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Will Hooda's sops translate into votes in coming elections?
Announcements at Gohana bundle of false promises: Bishnoi
HJC chief Kuldeep Bishnoi (inset) addresses a gathering at Gohana from his Vijay Rath on Sunday. Photo: BS Malik
College, varsity teachers plan statewide protests
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Haryana Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal honours a war widow at Bhadani village in Jhajjar. Photo by writer
Round-table consultation on legal, social barriers
One-time settlement of bills
'Ratnavali' festival acquaints youth with culture
Social networking site helps in saving life
Karnal waste management plant lying closed
Home science students should learn to fight lifestyle diseases: VC
Final round of ROBOGLAXY in Bangalore
Sportspersons are assets of nation, says VC
'Students can awaken people against corruption'
Akal Academy holds week-long activities
Students test their might in a tug-of-war at Akal Academy, Ratia, in Fatehabad.
MP pats his own back for development in Faridabad
Folk dances leave audience spellbound
Roadways employees to go on strike from Nov 13
2 students get placement
Veggies go out of reach as prices shoot up
Protect minors, says Lokayukta
Teacher assn to launch stir
National Legal Services Day observed
Govt staff to stage dharna
KU finish runners-up in cross country
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Will Hooda's sops translate into votes in coming elections?
Sirsa, November 11 Hooda’s rally” came close on the heels of a successful rally by the INLD at Kurukshetra on November 1, where in the absence of former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and Dabwali MLA Ajay Singh Chautala, the Ellenabad MLA Abhay Singh Chautala put up a good show and was able to rein in a slew of opposition leaders like Prakash Singh Badal, BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and some others for his rally. Also, the Shakti Rally will be followed closely by HJC supremo Kuldeep Bishnoi’s Foundation Day rally to be held in Hisar on December 2. Once Bishnoi’s rally is held, political observers will review the turnout in the rallies for long, but a debate has already started as to what political gains Shakti Rally will have for Hooda. Though it is never safe to comment on the approximate number of people, who participated in a political rally, Shakti Rally was no doubt a mammoth rally by any means. Though INLD leader Abhay Singh Chautala was quick to term the Gohana rally as “Shaktiviheen Rally”, commenting on the rally, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda himself admitted that he had never witnessed a rally of this size in his life. Political observers believe that the rally could have been even bigger had it been in a town located in National Highway. “My cavalcade of over a 100 vehicles was still stuck on the Rohtak bypass when Hooda had completed his speech and I was told that there was a 35-kilometre long road jam on the Rohta-Gohana stretch of road,” said Rahul Setia, a Congress leader from Sirsa. Similar jams were witnessed on all roads leading to Gohana, according to eye witnesses. Political observers believe that through his Shakti Rally, Hooda has tried to please all sections of society, including traders, youth, senior citizens, employees, police personnel and people living in unauthorised colonies, vendors, farmers, landless farm labourers and many others by offering them sops. By introducing the Atta-Dal scheme in the state, Hooda had already targeted the poor class. “The Chief Minister has lived up to his words. He had told his MLAs to come to Gohana smiling and return dancing. With the announcements he made in the rally, we can go among people to claim that the Congress has the best report card among all political parties of Haryana,” said Chief Parliamentary Secretary Prahlad Singh Gillankhera, who claimed he had gone to Gohana with 141 buses and 149 cars and SUVs. Hoshiari Lal Sharma, a spokesperson of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC), said that by increasing the social security pension to Rs 1,000 per month, Hooda had proved that he believed in the welfare of his people. Satpal Arora, a trader leader from Fatehabad, said the business class of Haryana would always remember Hooda’s decision to abolish Form 38, which was being used by some unscrupulous taxation officials to harass traders. Though Hooda has left no stone unturned to please all sections of society through his generous announcements, it is yet to be seen whether he will be able to translate these benefits into votes for the Congress in the coming parliamentary and Assembly elections.
