Nuh (Mewat), April 26
If a visitor happens to come to Mewat after having spent a few days in adjoining Gurgaon or any other city of the NCR, he would feel as if he has been pushed into a harsh world from his kingdom of dreams all of a sudden.

So great is the shock and so glaring the contrast that it is almost impossible for one to believe that both these areas (NCR and Mewat) are part of one country.

While its posh NCR neighbourhood boasts of numerous skyward buildings, upmarket, MNC offices, swanky malls, trendy multiplexes, water sports and amusement parks and other such world-class features, the poor-cousin Mewat lacks even basic amenities like clean drinking water and basic health and education facilities.

In the name of health infrastructure, vast Mewat can list only Al Afia Hospital, which, too, was built with financial aid from Oman. As this hospital too has its limitations, accidental cases and other medical emergencies continue to be taken to Delhi and Gurgaon, many of them perishing on the way.

Though the state government has recently waken up and proposed a medical college for Mewat, work on it is going on at a snail’s pace.

The problem of water and electricity shortage becomes particularly acute in the summers with many residents not having access to potable water.

Land in most parts is not fertile and owing to the scarcity of water, agriculture is becoming a loss-making proposition. Certain pockets of Mewat have also failed to benefit from the Rajiv Gandhi Rainiwell Scheme, which was launched with much fanfare.

Education is another area of concern, with the medieval mindset of the local populace being a major limiting factor and government’s slackness leaving much to be desired.

Frustrated by the persistent deprivation, many Mewat youths took to criminal ways, which brought a bad name to the local community.

To make matters worse, government agencies like the Mewat Development Authority (MDA) as well as NGOs have focused more on projecting their positive image and seeking credit for their half-hearted efforts rather than making a positive change in the life of the local residents.

Successive governments as well as local politicians have also used the locals as mere vote banks during the elections and conveniently forgot them afterwards.

Whether the people of Mewat, who have a rich heritage and have made glorious contributions in the country’s struggle for Independence, rise to the occasion to save the rot in their own lot, however, remains to be seen.

Karnal, April 26
In a major initiative that would protect the regional music in Punjab and Haryana against piracy and create awareness about the menace, Unisys Info Solutions, a VAS company, has launched a drive for offline retail licensing of music in both states.

The move, taken on behalf of regional music companies to generate awareness against piracy, has entered its second round and so far many renowned singers and over 100 regional music companies have joined hands with Unisys to combat the music theft.

Famous folk singers of Haryana like Vikas Kumar of “Hat Ja Tau Pachhe Ne” fame, Fauji Karambir of “Pani Aali Pani Pyade” fame and Subhash Fauji of “Madam Baith Balero Mein’ fame have announced their support to the campaign, Shelley Choudhary, managing director, Unisys, said.

The campaign is already running in Haryana and Punjab and had succeeded in sensitising hundreds of retail outlets. The licensing covers areas like unauthorised use of music in restaurants, discos and illegal downloading of music in retail shops. Unisys through its physical on ground presence in both states has planned to sensitise the market under a campaign “I Sell Music with Pride”. Shelley Choudhary expressed hope that Unisys Retail licensing would bring cheer to the music companies and everyone, right from singers to music companies, who would stand to gain. “The move is at its initial stage and we will shortly scale it up to the entire country and hope to mop up approximately Rs 100 crore in the next two-three years,” he added.

The music companies have also welcomed the initiative and said the platform would provide solid support to regional music. Pradeep Mahajan, MD of Saga Music, said, “Unisys has done a commendable job by putting multiple music companies on the same platform to fight the menace of piracy and we would support them”.

Over the years, the total revenue from music sales (physical and digital) had declined which indicated the magnitude of growing menace of piracy in the music industry.

Mobile phones have accelerated the decline in music revenues and besides internet downloads, there are thousands of retailers illegally selling music in the form of physical DVDs and downloads on mobile phones etc. The licensing would allow these retailers to continue to sell the licensed music in lieu of small fees and the revenue generated would enable regional music industry to reinvest and grow.

Hisar, April 26
To bridge the communication gap between power consumers and managers, the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam has decided to organise "Bijli Baithaks" (consumer meets) every Saturday and Wednesday in each operation circle. These meets will be chaired by officers of the rank of chief general manager and general manager.

Sudhir Rajpal, Managing Director, said here that the consumer satisfaction level was extremely poor due to a wide communication gap. These meets are aimed at apprising the consumers of policies of power utilities, power supply position, checking pilferage of power and consumer-friendly schemes.

