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Bhiwani waits for an end to waterlogging
State to promote wine bars in big way
Nano-biotechnology research centre opens in Gurgaon
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Film Appreciation Courses
MDI signs MoU with Canadian B-school
Meet to search prospective brides, grooms on March 19
Cooperative mills produce over 16.32 lakh quintals of sugar
Child’s kidney stones removed through endoscopy
‘Need to create awareness about value of art objects’
Tributes paid to state’s first Chief Minister
Cultural extravaganza concludes at NIT
Ratia girl shines on small screen
Bhumika Girdhar in TV serial Chandrakanta. A Tribune photograph
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Bhiwani waits for an end to waterlogging
Bhiwani, February 23 This system was first-ever used while laying down Metro routes in Delhi. The inversion liner allows installers to invert the liner through the existing building sewer pipeline to the main sewer connection without stretching into the main sewer. Before 1995, Bhiwani had never faced such a problem of sewerage. However, the problem was aggravated due to the rising population as basic infrastructure had not been raised according to the requirements. Encroachments on streets and roads by covering sewerage drains disturbed the system and several areas started facing waterlogging during the rains. Choking sewerage lines due to heaps of polythene and domestic wastes posed a threat to the health of the residents and it became a matter of concern for the department. In every rainy season, Dinod Gate, Old Housing Board Colony, Durga Colony, Jain Chowk, Hanuman Gate, Patram Gate and Krishna Colony faced waterlogging problems and roads and streets remained blocked for several days. The Congress Government sanctioned a project and a Delhi-based company was given a tender to mend the sewerage system. Public Health Minister Kiran Chaudhary took a keen interest as the residence of late Chief Minister Bansi Lal, where she stays while in Bhiwani, also plunge into water during the monsoon. In the first phase, lines were repaired from Ghantaghar to Dinod Gate and 1,135 m was mended through the CIPP. At present, the company has completed its work from Dinod Gate to Jogiwala Temple. From Jogiwala Temple to Devsar Chungi, cement pipes will be laid. A special huge manhole has also been constructed in front of the temple. In the next phase, sewerage line between Dadri Gate and Hanuman Gate will be repaired through the CIPP system and after the completion of the line, the department will take stock of the situation around the city through CCTV cameras. The city is covered with about 7 km sewerage line and on several points, this line has sunk or ooze from several places. In 1995, a 36-inches thick line was laid in 3 km area of Rohtak Gate to Nehru Park and from General Hospital to Devsar Chungi, but the rising water table damaged the line. The residents of Dadri Gate to main disposal, Hanuman Gate and Patram Gate are also facing sewerage problem and this 3-km-long sewer line also needs repair. The PHE Department had sanctioned Rs 6 crore for the repair of 1,135-m-long sewer line through the CIPP system.
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State to promote wine bars in big way
Karnal, February 23 Due to shift in focus from hard drinks to moderate drinks, the wine culture is picking up fast and foraying into hospitality and the foreign concept of wine bars in vineyards has been adopted by issuing licences on a nominal fee. Under the new excise policy of the state for 2012-13, provisions have been made for issuing a separate licence S-1A for retail sale of wine to local wineries to sell their indigenously manufactured wine on the adjoining premises to promote consumption of wine in comparison to hard drinks on payment of meagre license fee of Rs 5,000. A separate licence in form S-1B has been introduced for wine bars for consumption of wine, with or without eatables on the winery premises to the S-1A licensee on payment of fee of Rs 1,000 per annum. As the vast majority of liquor consumers, especially the youth, is switching
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Benefits of moderate liquor like reducing stress, tension and anxiety and lowering the risk of death from coronary artery disease (CAD) were also driving the people towards moderate drinks. President, Hotel and Restaurant Association of Haryana Manbeer Choudhary has welcomed the move to promote moderate liquor and thanked the government for reducing the VAT on liquor by 10 per cent from 25 per cent to 15 per cent and not increasing the annual bar licenses fee from Rs 6 lakh. At present, Nasik, near Mumbai, has emerged as cluster of wineries with about 50 wineries located in and around the town, and excitingly for wine lovers, many vineyards now have tasting rooms that are open to the public. Vineyards fan out in all directions from Nasik and is approachable by car and what appeals to visitors was discounts of 10 to 20 per cent on retail prices. However, there are also some reputable wineries in the South India. Himachal Pradesh has also promoted local-made fruit wines in a big way.
