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Goraksha Samiti to rid Sirsa of stray cattle
Robbery at goldsmith’s house
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List of foreign training programmes for IAS, HCS officers circulated
IKF World Korfball Championship
Promote natural farming in state, says expert
‘Need to stabilise technical education system’
After Hisar debacle, now Cong focuses on Ratia
Scottish High win soccer tourney
Art of Living course for policemen
Teaching English as a performing art
‘Preventive measures can cut medical expenses’
Kitabo Devi bags first prize in Sanjhi competition
Multipurpose indoor hall opened in Patti Afgan stadium
Zonal Youth Festival
Plea to set up DHBVN circle office in Rewari
Panipat admn gets tough on ragging
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Goraksha Samiti to rid Sirsa of stray cattle
Sirsa, October 27 Sirsa town will soon get rid of its 3,500-odd stray cows that have been roaming on the streets and roads and making driving a nightmarish experience for people. Thanks to an initiative taken by Gobind Kanda, patron of the Goraksha Samiti, Sirsa, a plan has been made to shift all these cows to a Goshala (cowshed) situated in a Rohtak village. As per the plan, the samiti’s workers will capture 30 head of stray cattle from Sirsa roads every night and transport them to Rohtak. It will take the samiti four months or more and a sum of over Rs 50 lakh to execute the plan. Addressing a meeting of representatives of various social organisations of Sirsa in his office, Gobind Kanda, a delegate of the HPCC, said it would cost the samiti Rs 1,500 to transport one stray cattle from Sirsa to Rohtak. Contributing a cheque for Rs 5 lakh, Kanda appealed to social organisations and individuals to donate liberally for the cause. “Allowing cows to stray on the streets and roads is not only dangerous for the road users, but also put the life of cows to risk, as they eat polythene from garbage, which eventually result in their deaths,” Kanda said. He also appealed to those people who put green fodder on roads for cows out of their religious belief to send their contribution to goshalas instead. The SDM, Roshan Lal, who was also present in the meeting, said the authorities would act against those putting green fodder in the open and also against those leaving their cows on roads after milking them. Among those who attended the meeting were Banwari Lal Chawla, Hira Lal Sharma, Surinder Saraf, Surinder Bhatia, Ram Kumar Khareka, Ram Avtar Hisaria and Sanjiv
Jain.
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Robbery at goldsmith’s house
Rewari, October 27 While Rohit and Dinesh are residents of Rewari, Rajesh is a resident
of Gurgaon. The trio had looted at gunpoint cash and jewellery worth about Rs 1 crore from goldsmith Prahlad Bagri’s house in Mohalla Bas Sitab Rai here on September 30. They had been on the run since then. Following their violent confrontation with the Gurgaon police in the Palam Vihar area last week, the robbers had managed to escape after opening fire on the police party, in which constable Tirdev sustained injuries. Thereafter, the Gurgaon police, which registered a case of attempt to murder against them, stepped up its efforts to nab the
gangsters. Subsequently, on a tip-off, the Gurgaon police apprehended the robbers from a place near the Daulatabad flyover in Gurgaon on October 23. They were produced by the Rewari police, which had secured them on transit remand, before the Chief Judicial Magistrate here, who remanded them in police custody till November 3. A senior police official said they were yet to recover from them the looted cash and jewellery as well as the weapons used in the crime.
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Martyrs of Rezang La battle remembered
Rewari, October 27 As many as 114 Ahir jawans of Charlie Company of 13 Kumaon Regiment had made the supreme sacrifice while fighting against the Chinese army at the Rezang La Post at a height of 18,000 ft in the Chushul sector of the Ladakh region on November 18, 1962, when the citizens were celebrating Diwali throughout the country. Wishing a happy and prosperous Diwali to the war widows and other dependants of the martyrs’ families, the participants lighted 114 “deeps” (lamps) at the memorial, according to press note released here today by Naresh Chauhan, general secretary of RLSS.
