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Encroachments compound parking woes in Faridabad
Bank client stands to lose Rs 12,000, account closed sans notice
Kshatriya Mahasabha opposes caste-based quota
Army recruitment drive from November 21
Functioning of investigative officials to be reviewed: IGP
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Railways’ decision not to increase freight welcomed
Yoga camp a hit with jail inmates
Jail inmates perform yoga on the concluding day of the two-month-long yoga camp organised at the district jail in Sonepat. Photo by writer
Manjeet wins singing competition
Rly hospital told to pay Rs 2.07 lakh as mediclaim
Sadhu held for bootlegging
Central health scheme faces roadblock in Sirsa,
Fatehabad
Cooperate in execution of development works, villagers told Umde Chhikara welcomes Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kuldeep Sharma at Chirasmi village in Sonepat. Photo by writer
Chaupal provides quality healthcare to villagers
Sikh forum pays homage to 1984 riots’ victims
Students protest delay in shifting classes to new building
Panjokhra farmers win battle against govt
Ambala Police Commissioner to strengthen anti-crime network
AK Dhull (centre), Police Commissioner, Ambala, addresses mediapersons at Ambala Cantt.
Students interact with top scientists at Amity varsity
Samiti aims record for maximum birthday celebrations on Nov 14
Musical programme marks book-release function
Ladwa student honoured
Agarwal samaj announces awards
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Encroachments compound parking woes in Faridabad
Faridabad, November 7 Some of the markets, including NIT-1, 2 and 5 in Jawahar and Parbatia Colonies, present an uruly scene involving scuffles and abuses among shoppers, jostling to park their vehicles. It is difficult to leave a market after shopping on account of a haphazard parking of vehicles. Ram Prasad, who owns and run a shop in NIT-2 market, laments that his business had dropped by about 20 per cent as the shoppers, even from the adjoining HUDA sectors, give the market a skip and prefer to go to the malls. They shy away from the markets due to unavailability of parking space. Jagdish Bhatia, president of the Faridabad Vyapaar Mandal, alleged that the authorities take ad hoc measures especially during festive occasions like Diwali. “Repeated representation to the authorities on the issue by the shopkeepers have gone unheeded,” he said, adding that thousands of shopkeepers in various markets were miffed over the apathy of the authorities. The Faridabad Vyapaar Mandal has suggested that a central parking zone be created in each of the markets. One such zone has been created in the NIT-1 market, but the parking is not regulated by the authorities. The mandal is also critical of a section of shopkeepers who are either guilty of encroachments or renting out the area outside their units to vendors, which has aggravated the parking problem.
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Bank client stands to lose Rs 12,000, account closed sans notice
Jind, November 7 He stands to lose Rs 12,864 that had been reported as the balance in his passbook after he came to know that his account had been closed a few years ago. After taking up the matter at the highest level in the bank, Manjit Singh has been running from pillar to post to get his balance back for the past few months, though the officials concerned describe his claim as "defunct" on account of his "failure" to produce any document to prove the allegation. According to Manjit Singh, who resides at present at Bathinda, he had opened the account (no. 112730) in 1991, when he was residing at his village and had over Rs 12,000 as balance in his account. He shifted to the Bathinda town a few months after he got a government
job there. He said that he could not operate the account frequently due to having shifted, adding that he had misplaced his savings account passbook. He came to know about his savings account a few months ago, when he found the passbook. He then contacted the bank officials at the Safidon branch of the PNB to get the balance transferred to his new account at Bathinda. He says he got the shock of his life after he was told that the bank account had been closed (destroyed) and there was no account as such and his request for transfer of the money could not be entertained. "I have even submitted the original copy of the bank passbook that shows Rs 12,864 as balance in 1993, but the officials failed to provide me any relief. The bank officials should have intimated me at the time of destroying or closing the account," he adds. On the other hand, SP Sharma, Chief Manager of the PNB, Safidon, said reminders and letters had been duly issued to Manjit Singh and there had been no irregularity of any kind on the part of the bank. The client could have withdrawn the money as no account was closed with a balance lying in it, he added. Claiming that no proper proof had been presented by the complainant so far, he said the complaint was baseless.
