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Irrfan has a lesson for Madhuban cadets
Landowner booked for abetting suicide
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Now, disabled-friendly KU
KU signs pact with Canadian varsity
Haryanavi cinema needs stimulus: Malik
Give subsidy directly to farmers: Surjewala
Spurious milk racket unearthed
Love all to govern better, Wasnik tells officers
Govt staff hold protest
Save-snake NGO comes up in Sirsa
Terms Of Engagement
Haryana prepares for CWG
CLP chief whip
Book exhibition
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Irrfan has a lesson for Madhuban cadets
Karnal, February 21 Recalling his days at the National School of Drama in Delhi, Irfan said he would bunk classes of subjects which did not interest him. “Now I feel that everything you learn adds to your personality, gives you a perspective and shapes your ideology...nothing goes waste,” he said, exhorting the cadets to try to learn everything that comes one’s way. He said that given a chance, he would love to go back to the NSD and learn the courses he had deliberately skipped. “I had a strong desire to become an actor but was a reserved and introvert person and when I gathered courage to tell about my ambition to my friends, they made such fun of me that I was disappointed,” he recalled. Asked what kind of roles he preferred, Irrfan said he preferred positive roles but his producers preferred to cast him in negative roles. “Negative roles help in giving expression to your negativity in a creative way,” he added. Having no regrets for moving from theatre to the big screen, Irrfan felt that the reach of the cinema was much more than that of the theatre and he could contribute more to acting by working in films. “I will be too happy to go back to the theatre or use any other medium which has a greater reach then the cinema.”I am here amongst you only because I am in the movies. I have no doubt that none would have bothered to invite me if I was only a stage actor,” he added. |
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Landowner booked for abetting suicide
Fatehabad, February 21 Kitabo Devi had jumped into the canal with her three minor daughters here yesterday. The police today recovered the bodies of two minor girls - Som Murti (6) and Jyoti (5) - from the canal. It is yet to recover the bodies of Kitabo Devi and her eldest daughter Santosh. Her husband Mohinder had yesterday alleged that their landlord, who allegedly kept an evil eye on his wife, was responsible for the extreme step taken by her. Mohinder alleged in his complaint that Bishnoi, who made an attempt to rape his wife, had been harassing the family for quite some time. He claimed that he had given an application regarding this to the Deputy Commissioner in this regard some time ago. The couple had seven sons and daughters and the surviving four siblings of the drowned girls informed the police that their father was badly beaten up by his master on February 17, after he complained to the DC regarding his conduct. He said Bishnoi allegedly snatched his mobile phone and had refused to pay their due amount of Rs 20,000 from the last year’s remuneration. Mohinder alleged that Bishnoi intimidated the family and threatened to throw them into the canal after crushing them under a tractor. He added that he had gone to his native village in Bhiwani district on Friday, when Bishnoi allegedly again molested his wife forcing her to take the extreme step. SP Jagwant Singh Lamba, who visited the site to supervise rescue operations, said the police had booked Bishnoi and one of his accomplices under Section 306 and 34 of the IPC for abetment to suicide. He said the police would investigate the allegations and would arrest the accused, if the allegations were found true. |
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Now, disabled-friendly KU
Kurukshetra, February 21 The initiative in this regard was taken by Vice-Chancellor DDS Sandhu, keeping in view the provisions of the People With
Disabilities Act, which provided that ramps and elevators be set up in all public buildings to enable the disabled to move in a wheelchair. Sandhu, who had a series of meetings with experts in the field of disabilities before taking the crucial decision, said it was the right of such persons to have
hassle-free access to buildings on the campus and hoped that the decision would be implemented in the near future. All colleges affiliated to Kurukshetra University would also provide barrier-free environment to all students. Sandhu expressed concern for students and members of the faculty with special needs and assured that all identified buildings would soon
be made barrier-free with ramps and accessible toilets and directed that these features be incorporated in all new buildings before finalising the master plan. “The issues related to ramp, steps, flooring, lighting, colouring and designs with all specifications were discussed in length and it was resolved that the KU regional centre at Jind would be the first to come up as a model campus where students on
wheelchairs would enjoy freedom of moving independently,” Prof Raghuvendra Tanwar, Registrar of Kurukshetra University, said. Renowned expert of international repute Anjuli Aggarwal, Executive Director, Samarthayam, was a special invitee to discuss how to make buildings barrier-free on the campus. She is a consultant
