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Child sex ratio improves in state
Chandigarh, October 10
In Haryana, the sex ratio at birth (0-6 year) has improved by 19 points as compared to the last year. The child sex ratio has been registered at 864 in the state during August, 2013.

Govt committed to welfare of minorities: Chief Secy
Chandigarh, October 10
Haryana Chief Secretary PK Chaudhery said the Haryana government was committed for effectively implementing the schemes launched for the welfare of minority communities so that the benefits of the schemes percolate down to all belonging to these communities and their living standard could be uplifted.

Dairy Sector Development
Fiji keen to collaborate with NDRI
Karnal, October 10
The government of Fiji is keen on collaboration with the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, for development of manpower for dairy sector in Fiji.

Rs 48.90 cr for development of pisciculture
Sirsa, October 10
Pisciculture, the avocation of fish production, is gaining momentum in the state. Sirsa is one of the biggest producers of fish in the state, where the authorities have set up a breeding centre in the Ottu Lake.


EARLIER EDITIONS

Lotus in full bloom at a lake in Karnal.
SERENE REFLECTIONS: Lotus in full bloom at a lake in Karnal. Tribune photo: Ravi Kumar

Higher paddy prices bring cheer to farmers
Sonepat, October 10
The beginning of the paddy procurement season has cheered up the farmers who grew different basmati varieties this season. In comparison to the last year, there is a 30 to 50 per cent rise in the procurement price.

President likely to visit Central University of Haryana
Gurgaon, October 10
The President is likely to visit the Central University of Haryana (CUH) at Mahendergarh in the third week of November. He has been invited by the university authorities to inaugurate the new campus of the university at Jant and Pali villages and attend its first convocation as the chief guest.

Deputy Commissioner Dr Chander Shekhar with the rally participants outside his office at Mini-Secretariat in Sonepat. Bicycle rally underscores energy conservation
Sonepat, October 10
The Chhotu Ram Chair for Sustainable Development organised "Save Energy" bicycle rally from the DCR University of Science and Technology, Murthal, to mini-secretariat to convey the message of energy conservation.

Deputy Commissioner Dr Chander Shekhar with the rally participants outside his office at Mini-Secretariat in Sonepat. Photo: BS Malik

Karnal to get new fire station soon
Karnal, October 10
Karnal town would soon have a new fire station equipped with modern equipment and would have more open space. The new fire station, estimated to cost Rs 91 lakh, is being constructed in Sector 4 and would be spread over an area of 2,000 sq yards

Tributes paid to Maharaja Agrasen
Kurukshetra, October 10
Let the today's business community learn corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a condition for inclusive growth from Mahraja Agrasen who favoured spending 25 per cent of the income on the welfare of people.

Criminals have a field day in Hansi
Hisar, October 10
Hansi seems to be under the siege of criminals who are looting traders at will. As the law order situation continues to deteriorate and the police has failed to crack any of the criminal cases, the Hansi Traders' Association has been mulling to approach the court against the police and the administration for their failure to ensure safety of the residents and traders.

Artistes stage a play to create awareness on road safety. Playwriting campaign to create awareness on road safety
Chandigarh, October 10
With a view to reduce road accidents and to promote awareness on road safety by creating a public movement and consciousness, the Haryana Police organised a playwriting and play presentation campaign.





Artistes stage a play to create awareness on road safety. A Tribune photograph

A student presents a dance during the talent search competition at MM College of Education in Fatehabad. Talent hunt competition concludes at Manohar Memorial College
Fatehabad, October 10
Students of Manohar Memorial College of Education exhibited their multifarious talent by performing in the talent search competition which concluded here recently.



A student presents a dance during the talent search competition at MM College of Education in Fatehabad. A Tribune photograph

Students take part in a placement drive at Kurukshetra Institute of Technology and Management. 16 students get placement
Kurukshetra, October 10
As many as 16 students of BTech Computer Science and Electronics and Communication (final year) were selected in a campus-placement drive orgnised by Kurukshetra Institute of Technology and Management (KITM) on its premises recently.


Students take part in a placement drive at Kurukshetra Institute of Technology and Management.

Dr RK Yadav Dr Rohtak Yadav is medical teachers’ association chief
Jhajjar, October 10
Dr Rohtak K Yadav, president, Haryana chapter of Indian Radiological and Imaging Association, has been elected as the chief of the Haryana State Medical Teachers’ Association (HSMTA), for the second consecutive time.
Dr RK Yadav

Members of the Youth Red Cross with Vice-Chancellor RS Sharma (standing in centre) and others at CDLU in Sirsa. Youth Red Cross volunteers bring laurels
Sirsa, October 10
Volunteers of the Youth Red Cross from Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, have brought laurels to their institute by their performances at a training camp at Bhupatwala in Haridwar from October 1 to 6.

