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Chautala moots all-party meet on SYL canal Cong MPs, MLAs to meet PM No CBI report filed in SC
JBT teachers recruitment scam Haryana PMT under scanner
Tests on June 21, 27 Haryana aviation institutes flying high The three Civil Aviation Institutes in the state are flying high again. The ambitious plan introduced by the Directorate of Civil Aviation, Haryana, for over hauling and reviving its civil aviation clubs in Pinjore, Karnal and Hisar, and make them self-sustaining, is now beginning to show results. |
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Public Service Commission results Ruchika molestation case: 3rd witness cross examined Hard work has paid off, says CBSE PMT topper Haryana ex-MLA Peer Chand dead Four more held for killing 5 of family Leaf from History HSGPC to field 11 candidates Special
arrangement for viewing transit of Venus Green Circle members
plant saplings Multi-purpose health staff body
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Chautala moots all-party meet on SYL canal Chandigarh, June 7 Talking to newsmen Mr Chautala appealed to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to get the canal completed without delay as the economy of the nation was based on the agricultural sector. He also urged the newly elected Congress MPs from Haryana to impress upon the Congress Government in Punjab for early completion of the canal. He said if all political parties of Punjab could join hands on the SYL issue, why the Haryana parties could not do so. Instead of issuing press statements to get credit for the recent verdict of the apex court, the Congress MPs of Haryana should impress upon the Prime Minister to complete the canal at the earliest. He said though the Congress had boycotted the last all-party meeting convened by him on the issue, he would still appeal to the leaders of all political parties to come on one platform to put pressure on the Centre for completing the canal at an early date. Mr Chautala said he was hopeful that Dr Manmohan Singh would certainly take steps for an early completion of the canal as he was a true statesman, whereas the earlier Prime Ministers used to politicise the issue. He said he was not keen to get credit for the completion of the SYL canal. He would like to give credit to even those who had done little in this regard. He claimed that his sole aim was to make the SYL canal functional. Describing the statement of the national President of the Youth Congress, Mr Randeep Singh Surjewala, as “childish”, Mr Chautala said Mr Surjewala was not aware of the facts and, therefore, he should not speak on such issues. Mr Surjewala had said that Mr Chautala and his father had created hindrances in the completion of the SYL canal. Mr Chautala said Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s demand for setting up a new tribunal for reallocation of the river waters among Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan was illogical. He said the apex court’s direction to the Central Government to appoint an agency to complete the canal within four weeks had no connection with the demand of the Punjab Chief Minister, who, he said, was trying to mislead the people. He said the Supreme Court’s verdict had to be honoured because otherwise it would lead to a catastrophe. He said Haryana’s case was not of a riparian state as claimed by Capt Amarinder Singh. Haryana was a successor state because it was carved out of Punjab, which, being like an elder brother, should not raise such issues. |
Cong MPs, MLAs to meet PM Chandigarh, June 7 Announcing this in a statement issued here today, the Congress MP from Bhiwani, Mr Kuldeep Bishnoi, said the party had sought appointments with these senior leaders. Mr Bishnoi said the delegation would also include former MPs, former MLAs and former ministers. Criticising those political parties which were claiming the credit for the apex court judgement, Mr Bishnoi said had the Chautala family really wanted the SYL canal would have been completed much earlier. But, he said, Mr Devi Lal and Mr Om Prakash Chautala always used the issue for their political interests. He said Finance Minister Sampat Singh was misleading the people by claiming that the petition filed by Mr Devi Lal had paved the way for the Supreme Court orders. Mr Bishnoi alleged that if Mr Devi Lal really wanted the SYL canal to be completed he would have contested the case before the Supreme court in the right earnest. But the Chautalas had always sacrificed the interests of Haryana in view of their personal friendship with former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. Mr Bishnoi claimed that Mrs Indira Gandhi had planned the canal in the presence of his father, Mr Bhajan Lal. Even the HVP chief, Mr Bansi Lal, wanted to remain active in politics by claiming the credit for the Supreme Court judgement. He said Mr Bansi Lal had withdrawn the petition filed by Mr Bhajan Lal and refiled the same petition only to take the credit. He claimed that 90 per cent of the work on the canal was completed during his father’s tenure as the Chief Minister. |
