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	Three Panipat villages to get cleanliness awards Manish Sirhindi Tribune News Service Panipat, November 28 In a move that could give a fillip to the ongoing efforts of the district administration to promote cleanliness in the rural areas, the recommending committee for the Chief Minister Rural Cleanliness Awards has shortlisted three villages of the district for the current year. The selected villages are Dhindra in Samalkha segment, Palheri in Panipat segment and Jalalpur village in Bapoli segment. ADC RS Verma said last year also two villages of the district, including Pawati of Samalkha Segment and Babarpur of Panipat, got the cleanliness award, which carried a cash award of Rs 5 lakh at the state level, which have again been shortlisted for sustainability award, this year. Under the scheme initiated by the state government to promote cleanliness in villages, the rural areas were divided into three categories on the basis of which the cash awards were given to the village panchayats to appreciate their efforts to maintain high standards of sanitation in their villages. The villages selected under category A are given a cash award of Rs 3 lakh by the state and Rs 1 lakh at the district level. Under category B, the award-winning village gets Rs 5 lakh at the state and Rs 1.5 lakh at the district level, while those selected under category C get Rs 2 lakh at district and Rs 7 lakh at state level. The ADC said the villages were shortlisted by a special team of the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), which had recently conducted a detailed survey of various villages of the district. The agency, which had been authorised by the State Panchayat and Rural Development Department, surveyed the villages and evaluated them as per the guidelines laid down by the state government. He said Dhindra village was selected under category A after it bagged 59 points out of 100, while Palheri village was selected in category B with 52 points and Jalalpur got 57 points in category C. While, Pawati and Babarpur villages bagged 60 and 50 points, respectively, to be awarded under the sustainability award category.
	Guv to inaugurate Gita Jayanti Samaroh on Dec 2 D.R. Vij Kurukshetra, Nov 28 Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia will inaugurate Kurukshetra Utsav Gita Jayanti Samaroh on the banks of the Brahma Sarovar here on December 2, while Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will be the chief guest on the occasion of “deep daan” and cultural evening scheduled to be held on the concluding day of the samaroh on December 2. Pahadia will also inaugurate an exhibition put up by the Information and Public Relations Department depicting the development of Haryana on the same day. Narrating the schedule of programmes to mediapersons here recently, Deputy Commissioner Mandeep Singh Barar said opera, religious and sufi songs as well as bhajan evenings would be celebrated at Purushotam Bagh Pura in the midst of the Brahma Sarovar here from December 2 to 6. Chief Secretary Urvashi Gulati will be the chief guest at the Bhajan Sandhya programme scheduled to be held here on December 3, while Haryana Finance Minister Harmohinder Singh Chattha will be the chief guest at cultural evening when a renowned sufi singer Hansraj Hans will entertain the audience on December 4. Similarly, MP Naveen Jindal will be the chief guest at cultural evening when the artists of Anveshna Dance Theatre, Delhi, will present opera on the major events of the Mahabharata on December 5. Another opera will also be presented by the artists of Shri Ram Bhartiya Kala Kendra the next day. As many as 450 self-help groups of district rural development agencies drawn from all over the country will put up their stalls at the Saras Mela where they will display their art and craft skills from December 1 to 8.
	Sugarcane crushing season begins in Kaithal Satish Seth Kaithal, November 28 The crushing season of Kaithal Cooperative Sugar Mill began here recently when Deputy Commissioner-cum-mill chairperson A Mona Sreenivas started the process in the presence of farmers, ADC PK Sharma, SDM-cum-mill MD Hawa Singh Pachar, Dr Anoop Singh, DDA and other mill functionaries. Prior to the ceremony, everyone participated in a hawan. Speaking on the occasion, the Deputy Commissioner exhorted the mill employees to work with dedication to achieve the targets set up by the management. She inspected the mill and issued necessary directions to improve its functioning. She was briefed by the MD about various aspects of cane crushing and sugar manufacture. Managing Director Hawa Singh said there was an increase in sugarcane cultivation this year and target to crush 35 lakh quintal sugarcane had been fixed. The sugar recovery target had been fixed at 9.50 per cent. It was expected that 3. 32 lakh quintal sugar would be produced this crushing season. If need arose, more sugarcane would be purchased from the Panipat area, he added. He said the farmers were being paid the price of the cane as per the government policy at Rs 220 per quintal for early variety, Rs 215 per quintal for mid-term variety and Rs 210 per quintal for the late variety through various cooperative banks. He said to motivate farmers to sow more sugarcane, the mill provided many incentives which included loans, fertilisers and pesticides at subsidised rates. He added that a number of steps had been taken to improve the functioning of the mill which included installation of turbines and machinery to check pollution. He asked the farmers to bring fresh and properly cleaned cane to the mill.
