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Gurgaon boy excels at Special Olympics golf
Paintings on walls to educate students in govt schools
Power theft on the rise in Haryana
Heavy taxes demoralise tourism sector
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Internship programme to help tackle cyber crimes
Authorities review healthcare services in Narnaul
Environment, pesticides make thyroid disorders go up: Doctor
Mullana institute holds alumni meet
Fatehabad girls get training in martial arts
'Appoint outstanding sportspersons as sports officers'
Measures to curb cruelty against animals
2 ambulances donated to hospital
Engineers have made people's life easier: Sirsa SSP
Role of Jain society lauded
Sirsa dentist gets award
School block opened
Underprivileged children get scholarships
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Gurgaon boy excels at Special Olympics golf
Gurgaon, May 9 Twelve-year-old Ranveer won two gold medals and a trophy at level 1 and 2 competitions, thereby bagging three out of four prizes in this prestigious tournament in which about 100 golfers from 14 countries, including the United Kingdom, Australia, China and Malaysia contested. Ranveer now gets an automatic card entry to the World Special Olympics to be held in Los Angeles, which follow the World Olympic Games. The child is also likely to be a contender for the Limca Book of Records-2013. The Special Olympics is a government organisation under the Sports Federation of India, Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs. Ranveer’s parents attribute his success to his rigorous training schedule at the DLF Golf Club, Gurgaon, under his coach Anitya Chand, who coaches the country’s junior national team. He also practises at his school’s golf academy under the guidance of Pramod Mukesh. According to his school authorities, Ranveer is gifted with multiple interests and abilities in spite of being a high-functioning autistic child. He is a talented pianist and vocalist who can identify the perfect pitch of several musical instruments. He is a good equestrian and likes to cook different kinds of food as well.
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Paintings on walls to educate students in govt schools
Sirsa, May 9 They are also planning to set up rain water harvesting systems in schools under the Building as Learning Aid (BaLA) scheme. A total sum of Rs 77 lakh has been sanctioned for the project under the Backward Region Grant
Fund Scheme. J Ganesan, Deputy Commissioner, Sirsa, said two schools in the district, Government Senior Secondary School for Girls, Rania, and Government School, Gudia Khera, were painted under BaLA as a pilot project. He added that BaLA was about innovatively using the space to make existing school architecture more resourceful with educational value in a child-friendly manner. Under the scheme, the walls, doors, fans, toilets and computer rooms and various such places will be painted with different educative models. The BaLA model is particularly useful in teaching basic mathematics, science and some other subjects. The implementation of this programme has yielded positive results and it has enhanced the learning levels of the students,
he added. Inspired by this, we have decided to paint 14 more schools of the district, Ganesan added. The school include Government Primary Schools of Kherpur, Madho Singhana, Ahmadpur Darewala, Bisaliyakhera, Bacher, Balasar, Jodhkan, Mohalla Kumhariya in Chaupta, Sukhchain, Rodi, Ellenabad, Dholpaliyan, Desumalkana and Kalanwali Mandi. Similarly, the rain water harvesting systems had already been set up
in two government schools of the district in Beharwala and Ali Mohammad. The other schools where water conservation
would be set up are Government Primary Schools of Munnawali, Gusayian, Kewal, Kiradkot, Jogiwala, Kamaal, Jamaal, Tarkaanwali and Barasari, he said.
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Power theft on the rise in Haryana
Chandigarh, May 9 However, out of Rs 71.6 crore, the amount of Rs 38.9 crore has been recovered. During the preceding year, penalties of Rs 54.34 crore were imposed on the erring consumers, out of which Rs 25.99 crore were recovered. A spokesman of the UHBVN said the operation, metering and protection and the vigilance staff of the department checked the premises of 1,73,374 consumers and detected 29,971 cases of theft. As many as 4,307 cases of power theft were reported from Panipat followed by 4,272 from Karnal, 4,051 from Sonepat, 3,789 from Jind, 3,574 from Rohtak, 2,620 from Kaithal, 2,306 from Kurukshetra, 1,922 from Yamunanagar, 1,438 from Jhajjar, 982 from Ambala and 710 from Panchkula. He further stated that in most of the cases, the consumers were found stealing power through direct connections, meter by-pass, tampering the meter and by managing fake meter seals. Meanwhile, the electricity meters of 30,849 consumers were found defective during the checking, out of which 30,104 had been replaced.