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Kshatriya Mahasabha opposes caste-based quota
Chandigarh, November 7 National Working President of the Sabha Mahender Singh Tanwar said here recently that the preamble of the Constitution and its Articles 14, 15(1), 15(2), 16(1) and 16(2) provide for the right of equality where there would be no discrimination with any person on the basis of caste, sex, religion and place of birth. A number of judgements of the Supreme Court defended the fundamental rights and the apex court gave its verdict against the reservation based on caste, sex and religion. However, he regretted that due to the pressure of some castes and vested political interests, the Constitution was repeatedly amended to promote caste-based reservation system not only in jobs and educational institutions but also in promotions. Appealing to all sections of society, including social institutions, to cooperate with the Sabha in its movement against the caste-based reservation system, Tanwar said the Sabha would organise a dharna at Jantar Mantar, Delhi, on November 27 in support of its demand.
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Army recruitment drive from November 21
Rohtak, November 7 The campaign will run up to November 30 at the local recruitment office and will attract unemployed youths from as many as eight districts, including Rohtak. Stating this, a spokesperson for the office said here recently that while the main focus of the drive was to select eligible youths for general duty, candidates for the clerical and technical posts would also be recruited. It is revealed that while candidates from Rohtak, Jhajjar, Sonepat and Panipat could take part in it, aspirants hailing from Faridabad, Gurgaon, Mewat and Palwal districts would also be able to apply and participate for the recruitment. He said children of ex-servicemen hailing from Chandigarh would also be given an opportunity to be recruited for various trades of the Army during the process. According to the schedule issued by the office, candidates hailing from Rohtak, Jhajjar, Sonepat and Panipat and applying for technical posts could present themselves here on November 21. Applicants from Rohtak district for general duty had been asked to report on November 22 with their certificates and documents. Applicants for clerical posts from the district would be screened on November 23, while residents from Jhajjar district had been asked to report on November 24 and November 25, respectively. Applicants hailing from Sonepat and Panipat would be entertained on November 26 and November 27, respectively. The medical examination would take place between November 28 and November 30. The eligibility conditions for the recruitment include a qualification of matriculation for general duty and a plus two for the technical wing with the age ranging from 17-and-a-half-year to 21 and between 17 and 23 years for the technical trade, respectively.
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Functioning of investigative officials to be reviewed: IGP
Jhajjar, November 7 The IGP has recently shot off a communiqué in this regard to all the SPs of the four districts of the Rohtak Range. In the communiqué, the SSPs have been asked to send all those files of criminal cases to the IGP office wherein the IOs have been charged with committing partiality and adopting illegal tactics while investigating the cases just to get the compromise done after mounting pressure on the complaints. Mittal disclosed this while interacting with The Tribune after assuming the charge of the IGP of the Rohtak Police Range in place of V. Kamaraja who will now hold the post of IGP (Railways and Commando, Haryana) at Panchkula. “Accurate outcome of the criminal cases depends upon the standard of the investigation to a large extent. If investigative officer possesses sufficient knowledge of investigation parameters and follows the investigation principals while investigating the case, then the result comes perfect most of the time. Contrary to it, if the IO lacks basis knowledge of the investigation process then there is low chance to the fair and exact inquiry of the case,” said Mittal. He said in this situation, the IO needed proper training of making investigation of all sorts of criminal cases so that they could handle all the cases with an efficient manner. Those IOs would have to face official action who would be found guilty of committing partiality and inaccuracy deliberately during the review of the cases, the IGP said. Mittal said he was also mulling over to impart special training to the IOs of the Rohtak Range so that they could not only rectify their mistakes but also know the latest trends of the investigation. “I have also planned to carry out surprise visits to police posts/stations of all the four districts to know the problems being faced by the policemen while discharging their duties,” said Mittal, adding that all the grievances of the cops would be redressed on a priority basis so that they could do their work in a congenial atmosphere.
