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Rising sons in state politics earn a place for themselves
Legal literacy clubs set up in Gurgaon schools |
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Elderly wait for pension under the sun
High court verdict cheers up Badhsa residents
Fashion show at Ambala
Monkey menace scares Karnal residents
Sunita Setia set to step into her late father’s shoes
IBS admission goes online
Developing cotton-picking machines under way
Over 1,600 hepatitis C patients to be treated free
Ayush Department adopts two Sonepat villages
Dr Sangeeta Nehra, Deputy Director of the AYUSH Department, briefs the residents of Harsana Kalan village about launching of the AYUSH project in the village. Photo by writer
Country’s first pub for media people
The ‘Raah’ to get your work done in govt offices
Panchayat starts drive against foeticide
Senior citizens come to rescue of old trees
Legal literacy camp at Rewari
Political ‘vacuum’ in Sirsa following Kanda’s arrest
Junior Women’s Boxing Contest
Movie This Week
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Rising sons in state politics earn a place for themselves
Hisar, September 13 The three main characters in this political story are: Ajay Singh Chautala of the INLD, Deepender Hooda of the Congress and Kuldeep Bishnoi of the HJC. All these three are the next generation leaders of their respective parties and have been playing an increasingly important role in recent months. The most striking common element among the trio is that they have been groomed by their family elders who have had extremely successful political careers. They have at their disposal the political goodwill earned through years of toil by their elders. Not only do they have safe constituencies at their disposal which were nurtured by their fathers in no small ways, they have carved out niches for themselves through sheer hard work. Talking of political experience, Ajay Singh Chautala stands out of course. Born in 1961, he has contested and won elections not only in Haryana but also in neighbouring Rajasthan. He joined active politics in the late 1980s. He was elected to the Rajasthan Assembly twice -- Data Ram Garh (1989) and then from Nauhar (1993). Ajay became a Member of the Lok Sabha from Bhiwani constituency in 1999. He currently represents Dabwali Assembly segment in Haryana Vidhan Sabha. Earlier he was elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha. He has been putting his experience to good use and has carved a pan Haryana footprint for himself not to mention his father’s overwhelming political presence in the state. The next in terms of experience is Kuldeep Bishnoi. Born in 1968, he first became involved in politics in 1987, when he campaigned extensively with his father. Kuldeep contested his first election in 1998. He came out of his father’s shadow and won one of the toughest byelections in the history of Haryana. The byelection was won for the first time by an opposition candidate. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Bhiwani in 2004 in a contest that featured the sons of three former Chief Ministers -- Bhajan Lal, Om Parkash Chautala and Bansi Lal. He founded the HJC along with his father in 2007 after the latter was sidelined in the Congress. Kuldeep won the 2009 Assembly election from Adampur. He quit the seat after he won the byelection to the Hisar Lok Sabha seat in 2011, defeating Ajay Singh Chautala among others. Since then he has tied up with the BJP and is engaged in emerging as a non-Jat leader. The next in terms of political
experience and seniority is the suave Deepender Singh Hooda, son of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Born in 1978, he was first elected to the Lok Sabha from Rohtak in 2005 after his father vacated the seat. He was reelected in 2009 by a huge margin. A silent unassuming politician, he has been working assiduously in his constituency. He is on several important parliamentary panels. Unlike his rivals Ajay Chautala and Kuldeep Bishnoi, he has thus far restricted his political activity to his own constituency and therefore lacks a pan Haryana footprint. Why is there so much speculation about them playing a greater role in and after the next Assembly elections? So far as Bishnoi is concerned, he has already made it clear that he is a candidate for the post of the Chief Minister of Haryana. So, there is hardly any speculation so far he himself is concerned. His non-Jat vote bank is his USP. Ajay Chautala’s supporters see him as the next Chief Minister should the INLD be returned to power in the 2014 Assembly poll. They point out that his grandfather set a precedent by anointing Om Parkash Chautala as his political heir in his lifetime. They expect that going by that logic, Ajay Chautala is the heir apparent, too. His experience and following are an important add-on factor. In the case of Deepender Singh Hooda, his own band of young supporters and those of his father ardently believe that he is the next young face of the Congress in Haryana especially when the party is likely to go to the polls in 2014 under Rahul Gandhi’s leadership. Deepender is considered close to the Gandhi family heir apparent. While these are the obvious factors fanning speculation, another major factor is that the young voters account for a majority of voters in Haryana now. The parties cannot ignore this factor.