The nigam will schedule "Bijli Baithaks" in such a way that there are at least two such meets in the area of each operation division every month and consumers in each operation subdivision are covered at least once a month.

The MD said the meets would be a good forum for consumers for getting their grievances redressed speedily and for officers to know the ground realities. Complaints and grievances would be recorded in the meets. These would be taken up on a first come, first served basis. All types of complaints, including those relating to meter reading, correction of bill, change of meter, new connection, replacement of electric installations, system improvement and power supply would be entertained and redressed on the spot.

Meanwhile, the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam have prepared a comprehensive Rs 281-crore plan to strengthen the power transmission and distribution system in Rewari district.

Rajpal said that under this plan, the utilities would construct 13 new substations, including two substations of 220 KV at Lula Ahir and Mau, three substations of 132 KV at Gangaicha Jat, Nangal and Mohanpur, a 66 KV substation at Balirkalan and seven 33 KV substations at Nangal Pathania, Kakoria, Nehrugarh, Sehrnawas, Berli Kalan, Mohanpur and Industrial Area, Dharuhera. The capacity of eight existing substations, including a 220-KV substation at Rewari, 132-KV substation at HSIDC, Bawal, and 33-KV substations at Bharawas, Jonawas, Rewari, Khushpura, Khol and Jharoda was planned to be augmented by setting up additional transformers.

To augment the power distribution system, the DHBVN plans to add 1421 distribution transformers in the present dense network of 9,251 transformers and additional 230-km lines would also be laid to increase the length of present the network to 12,000 km in the district. Besides, the capacity of 250 existing transformers would be augmented by replacing old transformers. 

Chandigarh, April 26
Haryana Assembly Speaker Harmohinder Singh Chatha has constituted nine committees for 2010-11.

The Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes has been constituted under the chairmanship of Ram Kishan Gujjar. Jagdish Nayar, Anil Dhantori, Naresh Selwal, Shakuntla Khatak, Dharam Singh, Charanjeet Singh Rori, Naseem Ahmed and Mamu Ram will be its members.

Anand Singh Dangi has been nominated as chairman of the Committee on Public Undertakings. Devender Kumar Bansal, Krishan Pal Gurjar, Naresh Sharma, Rao Yadvendra Singh, Abhey Singh Chautala, Bishan Lal Saini, Aftab Ahmed and Hari Chand Midha will be its members.

Sampat Singh will head the Committee on Public Accounts while Ashok Kumar Arora, Anil Vij, Sumita Singh, Sat Pal Sangwan, Bharat Bhushan Batra, Krishan Lal Panwar, Jai Tirath and Parminder Singh Dhull have been nominated its members.

Akram Khan, Deputy Speaker, will be the ex-officio chairman of the House Committee of the Vidhan Sabha with Anand Singh Dangi, Devender Kumar Bansal, Jai Tirath and Saroj Mor its members.

The Speaker himself will be the ex-officio chairperson of the Rules Committee and Raghuvir Singh Kadian, Om Prakash Chautala, Venod Kumar Sharma, Kiran Choudhry, Sampat Singh, Kuldeep Bishnoi and Krishan Pal Gurjar will be its members.

Jagbir Singh Malik will head the Committee on Subordinate Legislation with Balbir Pal Shah, Yadvendra Singh, Shri Krishan Hooda, Sher Singh Barshami, Rameshwar Dayal Rajoria, Ghanshyam Saraf and the Advocate-General, Haryana, as its members.

Dharam Pal has been nominated chairperson of the Committee on Estimates and Balbir Pal Shah, Savitri Jindal, Rao Narender Singh, Gian Chand Oadh, Kuldeep Sharma, Ajay Singh Chautala, Kavita Jain and Narender Sangwan have been nominated its members.

Rajinder Singh Joon has been nominated as chairperson of the Committee on Petitions and Satpal Sangwan, Ram Niwas Ghorela, Rajpal Bhukhri, Ashok Kashyap, Bahadur Singh and Dharm Pal Obra will be its members.

Raghuvir Singh Kadian will be the chairperson of the Committee of Privileges and Anand Singh Dangi, Rajinder Singh Joon, Dharam Pal, Sumita Singh, Anand Kaushik, Rajbir Singh Barara, Raghbir Singh (Badhra), Phool Singh Kheri and Prithi Singh have been nominated its members.

