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Team Hooda under attack from all quarters
Jail inmates attend yoga course
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Biotechnology to meet increasing food demands: Prof Sobti
School holds exhibition on science
Workshop by SEBI
National hockey championship at MNSS, Rai
Kurukshetra institute to organise conference
Workshop on lesson writing held
Declamation contest held
Programme on financial awareness
SC issues notices to state govt, dist administration
Govt urged to regularise daily-wage staff
Separate agency to probe criminal cases
demanded
Residents demand Ambala bypass
Ban on sand mining in Rohtak hikes rates
Sirsa scholar attends global conference
Ex-servicemen resent‘mismanagement’ in canteen store
Plan to check illegal construction
Political parties start wooing various communities
Exercise ‘regularly’ to keep heart disease at bay
Keep record of students, PGs told
World Tourism Day celebrated
Alcoholism among men made widows out of these women
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Team Hooda under attack from all quarters
Gurgaon, October 4 The Haryana Government is also being castigated for the failure of its law and order machinery especially in view of the recent spurt in incidents of heinous crimes against women. Curiously, the Chief Minister, on being confronted on the issue of general concern, first tried to hide behind the lame excuse of the crime graph soaring due to registration of all criminal cases, and then put the onus on the state police chief. The Haryana DGP, on the other hand, blamed the parents of the state youths for not keeping an eye on their wards, who “consume alcohol even during daytime and then indulge in all sorts of criminal activities”. Apart from the surge in cases of rapes and gangrapes, the episode involving former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda being named in the suicide case of his company’s former employee Geetika Sharma and his subsequent bid to run away from law-enforcing agencies also exposed the real face of the state leadership. While the Opposition has been crying hoarse over the Hooda government’s inability to control crime, Rajya Sabha MP and All-India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Birender Singh also blasted the state regime for the deteriorating law and order situation at a recent media interaction. The major Opposition party in the state, the INLD, has already launched a statewide movement to mobilise party cadres against the “gross misdeeds” of the Congress government. Elated at the overwhelming response at a series of “parivartan” rallies organised in different parts of the state, INLD commander Om Prakash Chautala is now slated to address a “mahaparivartan” rally at Rewari within a few weeks. The BJP’s national convention held at Surajkund in Faridabad district, which was followed by a “Congress-hatao” rally, also proved a shot in the arm for members of the party as well as its alliance partner, the Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) led by Kuldeep Bishnoi. Of late, Congress MP from Gurgaon and former Union minister Rao Inderjit Singh and senior Haryana Cabinet minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav have also started exhibiting their rebellious streaks. According to political pundits, it is high time that the Hooda camp gives up its lackadaisical approach, which has led to policy paralysis in the state governance, apart from bringing a bad name to the Congress government.
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Jail inmates attend yoga course
Sonepat, October 4 Around 500 inmates of the jail participated in the programme which included yoga exercises like anulom, vilom, pranayam and many others to make the inmates tension free and inculcate among them a habit of positive thinking and leading a disciplined life. The district jail superintendent, JK Chhillar, thanked the foundation for organising this unique programme on the jail premises and hoped that this would benefit the jail inmates to get rid of the worries, tensions, health problems and a revengeful attitude.
