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Farmers won’t let govt acquire fertile land
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Waiting for a perfect end to their love stories
Only passport holders to apply for Haj
Power corporation officials get notice for delaying info
Surge in visitors at Surajkund fair
Delay in bills irks BSNL subscribers
Corporate world needs creative leaders: Expert
Dr Parveen Goel named director of animal welfare board
Writers should remain ‘committed’ to truth
Ex-Speaker’s death anniversary observed
Refresher course for teachers ends
Need for good governance stressed
1,500 examined at free medical camp
Seminar on Parvasi Sahitya
Commonwealth panel lauds state’s sports policy
Sampat hits out at INLD chief
AVS to hold Yuva Kranti Sammelan on March 6
Power cuts hit life in Kalka, Pinjore
Ottu lake to have more capacity
Corruption in tehsils will not be tolerated: Minister
Infrastructure development
CS heads secys' panel
Cultural, sports extravaganza mark VERVE 11
Tackle problems boldly, PNB chief to students
Lambardars told to cooperate with Census workers
UGC project to boost women empowerment
Development projects for Kaithal
Blood donation camp held
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Farmers won’t let govt acquire fertile land
Gurgaon, February 14 A mahapanchayat organised at Pachgaon Chowk, near Manesar, yesterday resolved that it would go to any extent to prevent “our fertile land from being acquired by the state “We have got acquisition notices for nearly 12 acres owned by our clan, including three families…What are we supposed to do and how are we expected to pull on after the compensation amount is spent?” asks Jai Narayan, a resident of Baaslambi village in the district. His views are endorsed by Hoshiar Singh, a farmer of the same village, 16 acres of whose clan land supporting five families is also under acquisition. “The condition of small landowners is even more pitiable…many of the village residents have built houses on agriculture land owing to congestion in the residential areas of the villages…where will they go if their land is acquired?” maintains Amit Kumar, a co-owner of 3 acres anda member of one of the three families dependant on it. The farmers question the logic behind acquiring more land even though a majority of industrial plots remises are lying unused even at the Manesar IMT . Another farmer, Ved Prakash, points out that industrial units do not provide jobs to the youth of the adjoining areas despite being established on village land. Farmers of Mokalwas, Kasan, Baaslambi, Kharkhari, Sehrawan, Kukrola, Pukharpur and Fazilwaas villages attending the panchayat asserted that the state government should either drop the idea of acquiring their land or be prepared to facve the consequences. A number of farmers from Jauniyawaas and other adjoining villages also came out in support of the fellow farmers.
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Waiting for a perfect end to their love stories
Karnal, February 14 The problem with around 31 inmates is that they had landed at the Nari Niketan when they were minors and revolted against the family, which did not approve of their relationship. They could not marry according to their own wish due to legal wrangles. Each of the girls has her own “love account” to tell and is determined to marry her “dream boy”. The parents wanted to take the girls back home, but the latter were adamant and finally took refuge at the Nari Niketan. At least 11 girls, waiting for their lovers to come and marry them, are still minors. “Love is blind” aptly applies to these girls who are confident of a happy ending to their love stories. They are determined not to leave the Nari Niketan till the fateful day comes. The girls fell in love at a tender age and have not allowed the intrinsic love in their hearts to dilute, keeping their hopes alive. “We want these girls to go back to their homes. We are doing regular counselling, but they are not ready to listen,” says Rajni Pasricha, superintendent. Meanwhile, Karnal deputy commissioner Neelam Pradeep Kasni, who made a surprise check at the Nari Niketan recently, directed the staff to contact the parents of girls and ask them to persuade their daughters to go home. She advised the girls to forget the past and start a new chapter and at the same time, continue their studies for better future. The deputy commissioner assured that arrangement of books and other teaching material would be made for the girls and asked one of the inmate, who is educated, to teach the other girls.
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Only passport holders to apply for Haj
Chandigarh, February 14 According to Aftab Ahmed, MLA, Chairman of the Haryana State Haj Committee, only passport holders would be entertained at the time of qurrah (draw of lots). Besides, the present two-form system, one for qurrah and the other for Haj has been replaced by a single application form which would be considered for both qurrah and Haj. He said each cover head would be asked to give two mobile numbers which should be kept valid till the end of the Haj session so that the Haj Committee of India, Mumbai, could inform the Hajis by SMS about latest developments and the status of their applications. Each head cover would be required to submit a photocopy of a cancelled cheque of his bank account. This would enable the Haj Committee to issue refunds faster to the Hajis. The refund amount would be directly credited to their accounts.
