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STAY ON UNAUTHORISED COLONIES’ REGULARISATION
State colleges running BEd, MEd courses lack qualified faculty
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Ambala villages face shortage of drinking water
Poor planning, execution by Public Health Dept draws flak
Community initiative launched
A foreign national clicks pictures of children at a community event organised at Chakarpur village in Gurgaon recently. Tribune photo: Sayeed Ahmed
Acute power crunch ‘killing’ small industry in Gurgaon
INLD general secretary Surender Dahiya (centre) and Little Angel School chairman Ashish Arya with the winners of the boxing championship at Sonepat. Photo: B S Malik
Local bus service resumes after a decade
Seminar on women’s shelter homes, childcare
Jai Bhagwan’s mother blames herself for his defeat
Backward Region Grant Fund
MP launches plantation drive in Jhajjar
MP Deepender Singh Hooda, along with Education, Social Welfare and Empowerment Minister Geeta Bhukkal, waters a plant in Jhajjar. Photo by writer
6-day training programme on Aadhaar scheme
Spreading awareness on finger printing in solving crimes
‘Quality education can check poverty, unemployment’
YP Goswami, controller of examination, Kurukshetra University, lights the ceremonial lamp at the inaugural function of JCD Memorial College, Sirsa. A Tribune photograph
Anti-ragging squads set up in Murthal varsity
525 cardio patients examined at medical camp
Govt to honour outstanding journalists
School celebrates Van Mahotsav
IAS officers shifted
Social security pensions on first of every month
Dereliction of Duty
Deputy Commissioner Mandeep Singh Brar addresses a meeting of district officials at Panchayat Bhawan, Kurukshetra. Photo: DR Vij
Painting competition to spread world peace
Students participate in a painting competition organised by the National Integrated Forum of Artists and Activists in Kurukshetra. Photo: DR Vij
SHOs must visit scene of crime, says SP
Homoeopathic body poll result
Ekta Shakti Party merges into BJP
Misuse of phone number 100
Tracking systems in 48 ultrasound centres
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STAY ON UNAUTHORISED COLONIES’ REGULARISATION Raman Mohan Tribune News Service
Hisar, August 6 The government had proposed to regularise about 400 unauthorised colonies. However, the plans have gone awry following the high court’s order which felt it was tantamount to rewarding lawbreakers.
The regularisation of unauthorised colonies in Haryana in the past had only encouraged land sharks to float such colonies on the outskirts of cities. These colonies have been regularised so frequently that people now take it for granted that all such colonies will be eventually regularised as the residents become vote banks for politicians contesting elections. These colonies are floated by land sharks by purchasing agricultural land. No professional help is taken in preparing the lay outs. The zoning laws prescribed by the Town and Country Planning Department are not taken into consideration. Besides, no provision is made for laying proper sewerage and water supply lines. The plots are generally purchased by members of the economically weaker sections of society looking for a cheap option. Municipal Corporation officers say they do not eventually turn out to be end users. The owners of houses in such colonies stay there so long as the colony is not regularised. They sell the houses at a good margin once the colony is regularised. Their next destination is again an unauthorised colony. This is a kind of chain reaction, they add. The residents of these colonies exploit the weakness of their corporators and legislators. Since each such reasonably sized colony could have up to 1,000 voters, the residents make them promise that in return for their votes, they will help regularise the colony. Invariably, the politicos fall for it and publicly promise to get the needful done. Officials of the State Power Utilities say these colonies are a major problem for them. When the utilities lay the transmission lines, the land is uninhabited. However, once a colony is floated, it is inhabited quickly. High voltage lines passing through the area pose grave danger to the residents of these colonies. Once the colonies are regularised, it becomes a problem for them to shift the transmission lines which are generally high-tension lines. Municipal engineers say providing for roads and other basic infrastructure in these colonies after regularisation poses its own peculiar problems. Since the roads are not wide enough, at times they have to lay sewer and water lines close to each other though precautions are taken to avoid problems of contamination in case of a leakage to the extent possible. The high court’s intervention has been welcomed off the record by municipal bodies and power utilities.