	Costly fittings stolen from public toilet Bijendra Ahlawat Tribune News Service Rohtak, November 28 In a bizarre incident, thieves made away with sanitary fittings and damaged property worth several thousands at a newly-constructed public toilet at the Ram Ranghshala open air theatre. The swanky public toilet was still to be thrown open for public use. The toilet had been constructed at a cost of over Rs eight lakh. The place is located just about 200 mts away from the SSP’s residence. “The Ranghshala premises has an open entrance with no gate, the boundary wall is low and can be easily scaled,” said Pawan Kumar, a local resident. The authorities should have provided proper measures to safeguard it as it had been lavishly made, he added. No security guard was employed despite several cases of theft having taken place in the premises earlier also. Anoop Kumar Saini, a local journalist said, “Though a complaint had been lodged with the police about the movement of suspicious elements, the authorities did not act”. The public toilet was part of a pilot project by the local Municipal Corporation to construct more such toilets in the town.
	Children’s home to be set up in Gurgaon soon Sunit Dhawan Tribune News Service Gurgaon, November 28 With a view to getting the issues related to children’s rights prioritised, a group of child survivors of various difficult circumstances have appealed to Deputy Commissioner PC Meena to constitute a Child Welfare Committee in Gurgaon. The Deputy Commissioner assured the team that a five-member committee would be constituted in Gurgaon soon. At a recent meeting of the administrative officials of the district, Meena also advised the representatives of Shakti Vahini Childline to approach the state government’s Department of Women and Child Development for establishing a children’s home in Gurgaon and assured them of all possible help and support for the cause. Appreciating the efforts of Shakti Vahini-Childline, the Deputy Commissioner said the NGO had been making concerted efforts to safeguard the rights of the vulnerable children and it was a competent organisation to run a children home in coordination with the government. The meeting had been organised as part of Shakti Vahini’s “Childline Se Dosti” campaign, under which the organisation has been reaching out to the government as well as police officers and Residents’ Welfare Associations to ensure zero-tolerance towards child labour. Nishi Kant, executive director of Shakti Vahini, said: “Our team of counsellors is visiting all stakeholders concerned for coordination and sensitising the officers on handling the cases of child abuse and child rights violations properly and carefully”. The local chapter of the Childline has intervened in several cases of getting care and protection for the children in need during the past months. The NGO volunteers have also rescued many child labourers from brick-kilns, dhabas, tea stalls and other business establishments with the help of Labour Department officials. While many of the rescued children have been handed over to their families, the rest are in children homes. The victims belong to different states, mostly West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar and Orissa, which are highly prone to child trafficking.
	National Integration Week ‘Environment conservation need of the hour’ BS Malik Sonepat, November 28 “Conservation of environment has become the need of the hour for us not only to secure the future of the coming generation, but also to protect living beings on the earth,” said DIG, Group Centre, Suraj Bhan Kajal, while addressing the concluding function of the National Integration Week observed by the centre here recently. He stressed the need for regulating air, water and noise pollution and pointed out that one could contribute a lot in his day-to-day activities for controlling this pollution. Though the government had enacted an Act in 1986 for the protection of air, water and soil from pollution, there was a lack of knowledge among the people about the necessity of environment conservation, he said, adding that the area under forest cover had decreased by 22 lakh hectares in the world. “Other factors which contribute to environment pollution include global warming, greenhouse gases, indiscriminate use of the pesticides and insecticides in farming, release of contaminated water in subsoil water by industries and vehicles,” he said. He also stressed the need for water harvesting, kitchen gardening, implementation of ‘Save Water’ policy and involving NGOs in different environment conservation schemes. The centre observed Communal Harmony Day on November 19, Minority Day on November 20, Multi-Linguistic Day on November 21, Weaker Sections Day on November 22, Cultural Unity Day on November 23, Women Day on November 24 and Environment Conservation Day on November 25.
