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Ambala fire station ill-equipped
Plan to restore glory of Hali Park
Rs 25-cr grant for urban civic bodies
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Hond-Chillar Massacre
Stray cattle pose threat to motorists
Decision to direct pvt schools to implement RTE opposed
Haryanavi films enter ‘80s era’
Mystery disease claims 6 lives
Brain Wave-2011
Follow teachings of Bhagwan Balmiki, says Gillankhera
Man pledges to donate body
Texas varsity names management school after Naveen Jindal
Haryanavi athlete wins silver in Thailand meet
Villagers told to work unitedly for development
In-laws booked for dowry
Drama parties told to improve propaganda system
Kurukshetra institute wins 3rd position
Gang of cable thieves busted, six held
Install boards about SMS service at police stations, check posts, says IGP
Youths told to participate in NSS activities
183 students get placements
KU prof stresses on micro-financing
Philatelists display collections at exhibition
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Ambala fire station ill-equipped
Ambala, October 17 The city fire brigade has to depend on the Air Force which has a foam crash tender equipped with latest firefighting system. During the past one decade, a number of multistoreyed commercial buildings have come up in the area. The city fire station does not have a hydraulic platform to approach the upper floors of high rise building in case of any fire incident. The firemen generally use aluminum ladders to reach the upper floors, which is risky and difficult too. Meanwhile, the fire station has geared up to deal with fire incidents in view of the Diwali festival. Recently, the department engaged more firemen on a temporary basis and a survey has been conducted to identify sensitive areas. Shukalkund Road, Daal Bazar, Sarafa Bazaar and few other markets have been identified as the most sensitive areas where around Diwali fire tenders will be made available round-the-clock. There are two wholesale crackers shops situated on the Shukalkund Road where a huge quantity of crackers remains stored. The department has asked it officials to keep a close watch on this most sensitive area. Meanwhile, Samir Pal Srow, deputy commissioner, has directed that no retail shop of crackers would be allowed in the city area. He directed the fire brigade officer to identify an open space outside the city area where temporary shops would be setup for selling firecrackers. He also directed that proper fire extinguishers, sand and buckets should be available on all retail crackers shops.
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Plan to restore glory of Hali Park
Panipat, October 17 The park, which is spread over 29 acres and is located in the heartland of the city, was constructed by the Panipat Municipal Committee in the memory of the famous Urdu poet, Altaf Hussain “Hali”, about 27 years ago. The park was popular among children and elders alike as it had a lake with boating facility. It even housed a
mini zoo. The lake was constructed in about 13 acres. However, for the past 11 years, the lake ceased to exist here as dirty water from several dyeing units flowed into it and the lack of the upkeep led to the drying up of the lake. Similar was the fate of the park that lost its glory over the period of time. The mini zoo also perished with the time. Unfortunately, some portion of the park was sold to the nearby factory owners to overcome the financial crunch faced by the Municipal Council. It was in 2000 that IOC agreed to adopt the Hali Park for its integrated development. However, this failed to yield any positive results for the park. Even the business community did not show any interest in developing this park. In 2003 and 2009, the district administration undertook two different projects to revive the park and the lake. Even efforts made in 2009 started producing some results, the failure to maintain the spot again pushed it towards poor conditions. Now, following an initiative taken by Deputy Commissioner JS Ahlawat, efforts have been started to revive the park. The Deputy Commissioner said a plan had been envisaged to plant flower saplings, trees and to repair the jogger’s track at the park. Besides, floodlights and other coloured lights would also be installed at the park. The park would have a children’s park, fountains, swings and a snacks bar. He said officials of the Civic Body and the Public Health Department had already started draining out the dirty water from the lake and the work to restore flower beds and parks would also commence shortly.
