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Gurgaon master plan to ‘ruin’ ecology
Plan to set up ITIs, skill development centres
Industrial consumers
Pharma sector seeks incentives from state
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7.5 kg tumour removed from uterus
Paralytic gets new lease of life
Senior citizens seek proportionate income tax relief
DAV College for Girls holds blood donation camp
Dr Sushma Arya, principal of DAV College for Girls, donates blood at a blood donation camp in Yamunanagar.
Aged women can participate in rural athletic meet,says Bhukkal
Land acquisition
Rewari farmers meet DC
Regional sports centres to be set up
Booklet on historical sites
Sonia, PM pat Hooda
Stress laid on water conservation
Bhiwani judge visits old-age home
District & Sessions Judge Anita Chaudhary at an old-age home in Bhiwani.
Karnal welcomes Speaker
Jhajjar to crack whip on overloaded vehicles
Air Marshal Kumaria visits Ambala Air Force Station
Air Marshal DC Kumaria (right) and his wife, Vaneeta Kumaria, are welcomed by Air Cmdr PN Kaushik (left) at Air Force Station, Ambala.
Non-payment of salaries
Women’s health issues discussed
Ex-sarpanch booked on fraud charge
Govt to spend Rs 2,070 cr on technical education
HPCL provides computer training to poor kids
Seminar on India, China in global economy
Prof Tran Van Hoa of Victoria University, Australia, inaugurates a seminar on “India and China in Global Economy,” at Kurukshetra University. Photo: DR Vij
Dulat village shows the way in sex ratio
Israna college holds youth fest
Online test held for cops' promotion
Tiny tots enthrall audience at annual day
Children perform in colourful costumes at the annual day function of iDiscoveri Xseed Preschool in Gurgaon. Tribune photo
Aggarwal community gets active
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Gurgaon master plan to ‘ruin’ ecology
Gurgaon, March 7 In a communiqué addressed to the Chief Minister, chief secretary and other senior government functionaries, office-bearers and representatives of the Gurgaon Citizens Council (GCC) and several other resident welfare associations (RWAs) have alleged that the new master plan would destroy large chunks of green areas and natural water bodies. “We are extremely disappointed to find that most of the new areas (added to the master plan-2025) have been carved out of green environs and natural water storage and drainage systems comprising nullahs and bundhs. This will lead to the destruction of the ecology, environmental degradation, depletion of groundwater resources and flooding. Such a situation is particularly alarming as there is acute shortage of water in Gurgaon in the absence of any natural source, which is compounded by the massive urbanization...” the letter maintains. The residents’ representatives have pointed out in the letter that they had drawn the Chief Minister’s attention to the commencement of construction on the bed of Ghata bundh (which now falls in HUDA Sector 58), vide their letter dated July 26, 2010, and also to Pratap Singh, State Minister for Power, during district grievance committee meetings on August 17 and September 22, 2010. “Still, our concerns have not been taken into consideration,” they assert. The residents’ bodies underline that as per the master plan, HUDA Sectors 58 to 67 would cover three major bundhs - Ghata bundh, Behrampur bundh and Kadarpur bundh. “Further, the plan envisages the shifting of the Kost nullah, which was opposed by the Irrigation Department. This was overruled at a state-level committee meeting held under your chairmanship on September 27, 2010. While this has led to massive environmental issues as outlined above, private builders have gained 49 acres of land, which as per current market rates is worth about Rs 1,666 crore,” the letter states and adds that the proposal for the realignment of the Kost nullah and construction of box drains could not only lead to flooding in the event of heavy rainfall but also prevent recharging of groundwater, which is vital for a water-starved area like Gurgaon.