	Lectures held on winners of Nobel Prize-2011 Our Correspondent Sonepat, November 28 Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Khanpur Kalan, recently organised a series of two-day extension lectures on the winners of the Nobel Prize in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Bio-science and Peace for 2011. The programme was organised in association with the Society for Promotion of Science and Technology in India. Inaugurating the programme, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Dr Pankaj Mittal, said the idea behind the entire exercise was to ensure that the students should be acquainted with the recent developments in the field of research. This was followed by extension lectures by Dr Arunika and Dr Anu from IISER, Mohali, on bio-science and peace, respectively. Dr Dr Suman Beri from Panjab University, Chandigarh, gave lectures on physics and Dr Keya Dharamvir gave discourses on chemistry. While Dr Dharamvir spoke on quasi-crystals and their utilisation in designing, Dr Suman elaborated on the increasing importance of physics in the day-to-day life. The sessions were followed by extensive questioning from the students. The programme was attended by experts, registrar, deans, HoDs, faculty members and the students of the university.
	‘Need to explore oral history of rural areas’ D.R. Vij Kurukshetra, November 28 Phateh Singh Dagar, director, Haryana State Archives and Archaeology Department, has urged the scholars and teachers of history to explore oral history lying in abundance in the rural areas of the state to enrich and supplement the present history of the country. He was speaking on the concluding day of a three-day national workshop on “New Trends in Indian Historiography” at the faculty lounge of Kurukshetra University here recently. Dagar said the Haryana archives department housed many valuable documents like blowing the first bugle of 1857 Uprisings at Ambala Cantt even before its open outbreak in Meerut. The original letter of a British official had been lying in a file of the state archives in Panchkula, he added. He said the Haryana archaeology department was busy in excavating a dozen sites in the state, mostly in Hisar and Fatehabad, resembling the most important Indus Valley Civilisation sites of India and Pakistan. Quoting the drainage system of the Indus Valley Civilisation, he said, “Our engineers need to learn such eco-friendly and cost-effective measures from the pages of history”. Prof Chattar Singh, director of the workshop and chairman of the History Department of the university, said this was for the first time in the northern India that such kind of workshop on historiography was organised to educate youth for pursuing right path of research for objective historical writings. The national workshop was inaugurated by Dr Surinder Deswal, registrar of the university, in place of Vice-Chancellor Lt-Gen DDS Sandhu, who could not attend the inaugural function. Prof Girish Chopra, Dean, Academic Affairs of the university was the special guest at the function. Prof Raghuvendra Tanwar, former registrar and Dean of the university and also the senior-most professor of the History Department, in his thanksgiving address explained at length about the purpose of the workshop and the future programmes of the department to strengthen the discipline for the benefit of the students and researchers. Earlier, Professor Joginder Singh, director, Namdhari Chair, GND University, Amritsar, highlighted the plight of the peasantry of Punjab during the colonial period and its aftermath that had compelled them to commit suicide. Prof Mridula Mukherjee, former director, Nehru Memorial Museam and Library, Teen Murti, New Delhi; Dr Jigar Mohammed of University of Jammu; Dr Sanjay Subodh of University of Hyderabad; Dr S Sankalap of Delhi; Prof Aditya Mukherjee of JNU, New Delhi; Prof RS Aggarwal of CCS University, Meerut, also spoke on the occasion. About 50 participants from various universities and colleges of Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, Delhi and UP deliberated upon various issues of historiography, while eminent resource persons were invited from Jammu, Amritsar, Hyderabad, Aligarh, Meerut, Patiala and Delhi.