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State colleges running BEd, MEd courses lack qualified faculty
Jhajjar, August 6 Over 56 per cent colleges affiliated to Maharishi Dayanand University (MDU) have been running BEd and MEd courses without having qualified faculty. Notwithstanding the strict directives of the Punjab and Haryana High Court regarding appointment of qualified teachers in institutions like these, most of the colleges even did not have a regular principal and work of the Principal is being done by the college Director despite not being competent for the same as per the norms. The MDU authorities have recently prepared a report (accessed by The Tribune) of its educational colleges wherein 166 out of the 290 education colleges have been placed in the “C category” (lowest one) after carrying out their physical inspection to verify infrastructure facilities, teaching faculty, non-teaching staff and other amenities that required to run the courses. Thirty such erring colleges are being run in Rohtak, the home town of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Besides, Mahendragarh district has 28 faulty colleges while Gurgaon is at the third place with 21 colleges. As many as 20 colleges in Bhiwani, 19 in Sonepat, 14 in Faridabad, 12 in Jhajjar and 11 were being run in Rewari district without fulfilling the mandatory requirement of qualified teaching and non-teaching staff, the report said. “It is a matter of concern. We have set a deadline for these colleges for fulfilling all requirements needed to run the course within a year otherwise their provisional affiliation will be withdrawn,” said Dr Ramphal Hooda, Vice-Chancellor, MDU, while talking to The Tribune. On asked why the basic requirement of regular staff not checked by the university at the time of granting provisional affiliation to such colleges to run the courses, Hooda said: “A committee of the senior teachers conducts inspection of the colleges concerned to check availability of basic facilities before granting affiliation.” “Managements of colleges somehow manage to arrange the qualified teaching faculty and other required facilities during the time of inspection. But these colleges lack adequate numbers of qualified teaching and non-teaching staff and this is exposed when the re-inspection is made next year to check the compliance of the norms.” The VC added that, however, videography of teaching and non-teaching staff of every college was also done during inspections. Notably, a person who either possesses PHD degree or has qualified the National Eligibility Test is eligible to take classes of BEd and MEd courses as per the UGC norms, but MPhil and MEd degree holders have been teaching students in most of the colleges. Moreover, they are not being given full pay as per the fixed scale. “Its not the fault of managements of colleges as there are a small number of eligible faculties in Haryana as over 500 colleges are running BEd and MEd courses in the state and at least eight teachers, including a principal, are required for a college
to run the BEd course,” said owner of an college in Rohtak. He maintained that “around 4,000 eligible teachers are required for all the colleges to fulfil the requirement of qualified teaching faculty as per the norms while eligible faculty was below 40 per cent of the requirement. In such a situation, the colleges did not have other options except to appoint ineligible faculty to run the courses,” he said. Sunil Kumar, another owner of a college, said: “Haryana has been facing a shortage of eligible candidates for the post of lecturers in colleges. We give advertisement in newspapers for filling the posts of lecturer but over 50 per cent seats remain vacant due to the non- availability of qualified candidates. Hence, we have to appoint MPhil or MEd degree holders for teaching students of BEd course.”
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Efforts afoot to have separate state board for Sikhs
5-member panel constituted; reorganisation of HSGPC on the cards Manish Sirhindi/TNS
Ambala, August 6 Speaking to The Tribune, Jagdish Singh Jhinda, who is holding meetings with various Sikh organisations and splinter groups across the state, said they had constituted a five-member committee to pick up able persons to lead the youth and the women wings of the HSGPC. He said a 100-member executive body of the HSGPC was also being constituted which would have around five members from each district of the state and once the reorganisation of the body was done, the campaign to seek support from state Sikhs would be launched. Without admitting that the HSGPC had now deviated from its earlier stand to have a completely separate body to manage the affairs of the Sikh gurdwaras in the state, Jhinda said they were not in favour of dividing the Sikh community. He said the state board would oversee the administration of the Sikh gurdwaras while all religious activities would be organised in consultation with the SGPC (Amritsar). “The SGPC could work as a main parliament of the Sikhs while the state boards would be like the state Assemblies,” Jhinda said. The demand of the state Sikhs to have a separate SGPC for Haryana had reached a boiling point a few years ago after the special committee headed by HS Chatha had submitted a report favouring the demand. The state government had almost made up its mind to pass a notification to let the Sikhs have a separate body in the state. But, following a strong opposition put up by the SGPC (Amritsar), the move had been scuttled. However, after the defeat of the HSGPC members in the SGPC elections, held last year, the demand for a separate body lost steam.Jhinda said it was the legitimate demand of the Sikhs and they would also be meeting the newly elected president of India, Pranab Mukherjee, to apprise him about the long pending issues of the Sikhs in Haryana.
