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Ambala among filthiest cities
Emu rearing catches the fancy of Rewari villagers
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Old-age pension
Irked by hoax calls, police issues warning
NIFAA eyes another world record
Database of students’ health record
Symposium on emotional intelligence held
1,500 take part in tae kwon do championship
KU don to present paper in Poland
Volunteers told to create legal awareness
Five suicides in a day baffle police, families
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Ambala among filthiest cities
Ambala, October 13 They say frequent water logging causes heavy damage to the roads. Since the area falls under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Corporation, it is the duty of the latter to strengthen infrastructure in various localities. The residents allege that a number of representations to the MC in this regard have failed to evoke a positive response. The locals have expressed resentment over the fact that no arrangements have been made to ensure cleanliness in the town. Sudhir Kumar, Gurdev Kansal, Ashok Gupta and Vijay Jain, all senior members of RWAs of Laxmi Nagar, Palam Vihar and Hari Nagar, say, “It is not possible to venture out of house as stench emanating from heaps of garbage has become unbearable. No safai karmachari comes to lift the garbage on a regular basis”. According to a recent survey of the Ministry of Urban Development, conducted in 423 cities in the country, Ambala Cantt has been identified as one of filthiest towns in the country ranking 340th position in terms of cleanliness whereas Ambala City ranked at 277th position. The prominent reason of neglect in maintaining cleanliness has been observed as the shortage of safai karamcharis as no appointment has been made in the past several years. Sameer Pal Srow, deputy commissioner, says a few months ago, the Ambala Municipal Corporation has signed a contract with Sulabh International for two months for Rs 12.25 lakh per month to clean the city. On an average, Ambala City and Ambala Cantt used to generate about 100 tonnes of garbage before floods in the area, but now, the quantity has gone up to 145 tonnes per day, sources say. Srow says to prevent the spread of water-borne diseases, nodal officers have been appointed to coordinate with the district health officers and take effective measures to check the outbreak of diseases. The sources say people use to throw garbage in the open in thickly populated residential areas due to which drains remain blocked. According to information, around 725 safai karamcharis are needed to cover 47 sq km area in Ambala Cantt. The area was expanded after the addition of 32 villages in Ambala Cantt in July 2009.
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Emu rearing catches the fancy of Rewari villagers
Emus, which are large, flightless, but fast running Australian birds, are members of the ratite family of birds like ostrich, rhea, cassowary and kiwi. An emu stands about six feet tall and weighs around 130 pounds. Emus, which originated in Australia, are now raised on farms throughout the US for their lean red meat and other food byproducts. Every part of the emu is worthwhile. Its meat and eggs are largely consumed as food whereas its feathers are utilised in fashion or crafts and its hide and leg skins are tanned to make leather. Besides, its fat is rendered and refined to make emu oil that is used in health and beauty products while its claws and toenails are used in jewellery and crafts. Evidently, such profitability of the bird has stimulated many farmers to set up emu farms here as well. Among the existing emu ranches, the one at Ghasera village, near here, is probably the largest. Known as Aashu Emu Farm, it was established by Shiv Kumar Yadav in January this year. The farm now has as many as 50 pairs of the bird. Yadav says emus were purchased by him from a large farmhouse in Mumbai. He has already spent over Rs 20 lakh on the setting up of the farm and its maintenance. He says the birds will start laying eggs by October end and each egg is expected to fetch him Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,500, depending on its weight. Yadav says the bird is playful and friendly. As regards its fodder, he says a 50-kg bag of fodder cost him Rs 800. A minimum of 600 g of fodder is usually consumed by each bird on a daily basis. They are also huge eaters of insects and caterpillars, he adds.
