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Hisar village has remains of Indus Valley city
'Human activity’ to blame for natural calamities in U'khand
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Rare rock painting of dinosaur discovered from Tosham Hills in state
HAU organises computer applications course
'Inspire disabled children to become financially independent'
INLD to hold conventions of workers in Faridabad
Applications for scholarship scheme invited
Need for 'collaborative research' in defence technology
Cops stage mock drill, nab two 'terrorists' from school
Karnal Nari Niketan cries for attention
Ex-servicemen for jobs in factories
Textile & clothing generate maximum employment: VC
Haryana akademi to provide good literature to people
Centre sanctions flyover at Sonepat Chowk
CM lays stone of railway overbridge
BJP to connect with people through rath yatras
Health officials not implementing PNDT Act may be booked
Bhukkal asks B'lore IIM to start training courses on school management
Sirsa-Ludhiana passenger train to be made regular, says Sirsa MP
QUOTA FOR JATS IN UNION GOVT SERVICES
Relief material sent to Uttarakhand
Himalayan Tsunami: Haryana Govt to adopt 25 villages in Uttarakhand
Girls get training in self-defence
Sports stadium costing Rs 70 lakh to come up soon
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Hisar village has remains of Indus Valley city
Rakhigarhi (Hisar), July 1 However, as one probes a bit deeper, one finds that the village that cries for development holds the remains of one of the largest cities of the Indus Valley Civilisation, where natives had brick houses, nice streets, a good drainage system and people knew the art of pottery, painting and weaving. Rakhigarhi, a village in Hisar, is perhaps the best known human settlement of Indus Valley Civilisation, where archaeologists and researchers have found evidence of the existence of pre-Harappan, mature-Harappan as well as post-Harappan settlements. Steeped deeply in the history, the village is a world heritage site now and the Haryana Government plans to set up a museum at the site. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was to visit Rakhigarhi for this purpose on June 12, but the programme was cancelled after a freak accident on the venue. Wazir Chand Saroae, a villager, who has set up a small museum of his own in his house, says that as a child he never knew that his village soil had under it the remnants of a 5,000-year-old civilisation. "My interest in collecting relics that I possess today began when I was in the fourth standard. Swami Omanand Saraswati used to come to our village from his Gurukul in Jhajjar and took us to the places, now protected as archaeological sites, to collect relics from there. He used to take away items of archaeological importance picked by us to his Gurukul," tells
Saroae. Rakhigarhi was identified to have the remains of the Indus Valley Civilisation in 1963. However, it was in 1997 that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) took the mounds in its protection. "Excavations brought to the fore a city that was much larger than Harappa and Mohenjodaro, which are now in Pakistan. It came out during excavations that Rakhigarhi is also the only site which has the remains of early, mature and late Harappan era at the same place," said Tarak Singh, Conservation Assistant of the Archaeological Survey of India at Hisar. "Our ancestors who stayed here nearly 5,000 years ago were probably more advanced than us. Their houses had broad walls for better security and their bricks were of different shapes," adds Saroae, who now is in his early fifties. Saroae, who teaches in a private school, has now a good collection of bangles, urns, beakers, semi-precious stones, toys, seals, plates and has also donated artefacts to the National Museum in Delhi. Presently, there are five sites identified as RGR 1 to RGR 5 in Rakhigarhi, out of which the ASI has done fencing of RGR 1, 2 and 3 after their excavations were held between 1998 and 2001. Nearly 70 per cent of the total sites are under encroachment by local people, said Tarak Singh. The villagers, however, are thrilled at the status their village has acquired. The village panchayat has given six acres of land to develop a museum of the artifacts recovered from the excavations, so that these could be saved for the future and it could help in development of tourism in Rakhigarhi.