to the Government of India for the Parliament building on issues of access for people with disabilities. Another meeting was called by the academic branch in the afternoon, where faculty members along with many teachers with special needs participated. In all, 31 buildings, including Faculty Lounge, Senate Hall, and one hostel each for boys and girls, were identified to be made barrier-free in this year. A grant of Rs 5 lakh had been received from the Ministry of Human Resource Development for the purpose. |
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KU signs pact with Canadian varsity
Kurukshetra, February 21 Tanwar said Kurukshetra University had signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) wherein UCW had agreed to give recognition and credit to students of MBA (part-I) studying in KU’s affiliated colleges as well as MBA (I) students of Distance Education of KU. It means that these students after having passed MBA (Part-I) will be eligible to join MBA (final year) in UCW and thus get a MBA degree from University Canada West. The degree from UCW will enable the students to get two to three years’ work permit leading to Permanent Residency (PR) in
Canada. Diwakar Gandhi, Director, South Asia and Middle East, for UCW, said the students of Kurukshetra University after having passed MBA (part-I) could join UCW that was globally accepted and
recognised. Gandhi stated that under the agreement even students who have graduated with BBA and B Tech degree from Kurukshetra University would be eligible to join fast-track one-year MBA program of
UCW. Meet Marriya, a representative of UCW in North India, said the State Bank of India had decided to help the students of Kurukshetra University by giving them loan in case they wanted to join the
UCW. The MoU was signed by Tanwar and Gandhi. |
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Haryanavi cinema needs stimulus: Malik
In an interaction with listeners of the community radio station in the local Chaudhary Devi Lal University through video-conferencing, the artiste, who is co-producer of Haryanavi film “Laado” and has acted as assistant director with noted film director Mahesh Bhatt in over half a dozen Bollywood ventures, said an elaborate film policy on the lines of Maharashtra must be framed and implemented in the state. He said Haryanavi cinema needed a multi-dimensional stimulus package, including tax relaxation and other incentives. Malik said the apathy of those who ruled the state for the past several decades had brought Haryanavi cinema on the brink of extinction and the state of the folk music was bad owing to the same reason. Castigating the intelligentsia and academics from Haryana, Malik said they had been ungrateful to the state’s own heroes and luminaries. “Pandit Lakhmi Chand, whose compositions are often compared with Shakespeare, has not got his due and his poetry does not
find place in the school or college curricula till date,” said Malik. He regretted that even universities were doing little in this direction and barring some efforts by the youth welfare department of Kurukshetra University, nothing worthwhile had been done in this direction. Malik said as compared to Punjab, where folk music was very popular among the youth, the Haryanavi youth were least inclined towards folk music. |
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Give subsidy directly to farmers: Surjewala
Kaithal, February 21 Addressing a press conference here today, Surjewala said at present the full benefit of subsidy was not being passed on to the farmers by factory owners. Therefore, the whole issue needed to be reviewed in the interest of farmers. He demanded that in the coming Union Budget, the government should make substantial funds available for education and health. He said the government should ensure yearly free-of-cost health check-up of those living below poverty line. Surjewala welcomed the Haryana government’s decision to recruit 1,000 teachers to teach English to students of the primary level. He suggested that all government offices related to social welfare schemes should work under one roof so that beneficiaries of such schemes were not put to any inconvenience. Supporting the demand of a direct Kaithal-Delhi railway connection, he said there was no need to lay any new railway track for the purpose as the existing infrastructure on the Kaithal-Narwana-Jind-Rohtak-Delhi section could be used for running trains on the route. Similarly, Kaithal-Kurukshetra-Karnal-Panipat-Delhi route could be used to start the service. |
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Spurious milk racket unearthed
Jind, February 21 Samples have been lifted from the spot and sent for examination. The racket was unearthed following a raid conducted by a team of the IG (Special Staff) this morning
