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CPM cries foul over 'disrespect' to leaders
UPA policies ‘widening’ poor-rich gap
Recovery of stolen vehicles made easy
Anna Hazare to begin state tour from April 4
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State to introduce science, commerce streams in 400 government schools
MDU aims higher, prepares for NAAC inspection
Varsity team wins literary quiz
Let research benefit rural people: Hooda
Sonepat GVM girls win 14 out of 15 merit positions
Role of quality education highlighted
‘Harassed’ by wife, mother-in-law, man commits suicide
Justice Raina lays stone of additional judicial complex
Haryana Gramin Bank to open more branches
Gurgaon Gramin Bank's 230th branch opened
Pressure on natural resources, a 'threat' to agriculture
Traditions like water-harvesting can 'protect environment'
Jindal seeks special economic package for Kurukshetra
Exhibition of handicraft items inaugurated
Two gangs of thieves busted
MoU on maize seeds
Biotechnology can play 'vital' role in increasing crop yield
‘Police panchayats’ to curb crime in Ambala, Panchkula
CRPF observes World Disability Day
Fashion show main attraction at cultural festival
Documentary on girl suffering from cancer paralysis wins accolades
Mobile ambulance service for animals launched
Depletion of old sources of energy worrisome, says VC
Vinod, Gagandeep best male, female athletes
NIT holds annual athletics meet
Consumer Rights Day
Office-bearer elected
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CPM cries foul over 'disrespect' to leaders
Gurgaon, March 18 In a statement issued recently, CPM state secretary Inderjit maintained that the party’s national leaders were supposed to stay at Rohtak on March 14. “Party office-bearers first sought accommodation for them at the Canal Rest House, but it was denied on the pretext that Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was supposed to stay there,” he said, adding that after that, three rooms were booked for them at the Circuit House. However, when party leaders went to the Circuit House on the evening of March 14, they were told that the reservation of the rooms had been cancelled as certain ministers were supposed to stay there. The slighted CPM leaders eventually stayed at the Tilyar Tourist Complex. “However, when we got the matter examined, we were shocked to find that the Chief Minister did not stay at the Canal Rest House, nor did any of the ministers or other persons stayed at the Circuit House…the rooms denied to us remained unoccupied on that day,” said Inderjit. Accusing the Rohtak district administration of a vindictive attitude, the CPM leader pointed out that the reservation of rooms had been abruptly cancelled following a protest demonstration by party workers against FDI in retail and reported allocation of a floor in the local Agro-mall to Walmart group. The mall was inaugurated by the Chief Minister on the same day. “It appears that the state government has stooped this low due to the criticism of its misdeeds and corrupt practices and the CPM jatha’s public meetings getting a massive response in all nine districts it passed through. Describing the episode as “a highly condemnable and politically motivated vindictive act”, Inderjit demanded an immediate inquiry and strict action against the official(s) responsible for it, failing which the party would launch an agitation.
‘Kamra chahiye to poster
hatwao’
Haryana CPM secretary Inderjit alleged that when some party office-bearers went to the Rohtak Deputy Commissioner’s office to get rooms booked for the visiting national leaders, they were abruptly told to get their posters removed if they wanted
accommodation. “Kamra chahiye to poster hatwao,” was the response they got from the district administration, Inderjit maintained. He said, finally, after much persuasion, the rooms were booked at the Circuit House, though the former MPs were officially entitled to the privilege.
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UPA policies ‘widening’ poor-rich gap
Hisar, March 18 Karat, who addressed several meetings in Bhiwani and Hisar under her Sangharsh Sandesh Yatra, alleged that a number of policies formed by the UPA benefited corporate houses only and the general public was not benefited by them. Karat said about 6.67 crore tonne of foodgrain were rotting in government godowns, but were not distributed among the poor people of the country. "The UPA government claims that it is working to end poverty in the country, but the steps taken so far by the government indicate that it wants to eliminate the poor," Karat said. She alleged that both the Congress as well as the BJP were similar as far as their "pro-rich" and "pro-corporate" attitude was concerned. The Rajya Sabha MP said the CPM offered an alternative politics to the people, where the interests of the poor and the downtrodden would be supreme. She said the CPM had started Sangharsh Sandesh yatras from all the four corners of India to highlight the party's stand on various issues confronting the country. The yatras would converge in Delhi, where the party would hold a rally on March 19. Hannan Mollah, a former MP, and Inderjit Singh, state secretary of the CPM, said the aim of Sangharsh Sandesh yatras was to make people aware of the need of an alternative politics in this era of scams and implementation of policies that sideline the poor from the mainstream.