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Plan to set up ITIs, skill development centres
Chandigarh, March 7 The database, thus generated, would be integrated with the delivery of citizen-centric services under various social welfare programmes of the government to ensure that the benefits reached the targeted segment. According to official sources, a number of flagship projects like the public distribution system, driving licences, vehicle registration, administration of commercial taxes and integrated financial management system, have been identified and taken up for implementation under the project. The sources said the expansion of the base of IT industry, IT education and increased usage of information and communication technology in governance constituted the key areas of focus, and the new Industrial & Investment Policy-2011 planned various interventions in this regard. Concrete steps had been taken for the creation of adequate backbone infrastructure through the State Wide Area Network. They said vocational education and skill development being critically important, a state-level Skill Development Mission had been set up to ensure inter-sectoral coordination. The mission was doing resource mapping for offering training in identified skills in various technical institutions of the state. The state government plans to set up 13 ITIs and 96 skill development centres in the PPP mode under the skill development scheme of the Central Government. The government is also actively considering a proposal for setting up an advanced training institute at Sonepat to provide training to the instructors in demand-driven hightech areas. With a view to motivating the students to pursue the study of pure sciences and for promoting scientific research, the state government had initiated a specific scheme of giving scholarships and fellowships. The Haryana Science Talent Search Scheme had been launched for award of scholarships to meritorious science students at the school level. The sources said in order to promote scientific temper, especially among the youth, two centres of excellence-the DNA testing and diagnostic facility at the Centre for Plant Bio-technology, Hisar, and a renewable energy test centre at Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science & Technology, Murthal, were being set up.
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Industrial consumers
Chandigarh, March 7 This will be a major step towards ensuring uninterrupted good quality power supply. An official spokesman said here that the facility of independent feeders was earlier available to consumers having a load of 2 MW or above. The independent feeder would be allowed only when it was technically feasible. The option of having an exclusive independent feeder shall also be available for government hospitals, public health water works, defence services, telephone exchange, All India Radio, railway, educational institutions, government sewerage disposal plants, government treatment plants and government chilling plants for which they will have to deposit the full cost of construction of such feeders along with the applicable departmental charges. The spokesman added that the consumers having an independent feeder would not have an exclusive right over it. The UHBVN might allow additional connections on the feeder. The maintenance of such feeders would be carried out by the nigam staff.
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Pharma sector seeks incentives from state
Ambala, March 7 TC Kansal, general secretary of the association, said the Union Finance Minister had not given any relief to the entrepreneurs of Haryana. Now, the industries of the state were having expectations from the state government, he added. Kansal said the pharmaceutical industry had been paying 5.25 per cent sales tax while the neighbouring states like Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand had been charging 1 per cent sales tax on medicines. He demanded that the sales tax on medicines should be brought on a par with that of the neighbouring states. Kansal said the Punjab government had exempted sales tax on some lifesaving drugs and medicines used in AIDS and cancer. The Finance Minister should also consider this while finalising the state budget. He said the rate of electricity for industrial use had been raised significantly. He demanded that the pharmaceutical industry should be supplied power on a subsidised rate to enable them to bring down the prices of medicines. He said the shifted units of pharmaceuticals would come back to Haryana if the relaxation in sales tax and subsidies power was made available.
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7.5 kg tumour removed from uterus
Karnal, March 7 Dr Piyush Sharma, who operated upon Satya for nearly two hours for removing the tumour, said the woman came to the hospital, complaining of pain in the stomach. After a series of tests, it was revealed that she had tumour in the uterus. Her husband, Shiv Kumar, said his wife was unwell for the past one year, complaining of pain in her stomach. They visited a number of hospitals, including the PGI, Chandigarh, but failed to get proper treatment. The woman is in fine condition and her family members are relieved. The Principal Medical Officer, Dr VK Nagpal, congratulated Dr Pyush Sharma and an anesthetist, Dr Navdeep Kaur, and said they had made the hospital proud.