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Railways’ decision not to increase freight welcomed
Ambala, November 7 Talking to mediapersons, senior divisional commercial manager GM Singh said the Railway Board had withdrawn the decision to increase terminal charges on the consignment booked through the railways till March 31, 2012. The rail freight between Ambala, Delhi and Kolkata and even far-flung places like Guwahati are more attractive. The rates are also lower as compared to the road transport. Singh said the freight being charged at present on the transportation of iron and metal goods at Rs 45 per tonne, coal and food products at Rs 20 per tonne and Rs 40 per tonne on rest of the miscellaneous goods. The Railway Board had declared to revise the terminal charges on goods traffic and postponed the decision till the end of the current financial year. Sources said the movement of goods between Ambala, Amritsar and Delhi by train costs less than truck charges. As per the old freight rates by the Northern Railways, a quintal of cargo being carried by train from Delhi to the Agra Cantonment will cost Rs 12.1 as compared to Rs 27.7 by truck. Electrical goods, handloom products, clothes, motor parts, books, ready-made garments, plastics, sports goods and general merchandise have benefited from the railways parcel bookings. Railway officials said since the goods were carried over short stretches, it made more sense to provide for heavy discounts on shorter routes rather than the long ones which were traditionally used for bulk goods like iron ore, coal and foodgrains.
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Yoga camp a hit with jail inmates
Sonepat, November 7 Jail superintendent JK Chillar said the camp was organised with the aim of keeping the jail inmates physically and mentally fit during their stay and also to inspire them to shun bad habits like smoking, drug addiction, etc. He said such camps would be a regular feature in future also. Chillar said the camp was a success as it helped a number of inmates in minimising their tension, joint pains and revengeful feelings and even in controlling diabetes in few cases. Stating that yoga programmes were being organised on the initiative of Director-General, Prison, Rakesh Malik, and IG, Prison, Dr KP Singh, Chillar hoped that when the inmates would go back to their homes, they should live like an integral part of society and lead a life of peace and happiness. A number of inmates agreed with the opinion of the jail superintendent saying that the yoga exercises had helped them in controlling their anger and in becoming free from tension to a large extent.
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Manjeet wins singing competition
Our Correspondent
Ambala, November 7 On the occasion, Dr Neelam Luthra, associate professor of the college, and co-coordinator of the programme, welcomed the principal and others present on the occasion. She said such kind of shows were a means to find out the hidden talents of students. While inaugurating the show, Dr Vivek Kohli, principal of the college, said every student must take part in various co-curricular activities. “The show will enable us to identify the latent strength of our students and to enrich their abilities in the days to come,” he said. In speech competition, Vantia stood first, while Shelly and Nisha secured second and third positions, respectively. In mono acting competition, Kalyani Jha, Satish and Pushpa got the first, second and third positions, respectively. In singing competition, Manjeet was declared first, while Ritu and Sanjeev secured second and third positions, respectively. Himani topped the poem recitation competition. Shelly was placed in the second position, while Satwinder was declared third in the competition.
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Rly hospital told to pay Rs 2.07 lakh as mediclaim
Yamunanagar, November 7 Bal Kishan, a resident of Sasoli village in Yamunanagar district (since deceased) through his wife Kaushalya Devi and others, stated that Bal Kishan was working as a fitter in Mill Wright Shop (Railway Workshop), Jagadhri, in Yamunanagar district. Unfortunately in March 2005, the complainant, Bal Kishan, fell ill and was rushed to Railway Hospital on March 29, 2005. On October 6, 2005, doctors referred him to PGI, Chandigarh. After seeing no improvement in his condition, his family members shifted him to Fortis Hospital, Mohali, on October 18, 2005, where doctors stated his condition to be critical as he was suffering from the cancer of kidney. Then, the family members of the complainant shifted him to Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, where doctors, after investigation, operated upon him on December 25, 2006. After getting discharged from the hospital, the complainant applied for reimbursement pertaining to the amount he spent during the course of his treatment from Railway Hospital. However, the Medical Superintendent (MS) of Northern Railway Hospital Jagadhri Workshop, Yamunanagar, on November 8, 2006, refused to reimburse the amount on false and flimsy grounds. Thereafter, the complainant filed a mercy appeal to the MS, Railway Hospital, Jagadhari Workshop, containing crucial facts pertaining to get immediate and urgent medical treatment from the Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, but the respondents paid no heed. Therefore, the complainant filed an appeal to the Consumer Forum for the reimbursement of the amount. The president of the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum Dina Nath Arora and members Dr VK Sharma and Urmil Beniwal after hearing the learned counsel for the parties said the complainant was getting continuous treatment and he was suffering from cancer which was a fatal disease and it could not be chosen by the attendant that whether the hospital was recognised or not. Hence, the complainant was entitled for the medical claim. The forum directed the respondent to pay Rs 2.07 lakh to the complainant along with interest at the rate of 9 per cent from the rejection of the claim i.e. November 8, 2006, and Rs 5,000 as compensation.