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Recovery of stolen vehicles made easy
Hisar, March 18 By doing so, all officers from the rank of head constable to the district police chiefs will start getting details of all registered vehicles, including information pertaining to their theft, through SMSes on their cell phones. The information will include chassis numbers and engine numbers of
the vehicles. “Once, an investigation officer receives information about the stolen vehicles on their mobile, they can easily tally it with the chassis numbers and engine numbers of the recovered vehicles parked in their police station,” Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor said. Earlier, stolen vehicles seized by the police under Section 102 of the Criminal Procedure Code and accidental vehicles recovered by the police used to remain parked in police stations for months. With no proper system in place to disseminate the information, owner of stolen vehicles could not come to know about the recovery of vehicle for months. Owing to this, over 300 vehicle remain parked in the Civil Lines Police Station in Hisar and almost similar scene can be witnessed in almost all police stations in Haryana.
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Anna Hazare to begin state tour from April 4
Next day he will reach Panipat after a brief stay at Nilokheri, Taraori, Karnal and Gharaunda. At Panipat he would address a public rally to demand equal education opportunities for all, Hooda said. Anna will be accompanied by former Army chief VK Singh and Prakash Ambedkar, grandson of BR Ambedkar. After spending a night at Jind, Anna will reach Sirsa on April 6. On April 7 he will reach Bhiwani via Hisar and Hansi. On April 8, he will visit Rewari after addressing rallies at Dadri, Narnaul, Mahendragarh and Ateli.
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State to introduce science, commerce streams in 400 government schools
Jhajjar, March 18 She said the recruitment process of science and commerce teachers was being carried out and it would be completed before the commencement of the next academic session. In reply to a question, the minister said now children of the kiln labourers and belonging to floating population would be provided education in nearby government and private schools. Bus facility would also be provided to them so that no child remained deprived of education, she added. "The Right to Education Act is being efficiently implemented in the state. Effective measures are being taken by the government to provide education to the children residing in distant areas, industrial areas and children belonging to nomad tribes and labourers," said Bhukkal. The minister said the government was pondering over setting up of 18 new government ITIs besides seven new government ITIs in Mewat region. The ministers said the ITIs would be set up at Punhana, Pinangwa, Taoru and separate ITIs for women would be set up at Punhana, Ferozepur Jhirka, Ujjina and Pinangwa. Besides expansion of three government ITIs at Ujjina, Nagina and Ferozepur Jhirka, financial assistance of Rs 100 crore had been provided under the 13th Finance
Commission recommendation," she added. "It has been proposed to open 25 new government ITIs and 85 skill development centres through public-private partnership (PPP) under the Skill Development Mission Scheme of the Government of India," said Bhukkal.
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MDU aims higher, prepares for NAAC inspection
Rohtak, March 18 "The NAAC will be here till March 21 and will be assessing all aspects of work and achievements of the university for the purpose of grading,’’ said a spokesperson of the MDU. He said since the university was not satisfied with the previous grading, it applied for reassessment and was well prepared for inspection. The spokesman said the university with 509 insitutions affiliated to it, including 297 colleges of education, 93 degree colleges, 80 engineering institutions, 34 management institutes, and five law colleges besides a Directorate of Distance Education (DDE) that operated from the main campus. Though the unversity put its claim on A-grade this time, sources in the university, however, appear to disagree in view of the issues that hit the headlines recently. "These include the answer sheet scam of the university in which a police probe had been on and five persons, including three staffers and two lecturers, of its affiliated colleges were arrested,’’ said an employee on condition of anonymity. Claiming that the scam had brought a ‘bad’ name to the university which was already faced with incidence of disturbance to the academic atmosphere last year when some of the students were injured in clashes on the campus. But Dr SK Gakhar, Coordinator, NAAC Inspection Committee of the MDU, claimed that the answer sheet scam was not an issue as the university had a large number of achievements to its credit which include excellent infrastructure, revised curriculum and outstanding work in research in which around100 research projects were registered at present. He said the university had acted timely in the matter of the answer sheet scam as it lodged an FIR against the culprits and handed over the matter to the police. The NAAC was established by the UGC in September 1994 at Bangalore for evaluating the performance of the universities and colleges in the country and its mandate included performance evaluation besides assessment and accreditation of universities and colleges in the country. The seven criteria identified for assessment include curricular aspects, teaching-learning and evaluation, research, consultancy and extension, infrastructure and learning resources, student support and progression and governance, leadership and management. At present the Assessment and Accreditation by NAAC is done on a voluntary basis.