Sirsa, April 26
One police station in each district of Haryana would be made ISO-certified Model Police Station so as to establish cordial relations between the public and the police. Gopal Kanda, Haryana Minister of State for Home, said this while talking to mediapersons here recently.

He said window system would be introduced to register complaints on computer in police stations and complainants would be given number and receipt of his complaint. Kanda said cleanliness would be ensured in the ISO-certified model police stations, besides making a provision of parking and waiting room for people in these police stations. Canteen facilities would also be provided in the campus of these police stations.

Village-Level Community Committees would also be constituted in all villages falling in the jurisdiction of these police stations to dispose of such cases that do not fall in the crime category.

Such cases would be disposed of with mutual understanding between both the parties, he added.

The minister said computer cell would also be established in these model police stations as per the ISO parameters and all police stations would be made online.

Police stations of five districts of Hisar division had been selected for making them ISO-certified model police stations, which include police station Ding Mor in Sirsa district, Civil Line police station in Hisar district, police station Tosham and Bond in Bhiwani district, police station Uchana in Jind district, and City police station in Fatehabad.

Similarly, one police station each in other districts of the state would also be made ISO certified. Later on, such kinds of facilities would be provided in other police stations in the state, Kanda added.

Sirsa, April 26
Several brilliant students, who have given their best performance in academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular fields, were honoured during the annual prize distribution function of Maharaja Agrasen Senior Secondary School here recently.

Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was the chief guest on the occasion. In his address, Hooda said his government had given top priority to education in the state. He said the opening of new universities and medical colleges was a step in this direction.

The Haryana Minister for Home, Industries, Sports and Youth Affairs, Gopal Kanda, former ministers Ranjit Singh and Jagdish Nehra, school governing body chief advocate Kulwant Rai Jindal and several others were also present.

Students performed a myriad of cultural items on the occasion. Both Hooda and Kanda announced a grant of Rs 11 lakh each for the school.

Reading the annual report of the school, principal Kiran Rathore said students of the school have excelled at the CBSE National Level and the Open National Level in the fields of judo, hockey and boxing.

She said Reet Preet, a student of the school, secured first position in the district in class X examination of the CBSE.

Rathore said motivation for technical and scientific knowledge was a part of planned curriculum in the school and the emphasis was laid to develop a sense of responsibility in students.

Bhagyashree Rathore (dance), Sheetal (singing), Sahi Agarwal (drawing), Sumit Kumar (band), Rishabh Bharti (acting), Monu (judo), Anmol (hockey), Taruna (boxing) and Rasika Bishnoi (yoga) were awarded for the best performance in various categories. Somya Mehndiratta was awarded with the "Miss Maharaja Agrasen" Award.

Students excelling in academics in various classes of the school were also given awards on the occasion.

Rewari, April 26
The Haryana Government College Teachers' Association (HGCTA) has sent a communication to Saroj Siwach, higher education commissioner of Haryana, as well as KC Dadwal, controller of examinations, Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU), Rohtak, seeking immediate revocation of the MDU's letter no. Conduct/10/22443/22524 dated April 9, 2010, regarding the conduct of compulsory examination for undergraduate (BA/B.Com part I and II) students in computer education to be held on April 28 and 29.

Describing the holding of the above examination as unjustifiable, Dr Sanjiv Kumar, state general secretary of the HGCTA, said most of the colleges in the region had remained devoid of computer teachers as well as furnished laboratories during the academic session of 2010, mainly owing to the lackadaisical approach of the Higher Education Department towards the requisite assistance earlier sought by these colleges. As such, most of these colleges could not even allot any space to computer education in the college timetable and thus the students were neither imparted instructions nor provided facilities for practical in computer science.

He further said it was all more agonising that when principals of these colleges were given a firm assurance in February 2010 by Rajan Kumar Gupta, the then financial commissioner-cum-principal secretary, that in view of the prevailing situation, the compulsory subject of computer science would be introduced in these colleges from the next academic session of 2011-12, it was something beyond comprehension that MDU was now bent upon holding the said examination on April 28 and 29 much to the embarrassment of the examinees as well as the colleges authorities.

It was all more surprising that while the main date sheet of MDU contained no information about these examinations, the university authorities had now issued an additional circular while making the undergraduate students to go in for the examination on April 28 and 29 compulsorily, he added.