at a house in the village on a tip-off. The team seized about 500 litres of spurious milk which was ready to be supplied through a tanker parked on the premises. The name of a well-known milk brand was reportedly being used by the racketeers. Some chemicals, refined oil, easy liquid detergent powder, 10 grinder machines and a milk-chilling cooler were seized from the spot. The police arrested Rajesh, the driver of a tanker, from the spot. Prem Dutt, owner of the premises, denied that he had been preparing spurious milk. However, he later reportedly admitted raising the fat of the milk by adding refined oil to it. Samples were lifted by a doctor, who accompanied the raiding team. Police officials said the accused and his son used to prepare spurious milk and supply it to some well-known mild brands in the region. The police has launched investigations to expose the network and nab all those involved in this racket. |
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Kaluana village does state proud
Sirsa, February 21 Today, having topped in the state, Kaluana is like a feather in the cap of Haryana, as no other village in the state could do what this village has achieved. Declared a “Nirmal Gram”, all households of this village have access to sanitation facilities. Villagers have got rid of the age-old practice of open defecation and topped in Haryana by excelling in all parameters set by the government under the TSC. Deputy Commissioner Yudhbir Singh Khyalia, who earlier as the ADC of the district spearheaded the campaign, handed over a cheque of Rs 25 lakh to the village panchayat here yesterday. The amount has been given by the state government as an incentive for its performance in the TSC. Seven other village panchayats - Rohirawali of the Odha block, Firozabad of Rania block, Jasania of Nathusuri Chaupata block, Dholpalia of Ellenabad block, Handi Khera of Sirsa block, Shekhupuria of Badagura block and Chautala of the Dabwali block - have been rewarded with incentives of Rs 2 lakh each for achieving top position in their respective administrative block. Addressing villagers at function organised on the occasion, Khyalia said efforts would be made to make Kaluana village the ideal village of not only of the state but also of the country under the Nirmal Gram Puraskar Yojna. For this endeavour, he announced a plethora of new development schemes under the Integrated Water Shed Management and Backward Region Grant Fund Scheme. A big hall equipped with all latest facilities would be constructed at Government Senior Secondary School in which a science museum would be established. A special scheme would be launched for the empowerment of women of the village. At present there were six anganwari centres in the village and two had their buildings. Four more buildings for the remaining centres would be constructed. Besides providing a stadium for the youth of the village, two gymnasiums would also be set up, one for the boys and one for the girls. The Sakshar Mahila Samooh would further be strengthened, he added. ADC J Ganeshan and SDM, Dabwali, Munish Nagpal were also present. Khyalia also released a book “Fundamental English - an easy way” written by Shubham Tanwar on the occasion. |
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Love all to govern better, Wasnik tells officers
Manesar (Gurgaon), February 21 These observations were made not by some spiritual guru or religious leader, but by Union Minster for Social Justice and Empowerment Mukul Wasnik while inaugurating a two-day national dialogue for administrators on “Awakening the Ruler Within” organised by Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya at its Om Shanti Retreat Centre here yesterday. Addressing a gathering comprising senior bureaucrats, executives and managers representing public as well as private sectors from all over the country, Wasnik maintained that for good governance in public spheres, self-governance through cultivation of the country’s traditional values such as truth, peace, justice, fellow-feeling and non-violence was essential. Lauding the philosophy and practices of Mahatma Gandhi, the minister described him as a role model whom the modern-day managers needed to follow to optimise their organisational growth for national development. He also appreciated the role played by the Brahmakumari movement in spreading the message of universal brotherhood and spirituality. Earlier, while welcoming the
delegates and dignitaries, Rajyogi BK Brijmohan, the chief spokesman for the institution, observed that valuing self-respect and dignity of self and others in equal measure held the key to awaken the ruler within for self-progress and social welfare. Prominent among others who spoke on the occasion included Rakesh Mehta, Chief Secretary, Government of Delhi; Sarban Singh, Financial Commissioner-cum-Principal Secretary, Sports and Youth Affairs, Government of Haryana; Zameer Pasha, MD, BMTC, Mysore; and R. Ramani, Chairman, Revenue Board,
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Govt staff hold protest
Hisar, February 21 Addressing the demonstrators, Sarv Karamchari Sangh leader RC Jagga said the government had not been accepting their demands despite losing a big chunk of its vote bank in the last Assembly elections because of its indifference towards its employees and public services. He said the government was outsourcing public services like public transport and power distribution to the private sector at the cost of the common man. No new jobs were being created and the existing vacancies were not being filled to ease the unemployment among the
