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Govt plans golf nurseries in state
6,000 workers benefit to the tune of Rs 15 crore
Murthal varsity gets boys' hostel
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Class IX student wins first prize in science exhibition
Inclusive growth requires 'manpower
planning'
No clue to missing boys
Youth should opt for 'self-employment'
Mudit, a Delhi-based beautician, at a one-day workshop on cosmetology at GVM Girls College, Sonepat. Photo: BS Malik
Quiz contest on ayurvedic system of medicines held
School celebrates annual day
Cultural programme held
Water conservation: Kaithal school holds rally
Rewari MC elections held peacefully
Bhukkal for scheme to strengthen anganwari centres
UHBVN to install new transformers in Kalka
Vaish samaj aims at political ascendancy
Experts to make horticulture a successful venture for farmers
Roshan Lal, Principal Secretary, Agriculture, Haryana, addresses a workshop at CCS Haryana Agricultural University in Hisar. Photo: Sushil Manav
3-tier system for registering power-related complaints
Stop stubble-burning, child marriage, sarpanches told
Vets learn conservation of animal biodiversity
Power situation likely to improve this summer
Jind's historical Rani Talaab lies in a state
of neglect
Nation needs modern education system, says VC
Women still face ‘discrimination’ in Indian society
Participants at a workshop on women issues at Government PG College, Bhodia Khera, in Fatehabad. Photo: Sushil Manav
Notices to public information officer, Ist Appellate Authority
Get fresh registration by March, societies told
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Govt plans golf nurseries in state
Gurgaon, February 11 Addressing the participants at the prize-distribution ceremony, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda called for affordable golfing facilities so that more players could play golf, which was a costly game otherwise. Referring to the proposal moved by state Chief Secretary PK Chaudhary, Hooda assured the HGA of all help in the promotion of golf in the state. He appreciated Chaudhary's suggestion of opening golf nurseries in other parts The Chief Minister also announced a grant of Rs 10 lakh for the HGA to promote and nurture the game of golf in the state and region. Hooda was also inducted into the HGA board on the occasion. DLF vice-chairman Rajiv Singh also lauded the initiative of opening golf nurseries put up by the HGA and maintained that this would promote golf as a sport among the masses. Earlier, the final round of the inaugural HGA Haryana Open Golf Tournament-2013 was conducted at the DLF Golf & Country Club here. The tournament was played over two days of which the first day was held at ITC Classic Golf Resort, Manesar. Col Ajay Singh from ITC Classic led the field on Day 1 with a total score of 78 followed by Bhupinder Singh Sr, who shot a total score of 82. The second day and final round of the championship witnessed a great deal of enthusiasm from the participants and the end result was an amalgamation of game and luck. In the individual category, Col Ajay Singh with a total score of 160, was declared the winner of the tournament. Col VS Bains (total score 163) and Atul Dhir (total score 172) bagged the second and third positions, respectively. In the Team championship, ITC Classic Golf Resort took away the Winners' Trophy with a combined score of 499. The team comprised Col Ajay Singh, Ravi Shankar, Capt Cheema and Kulwinder Singh.
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6,000 workers benefit to the tune of Rs 15 crore
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, February 11 While stating this here, a spokesman of the Labour Department said for the welfare of registered building and other construction workers, schemes like health insurance plan, death benefit, funeral assistance, 'kanya dan' scheme, education scholarship and maternity scheme were being implemented by the Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board. He said apart from this, facilities of mobile crèches and toilets, medical dispensary vans, labour sheds at labour chowks where such workers are assembled for their daily employment are also available to the workers. He said the government had notified the Building and Other Construction Workers Rules, 2005, under the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of employment and conditions of service) Act, 1996. The present government had constituted Constitution of the Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board in 2006. The main source of income of this board is the collection of cess at a rate of one per cent of the cost of construction incurred by an employer, including public sector undertakings, which is exclusively spent for the welfare of registered construction workers in the state.
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Murthal varsity gets boys' hostel
Sonepat, February 11 The VC said during the last seven years of the university, the undergraduate courses had increased from eight to nine and the postgraduate courses increased from four to 19. As many as 10 week-end courses are also being run by the university. The VC said the number of the teaching faculties had increased from 70 in 2006 to 176 . As many as 180 research scholars had registered with the university in these years, the VC added. Besides, setting up the Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Chair for Sustainable Development in the university, the VC said the university was awarded first prize at the state- level in energy conservation last year. Sonepat MP Jitender Singh Malik, MLA Jai Tirth Dahiya, political advisor to CM Prof Virender and university Registrsr RK Arora were also present on the occasion.
