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Rally season is here again
Ex-cops, volunteers to assist Gurgaon police
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rewarding performance
Ding police station adjudged state’s best
Panel formed under PNDT Act
3 officials summoned for not providing info
Doc couple booked for conducting illegal abortion
Admn flayed for delay in lifting of wheat
Foeticide
Prof develops technique to treat industrial waste
46 MBA students get placements
Need to reform police force stressed
‘Action research’ playing vital role in modern education, says expert
Need to improve surgical treatment in trauma cases highlighted
Conference on stress-free living
Fellowship for Murthal varsity reader
Youth wing of AVS reconstituted
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Rally season is here again
Rohtak, May 2 The state unit of the Congress has now announced that the drive to strike a cord with the masses through such meetings would be started in the first week of May and there would be at least five such functions that are proposed to be organised this month. Ved Prakash Vidrohi, HPCC spokesperson, has confirmed that public meetings would be resumed as soon as the harvesting season was over. He said majority of the farmers and their families were busy in harvesting the wheat crop at present and they would not be available for such programmes till the work was over. He said five district-level rallies would be held this month. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda would be the main speaker at all meetings. Hr claimed that the rallies in Narnaul and Charkhi-Dadri were important due to the fact that these particular regions had remained backward in terms of development. While the opposition parties were still to come out officially with any such plan in the near future, it is learnt that the INLD, BJP and the HJC are busy drawing their strategy to counter the publicity campaign of the ruling party in their own manner. “The INLD had never given up its campaign to remain in contact with the people as the latter have been at the receiving end due to the misrule of the present government,” alleged a spokesperson of the district unit of the party. He said party chief Om Prakash Chautala had always been on the move and remained in contact with the people, while taking up the issues and problems concerning the common man at various platforms. Describing the action of holding rallies and meetings at district and subdivisional level by the Congress as a mere political drama, he claimed that there was hardly any achievement of the present government and this had made it to hold such meetings frequently.
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Ex-cops, volunteers to assist Gurgaon police
Community policing
Gurgaon, May 2 “The underlying motive behind the move is to seek guidance of well-meaning people who wish to help the police but were not able to do so due to various reasons… such persons can now come forward and contact the liaison group members,” Arora maintained. He pointed out that the group would help the police settle cases of family disputes, those pertaining to children and in solving non-cognisable offences. Moreover, the Gurgaon police has decided to involve the ubiquitous common man to get information about anti-social elements under its “Public as Eyes and Ears of Police” programme. Under this programme, persons working on the roadside like barbers, fruit and vegetable sellers, cobblers, tea vendors, clothes ironmen, and duplicate key makers have been roped in as they are eyewitnesses to many criminal incidents. “The persons who work as eyes and ears of the police will also get cash rewards for their valuable information and help, while their identity will be kept confidential,” Arora said, adding that members of resident welfare associations had also been included in this programme. This programme has initially been implemented in the East Gurgaon area; and the police has already succeeded in busting a gang of hashish-smugglers and vehicle-lifters due to this programme. Arora asserted, “From now on, every complainant coming to a police station in the East Gurgaon police district will be given a receipt for his/her complaint, which will also bear the name and phone number of the investigating official”. The DCP further informed that two members of a gang of vehicle-looters had also been nabbed within 12 hours of the incident. The accused, who took away a new Swift D’zire car from its driver at pistol-point around 10.45 pm were arrested the next morning. He said Constable Satpal who arrested one of the accused after chasing him, would be honoured by Haryana ADGP-cum-Gurgaon Police Commissioner SS Deswal with a commendation certificate and a cash reward of Rs 5,000.
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rewarding performance
Chandigarh, May 2 Under the scheme 45 awards would be given to workers for their outstanding work. He said five awards each would be reserved for women workers and physically challenged persons. The awards to be given to the workers include the Mukhya Mantri Shram Rattan Purskar, Haryana Shram Bhushan Purskar, Haryana Shram Veer Purskar and the Haryana Shram Veerangna Purskar. There would be one Mukhya Mantri Shram Rattan Purskar of Rs 1 lakh and the Haryana Shram Bhushan Purskar of Rs 50,000 would be given to two workers at the state level. Similarly, the Haryana Shram Veer Purskar of Rs 20,000 would be given to one worker in each district and the Haryana Shram Veerangna Purskar of Rs 20,000 would also be given to one in each district. Only those workers would be entitled to receive these awards whose performance remained appreciable during the previous calendar year and had high level of dedication to their work. Also, the employees should have the knowledge of industrial safety and firefighting and at least three years service in the establishment concerned was essential. There should be no pending disciplinary action against the employee. He said the labourer would have to submit an application with his organisation which it would forward to the regional deputy labour commissioner by May 31.
