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Khaps again demand amendment to Hindu Marriage Act
Sirsa cops to regulate traffic in busy markets
Sonepat police arrests 12 POs, five bail jumpers
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Work on Rohtak-Hansi rail line to begin soon, says Deepender
Minister distributes blankets, quilts among poor
Santhals of Jharkhand undergo training at NDRI
Tableau to display development at R-Day parade
Mini-zoo at Kurukshetra cries for maintenance
MoU inked to generate jobs in region
Brahmin organisation to hold conference on March 2
Industrialists told to form clusters for country's growth
Admn asked for medical check-up of safai karamcharis
Faculty development programme held
US delegation visits Khanpur Kalan varsity
Karnal college wins distinction
GJU to name auditorium after Ch Ranbir Singh
Chautala, Deepender mourn martyr's death
Former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda remembered
Evening of music
Tae kwon do
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Khaps again demand amendment to Hindu Marriage Act
Jhajjar, January 17 The khaps, during the court hearing, pleaded that amendment in the marriage Act was essential as it did not prohibit the weddings within same gotra and village while the century-old social custom did not allow weddings within same gotra and village. Stating this while interacting with The Tribune, Om Prakash Dhankhar, chief of Haryana Dhankhar Sabha and prominent member of Dhankhar Khap, said that “A 17-member panel of various khaps resisted the wedding within gotra and villages before the Supreme Court pleading that the people of same gotra and village belong to same clan and maintain brotherhood as per the social customs hence marriages within gotra and villages are forbidden. Even medical science also does not support marriages in the same Gotra." Apart from the khap panel, separate delegations of some other khaps from Uttar Pradesh also appeared before the court to put forward their views over functioning and significance of khap panchayats in sorting out the social issues at village level, he maintained. “Representatives of Union Home Ministry were also present at the court and tried to hold the khap panchayats responsible for honour killing by issuing some ‘illogical’ statements but their statements turned out to be ‘baseless’ when a Haryana Police report in reply to an RTI query was produced by the khaps in the court wherein the police has said that no case against khap in connection with killings to save honour has been registered in Haryana during last decade, said Dhankhar. The khap leader maintained that in terms of honour killing, the khap’s panel efficiently put its views before the court stating that the khaps had no link with the rising incidents of honour killing in the state. “The khaps neither endorse killing of couples for the sake of protecting family honour nor pronounce any verdict of death penalty on anyone,” he added. The Supreme Court has now fixed March 5 for next hearing in the case and also given more time to those khaps which could not present their opinions at this date for any reason. Now, they can submit their views in writing to the court by February 25, informed Dhankhar. Notably, the Supreme Court had invited Haryana’s khaps to hear their views before issuing any order to stop them from harassing boys and girls for entering into inter-caste or intra-gotra marriages.
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Sirsa cops to regulate traffic in busy markets
Sirsa, January 17 "Entry of heavy vehicles will be banned to all busy markets of
Sirsa. Any loading or unloading of goods from trucks or canters will be allowed only before 8 am in the morning or after 7 pm in the evening," Raj Shri Singh said. Making an appeal to traders to keep their commodities inside their shops, the SSP said the police would prepare a video of the traders, indulging in encroachment, and remove all such encroachments with the help of the municipal authorities. She said the police was in the process of checking papers of all auto-rickshaws, running on Sirsa roads, and soon all those plying in an unauthorised manner would be ordered to be off the road. Traders Hira Lal Sharma, Anand
Biyani, Roshan Lal and several others attended the meeting.
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Sonepat police arrests 12 POs, five bail jumpers
Sonepat, January 17 A police spokesman said the gangsters had been evading arrest for the past more than two years. Besides their arrest, the police also nabbed five bail jumpers who were also absconding for the past more than two years. The police also recovered looted and stolen property worth around Rs 10 lakh, including cars, motorcycles, etc in 14 cases of loot and thefts during the period. The major success for the police was busting of two inter-state gangs of vehicles lifters who were involved in as many as 50 cases of loot and thefts. During special checking, the police arrested nine gangsters and seized 10 country-made pistols, 12 rounds of bullets and two magazines from their possession. The arrest of Ravinder of Guhna and Ravinder and Rohtas of Dobh village in Rohtak district after a brief encounter solved 12 cases of murder, attempt to murder and other crimes. The anti-social elements involved in consuming liquor at public places, carrying of banned drugs and gambling were specially targeted by the police during these days. Around 20 persons were booked in these cases. The police personnel who did commendable work during nabbing of the criminals were suitably rewarded with cash prizes and commendation letters by the Sonepat SP, Arun Singh.