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Varsity team wins literary quiz
Sirsa, March 18 Besides these three colleges, teams from Government PG College, Hisar, Manohar Memorial Post Graduate College, Fatehabad, Government National PG College, Sirsa, Government PG College for Women, Bhodia Khera (Fatehabad), Shah Satnam Ji Girls College, Sirsa and MP College for Women, Mandi Dabwali participated in the competition. Seema Miglani and Mandeep, both teachers in the Department of English acted as quiz masters, said Dr Umed Singh, chairperson of the department. Dr Deepti Dharmani, Director ( Youth and Cultural Affairs) at the university, and Pankaj Sharma, an assistant professor in the department were among the jury members.
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Let research benefit rural people: Hooda
This was stated by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda at an inaugural function of the three-day International Geographical Union (IGU) Conference on Geo-Informatics for Biodiversity and Climate Change at Maharshi Dayanand University here recently. Around 500 delegates from India and abroad, including the USA, Russia, Japan, Australia, Iran and Ethiopia, are taking part in the event. Hooda said while the philosophical side of the climate as a whole was required to be debated and discussed by the intellectual community, he would prefer to look at environment-related challenges of improving the quality of life of the common man across the globe. Referring to the issue of ‘Bio-diversity and Climate Change’, he said the Gandhian philosophy in this context was relevant as mother earth had enough to meet the needs of everyone but not the greed of a few and society needed to confine the argument to a simple question of ‘need versus greed’. He said apart from energy, water is another critical natural resource, without which life cannot sustain and irrational use of this resource must be checked and means invented to raise its availability. Prof Vladimir Kolossov, head of the IGU, said by developing modern technology and different tasks, the challenges of bio-diversity and climatic change could be met.
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Sonepat GVM girls win 14 out of 15 merit positions
Sonepat, March 18
The college principal, Dr Jyoti Juneja, said Sonam got the first position with 555 out of 650 marks and the second and third positions were captured by Pratibha with 554 marks and Aditi Jain with 547 marks respectively. Other students who were placed in the merit position included Ashu Gupta at the fourth position with 542 marks, Bharti Dhiman at the fifth position with 532 marks, Sargam at the sixth position with 525 marks, Neeru Dahiya at the seventh position with 519 marks, Sadhna Malik at the eighth position with 518 marks and Arti got the ninth position by securing 516 marks. Similarly, Innu was placed at the 11th position with 504 marks, Priti got the12th position with 500 marks, Mohini with 498 marks was at the13th position, the 14th position was secured by Jyoti with 485 marks and the last merit position went in favour of Manisha who secured 483 marks. Congratulating students on their outstanding performance, President of the GVM institutions said hard work of the students, dedicated teaching by the college teachers and moral support of their families were the reasons behind this success. “This performance of the students will not only inspire other students of the college but also boost the morale of these students to maintain the tempo in other examinations,” the President remarked.
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Role of quality education highlighted
Yamunanagar, March 18 Dr HL Verma, a local educationist, highlighted the role of quality education during the concluding session. Sudhanshu Bhushan from National University for Planning Education and Administration, New Delhi, who was the chief guest, elaborated upon the significance of re-accreditation process for quality education sustenance. He said reaccreditation was a medium for creating awareness about quality education. Dr SK Malik, Principal, AIJHM College, Rohtak, raised important questions for the benefit of participants during the question- answer session. College Later, Principal Verinder Kaur presented mementoes to visiting dignitaries and delegates.
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‘Harassed’ by wife, mother-in-law, man commits suicide
Ambala, March 18 It further said that Saurabh, brother of Gaurav, in a complaint filed with the Mahesh Nagar police station, alleged that ever since Gaurav got married, his wife and her family members, including her mother, had been harassing his brother because of which he often remained upset. As the police reached the spot, it recovered a suicide note from the pocket of the deceased in which he held his wife, Paramjit, mother-in-law Swaran Kaur and sister-in-law Preeti responsible for his death. The police said a case against the three persons had been registered and the matter was being looked into.