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Paralytic gets new lease of life
Karnal, March 7
A student of class IX, Supriya had sustained serious spinal cord injury after the fall and her entire body below the waist had no sensation at all when she was brought to Sri Hari hospital here last year. She had multiple complications like loss of movement and loss of sensation, loss of bowel or bladder control, exaggerated reflex activities or spasms, and difficulty in breathing or coughing when she was operated upon by Dr Tarun Goel in the hospital on April 15 last year. Her vertebrae were compressed due to the traumatic fall and during the operation, the pressure was released from the spinal cord which was then fixed with a plate with the help of screws to keep it in place, Dr Tarun said. Supriya was kept in the hospital for three weeks and given treatment and physiotherapy and with the grace of God she was able to stand on her legs within two-and-a-half months, he disclosed. Her recovery was faster thereafter and today she was not only able to walk and do all normal functions like other girls, but also run and cycle her way to school, he added. Supriya’s father, Mahesh, a class III employee, who did not even imagine that his daughter would ever be normal again, said he was grateful to the doctors and the God for giving her daughter a new life.
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Senior citizens seek proportionate income tax relief
Kurukshetra, March 7 Virk said by lowering the age for concessions available to the senior citizens to 60 years, the government has granted a long-standing demand. Further, the creation of a new category of senior citizens above the 80 years of age was most timely and laudable but those between the age of 65 and 80 had not received due consideration. An assessee on reaching the age of 60 would get an additional tax-free income of Rs 90,000. Those reaching the age of 80 years would have the exemption limit going up from Rs 2.4 lakh to Rs 5 lakh, a raise of Rs 2. 6 lakh. For those between the age of 65 and 80, the raise is only Rs 10,000, which is not proportionate relief. He said the senior citizens may be divided in four categories instead of two as follows. Between the age of 60 to 65, the proposed exemption limit of Rs 2.5 lakh could be kept but the limit should be raised to Rs 3 lakh for those between the age of 65 and 70 years. The exemption limit may be raised to Rs 4 lakh for those between the age of 70 and 80 years, pleaded Virk. Virk claimed that by granting the above concessions, the burden on the exchequer would be negligible but for the hardpressed elderly people it would be a boon. Virk also demanded that the rate of interest in the case of senior citizens’ savings bank accounts should be enhanced by 1 per cent to help them meet their financial requirements.
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DAV College for Girls holds blood donation camp
Yamunanagar, March 7 Speaking of the occasion, Dr Sharma, father of the star blood donor of Yamunanagar, said: “My son has donated blood several times and it is really pleasant that the camp was dedicated to his beloved son. I and my family will remember this honour throughout our life. Each and every drop of blood is precious and can save one’s life”. He said there was no better donation than blood donation. Dr Sushma Arya, principal of the college, said: “In order to contribute to the social welfare, the college has exhorted the students to donate blood and prove that girls also have the courage to donate blood”. Dr DR Sharma, secretary of the Red Cross Ribbon Society, said: “It is admirable that girls are also coming forward to donate blood”. She said the college had always cooperated with society, whenever there was a need, by organising blood donation camps at various campuses. A team of doctors, including Dr Bhawna and Dr Gursharan, collected 151 units of blood. Dr Sushma Arya, principal of the host college, was the first donor on the occasion.
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Aged women can participate in rural athletic meet,says Bhukkal
Panchkula, March 7 Minister for Education and Social Welfare Geeta Bhukkal announced this at a prize distribution function of the 2nd state-level sports competition for rural women held at Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Sector 3. Bhukkal said the decision had been taken after many aged women had urged her in this regard. She said block-level sports competitions were started in 2005 and in 2007, such competitions were started at the district level. She said amendment was made in the same and competitions were now being held in two age groups. Matka race, potato race and 100m race were being conducted for women aged above 30 years, while for women below 30, competitions were being held in 300m, 400m and 5km race.