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Work on Rohtak-Hansi rail line to begin soon, says Deepender
Hisar, January 17 Hooda, who was in Data village of Hisar in the annual function of a historical Goshala (cowshed) of the area last evening, said the Jhajjar-Rohtak-Rewari railway line had already begun with the efforts of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Launching a scathing political attack on opposition parties, Deepender said people were quite aware of the conditions which prevailed in the state during the INLD-BJP regime. He said the Congress government had put the state back on the path of progress that stood halted earlier. Haryana was now hailed as a fast-developing state in the country and it was referred among the leading states in growth, be it Planning Commission or any other criteria, he added. Castigating the opposition parties, Hooda junior alleged that both former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and Haryana Janhit Congress supremo Kuldeep Bishnoi believed in misleading people for their selfish political ends. The Rohtak MP claimed that the development activities witnessed during the past nearly eight years of the Congress regime were unparallelled, as no other government had taken pains for the all-round development of the state. Welcoming the Haryana Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Sharma’s decision on the petition against five former HJC MLAs, the Rohtak MP said the opposition parties were opposing it only for the sake of criticism though they themselves knew that the verdict was according to the law. Chief Parliamentary Secretary Vinod Bhayana, who is one of the five legislators whose fate Sharma decided on Sunday, was present with Deepender on this occasion. Bhayana donated a tractor and trolley worth Rs 8 lakh for the Goshala.
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Minister distributes blankets, quilts among poor
Bhiwani, January 17 At a function organised under the aegis of Shiv Sewa Samiti in Krishna Colony of Bhiwani town, the minister distributed blankets to 100 and quilts to 150 poor families. Speaking on this occasion, Kiran Chaudhary said serving the suffering humanity was the greatest service in this universe. She lauded the role of the Shiv Seva Samiti for providing blankets to the poor and needy at the time of extreme cold weather. Enumerating the welfare schemes for the poor and the Dalits launched by the present Congress government in Haryana, Kiran Chaudhary said initiatives like the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Vivah Shagun Yojna, Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar Medhavi Chhatravrati Yojna and Indira Awaas Yojna had proved very beneficial for the common people. She exhorted the eligible families to come forward for taking benefits of these schemes. Earlier, welcoming the minister, Pooran Chand Azad, a municipal councillor and president of the Shiv Sewa Samiti, said his organisation had been carrying out philanthropic activities at regular intervals. Congress leader Ram Pratap Sharma, Dev Raj Mehta, Manoj Mehtani, Keshvanand Sardana, Mulakh Raj, Krishan Kumar and several others were present on the occasion.
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Santhals of Jharkhand undergo training at NDRI
Karnal, January 17 Shedding their obsession for the orthodox farm practices and striving for higher production, the tribal people of Jamshedpur, Patamda, Dumaria, Musabani and Baharagora blocks of East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand are currently undergoing training at the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI). Dr Dalip K Gosain, head of the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) and Dairy Training Centre of NDRI, said the tribal population of East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, which remained engaged in small scale agriculture, were being persuaded and educated by the experts of the Dairy Development Department and through Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA), Jharkhand, to improve their socio-economic conditions by adopting scientific dairy farming. Recently, 25 farmers, including 14 Santhals farmers of the district, are undergoing training in the scientific dairy farming under a five-day training programme at the NDRI. The NDRI experts studied the mixed farming system of Santhalss by using anthropological methodologies and found that the majority of the Santhalss, who were here for training, mostly send their animals for grazing and were primarily keeping them for obtaining cow dung, being used as manure, and none of the family members were engaged in selling milk. Savita Tudu (22) of Jamshol village said she had eight cows and obtained only two litres of milk and Santhals families did not milk cows for sale and the calves were allowed to suckle the milk for their growth. Dr Gosain stressed that technologies developed at the NDRI need to be disseminated among dairy farmers and tribal population of Jharkhand, so that they could get enough milk for their consumption and sale, which would provide them nutritional food and additional income. Gosain added that breeding, feeding, healthcare and management components of dairy animals needed to be addressed scientifically to enhance the milk production in the district.
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Tableau to display development at R-Day parade
Kurukshetra, January 17 Directions to this effect were given by Deputy Commissioner Mandeep Singh Brar to the district officers at a meeting held for the preparations of the Republic Day celebrations, in the mini-secretariat recently. Brar said public welfare schemes should reach public through the tableau while efforts should be made to bring novelty in the cultural programmes to be presented on the day. The rehearsal of the Republic Day parade will started under the supervision of SDM Ashok Kumar Bansal and DSP Nirmal Singh at Dronacharya Stadium. The selection of the teams for the cultural programme will be made by the selection committee, which will be headed by the SDM. Additional Deputy Commissioner Sumedha Kataria, SDM Ashok Kumar Bansal, CTM Narender Pal Malik and DSP Nirmal Singh were among those who were present during the meeting.