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Biotechnology to meet increasing food demands: Prof Sobti
Sirsa, October 4 This was stated by Prof RC Sobti, a former Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University, Chandigarh, and VC (designate) of DAV University, Jalandhar, at an international conference on “Biotechnology: Emerging Trends” at Chaudhary Devi Lal University here recently. He said in India, the biotechnology market was over $4 billion today. He said the pharmaceutical industry, too, had witnessed an immense growth in the country, bringing it at the fourth place on the globe in this regard. Sobti said due to advancement in science and technology and the resultant growth in all fields, the country was on the threshold of occupying its rightful place in the comity of nations. Prof RK Jain from Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar, said by 2025, the world’s population would grow to eight billion and over 800 million people would have to go to the bed without any food. Dr Sunita Jain of the Bioinformatic section of the HAU, Hisar, said, “There is a need to increase global plant productivity, and for this, we need to increase starch contents in crops like rice”. Dr Kanwaljit Singh Sandhu of the Food Science and Technology Department spoke on resistant starch. Prof SK Gahlawat, Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences at Chaudhary Devi Lal University, said biotechnology was the only answer to the increasing need of food all over the globe. Dr Raj Kumar Salar, chairperson of the Biotechnology Department of the university, said six technical sessions were held at the conference. He said over 260 teachers and scientists from the country, besides two professors Daniela Smogrovicova and Katrina Dercova from Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, participated. Dr Priyanka Siwach, an associate professor of the Biotechnology Department, conducted the proceedings. She said the sessions had themes on agricultural and
food biotechnology, microbial biotechnology, pharmaceutical biotechnology, biosensors and nanobiotechnology, environmental biotechnology, animal biotechnology, proteomics, genomics, metabolomics and bioinformatics and bioethics and IPR. “We found the conference quite useful as we were exposed to brainstorming sessions where some of the senior most teachers on the subject from India and abroad delivered lectures and read papers,” said Neha Saxena, a participant. Earlier, Dr KC Bhardwaj, Vice-Chancellor of Chaudhary Devi Lal University, while inaugurating the conference, said there were immense opportunities in the field of biotechnology in the country today. He said biotechnology had made people healthy and prosperous by its role in the production of fruits, vegetables, medicines and many other products. In his keynote address, Dr Bhudev C Das from the BR Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Sciences, University of Delhi, spoke on the application of biotechnology in the treatment of cancer.
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School holds exhibition on science
Kurukshetra, October 4 The main features of the mela were science and mathematics exhibition, paper reading and quiz competition. Different themes were allotted to each category for the preparation of models. The purpose of the exhibition was to popularise science
among the masses and creating an awareness about the role of science in the socio-economic growth of the country. Some models like flood alert bell by Omkar, pressure car by Pulkit and a model on organic farming by Pragya were appreciated by the visitors. In paper reading competition, "e-waste management" was the topic allotted to the participants.
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Workshop by SEBI
Yamunanagar, October 4 She interacted with the students and said before doing any financial planning one should set financial goals and the time to achieve these goals. To do so, a person should invest at the right time and right place. —
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National hockey championship at MNSS, Rai
Sonepat, October 4 This was stated by Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kuldeep Sharma while inaugurating a 12-day 2nd Hockey India Junior (Women) National Hockey Championship at Motilal Nehru School of Sports (MNSS), Rai, recently. He said besides giving cash incentives and government jobs, the state government under its Talent Hunt Scheme, had given scholarships to budding sportspersons between the age groups of eight and 14 years and 15 and 19 years. The state government had not only increased its annual budget more than three times for the Sports Department during the past seven years but also invested Rs 317 crore on promotion of sports and infrastructure development, he said. He added that about 140 sports stadiums had already been completed at a cost of Rs 90 crore. VK Verma, director and principal of MNSS, Rai, welcomed the Speaker and the participating teams. Mahender Pal, SDM, Kharkhoda; Suresh Kumar, district revenue officer; Naresh Jowel, tehsildar; Sunil Malik, state general secretary, Hockey India; Vinod Dhankhar, state general secretary of the Panchayati Raj Cell, HPCC; Col (retd) NK Malik, state president of the Rashtriya Sainik Sanstha, and officials of the Sports Department were present on the occasion. At the inaugural match, host Haryana outclassed Maharashtra by 14-0. In another one-sided match, Chandigarh beat Assam by a record margin of 23-0.
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Kurukshetra institute to organise conference
Kurukshetra, October 4 The UNICs are one of the mail vehicles through which the United Nations (UN) tells its story to the world. All UNICs are operated by the United Nations Department of Public Information. The Model United Nations (MUN) is a simulation of the international conference held by the UN worldwide on a regular basis. The “MUN KITM 12” plans to provide a platform to students to help them understand the importance of the UN, its aim, functionality and organs. The participants will get a chance to explore, showcase and improve their oratory skills. They will have an exposure to the UN, its agendas and duties towards society. They will also know about the international issues and will draft effective resolutions, which will be passed on to United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) after the conference. Participants will do research work during upcoming weeks and represent views on behalf of a country allotted to them. Thus, the conference will prove to be a unique platform for the students of all age groups where they can share and learn.