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Power corporation officials get notice for delaying info
Jhajjar, February 14 The commission has also directed the officials to furnish their written comments with respect to the appellant's appeal by March 30 besides appearing before its bench on April 19 when the appeal would be taken up for hearing. RTI activist Subhash, state coordinator of the Haryana Suchna Adhikar Manch, filed an application with requisite fee under the Act before the SPIO of the Chief Secretary, Haryana, on June 17, 2010, seeking that what is the buying process of power meters, if the departmental committee decides to purchase these meters then how many committees have been formed during the past one decade, names of those companies from which meters were purchased and how many faulty meters were deposited in the stores during the time span. Besides, he also sought information about the names and designations of the members of that committee which suggested for installing meters outside shops and houses, how many times meters were changed and how much amount was spent for the repair of faulty meters during the past decade, how much work of installing meters outside the shops and houses in the rural and urban areas has so far been completed and how many electricity consumers in the state have been benefited under the power bill waiving off scheme. "The SPIO of the Chief Secretary office, Haryana, on July 12 sent the
application to the Finance Commissioner and the Principal Secretary to the Power Department, Haryana Government, for furnishing the sought information. The Finance Commissioner also forwarded it to the SPIO of the Managing Director office of the HVPNL, the UHBVN and the DHBVN for providing me the information, but all officials failed to supply me the entire information in time," said Subhash, adding that thereafter, he filed first appeal against the officials before the first appellate authority of the power corporation. But, the appellate authority also did not show much interest to decide the appeal hence he had to knock at the door of the State Information Commission which issued notice under Section 19 (3) of the RTI Act-2005 to the five senior officials of the corporation, he added. "The commission has warned the officials that the appeal would be decided on merits if they fail to appear before it at the date slated for hearing. It has also maintained that the officials may either appear in person or through their authorised departmental representative, not below the rank of gazetted officer, fully well conversant with the facts of the case, along with the relevant record," said Subhash, claiming that this was the first instance when five senior officials of the corporation had been summoned by the Information Commission for delaying information.
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Surge in visitors at Surajkund fair
Chandigarh, February 14 With the curtains are set to come down on the 15-day extravaganza today, the mela yet again proved to be a happy hunting ground for crowds looking for exquisite craftsmanship under one roof as also for craftsmen who did brisk business over the past two weeks. With folk artists regaling the visitors with dances all through the day, the mela provided the visitors an opportunity to have a feel of the extraordinary variety of traditions that enrich the country, creating a vibrant ambience to represent the ethos of the rural India in miniature. Handmade fabrics soaked in flamboyant and effervescent colours made for an exotic display - Mangalagiri and Gadwal from Andhra Pradesh, Balucharis and Swarncharis from Kolkata, Paithani sarees of Maharashtra, Kantha work from Orissa and tie and dye of Rajasthan among others - provided an unusual presentation of thread woven painstakingly by traditional craftspersons to create exotic designs. Inaugurated by Union Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay, the mela saw Uzbekistan turning into a partner country, while Andhra Pradesh, the theme state for this year, recreating natural splendour, historic grandeur and colourful flavour of its state. “Banjara” embroidery, made of intricate stitches with an extensive use of beads, shells and mirrors, a tribal art of the Telangana belt in AP, attracted huge crowds. India was the predominant spirit at the mela where crowd picked up every weekend, registering more footfalls this time than it had in the previous years. Everything from Brocade and Tanchoi from Uttar Pradesh to Kutch work from Gujarat to silk bed covers from Kerala, block printing, colourful pottery et al spoke volumes of the talent that lies scattered, waiting to be discovered. At the food court also, visitors too had a taste of India as dal-bati from Rajasthan to vada pav from Maharashtra and momos from Assam tickled the taste buds of the visitors. A number of stalls of SAARC countries and Thailand provided a foreign flavour to the mela and its craftsmen, a peek into all that makes India during the 15-day jamboree.