Birender Singh flays Akalis Chandigarh, June 7 Mr Birender Singh said all those leaders who were trying to claim credit for the SYL canal were talking through their hat because the only person who deserved the credit was Mr Rajiv Gandhi. |
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No CBI report filed in SC
JBT teachers recruitment scam Chandigarh, June 7 The CBI was asked by the Supreme Court to complete its investigation within six months. The CBI did not file any report to the court on May 25 when six months were over from the day of the court order. It was then anticipated that the CBI would file a compliance report to the court on June 7, counting six months from December 7 when it reportedly received a copy of the court order. A source, who was also a party in the case filed in the Supreme Court, claimed that the court had today sent a letter to the CBI by a special messenger inquiring about the status of the JBT teachers recruitment probe. The court reportedly also asked the CBI to seek additional time from the court, if necessary. CBI spokesman G. Mohanty, when contacted over the phone in Delhi, however, said no such letter had been received by the CBI office in Delhi. Mr Mohanty said the SC had not asked the CBI to file any report on its finding. Quoting the court order Mr Mohanty said the court had only asked the agency to show results within six months. He said the CBI had complied with the order by filing FIRs against various accused, including two aides of the Chief Minister, before the expiry of the six-months deadline. This means an indefinite wait for those who were waiting for the CBI to net the elusive “big sharks” allegedly involved in the recruitment controversy. |
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Haryana PMT under scanner
Tests on June 21, 27 Rohtak, June 7 The test was scheduled to be held on May 28. It was to be conducted by Maharshi Dayanand University which was declared as the competent authority for the purpose. However, the state government postponed the test indefinitely on May 21. Later, the order was modified and the Director of the PGIMS was declared as the competent authority to hold the test. According to a notification issued by the PGIMS this evening, the test for ayurvedic courses would now be held on June 21. The test for admission to medical and dental colleges would be conducted on June 27. There would be no change in the roll numbers, centres of examination and the timings as already notified to the candidates. Legal experts said the whole exercise could be futile because the government had not given any cogent reasons for changing the authority. According to a senior local lawyer, Mr Bharat Bhushan Batra, the change of competent authority was unlikely to stand judicial scrutiny for several reasons. Firstly, how did the government consider the MDU as incompetent for holding this test when it had been doing so in the past for both undergraduate as well as postgraduate medical courses? Secondly, he said, if the MDU was competent to specify syllabi, affiliate institutions and hold all other examinations, how did the government suddenly conclude that it could not be entrusted with the conduct of the PMT? In the absence of any solid grounds for barring MDU, prima facie it was apparent that this had been done with ulterior motives, he claimed. The legalities did not end here. The new competent authority – the director of the PGIMS – had no powers to utilise the services of MDU staff for the purpose because the university was an autonomous body. In the present case the state government, while changing the competent authority, had in its order stated that the “process already started by MDU shall be taken (sic) from the stage now it has reached”. This means that the test would practically be conducted by MDU personnel albeit under supervision of the PGIMS Director and not the VC. Legal experts said the government had no power to place MDU staff at the disposal of the PGIMS. The order also stated that the director of the PGIMS would be “responsible for setting of question papers, its evaluation and declaration of result”. While directing that 50 per cent of the fee received by the MDU from the candidates would be transferred to the PGIMS, the government also stated that a nominee of the MDU and the DG, Health Services might be associated for “maintaining transparency and fairness”. Legally, the government could not direct the sharing of the fee as the university was an autonomous body, experts maintained. The PMT was introduced after the apex court decided in a case a few years ago that those states with more than one university should assign the job annually to one of these institutions for conducting the test.