Members of the Youth Red Cross with Vice-Chancellor RS Sharma (standing in centre) and others at CDLU in Sirsa. A Tribune photograph

Book on 'Bhajanmandli Parampra' released
Dr Ram Prakash, Chancellor, Gurukul Kangri University, and Rajya Sabha Member (second from left), flanked by Prof Babu Ram (extreme left), Dr Sushil Kumar Taya (third from left), and Subhash Sudha (extreme right), during a book release in Kurukshetra. Kurukshetra, October 10
Dr Ram Prakash, Chancellor, Gurukul Kangri University, and Rajya Sabha Member released a book entitled “Bhajanmandli Parampra Ko Pandit Rameshwar Dutt Ka Yogdan" (Contribution of Pandit Rameshwar Dutt to Bhajanmandli System), authored by Dr Sushil Kumar Taya and guided by Prof Babu Ram, Department of Hindi, Kurukshetra University, at the premises of Dayanand Mahila Mahavidyalya here recently.
Dr Ram Prakash, Chancellor, Gurukul Kangri University, and Rajya Sabha Member (second from left), flanked by Prof Babu Ram (extreme left), Dr Sushil Kumar Taya (third from left), and Subhash Sudha (extreme right), during a book release in Kurukshetra. Photo: DR Vij

Inter-university tennis tourney begins at Murthal varsity
RK Arora, Registrar, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal, greets players during the inaugural ceremony of the North Zone Inter-University Lawn Tennis Championship in the university. Sonepat, October 10
The six-day North Zone Inter-University Lawn Tennis Championship (Men) was inaugurated by RK Arora, Registrar, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal, on the university premises recently.

RK Arora, Registrar, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal, greets players during the inaugural ceremony of the North Zone Inter-University Lawn Tennis Championship in the university. Photo: BS Malik

BSNL extends free SIM scheme
Ambala, October 10
As a goodwill gesture, BSNL has extended the free SIM scheme up to October 15. In this festive offer, normal SIM with MRP of Rs 20 will be given free of cost to the all new customers up to October 15. Naresh Sharma, general manager, Haryana circle, said other attractive promotional schemes were also being offered by BSNL this festive season. These include full usage value equal top-up vouchers, C-top-up and flexi top-up.

Ladwa school holds seminar on good parenting
Kurukshetra, October 10
A one-day seminar on good parenting was organised by Sugni Devi Arya Girls Senior Secondary School, Ladwa, on its campus recently. Manish Kumar, a counsellor from Ludhiana was the resource person. He discussed at length hundreds of career options for youngsters with parents and laid stress on the discovery of innate talent of children. He was of the opinion that parents needed to think out of box and try to understand feelings of children. Over expectations from children was one of the major reasons of unrest among them, he added.

Institute holds job fair
Rewari, October 10
A regional mega job fair was held under the auspices of the Gurgaon Institute of Technology and Management (GITM)and the New Search Placement Company ( NSPC), Gurgaon, in the GITM complex at Pathredi, Gurgaon, here recently.

5 baseball players of Mullana school make it to national squad
Ambala, October 10
In the recently held 48th Haryana School Games, the U-17 baseball team (girls) of Ambala that included 10 players from MM International School, Mullana, added another feather to its cap as five of its players have made it to the national squad.

Watchmakers awarded
Gurgaon, October 10
Watch World from the Chitralekha group hosted the fourth edition of the Watch World Awards here recently.

Authorities geared up for Dasehra celebrations
Faridabad, October 10
The authorities in Faridabad are working overtime to give final touches to the preparations prior to the visit of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda here on Dasehra day.

225 donate blood
Kaithal, October 10
As many as 225 persons donated blood at a camp held under the aegis of the Seva Sangh and the All-India Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Trust to commemorate the 70th birth anniversary of Baba Jatinder Pal Singh Sodhi here recently. District and Sessions Judge Reetu Tagore inaugurated the camp and was the first among the blood donors.



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Child sex ratio improves in state
Mewat tops the chart; Mahendragarh at bottom
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 10
In Haryana, the sex ratio at birth (0-6 year) has improved by 19 points as compared to the last year. The child sex ratio has been registered at 864 in the state during August, 2013.

Haryana Health Minister Rao Narender Singh gave this information while presiding over a meeting of the State Advisory Board under the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PNDT) Act recently.

The Health Minister said there was an improvement in the sex ratio at birth in almost all districts. He said Mewat had the sex ratio of 913, which is highest in the state, whereas 12 districts were having sex ratio between 850 and 900. Numbers for seven districts are between 800 and 850.

Expressing concern over the state of affairs in Mahendragarh district where the sex ratio is 770, Rao Narender Singh said there was a lot to be done to improve the skewed ratio in Haryana.

He said raids using decoy teams to deal with clinics involved in sex determination had been intensified, especially in Narnaul and Rewari districts . He said there was a marked improvement in convictions under the PNDT Act in the last three to four months. He said 93 cases in the lower courts and 43 cases in the High Court had been registered regarding this and 39 convictions were held till date in this regard. Now, complaints under the PNDT Act could be registered on toll free number 102 and a provision had been made to give incentives to the people giving such information, he added.