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Delay in bills irks BSNL subscribers
Kalka, February 14 Jasbir Singh, a resident of Railway Colony, Kalka, said he had not received his telephone bill for the past three months. He said BSNL had been regularly sending the telephone bills through the Postal Department for a long time, but for the past three month he had not received any bill. Subsequently, he had to face inconvenience as he has to approach the
Meanwhile, BSNL’s broadband subscribers of the area have also alleged that due to the negligent attitude of the department, they have been receiving the bills showing arrears of previous bills that they have already deposited. Subsequently, BSNL disconnected their connection much to their inconvenience. For the restoration of their connections, they have to approach the local BSNL office and have to get the receipt number of their bills entered in the computer, which is a sheer wastage of time. The new computerised system of BSNL, Amabala, takes at least 48 hours to restore the connection, the subscribers alleged.
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Corporate world needs creative leaders: Expert
Jhajjar, February 14 Addressing the career-conscious students, Dr Suresh Singhal, professor of English and business communication and dean of Sat Priya Group of Institutions, said the present age was an age of cutthroat competition, which posed a lot of challenges before the jobseekers and hence, they should prepare themselves accordingly. “Today, we don’t face the problem of unemployment, but of employability. It is the personal skills that make all the difference and not the mere academic or professional degree,” he said, adding that the corporate sector, at present, was looking for creative leaders who had a dynamic, daring and a rock star personality and could work at the bottom of the pyramid. The language mentor, Dr Singhal, said now candidates with a can-do attitude were preferred, so the students should enhance their qualities such as thinking, intuition, initiation, action, mannerism, communication, leadership, confidence etc. Since, employer now wanted professionals, they should be updated and not to be outdated, to perform and not to perish, he advised. He motivated the students to handle fear psychosis relating to failure. “Fear grows when it is avoided and it goes when it is faced. It is the failure that paves the way to ultimate success. Success is nothing but a series of failures put together. The size of one’s success is determined by the size of one’s dream, belief and action. One should not only take action, but also make action so as to develop a shake- attitude of constant motion,” the professor maintained. Dr Singhal kept the audience mesmerised by giving practical tips on motivation, writing and speaking skills by mock demonstration throughout the session. The students also approached him with their queries and doubt. Earlier, the workshop was inaugurated by Dr Bala Dhankar and Dr Sudha Gupta, principal of the college, and Dr Sudarshan Rathee, coordinator of the workshop, presented the welcome address and introductory note, respectively. The workshop was concluded with feedback remarks by Dr HS Yadav, the chief guest of the closing day. Other prominent resource persons who addressed the students in various sessions included Prof R Vinayak, Dr Amrita Yadav and Dr Naresh Sharma from Maharshi Dayanad University and Dr Shweta from BPS University for women, Khanpur (Sonepat).
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Dr Parveen Goel named director of animal welfare board
Dr Hardeep Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, has allowed Dr Parveen Goel to go on deputation for one year to join the new assignment. Dr. Goel did his Ph.D. from the world famous Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK. He was awarded prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship. He was a Fellow of Royal Microscopical Society, Oxford. He has been awarded a gold medal for best research by the Indian Veterinary Association. He has published and presented over 135 papers in international and national journals of repute, conferences and seminars.
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Writers should remain ‘committed’ to truth
Karnal, February 14 Over 30 eminent scholars of English literature and 140 delegates participated in the seminar conducted by the Department of English, Dyal Singh College, Karnal, and sponsored by the UGC and the Higher Education Commissioner, Haryana. In his keynote address, Prof Bhim S Dahiya, a former Kurukshetra University Vice-Chancellor and eminent writer and critic of English literature, said that “a writer is entitled to his commitment and only thing a reader can demand is writer’ commitment to truth and integrity.” “Be it pre or post-colonial literature ,the commitment of the writers remains unchanged but the great writers have always remained committed to the whole truth,” he emphasised. In his inaugural address, Kurukshetra University Vice-Chancellor DDS Sandhu said:”In today’s context, English is the language through which India has access to the world at large. English was imposed on us but it proved to be a blessing in disguise,” he observed. Delivering the valedictory address, eminent scholar Shelley Walia of Panjab University, Chandigarh, said he was overwhelmed by the historical importance of the college and literary significance of the seminar and emphasized reading of English in the Indian context.