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Workshop on lesson writing held
Kurukshetra, October 4 He was speaking at a one-day workshop on “Innovations in Lesson Writing” organised by the Directorate of Distance Education (DDE), Kurukshetra University, here recently. Kurukshetra University had 30,000 distance learners at present and it was serving the cause by maintaining high standards of education, he added. Dr RS Rasuria, director, DE at Sikkim Manipal University, and former director, DE Council of India, said, “The gross enrolment ratio of students at higher education in India is only 17 per cent at present and if we have to increase it by 30 per cent by 2020, we need to have 17,000 institutes of engineering 25,000 colleges and 700 universities, which will cost Rs 9,50,000 crore”.
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Declamation contest held
Kurukshetra, October 4 Yash Pal Wadhwa, father of late Gaurav Wadhwa, who is also the president of the College Governing Body, inaugurated the contest by lighting the traditional lamp, while RS Ghuman, president, Rotary Club, Shahabad (M), welcomed the participating teams and guests. The contestants spoke on topics like peace through service, corruption: causes and remedies, safety of woman in the highly criminalised world, female foeticide and need for moral values in the present context. Santbir Singh, secretary of the club, acted as the stage secretary. Dr AN Sharma, associate professor, AS College, Khanna, JN Sood, and Dr Upasana Ahuja, associate professor, DN Mahavidyalya, Kurukshetra, were the judges. As many as 32 student speakers from 12 colleges of the state participated in the contest. The Results: Gaurav Wadhwa Memorial Trophy: SD College, Ambala Cantonment. First prize: Sonam, SD College, Ambala Cantonment; second prize: Anjali, Arya Kanya Mahavidyalya, Shahabad (M); third prize: Parul, Arya Kanya Mahavidyalya, Shahabad (M).
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Programme on financial awareness
Kalka, October 4 Deepak Bhardwaj, winner of the CNBC TV 18 Best Financial Adviser Award, was the main spokesperson on the occasion. Dr Randhir Singh Rana, anchor of the programme, said in the second session of the programme, the participants put forth various problems being faced by them. Ujala Bakshi, a municipal councillor from Kalka, said even after the construction of a bypass here, the residents were still facing various traffic problems. Other issues like deplorable condition of the NH-22 Highway between Kalka and Pinjore, erratic power supply, scarcity of water and shortage of bus services between Kalka and Chandigarh were also discussed. It was decided that a delegation in this regard will meet the Kalka SDM and submit a memorandum of demands to him. Bhupinder Singh Sidhu, president, Sikh Girls High School, Sharanjit Grover and Mukesh Sodhi, members, District Grievance Committee, were also present on the occasion.
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SC issues notices to state govt, dist administration
Rewari, October 4 It is noteworthy that while a majority of the zila parishad councillors had made a written representation expressing lack of confidence in the working of the zila parishad chief, Pramila Yadav, a meeting of the councillors was convened by the Deputy Commissioner here on June 22, 2012, in which Pramila Yadav was removed from the post of chairperson of the parishad by such councillors. Subsequently Suresh Devi was elected a new chief of the parishad by the councillors. However, the sacked parishad chief, Pramila Yadav, filed, through her counsel, Dr Surat Singh, a petition in the Supreme Court in July 2012, challenging her removal. In her petition, she contended that since the rule regarding the mandatory provision of allowing seven days’ time to the councillors had not been followed for the meeting convened on June 22, it was, therefore, illegal. Thus while taking her plea into consideration, the apex court has now accepted her petition for hearing.