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Heavy taxes demoralise tourism sector
Karnal, May 9 The entrepreneurs are not keen to set up new projects in the state. Out of the 37 CLUs (change of land use) cases sanctioned by the state government for construction of hotels, only 11 have seen the light of the day while the remaining 26 ventures are held up due to the escalating costs as a result of huge taxes imposed by the state as well as the Central
governments. Manbeer Choudhary, former president of the Federation of Hotels and Restaurants Association of India, said, “Although Haryana is not a tourist destination barring a few places like Kurukshetra, the imposition of 5 per cent tax on air-conditioned hotels will
further demoralise the tourism sector.” The revenue from the sale of cooked food in the state is around Rs 2,000 crore per annum, out of which Rs 475 crore is paid to the government as tax. The bars and pubs pay taxes to the tune of Rs 300 crore annually while the licence fee for bar and pubs amounts to Rs 10 crore. Manbeer Choudhary said food, drinks and 'sleep' were already taxable in hotels but now air-conditioning would also be taxed while adding that the government was not realising that air-conditioning was not a luxury but a basic
necessity for a comfortable stay in hotels. There are 187 hotels and 475 restaurants in Haryana which pay 10 per cent luxury tax for rooms and banquet halls, 13.2 per cent VAT on food, 15 per cent VAT on liquor served from bar, 5.2 per cent service tax applicable on all, 25 per cent entertainment tax and additional 5 per cent service tax on AC restaurants and hotels.
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Internship programme to help tackle cyber crimes
Gurgaon, May 9 The Internship programme will be led by senior police officers and will have industry professionals, fraud forensics, banking technology experts, business analytics as key resource persons. The department has invited applications from engineering and management students. The police department has received an overwhelming response. “Interns will be offered a choice to undertake various projects such as net-banking frauds, credit and debit card frauds, social networking frauds, e-mail hacking. Duration of the internship will be six to eight weeks. During the course, interns will have exposure to cyber laws, police processes, functioning of police stations, traffic management and the police control room management,” said Police Commissioner Alok
Mittal. “We require the services of professionals and residents of Gurgaon. We are ready to train them to work jointly with the police. They will also be given training certificates.To modernise the force, the police is also looking to develop android applications with the help of young professionals. The Gurgaon police could learn from the young generation about the latest technology. In return, we could train them in dealing with cyber crime. This coordination will help to curb the growing cyber crime,” he added.
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Authorities review healthcare services in Narnaul
Narnaul, May 9 The teams visited the Narnaul District Hospital, a sub-divisional hospital, four community health centres, 17 primary health centres, three block health centres and selected sub-centres and reviewed the health care services being provided to residents. “The underlying idea behind the exercise was to assess the quantitative as well as qualitative provision of healthcare services in the district,” said Rakesh Gupta, Mission Director, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Haryana, who chaired a meeting to discuss the issues identified at Narnaul yesterday. Deputy Commissioner, Narnaul, DK Bahera, NRHM Director Ravi Kant Gupta, local Civil Surgeon Chander Mohan and other state and district-level officials concerned attended the meeting. Dr Rakesh Gupta said this exercise had been planned for the entire state in a phased manner to ensure that health facilities and services provided by the state Health Department were being utilised by residents. Narnaul is the fifth district after Panipat, Mewat, Bhiwani and Sirsa where the assessment has been carried out. Reviewing the report submitted by the teams, Dr Rakesh Gupta said the health facilities, especially those meant for women and children, were satisfactory, but there were some gaps which needed to be plugged in to ensure reduction in the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR). The NRHM authorities appreciated the services of Dr Vartika Sharma, a gynaecologist, and Dr Anjali Gupta posted at District Hospital, Narnaul, besides Dr Raghuvir, a dental surgeon posted at the PHC, Budwal. The Narnaul DC assured the authorities that all infrastructural gaps would be filled on top priority in consultation with the relevant departments. The NRHM will review the action taken in the next month in order to ensure compliance.