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Rs 25-cr grant for urban civic bodies
Chandigarh, October 17 An official spokesperson said here recently that the Director, Urban Local Bodies, would ensure that grants released were utilised as per the guidelines issued by the 13th Finance Commission. The utilisation certificate of the released amount should be furnished before the second instalment of the grant was released. The amount should be kept in savings bank account to be operated by the administrators or presidents as the case may be. The Deputy Commissioner, of course, would exercise over all control in giving directions and guidelines about the methodology of the expenditure to the administrators or presidents. The entire grant-in-aid would be spent within one year of drawing the amount from the treasury. If any amount was left unspent after the expiry of the utilisation period, the same would have to be deposited in the government treasury. A quarterly report on the physical and financial progress should be sent by the civic bodies through the deputy commissioners in the prescribed proforma, he added.
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Hond-Chillar Massacre
Chandigarh, October 17 Ashwani Kumar, secretary of the commission, said here recently that the statements of facts could be submitted on all the working days between 10 am and 1 pm. He said every person, association, institution and organisation, furnishing the statements of facts should also furnish to the commission a list of documents, if any, on which he or they propose to rely and would forward to the commission wherever practicable the original or the true copies duly authenticated as may be in his possession or control and would state the names and addresses of the persons from whom the remaining documents could be obtained. The statements of facts or affidavits submitted before the commission should as far as possible be in English and, in case, these were in a language other than English, these should be accompanied by a translation thereof in English duly authenticated to be true translation by the notary or executive magistrate first class. Witnesses appearing before the commission for recording their statements would be paid travelling expenses as per the government rules, he added.
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Stray cattle pose threat to motorists
Ambala, October 17 Gurmit Kaur, a teacher, said the Military Hospital Chowk and Tangri Bridge were the most accident-prone areas as frequent accidents took place on this track. Stray cattle had claimed a number of lives in the recent past also, she added. “A number of complaints have been made in the past, but the Municipal Corporation (MC) officials paid no heed to them. Cattle often cause traffic jams at the busy intersections of Sadar Bazaar, Mahesh Nagar Chowk, Gita Gopal Chowk and Subji Mandi area. It is the duty of the MC officials to check the menace,” she said. The situation is even worse in the cantonment area due to neglect on part of both the Municipal Corporation and the Cantonment Board. A few days ago, an Army havildar, Ved Pal, lost his life when his scooter hit a stray animal on the Durand Road near the Military Hospital in the Cantonment area while he was returning to his house. The residents blamed the MC officials and the Cantonment Board for not taking stern action against the cattle owners. Local MLA Anil Vij said there were more than 150 milk dairies in Ambala city, which were functioning in the thickly populated residential areas and cattle let loose by the dairy owners spread filth on the roads, besides causing accidents. He said the district administration had been trying to control the menace for the past 15 years, but all in vain. Surge in the menace could be attributed to the fact that whenever milch cattle turn dry, dairy owners left them on the streets, the residents said. A dairy expert said the menace could be checked if the dairy owners resorted to the practice of numbering their cattle.
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Decision to direct pvt schools to implement RTE opposed
Sonepat, October 17 The meeting was presided by Ajmer Singh, district president of the Haryana Sanyukat Vidyalaya Sangthan. While debating over various provisions of the Act, the representatives opposed the government direction of employing only those teachers in private schools who had passed the state teachers eligibility test (STET). It was wrong to impose the condition with the justification that if the STET was conducted by the government, it was also the duty of the government to absorb the STET-qualified teachers in government schools only, they said. When there was no involvement of government money in private schools and because of better arrangements and facilities the results of the private schools were better than the government schools, there was no justification to impose conditions and interfere in the routine working of the private schools by the government officers, the representatives added. They also opined that charging of any amount from the private schools on one pretext or the other was the violation of Section 21-A of the RTE Act. “Rather, the government should provide financial assistance to the private schools so that the fee structure can be reduced for the benefit of the students and their wards,” they added. Demanding waiving of passenger tax on school buses, the representatives said in a meeting of the representatives of their sangthan earlier, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had assured them for waiving the passenger tax and hoped that the Chief Minister would fulfil his promise soon. State vice-president of the sangthan Manohar Lal Chawla, Rajinder Singh Gahlan, Rajinder Mudgil, Sanjay Khareta and Sehdev Rana were also present at the meeting.