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Ambala villages face shortage of drinking water
Ambala, August 6 Though Rs 4 crore was spent by the department to construct water tanks in Mullana village, the villagers were drinking contaminated water as services were never started. INLD MLA Rajbir Barara blamed the department for not connecting the water storage tanks of Manka, Binjalpur, Munglai, Harari, Bihta, Mullana and Saha villages with the water supply line. Chander Sekhar Chauhan, sarpanch of Mullana expressed concern as the villagers of the affected areas were facing an acute shortage of drinking water since many years. Chauhan said the department had made two water storage tanks in the village, but both remained empty from the very first day, adding that despite several complaints, the department took no action. The panchayat of Mullana had urged the Deputy Commissioner of Ambala to link the water supply line with the tanks, but no action was taken by the district administration in this regard. In Harari village, the department had spent Rs 20 lakh to construct a water tank, but it is lying in disuse, as the department failed to provide water connection to it. The villagers expressed disappointment over the shortage of drinking water in the area. Kanwar Pal Singh, a Congress leader, said due to the shortage of drinking water, the villagers were forced to drink contaminated water, which was causing various diseases in the area and these diseases mostly affected children. However, BD Bankhar, XEN of the Public Health Department, assured to find out the cause of not connecting water storage tanks with the water supply line and promised swift action in this regard.
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Poor planning, execution by Public Health Dept draws flak
Kaithal, August 6 Though nullahs constructed at huge expenditure existed on both sides of the road when this pipeline was laid out, the department did not think of using the existing nullahs to drain out rain water but spent money on laying a pipeline. The already existing nullahs which did not function even for a day are being dismantled to be constructed again at a huge cost. Speaking about the rationale behind dismantling the pipeline, TC Gupta XEN, Public Health, said that due to road widening project being underway, the existing pipeline was being dismantled as it was not at a proper depth and hence it was creating problems in road widening. He said that now this pipeline will be laid at a depth of about 4 feet along the newly constructed nullah. He revealed that this pipeline carried accumulated rain water from Pehowa chowk booster station to the Manas drain on Ambala road. Earlier, the rain water used to flow into Bidhikyar pond. On the court’s intervention, flow of rainwater into the natural source of water was stopped. When asked to reveal details of expenditure likely to be incurred on re-laying the dismantled pipeline he said that a small amount would be required. Meanwhile, due to the ongoing digging of road with JCB to bring out buried pipes, local residents and those running their business on this road are feeling the heat of inconvenience. They have demanded expeditious completion of construction work on the road in a systematic way so that they can carry on their routine work smoothly.
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Community initiative launched
Gurgaon, August 6 The initiative is aimed at ensuring welfare and well being of nearly 2,000 families of migrant labourers through sustained interventions to improve their education, healthcare and living environment. The launch was marked by employee-volunteers of United Technologies painting walls of a school at Radha Krishna Mandir in Chakarpur village and United Technologies’ management team and Gurgaon Municipal Commissioner Sudhir Rajpal planting saplings on the school premises. The school provides non-formal education to the children of migrant labourers. Under the initiative, a bridge course has been designed for the children deprived of schooling so that they can catch up on education and learn basic life skills. The initiative would also offer periodic job fairs to not only connect them with prospective employers, but also to apprise them of the skills required for the jobs they aspire to be in. “A financial literacy campaign has also been planned, in addition to preventive and curative healthcare clinics for the community,” said Palash Roy Chowdhury, managing director-India of Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines, who also heads UTC’s CSR efforts in India. Siraj Chaudhry, chairman of the board of United Way of Delhi and CEO and chairman, Cargill India, said: “We strive to improve lives in a scalable and sustainable way by mobilising the care and concern of organisations and individuals for communities.”