Rao Narender Singh said regular district task force meetings were being conducted to review the implementation of the PNDT Act in the each district of the state under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioners.

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Govt committed to welfare of minorities: Chief Secy
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 10
Haryana Chief Secretary PK Chaudhery said the Haryana government was committed for effectively implementing the schemes launched for the welfare of minority communities so that the benefits of the schemes percolate down to all belonging to these communities and their living standard could be uplifted.

Chaudhery was presiding over a meeting of a state-level committee constituted for the implementation of the Prime Minister's New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities and Multi-Sectoral Development Programme. He expressed satisfaction that Haryana was one of the leading states which was efficiently implementing welfare schemes for the minorities. He said Mewat, Sirsa, Fatehabad, Kaithal, Yamunanagar and Palwal had been selected for the implementation of the Prime Minister’s 15 Point Programme for Welfare and Multi-Sectoral Development Programme of Minorities.

The Deputy Commissioners of the concerned districts presented the proposals passed by the block-level committees for development and other schemes. These proposals were regarding improvement in education, setting up of ITI centres and aanganwadi centres, health, betterment of public health services, self-employment and drinking water arrangement in these districts.

The Chief Secretary gave directions to the Deputy Commissioners concerned to coordinate with different department to plan out these proposals.

Nuh MLA Aftab Ahmed raised the demand to upgrade the schools of his district so that dropout rate of girls from the schools could be reduced. On his demand, directions were issued to the department concerned.

Detailed discussion on the security and safety of the minorities was also held in which Haryana Director General of Police SN Vaishisht apprised that during this quarter completing on June 30, not even a single case of communal riots had been reported in the state.

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Dairy Sector Development
Fiji keen to collaborate with NDRI
Bhanu P Lohumi
Tribune News Service

Karnal, October 10
The government of Fiji is keen on collaboration with the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, for development of manpower for dairy sector in Fiji.

A delegation of Fiji headed by Inia Batikoto Seruiratu, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Forests and Rural Maritime Development, Government of the Republic of Fiji, and comprising Fiji’s High Commissioner to India, Vice-Chancellor, Fiji National University, Dr Ganesh Chand, and other high officials which visited the National Dairy Research Institute today, evinced keen interest in control of mastitis, diagnostics and kits for detection of antibiotics and pathogens in milk and also in animal nutritional aspects.

The possibilities for collaboration in the areas of climate resilience were also explored and Fiji delegation also showed interest in animal management and its breeding practices.

The Fiji Agricultural Minister said he would carry forward the visit for mutual cooperation and collaboration with the NDRI in different areas and also planted a tree on the premises of the newly constructed Climate Resilient Livestock Research Centre at the National Dairy Research Institute .

Dr AK Srivastava, Director, National Dairy Research Institute , made a presentation on the current scenario of the livestock and dairy sector in India and deliberated at length as to how the livestock sector offered livelihood and nutritional security to millions of people in the country.

He told the delegation about the progress made by the institute in research and dairy education and also showed some of the recent achievements made in research such as buffalo cloning and also the progress made in the development of functional and composite foods.

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Rs 48.90 cr for development of pisciculture
Sushil Manav/TNS

Sirsa, October 10
Pisciculture, the avocation of fish production, is gaining momentum in the state. Sirsa is one of the biggest producers of fish in the state, where the authorities have set up a breeding centre in the Ottu Lake.

To provide impetus to pisciculture, Rs 48.90 crore has been approved during the 12th Five Year Plan for the implementation of various plan schemes of the Haryana Fisheries Department recently.

A spokesman of the department said a target had been fixed to produce 1.20 lakh MT of fish and stock 5,000 lakh fish seeds during the current financial year.

He said from March 2005 to March 2013, more than 6.20 lakh MT fish was produced by stocking over 31,180 MT fish seed.

He said the electricity tariff for the fisheries sector had been substantially reduced to Rs 0.25 per unit so as to bring it on par with that of agriculture. Also, the state government has waived off VAT on fish feed and fish meal for the benefit of farmers. The income by leasing of village panchayat ponds annually was about Rs 25 crore for fish culture and from March 2005 to March 2013 it had increased up to Rs 170 crore. During the same period, about 5,421 members of Scheduled Castes families have been benefited under the scheme of the welfare of Scheduled Castes families in the fisheries sector.

The spokesman said the average fish productivity in Haryana had increased to 5,700 kg per hectare per year and Haryana ranked second in the country in per hectare fish production. The budget of plan and non-plan schemes has been increased from Rs10.7 crore during 2004-05 to Rs 27.42 crore during 2013-14. The expenditure of the Fisheries Department was Rs 152.12 crore from March 2005 to March 2013, he added.