Sirsa, April 26
When the menace of ragging has become the bane of several educational institutions across the country, a school in Sirsa is trying to inculcate different values in its students.

Senior students of Shah Satnamji Girls Senior Secondary School in Sirsa greet new entrants to the institution in such a manner that they feel at home in the new atmosphere.

The school recently organised a function to greet new students to the school. Old students as well as teachers of the school welcomed freshers by applying ‘tilak’ on their foreheads and offering them sweets. Band team of the school played tunes welcoming the freshers to the institution.

A cultural programme was also organised on the occasion in which new as well as old students exhibited their performance.

Sheela Punia, principal of the school, said this was the tradition with the Shah Satnamji Group of Educational Institution to provide homely atmosphere to the new students. She said ragging was a curse that ruined the career of many promising students.

The teachers wished the best to the freshers and assured them that they would get the finest atmosphere for the intellectual growth.

Rohtak, April 26
The Congress-led UPA government at the Centre is on the verge of a collapse as it will be defeated during voting on the issue of cut motion to be moved by the Opposition, claimed INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala while interacting with mediapersons after meeting party workers here recently.

Blaming the UPA government and its allies for the sharp rise in prices of items of daily need, he said the Congress and its allies in the government stood pushed to the wall on the issue. Any cut motion brought by the Opposition would get the support of the NDA and other parties, including the Left, resulting in the fall of the government at the Centre.

He announced participation in the nationwide strike called by non-BJP and non-Congress parties on April 27 in protest against inflation. His party workers would appeal to all commercial establishments to pull down shutters on that day. However, none would be forced to do so.

Chautala said his party would contest the local bodies and gram panchayat elections by fielding its own candidates. He lambasted the state government for failing to contain corruption, improving law and order and the police "breakdown."

The administrative set-up had been rendered "defunct" with junior officials not carrying out the orders of their seniors, he alleged.

It was perhaps for the first time in the history of the state that official machinery was becoming some kind of a liability on the common man, he added. 

Sonepat, April 26
Flowers have a great attraction value - not only in terms of appearance but their financial worth also. So when a family in Jatola village of the district preferred to take to floriculture over traditional crops 15 years ago, it turned out to be a successful venture.

Since then it has become a tradition in the family. That is why Ankur Rana, an engineering student, wishes to do MBA in marketing after completing his degree so that he could sell flowers of his village in other countries and earn foreign exchange for the country.

Ankur informed that his grandfather Risal Singh preferred floriculture over the traditional cropping of wheat and rice and initially started cultivating Gladiolus flowers in around two acres of land about 15 years back. “He became a success story within five years in the area and my family had continued with this floriculture even after his death,” Ankur said and added the family had brought 25 acres of area under this cultivation.

Ankur further stated after the death of his grandfather, his father Jai Prakash and uncles Satya Prakash and Devender had been looking after the cultivation and as a result of their untiring efforts, the average per acre income was between Rs 2 to 3 lakh in the year.

The advantage being the proximity of the village to Delhi where there is always demand of flowers particularly of Gladiolus.

Devender also informed that their family members had been rewarded three times at state-level functions in the past.

“I was rewarded in a state-level flower show at Karnal by the then Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala in 2005,” he added.

According to District Horticulture Officer, Ram Pal Mithan, the area under floriculture has gone up to around 1,200 hectares and it has become popular in Sisana, Nizampur khurd, Chhinoli, Firozpur, Halalpur and several other villages adjoining Delhi. The area under floriculture had been increasing every year and last year’s increase was of 110 acre in the district, he added. 

Rohtak, April 26
The state government appears to be least bothered about the information and details of inter-caste marriages that have taken place in the state in the past about 10 years. While the burden gets tossed from one department to the other, there is hardly any authority which is able to keep the track record of such marriages and provide any information despite the fact that several crores are being spent on the issue and its awareness programme in a year in the state.

This has been the conclusion of an RTI activist here who had sought detailed information about such marriages in the past decade, facilities provided and police security given to the couples facing threat.

Subhash, Editor of India Post and an RTI activist, had sought information regarding the total number of inter-caste marriages that have taken place in the state between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2009, with additional queries, including the facilities given to such couples, the total number of couples who had sought police security and how many of them were given police protection during this period.