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Ex-Speaker’s death anniversary observed
Kaithal, February 14 Tejvir Singh, a former MLA and son of late Ishwar Singh, who is president of the college governing body, sought repair of link roads in the Pundri constituency. The minister conceded the demand and promised Rs 10 crore for the purpose. He announced a grant of Rs 2.50 lakh for the college.
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Refresher course for teachers ends
Rewari, February 14 While Dr. Umesh Arya acted as a coordinator, Prof RP Narwal, director, Research of HAU, Hisar, was the chief guest at its concluding function and Prof BK Punia, director of the ASC of GJU, presided over its proceedings. In his address, Prof Narwal said it had become imperative for scientists and researchers to keep abreast of rapid developments taking place in the domain of IT. Similarly, mentioning about the requirements of the present-day market, Prof Punia told the teachers to equip the students with the latest knowledge of innovations in the IT arena to enable them to cope with the evolving scenario proficiently. The teachers were also awarded the certificates of participation in the programme.
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Need for good governance stressed
Ambala, February 14 The event was inaugurated by Prof SS Tiwana, dean, academic affairs, Punjabi University, Patiala. Dr KD Jha, principal of the college, delivered the welcome speech. Dr Rajpal Bhullar, convener of the seminar, introduced the guests. While delivering the keynote address, Prof Mudherender Kumar from Kamuan University said over 60 years of independence was appropriate time to introspect the progress made by India. Although the concept of good governance was new in its modern context, it should be mentioned that the concept of good governance prevailed in the ancient India, he added Prof Raju Goyal from Jammu University explored the genesis of good governance since the ancient period. Dr Jayanta Baruah from THB College, Assam, depicted a picture regarding influx, corruption, violence, which were going on in the North India in general and Assam in particular. The technical session on the second day was chaired by Prof Ranbir Singh, an expert on rural development. Dr Rajkumar and Dr Sultan Dhanda from CDLU, Sirsa, also spoke. The valedictory session was presided over by Prof Mahender Singh, proctor, KUK, and Prof Sushama Yadav from the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi, explained how policies in India were formulated and how were those implemented. She also said in the policy-making process people from the grass-roots level must be involved. Prof Hem Raj Sharma proposed the vote of thanks.
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1,500 examined at free medical camp
Sonepat, february 14 Chaupal, a community health centre, Baiyanpur village, at Saidpur village. The patients were given spectacles, hearing aids and backpain belts free of cost in the camp. A team of doctors and specialists, including Rishi, Manju, Ramesh Aneja, Veenu, Hemant, Rakesh, Yogender, Alam, Rajesh, Inderjeet, Abhishek, Sanjay and Salim led by Dr Rajinder Singh Tonk, chairman of the Chaupal , examined the patients. The ultrasound, blood, ECG tests were also done free of cost. Addressing the villagers on the occasion, Dr Tonk cautioned them against the increasing menace of the female foeticide, saying that if there were no girls, where they would bring the brides from . “A girl looks after two families and plays a great role in giving a new generation to society,” he remarked. He exhorted the women not to go for the sex determination test. He also asked people to give equal preference to girls as far as education was concerned Chaupal had so far organised more than 100 free medical camps in rural areas of Haryana, Delhi and UP, benifitting around three lakh people had been benefited in these camps.
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Seminar on Parvasi Sahitya
Yamunanagar, February 14 Zakia Zubari, a counsellor of the Labour Party in London and chairperson of the Asian Community Arts Trust, thanked Dr Sushma Arya, principal of the college, for organising such an event for giving the language its due. She said, “Even as NRIs have to adopt foreign languages, they love to write literature in Hindi language only”. Tejender Sharma, secretary, Katha UK, said, “Literature created abroad is now getting the name of ‘Parvaasi Sahitya’ and it is getting a negligible space in the literature of those countries”. Ajit Rai, organiser of this seminar, said, “There is no need to go to the market or to the government as we can share our views at this platform. It is for the first time that a large number of NRIs came together to preserve their culture and to present their papers on ‘Parvasi Sahitya’”. Sneh Thakur, editor, Vasudha Hindi Sahitya, a Canadian magazine, also shared her views. Besides, many famous personalities from all around the world took part in this seminar. Later, Dr Arya thanked the participants and guests.