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Mini-zoo at Kurukshetra cries for maintenance
Kurukshetra, January 17 Besides Kurukshetra, similar zoos have been functional at Bhiwani and Rohtak. Though the zoo premises has around 14 enclosures, their condition is poor due to irregular maintenance. At present the zoo has only selected animals, including panther, tiger and a crocodile, whereas there is no bear as of now. Sources said the number of animals had decreased over the years. Though the zoo authorities had prepared a master plan about two years ago for the improvement and renovation of the zoo, the work was yet to begin. The annual budget of the zoo is around Rs 1 crore, which is claimed to be inadequate in the view of the maintenance requirements. "The condition of the main zoo premises, which is in shambles for the past two years, shows the overall condition of the zoo and its upkeep", claimed Rajat Kumar, a regular visitor to the place. The zoo authorities claimed that the master plan had been approved according to which a fund of Rs 80 lakh were proposed for the development work. They said the number of animals and birds would go up in near future.
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MoU inked to generate jobs in region
Ambala, January 17 Under this MoU, a mega job fest will be jointly organised at various locations in India, Nepal and Bhutan. Under the pact, the first largest mega job fest of the region, ‘Rozgaar Express 2013’, is scheduled for eligible candidates of MTech, BTech, MBA, MCA, BBA, BCA and diploma holders of Haryana, Himachal, Punjab, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu. The MoU was signed by Varun Gupta, managing director of Panache Global, and Sunil Arya, training and placement officer of the E-max Group. The ‘Rozgaar Express’ has been scheduled to be held at Haryana during February 2013. About 40 recruiters from banking, insurance, manufacturing, consumer durables and education sectors have already given their consent to participate in the fair and companies from many other segments are also expected to pick up candidates for around 1,000 vacancies.
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Brahmin organisation to hold conference on March 2
Kurukshetra, January 17 This was stated by conference organising committee president Pandit Dharam Singh Kaushik and state president Ratan Kumar Shastri in a joint statement released to mediapersons after holding a meeting at Dukhbhanjan Mahadev Mandir here recently. They said during review of the conference preparations, it was decided in the meeting that only authorised representatives would be allowed to participate in the conference. It was also announced in the meeting that Rampal Sharma, secretary general of the Shri Brahmin Aivam Teerthodhar Sabha, would be the state press secretary of the committee. “Shobha yatras” will be taken out in Panipat, Karnal and Kurukshetra on March 2 and 3, while an international delegates’ conference will be held in Kurukshetra on March 4 and 5. It was also decided that the organisation would move a resolution demanding pension for 1,436 Brahmins hailing from Haryana, who recited verses of Vedas in a proper manner. The organisation will move another resolution demanding fixation of reservation quota on economic basis and not on caste basis.
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Industrialists told to form clusters for country's growth
Yamunanagar, January 17 Speaking on the occasion, Satyaparkash exhorted the industrialists to form clusters and seek benefits of various scheme, launched by the Union Government. He said if the local industry worked as a cluster, it could contribute a lot in the progress of the country. Encouraging the industrialists to form stainless steel and plywood industrial clusters in Jagadhri and Yamunanagar, Satyaparkash said schemes of the Union Government would be beneficial for the local industry. While appreciating the efforts being made by the chamber for the growth of the local industry, Satyaparkash said the local industry had a great potential and could contribute in the financial growth of the country. Satyaparkash said micro and small scale industries could jointly contribute to the export potential and also produce spare parts of the imported machinery at a much lower cost. Dr MK Sehgal, general secretary of the chamber, said efforts were being made by the chamber to resolve the difficulties being face by the industry. He said the website of the chamber, www.yjcci.com, had been linked to the official website of Yamuna Nagar district. Sudhir Chandra, president of the chamber, highlighted various problems pertaining to sales tax, service tax, pollution control, water and electricity, which were being faced by the local industry. On the occasion, Deputy Commissioner Ashok Sangwan assured the chamber that the government would provide all possible help for the growth of the local industry. The DC invited the office-bearers of the chamber for a meeting to find solution to various problems being faced by the industrialists.