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'Human activity’ to blame for natural calamities in U'khand
Karnal, July 1 "We have been ruthless in exploiting the the natural resources and our policy of construction of mega hydropower projects and other big industries in the hilly areas has cost us dear but we are still not concerned about the impending threat to the Himalayan ecology," he said. "The hills are being recklessly cut and big dams are being constructed for the hydropower projects in the high altitude areas, causing ecological imbalances and construction of all the pending projects should be stopped to save the Himalaya," he said. He added that the Supreme Court should intervene in the matter and stop the governments from executing power projects by stopping and diverting the flow of the rivers. He also blamed the increasing stress on religious tourism for the degradation of environment and said that it had increased human activity in the serene hilly areas, known as the abode of god. "The violation of the sanctity of religious places is hurting the religious sentiments of the saints and Hindu community. The sale of meat and liquor should be banned in all religious places to save the environment and a separate department be created for the development of religious places", he said. Lashing out at the government agencies, for failure to provide immediate relief to the victims, he said the Sadhu Samaj and other voluntary organisations did commendable work in rescuing the stranded people and providing them food and shelter. He said the Sant Samaj would adopt some villages for restoration and reconstruction in Uttarakhand. Meanwhile, a group of jathedars, which had gone to Kedarnath and Badrinath and was reported to be missing reached Karnal after 10 days.
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Rare rock painting of dinosaur discovered from Tosham Hills in state
Bhiwani, July 1 Dr Rajesh Kumar Srivastava, Assistant Director, Archives, Hisar, who retired from service on June 30, discovered these rock paintings on April 3. Speaking to The Tribune, Dr Srivastava said that he visited the Tosham Hills to photograph and document rock inscriptions, holy reservoirs in small caverns, caves, temples and ancient monuments situated there. While locating the rock inscription on the hill with the help of local people, he discovered a rock cut in oval shape, remotely situated about 40 feet lower down the hill. This rock has two separate inscriptions, the upper one is in the middle sized: about 2 inches letters and the lower one which is rather roughly cut is in large: 2.5 to 3.5 inches letters. While observing the rock inscription, he surprisingly found a gigantic figure in orange colour with a big open mouth engraved on it. On a closure look, it could be recognised as a "terrible lizard", commonly called as a dinosaur. "This rock painting of a dinosaur is fascinating because it can tell us so much about the life, colour and existence of the dinosaurs in India. It has been observed that most of the dinosaurs are portrayed in grey or green colour skin. It is not clear as to how their skin looked like — was it green, blue, or orange? However, this rock painting of a dinosaur will certainly prove fruitful to the researchers and archaeologists to decipher the size, colour and exact appearance of dinosaurs in India," Srivastava said. The discovery of a dinosaur painting on Tosham Hill's rocks will bring the town of Tosham in the world's heritage sites and will attract research scholars from all across India and overseas, he said. Thereafter, he noticed the image of two men, a saint, woman and children engraved on the same rock. It also portrays the existence of various types of wild and pet animals and their friendly behaviour with the environment. Dr Srivastava says this rock-shelter painting is of a royal ruling family of that period. It looks like a modern painting, depicting all the contemporary living creatures on the earth. The condition of the painting is not good enough. He said the Archaeological Survey of India in coordination with the State Archaeology Department, Haryana, must take over the site to protect it and develop it as a heritage tourist spot. The discovery of a rock painting is certainly a landmark in the history of Tosham town, he said. Besides, there are several holy places on Tosham Hill, namely Sidh Baba Shri Mungipa temple, Panch Teerth temple, Pandu Teerth Kund, Surya Kund, Kukkar Kund, Gyarasia/Vyas Kund and a reservoir or a small tank on the summit of the hill to store rain water. There are also remains of a fort wall in the ruined condition present on top of the hill. The Tosham rock painting with an inscription is a record documenting the establishment of a monastery and the building of water tanks for the followers of Satvata religion. Dr Srivastava said though the rock painting was not dated but could be assigned to the early fifth circa era.
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HAU organises computer applications course
Hisar, July 1 At the valedictory function held today, the Director of Research, Agricultural University, Dr SS Siwach was the chief guest. He distributed certificates to the participants. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Siwach emphasised the need of computers in everyday life. He said knowledge of computer softwares like data analysis, spread sheet, coreldraw, photoshop and many other softwares were very useful for the scientists. He praised the organisers of the refresher course. The Director, Human Resource Management, Dr Ram Singh, stressed the need of such training programmes to improve knowledge and skills of the teachers and other staff. The Director of the course, Dr DS Tonk, and the course coordinator, Dr RK Patel, also spoke on the occasion.