But it is claimed that while the application under the RTI Act was submitted with the office of the chief secretary, Haryana government, on January 19, 2010, the matter was passed on to the commissioner and principal secretary, Social Welfare Department, to provide the details. But the applicant was informed after a few days that his application had been sent back to the office of the chief secretary after it was claimed that the matter was not related to the department. The office of the chief secretary then diverted the application to the office of the commissioner and principal secretary, Home Affairs of the state government, and was directed to provide the relevant information, but the latter also passed on the matter to the department looking after the welfare of the Scheduled and Backward Classes which informed that it had been only carrying out the scheme of providing financial incentive of Rs 50,000 to such couples, but had no details of how many such marriages had taken place in the state in the past 10 years.

The application was later diverted to the Department of Administrative Reforms, which wrote a letter to the applicant on February 9, 2010, that the information sought was being collected from various departments and it would be provided as soon as it was collected.

The required information is still awaited from the government in this regard. The police department, which includes the offices of district chiefs of the police of about 11 districts, gave only single information, which was not only inadequate, but also half-baked and confusing, claimed Subhash.

While the SP office of some of the districts reported that police protection had been provided to some couples, they did not tell how many marriages had taken place in the period, adds the applicant.

Chandigarh, April 26
The state government has transferred 38 DSPs, including 21 who have got their posting orders on promotion as such.

Tara Chand has been posted as DSP, Ambala Cantt.; Baljinder Singh as DSP, Detective, Rohtak; Ram Dutt as DSP, CID; Rajbir Singh as DSP, Hathin, Jaibir Singh as DSP, City, Rohtak; Raj Kumar as DSP, Ambala; and Kushal Pal Singh as DSP, Bilaspur (Yamunanagar).

Suresh Kumar has been posted as DSP, CID; Mohinder Singh as DSP, Rewari; Babu Lal as DSP Dabwali; Sadhu Ram as DSP, Sonepat; and Bhoop Singh as DSP, State Vigilance Bureau, against a vacant post.

Mohinder Singh goes as DSP, State Crime Branch; Dharampal as DSP, Hodal; Bhan Singh as DSP, Ellenabad; vice Satbir Singh, who goes as DSP, Meham.

Surender Vats has been posted as DSP, Law and Order, against a vacant post while Tekan Raj has been posted as DSP, Gulha; and Ravinder Singh as DSP, Sonepat.

Ishwar Chand has been posted as DSP, GRP headquarters, Ambala Cantt, vice Vinod Kumar, who goes as DSP, Naraingarh. Tula Ram goes as DSP, Hansi, vice Abhey Singh, who becomes DSP, 2nd India Reserve Batallion, Bhondsi, against a vacant post.

Dharam Singh DSP, SCB, has been posted as DSP, PTC, Sunarian (Rohtak); Ram Kishan, DSP, SCB, goes as DSP, Ist India Reserve Batallion, Bhondsi; Dheeraj Setia, awaiting posting, goes as DSP, Bhiwani, while Jagbir Singh, DSP, Detective, Kaithal, has been posted as DSP, Hisar.

Varinder Vij, DSP, RTC, Bhondsi, goes as DSP, Rewari, Puran Chand, DSP headquarters, Rewari, goes as DSP, headquarters, Sirsa, vice Balbir Singh, who has been posted as DSP, RTC, Bhondsi.

Mahavir Singh, DSP, Crime, Jhajjar, goes as DSP, Bahadurgarh, vice Suresh Kumar, who goes as DSP headquarters, Jind. Rajesh Kumar DSP, HPA Madhuban, goes as DSP, Karnal; Mohinder Singh, DSP, Detective, Hisar, has been posted as DSP, Mahendragarh and Amrik Singh, PTC, Sunarian(Rohtak), has been posted as DSP, Hisar.

Ravinder Kumar has been posted as ACP, City, Gurgaon, while Darshan Lal, DSP, Hodal, goes as ACP, Sarai, Faridabad, vice Naveen Kumar, ACP, who has been posted as ACP, Tigaon(Faridabad).

The government has cancelled transfer of Arun Kumar, DSP, State Crime Branch, to Hathin as such. 

Karnal, April 26
It was like reliving bitter memories of the Partition, but it sent a message of communal harmony and triumph of love over hatred.

The play “Jinne Lahore Ni Dekhia Oh Jamia He Nahin” (One who has not seen Lahore is not born) organised by the National Integrated Forum of Artists and Activist (NIFAA) charged the audience emotionally as the melodrama unfolded.

The story of the play, written by Asgar Wazahad, was weaved around an aged Hindu woman living in a haveli in Lahore, which was allotted to a Muslim family that migrated from India after the Partition.