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Nano-biotechnology research centre opens in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, February 23 Louise Asher, MP and Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business, Tourism and Major Events, Victoria (Australia), inaugurated the centre in the presence of Professor Jane den Hollander, Vice-Chancellor, Deakin University, and Dr RK Pachauri, Director-General, TERI. The centre has been established with a view to providing solutions towards a greener and more advanced use of nanotechnology to resolve challenging agricultural, biomedical and sustainability issues. Dr Pachauri said by setting up the centre, TERI and Deakin University planned to create capacity and expertise for technological solutions to the problems of inefficient use of natural resources. Dr Alok Adholeya, director, Biotechnology and Management of Bio-resource Division at TERI, said: “The relationship of TERI and Deakin University at this juncture is timely, since the nanobiotech sphere has to play a pivotal role in application research and ultimately to deliver products and processes those are highly environmental benign and efficient for mankind, specifically in the health and food sector”. “The new laboratory will be used to bring together Deakin University’s expertise in the design and characterisation of novel nano-materials and TERI’s experience in biotech applications in food, agriculture, environment and pharmacology,” he added.
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FTII to collaborate with Kurukshetra media institute
Bhanu P Lohumi/TNS
Kurukshetra, February 23 Addressing the trainees of a seven-day film appreciation course here recently, Prof Rajbir Singh, director of the Institute of Mass Communication and Media Technology, said, “This will be a major step forward in developing creative skills of the students”. RS Deswal, Inspector General (CID), Haryana, called upon the students to imbibe seriousness while studying and work passionately for achieving their goals in life. Giving a vivid account of various phases of the Indian cinema starting from the earlier days till the present day, he said the technique and technology had undergone a sea change and stressed that the conceptions about evaluation of films differed from person to person. The IG showed some interesting slides to the students to drive home the point how actors like Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Ashok Kumar, Raj Kumar and others lent charm to their dialogues, acting and style of rendition which won over the hearts of everyone. Film critics should also understand the finer side of evaluation and the film makers should move in society and interact with people to make better films which have a bearing on social behaviour and impact the thought process, he added. Prof B Divakar from Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, said sociological, physiological and psychological aspects of a character should be taken into consideration while writing a script.
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MDI signs MoU with Canadian B-school
Gurgaon, February 23 The MoU was signed by Prof Mukul P. Gupta, Director, MDI, and Carol Stephenson, Dean, Ivey School of Business, on the MDI campus here yesterday. Commenting on the collaboration, Prof Gupta said: “We are extremely pleased to associate with the Ivey School of Business to develop and release publications on case materials. The agreement will support MDI’s emphasis on case-based teaching and writing, and the publications will henceforth benefit a larger group of students. The collaboration will buttress the complementary strengths of both institutes. This is a strategic partnership for us and we hope to further strengthen our association with the Richard Ivey School of Business going forward”. Speaking on the occasion, Carol Stephenson said: “Providing business case studies with a global perspective, Ivey publications will now develop India-based case materials for business education to be taught in India as well as abroad. The partnership will not only give Indian students an exposure to Ivey’s real-world, field-based cases, involving actual interviews with businesses from around the world, but also benefit foreign students who garner knowledge about Indian cases”. The objectives of the collaboration are to leverage Ivey’s knowledge base and accumulated intellectual capital in business case study research to further the use of case studies as a pedagogical approach at the MDI and to support MDI’s emphasis on case-based teaching and writing. Both Ivey and MDI will share their knowledge base, expertise and accumulated intellectual capital, recognising the broad spectrum of skills and business experience that students need to tackle challenges in today’s complex business world.