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Ding police station adjudged state’s best
Hisar, May 2
More than 200 professionals in Altus are working in different languages, cultures, and legal traditions as a powerful global alliance for justice.
The theme of the conference was “Police Station Reforms: Perspective From Asia”. Eight police stations from India and four from Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives and Pakistan were invited to give presentation on their best police stations in the conference. Ding which falls in Sirsa district was among the eight police stations of India. Dr Ajay Kumar, SSO, who is coordinating the six ISO police stations of Hisar Police range gave the presentation
and also received the award from Punjab’s Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal. Punjab Governor Shir Raj Patil was also present.. Altus had examined the functioning of the police stations and judged it with on the basis of five parameters, community orientation, physical conditions, transparency and accountability, equal treatment and detention conditions. The mission of making citizen-centric police stations in Hisar range was started three years ago. Six police stations of the range were chosen for ISO certification. After identification, a vision statement and objectives were framed and comprehensive documentation was done to bring the police stations to ISO 9001 level. The Bureau of Indian Standards audited the complaint system, infrastructure, cleanliness, behaviour, investigation, malkhana management, record management, computerisation and detention conditions and awarded ISO 9001:2008 certificates to all six police stations. It found the police stations on a par with the international standards. AK Dhull, IGP, Hisar range said making police stations citizen centric was an ongoing initiative which would be continued till all police stations gradually achieved those levels of functioning.
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Panel formed under PNDT Act
Chandigarh, May 2 As per a notification issued in this regard, the Health Minister would be the chairperson of the board and the Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Health Department, would act as its vice-chairperson. The commissioners and secretaries of Woman and Child Development Department, Social Justice and Empowerment Department or their representatives, secretary, Legislative Department or his representative and director general, Health Services would serve as members of the board. They will be the ex-officio members. The other members of the board are Savitri Jindal, Shakuntla Khatak and Sumita Singh, all MLAs; Sushila Sharma, chairperson, Haryana Women
Commission; Rekha Verma, advocate of Rohtak; Kanta Singh, programme analyst, UNDP; Jagmati Sangwan, director, Women Study Centre, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak; head of Gynaecology Department, PGIMS, Rohtak; in-charge, Department of Gynanecology, Government Hospital, Panchkula; head of Radiology Department PGIMS, Rohtak; in-charge, Department of Radiology, Government Hospital, Panchkula; and Anupma Nehra, chief medical officer, Oncology and Hematology, Max Health Care Institute,
New Delhi. The director, Family Welfare, Haryana will also be an ex-officio member.
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Textile hub makes its mark in pisciculture
Panipat, May 2 Deputy commissioner JS Ahlawat said during the last fiscal year, the Fisheries Department had brought more than 750 hectares under pisciculture. He said the district produced 4,738 tonnes of fish along more than 2.27 crore of fish seed. Besides, pisciculture also opened new vistas of employment for the unemployed youth of the district. The DC said the administration was successful in enabling 75 fish farmers to set up their own fish farms. As many as 42 families were also encouraged to take up pisciculture as a source of livelihood. The Fisheries Department has even funded the digging up of 11 new fish ponds that are spread over 11 hectares in the state. The department also organised 10 awareness camps in various parts of the district to further popularise pisciculture, said the DC. He said in order to bring the “blue revolution” in the state, the government was offering several subsidies to the fish farmers so that pisciculture became more and more popular.
