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Much hype fails to revive timber market in Jagadhri
Admissions to HAU online as well in new academic session
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Online portal to help nab culprits
Right to informati0n act
Paperless admissions to 4 CDLU colleges
Hartron to impart IT education to senior citizens
Health camp organised
Forum tells real estate company to return deposit with interest
Jind grain markets see glut of wheat; poor lifting to blame
250 examined at knee camp
Kaithal engineering college gets award
Promoting police-public interaction
Residents oppose installation of new tubewells in Gurgaon
Techno Management Fest
Fridabad slum dwellers demand rehabilitation
Protest against anti-encroachment drive held
Work on Rohtak-Hisar rail line
to start next month: Deepender
Legal awareness camp held in
Kaithal
12 vehicles challaned
Fall in prices of gold, silver brings cheer to buyers
Target set to produce 71.15 lakh tonnes of milk in 2013-14
NRI doctor awarded fellowship
MC polls: BJP campaign panels formed
North Zone Sub-Junior Hockey Championship
BPS varsity publishes Hindu calendar
Gender ratio improves in Gurgaon
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Much hype fails to revive timber market in Jagadhri
Manakpur (Yamunanagar), April 18 It was in 2007 that the Haryana State Agriculture Marketing Board (HSAMB) had acquired 25 acres of panchayat land to develop the market with an estimated cost of Rs 6.90 crore. A tender was floated and the work was allotted to a private contractor. However, as the contractor failed to execute the work according to the specifications, the authorities withdrew the work and blacklisted the contractor. The tender for the remaining work was floated again and the contract was given to another contractor for Rs 3.63 crore. The project has been moving at a snail’s pace. Although, the deadline of the project was January 2011, the work is still in progress. Even after six years of starting of the project, not even a single timber merchant has set up his business in the new market. The traders said they did not require huge shops which were being built as a part of the project. Following this, the authorities reduced the shop sizes and allotted the shops to the merchants again. But even then the traders refuse to set up their base in the new market. Sources in the HSAMB said the main reason behind the merchants not shifting their base was that at the new site they would have to pay taxes on all transactions. Meanwhile, a visit to the timber market revealed that the work had not been completed yet and at present the site was being used as a storage space for wheat.
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Admissions to HAU online as well in new academic session
Hisar, April 18 In the 2013-14 academic sessions, the university will make admissions in four and six-year BSc (Hons) Agriculture, four and six-year BSc (Hons) Home Science and MSc programmes in the disciplines of agriculture, agricultural engineering, basic sciences and home science. Besides, the university will also admit students in PG Diploma courses in human nutrition and dietetics, communication skills in English and English to Hindi translation, graphic and video production and remote sensing and geophysical information system besides application in agriculture and environment. The Registrar, Dr SS Dahiya, said the admission process for these courses would start from April 20. He said for online application, the prospective students would have to browse http://ams.mycollegeform.com/ccshau/admission. Dr Dahiya said the admission in BSc (Hons) agriculture and MSc programmes in food science and technology, bioinformatics and molecular biology and biotechnology would be made on the basis of merit in the entrance test to be conducted by the university, whereas in the rest of the courses, the candidates would be admitted on the basis of merit in the qualifying examination.
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Online portal to help nab culprits
Karnal, April 18 The helpline accessible at www.scrbhelpline.com will enable the investigating officers to get information about the suspects in cases of chain snatching, robbery, dacoity and auto thefts within 10 minutes after the incident is reported to the helpline. This will help the investigating officers get vital inputs about the accused and the line of investigation to be followed. Laik Ram Dabas, Director, SCRB, said analysis of crime data by the SCRB pointed out that the habitual criminals adopted the same modus operandi while committing a crime. Therefore, the helpline would be very useful in identifying the suspects and arresting criminals in case immediate information was available. The SCRB had created a data bank of criminals involved in frequent incidents of crime. The helpline would help policemen catch culprits within no time, he added. He also said that fingerprints played an important role in identifying culprits but unfortunately the scene of crime was not protected. Therefore, he appealed to the public that they should not interfere with the crime scene until the police arrived on the spot. The success rate in solving cases related to snatching is 40 per cent, robbery 60 per cent, dacoity 75 per cent and motor vehicle theft just 25 per cent.