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Justice Raina lays stone of additional judicial complex
Sonepat, March 18 The complex will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 7.41 crore with a covered area of 5,999 square metre and will have accommodation for setting up as many as eight courts. Accompanied by the District and Sessions Judge, Kuldeep Jain, the Deputy Commissioner, Pankaj Aggarwal, and the SP, Arun Singh, Justice Raina visited RHUCHI, an institute for mentally retarded children being jointly run by the District Red Cross Society and the Hindu Education Society. He asked the DC to arrange coolers for the classrooms of students during the coming summer season. Besides judging the working of the different courts, Justice Raina inspected the under construction chambers for members of the Sonepat Bar Association. He also interacted with members of the Bar association and assured them that their demands would be considered sympathetically.
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Haryana Gramin Bank to open more branches
Kaithal, March 18 Three new branches would start functioning in Kaithal before March 31. Addressing a press conference here, he said the bank was also going to provide 24 hours ATM facility in its branches and the RTGS facility would also be available from March 31 onwards. He further said that as many as 257 branches of the bank were functioning and the RBI had granted permission for opening 15 more branches.He said a survey was being conducted to choose appropriate places for opening new branches.
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Gurgaon Gramin Bank's 230th branch opened
Rewari, March 18 This newly set up branch was inaugurated by S Indrajith, Chairman, GGB, recently. The branches of the GGB have been functioning in seven districts of Rewari, Mahendragarh, Gurgaon, Mewat, Palwal, Faridabad and Sonepat. Stating that the GGB had made strides in the past over three decades, the Chairman said its total business had crossed the Rs 7,150-crore mark. While mentioning about the deposit as well as lending projects of the GGB, he spoke about its Lakhpati Yojana that was attracting numerous depositors and likewise the Self Help Group (SHG), Joint Liability Group (JLG), GGB Rent and GGB Mortgage lending projects were also finding favour with their clientele. He added that the GGB had been consistently earning profits and all its branches were fully computerised and serving customers through latest modes of electronic fund transfer such as National Electronic Fund Transfer and Real Time Gross Settlement. “We will soon start ATM services as well,” the Chairman added.
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Pressure on natural resources, a 'threat' to agriculture
Hisar, March 18 Vice-Chancellor Dr KS Khokhar, who was chief guest on the occasion, took round of the agro-industrial exhibition put up at the venue after inaugurating the mela. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Khokhar emphasised on diversification and mechanisation of agriculture. He said the dwindling land holdings, decreasing soil fertility, climatic changes, declining water availability and pressure on natural resources were posing a serious threat to agriculture. In this scenario, diversification of agriculture and farm mechanisation as well as water management was most important, he said. The farm mechanisation would also provide more profit to the farmers by saving on time and labour, he added. Making reference of the problem of yellow rust disease in wheat, he said the varsity scientists had evolved a new variety, WH-1105 that was not only resistant to yellow rust but also high yielding. Apart from this, four other improved varieties of durum wheat, bajra, til and mustard oil had also been developed and all these crop varieties released at the national-level for cultivation, he said. He said the agricultural scientists of the university should not relent and continue their efforts to develop technology capable of facing different biotic and biotic challenges. Dr Khokhar said in view of the present day needs more focus had been given on management of natural resources, farm mechanisation and water management so that the farmers were apprised of these technologies. Dr JS Dhankar, director, Extension Education and Coordinator of the Mela, said the mela aimed at showcasing the latest technologies that were efficient to increase agriculture production as well as income of the farmers. He exhorted the farmers to develop rapport with the agriculture scientists in order to keep themselves abreast of the latest technology. An agro-industrial exhibition housing nearly 250 stalls put up by various government, non-government agencies and MNCs was the major attraction of the mela. The farmers purchased improved seeds worth Rs 10 lakh of various kharif season crops from the seed sale counter of the university. They also got tested 285 samples of soil and water.