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Hooda lauds Sainik School achievements
Karnal, May 2 Hooda, an alumnus of SSK, was here to felicitate the participants on the Golden Jubilee cycle rally by the students of SSK, said with two sainik schools and a defence university in the state, Haryana was bound to take a big leap and go a long way in meeting the shortage of officers and soldiers in the defence forces. Felicitating the participants of the rally, Hooda pointed out, “It is a matter of great pride that with geographical area of 1.37 per cent, every 10th soldier in the Army has been contributed by Haryana”. He said the government had provided adequate funds to strengthen the infrastructure of the school and the first installment of Rs 2.50 crore out of the total grant of Rs 10 crore for the construction of hostels had already been released. Appreciating the numerous milestones in academics and extracurricular activities set by SSK, Hooda said, “As an old student of SSK, I am happy that the school remains great source of inspiration and promises glorious career for its alumni and groomed them for a meaningful life”. He said he was delighted to learn that during the last year, 47 students out of 57 had cleared NDA examination conducted by the UPSC and 14 of them cleared SSB. “It is a very good result and our expectations from you all are high,” he added. Claiming that Haryana was emerging as education hub with new institutes like medical colleges, technical institutes, IIM, IIIT, Central University and Rajiv Gandhi Education City coming up, the Chief Minister said realising that the quality education alone could empower the youth, the government had made serious efforts in the past six years to bring qualitative change in the field of education. Congratulating the “old boys” and the National Cadet Corps for jointly organising two cycle rallies, Hooda recalled the two-foot marches, which he had personally conducted from Panchkula to Jind and from Jind to Delhi. He said he had walked from Panchkula to Jind in 13 days and from Jind to New Delhi in 10 days during the foot march conducted to protest against the killing of innocent farmers in police firing during the INLD regime. Two teams of 20 Kunjeans and a number of former Kunjeans participated in the twin cycle rallies from Sirsa and Narnaul to Kunjpura on April 22, covering about 360 km each in nine days. The children were enthusiastic as the SP and ASP, Bhiwani, travelled 15 km with them on cycle which was indeed a unique gesture. However, the students who spread awareness on the conservation of environment, female feticide and exhorted the rural folks to join the Army pointed out that there were very few girls in the rural schools.
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3 officials summoned for not providing info
Jhajjar, May 2 The commission has also asked them to appear before its bench on May 18 when the appeal will be taken up for hearing. RTI activist and state coordinator of the Haryana Suchna Adhikar Manch Subhash said he had submitted an application with the office of the Chief Secretary, Haryana, on May 20, 2010, to get information regarding those IAS, IPS, IRS, HCS and HPS-cadre officers, who have been re-employed in various departments of the state government during the past 10 years. “I wanted to know that how many IAS, IPS, IRS, HCS and HPS-cadre officers have retired in the state during the time span of January 2000 to March 2010 and is there any norm prescribed for providing re-employment to administrative officers after their superannuation and how many new posts have been created to adjust the officers?” said Subhash, adding that taking action on the application, the chief secretary’s office directed the SPIO-cum-deputy secretary, Personnel Department, Haryana, to make the sought information available to the applicant under Section 6 (3) of the RTI Act. The Personnel Department on June 22 last furnished him a list of 86 IAS and 41 HCS officers who got superannuation during the past 10 years, but did not provide any input about their re-employment saying that it had not further information in this regard except this, he maintained. “Thereafter, I made an appeal before the first appellate officer (FAO) asking to get the information from the department concerned, besides initiating appropriate official action against the SPIO-cum-deputy secretary of the Personnel Department. Then, the FAO directed the finance commissioner-cum-principal secretary to the Finance Department, Haryana, to furnish me the information,” said Subhash. He maintained that the finance commissioner on August 19 last wrote again to the SPIO of the Home and Personnel Department for making available the information to the applicant as the information was concerned with their department, but to no avail. “Ultimately, I had to move an application before the State Information Commission, which has now issued notices to the three officials of the state government under Section 19 (3) of the RTI Act for not providing me the entire information sought,” said Subhash.
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CDLU depts to have ‘smart’ classrooms
Sirsa, May 2 He said in the age of information and technology only those students and teachers would survive who had efficient knowledge of information technology. He said such types of interactive classrooms would help promote research friendly environment. Dr Bhardwaj said the university authorities were determined to impart qualitative education and provide all kind of research facilities to its teachers and students. Dr Manoj Siwach, registrar, said Rs 12 lakh had been spent on the construction of econometrics lab, which had 20 computers and capacity of 40 students. The lab would be helpful in improving the teaching and learning process and faculty members would exercise latest teaching methods in this interactive classroom. Dr Abhey Singh Godara, chairperson, Department of Economics, gave demonstration of the interactive board and said audio and video recording would be possible on this board. The technique of the interactive board has been introduced for the first time in the university and limited number of educational institutes had been exercising such types of techniques. He invited students as well as faculty members of other departments to use this latest smart-class technology. Ashok Bhatia conducted the stage, while the dean of social science, Dr Rajbir Dalal, Dr Sultan Dhanda, Dr Raj Kumar Siwach, Rohtas, Ravinder, SK Vij and many other teachers and non-teaching staff members were also present.