The old woman was alone and her family was killed in riots or shifted to India, but she did not leave the haveli. The Muslim family did not like the old woman staying in the haveli and they tried all tricks to force her to leave.

With the passage of time, the woman with her behaviour and affection won the hearts of the Muslim family and they started calling her ‘Mai’ and lived together. But some fundamentalist Muslims were not ready to bailout the Hindu woman and even tried to eliminate her. They were so intolerant that they wanted Pakistan to be completely free of Hindus.

These hardcore communalists even killed a ‘maulvi’ who sided with the woman and the Muslim family. One fine morning, the old woman passed away but the communal Muslims were not reconciled and opposed her cremation as per Hindu rituals.

The Muslim family also took a firm stand and the last rituals of the woman were performed as per Hindu customs and the curtain rung. The play was full of emotional scenes, heightened by intolerance and hatred, but finally the love triumph over hatred.

The play was greatly appreciated and Asha Hooda, wife of Chief Minister BS Hooda, who was the chief guest on the occasion, applauded the artists and praised NIFAA for its initiative to forge communal harmony.

Ambala, April 26
As many as 1,500 students from various institutes participated in a placement drive organised by Guru Nanak Institution on its campus at Mullana recently. Students also came from adjoining districts to participate in the job fair.

Infosys, Hindustan Times, India Mart and a few other companies conducted group discussions, written tests and interviews to select the right candidates. The event was a grand success as about 200 students were offered job letters.

Buoyed by the successful conclusion of the event, chairman of the institution Tarlochan Singh said another placement drive would be launched soon. He said the institution maintained a close interaction with leading corporate and industry professionals, involving them in various activities through seminars, guest lectures, projects, consultancy, etc.

Besides this, the institutions is on its way to have many new courses in association with the world-class universities like Ferris State University, Vancouver Island University and Lambton College, Canada. The students of GNI will get a golden opportunity to continue higher studies in world-class institutions along with promising job prospects.

Chandigarh, April 26
Haryana Chief Secretary Urvashi Gulati has clarified that the state government employees appointed on contract basis and those re-employed would also be entitled to get one month’s salary in lieu of Leave Travel Concession (LTC). Also, the Head of the Department will be competent to sanction one month’s salary in lieu of LTC for visiting hometown and any place in the country to the government employees as per the new scheme regulating LTC.

She said here recently that while in case of employees posted at the headquarters, the Head of the Department would be competent, those posted in the district, the Head of Office at the district level would be competent to grant the sanction. However, payment of one month’s salary to the employee would be made by the drawing and disbursing officer concerned.

Gulati said the government employees appointed on contract basis were also entitled to one month’s salary in lieu of LTC after one year in service, if the contract was for more than four years. The block of four years would be reckoned from the actual date of joining the post under the state government. The Head of the Department would be competent to sanction their one month’s salary.

A government employee who had been re-employed could also claim one month’s salary in lieu of LTC provided he or she had completed one year’s continuous service after re-employment.

The benefit could be availed after one year if the re-employment was for four years and more. In this instance also, the Head of the Department would be competent to sanction one month’s salary. Similarly, a government employee who was under suspension would be entitled to get one month’s subsistence allowance drawn by him for the month in which the claim was preferred in lieu of LTC with the condition that no arrears on this account would be admissible.

One month’s salary in lieu of LTC was admissible only to those who had completed one year of regular continuous service and it would not be admissible before the completion of one year of service on a regular basis, she clarified.

Ambala, April 26
It is a well-known fact that yoga, naturopathy and herbs can do wonders in maintaining a beautiful body, mind and soul. Those living in developed countries like the US and the UK are now adopting ancient old Indian therapies to free themselves from various physical and health deficiencies. For this, they are relying on good and authentic books on the above said subject.

One such author who is eyeing this emerging market abroad is Parvesh Handa, who has authored 43 books on women subjects, including two encyclopedias on health and beauty.

A Limca Book of Records holder, Parvesh says she is in talks with a few publishers from the USA and the UK for getting her books on herbal beauty and yoga science published.

“My first book on beauty care was published in 1982 by Pustak Mahal, a reputed publishing house of New Delhi, which was rated as one of the finest books on the subject having nearly 30 editions in the market. Her books on yoga, naturopathy and anti-aging herbal techniques have been published in Russian and Arabic languages also.

