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Three-tier system
‘Fastest’ literacy programme for rural women
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Power connections to replace kundis
Now, Capt’s son challenges land acquisition
Sahit Akademy awards for five litterateurs
Govt policies anti-farmer: Chautala
Training camps for farmers held
Ambala college holds talent hunt
Stress laid on literacy among the poor
Big scope for growth seen in organised retail
CVC’s Appointment
Murder of Rakesh Yadav
Poets cast spell on audience at all-India mushaira
Athlete Khan is Mr Haryana
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Three-tier system
Jhajjar, February 3 Significantly, for carrying out protest across the state, the association has also embarked upon a strategy to mount pressure on the state government to withdraw the proposed system. In the first phase of the campaign, the school lectures would wear black badges on their arms on February 4, 5 and 7 across the state to register their protest against the three-tier system. Thereafter, memorandums demanding not to implement the proposed system would be submitted to deputy commissioners (DCs) after holding protest demonstration at every district headquarters of the state under the second phase of the campaign, informed Narender Singh, Jhajjar district president of the HSTA. Decision to this effect has been taken at a meeting of the office-bearers of the HSLA held recently at Narwana in Jind. All office-bearers at the meeting condemned the system and decided to resist it powerfully in the interest of the school lectures. “At the end of the second phase, a huge rally will be organised in Chandigarh on March 3 to strengthen the campaign if the government does not take the demand seriously,” said the president, adding that the lecturers would go on a mass casual leave on March 10 in case the government failed to take any decision within a week in this regard. The association has also warned the government that the lectures would not hesitate to boycott the evaluation of answer papers of the board examination of second semester if the three-tier system was not withdrawn till then, he added. Terming the system as unreasonable, Narender Singh informed that as per the system, D.Ed teachers would teach the classes from first to three, master would educate the students of classes IV to VIII while the school lectures would teach the classes from IX to XII. “This sort of system is not feasible in Haryana because as per rules, only those teachers can teach the students of classes IX and X who have a B.Ed. degree. Since the degree is not mandatory for school lectures in the state, how can they teach classes IX and X,” said the president, adding that the school lectures were, at present, teaching classes XI and XII. He maintained that resentment prevailed among the lectures against the government as it had been adopting apathetical attitude towards them. The government had so far not rectified the discrepancies pertaining to the Fifth Pay Commission of the school lectures whereas the Sixth Pay Commission had already been implemented in the state, he added.
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‘Fastest’ literacy programme for rural women
Karnal February 3 The validation project in Kohand village is being conducted by the State Resource Centre, Haryana, in collaboration with TARA Akshar, an initiative of Delhi-based Development Alternatives. In the first phase of the 45-day programme started on December 14, Akshargyan had been given to the pupils, which enabled them to read and write Hindi. This phase concluded recently and the second phase “Tara Ganit” (teaching of arithmetic) would conclude on February 16. The students were tested before moving to the second phase. An initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), the Saakshar Bharat Mission-2012 is being run by the State Resource Centres, set up in all states. These centres act as a link between the MHRD and the state governments in conducting literacy under the mission. TARA Akshar is a computer-based, functional literacy programme, teaching
rural women to read and write Hindi, including numeracy in just 45 days. This is one of the fastest literacy programmes in the world. Under the programme, more than 60,000 women had already been made literate in the past three years in Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Haryana. The programme is developed by a social enterprise of the Development Alternatives Group, TARAhaat Information and Marketing Services. It is based on latest memory techniques, various memory hooks and trial and error methods, which enable people to relate their day-to-day activities with past experiences and learn faster. The course is designed to enhance the learning capacity by encouraging the involvement of the learner.
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Power connections to replace kundis
Chandigarh, February 3 The nigam would hold open darbars in all 129 electricity subdivisions to issue new connections on the spot to domestic consumers in the villages. The procedure of receiving applications, advance consumption amount and checking reports of applicants would be completed on the spot. The complaints of consumers regarding meter reading would also be addressed. As many as 2,650 regular connections were given by removing kundi connections till December during the current financial year under the anti-power theft drive launched by the nigam.