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Announcements at Gohana bundle of false promises: Bishnoi
Sonepat, November 11 He was addressing a roadside meeting at Gohana late last evening during his party’s Haryana Vijay Abhiyan. He reiterated that the people had made up their mind to bring HJC-BJP alliance in power in the next Assembly elections. He alleged that government employees and elected representatives of the panchayati raj institutions were forced to bring people in the rally and the crowd was not responsive in welcoming the rally’s announcements. Bisnoi said keeping in view the response given to the Haryana Vijay Abhiyan, the venue of the scheduled Vijay Maha Rally on December 2 at Hisar had been shifted from the Mahavir stadium to Hisar bypass and the public participation in this Maha Rally would be more than the party’s Rohtak rally organised at the time of founding of the HJC as a political party in 2008. “The Rohtal rally was organised in an area of 118 acres and the Hisar rally will be organised in 150 acres of area,” he said and claimed that the people would come of their own to attend the Hisar Maha Rally. The state BJP president, Ram Bilas Sharma, said that there was a big contrast in Narender Modi’s Rewari rally and the Chief Minister’s Gohana rally as the people had participated in Narendera Modi’s Rewari rally of their own, whereas government machinery was used for the Gohana rally. The convener of the HJC-BJP’s coordination committee, Dharam Pal Malik, former Deputy Chief Minister Chander Mohan, BJP’s MLA Kavita Jain, state vice-president Rajiv Jain, HJC’s state mahila wing president Sudha Malik and other senior leaders of both the parties were also present on the occasion.
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College, varsity teachers plan statewide protests
Gurgaon, November 11 The university and college teachers have decided to stage statewide protest demonstrations in the coming days. A decision to this effect was taken at a recent meeting of the executive committee of the Haryana Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations
(HFUCTO). The meeting decided that the university and college teachers of Haryana would stage protest demonstrations on their respective campuses from November 19. Following that, a state-level dharna would be staged on November 26 at Sikhsha Sadan in Panchkula, which houses the offices of Higher Education department. "If even the dharna fails to persuade the state authorities to do the needful, the HFUCTO executive committee will decide on the further course of action after the dharna there and then," maintained HFUCTO president Dr Raj Kumar and general secretary Prof Attar Singh. Teachers' leaders present at the meeting expressed resentment over their concerns not being addressed despite several representations and repeated reminders to the authorities concerned. The leaders lamented that they had written to the top state authorities, including the Chief Minister, several times, but to no avail. Kurukshetra University Teachers Association president and HFUCTO vice-president Dr HK Sharma pointed out that they had held discussions with senior officials of the Higher Education department time and again, but got nothing more than assurances. AIFUCTO vice-president Dr Vazir Singh Nehra demanded the restoration of the old-pension scheme for university and college teachers. Dr OP Gupta from HFUCTO said the post of Professor should be given to college teachers to remove the stagnation in their career. Haryana College Teachers Association president Dr Narender observed that the files pertaining to their concerns kept on shuttling between different government departments, but no concrete and timely action was taken. The agitated teachers further alleged that even UGC guidelines, recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission and announcements made by the state leadership were not being implemented for reasons best known to the authorities concerned.
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War widows, ex-Army men felicitated in Jhajjar village
Jhajjar, November 11
She also inaugurated a tailoring centre set up by the association and a statue of Martyr Rajbir Deswal in the village. Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Bhukkal said a new era could be ushered in by providing better education to the youth and imparting them with cultural values. Extending her best wishes to the members of the association for organising the event, she said it was only because of the struggle by the freedom fighters and ex servicemen of the country that "we had been breathing in a secure and independent atmosphere today". “The Social Justice and Empowerment Department has started a process to open stitching centres in villages so as to provide self-employment to women and daughters of the villages,” said the minister, adding that skill development had played an important role in the development of the country and it was under this ideology that the latest courses were being offered in the industrial training institutes. She said India had the biggest power in terms of youth and in the coming times, it would yield positive results towards further development of the country. The minister said a number of significant decisions had been taken in the interest of all sections, including the Scheduled Castes, the Backward Classes, women, children, senior citizens, traders and employees. Today Haryana ranked among the most developed states in the country, she added. “Haryana is the first state to implement the National Food Security Ordinance brought by the Union Government. Besides, the state government is also providing 2.5 kg dal to BPL families at a subsidised rate of Rs 20 per kg per family,” said
Bhukkal. Inderjeet Singh, chairman of the association, informed tailoring centres were being opened across the country by the association for the welfare of ex-servicemen and their dependents. He said this was the second tailoring centre after Khativaas village here, which had been set up at Bhadani village, he added. Sarpanch of Badhani village Ram Prakash, Chatar Singh, Bhagwan Singh, Praminder Kaur, Mukesh Badhani, Rajbir Jakhar, Subhash Gujjar were among those present at the function.
