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Power failure, fog hit train traffic
Accreditation panel for journalists soon: Hooda
2 docs lock horns over CMO office
Tap biomass for power generation,
FLASHBACK 2005: haryana political
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3 die in mishaps
National-level tests for BE, MBA seats
HAU remembers Charan Singh
SI suspended
Insurance cover for sterilisation
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Power failure, fog hit train traffic
Ambala, December 23 Trains, including the Shatabadi Express, were adversely affected due to the power failure, which took place this morning. The power failure led to trains being held up and most passengers reached their destinations late. To add to the woes of the train passengers, trains were also running late because of the thick blanket of fog, which had enveloped the northern region. The Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer, Mr Y.P. Singh, said that a complete power failure took place between 7.15 am and 9.15 am. He said that the proper restoration of power supply took place only at midnight. The power supply was intermittent between 9.15 am and midnight, he said. Senior Divisional Operating Manager Atish Singh said that the power grid failure affected the trains running within the Ambala division. “The main feeder line was affected completely disrupting power supply. Even voltage was low. An official said that besides overhead electricity line being affected, even some signals failed. However, an important panel for carrying out actual operations was not affected. Mr Atish Singh said that on the Saharanpur-Ludhiana rail section four trains including the Shatabadi Express, were affected. The 2014 Shatabadi Express was held up between Doraha and Sahnewal from 8 am to 8.30 am. Train number 1078 was kept waiting between 8.05 am and 8.42 am. 1 UP from Ambala to Patiala started 45 minutes late from the Ambala City railway station.1 SUN also started 45 minutes late from Ambala railway station. Three goods train were also affected on the rail section. He said that on the Sirhind-Nangal Dam rail section three passenger trains were stranded. The 1455 Himachal Express was affected between Ropar and Bharatgarh and 2 SUN and 2 CAN were also held up. Five goods trains on this particular rail section were affected due to the power failure. Mr Atish Singh said that on the Ambala-Shimla section three passenger trains, including the Shatabadi Express, were stranded. The 2006 Shatabadi Express was held up from 7.15 am to 7.48 am, while 1 UC and Jodhpur-Kalka were running late. Incidentally, 2006 Shatabadi was held up for the second time due to the power failure. While Shatabadi left the Ambala Cantt railway station at 7.52 am, it reached Mohri an hour late at 8.50 am. Besides trains running late due to the power failure in the morning, fog added to the woes of the passengers. Nineteen trains were running late within the Ambala division due to thick fog. The 5707 Amrapali Express, which runs between Katihar to Amritsar, was running late by six hours. The 2471 Swaraj Express between Bandra and Jammu was running late by two hours. The 2007 Shan-E-Punjab between Nizamuddin and Amritsar was running late by one and a half hours. The 5653 Lohit Express between Guwahati and Jammu was running late by four hours. The 1078 Jhelum Express was late by five hours. The 4682 Super between Jalandhar and New Delhi was running late by three hours while the 3074 Himgiri Express was running late by five hours. The 4732 Intercity train between Bhatinda and Delhi was running late by one and half hours while Dehra Dun-Amritsar Express was running late by six and a half hours. The Jodhpur Express was late by four hours and the Amarnath Express, running between Katihar and Jammu was late by three hours. The Unchahar Express, which goes to Allahabad, was late by five hours while the Unchahar Express, which comes from Allahabad, was late by two hours. The 3006 Howrah Express was late by six hours while the train number 3308 was late by four hours. While the 2029 Swaran Shatabadi Express was late by four hours, the Dadar Express was late by one hour 45 minutes. |
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Power failure hits life in state
Chandigarh, December 23 An official spokesman attributed the failure to the prevailing foggy conditions, which, he said, disrupted transmission lines of the power grid and the BBMB in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and parts of Haryana and Delhi. He said these areas remained without power for nearly three hours. He said the power supply was restored by 11 a.m. by making all possible efforts in the state except Pehowa and Kaithal,where power could be restored
at 12.30 p.m. He said these trippings had destabilised the system, including thermal units at Panipat. The generating units at Panipat were revived one by one late in the afternoon. |
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Accreditation panel for journalists soon: Hooda