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List of foreign training programmes for IAS, HCS officers circulated
Chandigarh, October 27 While stating this here today, the Chief Secretary, Haryana, Urvashi Gulati, said the eligible officers should exercise their option for these courses on the prescribed format through proper channel on or before December 2. However, the application of officers interested in short-term training programme “Managing Global Governance” to be conducted by In Went, Germany, must be forwarded to the Union Government by November 30. The officers who have completed a minimum of nine years service as on January 1, 2012, were eligible for these training courses, she added. She said the officers who had attended a foreign training programme of up to one month would be required to complete a cooling-off period of two years before they could be considered again for another training programme. The cooling-off period for such officers as had attended a foreign training programme of more than one month and up to six months would be three years and for those who had attended a foreign training programme of more than six months, it would be of five years. An officer would be eligible for only one long-term programme in his or her career. Officers who had undergone a long-term training programme of more than six month’s duration or a long-term domestic programme, viz IIMA, IIMB, MDI, TERI, NDC and APPPA, would not be eligible for any long-term programme, she added. Gulati said officers who had been debarred from nomination for foreign training on their failure to attend the training programmes would not be considered until the debarment period was over. It must be ensured that the application form for both categories of programmes, long term and short term, must be filled online by the officers.
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IKF World Korfball Championship
Faridabad, October 27 Giving them a sendoff at a function in the national capital, M.C. Gupta, president of the Korfball Federation of India, exuded confidence in the team’s prospects in the Shaoxing world championship, which gets underway today. The team gave a brilliant display and secured silver medal in the Asian-Oceanian U-23 Korfball Championships held at Adelade in July this year in which Chinese Taipei, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Malaysia and China participated. “Going by the fitness, training and the quality of the conditioning camp of the players, this team was expected to give a outstanding performance in the eight-day tournament,” Gupta, who is also a former Chief Secretary of Haryana, said. The captain of the team is Pradeep Dahiya, a native of Haryana. Besides, Shalini, the vice-captain is also from the state. Other team members from Haryana are Chetna, Savita Puneet Kumar, Dev Balhara and Nitesh. Two of the three women in the group from the state are Chetna and Savita - both employed with the Haryana Police. Chetna and Savita, both from Rohtak, asserted that the team was better prepared and would definitely secure a medal for the country. Ashok Kumar, the deputy manager of the team, attributed the strong presence of contingent from Haryana to the popularity of the game in the state. He also lauded the infrastructure in the state, which helped in promotion of the game. The government in the state had also taken a number of policy measures, which had gone a long way in promoting sports, he added. He made special mention of M.C. Gupta for providing “vibrant leadership” as the president of the Korfball Federation of India in Haryana and other parts of the country. According to D.N. Dhar, secretary, Korfball Federation of India, Korfball is a mixed-gender game, which was introduced to the world in Amesterdam (Netherlands) way back in 1902 by a Dutch schoolteacher, Nico Broekhuysen. “Korf” is a Dutch word meaning a “basket”. The game is played in more than 60 countries. “It is a field game unique in the sense that it is the only mixed- team game where an equal number of males and females (four each) comprise the team. They score by putting the ball into the basket standing on both sides. Boys are tackled only by boys and girls by girls. The duration time of a game is 30-10-30 minutes,” he said. He said since the inception of the game in India 28 years ago it had spread throughout the country and was now played in 28 states/UTs, which were members of the Korfball Federation of India. The world championship is organised every four years. European Championship, Oceania Championship and Asian Championship are other international formats of the Korfball game. According to Mukesh Khandelwal, chief coach of the World Cup team, after the inaugural nationals held in New Delhi in December, 1984, the Korfball Federation of India has been conducting senior, junior and sub-junior championships at the national level every year to take the game to the grass-roots level. Besides, the Federation Cup, restricted to the eight best teams on the basis of the result of the previous year, senior national championship has also been started since 1990. The game has found place in schools and universities.