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Class IX student wins first prize in science exhibition
BS Malik
Sonepat, February 11
The model was based on the topic, “Kanya Bhrun Hatya Ke Samaj Par Prabhav” (Effects of female foeticide on society). It depicted reasons like poverty, illiteracy, social insecurity, dowry practice, family indiscrimination, etc which give rise to a feeling among families for not having a girl child. The model also invited attention towards side effects of female foeticide, including a skewed sex ratio, rapes, gang rapes, mental imbalance and decline in the increase of generation as well as steps taken by the government to curb this evil. After her arrival in the school, she was accorded a warm welcome by the Principal of the school, Santosh Rathi, and other members of the school staff. Congratulating Ishrat on her achievement in this young age, Rathi said such models create awareness among people against this social evil and these would certainly help in eradication of other social evils as well. The Principal hoped that this model would certainly get some special position at the national-level science exhibition. "Moreover, Ishrat’s success will inspire other students of the school to give excellent performance in the field of their choice. Ishrat's achievement will encourage other students also," she added.
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Inclusive growth requires 'manpower
planning'
Kurukshetra, February 11 This was stated by Professor of Economics MM Goel, Kurukshetra University, while addressing a seminar on "Demographic Dividend in India - Opportunities, Challenges and Policy Measures" at Arya Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Shahabad Markanda, 25 km from here, recently. The
growth of the working age (15-59 years) population has a positive impact
on domestic saving rate, inducement to invest new capital, more time on
economic activities by women, investment in health improving
productivity and ultimately economic growth, said Professor Goel.
Professor Goel cautioned that “we cannot achieve inclusive growth
without manpower planning in all sectors of the economy, which is sadly
ignored in the country." To use the window of demographic dividend, we need to empower women with knowledge of health education, including sex education. While making presidential remarks, college Principal Dr Bharti Bandhu said the main objective of such a programme was to provide the latest knowledge to students by experts. Earlier, Head, Economics Department of the college, Dr Mamta Rani, welcomed Professor Goel.
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No clue to missing boys
Kurukshetra, February 11 While stating this, the SHO Malkeet Singh said Matribhumi Sewa Mission Aashram manager Shri Prakash Mishra had lodged a complaint regarding this wit at the police station, KUK, on May 16, 2011. The manager had stated that Deva Chand and Suraj, who were getting admission at the aashram, had left the aashram for unknown destination without any prior information. Malkeet Singh said the police could not trace them so far . If any body knows about their whereabouts, then can inform the police on the telephone numbers, Police station KUK SHO-08814000419, PCR- 01744-222100, MHC police station-08816000519 and ASI Gulzar Singh on 09415-46762. The informer would be suitably rewarded and be paid travelling expenses, The SHO added.
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Youth should opt for 'self-employment'
Sonepat, February 11 This was stated by a renowned beautician of Delhi, Mudit, while addressing participants during a one-day workshop on cosmetology organised at Geeta Vidya Mandir Girls’ College here recently. There were plenty of opportunities in the field of cosmetology for trained make-up artists, he said, adding that youth should concentrate on creating self-employment instead of waiting for government jobs. Mudit and his team members also apprised college students about the new techniques of make-up, including new hairstyles, airbrushing and waterproof make-up during the workshop. Mudit said the demand for waterproof make-up was increasing day by day because the same did not get spoiled in any circumstances. While presiding over the workshop, Jyoti Juneja, the Principal of the college, said, “Everybody can’t get a government job and does not have a sound economic position.” Youth should opt for such self-employment opportunities that require less investment, she said, adding that cosmetology was one of the occupations which youngsters from a middle-income group could also set up.
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Quiz contest on ayurvedic system of medicines held
Sonepat, February 11 According to college principal Dr KV Singh, 65 students of BAMS participated in the contest. Congratulating the students, Dr Singh said the winner team would participate in a state-level competition next month. He hoped that the team’s performance would certainly be acknowledged at the state-level also.