	Function marks golden jubilee of Rezang La battle Nawal Kishore Rastogi Rewari, November 28 At the conclusion of the four-day golden jubilee year celebrations of the historic battle of Rezang La, a function was held here recently under the auspices of the Rezang La Shauriya Samiti (RLSS) and the Rezang La Trust to commemorate the sacrifice of Ahir martyrs in the battle. The battle was fought between the Charlie Company of the 13th Kumaon Regiment and Chinese army at the Rezang La post at a height of 16,420 ft in the Chushul Sector of Ladakh on November 18, 1962. In the battle, the country lost its 114 soldiers, including company commander Major Shaitan Singh. Out of the 114 martyrs, 111 were Ahirs and 57 were from Haryana. As many as 1,310 Chinese soldiers were killed in the battle. Lt-Gen SK Singh, Vice-Chief of the Army Staff, was the chief guest at the function and Lt-Gen NC Marwah, C-in-C of the Tri Services and Col of the Kumaon and the Naga Regiments, presided over the proceedings. Besides senior military officials, Deputy Commissioner-cum-chief of the Zila Sainik Board CG Rajnikanthan, former Union Minister Col Ram Singh, chief patron and other functionaries of the RLSS were also present on the occasion. The function commenced after laying of wreaths at the Rezang La War Memorial by the chief guest and others. Lt-Gen SK Singh said, “Notwithstanding hostile conditions and utter lack of sophisticated weapons, the jawans of the Kumaon Regiment fought at the Rezang La post with exceptional valour and gallantry”. He said it was due to the display of tremendous heroism by the jawans that the enemy had never dared to violate the Line of Control that was delineated in the Chushul Sector after the Rezang La war in 1962. The Vice-Chief of the Army presented a cheque of Rs 1 lakh to the Rezang La Trust. Lt-Gen NC Marwah urged the citizens to include the Rezang La Shauriya Divas among their other important festivals. Col Nikhil Srivastav, commanding officer of the 13 Kumaon, handed over a cheque of Rs 21,000 to the RLSS. Former Union Minister Col Ram Singh was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for his meritorious services to the nation. As many as 100 war widows, Mount Everest climber Sunita Singh Gujjar and several other distinguished citizens were also honoured on the occasion.
	Blood donation camp held Our Correspondent Kurukshetra, November 28 A blood donation camp was organised at Indira Gandhi National College, Dhanoura (Ladwa). The college authorities also purported to celebrate Founder’s Day of the college to cherish and treasure contribution of the founder-members, especially the founder president of the college, late Om Prakash Garg. Speaking on the occasion, chief guest Bhupender Singh, DSP, Kurukshetra, described blood donation as the most sublime, noble and life-saving act that one undergoes as part of ones humanitarian duty. College principal Dr NK Nagpal said: “Blood is the most precious gift of God which cannot be manufactured in any factory by any human ingenuity or scientific know-how”. There was extraordinary zeal among boys and girls of the college to participate in this noble venture. Over 84 donors donated blood to make this camp successful. President of the College Management Committee Pawan Garg thanked the chief guest and the blood donors. Chief Manager, SBI Ladwa, RR Cheppa, was also honoured for his cooperation in the success of the function. The camp was supervised by Dr Ashwani Mehra with his team from LNJP Hospital, Kurukshetra.
	400 students donate blood Our Correspondent Kurukshetra, November 28 A blood donation camp, organised by the Technology Education and Research Integrated Institutions (TERII), in collaboration with Rotary Blood Bank Society and Rotary Club of Delhi, was inaugurated by Satbir Singh Kundu, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Thanesar, at TERII premises, 9 km from here, recently. Lauding the contribution of students, the expert team of Dr Rajesh and Dr Apoorva Jain said: “There is a myth about blood donation and such active role of students can help in dispelling it. Every adult should donate blood at least once in his/her life time, they added. TERII chairperson Garima Gupta said: “It is praiseworthy to see the involvement of students which made the camp a success. Such acts reinforce our belief in the youth that they are not only career conscious, but also well aware of their responsibility towards society”. Over 400 students donated blood for the noble cause.
