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Non-utilisation of Central funds by Faridabad authorities
Rs 320 cr for providing drinking water in Sirsa
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Faridabad police steps up security ahead of Diwali
Prompt action saves trader from kidnappers’ clutches
Architecture students make dwelling unit for disaster-hit
US delegation meets industry captains
'Need to pay attention to quality of education'
160 students donate blood at camp
5,559 examined at health camp
Rangers perform kar seva in gurdwara
Art of Living opens 7th centre in Rewari
Govt forms sub-committee to check illegal construction
Diwali rush clogs Sirsa roads, cops on their toes
Old meet new at alumni meet in KU
Cosmetics with triclosan chemical harmful: Prof
Rattan Singh Dhillon's poetry book released
Avoid stubble burning: DC to farmers
'Nuclear energy safe if proper measures are taken'
Youth festival: Manohar Memorial College bags overall trophy
10 file papers for five seats in CDLU Court
Women outclass men in several areas: MP
Agri Dept to hold awareness camps for farmers
Get inspiration from martyrs, says lokayukta
Kaithal school observes UN Day
Vice-chairman of bodybuilding federation gets global recognition
Khanpur Kalan varsity student bags silver in boxing c’ship
World Wrestling C’ship bronze medallist Bajrang felicitated
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Non-utilisation of Central funds by Faridabad authorities Ravi S Singh Tribune News Service
Faridabad, October 28 Last year the Union Government had approved a project worth Rs 37 crore to refurbish roads in Sectors 4,6, 24 and 25. The government assigned Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) to implement the project. Industrialists, on condition of anonymity, allege that each time they approached the local office of the HSIIDC regarding commencement of work on the project, they got an evasive reply. According to them, the project has not taken off even though tendering and work allocation to a private firm have long been completed. Cheesed at the delay, the industry has decided to take up the issue at the highest echelons in the department. S Kapoor, a functionary of the FIA, said the delay in the commencement of the project was likely to hurt both the state and the industry. He reasoned that unless there was something concrete to show, the state could not propose to the Centre for an additional project under the scheme. The scheme is particularly meant for boosting infrastructure in areas where industrial units related to export business are located. Kapoor said the industry had hoped for more funds through an additional project for other industrial sectors in Faridabad under the scheme. The industry here alleged that the roads in Sectors 4,6, 24 and 25 were an eye-sore. They were dotted with deep pot-holes. Ankle to knee-deep stagnant water accumulated on the roads for days during the monsoons which caused hardships to the workforce. Accidents often happened on them. To boot, the poor condition of the roads was an embarrassment to the industrialists before the visiting foreign investors. The roads have further taken a hit during this monsoon. The industry complains that the MCF refuses to take immediate remedial steps to improve them citing implementation of the central scheme. There are about 800 industrial units in the area. About 8,000 work-force are employed in the units.
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Rs 320 cr for providing drinking water in Sirsa
Sirsa, October 28 This was stated by the OSD (Media) to Chief Minister, Dr KV Singh, after launching an expansion work of waterworks projects costing Rs 90 lakh in
Kaluana, Dabwali villages. He also launched the work of renovating waterworks in Jandwala Bishnoian village of the district. He visited a number of villages and invited people to participate in the Shakti Rally in Gohana on November 10. Dr. Singh said a waterworks costing over Rs 160 crore was being set up in Panjuana to provide purified drinking water to the residents of
Sirsa. He said more than half of the project had been completed and over Rs 80 crore had alredy been spent on it. Similarly, a waterworks has been setup in Ellenabad at a cost of Rs 18.74
crore. Sewerage was also being laid in Ellenabad at a cost of Rs 15.82 crore, he added. He said over Rs 20 crore was being spent on sewerage in Sirsa and sewerage treatment plants had been set up at Kelnia road and Natar village. "Though, the treatment plants have been functioning, approval for the work of the second phases has been sought," he added. He said Rs 3.36 crore had been spent on the expansion of waterworks in Dabwali whereas the department had got approval of Rs 36.65 crore for this project. Besides, Rs 870 lakh had been approved for various development works in
Rania. He said apart from these projects, renovation and expansion of waterworks would be undertaken in over 36 villages.
