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Now, academic awards on sale
Unauthorised withdrawals
Haryanavi films |
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Wrong
Billing
GJU, research centre for equines sign MoU
Lower output estimates likely to hike cotton prices
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan School opens in Bhiwani
Radiologists to discuss new challenges at IRIA meet
HPCC dares Chautala for debate on land acquisition, corruption
Need to make women aware of their
rights
Find ways to reduce pollution: Expert
Public-related matters priority for Speaker
Women’s Day celebrated
Kiran for adequate compensation to farmers
Nuchem staff block Hisar Road
Social responsibility centre opened
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Now, academic awards on sale
In a shocking revelation, Dr Mahabir Singh Dhankhar, controller of examinations and controller of finance, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal, has said he has received selection letters of awards offered by various organisations at a cost. Dr Dhankhar could see through the reality of such awards, so he decided not to receive any of these except a seemingly genuine one. He is of the opinion that these organisations are doing business by selling such awards. While interacting with
The Tribune, Dr Dhankhar said these awards carry some big names and in the presentation ceremony, the organisers invited former governors, chief election commissioners and even MPs. “These are the awards which anybody can purchase without achieving anything in his/her field,” he remarked and added that the problem needed a serious diagnosis. He pointed out that the social craving for recognition and the importance attached to these awards by the media and by society at large was at the centre of the problem. “Take an allusion from the film industry. Till 1995, we had only Filmfare awards. By today, there are around 15 awards and facilitations done are every year,” he said and remarked, “Every major production house sponsors one of these awards and in return, it has full autonomy in the selection of recipients”.
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Unauthorised withdrawals
Rewari, March 10 When all efforts to seek relief from the bank here remained fruitless, Dahinwal sent a communication to the chairman of the SBI, Mumbai, urging him to direct the authorities to repay him the defrauded amount. It is noteworthy that the cheat just by forging Dahinwal's signature on the cash vouchers of the bank withdrew Rs 90,000 on November 10, 2010, and Rs 6.90 lakh on November 11 in a row from the latter's account. When the fraud was detected, Dahinwal made a written complaint following which the bank authorities promised to provide relief to him soon after their departmental probe. But when Dahinwal found that things were not moving in the right direction, he filed a complaint on January 7, following which the police registered a case against the GM and some other employees of the bank. However, when Dahinwal felt that the things were moving at a snail's pace, he approached the chairman of the bank with a request for speedy justice.
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Haryanavi films
Karnal, March 10 About 400 youth came for two-day auditions but the number of girls was fewer, indicating that girls were not free to chose their career and still played second fiddle to their male counterparts. "There is no dearth of talented boys and girls in the state but it appears that the level of awareness among girls was low and they have not been giver the desired exposure due to a conservative social order", said Nishant Kaushik, producer of the films. "We could not get any actor or actress for the lead roles for the film being produced under the banner of Satish Kaushik's Desire film and Entertainment but locked five budding artistes for supporting cast for Haryanavi film "Mera Gaam, Mera Dham" produced by him and Puneet Kaushik and
directed by Rajesh Babber, he told The Tribune on the sidelines of auditions. However, Yashpal Sharma could be one of the actors for the lead role, he disclosed. The first film in the five-film series being produced to showcase the rich Haryanavi culture would be shot in select locations in Karnal, Kurukshetra and adjoining areas over five weeks, Nishant said, adding that the film would be a 135-minute family drama. The music has already been composed by Mumbai-based Pawan and the lyrics have been scripted by Haryanavi lyricist Subash Sharma of Gharonda. It is a social film, focussing on the folk and culture of the state with Swang and Ragani entwined in the script. Thirty year-old Sanjay Rampal, an artist, model and actor hailing from Bhivani, who especially flew in from Mumbai for the auditions, was hopeful of becoming a part in the movie. Master in theater, Sanjay has worked in ad films and has been a Gladrags model.