	Industrial visit to Infosys Tribune News Service Yamunanagar, November 28 A team of 50 students from Ganpati Business School, Bilaspur, visited Infosys at Rajiv Gandhi Technological Park, Chandigarh, recently. The industrial visit was organised to abreast the students of current technologies and working environment of global corporations. The visit was a part of the industrial exposure requirement of the academic curriculum of the programme. A day-long visit was a part of the Spark Campaign being initiated by Infosys, which focuses on spreading IT skills among students. Jagmohan Oberoi, director, Corporate Networking Cell and Placement of Ganpati Business School, and Sachin Gambhir, Joint Director, Finance and MBA, helped in providing a platform for this industrial visit to the students, through which the students were able to understand the market expectations. Oberoi said: “We have already organised tours to Infosys for diploma and degree students in the past and we hope to do the same in future for our students. Industrial exposure is a step in the direction to augment the knowledge of students as to how business is carried out in the corporate sector. This enhances their vision to see things in a wider perspective,” he added. Chattar Singh Kashyap, chairman of Ganpati Group of Institutes, congratulated the students on their successful visit and wished them success in all their future endeavours.
	MNREGA workers yet to get wages Satish Seth Kaithal, November 28 The dreams of a large number of labourers, including some women, who were happy to get work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MNREGA), were shattered when they had to run from pillar to post to get arrears of their wages for the work done by them a few months back. After failing to get their outstanding wages, labourers from Theh Banera village in the Guhla subdivision of the district called on Deputy Commissioner A. Mona Sreenivas here recently. They handed over a memorandum to Sreenivas signed by over 24 labourers in which they alleged that they had not been paid their wages for the work done by them between May and August, 2011. However, when the labourers asked for the payment of their wages, government officials promised to make the payment after a few days. Every time the labourers contacted the officials concerned, they were given a next date. Therefore, fed up with the false promises made by the officials, the labourers met the ADC who gave an assurance that their grievances would be addressed at the earliest. Beeru Ram, Manjit Singh, Hardev Singh Maya Devi, Balwindro, Dora Devi, Mukhtara Ram, Pappu Ram, Radho Devi and others blamed the system and indifferent attitude of the officials concerned for delay in the payment of their outstanding wages. The labourers said they worked during scorching heat to earn money and support their family, but now they had to make rounds of offices to get their wages. The deputy commissioner said the delay in payment was caused due to some technical problems. The deputy commissioner said she was seized of the matter, adding that she would ensure payment to the labourers as early as possible.
	Bankers told to install CCTV cameras Nawal Kishore Rastogi Rewari, November 28 A joint meeting of the District Scrutiny Committee, District Advisory Council and the District Security Counselling Panel was held under the auspices of Punjab National Bank here recently. Deputy Commissioner CG Rajini Kaanthan presided over its proceedings. Exhorting the bank officials to ensure hassle-free availability of loans to beneficiaries under various welfare projects, the deputy commissioner highlighted the worthiness of the education loan project while directing them to facilitate timely disbursal of loans to students along with the assigned subsidy on interest rates. Besides, the Deputy Commissioner instructed the officials of the empowered (authorised) Union Bank of India as well as the service providing company, FINO, to see to it that senior citizens in the rural as well as urban areas of the district received old-age pension every month in time. Simultaneously, mentioning about the apprehensions regarding burglaries and robberies in banks, the deputy commissioner asked the managers to expedite the installation of CCTV cameras in banks and also to ensure the placement of well-scrutinised currency notes of the denomination of Rs 100, Rs 500 and Rs 1000 in their respective ATMs. Besides, the DC also stressed the need for regulating the entry of withdrawers into ATM booths for their precise functioning. Similarly, Satyapal Singh, assistant general manager of the Reserve Bank of India, emphasised on the initiation of relevant measures for the provision of banking facilities under financial subsumption in all villages having a population of over 2,000 people by January, 2012. While presenting the progress report of the district loan project, lead bank manager AK Mittal specifically mentioned that banks in the district had registered an overall increase of 19 per cent in their deposits during the quarter ending September 30. He also said they would launch a special drive in which credit cards would be issued to the remaining farmers by December 15.