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Govt urged to regularise daily-wage staff
Faridabad, October 4 MCF Commissioner D Suresh, in his recent recommendatory letter to the Urban Local Bodies Department, Haryana, has observed that it would be arbitrary and unreasonable, and a violation of Article 14 if the employees are deprived of their “legitimate” rights of regularisation of their services. He has squarely attributed injustice to the employees due to “administrative lapses. He further submitted to the department that a large number of daily wagers in the corporation placed in a similar situation had already been regularised in compliance with the relevant policy of the government. The policy was, however, later withdrawn in the wake of Supreme Court’s judgment in “Secretary, State of Karnataka Vs Uma Devi and Others” case. The services of the daily wagers range from 17-30 years. Except for a half a dozen, all of them belong to Group D category. The MCF authorities’ pro-employees stand is a sequel to apex court’s ruling in the “UP State Electricity Board Vs Pooran Chand Pandey and Others” case in which it threw light on its preceding judgment in Uma Devi case. The latter was the basis on which the Haryana Government constructed its logic to withdraw its earlier regularisation policy. The government laid down a new regularisation policy laying down parameters which the daily wagers could not fulfil. It cited the apex court’s directives in the Uma Devi case. While disposing of the Pooran Chand case, the court referred to the Uma Devi case saying the latter could not be applied "mechanically without seeking facts of a particular case". The court further observed that under no circumstances could “reasonableness” inherent in Article 14 of the Constitution be jettisoned. Armed with the court’s ruling in Poornchand case, the Faridabad Municipal Corporation Employees Federation also put pressure on the authorities of the corporation to regularise the service of the daily-wage employees.
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Separate agency to probe criminal cases
demanded
Karnal, October 4 Dabas, who has long experience in dealing with crime and prevention of crime, has submitted his suggestions to the government and the same would be discussed at the meeting of the Haryana Police Commission, likely to be convened shortly. Detailing the gist of the recommendations, Dabas said the work and responsibilities of the police force had increased enormously, but the prime agency for the prevention and control of crime was working under the parameters of 150 year of the Police Act and rules. The 1861 Act was relevant and appropriate for that time as every state had “one police, one department and one head” and investigation and solving crime cases were two main functions of the police, but today the responsibilities had increased manifold due to rapid social, economic and technology changes and the old system had become incapable of dealing with increases work and responsibilities, he said. “It is an era of specialisation and instead of one department, several departments should be created to bring qualitative improvement in the functioning of the police,” he said. He added that to start with, every state should create a separate and independent department for the prevention and detection of crime and its units should be set up at district, police station, division and state level to check crime.
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Residents demand Ambala bypass
Ambala, October 4 The railway overbridge located on the highway at Ambala generally remains closed, as it is unable to carry the heavy traffic load. During the past two years, cracks have appeared on the overbridge and the road was kept closed for its repair for several days. The people have been demanding a bypass, which could approach the GT road and Chandigarh road without entering the city area. It would certainly reduce the load of the overbridge. An alternative way, other than the overbridge must be developed for the vehicles travelling to toward Hisar, Jind and Sirsa. The government is already considering the proposal of the bypass. Land is available on both sides of Panjokhra minor, around three kilometers from Ambala City, close to the highway. This bypass can easily connect the Ambala Hisar Road to GT road. If the plan is approved, it would grant great relief to the travellers as well as the residents of the surrounding areas. The proposed bypass would also benefit the farmers who have lands across the Panjokhra minor.
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Ban on sand mining in Rohtak hikes rates
Rohtak, October 4 “While the ban on mining of sand, a minor mineral which is a primary ingredient material for construction work, has been implemented strictly during the past few weeks, the mining and supply of such material has given way to smuggling and exchange of huge amounts of cash, including a sharp rise in the rate of sand (earth), the main material used in construction in both the rural and urban areas,” claimed Rajbir Singh, associated with the work of building-material supply here. He said the rate of one trolley (tractor) of sand, which was supplied at a rate of Rs 500 to Rs 700 earlier, had doubled to Rs 1,500 at present due to the ban. “Similarly the price for a dumper truckload of sand has also gone up to Rs 2,000 per lot while it was just half a couple of months ago. Manoj Kumar, a property dealer, said this move had come as a major problem for the people who have either started construction or had decided to undertake such work, as either their budget on earth-filling work has gone up sharply or they were faced with short supply of such a material. But sources in the department concerned and the market revealed that a nexus of suppliers and the police had emerged as material was being supplied uninterruptedly to the designated places. It is alleged that the policemen on duty at the mining spots were charging from Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 per lot, depending on the quantity and were allowing the work to go on under the cover of darkness.” The move has resulted in a kind of Inspector Raj and corruption as I was told to shell out more than the justified rates for the work of earth filling of my residential plot in a colony here, claimed a local resident who wished to remain unidentified. He claimed that the ban was unjustified and had directly affected the common man as all other parties, including the owners, the miners and the suppliers were getting extra bucks for such a work that was hard to be stopped. The villages where such work had been going on include Bahinsru, Dator, Sampla, Naunand, Samchana, Garnawathi, Sunarian,, Morkheri, Kansala and Gandhra among others in the region.