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Now, Capt’s son challenges land acquisition
Gurgaon, February 3 Addressing the members of a mahapanchayat organised at Pachgaon village near Manesar recently to chalk out a strategy to prevent the acquisition of fertile land, Rao said he would apprise Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda of the matter. “Congress president Sonia Gandhi and general secretary Rahul Gandhi have maintained that they were against the acquisition of fertile land and Hooda has also got thousands of fertile land released from acquisition proceedings in Ambala and Panipat districts,” Rao asserted. He appealed to the local residents not to be misled by the hollow talks and political propaganda of the opposition leaders and have faith in the Congress party organisation. “The Youth Congress has successfully intervened in such matters earlier and we will always be committed to safeguarding the interests of the farming community,” maintained Yadav junior. Pledging support to the mahapanchayat’s stance against the acquisition of fertile land for the expansion of IMT-Manesar, he exhorted them to be prepared for a long-drawn battle to assert their rightful claim. The mahapanchayat, comprising representatives of several villages of the Pachgaon-Manesar belt, decided to form three teams and assign specific tasks to them. One of the teams has been constituted to hold talks with the state functionaries and get the acquisition of fertile land annulled. The second team has been assigned the job of fighting a legal battle against the acquisition, while the third has been formed to launch a concerted protest drive in case the talks as well as the legal recourse fail. Later, talking to The Tribune, Rao said he would take the matter to the top functionaries of the state and make all-out efforts for preventing the acquisition of fertile land. Rao’s father Capt Ajay Yadav was in news recently for criticising the land acquisition policy of the state government. What hue this father-son duo’s concerted campaign put on the Haryana’s political horizon only time will tell, but it has made many quarters look at the state’s political landscape from the southern
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Land Acquisition: Farmers threaten to block traffic
Rohtak, February 3 The meeting held here on Saturday, however, proved a hurdle in the functioning of Government Senior Secondary School at Kheri Sadh village as the school had to be closed down midway due to the disturbance. The Principal of the school brought the matter to the notice of the authorities. The meeting, held under the banner of the Kisan Sangharsh Samiti and chaired by sarpanch of Bhalout village Satish
Bhalout, resolved that the present policy of the state government to acquire the farmers’ land was unjustified and unacceptable in view of the fact that the government do acquire the land without the consent of the owners of the land. It said this policy was unveiled by the British Government in 1894 and was against the interests of farmers as the latter were forced to part away with their land without their will. Alleging that the government had been acting as a “property dealer” by acquiring the land to further pass on to the industry, the samiti asked the government to acquire the land only after the consent of owners. It claimed that the notices issued under various sections to acquire the land measuring over 928 acres in various villages, including
Kanheli, Baliyana, Naunand, Kheri Sadh, Bohar, Karor and Pehrawar, had been illegal as a large number of farmers were not ready to part away with their land and were agitated over the move. “Demanding a change in the policy, the panchayat has asked the government to not to acquire the land against the wishes of farmers and stop working as a property dealer, said Satish
Bhalout, head of the samiti. He said while it had been decided to hold a mahapanchayat on the issue on the highway near Kheri Sadh village, 7 km from the city, on February 27, the samiti would be forced to block the road and rail traffic if the demand was not met by then. He, however, denied that the meeting created any hurdle in the functioning of the government school by claiming that a notice had been served to officials and the school a week ago in this connection. However, principal of the school Indira Hooda said the school had to closed down midway in view of the safety of students and disturbance caused by the panchayat on the school premises. Later, senior officials also visited the school.