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Legal literacy clubs set up in Gurgaon schools
Gurgaon, September 13 "As many as 115 legal literacy clubs have already been constituted at schools located in the district," said Gurgaon District and Sessions Judge Dr BB Prasoon, who is also the chairman of the DLSA. Chairing a meeting of Education Department officials here recently, Dr Prasoon said the underlying idea behind the exercise was to educate the students about the laws which are relevant in our day-to-day life. He said as the students were considered to be best ambassadors to propagate a message on to their parents and thus to the whole of society, they had been associated with legal literacy clubs so that they could become harbingers of change in society. “When we have to confront law in our daily life, then why we should not know how law can be helpful to us”, the Judge said. Dr Prasoon said every woman could get free legal aid and free services of a lawyer irrespective of her income. And for this, she only had to write to the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM). “To educate the masses about such legal provisions which can be quite useful for them is the motive with which the legal literacy clubs have been constituted on the directions of Justice SK Mittal, the executive chairman of the Haryana Legal Services Authority (HSLA),” he said. He said initially, students from the level of Classes IX to XII were admitted in these clubs. Afterwards, students of colleges, industrial training institutes, polytechnics and other technical colleges would be associated with the clubs. The legal literacy club at a school is headed by the principal as its chairman, senior-most lecturer as member-secretary, two girl and two boy students as members, two members from the Parents-Teachers Association (PTA), two members from other students, village sarpanch or his nominee, a female panch, a male and a female teacher and a retired or working lawyer can also be its members. Dr Prasoon asked the Education Department officials to associate the maximum number of students as members of these clubs. He also asked them to chalk out a block-wise time-table for lawyers to come to a particular school for delivering lectures on various legal provisions. He said legal-aid clinics could also be set up at the schools where any lecturer was a law graduate. The people coming to the legal aid clinic could be guided about where or whom they should contact for legal help. Gurgaon CJM Jasbir Singh was also present on the occasion.
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Elderly wait for pension under the sun
Fatehabad, September 13 The status of Bhuna had been recently elevated from a village to a municipal town. Earlier, the village sarpanch used to deliver pension to the elderly persons, but now, they have to stand in a queue under the sun, where three clerks distribute pension to over 2600 beneficiaries. Elderly people standing in the queue alleged that the municipal committee officials disappeared from their seats with impunity leaving old and infirm people to the mercy of God.
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High court verdict cheers up Badhsa residents
Jhajjar, September 13 “Not me but all the villagers were expecting the same judgment from the high court as how can the government dispose of the panchayat’s land to an individual for personal use. Subhash Ghai wished to grab the costly land of the village with help of the state government for his personal benefit but he could not make it. We are cheerful and also grateful to the high court for giving us justice,” said Samer Singh, an elderly man of the village, while talking to mediapersons. Jai Bhagwan, another villager, said Subhash Ghai had to pay the price for his ‘blunder’ as he never came to the village to share his project and its other aspects with the villagers to win their faith after allotment of the land. Krishan, a youth, said the state government could also not wash its hand off from this wrongful act as it was the pressure they exerted that made the village panchayat give its nod for the allotment of common land for establishing a film and acting institute here. “The state government is also equally accountable in the matter and it should express its opinion publicly over the development if it claims to be innocent in the case,” he said. Accusing the state government of concealing the motive of Subhash Ghai behind getting the land, Navin Kumar, another villager, said planning of setting up a film institute here was merely limited in the news papers. The state government never tried to disclose in what manner the institute would benefit the village and its residents, he added. “We are delighted that panchayat has got its land back through court,” said Rammehar, a farmer. Nafe Singh, a retired teacher, who had filed a petition against allotment of the land to Subhash Ghai, said “I was fully confident that the court will indeed quash the allotment of land as it was made by setting aside the law. Along with other villagers, I am also glad as my hardwork has succeeded to bring cheers for the villagers.” Notably, the high court has ordered Ghai to return the 20-acre land in Badhsa village to the village panchayat saying that giving the village common land to Ghai was not serving any public purpose. Beside, the court also directed the village panchayat to return the over Rs 8 crore that it took from the film-maker's company Mukta Arts in October 2010.