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Sirsa scholar attends global conference
Sirsa, October 4 Rathee presented her research paper “Electrical and
Spectroscopic Investigation Titanium Nitride doped Polyaniline in Acidic Medium”. “My
research work was basically on ‘conducting polymers’ aimed at improving the
various properties of polymers,” said Rathee about her paper in the
conference. The two-day conference was organised by the World Academy of
Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET), an international forum of
scientists and scholars engaged in these fields. More than 300 scientists and
scholars from England, USA, Libya and some other countries participated in the
conference.
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Ex-servicemen resent‘mismanagement’ in canteen store
Sonepat, October 4 Long queues on grocery and liquor counters have become the order of the day. There are around 12,000 card holders who draw grocery and liquor stock from the canteen. The card holders are ‘forced’ to stand in queues for hours because of ‘limited’ counter facilities. Hundreds of CSD card holders were ‘denied’ their monthly liquor quota on September 28, the last working day of the month, with the plea that liquor was being unloaded from trucks. Despite hour-long wait, the card holders were forced to return empty handed and their request for issuing the quota on the next day or the next month was also turned down. “If the liquor quota for the next month can be issued, then why the quota of the previous month cannot be issued,” one of card holders said. He said the local authorities should have taken permission from the higher authorities at Ambala in such circumstances. However, the canteen manager said the card holders should have drawn their quota during earlier days of the month. “We are trying our best to make the purchases convenient for the card holders with the available accommodation and staff,” he added. The Association of the Retired Air Force Personnel has demanded an immediate increase in counter facilities, more spacious accommodation for the canteen and formation of a committee of card holders to listen to their grievances and to coordinate between the canteen authorities and the card holders for the smooth working of the canteen.
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Plan to check illegal construction
Ambala, October 4 The development plan was necessitated to channelise urban growth in a planned manner and check unauthorised constructions that are coming up on the outskirts of Ambala City along Ambala-Hisar, Delhi-Ambala-Amritsar and Ambala-Naraingarh roads. Earlier, the Final Development Plan of these controlled areas was notified by the Town and Country Planning Department for a population of 2,00,000 by 2001 AD and controlled areas were declared around both the towns separately, yet their boundaries have merged into each other on the south-east and north-west sides after declaration of additional controlled areas part-I and part-II around the Ambala Cantonment. Even the spontaneous growth-taking place on the fringes of both the towns has merged into each other on the south-west side. The combined population of these towns has reached approximately 3,75,000 by 2001. The house-less population as per the Census of 1991 was about 19,900. There are no statistics available for the house less population in 2001. It has been assumed as 25,000 persons. The projected population of the town is about 10,24,000 by 2025. Therefore, urbanisation proposals are to be made to accommodate 6,05 500 persons. The urbanisable proposals are spread over an area of about 9,671 hectares with a town density of about 173 persons per hectare. The town density appears to be on lower side because Ambala cantonment is very sparsely populated having a meager density of only about 20 persons per hectare. If the projected population of Ambala cantonment and its area are excluded from the total projected population and the total urbanisable area, respectively, the town density becomes realistic at about 308 persons per hectare. Area under existing towns is 3,709 hectares, out of which 3,025 hectares is inside the Cantonment boundaries. Total urbanisable area is 5,909 plus 3,709 hectares, which totals to 9,618 hectares, as no intervention inside Cantonment boundaries can be anticipated. The entire urbanisable area has been divided into 53 sectors under different land uses. The projected population of the town is about 10,24,000 by 2025. The population of the town in 2001 was about 3,75,000. After making allowance for house less persons assumed to be about 25,000 in 2001, the total population to be accommodated works out to be about 4,28,000. Residential density in the old town area inside the municipal limits of two towns comes more than 500 persons per hectare, which has to be brought down considerably to a moderate level during the plan period.