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Faridabad police steps up security ahead of Diwali
Faridabad, October 28 It has already increased its presence at public places to instill deterrence among miscreants. Crack teams will be constituted to keep a tab on anti-social elements. Faridabad Police Commissioner AS Chawla has said that strict action will be taken against those who store fire-crackers at places that do not have authorisation from the departments concerned. He alleged that in the past there had been incidents of fire and damage at places where fire-crackers were stored illegally. Also, areas where fire-crackers are manufactured must meet with the prescribed specifications. Chawla further said the Faridabad Deputy Commissioner would be approached to ensure adequate presence of staff at government hospitals and institutes on Divali and the preceding day to deal with any kind of emergency. Besides, the police will make a pitch to get the government’s fire-tenders stationed at public places, especially around markets and congested areas, round-the-clock, on Diwali day. Policemen would be specially deputed at each of the fire-tenders. The sensitive areas had been identified. He reasoned that stationing of the fire-tenders at vulnerable areas, rather than on their office premises, would enable swift intervention when required. The police felt that anti-social elements took advantage of the crowds by mingling in the crowds during festivities and hence the MCF, HUDA and offices of the Deputy Commissioner had been urged to ensure that government employees were accompanied by police personnel when they went to banks and the treasury to deposit money, particularly till November 5.
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Prompt action saves trader from kidnappers’ clutches
Sirsa, October 28 Fatehabad SP Shiv Charan Attri was also involved in the operation. The police has arrested one kidnapper and recovered the trader’s belongings as well as the ransom money paid to them by the trader’s brother. Dhanuka, who had come to his hometown, was on way to Delhi to take a flight for Hyderabad on October 24 when some unidentified miscreants kidnapped him from near Ding in Sirsa. The kidnappers called Dhanuka’s brother Sanjay in Hyderabad and demanded Rs 40 lakh for his release. Sanjay arrived in Delhi with the ransom money yesterday, but at the same time contacted the police for help. One policeman accompanied Sanjay in garb of his driver while the other hid himself in the dickey of the car. Police parties followed Sanjay’s car in private vehicles. Dhanuka’s kidnappers, who had called Sanjay to Hansi in Hisar for the delivery of the money, changed the venue thrice before finally calling him to Badopal. When Sanjay was delivering the money, the cop sitting in his car’s dickey came out held a kidnapper. The arrested accused was identified as Ram Swaroop of Momad Khera. However, the two other kidnappers managed to escape with the money. Later, the police recovered their SUV and the ransom money besides Dhanuka’s belongings near Chuli Bagrian village in Hisar. Ram Swaroop was today produced in a local court which remanded him in police custody for five days.
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Architecture students make dwelling unit for disaster-hit
Gurgaon, October 28 Students of Sushant School of Art and Architecture at Ansal University, Gurgaon, in collaboration with Archade Foundation, a non-profit organisation, have developed the model of an affordable, easy to construct and weather-friendly dwelling unit. The single-room model is made up of sacks filled with loose earth, bamboos, tin-sheds and hay. The prototype is being shared with the disaster-management agencies of the United Nations, Union and state governments, NGOs, groups and individuals working in the affected areas. Its developers claim that such a dwelling unit would require an expenditure of around Rs 45,000 and can be built in just about a week. Care has been taken to alter the building material and design to suit the different climatic and geographical conditions of Odisha and Uttarakhand. "The recent flash floods and landslides in Uttarakhand and the cyclone in Odisha have rendered millions homeless and created an urgent requirement for shelters for a large population in the shortest possible time. Our students have made an effort in this direction," said Dr CS Nagpal, Vice-Chancellor, Ansal University. Mohit Verma, founder, Archade, said: "We hope to contribute meaningfully towards developing viable and architecturally-sound solutions for the victims of natural disasters through this initiative." Dr Rupinder Singh, Dean, Sushant School of Art and Architecture, maintained: "Through this initiative, our students have aspired to use their knowledge and skills for the rehabilitation of people affected by natural disasters. Some of our students and faculty have also visited the affected region to get a first-hand feel of the local climate and topography."
