Superintendent of Police, Chamba, the driver of the vehicle, Karam Chand, died on the spot while a two-year-old child, Narinder Kumar, succumbed to his injuries in the Zonal Hospital. Those injured are Man Singh, father of the child, and Amar Singh and Khem Raj, all residents of the Salooni area. The police has registered a case. |
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Body found on Rohtang Pass Kulu, November 20 According to Mahavir Thakur, a senior instructor at the institute, a rescue team stationed at Marhi post had informed that four persons had left Khoksar for Manali on November 16. Two of them reached Marhi on foot, while one returned to Khoksar because of bad weather. The fourth one neither reported at Marhi nor at Khoksar. |
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‘Para teachers’ to be appointed for 1 year Shimla, November 20 A Bench comprising Chief Justice
V.K. Gupta and Mr Justice K.C. Sood constituted a seven-member committee regarding rationalisation of schools in the state. The court directed the deputy commissioners and deputy directors (Education) of the districts concerned to supply information regarding the location and strength of schools to the committee within a month. The committee will submit its report within three months. |
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Exam results declared Kangra, November 20 Stating this here the Secretary of the board, Mr Vikas Labroo, said that 5,546 candidates had appeared in the examination in which 3,389 were declared successful. The pass percentage was 61.11, Mr Labroo added. |
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Freedom fighter's widow dead Dharamsala, November 20 |
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