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School celebrates annual day
Ambala, February 11 Dr Chilana asked the student to work hard to achieve their goal of life. He said every student had the potential to get the highest success. He advised the teacher to persuade the children to take part in sports and cultural activities besides their studies. Dr Chilana said, “Schools in the present era have a great challenge to make education relevant to the emerging information age and to meet rising aspirations of the world. In fact, now, there is a great demand from all the sectors of the society for global quality education. Every teacher has to be a counsellor also. This will become very necessary in the new system when there will be an emphasis on quality education and use of modern technologies.” Naresh Guglani, chairman of the school, said students were the future of our country and it was the duty of parents and schools to try for all round development of children. The meritorious students were honoured during the function.
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Cultural programme held
Kalka, February 11 The programme commenced with song " Ishwar Bhi Tu Allah Bhi Tu", which was sung by Tejasvi Mayank. Kiran Bakshi, Surjit Bhatia , Achita ,Surinder Menon, Anil Bhalla and Rajiv Ahuja also sang.
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Water conservation: Kaithal school holds rally
Kaithal, February 11 Naib-tehsildar Navdeep Singh Nain flagged off the rally. Children, holding banners and placards on water conservation, marched towards the main chowk of the city, HUDA Colony, Cinema road and Anaj Mandi . The students spread the message of "Jal Hi Jeevan Hai" and "Jal Hai To Kal Hai". This effort of students was widely acclaimed by the residents of the area. While addressing the students, Navddep Singh Nain said the water met the basic need for a civilisation and was important for protecting ecosystem.
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Rewari MC elections held peacefully
Rewari, February 11 Those who have been declared victorious from various wards of the Municipal Council include Shyam Lal ( Ward No. 1), Ramesh Thekedar (Ward No. 2), Vinita Pipal (3), Om Prakash Saini (4), Sumer Singh Yadav ( 5), Geeta Devi (6), Prem Lata Saini (7), Poonam Satija (8), Manish Charaya (9), Pawan Kumar Bathla (10), Alka Mehndiratta (11), Gurdayal Yadav (12), Chandan Yadav (13), Ashok Rao (14), Babita Saini (15), Sanjay Malik (16), Suchitra Chandna (17), Bharat Bhardwaj (18), Geeta Arora (19), Vijay Rao (20), Poonam Yadav (21), Ravi Yadav (22), Ram Autar Chhabri (23), Pushpa Devi (24), Satya Narain Yadav (25), Itender Pal Yadav (26), Indu Rani (27), Gayatri Devi (28), Shakuntala Bhandoria (29), Amrit Kala Tikania (30) and Pramila Bhargava (31). Ram Autar Chhabri, who won for a consecutive third time in a row from Ward No. 23, secured 1,575 votes and routed his nearest rival Amit Yadav, who polled 227 votes, by the heftiest margin of 1,348 votes whereas Geeta Arora (797 votes) defeated her nearest rival Gayatri Devi (792 votes) by the lowest margin of five votes in Ward No. 19. While Pramila Bhargava (Ward No. 31) Ram Autar Chhabri (23), Vijay Rao (20), Suchitra Chandna (17), Sanjay Malik (16), Manish Charaya (9) and Om Prakash Saini (4) have scored a hat-trick from their respective wards, Amrit Kala Tikania (Ward No. 30), Gayatri Devi (28), Indu Rani (27), Itender Pal Yadav (26), Ashok Rao (14), Pawan Kumar Bathla (10) and Prem Lata Saini (7) have wrested a win for the second time in a row from their respective wards.
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Bhukkal for scheme to strengthen anganwari centres
Chandigarh, February 11 Bhukkal was presiding over a meeting of the Coordination Committee of Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) scheme here recently. She said such a scheme would not only help in strengthening the existing infrastructure in AWCs, but would also facilitate those industrial homes, non-government organisations, who want to contribute in the development of AWCs. It may be recalled that the School Nurture Policy is being implemented by the Education Department. While reviewing the construction of new AWCs, the minister directed the officers concerned to conduct a survey to find suitable places for setting up of new AWCs. She directed to ensure installation of sign boards or have a wall painted in front of AWCs so that people could locate it easily. She asked the officers concerned for the wide publicity of the Kishori Shakti Yojna, a scheme for the empowerment of adolescent girls. She also directed to strengthen the monitoring mechanism within the department. She said the government was trying to give better facilities in all AWCs. The department has also taken initiatives to open AWCs in urban areas. Apart from this, the department is keen to set up model AWCs. Principal Secretary, Woman and Child Development Department P Raghvendra Rao apprised the minister of the construction of AWCs, who are permissible under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Sumita Misra, Director-General, Woman and Child Development Department, said the activities in AWCs were being improved by the department. She said the state government had sanctioned 8,255 AWCs out of which 7,858 had become operational and the process was on to start the remaining centres. She said revised guidelines for monitoring and supervision of ICDS blocks and AWCs had already been issued. For the provision of toilet and piped water supply in AWCs, Misra said a meeting with the officers of the Public Health Engineering Department was held to prepare a joint action plan in the direction. We hope that the issue be sorted out by the end of March 31, 2013,Misra added.