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Promote natural farming in state, says expert
Rohtak, October 27 The group has announced to take forward its campaign at the regional and national level as it claimed that a revolution against the use of chemicals and pesticides was the need of the hour. At a meeting held here recently, the speakers resolved that while a serious research in this sector had been lacking, one of the main factors of rise in diseases, including the rise of cancer in a big way in the past few decades in various parts of the country, had been mainly generated by the indiscriminate use of chemical-based fertilisers and pesticides in the farming sector. Blaming the authorities concerned, the advocates of the natural farming said it was perhaps due to the interests of the multinational companies and business houses that matter most, as the farmers here had been made a slave to the fertilisers and chemicals as returns without it had been shown as dwindling and unstable. Subhash Palekar, an activist of the campaign for natural farming from Amravati district of Maharastra, challenged the scientists of the Agriculture Department to prove that high-yield and productive farming was not possible without the use of the chemicals. In his address, he said a nexus and mafia-kind of network had taken over the country and the farmers, despite the sharp hike each year, were forced to buy urea and other fertilisers from the market in order to survive. He said several experiments conducted in the recent past in the western parts of the country had proved that natural farming was quite feasible and productive. He said a large number of ailments related to cancers and other diseases could be controlled effectively if the use of such fertilisers was wiped out at various levels. He said many farmers had adopted the technique and had come up with desired results on the field. He said there was a greater need of promoting the technique in the northern parts of the country, especially Haryana and Punjab, which had been the food grain basket of the nation. Professor Rajinder Chaudhary, the convener of the drive in support of the natural farming in the region, said around 125 farmers from various parts of the state took part in the meeting, which was called to discuss the issues and importance of the concept. He said the concept of natural farming had been mainly based on four principles, which included treatment of seeds, treatment of soil, use of vegetation and provision of ample water and air for the crop. He said such farming had been known as zero-budget farming. He added that his team had held several camps in Haryana, Punjab ands Rajasthan over the issue and this had helped many a progressive farmers to adopt the natural farming techniques successfully in the past few years. He demanded that the state government ought to start a research and development centre to study and promote natural farming in the state immediately, as it was the only alternative left to get chemical-free and healthy food.
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‘Need to stabilise technical education system’
Kurukshetra, October 27 While delivering the valedictory address, Prof KM Rastogi, director, National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh, said the system of technical education in India had undergone quantitative expansion and now there was a need to stabilise the system by greater stress on development of teachers and improving instructional delivery system. He also emphasised the need to bring changes in the system of examination on which the entire teaching-learning system was based. Prof Ashoka Chandra, former Special Secretary, Union Ministry of HRD, and currently working as the technical adviser to the Commonwealth Secretariat, UK, for Human Resource Planning and Development, in his inaugural address said the rate of economic development would be dependent on the quality of higher education in the country. He deliberated on knowledge economy, an economy that harnessed and used new and existing knowledge to improve the productivity in agriculture, industry and services and overall welfare of society. Prof Chandra said knowledge economy would create greater share of high-tech industry and services in the market, greater percentage of persons engaged in knowledge-based occupations and skilled and increased percentage of knowledge consumer. The transition to knowledge economy required long-term investments in education, developing innovation capability, modernising the information infrastructure and an economic environment conducive to market transitions, he added. Besides technical and vocational education system in the country would need a lot of improvement for promoting knowledge economy, he added. Prof PV Gupta, former principal of the Thaper Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, and former principal, Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra, in his key note address, said science, technology and engineering had transformed society. He said the private entrepreneurs, who entered into the business of opening institutes about two decades ago, had played a pivotal role in realising these trends well. He added, “Our PG education and PhD programmes are quite dismal, both in number as well as in quality”. The GIMT Director-Principal, Dr Sorabh Gupta, said the aim of this conference was to provide an inter-disciplinary forum for engineers, researchers and student technocrats to discuss and promote research and technology transfer of advances in engineering and technology for enhancing scientific and engineering information working in India and rest of the world for promoting research and development activities. In all, 700 research papers were received from nine countries, out of which 258 papers were selected for publication and presentation in the above international conference. The delegates in the conference were from 25 states of India and nine countries including US, UK, Nigeria, Portugal, Ethiopia, South Africa and Nepal.
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40 bus shelters to come up in Rohtak
Rohtak, October 27 “Though there has been no local bus service in existence at present, the construction of shelters has been a sign of development as the residents have no place to wait for the conveyance,” Manoj, a local resident, said. He added that it could have been better if the authorities had planned to introduce a local bus service in the town as the population had increased several times in the past few decades and the people here had been dependent on outdated auto rickshaws. The introduction of bus shelters had been a positive development as it could pave the way for the start of the local transport system soon, Virender Singh, another resident, said. He said instead of bus service, the authorities should plan a smart and less space-consuming transport system. He urged the government to introduce a fast-moving train link between all the towns in the state on the pattern of the metro trains to cope up with the growing number of commuters and to decongest the roads and highways. According to the officials concerned, the shelters will provide seats to the commuters awaiting the local transport at various places. The cost of the bus shelters will be from Rs 3 to 4 lakh and it will have space to display advertisements to generate revenue for the upkeep of the shelters. There had been an immediate need of starting bus services between the PGIMS, Bus Stand and the railway station as thousands of patients reported at PGIMS daily, said a local chemist.