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Sadhu held for bootlegging
Rewari, November 7 According to SSP Vikas Kumar Arora, a police team headed by sub-inspector Sarv Sukh, SHO of Kosli, gathered information which established that Balak Nath (62), living as a sadhu in the Bankhandi temple at Kosli for the past several months, was none other than Pearey Lal Gosain of Khorda village of Jhajjar district, who was a proclaimed offender. Soon after his arrest, Nath said prior to his arrival at Kosli, he spent a long period in the guise of a sadhu in Rajasthan. The SHO said following his indulgence in liquor smuggling, two criminal cases had been registered against him under the Excise Act in 1978 and 1983, respectively. The SHO said the sadhu had been remanded to a 14-day judicial custody.
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Central health scheme faces roadblock in Sirsa,
Fatehabad
Sirsa/Fatehabad, November 7 Doctors and hospitals empanelled by the insurance companies under the scheme are losing interest due to the delay and many of them are unwilling to provide treatment to the BPL patients now. The government has given a contract of insurance under the RSBY for Sirsa and Fatehabad district to the National Insurance Company, who in turn has appointed the Dedicated Health Services (DHS), as their third party administrator (TPA) to deal with the doctors. The doctors alleged that many of them had not received any payments since June, when the scheme started for the current year. Some others said even the payments for the past one year were also pending. A doctor from Fatehabad said he was yet to get Rs 80,000 from the insurance company for the last year and more than Rs 3 lakh for the treatment provided to the BPL patients in the current year. He
said the doctors empanelled with the company held a meeting on October 3
and they decided that no BPL patient would be provided treatment under
the scheme, if the insurance company failed to pay their last year’s
dues by October 20. However, nothing had been done so far in this direction, though they were assured of better deal in future. The doctors were now planning to move the court, he said. He said they had been left with no option, but to express their inability to provide treatment to the BPL patients in these circumstances. Dr Sanjiv Shukla of the DHS, however, denied that any doctor had ever declined treatment to a BPL patient. He said if they get any such complaint, they would take action against the erring doctors. On the issue of delay in the receipt of payments by the doctors, Dr Shukla said the DHS had been making payments to the doctors as and when it was received from the insurance company.
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Cooperate in execution of development works, villagers told Sonepat, November 7“The purpose of my visit to your villages is not only to have the first-hand information about the execution of the ongoing development activities in the villages but also to redress the grievances of people at their doorstep and to get acquainted with the demands of new development works”. This was stated by Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kuldeep Sharma while addressing public meetings in number of villages of his Gannaur Assembly constituency during his three-day tour of the constituency ended recently. Praising Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda for sanctioning liberal grants for the development works in the villages, he said it was very important to ensure that the development funds were utilised properly and works were being completed on time. “People should cooperate in sanctioning and execution of development works which benefit every section of society in the villages,” he said. Besides accepting demands for new development projects like the construction of new link roads, repair of the damaged ones and other community assets worth crores of rupees, the Speaker announced liberal grants for various development works in the villages. Many of such development grants included Rs 10 lakh each for Patti Brahmanan and Samaspur Gamra, Rs 15 lakh for Atail, Gumar, Saiyan Khera, Bhanwar and Bali Kutubpur, Rs 30 lakh each for Roshanpur-Bai, Bajana Kalan, Kailana, Kheri Gujjar and Garhi Jhinjhara, Rs 20 lakh each for Jazarpur, Bhaira Rasulpur, Sardhana, Ahir Majra, Bilandpur, Sanpera and Bajana Khurd, Rs 25 lakh each for Chirasmi, Kami, Khubru and Bhurri and Rs 30 lakh each for Roshanpur-Bai, Bajana Kalan, Kailana, Kheri Gujjar and Garhi Jhinjhara. During this tour, the Speaker was accompanied by tehsildar Chander Prakash, BDPO Daryao Singh Kashyap and officers of the PWD, Public Health, Power and Irrigation departments.