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Political parties start wooing various communities
Fatehabad, October 4 Taking a break from its “Parivartan Rallies”, the INLD today organised a public meeting to woo members of the Nayak community while Bajrang Dass Garg, chairman of the Confed, mobilised support for the October 14 “Agarwal Sammelan” to be addressed by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda at Hisar to mark “Maharaja Agarsen Jayanti.” Addressing members of the Nayak community, who came from different parts of Haryana, the INLD secretary general, Ajay Singh Chautala, assured them that his party would accept all their demands in its first decision after coming to power. The Nayak community comprising former warriors are included in the Backward Classes in Haryana. However, the community has long been fighting for its inclusion the Scheduled Castes. Ram Chander Nayak, Jagdish Nayak and Bahadur Singh Nayak, who spoke on the demands of their community, said their members also wanted a share in power. Ajay Singh alleged that the Congress had always cheated the Nayak community by making false promises to them. Garg, chairman of Confed, who was in Sirsa and Fatehabad, mobilised support for his October 14 “Agarwal Sammelan” in Hisar. He said Maharaja Agarsen had been the greatest socialist ruler of the history, as during his regime all residents helped newcomers with gift of a rupee and a brick each so that he could build his house and start his business. “The Agarwal community has contributed a lot to the economic growth in Haryana, as the community has hold over business in the state,” said Garg, while addressing members of his community in Agarwal Dharamashala. Garg said Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had taken several decisions for the welfare of trading community, which, he said, had helped the Agarwal community tremendously. He cited some recent decisions of reducing market fee on cotton from four per cent to 1.60 per cent and allowing more than one arhtiya licence in one shop of grain markets.
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Exercise ‘regularly’ to keep heart disease at bay
Sirsa, October 4 This was stated by Dr RK Jaswal, director of the Cardiology Department, Fortis, Mohali, while talking to mediapersons here recently. “Rapid urbanisation, unhealthy lifestyle, sedentary habits, unhealthy food and consumption of alcohol and tobacco are some of the reasons behind a rapid increase in heart diseases among Indians,” he said. He said metabolic syndrome, which consisted of central obesity plus any of the two other factors from hypertension, blood sugar, high cholesterol level and triglyceride level, could increase the risk of heart diseases. “The central obesity of a person is measured in terms of waist circumference and if it is above 36 inches in men or 32 inches in women, the person is considered centrally obese,” he said. Dr Jaswal said CAD was a disease of choice and one could easily choose to prevent it. Regular exercises, healthy food habits, stress management and tobacco cessation were some of the steps that could help in keeping the risk of heart diseases away, he added. “In physical activities, 30 to 45 minutes of moderate intensity isotonic exercises like brisk walk, cycling, swimming and treadmill walking for five to seven days a week can prove very useful,” he said. Avoiding fast food, deep fried food, dairy food, hydrogenated vegetable oil, cookies, chips and bakery products could be useful, Dr Jaswal said. “Fruits and vegetables reduce the risk of heart disease, while eight to 10 almonds a day are also helpful in avoiding coronary artery diseases,” he said. Dr Jaswal said 15 to 20 minutes of meditation, yoga, devotional and classical music and sharing ones problems and feelings with near and dear ones were some of the methods to manage stress levels and these too help reduce the risk of heart diseases.
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Keep record of students, PGs told
Kurukshetra, October 4 Stating this to mediapersons, the Deputy Commissioner, Mandeep Singh Brar, said the paying guest houses should also keep a record of the students living with them along with their timings of arrival and departure as well as the purpose of their departure.