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Fashion show at Ambala
Ambala September 13 He said the country had a bigger share in the world suiting market. During the past one decade, the demand of Indian suitings and dress materials had increased in the developing countries, he added. Models walked the ramp in various attires like skirts, lahengas and sarees. Some of them showcased bridal gowns and designer dresses. Male models displayed spring and summer collection. — OC
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Monkey menace scares Karnal residents
Karnal, September 13 A group of monkeys is ruling the roost in these sectors and people have evolved their own safety code with “do’s and don’ts” to be followed and even dogs are not able to chase these monkeys away. These unwanted guests enter houses at their will if doors are open and a monkey not only entered a house (No. 1992) of Jasbir Singh Chauhan, it also opened the fridge and ate the stuff. The owner of the house was helpless as any provocation could make the monkey violent. A few days ago, a group of monkeys and some dogs came face to face in a street and fought so ferociously that the residents got scared. The residents alleged that some persons brought these monkeys in a canter and left them in Sector 7, but now these monkeys were feeling so comfortable that chasing them away had become very difficult. “We made a complaint to the Executive Engineer of HUDA, who washed off his hands saying that the matter pertained to Estate Officer, HUDA, but no action was taken as HUDA has no mechanism to deal with the monkey menace, putting at risk the life and property of the people,” the residents complained. The matter was also taken up with Karnal Municipal Corporation that has assured to take some action and the residents are waiting for the assurance to be implemented. Pritpal Singh Pannu, president, National Integrated Forum of Artists and Activists (NIFAA), said during the “kuan poojan” programme in Kalidass Rangsahala on September 6 last, he appraised the Estate Officer, HUDA, Subhita Dhaka, about the miserable plight of residents of Sector 7 and she also said that she was aware of it and some action would be taken.
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Sunita Setia set to step into her late father’s shoes
Sirsa, September 13 Arora reigned supreme in Sirsa’s politics for nearly five decades and became member of the Haryana Assembly five times in 1967, 1982, 1991, 2000 and 2005 from Sirsa seat. He had held many important portfolios including Technical Education, Tourism, Sports, Revenue, Consolidation, Rehabilitation, Forest, Home, Local Government, Tourism, Housing and Industries, Mines and Geology, Excise and Taxation and Urban Development in Haryana at different occasions. He passed away after a protracted illness on June 5, 2012. Arora had nominated Setia as his political heir in 2007 when he was not keeping good health and had announced that she would contest Sirsa seat in future, but he chose to contest 2009 assembly poll himself despite ill health and lost to independent Gobind Kanda, now a minister in Hooda's cabinet. Setia participated actively in public meetings addressed by her father after 2007, when she held the post of chairperson of the Improvement Trust in Sirsa. However, her activities came to a grinding halt after Arora lost the 2009 election, but even while performing “rasam pagree” of the former minister, the rituals of donning a turban was performed on Setia, thereby reiterating her resolve to step in to her late father’s shoes. “When Papa (Arora) was alive, he told me that I must contest the next assembly election from Sirsa assembly seat, so that the people who have been voting for him during all these years are not rendered leaderless,” Sunita said talking to The Tribune. “I have to fulfill his last wish and will not allow his supporters to go in wilderness,” she said and added that after opening the office, she would meet people there regularly. She said even in 2009 elections, her father was in favour of fielding her, but the party high command directed him to contest himself. She said her father had worked relentlessly for the welfare of Sirsa residents and started several projects like carving out a new auto market for those in this business and providing shops to those running shops in kiosks near the Nehru Park. “I have several plans for Sirsa, which I will discuss when I start my political office on September 23,” she added. She is married to industrialist Rahul Setia, who is also active in politics of Punjabi community in Haryana. Setia’s decision to start a new career coincides with Sirsa MLA Gopal Kanda’s troubles in the Geetika Sharma suicide case, though she denied that her decision has anything to do with it. Her son Gokul Setia, incidentally, had led a procession of youths demanding arrest of Gopal Kanda on the day Geetika Sharma committed suicide. It is also a coincident that Setia’s political office is just opposite Gopal Kanda’s Camp office in Hisaria Bazaar. However, political observers believe that Setia’s entry in to politics may not be a cakewalk for her, particularly as she decides to seek ticket from the Congress. Within the ruling dispensation, Setia will have to face opposition from some new contenders for the ticket like Bhupesh Mehta and Hoshiari Lal Sharma besides Kanda brothers.