He said the aim of the department was sustainable growth, development and utilisation of fisheries for self-employment for the unemployed, nutritional security, economic prosperity and socio-economic development. The mission of the department is to promote, facilitate and undertake long-term development, conservation and utilisation of inland resources based on fishing practices with focus on enhancing fish production and productivity. It also aims at increasing livelihood opportunities, strengthening social security and welfare measures, including uplift of those belonging to the Scheduled Castes.

“It also facilitates improved post-harvest practices and value addition with market linkages,” he added.

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Higher paddy prices bring cheer to farmers
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, October 10
The beginning of the paddy procurement season has cheered up the farmers who grew different basmati varieties this season. In comparison to the last year, there is a 30 to 50 per cent rise in the procurement price.

According to information, 1,039 MT of paddy, including 547 MT of muchhal, 90 MT of basmati and 402 MT of sarbati varieties, has arrived in different grain markets so far. The entire stock was purchased by millers and dealers. The price of basmati rice was around Rs 3,660 per quintal and sarbati rice was purchased on the prices between Rs 2,300 to 2,800 per quintal. Muchhal variety of rice touched the highest price of Rs 3,900 per quintal in Gannaur grain market.

Commenting on the prevailing trend, the state vice-president of the All-India Kisan Sabha, Shradha Nand Solanki, said the trend should be maintained during the entire procurement season in the interest of farmers.

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President likely to visit Central University of Haryana
Sunit Dhawan
Tribune News Service

Gurgaon, October 10
The President is likely to visit the Central University of Haryana (CUH) at Mahendergarh in the third week of November. He has been invited by the university authorities to inaugurate the new campus of the university at Jant and Pali villages and attend its first convocation as the chief guest.

Disclosing this at a recent media interaction, CUH Vice-Chancellor Major-General (retd) Ranjit Singh said preparations as well as construction activities were in full swing on the university’s permanent campus.

He said while four study programmes had been introduced recently, as many as eight new academic disciplines would soon be started with approval of the university’s executive council.

“We will also have a Central school in the vicinity of the university, for which the panchayat of Jant village has consented to provide 10 acres of land in front of Gate Number 2. A sports complex will be constructed on the university campus. Besides, we plan to have lakes and water bodies on the campus for effective water-harvesting and attracting migratory birds,” the Vice-Chancellor maintained.

He pointed out that personality development classes were being run to train the students in communication skills, soft skills and interview skills. University students also taught the children of the local villagers free of cost, he said, adding that provision of hotline electricity connection and frequent bus service to the university campus were the other priorities.

He exhorted the media, university fraternity and the villagers to contribute for the development of the university.

On being questioned about the ongoing protests by local villagers, he asserted that several court cases had been amicably settled with proactive support of villagers, panchayats, district administration and people’s representatives and efforts were on for amicable settlement of the remaining ones.

A ceremony to honour journalists for their contribution was also organised. Prof HS Chandalia, Dr Bir Singh Yadav, Dr Dhiresh Kulshreshtha, Dr Sanjay Tiwari and Dr Satish Kumar were present on the occasion.

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Bicycle rally underscores energy conservation
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, October 10
The Chhotu Ram Chair for Sustainable Development organised "Save Energy" bicycle rally from the DCR University of Science and Technology, Murthal, to mini-secretariat to convey the message of energy conservation.

RK Arora, Registrar of the university, flagged off the rally.

The students were received by Deputy Commissioner Dr Chander Shekhar at his office at the Mini-Secretariat.

Addressing the students, the DC said energy conservation had become the need of the hour to secure the future of the upcoming generation. "The conventional sources of energy are limited and there is a need of developing more state of art techniques to make the use of natural resources,” he said.

He pointed out that the time had come when people had to limit their dependence on petrol and diesel. “You are engineering students and well aware of the techniques,” he said while referring to the student.

He asked them to go to schools and colleges to motivate students to use of natural resources of energy like air and sun.

He exhorted the students to continue such awareness programmes and assured help from the district administration.

The Chair Head, Prof Jagbir Singh, Prof BS Dahiya and Research Associate Sonia Malik were also present on the occasion.

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Karnal to get new fire station soon
Tribune News Service

Karnal, October 10
Karnal town would soon have a new fire station equipped with modern equipment and would have more open space. The new fire station, estimated to cost Rs 91 lakh, is being constructed in Sector 4 and would be spread over an area of 2,000 sq yards

The old fire station situated at the congested Jundla Gate area in Karnal would be converted into a sub-station while the new fire station would have space for stationing eight to 10 fire tenders.

The fire station, which is expected to be completed in four to six months, would also have a tubewell for water filling and residence for fire officials.

Earlier, fire officers often complained that the location was not ideal and in case of emergency, it becomes difficult to drive past the congested areas to immediately reach the fire spot and they have to face the wrath of the people.

Fire officer Gage Singh said the already existing fire station at the Jundla gate would be converted into a sub-station and three out of nine fire tenders would be kept there for quick response.