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'Inspire disabled children to become financially independent'
Kurukshetra, July 1 Vardhan was addressing deaf and dumb students and their parents at a function organised by the Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Jyotisar, on its premises, 5 km from here, recently. He said there was no other alternative except hard work and dedication without which the goals could not be achieved. Vardhan said there were 60 such students in the institute and 29 out of them had been placed at Nur Mehal, Haweli and Deventure Hotel -- all in Karnal, Residency and MM Continental, both in Ambala, and KC and Tulip, both in Chandigarh, while 31 students intended to continue with their higher education and training, he added. The Principal Secretary asked the Principal of the institute, Rajeev Mehrotra, to upload students' achievements along with their photographs so that they could become an inspiration for other students. Vardhan also inspired the students by giving away mementos and certificates after completion of their three-month diploma course at the institute. The special guest of honour, HTD Director-General Anand Mohan Sharan, congratulated the diploma-pass students and assured them of all help in future. The guest of honour, Deputy Commissioner Mandeep Singh Brar, hoped that the pass-out students would leave their imprint in the world.
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INLD to hold conventions of workers in Faridabad
Faridabad, July 1 The proposed conventions will be addressed by Abhey Singh Chautala and INLD president Ashok Arora. The conventions will be organised to boost the morale of the party workers, which is down, especially after Om Prakash Chautala's conviction in the teachers’ recruitment scam. According to the Faridabad in charge of the INLD, Ram Kumar Saini, the workers had already been urging for the conventions to discuss and formulate a strategy to strengthen the organisation and expand its base in Faridabad. The party in comparison to the rural areas in the state does not enjoy much popularity in the urban areas. Faridabad, NIT, Badkal, Tigaon, Prithla, Ballabgarh and Prithla assembly segments fall in Faridabad district. The INLD had failed to win even a single seat here in the last Assembly elections. However, its arch rival, the Congress, won all the seats except Tigaon and NIT. While the Tigaon seat was bagged by the BJP, Shivcharan Sharma, who is presently a minister in the government, had rebelled against the Congress and won as an Independent candidate from NIT. The party workers are apparently felling low, especially after the conviction of Chautala. The aggressive campaign against the INLD by its adversaries, especially the Congress, has made things tough for the party. Although Saini disputes, the INLD unit in Faridabad is plagued by serious differences among its leaders. Consequently, the party has failed to play an effective role of an opposition in Faridabad. The INLD functionaries are of the view that the proposed convention of workers, which will also be attended by local leaders, will iron out the problems in the party.
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Applications for scholarship scheme invited
Chandigarh July 1 A spokesman of the department said all the students belonging to the Scheduled Castes category, studying from post- matric classes upto postgraduate classes, and whose parents’ annual income from all sources did not exceed Rs 2.50 lakh were eligible to apply under the scheme. He said the maintenance allowance, additional allowance for handicapped students, books allowance and book bank facility for specialised courses, sports, library, medical examination and other allowances were being provided to students under the scheme.
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Need for 'collaborative research' in defence technology
Kurukshetra, July 1 The NIT Director, Prof Anand Mohan, welcomed the TBRL Chandigarh Director, Dr Manjeet Singh, and his colleagues AC Sharma and Dr PK Soni, distinguished scientists from TBRL. Professor Mohan motivated faculty members of the institute to undertake joint research projects with the TBRL and other such labs of the DRDO. Dr Manjeet Singh delivered a talk on various ongoing research activities and projects of the TBRL, Chandigarh. Addressing the faculty members, research scholars and postgraduate students of the institute, he highlighted the need for collaborative research between the TBRL and academic institutions like NIT, Kurukshetra. He presented a comprehensive overview of the latest thrust areas of research in the field of terminal ballistics and study of detonation for joint projects to make India self-reliant in defence technology. Sharma further highlighted the research problems related to ballistics and the study of detonation. Prof AK Gupta, Dean (Academic) and convener of the talk,
coordinated the event
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Cops stage mock drill, nab two 'terrorists' from school
Fatehabad, July 1 Soon, a red alert is announced and a police party led by DSP Naripjit Singh arrives in Bal Vatika School to deal with the situation. After a bit of firing from both sides, the police comes out with two “arrested” terrorists. The cops pose for a photograph with the “nabbed” terrorists and then everyone is relaxed, some even going into peals of laughter. It comes out that the whole exercise was a mock drill of the Fatehabad police aimed at keeping its men in preparedness for any such eventuality. Though a mock drill, the police tried to give the exercise a real look.