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Chaupal provides quality healthcare to villagers
Sonepat, November 7 Today, Chaupal runs health programmes through its community health centre at Baiyanpur and holds health camps there, providing medicines at nominal rate to the villagers. Chaupal consists of a team of dedicated medical practitioners with 20 years of work experience. Talking to The Tribune on the sidelines of a free health camp at Bhawar village recently, Dr Tonk said, “Chaupal’s innovative approach is that of a ‘Clinic on Wheels’, which takes quality healthcare to villages that lack access to even the basic forms of primary care”. He added that in order to combat the lack of needed medical care, Chaupal follows a two-pronged mode, i.e. community outreach and community centre. “Under the community outreach programme, I lead my team of specialists, physicians, pediatricians, gynaecologist, psychiatrists and general surgeons, dental surgeons, optometrists, physiotherapists, psychologists and agriculture and veterinary scientists to villages here to conduct medical tests, dispense medications, perform follow-ups and educate villagers about the health issues,” Tonk said. “Our health camps conduct a comprehensive physical, dental and eye examinations for school children in every village that hosts the health camp. The children are then given a medical card that documents any health issues they may have,” he said. “Women, more often than men, complain of anxiety and sleep disturbances. Alcohol, drugs and substance abuse are swiftly climbing up the charts of social maladies,” he added. Tonk said he had organised over 100 free health camps covering 400 villages of Haryana during the past four years after founding Chaupal. He added that Chaupal had touched the lives of more than two million people in the villages through
these camps.
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Sikh forum pays homage to 1984 riots’ victims
Kurukshetra, November 7 Paying homage to the departed souls, Jagjit Singh Virk, president, Haryana State Sikh Forum, said such acts of killing of a particular community was unfortunate in a democratic country like India. He expressed resentment over the attitude of the Central government for not even tendering apology in Parliament although so many women became widows and children orphans. “Not only the government but also our leaders are not much serious about their fate and no punishment has been given to the killers, even after 27 years of the riots,” he said. He said our leaders should be serious to solve this problem by helping the widows and the orphans from the Gurdwara funds, which were built to help the poor and needy persons. Harbajan Singh Masana, member, Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, KS Chaohan, president, Sikh Mission, Kurukshetra, JS Warraich, vice-president, SS Tarar, secretary, and MS Bedi, treasurer, all of the Haryana State Sikh Forum, were among those who were present on the occasion.
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Students protest delay in shifting classes to new building
Kaithal, November 7 To express resentment, the students boycotted classes and staged a protest outside the college, near municipal council chowk, recently. Inspector Ashok Kumar, SHO, Civil Lines, along with Dr Namita Dhaka, vice-principal of the college, persuaded the students to withdraw the protest after assuring them that the classes would be shifted to the new premises soon. For the past 5 years, the classes of the college are being held at Government Boys Senior Secondary School here as a temporary arrangement. As many as 1,000 students feel suffocated as over two dozen classes are being held in five rooms. The students alleged that they had been assured by the college authorities about shifting of the classes to the new building, part of which had been completed. However, despite repeated assurances, no step had been taken to meet the demands of the students. Meanwhile, the PWD Department had been directed by PWD Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala to complete the building at the earliest. Arun Bhatia, SDE, PWD, Kaithal, said as per the demand of the college administration, one block of the college had been completed and would be occupied by the college management after the completion of necessary formalities. The rest of the building was being given finishing touches and would be ready by the middle of December, he said.
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Land Acquisition for Industrial Model Township project Suman Bhatnagar
Ambala, November 7
Now, the government has to find out a new land for the IMT project somewhere else in the district. The government had issued a notification under Section 4 for the acquisition of 1,852 acres of land for setting up the IMT on October 29, 2010. Later, a notification under Section 5A was also issued. According to the Land Acquisition Act, if the notification under Section 6 was not issued within the period of one year of the issuance of Section 4, the prior notification lapses automatically. According to a senior revenue officer, in such cases new notification for the cancellation of Section 4 is not required. The farmers of the affected villages had been opposing the acquisition of land for setting up industries there. The farmers under the banner of the Jameen Bachao Sangharsh Samiti had continued a chain fast before the Civil Secretariat at Ambala City for 66 days. Senior leader of the BJP Anil Vij and INLD supremo Om Prakash Chautala had openly supported the demand of the farmers. Union Minister Kumari Selja and Haryana Youth Congress president Chiranjeev Rao had also offered their support to the agitating farmers. The matter was also brought to the notice of AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi. The farmers had also met Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on the issue twice and he had assured them that their land would not be acquired. The farmers were hopeful that Hooda would not back out from his words. The new Land Acquisition Bill of the Union Government has also forced the state government not to acquire the fertile land of Panjokhra and other villages for industrial purpose. However, around 200 tube wells are there on the land and the facility of canal water is also available there. It is the most fertile land of the area. Balwant Singh, president, Jameen Bachao Sangharsh Samiti, said it was the victory of their struggle and the moral support by various political parties. He said the farmers were happy that the Chief Minister had kept his words and obliged them. A senior Youth Congress leader, Himmat Singh, who had taken part in the agitation, said in fact it was the victory of the farmers in which Union Minister Kumari Selja and the Youth Congress played an important role. Senior BJP leader and MLA from Ambala Cantt Constituency Anil Vij said it was the joint victory of the farmers. INLD district chief Balwinder Poonia congratulated the farmers for their grand success.