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After Hisar debacle, now Cong focuses on Ratia
Fatehabad, October 27 Sirsa MP Ashok Tanwar recently addressed a meeting of Congress workers at Ratia and called upon them to work hard for ensuring the victory of the party’s candidate in the forthcoming bypoll. If the tone and tenor of leaders, who addressed the meeting, is any indication, the Congress is going to contest the forthcoming election with all its might. Ratia (reserved) seat had fallen vacant due to the death of INLD MLA Gian Chand Odh in September this year. Bypolls for Ratia as well as Adampur, which newly elected MP from Hisar Kuldeep Bishnoi is likely to vacate, are expected to be held in January or February next year. As Adamapur is considered pocket borough of the Haryana Janhit Congress - Bhajan Lal family has never lost this seat - the Congress will like to focus all its attention towards Ratia and win this seat for a face saving after a humiliating defeat in Hisar. Though it is too early to speculate about the candidate the ruling party will field, sources in the Congress said Tanwar’s wife Avantika Tanwar nee Maken could be a formidable contender for the seat, though she had once said she would prefer to manage her husband’s constituency rather than contesting herself. Addressing workers, Tanwar said the Ratia bypoll would be important for the Congress for many reasons. He said Ratia was a backward area as far as the development was concerned and election of a Congress MLA from here would ensure development of the area. Chief Parliamentary Secretary Prahlad Singh Gillankhera, an Independent MLA from Fatehabad, said the Congress was the only party that believed in taking along all communities with it. He said the party workers should work for the victory of whichever candidate the party decided to field.
Randhir Singh, district president of the Congress, said the party would complete the process of appointing booth-level agents at Ratia by
October 23. He said the Congress would appoint 13-member committees on all booths of the constituency. Former MLA Jarnail Singh, who contested from Ratia on the Congress ticket in the 2009 general elections, also spoke on the occasion. Former MP Atma Singh Gill, a former minister Ram Swaroop Rama, District Mahila Congress president Usha Dahiya and Congress leaders Virender Siwach, Jaipal Singh Lali, Tek Chand Midha, Mandeep Kaur Gill, Krishna Poonia and several others were present on the
occasion.
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Scottish High win soccer tourney
Gurgaon, October 27 As many as 16 school teams comprising nearly 250 under-12 student players from NCR participated in the tournament. Scottish High International School team brought laurels to the school by defeating DPS Sector 45 by 2-0 in the final tie. Team SHIS also remained the only team against which no goal was scored in the entire tournament. Modern School, Vasant Vihar, got the Fair-Play Trophy. Notably, the SHIS team won the tournament for the third year consecutively. It defeated Ryan International School, Vasant Kunj, in 2009 and Heritage School, Gurgaon, in 2010 to lift the title. The Highlanders continued their winning streak in 2011 by winning the championship as well. SHIS president (Operations) Bakhtawar Saini and Junior School head Seema Bhati gave away the prizes to the winners and mementos to the participants. The vice-chairperson of the school, Monica Jajoo, congratulated the home team for winning the trophy for the third time. The organisers plan to hold the tournament at the national level next year.
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Art of Living course for policemen
Panipat, October 27 District police chief Pankaj Nain said the department felt that there was a need to combat the rising stress level among the policemen. A three-day camp of the Art of Living was organised at the Civil Lines in which all the station house officers and those above the age of 40 were taking lessons in breathing exercises to keep them fit. The camp is being conducted by the district in charge of the Art of Living, Kusum Dhiman, who said various studies have revealed that the right breathing exercises could help the individual in utilising their complete potential and remain stress-free even in demanding jobs. She said the course could equip the policemen in handling stressful job
situations.
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Teaching English as a performing art
Kaithal, October 27 The conference was organised by the Faculty of Educational Studies, University Putra, Malaysia, and sponsored by the ELS Language Centres, Malaysia. The conference aimed at addressing the need for alternative methods in teaching English, especially in countries where English is a second language. Scholars, teachers, story tellers, poets, artists and actors like Judith Dillon, Vivian Gladwell, Hitomi Matsuhara, Dzeelfa Zainal Abidin, Brian Tomlinson, Andrew Wright, Paul Cookson and Lee Su Kim shared their ideas, theories and solutions in achieving excellence in the language. Dr Goyal presented her study on the problems faced by students in learning the language and reasons for the lack of enthusiasm on teachers’ part in executing new and innovative techniques in practical terms. The analysis based on a survey of about 300 students and 40 college teachers across the state showed that rural background, family atmosphere, dependence on mother tongue, weak base and inadequate reading habits had been a few of the reasons for slow learning process among the students. Her paper entitled “English Teaching Practices in Haryana, India: Problems and Challenges” highlighted the current situation of teaching English in Haryana, where a majority of the students don’t acquire basic language proficiency and were deficient in its use even after completing their courses at school and college levels. It also revealed that students’ learning activities were mainly restricted to prescribed syllabus, classroom situation and performance in exams. It also highlighted the need for creating a stress-free environment and developing mutual trust between students and teachers for making classroom teaching more effective and interesting.