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Karnal Nari Niketan cries for attention
Karnal, July 1 Suicides and attempts by inmates to escape from the nari niketan are not new, but this time two girls from Kaithal and Mahendergarh, whose total stay in the shelter home was less than 72 hours, committed suicide in the toilet, giving credence to the reports that the inmates are under stress and not getting proper treatment. The escape of two girls, who were later found out and brought back to the nari niketan, has exposed the security lapses and it has become evident that the inmates were not only unsafe and insecure but also frustrated to the extent that they did not value their lives. The nari niketan has the capacity to accommodate only 25 persons, but the actual number of inmates is 74. Obviously the nari niketan is overcrowded and the environment inside the four walls of the shelter home is not conducive, resulting in simmering discontent among the inmates, often leading to protests and violence. Manisha, who was lodged in the shelter home from May to May 27 for observing a fast seeking justice from her husband and in-laws said the home was nothing less than a hell where mentally retarded girls were sharing space with others girls due to inadequate accommodation. The administration says that Rs 40 lakh had been sanctioned for construction of more accommodation to increase the capacity of the nari niketan, but even if this scheme is implemented successfully, only 20 more girls will be accommodated and the authorities cannot say as to what will happen to the remaining girls. The unfortunate part of the story is that the administration waits for the recurrence of such sordid incidents and completes the formality of taking some action after the incident has taken place. The authorities are casual in dealing with basic problems faced by the inmates and a hue and cry is raised after every sordid incident like escape from the shelter home or a suicide but after some time things are back to square one as there is no serious effort to go deep into the problems of the inmates, leading to frustration and depression among them. In July 2012, three nari niketan women breached the security cordon and escaped and one of them reached her home at Allahabad while two others were recovered from Rohtak and Kalanaur. Recently, one of the five girls shifted from Apana Ghar, Rohtak, also tried to commit suicide and a proposal was mooted to install CCTV cameras but the scheme failed as the cameras did not function properly. Another girl attempted to escape few months later by jumping the wall but she was injured and could not execute her plans. In 2007, the inmates went into a rampage and damaged property of the nari niketan to protest against "mismanagement" in the shelter home. Following this, five girls were booked.
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Ex-servicemen for jobs in factories
Faridabad, July 1 They raised the issue at a quarterly meeting of the District Sainik Board held recently. The meeting was presided over by Faridabad Deputy Commissioner Balraj Singh who is the chairperson of the board. According to the official version, the retired personnel also demanded the construction of a separate hospital for them. Moreover, they pleaded for waiver of house tax and a face lift of the War Memorial. Besides, they suggested that senior ex-servicemen should be honoured by the district administration. The Deputy Commissioner assured the ex-servicemen that he would take up the issue of their employment with industrial units in his personal capacity. He also said that he would talk to the authorities concerned regarding the ex-servicemen's other demands.
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Textile & clothing generate maximum employment: VC
Hisar, July 1 Dr Khokhar was speaking as the chief guest at the closing of an ICAR-sponsored short course on entrepreneurial development through skill upgradation in apparel designing techniques organised by the Textile & Apparel Designing Department and Directorate of Human Resource Management of the university. A total of 14 teachers, scientists and extension specialists from different agricultural universities and ICAR institutes participated in the training. Dr Khokhar said Indian Textile and Clothing Industry was currently one of the largest and most important industries in India in terms of output, foreign exchange earnings and employment. He said the country was earning nearly Rs 70,000 crore from export of these products and this figure was expected to grow to Rs 90,000 crore by 2020. He said as far as employment opportunities were concerned, this was second largest employment-generating industry where the garment production units alone provided 40 per cent of jobs in the small-scale sector besides offering ample opportunities for entrepreneurs to grow. He further stressed on imparting training on garment construction and designing to ruralites, He said rural people, particularly rural youth, had also started wearing designer clothes like their urban counterparts and such training would create new employment opportunities for rural masses.—TNS
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Haryana akademi to provide good literature to people
Fatehabad, July 1 Bhartiya presided over a meeting of local litterateurs in Explorer Learning School run by poetess Usha Taneja. Bhartiya said it was with the aim of providing quality literature to people that the Haryana Granth Akademi started its monthly magazine “Katha Samay”. “Despite the increasing popularity of the news media, there is an increase in the number of people opting to read good literature. The akademi was trying to make “Katha Samay” available to readers across the state so that they can have access to quality literature,” said Bhartiya. He said the magazine published stories of prominent writers from throughout the country. "The literature was the mirror of our society and whatever happened in the society, was exhibited in the literature of that particular era," added Kamlesh Bhartiya. Interacting with the office-bearers of the Sahitya Manch, Fatehabad, Bhartiya exhorted them to spread awareness about literary books, as social media was posing a big threat to books and magazines. The patron of Sahitya Manch, Gurdeep Singh Emroz, Sant Kumar Tuteja and Om Prakash Pandey recited their poems. Usha Taneja recited her literary piece written on “Beti”. Sushma Sethi, Vijay Taneja, Ashok Narang and Nand Kishore Sethi also attended the literary meeting.