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Sahit Akademy awards for five litterateurs
Chandigarh, February 3 Announcing the annual akademy awards, IAS Dr Khandelwal disclosed that for the propagation of Punjabi language and literature and encouraging literary activities, the award money had been substantially raised. The Akademy came into being in 1997 and the only Bhai Santokh Singh Award carrying Rs 21,000 was instituted in 2005, while now in all 16 awards prize money of 6 lakh was distributed, added Khandelwal. Here is the brief detail of awardees and awards which carry a citation, shawl and cash prize in each category. The Haryana Punjabi Gaurav Puruskar carrying Rs 1.5 lakh will be presented to Master Amrik Singh (80) of Ellanabad. Credited with 11 books in poetry, especially ghazals, fiction and socio-cultural themes, Amrik Singh, an undergraduate and a teacher by profession, has been endowed with vision, wisdom and exceptional knack for literary creations. The Bhai Santokh Singh Award carrying Rs 1 lakh goes to Faridabad-based Arkamal Kaur (55). Holding master’s degree, she had authored four books and won two Akademy awards earlier. The Baba Sheikh Farid Award carrying Rs 1 lakh is won by Dr Jiwan Bakshi (43) of Kurukshetra. Holding Doctorate in English, he is a prolific author of 12 books in Punjabi. The Sant Taran Singh Vehimi Award carrying Rs 51,000 is bagged by Panchkula-based journalist poet Gurbux Singh Saini (64). Known for admirable contribution to promote Punjabi language, Gurbux Singh, a postgraduate in English, has authored seven books of poetry and short stories. He won the Haryana Sahit Akademy Award for his book “Khula Amber” in 1992. CR Moudgil, director of the Akademy, said the awards would be presented by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda shortly at a special ceremony.
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Dr Paroda for boost to dairying in big way
Hisar, February 3 Addressing a seminar on the occasion of the foundation day of the Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes (CIRB), he said, “Agriculture only meets our requirement of food to the extent of 50 to 60 per cent. The rest is met by milk, vegetables and fruits. It is, therefore, necessary to give a fillip to milk production”. Dr Paroda, a former Director-General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), said when the state governments could give power to farmers on preferential rates, the same benefit should be extended to dairying and animal husbandry activities. This would give a boost to dairying as well as livestock activities. He said scientists needed to train farmers. It was not enough to conduct good research, training farmers to use that technology was even more important. He said scientists should have a direct interface with farmers to achieve the desired results. He also advocated the establishment of self-help groups and making available good fodder and other nutrients available to farmers taking up livestock management and dairying. He stressed the need for continuing research on Murrah breed of buffaloes as the markets were responding encouragingly to this breed. He said efforts to further improve upon this breed should be continued. The seminar was attended by scientists from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Haryana. A large number of farmers and livestock breeders were also present. Two prominent scientists, Dr Tej Kiran Bali and Dr Vijay Taneja, were honoured on the occasion for their contribution to research on buffaloes.
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Rohtak’s ‘preferred’ college sans furniture
Rohtak, February 3 Earlier known as Indira Chakraborty college in the city, the institution observed its golden jubilee in 2009. It was later re-christened as Government College for Women on account of its popularity among girl students in the district. However, the college having a strength of 4,700 students has been facing with the problem of furniture shortage. According to college sources, one of the buildings that came up last year is still to get adequate furniture and due to no desks in some rooms, students are forced to squat on the floor for studies. The rooms without desks are generally allotted to freshers from BA (I), claimed an employee on the condition of anonymity. “Though this problem is quite common in government schools, it is quite strange to learn that a leading and popular college has been facing a shortage of desks and students are forced to sit on the floor, which is quite harassing in winters,” said Raj Singh, a local resident. He said the state government was ought to see whether the budget it was releasing for the infrastructure was actually being spent on facilities. However, principal of the college Dr Ram Kirti Arora claimed that there was no problem of furniture shortage and the institution was well equipped to provide all necessary facilities. He added that there could be some rooms in the new building where furniture was to be provided and students could be sitting on the floor just for chatting or purposes other than studies. He said there was no shortage of funds for infrastructure in the college, claiming that the funds were provided by the department concerned as and when any request was made by the college. He said the student strength had gone up sharply over the recent years. The college had 23 courses at present with a computerised library.