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Wrong
Billing
Panipat, March 10 A spokesperson for the nigam said here recently that the electricity connection of Delhi Public School, Khewra, which falls in Sonepat district, was released on July 19, 2006, and the contract demand of the electricity was 245 KVA. Accordingly, the nigam generated the bills of the consumer by multiplying factor 3, as per the procedure. The billing was manual till April 2008. The nigam started a new ledger in May 2008 and multiplying factor was recorded 2 instead of 3 in that ledger. The power bills generated in May 2008 and after that were sent to the school with the multiplying factor 2, which resulted in loss of revenue to the nigam. The amount of bills generated during the period was 33 per cent less than the actual consumption. The consumer was to pay Rs 45,48,137 on account of energy bill whereas the bills for Rs 30,32,091 had been sent. The spokesman said none of the subdivisional officers, commercial assistant or upper-divisional clerk checked the contracted demand and ledger during the past 30 months. He said appropriate action would be initiated against the erring employees of the utility.
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GJU, research centre for equines sign MoU
Rewari, March 10 Professor RS Jaglan, registrar and Prof. Ashok Chaudhary, chairman of the Department of Biotechnology and Nanotechnology of GJU, were also present on the occasion. Dr Ranga said while it would facilitate joint activities for the mutual benefit of the two institutions, it would also promote the utilisation of technologies and expertise developed by the two institutions in conducting teaching, research and training of M.Sc, M.Tech and PhD scholars as well as other technical staff and faculty members in a cooperative manner. Besides this, the MoU would lead to conducting of joint research projects in animal biotechnology and nanoscience and technology as well as facilitating the registration of PhD students of the NRCE at GJU as per the rules of the university. Prof Chaudhary said the intellectual property thus generated would be jointly owned by the two institutions.
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Lower output estimates likely to hike cotton prices
Sirsa, March 10 The CAB, in its meetings held recently, has lowered the production estimate by five per cent to 312 lakh bales (lb) in the cotton year 2010-11 against 329 lb estimated in its earlier meeting on January 6 this year. The cotton year starts from October 1 and ends on September 30 every year. Out of this revised estimate, nearly 228 lb has arrived till Saturday and the arrival in most parts of the country will last for 30 to 40 more days now. In the northern states, the CAB has lowered its estimates in Haryana from the 15 lb to 14 lb and in Rajasthan from 10 lb to 9 lb. The production estimates in Punjab remain unaltered at 16 lb. The output estimates of North India have been lowered from 41 lb to 39 lb. The central region output was lowered to 201 lb against 213 lb while the production estimates in the South was lowered to 68 lb against 72 lb. Orissa will produce 2 lb and other smaller states will contribute 2 lb against 1 lb, as per the CAB's latest
estimates. Seed cotton (Narma) that fetched the farmers between Rs 2,900 and Rs 4,000 per quintal during the cotton year 2009-10 in Sirsa, the biggest producer of cotton in Haryana, is getting them as high as Rs 6,700 per quintal today. The prices went up to Rs 6,900 per quintal earlier this month, but relented a bit later. Similarly, the lint cotton, which is selling for Rs 5,950 to Rs 6,050 per maund (37.32 kg) in Haryana and Punjab now, was available between Rs 2,200 and Rs 4,000 last year. Though the prices of cotton have softened a bit in the last some days, industry sources predict that the prices are likely rise in the coming days. Sanjiv Dutt, director of the North India Cotton Industries Association and general manager (purchase), Winsome Textiles Group, said poor arrivals during the peak months had led the CAB to revise its earlier estimates and predicted a steep hike in the prices of lint as well as seed cotton in the coming days. "Even today, the prices of lint cotton are about 200 cents per lbs in the West African, CIS countries of the erstwhile USSR and the US, which, after converting into Indian currency comes out Rs 7,500 per maund," he added. He said as the carry forward stock of cotton reduced from 44.5 lb to 27.5 lb in the revised estimates, cotton crisis was likely to deepen further in the coming days.