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Centre sanctions flyover at Sonepat Chowk
Sonepat, July 1 He was returning to Delhi from Karnal and was accompanied by the Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda, Sonepat MP Jitender Singh Malik and Karnal MP Arvind Sharma. He assured the MPs that the flyover would be constructed at an accelerated pace. Interacting with mediapersons, Fernandes said keeping in view the traffic congestion, construction of a flyover was needed at the earliest. He praised Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda for strengthening the road network in the state and bringing all-round development. Deepender said the Bahalgarh Chowk on the GT road had been the venue of major traffic congestion as the vehicular traffic going to Amritsar, Himachal, Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh, Delhi, Meerut and Sonepat had to pass through this crossing. “The state government submitted a proposal for a flyover at the Bahalgarh Chowk with the Union Urban Development Ministry and it has now been approved,” he said and hoped that the construction work would start soon after it foundation was laid in July.—OC
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CM lays stone of railway overbridge
Sonepat, July 1 The Speaker, Haryana Vidhan Sabha, Kuldeep Sharma, Sonepat MP Jitender Singh Malik, Chief Parliamentary Secretary Jaiveer Singh, MLAs Jai Tirth, Jagbir Malik and Sri Krishan Hooda, the political adviser to the Chief Minister, Prof Virender, former minister, Krishna Gahlaut, vice-president of the Haryana Women Commission Chander Prabha, chairperson of the Haryana Social Welfare Board Sumitra Chauhan, DCC urban president Pradeep Gautam, and senior officers of the PWD Department and district administration were present on the occasion. The bridge will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 47.29 crore and will be completed in two years.— OC
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BJP to connect with people through rath yatras
Rewari, July 1 Addressing a press conference here recently, Prof Sharma raised slogan "Congress ko vishram do, bhrishtachar ko viram do” (End corruption by ousting the congress). He said the BJP activists would take out rath yatras to reach out to the masses in all the districts of the state in the next six weeks. He added that a Jan Sampark Yatra would be taken out under the leadership of the state party vice-president and former minister Rao Narbir Singh in Gurgaon. While this 45-day long Yatra will be flagged off by Prof Sharma himself at Firozepur Jhirkha in Mewat district on July 10, it would comprehensively cover all the nine assembly segments of the Gurgaon parliamentary constituency during the next 45 days in five phases. Meanwhile, Rao Narbir Sngh said he would make all-out efforts to reach out the people and would exhort them to oust the Congress.