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Sonepat girls excel in MDU exams
Sonepat, May 2 Besides, 37 other students out of the total 62 students of the college passed the examination in first division. According to the college principal Dr Jyoti Juneja, Deepa Verma topped the university by scoring 537 out of 650 marks and Sweta Sharma got the second position in the merit with 526 marks. Other merit students of the college included Monika Punia at the fourth place with 521 marks, Nisha and Neha jointly at the fifth position with 502 marks, Seema at the sixth position with 500 marks, Sweety with 498 marks at the seventh position and Shaman placed at the 11th position with 491 marks. The principal also said as many as 27 out of the total 36 students appeared in M.Com (3rd semester) passed the examination in first division, including three students placed in the university’s merit list of 15 students. Congratulating the meritorious students, Dr Juneja and president of GVM Education Society Dr OP Pruthi said they were proud of the success of the students.
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Doc couple booked for conducting illegal abortion
Rewari, May 2 The case has been registered on a complaint earlier filed by a four-member team of medical officers of the Rewari Civil Hospital, comprising PNDT nodal officer Dr Kamal Mehra, district health officer JK Saini and two medical officers - Vijay Prakash and Sarvjit Singh. In view of public complaints against the clinic, the four-member team had been constituted by chief medical officer HR Yadav. Thus when the team raided the clinic recently, they reportedly caught the doctor red-handed while conducting a sex determination test on a decoy woman, who had been purposefully engaged by the team. Besides, they were also able to locate another woman whose pregnancy had just been illegally terminated at the clinic. While the team sealed the ultrasound machine of the clinic under the PNDT Act, it also lodged a complaint with the police in connection with the termination of that woman’s pregnancy. Dr Mehra and his colleagues said the duo - Dr Chaudhary and his wife Dr Bala - were not competent to execute abortions (termination of pregnancies).
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Admn flayed for delay in lifting of wheat
Rewari, May 2 He stated that owing to such sluggish lifting, the stocks had piled up to the tune of over 50,000 quintals in the past one week much to the chagrin of producers as well as commission agents. He added that the two procurement agencies - State Warehousing Corporation and the Food Corporation of India - were apparently helpless in the matter. The INLD legislator also wanted to expedite the release of the pre-announced bonus of Rs 50 per quintal to farmers.
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Flood relief training camp The Results Rowing: 1. Hardeep Singh, Ambala; 2. Vikrant, Bhiwani; 3. Maneesh, Panipat Swimming: 1. Bhagat Singh, Jhajjar, 2. Suresh, Panipat; 3. Jitender, Sonepat Improvised Swimming Aid (Home Guard): 1. Vir Singh; 2. Bhagat Singh; 3. Rajmal First Aid: 1. Satyavan; 2. Vikrant; 3. Sanjay Jagmal Singh Memorial Trophy (Rowing): Hardeep Singh, Ambala Jitender Kumar Memorial Trophy (Swimming): Bhagat Singh, Jhajjar Naib Singh Memorial Trophy (Improvised Swimming Aid): Veer Singh, Fatehabad
Kurukshetra, May 2 The particulars of every flood relief trainee would be recorded at the headquarters, he added. Laying stress on the flood relief training, he said every trainee should get flood relief training sincerely and dedicatedly. Every trainee was rendered training in first aid and artificial breathing, along with the basic training of flood relief, during the camp, he added. A change was being felt in every trainee after getting the training and they should teach the techniques of flood relief to other students of the Nehru Yuva Kendra, NSS Volunteers and youth of other organisations. Only then, this training camp would become meaningful, he added. He informed that a proposal for the purchase of fiber boats and inflated boats had been prepared and these would be purchased within 30 days by the state government. Deputy commissioner CG Rajni Kanthan pointed out that whenever sudden calamities take place at Brahmasarovar, SYL and Bhakhra Canal passing through this district, the scarcity of flood relief equipments gives us pain. Therefore, facilities like fiber boats and divers should be provided. Employees from the Haryana Roadways, Irrigation and other departments were also invited to take training at the camp. The employees who were unwillingly taking the training should take interest in it, he added. While presenting the detailed report of the camp, Haryana Revenue Department undersecretary Mahesh Swami informed that 91 persons took training in the camp. Valgad and Kanthan gave away prizes to the winners of various competitions.