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Tributes paid to Maharaja Agrasen
Our Correspondent

Kurukshetra, October 10
Let the today's business community learn corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a condition for inclusive growth from Mahraja Agrasen who favoured spending 25 per cent of the income on the welfare of people.

This was stated by Dr MM Goel, Prof of Economics and Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kurukshetra University, while paying tributes to Maharaja Agrasen on his birth anniversary recently. Prof Goel said Mahraja Agrasen had favoured saving 25 per cent of income for the future which was necessary and a condition for coping with the financial crisis of any kind as in present times the quality of life was becoming expensive with the inflation beyond control.

"Let us learn lessons from his life of compassion with sermons of cooperation and co-existence in the present world of competition. Let the business community feel motivated for corporate social responsibility from Mahraja Agrasen," added Prof Goel.

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Criminals have a field day in Hansi
Deepender Deswal
Tribune News Service

Hisar, October 10
Hansi seems to be under the siege of criminals who are looting traders at will. As the law order situation continues to deteriorate and the police has failed to crack any of the criminal cases, the Hansi Traders' Association has been mulling to approach the court against the police and the administration for their failure to ensure safety of the residents and traders.

The traders alleged that cases of looting on gunpoint, assault, extortion threats and theft were on the rise for the past one year and the police had failed to crack any major case. The police, however, claimed that they were in the process of chalking out a special plan for crackdown on gangsters.

So daring are these gangsters that two days after they to failed in a robbery bid at the house of a trader, Shyam Agrawal, he received a letter mentioning that the police would not be able to save him and Rs 5 lakh were demanded from him as protection money.

Bajrang Dass Bansal, president of Sarv Vyapar Mandal, said traders had observed a one-day bandh in the town earlier, but it failed to bring any respite as six cases of loot, snatching and extortion had taken place after the bandh.

“We have data about the crime in Hansi in the past one year. We got it under the RTI Act . Approximately, 70 cases of assault, loot, robbery, theft, chain snatching, extortion have been reported in the past year. We have met all the senior police and administrative officials but the crime continues unabated. Now, we have decided to file a writ petition seeking directions to the state government to take urgent steps to curb the crime," Bansal said.

Meanwhile, Hisar Assistant Superintendent of Police Manish Chaudhary admitted that the police had not been able to crack any of the recent crime cases. “The police teams are on the job but so far we have no clue about the involvement of any gangster in loot and extortion threats. We have drawn out a special plan to curb the crime in the city. The police has intensified patrolling at crucial points in the city and deployed more personnels in security of the traders," the ASP said.

Recent crime cases

October 2: Rs 50,000 were looted from Rajkumar on gunpoint.

October 2: Shyam Agrawal gets anonymous extortion letter at his home.

September 30: Two armed gangsters failed to commit robbery at Shyam Agrawal's house.

September 17: A trader foiled a loot bid by an armed youth on Ambedkar chowk.

August 30: A gold chain snatched from a woman at gunpoint.

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Playwriting campaign to create awareness on road safety
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 10
With a view to reduce road accidents and to promote awareness on road safety by creating a public movement and consciousness, the Haryana Police organised a playwriting and play presentation campaign.

Organised by Sibash Kabiraj, Assistant Inspector General of Police, Traffic and Highway (H), Karnal, the workshop was aimed at writing plays to sensitise the public that roads accidents were tragedies that involved tremendous human suffering in terms of untimely loss of valuable human lives, loss of limbs, serious injurious and trauma in addition to monetary loss, unending litigation and traffic congestion. In the last few years, traffic on the national highways/state highways increased manifold and so have the accidents.

Every year more than one lakh fatal accidents occur on Indian roads, more than four people are injured and the economic loss due to road accidents is estimated to be over Rs 36,000 crore and 40 per cent of these accidents take place on national highways.

On the national highways/state highway passing through the state of Haryana, more than 4,000 persons are killed and nearly 8,000 injured every year. The vehicular population in the country has also increased manifold. Thus, educating people about the need for traffic safety becomes a crying need for which plays were prepared in two phases of writing and presentation over the last two months. The participants of the workshop included students of Kurukshetra University, who were guided by experts from different fields, including the media, academicians and families of victims.

Those who participated in the workshop included famous Hindi writer Dr Amrit Lal Madan, senior mediaperson Awadesh Bachchan, Shiv Kumar Vivek, Dr Ramji Lal and the local media community of Karnal.

At the workshop, the participants prepared four plays titled “Chauraha”, “Rajmarg par Jindgi”, “Railway Phatak Ghoghripur” and “Trasady”. While “Chauraha” shows the death of a man who realised his dreams before losing his life in an accident, shattering the dreams of his family, the second play “Rajmarg par Jindagi” shows that the mistake of another person caused the death of a bride. The third play “Trasady” presents how the loss of an individual is the loss of an entire society. The play presents the life of a scientist who dies in a road accident.