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Commonwealth panel lauds state’s sports policy
Sonepat, February 14 In a brief interaction with the media, the delegates appreciated the sports policy of the state government under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and said they had come to witness the selection of sports talents under the SPAT programme of the state government. “On the pattern of Haryana, sports can be promoted in other Commonwealth countries,” they remarked. While briefing the delegates about the SPAT programme, OP Singh, director of Sports, Haryana, said the programme was being conducted under the state government’s sports promotion campaign ‘Play for India’ and as many as 5,000 participants after qualifying three rounds and scoring a minimum of 75 per cent marks were selected for the SPAT-linked incentive package, including Rs 10-crore annual scholarship, sports kits, coaching and opportunity to play in tournaments. He claimed that the programme had marked a 30-times jump in terms of participation level in a period of less than a year. “Compared to 80,000 in its first edition, SPAT this time attracted over 25 lakh youths from all over the state, making it one of the biggest sports promotion programmes in the world,” he said. The qualifiers would be organised into block, district and division team, he said and added that the league matches would be played in popular games every Sunday. “The idea is to provide maximum competitive opportunities to the talented athletes,” he said.
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Sampat hits out at INLD chief
Fatehabad, February 14 Chautala had recently emphasised the need for an "Egypt-like mass uprising to uproot the UPA government at the Centre and the Congress government in Haryana", accusing both of corruption. Replying to INLD chief's statement, the Congress MLA from Nalwa, Sampat Singh, said it was strange that the former Chief Minister had chosen to compare India's mature democracy with the political system of Egypt, where a semi-republic and semi-dictatorship was in place. He said, "Egypt is a semi-presidential republic under the Emergency Law (Law No. 162 of 1958), under which, police powers are extended, constitutional rights suspended and censorship is legalised. Some 17,000 people are detained and estimates of political prisoners run as high as 30,000. Under that state of emergency, the government has a right to imprison individuals for any period of time and for virtually no reason, thus keeping them in prisons without trials for any period," the former minister said. He alleged that by emphasising the need for "Egypt-like uprising" in India, Chautala had exhibited that either he lacked knowledge of the political system of that country or had an inherent liking for such a system. The Congress MLA alleged that Chautala was giving such statements out of frustration as the electorate had rejected his party. The Congress leader also flayed Chautala's statement about the amendment of Haryana's land acquisition policy after the INLD's coming back to power. He alleged that when the INLD was in power, there was no acquisition policy at all and yet the land of farmers was acquired. The MLA maintained that the Congress government had recently amended the land acquisition policy by hiking floor rates. He alleged that the INLD leader had not even bothered to sit in the state Assembly, when he (Sampat Singh) moved a private Bill for a hike in the floor rates.
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AVS to hold Yuva Kranti Sammelan on March 6
Rewari, February 14 Highlighting the salient aspects of the sammelan, Tarun Jain, president, and Ankush Jain, general secretary of the youth wing of the AVS, said over 10,000 Samaj activists, mostly youths, were expected to participate in the convention, which would be the first-of-its-kind in the state. Asserting that youths had made a notable contribution to the freedom movement during the pre-Independence era, the Jain duo pointed out that their role in the post-Independence period had undergone a sea change. Conceding that like youths of various other communities, the young generation of the Vaish Samaj too had been groping for positive channelisation of its energies, they said seasoned AVS functionaries as well as noted sociologists would provide valuable tips at the convention which would infuse radical thinking and traits of genuine leadership in them. The duo further said AVS chief Ashok Buwaniwala, along with his team of dedicated functionaries, had been assiduously working to enable the Samaj to usher in a new era of vibrant ascendancy in the state.
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Power cuts hit life in Kalka, Pinjore
Kalka, February 14 Expressing resentment towards the UHBVN and the state government, they say power cuts long for more than seven hours these days, which has badly affected the normal life. The residents allege that the authorities have been indifferent towards their plight. Students particularly have been facing a lot of problems on account of erratic power supply as their annual examinations are drawing near. The residents say despite repeated representations to senior officials of UHBVN, the power situation has not improved. The nigam has not been taking any initiative to provide regular power supply even as assurances have been given by the authorities to streamline the supply, they add.