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Acute power crunch ‘killing’ small industry in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, August 6 Experts specialising in different areas relevant to the SME sector detailed the participants on core strategies and various practical aspects concerning setting up and running small and medium enterprises. Most of the Gurgaon-based entrepreneurs participating in the forum complained of 20-22 hours of power cuts over the past seven years, which, they said, were gradually killing small enterprises. There are about 83,637 MSMEs in Haryana, providing employment to nearly 7.10 lakh people. Addressing the issues faced by the SMEs, VK Agarwal, the president of the Federation of Indian Micro and Small and Medium Enterprises (FISME), said the event was part of the 12-city “free-knowledge forum” series to groom the aspiring SMEs on various business aspects and enable them to elevate their business. Vinod Kumar, partner-Indian Operations at SDRC, said in order to reward and recognise India’s top 100 small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the India SME Forum, a not-for-profit initiative, had invited nominations from SMEs from all over the country. “SMEs play a vital role for the growth of the Indian economy by contributing 45 per cent of industrial output, 40 per cent of exports and employing millions of people across industries,” he said, adding that in order to sustain their growth and contribution to the nation, they need to be supported and equipped with the right and relevant knowledge on marketing, funding, tax management, rating, logistics, IT and people management.
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Bhiwani boxing academy wins sub-junior tourney
Sonepat, August 6 Balkar Singh of the Indian Boxing Academy, Hisar, was adjudged the best boxer of the championship and Pawan Kumar of LABA was adjudged the best looser. Over 616 boxers in different weight categories from various districts and boxing academies in the state participated in the championship which was inaugurated by Inspector General of Rohtak Police Range, Alok Mittal. INLD general secretary Surender Dahiya distributed the prizes among the winners. The chairman of the Little Angel School, Ashish Arya; chairman of the Indian Boxing federation, Dr RS Rawat; secretary of the Haryana Boxing Association, Rakesh Thakran; secretary LABA, Sanjay Saroha and the boxing coaches were also present on the occasion. Addressing the participants, Dahiya who is also the state president of the sports cell of the party, said that sports had now become one of the main sources of employment and sports activities had taken rapid strides in the state. “The state’s sports persons have started dominating at the national and international levels,” he said and expressed hope that the momentum would be accelerated in the future.
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Local bus service resumes after a decade
Rohtak, August 6 “The buses will ply between the new general bus stand and the police complex at Sunarian village and will cover several important points in the city, including Maharshi Dayanand University, PGIMS, Chhotu Ram Chowk, Bhiwani stand and the old bus stand,” said an official of the Roadways Department. He said the service would help the residents of all the major localities as the route was designed to ensure the coverage of maximum part of the city. However, the authorities said two buses had been started and more buses would be increased in future. Virender Phogat, a local resident, said the re- launch of the local bus service was a welcome development as people were facing huge congestion of auto-rickshaws and private vehicles due to the lack of such facility in the city. He added that the service should be expanded so that a majority of the commuters could get the facility in all the localities of the town. Sudhir Malik, a resident, said the decision of the authorities was perhaps delayed as all space on the roads had been occupied by three-wheelers, which were not only outdated but also caused pollution and congestion on the roads. Randeep Singh Hooda, a local MP, said the city had a local bus service way back in the 80’s and 90’s but it was withdrawn due to some unknown reasons, which left the commuters at the receiving end. He said the city required a proper local transport system as it was still a victim of ‘indifferent’ attitude of the authorities when it comes to providing basic infrastructure.
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Seminar on women’s shelter homes, childcare
Kurukshetra, August 6 Addressing the participants, Brar asked non-government functionaries to come forward for proper care of children and women. He said as far as rules and regulations for such institutions were concerned, registration of these institutions was mandatory. Highlighting the serious irregularities detected in some of such institutions in various parts of the country and particularly in Rohtak district of Haryana, Brar said the state government was very strict in ensuring smooth functioning of such institutions, and regular inspections had alerted the government to make their functioning better. He emphasised that the outcome of the seminar would be fruitful if representatives of the Education and Health departments joined hands with the Women and Child Development Department for a common cause. Proper monitoring of childcare institutions and women’s shelter homes was the need of the hour, he added. He warned that no institution that violated rules and regulations would be allowed to function. About 150 participants from Ambala and Kurukshetra districts took part in a group discussion and highlighted the challenges before non-government organisations in taking care of children and women.