The last play “Railway Phatak Ghoghripur” is a heart warming play about the relation of village and city. The play is a live reporting of the Railway Phatak, Ghoghripur, where gate man Vijay warns people not to cross the “phatak” during the passing of train, but people ignore him and even misbehave with Vijay who saves their lives in the end.

Samir Mathur, Principal Secretary, Home, said the plays showcased the tragedy an accident, causes and its impact on society and economics. Stating that Haryana was keen on starting a movement, Traffic Education through Theatre, Mathur said a little sensitivity for the lives lost in accident would go a long way in making roads safe.

Cultural activist and convener of campaign Rajeev Ranjan said this play would introduce the new generation to this burning issue of road accidents. After watching the presentation of the plays at Panjab University, Mathur and AIG, Traffic, Kaviraj, said these would be staged all over the state to educate the youth about the need for adhering to traffic rules so that no lives were lost.

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Talent hunt competition concludes at Manohar Memorial College
Sushil Manav
Tribune News Service

Fatehabad, October 10
Students of Manohar Memorial College of Education exhibited their multifarious talent by performing in the talent search competition which concluded here recently.

Dr Punam Miglani, principal, inaugurated the competition by lighting a lamp in front of Goddess Saraswati.

On the first day of the talent search competition, declamation contest, mono acting, poster making, painting and poetic recitation competitions were held.

Janak Mehta and Kamlesh Rani were judges in the contest. Ritu, Anil and Deepak bagged the first three positions respectively in the declamation contest.

Sunil Kumar and Gunjan Bajaj were judges of the mono acting competition. Ria came first in mono acting. Sharanjeet and Zenia were adjudged second and third respectively in mono acting.

Rajesh Jagra, Lalit Chopra and Santosh Mehta acted as judges of poster making and painting competition. Priyanka remained first in poster making competition, while Shweta Nag and Vidushi Mukhi won the second and third positions respectively. Shanti Swaroop, Poonam and Saroj Bala were adjudged first, second and third in painting competition respectively.

Kavita Batra, Gunjan Bajaj and Balwant Singh were the judges in poem recitation competition. Deepak Kumar, Promila and Gunjan Sharma bagged the first three positions in Poetic recitation competition.

The quiz competition was held on the second day. Lalit Chopra acted as quiz master. Himanshi and Navdeep stood first, Dinesh and Simran Singh stood second and Ramandeep Kaur and Ria stood third.

Mangal Nayak, Sapna and Gunjan Sharma got the first three positions in the singing competition, while Anjali Soni, Gunjan Sharma and Ritu got the first three positions in dancing.

The skit presented by Zenia group was adjudged the best, while Anjali group scored the second position.

Punam Miglani congratulated the winners and exhorted students to work towards the all round development of their personality. 

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16 students get placement
Our Correspondent

Kurukshetra, October 10
As many as 16 students of BTech Computer Science and Electronics and Communication (final year) were selected in a campus-placement drive orgnised by Kurukshetra Institute of Technology and Management (KITM) on its premises recently.

A KITM spokesman said the officials of Unit Nexus Pvt Ltd, Chandigarh, started the recruitment process with a written online aptitude test followed by a technical test.

Six students of computer science and 10 students of electronics and communication got placed.

The company offered a pay package upto Rs 1.8 lakh to each of the selected candidates. About 120 students participated in the placement drive.

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Dr Rohtak Yadav is medical teachers’ association chief
Ravinder Saini

Jhajjar, October 10
Dr Rohtak K Yadav, president, Haryana chapter of Indian Radiological and Imaging Association, has been elected as the chief of the Haryana State Medical Teachers’ Association (HSMTA), for the second consecutive time.

Yadav said he would not leave any stone unturned to get the HSMTA’s demands met which were pending before the government for last some time.

The demands included pay scales and other allowances of the faculty of the PGIMS, Rohtak, at par with the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, and implementation of the scheme of dynamic assured career progression to teachers of medical college.

He informed that the senior professors of PGIMS, Rohtak, used to get pay scales equivalent to the present HAG scale. "There was no ceiling on the basic pay, but, now the ceiling on the basic pay has been imposed by the authorities," he added.

“A delegation of the HSMTA will soon call on the authorities to demand implementation of the HAG Scale to 40 per cent of the posts of senior professors and removal of the ceiling on the basic pay. Moreover, pressure will also be mounted on the authorities to remove our other pay scale anomalies,” said Yadav.

Dr VK Katyal has been elected as vice-president, Dr AS Rathi has been elected as the general secretary, Dr Vijay Pal has been elected as the join secretary and Dr Naveen Malhotra has been elected as the treasurer of the association.

While, Dr Rajesh Rajpoot, Dr Sarita Saini, Dr Vikas Kakkar, Dr Varun Arora, Dr Mahesh Goyal, Dr Pardeep Kamboj, Dr Vivek Singh Malik and Dr Jyoti Sethi have been elected as the members of executive committee of the association.