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UHBVN to install new transformers in Kalka
Kalka, February 11 UHBVN SDO Pritam Singh said the department has decided to set up new additional transformers of more capacity. He said the new transformers of 200 KV would be installed in the Housing Board, Kalka, and under augmentation, an additional transformer would be installed at Gandhi
Chowk, Kalka. While in the rural areas, transformers of 63 KV would be set at
Dhamolian, Bharon Ki Ser and Tagra Kali Ram villages and help to improve the electricity supply. Besides, the department, under a special campaign, has started the work of replacing the deteriorating PVC cable, maintenance of live electricity joints in the rural areas, under which three villages
would be covered in one month. The work is already in full swing in Paplohas village. Under the campaign, joints of live wires would be covered and branches of trees causing hurdled in the electricity supply would be axed.
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Vaish samaj aims at political ascendancy
Rewari, February 11 Furnishing details in this regard, AVS chief Ashok Buwaniwala said the constituencies, included Panchkula, Ambala Cantonment, Ambala City, Jagadhari, Kaithal, Karnal, Sonepat, Jind, Sirsa, Tohana, Hisar, Bhiwani, Rohtak, Ballabhgarh, Faridabad and Gurgaon. Stimulated with the acquisition of numerous seats in village panchayats and municipalities throughout Haryana by the people of the Vaish community in the recent years, the AVS brass held parleys with Rajveer Singh, Buwaniwala said the BSP stalwart’s liberal offer of providing 16-plus seats to their nominees of the the AVS cadre at all levels enthused them to such an extent that they were now planning to hold such parleys with the Haryana BJP chief and bosses of other significant political outfits in the state. He further said the vaish samaj was now determined to gain political ascendancy by the next assembly elections.
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Experts to make horticulture a successful venture for farmers
Hisar, February 11 The participants comprising officers and field functionaries of the state Horticulture Department and university scientists discussed the present scenario of horticulture in the state and emerging issues that were challenging the growth of horticulture. Chairing the closing function, Roshan Lal, Principal Secretary, Agriculture, Haryana, urged horticulture experts to devise appropriate technologies of fruits and vegetables, as their cultivation was the best option for diversification of agriculture and increasing the income of farmers. He said sufficient funds were available with the department and these could be provided to the state agricultural university for undertaking research on fruits and vegetables.Roshan Lal said fruits and vegetables were highly perishable and vulnerable to insect/pests and diseases as a result farmers were suffering huge economic losses. Scientists, he said, should develop appropriate labour and cost effective post-harvest technology as well as bio-control of insects.He also stressed on devising standards for use of greenhouses where protected farming was carried out.JS Dhankhar, Director, Extension Education, HAU, said ad hoc recommendations had been prepared on crop production, protection and post-harvest technology on the basis of deliberations of different technical sessions held during the workshop.