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Traditions like water-harvesting can 'protect environment'
Sonepat, March 18 This was stated by Prof RK Sharma, Chairman of the Zoology Department of the Extension Education Department of Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, while inaugurating a national seminar on “Eco- friendly Environment” organised here in Geeta Vidya Mandir Girls College in association with the Higher Education Department of Haryana recently. Professor Sharma highlighted the importance of saving the degrading environment and conveyed the importance of traditions prevalent in rural areas like water-harvesting through village ponds, which was a wonderful reservoir of birds, animals etc. While speaking as a panelist in the seminar, Prof JS Rana, Chairman of the Department of Biotechnology, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology. Murthal, emphasised the importance of crop rotation for maintaining agricultural biodiversity and said, “Various means of protecting the environment adopted by our ancestors should be taken into account while using modern technology for maintaining the balance of nature.” He also highlighted the importance of genetically modified crops but cautioned to adopt full proof testing before introducing these to the environment. While emphasising the role of biotechnology in saving the environment, he explained the role of microbes in a healthy way to dispose of industrial waste. The senior scientist of the Micro-biology Department of agruculture university, Hisar, Dr RC Anand stressed the use of bacteria for development of an eco-friendly environment. Similarly, the renowned bio-technologist from the Indian Agriculture Research Institute, Pusa, in Delhi, laid stress on the use of genetic engineering for this purpose. The chairperson of the Botany Department of MD university, Rohtak, Dr Pushpa Dahiya, the college Principal, Dr Jyoti Juneja, and the seminar coordinator, Dr Rashmi Jawa also addressed the seminar.
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Jindal seeks special economic package for Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra, March 18 Jindal also demanded that Kurukshetra be included in the list of cities that would be included in the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) Phase-II. He appreciated the proposed laying of the foundation of a national institute of coaching, adding that the budgetary allocation for sports was too low and that it should be increased to Rs 2,000 crore. He asked the Finance Minister, P Chidambaram, that the latter had allocated Rs 65,000 crore for farmers using chemical fertilisers, so a similar assistance should also be extended to farmers using organic fertilisers, including direct subsidy. He urged the Finance Minister that the subsidy on gas cylinder should also be brought under the direct- benefit transfer scheme. Speaking on skill development, he urged the Finance Minister that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) be used as a tool to empower unskilled labour of the nation and they should be provided with skill sets so that they were able to lead a good life. "We as a nation need to increase our production and supply chain to reduce inflation," he added. Raising the issue of the "dignity" of Indian currency, he pointed out that until a few years ago, the duty- free shops at Indian airports would not accept Indian currency. It was only after a long battle that they had changed this policy. But still these shops did not accept Indian currency from foreigners. This practice gave a bad impression and should be done away with. Welcoming the UPA government's direct cash transfer scheme, Jindal said this step will remove the lacunae in the public distribution system (PDS).
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Exhibition of handicraft items inaugurated
Hisar, March 18 Neelam Prabha, Principal of the college, presided over while Shamim Sharma, Managing Director of JCD Vidyapeeth, Sirsa, and Sarla Rani, a lecturer in Government Senior Secondary School, were special guests on this occasion. Items of stitching and embroidery, wall hangings, pen stands, sweaters, suits, table covers, items of interior decoration and painted bedsheets were placed on display during the
exhibition. In her address, Sunita Rani said all-round development of students was the real aim of education. She said merely bookish knowledge could not make a person a perfect individual. For that, one has to develop an all-round personality. She lauded Maharani Luxmi Bai College’s efforts to provide all kinds of knowledge to its students. The college Principal, Neelam Prabha, said teachers in her institutions provided their students knowledge in all fields of life. She said the education imparted to the girls in her college aimed at making them self-reliant. In her address, Sharma said it was important for women to learn such skills that made them self-dependent.
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Two gangs of thieves busted
Sonepat, March 18 The arrested persons were identified as Bijender of Nidana in Rohtak district and Joginder of Nangal Kher in Panipat district of one gang and Jai Bhagwan of Baroda, Arjun of Banwasa and Sandeep of Gohana of the other gang. According to a police spokesman, the alleged accused were arrested with the stolen copper wires of electricity motors and parts of electricity transformers. During police interrogation, they confessed their involvement in more than 60 cases of theft in different districts including Sonepat. The police has taken them in police custody from the court to recover the stolen property and to identify and arrest others involved with these miscreants in one way or the other, the spokesman said, adding that with these arrests, farmers would not have to pass sleepless nights in the fields.
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MoU on maize seeds
Hisar, March 18 A spokesperson of the CCSHAU said that Dr SS Siwach, Director of Research, signed the MoU on behalf of the university and K Rakesh Reddy, Director, Sales and Marketing, signed the MoU on behalf of Sri Seeds (I) Pvt Ltd.He said maize hybrids of the CCSHAU were in great demand.