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On paternity leave info, teacher draws a blank
Sushil Manav/TNS
Fatehabad, April 18 In a recent case, a Junior Basic Training (JBT) teacher working in a government school in the district, sought to know from the government whether men could also avail of paternity leave in the manner women were given maternity leave on the birth of a child. The teacher, Dalip Bishnoi, sought information from the State Public Information Officer (SPIO) in the office of the Finance Department, Haryana, as to how many days of paternity leave could be granted to JBT teachers, masters and lecturers working in government schools in Haryana. In his second query, Bishnoi asked that in case the male teachers were entitled to 15-day paternity leave, who were the officers entitled to sanction their leaves. In reply, the SPIO informed Bishnoi that according to the instructions issued by the Finance Department of the state government on September 26, 1992, only female employees were entitled to maternity leave and there was no provision of paternity leave in these regulations. The SPIO also attached a copy of the instructions with the reply. Asked to comment on the reason for the 'strange' nature of information sought by him, Bishnoi said he had unauthentic information that male employees, too, were entitled to paternity leave.
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Paperless admissions to 4 CDLU colleges
Sirsa, April 18 The university’s Dean of Colleges, Dr SK Gahlawat, told mediapersons after a meeting of principals of the colleges affiliated with the CDLU that four institutions, Manohar Memorial PG College, Fatehabad, CMK National PG College, Sirsa, JCD Memorial College, Sirsa, and Shah Satnamji College, Sirsa, would start the online admission process from this year. Gahlawat said several other issues were discussed at the meeting held in the university. “It was noticed that some self-financing and aided colleges did not obey the UGC and government guidelines in the matter of appointment of teachers. The colleges have been told to follow the procedure regarding constitution of selection committees and recruitment of only NET qualified and PhD candidates for the posts,” Gahlawat told mediapersons. Gahlawat has also emphasised that all colleges affiliated to the university must update their websites immediately.
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Hartron to impart IT education to senior citizens
Chandigarh, April 18 While stating this here today, a spokesman of the HARTRON said these special training programmes would be conducted in all districts of the state, for which the interested and eligible persons could contact the nearest HARTRON workstations for enrolment. HARTRON, a nodal agency of the Haryana Government, is doing a pioneer work in the promotion of electronics and information technology in the state. The state, in its IT policy, has laid strong emphasis on human resource development with a twin objective of providing necessary manpower to the IT sector for its growth and to improve the employability in the state. At present, three-month training to four batches is being given to 4,200 girls or women. They are getting training in basics of computer and data entry in all 21 the districts in the state. The scheme is of the Women and Child Development Department, Haryana, and is funded by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. Computer Training of one-year duration is being given in six districts- Ambala, Bhiwani, Rohtak, Rewari, Karnal and Hisar- for the upgrade of typing and data entry skill of the unemployed youth, belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes. It is expected to be extended to all the districts of the state by the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Department. The spokesman said the corporation was already imparting training in job-oriented IT courses like career courses, professional courses and other short-term courses through HARTRON-approved workstations in the state. The courses have been designed to prepare and mould the workforce to meet the specific demands of the industry. HARTRON has been instrumental in instilling an IT culture in the working of the government by regularly conducting specialised appreciation courses in computer for the officers of the Haryana Government.
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Health camp organised
Ambala, April 18 The camp was organised to mark the 119th foundation day of the bank. Over 300 patients were examined during the camp by a team of doctors which included Dr Kamlesh Dutta, Dr DS Goel, Dr VK Chopra, Dr Ravinder Kapoor, Dr Gulshan Nagpal and Dr Ginni Dutta. Free medicines and first-aid kits were also distributed to the patients.
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Forum tells real estate company to return deposit with interest
Sonepat, April 18 The forum has asked the company to return the deposited amount along with nine per cent interest from the dates of deposit. It also directed the company to pay a compensation of Rs 2,000 to the consumer. The consumer, Dhruv Sharsvat of Karewari village, booked a plot of 250 square yards in a block of the TDI city near Kundli in 2007. Its cost was around Rs 20 lakh at the rate of Rs 7,750 per square yards. According to the company’s schedule, Sharstav deposited around 90 per cent of the total cost of the plot and the remaining 10 per cent amount was to be paid on taking possession of the plot. In a complaint to the forum, the consumer alleged that despite paying the required 90 per cent amount of the total cost on due dates and repeated pleas for giving him possession, the company did not give the possession of the plot. The company also sent him a notice to pay Rs 3.46 lakh as the remaining 10 per cent amount with interest without giving possession of the plot. He urged the forum that either he should be given the possession of the plot or his deposited amount be refunded along with interest. After listening to both the parties, the forum members, MK Malik and Prabhawati, pronounced the decision and told the company to refund the amount with interest.