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US delegation meets industry captains
Faridabad, October 28 The ASSE is billed as one of the oldest and prominent, professional safety societies in the world. Entrepreneurs and experts on safety management are its members. The organisation is on a global campaign to promote standards of safety management at shop-floors. Leader of the delegation and society global president Richard A Pollock in his speech said there was growing consciousness among captains of industry world over on the virtues of safety standards management and health on the factory premises. He said, “Safety and health of a worker is directly related to profitability of the firm concerned. Our organisation is trying to ingrain the concept of workers safety and sustainability of profitability.” He said his organisation had global reach with presence in 90 countries, including India. It was pushing for an initiative to develop a common code and language with regard to best practices and principles of safety and health at shop-floors, he added. He expressed disappointment at the lack of proper implementation of the internationally acclaimed OSHAS:18001 standard with regard to safety management and workplaces. He said his organisation had recently opened its India Chapter with headquarters at Chennai. It would organise a two-day seminar “Safety India-2014” starting April 28 to focus on the safety management and health of workers. In response to a media query, Pollock said there was a positive intent on the safety and health issue in industrial cricles. However, awareness on issues was still lacking. Addressing the delegation, FIA president SK Goel said in Haryana, industrialists were members of the Haryana Safety Council, which was headed by a Labour Commissioner. The body was pro-active on the safety standards issue, he added. Later, the delegation visited Escorts Ltd plant here and inquired from personnel on the safety management followed by the firm. They also interacted with functionaries of Delhi Metro in the national Capital on the safety issue yesterday.
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'Need to pay attention to quality of education'
Kurukshetra, October 28 Prasad said, “Haryana has made tremendous progress in the higher education and we have now 36 universities, 95 colleges, 1,200 crore budget, 12 lakh students, 20 per cent growth rate and gross enrolment ratio of 24.1 per cent.” "The state has the college density of 44 per lakh students in comparison to other states where college density is 23 colleges per lakh . Rajiv Gandhi Education City is going to be one of the educational hubs in the country,” added Prasad. KU Vice-Chancellor Lt. Gen (retd) Dr DDS Sandhu said the expansion of higher education should go along with quality improvement. "We need to integrate technology with teaching at a much larger scale. Regular update of curriculum, focus on accountability and an emphasis on improving the soft skills of students is the need of the hour, Sandhu added. Prof Anand Mohan, Director, National Institute of Technology, said there was a need to bring improvement in quality at the elementary and secondary levels. "We need concrete plans to generate quality human resource to meet the 30 per cent gross enrolment ratio by 2020," added Mohan.
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160 students donate blood at camp
Kaithal, October 28 Randeep Singh Surjewala, PWD and Industries Minister, inaugurated the camp and distributed Red Cross badges among the 160 donors. In his address, Surjewala under lined the need of voluntary blood donation. He said it was a noble cause as few Kaithal town was fast coming up as an education hub. A private university and a government college, besides a number of other educational institutes coming up here would go a long way in imparting knowledge, he added. Dr Rishi Pal, principal of the college, Dr Namita Dhaka, Dr Ruchi Gupta, SK Goel SE, SK Aggarwal, XEN PWD and Anil Malik, secretary, District Red Cross, were among those present on the occasion.
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5,559 examined at health camp
Kaithal, October 28 MP Naveen Jindal MP inaugurated the camp. Free medicines were given to the needy and medical tests were conducted. Jindal expressed concern over the spread of hepatitis. He said the purpose of organising such camps was to provide health check-up facility to the people at their doorsteps.
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Rangers perform kar seva in gurdwara
Sonepat, October 28 During the kar seva, the Rangers washed the clothes and cleaned the floors and other areas within the gurdwara premises. Gurudwara committee president Sardar Bhagwan Singh and other volunteers including Jasbir Singh, Jeet Singh, Vikram Singh, Kavita Saini and Manjit Kumar, also encouraged girls in undertaking this selfless service. Rangers, Neha, Kavita and Pooja said, "The kar seva gave us a different feeling of happiness and satisfaction by doing this self- service for the community." They were motivated to perform such service for the people a habit, they added. The college Chairman, Dr OP Pruthi, and the Principal, Dr Jyoti Juneja, appreciated the initiative of the girls and added that it would inspire other girls for sparing their time for doing selfless service.