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Land acquisition
Rewari farmers meet DC
Rewari, March 7 Presenting a memorandum to Joshi, they bemoaned that the HSIIDC was acquiring 553 acres of land, including 312 acres of fertile agricultural land, for setting up another industrial estate at Dharuhera. Stating that when several plots had been lying vacant in the previously carved out industrial complexes, what was the need for acquiring more land in the name of expansion of the existing industrial estate? Stating that they would virtually be deprived of the means of their livelihood if the HSIIDC persisted in the acquisition of their fertile land, they urged the Deputy Commissioner to save them from ruin. The Deputy Commissioner assured them that he would convey their sentiments to the Chief Minister.
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Regional sports centres to be set up
Jhajjar, March 7 Deepender Singh Hooda, MP, stated this while interacting with the mediapersons at the inauguration of a kabbadi tournament at Akheri Madanpur village here. He also informed that a database of 35,000 prominent players of the state had been prepared to provide them online gradation certificates. He said the state government was keen to encourage the spirit of sportsmanship and brotherhood by promoting sports as a medium of development in the state. As a step forward in this direction, the state had adopted a new comprehensive and result-oriented sports policy. Every student was encouraged to play at least one sport at school, he added. “The policy has paid rich dividends in the shape of sterling performances by the players from the state in the Commonwealth and Asian Games. A new scheme to build a pool of high achieving athletes has been introduced under the name of ‘Play4India’ which aimed at encouraging youth to take to sports and physical activities,” said the MP. Deepender maintained that the selected players in the age group of 8 to 14 years of “Play4India” were given Rs 1,500 per month and selected players in the age group of 15 to 19 Rs 2,000 per month as scholarships. The policy further focused on investing in high-end sporting infrastructure, both in towns and rural areas and honing the skills of players from the very initial stages, he added. He said sports stadia were set up in several villages all across the state. The facility of a coach and supporting staff had also been provided at these stadiums.
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Booklet on historical sites
Fatehabad, March 7 Fatehabad has three sites of archeological importance at Banawali, Kunal and Bhirdana. Items of Harappan civilization had been recovered during excavations from these sites. A fort constructed by Ferozeshah Tuglaq is also situated in the old town. Fulia said the booklet would be helpful for the younger generation to connect with the past.
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Sonia, PM pat Hooda
Chandigarh, March 7 AICC President Sonia Gandhi sent a letter to Hooda on March 4 appreciating the fact that Haryana was paying the highest wage of Rs 179 in the country under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA). The neighbouring states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and the Union Territory of Chandigarh pay Rs 124/130, Rs 150 and Rs 174, respectively. Sonia had earlier appreciated Haryana’s land acquisition policy, which had also been complimented by Rahul Gandhi. Dr Manmohan Singh has also written to Hooda, congratulating him and his team for ensuring the highest per capita net state domestic product (GSDP) while delivering equitable distribution of wealth. The Prime Minister referred to the latest report of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in this context. It may be recalled that the NCAER study ranks Haryana first in the country from the standpoint of GSDP. Haryana’s per capita domestic product at Rs 59,008 at 2007-08 prices has been adjudged as the highest among the states.
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Stress laid on water conservation
Ambala, March 7 Dr Chahal warned about the scarcity of drinking water because of the fact that “there is less than 3 per cent of the total water we can consume as the rest is salted”. He appealed to the people, particularly to the student community, to stop the wastage of water. Resource person Dr Amarjeet Singh from Yamunanagar said water was the most precious natural resource on earth as it was an essential element of life, a major part of cell, a natural cleanser and a natural solvent. He stressed on the use of various strategies of water conservation like enhancing storage capability, watershed management, rainwater harvesting, wetland conservation etc. Another resource person, Prof Hem Raj was of the view that diversification in agriculture should be done otherwise land would be converted into deserts and semi-deserts. Dr RS Parmar urged to use freshwater in an efficient manner. He said there was no scarcity of water on earth, but the problem was of salinity and “we are not capable enough to convert it into fresh water”. MS Lamba, a hydrologist from Ambala, also stressed that water should be used economically and efficiently. He discussed the origin of water and observed that India was rich in natural resources, but their utilisation was poor. Dr Pardeep Sharma, principal of the college, also appealed to the students and other participants to use water rationally and economically.