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Round-table consultation on legal, social barriers BS Malik
Sonepat, November 11 The national consultation deliberated on the legal and social barriers faced by the trans gender, hijras and non-normative gender groups in India. This discussion was pertinent in the light of the expert committee on trans gender issues set up by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and the Supreme Court case on transgender rights. The committee has been set up with a view to conduct “an in-depth study of the problems being faced by the trans gender community and suggest measures that can be taken up with the government to ameliorate their problems." The committee has to submit its recommendations to the ministry by the January 22, 2014and the consultation was a result of the committee inviting suggestions. Sunil Pant, the founder of the Blue Diamond Society of Nepal, offered his experiences as the primary litigant in Nepal’s Supreme Court cases granting trans gender recognition and rights. He provided a critical perspective on the process legal advocacy for the rights of gender non-conforming groups. Qasim Iqbal, Executive Director, Naz Male Health Alliance, Pakistan, said the Supreme Court of Pakistan had now recognised the “Khwaja Sara” gender category. In 2009 and 2011, the Supreme Court of Pakistan issued decisions allowing male, female and Khwaja Sara identities on official identification. Shutanuka, member of Sappho for Equality, Kolkata, said, “Trans has become synonymous to male to female persons. Female- born trans persons are invisible. We need to talk about them and their rights.” One hijra activist, Raveena from Chhattisgarh, stated, “The decision should have a more inclusive and open definition of the “third gender. All we wish from the judgment is justice.” Another hijra activist, Rudrani Chettri, said, “We are hoping the final decision will be in the favour of the community and that we get recognition along with entitlements and rights which are meaningful including education, health etc.” On the question of whether only hijras should be covered within the judgment or should more groups be accorded protection, Sohini, another activist, said, “We surely need to include categories other than male to female. It’s not about doing good to half and leaving the other half. On the one hand, we are sensitising the binary of genders and on the other bringing out diversity. We need to respect diversity and individuality.” The participants were unanimous in their view that trans gender persons should not be made to submit any medical or legal proof to claim their identity as trans gender persons and the choice of identity should be with them. This will be one of the recommendations to the committee. Dipika Jain, Executive Director of CHLET, JGU, said there were very few laws and policies for trans gender and other non-normative gender groups. CHLET had filed Right to Information requests to all states and UTs in India on the welfare schemes, policies, laws and census of transgender, hijras and other gender non-conforming groups and had only received 22 responses as of now. Nagaland was the only state providing a concrete number (13) accounting for the gender non-conforming persons living within the state. Very few states that responded noted that they did not have any welfare schemes, laws or policies for trans genders, hijras or other gender non-conforming groups. The National Consultation was a collective effort to understand the needs and desires of trans genders, hijras, and other gender non-conforming groups so that the committee’s recommendations reflect the community’s perspectives, diversity, ideas and experiences of this very heterogeneous group of people.