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Biotechnology can play 'vital' role in increasing crop yield
Sonepat, March 18 In his inaugural address, Vice-Chancellor H S Chahal said the research should reach to the poor. He asked the teachers and students to aim high and do good research which. He said that biotechnology could play a vital role in solving the problems of agriculture, health and environment. As a keynote speaker, Dr Santosh Dhillon, Dean of College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, highlighted the research being done towards the development of arid rice varieties, which required less water and mature in less time. “Biotechnological interventions can be of potent use in addressing the nutritional deficiency of population by having crops rich in a particular vitamin and minerals,” she added. Dr Dhillon explained that biotechnology could play an important role in increasing the yield of wheat and rice. “The biotechnological interventions were a must for meeting the demand of foodgrains for the increasing population. Dr RC Kuhad from Delhi University (South Campus) explained about the importance of urban waste management by microbes. He highlighted the urgent need of managing the waste by zero-pollution tolerance level so that waste disposal could be managed properly. He also emphasised on the use of techniques such as bio-composting and vermin-composting, which could be very useful as these were environmental friendly. Prof JS Rana, convener of the symposium, said 167 research papers were presented during the two-day event. He highlighted the significant progress made by the department in a short span of time.
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‘Police panchayats’ to curb crime in Ambala, Panchkula
Ambala, March 18 The concept, which is the brainchild of Commissioner of Police Rajbir Deswal, is aimed at bringing people and the police closer to curb criminal activities. Deswal said people living in a particular area were better conversant with local issues and could provide the police with vital leads not only to crack criminal cases but also for maintaining law and order. The first-of-its-kind ‘police panchayat’ was held at Raipurrani village in the district in which people from Raipurrani and Barwala blocks participated. They provided the police with information relevant to achieving the aim of better law enforcement. While addressing the gathering on the occasion, DCP, Ambala Rural, Nazneen Bhasin, encouraged local residents to come forward with the right information which would enable the police in serving people better. She said the weaker sections of society, including women, who hesitate to enter a police station could voice their concerns at such panchayats that would also interact directly with senior officials of the department. DCP, Panchkula, Ashwin Shenvi said the police and people should join hands to make police panchayats a success, which would help built mutual trust between the two. Commissioner of Police Rajbir Deswal said the concept had been carefully drawn to strengthen and streamline policing to the needs of people. The aim was to resolve petty disputes at the local level and increasing the interface between the police and people. He said the public could work as a watchdog providing essential information to the police about the working of drug peddlers, illegal miners and other miscreants.
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CRPF observes World Disability Day
Sonepat, March 18 He said a number of CRPF personnel were getting injured and becoming disabled due to the hostile activities of the terrorists, Naxalites and other anti-national elements. "We should always be ready to support such personnel,” he said and added that efforts should also be made for their
rehabilitation. The DIG pointed out that if mentally and physically challenged persons did not get a positive response from society, they might become victims of inferiority complex, frustration and tension. —
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Fashion show main attraction at cultural festival
Ambala, March 18 The fashion show was the main attraction of the programme. The girl students showed more interest in nail art, face-painting, rangoli, modelling, dance and singing. A quiz and an ad-mad show were also held on the occasion.— OC
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Documentary on girl suffering from cancer paralysis wins accolades
Yamunanagar, March 18 The film titled "Zindagi" showed how the girl is living with her problem. She can do every job related to household work. She does not feel that she is suffering from cancer paralysis. She does everything related to daily life. Besides she has a deep desire to study more and more. The documentary got the first prize at the event during which the jury placed it on top consecutively for three times. In addition, many news channels also demanded and showed the film on their channels including A-1, Tehelka and Zee News on the eve of International Women’s Day. The film was directed by Assistant Professor Dinesh Gahlyan of the department. Research and the script work was done by Jyoti Sharma, a student of post-graduation diploma in journalism and mass communication, while the voice over was given by Nandani, a student of bachelors in mass communication, The college Principal, Dr Verinder Kaur, congratulated the students and teachers of the department and said it was a great achievement that the media students of the college could make a film on a very sensitive aspect of life. Dr Verinder Kaur said the Chairperson of the college management had provided the students with logistic support to make this documentary. She also lauded the efforts put in by Dr Uday Bhan Singh, head of the Department of Mass Communication.