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Meet to search prospective brides, grooms on March 19
Rewari, February 23 The convention will give them an opportunity to acquaint themselves with different persons for a matrimonial alliance. Stating that it was the samiti’s 19th convention,the samiti chief, Om Prakash Gupta, said more than 90 per cent girls in the Agarwal community possessed good academic and professional qualifications. Doctors, engineers, IAS, IPS, MBA, MCA, BBA, BCA, graduates, postgraduates and other well-qualified boys and girls from the NCR would participate in the convention. A registration fee of Rs 1,100 is charged from every individual who wishes to participate in the meet. Registration forms are also available online on www.vavs palwal.in and should reach the VAVS office latest by March 8. Om Prakash Goyal, secretary of the samiti, said over 700 boys and girls had so far entered into wedlock through 18 such conventions held by the samiti in the past 27 years. He also said the first convention was held in 1984 by a former chief minister and AVS icon late Benarsi Das Gupta. Vijay Somany, patron of the VAVS, Radhe Shyam Gupta, president of the Rewari Agarwal Sabha, and other doyens of the AVS were also present on the occasion.
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Cooperative mills produce over 16.32 lakh quintals of sugar
Chandigarh, February 23 While stating this here recently, Krishna Mohan, Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Cooperation, said sugar mills of Gohana, Shahbad, Meham and Rohtak have so far exported over 4.33 crore units of electricity to the power utilities during the current crushing season. He said a maximum of 39.55 lakh quintals of sugarcane was crushed by cooperative sugar mill Shahbad and the Rohtak sugar mill stood at second position by crushing 22.09 lakh quintals of sugarcane. As much as 21.09 lakh quintals of sugarcane had been crushed by cooperative sugar mill Meham, 20.33 lakh quintals by cooperative sugar mill Gohana, 20.18 lakh quintals by cooperative sugar mill Kaithal, 18.30 lakh quintals by cooperative sugar mill Karnal, 16.93 lakh quintals of sugarcane was crushed by cooperative sugar mill Panipat, 16.14 lakh quintals by cooperative sugar mills Sonepat, 15.92 lakh quintals by cooperative sugar mill Jind and 14 lakh quintals by cooperative sugar mill Palwal, he added. Mohan said in addition to it, 18.72 lakh quintals of sugarcane was crushed by sugar mill Assandh. On an average, sugar recovery in the cooperative sugar mills of the state had so far been 8.23 per cent.
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Child’s kidney stones removed through endoscopy
Gurgaon, February 23 A team of doctors led by urologist Dr SP Yadav at Pushpanjali Hospital here removed the left renal stone with the help of Mini-Perc, an advanced endoscopic technique. For this, an endoscope was entered into the patient’s body through a small cut made in the back. The stone was fragmented by laser and its pieces were removed. In the same sitting, the right lower-end ureteric stone was removed endoscopically by ureteroscope. Both procedures took one hour and 15 minutes and no blood was required. Dr Yadav said as per the available medical literature, the cases of stone in such young children were quite rare. “The little boy used to have abdominal pain frequently. Investigations revealed that he had a 1X1 cm stone in the left kidney and a 1.2X0.4 cm stone in the right lower ureteric end,” he said. “This may be one of the youngest children in medical history whose bilateral stones were removed by Mini-Perc and ureteroscope in the same sitting successfully,” he added.
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‘Need to create awareness about value of art objects’
Kurukshetra, February 23 This was stated by KK Chakraborty, Chancellor of the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) and former secretary, Ministry of Culture. In his keynote address at the inaugural session of a three-day 44th national conference on “Conservation of Folk Art Objects” organised by the Dharohar Haryana Museum, Kurukshetra University, and the Indian Association for the Study of Conservation of Cultural Property, New Delhi, he said art should not be divorced from life. Lt-Gen DDS Sandhu (retd), Vice-Chancellor, Kurukshetra University, said there was an urgent need to create awareness among the citizens about the value of art objects and cultural heritage and appealed to conservators to move out of their sphere of work and educate people about the value of cultural heritage and its conservation. Parveen Srivastva, Director-General, National Museum, who was the chief guest, said there was a need to involve experts from different disciplines to tackle the issue of conservation of art objects and folk material. The National Museum would extend all possible help in providing technical know-how to Kurukshetra University in setting up state museum on the university campus. Rajya Sabha Member Ishwar Singh, who was the guest of honour on the occasion, said he would make a request to Union Minister Kumari Selja to get Dharohar Museum at Kurukshetra University declared as a state museum. About 150 delegates from almost all the states of India participated in the conference and different conservation agencies of the country put up an exhibition of their folk art conservation work in the Crush Hall of the Kurukshetra university auditorium.