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Jai Bhagwan’s mother blames herself for his defeat
Hisar, August 6 His mother, Birmati, said, “His opponent’s mother must have fed him better than I did. Next time, I am going to feed him so much of churma (chapatis mashed in desi ghee and powdered sugar) that Jai Bhagwan will surely win”. Jai Bhagwan’s family lives in Laxmi Nagar on the Kaimri Road here. The family had gathered in a large living room to watch the bout on an LCD television. The family had arranged for about 20 chairs and two beds to seat all the guests who had come to watch their hero fight. The first round was exciting. As Jai Bhagwan battered his opponent with sharp punches, his friends and relatives cheered lustily. But the excitement proved short-lived. In the second round, everybody was shocked to see Jai Bhagwan on the defensive. An uneasy silenced enveloped the room. Every few moments, some of those present sighed as Jai Bhagwan received blow after blow. It was obvious that his opponent had cornered him. Before the third round began, Jai Bhagwan’s mother and brother Manjit left the room. His father Rajpal Singh, however, stayed put. As the bout finished, the atmosphere became eerie. The lady who lives next door to Jai Bhagwan began to cry inconsolably. Rajpal Singh summoned his wife to console her. No one wanted to open the boxes of sweets lying on the table. Jai Bhagwan’s father was the first to gain composure. He said, “It is a sport. Wins and losses are part of it. Had Jai Bhagwan not earned a penalty in the second round, he might have won. He is quick to learn from his mistakes. Come 2016 and he will bring a medal”. The young boxer is a role model for local youths. So, his loss disappointed many. But every one expects him to rise like a phoenix.
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Digital classrooms for 71 Sirsa schools soon
Sushil Manav Tribune News Service
Sirsa, August 6 The district administration has started 10 special buses for college girls, plans to set up digital classrooms in 71 schools across the district and install rainwater conservation systems in schools to meet the shortage of drinking water. “In order to give a boost to higher education of women, the district administration has started 10 special buses for girls to take them from villages to colleges,” Deputy Commissioner J Ganesan said. He said smart digital classrooms were being set up in 71 senior secondary schools all over the district. “Schools with projectors and computers have already been shortlisted for the purpose,” he said. “An MoU has been signed with the American India Foundation to execute the plan. The syllabus for these digital classrooms will be uploaded in Hindi for the benefit of the students,” he said. Digital equaliser software-installed computers would be provided in the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Sirsa, for training teachers in pedagogy and methodology, the Deputy Commissioner added. He said rainwater harvesting systems had been set up on a pilot basis in two schools in the villages of Ali Mohammad and Beharwala Khurd. “Under this project, rainwater is collected on the roof of schools, stored in water tanks and then used for drinking purpose after purification,” he added. “Rainwater harvesting system has been made part of the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and it will be started in 126 schools of Sirsa and 500 schools all over the state,” he said. “With a view to ensuring safe drinking water supply for villagers, reverse osmosis systems have been provided in villages, which get water supply from tube wells. Concrete steps have been taken to check the menace of female foeticide in the district. Tracking systems have been installed in 39 ultrasound centres to keep a check on prenatal sex determination tests. These systems will soon be installed in all the 59 registered ultrasound centres of the district. A control room will be set up at the civil hospital to monitor these systems,” he added.
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MP launches plantation drive in Jhajjar
Jhajjar, August 6 While addressing the gathering, Deepender Hooda said plantation programmes like Taru Yatra had become the need of the hour in this era where global warming, flood and drought were posing a serious threat to the environment. Hence, plantation had become imperative for the existence of human life. He said there was a good scope to work in the field of environment and water conservation in Jhajjar district. Exhorting the people to come forward to preserve the deteriorating environment, he said the next generation would have to bear the burnt of this worsening environmental condition if they failed to ensure their valuable contribution for the cause. Bhukkal said human greed was the reason behind air and water pollution. Stressing upon the need to preserve environment for better living, Bhukkal said “Planting a tree alone is not enough. One should also ensure that it is taken care of, so that it grows up into a healthy tree”. Suprabha Dahiya, Commissioner of Rohtak Division, said plantation was essential to make the future healthy and pollution free. He called upon the people to conserve energy along with making efforts to save environment. Rajendra Singh shared his experiences with schoolchildren and motivated them to make friendship with trees to keep the environment healthy. The yatra would cover all villages of the district in the next 20 days. During the yatra, not only target of sowing one lakh plants at campuses of schools, colleges and government offices have been set, but also intellectuals, NGOs, besides district administrative officials, members of gram panchayats and students, have also been roped in to carry out the programme in an efficient manner.