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Art of Living opens 7th centre in Rewari
Rewari, October 28 With this, the tally of its centres has gone up to seven in the town. At the inaugural function of the centre held yesterday, district chief of these Sanskar Kendras Urmila Bhardwaj said the centre would hold two-hour classes for children aged between seven to 11 years once a week. Classes would be regularly conducted by four skilled voluntary instructors Dinesh Goyal, Rekha Gupta, Kiran Dhankhar and Rashmi Sehgal. Urmila said a sprit of ever-increasing inquisitiveness would be awakened among children through these interlocutory sessions. The attributes of compassion, affection, hilarity, brotherly kinship and intensive consideration for others would also be instilled in them, she added. Describing such linkage of children to these altruistic values in this rapidly changing scenario as a sine qua non, she said these Sanskar Kendras aimed at moulding children into robust citizens of tomorrow. She said as many as 51 Sanskar Kendras had already been established in the state against a target of 108 centres.
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Govt forms sub-committee to check illegal construction
Chandigarh, October 28 This was stated by an official spokesman here yesterday. He said a sub-committee had also been constituted. At district-level Senior Town Planner of the circle concerned would be Chairman-cum-Sub Nodal Officer, District Town Planner concerned would be member secretary and PWD (B&R) Executive Engineer of the area concerned would be member of the committee, he added. He said the sub-committee would monitor all unauthorised constructions in restricted belt and take action against them. It would hold meetings on quarterly basis. He said Sub-Nodal Officer-cum-Chairman would submit a certificate to the Nodal Officer to the effect that no new construction had come up along scheduled roads in the area under its jurisdiction. In case any construction had come up, then action had been taken against such construction as per the law. The spokesman said Nodal Officer after assessing the information or certificate submitted by Sub-Nodal Officers and visiting the sites at random, would submit a quarterly report to the Director General, Haryana Town and Country Planning.
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Diwali rush clogs Sirsa roads, cops on their toes
Sirsa, October 28 Driving through main markets of Sirsa town has become a tedious job, as shopkeepers have displayed their goods outside their shops. To ensure the smooth vehicular movement in the town, the traffic police has taken some measures and started one-way traffic in all main markets from Thursday. Additional Superintendent of Police Rajinder Kumar Meena on Thursday convened a meeting of members of the Road Safety Organisation and the traffic police to streamline traffic scenario during the festive season. The police on Thursday set up barricades on the roads leading to Sadar Bazaar from Main Post Office side. Restricting the movement of four-wheelers, the police has allowed only two-wheelers inside the market. Heavy vehicles will not be allowed to enter markets from 10 am to 8 am. Yellow lines have been marked in the market for parking of vehicles within those lines.
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Old meet new at alumni meet in KU
Kurukshetra, October 28 The old students always act as a bridge between a department and the industry. In the changing scenario, it has become important the for students of the home science department to fight various lifestyle diseases. We need to know what to eat and what to wear on a particular occasion from experts like you," said Sandhu.—OC
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Cosmetics with triclosan chemical harmful: Prof
Karnal, October 28 Dozens of toothpastes sold at supermarkets as anti-bacterial cleaning products, including dish washing liquid and hand wash, are also affected as researchers have discovered the usage of triclosan in these products, which can react with water to produce chloroform gas. If inhaled in large quantity, chloroform can cause depression, liver problems and even cancer in some cases. “These products produce low-level chloroform, but that adds up over time. To make consumers aware, the manufacturers must list triclosan on their ingredients so that they one can avoid buying products with this chemical,” said Rakesh Bharadwaj, a chemistry Professor and Principal Dayal Singh College, Karnal. “Triclosan when mixed with chlorinated water turns into chloroform which on coming in contact with air makes phosphine gas which is dangerous,” says Prof Bharadwaj, who has conducted research on presence of triclosan in cosmetics. He said, “It is important for the public to know that what they use in their houses can also be dangerous for life and have an adverse effect on the environment also.” As triclosan degrades slowly and is not easily soluble in water, its effectiveness in hand soap is due to the fact that it stays on hands and continues to kill bacteria even after they have dried. As per some studies triclosan products kill up to 99 per cent germs.Triclosan, which moves to water bodies through sewerage, has a property of settling down and getting absorbed. It is highly toxic to algae and destroys the balance of aquatic ecosystems. The safety of triclosan, also known as irgasan and microban, has been questioned in respect of human health.