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Education system needs a revamp: Expert
Fatehabad, May 2 In an exclusive interview with The Tribune, Dr Pawan Sudhir, noted educationalist, professor and head of the Department of Education in Arts and Aesthetics in the National Council of Education Training and Research (NCERT), said she felt shocked to see that children, especially girls, educated from government schools in Haryana lacked confidence and wore a scary look on their faces. She said the recent efforts initiated by Union Human Resources Minister Kapil Sibal to transform the education system was a welcome relief and these would go a long way in improving the education system, especially at the school level. She said the Right to Education (RTE) Act was a timely step and this would help bring all children under compulsory education and would improve the quality of education.
“The continuous and comprehensive evaluation system being introduced in schools is positive step, as the teachers now will have to evaluate their students at their own level at shorter intervals leading to better learning among children, as against cramming for the fear of examinations,” she said. The real education, she said, is through “experimentation, observation, exploration and then expression” and unless the education connects a person through the real life, it has no use at all. One of the seven siblings, Dr Sudhir, who hails from Boswal village of Fatehabad, says she used to pedal 18 km daily to Fatehabad and back to do her matriculation from a local government school in early seventies.
“Women from our neighbourhood used to discourage my mother, but I refused to give in and finally did my higher studies from Punjab University, Chandigarh, Jamia Milia and Delhi University,” she said.
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Dharohar museum celebrates foundation day
Kurukshetra, May 2 Inaugurated by late Ch Ranbir Singh, member, Constituent Assembly of India, and dedicated to the people of Haryana by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on April 28th, 2006, on the university campus, Dharohar has become one of the most important destinations for dignitaries, scholars, students and citizens of the country and abroad. Over seven lakh visitors have visited the museum since the date of its inception. The museum organised poetic recitation competition and painting competition in five different age group categories each for school students on the occasion. Over 800 students participated in the events. An exhibition of photographs displaying different aspects of Haryana’s culture and life was also arranged to mark the occasion. Sukhjit Kaur Sandhu, wife of Lt-Gen (Dr) DDS Sandhu, Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University, was the chief guest. She distributed prizes among the winners and also released a brochure of the Dharohar Museum that will give information about different sections of the museum and a brief description about the collection in the museum. Speaking on the occasion, she said: “The Dharohar Haryana Museum is one of its kind in the country as it is the only museum on a university campus that provides opportunities to the people from other states and countries to know the rich and varied culture of Haryana.” Inaugurating the function, registrar of Kurukshetra University and convener of the museum Prof Raghuvendra Tanwar said the exhibits at Dharohar examine human experiences, institutions and cultures that were shaped by Haryana’s rural landscape and diverse environment. The museum was dedicated to preserving the state’s rich cultural history and rural heritage, he said. Tanwar told mediapersons that the second phase of Dharohar, which would recreate a village of the state displaying traditional professions and tools, architecture and social meeting places - “Choupal”, “Panghat,”- open air theatre and exhibits of food and craft, would be ready in five months while the third phase of the museum, devoted to India’s First War of Independence, would be ready by late next year. Prof Reicha Tanwar, director, Women Studies Research Centre; Prof Sharda Rani, Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences; Prof Brajesh Sawhney, director, Public Relations; Anoop Lather, director, Youth and Cultural Affairs; Dr Maha Singh Poonia, curator, Dharohar Museum; were among those who were present.
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Foeticide
Ambala, May 2 According to sources, the Census has shown a drastic fall in the overall sex ratio in the country. Shockingly the fall is more drastic in 0-6 year age group, especially in the northern states of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, in which Ambala is among the 10 districts having the lowest sex ratio in India. On analysing the district-wise data of Census 2011, it was found that Ambala needs special attention. Keeping in mind the scenario, RRC-Mamta organised a district-level consultation meet on gender equity and the right to survival of the girl child in collaboration with the Health Department, Ambala. As many as 90 persons from different departments, including district health department, members of Indian Medical Association, students of MM College of Nursing, Mullana, NGOs, representatives of Women and Child Development Department and Nehru Yuva Kenderas participated. Dr Vandana, deputy director, PCPNDT, National Rural Health Mission, Haryana, discussed about the Act. Dr Veenu Gupta, deputy civil surgeon, Ambala, presented the scenario of sex ratio in the district in which she emphasised that some villages of Ambala were showing progress.