Karnal, December 23 Addressing the annual convention of the Haryana Patrakar Sangh here this afternoon, Mr Hooda urged journalists to wage a war against owners of media groups against the exploitation of journalists than to look for help from the government. He said over the years, journalism had become a purely commercial venture. He said his government was committed to the concept of free Press. He took a dig at the media saying that the electronic media had presented the Gurgaon riots in a distorted way. He lamented the trend of publishing advertisements to malign others during elections. The CM said the government would formulate a media policy in the coming year in consultation with various journalists’ bodies. Speaking on the occasion, the officiating Editor of the Dainik Tribune, Mr Naresh Kaushal, said some TV channels were broadcasting crime-based programmes. Owing to the competition, he said journalists had shown their insensitivity towards social problems. The president of the Haryana Patrakar Sangh, Mr K.V. Pandit, urged the Chief Minister to fulfil the 17-point demand of the sangh for the welfare of the journalists. |
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2 docs lock horns over CMO office
Panipat, December 23 Sources said the Health Department had issued transfer orders of Dr Neh Lata Singh as CMO from Panipat and had asked Dr H. S. Randhawa to take charge as officiating CMO. The two officers are known for having had strained professional relations in the past too. This morning, when Dr Neh Lata Singh reached the office at Bhim Sain Sachhar, she found the CMO office locked. On enquiring, she learnt that Dr Randhawa had locked the office. After arguments with Dr Randhawa, she approached the Deputy Commissioner, Mr D.P.S. Nagal, who summoned him and ordered to open the office. Showing a copy of the fax order to the Deputy Commissioner, he said he would take charge of the office till further orders. Interestingly, Dr Randhawa visited the health centre, Samalakha, as an officiating CMO. He convened a meeting of the medical staff for tommorrow. The sources said Dr Neh Lata Singh complained to the Deputy Commissioner that Dr Randhawa could not assume office until was relieved of the charge. In the evening, she approached the police and asked for a security cover. |
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Tap biomass for power generation, urge experts
Kurukshetra, December 23 Ms Misra called upon all stakeholders to work in this direction to realise the goal of power generation from all renewable energy sources, including biomass. She said that the increased exploitation of conventional fossil fuels such as coal, oil, petroleum etc. had started affecting earth’s climate. She added that carbon dioxide emissions might increase by 60 per cent in the next 20 years. Climatic change was one of the most serious environmental challenges that we are facing at the global level today, she further added. She emphasised that the state had made tremendous progress in development of power sector infrastructure and the generation capacity had been enhanced considerably. The power scenario in the state had improved in the past and several new records in the supply and distribution had been created by the power utilities in the state. However, though these achievements in the power sector were imperative to provide much-needed power to every sector be it industrial, agricultural, commercial or domestic, it was equally important to look for the energy supply options to meet the increasing demand as the usual approach was not only capital intensive but environmentally unsustainable which meant that utilisation of environmentally sound technologies must increase substantially to counter these negative impacts. She further said that the state government had notified its policy for promoting generation of power through renewable energy sources. Under this policy, various incentives like wheeling and banking facility, power purchase agreement for 20 years or more, status to power projects as industry in the terms of Haryana Industrial Policy 2005, exemption from local area development tax, no conversion charges in case the project was set up in the agriculture zone and approvals in the time-bound manner had been provided. She urged upon the entrepreneurs to come forward to set up biomass based power plants in the state and avail the various incentives given by the Government of India and the state government. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr T.K. Sharma, said that there was a potential of generation of about 101 MW power from the biomass in the district. Out of this, a potential of about 15 MW was from the rice shellers alone. Mr Azad Singh Rathee, president, Haryana Pradesh Rice Miller Association, assured that the rice shellers of the state would definitely come forward and take advantage of the available technology and the financial incentives of the government. Dr R.C. Tewari, Director, Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources, government of India, made a presentation on the ministry’s schemes and national scenario. Mr L. Prabhakar, consultant, Mr M. Rajkumar, Assistant Manager, IREDA, Mr Yogesh Jadhav, manager, M/s Ankur Scientific Energy Technology, Vadodara, Mr A. Mohan Reddy, director, Zenith Corporate Services (P) Ltd., Hyderabad, Mr P. Raman and Mr Suresh Chauhan, Fellows from The Energy and Resources Institute and Mr B.S. Yadav, Project Director, Renewable Energy Department, Haryana, made informative presentation on the technological options, financing and case studies. Earlier, Mr K.K. Gupta, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Kurukshetra, welcomed the participants and the chief guest.