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Seminar on literature of margins
Fatehabad, February 3 Diasporic, ethnic, or cultural groups are also considered marginal in the dominant native culture or society. The literature of Jews in Europe, of African-Americans in the US, of Dalits in India and of women everywhere in the world is called literature of margins. The Department of English of local Manohar Memorial PG College recently organised a UGC-sponsored national seminar on “Literature of the Margins in English: Dalits, Subalterns and Minority”. Ashok Tanwar, Sirsa MP, inaugurated the seminar while Dr Bhim Singh Dahiya, a former vice-chancellor of Kurukshetra University, delivered the keynote address. Dr Dahiya said in India, only in the recent years some accommodation to the hitherto suppressed voices had been made. Tracing history, he said the hegemony of imperial languages had always determined our literary studies in England as well as in India. But literature of those on the margins in different forms of representation had always been there in individual writers. He said writers could not be dictated as to the choice of their subjects. Each writer chose the subject that touched him or her in some way, through direct experience or indirect knowledge. Dr Anand Parkash, a former professor in English, Hans Raj College, New Delhi, said the concept of the margins had a sociological dimensions to it under which events and happenings drew comments from solely the point of view of the present. Dr Tejinder Kaur, professor of English, Punjabi University, Patiala, said the concept of subalterns, which became prominent in India in 1980s, basically ascribed a new dynamic political agency to those who had formerly been described as the wretched of the earth, the oppressed and the depressed. Dr Ram Niwas, an associate professor, Kurukshetra University, Dr Deepti Dharmani, an associate professor, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Dr Kumkum Yadav, an associate professor, Shri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College, Delhi, Dr Munish Tamang, an associate professor, and Dr Rajesh Kumar, an assistant, Moti Lal Nehru College, Delhi, addressed the seminar as resource persons. Delegates from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and several other states presented their papers. Alpana Saini, Dr Anandita Vyas, Anju, Ashok Verma, Ashu, Daljit Kaur, Deepak Chaswal, Deepti Sharma, Karunesh, Navita Chaudhary, Neelofar Kohri, Nidhi Malhotra, Pratibha Mukhija, Priyanka Gupta, Punam Miglani, Reetu Rani, Rohini Sharma, Sudipta Sil, Sangita Mehta, Tripta Mehta, Trisha Sharma, Umakant Vyas and Pratibha Rao presented their papers. Dr ML Ranga, vice-chancellor, Guru Jambeshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, delivered the valedictory address. Dr DK Kaushik, principal, and Subhash Sharma, director of the host college, thanked the delegates.
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HCL organises “Talaash-2010” at Guru Nanak Institute
Ambala, February 3 The programme was organised to search talented students who can be further trained and groomed by HCL to turn them into bright professionals of tomorrow. In this regard, HCL highlighted its tie-up with Guru Nanak Institutions, Mullana, as its allied partner in Haryana for training and placement activities of its students. Several reputed educational organisations of the surrounding areas like Ambala, Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra and Shahabad participated in the event. Various engrossing and entertaining rounds were held to test the technical as well as the general knowledge of the participating teams. At the end, members of the winning team received laptops from HCL as a reward for their outstanding performance.
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Govt policies anti-farmer: Chautala
Sirsa, February 3 Terming the state government as anti-farmers, Chautala, who was addressing mediapersons at his Dabwali Road residence yesterday, accused the government of working against the interests of the farming community. “In the past six years, no town of Haryana has been left where the state government has not issued notices for acquisition of highly fertile agriculture land of farmers on one pretext or the other,” the INLD chief alleged. Chautala alleged that not a single big project had come to Haryana despite acquisition of several thousand acres for special economic zones and other projects. Chautala alleged that while on the one hand agriculture land was dwindling due to large-scale acquisition, on the other hand farmers were not getting quality seeds, fertilisers and pesticides they needed.