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Prof develops technique to treat industrial waste
Yamunanagar, May 2 This was stated by Dr Vijay Sharma, associate professor of Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Yamunanagar, in the college campus recently. She said Yamunanagar district was the second biggest industrial town in Haryana as there were more than 2,500 various industries, including metal industries, pulp and paper mill, sugar mill industry, distillery, starch mill, plywood industries and pharmaceuticals industries. To control the environmental threat posed by the local industrial effluents in the district, an innovative senior scientist, Dr Vijay Sharma, PG Department of Industrial Chemistry, Guru Nanak Khalsa College, has developed a design and process to treat industrial effluents. The beauty of the work is that such waste will be managed with another agricultural waste i.e. wheat straw, which is converted and used for the treatment of various effluents. She further said treated effluents, which were free from heavy metals like copper, lead, chromium, nickel, iron and other toxicant, would be used as potential fertilisers for growing various crops. Sources said the UGC, New Delhi, had recognised this novel work and granted her a major research project titled “Studies on the treatment of industrial effluents from various industries in the twin cities of Yamunanagar and Jagadhri by indigenously developed exchanger from wheat straw and use of treated effluents as potential fertiliser”. Dr Sharma said such research would help to control major environmental problems of the local communities who were regularly suffering from various ailments triggered by environmental poisons. She said with this technique, agricultural soil, land and water bodies might be protected. The project would be compiled in three years, she added. Earlier, she had presented her paper on the same research work in Hydrology Conference - 2010 at Santiago, California, organised by UNESCO and Elsevier. The visit of Dr Sharma was sponsored by the UGC, New Delhi. Guru Nanak Khalsa College chairman Bhupinder Singh Jauhar and college principal Dr Verinder Kaur have congratulated Dr Sharma on her achievements and offered all possible support to carry out the novel work in the college. Caption: Dr Vijay Sharma, associate professor, Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Yamunanagar.
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46 MBA students get placements
Rewari, May 2 They are expected to join the company at its various centres in June. Prof SC Kundu, Director, HSB, said while 60 shortlisted students were made to go through an interview conducted by the company’s HR manager Kamal Deep and his two colleagues, 46 students, including 17 girls, were selected for appointment. Besides, 12 other final year students of the HSB have also been placed as sales manager trainees with an annual package of Rs 2.50 lakh in Kotak Mahendra Old Mutual Life Insurance Limited, Karnal. They were interviewed by Shailender, area manager (sales), and Tarunpreet Singh, HR manager of the company. These 12 students, including four girls, are expected to take up the assignment in June. Meanwhile, Vice-Chancellor Dr ML Ranga, registrar Prof RS Jaglan, HSB director Prof SC Kundu, Dean Prof BK Punia and placement-cum-training officer Sanjay Singh have felicitated the students on their achievement.
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Need to reform police force stressed
Sirsa, May 2 “The Police Act 1961, an Act for the regulation of the police in India, was introduced by the British just after the great rebellion of 1857 to build the police force as an instrument to terrorise natives to keep them under subjugation. Though India is a free country now for the past 63 years and the conditions prevalent at the time of enactment of the Act no more exist, the spirit of that Act still pervades the Indian police force despite several exercises like Dharamvira Police Commission Report etc to build conformity with the democratic spirit of an independent country,” Chaudhary said. He said incidents of rape by policemen, custodial deaths and some such arbitrary acts by the cops have dealt a serious blow to the police force as an organisation to provide security to the public. Chaudhary has referred to article “Reforms must begin at the grass-roots” published in The Tribune recently and said the suggestions given by its writer, Rajbir Deswal, IG (CID) with the Haryana Police, should get serious attention of the Haryana administrative structure. The suggestions include making reporting room a pleasant place, setting up of police-public committees as being done in some states like Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh etc, use of latest forensic methods in crime detection, courteous behaviour and a host of such other suggestions. He refereed to common complaints against the police force like non-registration of crime, fake recoveries, planting of witnesses, use of third degree methods etc. The highhandedness of the police force is compounded by poor infrastructure, outdated communication equipment etc, he added. Chaudhary has suggested that a committee comprising Deswal and some senior officers of the police and the civil services should be constituted to deliberate on the issue of police reforms. The Haryana Administrative Reform Commission’s term ended on March 12 this year. Though the commission failed to deliver much for which it was constituted by the state government, Chaudhary, one of its members, has come out with his suggestions for reforms in the police force even after the end of the commission’s term.