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Jind grain markets see glut of wheat; poor lifting to blame
Jind, April 18 While Hafed was the highest procurer with 2,63,862 MT last year, it is reported that the procurement target this time has been fixed at 8,03,400 MT. "With the total storage capacity of various agencies being much lower than the procurement, the agencies procuring the wheat have been unable to match the arrival and lifting, resulting in the wheat getting dumped on the market premises, though the agencies concerned were expected to shift it to a safer place (storage) within 72 hours of procurement," claimed sources in the local grain market. It is revealed that the lifting of wheat so far has been less than one-fourth of the total wheat that was procured in the past four days. The procurement (purchase) here had begun on April 13 and since then the total arrival had crossed three lakh quintals on Tuesday evening. "The situation in the local markets seems to have turned grim in view of the procured wheat occupying all the available space and the farmers who would be bringing in their produce in the next few days could be faced with acute problems in view of no space left here for accommodating the fresh arrivals,’’ claimed a local commission agent. He said wheat procured on Monday and Tuesday was stored adjacent to the residential quarters of the mandi officials and employees due to acute congestion. Admitting shortage of space in the mandis, Pawan Chopra, the Secretary, Market Committee, said that efforts were on to tackle with the situation and to ensure smooth procurement in the Mandi here. Claiming that there was no shortage of gunny bags, he said it was the job of the procurement agency to ensure lifting of the wheat within 72 hours of purchase. The lifting at Julana has been reported to be just over 300 quintals against the procurement of over 1,00,000 quintal till monday. Ashok Kumar, DFSC , Jind, said that a huge and sudden inflow of wheat in the past few days seems to have disturbed the schedule resulting in certain problems. But he claimed that with the agencies and transporters pressed into service, the situation was likely to improve drastically in a couple of days. He said more than 30,000 quintals of wheat had been lifted in the past two days.
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250 examined at knee camp
Ambala, April 18 A team of renowned surgeons, including a knee and joint-replacement surgeon, Dr Jaswant Rai, from a hospital in Panchkula, and Dr Ashok Sarwal, senior orthopaedic surgeon, provided free consultation to people with knee problems. The KDS Foundation is a charitable institution run by Dr KD Singh, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha. It has been successfully holding camps all across the country. The charitable trust organised around 300 camps in the country last year. Representative for the KDS Foundation SS Raina said the foundation had an ambitious plan to hold 500 camps in India this year in the belts of Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. The prominent camps held include diabetes detection, hypertension, arthritis management and joints management. Free consultation is provided to all patients by renowned doctors. — OC
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Kaithal engineering college gets award
Kaithal, April 18 The award was presented by Ram Chandra Kuntia, Member, Lok Sabha, to Dr DP Gupta, Director, HCTM. GK Sethi, Managing Director (MD) of the college, said the college had won the award for the fourth consecutive year for maintaining a beautiful campus, well-equipped laboratory, recruiting well qualified and experienced faculty, promoting research and quality education and providing all other facilities to faculty members and students as per the AICTE rules and guidelines. Ranjan Aggarwal, Chairman of the college governing body, the MD, coordinator Vinona Sethi and ADM officer Sumeet Sethi congratulated college Director DP Gupta, faculty members, students and teaching and non-teaching staff of the HCTM for this achievement.
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Promoting police-public interaction Tribune News Service
Ambala, April 18 Deswal said the 'walk-a-step' campaign was aimed at generating confidence amongst the local populace so that they took an initiative and interacted with the police free of all fears. This, he said, would help the police in strengthening its crime-fighting mechanism. He said there were areas where drugs and other intoxicants were up for sale and people in the surrounding areas were well aware of such activities. However, lack of guidance and a sense of insecurity prevented the locals from sharing this information with the police which enabled the anti-social elements to exist without much fear within social circles. The Commissioner said the department felt that there was a need to bridge the gap between the police and the public so that the flow of information regarding anti-social elements was not restricted. Meanwhile, DCP (Urban) Ashok Kumar, DCP (Rural) Nazneen Bhasin, ACP, Ambala Cantt, Baljinder Singh, ACP Karan Goyal and the SHO of the nearby area participated in the flag march, which was carried out between Subhash Park, Ambala Cantt, and Dheha Basti. Besides, a door-to-door verification campaign was also carried out. The police force was divided into six parties to search the area. The motive behind this exercise was to have a direct interface with the people who were living in sensitive areas and the Commissioner of Police himself sensitised them that they were to be a partner of the police to curb crime. Valuable tips were also imparted to the locals staying in the area. The Commissioner of Police exhorted the residents to keep the police informed in case any suspicious person or activity was noticed. He urged people to make use of technology, readily available to them, like mobile phones which could be used to click pictures and record a suspicious activity.