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Sports meet: Manisha, Ravi adjudged best athletes
Sonepat, March 10 Manisha stood first in long jump, besides 100 m, 200 m, 400-m races and shared the first position in 400-m race as well as in high jump events. Similarly, Ravi Yadav bagged position in 100 m and 200-m races, third position in long jump as well as shared the first position in 4x100 m relay race. While giving away prizes, Pankaj Aggarwal, deputy commissioner, exhorted the students to make best possible use of time for all-round development. HS Chahal, vice-chancellor, said the state-level facilities of a tennis academy, basketball court and athletic track had already been provided on the university campus. He promised the addition of a stadium and indoor badminton courts in the near future. The opening ceremony was presided over by Krishna Poonia, a gold medalist of the recently held Commonwealth Games. Results: Girls category: 100 m: 1 Manisha, 2 Priya Minocha, 3 Komal; 200 m: 1 Manisha, 2 Priya Minocha, 3 Jyoti; 400 m: 1 Manisha, 2 Komal, 3 Shushma; 1500 m: 1 Pooja, 2 Shiksha, 3 Shushma; 3000 m: 1 Pooja, 2 Pooja Devi, 3 Neetu; javelin throw: 1 Neeraj, 2 Seema, 3 Nisha; discus throw: 1 Pooja, 2 Jyoti, 3 Seema; shot-put: 1 Megha, 2 Manisha, 3 Pooja; high jump: 1 Manisha and Nisha, 2 Megha, 3 Komal; long jump: 1 Manisha, 2 Shushma and Priya, 3 Seema. Boys category: 100 m: 1 Ravi Yadav, 2 Amit Dahiya, 3 Amit Bura; 200 m: 1 Ravi Yadav, 2 Amit Dahiya, 3 Amit; 400 m: 1 Mohit, 2 Sunny, 3 Kapil Kamboj; 1500 m: 1 Vijay Malik, 2 Sunny Kumar, 3 Ravinder; discus throw: 1 Kulpreet, 2 Vijay, 3 Arun Kumar; javelin throw: 1 Arun, 2 Sunil, 3 Karambir; shot put: 1 Kulpreet, 2 Rahul, 3 Sanjiv; triple jump: 1 Rahul, 2 Pradeep, 3 Amit: high jump: 1 Rahul, 2 Pradeep, 3 Himanshu; long jump: 1 Amit Kumar, 2 Pradeep, 3 Ravi Yadav. Non-teaching staff (women): 100 m: 1 Neelam Dahiya, 2 Sweety, 3 Sukesh; Teaching (women): 100 m: 1 Suman, 2 Neha, 3 Kavita; Teaching (men): 200 m: 1 Surender Dahiya, 2 Manoj Duhan, 3 Manoj Pawar; non-teaching (men): 200 m: 1 Jitender, 2 Kuldeep, 3 Amit Dahiya.
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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan School opens in Bhiwani
Bhiwani, March 10 The school, as the name suggests, is modelled on the philosophy of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. The school is mandated to provide holistic development of children through experiential, joyful learning and educational innovation. The school is set up under the aegis of Dr S. Radhakrishnan Shiksha Samiti, which is supported by the Board of School Education, Haryana (BOSEH), in technical collaboration with The Shri Ram School, New Delhi. Commenting on the school, Shekhar Vidyarthi, secretary, BOSEH, says: “The focus is on learning by doing. Thus, it would involve each child in real life tasks and challenges so that there is an emphasis on teacher, student and environmental interaction rather than traditional lectures”. To facilitate its vision, the school offers state-of-the-art infrastructure, from labs to computer centres to recreational facilities. The school would also facilitate action research in education, strategy development in pedagogy, educational technology assessment, teacher training etc. such that the basic model of the school may be replicated in the rest of the state.
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Radiologists to discuss new challenges at IRIA meet
Jhajjar, March 10 The occasion will be the annual conference of the Haryana State Chapter of the IRIA. Dr Rohtak Kumar Yadav, state president of the IRIA, informed that distinguished faculty from AIIMS, New Delhi, PGIMR, Chandigarh, Maulana Azad Medical College, GB Pant Hospital, VM Medical College, BL Kapoor Memorial Hospital, PGIMR, and RML Hospital, New Delhi, would take part in the conference and deliver talks on various modalities of radio diagnosis like ultrasound, CT and MRI imaging. “As many as five academic sessions will be conducted during the conference wherein renowned radiologists will not only express their proficient opinion on inventive technologies being introduced in the field of radiology to get effortless and perfect findings about various ailments, but also share their practice and technology know-how with the participants,” said the state president of the IRIA. “The conference will be advantageous, especially for the new entrants in radiology, as most of those novel and mechanical issues will be discussed in it which possess academic as well as practical significance,” Dr Rohtak added.