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Environment, pesticides make thyroid disorders go up: Doctor
Rohtak, May 9 The PGIMS has increased the OPD days for thyroid (endocrinology) from two to four to provide better treatment to the patients whose number has gone up in the past few years. Blaming various factors, Aggarwal who is an Associate Professor and senior consultant in the recently set up superspecialty of endocrinology in the Department of Medicine, said the excessive use of pesticides and chemicals in the production of crops and related environmental factors had immensely contributed to the spread of the disease. Stating that around 70 to 80 patients now report at the Endocrinology OPD every week in the PGIMS here, he said there were many who had no knowledge or awareness about the problem and its treatment and thus ended up visiting clinics or quacks who failed to diagnose the disease at an early stage. He said combined with unhealthy food, it was perhaps the overall environment that was polluted in both urban and rural pockets and the people especially children whose immunity was weak tended to succumb to such disorders. Quoting a case, he said a 14-year-old girl from Jind district, who reported in the OPD here recently, was found to be a victim of thyroid disorder and the disease had already started showing its impact on her physical development. He said since treatment had been started, the growth of the girl, including her height and other body parts, would become normal, but he added that if it had been delayed, the problem could have taken a serious turn. He said thyroid disorders could affect skin, eyes, respiratory, gastrointestinal and reproductive systems if these are not diagnosed and treated timely. Known as hypothyroidism, the thyroid hormone normally stimulates metabolism, and most of the symptoms of hypothyroidism reflect slowing of the metabolic processes. General symptoms may include fatigue, sluggishness, weight gain, and intolerance of cold temperatures. Regarding treatment, he said while the goal was to make hypothyroidism to bring blood levels of TSH and T4 back to the normal range and to alleviate symptoms, the medication is thyroid hormone replacement therapy which was usually given as an oral form of T4 (levothyroxine).
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Mullana institute holds alumni meet
Ambala, May 9 The alumnus recalled their experiences of stay on the campus and shared their memorable moments, recollecting moments of their journey through the college from 2003 to 2013. They felt reunion was a great occasion to once again look back and connect with where they desire to be. The alumni meet was followed by an open session wherein the alumni shared their experiences of how the institute helped them in evolving as professionals. They were proud to have been associated with the institute and expressed their desire to contribute to its growth in various ways. The alumni of the MMIM expressed their heartfelt gratitude towards the institute and the faculty. Amid moments of fun comprising various cultural events and games, they competed with each other for titles -- the best budding manager, an outstanding performer, the best professional and the best entrepreneur. The alumni passed a vote of thanks and expressed their profound faith in the institution. Dr Anil Chandhok, Principal of the MMIM welcomed the gathering and lauded the role of the alumni as brand ambassadors. Dr Harish Sharma, Registrar, MM University, presided over the function and presented the report of the university highlighting the achievements of the institution since its inception. The event concluded with giving away awards to select alumni and faculty members and thanking all to making the event a
great success.
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6 new laboratories set up at DCR
Sonepat, May 9 While inaugurating the laboratories, HS Chahal, Vice-Chancellor of the university, said, “Research has always been the back-bone of an institute of higher learning and new researches are the parameters to assess the quality of education being provided by the institutions.” He opined that any university which was not strong enough in its research activities would not be in a position to compete at international level. Every effort was being made by the university administration to provide best possible research facilities in different departments, he added. Besides providing financial assistance to the research scholars, the university was promoting students’ participation in different research competitions at the national and international level. Dr Pratibha Chaudhary, Head of the Chemical Engineering Department, said the students would be benefited a lot from the facilities at these laboratories. RK Arora, Registrar of the university, Dr MS Dhankhar, controller of examination, and other senior faculty members were also present on the occasion.
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Cultural fest concludes at technology institute
Kurukshetra, May 9 ‘Conatus 2K13’ is a technical-cum-cultural fest to develop hidden talents of students towards art, culture, Indian heritage, managerial skills, team spirit and leadership qualities that will help them in their professional career. On the inaugural day, various activities like rangoli, wall painting, collage-making, painting, ad mad show, nukkad natak, debugging, blind coding, quiz, debate, calligraphy and Sudoku were organised. Students participated in all activities with enthusiasm. On the second day, the function was inaugurated by Rakesh Goyal, chairman Geeta Educational Trust. The inaugural session started by lighting the traditional lamp and recitation of ‘Bhagwad Geeta shlokas’. Items like singing, dancing, fashion fiesta, skits, fancy dress and kavi sammelan were held on the occasion that kept the audience spellbound. Cash prizes worth Rs 4.5 lakh for academics were given away to meritorious students who stood first and second in various semesters of university examinations held during 2011-2012. Based on performance evaluation, 10 faculty members of the institute were honoured by the management by presenting certificates of merits and mementoes as best teachers in respective disciplines. The institute management applauded the performance of the students and encouraged them to go ahead with the same spirit to achieve their goals.