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Old-age pension
Karnal, October 13 Only the persons above 60 having annual income below Rs 50,000 would be eligible to apply for old-age pension and the application should be supported with proof of date of birth, ration card, photo identity voter card and photograph, said Neelam P Kasani, deputy commissioner. In order to facilitate persons, who did not have birth certificate or any other documents to establish the date of birth, a committee of two doctors would be constituted to ascertain the age of the applicant. Kasani informed that the review of BPL families would be completed by October 20 and officers were working over time to finish the work of enrolment of new voters, sanitation fairs and finalisation of new pensioners before the deadline. The DC said nine childcare centres had been set up to lodge destitute children and appealed to the people to lend a helping hand in bringing up these children. She said boys and girls up to the age of 10 years would be lodged together in these centres while those between 10 and 18 year of age would be sheltered separately. She said homes for orphan children were being run by the government and NGOs and Bal Bhawan (Madhuban), Uttar Rajya Protection Home for Women (Karnal), Women Inspection Home (Karnal), Mata Prakash Hearing and Speech Impaired Centre, Tapan Rehabilitation Samiti Shraddhanand Orphanage, MDD Bal Bhawan (Phusgarh) and SMS Charitable Society (Karnal). Eleven-member inspection committees had been constituted to ensure that these centres function in a proper and transparent manner, she added.
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Irked by hoax calls, police issues warning
Sirsa, October 13 The proportion of the problem seems to be intense as the district police has issued a press release, warning mischievous elements against making any unwanted or missed calls on telephone number 100. The press release quoted SP Satinder Kumar Gupta, who said, several cases had come to the notice where people had been making unwanted calls or not responding after making the calls. The SP said such calls were wasting the time of the police department and hampering its functioning. He said the police had been keeping a close watch on the activities of the elements doing this mischief and warned that stern action would be taken against them. He said “100” number service was meant for the benefit of the people in case of any emergency or in case they wanted to provide information about some crime.
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NIFAA eyes another world record
Karnal, October 13 Both the performances, aimed at spreading a message of social and cultural awareness and making yet another entry into the Guinness Book of World Records, would be followed by a week-long workshop to be organised at the Multi Arts Cultural Centre in Kurukshetra, said Pritpal Singh Pannu, chairman of NIFAA. Budding artists from all over the state would be invited to join the training in Phag and Kathak dances and renowned Kathak Maestro Sakshi Madan and choreographer Khushi Chawla would conduct training for Kathak, while NIFAA artist Supriya Sharma would choreograph Phag dance. More than 300 girls would perform Kathak dance, while more than 400 boys and girls would enthral the audience with Haryanavi folk dance at a function on the Haryana Day in Kurukshetra. The workshop would be organised with the support of the Multi Art Cultural Centre and the Bhartiya Social and Cultural Development Association and coordinated by the Kurukshetra branch of NIFAA. Dance workshop would be free and proper arrangements for lodging and boarding for outstation participants would be made by the organisers.
The world’s largest drawing
competition organised by NIFAA on August 1, 2011, was awarded an entry into the Guinness Book of World Records. Earlier in the beginning of this year, NIFAA found a place in the Guinness Book of World Records in January 2011 for “Most People Pushing Pram” to promote gender equality. NIFAA has decided to organise a prize-distribution function to honour the winners of the painting competition in the last week of October. In addition to these programmes, the Assam branch of NIFAA will also organise a similar movement by organising the world’s largest Bihu dance to earn a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. Gaurab Hazarika, president of the NIFAA Assam chapter, and a renowned choreographer of Assamia films, would coordinate the event.
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Database of students’ health record
Sirsa, October 13 The programme started under the Backward Region Grant Fund will cost the authorities Rs 15 lakh. Under the programme, paramedical staff of the Health Department will visit all educational institutions in the district to conduct blood tests of students. Students will be given computerised cards mentioning their blood group and hemoglobin level after blood tests. Deputy Commissioner Yudhbir Singh Khyalia said the programme would not only help the authorities know about the students suffering from the lack of hemoglobin, but also it would help in the implementation of the programme to improve the health of children. He said 30 teams of doctors and paramedical staff had been constituted for this purpose.