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Villages with 50% regular power
connections to be covered under scheme
Tribune News Service
Hisar, November 11 A spokesman of DHBVN said the consumers taking benefit of the scheme would be asked to sign an undertaking that they would have no objection to the installation of a pillar box. Low voltage distribution system (LVDS) will be erected in these villages followed by the installation of pillar boxes. If villagers opt for the creation of the pillar box system, the discoms will do so directly. The spokesman said the villages where the pillar box system was erected would get 20 to 24 hours power supply. This feature of the scheme will be made available to the rural domestic consumers existing on a feeder and the group of villages on a feeder will be treated as a unit for the purpose of extending the benefit. He said under the scheme, the rural domestic consumers could settle the arrears pertaining to the period between June 16, 2005, and August 31, 2013, by paying bills at a rate of 40 units per kV load per month at a tariff of 298 paise per unit without any surcharge and fuel surcharge adjustment (FSA). By opting this scheme, defaulters can get the entire amount of arrears pertaining to the period before June 16, 2005 waived off under the arrears waiver scheme of 2005. The CMD said the benefit under the scheme would be made available to a consumer who agrees to pay five bi-monthly current bills regularly. Twenty per cent of defaulting amount will be written off from the consumer’s account after paying the current bill. However, If any consumer wants to pay five bills in advance (on MMC basis or average whichever is higher subject to adjustment of actual bills) then total defaulting amount will be waived off. If due to some unavoidable circumstances, the current bill for one billing cycle is not paid by a consumer then the facility of paying two current bills cumulatively in one go shall also be permitted. He said that consumers paying their bills regularly would be given one time 10 per cent rebate on the bills for the past one year. He said special camps would be organised in the villages itself to issue new connections on the spot. The scheme is available up to December 2014.
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'Ratnavali' festival acquaints youth with culture
Kurukshetra November 11 It is through the efforts of the Department of Youth and Cultural Affairs (DYCA), Kurukshetra University, that the youth feel the pulse of old and rich traditions, culture, dress and festivities of the state, which date back to the times of Mahabharata and Ramayana. The idea of organising Ratnawali was the brainchild of KUDYCA Director Anoop Lather. He wanted to revive the ancient cultural folklore of the state through this event. His consistent efforts for over three decades have not only brought in many innovations but turned Ratnavali into a unique event dissipating knowledge of Haryana’s culture. Lather said he had successfully introduced items like saang, Haryanvi orchestra, one act plays, solo dance and session of Haryanvi
raagnis. Four-day Ratnavali draws large crowds of students. This year around 9,000 students had witnessed its deliberations and enjoyed every moment of cultural activities during the festival. Students from different colleges of the state come here to participate in various cultural items of the function. Recalling the journey of Ratnavali since its inception, Prof Rajbir Singh, Director, Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC), UGC, New Delhi, lauded its role not only in cultural revivalism of Haryana, but also general awakening amongst the present day youth. Rajbir, who holds the post equivalent to a Central University Vice-Chancellor, said Ratnawali had made unique contribution in keeping alive cultural tradition of Haryanvi lifestyle and its ethos. It provided almost a live picture of how life was pulsating in every bit of the state’s culture. Different functions during Ratnavali led the audience into the dreamy past of Haryana, he added. Rajbir said, “The newly introduced Chaupal item acquaints one with the collaborative life style of Haryanvi people sharing their pathos, family problems, worries and happy moments. It should be made more vibrant by including more parts of state’s hidden culture in its different sections.” Ms Madhudeep Singh, Asst Prof, IMC and MT, Kurukshetra University, attached to Ratnavali, said more innovations should be introduced in the
festival.
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Social networking site helps in saving life
Sirsa, November 11 Some enlightened residents of Sirsa used WhatsApp to save the life of a dengue patient, who was in dire need of O+ blood, which was not available with any of the three blood banks in
Sirsa. No sooner did an appeal was made on WhatsApp, a number of persons reached a local blood bank to donate blood for the patient. On November 6, Sanjiv Jain, an advocate from Sirsa, posted on group created on the WhatsApp that Jagdamba, an assistant in the Sirsa Club, Sirsa, was suffering from dengue and was in dire need of O+ blood. Messages started pouring in on “Group Sirsa Club” almost immediately. Chartered Accountant Ishu Bansal posted the first response 11 minutes after Jain’s message and informed him that he had O+ blood. “I have donated blood on October 7 to Shiv Shakti Blood Bank and I have a coupon from them for getting blood without replacement. Take my coupon if O+ is available there,” said Vijay Mehta, a progressive farmer from
Sirsa. “Not available,” said Sanjiv Jain in his reply. “My wife Mrs Sharmila is O+. Call me if you need now. My son is also O+,” Mehta wrote again. Jain told him to reach Shiv Shakti Blood Bank and told him that Sirsa Club’s secretary Arvind Bansal that Haryana IMA’s patron Dr Ved Beniwal’s wife and Satish Gupta’s son were also heading towards the blood bank to donate blood. Nakul Mohunta also wrote that he was ready to donate and asked Jain to intimate him, if need arose. Later, while Jain complimented all for saving a life by donating blood, others told Jain that it was due to his timely appeal that a life could be saved. In this manner, a number of persons, mostly professionals, were connected to each other on this issue and came to the rescue of a patient, who was in dire need of blood.