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Haryana aviation institutes flying high Panchkula, June 7 For the first time in the past four years, the three Haryana Institutes of Civil Aviation (HICA) have managed to meet their target in flying and exceed the targets in gliding at the Hisar and Pinjore institutes. While a new Hansa Aircraft is being procured from the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for HICA, Karnal, the Directorate proposes to procure a second hand Cessna VT for HICA, Pinjore, besides equipment like wench machines. As of now, the Hisar institute has one Cessna VT aircraft, one Ardhra Glider VT , one Super blanic glider (presently under repair at Delhi Flying Club) and a Swati aircraft ( which has been grounded). The institute in Karnal has one Pushpak aircraft, and two Cessna aircraft(one of which is grounded), while the Pinjore institute has four Pushpaks (one grounded and another one under repair), one Piper Cherokee, one Super blanic glider, and one Swati aircraft ( which has been withdrawn) . Says
the Director, Civil Aviation, Mr Rajiv Arora, “ Even as we are
working to get the Certificates of Air Worthiness (Co A) for the
grounded Cessna, Piper Cherokee and Pushpak aircraft , and the Super
Blanic glider in the three institutes, we have managed to increase the
flying hours and launches. With the subsidy of Rs 40 lakh from the
DGCA, we have managed to break even financially “. It is learnt that the department has set a target of 1500 flying hours each for the three flying institutes. In Hisar and Pinjore, where gliding is also offered, the department has set a target of 2500 launches and 3000 launches each, respectively. While HICA,Hisar, has managed to have 990 flying hours and 4340 launches, HICA, Karnal, has been able to achieve 1553 flying hours. Though the institute at Pinjore has managed to have merely 371 flying hours, it has had 5104 launches in gliding as against a target of 3000 launches. It may be noted that power flying in HICA, Pinjore, remained grounded for almost one and a half years (including the first half of the year 2003-04), ever since the Chief Flying Instructor ( CFI), G.S. Cheema, retired in July, 2002. Though a new CFI was appointed in May, he left shortly thereafter. The flying was resumed only after Mr Cheema was reappointed as the CFI. It
may be noted that all three institutes had hit hard times as the cost
of aircraft fuel ( 100 LL ) increased several times over and people
lost interest in flying. The fee for training was not increased and a
situation reached where even the employees of one of these institutes
was not paid salaries for several months. Promises Mr. Rajiv Arora,
“By the end of this year, we will be able to turn around the
institute at Karnal in power flying and at Hisar and Pinjore in
gliding, into profit-making ventures. Last year, we had revised the
cost for training in power flying ( Rs. 3000 per hour on Piper
Cherokee, Rs. 2800 per hour on Cessna and Rs. 2400 per hour on Hansa)
and for joyrides ( Rs. 900 for a 10-minute trip on aircraft and Rs.
175 for 10- minute ride on a glider), and this has not been increased.” |
Public Service Commission results Chandigarh, June 7 In the A category college lecturers in various subjects in Education Department - Botany: General 1, 6, 8, 81, 103, 108, SC - A 58, SC B 43, Chemistry: General 11, 12, 43, 131, 142, 174, 182, 191, 203, SCA - 121, BC 10, PH 66, Commerce: General 39, 46, 103, 111, 114, 125, 133, 147, 154, SCA - 3, SCB 65, 80,131, BC 160,163, ESM 97, Economics: General 5, 19, 31, SCA 48, 62, 90 SCB 42, 51, 81 BC 87, 88, 146 ESM 86, 93 PH 101, English General 4, 8, 11, 16, 20, 30, 32, 33, 35, 42, 54, 61, 64, 66, 73, 77, 81, 93, 98, 100, 108 BC: 2, 24, 89, SCB 40. Geography: general 23, 25, 26, 35, 40, 99, 106, 108 BC: 4, 20, 68, 113, SCA: 79 SCB 43, 45, 50, 60, History, General: 16, 37, 42, 50, 53, 85, 86, 120, 149, 150, 159, 179, 191, 208, 210, BC: 164, 181, SCA 113, 146, 217, SCB 106, 122, 165, PH: 27, 138, ESM 99, Home Science: General 32, 64, 68, 83, SCA 42, BC 27, Mathematics: General 1, 28, 71, 80, 84, 