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3-tier system for registering power-related complaints
Hisar, February 11 A spokesman for the DHBVN said here today that the nigams had revived their old mechanism of complaint centres by making it wider and comprehensive. Under this mechanism, about 1,650 odd complaint centres in villages and towns have been revived. Bijli suvidha kendras and control rooms have also been established at the circle and divisional level to ensure timely redressal of complaints and to attend/register complaints of consumers telephonically and physically during day and night. All 33-KV substations now have complaint centres also where complaints can be registered telephonically or by going in person. He said telephone numbers of call centres, control rooms, bijli suvidha kendras, complaint centres, officer on night duty, staff on duty and junior engineers and officers have been displayed on notice boards and walls of all offices for the convenience of consumers. Officials have been directed to write in registers the time of registration and redressal of complaints. The facility of the computer-based “Consumer Grievance Redressal System” (CGRS) has been extended to whole Haryana. Though all type of complaints can be registered through this system, it is more useful for complaints like commercial issues, billing, metering, connections, expansion of system and maintenance of power distribution system. Under this system, employees are bound to redress grievances within a stipulated time. After the specified time, the issue would automatically escalate to the senior official. Each issue will have a set number of days in which the grievance needed to be redressed failing which the matter will escalate to the senior officer immediately. The next officer will also get the predefined number of days for redressal of the grievance. Eventually, in the end, the grievance would reach the inbox of the officer highest in the hierarchy. The redressal system is operational through the nigams’ website - www.dhbvn.com andwww.uhbvn.com. The web-based CGR application is accessible through any Internet browser. He said in the area of the DHBVN, the call centre could now be used for getting registered all type of complaints. The consumers can reach the call centre through the toll free telephone number - 18001801615 round the clock everyday. A short number -155333 has also been provided to facilitate consumers.
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Stop stubble-burning, child marriage, sarpanches told
Sirsa, February 11 Gupta urged the sarpanches to make necessary publicity in their villages regarding setting up of the legal aid clinic so that people were not deprived of legal rights. The legal aid clinics have been set up in rural and remote areas so that villages could get free legal aid immediately. Gupta urged the sarpanches to prevent stubble burning. Gupta said stubble burning not only attracted action under Section 188 of the IPC but also under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. He said farmers could be imprisoned for stubble burning and a heavy fine be imposed
on them. Gupta appealed to ensure that no child marriage was solemnised in villages because several complaints were being received from rural areas. Sunil Chauhan, SDM, Ellenabad, KV Sahu, president of the Bar association, Ellenabad, were also present on the
occasion. Sarpanches of Bani, Mithanpura, Mirzapur, Bhuratwala, Ottu, Jeevan Nagar, Bhadoianwali, Kherwala, Berwala and Kharia villages assured that they would do their best for the betterment of villages.
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Vets learn conservation of animal biodiversity
Karnal, February 11 Scientists of the NBAGR explained various strategies to conserve the decreasing animal biodiversity in J&K and a special lecture, focusing on the interim breeding policy of the state, was delivered during the training programme besides conducting laboratory visits for the
participants. The scientist emphasised on the need to registering lesser-known animal populations in the state and said the recognition of new breeds would help in the formulation of strategies in animal improvement, which in turn would improve the livelihood security of small farmers in the state. In his valedictory address, Dr Gurbachan Singh, chairman of the Agriculture Scientist Recruitment Board, New Delhi, emphasised on the role played by livestock in the livelihood security of small and marginal farmers and said when natural calamities hit crop production throughout the country, small farmers were completely dependent on their livestock for their daily need. Dr KS. Risam, director of SAMETI (State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institutes), Jammu, apprised the scientist of the large biodiversity of Jammu and Kashmir, which needed to be conserved. Dr BK Joshi, Director, NBAGR, expressed hope that participants would become conservation ambassadors of the NBAGR in their state.
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Power situation likely to improve this summer
Yamunanagar, February 11 The HPGCL has already revived the unit number I of Yamunanagar Thermal Power Plant which had been on forced outage since March 31, last year. Besides, the unit number II of the same plant, which had also suffered damage to turbine rotor on September 25, last year, had been put back into operations. The HPGCL was losing 144 lakh units of power each day due to shutting down of these units. Sources in the HPGCL said that unlike last year, when generation at the thermal plants owned by the state remained below 2,000 MW a day for most of the year, creating a huge gap in demand and supply, the state would be able to generate close to 5,300.50 MW of power a day as all other thermal units were fit for generation. The HPGCL now has a total installed capacity of 5,300.50 MW with eight thermal units of the Panipat thermal plant which are of 1,369.8 MW capacity, two units of 300 MW capacity each at the Yamunanagar thermal power plant and two 600 MW units each at Khedar thermal plant. The state also has a 50 per cent share in the power to be generated at the 1,500 MW Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project, Jhajjar, and would get 1,320 MW of power from the Mahatama Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project, Jhajjar. Besides, the state would also have 82.4 MW of power which would be generated at WYC Hydro-Electric Station, Yamunanagar. As compared to statistical data of last year, the state had an installed capacity of 5,050 MW but on most of the occasions, the total generation remained low due to forced outages, technical snags and shutting down of thermal units due to annual maintenance. Meanwhile, as of today, the generation company had to shut down 10 thermal units, including six units at the Panipat thermal power plant, two units at Khedar, along with two units at the Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project and one unit at the Mahatama Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project, Jhajjar due to reduced demand.