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Health officials not implementing PNDT Act may be booked
Gurgaon, July 1 A decision to this effect was taken by the State Advisory Committee constituted for curbing female foeticide by implementing the PCPNDT Act more effectively in the state at its meeting held here recently. The Civil Surgeons are Appropriate Authorities under the PCPNDT Act in the districts and they are empowered by the Act to take action against the hospital or ultrasound centres not obeying the law or not maintaining the records according to law. Section 217, IPC, states that any public servant disobeying directions of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years or with fine, or with both. This section was quoted at the meeting in connection with a matter pertaining to Panipat district where the appropriate authority was said to have failed to act promptly in one such case. The meeting was told that a team constituted by the District Appropriate Authority, Panipat, visited Jitendra Hospital on March 5, 2012, to seal the ultrasound machine. But the doctor and staff appointed at the hospital did not allow the team to enter the hospital premises and even misbehaved with the team members. The team returned and apprised the then Appropriate Authority, Dr HS Randhawa (now retired), about the episode. Dr Randhawa was transferred on April 5, 2012. Subsequently, Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr Anita Virmani assumed the charge of Civil Surgeon-cum-Appropriate Authority under the PNDT Act. According to Panipat Deputy Civil Surgeon, Dr Sudhir Batra, Dr Virmani called a meeting of the District Advisory Committee on July 31, 2012, but no decision was taken on the issue, though it was discussed. On August 3, 2012, Dr Virmani, through letter number PNDT/12/1111 allowed the registration (No16) of Jitendra Hospital to be continued without any request or application of reissuing from the hospital. Its registration was subsequently suspended and cancelled. Dr Batra said the Appropriate Authority, Panipat, had been seeking guidance from the state body on the issue, but to no avail. In the meantime, Dr Virmani also retired on February 28, 2013. On assuming charge of Civil Surgeon, Panipat, in February 2013, Dr Jagmal Singh noticed that the allegedly erring hospital was still using the old registration number. He also sought guidelines from the State Advisory Committee. However, the committee members maintained that no guidelines were required as it is the Appropriate Authority who has to interpret and implement the Act. The State Advisory Committee recommended that the matter be sent to the State Supervisory Board to review it according to the provisions of Section 16-A, Rule- 2 PCPNDT Act and recommend appropriate action against the erring officials. The meeting was presided over by the committee chairperson, Prof Daya Sirohiwal, and attended by Director (PNDT), Dr Praveen Garg, Prof Sant Prakash, Dr Balraj Singh Yadav, Indu Dahiya, Renu Pathania, Panipat Civil Surgeon, Dr Inderjeet Dhankhar, Gurgaon Civil Surgeon, Dr BK Rajora, and District Public Relations Officer, Gurgaon, RS Sangwan.
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Bhukkal asks B'lore IIM to start training courses on school management
Bangalore, July 1 Bhukkal, who is in Bangalore to review the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) and No-Detention provisions of Right of Children to the Free and Compulsory Education Act, visited IIM, Bangalore. She was accompanied by Principal Secretary, School Education, Surina Rajan, and other members of the sub-committee. The minister said the Haryana Government would explore the possibilities of introducing such training courses at the IIM at Rohtak. Bhukkal, along with other members of the Sub-Committee, also visited various government schools in rural areas near Bangalore city and enquired from students, teachers and parents about the CCE and No Detention, which are considered two of the most important features of the Right to Education Act, 2009. The members of the Sub-Committee also interacted with school management committees here and obtained information about mid-day meal, text books and other infrastructure in schools. They also talked to school students. The students reportedly told them that good academic performance should be acknowledged in some manner. The committee found that people in rural areas were more serious about education of their wards than people living in urban areas. The pupil-teacher ratio was found to be good in government schools. Bhukkal also went to National Law School of India University here and talked to Vice-Chancellor R Venkata Rao about the National Law University to be set up at
Haryana.
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Sirsa-Ludhiana passenger train to be made regular, says Sirsa MP
Sirsa, July 1 Tanwar was redressing grievances of people at Sirsa today. He said this special train was started between Sirsa and Hisar. It was a long-standing demand of the residents of Sirsa. Tanwar said that during his meeting with Railway Minister Mallikarjun Khadge in Delhi, he had demanded that this train should be run regularly and the minister had accepted his demand. He said the train would halt on both ways at Jakhod Kheda, Mandi Adampur, Bhathu, Ding, Suchan Kotli and Bajekan stations. The special train would have seven compartments, including six of general category and one of the guard. Various social, religious and political organisations of Sirsa have expressed their gratitude for running this regular train. Tanwar said he had also demanded from the Railway Minister that an additional air-conditioned coach, one women's coach and two general coaches should be added to the Kissan Express running between Bathinda and Delhi. The other demands included expansion of Gorakhdham Express from Hisar to Sirsa, halt of Kissan Express at Ding Station, running of Intercity Express approved from Firozepur to Delhi in this budget via Bathinda-Sirsa-Hisar-Bhiwani and Rohtak. He said soon he along with the Divisional Railway Manager of Bikaner Division would visit Dabwali-Sirsa-Ding-Bhatu railway stations and inspect the facilities being given to the passengers there.