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Bhiwani judge visits old-age home
Bhiwani, March 7 She was satisfied with their reply when they expressed gratitude for services being provided by the ashram. However, Chaudhary asked the authorities to provide more facilities to the elders. She also directed them to provide eatables and clothes according to the climate. She also presented sweets to elders and got information about activities of the ashram from its manager. Chaudhary also visited the cowshed of the ashram. Advocates Karishma Bansal, Manoj Sharma, Pradeep Vashisth and Arvind Shrama were also present on the occasion.
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Karnal welcomes Speaker
Karnal, March 7 In an informal chat with mediapersons, he said the government polices should be farmer friendly. He defended the land acquisition policy of the government. “The policy is good and appreciated by the people in the state and outside,” he added. Parrying a question about the amendment in the Anti-Defection Law to unseat the member immediately on changing the party on whose symbol he had contested the elections, Sharma said it was a matter to be decided by the Legislature and his personal views did not matter.
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Jhajjar to crack whip on overloaded vehicles
Jhajjar, March 7 Instruction to this effect has recently been issued by Chander Prakash, Jhajjar deputy commissioner, to officers concerned while presiding over a meeting of the district administrative officers here recently. He directed the officers to challan overloaded vehicles besides impounding those vehicles as well whose owners were found violating the rules despite being warned about it. “It has come out from the preliminary research about road accidents occurred in the district that in most of the cases, overloading of passengers in the vehicles has turned out to be fatal. Thus it is required to ensure prescribed numbers of passengers in a vehicle for preventing accidents,” said the DC. He also asked the roadways officers to make sure that the buses plying in the district should run on their allotted routes as several complaints in this regard had been received where it had been stated that many buses pertaining to cooperative societies were plying on different routes rather then their allotted routes causing problems to the passengers of the original route. The DC directed the officers to initiate action if any bus was found plying on non-permitted route. Notably, such sort of illegal practice is deliberately being followed by many bus owners to earn extra money. Several buses which have the permit of routes where passengers are in least numbers are being running on routes where passengers are high in numbers. In this situation, the passengers of their permitted routes have to face a lot of inconvenience in view of lack of bus services. The DC asked the officers to make people aware about the traffic rules by organising awareness programmes time to time. He also asked them to make judicious use of funds, besides reviewing the implementation of welfare schemes in the district.
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Air Marshal Kumaria visits Ambala Air Force Station
Ambala, March 7 Air Marshal Kumaria paid tributes to the martyrs by laying a wreath at the station war memorial after reviewing an impressive guard of honour. He later addressed the station personnel and interacted with officers. The operational, maintenance and administrative setups and facilities within the base were inspected by the AOC-in-C wherein he was also shown various projects undertaken by the station. This was Kumaria's first visit as part of inspection tours of bases under the Western Air Command after taking over as its Commanding-in-Chief.
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Non-payment of salaries
Tohana (Fatehabad), March 7 Wazir Singh, president of the Nuchem Staff Association, alleged that the management had not been paying their salaries on a regular basis despite assurances from time to time. “We did not get any salary for seven months from February 2010 to August 2010. Later, the management froze the salary and promised to pay our future salaries on a monthly basis. We did get our salaries for the months of September, October and November, but had to seek the intervention of the authorities for the salary for December 2010. Now, salary for January 2011, which was to be paid by February 28 by the management, is still unpaid,” alleged Wazir Singh. The staff members have been sitting on a dharna outside the office for the past five days and have threatened to intensify the stir with their family members if the management failed to yield. CM Biyala, senior manager (corporate), from company’s Faridabad-based head office, however, blamed the staff members for the imbroglio. Biyala maintained that despite the company being a sick unit, the management had been trying to pay salaries to the staff as per the assurance made to them. However, the striking staff members have stopped all works, including the billing, which led to a delay in the receipt of payments. He alleged that the striking members had earlier terrorised senior managers of the unit by making them hostages and hence they had stopped visiting the unit for the fear of physical harm. Biyala appealed to the striking staff to resume work in the larger interest of the company so that the work could start smoothly.