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Karnal waste management plant lying closed
Karnal, November 11 Rajesh Sharma, an RTI activist, who procured information from the corporation, said the construction of the Rs 16.58 crore plant, spread over an area of 15 acre, was entrusted to the NBCC Company. The corporation had already paid Rs 14.60 crore, but the plant was still lying closed, he added. He said no employee was working at the plant. As the electricity bill had not been paid for the last three months, the power supply could be disconnected anytime, he added. “The situation is so alarming that the garbage is now being disposed off on roads. Due to alleged laxity on the part of the company, the side wall of the plant gave in before it started functioning. The entire area is stinking as no proper drainage system is in place to flush out effluents from the plant,” said Rajesh. Corporation Executive Officer SS Ahlawat admitted that the company had been negligent. Besides sending several letters, warning had also been issued to the company, he added. However, Karnal Deputy Commissioner Vikas Yadav said the company had promised to make the plant functional by December 31 this year.
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Home science students should learn to fight lifestyle diseases: VC
Kurukshetra, November 11 "Old students always act as a bridge between a department, industry and work to create job opportunities for new students. In the changing scenario of our society, it becomes important for home science students to learn how to fight life-style diseases. Moreover, we need to know what to eat and what to wear on a particular occasion from experts like you," said
Sandhu. The Chairperson, Dr Vinti Dawar, welcomed all the alumni and shared the achievements of the department with those participating in the meet. "The department is organising a national seminar on 'Life Style Diseases: Nutritional Strategies' on November 15, 2013. This department had nurtured the students according to their capabilities and created opportunities in various fields like medicine, nutrition, food sciences, dieticians, clothing, textiles, etc, she added. Students presented various cultural events on the occasion. The cultural events started with a Haryanvi dance followed by a Punjabi dance. Students presented the changing morals of society and human nature in the form of play,
"Paani ke Rang". The cultural event ended with a fashion show showcasing traditional, Indo-traditional and western-style dresses designed by students. The old students shared their experiences with those who participated in the meet. Later, the alumni visited the department where they lingered on their memories. They interacted with students and shared their experiences and problems.
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Final round of ROBOGLAXY in Bangalore
Rewari, November 11 Dr MC Gupta, director of the GTM
group of institutions, presided over the workshop's proceedings while Dr
Raj Kumar Yadav, director of Mata Raj Kaur Institute of Engineering and
Technology, Sharanwas (Rewari), was a guest of honour. Besides, Sudhir
Yadav and Aditya, both senior executives of UVSTPL, conducted the
proceedings of this two-day workshop. While Dr Kamal Thakur explained
the use of MATLAB in an inter-disciplinary stream of engineering, Prof
Bijender M’dia, head of the Electronics-cum-Computer Science
Department in GITM, synoptically highlighted MATLAB tools. Similarly,
Dr Raj Kumar Yadav threw light on different applications of MATLAB-
BOTRIX in engineering and technology. It is noteworthy that GITM,
which has the privilege to become one of the numerous zonal centres in
India, conducted the preliminary round of Advanced Robotics for the
benefit of the 40-odd groups of these 184 participants. While each
group was given a Robotics kit free of cost, the groups also worked on
specifically assigned projects whose final evaluation led to the
selection of a single winner group that will be entitled to a wild card
entry to the final round of ROBOGLAXY to be held at IISc, Bangalore, in
February 2014 tentatively.