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IBS admission goes online
Gurgaon, September 13 This was stated by Prof OP Gupta, director, IBS Gurgaon, at the launch of IBSAT-2012 prospectus for MBA entrance 2013-2015 here recently. Prof Anupama Raina, a faculty member at the institute, said 100 per cent case-based learning and thorough practical exposure for the students were the distinct features of their study programmes. Admissions to the institute's course are based on IBSAT-2012 and interview. GMAT scores (from 2009 onwards) and CAT-2012 scores are also accepted in place of IBSAT-2012. IBSAT-2012 will be conducted from December 15, 2012, to January 06, 2013, at 95 centres across the country. — TNS
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Developing cotton-picking machines under way
Sirsa, September 13 Trials for cotton-picking machines developed by these organisations will be conducted throughout the country, including three or four places in the northern region in harvesting season starting next month. If found suitable, the machines are likely to be used by farmers in some areas from the next crop. India has the largest area under cultivation of cotton in the world - this year, approximately 110 lakh hectare land is under cotton crop in the country and at present, the entire picking operations are through manual labour. In contrast, the USA has 30 lakh hectares, Turkey 15 lakh hectares and Australia 10 lakh hectares under cotton crop and the entire picking in all these three countries is through cotton-picker machines. In China, where cotton is grown on 50 lakh hectares of land, the picking is done partially through machines and partially through manual labour. Like India, Pakistan (30 lakh hectare) and Uzbekistan (10 lakh hectare), too, depend on manual picking of cotton. “Manual picking is slowly becoming a very costly affair and is costing between Rs 4 to 10 per kilogram of seed cotton in India depending upon the area. The average cost comes to Rs 5,000 per acre, which is nearly 30 per cent of the total cost of cultivation necessitating the urgency of developing mechanised picking soon,” said Dr Dilip Monga, a principal scientist and head of the regional centre of Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR) in Sirsa. He said some private players like John Deere and New Holland are working on developing machines suitable for Indian conditions.
Some leading manufacturers of Bt cotton seeds are also collaborating with these private players for developing hybrids that are suitable for the machine with regard to the size and type of plants.
Similarly, some government organisations like CICR, Nagpur, Central Institute for Agriculture Engineering (CIAE), Bhopal, Punjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth (PDKV), Akola and Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) are also working in this direction. “There are two aspects involved in starting mechanised picking of cotton in India. The first is developing a machine suitable to Indian conditions and the other, bringing cotton varieties which are amenable to machine picking,” said Dr Monga. The varieties in which the plant size is three to four feet, which are not bushy in spreading, are suitable for the functioning of cotton-picking machine. Line to line spacing between plants for the running of machines is another important factor.
Besides these, uniform synchronised boll bursting is needed, so that all bolls in a plant open up simultaneously to avoid the cost of repeated picking. Use of growth retardant to stop the growth of plants beyond a particular height and defoliants to make the leaves fall before the machine starts picking cotton are some other necessities associated with it. In India, three types of machines - spindle based, reaper based and suction based - are being developed by different agencies. “Now, it is a matter of a season or two, when mechanised picking of cotton is started in India. As every new technology is adopted by the farmers in phases, this, too, will be put to use by a majority of farmers in a phased manner,” said Monga. He said other activities like sowing, inter-culturing (removal of weeds in between the plants), spraying in cotton is already based on machine, and it would not take long before harvesting of cotton is also mechanised in the country.
