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Migratory birds in the Balla area of Hamirpur district on Saturday morning.
Where liquor shop
is adjacent to police station Freedom fighters
seek better facilities Painting workshop
for physically challenged students
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Govt trying to hush up case against minister, says BJP Shimla, November 29 Mr Randhir Sharma, a spokesperson of the BJP, today released a copy of the questionnaire sent by the then Director-General of Police, Enforcement and Vigilance, on February 7, 2003 to Mr Ram Lal to seek details of the sources of his income which enabled him and members of his family to repay loans of Rs 41.50 lakh he raised between 1985-2002 the period after joining politics. He said per his information Mr Thakur, who became a minister, had not bothered to respond to the questionnaire and the vigilance agency was not pursuing the matter after the change of the government. He said in the questionnaire it was pointed out that the loans had been mostly repaid in cash, which caused suspicion regarding the sources of his income. More so because no Income Tax return had been filed during the period at any of the Income Tax offices at Shimla, Mandi, Solan and
Bilaspur. Mr Thakur was asked to reveal if he had filed a return elsewhere. He said if Mr Thakur had replied to the questionnaire it should be made public along with the progress of the inquiry. Mr Sharma said that the clarification given by Mr Thakur regarding the alleged move to revert prime land worth crores to an influential individual by shifting the wood work production centre of the state Handicraft and Handloom Corporation in Paonta Sahib had created doubts and strengthened the suspicion of a shady deal. He wanted to know whether an individual who had been given land on lease could sell it off. Further, if the individual concerned was the rightful owner of the land then he was not supposed to provide alternative accommodation to the corporation. The very fact that the corporation was asking him to provide suitable alternative accommodation with electricity and water connection indicated that a deal was being struck. More importantly, the individual concerned happened to be the counsel for an important accused in the Sagar Kattha case in which Mr Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister, was also facing trial. |
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Kalam’s visit: joint patrol by Punjab, HP police Nurpur, November 29 The Bhadroya forest near Damtal was in news two years ago when on January 1, 2001 Kashmiri militants opened fire at Damtal on the Himachal Punjab border killing two Army personnel and wounded four others. Later the Ludhiana police had nabbed three militants involved in the attack on Army men. According to Mr Suresh Thakur, DSP, search of the border areas would continue for two days. He added that police patrol had also been started from Damtal to New Chakki bridge and Damtal to the Railway bridge. The security forces have also been identifying locals especially nomadic Gujjars. |
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neglected Chamba, says minister Chamba, November 29 Mr Mahajan alleged that the development projects in Chamba that had been sanctioned during the Congress regime like the construction of the market complex, bridges, roads, new bus terminus, integrated scheme for development of medium towns, opening of new schools and dispensaries had been totally ignored. He said the new appointees were recruited from other districts to fill up vacant posts but were transferred overnight. Mr Mahajan said various development schemes, particularly for the Chamba area, had been taken up under the dynamic leadership of Mr Virbhadra Singh, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, during the past seven months. |
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Naldehra to be brought on world tourism map Shimla, November 29 A favourite haunt of Lord
Curzon, it has great potential to attract high-end tourists as it is one of the few places which still has its pristine splendour, with surroundings largely unspoilt by modern constructions. All that is required is proper maintenance of the nine-hole course, which is missing at present. Mr Anand, who has been made a member of the board of directors of the HP Tourism Development Corporation, said the assignment was an opportunity to put his dream to make Shimla a tourist destination for the elite. He added that he felt that with world-class hotels like the Wildflower Hall and the Oberoi Cecil the focus must shift from mass tourism to class tourism. One way to do this was by having events like international golf tournament and vintage car rally, he added. Mr Anand said he would soon submit a detailed plan for the tourism industry to Mr Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister. |
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Migratory birds arrive in Balla area Nadaun (Hamirpur), November 29 People from Nadaun town and surrounding areas are visiting to banks of the Beas to have glimpse of the birds which are in their area by trasversing 5,000 to 6,000 km of air journey. Reporters said hundreds of birds sailing in river while another was taking dip in the deep waters. People here alleged that several poachers have become active in the area since the arrival of the birds. They are busy capturing these. Winged creatures with nets, they reportedly sell the meat of these birds and charge Rs 300 to Rs 400 per bird. Tractor and truck owners who carry stones, sand and bajri from here were busy in the morning and this harms the birds. The noise of automobiles also forces the birds to leave the area to other destinations. A spokesman of the Forest Department said that efforts were on to have vigil of the area so that none harmed migratory birds. He said any one found killing birds would be booked. |
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Girl child killed by mother, grandmother
Dharamsala, November 29 According to a complaint lodged by the Medical Officer in charge of the Community health centre at Shahpur, Dr Arun Gupta Surekha Devi, resident of Salli village under the Shahpur police station, gave birth to a girl child on Friday at the centre. Later, she and grandmother of the child Neemo Devi thrusted bread into the mouth of the new born which choked her to death. The Shahpur police has registered a case under various sections of the IPC against the two.
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Where liquor shop is adjacent to police station Hamirpur, November 29 After the police station of the town was shifted to its new Tillu complex in 2002, a police post was set up at the Inderpal market. However, the then officials of the Department of Police preferred a shop on the first floor of the market at the main busstand of the town for the purpose and adjacent to a liquor shop. The authorities concerned seem to be least concerned. |
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Freedom fighters seek better facilities Bilaspur, November 29 President of the district unit of the association Lekhram Bhardwaj said this today at Ghumarwin. He further said though they had been given the status of an MLA/MP but the facilities provided to them were not on a par with them. The association resented the non-payment of freedom fighters' medical reimbursement bills and demanded that the Chief Medical Officer's office should be ordered to issue receipts of the bills. |
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Painting workshop for physically challenged students Dharamsala, November 29 A former chairman of the Agriculture Prices Commission and former Vice-Chancellor of
PAU, Ludhiana, Dr S.S. Johal, was the chief guest. More than 10 physically challenged art students, including four girls, participated in the workshop. Dr Johal lauded the efforts of the HP Department of Languages and Culture in training the physically challenged in the art of miniature Kangra paintings and thus providing them with an avenue for earning their livelihood. Earlier, Mr Hriday Paul Singh, secretary of the S. Sobha Singh Memorial Society, welcomed the chief guest. |
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