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Haryanavi films enter ‘80s era’
Panchkula, October 17 Speaking at the muhurat shot of a Haryanavi film, “Tera Mera Wada”, of JD Films Entertainment at Kingfisher in Ambala, he said the state had a rich cultural heritage from the olden Mahabharata epic period and Haryanavi films would present a slice of its enriching contexts to the audience. Singer-actor Ankit Balhara and Neeta Singh are in the lead. Bollywood actor Girja Shanker, who immortalised the role of king Dhritrashtra in mega TV serial Mahabharata, plays the central character. Sanchit Balhara scores the music in the film produced by Ravinder Singh, a veteran of many Punjabi films. The film will be completed within six months.
I feel blessed to be part of ‘Mahabharata’: Girja Shanker
Born and raised in Patiala, Girja had an inclination for music and theatre from the childhood and participated in various plays. He left his postgraduation in Geography from Punjabi University, Patiala, to devote time to theatre. But his grooming under the tutelage of master thespian Harpal Tiwana proved in good stead for him to win laurels in theatre. He also attended three years’ advanced course of postgraduation level. Girja craved a niche for himself with immaculate performances in many Hindi and Punjabi plays which paved his way for over 45 serial and films. “None of the literary or religious epics have influenced the lives of Indians the world over as the Ramayana and Mahabharata and I feel blessed to be part of the mega serial Mahabharata,” said Bollywood actor Girja Shanker. “I had elicited much applause for my serial Mahabharata with its origin in Haryana and now I hope to be doubly blessed for emulating that glory in my first-ever Haryanavi film.
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Mystery disease claims 6 lives
Rewari, October 17 The villagers are apprehensive that these deaths were caused either by malaria or dengue. At their behest, a team of doctors of the Health Department, which visited Nehrugarh recently, took blood samples of the patients which were then duly examined by specialists. Consequently, Dr Chitranjan, medical officer of Government Hospital, Kosli, made it known that none of the patients had tested positive either for malaria or dengue. Meanwhile, the village elders have opined that these deaths as well as the spread of the disease needed a thorough probe to avert any further mishaps.
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Brain Wave-2011
Yamunanagar, October 17 The programme was inaugurated by lighting a lamp by the chief guest, chairman of the group Rajinder Singh, director Dr Sarvjeet Kaur, principal Dr Rajiv Khanduja and principal Nirmaljeet Singh. To boost the morale of the participants, the chief guest said such contests must be included as part of the curriculum activities of professional courses. The function was preceded with the formal introductory speech by Dr Sarvjeet Kaur in which she gave her best wishes to all participating teams from different institutions of the region and advised them to play with good spirit. She said more than 20 teams from the state participated in this contest. The participating teams included Ganpati Business School, Bilaspur, Haryana, Engineering College, Jagadhri, Shri Ram Mulkh Institute, Naraingarh, Guru Gobind Singh Institute of Management and Technology, Yamunanagar, Shivalik Group Of Institute, Dosadaka, Jankiji Institute, Marwakal, Maharishi Ved Vyas Engineering College, Jagadhri, Yamuna Group of Institutions, etc. Sources said the preliminary rounds were played by each team and four teams were selected for the final round. Manpreet Walia and Sagar Bhutani of Guru Gobind Singh Institute stood first, Parchi and Yogesh of Jankiji Institute grabbed the second position and Viney and Ankush Garg of Shri Ram Mulkh Institute stood third in the contest. The chief guest distributed prizes among the winners.
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Follow teachings of Bhagwan Balmiki, says Gillankhera
Sirsa/Fatehabad, October 17 Tanwar was the chief guest at the functions organised to mark the Balmiki Jayanti at Sirsa and Fatehabad recently. The MP said Bhagwan Balmiki did not belong to a particular community alone but to the entire nation and his teaching were relevant for all times. Chief Parliamentary Secretary Prahlad Singh Gillankhera, who was present at the Fatehabad function, urged the youth to follow the teachings of Bhagwan Balmiki and work for eliminating social evils from society. Usha Dahiya, president of the District Mahila Congress, Fatehabad, Hoshiari Lal Sharma, HPCC delegate from Sirsa, and Bhupesh Mehta, block president of the Sirsa Congress, were also present.