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Jind's historical Rani Talaab lies in a state
of neglect
Jind, February 11 Built in 1880 by Ranbir Singh, the erstwhile ruler of Jind, the pond has a unique similarity with the famous Golden Temple, the highest religious seat of the Sikhs. A temple is located right in the middle of the pond on the pattern of the Golden Temple and it relates to the architecture adopted by the rulers of Punjab as Jind was a part of the Patiala kingdom. ‘’A
visit to Jind was considered incomplete if one did not come to the Rani
Talaab and pay obeisance at the temple here as it is perhaps the only
spot which was having both historical and religious importance,"
said Harish Garg, a local resident. The pond was built mainly for the
purpose of bathing and worshipping for the women of the royal family,
especially for the queen, who used to come here through a secret
passage, which was connected with an underground tunnel linking her
palace and the pond. "The pond was later named as Rani Talaab and it was still one of the most famous spots in the city," said Ravi Kumar, another resident. He added that the condition of the place had not improved despite the reports that the authorities were in the process of renovating the spot and linking it with a permanent source of water. While the last ruler of the Jind estate died in 1952, the onus of maintaining the spot came upon the state and district administration, but the authorities failed to chalk out any long-term strategy to ensure proper upkeep of the pond. According to reports, Giani Zail Singh, former President of the country, who visited Pandu Pindara, a religious place in the district, in 1983 had sanctioned a grant of Rs one lakh for the repair and maintenance of the pond. Mange Ram Gupta, former Finance Minister of Haryana, had also taken up the cause of the pond by setting up a committee and requesting the state government to hand over the upkeep of the place to the Kurukshetra Development Board but the move failed to materialise due to religious factors. In 2006 the district administration had again set up a 21-member committee, which launched the work of cleaning and renovating the pond with the help of donations collected from various quarters. However, the things returned to same point after some time. The present Chief Minister had recently announced to take up several development programs, which include the renovation of the Rani Talaab, but the work has not begun yet. Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner YS Khyalia was not available for comments on the issue.
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Nation needs modern education system, says VC
Hisar, February 11 Dr Mittal said this after inaugurating the two-day 5th Annual National Conference on Business and Management 2013 at the Haryana School of Business, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, recently. She further emphasised that there should be a full-fledged human resource department in every university for training of senior officers and employees on a regular basis. Vice-Chancellor of the host university ML Ranga presided over the function. Dr Ranga said GJUST is emerging as a centre of excellence in research as evident from its institutional H-Index over forty. Positive thinking and nationalism leads to success, he added. Prof BK Mohanty, who was the keynote speaker from IIM, Lucknow, said skill development should figure as a central point for nurturing corporate managers and business administrators as without adequate skill development sustainability of gainful employment would remain dubious especially in management education. Prof RS Jaglan, Registrar, emphasised the need for regular interaction between the corporate world and academia. He appreciated the high-quality facilities and equipment available for research scholars in Indian universities and research institutes. “Without undertaking quality research, business schools can neither survive nor play the leading role in the academic and business society,” said Director, Haryana School of Business (HBS), Prof SC Kundu. Dean, HSB, Prof BK Punia welcomed the invited guests and delegates in the inaugural session of the conference. Prof Shabnam Saxena and Dr Suresh Mittal were the convener and co-convener, respectively, for the conference. A book, edited by Prof SC Kundu, Prof BK Punia, Prof Shabnam Saxena and Dr Suresh Mittal, titled ‘Research in Business and Management: Academic and Professional Perspective’ was also released on the occasion.