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Congenial atmosphere must for education: CEO
Sonepat, May 9 This was stated by Dr Jane E Schekoske, Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Rural Research and Development, Gurgaon, while addressing the participants of a teachers' orientation programme. The programme is being conducted by Academic Staff College of BPS Women's University, Khanpur Kalan, on the college premises. Dr Jane said it was the most important to provide a congenial atmosphere for education in the institute. "Teacher and student should know each other well before starting teaching exercises," she said. Dr Jane said a teacher with his or her experience, teaching proficiency, positive and disciplined behaviour could teach and make a student better citizen.She also stressed on the promotion of extra-curricular activities for all-round development of students. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Dr Pankaj Mittal, listed the educational and other activities being conducted by different departments and institutions of the university.
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208 units of blood donated
Kurukshetra, May 9 In his inaugural address, Kumar said that blood donation was the pious service to humanity as it saves lives. He appreciated women for donating their blood in more number than men. Master Gurcharan Singh, camp organiser said, "Organising blood donation camps under the auspices of Sant Nirankari Chartitable Foundation (Regd.) is an annual feature. As many as 2,464 units of blood have been donated so far by the volunteers of Kurukshetra branch from 1999 to 2012." As many as 208 units of blood were donated at
the camp.
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Sonepat girl India's talented tennis star
Sonepat, May 9 Mor got the third position in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Junior Tennis Competition held at Kuching in Malaysia from March 5 to 17 last year. She represented India in World Junior Tennis Finals at Prostejov in Czechoslovakia Republic in Europe in August last year. Himani won the second position in the Lawn Tennis Junior Championship held in Manila in March last year and was also declared the best player of the tournament. After her selection by the Asian Tennis Federation and ITF in this tournament, she played in different junior tournaments in European countries like France, Germany, Netherland and Belgium. Beginning her tennis career by winning the first gold medal in the Haryana State Lawn Tennis Championship (Under-12) held in Faridabad in 2008, there was no looking back for Himani. She won as many as nine gold and two silver medals in the state-level championships held between 2008 and November 2012. She started participating in the national-level tournaments in 2009 and bagged a bronze medal in Women National Lawn Tennis Championship held at Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh. She bagged 12 gold medals, seven silver medals and two bronze medals in the national-level championships from 2009 to February 2013. Himani comes from Larsoli village in Sonepat district and belongs to a family of sportspersons. Her parents have been international kabbadi players and her two brothers are a boxer and a wrestler of international repute. A student of Little Angel Senior Secondary School, Sonepat, Himani's achievements can be credited for development of two special lawn tennis courts for budding tennis players by the school chairman. Interestingly, Himani hails from an area which is well recognised for wrestling, kabaddi, hockey, but hardly known for
lawn tennis.
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Fatehabad girls get training in martial arts
Fatehabad, May 9 Functioning under the banner of Karate Association, Fatehabad, the group organised a three-day camp for the girls of Manohar Memorial College of Education here recently. Young boys and girls trained by the association gave tips on self-defence to the students. Dr Punam Miglani, Principal of the college said the students had developed a lot of self-confidence after learning Karate. "After the incident of gang rape of a medical intern in Delhi in December last year, we thought that young girls need to be equipped with the techniques to defend themselves in such situations. If a girl has learnt martial arts, she will not surrender meekly and it will be easier for her to protect her body", said Neha Mittal, Chairperson of the Karate Association, Fatehabad. She said with the cooperation of the district authorities, her association would also hold summer camps in school during the summer vacations.
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'Appoint outstanding sportspersons as sports officers'
Karnal, May 9 Sharma, in a memorandum submitted to Chief Minister BS Hooda through the local administration, has opposed the present practice of appointing outstanding sportspersons as DSPs and said that if talented sportspersons were appointed as sports officers, children would get better coaching and sports activities would get a boost. Appointing outstanding sportspersons as DSPs was harming the sports structure in two ways as these sportspersons had more knowledge and training in games than in investigations and laws and not posting them as sports officers deprived budding sportspersons of proper training and guidance, Sharma said in his memorandum. He said the efforts of the government to raise a nursery of budding sports talents was a welcome step but driving outstanding sportspersons away from the mainstream sports activities was like cutting a fruit-bearing tree. There could be no better utilisation of their services than appointing them as sports officers and coaches, he added.
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Measures to curb cruelty against animals
Chandigarh, May 9 According to a press note issued here today, while issuing goods carriage permit, conditions would be attached for adherence to the Rule 94 of the Haryana Motor Vehicle Rules.The directions have been issued to sensitise owners and drivers of goods carriages transporting animals and to prevent any cruelty against them. No animal would be carried in goods carriage in public place unless the body of the vehicle is built of strong wooden planks or of iron sheets with a minimum height of 1.5 metres measured from the floor of the vehicle in all sides and the back. The animal should be properly secured by ropes tied to the side of a vehicle.