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Man pledges to donate body
Kurukshetra, October 17 A decision to this effect was announced by him at a press conference held on the Vaatikaa premises here recently. Swami Parivraajak said: “I am not afraid of death but I intend to prove the utility of each of the organs of my body by availing the opportunity of donating it for research purpose.” —
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Texas varsity names management school after Naveen Jindal
Kaithal, October 17 The recognition will also lead to the establishment of Naveen Jindal Institute for Indo-American Business Studies. Jindal had earned his MBA from the University of Texas, Dallas, in 1992. He was the student government president of the university and also received the Student Leader of the Year Award. “It’s very important to build institutions of higher learning. I am honoured that the university has decided to name the School of Management after me,” Jindal said. “My vision and desire is that the Naveen Jindal School of Management becomes the school of choice for some of the brightest and best individuals who will truly lead us to the next generation, leaders who will truly embrace the global vision and balance the needs of the people with the environment in an ethical and sustainable manner,” he said. The Naveen Jindal School of Management will offer full-time, part-time and executive MBA programmes apart from enhancing faculty research productivity. Jindal is the chairman and MD of Jindal Steel and Power Limited.
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Haryanavi athlete wins silver in Thailand meet
Rewari, October 17 Besides, Amrica Mondal from Kolkata and Sangram Gokhale from Mumbai won bronze in the 165-cm category of the World Women’s Fitness and the 85-kg category in the Asian Senior Bodybuilding Championship, respectively. Similarly, while Abdul Salam Kamal Hassan of Qatar bagged the overall title of Mr. Asia, the team championship was won by Iranian athletes. Amit Swami, vice-president of the Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Federation, gave this information to mediapersons here recently.
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Villagers told to work unitedly for development
Sonepat, October 17 This was stated by Kuldeep Sharma while listening to the grievances of the people, particularly from his Assembly Constituency, Gannaur, here at the PWD Rest House recently. Sharma recalled that despite meagre sources of income, lesser population and with a few job opportunities, the earlier generation had set up examples of cooperation, social harmony and united efforts by constructing big size chaupals, deep ponds and wells and even schools without any assistance from the government to meet their requirements. “Everybody, irrespective of caste or religion, used to contribute whether physically, economically or with his skilled and unskilled labour, for creating community assets,” he said but regretted that such feelings, cooperation and understanding were not visible nowadays. He said there were a large number of schemes aided by the Central and state government for the all-round development of villages and people should not waste their energy in opposing the developmental “Rather, they should sit together, resolve their differences and make a common cause for the developmental works,” he added. While listening to the public grievances of the villagers, he directed the officers of the Bijli Vitran Nigam, PWD (B&R), development and panchayat, irrigation and municipality to solve the problems at the earliest. Vinod Dhankhar, state general secretary of the Panchayati Raj cell of the HPCC, and officers of various departments were present on the occasion.
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In-laws booked for dowry
Rewari, October 17 Asha, daughter of Tara Chand Bawaria of Chhuchhakwas village, Jhajjar, was married to Amit, son of Rajender Bawaria of Khedi village, in 2008. Asha was persistently subjected to cruel treatment allegedly by her in-laws for dowry. Recently, when she refused to bring Rs 20,000 from her parents, she was allegedly tortured and also made to consume poison on October 10. On the basis of her statement, the Kosli police registered a case of dowry harassment and causing hurt by means of poison against her husband Amit, father-in-law Rajender and two others.