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Residents oppose installation of new tubewells in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, April 18 In a representation to the court, hundreds of the residents around the Sohna road claimed that it was not water scarcity but sheer mismanagement that was leading to water woes. They opposed the idea of new tubewells and stated that Gurgaon had enough water for drinking and domestic purposes and the administration was seeking the permission to help construction activities. The residents stated in the letter that as per the provisional data of 2011 census, Gurgaon urban agglomeration had a population of around 16,00000 and this population uses 47.5 MGD of water, a few points less than the 48 MGD being provided by HUDA for the past six months after using treated canal water, leaving no need for fresh ground water extraction. According to the letter, As many as 478 construction projects are underway in the licensed areas and for unaccounted construction 11 MGD water is required. The residents further stated that the major problem in city was defective pipeline infrastructure, lack of rainwater management besides construction activities. In may be noted that an affidavit filed by DC PC Meena read that the National Horticulture Mission and Rashtriya Kisan Vikas Yojana schemes have been hampered due to water scarcity. Meanwhile, responding to a query by the court on the issue of scarcity of drinking water in Gurgaon, the sate government stated that keeping in view the growing demand due to regular migration from NCR and other parts of the country to Gurgaon, a new NCR canal, with a capacity of 500 cusec, has been constructed to supply water exclusively for drinking and domestic purposes.
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Bahadurgarh institute shines, wins six positions
Ravinder Saini
Jhajjar, April 18 Tarun Verma won the first position in CAD-WAR (Auto CAD) event, while Siddharth and Deepali Sharma secured the second position in VAK-E-Dangal (Declamation) and cartooning, respectively. Similarly, Siddharth Pruthi got the second position in Kabad se Jugad (Best out of waste) event, while the team of Parvesh, Alok Srivastava, Siddharth Pruthi and Gajender Singh secured the third position in Rocket mein pocket (AD-Mad Show). Riya Dadwal managed to get the third place in the Singing Bee (solo song) event of the festival. A programme was also organised on the HIT campus to boost the morale of winning students. The institute management applauded the performance of the students and encouraged them to go ahead with the same spirit and enthusiasm while achieving their goals. Yudhvir Lamba, administrative officer of the HIT, said the winning students would also be honoured by the HIT Chairman, Pawan Mittal, with special prizes during the annual function of the institute.
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Fridabad slum dwellers demand rehabilitation
Faridabad, April 18 The slum-dwellers are demanding for their rehabilitation by the state government. A large number of them submitted a memorandum to the president of the local Congress committee, BR Ojha, and sought the intervention of the ruling party into the matter. According to Ojha, the case will be referred to the HPCC for consideration. He said the evictions were carried out by the Railway Department, therefore, he could not refer the case to the state government directly. A large number of "jhuggis" had sprung up on the land belonging to the Raliway Department in the Azad Nagar and Gaekward Colony over the years. The department cleared the encroachments a few days ago on account of upcoming mega project of laying a railway line to connect Mumbai and Delhi. While the "jhuggis" in the Azad Nagar have been removed, the sword of damocles hangs on those residing in the Gaekward Colony. They have not responded to the notices sent by the department to clear the encroachments. Faridabad Deputy Commissioner Balraj Singh has already stated that the issue was not related to the state government. He had also made it clear that the local administration would provide the police force to the department, if asked, to clear the encroachments. The issue has virtually become a hot potato for the ruling party here, especially when speculation with regard to possible timing of the next general election is rife, and no political party want to antagonise the slum dwellers.