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FLASHBACK 2005: haryana political Yoginder Gupta Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, December 23 Till early this year, the trio of Mr Devi Lal, Mr Bansi Lal and Mr Bhajan Lal formed the axis around which Haryana politics revolved. Mr Devi Lal passed on his political inheritance to his elder son, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, who became the Chief Minister and ruled the state for over five years without any challenge. Still Mr Chautala was seen not as an independent entity but as an extension of Devi Lal, in whose name the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) had been seeking votes. In the first Lok Sabha and subsequent Assembly elections held after the death of Devi Lal, the INLD suffered the worst rout in its history. Riding on a massive anti-Chautala tsunami, the Congress won a record 67 seats in an Assembly of 90. Never before has the Congress got such a massive mandate in Haryana. Though an MP at that time, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda was catapulted to the top slot of the state after the Assembly elections. A scion of one of the oldest political families of Haryana, Mr Hooda was not being considered by many as among the frontrunners for the post till then, Mr Hooda who understood well the Congress culture and style of functioning, worked silently behind the curtains, giving his opponents an impression of being a novice. However, he played his cards well with the Congress high command, which was convinced that he was the man under whose leadership (as president of the Haryana unit) the party had been able to make serious inroads into those areas of the state which were once known as “Lok Dal Desham”. Mr Hooda’s proactive role during the Kandela agitation launched by the Bharatiya Kisan Union went a long way in convincing the farming community of Haryana for the first time that there were men in the Congress also who could protect its interests as well, rather better than the Lok Dal. The Kandela agitation was the turning point in relations between the Lok Dal leadership and the farming community. The Lok Dal lost a sizeable chunk of its vote bank. The slide of the party continues since then. After the drubbing it got in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, the Lok Dal could put up only a miserable show in the two Assembly and one Lok Sabha byelections contested by it in the state this year. The party could not save its security in either of these. The BJP, a junior partner in the alliance with the Lok Dal in the 2000 elections, was comparatively better placed than it. The BJP managed not only to win one Lok Sabha seat (against the nil score of the INLD) but also finished second in the Rohtak Lok Sabha byelection which was won by Mr Deepender Hooda, son of the Chief Minister. No wonder, many feel that the BJP is a party of the future in Haryana. The Hooda government was not without its teething problems. Hardly was it one month old when two of its pillars, Mr Om Prakash Jindal and Mr Surender Singh, Power Minister and Agriculture Minister, respectively, were killed in a chopper crash. Then its functioning was virtually paralysed for several months by the imposition of the model code of conduct in view of the civic body and panchayati raj institution elections and then various byelections. In between, the Gurgaon incident, in which the police mercilessly beat up agitating Honda workers, and the Gohana incident, where the police remained a mute spectator when a mob burnt down several Dalit houses, seriously dented the image of the new political dispensation in the state. The government started functioning only after the Rohtak Lok Sabha byelection. From day one, the reluctant Mr Hooda was under pressure from his party men as well as others to take action on the “charge sheet” submitted by the Congress to the Governor against Mr Chautala and his sons. Mr Hooda did not want to give an impression of being vindictive, though many took this stance as an indication of his being a soft Chief Minister. However, Mr Hooda cleverly used one letter of the CBI as an excuse to involve the premier investigating agency in the inquiry against the Chautalas towards the end of the year. Now no one can accuse him of being vindictive. The INLD, which had been unsuccessfully groping for an issue to go to the public all these months, found — or thought to have found one — when it tried to corner a former president of the Indian Youth Congress and Haryana Transport Minister, Mr Randeep Singh Surjewala, for his alleged role in the oil-for-food scam. How far the INLD will succeed only 2006 will tell.
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Beginning of new era for GJU
Sunit Dhawan Tribune News Service
Hisar, December 23 His five-month tenure was marked by a series of show-cause notices, controversial promotions of non-teaching employees and changes in the university master plan to accommodate a water reservoir and an open-air theatre. The appointment of Dr R.P. Bajpai, a former Director of the CSIO and internationally renowned scientist, as regular Vice-Chancellor in September was welcomed by all on the campus. Soon after assuming charge, he announced his resolve to make the university an institution of international repute. A major decision taken after Dr Bajpai took over the reins of the university was regarding the launch of highly specialised M.Tech courses in upcoming areas like VLSI and embedded design, integrated manufacturing, print and graphic communication, nano science and technology and optical engineering from the next academic session. Among other significant decisions were the introduction of a credit-based system on the pattern of the IITs, recasting the Ph.D programme to make it more effective, interconnecting all university departments, offices and residences and setting up of a hi-tech laboratory. In fact, the eventful year began on a positive note with the visit of an AICTE team for the extension of approval to the existing courses and increase in the intake of various programmes. This exercise was successfully completed. Mr Y.P. Goswami took over as Registrar after Mr D.K.Kasnia was relieved of the charge. Later, Mr R.K.Arora was reappointed Controller of Exams and Secretary to the Vice-Chancellor. Nearly 125 teachers were appointed during the year, around 25 on a regular basis and the others as guest faculty members. Dr Narsi Ram Bishnoi of the Department of Environment Science and Engineering was elected president of the GJU Teachers Association for the fifth time. The university got a grant of Rs 8.60 crore under a World Bank project for technical upgradation and infrastructure development in the departments of Environment Science and Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering and Printing Technology. Proposals worth crores for grants from various funding agencies have been prepared and submitted. All in all, a silent revolution is under way in the university, which has been firmly put on the track to academic, infrastructural as well as technological advancement. And, as Dr Bajpai maintains, “It is the time to implement all schemes aimed at the overall growth of the university.”
