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Area around Sultanpur National Park now eco-sensitive
Flood Relief
Police disconnects generators in market
Guv lays stress on educational tours
Special kids need special care: Guv’s Secy
CPM’s drive against corruption from tomorrow
Pinjore heritage fest from Dec 17
Nephews kill man
Cattle trader drugged, robbed
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Barred from reaching gurdwara, Jhinda men block traffic
Kurukshetra, December 4 HSGPC president Jagdish Singh Jhinda had announced to hold “path” in the gurdwara, controlled by the SGPC, today. Heavy police deployment had been made to avoid any untoward situation. His supporters gathered at Gurdwara Kar Sewa today and marched towards Gurdwara Chhevin Patshasi. They were stopped at a naka near Devi Lal Chowk, where the volunteers sat in dharna, blocking the road. HSGPC general secretary Joga Singh started reciting “path” on the chowk and the volunteers remained seated there till it was over. As a precaution, the district administration had detained senior HSGPC leaders, including Jhinda and president of the youth wing Kanwaljit Singh. Joga Singh criticised the administration for detaining their leaders and said it was a direct interference in religious matters. He questioned the administration how it could stop Sikhs from holding “path” in the gurdwara. The Deputy Commissioner said the leaders had been detained as a preventive measure to maintain law and order. SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar, who was here in the morning, described it as another “drama” by Jhinda, who, according to him, did not enjoy support of Sikhs in the state. He said Sikhs were free to do “path” in gurdwaras, but “any kind of threat” would not be tolerated. HSGPC leaders and workers led by Jhinda had taken control of Gurdwara Chhevin Patshahi in September last year, but had given it up by the evening. They again made a futile bid to control the gurdwara on September 15 last. A “jail bharo” agitation was also launched. Meanwhile, Jhinda, who was released this evening after nearly 24 hours, said he would convene a meeting of the presidents of gurdwara committees of Himachal, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Delhi shortly to challenge the “hegemony” of the SGPC. Immediately after his release, he lashed out at his detractors for dubbing him as a “Congress agent”. He said everytime he planned an offensive, he was detained or arrested by the Congress government in the state at the behest of Punjab Akali leaders. “We will no longer tolerate this highhandedness and seek support of Sikh leaders from other states to give an impetus to our agitation in support of a separate gurdwara committee for the state,” he added. |
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For EEG, patients told to come in April
Rohtak, December 4 The PGIMS is one of the few medical institutes across the country which has been selected by the Union Government under its upgrade plan. Ashish (10), who had come from Malkos village in Bhiwani district, was allotted April 16, 2011, as the date for an EEG examination at the department of neurosurgery here today. He had been diagnosed with “seizures” and vertigo type of disorders by doctors and was to undergo the test for treatment, said a person accompanying Ashish. “The doctor told us that since the EEG machine was out of order, the test would not be possible before the allotted date,” he said. A teenaged patient, who had come from Kherisadh village in the district, was asked to come on April 8 next year for the test, said an employee of the department on condition of anonymity. There are reportedly several such patients who will have to wait for long to get the test conducted as the department has just one such machine. The EEG is a procedure that measures the electrical impulses in the brain. It is done by placing small sensors (electrodes) on a person’s scalp. The EEG is often used to help determine the presence and cause of seizures. Interestingly, the department, which is a super-speciality wing of the PGIMS, the leading hospital in the state, does not have a neurosurgeon. The post has been lying vacant since the wing was set up, admitted the Director of the PGIMS, Dr CS Dhull. He said while the post had been advertised several times, it they had not been able to fill it so far. Regarding the EEG machine, he said he had no information about the problem, but said one machine was adequate since the department had no neurosurgeon and it was looked after by a physician at present. |
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Area around Sultanpur National Park now eco-sensitive