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Protest against anti-encroachment drive held
Rewari, April 18 The members of the community held the protest under the banner of the Sachet Nagrik Manch (SNM), drawing the administration’s attention towards their plight. Activists of the SNM presented a memorandum to Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dushiyant Kumar Behera while seeking issuance of BPL ration cards to them, allotment of 100-yard residential plots, grant of financial assistance for the construction of houses under specified government schemes, admission of their children in schools and provision of scholarships as well as issuance of citizenship to them. The DC gave them a patient hearing and assured them that their concerns would be addressed.— OC
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on Rohtak-Hisar rail line to start next month: Deepender
Jhajjar, April 18 Deepender was addressing a series of public meetings at Madana Khurd, Chhochhi, Madana Kalan, Gochhi, Dhandlan and Mahrana villages here recently. The MP regretted that the opposition parties were not digesting Haryana'a development. People of opposition parties used to change the statements areawise. However, people were aware of the scenario and they recognised well who were their well wishers, he added. "Haryana was never mentioned in the Rail Budget during the past 35 years. During the regime of the present government, after the start of the Rewari-Jhajjar-Rohtak rail line, the Rohtak-Meham-Hansi-Hisar rail line project has been approved and HJC chief Kuldeep Bishnoi has made a statement that this rail line will not be constructed. On the contrary, work on this rail line is to be started from next month," said Deepender. The MP said direct rail connectivity up to Delhi was long standing demand of Hisar people. In addition, it is expected that work on Hansi-Meham and Jind-Gohana-Sonipat rail line would be completed this year. On the other hand, many new big rail projects including Delhi-Sohna-Nuh-Firozpur Zhirka, Hisar-Agroha-Fatehabad and Yamunanagar - Chandigarh had already been sanctioned for Haryana, he added. "Today when development is discussed in the country, it is Haryana whose growth is primarily discussed because a number of welfare schemes and programmes have been launched for people belonging to all sections of society," said Deepender. He maintained that Haryana was giving old-age samman allowance ranging from Rs 550 to Rs 700 per month, whereas neighbouring states Punjab and Rajashthan were providing merely Rs 250 and Rs 200 respectively. Later, he also laid the foundation stone of new waterworks at Chhochhi village and inaugurated new classrooms of Government School at Madana Kalan village here.
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Legal awareness camp held in
Kaithal
Kaithal, April 18 MR Batra, District and Sessions Judge (retd) and Chairman of Permanent Lok Adalat for public utility services authority, Kaithal, addressed a gathering in the village chaupal and explained the benefits of the new court set up in Kaithal which generally worked on Friday in the District Courts Complex, Kaithal. He said this was a special type of court in which disputes relating to transport services, postal services, telegraph services, telephone services, supply of power, water or light, services in hospital or a dispensary, insurance services, housing and estates, supply of public conservancy or sanitation and banking and finance were settled expeditiously without incurring any expenses. Arvind Khurania, coordinator, District Legal Services Authority, Kaithal, explained that in this court disputes up to the value of Rs 25 lakh could be settled and only those disputes could be filed in this court qua which no litigation was preferred by either party in any court of law earlier.
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12 vehicles challaned
Kurukshetra, April 18 Confirming this here recently, a police official said about 500 vehicles were checked during the drive. The campaign would continue and those found guilty would be penalised.
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Fall in prices of gold, silver brings cheer to buyers
Sonepat, April 18 One of the owners of a jewellery shop, Sanjay Jain, said Navratras were considered the right time for the purchase of gold. If it was available at cheap rates, it adds to the joy of the customers. "This is a golden opportunity for those who want to buy gold for the purpose of marriage," he added. Rajesh Verma, secretary of the Jewellers Association, Subhash Chowk, said the rates had come down because of a recession in the European market and this could continue. As the demand from the coin-manufacturing companies was weak, the prices of silver had also come down, he added. According to rough estimates, the average daily sale of the gold and silver ornaments had increased from about Rs 1 crore to nearly Rs 1.50 crore after last Saturday when the biggest fall of Rs 1,250 per 10 gm gild was recorded. And since then it had been continuing. A number of women, who had come from villages to purchase gold ornaments for marriages, said they could buy some more ornaments within the amount earmarked for purchases some time back. Earlier, it was difficult to purchase more gold because of high prices, but now it is all right. The prices should further come down, they said.