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6-day training programme on Aadhaar scheme
Karnal, August 6 The programme was part of the training of Panchayati Raj Institutions under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), in which PRI representatives from six blocks of Karnal, Nilokheri, Gharaunda, Assandh, Indri and Nissing participated. Issues like administrative support, enrolment process, role of introducers and verifiers, a sweep plan regarding the coverage of whole area were discussed in the programme. The participants also discussed about the publicity of the programme for its successful implementation. Emphasis was laid upon identifying festivals, which present opportunities to spread awareness about Aadhaar. Sarpanches were asked to ensure that people in their respective areas joined as volunteers for the programme at the taluk and the village level. They were also requested to nominate team of volunteers to mobilise people and identify the means to reach out to the people in their areas. UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) is also working on a pilot basis for disbursal of social security benefits like pensions and scholarships. The MNREGA wages are being directly transferred into the bank accounts of beneficiaries across the region. In Haryana 20,90,265 people have been enrolled for Aadhaar so far and Phase II for enrolments has already begun. The state government has already notified to use UID numbers as a valid document for proof of identity (PoI) for various welfare schemes of the state.
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Spreading awareness on finger printing in solving crimes
Rohtak, August 6 Speaking at a function held at the local police lines, senior police officials asked all policemen to get updated and informed about finger printing as it was the police’s job to know how to handle investigation without getting the evidence damaged or destroyed. Evidence that could be collected from the crime spot and which could be vital in solving the case normally got destroyed due to lack of knowledge by policemen and the people and this led to a major hurdle in solving the case. It is perhaps the first time that bhajan singers and cultural parties have been engaged to provide this information to the common man through lyrics. “This will be helpful in passing the message properly among the residents especially those who are residing in the rural areas,” claimed an official. While this was the fourth such function during the past one week, the authorities said that several such programmes would follow at various places, including schools, where students would also be made aware of the issue and they could help their parents and elders to have a proper knowledge of the issue. “The police ought to spread literacy about the whole process right from calling the police to other crucial formalities required in handling a crime as a large number of youth were still unaware of the formalities involved in such an investigation,” said Yoginder Dahiya, a local advocate.
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‘Quality education can check poverty, unemployment’
Sirsa, August 6 Yash Pal Goswami, the controller of examination, Kurukshetra University, was the chief guest on
the occasion. Goswami said the country had vast population that could fulfil its goal of becoming world power
by 2020. He said against 496 colleges that existed in the country at the time of Independence, there were over 400 universities, 140 deemed universities and a large number of colleges in the country today. He said the gross enrolment ratio would jump to 20 per cent from the present 11 per cent by 2020 in
the country. He said overpopulation, unemployment, poverty and corruption were some of the hurdles hampering development of the country, but quality education was the only remedy to these problems. Shamim Sharma, MD, JCD Vidyapeeth, said the management had started the college with a dream to make it number one in all aspects in the coming years. Jai Parkash, principal of Jan Nayak Chaudhary Devi Lal (JCD) Memorial College, thanked the guests and assured them that quality would always be the motto of the college. Gurcharan Singh, principal of the JCD College of Engineering, NS Bhal, adviser of the college, and Kuldeep Singh, principal of the JCD Institute of Business Management, were also present on the
occasion.
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Anti-ragging squads set up in Murthal varsity
Sonepat, August 6 These were some of the decisions taken by the anti-ragging committee of the university in a meeting. The Dean of the faculty of engineering and technology and the chairman of the committee, Dr Raj Kumar Singh, presided over the meeting. It was decided in the meeting that the anti-ragging teams will maintain round-the- clock vigil in the teaching blocks as well as in the hostels. The university will also take an undertaking from the newly enrolled students as well as from their wards for the compliance of the anti-ragging measures. The employees of the private agencies working in the university will also give in writing that any information related to ragging will be provided by them on the displayed phone numbers.