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Symposium on emotional intelligence held
Yamunanagar, October 13 This was stated by Prof Shashi Anand, head, Department of Commerce, Kurukshetra University, while speaking at a symposium organised by the faculty members of the Commerce Department, Maharaja Agrasen College, Jagadhri. He said: “Let us build our emotional intelligence to understand others feelings towards their job, relationship and ideology”. Explaining through several examples and case studies, Prof Anand cautioned the students against lip-service and superficial selfish relationships. While delivering a valedictory lecture, Dr PK Bajpai, principal of the college, asked the students, “Why our mothers do not tire? Why our parents fulfil all wishes of their wards despite scarcity? This is because they have an emotional bond”. He said: “There are relations where you put in something extra and you are ready to sacrifice your comfort”. “Develop a bond with your relations and duties so that you can excel in every field,” Dr Bajpai said. He stressed the importance of emotional intelligence that was needed for team-based collaboration across organisations, geography and cultures. Bajpai said: “To become an entrepreneur, one should be a risk taker and have the spirit and willingness to take responsibility for his own actions”. Dr RS Wadhawan, academic coordinator, Prof SC Dhingra, HoD, Commerce, Sanjeev Kumar and Suman Saini and other faculty members were present on the occasion.
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1,500 take part in tae kwon do championship
Yamunanagar, October 13 Harish Kumar, president of the Indian Tae Kwon Do Association, was the chief guest on the occasion. Chattar Singh Kashyap, chairman of Ganpati Group, said about 1,500 candidates participated from 18 states of the country besides, the Central Industrial Force (CISF), the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). The teams were welcomed by Subhash Gaur, General Secretary, and Jasbeer Singh Gill, Secretary General, Haryana Tae Kwon Do Association. Kashyap said such championships would be held in the near future also. Cultural events like dance, western dance, bhangra, remix, shabad and demo fight were also presented on the occasion. The chairman of Ganpati Knowledge Temple thanked Jasbeer Singh Gill, while CK Sharma, general secretary of the UP Tae Kwon Do Association, congratulated the winners.
The results
Junior Girls: Under-42kg weight category: Kajal Sharma from Delhi won gold, Anamika Walia won silver and Prabhjot Kaur and Nitu from Punjab and Madhya Pradesh, respectively, won bronze. Under-44kg weight category: Deepika from Delhi won gold, Ritu Negi won silver and Preet Kamal and Sunita from Haryana and Bihar, respectively, won bronze. Under-46kg weight category: Simran from Haryana won gold, Seema from Haryana won silver and Purav Yadav from Madhya Pradesh and Gurwinder from Haryana won bronze. Under-49kg weight category: Varsha Sundergh from Uttar Pradesh won gld, Monika from Haryana won silver and Kiran Bala from Punjab and Bhumi Sharma from Haryana won bronze. Junior Boys: Under-45kg weight category: Abhishek Sharma from Uttar Pradesh won gold, Himanshu Khatri from Madhya Pradesh won silver and Shubham Dikshit from Madhya Pradesh and Shubham Jaj from Haryana won bronze. Under-48kg weight category: Gaurav Sachdeva from Haryana won gold, Deepak Gupta from Uttar Pradesh won silver and Gaurav Malviya from Madhya Pradesh and Rupesh Tokas from Delhi won bronze. Under-51 kg weight category: Farukh Ali from Delhi won gold, Shubham Margaret from Madhya Pradesh won silver and Pt Akhil from Andhra Pradesh and Rajesh from Haryana won bronze.
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Daredevilry part of his daily life
Fatehabad, October 13 The youth, Deepak (17), hailing from the local Lajpat Nagar area, loves to ride on his motorbike while standing on the seat. Son of a peddler, Deepak dropped out of school two years ago and is now pursuing his matriculation from the open board. He is ever agile even while standing on the seat of his moving motorcycle and immediately shifts his stance on seeing a speed-breaker or any hindrance on the road. “I watched the video of a youth riding a motorcycle in standing posture on the Internet three years ago. The video fascinated me. I started practicing and now, I can ride in the standing posture for miles together. I can even read a newspaper or brush my teeth in this posture,” says Deepak. “On August 15 this year, I rode in standing position from Fatehabad to Agroha, covering a distance of over 25 km with the Tricolour in my hand,” he adds. He says he wants to learn more stunts, but he has no support. Asked, is he not putting his own life and that of others using the roads in peril by doing such stunts, Deepak says he is comfortable riding like this now. Prahlad Singh Gillankhera, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, has offered him financial support for buying guards for various parts of the body so that he can pursue his hobby safely.