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Sportspersons are assets of nation, says VC
Kurukshetra, November 11 Sandhu said the greater the facilities provided to sportspersons, the greater would be their performance and achievements and they would be able to bring laurels to their university, state and the country at large. He also wished the participants best of luck. Earlier, the KU Sports Council president, Dr SP Singh, welcomed the chief guest and the participants. The KU Physical Education and Sports Director, Dr Dalel Singh (Arjuna awardee), said that about 600 gymnasts, including 250 women drawn from 75 universities of the country, accompanied by 100 managers and coaches, were participating in this five-day long mega event. Nearly 50 technical officials had been invited to act as judges in these championships, he added. Dr BS Bhandari, Assistant Director Sports, proposed the vote of thanks.
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'Students can awaken people against corruption'
Kaithal, November 11 This was stated by Om Parkash
Khurana, DSP, Vigilance Bureau (VB), Ambala, while addressing NCC cadets and NSS volunteers in RKSD College here recently. He said students could help in this drive launched by the VB by bringing acts of corruption to the notice of the anti-corruption cell of the police and the VB. Demand of money by middlemen, officials or employees for doing any official work was covered by corruption. Dr SB
Goel, Principal, RKSD College, gave information about the anti-corruption cell functioning in the college. He said for any information students could contact BB Sharma, in charge, and member, Dr Ashok
sharma. Dr SS Dhull, Major, NCC wing, also addressed the students. Shamsher Singh, Inspector, said that any aggrieved person could contact Vigilance officials on toll free number 18001802022. Students also expressed their views on the prevailing corruption and the need for its eradication.
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Akal Academy holds week-long activities
Fatehabad, November 11 Various inter-house poetry competitions, creating socially useful productive work from waste material, diya decoration, notice board decoration, making greeting cards, rangoli and sports day were organised, said Indu Sharma, Principal of the Akal Academy. Students of Abhai House, Ajay House, Amul House and Atul House were divided into three levels. In the first level students of Classes III-V, in the second level Classes VI and VII and in the third level students of classes VIII-X participated in various events. Special attractions of competitions were rangoli and notice-board decoration. All the three levels had different themes for notice-board decoration. For the first level, it was Diwali, for the second level - Christmas and for the third level -
Gurpurab. All students competed hard to win for their house though their creativity. A panel of judges comprising Jitender Singh, Principal, Government Senior Secondary School, Ratia, Krishan Singh, Arts and Drawing Teacher, Lokesh Gupta, Senior Manager, Axis Bank, appreciated the talent and creativity of students. On the Sports Day, inter-house matches of volleyball, football, hockey and tug-of-war were played. Ratia SHO Inspector Jugal Kishor was the chief guest on the closing ceremony of the Sports Day. He also gave the prizes to
winners.
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MP pats his own back for development in Faridabad
Faridabad, November 11 Accompanied by senior Congress leaders, including Congress MLAs from this district and the Faridabad president of the party, BR Ojha, Bhadana regretted the lacklustre approach towards the projects announced by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in
Palwal. Bhadana said the officials had mended their ways after he complained to the Chief Minister about them. He alleged that the money he had allocated from his MPLAD fund could not be utilised in time. Bhadana, who is known in the Congress for off-the-cuff remarks and indulgence in hyperbole, apparently made some of his party leaders uneasy. Many attribute his “inopportune” mention of Palwal to his well-known rivalry with Congress heavyweight from Palwal and former minister Karan
Dalal. The MP claimed he had fulfilled the promises he had made to the electorates in Faridabad. He cited the completion of Badarpur flyover, extension of Delhi Rail Metro, expansion of Delhi-Mathura National Highway to prove his point.
