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Rao camp accuses CM of fuelling groupism, seeks action
Former varsity teacher spreads awareness on gains of N-power
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National
Schools Football Championship
Special team to check facilities in govt schools
Institute holds global conference on advanced engineering
Statue in utter neglect
Karnal school to get excellence award
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Rao camp accuses CM of fuelling groupism,
Gurgaon/Rewari, January 24 The rally is slated to be addressed by Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and other senior functionaries of the Congress government in the state. Accusing the Chief Minister of fuelling factionalism in the party organisation by ignoring the sitting MP from the constituency in organising the rally, Rao Inderjit's vocal supporter and former state Congress spokesperson Ved Parkash Vidrohi has even sought action against Hooda by the party leadership. In a statement issued here, he has maintained that Bawal, the venue for the proposed Vikas Rally, was part of the Gurgaon parliamentary constituency, which is represented in Parliament by Rao Inderjit Singh. "The concurrence of the Gurgaon MP becomes all the more significant in view of the fact that the Bawal constituency is represented in the state Assembly by an Opposition MLA," he asserted. The supporters of Rao Inderjit, a Congress stalwart from the Ahirwal belt comprising the South Haryana region, as well as those of other party leaders from the region, have also been alleging bias against the region in developmental works and sidelining of their leaders for quite some time. Inderjit himself has raised questions over the purposefulness of the rally. At a recent media interaction, he had asserted that the rally would not do any good to the people of the area unless their major demands were fulfilled by the state leadership. He said he had already sent a communique to the Chief Minister regarding the longstanding demands of the area, which included recommencement of a Research Centre at the HAU’s Regional Research Station (RRS) at Bawal, restoration of the discontinued Agriculture College at the RRS, upgradation of the Bawal tehsil into a subdivision, establishment of an ITI and a polytechnic at Bawal, an industrial hub of the district, and upgradation of the local Community Health Centre to a 100-bedded hospital.
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Former varsity teacher spreads awareness
Bhiwani, January 24 Dr Goyal, who heads an NGO, Atomic Power Evolution Awareness Foundation (APEAF), and better known as “Bharat Kee Parmanu Saheli", has been organising seminars and holding rallies to make people aware of the importance of nuclear power in the country. She has been able to mobilise schoolchildren from Bhiwani to hold rallies in the town to make people aware of the energy needs of the country and on how other sources of producing power were becoming scarce. Dr Goyal has been holding seminars on this issue in various schools and colleges of Bhiwani for the past two and a half months and has so far organised more than 30 such meetings. Recently, she organised a “Parmanu Urja Jagriti Mahautsava” in the Tibrewal Auditorium of Bhiwani to create awareness among people on the safety of nuclear power plants and also on their necessity in view of the declining natural resources like coal and other fuels. A former university teacher from Jaipur, Dr Goyal started her NGO, APEAF, after the Fukushima nuclear disaster led a lot of negative publicity about nuclear power plants throughout the country.“Since, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is coming up with an atomic power plant at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad, I decided to launch an awareness drive in the districts close to the proposed unit. After Bhiwani, I plan to shift my focus to Fatehabad and Sirsa districts,” she said while talking to The Tribune. “The APEAF has in place a public awareness programme focused on reaching out to the public and placing the facts about atomic energy in a correct perspective, in a transparent and comprehensive manner,” Dr Goyal said about her foundation. She said these awareness programmes had a multi-pronged approach aimed at providing scientifically accurate information and the real-world knowledge in the context of nuclear power plants. She said the main emphasis of her awareness drive was to make people feel that nuclear energy was clean and safe and the country needed it for its development.