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Over 1,600 hepatitis C patients to be treated free
Sirsa, September 12 The Haryana Health Department, in collaboration with PGIMS,Rohtak, has prepared an Action Plan having a multi-pronged strategy to completely eradicate hepatitis C. Rao Narender Singh, Health Minister, Haryana said that Rs 6 crore had been approved for effective implementation of the plan. The minister said that this Action Plan had been formulated in view of the cases of hepatitis C detected in Ratia. Under the Action Plan, a house to house survey was conducted in Ratia block by the state Health Department and the PGIMS, Rohtak, and 7,533 samples were collected and tested. Out of these samples, 1,630 patients were found positive with hepatitis C. These included 938 males and 692 females. A maximum of 572 cases have been found in the age group of 41 to 60 years and a minimum of only nine cases below 10 years of age. Hepatitis C being a viral infection disease, it is caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV) and spreads through body fluids. Its main route of infection can be an injection, blood transfusion and may spread through unprotected sexual contact. It leads to inflammation of liver and has been in acute as well as chronic form. hepatitis C can be diagnosed by Rapid Card Test, PCR and Elisa antibody tests. Those who get infection of hepatitis C generally develop a long-term infection and usually there are no symptoms. Its acute form is completely curable but chronic form requires medical care throughout life for a comfortable living. “The strategy for treatment of patients would be based on Genotyping of virus along with Viral Load of each patient in a young age group, who would be given interferon,” the minister informed. The duration Chronicity and stage of the disease will decide further nature of therapy. The cases which have developed complications of hepatitis C will need regular follow up and repeated admissions. The equipment and material required to implement the strategy included PCR Machine, upgradation of Lab at CHC, Ratia, and procurement of interferon. The PCR machine will be installed at the PGIMS, Rohtak, to test Genotype and estimation of Viral Load. A specialist physician will be posted at the Community Health Centre, Ratia.
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Ayush Department adopts two Sonepat villages
Sonepat, September 13 Under this pilot project, a team of the department will conduct a door-to-door survey of the families to prepare their health cards. The team will visit the villages every Saturday and give health tips to the people as well as provide necessary treatment of their health problems noticed during the survey. The Deputy Director of the department, Dr Sangeeta Nehra, has been deputed as in charge of the project. Besides treating the patients with the AYUSH system of medicines, the villagers will be motivated to grow medicinal plants, by organising exhibitions of the plants. By using natural medicines like Brahmi, Geeloy, Tulsi, Neem etc, the seasonal ailments can be cured easily at home. The villagers will also be informed about how condiments like dalchini, kali mirch, zeera, mulahti, ajwayan, sonth, tulsi, haldi etc provide natural resistance to infections. The villagers will also be encouraged to make yoga and dhyan a routine part of their life by conducting yoga classes in villages. Dr Nehra said the AYUSH systems of medicines were time tested and had an age-old acceptance among various communities in India. The systems had an important role in the prevention and management of many lifestyle-related ailments where modern medicines were not so successful. She said the target was to make the villagers disease free and health conscious by July 2013 and after the success of this project in these two villages, one village in each district of the state would be adopted for the programme.
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Country’s first pub for media people
Gurgaon, September 13 A dream venture of Sudha Natrajan and Raghav Subramanian, the pub is in the South Point Mall on golf course road and aims at helping the media advertising fraternity, carrying on with 24X7 news, gossip and creativity. The café aims at creating a space where nobody turns a head at the people working out the best way to cover a murder even as they enjoy their evening snack. “The pub has been designed keeping the fact in mind that professional can bond, learn, gossip, discuss in the afternoon, evening and late nights over some great food, and liquor at affordable rates. We have tried to give media professionals a place to have their formal meetings, where they don’t feel out of place discussing news or deadlines,” said Sudha.
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The ‘Raah’ to get your work done in govt offices
The book called “Raah” in Hindi has all the necessary and primary details which guide a citizen on how to proceed in these matters. This book is available at all book stalls in Haryana and is given free to elected representatives at panchayat, zila parishad, state and national levels. The author, Naresh Selpar, says people run here and there in confusion as they are not familiar with simple rules and procedures. They often use the services of plaint writers who fleece them. This book, he says, explains in simple terms how to get routine work done in government offices. It also provides the formats of various kinds of applications needed. He said despite the information explosion, the common man lacked the knowledge of simple rules and procedures. They generally approach plaint writers or touts who collude with government officials. The book is exhaustive. It has information on how to file an application under the RTI Act, how to send your grievance to the redressal panel, how to get a phone or power connection sitting at home, how to lodge a complaint with the police or seek intervention of the civic bodies for your problems. The book also contains general information about Haryana and the progress made by the state in various fields. The writer has explained the political, geographical, economical and social scenario of each district of Haryana. It explains the functioning of various government officials, village bodies and urban organisations. The book provides information on various pension schemes, aid and educational loans for students, opening of bank accounts, bank loans, Kisan Credit Card, registration of marriage, property, birth and death. The author has also included in it the rights and duties of all the elected public representatives as enunciated in the Constitution.