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Admn asked for medical check-up of safai karamcharis
Kurukshetra, January 17 Sood said the payment of monthly salary to safai karamcharis should be made well in time and deduction of general provident fund be ensured twice a year. The problems of contractual safai karamcharis should be addressed on priority basis, he stressed. Sood said the number of safai karamcharis, working in all police chowkies and thanas should be properly reported to the commission. He also recommended that the best safai karamchari should be honoured on the occasion of the Republic Day and Independence Day. Deputy Commissioner Mandip Singh Brar said there was no problem or issue related to the safai karamcharis and If any complaint was put up before the administration, it would be considered sympathetically. The DC directed the officers concerned to implement the welfare scheme for safai karamcharis with letter and sprit. On the occasion, representatives of the safai karamchari organisations also spoke. SDM Ashok Bansal, CTM Narender Pal Malik, all executive officers of the Municipal Council and Municipality of Thanesar, Pehowa and Shahbad were present on the occasion.
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Faculty development programme held
Kurukshetra, January 17 Dinesh
Aggarwal, Director, UIET and Dr CC Tripathi, chief project coordinator of UIET, invited the distinguished speakers for the
programme. In the program a galaxy of speakers addressed the teachers from various institutions. Dr Roland Gau from University of Texas at EL Paso, USA, stressed on the need of promoting innovative solution for the subsistence-level consumers, who don’t have resources for sustainable income. He called upon the faculty to use the innovative means to motivate students to develop solutions for the most disadvantageous population in India. Dr
Rakesh, Registrar, IIT, Delhi, said the present mean age of 26 years of the Indian population was a great asset. He said teachers had a great responsibility of turning the great minds into productive minds and make them responsible citizen.
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US delegation visits Khanpur Kalan varsity
Sonepat, January 17 “During our two days stay here, we felt close to the nature,” she said. The members of the delegation enquired about the Ayurvedic system of medicines and herbal plants. Dr Ranjiv, Dr Madhvi, Dr VC Arya and Dr Manoj Gupta gave live demonstration on “Panchkarma Therapy” and methods of ancient surgery before the delegation. Dr Naresh Bhargav briefed them about 103 medicinal plants available in the garden.
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Karnal college wins distinction
Karnal, January 17 Bangalore. The NAAC awarded 3.01 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) to the college after assessing quality in curriculum, teaching-learning, evaluation methods, infrastructure, student support, progression and governance and leadership, Dr M Rizwaan, Principal of the college, said in a press note. The college had submitted its Self-Study Report (SSR) in February 2012 under the coordinatorship of Dr Asit Mantry and the PEER team of NAAC had visited the college in the last week of November 2012. The NAAC committee appreciated the college for maintaining qualities and standards in academic and research activities and commended innovative practices, including ICT, infrastructure and effective implementation of library and laboratories,
he added.
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GJU to name auditorium after Ch Ranbir Singh
Hisar, January 17 The decision to this effect was taken in a meeting of the executive council (EC) of the university held here today. Vice-Chancellor Dr ML Ranga presided over the meeting while Registrar RS Jaglan conducted the meeting as the member secretary of the EC. “Chaudhary Ranbir Singh was one of the greatest freedom fighters this country has produced. His contribution to the creation of Haryana as a separate state was immense and his role in framing the Constitution of the country can never be forgotten,” said Dr ML Ranga after the meeting. The VC said it was a matter of pride for the university to have its auditorium named after Chaudhary Ranbir Singh. Dr Ranga claimed that the auditorium was the biggest in the north India and would have the latest technologies in terms of light and sound systems. The EC also confirmed the appointment of some functionaries. The council also resolved that PhD degree holders of “A” grade universities only would be treated at par with those who have qualified the national eligibilty test (NET) of the UGC.
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Chautala, Deepender mourn martyr's death
Rewari, January 17 Notably, both Naya Gaon Bahala and Nagal Pathani villages fall in the Kosli segment, which is an integral part of the Rohtak parliamentary constituency, represented by Deepender. During the visit, Deepender announced that a statue of martyr Pradeep Yadav would be installed. Besides, he declared that a sports stadium would be built in the village and be named after martyr Pradeep Singh Yadav. Later, Deepender went to Nangal Pathani village where he condoled with the family of the slain havildar of the CRPF, Rohtash Singh ( 42), and declared that a statue of the martyr would be installed there. Notably, both Pradeep Yadav and Rohtash Singh, along with five other CRPF personnel, were killed in a gun battle with maoists in Latehar district of Jharkhand on January 7.
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Former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda remembered
Kurukshetra, January 17 On the occasion, Sandhu said Gulzari Lal Nanda was a true Gandhian, ardent freedom fighter, leader of the labour class and a philosopher. "He is known for his simplicity and honesty. He was one of those extra ordinary leaders of our country who had devoted their lives in the service of people and society," Sandhu added.