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National
Schools Football Championship BS Malik
Sonepat, January 24 A number of girl students from Murthal village along with football coach Balbir Sharma and the state selector Vijender Singh reached the railway station and garlanded the beaming young players. Virender Singh hailed the performance of the girls. Monika and Nirmala were the members of Under-19 team which defeated Jharkhand in the final by 3-1 and clinched the title. Monika’s younger sister, Hema, was the member of the Under-17 team which was placed at the third position in the national championship. Talking to The Tribune, Balbir Sharma, who started coaching the girls of Murthal village in 2003, said that since 2003, around 250 girls of the village had participated in state-level football championships, more than 150 girls had represented the state in national championships and 10 girls of the village had participated in international football championships. Sharma said Preeti of the village was adjudged the best scorer in the Asian Football Championship held at Bangladesh in 2009. The football team from the village girls senior secondary school, Murthal, maintained the first position in the state-level school football championships from 2003 to 2009, he added. It was also a matter of pride for the girls footballers of the village that five girls had been recruited in the Haryana Police and three in the Delhi Police from the sports quota, he said and added that six girls students of the village would represent Kurukshetra University and eight students would be part of the Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, in the coming inter-university football championship.
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Special team to check facilities in govt schools
Ambala, January 24 Deputy Commissioner Shekhar Vidyarthi said the team would keep a close watch on the quality of education being imparted at government schools. Besides, it would keep an eye on mid-day meals being served and availability of drinking water and other facilities
in schools. He said the special team, comprising senior officials of the administration, would carry out inspections of at least three government schools every month and submit a report to the authorities concerned. This, the DC said, would help in the implementation of various government schemes.
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CJM opens legal aid clinic in Sirsa
Sirsa, January 24 This has become the 42nd legal aid clinic of the district, said the judge after the inauguration. Gupta said that the students studying law could play an important role in creating awareness among people about their legal rights and remedies available to them if their rights were infringed upon. He called upon girl students to raise their voice whenever they find people around them harassing them and bring the matter to the notice of the police. The judge exhorted advocates on the panel of the DLSA and the para legal volunteers working for the authority to contribute their efforts in minimising crimes from society. He urged them to visit the workplaces where women employees came for work and report cases of sexual exploitation of women at such places. Arvind Bansal, president of the college management committee, Dr Anoop Saini, Principal, several advocates and para legal volunteers were present on this occasion.
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Students hold awareness rally against social evils
Ambala, January 24 About 100 NSS students of the school joined hands to take out a rally social evils like dowry deaths, corruption and female foeticide. The rally that commenced from the school premises was headed by Sushma Madaan and Arun Saini who joined the students to apprise people against these social evils. The rally covered major areas of Sadar Bazaar, Subhash park, Nicholson road, Jagadhri road and railway road. Besides they also spread awareness regarding the benefits of blood donation, saving trees for greener future and about the importance of donating eyes. Principal Rupinder Saini lauded the efforts of students and others in this noble cause.
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Institute holds global conference on advanced engineering
Yamunanagar, January 24 The conference was presided over by BR Beri, OSD to Chief Minister of Haryana, who said research had become an integral part of higher education in the present scenario. He said knowledge could be made valuable only when it was imparted properly and utilised in practical life. He went on to laud the Ganpati Institute for putting in efforts to make research and development recognised among the faculty and students. He said the state government had taken essential steps to promote technical education and acknowledged to the audience that in Haryana approximately 14,3000 students were pursuing technical education. He said the state government would be spending Rs 281 crore for the promotion of technical education. The Chairman of the institute, Narinder Bindra, said the purpose of organising the international conference was to help the students and facility members grasp the latest developments in the mechanical and computer engineering streams. The convener of the conference, Prof Jagmohan Oberoi, while welcoming the chief guest and the delegates said the conference was a convenient medium of exchanging comprehension and occurrences in the field of mechanical and computer engineering. During the inaugural session, Dr Mediratta, ex-executive Director of Steel Authority of India & Director- General of Technical Institute, presented a paper on "Flexible Manufacturing System". Dr Dinesh Khanduja presented his research paper on "Entrepreneurship in India", Dr PC Tiwari read out his paper on "Total Quality Management" and Dr TK Garg on ‘’Application of Computer in Mechanical Engineering’’.