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‘Action research’ playing vital role in modern education, says expert
Yamunanagar, May 2 The chief guest threw light on education and its related problems. He appreciated the management of the college for his valuable contribution in the field of education. Prof SK Yadav from the Department of Teacher Education and Extension, NCERT, New Delhi, in his keynote address emphasised on action research and said the first thing is to identify the problems which were related with school, education and students, then try to find out the solutions. He said all the commissions insist on action research. Prof Saroj Bala from the NCERT, New Delhi, emphasised on classroom problems and its solutions. She elaborated on communication skills, non-judgemental way and discussion with students. Dr BS Yadav, associate professor, University College of Education, Kurukshetra, said action research was playing a vital role in modern educational techniques. Dr Amisha Singh, associate professor, University College of Education, Kurukshetra, said: “We should adopt action research in our teaching practice and as a result we will find that the ability of teaching is improved.” Dr Sandeep Berwal, Head and Dean, Faculty of Education, BPS Mahila Vishwavidyalya, Khanpur, Sonepat, gave his views on use of statistics for data analysis in action research. Ajay Singh Chauhan, managing director of the college, thanked all the experts and guests present on the occasion.
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Need to improve surgical treatment in trauma cases highlighted
Rohtak, May 2 This was perhaps the subject focus of a majority of orthopaedicians who spoke on the three-day “AO (Association of Osteosynthesis) Trauma Course-Principles in Operative Fracture Management” in PGIMS here recently. Dr PS Maini, a renowned expert in the field, and at present the head of the Orthopaedics Department of Escorts Hospital, who inaugurated the course, said it was the need of the hour that operative and surgical techniques in the management of fractures and orthopaedics were improved and taken to the point where these could serve the cause in a fulfilling manner. Dr Maini, who also happens to be the founding father of the Orthopaedics Department, said PGIMS had gone a long way to improve its work and infrastructure with the need of the time and that’s why it was one of the leading medical institutes in the country where there had been a constant improvement and innovation in terms of infrastructure and technique. He said the role of an orthopaedician was vital in any institute providing trauma care. As there had been a constant increase in the number of accident victims, every hospital must be ready with the expert team of doctors who could give instant treatment in the best possible manner and this was possible when there was constant research and development in the field so that doctors were well equipped with knowledge and techniques. Speaking on the occasion, Dr SS Sangwan, vice-chancellor of Pt. BDS Health University, said quality ortho services should reach the remotest corner of the country in order to provide the best treatment to trauma patients. According to the organisers of the course, qualified and experienced doctors from several states and countries were associated with this foundation. The first such course in AO Trauma Principle was held in 1960 and since then, about 500 similar programmes were held all over the world. The unique thing about the course was that the basic course, structure and curriculum of it had been same everywhere. The aim of the AO course was not to popularise the indiscriminate use of surgical fixation, but to evaluate scientifically its place in the care of injured and, where appropriate, to refine surgical practise so that the outcome for the victim of injury could be optimised. Dr. PP Kotwal, the trustee of the AO from India, said the organisation worked in the areas of research, development and quality assurance in fracture treatment with more than 5,000 surgeons, including an international faculty of over 3,000 in more than 150 countries.
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Conference on stress-free living
Rewari, May 2 Delivering the keynote address, Rajyogini Dadi Hriday Mohini, additional chief of the Brahma Kumaris, said ORC was a prestigious gift benignly bestowed upon the citizens of the Delhi zone by Brahma Baba, the founding father of the Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya (BKIVV), Mount Abu, Rajasthan. Simultaneously, making mention of the increasing tension in life owing to obvious factors, Dadi Mohini emphasised the need of undergoing meditation courses being run by the BKIVV at its centres in the country and abroad. Besides, she exhorted all to get themselves refreshed by the virtue of their stay at the ORC and then take back this whiff of freshness to their near and dear ones. Recalling the divine revelations made by Brahma Baba during the last days of his life, she predicted that “Kalyug” (the present cycle of trials and tribulations) was fast approaching its end and a new cheerful dawn was just awaiting them. Besides, the participants were also given spiritual and rajyoga meditation tips for positive, healthy and happy living in their personal and professional domains by sister Laxmi, BK Brij Mohan and others.