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Evening of music
Ambala, January 17 Sehgal presented his choicest bhajans, geets and ghazals. At the end, he cast a spell on the audience by presenting the famous song "Chhod Aaye Hum Wo Galian..." that he had sung long back in Gulzar's film "Maachis". A prolific writer, Dr Shyam Sakha 'Shyam', Director of the Sahitya Akademi, was the chief guest of the evening and Mohinder Pratap 'Chand', an Urdu poet and vice-president of the society, compered the programme.
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Haryana win overall championship
Nawal Kishore Rastogi
Rewari, January 17 While at its concluding function, Power, Forest and Environment Minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav was the chief guest, Grand Master Leejang Hi from South Korea was a guest of honour. Similarly while the Haryanvi team bagged the overall championship, the second and the third place went to Punjab and Madhya Pradesh athletes respectively. Besides Som Dutt ( Punjab) and Suresh Kumar (Haryana) were adjudged the best referees, whereas Mamata Sagar (Uttarakhand) and Ravinder (Aastha Kunj of Rewari) were declared as the best demo and best fighter respectively. While Capt Yadav and Leejang Hi jointly distributed prizes to the winners, the winning Haryanvi team was given a cash reward of Rs 11,000 and a trophy. Similarly second-ranking Punjab and third-placed Madhya Pradesh athletes were presented with trophies and cash rewards of Rs 7,100 and Rs 5,100 respectively. Besides a journal and a calendar of the Tae kwon do Board of India were also released on the occasion.
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Inkaar
Directed by: Sudhir Mishra 'Hazaron Khwaishein Aisi', 'Khoya Khoya Chand' and
A still from the movie, ‘Inkaar’ Mumbai Mirror
Directed by: Ankush Bhatt ‘Mumbai Mirror’ has a powerful story which exposes the nexus between the powerful corrupt dance bar owners and the Mumbai police. Sachin A Joshi of ‘Aazaan’ fame plays the lead role in the movie with Gihana Khan. While Prakash Raj, Prashant Narayan, Vimala Raman play supporting roles along with Mahesh Manjrekar. The buzz is that it is an official adaptation of ‘Dabangg 2’. ‘Mumbai Mirror’ is written by Ghalib Asad Bhopali. Amjad Nadeem has composed music for this film which also releases in Haryana. — Dharam Pal
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appearing before the Supreme Court on January 14 have reiterated their demand of an amendment in the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 by submitting some logical memorandums in this regard.
Haryana Public Health Engineering Minister Kiran Chaudhary distributed blankets and quilts among the poor in Bhiwani recently.
At a function organised under the aegis of Shiv Sewa Samiti in Krishna Colony of Bhiwani town, the minister distributed blankets to 100 and quilts to 150 poor families.
The World Brahmin Organisation will hold its seventh international conference from March 2. About 2,000 delegates from the US, England, Holland, Mauritius and India are expected to participate in the conference.
Dr Lary Anderson, Prof, Saint Catherine University, US, along with a delegation of students, paid a two-day visit to BPS Women University, Khanpur
Kalan, recently.
Following INLD chief and former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala's visit to Naya Gaon Bahala village, where he consoled the bereaved family of slain Pradeep Yadav (28), a Sub-Inspector of the
CRPF, Deepender Singh Hooda, MP son of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, reached the village and condoled with the grief-stricken family.
On the occasion of the death anniversary of former Prime Minister of India Gulzari Lal
Nanda, Kurukshetra University Vice-Chancellor Lt Gen Dr DDS Sandhu with the university fraternity and the citizens of Kurukshetra paid floral tributes to Bharat Ratna Gulzari Lal Nanda at the Gulzari Lal Nanda Centre of Ethic and Philosophy recently.
Nearly 400 athletes from Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and 12 other states of the country participated in Dr Manu Yadav Open National Tae kwon do Championship held under the joint auspices of the Maharaja Agrasen Sports Association and the Tae kwon do Board of India, here recently.
'Chameli' fame filmmaker Sudhir Mishra brings a very interesting tale of two strong persons. 'Inkaar' is a take on modern day relationships and the struggle in urban workplace. The director has reportedly created curiosity among the audience over its bold subject on sexual harassment at workplace. With films on bold topics doing well at the box office, ‘Inkaar’ is touted as a bold film which surely targets young working audience and there are hopes that the film will do a good business. ‘Inkaar’ stars Arjun Rampal and Chitrangda in lead roles. Watch this exciting and engaging story at theatres near you.