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HPCC dares Chautala for debate on land acquisition, corruption
Rohtak, March 10 He has dared Chautala and other Opposition leaders for an open debate on the policy of land acquisition, corruption and development issues. In a statement recently, Vidrohi charged that Chautala had failed to show courage to discuss such issues at a place like the state Assembly. Stating that since the Budget session of the Haryana Assembly would be resuming from March 4, he said the floor of the House had been the biggest platform for any debate in the democracy. In the Vidhan Sabha, he said, all representatives elected by the Haryana voters in a democratic manner would be present and they could express their views without any favour or fear. According to Vidrohi, the leader of the Opposition could raise any issue in the Budget Session and have a detailed debate on land acquisition, development and any so-called corruption matters against the Congress or the Chief Minister with facts and figures. It may be recalled that the Chief Minister, in a statement, had described Chautala as the biggest property dealer in the state in response to the allegations levelled by the INLD leader against the CM recently. The Congress leader claimed that Hooda was ready to answer all issues raised by Chautala and others. He said it would now depend on Chautala whether he had the courage to debate on any issue in the Vidhan Sabha
or not. Vidrohi said no one, including the INLD leader, should try to get cheap popularity in the name of public issues. He blamed the leader of the Opposition for remaining non-serious in debates on public issues in the state Assembly in the past about six years. Vidrohi also charged HJC leader Kuldeep Bishnoi for enacting political dramas to gain attention of public than to engage in any constructive work as part of the opposition in the state.
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Need to make women aware of their
rights
Sirsa, March 10 Dr KC Bhardwaj, vice-chancellor of Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, inaugurated the seminar, while Virender Ganda, a senior Supreme Court lawyer, delivered his keynote address. Dr Bhardwaj said the condition of women had improved a lot in the recent years and they were now outclassing men in various spheres of life. Virender threw light on various laws legislated for the welfare of women and said it was important to make women aware of their rights. Dr Rajesh Malik, assistant professor of the Law Department of CDLU, said on one hand our legal system says “ignorance of law is no defence,” and on the other hand, no visible efforts were being made to educate rural women on their rights. Dr Vijaya Tomar, principal of the host college, said the college had chosen to organise this seminar to make women aware of their rights. Anshu Uppal, Neena Kalra, Mohina Makkar, Naman Sethi, Poonam Dudi, Poonam Chauhan, Shikha Arora, Komal Jalan, Anjana, Sunita, Neena Chugh, Sangeeta Nanda, Monika Sharma, Saroj Bala, Manju Nanda, Shikha Gupta, Anu Kathuria, Meenakshi Sharma, Sarita, Kamna, Arti Bansal, Shefi Pruthi, Sudesh Nehra, Saveera Ralhan, Sunita Talwar and Upasana Garg, all lecturers of the host college, presented their papers. CL Jassu from Government National College, Sirsa, Meenu from Shah Satnam College, Monica Bansal from JCD College of Engineering, Monica Malik from CR College of Law, Hisar, Satish Kumar from Government College, Ratia, Kavita Chaudhary from the MM College of Education, Fatehabad, Shalini Sheoran from the DMA College of Education, Mamta Sachdeva and Jaiman Preet Kaur from JCD Vidyapeeth, Neelam Singh from CRM Jat PG College, Hisar, Suresh Sharma from Jat College, Kaithal, Rakesh from CMR Jat PG College, Hisar, Brahm Lata from CDLU, Sirsa, and Kalpana Sharma from KM College, Bhiwani, also presented their papers in the seminar.
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Role of women in freedom movement underscored
Hisar, March 10 Underlining the role of women he said Rani Jhansi, Sarojini Naidu, Aruna Asaf Ali and Capt Vijay Laxmi Sehgal and countless others had contributed a great deal towards making the freedom movement a success. Aalam said women comprised half of the human population and no national movement could succeed without their active participation and support. Therefore, the nation was equally grateful to women and men for its freedom. He said while some women had led from the front, millions had joined the protests on every occasion when the country's then leadership under Mahatma Gandhi gave a call for mass participation. He said women suffered every atrocity the then foreign rulers subjected them to along with men. They never wavered and gave up the comfort of their homes to make future generations free. In her keynote address. Sunita Pathania, a former head of the History Department at Kurukshetra University, said though women contributed a lot towards the freedom movement, their role was initially ignored to a large extent. It was only when women were drawn to the Gandhian Movement that their strength and impact were felt. Rajesh K.Tomar, principal of the college, said the seminar was organised to bring out the role Indian women played in the struggle for independence. He paid tributes to women who took part in various movements launched by the Father of the Nation. About 100 delegates from various states participated in the seminar.