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3 die in mishaps
Sonepat, December 23 According to police sources, Heera Lal along with Siri Chand, Madan Lal and Subeet Singh, was going from Panipat to Delhi in a three-wheeler which was loaded with sewing machines. When it reached near Murthal village the driver lost his control which led to the mishap. The police has registered a case and sent the body for a post-mortem examination. Satpal (50), a resident of Bega village was hit by a canter and died on the spot on the G.T. Road, near Teha village, about 15 km from here, today. The police has registered a case and sent the body for a post-mortem examination. The driver of the canter fled the scene. A seven-year-old girl, Pinki Rani, of Teha village was seriously injured when she was hit by a vehicle on the G.T. Road, near Teha village, here today. The police has registered a case. Mahabir a police constable of Delhi, was seriously injured when he was hit by a vehicle on the Sonepat-Narela road, near Akbarpur Barota village, about 8 km from here last night. The injured constable, who is posted at Narela, Delhi was returning to his Vikas Nagar house in the city when the mishap occurred. He has been referred to a trauma centre in Delhi for further treatment. A case has been registered. In another incident Satpal (25) of Badh Malik village was killed in an accident on the Sonepat-Bahalgarh road, near here, last night. The police has sent the body for a post-mortem examination. |
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National-level tests for BE, MBA seats
Chandigarh, December 23 While stating this here today, an official spokesman said it had been decided not to conduct the separate State Entrance Test for admissions to the BE/B Tech/B Arch courses offered by the government, government-aided institutions, universities and self-financing institutions located in Haryana. He said all seats in the engineering institutions of Haryana would be filled on the basis of the merit list of the test to be conducted by the CBSE on April 30, 2006. All aspiring candidates could apply and appear in the All-India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), 2006. The last date for filling the AIEEE form online is January 10, 2006. If sent by post, it will have to reach by January 14, 2006. The application forms for the AIEEE are available at Syndicate Bank at Ambala Cantt., Hisar, Faridabad and Karnal. The website of the AIEEE is http://www.aieee.nic.in/procedure.htm. Similarly, all 1,907 seats in Haryana for the MBA programme will be filled on the basis of the merit of the MAT Test conducted by the AIMA. Haryana will not conduct the separate State Entrance Test for making admissions to MBA. Counselling for Engineering and MBA will continue to be done by
the state. However, the prevalent practice of holding state-level tests will continue for admission to other technical education programmes such as MCA, B. Pharmacy and hotel management and polytechnics. |
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HAU remembers Charan Singh
Hisar, December 23 The Registrar, Dr M.S. Kuhad, along with other university officials, faculty members and students also offered him floral tributes. The Vice-Chancellor also exhorted the faculty and student community of the university to drive inspiration from this legendry leader and rededicate themselves to the service of farmers. This, she said, would be a real tribute to the late leader. |
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SI suspended
Yamunanagar, December 23 As per police sources, SI Babu Ram Walia was caught red-handed while accepting Rs 3,00 from a local resident, Karam Chand, in a provision store here last evening. He was reportedly caught by a team of the crime branch from Panchkula headed by DSP Ram Kishore. In the meantime, Walia called up for help on his mobile and a crowd gathered. Some members of the crowd started raising slogans. Taking advantage of the prevailing commotion, Walia escaped from the spot. |
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Insurance cover for sterilisation
Chandigarh, December 23 He said the scheme would be operated by the Oriental Insurance Company and provide the nearest kin compensation of Rs 1 lakh in case of death in hospital, Rs 30,000 for death within 30 days of discharge from hospital and Rs 20,000 for failure of sterilisation and Rs 20,000 for medical complication. |
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Sarpanch’s bail plea rejected
Jhajjar, December 23 Village sources revealed that supporters of the sarpanch, Jaipal, may again resort to road blockage tomorrow as they were alleging that the sarpanch was being falsely implicated in the case. As uneasy calm prevailed in the village after a road blockade on Wednesday, the police was on vigil to deal with the untoward situation. The local MLA, Mr Naresh Sharma, who was allegedly roughed up by the agitating villagers on Wednesday, was not available for his comments. |
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Christmas celebrated
Ambala, December 23 The school Principal, Ms Jyothsna Sachdeva, said the children presented a colour programme. Santa Claus distributed gifts and sweets among the students and carols were also sung, she added. Mr Bharat Bhushan Jain, Mr Jitesh Kumar Jain, Mr Bhushan Jain, Mr Ashok Jain and Mr Munish Jain were among others present on the occasion.
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NSS camp inaugurated
Ambala, December 23 Speaking on the occasion he said NSS inspired the spirit of discipline, cooperation and encouraged one to do selfless service to the humanity. He asked the volunteers to spread awareness regarding diseases like AIDS among the society.
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