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Subhas
Chander Bose’s birth anniversary Tribune News Service
Hisar, January 24 She said a programme of teaching the lives of great people at the school level could help a lot in this direction. Dr Garima Mittal was addressing people after garlanding the statue of Netaji Subhas Chander Bose on his 116th birth anniversary at Camp Chowk in Hisar recently. She said Netaji Subhas Chander Bose's struggle for the independence of his county was unparallel in the world history. She said Neta ji had to endure the hardest of tribulations for the sake of the country, but he never budged from his aim to liberate the country from the English rule. The SDM conveyed her best wishes to the freedom fighters and their families on the occasion of Netaji Subhas Chander Bose's birth anniversary. Dr Garima Mittal said it was the duty of all to strive hard for fulfilling the dreams that patriots like Netaji Subhas Chander Bose saw while dedicating their lives to the nation. She said Netaji always wanted India to be an independent country where all citizens could live with peace and prosperity. Zile Ram, president of the Freedom Fighters Samman Samiti, Jagdish Babbar, general secretary, and several freedom fighters and their family members attended the function.
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Statue in utter neglect
Rohtak, January 24 “The authorities do not pay any attention to the deterioration of public property,” says Raj Singh, a social and political activist based here. He said despite the fact that the local administration had taken up renovation and beautification of the spot, the officials concerned ought to have completed the work of getting the statue painted atleast. “The spot where the statue is located is called Subhas Chowk and is situated in the heart of the town with the district headquarters located within a stone’s throw,” he added. The district authorities had spent several lakhs on the renovation of the spot a couple of years back when the statue was shifted several metres behind to make the road wider around it. Erection of a boundary wall of steel frame and some lighting work had been part of the renovation work. “The maintenance and upkeep of some other statutes and similar public spots has not been up to the mark,” claimed Jagjit Dagar, a local resident. He said the ‘Vijay Dwar’ constructed by the local administration in the memory of the martyrs of Kargil war at Shantmai Chowk had also been poor. The outer wall has already caved in at several points and the gate gives an untidy look. The gate was constructed about nine years ago.
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Security in place for R-Day
Kurukshetra, January 24 Stating this to mediapersons, a police spokesperson said the district police chief, Rakesh Kumar Arya, has directed all in charges of PCRs, Gypsies and the motorcycle riders to intensify patrolling and check every suspicious person, items and vehicles. All SHOs and in charges of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) staff I and II had also been directed to erect nakas. They would check hotels, restaurants, dhabas, dharamshalas, bus stands and railway stations. Tight security arrangements have been made and patrolling has been intensified in Pehowa and Shahabad subdivisions where checking in all hotels, dhabas, dharamshalas, restaurants and bus stands is in progress. Additional nakas on all entry points in border areas adjoining Punjab have been erected and patrolling intensified to check intruders so that the anti-social elements could not succeed in their mission.
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Karnal school to get excellence award
Karnal, January 24 The prestigious award has been instituted by the CBSE to mark the 150th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda to recall his momentous role in inspiring youth to contribute in nation-building and national awakening. Only CBSE affiliated schools were eligible for the award and Doon International School was the first school to be selected out of the nominations from the state. The award carrying a citation of appreciation along with Rs 10,000 and a trophy as a mark of achievement by winner schools, would be presented by Human Resource Development Minister Pallam Raju and Chairman, CBSE, Vineet Joshi jointly. Participant teachers and students along with the Principal have also been invited to be a part of the Republic Day celebrations on the Raj Path on January 26.
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Movies This Week
Directed by: Abbas-Mustan
‘Race’, a hit film of 2008, was a taut thriller replete with many twists and turns and its sequel ‘Race 2’ promises to be a thriller with spine-chilling stunts. Shot in different locations of Turkey, the film produced by Ramesh S Taurani and starring Deepika Padukone, Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez and Ameesha Patel is scheduled to release today across Haryana. Its story is set on the lush locations of Turkey with a backdrop of gambling and casinos. Shiraz Ahmed has penned the story and the screenplay of this thriller. Pritam is the music director. To keep the action sequences as authentic as possible, no duplicates were used for the wrestling sequence in the film.
Akaash Vani
Directed by: Luv Ranjan A Wide Frame Pictures project, ‘Akaash Vani’ is produced by Kumar Mangat and Abhishek Pathak. Written and directed by ‘Pyar Ka Punchnama’ fame Luv Ranjan, the film promises to be a celebration of all romantic things. A breezy romance, ‘Akaash Vani’ is touted as a story of pure love and friendship in trade circles. It is a story of two persons, Akaash and Vani, who begin their journey towards a common destination. Watch this romantic saga in theatres near you. — Dharam Pal
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