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Women’s health issues discussed
Gurgaon, March 7 Dr Veena Bhat, director-obstetrics and gynecology at Artemis, spoke about menstrual disorders being the commonest gynecological problem among women, especially in adolescent and pre-menopausal stages. She explained how lifestyle habits like smoking and alcohol consumption cause hormonal imbalances resulting in irregular cycles and how to treat them effectively. Dr Rama Joshi, head-gynecology oncology, pointed out that despite the considerable threat of cancer among women, only 3 per cent women in India opted for regular screening. “Though pap smears and mammograms are important screening tools for detecting cervical and breast cancers, these alone do not address protection against all types of cancers,” she maintained. Infertility and IVF specialist Dr Ila Gupta explained various factors leading to infertility and its treatment. Dr Vipul Nanda, consultant, cosmetic and plastic surgery, made an audio-visual presentation on body contours. His presentation, which mainly focused on fat reduction and cosmetic-aesthetic shaping of body parts, elicited a substantial response, especially on expressions like “love-handles”, “bra-rolls” and “sandbags” used to refer to different bulges
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Ex-sarpanch booked on fraud charge
Rewari, March 7 A case of cheating and forgery under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC has been registered against them on a directive of the ACJM issued on a petition filed by Ram Kishan, a resident of Konsiwas village. The petitioner alleged that the panchayat was made to pay about Rs 12 lakh for construction material purportedly supplied by a fake local company “Sahil Enterprises” for development works, which existed only on paper. He alleged that the accused persons were involved in the scam.
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Govt to spend Rs 2,070 cr on technical education
Sirsa, March 7 Kanda was addressing the annual function of Prudence School at Bajekan village, near here, recently. He announced a grant of Rs 1 lakh for school library and Rs 51,000 for sweets for schoolchildren. He said the process to fill all vacant posts of teacher and junior lecturer in the schools had already been initiated. Besides, computers and other facilities were also being provided in the government schools of Haryana. The state government had decided to set up 26,000 computer labs in the government schools. Besides computers, all necessary furniture would be provided in these labs. Power connections on domestic power tariff were being provided in government schools of the state. So far, over 9,000 such connections had already been released, he added. Kanda said model schools and Kasturba Balika Vidyalaya were being set up to provide quality education to poor students. Kasturba Gandhi Vidyalaya would be set up in six blocks of Sirsa district. Besides education, free hostel facilities would be provided to the girl students in these schools. A number of scholarship schemes had also been implemented to enable poor students to complete their education. Scholarships ranging from Rs 100 to Rs 400 per month were being given to the students studying from classes I to XII. Financial assistance was also being provided to poor students for purchasing books, dresses, schoolbags, reading material and stationery. He described children as the future of the country and said the responsibility for making their future bright rested on society and their guardians besides government. Efforts should be made to recognise the hidden talent of the students. He said water amusement parks would be set up in Sirsa. Free entry would be made in these schools to the children up to 11 years of age. An agreement had been reached with the Polo Amusement Company of Dubai to develop the park, he added.
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HPCL provides computer training to poor kids
Panipat, March 7 The project, named “UNNATI”, was launched at Government High School, Canal Camp, here, with the help of NIIT in September last year. The project was concluded recently and certificates were issued by HPCL and NIIT to 300 students on the successful completion of their basic training. HPCL donated seven desktop computers to the school to enable students to enhance their knowledge. Addressing the students, Sanjay Kaushik, senior regional manager, retail, HPCL, encouraged the students to use this education in their life and make a strong foundation for themselves. On this occasion, AP Saluja, manager, and Rajesh Sachdeva from HPCL Panipat, Ashim Tuli, regional institutional alliances head of NIIT, and Gulab Huda, block education officer, were also present. Similar programmes were conducted in another 15 schools in 13 major towns of the country covering around 4,000 children of government and municipal schools. In the last two years, around 7,000 needy children were imparted similar training by HPCL with the help of NIIT. Besides, HPCL has also undertaken several other schemes for skill development of youths, healthcare of children, girl child education and rehabilitation of underprivileged children under its CSR activities this year, Saluja said.