86, 109 BC: 13, 47, 113, SCB: 73 PH: 24 ESM: 91, Music(I): General 6 SCA 16, Music (V): General 2, 14, 19, 46, SCA: 1, PH: 9, Philosophy: General 4, Physical Education: General 2, 10, 15, 43, 49, 59, 69, BC 6, SCB: 22, 58, Physics: General 2, 7, 71 Political Science: General 8, 11, 51, 59, 81, 83, 117, 167, 179, BC: 123, 155, SCA: 146 SCB: 88, PH: 48. Psychology: General 1, 7, 10, 26, 27, 48, 62, BC: 46 SCA: 58 SCB: 43, ESM: 13, PH: 49, Public Administration: General 9, Punjabi: General 21, SCB 16, Sanskrit: General 33, 57, 72, PH: 102, Sociology: General 3, Zoology: General 27, 53, 55, 61, 95, 99, 100 and 103, SCA: 16, 97, SCB: 91, BC: 29. Category-B, Medical Officer, HCMS-II in Health Department, Haryana - General 10, 27, 36, 92, 145, 183, 219, 260, 272, 284, 297, 304, 318, 337, 340, 343, 364, 377, 382, 385, 386, 403, 466, 503, 518, 558, 573, 661, 674, 693, 701, 716, 774, 775, 838, 899, 901, 902, 912, 917, 927, 970, 1001, 1013, 1041, 1072, 1099, 1108, 1137, 1145. BC: 88, 332, 336, 442, 504, 605, 887, 1109, SCA: 280, 359, 469, 554, 718, 735, 997, 1132, SCB: 120, 127, 142, 409, 435, 461, 672, 1157, ESM: 373, 415, 1021, 1119, PH: 362, 999. Senior Medical Officer HCMS (Group A) in Health Department, Haryana: Gene-ral: 1, 15, 20, 23, 31, 51, 69, 74, 92, 100, BC: 52, 84, SCA: 22, 33, SCB: 18, 29, ESM: 72 Professor/Teacher (Lecturer) in PGIMS, Rohtak-Professor (Medical): Anaesthesiolo-gy: General 1, Surgery SC 1. Teacher (Lecturer) (Medical/Non Medical): Physiology: General 1, 2, Pharmacology: General 1 and 3, Bio-chemistry: General 4 and 5, Micro-biology: General 1, Tea-cher (Lecturer) (Medi-cal): Medicine: General 2, Obst. & Gynae: General 1, Surgery: General 8, Patho-logy: General 7, Radiology: General 3, Paediatrics: General 2, Teacher/ Lectur-er (Super-specialities): Cardiac Surgery: General 1, Cardiology: General 3, Teacher/ Lecturer (Dental): Operative Dentistry: Gene-ral 1, Orthodonitcs: General 1, Oral Surgery General 1, Teacher/Lecturer (Phar-macy): Pharmaceutics: General 3. Senior Residents and Demonstrator in PGIMS, Rohtak: Sr. Resident (General Surgery), General 3, BC 1, Senior Residents (Paediatrics Surgery) General 1 and 2, Senior Residents (Paediatrics): General 2, HCMS: 4, Senior Residents (Radiology): General 1, HCMS: 4, Senior Residents (Medicines), General 1, 3 and 4, Senior Residents (Anaesthesiology): HCMS: 3, Senior Residents (Opthalmology): General 1, HCMS: 4, Senior Residents (TB and Chest), General 1, Senior Residents (Psychiatry): General 5, Senior Residents (Orthopaedics), General 7, HCMS 6, Senior Residents (Urology): General 2 and 5. Demonstrator (Physiology): HCMS 6, SCA 5, Demonstrator (Pharmacology) General 1, HCMS 9, SCA 12, Demonstrator (Immunology), General 3, Demonstrator (Anatomy) HCMS 6, SCB 7, Demonstrator (Biochemistry): HCMS 3, Demonstrator(Pathology): HCMS 5, BC 4, SCB 18, SCA 9, Demonstrator (Microbiology: SCA 2, Demonstrator(Forensic Medicine) SC 2, Demonstrator (Dental) General 41, 45, 46, BC 25, HCMS 29. Post of Misc. Class-II in PGIMS, Rohtak: Physotherapist (Orthopaedics Deptt.) General 2, 11, Speech Therapist (ENT Department) General 1 and 4, Hed Glucose Manufacturing (Glucose Deptt) General 3, Chief Pharmacist (Glucose Deptt) General 3, Manufacturing Pharmacist (Glucose Deptt) General 1, Physicist (Radiology Deptt) General 1, Clinical Psychologist (Psychiatry Deptt) General 7 and 18, Psychiatric Social Worker (Psychiatry Deptt.) Generl 6 and 16, Statistician (SPM Deptt), General 3, Child Psychologist (Paediatrics Deptt) General 8. Post of SDAO/APDO/ ACDO/SMS, HAS Gr.B in Agriculture Department, Haryana: General 3, 74, 141, 213, 290, 292, 508, 554, 555, 566, BC: 61, 180 SCA: 174, 320, 456, 521, SCB: 30, 163, 354, ESM: 333. Assistant Geologist (Group B) Agriculture Department, General 6 and 32, Assistant Statistical Officer Group B, Agriculture Department: General 19, Assistant Agriculture Engineer (Group B), Agriculture Department, General 13, SCA 14. Deputy Director Agricul-ture (Group A) Agriculture Deptt: General 17, 24, 73, 115, 133, 173, 185, 231, 238, BC: 237, SCA: 110, SCB: 136, Senior Analytical