Gurgaon, December 4 Sultanpur National Park, situated 15 km from Gurgaon city, is known for aquatic avifauna. Thousands of migratory birds belonging to nearly 250 species visit the park during winters. The birds visiting this park include pelicans, cormorants, herons, egrets, storks, flamingoes, geese and ducks. A number of territorial birds of the Indian origin stay here throughout the year. Breeding of saras, crane and rare black-necked stork have also been recorded in the park. Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner Rajendra Kataria said the zonal master plan would be prepared and got approved from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. The state government’s departments, like Environment, Forest, Urban Development, Tourism, Municipal Committee, Irrigation, PWD (B&R), Revenue and State Pollution Control Board would be involved to prepare a plan integrating environmental and ecological considerations, he added. The zonal master plan would provide for the restoration of denuded areas, conservation of the existing water bodies, management of catchment areas, watersheds, groundwater, soil and moisture conservation, needs of local community and such other aspects of the ecology and environment needing attention. The plan will demarcate all existing and proposed urban settlements, village settlements, types and kinds of forests, agricultural areas, fertile lands, green areas, horticultural areas, orchards, lakes and other water bodies. It will exempt all canals and drainage works. The DC disclosed that a monitoring committee would be constituted under his chairmanship to monitor the compliance with the provisions of the notification. The committee could have up to 10 members. He said a representative of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, NGOs working in the field of environment, regional officer of the State Pollution Control Board, Gurgaon, and the senior town planner would be the members of the committee, while the District Wildlife Warden would be its member secretary. The committee would invite representatives and experts to assist in its deliberations and would submit its annual action taken reports to the ministry by March 31 every year. He asserted that change of land use from green uses such as orchards, horticulture, agriculture and parks to non-green uses would not be permitted in the zonal master plan, except the strictly limited conversion of the agriculture land to meet the residential needs of local residents, apart from improvement of roads and bridges, infrastructure, construction of public utilities and community buildings with prior approval of the state government. He said in this area, mining and crashing activity would not be allowed up to 1 km from the boundary of the protected Sultanpur National Park. Similarly, no construction of any kind will be allowed up to a distance of 300 m from the boundary of the park, except tubewell chamber of dimension not more than 1,000 cubic inches. He said the construction of more than two-storeyed buildings would not be allowed in the area falling in 300 m to 500 m of the park and laying of new high-tension transmission wires would also not be allowed up to a distance of 500 m from the park. No new wood-based industry or any polluting unit would be allowed within 1 km from the boundary of the national park. The felling of trees on forest and revenue land would be subject to the approved management plan by the central government, he stated. Kataria asserted that the extraction of ground water would be permitted only for bona fide agriculture and domestic consumption of the occupier of the plot and no sale of the ground would be permitted. Discharge of untreated or industrial effluent would not be permitted into any water body within the eco-sensitive zone. |
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Security up for CM’s rally
Fatehabad, December 4 Gorakhpur farmers sitting on dharna outside the mini-secretariat had earlier announced to show black flags to Hooda. However, the farmers maintained today that they would hoist black flags at the dharna site and hold a protest meeting. “We have no intention of any confrontation with the government or the district authorities. Therefore, we have decided against going towards the venue of the Congress rally,” said Hans Raj Siwach, president of the Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, Gorakhpur, who is leading the agitation. Siwach said peaceful protest was their democratic right and they would exercise it by hoisting black flags on the dharna site. He claimed that a large number of farmers would assemble at the dharna site tomorrow to express their protest against the proposed acquisition. The Chief Minister will arrive in Fatehabad by a state helicopter, which will land in the Police Lines around noon. After laying the foundation stone of the bypass near the Police Lines, Hooda will proceed towards the vegetable market, venue for the rally, by road. Incidentally, the dharna site of the Gorakhpur farmers is on the route of Hooda’s proposed car journey from Police Lines to the vegetable market. Hooda will proceed to Gillankhera village by his helicopter after the rally and after having his lunch at Chief Parliamentary Secretary Prahlad Singh Gillankhera’s residence, he will fly back to Chandigarh. SP Jagwant Singh Lamba said elaborate security arrangements had been made to ensure peaceful completion of the rally. Lamba said the police would not take any action against the agitating farmers as long as they hold their protest at the dharna site, but added that no one would be allowed to proceed towards the rally venue with black flags. The SP said in all 24 sectors had been made out of which six were for women and elaborate security personnel had been deployed in each of these sectors. |