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World Tourism Day celebrated
Kurukshetra, October 4 The programme was inaugurated by Prof SS Boora, chairman of the department, who emphasised the need of conserving energy resources. The key highlight of the event was a plantation drive, which reflected the UNWTO theme on “Tourism and Sustainable energy”. Students participated in painting, collage making, essay writing and debate competitions. Sajad Hussain was declared the winner in the debate competition, Naseeb Sharma in photographic competition, Shispal in essay completion, Sumit Jangra in collage-making and Mohd Rafiq Malik in painting competition. — OC
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Alcoholism among men made widows out of these women
Rewari, October 4 It is all the more agonising that many of these widows have to do menial jobs like sweeping the floors with brooms and wipers and cleansing of utensils in numerous households in various colonies of the town to eke out a bare living for their children. It is true that almost all these widows receive from the state government a monthly pension which again is quite scanty and just like a drop in the ocean. It is not that some monstrous epidemic disease snatched their husbands from them but virtually they lost them in the prime of their life just because of their deadly addiction to liquor and other such noxious drugs. Besides the retailing of illicit liquor and other intoxicating drugs by some petty shopkeepers and even some householders in the colony has facilitated the addicts’ access to them. While these two wards are mostly inhabited by members of the depressed classes, alcoholism, which has now assumed alarming proportions, has been eating into the vitals of the Dalit Samaj here for a pretty long time. Similarly while these widows are mostly in the age group of 25 to 40 years, they and their children have been facing hardships which can better be imagined than described. According to positive suggestions put forward by distinguished citizens of the colony while there is an urgency for the administration as well as some prominent NGO to initiate comprehensive de-addiction measures to mould the young addicts into useful citizens, the police administration, too, should imperatively launch an effective drive against the menace of bootlegging and covert sale of drugs in the colony.
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Movies This Week
English Vinglish
Directed by: Gauri Shinde ‘English Vinglish’ marks the comeback of evergreen Sridevi in Bollywood after a gap of 15 years. Big B also makes a special appearance in this movie. Sridevi wear sarees in almost all sequences. It is a beautiful story of a housewife who emerges a confident and self-assured woman in the end. Gauri Shinde, wife of famous director R Balki, promises something different with this film. It opens today at Fame Shalimar-Panchkula, Dimple-Jagadhri, Satyam, Bangar (Rohtak), PVR MGF, PVR Ambience, SRS Omaxe, SRS Wedding, DTCC, DTMM, DT Star Mall (Gurgaon) Inox, SRS Pristine, SRS CC, SRS Eldeco, Q Cinema, Movietime, CM (Faridabad), Fun, Cinemax (Panipat),
Fun-Ambala.
‘Kismet Love Paisa Dilli’
Directed by: Sanjay Khunduri
‘Kismet Love Paisa Dilli’ stars Vivek Oberoi and Mallika Sherawat in the lead roles. This comedy thriller was initially titled ‘Gyrah Chaalis Ki Last Metro’ but was later renamed to ‘Kismat Love Paisa Dilli’. Sanjay Khunduri, who earlier directed ‘Ek Challis Ki Last Local’, has pinned high hopes on this film, which also stars Ashutosh Rana, Anshuman Jha (Love Sex Aur Dhoka fame) Bobby Vats and Navin Kaushik. Neha Dhupia’s item song in the film has already created curiosity among viewers. Vivek Oberoi essays the role of a Haryanavi youth. Santokh Singh, music director of the film, has sung a song ‘Baith Pajero Mein….’ It is already a chartbuster. The movie opens today at Fame Shalimar, Panchkula, Glitz-Kurukshetra, Sheila, Satyam (Rohtak), Fun, Minerva (Ambala) Fun, Cinemax (Panipat), Movie Time-Karnal, PVR Sahara, PVR MGF, PVR Ambience, DTCC, DTMM, DT Star Mall, Big Palam, SRS Omaxe, SRS Wedding (Gurgaon) SRS Pristine, SRS — Dharam Pal
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The Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government in Haryana is under persistent fire from various quarters, including the judiciary, Opposition and even party insiders.
A yoga course was presented by Dr Avinash Chopra, a teacher of the Art of Living foundation, here in the district jail recently.
Kurukshetra, October 4
Sonepat, October 4
Kurukshetra, October 4
Fatehabad, October 4
Today, the disease counts to 35 per cent of the total death among Indian adults in the age groups of 35 to 64 years.