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525 cardio patients examined at medical camp
Ambala, August 6 During the camp, a dentist, an eye surgeon and a gynaecologist also examined a large number of patients. Patients were also provided medicines free of cost. ECG and blood- testing facilities were also provided in the camp. Dr Kalra while addressing the patients said heart disease was rapidly increasing in the country and a vast number of people were losing their lives due to it and smoking and tension were the main causes behind it. He said one could prevent this disease by regular morning walk and a balanced diet. Shakti Rani said the society had already organised 15 camps in Ambala Cantonment, Kalka, Pinjore and the nearby areas. She said poor patients could not avail the services of high- profile hospitals, though doctors of Apollo, Medicity, Fortis and other prominent private hospitals had already offered their services in the camps. Former minister and the local MLA Venod Sharma also visited the camp. While appreciating the role of the society, he said medical treatment had become so costly that a common man could not afford it. Thus, serving a poor patient is a true service to society. The secretary of the society, SD Gautam, was also present on the occasion.
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Govt to honour outstanding journalists
Chandigarh, August 6 Dr Khandelwal, who was accompanied by the Director-General, Information, Public Relations and Cultural Affairs, Anand M Sharan, said 811 entries were received for the state as well as district-level awards. He said for 2010 and 2011, 101 and 143 entries were received for the state-level and 203 and 364 entries for the district-level awards respectively. He said the categories under which the awards would be given included, lifetime achievement award, two state-level commemorative awards, 13 state-level awards and 147 district-level awards. The topics for which the award would be presented included, development; communal harmony; investigative journalism; analysis of political, social, economic and industrial activities in the state and issues of public interest and impressive photographs reflecting development of the state, he added. He said while the lifetime achievement award comprised Rs 1.51 lakh in cash, a citation and a shawl, two commemorative awards were of Rs one lakh each with a citation and a shawl. The 13 state-level awards carried Rs 51,000 each in cash, a citation and a shawl. besides these, each of the 147-district level awards carried Rs 21,000 in cash, a citation and a shawl.
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School celebrates Van Mahotsav
Kaithal, August 6 Carrying placards and banners, the students highlighted the importance of trees and green cover in the day-to-day life. The students of primary classes attired in green dresses were the main attraction of the function. They recited poems on the importance of conserving forests and also narrated the benefits of trees. An exhibition depicting various aspects of environment was also held on the occasion. Satish Bansal, president of the school governing body, said without green cover and the presence of trees, survival of humanity was not possible. He said due to an indiscriminate cutting of jungles and trees on account of urbanisation, the temperature was rising and it also affected the monsoon pattern. The environment was getting polluted which would have disastrous effects on the coming generations, he said. “We are enjoying the benefits of trees planted decades ago and we should also extend our contribution in maintaining the ecological balance by planting trees,” he said. Principal of the school Madhu Bhalla appreciated the students for their participation in the noble cause of planting saplings.
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IAS officers shifted
Chandigarh, August 6 Arun Kumar, Director-General, State Transport, Adviser, Civil Aviation and Special Secretary, Transport and Civil Aviation Departments and Director-General, Renewable Energy, has been given the additional charge of Director-General, Industrial Training, during the training period of RC
Verma. Ashok Kumar Yadav, Director-General and Special Secretary, Social Justice and Empowerment, has been posted as Special Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management, Department-II, against a vacant post. He has also been given the additional charge of Special Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, during the training period of Vikas Yadav and relieving Pradeep Kasni of the said charge. Vikas Gupta, Deputy Commissioner and MC Commissioner, Rohtak, has been given the additional charge of Deputy Commissioner, Jind, during the training period of YS
Khyalia.
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Social security pensions on first of every month
Sirsa, August 6 However, it is another issue that the government’s decision does not seem to have percolated well as authorities at district level, responsible for the distribution of pensions are unaware of the fact. SK Goyal, executive officer of the Sirsa Municipal Council, said they were distributing pensions for June because he had not confirmed from the bank whether funds were deposited in the munciple council’s account or not. Similar inquiries made in some villages of Chopta and Baragura blocks revealed that sarpanches were not aware of the government’s step regarding distribution of pensions on the first day of
every month. However, Ashok Yadav, Director-General of the Social Justice and Empowerment Department, said the funds of social security pensions for July were transferred in the bank accounts of all panchayats and municipal committees of Haryana on August 1. “Before this, the department had a voluminous exercise of opening core banking accounts of all 6,067 gram panchayats and 85 municipalities in the state,” he added.