	Musical tributes paid to legendary Punjabi folk singer SD Sharma Panchkula, November 28 Rich musical tributes were paid to legendary Punjabi folk and playback singer Padma Sri Surinder Kaur on her 82nd birth anniversary at a grand function organised by the Rotary Club, Panchkula, at the Rotary Complex Hall yesterday. The highlight of the programme was the presentation of memorable melodies immortalised by the legend and sung to perfection by her next three generation singers, including her illustrious daughter Dolly Guleria, granddaughter Sunaini Sharma and great granddaughter Riya, besides Ustad Rajesh Khan (Rajab Ali Khan), versatile son of Ustad Abdul Rehman Khan, the guru of Surinder Kaur and her successive generation of Dolly Guleria and Sunaini Sharma. Dolly Guleria gave a grandiose start to the programme with a Sufi Kalam “Haazi lok makke wal jaande…” before she partnered with her guru bhai Ustad Rajab Ali to present a duet “Sajna vet ere binaa…”. Earlier, Rajesh Khan rendered a thumri “Aan milo ikk baar...” before a mesmerising recital of Mehdi Hasan classic “Ranjish hi sahi…”. Disciples of Dolly Guleria and artistes from Nightingale Music Akademy doled out songs of Surinder Kaur like “Sajna jet un mera…” by Chitra Bakshi. Dolly teamed up with Muktesh Dewan for “Main tenu yaad awanga…” and Kuljit Bakshi for Balo Mahiya and more from her latest album, Main tenu yaad awanangi. Dolly brought alive the anguish and pain as perceived in the lyrics of Shiv Kumar Batalvi especially “Loki poojan rabb mein tera birhda” and more as she sang with her daughter Sunaini Sharma and Riya. The enraptured audience asked for more and the trio doled out “Maanvan te dhiyan”, “Lathe di chadar”, “charkha” and other songs. The chief guest, Ashima Brar, IAS, DC, Panchkula, paid tributes to late Surinder Kaur who had taken the Punjabi ‘gayaki’ to a spectacular level. She also honoured the artistes on the occasion. The guest of honour SS Bhandari, director, Haryana Punjabi Sahit Akademi, shared his close association with Surinder Kaur in his tribute. Sunaini Sharma conducted the programme with admirable competence, while Col. SS Guleria expressed gratitude to the Rotary Club president who later proposed the vote of thanks.
	Listen to public grievances, officers told Our Correspondent Sonepat, November 28 Officers of various departments must spare at least two hours on every working day for listening to public complaints and redressal of their grievances at the earliest. This was stated by Sonepat MP Jitender Singh Malik while listening to public grievances at his office here recently. The state government had already issued citizen’s charter like directions to the officers of public dealing departments for time-bound completion of some of official works, he said and added that the compliance of these directions would enhance the image of the government as well as the administration in the eyes of the people. “If the grievances of the people are redressed at their doorstep and at the first level of the administration, people will be left with no complaints,” he said and hoped that the officers would discharge their duties honestly with positive thinking and missionary zeal.
	‘Trained decision-makers must to face challenges’ Tribune News Service Yamunanagar, November 28 To face the challenges of modern life like economic shocks, social and financial hardships, we need productive, creative, and resilient problem solvers, decision makers and managers who need to be trained in skill-providing solutions. This was stated by Dr MM Goel, professor of economics and dean, faculty of social sciences, Kurukshetra University, while addressing the students and faculty members of the Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management and Technology, Jagadhari, recently. He was speaking on “Diagnosis and Management of Global Economic Crisis”. “For minimising the fear caused by the global economic crisis, we need to adopt preventive and promotive health approach to economy in place of curative. We also need good governance at all the levels of operation in the economy starting from those at the international level to those governing social and economic relations in the family to minimise the impact of the new economic reality of the global economic crisis,” said Prof Goel. “To ensure good governance, we need a government which is SMART (simple, moral, accountable, responsive and transparent) with simple model of HRD consisting of human development activities such as spiritual quotient development, intuition development, mental-level development and emotional quotient development,” he said. Dr Raj Kumar, director of Maharaja Agrasen Institute, thanked Prof MM Goel and other participants on the occasion.