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2 ambulances donated to hospital
Ambala, May 9 The Police Commissioner, Rajbir Deswal, showed the green flag to the ambulances at a function in the Civil Hospital. Deswal said extending service to the poor and the needy patients was true service of society. He said an ambulance played an important role in saving the lives of trauma patients. He said the front had done a good job by donating the ambulances to the hospital. —
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Engineers have made people's life easier: Sirsa SSP
Sirsa, May 9 Saurabh Singh, Sirsa's Senior Superintendent of Police, who was the chief guest at the valedictory session, said engineers throughout the world had made people's life easier and comfortable over the years. Himself a graduate of Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Saurabh Singh said the thought process of engineers often went into abstract and they started thinking of new advancements. The SSP said a child started showing signs of the field of his or her interest from an early age and the parents should provide them support so that they could pursue the career of their choice. Saurabh Singh said Bollywood movie "3-idiots" was a benchmark in this regard and it showed that a person could excel in a field he or she enjoyed working in. Dr Shamim Sharma, Managing Director of Jan Nayak Chaudhary Devi Lal Vidyapeeth said women all over the world should salute engineers as well as their profession for making their lives easier and comfortable. "Women had to work throughout the day to wash soiled utensils and clothes and cleaning their house, but washing machines, dish washers and vacuum cleaners have allowed them to utilise their energies on more constructive works," she added. — TNS
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Role of Jain society lauded
Ambala, May 9 She gave commendation certificates to 300 students for their performance in academic, sports and other social activities. The principal of the college, Pardeep Sharma Snehi, presented the annual achievement report of the college and said the college had brought laurels to the state in various sports competitions.
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Sirsa dentist gets award
Sirsa, May 9 The award was conferred on the doctor in a national seminar and award ceremony held in the Constitution Club in Delhi recently. Bhisham Narain Singh, former Governor of Tamil Nadu and Assam, and GVG Krishnamurthy, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, gave away the award to Suneja. Suneja received the award for excellence in dental sciences and providing dental services to people in health camps. She said, "This award will motivate me to do better in future."
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School block opened
Ambala, May 9 While addressing students, Vashisht said, "The syllabi and teaching methods of schools should be updated according to the changing needs of society. The students should also work hard to achieve their goal. I believe that by working hard and respecting teachers and parents, the students can achieve every goal in their life." Rajbir Deswal, Police Commissioner, Ambala, said the students were the future of the country and they should be provided the best atmosphere and education. He said the DAV institution had played an important role in the field of education. The students also presented a colourful cultural show on the occasion. — OC
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Underprivileged children get scholarships
Kurukshetra, May 9 The group is a voluntary organisation of few students and faculty members of NIT, Kurukshetra, which is involved in providing free education to underprivileged children. Appreciating the sincere efforts of the group, chief guest Dr SS Rattan, Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, said this would motivate the underprivileged children to excel in their lives. Guest of honour Dr JK Kapoor of the Chemistry Department gave some special prizes to the meritorious children. The scholarships were awarded to the meritorious children for their excellent performance in academics. Two children were awarded scholarship for all-round performance in academics and sports. Suraj, Shilpi, Palak, Nilu, Priyanka, Minakshi, Neha, Ashish, Shimi, Shubham and Deepa received the scholarship. Prof PC Tewari, chief coordinator of Shiksha Group, informed that for the past six years these scholarships had been awarded mainly to mess workers' children at NIT, Kurukshetra. He congratulated all the scholarship holders for their good performance.
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Movies This Week
Directed by: Sonam Nair
‘Gippi’ stars debutante Riya Viz along with Taaha Shah, Divya Dutta, Arbaaz Kadwani, Jayati Modi and Doorva Tripathi. This Dharma Productions flick is directed by first-time director Sonam Nair. The promos have created curiosity among viewers as the movie is touted as a perfect coming-of-age story of a 14-year-old girl. With a total budget of Rs 5 crore, ‘Gippi’ promises to be a different film on weighty issues.
Go Goa Gone
Directed by: Raj Nidimoru, Krisha DK Co-produced by Saif Ali Khan’s home production company Illuminati Films and Eros International, this comedy stars Saif Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, Vir Das, Anand Tiwary and Puja Gupta. The movie releases on Friday across Haryana. Saif plays Boris, a Russian mafia lord, in 'Go Goa Gone'. Those who have gone through the rushes says Saif looks tough and cool, but also funny. Watch this zombie comedy at multiplexes near you.
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Fatehabad, May 9