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Seminar on India, China in global economy
Kurukshetra, March 7 Stressing upon the comparative effect of reform process in India and China, Prof Hoa said the main reasons for the growth of China were agricultural restructuring, effective FDI policy, strong manufacturing sector and more openness in global economy. Lt Gen DDS Sandhu (retd), vice-chancellor, in his presidential address, expressed concern towards the increasing population of India. He also raised the issue whether India and China would be rivals or partners. Prof Raghuvendra Tanwar, registrar, said, “We should measure our economic policies in terms of their social pattern”. Prof VN Attri, convener of the seminar, gave an introduction of the seminar while Dr Sanjeev Bansal from the Department of Economics welcomed the guests. Prof Neera Verma, chairperson of the department, thanked the participants. This seminar was attended by teachers and researchers of many colleges and universities across India.
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Dulat village shows the way in sex ratio
Fatehabad, March 7 The civil surgeon, Dr OP Arya, said he received a communication from the higher authorities in this regard here recently. The top villages at the district level are Kanheri (Fatehabad) with 1,264 females, Ghagharian (Jind) 1,052 females, Kabulpur (Rohtak) 1,545 females, Khizrabad (Yamunanagar) 1,049 females, Pali (Narnaul) 1,000 females, Shahzadpur (Ambala) 1,061 females, Butana (Sonepat) 1,067 females and Barhi (Jhajhar) with 920 females against 1,000 males each. Mandola (Rewari) with 1,161 females, Ghirai (Hisar) 1,403 females, Dhol (Kurukshetra) 1,462 females, Kadma (Bhiwani) 1,060 females, Narukheri (Karnal) 1,857 females, Mullahera (Gurgaon) 1,188 females, Tatiana (Kaithal) 1,167 females, Ramgarh (Panchkula) 1,714 females, Bani (Sirsa) 1,323 females, Nakanpur (Mewat) 1,087 females, Sanoli Khurd (Panipat) 1,464 females and Khori (Faridabad) with 1,707 females against 1,000 males have topped in their respective districts.
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Israna college holds youth fest
Panipat, March 7 Prabhat and Nivedita secured the first and second positions, respectively, in the singing competition. Bhanu and Komal were the stars of the solo dance competition and in antakshri and colourful rangoli competitions, Priyanka, Puja, Meena and Sheel got the first positions. DV Gupta, Bhushan Gupta, ML Gupta and Vijay Gupta gave away prizes to the winners. Pankaj Nain, district police chief, graced the occasion, along with Dr BR Marwah, executive director of the NC and SD Group of Institutions. — TNS
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Online test held for cops' promotion
Fatehabad/Sirsa, March 7 This online test was held for promotion to the rank of head constable. A similar test was organised for Sirsa district at JCD Vidyapeeth, Sirsa, for 215 jawans. "Constables completing five years of service are eligible to appear in this test. Those who score a minimum of 50 per cent marks in the online test, become entitled for appearing in other tests like parade, physical tests and interview," said Vivek Sharma, SP, Fatehabad. Sharma said Haryana was thus far the only state in the country to have introduced an online test for promotion of its constabulary. Three other states - Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh--had also now decided to introduce the test. The SP said the test was transparent as it was not possible for any candidate to copy the answers from others as different questions appear on different systems at a given time.