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Drama parties told to improve propaganda system
Kurukshetra, October 17 Brar said: “Change is the law of nature and keeping in view the changing scenario, we will have to bring changes in our working pattern. Only then, the efforts made to keep our culture alive will succeed”. He said the artists of the department should prepare the programmes related to uprooting social evils from society, education, health, agriculture, etc, so that the common man could get the benefits of the government schemes and the gap between the public and the government could be minimised. Brar said the messages conveyed through songs and plays had a deeper effect on the public than the speeches. “It is necessary for the artists of the department to update their programmes according to the new schemes of the government,” he said. Appreciating the artists for their contribution to keep the art alive, CR Mudgil, a former director of the Haryana Punjabi Sahitya Academy, said the state government had done a commendable job by organising this workshop to polish the talent of the artists. Vishav Deepak Trikha, deputy director, Multi Arts Cultural Centre, Kurukshetra, said cultural activities had increased in Kurukshetra during the past few years. Banarsi Das, district information and public relations officer, said: “The artists need to improve their working system to cope up with the modern times”. Giving tips to the artists for the improvements to be brought in the presentation of plays, Anoop Lather, director, Department of Youth and Cultural Affairs, Kurukshetra University, said: “Plays leave a long-lasting impression on the minds of the people and they can play an important role in uprooting social evils from society”. Hazari Lal, district information and public relations officer, Yamunanagar, and Amit Panwar, district information and public relations officer, Kaithal, were also present on the occasion.
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Kurukshetra institute wins 3rd position
Kurukshetra, October 17 Claiming this, Mohit Gupta, PRO, KITM, said around 40 colleges affiliated to Kurukshetra University participated in the event which was sponsored by the university. Before making it to the inter-college tournament, the KITM team won the zonal competition, which was the qualifying stage, held in the university. The zone comprised of two districts, Kurukshetra and Ambala. Dr PJ George, director-principal, KITM, Kurukshetra, and Sudarshan Aggarwal, managing director, congratulated the winning team.
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Gang of cable thieves busted, six held
Kaithal, October 17 SP Simardeep Singh told mediapersons here last evening that the thieves stole cables from 22 tubewells on the night of March 31 in the villages of Pundri tehsil. They also stole cables from 13 tubewells in the Kaul and Kheri area on May 22. Again, they stole cables from three tube wells in the Keorak area. The CIA team, led by inspector Randhir Singh, during the investigation of all theft cases arrested Parvesh, Gurjant Singh Kuldip Singh and Gurmeet Singh, all residents of Jaswanti village. The criminals revealed that they had sold scrap of all stolen cables to Sunil and Tejpal, scrap dealers of the Keorak area. The police conducted raids and seized the scrap from them. All those arrested were produced in a local court which sent them in judicial custody.
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Install boards about SMS service at police stations, check posts, says IGP
Jhajjar, October 17 They have also been asked to work in tandem to ensure the successful operation of the service in their district concerned, besides submitting an execution report in this regard at the earliest. The Rohtak Range Police had recently launched its SMS service with a view to receiving crime information within a short span of time after the occurrence, besides other information pertaining While speaking to The Tribune during his visit of Bahadurgarh town here recently, Kamaraja said: “Since the success of the SMS service depends upon the public awareness, it is essential to make the people aware about the service through publicity by putting display boards and other materials at police stations and public places”. “Boards displaying information about the service will motivate the people to inform the police immediately about any crime by sending an SMS to the toll-free number,” said the IGP, adding that a toll-free number, which was same for all four districts of the range, had been made available for the public and any person wanting to share information regarding crime could send as SMS to the number. The identity of the informant was kept secret. “Moreover, the SHO concerned have to reply to the informer within a stipulated time about the action taken by him in this regard after getting the information. Interestingly, if the SHO failed to respond, the SMS automatically rings up the higher officers to inform them about the lethargic functioning of the SHO concerned,” said Kamaraja. He said this mechanism had been developed to keep an eye on the working of police officers, besides getting the latest information about the crime. The service had evoked a good response as people were providing information about criminals and crime by sending SMS on a daily basis but it had potential to be more successful, the IGP added.
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Youths told to participate in NSS activities
Sonepat, October 17 This was stated by HS Chahal, Vice-Chancellor of the DCR University of Science and Technology, Murthal, while addressing NSS Programme Officers of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh on the concluding day of their seven-day training camp on the university premises recently. He also distributed training certificates among the participating programme officers. Exhorting the youths to participate in NSS activities, Chahal said more than 35 lakh students and around 35,000 teachers in the country were associated with the NSS activities. Dr Satyaveer Malik, training coordinator, said the participating officers were provided with the information relevant for creating awareness among the people about the declining sex ratio, water and environment conservation, women empowerment, HIV, eye and blood donation and various welfare schemes launched for the benefit of the people. Programme coordinator of the university Dr Anil Singhu, PRO Narender Hooda, Prachi Dahiya, Anil Dabas and NSS students were also present on the occasion.