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QUOTA FOR JATS IN UNION GOVT SERVICES BS Malik
Sonepat, July 1 The representatives from different khaps and the Jat Arakshan Sangharsh Samitis attended the Mahapanchayat which was convened by the Khatri Khap here in new Anaj Mandi. Rajinbder Khatri presided over the Mahapanchayat. The national president of the Akhil Bharatiya Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti, Yash Pal Malik, said the samiti had convened a meeting at Hisar on July 8 to decide over the future course of agitation. He invited the khaps also to attend the Hisar meeting. He demanded that the reservation given by the Haryana Government should be in accordance with the constitutional provisions. Dada Baljit Singh Malik of Gathwala Khap, the largest khap of the Jats in India, said the khaps were waiting for the coming monsoon session for an output on the demand. He cautioned that if the demand was not accepted, the khaps would intensify the agitation in Delhi. Besides senior sangharsh samiti leaders, Col (retd) OP Sindhu, Dharam Pal Chhot and Mool Chand Dahiya and other khap representatives who addressed the Mahapanchayat included Surender Dahiya, Nafe Singh Nain, Rajinder Sangwan, Amar Singh Maan, Mahender Singh Punia, Tulsi Grewal and Rajinder Khatri. The Mahapanchayat adopted five resolutions unanimously, including that the Haryana Government’s notification on reservation be rectified according to constitutional provisions, notification be given the status of a constitutional right on the pattern of the Tamil Nadu Government, reservation in gazetted posts be increased from four to 10 per cent, decision on reservation for Jats in Central Government services be taken by the Central Government in the coming monsoon session and all the cases registered against Jat reservation activists be withdrawn.
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Relief material sent to Uttarakhand
Faridabad, July 1 The target of the articles had been fixed by the office of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Faridabad Deputy Commissioner Balraj Singh said the target would be met soon.A large number of utensils and blankets were part of the truckload of relief material sent for the victims in the flood-ravaged state. The Faridabad Red Cross Society has been appreciated by the public for its pro-active role in collecting relief material. The secretary, Red Cross Society, DR Sharma, said the public was prompt in showing solidarity with the victims in Uttarakhand. —TNS
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Himalayan Tsunami: Haryana Govt to adopt 25 villages in Uttarakhand
Karnal, July 1 Hooda was here to console former minister and Kaithal district congress committee president Tejinder Pal Mann, whose wife and other family members had gone to Kedarnath and but did not return till today. They could not be traced and are feared dead. "We will adopt 25 villages and provide all the necessary help required for the rehabilitation of victims," Hooda said, while adding that the Uttarakhand tragedy was very painful and unfortunate. Chief minister consoled Tejinder Mann, who returned empty-handed after searching for his wife Pushpa Mann, her brother Jasbir Lamba ad his wife Veena Lamba and seven other people for 10 days. Mann, along with other family members, even carried out an aerial survey of the area but to no avail. Finally, Mann and other family members lost all the hope of locating their kin and returned.
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Girls get training in self-defence
Ambala, July 1 Coach of the Dragon Martial Art Club taught girls different techniques of self-defence such as hand-grab defence, neck-grab defence, holding-from-behind defence, slap defence and different forms of martial arts like ta ek wondo, karate, judo, karav maga and aikido. The main motive behind organising the event was to make girls self-dependent in case of any urgency at public places. The girls were trained to counter attack by any anti-social element without the use of any weapon. The session saw a good participation of girl students who attended the sessions on the issues relating to the rights of the girls. “The session was a confidence booster for me. We learned many techniques during the session which will prove beneficial for us,” said a participant. The chairman of the institutions, PR Bansal, said nothing was impossible in life and obstacles should be faced boldly with a positive attitude. The managing director of the institute, Pradeep Aggarwal, said the youth today lacked concentration, enthusiasm, confidence and commitment because of which they faced so many challenges.
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Sports stadium costing Rs 70 lakh to come up soon
Kurukshetra, July 1 Chattha said Haryana Chief Minister Bhupender Singh Hooda has already assured that the grant of Rs 70 lakh budget for the project will be approved. Also, while hearing the grievances of the Gumthala residents in Harijan Chaupal, Chattha announced that about dozen lanes of Harijan Basti would be constructed with concrete. The cost of which would be around Rs 50 lakh. The proposal would be submitted before the Haryana Chief Minister and after getting the green signal, work on the project would be initiated immediately. Chhattha also appealed the village residents to have a close watch on the construction material used by the contractors. A stern action would be initiated against the officer or the contractor if found using inferior quality construction material.
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