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Tributes paid to state’s first Chief Minister
Jhajjar, February 23 Vinod Sharma, a former Haryana Minister and MLA from Ambala, who was the chief guest on the occasion, said Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma never engaged in the caste politics and believed in the welfare of the common man as he was firm in his opinion that social harmony and brotherhood was imperative to bring any state on the track of progress and development. “Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma’s contribution and sacrifice in the battle of India’s freedom cannot be forgotten as he not only sold jewellery of his wife for the sake of the nation but also dedicated his life to the freedom struggle,” said Vinod. Vinod said he was a visionary who laid the foundation of development in Haryana during his stint as the Chief Minister. ‘Panditji’ was also a well-know social activist who throughout his life served the common man of the state instead of his family members. He described the people of Haryana as his family, that’s why he never left any opportunity to serve the poor, labourers and farmers of the state, said the former minister. Vinod called upon the people to follow the path shown by ‘Panditji’ as it was the real way to serve the common man, besides maintaining social harmony and brotherhood among the masses. Naresh Sharma, MLA from the Badli segment here, said Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma had played a vital role in the freedom movement. He not only actively participated in various freedom campaigns but also went to jail several times, along with other freedom fighters. ‘Panditji’ was a down-to-earth politician, he added. Bharti Sharma, daughter of Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma, her son Bharat Sharma, daughter-in-law Jyoti Sharma, DP Kaushik, Ravinder Kaushik, Sanjay Gautam, Beni Prasham Gaur, Suman Ahlawat, sarpanch Ishwar Sharma, Dr Chand Sharma and Mahender Sharma were among those who paid floral tributes to ‘Panditji’ on the occasion.
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Cultural extravaganza concludes at NIT
Kurukshetra, February 23 While addressing the valedictory function, chief guest NIT Director professor Anand Mohan appreciated the hard work put by all the participants, student coordinators, heads of various committees and conveners and encouraged the participation of students in cultural and technical events held in the institute. He also emphasised the importance of cultural talent, along with technical skills, in the overall development of a student. The four-day fest was inaugurated by famous Odissi dancer Geeta Mahalik who also presented her superb performances of Odissi dance form with the depiction of Krishna
Leela, Sri Ram Stuti, etc. In the key events, the fest was brightened up with the charismatic performances by famous Punjabi rapper Honey Singh, Alfaaz and J-Star. The other events were the performances by final-year students, including twisted movie, fashion parade, street dance and various photography and literary events, “ekanki” (one-act play), kavi
sammelan, Mr. and Miss Confluence and Woodstock - the battle of bands, choreography - the musical play, mono acting, duet dance, etc. NIT public relations in charge professor Dixit Garg said the participants showcased their superb acting and dancing skills and gathered a lot of appreciation. More than 50 events were
organised, over 2,000 students from the institute and various universities/institutes/colleges across the country participated actively, he added.
The Results Mr. Confluence: 1. Shantanu Miss Confluence: 1. Nitika Ekanki: 1. Team Cannibalism; 2. Team
Kunal; and 3. Team Guru Jambheshwar University Hindi Solo Singing: 1. Arpit; 2.
Nivedita; and 3. Vivek Group Dance: 1. Team Cyclone; and 2. Team Nisha Choreography: 1. Chirag and team; 2. Nitish and team; and 3. Nitika and team Solo Dance: 1.
Bhanu; 2. Varsha; and 3. Saera Just a Minute: 1. Shray Chaudhary Mime: 1. Priyanka and team; 2. Chinmay and team; and 3. Team Guru Jambheshwar University Painting: 1.
Jyotirmay; 2. Nitin; and 3. Geetanjali Flush P: 1. Breaking News; and 2. Poker Instrumental Solo: 1.
Tushar; and 2. Rajat Kahani Teri Meri Zubaani: 1. Aman and Alok; and 2. Reshu and
Saranjeet Vichar Manch: 1. Pradeep; and 2. Surbhi Fashion Parade: 1. Haute Street Clay
Modelling: 1. Nandita and Sonia; and 2. Geetanjali and Asha Western Solo Singing: 1.