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‘Preventive measures can cut medical expenses’
Sonepat, October 27 This was stated by Dr Rajinder Singh Tonk, chairman of the organisation, who is also a surgeon in Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, while talking to mediapersons here recently. Those who would participate in the marathon included sportspersons, women, players and wrestlers, he said. He added that the marathon had been divided in four categories and announced that the winner of the open marathon would be given a cash prize of Rs 21,000. Tonk said because of food habits, mechanised life and changes in the lifestyle, India had become a diabetes’ capital of the world with 3.5 crore people suffering from diabetes. “Self help is the best help,” he said, adding 90 per cent of the medical expenditure could be reduced by taking preventive measures. Dharambir Antil, Ashok Saroha, Harpal Deswal, Mukesh, Vijender, Narender and Dharambir were also present on the occasion.
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Kitabo Devi bags first prize in Sanjhi competition
Sirsa, October 27 This was stated by Kamalpreet Kaur, City Magistrate, Sirsa, who was the chief guest at a Sanjhi competition organised here recently by the Information and Public Relations (IPR) Department. She said the tradition was still alive in parts of Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. She added that the IPR Department the state was doing a good job in keeping the tradition alive. Kitabo Devi from Barnala road made the best “Sanjhi” and walked away with a cash prize of Rs 2,500, while Bimla Devi (Kirti Nagar) and Rekha Rani received Rs 2,000 and Rs 1,500 for second and third positions, respectively. Satish Mehra, District Information and Public Relations Officer, Sirsa, said “Sanjhi”, a folk art of Haryana, is fast diminishing due to the lack of interest shown by the younger generation. However, the IPR Department had been keeping this art alive by organising “Sanjhi” competition every year, he added. “Sanjhi’ is a traditional art that has been immensely popular in parts of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and the western Uttar Pradesh. This involves women, especially girls, creating a replica of Goddess “Sanjhi” with mud and decorating it with colours on the wall of the house. The mural is then decorated with images of stars, moon, trees, sun, etc and cow dung is applied to the wall to cleanse the area. “Sanjhi” is also known to be a ritual to worship Goddess
Lakshmi.
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Multipurpose indoor hall opened in Patti Afgan stadium
Kaithal, October 27 This was stated by Randeep Singh Surjewala, Haryana PWD Minister, after inaugurating Rs 1.20 crore-multipurpose indoor hall constructed in the stadium here recently. Naveen Jindal, MP, and Shamsher Singh Surjewala, veteran Congress leader and president of the All-India Kisan Khet Majdoor Congress, were present on the occasion. The minister said well-trained coaches and other necessary and required equipment and all facilities would be made available soon so that the sportsperson could make best use of the facilities and polish their talent. He assured that to ensure a sports friendly environment the open stadium would be provided green cover and trees would be planted in sufficient numbers. He said the present government was committed to provide incentives and best sports infrastructure to players. Naveen Jindal said a sportspersons could show their grit only if they were provided best facilities. He exhorted players to use their energy in becoming best sportsperson and bringing glory to their state by participating in national games and to the nation by participating in international events and winning gold and silver medals. He exhorted parents to send their wards to the stadium so that they can actively participate in sports activity and carve out a place for themselves in the field of sports which has immense scope for the talented ones.