Chemist (Group A) Agricuture Department, General 6, 14, 20 SC: 8, Hydrologist (Group A), Agriculture Department, General 11, Deputy Direc-tor (Time Recording Scheme) Group A, Agricul-ture Department, SCA 4, (Three posts reserved for PH) Post of SDAO/APDO/SMS, HAS (Group B) in Agriculture Department: Physical handicapped: 2, 7 and 10. Lecturer Swastha Varitha (Group B) in Shri Krishana Govt. Ayurvedic College, Kurukshetra, General 11, Women and Child Devel-opment Department, Har-yana: Child Development Project Officer (Group B) General 4, 10, 23, 47, BC 25, SC: 14, 18, 48, ESM: 33, PH 44, Manager Pangiri Plant (Group B) Gen: 13, 27, Programme Officer (Group B): General 20, 23, Forensic Science
Laboratory, Madhuban, Karnal in Home Department, Karnal, Haryana: Sr. Scientific Officer (Scene of Crime): General 1, 3, 18, BC: 6, SCB: 24, Senior Scientific Officer (Lie-Detection) General 11, Assistant Director (Chemistry) Group-A: General 1, Assistant Director (Sero-logy) (Group A): General 2, Legal Officer gazetted unclassified in Develop-ment and Panchayat De-partment, Haryana General: 6, SCA: 16 |
Hard work has paid off, says CBSE PMT topper Yamunanagar, June 7 Shena told mediapersons today that she passed class X from Sant Nischal Singh Public School, Yamunanagar, securing 95 per cent marks and Class XII from Dayanand Public School, Nabha, with 92 per cent marks. She said she was expecting a good result, but never thought she would get the first rank in the CBSE PMT. She said she had cleared the written test of the Armed Forces Medical College. She said consistent hard work and proper guidance was the secret of her success. She said she was getting NTSE scholarship. Shena said her parents and younger Shivin had been a great source of inspiration for her. She also attributed her success to the Almighty and teachers. Dr Aggarwal, a dental surgeon, said he had a lot of hopes from his daughter, who was intelligent, submissive and polite. He said he wanted his daughter to join Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. |
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Ruchika
molestation case: 3rd witness cross examined Ambala , June 7 Mr Manish Kumar used to play lawn tennis at the Haryana Lawn Tennis Association in Panchkula, along with the deceased Ruchika Gahrota and other tennis players, around a decade back when Mr
S.P.S. Rathore was the chairman of the association. The complainants in the case, Ms Madhu Prakash and her husband Mr Anand Prakash, have already appeared as a witnesses in this case and were also cross examined by Mr Rathore and his lawyer The former DGP, the alleged accused in the case, and his wife Abha Rathore, an advocate in Chandigarh, argued the case in the court today . They cross examined the witness without the assistance of any local lawyer. Mr Anand Prakash was also present during the proceedings in the court . The former DGP made several inquires from Mr Manish Kumar regarding the functioning of the Haryana Lawn Tennis Association and about the memorandum submitted to the then Home Secretary, Haryana, after the death of Ruchika Gehrotra . The senior council of CBI,
C.S. Sharma objections on several inquiries made from Mr Manish Kumar by the former DGP during the cross examination. |
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Haryana ex-MLA Peer Chand dead
Hisar, June 7 He also worked as Chairman of the Haryana Marketing Board and Hafed. Chand was also associated with various social organisations of the state. Chand, who was cremated here today, is survived by wife, two sons and five daughters. — PTI |