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Find ways to reduce pollution: Expert
Kurukshetra, March 10 Er Jaidka was delivering a lecture on pollution control. He was speaking about the environmental issues facing India, on the premises of Geeta Institute of Management and Technology, Kanipla, 12 kms from here recently. He said urbanisation and industrialisation, rapid growth in population and economic development are leading to a number of environment-related concerns in India. It is estimated that the country's population will increase to about 1.26 billion by the year 2016. The projected figures of population indicates that India will be the first most populous country in the world and China will rank second by the year 2050. India having 18 per cent of the world's population on 2.4 per cent of world's total area has greatly increased the pressure on its natural resources. Many areas are afflicted with water shortage, soil erosion, deforestation and air as well as water pollution. While educating students on water pollution, Er Jaidka said out of India's 3,119 towns and cities, just 209 had partial sewage treatment facilities and only 8 had full facilities for used water treatment. As many as 114 cities dump untreated sewage and partially cremated bodies directly into the Ganges. Downstream, the untreated water is used for drinking, bathing and washing. This situation is typical of many rivers in India. Indian cities are polluted by vehicular and industrial emissions. Road dust due to vehicles also contribute up to 33 per cent of air pollution. In metropolitan cities, around 50 per cent children suffer from asthma. He further mentioned that in cities, honking of vehicles is one of the main causes of noise pollution. The use of loud speakers for political purposes and by religious places is also responsible for adding to noise pollution.
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Public-related matters priority for Speaker
Sonepat, March 10 Thanking Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and all members of the Assembly for electing him unanimously, Sharma said the responsibilities of the Speaker were always challenging and hoped that with the cooperation of all, including the Opposition, he would be able to discharge his duties in a proper way. He also pointed out that as a Speaker in the House, he had to work rising above the political affiliations, but outside the House, he was answerable to the people as a political leader. In support of his ideas, he quoted former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee who had stated "Inside the House, I am a Speaker, but outside the House, I am a staunch communist" during a debate on the Civil Nuclear Energy Bill. In reply to a question about the duration of the Assembly Session, Sharma said there would be nine sittings in this session and more time would be given to business transaction. Referring to developmental activities in Sonepat district, he said the state government was taking every step to develop Sonepat on the pattern of Gurgaon and Faridabad. He said the government had earmarked Rs 1,500 crore for developing a rapid transport system between Panipat-Sonepat-Delhi and added that the survey and demarcation process was going on for this project.
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Women’s Day celebrated
Ambala, March 10 Shalini Malviya, social activist, Director of Idea Foundation, an IT company working on Global Projects, and Suneeta Dhariwal Jangid, social activist, were the special guests on the occasion. Shalini, in his keynote address, said women empowerment was necessary for the inclusive growth of the nation. Om Prakash Aggarwal, chairman of the group, while addressing the audience, said it’s not only men who could excel in the business world, but the above names were a live example in the history which proved that if given a chance women could perform far better than men. He emphasised that the girl students of this college should learn from these great personalities and adopt them as their role models.
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Kiran for adequate compensation to farmers
Bhiwani, March 10 The minister said the crops of mustard, gram and wheat were ruined in the hailstorm. She also urged the Chief Minister and Revenue Minister Satpal Sangwan to conduct a survey to ascertain the losses so that the farmers could be compensated for.
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Nuchem staff block Hisar Road
Tohana (Fatehabad), March 10 The management of Nuchem Limited, a unit manufacturing high-density fiberboard (HDF) on the Hisar road of Tohana, has already declared a lockout in the unit after the strike. Persistence efforts by the authorities failed to move the protesters. SDM Ashwani Maingi later assured them that the authorities would help them get their salaries within two days. Later, the striking staff members of the unit later met DC Vijay Singh Dahiya at Fatehabad. The authorities, it is learnt, have called the management for reconciliation with the striking employees. A senior Nuchem functionary recently claimed that the strike by the billing staff had resulted in delay in receipt of payments from the market.
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Social responsibility centre opened
Yamunanagar, March 10 The spokesperson further said the centre had the facility for conducting training programmes on skill development of youths hailing from Yamunanagar, Jagadhari and nearby villages. A one-day training programme was conducted for the students of Industrial Training Institute.
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