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Women still face ‘discrimination’ in Indian society
Fatehabad, February 11 Janaki Srinivasan, a faculty member from the department of political science in Panjab University, Chandigarh, and noted social analyst and advocate Rajiv Godara from the Punjab and Haryana High Court addressed the concluding session of the workshop. Godara said: “In our social structure, if a woman dared to lead an independent life, society made every attempt to show her in a bad light.” He said though a fight by women to change this societal mindset was on for long, it was time to think about the issue. Srinivasan said due to the societal mindset, parents felt more comfortable if they have sons rather than they feel when they have daughters. She said the times were changing now and both parents as well as daughters should discuss this issue with each other and strive to develop mutual confidence. Principal RK Sharma recited a poem highlighting the status of women in society. On the second day of the workshop, Vikash Bhargava and Dr Chaman Verma from Om Institute and Dr Meet, in charge of the Women Cell of the college, addressed students and answered their queries on the subject. The students also came out with their views and asked questions from speakers. Earlier, inaugurating the workshop, Rana Nayar, a professor in the department of English, Panjab University, said women should learn to raise their voice whenever they find they were being discriminated against due to their gender. Nayar said discrimination against a girl child starts much before her birth as people did not allow many of them to come to this world. Malnutrition of girl children, denial of access to education, denial of choice in the matter of choosing career and life partners were some other forms of discrimination against women, he added. Calling upon women to strive hard for bringing a change in the societal mindset, he said they should not expect much from politicians or the police for this change. College teachers Laxmi Narain, Sakshi Mehta, Monica Gill, Raja Ram, Veena Raheja, Shilpa, Pawan Sagar and student cell members Monica Garhwal and Manju were among those other present.
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Failure to furnish information Bhanu P Lohumi/TNS
Panipat, February 11 The commission also directed both the respondents to furnish written comments in respect of the appellant's appeal with a copy to the appellant by January 28 and also asked the appellant to file the rejoinder by February 22 with a copy to the commission. The notice under 19(3) of the Act was issued on the appeal of RTI activist PP Kapoor who had filed an application under the RTI Act seeking information about the total budget of the commission, salary of members and expenditure incurred on perks. The SPIO gave the desired information in respect of three Information Commissions, namely MR Ranga, Prem Vir Singh and Urvashi Gulati but did not give information about the CIC, Gulati. Initially, the SPIO did not supply information about the three ICs also and asked the applicant to deposit Rs 22 for sending the information by speed post as there was no provision in the SIC to send information by speed-post mode. Kapoor alleged that he deposited the required amount under protest but the information given to him was incomplete and the same was "willfully" concealed which was a punishable offence under the RTI Act. He appealed against the SPIO, but the First Appellate Authority upheld the decision of the SPIO and said all the information available with the commission according to the record had been given and dismissed the appeal on November 22, 2012. Kapoor filed the second appeal before the Chief Information Commissioner on December 4, 2012, who issued notices to the SPIO and the FAA.
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Get fresh registration by March, societies told
Sirsa, February 11 NK Goyal, the District Registrar of Firms and Societies at Sirsa, said all NGOs, social organisations, religious organisations, educational societies and other firms that were registered under the Society Registration Act, 1860, would have to get them registered again under the new Act. Goyal said registrations of all such societies which failed to get their fresh registration by March 2013 would be cancelled by the authorities.
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A galaxy of government officials from the armed forces, the Central services and the state administration exhibited their golfing skills at the Haryana Golf Association (HGA) Haryana Open Golf Tournament-2013 organised here recently.
To open the demographic window for economic growth, we need a policy
environment for investment in health, education and training, conducive
for employment. We require a skill development strategy enhancing
Returns on Training Investment (ROTI). This further calls for compulsory
military service for five years for the youth.
“In this modern era, the job of a beautician is a lucrative one in the field of self-employment for women and it has been gaining ground day by day.”
This was stated by a renowned beautician of Delhi, Mudit, while addressing participants during a one-day workshop on cosmetology organised at Geeta Vidya Mandir Girls’ College here recently.
A two-day horticulture officers' workshop, hosted by CCS Haryana Agricultural University, concluded here recently with the resolution by participants to make horticulture a successful venture for farmers in the state.
Sarpanches are having divine powers and they are duty bound to ensure healthy life for villagers. This was stated by Harish Gupta, Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Sirsa, while addressing sarpanches of subdivision Ellenabad, where legal aid clinics have been set up as per the directions of the Haryana State Legal Services Authority.
Rani Talaab, the famous historical spot of the district, which has given
a kind of identity to Jind, has itself become a victim of
"neglect" on the part of the authorities concerned. The pond,
having a religious significance, has been awaiting renovation for the
past couple of years. The pond is lying dry and full of muck.
A three-day workshop on “Women: Equality, Liberty and Security” concluded in the Government Postgraduate College for Women on a note that despite travelling a long journey of development since the independence, women in India were still not able to lead their lives independently.