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Ottu lake to have more capacity
Sirsa, February 14 Talking to mediapersons recently, Tanwar said once dug 4ft deeper, the lake would store enough water to irrigate the fields of over 36 villages for 90 days after the monsoon every year. The MP said the government had taken several steps for saving Sirsa from floods in the future and the project to dig the lake was one of them. He said two phases of the digging work had already been completed and now the third phase would begin after the increase in the budget. Tanwar said the government would spend Rs 18 crore on increasing the capacity of the Rangoi Kharif Channel that helped saving several areas of Fatehabad and Sirsa from floods this year. He said the state government was spending Rs 250 crore on various irrigation projects in the district out of which Rs 135 crore would be spent on the construction of eight kharif channels, the sanction for which had already been given by Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Earlier, while inaugurating the Panchayat Sports at Fatehabad, Tanwar said a centre for promotion of sports would soon be set up in Fatehabad. He said during the recent Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, the representation of his parliamentary constituency has been less than his expectations. He said he would ensure that better facilities were provided in the area so that more sportspersons could come forward to represent the country.
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Corruption in tehsils will not be tolerated: Minister
Chandigarh, February 14 He was addressing senior officers of the department for the first time after assuming the office of minister. He was apprised of the functioning of the department by Naresh Gulati, financial commissioner and principal secretary, Revenue. The minister said the work of tehsils was linked to farmers and he would not tolerate any type of injustice to them. He directed the officers to make necessary arrangements for the early drainage of accumulated floodwater of Bhiwani, especially in the Dadri Assembly constituency. He also directed to shortly call the technical committee meeting of the department. Gulati apprised the minister of the single-window system which had been started for registry work in Gurgaon and Faridabad. Registry is available to people in a single day. The system would be implemented in other districts also so that more people could be benefited, he added.—
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Infrastructure development
CS heads secys' panel
Chandigarh, February 14 The Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Financial Commissioners and Principal Secretaries of Revenue, Planning, Law and Justice, Town and Country Planning, Industries, PWD(B&R) and Forest Departments and Administrative Secretary of the department concerned will be its members whereas the Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Finance Department, would be its member convener. The committee will formulate policy directives for facilitation and acceleration of the PPP mode of delivery of public services in the state, besides considering and providing in-principle approval for projects to be taken up in the PPP mode. It will also determine the most preferred and optimal method based on the detailed analysis presented on alternatives for procuring the public services or utilities; consider and approve projects under the PPP mode having a concession period up to 10 years or involving investment up to Rs 25 crore. The committee will resolve issues relating to the project approval process and approve sectoral policies and model contract principles, besides preparing a road map for project development. It will recommend the enactment of special legislation for formation of an appropriate regulatory mechanism or a grievance redress mechanism, besides inspecting, reviewing and monitoring implementation, execution, operation and management of the PPP projects.
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Cultural, sports extravaganza mark VERVE 11
Sirsa, February 14 A myriad of activities marked the three-day festival which attracted more than a thousand participants from over 20 different colleges of the state. The activities included quiz competition, group discussion and product development in the academic side, while choreography, dances, singing in cultural items and mehandi, nail art, fashion show and several other activities in the fine arts side and a number of sporting activities. Dr Ashok Mittal, a noted economist and former professor in Hindu College, University of Delhi, inaugurated the festival, while Anshu Bhargava, a successful woman entrepreneur, presided over.