	Campaign against auto-lifters intensified Tribune News Service Faridabad, November 28 In an intensified campaign against lifting of vehicles in the past fortnight, the police has recently claimed to have unearthed five gangs of auto-lifters and recovered more than 12 vehicles. Anil Yadav, Joint Commissioner of Police, Faridabad, said the campaign would continue in future also. Scientific methods were being adopted to prepare a list of habitual offenders, their associates and the areas where the stolen vehicle were sold, he added. The recovered vehicles included four cars. The members of the gangs are a mixed bag consisting of locals and outsiders, especially from UP. “Although the incidents of chain-snatching and vehicles thefts have not increased in the city compared to the last year, the police wants to go hard against these crimes,” he added.
	Seminar on advances in banking sector held Tribune News Service Yamunanagar, November 28 A national seminar on the “Recent Advances in Finance and Banking Sector” was organised at Shree Siddhivinayak Engineering and Management Institutions, Shahpur-Bilaspur, near Yamunanagar, here recently. Prof PV Gupta, a former director of Thaper and REC (now NIT), was the chief guest on the occasion. Keeping in consideration various changes in the banking and financial sector and in order to make budding managers familiar with the latest trends of the financial market, various experts from the industry as well as educational sector enlightened the participants on various aspects. Dr MK Sehgal, CEO and chairman of Sidhhivinayak Institutions, who is also the resource person of SEBI-NISM, shared his views with the participants and differentiated between reel and real scenario of the banking and finance sector. He talked about learn, relearn and unlearn concept of life as it was applicable in all the spheres of life. Entrepreneurs and industrialists were mostly affected by these changes but a customer had to adjust according to these changes, he said. He welcomed the guest speakers, including Pankaj Kumar, Simardeep from HDFC Bank and Ashish Mittal, senior branch manager, Axis Bank, who discussed the latest style of working of private and foreign banks, landing regulations, banking operations and latest service which had been added to give full attention to consumers. Dr Sanjay Arora, professor from Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Yamunanagar, talked about the international future reporting system, mergers, acquisitions and financial restructuring already held in the banking sector and also in pipeline. He also spoke on activity-based costing system and latest in the accounting system being implemented by the ICAI. Dr Sandeep Bansal from IGN College, Ladwa, discussed various aspects of challenges being faced by managers and customers related to the banking and finance sector. Dr Rajni Sehgal, director of the Sidhhivinayak Institutions, thanked the participants on the occasion.
	DAV College holds employability enhancement programme Attar Singh/TNS Yamunanagar, November 28 A “Campus Finishing School” was setup at DAV College for Girls, Yamunanagar, by a Mohali-based company, Skill Guru, in which about 1,000 final year students of various courses of DAV College participated. The employability enhancement programme was to make the students ‘job ready’ and to provide a platform to them for a smooth transition from campus to the corporate world with requisite skills. Speaking on the occasion, Priya Malik, a programmer, said, “An individual's personality is an aggregate conglomeration of decisions we have made throughout our lives. There are inherent natural, genetic, and environmental factors that contribute to the development of our personality”. Malik said, “According to the process of socialisation, personality also colours our values, beliefs, and expectations. Hereditary factors that contribute to the personality development do so as a result of interactions with the particular social environment in which people live”. Mayank Malhotra, organiser of the programme, said personality development was, in short, the personal improvement. The programme will conclude on November 30. It was divided into 25 sessions and in every session an element was there which helped students to groom their personalities through presentations, activities, videos and various games.