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183 students get placements
Yamunanagar, October 17 Giving this information, team leader Swati said as many as 302 students cleared the online test. Thereafter, an interview consisting of technical round, HR round and MR round was conducted in which 183 students got selected. The sources said 67 students from the Computer Science and Engineering Department, 57 students from electronics and communication, 15 students from information technology, 10 students from MCA, four students from M.Tech, four students from electrical, nine students from applied electronics and instrumentation, 15 students from mechanical engineering and 2 students from biotechnology were selected during the drive. Dr Ramesh Kumar, general secretary, and Dr MK Madan, principal of the institute, congratulated the students on their achievement.
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KU prof stresses on micro-financing
Kurukshetra, October 17 Instead of disbursing millions of rupees as subsidy to the beneficiaries of micro finance, the government should compensate the financial institutions for zero per cent rate of interest in place of subsidy. This will reduce the risk of misutilisation of loan and will subsequently help reduce non-performing assets in banks. The zero per cent rate of interest financing has also been provided by various consumer and capital goods dealers/sellers to enhance their sales while ensuring 100 per cent recoveries, said Goel. Lt-Gen DDS Sandhu, Vice-Chancellor of KU, deputed Professor Goel to attend the conference on his behalf. For social inclusion, there is ample scope of financing educated unemployed youth by the banks under micro finance. The financing to these youth may be done on the basis of 50 per cent stake holding by the banks. It will help in eliminating unemployment while ensuring proper utilisation of the financial resources for achieving the objectives of micro financing schemes, he added. According to him, a socially inclusive society is one where all people feel valued, their differences are respected and their basic needs are met so they can live in dignity. Social exclusion is the process of being shut out from the social, economic, political and cultural systems which contribute to the integration of a person into the community. “We need to assess the negative impact of inflation on inclusive growth which has become an impediment in creating fair society for all stakeholders, including government, consumers, producers, distributors and traders,” he said. “Discrimination, Deprivation and Discontent (3Ds) in development are required to be addressed with priority and concern for making it sustainable,” he added. The present scenario of social inclusion of the poor is bleak despite the ongoing poverty alleviation programmes of the government. The government at all levels should take remedial steps with political will and determination for improving their economic health and well being for their social inclusion, Goel added.
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Philatelists display collections at exhibition
Kurukshetra, October 17 JK Gulati, superintendent of post offices, Kurukshetra division, said nine philatelists Ankita, Vasudha, Rajiv Kaushik, Pawan Sharma, Raj Kumar Dhiman, Rakesh Kumar Dhiman, Mohit Kumar, Sandeep Kumar and Shivaans Vats participated and displayed their collections in the exhibition. Gulati said more than 500 sheets containing over 3,500 postage stamps were displayed and a large number of schoolchildren visited the exhibition. About 500 philately accounts were also opened during the exhibition hours, while 91,393 savings accounts had been opened so far during the current financial year in the Kurukshetra postal division, he added. Both, Indu Gupta, Chief Postmaster General, Haryana Circle, and Manisha Bansal Badal, Director, Postal Services, Ambala, distributed prizes among all participating philatelists, postal employees for opening maximum savings accounts and gram dak sewaks. Gupta said: “Philately is a hobby which helps in enhancing knowledge and earning money, along with name and fame”. He also thanked philatelists and postal employees for making the exhibition a success.
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The Ambala City fire station does not have sufficient fire tenders to control any major fire incident.
Yamunanagar, October 17
Rewari, October 17
Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kuldeep Sharma has exhorted the people in the villages to shun their petty differences not only for giving a momentum to the development and welfare activities but also to maintain an atmosphere of social amity and brotherhood in their villages.
Sonepat, October 17
A campus placement drive was held recently at the Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Radaur.
A 15-members team of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) led by Swati visited the campus for the placement drive.