Kanav; and 2. Ayusha Duet Dance: 1. Mayank and Sunny; and 2. Vivek and Suchi Mono Acting: 1.
Devanshi; and 2. Samarth Roadies: 1. Sandeep Duet Singing: 1. Puneet and
Madhuresh; and 2. Gaurav and Vinay Bharat Ko Jaano: 1. Anurag and Divit; and 2. Ujjwal and
Pradeepto Twenty Q: 1. Sushant and Vishal Sports Quiz: 1. Divit; 2. Vishesh; and 3.
Sanjeevan Debate: 1. Anurag; and 2. Saransh Mock Parliament: 1. Neha; and 2.
Amit Creative Writing: 1. Jasmine
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Poetical recitation contest held Kurukshetra, February 23 This competition is organised every year by the college in the memory of its faculty member, Prof Rajeshwar Prasad “Shokh”. He was a great teacher and a poet of Urdu and Hindi. Dr Vinay Malhotra, principal of the college, welcomed the chief guest, participating teams and remembered the contribution of Prof Prasad towards the college and literary field of Urdu. He also recited a satirical poem on “Lok Pal”. Young poets recited poems in Hindi, English, Urdu and Punjabi covering patriotic topics and social issues like corruption, unemployment, foeticide, falling moral values, etc. The poems were judged by a panel of three judges, Dr Des Raj Sapra, director, Haryana Urdu Academy, Dr Rattan Singh Dhillon and Kulwant Chawla, both state awardees in Punjabi poetry. Dr Pawan Sharma was the coordinator of the competition and Dr Shalini Sharma conducted the show. The Professor Rajeshwar Prasad ‘Shokh’ Memorial Running Trophy was won by SD College, Ambala Cantonment, comprising Sonam, Nupur and Lalit, while individual winners in four languages were: English: 1. Nupur of SD College, Ambala Cantonment; 2. Alisa of DN Mahila Mahavidyalya, Kurukshetra. Hindi: 1. Sonam of SD College, Ambala Cantonment; 2. Ritu of KVA DAV College for Girls, Karnal; and 3. Dinesh of SA Jain College, Ambala Cantonment. Punjabi: 1. Lalit of SD College, Ambala Cantonment; 2. Prabhjot of MN College, Shahabad Markanda. Urdu: 1. Ravinder of SA Jain College, Ambala City. Kuldeep Kakkar, general secretary of the College Governing Body, thanked the participating teams, chief guest and the judges. A large number of budding poets from the colleges of Kurukshetra, Karnal, Ambala, Yamunanagar and Kaithal districts participated in the competition.
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Ratia girl shines on small screen
Fatehabad, February 23 The above lines from Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” fit well for Bhumika Girdhar, a small-town girl from Ratia in Fatehabad, who has carved a niche for herself in the glamour world of television. When other girls of her age were not even clear about what they aspire for, Bhumika had already started compering television shows, and now, still in her 20s, she has set up her own production house “Bhumi Telefilm” after appearing as actress in over 12 television serials and commercials. Bhumika has so far acted in “Chandra Mukhi” for DD, “Kahani Chandrakanta Ki” for Sahara One, “Mayka” for Zee TV, “Kya Dil Mein Hai” for 9X, besides some others. She has been compering “Bhojpuri Film Awards” with comedian Sunil Paul for the past four years and has also compered some other programmes in Singapore and Colombo. Among 12 commercials done by Bhumika, the one for Pears soap, which remained on air for about a year in 2010, made her a popular face across the country. Bhumika did her initial schooling from Dayaram Public School, Fatehabad, and then the senior secondary from Yashoda Public School, Hisar. “I have always believed that artistes are born and not made. Even during my childhood, I always bagged first prize whenever there was a declamation contest,” Bhumika said remembering her schooldays. During her school time, she started giving her voice for Akashvani programmes in Hisar. “When I was doing my BSc (Honours) in botany from Deshbandhu College, Delhi, affiliated to the University of Delhi, South Campus, I was selected ‘Miss Personality’ of the college,” she added. The title gave her the exposure she needed and soon, she started getting offers from television - the first one being “Rasoi Bharat Ke Dil Se”, a cookery-cum-travel show on DD. She got an offer to act in another travel show on Zee, “Rahi Matwale”. She also participated in “Idea - Zee Cine Star”. Presently, her own production company, “Bhumi Telefilm”, is making a documentary on the Union Budget for Rajya Sabha TV. The Haryana Government has given her an assignment to produce promotional campaigns for 16 programmes, which include drives against foeticide and stubble burning.