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Tiny tots enthrall audience at annual day
Gurgaon, March 7 Hundreds of parents of the schoolchildren attended the function, which was presided over by Nitin Pandey, head, Xseed Preschools at iDiscoveri. The theme for the function was “Magic Express” and the kids enthralled the gathering by putting up a colourful performance featuring the rich cultural variety of different parts of the country. Vineeta Mittal, principal of the preschool, thanked the chief guest and other dignitaries.
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Aggarwal community gets active
Chandigarh, March 7 The newly appointed president of the Haryana unit of the Sammelan, Kulbhushan Goyal, says his organisation wants to mobilise public opinion against issues like corruption, criminalisation of politics, female foeticide and wasteful expenditure on social functions. A meeting of intellectuals of the region, comprising Haryana, Punjab and Himachal, which would include judges, advocates, CAs, IAS and IPS officers and businessmen, will be convened here on March 26 to suggest measures to achieve the social objectives of the organisation. Meanwhile, Goyal has nominated the following persons as presidents and general secretaries of all 21 districts of Haryana: Fatehabad - Vinod Kumar Bansal and Sat Parkash Gupta; Hisar - Vasudev Goyal and Brij Bhushan Jain; Ambala - Hans Raj Aggarwal and Brij Bhushan Jain; Jind - Ram Karan Mangla and Luxmi Narain Bansal; Gurgaon - Sunder Dass Aggarwal and Ram Bilas Singla; Mewat - Kamlesh Mangla and Gian Chand Gupta; Kurukshetra - Shashi Mittal and Narinder Jindal; Kaithal - Prayag Raj Goyal and Ashok Kumar Goyal; Panchkula - Tej Paul Gupta and Kusum Gupta; Karnal - Sushil Gupta and Virender Goyal; Sonepat - Suresh Gupta and Ram Avtar; Panipat - Suresh Gupta and Rajesh Garg; Sirsa - Advocate Ramesh Sahu and Satyendra Gupta; Faridabad - Chand Jain and Ram Aggarwal; Palwal - Yash Paul Mangla and Raj Kumar Bansal; Yamunanagar - Lala Des Raj and Anil Goyal, CA; Jhajjar - Parmod Bansal and Sanjay Goyal; Rewari - Mahavir Parshad Goyal and Naresh Mittal; Mahendragarh - Parmanand Aggarwal and Amar Chand Goyal; Bhiwani - Dev Raj Toshima and Ram Babu Goyal; and Rohtak - Sushil Gupta and Anil Jain.
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Letter
Although in July, 2010, the Union Personnel Ministry increased the strength of the IPS cadre in Haryana from 117 to 137, two districts -- Mahendragarh and Palwal--are still being headed by Haryana Police Service (HPS) officers.
The IPS (Fixation of cadre strength) 19 th Amendment Regulations, 2010, inter alia, provide for posting two IPS officers in rank of Commissioner of Police for Gurgaon and Faridabad districts and a post of Superintendent of Police from the IPS cadre for the remaining 19 districts in the state. As per these revised regulations, of the 137 IPS posts, 96 are to be filled through direct recruitment while 41 through promotion from the HPS cadre. If even after getting the cadre increased by 20 posts, the Hooda government feels that there is still scarcity of IPS officers, it should request the Union Government for increasing their strength. When Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has advocated a steep rise in the strength of IPS officers across the country for tackling contemporary needs and challenges in the area of public order and safety, Haryana must have got an adequate number of IPS officers. The corresponding strength of IAS officers in the state is 205. Further, though it is the prerogative of the state government ( read the Chief Minister) to decide to post IPS officers in districts as SPs, of late this right has been exercised to post only those officers from the IPS cadre as SPs who rank high in the eyes of the powers that be. Some districts in Haryana are currently headed by direct young IPS recruits with a few years of service. Although the state enacted the Haryana Police Act, 2007, in compliance with the Supreme Court verdict on police reforms, it merits due reference that still all powers to appoint, control and regulate the police machinery across the state vest in the hands of the executive contrary to mechanisms of the State Police Board and police establishment committees as mandated in the ruling. HEMANT KUMAR,
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