Speaking on the body care, she says, “Eating a balanced diet is important. Those who have attained the age of 40 should reduce fats and carbohydrates intake as the body’s metabolism slows down at this age”

She adds, in later years, keep yourself slim and trim as it adds to the look and keeps the skin supple.

“Wear clothes suitable for your age, which will give you dignity and good bearing. Wear light makeup and simple jewellery. Besides develop a sense of humour which will give your face a nice tender look and not a frowning look (which adds years to the face). Go for long brisk walks,” she advises.

Parvesh has been writing beauty columns for several national dailies and magazines. Also, she has written a few books on women health in association with the leading doctors and gynaecologists of country.

Parvesh, who brings in her practical experience in art of beauty culture and skin care, says “Beauty by herbal ways is the best therapy in the world.

India has plenty of sources to produce herbal cosmetics catching worldwide importance.”

Rewari, April 26
Incidents of heinous crimes like murder and loot have witnessed an unprecedented spurt in the Rewari region during the past three weeks much to the chagrin of residents.

While the audacity of perpetrators of the crime seems to suggest that the region has virtually become a haven for miscreants, increasing incidents of crime are keeping the police administration on tenterhooks as well. Simultaneously, continued cluelessness of the district police about the culprits in most of the cases has also tended to become worrisome.

It is noteworthy that while SP K. Venkat Ramana is away on training these days, Ram Singh Bishnoi, SP of Mewat, is holding the additional charge of Rewari district. Though he spends three days in a week here, the situation demands his assiduous concentration here.

In a latest incident of murder, Rajpal, 40, a security guard of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Konsiwas, near here, was stabbed to death by some miscreants in the school campus on the night of April 22. While the miscreants enjoyed cold drinks kept in a refrigerator in the principal’s office, they also took away a computer, two CPUs, a printer, an inverter, as well as security guard’s cellphone from there.

When principal SP Singh came to the school next morning, he was stunned to find Rajpal’s body lying there in a pool of blood, after which he informed the police. Subsequently, experts lifted fingerprints from the spot and a dog squad was also pressed into service. Consequently, the Model Town police registered a case of criminal trespass, coupled with murder, under Section 460 of the IPC in the regard.

In a second such incident, an old farmer, Prabhu Dayal Yadav (72), a resident of Gangaicha Ahir village, was stabbed to death allegedly by his old tenants at Lisana village on April 17.

Following a decree recently passed by the Apex Court while setting aside the claim of the old tenants, Prabhu, along with his son Davender Yadav and a would-be tenant Rajbir, visited his 11-acre piece of land at Lisana village, the old tenants, who were armed with lethal weapons, assaulted them. Prabhu was murdered by the assailants, while Davender and Rajbir managed to flee.

The police, which registered a case of murder against three brothers, Mukesh, Anil and Azad, subsequently arrested Mukesh.

The third case pertains to the murder of a five-year-old boy Happy, son of Rakesh Yadav, who was done to death by his alleged abductors. His body was recovered from the forest area at Lisan village by the Khol police on April 5. Infuriated villagers have met senior police officials here several times during the past 20 days while seeking the arrest of the killers. However, the police is still clueless about the culprits responsible for the murder of the child.

In an another incident of attempted loot, four miscreants, who were wearing masks, broke into the house of Mahavir Chakra awardee Chaman Singh Yadav (66), a retired pantry officer of the Navy, at Gokalgarh village in the early hours on April 22. When Chaman, along with his wife Vidya Devi, offered stout resistance, miscreants made a violent attack injuring them grievously.

While the miscreants’ bid to commit a robbery was foiled by the couple, they managed to flee from the spot. Subsequently, experts lifted fingerprints and FSL specialists visited the spot. The police has registered a case of criminal trespass, coupled with assault and attempted theft in the regard. Several other incidents of looting are being eschewed simply because their inclusion would make the narrative voluminous.

Kaithal, April 26
Chief Judicial Magistrate Rajesh Garg here imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on a Delhi-based company for supplying substandard jawar seed in the market.

Dr Tejvir Singh, quality control inspector, said a team had taken jawar samples from Pankaj Trading Company, Cheeka Mandi, in the district, on April 23, 2009. The sample failed the tests and the department filed a case against Ganga Seed Corporation, Delhi, the seed supplier, in the court of CJM here on September 22. After hearing arguments and perusal of evidence, the court held the company guilty of supplying poor quality seeds and imposed the fine.