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Ambala Police Commissioner to strengthen anti-crime network
Ambala, November 7 Talking to mediapersons, he said all the police stations in Panchkula, Ambala and Yamunanagar would go hi-tech and would be linked to the headquarters through a criminal-tracking network system. “Our objective is to provide a fair, impartial, efficient and transparent police administration,” Dhull said. The police commissionerate system was established in Ambala to cater to the needs of the citizens. He said technical and scientific methods of investigation had also been devised. Dhull added that he would issue directives to police officials that a receipt of complainant and the copy of an FIR would be issued immediately to the complainant after its registration. He said people could complain against the police officials concerned of their locality through the SMS service, which was going to start soon for the convenience of the public. Dhull said he would work hard towards maintaining law and order in the town. Model police stations would be opened in the three districts and committees would also be constituted with the inclusion of prominent citizens of the area for the settlement of petty crimes on the spot. According to a notification issued by the state government, an Inspector-General-level officer would be appointed as the Commissioner of Police for Ambala and Panchkula districts. For the purpose of administration and supervision of the police force, the commissionerate should be a police range, to be divided into Ambala, Panchkula and Rural Ambala. Ambala police district would comprise police stations of Ambala City, Baldev Nagar, Panjokhara, Ambala Sadar, Naggal, Ambala Cantt, Mahesh Nagar and Parao and Rural Ambala will comprise Naraingarh, Raipur Rani, Shehzadpur, Mullana, Barara and Saha police stations.
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Students interact with top scientists at Amity varsity
Manesar, November 7 An initiative of the Union government’s Department of Science and Technology, the national programme envisages holding special camps for motivating young science students in the age group of 15-17 years to take up science as a career. Nearly 250 students from 14 schools located in Delhi participated in the event. The Amity Education Group, which caters to nearly 80,000 students globally, has been recognised as a “Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation” (SIRO) by the Union government’s Department of Science and Technology. During the five-day event, the students interacted with top scientists from different branches of science. “The underlying idea was to develop a scientific temperament among the students,” observed Dr A. Mukuopadhyay, senior adviser, Department of Science and Technology, who was the chief guest. Sessions with noted scientists and educationists from AIIMS, IIT, Delhi University, National Institute of Immunology and CDRI, Lucknow, were organised for the benefit of the students. A number of hands-on experiments were also conducted in the university laboratories, besides holding some off-site sessions. Apart from having universities in Noida, Lucknow, Jaipur, Manesar (Gurgaon) and Gwalior, Amity has campuses in London, New York, California, Singapore, Dubai and Mauritius backed by a team of 3,500 faculty members. As many as 250 projects funded by DST, CSIR, DRDO, German Research Foundation, ICMR, Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, besides different Central and state ministries, are currently operational at Amity University, which also offers degree courses in the latest disciplines like solar energy, thin-film technology, nuclear science and technology, post-harvest technology and cold-chain management, nanotechnology and so on.
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Samiti aims record for maximum birthday celebrations on Nov 14
Rewari, November 7 The celebrations will be held at Blind Girls’ School, Narnaul. Sunitda Verma, director of the samiti and deputy chairperson of the Mahendergarh Zila Parishad, said while the registration of participants, whose birthday falls on November 14, had already reached 70, they were hopeful that the targeted figure of 100 celebrants was in easy reach. She said while a 30-ft-long birthday cake had been cut at the Jaipur celebrations, the Narnaul festivities were expected to witness the cutting of a 50-ft-long birthday cake on November 14. Regarding the objective of the celebrations, she said such festivities were expected to make the blind inmates realise that they, too, were an integral part of society. She added that the entire amount of voluntary donations and other bounties accruing from the celebrations would be presented to the inmates. Besides, the samiti too would be achieving a rare feat of getting its celebrations entered into the Limca Book of Records.