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Target set to produce 71.15 lakh tonnes of milk in 2013-14
Chandigarh, April 18 A spokesperson for the Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department said a target had also been set to set up 600 more hi-tech dairy and mini units, produce 43,000 lakh eggs and 13.80 lakh kg of wool during the same period. He said with a view to making Haryana one of the largest milk producers in the country, as many as 615 hi-tech dairy units had been set up to provide hygienic and clean milk using modern technologies. These units are also providing self-employment to unemployed youth in rural areas. The spokesperson said as many as 40 government veterinary dispensaries (GVDs) and 40 government veterinary hospitals (GVHs) would be opened during the year for providing healthcare to animals. He said one poly clinic for every two districts would be set up to provide modern animal health services to livestock in the state. So far, five poly clinics had been set up at Bhiwani, Sonipat, Sirsa, Rohtak and Panchkula. Poly clinics would also be set up at Jind, Rewari and Kaithal, he added. He said the government provides 75 per cent subsidy for construction of modern dairy shed, purchase of milking machine, bulk milk cooler, foggers and chaff cutter to boost dairy industries in the state. Besides, subsidy of 50 per cent is provided on addition of each milch animal to already existing 20 milch animals units. During 2012-13, Rs 18.5 crore has been spent for this purpose. He said the Integrated Murrah Development Programme had been started in the state for development and protection of murrah buffaloes. Under the programme, the owners of buffaloes giving over 13 kg of milk were given cash award ranging between Rs 5,000 and Rs 25,000 so as to identify the best germ plasm. He said the identified male calves of murrah buffaloes were being reared at Hisar and Bhiwani from where livestock owners of the state and other states could purchase male calves. He said Murrah village societies had been set up in 45 selected villages of the state for proper development of the Murrah breed and a subsidised amount of Rs 5 lakh was being provided to each society for their development. Artificial insemination facilities are also being provided round-the-clock at all villages having veterinary institutions. In other villages, 1,145 Integrated Livestock Development Centres (ILDC) have been set up under the Public-Private-Partnership mode under the JK Trust Village Development Scheme that provides artificial insemination facilities to livestock owners. In these centres, unemployed youth of the state had been provided employment. The Foot and Mouth Disease Control Programme had been implemented during the past seven years that resulted in controlling this disease in the state. During 2012-13, as many as 121.97 lakh vaccinations were done in order to control foot and mouth diseases. He said the Gau Seva Ayog had been constituted for the development of cows, their breed development and modernisation of the gaushala infrastructure. Its headquarters is located at Panchkula. So far, 15 GVDs and GVHs had been opened in gaushalas, the spokesperson added.
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NRI doctor awarded fellowship
The award will be conferred on him in the President's Investiture Ceremony during the annual general conference of the BMA, which will be held in Edinburgh on June 25. The BMA of United Kingdom has 1,20,000 doctors as members and confers honorary award of fellowship on 3-4 doctors annually. Dr Sharma has served in the National Health Service of United Kingdom for 36 years. He has been a general medical practitioner for 31 years prior to his retirement in March 2013. He had served as the chairman of the Wolverhampton Medical Committee for 8 years (2005-2013). He also remained a member of the General Practice Practitioner's Committee of the BMA for 9 years (2002-2011). He has earned reputation in the field of organ donation and is known for his efforts of increasing awareness among ethnic minorities. Dr Sharma was the first Asian to be appointed police surgeon at Wolverhampton. He has also completed a project for the prevention of obesity among children in collaboration with the Imperial College, London. Now, a dual citizen of United Kingdom and India, Sharma has established a charitable trust that awards grants to poor students all over India. He has set up another trust to award scholarship to the students of Sanskrit and Hindi at Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak. Earlier, Queen Elizabeth II of United Kingdom had given him the prestigious MBE as a part of the queen's birthday honour on March 01, 2011.
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MC polls: BJP campaign panels formed
Sonepat, April 18 After deliberations during the party’s two-day camp at Sonepat, national general secretary (organisations), BJP, Ram Lal had formed these committees for each corporation and the same would function under the supervision of former state party president Krishan Pal Gujjar. State general secretary Kanwar Pal and former vice-president Rozy Malik had been deputed for Panchkula, state spokesman Veer Kular Yadav and Gian Chand Gupta would supervise in Ambala and Rohtak would be looked after by state vice-president Rajiv Jain and state spokesman Deepak Mangla. Other senior leaders assigned duties included ML Khattar and
Sanjay Bhatia for Karnal, Manish Grover and Lalit Batra for Panipat former state president AP Manchanda and former general secretary GD Arora for Yamunanagar and Prof Ganeshi Lal and Subhash Batra for the Hisar Municipal Corporation.