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Flood Relief
Fatehabad, December 4 Speaking to mediapersons here yesterday, Abhey Chautala alleged that hundreds of farmers from both districts, who suffered heavy losses because of damage to their crops due to the floods from the Ghaggar had been running from pillar to post for relief. “No special girdawari has been done by the authorities in these two districts and the farmers, who suffered huge losses due to the floods, have been left high and dry,” Abhey Chautala alleged. Terming the Congress government as anti-farmers, the INLD MLA alleged that the state government was out to uproot Gorakhpur farmers for the proposed nuclear plant against its own policy of land acquisition. He claimed that the land acquisition policy of the government provided that no fertile land of any farmer would be acquired for any development project unless the farmer is himself willing to part with it. He said the INLD stood firmly behind the Gorakhpur farmers. He added that the party would not allow the land to be acquired and his party workers would not hesitate to “fill jails” on this issue. Flaying the Congress government at the Centre and in Haryana on the issue of corruption, he said not a day passed when the Supreme Court did not pass any adverse comment on the government. Abhey Chautala said he would soon submit his report to the government as chief-de-mission of the Indian contingent in the recently concluded Asian Games in China. He said unless a sports policy was framed at the national level, there could be no improvement in the lot of Indian sports. Abhey Chautala favoured banning of players or associations like the BCCI, which did not send their teams, leading to dampening of chances of the country in the games. |
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Police disconnects generators in market
Sirsa, December 4 Septuagenarian Dr OP Bansal, a veteran journalist, had moved an application in the court of the SDM for removal of generators from the vicinity of his residence complaining noise and air pollution from them. The court accepted his application, but the respondents, all shopkeepers, went before the court of District and Sessions Judge, who remanded the case to the SDM, asking him to decide the case after hearing all evidences. After going through the process of evidences, SDM Harish Bhatia served a one-month notice to the shopkeepers on October 12 to remove the generators and replace them with pollution-free gensets with latest technology. When the shopkeepers failed to comply with the notice within the stipulated period, the SDM asked the police to remove the generators. Earlier, the DHBVN officials disconnected electricity connections of some consumers in RSD Colony in compliance with the DC’s orders. Residents of the colony had said in a written complaint to the DC that some residents had converted their house to commercial establishments and made their lives difficult. The residents had earlier filed a petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, where the authorities had replied that the business establishments had been removed from the colony. |
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Guv lays stress on educational tours
Chandigarh, December 4 He said apart from school syllabus, educational tours to historical places and educational institutions could be helpful in making them aware about the cultural and historical heritage. The Governor was addressing a group of physically challenged students of Viklang Trust
Akhnoor, Jammu and Kashmir, who were on their way to various historical places and educational institutions. The visit has been sponsored by the 10th Infantry Division of the Indian Army and led by Major Vineet
Tyagi, Capt Ashutosh Walia and Subedar Amarjit Singh. These students visited different historical and tourist places in
Amritsar, Jalandhar, Chandigarh and other cities. The Governor blessed the students and wished them a happy journey and a bright future. Welcoming the students on behalf of the state, the Governor said the tour would enhance their knowledge and built self-confidence in them. He said such educational tours were helpful in building self-confidence and sense of discipline and cooperation. He exhorted the students to work hard with sincerity and dedication and achieve the goal of their life. He said they could contribute to the nation by their knowledge and skills and help in strengthening the cultural and social unity of the country. The Governor said disability was a vision of living the life. Physically challenged persons were also equally significant part of society. They did not need pity but love, respect and cordial help. It was their duty to make them self-sufficient, he added. |
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Special kids need special care: Guv’s Secy