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Mobile ambulance service for animals launched
Jhajjar, March 18 This special ambulance service was launched by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda during his Jhajjar visit recently. Haryana Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal and other prominent leaders of the Congress besides top administrative officials of the state government were also present on the occasion. Ajit Balaji Joshi, Jhajjar Deputy Commissioner (DC), stated that the ambulance costing around Rs 35 lakh had been manufactured with the help of Reliance Haryana (SEZ) and was handed over to the Animal Husbandry Department through the SRS Society. “The ambulance has the hydraulic lift facility to make medical aid available hassle-free to the animals. Besides, other facilities have been provided in the ambulance to carry out various blood and dung investigations for detecting infection in the animals. A minor surgery can also be performed in the ambulance,” said Joshi, adding that veterinary doctors, on getting phone calls from animal keepers, will reach the spot immediately for giving medical aid to Notably, a large number of people in this historical district keep livestock whereas only a few veterinary hospitals are being run lacking basic facilities like X-ray, ultrasound and other investigation labs. In this situation, launching of the Special Mobile Ambulance Service is being considered as a "big relief" for the animal keepers of the district. “The ambulance will also prove to be useful in road mishap situations, causing injuries to livestocks. Now, the ambulance will reach the accident spot immediately to give medical treatment to the injured live stocks,” said Joshi Joshi added that earlier, people had to face a lot of difficulties while taking the injured animals to hospitals for medical aid. Most of the animals succumbed to their injuries before reaching the hospitals. The Deputy Commissioner has also urged the livestock keepers to get the maximum benefit of the ambulance service so that lives of animals could be protected by providing them required medial aid in time.
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Depletion of old sources of energy worrisome, says VC
Kurukshetra, March 18 Discussing about different sources of energy, Professor Max raised doubt about nuclear energy. He said this was the worst source of energy which could destroy the whole planet. The demand of energy by France was met by nuclear energy which was a very debatable concept, he added. Professor Max said the issue of sustainable development was important because it affected the needs of the future generation also, but unfortunately the present generation was not bothering about this fact. Deliberating on the topic in detail, the keynote speaker, Dr Leena Srivastva, Vice-Chancellor, TERI University, New Delhi, said the demand for energy in India was not met by the supply and 65 crore people lacked the availability of energy. The problem of providing electricity was acute in rural and urban areas and efficiency in energy and renewable energy could solve the problem if sincere efforts were made, she added. Prof ADN Bajpai, Vice-Chancellor, HP University, Shimla said this was a very significant area of research and policy-making. We should try to find out a solution of the issues related with the sustainable development in our old ethics and religious books like The Ramayana, The Mahabharata, The Gita and in the ideology of The chief guest, Lt Gen (retd) DDS Sandhu, Vice-Chancellor, Kurukshetra University, said depletion of sources of energy, which were built in thousands of years, was a serious concern. He said we should not oppose some sources of energy because of the possibility of accident. He cautioned the nuclear energy users to be careful about the use of nuclear energy so that it did not harm anybody. He said growth of population was a serious concern but the policy makers and experts had surprisingly stopped talking about this issue. More than 150 delegates drawn from India and abroad are participating in this conference, according to the conference convener, Dr Pradeep Chauhan. On this occasion, a book on energy and sustainable development, written by Dr Pradeep Chauhan, was also released.