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Zonal Youth Festival
Sonepat, October 27 CRA College was the runner up with13 first positions, seven second positions and two third positions. With six first positions, eight second and 10 third positions, Hindu Girls College secured the third position in the festival. The participants of GVM College got first position in geet/bhajan, classical dance, group dance, one act play, one act play (Sanskrit), debate (English) for the motion, debate (English) against the motion, declamation in Sanskrit, poster-making, collage and the best actress in one act play (Sanskrit). CRA College won prizes in Indian classical music (vocal) and instrument play, group song (general), western vocal (solo), group song (western), group dance, folk dance, poetic recitation (Urdu), debate (Hindi) against the motion, quiz and photography. Students from Hindu Girls College got first position in orchestra (Haryanavi), symposium, poetic recitation (Hindi/English, rangoli and the best actress award in one act play. The Director-General and Special Secretary of the Higher Education Department, Haryana, Balbir Singh Malik, distributed the prizes to the winners. While speaking on the occasion, Malik said the state had taken rapid strides in promoting higher and technical education by opening new universities and technical institutes in the state. He also stressed the need for proper utilisation of the potentials of youth. The chairman of GVM College Dr OP Pruthi; principal Dr Jyoti Juneja; director, Youth Welfare, MDU, Rohtak, Jagbir Rathi; dean, Students’ Welfare, Dr Rajbir singh; organising secretaries, Dr Savita Chaudhary and Sangeeta Sharma and the principals of other colleges were also present on the occasion.
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Plea to set up DHBVN circle office in Rewari
Rewari, October 27 Copies of the communication have also been dispatched to the Chief Minister and the Managing Director of DHBVN, Hisar. Stating that four new districts of Panipat, Yamunanagar, Kaithal and Rewari were created by the then state government in November, 1989, the manch lamented that while circle offices of the power corporation had already been set up in Panipat, Yamunanagar and Kaithal, it was Rewari alone that unfortunately stood deprived of it even after a long span of 22 years. Recalling that Kaithal got it when Randeep Singh Surjewala held the power portfolio in the state government and further a circle office of the Bijli Nigam was set up even in Jhajjar, which was made a district in 1997, Prof Ranbir Singh Yadav, general secretary of DHVLM, said, “What it is that is preventing Capt Ajay Singh Yadav, who himself is now the Power Minister of Haryana, to do the needful in his own constituency of Rewari as well?”
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Seminar highlights importance of Sanskrit
Kurukshetra, October 27 This was stated by Dr KK Khandelwal, Additional Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister and Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary of the Information, Public Relations and Cultural Affairs Department, while speaking at a national seminar on “Oriental Studies” organised by the Haryana Sanskrit Akademi on the premises of Kurukshetra Panorama and Science Centre, Kurukshetra, recently. “Sanskrit is the language of our ancient epics. This language is a treasure of knowledge. However, most of the people being ignorant of this language, are deprived of the knowledge of our ancient Vedas and epics. The akademi should get the epics in Sanskrit translated into other languages so that those, who do not know how to read and write the language, can also get benefited from this knowledge,” he said. “The services of Sanskrit scholars of Kurukshetra University, other retired scholars and experts can be utilised in translating these epics. The services of other akademis, if need arises, can also be utilised in this job. Adequate honorarium will be provided to these scholars by the state government,” he added. Khandelwal also stressed the need for more research on the basic concepts of architecture and astrology. Speaking on the occasion, Dr DDS Sandhu, Vice-Chancellor, Kurukshetra University, said Sanskrit was 10,000 year-old language and the university should do everything to keep the language alive. Uday Kumar Sinha, editor, Amar Ujala, said: “Sanskrit contains more knowledge than any other language. It is the language of the sages and can be learnt by singing as it has been written in verses. Sage Balmiki composed Ramayana in verses and it became so popular that inspired by it Tulsi Das also wrote Ramcharit Manas in verses,” he added. Dr Sudhir Kumar, director, Haryana Sanskrit Akademi, said special measures would be taken to propagate Sanskrit. Dr RB Langayan, former chairman of Dr BR Ambedkar Chair Kurukshetra University, said Sanskrit had always been a rich language and the sages in the ancient times expanded knowledge through the medium of this language. Additional Deputy Commissioner Sumedha Kataria, SDM Satbeer Kundu, Haryana Punjabi Sahitya Akadmi former chairman CR Moudgil and Dr Surender Mishra were among those who were present on the occasion.
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Panipat admn gets tough on ragging
Panipat, October 27 The meeting was chaired by DC JS Ahlawat and was attended by senior officials of the administration, Education Department, along with the representatives of the educational institutes. At the meeting, the DC asked the educational institutes to constitute anti-ragging squads at the college and hostel levels and put up signboards across the colleges listing the names and contact numbers of the nodal officers with whom the students could get in touch in case they were ragged by seniors. Ahlawat said it was a serious issue and all should put in required efforts to completely eradicate ragging from educational institutes.
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Stray cattle have become bane for almost every town in Haryana these days. Stray cattle, most of them cows, bullocks and calves, roam on streets and roads and create a lot of nuisance.
Kaithal, October 27