Karnal, December 4 Speaking at the closing ceremony of a two-day sports meet for hearing and speech impaired children, he said though these children could not listen or speak, they were like other normal children and should be provided opportunities and support to hone their talent and skills. He said yoga and cultural activities should be made an integral part of the curriculum for these children for their all-round development to enable them to compete at the national and international level with other children. “Teachers need to handle such children in a manner that they fell encouraged and work with courage and determination to excel without suffering from any inferiority complex,” he added. He disclosed that the government had launched several programmes for the welfare of these children and seven welfare centres were functional at Gurgaon, Hisar, Karnal, Sonepat, Sirsa, Rai Purana and Panchkula, where about 700 children were getting training and other help. He gave away prizes to the winners and also announced an incentive of Rs 21,000 for such children. |
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CPM’s drive against corruption from tomorrow
Fatehabad, December 4 Inderjit Singh, state secretary of the CPM, said today that the party activists would reach out to the masses to make them aware of the mess created by both the UPA and the NDA through scams of huge proportions in the country. “The magnitude of scams that have come to the fore recently have shaken the faith of common people in the system,” the CPM leader said. He said as per the figures of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, funds to the tune of Rs 1.76 lakh crore had been swindled in the 2G scam. For providing food security to all below poverty line and above poverty line families by providing them ration through subsidised PDS shops, the government needed Rs 84,399 crore, which was less than half of the scam amount. Similarly, a sum of Rs 34,000 crore was needed for providing compulsory free-of-cost education to all for one year and the scam amount was sufficient to continue this scheme for five years, the CPM leader maintained. He said there were a plethora of scams like Rs 77,000 crore CWG scam, Adarsh Housing scam and land scam in Karnataka. The CPM leader said the government’s reluctance to probe by a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) made it explicitly clear that the government had much to hide. He said the CPM thought it necessary to take its campaign to the masses as the people had a right to know as to how public exchequers were being swindled by those in power. |
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Pinjore heritage fest from Dec 17
Chandigarh, December 4 Stating this here today, Director, Tourism, SN Roy said “Crafts Bazaar”, the reminiscent of Mughal times, was being set up with shops and clusters of stalls, tented pavilion, food plaza and performance stage to celebrate the festival. The entrance gate, parking area as well as the entire Garden would be illuminated in the evenings, which would highlight its architectural, aesthetic and landscape splendor. Cultural evenings would be hosted on all three days. The Director said the cultural teams on December 17 would be Sufiana with Zile Khan’s dance troupe and another from Delhi slated to perform while December 18 will see a “Qawwali Muqabla” by Yusuf Aazad and party from Mumbai and Baby Naaz and party. On December 19, famous singers - Mohamed Hussain and Ahmed Hussain - from Jaipur will perform. Further, a number of day performers would regale the audience during the festival. Students from schools and colleges would also perform folk dances, he added. He said similarly, a variety of cuisine would be the hallmark of the “Food Bazaar” being set up at the heritage festival, which would contain a wide range of simple vegetarian and delectable dishes. |
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Nephews kill man
Sonepat, December 4 The police has registered a case against Ajit’s nephews -Mahipal, Ashwani and Rishi Pal, who reportedly absconded after committing the crime. SDP Randhir Singh and Kharkhoda SHO Nazir Singh along with fingerprint experts reached the spot for preliminary investigations. According to another report, canter driver Virsa Singh of Sarahali in Punjab and conductor Tara Chand of Nand Pur in Punjab died on the spot after the canter they were travelling in hit a parked canter on the GT Road near Rai late last night. The canter was loaded with potato and the victims were on the way to Delhi.
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Cattle trader drugged, robbed
Sirsa, December 4 The trader, Mohammad Rafiq from Ghazipur (UP), was found in an unconscious state at the Dabwali bus stand. He has been admitted to the community health centre at Dabwali. Good Samaritans, Mohinder Kumar and Sat Pal, who took him to the hospital, spoke to the victim’s son, Aslam Khan, from the mobile phone recovered from his pocket. Aslam told them that his father had left from Delhi at 10 pm last night with Rs 1.50 lakh. Later, some local animal traders also reached the hospital, who told the police that Mohammad Rafiq had spoken to them for purchasing eight buffaloes costing Rs 1.50 lakh before setting out for Sirsa. |
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