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Rattan Singh Dhillon's poetry book released
Ambala, October 28 The book titled "Parvaz: Ik Samrath Kaav Sanchar" was unveiled by chief guest Dr Gurdev Singh, the Principal of GGN Khalsa College, Ludhiana, and the Director of Haryana Punjabi Sahit Academy, Sukhchain Singh Bhandari, in the presence of Dr Paul Kaur, Dr Balwinder Singh, Dr Sudarshan Gasso and Dr Anita Sharma. Later, scholars, Dr Tilak Raj from GN Khalsa College, Yamunanagar, and Dr Jagwinder Jodha from DAV College, Jalandhar presented their papers about "Parvaz". Dr Tilak Raj, reading his paper, "Parvaz: Ik Samrath Kaav Sanchar" said the poems in "Parvaz" transport the reader to the zenith of poetic flight. Dr Jodha, in his paper "Samkali Daur Da Kavik Dastavez: Parvaz" opined that the Dr Dhillon comes out as a true poet. His poetic techniques are unique and qualitative. The use of poetic codes, instead of traditional diction, stands out as unsurpassed and Punjabi literature needs such poetry at this juncture. The second session was presided over by Dr Paul Kaur during which three papers about Haryana Punjabi literature were presented. Dr Sudarshan Gasso presented his paper on Punjabi poetry being written in Haryana, whereas Dr Rattan Singh Dhillon and Dr Naib Singh Mander read out their papers on Haryanvi-Punjabi Ghazals and short stories, respectively. Director of the Akademy Sukhchain Singh Bhandari apprised the audience about the achievements and activities of the Akademy. He also said that the Haryana Government had increased the award money given to Punjabi litterateures. Dr Gurdev Singh and Dr Paul Kaur also spoke on the occasion. Earlier, Dr Anita welcomed the guests and delegates and President of the Punjabi Sahit Sabha. Later, Navpreet Kaur proposed the vote of thanks.
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Avoid stubble burning: DC to farmers
Kaithal, October 28 He said the smoke arising out of stubble burning reduces the visibility, causing accidents. The kits of sarson seed were distributed among farmers. The Agricultural Department issued permits to 29 farmers for allotment of metallic bins for the storage of foodgrains.
683 examined
The Health Department conducted HIV tests of 35 persons. As many as 683 persons were medically examined and 93 pathological tests were conducted on the spot.
13 voter Id enrolment
The Election Department received 13 voter enrolment forms and four applications for correction in the voter lists.
66 ration cards issued
The food and supply department issued 66 ration cards. The Public Health Department officials regularised 430 water connections and the villagers were advised to conserve water. ADC Arvind Malhan highlighted the importance of solar energy. SDM Narhari Bangar, DDPO Rajesh Khoth, were present at the camp.
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'Nuclear energy safe if proper measures are taken'
Kurukshetra, October 28 This was stated by Lt Gen (retd) Dr DDS Sandhu, Vice-Chancellor, Kurukshetra University, while speaking at the inaugural session of a five-day workshop on radiochemistry and applications of radio Isotopes organised by the department of physics, Kurukshetra University, recently. The university has established a low-ion beam accelerator worth Rs 8 crore. The grant for it was given by the Department of Science and Technology, India. "This will give a boost to research and teaching in the field," he added. Chief guest YS Mayya from Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnerships highlighted the importance of the upcoming nuclear power plant-cum-research centre at Bahadurgarh. Dr PC Kalsi, senior scientist, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and senior functionary of the Indian Association of Nuclear Chemists and Allied Scientists (IANCAS), elaborated on the theme of the seminar and the activities of the IANCAS.
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Youth festival: Manohar Memorial College bags overall trophy
Fatehabad, October 28 It bagged the trophies in music and dance categories, while the runner-up CMK National Post Graduate College for Women won the trophy for in the theatre category. The Government College for Women team secured top position in the one-act-play category while JCD Memorial College, Sirsa, emerged victorious in the mime competition. Sirsa MP Ashok Tanwar was the chief guest at the function. He and Vice-Chancellor Radhe Sham Sharma distributed prizes among the winners. Speaking on this occasion, Tanwar exhorted youths to excel in the field of their choice so that they could carve a niche for themselves in society. He said sports and cultural activities were equally important as education and youths should participate in these activities. Sharma said the university aimed at providing opportunities to youth to showcase their talent in all fields. Earlier, Chief Parliamentary Secretary Prahlad Singh Gillankhera declared the three-day youth festival open on Thursday. Office bearers of the college managing committee, Dev Raj Batra, Rajiv Batra, Vinod Mehta and Chander Prakash Batra, Principal DK Kaushik, principals of other colleges of Sirsa and Fatehabad and prominent persons of the town were present at the function.