	Myanmar artist exhibits paintings in Gurgaon Sunit Dhawan Tribune News Service Gurgaon, November 28 The DLF Golf and Country Club, in association with the Calcutta Arts Club, hosted an exclusive preview of “Paradise”, a solo show of noted Myanmar artist Zaw Win Pe which commenced on the club premises recently. The event was inaugurated by Vaneeta Kumaria, wife of Air Marshal DC Kumaria, in presence of Indira KP Singh, wife of DLF group chairman Dr KP Singh, and an eclectic audience, including members of the club and residents of Aralias. “I am inspired by landscape themes, not with the thought of painting particular places, but of expressing elemental moods and emotions. But the paintings never lack the geographical and environmental characteristics of the places I paint…I paint the emotions that hit me when I look over a particular scene...Sometimes it seems as if my feelings are exploding and the hills are ringing with colours. Colour is the key element for me. I believe colour can tell everything about human’s feelings and thoughts,” observes the artist. Born in Central Myanmar in 1960, Zaw Win Pe came to the forefront of the Myanmar’s art scene with his vibrant landscapes inspired by the country’s Northeastern Shan state. Having set his heart on becoming an artist while young, he headed for the State School of Fine Arts in Yangon and learnt under three masters. In his early career, he excelled in the naturalistic style of painting. The discovery of scenery in the Shan state led him to focus increasingly on colours as an effective agent of expression since the beginning of the new millennium. Using the palette knife to achieve the desired effect of overlaid colours on bolder textures, Zaw Win Pe lays emphasis on the emotive quality of painting. His creations have been displayed, appreciated and awarded in domestic as well as overseas art circles. According to the organisers, this is for the first time that contemporary Myanmar art is being introduced in India with a five-city travelling show. It will be kicked off at the Alliance Francaise Gallery Romain Rolland in New Delhi on December 1. The exhibition will be on till December 9.
	Ambala poet participates in International Poetry Fest Suman Bhatnagar Ambala, November 28 Dr Dalip Khetarpal, an English poet of Ambala, who is also the director of the Group of Colleges, participated in the International Poetry Fest held at Guntoor (Andhra Pradesh) recently. A number of poets from the UK, Europe, Brazil, Pakistan and several other countries were present in the fest. Dr K. Beasababunniya, president of Naparkuna Educational Society (NES), was the chief guest on the occasion. Dr Khetarpal pioneered in new genre in poetry writing and won laurels for the new trend set by him. He is one of the first Indian English poets who has combined and poetized various sciences, including psychiatry and abnormal psychology. His highlights were mainly related to subconscious and unconscious mind. According to Dr Khetarpal, his poems are psychophysic flints because they emit spark when they hit the readers’ mind. He has deviated from the prevailing trends in poetry writing as adopted by other Indian English poets. Poets from London, Uzbekistan, Europe, UK, Pakistan, etc., were reciting poetry more or less on conventional lines and common themes. But Dr Khetarpal with his new trend and vision dared to contradict the concept of poetry as propounded by the great English poet, William Wordsworth, who said, “poetry is spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings….(recollected and tranquility).” According to him, poetry is a spontaneous overflow of powerful psychological ideas recollected in tranquility or in an extremely disturbed state of mind. Every piece of art reflects the zeitgeist of the age, so accordingly poetry should also reflect the current scenario.
	Letter Assets declaration necessary Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda should adopt Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s approach to bring transparency in the system. It should be made mandatory for all categories of state government officials to submit details of their movable/immovable assets as well as liabilities/dues towards public authorities including those of their spouse and dependents. It should also be uploaded on the official website of the concerned department for public information. After Nitish issued a stern warning that those who failed to submit the requisite information within stipulated time frame would not receive their salary, everybody complied. To send the right signals, the Bihar CM along with his council of ministers declared details of their assets. The move was widely appreciated across all sections of the civil society. Various other state governments have also started following the rule. Although government employees are required to make such declarations as part of the conduct/ service rules, but nobody has been enforcing and implementing them strictly. In the last couple of years, Judges of Supreme Court and all High Courts have suo moto furnished details on official websites of their respective courts. HEMANT KUMAR, Ambala City Readers are invited to write to us. Send your mail, in not more than 200 words, at haryana@tribuneindia.com or write in at: Letters, Haryana Plus, The Tribune, Sector 29, Chandigarh-160030.