Group Captain Anil Sabharwal, Station Commander of the Air Force, Sirsa, Ranbir Gangwa, Rajya Sabha member, Dr Harkirat Singh, MD Woodland, and several other guests presided over different sessions of the extravaganza. Shah Satnam Singh Girls College won the overall trophy with a cash award of Rs 21,000. Dr Shamim Sharma, executive director of the JCD Vidyapeeth, gave away prizes in the presence of Dr Kuldeep Singh, principal, and Dr Shashi Kapoor, director of the JCD Institute of Management. Lucky, Vishu, Anjali, Umesh, Heena, Geet, Nidhi, Neha Dawar, Jyoti Kochar, Priyanka, Rohit, Anshul of the JCD Institute of Business Management won the first position in choreography. Swati, Shilpa, Jaya, Shweta, Urmila, Prerna, Nivedita, Sonam, Rajni and Priyanka of Janta Girls College, Ellenabad, got the second position, while Priyanka, Shikhil, Chanchal, Pinki, Kanchan, Meenu and Jyoti of Government National College, Sirsa, got the third award. In the solo dance category, Anupam of the JCD College of Pharmacy, Sirsa, secured the first position, Ripu of the Shah Satnamji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Sirsa, was adjudged the second and Ravinder of the Bharat Institute of Engineering and Technology got the third position. In the solo song competition, Rajesh Kumar of Manohar Memorial Post Graduate College, Fatehabad, got the first position, Shikha of the JCD Vidyapeeth got the second and Lakhvir of Government National College got the third position. In the fine arts competitions, Kiran and Meenu of Government Postgraduate College, Bhodia Khera, secured the first position in the rangoli competition, Sweta, Parmod of MM PG College got the second position and Charu Bala and Karamjit of CMK PG College for Women got the third position. Ritu of Janata Girls College, Ellenabad, secured the first position in the mehandi competition, Promilla of Chaudhary Devi Lal University and the team comprising Renu and Rekha of Shah Satnam Girls College, Sirsa, got the third position. Bharat of MM College, Fatehabad, Kavita of Mata Harki Devi College, Odhan, and Suman of the JCD College of Engineering got the first three positions, respectively, in the nail arts competition. In the quiz competition, Shiv Kumar, Sanjay and Sneh Lata of Manohar Memorial Postgraduate College, Fatehabad, got the first position, Ankit Jain, Vinay and Lalit Yadav of the Kedarnath Agarwal Institute of Management, Charkhi Dadri, were placed second, while Ayush Bansal, Rohit and Naveen of the JCD College of Pharmacy, Sirsa, got the third position. Sakshi of Om Institute, Hisar, Viney Pandey of Kurukshetra University and Kamal of the JCD Institute of Management got the first three positions in the group discussion.
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Tackle problems boldly, PNB chief to students
Kurukshetra, February 14 Mr Kamath said: “Imparting quality education with good facilities should be the prime motive of an institute so that the final product (student) it gives to society can stand tall in his/her arena. The students should not run away from the problems because in doing so, it will only increase the distance between the problem and the solution. It is very important to face the situation boldly, be it favourable or unfavourable,” he opined. He was happy to know about the projects being awarded to the institute by the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Under one of such projects, the faculty along with students are developing an underwater acoustic sensor, which will help naval warships to identify obstacles en route in the sea. Mr Kamath planted a sapling on the institute campus on the occasion. A poster-making competition organised by the students saw the first prize going to Gaurav Rajput while the second prize went jointly to Karan Arora and Chandini, all 2nd year students of Computer Science and Engineering Department at the institute.
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Lambardars told to cooperate with Census workers
Kaithal, February 14 This was stated by deputy commissioner Amneet P. Kumar while addressing village lambardars of the district in the mini-secretariat here recently. She said census would be completed in two phases. In the first phase in May-June 2010, the work of marking houses and their counting was completed. In the second phase from February 9 to 28, the counting of population would be undertaken. She called upon the lambardars to help the enumerators collect all relevant information from the villagers about their families. She also stressed the need to get and register information about physically challenged children in the age group of 0-10. She called upon the public in general to extend all possible cooperation to the staff associated with the census operation. She elaborated that on the last day of the operation, i.e. on February 28, special steps would be taken to ensure the counting of beggars and all those who were homeless and reside under bridges, open spaces on roadsides, railway platforms, bus stands, parks and religious places. She said review of the census operation would be completed between March 1 and 11. Tehsildar Rajbir Dhiman also informed about the importance of census. He said census played a very important role during the implementation of any scheme by the state and the Central government. He said every citizen was bound to provide factual information to the Census enumerators.