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North Zone Sub-Junior Hockey Championship Our Correspondent
Sonepat, April 18 Haryana girls managed to score a win against the spirited Chandigarh in the final. Navpreet Kaur scored the winning goal in the 61st minute of the match. Both the teams were tied at 2-2 when Navpreet's goal sealed the victory for Haryana. Earlier, Haryana opened the account with a field goal by Udita in the 14th minute of the match. It was equalised by Poonam of Chandigarh just after five minutes. With Udita’s second goal in 24th minute, Haryana was leading by 2-1 at the breather. Anjali of Chandigarh levelled the score in the 50th minute of the match. In boys category, Chandigarh scored a thrilling win over Punjab ( 2-1). Though Punjab opened the account with a goal by Kanwalpreet Singh in the 20th minute of the match, just after six minutes Manjinder Singh's equal the goal telly. Both the teams were tied at 1-1 till the 64 th minute of the match and at this time when Harpreet scored the winning goal for Chandigarh. The winning teams were given prizes by the director-cum-principal of MNSS, Rai VK Verma, and the sports director of Murthal university, Virender Singh Hooda.
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BPS varsity publishes Hindu calendar
Sonepat, April 18 The VC said the Hindu calendar played a significant role in the lives of Hindus, for it was indispensable in calculating the dates of festivals and other auspicious occasions. It is not just a calendar, rather it is an index of cultural and historical importance of India, she added. Dr Mittal said the CIAS was the first in the country to bring out the index of cultural and historical heritage of India along with lunar months and important dates. She lauded the efforts of Prof Kapil Kapoor, Director, CIAS, Dr Ravi Bhushan, Dr Daizy and Dr Pramba Yogmaya for publishing the calendar. The birth and death anniversaries of great personalities of the country, important dates ('tithis') in each lunar month and the dates of cultural importance were mentioned in the 'Vishista' column of ‘tithis’ and were maroon in colour in the main calendar. The first page of the calendar showed the manuscript of Rigveda, the 'padapatha' with Vedic accent marks, the Akshara Brahma and the Pravartakas of Dharma, the great Acharyas. The four temples in four different directions of the country, showing national integrity in religious, cultural and architectural beauty, the great gurdwaras of the country, the defenders of Dharma, the great forts of the country, the Buddha Stupas showing the Buddhist culture, all feature in the calendar. The last page of the calendar showed the glimpse of two international conferences on Indio-Korea Relations, historical connections in art, architecture and culture of Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam organised by the CIAS. Prof SP Thyagarajan, former VC, Madras University, Prof Dr Balbir Kaur, Registrar, Prof Asha Kadyan, Prof KPS Unny, former Registrar, JNU, and Dr Paramba Yogmaya were also present on the occasion.
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Gender ratio improves in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, April 18 The data places our ratio better than state’s average of 832 females. The health authorities have credited the same to the successful implementation of the PNDT Act. In a meeting chaired by Deputy Civil Surgeon Neelam Thapar, various issues pertaining to the Act and its implementation were discussed. Amongst others, it was the registration of an IVF clinic at Artemis that was most lauded as the city is now a proud owner of seven IVF centres. The government has made registration of IVF clinics mandatory to ensure that the PNDT Act is implemented in full measure. It has been decided to make registration of CT scan and MRI centres mandatory to strengthen the Act. At present, there were 144 registered ultrasound centres in Gurgaon district out of which four are run by the government.
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Movie This Week
Directed by: Kannan Iyer In fact, witches have been a part of every culture in the world and the story of ‘Ek Thi Daayan’ is also based on witches. Hashmi, who plays magician Bobo, is troubled by hallucinations of an evil power. He learnt some magic tricks from a renowned magician, Atul Patil, to do his role perfectly. While shooting in the Kingdom of Dreams in Gurgaon, Emraan conjured some interesting tricks and had the 1,000-strong audience transfixed to their seats. This movie has some electrifying special effects, VFX and charming music by Vishal Bhardwaj. Gulzar has penned the lyrics. ‘Ishqiya’ fame Abhishek Chaubey is the creative producer for ‘Ek Thi Daayan’ that releases this Friday at single screen theatres and multiplexes across Haryana. The film also has the commercial masala that the audience expects from an Emraan Hashmi film.
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