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Youth Red Cross volunteers bring laurels
Sushil Manav
Tribune News Service

Sirsa, October 10
Volunteers of the Youth Red Cross from Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, have brought laurels to their institute by their performances at a training camp at Bhupatwala in Haridwar from October 1 to 6.

Volunteers from several universities of the region participated in the camp, said Dr Sanjeet, an assistant professor in the Management Department of the university and the contingent in charge of the team.

Vice-Chancellor of the university Dr Radhe Sham Sharma welcomed the contingent on its return to the university and lauded their efforts.

Registrar Dr Manoj Siwach, Dean of Colleges Dr SK Gahlawat, Dean of Cultural Affairs Dr Deepti Dharmani, Principal of Manohar Memorial Post Graduate College Dr Devender Kumar Kaushik, Dr Vishnu Bhagwan, an associate professor, and Amit Sangwan, an assistant professor in the university, were present on the occasion.

Dr Sanjeet said volunteers of the Youth Red Cross learnt techniques of distress management, first-aid and other emergency situations and gave a commendable performance during their tests.

The team also brought laurels in cultural performances. 

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Book on 'Bhajanmandli Parampra' released
Our Correspondent

Kurukshetra, October 10
Dr Ram Prakash, Chancellor, Gurukul Kangri University, and Rajya Sabha Member released a book entitled “Bhajanmandli Parampra Ko Pandit Rameshwar Dutt Ka Yogdan" (Contribution of Pandit Rameshwar Dutt to Bhajanmandli System), authored by Dr Sushil Kumar Taya and guided by Prof Babu Ram, Department of Hindi, Kurukshetra University, at the premises of Dayanand Mahila Mahavidyalya here recently.

The book throws light on the role of "Bhajan Mandlies" in social uplift and removal of social evils from our society. The book could be taken as a reformist step in moulding the thought process of society from ancient to modernity. The "Bhajan Mandlies" in their own inimitable style had brought home numerous folklores resting on the value system of Haryanavi society.

The book would go a long way in educating the masses about the ancient values inherent in Haryana’s life style and its various customs and festivals, opined Dr Ram Prakash. Subhash Sudha, member of Haryana Finance Commission, Fateh Singh, vice-president, District Congress Committee, Mehar Singh, president, Block Congress, Lok Pal Shyam Lal Jangra and Omi Lal were also present on the occasion.

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Inter-university tennis tourney begins at Murthal varsity
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, October 10
The six-day North Zone Inter-University Lawn Tennis Championship (Men) was inaugurated by RK Arora, Registrar, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal, on the university premises recently. Teams from Haryana, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh are participating in the championship.

While inaugurating the championship, the Registrar said sports brought all-round development of the youth and inculcate the spirit of competition, leadership and commitment in them . “Sports has become a job-oriented activity and the number of incentives, including job and cash amount, are being given by the state governments, Railways and public sector undertakings,” he said. He added that Haryana had taken a lead by implementing the new sports policy. He exhorted the players to draw inspiration from the success of international tennis stars like Sania Mirza, Mahesh Bhupati, Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna. 

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BSNL extends free SIM scheme
Tribune News Service

Ambala, October 10
As a goodwill gesture, BSNL has extended the free SIM scheme up to October 15. In this festive offer, normal SIM with MRP of Rs 20 will be given free of cost to the all new customers up to October 15. Naresh Sharma, general manager, Haryana circle, said other attractive promotional schemes were also being offered by BSNL this festive season. These include full usage value equal top-up vouchers, C-top-up and flexi top-up.

The service provider has also increased the data usage by 10 per cent extra for all the STVs with MRP of Rs 98 and above under pre-paid services and for all the data plans under post-paid services.

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Ladwa school holds seminar on good parenting
Our Correspondent

Kurukshetra, October 10
A one-day seminar on good parenting was organised by Sugni Devi Arya Girls Senior Secondary School, Ladwa, on its campus recently. Manish Kumar, a counsellor from Ludhiana was the resource person. He discussed at length hundreds of career options for youngsters with parents and laid stress on the discovery of innate talent of children. He was of the opinion that parents needed to think out of box and try to understand feelings of children. Over expectations from children was one of the major reasons of unrest among them, he added.

Manish asked parents to encourage their children to join creative fields like music, Arts, Architecture and multi media. He said multiple intelligence dermatoglyphics analysis was a useful technique for assessment of children in today’s cut-throat competition.

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Institute holds job fair
Our Correspondent

Rewari, October 10
A regional mega job fair was held under the auspices of the Gurgaon Institute of Technology and Management (GITM)and the New Search Placement Company ( NSPC), Gurgaon, in the GITM complex at Pathredi, Gurgaon, here recently.

Besides management and the staff of the GITM and its other sister institutions, senior functionaries of the Human Resource Development Department, over 30 reputed companies of Noida, Gurgaon and Rewari districts participated in the job fair.