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Fellowship for Murthal varsity reader
She will examine the colonial public park as a 19th century landscape and cultural import to the Indian subcontinent in its various manifestations. Dr Sharma has also been selected as an associate at the Shimla-based Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, an inter-university centre for humanities and social sciences of the University Grants Commission. The tenure of the associateship will commence in June, 2012, for one month for three consecutive years. Her area of research will be the conservation of the Indian subcontinent’s built heritage against the backdrop of colonisation. Congratulating Dr Sharma for her achievement, HS Chahal, Vice-Chancellor of the university, said it was another feather in the cap of the university after being given the prestige of getting to design model schools for the state government.
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Youth wing of AVS reconstituted
Rewari, May 2 According to AVS spokesperson Mukesh Mittal, the following have been nominated other office-bearers of its reconstituted unit:- Punit Garg (Radaur) - working president, Rohit Garg (Rohtak), Hari Om Agarwal (Pehowa) and Vikas Faujdar (Narnaul) - senior vice-presidents, Ajay Agarwal (Mustafabad-Yamuna Nagar) - general secretary, Pawan Garg (Bhiwani), Navin Garg (Samalkha) and Davender Goyal (Narwana)- secretaries, Rohit Jain (Rohtak), Sandeep Jain (Kalanwali) and Manoj Goyal (Guriani) - organising secretaries, Davender Goyal (Gurgaon) - publicity secretary, Sandeep Nooniwala (Narnaul) - spokesman and Sushil Bansal (Tohana) - treasurer.
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Letter
After the last month’s triumph of renowned social activist Anna Hazare with respect to inclusion of members of civil society in the process of enactment of the Jan Lokpal Bill, voices are now also being raised to suitably amend the Haryana Lokayukta Act, 2002, so as to make it more effective.Undoubtedly, the institution of Lokayukta in Haryana has been a victim of political and official apathy ever since its inception in the late 90s.
While the first Lokayukta Justice IP Vashist had to face an unceremonious exit, the second occupant Justice NK Sud in the absence of adequate powers was not able to make this institution of public ombudsman as a deterrent for corrupt public servants. Now, it is heartening to note that the new Lokayukta Justice Pritam Pal is trying to play a pro-active innings. Recently, he demanded that the institution should be granted powers to launch contempt proceedings.In this regard, such a power was invested in the office of Lokayukta under Clause 16 of the Haryana Lokayukta Bill, 1999, passed during the Chautala regime in November, 1999, but when it was sent to the President for his assent, it was objected as the same was found inconsistent with provisions of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. Hence, the same was omitted in the fresh version of the Bill viz the Haryana Lokayukta Bill, 2002. Nevertheless, a number of provisions as contained in the Lokayukta Act, 2002, merit immediate resurrection. Under the Act, the state Lokayukta has no power to proceed against corrupt bureaucrats or government officials although they fall in the category of public servants. Though the Lokayukta can summon record from the state government, but the latter can withhold certain record in public interest under provisions of the archaic Official Secrets Act, 1923. Then, though the Lokayukta can order any public servant or any other person to furnish information or document relating to a pending inquiry, but the latter would have to seek prior permission of the government before furnishing the same notwithstanding the fact that the proceedings before the Lokayukta have been deemed to be judicial under the Act. Further, the information obtained by the Lokayukta or his staff in course of any inquiry or investigation would be treated as confidential and even no court shall be entitled to compel the Lokayukta to give evidence in that respect. This provision tends to raise serious fingers over the fairness and transparency adopted in the proceedings conducted by the Lokayukta. Moreover, it is in sharp contrast with now successfully enforced progressive legislation viz Right to Information Act (RTI), 2005. As the state’s Lokayukta Act was enacted much before the coming of the RTI, hence there is an urgent need for its re-appraisal so that it duly complies with the provisions of the RTI. It needs to have its own independent investigation mechanism distinct from the state police and vigilance organisations. Last but not the least, as the Karnataka model of Lokayukta has won due acclaims amongst all states, the state must emulate certain provisions from Karnataka’s legislation and duly incorporate the same in the state’s Lokayukta Act.
HEMANT KUMAR, Ambala City Readers are invited to write to us. Send your mail, in not more than 200 words, at haryana@tribuneindia.com or write in at: Letters, Haryana Plus,
The Tribune, Sector 29, Chandigarh-160030.
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Sonepat, May 2