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Training camps for farmers held
Rewari, February 3 While Dr CK Yadav, director of the Regional Research Station, Bawal, presided over the proceedings of the camp at the Panchayat Bhawan here, agriculture scientists Dr Satbir Singh and Dr Jogender Singh provided tips to farmers on how to get optimum yield of oil seeds, pulses and other crops under the prevailing conditions. Urging the farmers to give a go by to the traditional system of farming, Yadav advised them to use modern agricultural devices as well as germane fertilisers to secure maximum output. Similarly, counselling the farmers to go in for imperative testing of soil and water of their fields, Satbir and Jogender pleaded for the necessary usage of gypsum to obliterate the sterility of their fields and also to use quality seeds to secure a rich harvest. In the same way, concerns of participants in the camp at Bhatsana village were prominently addressed by Raj Singh Yadav, SDO (agriculture), and Dr Vishvajit Singh, agriculture scientist of the research station. Pointing to the growing deficiency of carbonic humus in the soil owing to the erratic use of organic fertilisers, Raj emphasised the need for the evaluation of their soil and seek advice of agriculture experts about the use of chemical fertilisers. Simultaneously, Vishvajit impressed upon the farmers to adopt advisable ways and means to get a higher yield of mustard.
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Ambala college holds talent hunt
Ambala, February 3 Bharat Bhushan Jain, president of the college management committee, inaugurated the programme. Rajesh Jain, secretary of the committee, and Umesh Jain, manager, were also present. Debate on the topic of media role in present scenario was organised in which the participants were of the view that the media had been playing an important role in exposing corrupt leaders and bureaucrats. In group dance competition, folk songs of Punjab, Haryana and other states were performed. An exhibition of art and craft was also organised. Bharat Bhushan said besides regular study, students should take active part in cultural and other activities. He said it was the duty of teachers to offer a platform to students where they could showcase their talent without any hesitation. Mudita Bhatnagar, principal of the college, asked the students to work hard to achieve their goals. She said every student had the capacity to achieve success. Rajesh Jain also suggested the students to pay regards to their teachers and parents if they wanted to be successful. Later, winners of various competitions were given prizes.
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Stress laid on literacy among the poor
Karnal, February 3 Virka, who was the chief guest at a felicitation function organised by the All-India Valmiki Vikas Parishad and the Haryana Progressive Manch, asked the oppressed sections to rise against the mighty for whom they do menial woks and yet suffer
humiliation. “Dalit women have to neglect their children and families and do all kinds of jobs like cleaning the houses. Despite this, they are looked down upon by people”. He said the Haryana government was ignorant about the rights of Dalits and even as crime against them was on the rise, the government was not taking any action against the culprits. Virk said the government had given sufficient rights to the commission and action would be taken against officials infringing the rights of the Dalits and “red entry” would be made in their ACRs. Alleging that BPL families were not getting benefits of various welfare schemes, Virk said it was shameful that the Union Government spent Rs 740 crore, meant for the welfare of the weaker sections, on the Commonwealth Games. However, when the commission took a tough stand, the government was forced to spend the money on constructing houses for safai workers, he disclosed.
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Workshop on marketing management opens
Kurukshetra, February 3 Mehta advised the participants to acquire multifarious skills and equip themselves to face the highly competitive world. Dr PJ George, director-principal of the institute, urged upon the students to utilise time in the best possible manner and acquire maximum possible skills. He informed that even in the past, the institute had been organising such programs for the benefit of students. Last year, a 21-day entrepreneurship programme was organised by the institute which was well received by students. This kind of workshops gave students a chance to meet eminent personalities and get an overview of the corporate world, he added. MK Verma, assistant director, MSME, also spoke while Ranjeet Verma, head of the department of management studies, KITM, and convener of the programme, explained various topics to be discussed during the workshop.
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Big scope for growth seen in organised retail
Kurukshetra, February 3 In his keynote address titled "Opportunities for Food Retailing," Prof Narender Singh (Department of Commerce, Kurukshetra University) said: "With recognition of the fact that India is one of the fastest growing economies, retailing is hailed as India's industry of the future, incited by the country's huge urban middle class and young population." Dr Vinay Kumar Malhotra, principal of the college, explained relationship between politics and the organised retail sector in India. He informed the participants as to how government policies, laws and actions helped in the beginning and flourishing of organised retail sector to some extent and how its policies are proving a stumbling block to future development in India.