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10 file papers for five seats in CDLU Court
Sirsa, October 28 As many as 58 assistant and associate professors of the university will cast their votes to elect five members of the university’s supreme body - at least two of them must be from among the associate professors, said Dr Manoj Siwach, Registrar of the university. Two different factions of teachers have fielded their separate set of candidates for the poll.Siwach said that after scrutiny, the list of candidates would be displayed on the notice board on October 28. Nominations could be withdrawn till October 31 and the final list of candidates would be displayed on November 5.— TNS
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Women outclass men in several areas: MP
Sirsa, October 28 Speaking on the occasion, Tanwar said women had shown that they were not behind men in any field and were rather outclassing men in several areas. He said for the overall development of the society as well as the country at large, it was important to make women employable. He said NGOs like Pratibha Women Welfare Society were making a yeoman contribution in the field of social service. He said such societies were becoming partners in nation building by making women self-reliant and able to earn their livelihood. Tanwar lauded efforts of Bimla Sinwar, president of the society, for her relentless service to the cause of women. The MP also announced a grant of Rs 5 lakh to the society from his Member of Parliament Local Area Development fund scheme. In her speech, Bimla Sinwar said her NGO had been making endeavours to make women self-confident and self-reliant. Tanwar and Avantika distributed certificates among women, who had received trainings in stitching, embroidery, beautician, software, computer hardware etc. Balraj Chalia of Ambedkar Society, Hardiyal Beri, Pawan Kumar, Mukta Bishnoi, Shada Ludesar, Promila, Rekha, Rachna, Kamlesh and Jasmine were also present on the occasion.
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Agri Dept to hold awareness camps for farmers
Kurukshetra, October 28 The DC directed the Agriculture Department officers to check the seeds and the medicines being provided by shopkeepers and agencies so that they could not sell/supply duplicate seeds and medicines. "Farmers should always demand for the bill or cash memo while purchasing any agriculture input so that in case of faulty supply, action could be initiated against the guilty supplier/agency holders," he added.
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Get inspiration from martyrs, says lokayukta
Kurukshetra, October 28 The function was organised by the Raja Ajit Singh Memorial Trust at Panchyat Bhawan here on Friday. Pritam Pal stressed upon the need of rendering moral education and ethics along with good education in the schools from Class I to XII and by doing so the social evils including corruption, female foeticide and dowry could be curbed. Martyr Major Nitin Bali’s mother Adarsh Bali said the martyrs and their relatives should be given due honour by the government. Pritam Pal honoured the freedom fighters and relatives of martyrs by giving them mementoes and shawls. Earlier, Pritam Pal inaugurated a blood donation camp at the Panchayat Bhawan. Pritam Pal and parents of Nitin Bali also paid floral tributes to Major Nitin Bali.
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Kaithal school observes UN Day
Kaithal, October 28
The students presented economic, social and
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Vice-chairman of bodybuilding federation gets global recognition
Rewari, October 28 The award was presented to him by Datuk Paul Chua , secretary-general of the WBBPSF, at a function at Bangkok in Thailand recently. Sir Douglas Lachford, chairman of the Thailand Body Building Federation, Christina, president of the Indonesian Body Building Federation, and other dignitaries were also present on the occasion. Acclaiming the valuable services rendered by Swami during the past about 15 years for the promotion of the bodybuilding sports around the globe in general and in the Asian continent as well as India in particular, Datuk Paul Chua hoped that the efforts being made by Sawmi and others would further provide enrichment to the sports in Asian countries in the years to come. Meanwhile, Swami has dedicated this high-ranking honour to the residents of his native city, Rewari. It is noteworthy that earlier Swami was also presented with the prestigious IFBB Achievement Medal for his contribution made to promote bodybuilding and fitness among the Indian youth by late Dr Ben Weider, former founder-president of the International Federation of Body Building and Fitness ( IFBB), at Montreal ( Canada) in January 2008.