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Musical programme marks book-release function
Panchkula, November 7 Panchkula MLA DK Bansal inaugurated the programme. Later, he along with the chief guest, IPS Rajbir Deswal, IG, CID, Haryana, JS Khushdil Additional District and Session Judge, Padmashri KL Zakir, deputy chairman, Haryana Urdu Academy, and VK Sood, councillor, jointly performed the book release ceremony. Presiding over the function, JS Khushdil gave a critical acclaim of the book and author’s poetic potential and literary achievements. On request, prolific poet Khushdil recited two poems which won hearty applause. Dr Rattan Singh Dhillon read a compressive paper on the book delineating the poet’s commitment to creating awakening among people about the overall deprivation in moral and ethical values in society and governance. Lauding Saini’s social endeavor, chief guest Rajbir Deswal said: “A poet is an omniscient person blessed by the god whose literary creations are ordained to represent the ethos of the people and the milieu from time to time”. Later, Deswal sprang a pleasant surprise by singing a soulful song much to the delight of the audience. Padamshri KL Zakir deputy chairman Haryana Urdu Akademy also addressed the receptive listeners. Prominent singers led by acclaimed vocalist RD Kailey from Delhi with Dr Betti Nangia and Principal Sunita Nain paid musical tributes to the departed ghazal king Jagjit Singh by singing a few ghazals immortalised by the legend before giving voice to ghazals and songs penned by Saini in his latest book. Besides ghazals of Ghalib, Kailey enlivened the programme doling out “yaaran diyan khushiyan di khatir, saanu kehke apna ikk vari, jad vee saanu zakham…” and more lyrics of GS Saini. Similarly, Sunita Nain and Dr Betti Nangia presented the songs of Saini. Debashish Dhar, Surinder and Vijay Kumar provided musical accompaniment. As many as 12 poets participated in the mushaira who read poems on diverse themes. Octogenarian poets Kashmiri Lal Zakir and Kidar Nath Kidar talked of romanticism in their poems, while poets, including JS Khushdil, Dr Rattan Dhillon, Gurdev Dev, Jagjit Sufi, Gurbux Saini and others, presented poems on socio- cultural and political themes.
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Ladwa student honoured
Kurukshetra, November 7 Dr NK Nagpal, principal, Indira Gandhi National College, Ladwa, said Deepak Singh, a student of B.Com-III, was honoured by Akram Khan, Deputy Speaker, Haryana Vidhan Sabha, at a prize distribution function held on the premises of Hindu Girls College, Jagadhari. Dr Nagpal congratulated the participants and professor in charge Dr Ravish Chauhan for the excellent performance shown by the participating students at the festival. — OC
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Agarwal samaj announces awards
Rewari, November 7 Meanwhile, AVS chief Ashok Buwaniwala has constituted a selection committee with KC Gupta as its convener and Abhay Jain, Sarla Garg, MP Jain and Prof Rajesh Bansal as the members of the committee. The awards would be presented to the selected achievers at a state-level
sammelan of the AVS at Kaithal on December 4. — OC
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Sonepat, November 7
“The purpose of my visit to your villages is not only to have the first-hand information about the execution of the ongoing development activities in the villages but also to redress the grievances of people at their doorstep and to get acquainted with the demands of new development works”.
AK Dhull, who took over as Ambala Commissioner of Police from KK Sindhu, said his first task would be to strengthen the anti-crime network of the police force.
Talking to mediapersons, he said all the police stations in Panchkula, Ambala and Yamunanagar would go hi-tech and would be linked to the headquarters through a criminal-tracking network system.
Alok Mittal, Inspector General of Police (IGP) of the range, has decided to review the functioning of those IOs against whom complaints have been filed either by the complainants or accused concerned.
Dr Rajinder Singh Tonk, a physician in Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, and a resident of Baiyanpur village, near Sonepat, had established Chaupal, a healthcare centre, on August 15, 2007, with the theme “Swasth Gaon-Unnat Desh” (Healthy village, progressive country).