Nearly 500 students of senior secondary classes, engineering and professional faculties of various educational and technical institutions of Gurgaon, Rewari, Narnaul, Delhi and other places in Haryana participated in the job fair.

The participating companies included Power Spack, Cook House, GSH Group, Power Engineering, RICCO Engineering, Birla Sun Life, Tata AIA, Pizza Hut, KFC, SBS International, Omnia Technology, Sarv Sai Industries, BP Corporate, Oswal Diecasting, Airwise Soft Services, Kadini Tools and Sona Group Gurgaon.

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5 baseball players of Mullana school make it to national squad
Tribune News Service

Ambala, October 10
In the recently held 48th Haryana School Games, the U-17 baseball team (girls) of Ambala that included 10 players from MM International School, Mullana, added another feather to its cap as five of its players have made it to the national squad.

The tournament was held from from September 17 to September 20 in Karnal. The team finished runners- up in the event. This is for the first time that Ambala reached the final and secured the second position in the history of the tournament. Under the able guidance of coach Anju Gautam five students of MM International School -Aditi, Shruti,Komal Kalra, Aayushi and Daisy- made it to the national level. Vineeta Rajput, director of the school, congratulated the team and the sports department for the success. The team had reached the final of the tournament after defeating Karnal 16-6 in semifinal. Prior to that, in quarterfinals, Ambala defeated Mahendergarh 7-3 and Sirsa 9-2. The final match was played between Ambala and Kaithal where the latter took the lead, restricting Ambala to 2-4.

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Watchmakers awarded
Tribune News Service

Gurgaon, October 10
Watch World from the Chitralekha group hosted the fourth edition of the Watch World Awards here recently.

The jury awarded leading watches across 11 categories in the Product Awards section and six categories in the Marketing and Merchandising Awards section.

The event which saw attendance by eclectic timekeeping brands like Cartier, Zenith, Hublot, Graham, Ulysee Nardin, Breitling, Corum, Parmigiani, Seiko, Swarovski, Titan, Antonio Bernini and Rotary, saw Breitling coming out the winner and bagging the "Watch of the Year Award".

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Authorities geared up for Dasehra celebrations
Tribune News Service

Faridabad, October 10
The authorities in Faridabad are working overtime to give final touches to the preparations prior to the visit of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda here on Dasehra day.

Hooda would address a public meeting during the NIT assembly constituency. The meeting would be represented by Shivcharan Sharma, Labour Minister, Haryana, before taking part in the Dasehra celebrations. Sharma is the organiser of the public meeting. Balraj Singh, Deputy Commissioner, Faridabad, and AS Chawla, Police Commissioner, also inspected the venue today.

Hooda would also inaugurate a park which had been constructed by the MCF. The park has been named after freedom fighter Ranbir Singh Hooda.

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225 donate blood
Our Correspondent

Kaithal, October 10
As many as 225 persons donated blood at a camp held under the aegis of the Seva Sangh and the All-India Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Trust to commemorate the 70th birth anniversary of Baba Jatinder Pal Singh Sodhi here recently. District and Sessions Judge Reetu Tagore inaugurated the camp and was the first among the blood donors.

RS Chaudhry and JS Sidhu, both ADJs, also donated blood. CJM Amarjeet Singh, Devinder Kumar, JMIC, Harleen Singh, Judicial Magistrate, and Gagandeep Mittal, CJM-cum-secretary, DLSA, Kaithal, were also present on the occasion. 

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Movies This Week

War Chhod Na Yaar

A still from the movie, ‘War Chhod Na Yaar’
A still from the movie, ‘War Chhod Na Yaar’

Directed by: Faraz Haider

"War Chhod Na Yaar", is a satire on Army life. It is directed by Faraz Haider. He has directed the movie for the first time.

Soha Ali Khan plays a reporter in the film while Sharman Joshi plays the role of an army officer.

Faraz Haider who has assisted Dibakar Banerjee on "Oye Lucky Lucky Oye" has shot this war comedy in the sandy terrain of Rajasthan near Bikaner.

Nearly, 80 per cent of the film has been shot in Bikaner and the remaining in Delhi. The movie has been produced by AOPL Entertainment Pvt Ltd. "War Chhod Na Yaar" is slated to release today all over Haryana.

Baat Ban Gayee

Directed by: Shuja Ali

Director Shuja Ali's "Baat Ban Gayee" is a complete family entertainer which is something refreshing for the audience. The trade circles said the movie will hit the right note with its simplicity and conviction.

The viewers will be touched by the soulful romance and on the other hand would have a great laughing experience.

The highlight of "Baat Ban Gayee" is that it explores contrasting facts of human nature.

Ali Fazal, Anisa, Amrita Rai Chand and Gulshan Grover (Double role) are the main stars of the film which opens today all over Haryana.

— Dharam Pal

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