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KU don to present paper in Poland
Kurukshetra, October 13 Stating this to mediapersons here recently, Prof Singh said the co-presenter of the paper was his faculty member assistant professor Shatruddha Tomar. “The Institute of Polish Philology is organising its first international conference on an interdisciplinary theme of ‘New Media and Popular Literature and Culture’ from October 14 to October 15 in which internationally acclaimed professors, educationists and media practitioners from across the world will participate and share their ideas,” he said. “The research paper to be presented is unique as no substantial work has been done in the area of comics and graphical literature studies from the angle of semiotics. This will be one of the pioneering works, especially in Indian comics scholarship,” Prof Singh added.
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Sonepat varsity VC to attend seminar in US
Sonepat, October 13 As many as 12 Indian higher education administrators from the country have been selected to participate in the two-week seminar and Dr Mittal is the only one from Haryana. The seminar will last for two weeks and the grantees will visit institutions in Washington DC, Philadelphia and New York. The seminar aims at providing Indian university administrators an opportunity to familiarise themselves with the US higher education system. The participants will gain first-hand experience of a cross section of US institutions and meet with key university administrators and officials responsible for the international programmes and activities at their institutions. The two-week visit will enable the participants to learn about various facets of the US higher education, including the types of institutions, accreditation, curriculum development, fund raising, student services and international education on US campuses, as well as share knowledge on the Indian higher education. Topics addressed during visits and meetings at select campuses and organisations will also include research collaborations, faculty and student exchanges and study abroad.
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Rohtak man gets Vishist Sewa Medal
Rohtak, October 13 He is among the 50 Air Force personnel to get the award at the recently concluded 74th Air Force Day in Delhi. “Recruited as a weapon fitter in the IAF, Daljit is among the selected junior commissioned officials from the state who have been given such recognition in the service and he is perhaps the only personnel from the department to get the award,” said a kin of Daljit. Daljit is presently posted as in charge, MWO of the weapon section of the Sukhoi-30 MKI Squadron. The award was presented to him by President Pratibha Devi Singh Patil at a function in Delhi recently. It was followed by a dinner which was attended by the senior functionaries of the government, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Defence Minister AK Antony, the Home Minister and the Chief of the Army, the Air Force and the Navy.
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Volunteers told to create legal awareness
Sonepat, October 13 This was stated by Additional District and Sessions Judge Kuldeep Jain at a meeting of paralegal volunteers held here recently. The volunteers should not only make the people aware of their legal rights and duties, but should also detail out the services being provided by the government departments, he added. DN Bhardwaj, chief judicial magistrate-cum-secretary of the District Legal Services Authority, said the authority would prepare a working plan on the basis of the suggestions given by the volunteers in the meeting. The volunteers were expected to work like a first aid for the needy persons while making them aware of the legal rights and the assistance being provided by the authority, he added. Shanta Jain, Dr Puran Mal Gaur, Om Prakash Dahiya, Daya Nand Antil, Narender Bhutani, Onkar Nath, Manik Sapra and Joginder also attended the meeting.
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Swami is vice-president of Asian Bodybuilding Federation
Rewari, October 13 While Hussain Al Shahr of the UAE and Datuk Paul Chua of Singapore were designated as president and secretary general, respectively, Swami was elected vice-president of the ABPSF for a four-year term (2011-15) at the general body meeting of the federation held at Bangkok in Thailand recently. Swami is the first Indian who has been endowed with such an exalted position in the world of bodybuilding.
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Five suicides in a day baffle police, families
Karnal, October 13 A large number of mourners gathered at the hospital and waited outside the post-mortem room to ascertain the cause of death in these suicide cases, two of which were allegedly caused by hanging and three by consuming poison. Poonam, a 26-year-old woman from Indri, allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself following torture by her in-laws while Ankur, a youth from sector 13, who was fed up with his life due to family feuds, ended his life by consuming some poisonous substance, the police said. The parents of Poonam alleged that she was being tortured and beaten up by her in-laws for dowry. Prithvi Singh, father of Poonam, said her husband demanded Rs 2.5 lakh for the registry of a house. He said when Poonam could not fulfil their demand, she ended her life. The police has registered a case against her in-laws under the Anti-Dowry Act and investigations were in progress. Dr Yogesh, principal medical officer, Karnal, said five cases of suicide had come from different places of the district for post-mortem, which included two cases of hanging and three cases relating to suicide by consuming poison.
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Ambala, October 13
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