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Panchayat starts drive against foeticide
Sonepat, September 13 This was stated by Poonam Sehrawat, sarpanch of Badhmalik village, at a meeting of the members of the gram panchayat here recently. She said women should take inspiration from the mahila sarpanch of Bibipur village in Jind district for the complete eradication of this social evil which had created gender crisis in society. She also announced that new conventions like ‘Thali Bajana’, ‘Kuan Poojan’ and ‘Chhati Manana’ (beating of plate, worship of a well and celebration of the sixth day of birth) would be started to mark the birth of a girl child in the village.
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Senior citizens come to rescue of old trees
Karnal, September 13 After completing four years of sampling plantation, the senior citizens are more concerned about saving the already existing trees. The group comprising retired administrators, engineers, educationalists and scientists, which carried out plantation of saplings for the past four years, have now formed teams to take care of aspects like periodical watering and putting in manure in aged trees in the surroundings of the city. The drive started from plantations of ornamental plants in the gardens of their houses, gradually expanded to adjoining areas and this year, senior citizens moved towards the city and took up plantation and protection activities in community centre, Sector 9 and the green belt and surroundings sector 7. These citizens have also involved their spouses in social activities and are providing financial support to the poor and needy children for pursuing studies, besides educating the citizens about conservation of water and electricity and maintaining cleanliness. The citizens are also providing financial aid to Tapan Rehabilitation Society - a society looking after physically challenged and mentally deranged children. “What makes our efforts unique is the active participation and involvement of our families, especially the wives, who have devoted themselves to the service of the poor and deprived,” said RN Vasudeva, a retired IAS officer. “Money is not everything, Love and compassion serves better” is the slogan, Vasudeva added.
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Legal literacy camp at Rewari
Rewari, September 13 Sneh Prashar, District and Sessions Judge-cum-chairperson of the DLSA, said creating legal awareness among various sections of society was their main agenda. Expressing concern at the skewed sex ratio in the state, she said awareness among the masses alone could lead to its elimination. District education officer Virender Singh Yadav presented progress report regarding the accomplishment of the legal awareness programme in various schools of the district. — OC
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Political ‘vacuum’ in Sirsa following Kanda’s arrest
Sirsa, September 13 With all other four Assembly-segment, except Kanda’s Sirsa Assembly constituency being with the opposition INLD, the locals have been left with no door to knock at for their day-to-day affairs with the police and other offices. Kanda, who won the 2009 Assembly poll from Sirsa as an independent candidate, was the lone representative of the ruling party in the district ever since he was included in Hooda’s Cabinet. Because of this, people, not only from his own Sirsa Assembly segment but also from other constituencies from Sirsa like Kalanwali, Dabwali, Rania and Ellenabad had started visiting him for their routine chores with government offices. Though Kanda visited the constituency hardly for a day in a month, his younger brother Gobind Kanda used to listen to people’s grievances at his camp office in Hisaria Bazar or in Tara Baba Kutiya, religious trust run by his family. Such was their interface with voters of the other constituencies that Gobind Kanda often stated that the family would contest 2014 Assembly elections as independents from two seats - Gopal Kanda from Sirsa and Gobind from Rania. However, Geetika’s suicide on August 5 has left a political vacuum in Sirsa with regard to the party in power in Haryana. Although Sirsa MP Ashok Tanwar, who lives in Delhi, has increased the frequency of his visits to Sirsa after the ‘Kanda episode’, this has hardly helped the cause of the local people. “Normally, people have very small tasks like a phone to the SHO of a police station for getting favour in case of petty disputes or a call to an official, who is sitting over an official file to the disadvantage of the person visiting these politicians,” said a local leader of the ruling party. “You cannot expect an MP to call officials for all small tasks and further, he too, is available in the district for less than a week in a month,” he added. Some other Congress leaders like Sunita Setia, a former chairperson of the Improvement Trust and thee daughter of former minister LD Arora, have started meeting people again in hope after lull of three years. During his lifetime, Arora had projected Sunita as his political heir and had announced to field her in the 2009 election, but later, he himself contested the poll despite his illness and lost the battle to Kanda. Even INLD leaders, particularly former Chief Minister Om Parkash Chautala and his two sons Ajay Singh and Abhey Singh, who have been all along calling officials for tasks of their supporters, have been receiving ‘larger’ visitors after the Kanda episode.