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CVC’s Appointment
Sonepat, February 3 Addressing the inaugural function of the three-day training camp of the party’s mahila morcha near Jhinjholi village recently, he announced if the BJP came to power at the Centre, first of all it would bring back the black money in the country, which would help in the development of the country. He chided the Congress-led UPA government for its wrongdoings and alleged that the Congress encouraged people with tainted image. Despite pendency of a charge sheet against JP Thomas, he was appointed Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC), he alleged, adding that the BJP would move the court against his appointment and the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, would file an affidavit in the court in this regard. Advani said it was unfortunate to stop the BJP leaders from unfurling the National Flag at Lal Chowk in Srinagar.
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Murder of Rakesh Yadav
Rewari, February 3 Simultaneously, typists, stamp vendors and draftsmen allied with the Bar Association also joined their dharna. Rakesh (32) was shot dead by armed miscreants at the Sahibi Barrage,
near Dharuhera, on December 31. Shouting slogans against the police inaction in the matter, senior advocates deplored that one month had elapsed and still the district police was clueless about the culprits. Administering a strict warning to intensify the agitation, they announced that the dharna would continue indefinitely. They also made it known that at least 50 advocates would sit on
dharna daily.
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Poets cast spell on audience at all-India mushaira
Panipat, February 3 The premises of SD College has rarely witnessed a night like this when its hall remained jam-packed for hours together as highly acclaimed poets like Muzaffar Razmi from Kairana, a prominent town in Muzaffar Nagar in Western part of UP, Haq Kanpuri, Dr Kaleem Kaisar, Dr Merathi, Dr Kumar Panipati, Mahinder Pratap Chand, Agar Panipati, Siraj and Dr Muhammad Ayub Khan left an indelible mark on the minds of audience, who found themselves drifting into another world as these poets recited some of the best poems ever written by them. The poets brought the evening to life with their choicest couplets that were presented in their own style. The evening was inaugurated by Chief Parliamentary Secretary Kumari Rathore while deputy commissioner JS Ahlawat presided over the event. Local legislator Balbir Pal Shah was the guest of honour. While speaking on the occasion, Rathore said mushairas like this spoke much of the very ethos of this land as Urdu had been the link language of the masses of this land for centuries together. She said the state was already contributing its bit to promote the language as Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had already set up an Urdu academy and announced various awards for Urdu writers and artists.
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Athlete Khan is Mr Haryana
Rewari, February 3 Besides, the following were adjudged as Junior Mr. Haryana in different weight-grade competitions:- Manish Bhardwaj (Yamunanagar) - 55 kg, Sandeep Kumar (Gurgaon) - 60 kg, Ajay Alexander (Ambala) - 65 kg, Rahul Singh (Ambala) -75 kg and Hasti Kumar (Sonepat) - 80 kg. While the championship was inaugurated by eminent pediatrician Dr NS Yadav, Amit Swami, general secretary of the Indian Bodybuilding Federation, distributed prizes to the winners.
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Movie This Week
“Yeh Saali Zindagi” is a romantic thriller film directed by Sudhir Mishra and starring Arunoday, Aditi Rao, Irrfan Khan and Chitrangada Singh.
Most of the earlier films of Sudhir Mishra, the maker of “Hazaaron Khwahishein Aisi”, were based in Mumbai, but his latest offering “Yeh Saali Zindagi” is based in Delhi.
Produced by Prakash Jha, the film has created a lot of interest among the viewers because of its subject, music and lyrics. The film is shot beautifully in Karol Bagh, Chandni Chowk in Delhi and some parts of Noida and Gurgaon. “Yeh Saali Zindagi” will hit the screens today at Fun-Ambala, Fun, Cinemax (Panipat), Movie Time-Karnal, DTCC, DTMM, DT STAR Mall, PVR MGF, PVR Ambience, PVR Sahara, SRS Omaxe, SRS Wedding, Big (Gurgaon), SRS Sector 12, SRS Pristime, SRS Shubham, PVR Crown, INOX, SRS Eldeco
(Faridabad), Sheila-Rohtak. — Dharam Pal
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