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Four more held for killing 5 of family Jind, June 7 Due to some enmity motorcycle-borne armed persons had first shot dead Harnandi and Sushila in the local Om Nagar Colony and then had immediately gone to Khunga village and murdered Raghubir Singh, Naresh and Krishana in a broad daylight. Murder of five members of Raghubir Singh’s family had caused panic in Jind city, Khunga village and surrounding areas. Last week a panchayat of several villages of Kandela Khap was held at Khunga village on this issue. The panchayat, by a resolution, demanded immediate arrest of all persons involved in the murder of Raghubir Singh’s family. Representatives of panchayat had also met the Deputy Commissioner and the Superintendent of Police and submitted memorandas to them in this regard. The SP said that the police had already arrested five persons for hatching a conspiracy in this case. He said those arrested included Dhajja Ram, a Sarpanch of Khunga village. |
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Leaf from History AMBALA: draws its name from an old temple as well as now virtually extinct mango groves.
The temple has a special religious importance for the city. Faithfuls say that the Devi Mandir was constructed in memory of
Amba, Ambika and Ambalika of the Mahabharat period. The old structure of the temple reflects its age. A highlight of the temple is the paintings done on the upper walls. With the passage of time, the paintings have begun to fade. It is said that Ambala has got its name from Ambika Devi Mandir. Although there is no historical reference to this inference, there is a possibility that Ambala could have derived its name from the old Ambika Devi Mandir. Besides the old Ambika Devi Mandir, it is also said that Ambala draws its name from the mango groves which used to abound in the region. The reference to the mango groves can be found in documents dating back to the British period. Since there were mango groves in the region, the area was possibly referred to as ‘Ambwala’. The words Ambwala later became Ambala. However, the Britons did not refer to the area as Ambala. Instead, they called it ‘Umballa’. Interestingly, Indian Railways is the only organisation in the country which continues to refer to Ambala as ‘Umb’ in all its documentation. Dr N.C. Jain, senior vice president of the Haryana Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that word Umballa seems to be the result of difference in pronunciation between Britishers and Indians. “Ambala derives its name from the old Ambika Devi Mandir and the mango groves,” he surmised. He said that mango groves have now nearly become extinct. “The mangoes of Ambala were famous for their sweet taste. Two types of mangoes were available. While one was the type which needed to be cut, other variety was referred to as ‘chausa’,” he explained. |
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HSGPC to field 11 candidates Sirsa, June 7 The names of the candidates announced today are Dr Gurcharan Singh Sandhu from Sirsa Mr Jagdev Singh Mathdadu from
Dabwali, Mr Surjeet Singh Mamera from Dabwali, Mr Khushapal Singh Ambala, Mr Joga Singh from Yamunanagar, Mr Baldev Singh Kamboj from
Hissar, Mr Avtar Singh Chakku from Kaithal, Mr Deddar Singh from Kurukshetra and Mrs Ravinder Kaur Ajranan from Kurukshetra. The candidate for the Sirsa and Karnal seats would be announced shortly, the spokesperson of the Haryana Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, stated.
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arrangement for viewing transit of Venus Ambala, June 7 He said that Haryana State Council for Science and Technology has provided a special telescope and activity kit on transit of Venus to the school. He said that interested persons can come to the school at 11 am. Dr Kohli explained that when moon comes in between the Earth and the Sun, it is the solar eclipse. However, when either Mercury or Venus come between the Sun and the Earth, it is called a transit. |
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Green Circle members
plant saplings Ambala, June 7 A meeting of Green Circle was also held in which it was demanded that funds must be released urgently for the upkeep of the park. They demanded that a separate submersible jet pump be set up in the park for an independent supply of water for plants. The members demanded that the ban on polythene bags must be strictly implemented throughout Haryana. |
Multi-purpose health staff body Ambala, June 7 |
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