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Vinod, Gagandeep best male, female athletes
Sirsa, March 18 Commonwealth freestyle wrestling gold medallist Geeta Phogat and her bronze medallist sister Babita Phogat inaugurated the sports meet while Jasbir Singh Jassa, a senior INLD leader from Sirsa, was the chief guest at the concluding ceremonies. The meet witnessed the participation of 1,000 students who competed in 20 different sports and games including the 1,500-metre race, the 800-metre race, the 400-metre race, discus throw, shot put, long jump and tug of war to clinch the much-coveted trophies. In the 3,000 metre-race for boys, Satbir Singh from JCD College of Pharmacy stood first while the second and third positions were held respectively by Harnek from JCD Polytechnic College and Manoj from JCD Dental College. Pawan Deep Singh from JCD Dental College got the first position, Maan Singh from JCD Memorial College and Barinder Singh from the JCD Institute of Business Management were second and third respectively in discus throw (boys). Sawanpreet from JCD Dental College got the first position, Kiran from the JCD College of Pharmacy and Kulveer from the JCDM College of Engineering ranked second and third respectively in discuss throw (girls final). In 200-metre race (boys final), Surya Parkash from JCD Polytechnic College, Rahul from the JCDM College of Engineering, Tinu Verma from JCD Memorial College got the first, the second and the third positions in that order. In the 200- metre race (girls final), Poonam from JCD Dental College, Kashika from JCD Dental College and Kulveer from the JCDM College of Engineering got the first, the second and the third positions respectively. In the relay race (boys), students of the JCDM College of Engineering got the first position, JCD Dental College and JCD Polytechnic College secured the second and the third positions respectively. Where as in Relay Race Girls, students of JCD Dental College got first position, JCDM College of Engineering and JCD PG College of Education secured second and third position. In triple jump (boys), Kanval and Amandeep, both from the JCDM College of Engineering, secured the first and the second places and the third position was held by Naveen from the JCD College of Pharmacy. In triple jump, girls, Gagandeep and Komal, both from JCDM College of Engineering, secured the first and the second places and the third position was held by Yaman from JCD Dental College. In her address, Dr Shamim Sharma exhorted students to participate in sporting events to develop a complete personality. Dr Viney Lather, Chairman, Sports Committee, in his vote of thanks gave special thanks to the organising committee members, coordinators and volunteers who helped in turning this event into a grand success.
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NIT holds annual athletics meet
Kurukshetra, March 18 Addressing the athletes, Prof Mohan highlighted the importance of sports for an engineering student. He highlighted how some of the sportsmen from the institute had risen to the university, state and national level. He specifically mentioned Sandeep Sharma, a former captain of the national volleyball team. He said the administration would add to the already existing facilities available for sports in the institute. A cross-country run was also organised with an objective of spreading awareness about sports. More than 800 students and staff participated in race. Spread over three days, the meet had about 40 events, which saw keen and energetic competition. Jagbir, a student of BTech third year, was adjudged the best athlete (men) and Anju, a BTech second year student, was declared as the best athlete (women). The concluding day witnessed events for the staff . Prof PC Tiwari (Mechanical Department) came first in the 100m race and the Mechanical Department won the 4x100m relay race. Sunita Godara, Asian marathon champion and Arjun Awardee, was the chief guest at the prize distribution function. In an inspiring speech, Godara encouraged the students to take advantage of the increased facilities and participate more actively in sports.
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Office-bearer elected
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The Haryana unit of the CPM has taken a strong exception to senior party leaders Brinda Karat and eight-time MP Hannan Mollah being denied accommodation at Circuit House in
Rohtak.
While participating in the discussion on the Budget in the Lok Sabha recently, Naveen
Jindal, MP from the Kurukshetra parliamentary constituency, demanded that Kurukshetra be given a special economic package of Rs 100 crore in line with other cities that are of tourist and pilgrimage importance.
Students of the Maharani Luxmi Bai College for Women, Bhiwani Rohilla, organised an exhibition of handicraft items of domestic use prepared by the students recently.
Sunita Rani, Principal of Government Senior Secondary School, Balsamand, inaugurated the exhibition.
The Department of Biotechnology at the Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology,
Murthal, organised a two-day national symposium on “Biotechnology: Present Status and Future Prospects” on the university premises recently. The major emphasis of the research papers was on the applications of biotechnology in agriculture, food, health and environment.
With the launching of a Special Mobile Ambulance Service (SMAS) for livestock, Jhajjar has become the second district of the state after Hisar, where animal keepers will not have to face difficulties in getting medical treatment for their sick livestock. The ambulance equipped with ultra-modern facilities like ultrasound, X-ray and other investigation machines will reach on the animal keepers' doorstep to provide their animals medical aid well in time.
Vinod Kumar and Gagandeep Kaur were adjudged the best male and female athletes respectively in the ninth annual athletics meet of Jan Nayak Chaudhary Devilal Vidyapeeth that ended here recently. Both the best athletes are students of engineering, said Dr Shamim Sharma, managing director of the
vidyapeeth.
The three-day annual athletics meet of National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra, was inaugurated by NIT Director Prof Anand Mohan here recently. The meet had a special significance as it was held as a part of the golden jubilee celebrations of the institute. The inauguration was followed by a march past and oath-taking by Piyush Gambhir, captain of the institute's basketball team.
Chandigarh, March 18
Rohtak, March 18