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Jodi Breakers
Directed by: Ashwini Chaudhary Haryanavi writer, director Ashwini Chaudhary, whose last film was “Good Boy Bad Boy”, is ready to take the centre stage with “Jodi Breakers” which
Watch Bipasha Basu and R. Madhavan in this movie which will hit the screens today at KC, Fame Shalimar (Panchkula), Radhika, BMG (Rewari), Glitz — Kurukshetra, Harsha, Movie Time (Karnal), Sun City — Hisar, Fun, Minerva (Ambala), Bawa — Sonepat, Sheela, Bangar, Satyam (Rohtak), Big Cinemas, PVR MGF, PVR Ambience, SRS Omaxe, SRS Wedding, DTCC, DTMM (Gurgaon), PVR Crown Plaza, SRS Pristine, SRS Shubham, INOX, Cinema (Faridabad), Fun, Cinemax
(Panipat). Tere Naal love Ho Gaya
Directed by: Mandeep Kumar “Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya”, produced by UTV Motion pictures and Kumar Taurani, is directed by Mandeep Kumar who makes his debut as a director in Bollywood.
This romantic comedy has Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza. This is their first film to be released after wedding. The film has a Punjabi touch in which the hero has a lot of dreams and knows how to achieve them and become rich. Genelia plays a foreign-returned character. Sachin-Jigar have composed the music for this romantic comedy. The song “Pee Pa Pee Pa Ho Gaya” is a chartbuster. Watch “Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya” from today at Fame Shalimar — Panchkula, BMG — Rewari, Harsha, Movie Time, (Karnal), Glitz — Kurukshetra, Big Palam, PVR Ambience, PVR Sahara, SRS Omaxe, SRS Wedding, DTCC, DTMM (Gurgaon), PVR Crown Plaza, SRS Pristine, SRS Eldeco, SRS Shubham, INOX, Q Cinema (Faridabad), Fun, Cinemax (Panipat), Satyam —
Rohtak.
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Disposal of case properties
The vehicles stocked in the police ‘junkyard’ are impounded by police under various crimes like theft, accident or traffic violations. The problem lies in disposing of these vehicles (Police station turns junkyard, Feb 21). The insured vehicles, after theft and recovery, become insurance property. The police should write to the owners or insurance companies to take their damaged vehicles, followed by a Public Notice in the regional paper. If nobody claims a vehicle within six months, the police should return the vehicles to manufacturers for a buy-back bargain value. It will make the vehicles road worthy and can be sold at true value outlets at discounted rates with registration papers. The mutilated vehicles may be sold to junk dealers without registration papers. Dr BHIM S AGGARWAL, Panchkula –––––––––––––––––––––––– 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.
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In a rare medical case, calculi (stones) were removed from the left kidney and right lower ureteric end of
Ansh, a 16-month-old child, with the use of advanced endoscopic procedures.
A state-level ‘shraddhanjali sabha’ to pay tributes to the first Chief Minister of the state and a renowned freedom fighter, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma, was organised at Beri town here recently to observe his 19th death anniversary.
“I took the road less travelled by, and that made all the difference”.
The above lines from Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” fit well for Bhumika Girdhar, a small-town girl from Ratia in Fatehabad, who has carved a niche for herself in the glamour world of television.
When other girls of her age were not even clear about what they aspire for, Bhumika had already started compering television shows, and now, still in her 20s, she has set up her own production house “Bhumi Telefilm” after appearing as actress in over 12 television serials and commercials.
stars Bipasha Basu, R. Madhavan in the lead roles supported by Dipanita Sharma, Omi Vaidya and Milind Soman.