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Folk dances leave audience spellbound
Kurukshetra, November 11 Nearly 60 folk dancers from various states presented a two-hour programme. These young and budding artistes from various states were not professionals but college students who aspired to adopt dance as a profession. Indian folk and tribal dances like jindua from Punjab, sohar pavariya from Bihar, baiga pargoni and phag from Madhya Pardesh, jhijhiya from Bihar, chakri and matki dances from Rajasthan, enthralled the audience comprising children and parents. It appeared as if the whole India appeared on a single platform. The folk and tribal dances that are performed for every possible occasion to celebrate the arrival of seasons, birth of a child and a wedding, left everyone spellbound. Each form of dance that has a specific costume added colours to the programme. School principal Meenakshi Chhabra welcomed the artistes and thanked Vishwa Deepak Trikha, deputy director, MACC, Kurukshetra for selecting the school as venue for the programme. She also wished a bright future for the talented artistes who performed with a lot of enthusiasm, energy and passion. The school managing committee members were also present on the occasion.
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Roadways employees to go on strike from Nov 13
Sonepat, November 11 They questioned the continuance of the new transport policy by the state government despite its rejection by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. They said the Haryana Roadways had been acknowledged as the best government transport organisation in the country. The committee demanded inclusion of 10,000 more buses in the existing roadways fleet to meet the growing public demand for the transport facility. The demand had escalated due to concessional or free transport being provided to around 40 passenger categories. Workers in the meeting also demanded restarting of the recruitment process for the workshop and office employees withheld for the last 22 years, regularisation of the services of drivers and conductors employed on adhoc basis, ACP benefit to all categories and ban on privatisation of the transport services in the state.
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2 students get placement
Ambala, November 11 A senior-level team comprising Satyam Subramanyam (Sr Director, biologics), D Ganesh Reddy (Director, biologics), Vishvesh Kumar Bhupathi (Director, biologics), Anindya Kumar Shee (Sr Director, HR biologics) and Sakshi Dadhich (Assistant Manager HR, biologics) conducted the recruitment process. The team from the DRL lauded the training of biotechnology students at ACE. They said the performance of ACE alumni at the DRL had been exceptional because of which they came to the college almost every year. The recruitment process consisted of a written test followed by a personal interview. A total of 21 students went through the process. Two students Vrinda Gupta (BTech) and Saaraj Gupta (MTech) were selected. Both were offered an annual package of Rs 4
lakh. — TNS
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Veggies go out of reach as prices shoot up
Sirsa, November 11 Inquiries from the market revealed that price of onion, which had come down marginally after hue and cry was raised in the media before
Diwali, had shot up again. Onions were selling between Rs 70 to 80 (retail) in
Sirsa, while tomatoes, which were available for Rs 40 per kg a few days back, were being sold at Rs 60 per kg yesterday. Similarly, prices of potatoes had gone up from Rs 15 per kg before Diwali to Rs 30 per kg yesterday, cauliflower from Rs 35 to Rs 50 per kg and bottle gourd from Rs 30 to Rs 40 per kg. “Vegetable prices are hitting my monthly budget very hard,” said Sonia, a housewife from
Sirsa. She said rising prices had forced her to cut green vegetables in the daily food basket of her family.
Harish Kumar, a wholesale trader in vegetables and fruits, said the situation was likely to continue for some more time till local vegetables arrived in the market. He said the ongoing wedding season had also contributed to the rise in vegetable prices.
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Protect minors, says Lokayukta
Yamunanagar, November 11 He said all complaints should be brought to the notice of senior most officials and efforts should be made to ensure that appropriate action was taken. He also directed officials to stay in touch with inmates of the shelter home. The Lokayukta also visited the district jail and interacted with inmates. He asked jail officials to make certain that the jail was used as a reformatory facility so that inmates after completing their jail term could join the main stream of society and contribute positively.
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Teacher assn to launch stir
Hisar, November 11 Alleging the state government of being indifferent towards their problems, he said the authorities had failed to resolve the issues despite several rounds of discussions. The teachers’ association had been demanding
increments for PhD/MPhil as per UGC recommendations, posts of Professor in colleges to remove stagnation and raising the age of superannuation to 65 years.
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HJC supremo Kuldeep Bishnoi has termed the announcements made at the Gohana rally as a "bundle of false promises" to mislead the people, adding that like other announcements, these announcements will also remain on papers.
Fatehabad, November 11