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DC orders deduction of a day’s salary
Our Correspondent
Kurukshetra, August 6 He took action against the officials of Pollution, Revenue and Child Welfare Departments for remaining absent at the monthly meeting and ordered to deduct their one-day salary. In the meeting, the Deputy Commissioner directed all the officials to complete developmental works within the stipulated period and asked to keep a watch on illegal carving of colonies. He also asked officials of various departments in the district to prepare and submit their reports to the district revenue office soon. Additional Deputy Commissioner Sumedha Kataria, City Magistrate Ashok Banasal, District Revenue Officer Ashok Malik, DSP Nirmal Singh, Pehowa SDM Kamalpreet Kaur and Shahabad SDM Sushil Kumar were present at the meeting.
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Painting competition to spread world peace
Kurukshetra, August 6 In his inaugural address, Professor Gupta said, “We appreciate organising this kind of a competition on our campus because it helps the students
in improving their hidden talent.” In the competition, the participants, through
their paintings, highlighted the need for a nuclear weapons free, peaceful world. Over 125 students participated in the competition.
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SHOs must visit scene of crime, says SP
Hisar, August 6 Addressing a meeting of police officers at the Police Lines here, he said whenever a crime took place in their jurisdiction, the SHOs must personally go and investigate it scientifically. The job should not be left to junior officials. All SHOs would submit a daily report to his office in this regard. He decided to deploy more personnel in the city areas to check crime. He made it clear that any negligence in performance of duty would be dealt with severely. The SP directed his team to prepare a list of habitual offenders and known criminals to keep a tab on them so that prevention of crime could be improved. He said an FIR must be registered as soon as a complaint was received. In case of an alert, detailed plans should be prepared immediately to provide security to the people.
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Homoeopathic body poll result
Chandigarh, August 6 The national president of the IHMA and two-time former member of the CCH, Dr Vimal Kumar Dhawan, could manage to secure only 244 votes. Members of the Haryana Homoeopathic Council, Dr Anil Sharma, Dr SS Bhardwaj, Dr Harprakash Sharma, Dr Nirmal Tej Singh, Dr BP Yadav, Dr Surinder Bishnoi, Dr UK Khanna, Dr Surinder Vats, thanked the returning officer for conducting a fair and peaceful election.
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Ekta Shakti Party merges into BJP
Karnal, August 6 Verma made the announcement of merger in the presence of state BJP chief Krishan Pal Gurjar and said the merger would increase the vote bank of the HJC-BJP alliance. Terming it as a red-letter day in the state politics, senior BJP leaders said the merger was unconditional as they were fighting for the same issues like discrimination against northern Haryana in jobs and development.
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Misuse of phone number 100
Hisar, August 6 A spokesperson for the police said it had been noticed that some residents were playing pranks and using abusive language after calling on this number. Stern action would be taken against those misusing the facility. He said there were three parallel lines for this number to rule out chances of any one getting a busy line.
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Tracking systems in 48 ultrasound centres
Sirsa, August 6 He said the tracking systems would help the authorities to follow all tests being conducted in these
centres. — TNS
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United Technologies Corporation (UTC), in partnership with United Way of Delhi, announced the launch of “Pehal”, a community development initiative, at Chakarpur village in the district recently.
The initiative is aimed at ensuring welfare and well being of nearly 2,000 families of migrant labourers through sustained interventions to improve their education, healthcare and living environment.
Jhajjar, August 6
Jan Nayak Chaudhary Devi Lal Vidyapeeth, a group of educational institutions, founded by Ajay Singh Chautala, secretary-general of the INLD, has added another college into the group.
Jan Nayak Chaudhary Devi Lal (JCD) Memorial College, Sirsa, the new addition, began its first session recently with a function comprising “havan yajna” and an extension lecture.
Kurukshetra, August 6
To mark the 60th anniversary of Indo-Japan relations and to spread awareness about world peace, a national-level painting competition, organised by the National Integrated Forum of Artists and Activists, in collaboration with the Japan Information Centre and the embassy of Japan, was inaugurated by the TERII Adviser, Prof MP Gupta, on the TERII campus recently.