youth. Jagga said 1.25 lakh government jobs were lying vacant in various departments. Besides, ad hoc and daily wager employees were not being
regularised. The government had not removed anomalies in the sixth pay panel report. The balance of 60 per cent of arrears on account of implementation of the pay panel report had yet to be paid to the employees. He said the Chief Minister had accepted most of the employees’ demands at a meeting with employees’ leaders in August last year, yet he had not taken any steps to implement his assurances. The sangh decided to organise a state-level rally to press for its demands on April 4 in
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Save-snake NGO comes up in Sirsa
Sirsa, February 21 Named the Snakes Friends Organisation, members of this NGO reach the place on a phone call where any such creature is noticed, and after capturing it, leave it safely in uninhabited places and jungles. The members perform these activities in the presence of prominent persons of the area to avoid being involved in a controversy under the Wildlife Protection Act. The members of the SFO also provide first aid to injured birds and animals and after treatment leave them in their natural habitats. “Birds, animals, plants and other creatures play an important part in maintaining environment balance, but due to the callousness of human beings, many species of these creatures are faced with the threat of extinction,” said Sooraj Kumar, who has been active in this field for the past seven years. “If the attitude of people continues to be like this, our future generations will be able to see many of these species on television and the Internet only,” he added. The members of his organisation, he said, would work in coordination with an NGO, the Suraksha Trust, Sirsa, and create awareness among people on issues concerning wildlife conservation and environment
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Terms Of Engagement
Sonepat, February 21 The decision was taken at a meeting at Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Dharamshala here. A resolution was also passes that stated that the rules would be applicable to the Jat community residing in a radius of 100-150 km around Delhi. But the same was not binding on the community members residing in Hisar, Sirsa and Rajasthan. The meeting said these age-old gotra norms had a scientific basis to prevent hereditary diseases. Moreover, a UN resolution adopted on December 18, 1992, stated it was duty of the governments concerned to protect the conventions followed by every caste, tribe and community. Nafe Singh Dahiya, Nirmala Dahiya, Om Prakash Dhankhar, Zile Singh Dhankhar, Sukhbir Singh Gehlot, Capt Dilbag Singh, Sumer Chand Khatri, Ran Singh Saroha, Chander Bhan Arya, Onkar Singh Khatri, Tara Chand Jakhar, Naveen Rathi, Chander Pal
Sangwan, Vinod Bala and Kavita Chaudhary were among those who attended the meeting. |
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Haryana prepares for CWG
Chandigarh, February 21 Haryana Tourism Minister OP Jain said a number of steps had been taken by the Tourism Department to provide basic facilities to the players and visitors during the ensuing CWG. The minister said for the first time, the state Tourism Minister has been awarded ‘Best Tourism Minister Award’ by Pacific Area Travel Writers Association. Apart from this, best state for meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions tourism had also been granted by PATWA. He further stated that innovations introduced by the state Tourism had also been recognised by travel and trade.
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Held for damaging foundation stone
Fatehabad, February 21 The minister had laid the foundation stone in the afternoon of Saturday and it was found broken in the night. The police has arrested a labourer, Leela Singh, on a complaint of panchayat member Ram Phal and another person. He was under Sections 4 and 5 of the Damage to Public Property Act and Section 434 of the IPC (mischief by damaging a landmark fixed by the public authority). The accused has, however, denied any role in the crime. The complainants have alleged that Leela Singh was demanding setting up of an anganwadi centre in place of the “Harijan chaupal” in the village. |
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CLP chief whip
Chandigarh, February 21 The members of the executive committee are Naresh Kumar Sharma, Rao Yadvendra Singh, Shakuntala Khatak, Ram Niwas Ghoerla and Naresh Selwal. At the first meeting of the CLP, held on October 23 last year, it was unanimously resolved to authorise the Chief Minister to appoint the office-bearers.
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Book exhibition
Narnaul, February 21 Inaugurating the exhibition, VC Mool Chand Sharma said at times when e-learning had emerged as an important contributor, the habit of reading books had its own importance. Simultaneously, to create a serious academic and research-oriented environment, a novel idea of round-table discussion was conceptualised and promulgated by the VC. Implementing the vision, the university conducted its first round-table discussion today on the university campus on “Socio-economic and political dimensions of globalisation in India”. |
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