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Khanpur Kalan varsity student bags silver in boxing c’ship
Sonepat, October 28 On her arrival in the university, the emerging boxer was accorded a warm welcome by the university's Vice-Chancellor, Dr Pankaj Mittal, the Registrar, Prof Asha Kadian, The Principal of the IHL, Dr Veena, and the university's sports in charge, Dr Sanjit Malik. Congratulating on her success, the VC said sports had opened new job opportunities for the youth and the girls were required to match the excellence of boys in different sports activities. "Renu's success will inspire other girls of the university to give a better performance at the state and national levels," she added. Dr Malik said that Renu won the gold medal in the Haryana State Boxing Championship held at Hisar in August this year. She also won the bronze medal in the National Women Boxing Championship last year.
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World Wrestling C’ship bronze medallist Bajrang felicitated
Jhajjar, October 28 Bajrang claimed the medal in the 60-kg freestyle category at the World Wrestling Championship held in Budapest (Hungary). “It is proud moment for Haryana as its wrestlers are making big strides at global competitions. They have bought laurel to the state and the entire nation by winning medals at international events,” said Deepender. “Soon, Haryana will be considered as a Sports Centre of India and other states would follow its sports policy to groom quality players,” he said. “Haryana is the lone state in the country where all sorts of sports facilities are being made available at the grass-root level to explore and groom sports talent. It also offers financial help and cash prizes to inspire sportspersons to work hard for the medals at global events,” said Deepender. He said the state had been offering government jobs to international players in recognition of their achievements. He said the state government had enhanced the cash reward for those who would win a medal in the 2016 Olympic 2016 in Rio. Gold, silver and bronze medallist of the Rio Olympic would be given a cash prize of Rs 5 crore, 3 crore and one crore, respectively. Deepender also laid a foundation stone of building of the Government Senior Secondary School in the village. Bajrang Punia said he had worked hard to get a medal in the World Wrestling Championship. “Now, my next target is to grab the Olympic medal in Rio for which I will not leave any stone unturned,” he said.
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Gurgaon gets new golf course
Gurgaon, October 28 The golf course also has the first-ever ‘Island Green’, apart from ‘sub-air systems’ used for the first time in the country. The sub-air aeration and moisture-removal system is meant to promote stronger playing surfaces through moisture content management, subsurface aeration, and root-zone temperature control. For this, sub-air provides optimum aerobic subsurface growing conditions. The course management claimed that celebration bermuda, rated amongst the best grasses in the world, has been used for the course along with mini verde, the widely accepted grass for the greens around the globe. The course features a large lake, which is fed by treated water from DLF’s sewage-treatment plant. As per the management, the entire golf course is irrigated by this water as an eco-friendly initiative. Aakash Ohri, executive director (business development), DLF, observed that the popularity of the game in the country was increasing by leaps and bounds. “India has a tremendous potential for golf and to move forward, we intend to boost and support the country’s golf industry by providing world-class golfing infrastructure,” he added.
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With a view to provide adequate drinking water to the people of
Sirsa, Rs 320 crore is being be spent by the Haryana Public Health and Engineering Department.
Architecture students of a Gurgaon-based institute joined hands with a group of architects to develop a prototype of intermediate shelter for the victims of recent natural disasters in Odisha and
Uttarakhand.
As many as 5,559 persons were examined in a health camp organised by the Om Parkash Jindal Gramin Jan Kalyan Sansthan at Government Senior Secondary School,
Rajound, on Sunday.
As many as 25 Rangers of the local Geeta Vidya Mandir Girls College led by Rangers Leader Renu Popli performed kar seva here in Shri Guru Tegbahadur Gurdwara in Sector 15 on the occasion of the Prakashotsva of the eighth Guru Har Krishan Dev recently.
The host Manohar Memorial Post Graduate College, Fatehabad, won the overall trophy at the Chaudhary Devi Lal University Youth Festival that concluded here on Saturday.
Renu, a student of the Institute of Higher Learning
(IHL) in Bhagat Phool Singh Women University, Khanpur Kalan has bagged the silver medal in her weight category in the North India Boxing Championship. The championship concluded ar Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir recently.
World Wrestling Championship bronze medallist Bajrang Punia was felicitated by Member of Parliament Deepender Singh Hooda in a function organised at his native village
Khudan.