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UGC project to boost women empowerment
Yamunanagar, February 14 Dr Ujjawal Sharma, Principal of the college, is the patron of this project, and Usha Dua, a retired associate professor, is the principal investigator. This is not only a research project but will also prove beneficial to women, both students and housewives, as they will be provided vocational training keeping in view the latest trends in the job market. The study will be conducted in the areas of Hisar, Rohtak, Gurgaon, Ambala, Kurukshetra and Yamunanagar. Dr Ujjawal Sharma, said the main objectives of this project were to prepare the participants for starting their own home-based business and giving opportunities to students to earn while they were still learning. She said the project would also help in reviving the interest of the students in the field of Home Science and the identification of raw material and new markets for sale of the products. The project would expose the students to the new ways of promoting business and help them to achieve economic empowerment. It is the need of the hour to raise the standard of living of the family, and above all, to inculcate self-confidence among women. After the completion of the training, the women would be able to make various products related to planning of wedding, event planning, interior decoration etc, through the identification of new markets and availability of raw material. They would also learn to adapt themselves to new ways of promoting business. To fulfil the objectives mentioned above, Hindu Girls’ College will open centers on the college campus as well as in rural and urban parts of Haryana. Usha Dua, who served this prestigious institute for 35 years, has contributed a lot for the development and welfare of the college and students. She studied the economic problems faced by women and was determined to prepare them for starting their own home-based business, thus helping them in their economic empowerment and self-development. Hindu Girls’ College is one of the best colleges for girls and the only one to get this opportunity among the other undergraduate colleges of Punjab and Haryana. Dua attributed her achievements to the support provided by the Principal, managing committee and staff members of the college.
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Development projects for Kaithal
Kaithal, February 14 He said after the completion of the project, residents of this town would not only get rid of stink and mosquitoes but also get an opportunity to carry on their business in an open area. As many as Rs 6 crore would be spent on this project, he added. He also inaugurated a park at local Chiranjeev Colony. He also announced the grant of more funds for the development of the park. Surjewala said the town would soon have a gymkhana club at HUDA sector 21 on the Ambala road. He said six big projects would be dedicated to the people of the town Surjewala said a plan for the systematic development of the area had been prepared. He announced the construction of a banquet hall on the Sirsa road, which would be rented out to the public at nominal rates. He also announced the grant of Rs 1.50 crore for different development works in various municipal wards. Surjewala informed that the construction work of a private university here was in full swing and it would start functioning from the coming academic session.
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Blood donation camp held
Kaithal, February 14 The camp was organised by the district traffic police and the District Red Cross Society after the completion of the road safety month. Simardeep, who was the first donor in the camp, said despite several researches, scientists were yet to find the replacement for human blood which could provide a new lease of life to accident victims and serious patients in case of an emergency. He said blood donation was a noble cause and people should come forward for voluntary blood donation. He also exhorted those present on the occasion to donate blood once in a year. The police spokesperson said CIA inspector Ashok Goyat, traffic in charge Satish Gautam and inspector Ashok Kumar, in charge, CVC cell, were among the donors. DSP Nripjit Singh was also present. RS Mor, secretary, Red Cross Society, said any able-bodied person between the age group of 18 and 60 could donate blood. Dr DC Thukral, lab technician Karamveer and other paramedical staff from the local Civil Hospital offered their services in the camp.
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Chandigarh, February 14
The 13th death anniversary of former Speaker of Haryana Ishwar Singh was observed iat BAR Janta College,
Kaul, 30 km from here, yesterday. All those present, including Randeep Singh
Surjewala, Minister of PWD and B&R, Industry & Information Technology, DCC president Tejender Pal Mann , and former Parliamentary Secretary Dillu Ram Bazigar paid floral tributes at the samadhi of Ishwar Singh.
An 11-member delegation of the Commonwealth Advisory Board on Sports, led by Dr Bruce Kidd, chairman of the Board, spent around three hours on Wednesday to seek different aspects of the underway third phase of the Sports and Physical Aptitude Test (SPAT) at MNSS Rai where around 9,400 youths between the age group of eight and 19 were competing to qualify for the government’s athlete development incentives.
A big change has come in banking as people in rural areas still prefer an account with a passbook whereas in urban areas people are much inclined towards an ATM or credit card, stated KR
Kamath, Chairman-cum Managing Director of Punjab National Bank, while addressing students of the Kurukshetra Institute of Technology and Management
(KITM), 12 km from here, recently.
Hisar, February 14
