Residents on spending spree before Diwali
No meltdown effect in Jhajjar
Jhajjar, October 27
Even as the state government has decided to pay salary to its employees four days prior to the set date keeping Diwali in view, residents of this district are on spending spree before even getting their salaries. Local markets are already abuzz with heightened buying activity.


A crowded market in Jhajjar. Photo by the writer

Listen to docs before binging on sweets
Jhajjar, October 27
While sweets entice people like never before, doctors advise that they should be avoided as much as possible as some ingredients used in its preparation could be injurious to health. The health department has, however, been taking samples of sweets to check the use of adulterated milk, synthetic colours and acids in the preparation of sweets.
                                                               Photo: Manoj Dhaka

Birender keen to contest LS elections
Fatehabad, October 27
State finance minister Birender Singh is keen to switchover to the national politics by contesting parliamentary election during the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Experts call on agencies to apply for patents
Karnal, October 27
The lack of initiative and tardy progress in making deep penetration into patent regime is a cause of anxiety for Indian scientists and traditional growers of herbs and medicinal plants.

Workshop in progress on techniques and procedures for patenting in Karnal.

Anti-polythene campaign turns two
Karnal, October 27
It is perhaps for the first time that an awareness campaign launched by the administration has sustained for two years and shown no signs of waning. The “Polythene free Karnal” campaign launched two years ago on October 26, 2006, to keep the urban and rural areas of Karnal ‘clean and free’ from menace of polythene, has brought discernible change in environs of the district.

Deputy commissioner B.S. Malik takes part in an anti-polythene drive at a village in Karnal. Tribune photo: Ravi Kumar

‘Mass participation must for total sanitation’
Kurukshetra, October 27
Financial commissioner and principal secretary Urwashi Gulati has called upon village panchayats to take a pledge to bring Haryana on international map in achieving the goal of total sanitation programme.

Ratnawali fest, flag-bearer of cultural revival
Kurukshetra, October 27
The Kurukshetra university youth and cultural affairs department director, Anoop Lather, has said the  Haryana day Ratnawali festival 2008, which  will be held from November 3 to 6, has to its credit the participation of more than 3,000 students from all affiliated colleges of the state in 22 Haryanvi events. The festival is organised with the sole motto of preservation and enrichment of the  rich cultural heritage  of the state.

AIDS panel targets truckers, migrants
Chandigarh, October 27
The Haryana AIDS Control Society will now be targeting the bridge population for spreading awareness about HIV/AIDS. This population, comprising of truckers and migrant labourers, will now be part of the target intervention programme of the health department.

Doctor-writer pens another book
Rohtak, October 27
While most people prefer to lead a relaxed life after they retire from service, Dr S.N. Khosla of Rohtak continues his pursuit of spreading his medical knowledge several years after his superannuated from service. Dr Khosla, who has served as professor and head of a medicine unit at the local PGIMS for nearly 30 years, has been writing for the benefit of medical students as well as people in general.
                                                                Dr S.N. Khosla

Investment potential high in media: Expert
Kurukshetra, October 27
The director of the institute of mass communication and media technology of Kurukshetra University, B.K. Kuthiala, has made a mark by representing India at the two-day seminar in Shanghai recently on new media industry and globalisation.

HUDA to upgrade power infrastructure
Plan afoot to augment supply in all sectors
Gurgaon, October 27
Residents of Gurgaon have a reason to rejoice as the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has planned to upgrade power infrastructure in various sectors as per the already laid norms.

After Sirsa, Rohtak also wants public transport
Rohtak, October 27
Local transport system in the town has been in a mess, thanks to no clear-cut policy or implementation of any scheme to provide an efficient and safe mode of public transport. Failure to adopt any strategy regarding the local transport has resulted in chaos and traffic jams. The cheap means of transport functional at present are autorickshaws, which are also the main source of pollution on the city roads.
The number of autorickshaws has gone up to 10,000 in the town. A Tribune photograph

Women body to get subsidy on napkins
Sirsa, October 27
Come November and the Sakshar Mahila Samoohs (SMS) of 10 districts of the state will start getting 50 per cent subsidy on sanitary napkins produced by them.

Mehak wins inter-college debate
Yamunanagar, October 27
Mehak of MAIMT Jagadhari won an inter-college debate on “Is Indian Democracy threatened by fundamentalist forces?” held at the Guru Nanak Khalsa College (GNKC) here recently.

Displaced farmers look for alternative jobs
Chandigarh, October 27
Farmers, whose land is acquired by the government, often find themselves at crossroads. Though the state pays the highest compensation in the country for the land acquired for public purposes, the displaced farmers do not know what to do for their livelihood.