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Bhiwani pugilists bag overall championship
Nawal Kishore Rastogi
Rewari, September 13 While women pugilists of Bhiwani district bagged the overall championship, the runners-up trophy went to women boxers of Panipat. Similarly Mukesh (Bhiwani), Mamta Rani (Mahendergarh) and Gulshan Panchal (Jind) were adjudged the best pugilist, best loser and the best referee of the tournament, respectively. While Ritu Grewal from Bhiwani (45-48 kg category), Neelam Saini from Bhiwani (48-51 kg), Priya from Hisar (51-54 kg), Munesh from Bhiwani (54-57 kg), Bhavana from Kaithal (57-60 kg), Poonam from Bhiwani (60-64 kg), Diksha from Yamunanagar (64-69 kg), Mukesh from Haryana Boxing Academy (69-75 kg) and Diksha from Rohtak (75-81 kg) won gold medals, a silver medal each was secured in the above weight categories, respectively, by Sweety (Panipat), Neetu (Hisar), Sangeeta (Panipat), Monu Jangra (Jind), Roshani (Panipat), Yogita (Gurgaon), Mamta Rani (Mahendergarh), Asha (Gurgaon) and Anisha (Yamunanagar). In the concluding function of the three-day tournament, Chief Parliamentary Secretary Rao Dan Singh distributed prizes to the winners. While stating that the Mahendergarh region possessed latent talent in pugilism, he announced that a state-level boxing academy, on the pattern of the one in Bhiwani and Hisar, would be set up at Mahendergarh as well. He announced a financial assistance of Rs 1,01,000 for the Yadav Sabha Boxing Academy of Mahendergarh. Municipal president of Mahendergarh Bhagat Singh, Dr Rajbir Yadav and Surender Yadav gave Rs 21,000 each for the academy.
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Barfi
Directed by: Anurag Basu
Director Anurag Basu is in the news again with his romantic comedy ‘Barfi’ starring Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Ileana Dcruz. The film is partly set in the 70s. Ranbir plays a charmer even though he can neither speak nor hear and focuses on his bitter sweet relationship with two beautiful young ladies, Priyanka Chopra and Ileana DCruz which sets in a motion a chain of events that turn his life upside down. The buzz is that a hearing impaired associate director helped Ranbir Kapoor to get acquainted with the mannerism of a speech-impaired person. This romantic comedy has some beautiful locations of Darjeeling. To watch the romance see ‘Barfi’ from today at Fame Shalimar-Panchkula, Hind-Kaithal, Fun, Nigar (Ambala), Fun, Cinemax (Panipat), Movie Time, Harsha (Karnal), PVR MGF, PVR Sahara, PVR Ambience, SRS Omaxe, SRS Wedding, DTCC, DTMM, DT Star Mall (Gurgaon), SRS Sec 12, SRS Pristine, SRS Eldeco, INOX (Faridabad), Glitz-Kurukshetra, BMG-Rewari. — Dharam Pal
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Whether Hindi film-maker Subhash Ghai suffered a setback with the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s verdict quashing allotment of 20 acres, allotted to him by the Haryana government for setting up a film and acting institute in Badhsa village here, residents of this tiny hamlet are enthused over the development and are enjoying the moment like a festival. They said it was the moment they had been waiting for since after the petition was filed in the court against the allotment.
Sirsa, September 13
Sirsa, September 13
Sonepat, September 13
Hisar, September 13