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Panel wants shorter gestation period for power projects
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Rival Youth Cong activists clash in Una
Cancellation of land sale to Bhushan’s society begins
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Professional courses
Implement Forest Rights Act: NGOs
Activists of the Himalaya Niti Abhiyan at a conference at the Press Club in Shimla on Saturday. Photo: Amit Kanwar
Race begins for tribunal members’ appointment
Ambuja Cements violates Forest Conservation Act
Workshop for differently abled kids
Justice Rajiv Sharma gives an Angel Player to a blind student at the Bachat Bhawan in Shimla on Sunday.
Early detection, treatment of gynaecological cancers discussed
Transport Minister GS Bali addresses participants at HIMGYNECON at DRPGMC, Tanda, on Sunday. Photo: Ashok Raina
Health minister meets gastro patients
200 participate in rally on World AIDS Day
CM Virbhadra Singh felicitates former pro-VC DR Thakur at the Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry in Nauni on Sunday.
Devotees throng Manali temple
Local residents throng Goshal village near Manali on Sunday. Photo by writer
ASI to take up Baijnath temple repairs
24 govt hospitals plan 24-hr test
Rainbow school gets British Council award
Bob Lynes, Director, British Council of India, presents the International School award to Dr Chavvi Kashyap and Meenakshi Kashyap.
New system to ensure speedy justice
Sundernagar areas face power woes
Tribune impact
Tanda medical college residents collect water on Thursday at Tanda. Photo by writer Two killed in road accidents Two bodies recovered in Indora area Media Manch donates fruits, books to orphans
Temple employees chargesheeted
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Panel wants shorter gestation period for power projects
Shimla, December 1 The most important recommendation made by the committee headed by Subhash Negi, Chairman, State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC), is scrapping the techno-economic clearance (TEC) and doing away with the time-consuming process of obtaining NOCs from various departments. Instead of TEC, approval will be granted to feasibility report by Himurja for projects up to 5 MW and by the Directorate of Energy (DoE) for projects more than 5 MW and up to 25 MW. The feasibility report will have complete technical details like discharge data of water source, sites of diversion structure and power house, length of head race tunnel and land requirement. Clearances and compliance of norms and conditions will be ensured by the developer before and during the execution of the project. The developer will be allowed six months for preparing the report, which is extendable to a maximum of nine months. The domain, elevations and sites for diversion structure and power house will be frozen once the report is approved and all the clearances will be granted on the basis of it. Earlier, TEC was granted on the basis of a detailed project report (DPR) and the entire process required more than three years. The DPR will be appraised by the DoE only to ensure optimisation of power potential and adherence to safety and quality specifications. Techno-economic appraisal will be carried out only if the developer wants it for funding from financial institutions. It will not be a part of the clearance process. The developer will approach panchayat in one go and the SDM concerned after hearing the objections will pass a speaking order against which the aggrieved party can appeal to the Deputy Commissioner and, thereafter, to the Secretary (Power). The committee has also recommended downward revision of free power to be given as royalty from the current 7 to 2 per cent for the first 12 years, 16 to 13 per cent from 13 to 30 years and 25 to 19 per cent from 31 to 40 years. It will help bring down generation cost by 10 paise per unit. One per cent free power to the affected people should be given through direct benefit transfer and the entire fund under the local area development fund should be spent only on schemes approved by the panchayat. The state power board will buy power from projects up to 2 MW and for projects from 2 to 5 MW, it will formulate a transparent power purchase policy keeping in view factors like the evacuation cost, line losses and hydrology. The recommendations, if implemented, will bring down the cost of generation and the government will get free power as royalty almost four years. Other recommendations
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Visiting Jogindernagar rest house a trip down memory lane
Shriniwas Joshi
Once the then Governor of the state was to have a brief stop and tea at Jogindernagar while passing from Kangra to Mandi. The Deputy Commissioner (DC), Mandi, had an urgent work so he deputed me to escort the Governor and his entourage from Ghatta, the meeting point of the two districts, to Mandi. Jogindernagar was such a small place then that none had heard of a bouquet of flowers that was presented to a dignitary. Anyway, I got a bunch of flowers collected from wherever it was possible and asked my wife to make a gracious bouquet after providing her the yellow drawing-card, cello paper, Scotch tape, etc. She did a good job and I presented the bouquet to the Governor at Ghatta.
I could not inform the DC about what had happened because that was not the era of mobile phones. I waited for the consequences but the Governor, magnanimously, had either forgiven me or forgotten the instance during the 64 km of travel in a curvaceous narrow road from Jogindernagar to Mandi because I remained stuck to my position unscathed. I stayed there for three years. Meanwhile, another Governor and another DC were on the chairs. The Governor, coming from Shimla via Mandi, going to Kangra had a brief halt at Jogindernagar. The summers had gone but the weather was such that the woollens were not required. The Governor had expressed unhappiness to the DC over the officers coming to greet him in the most informal dresses at Mandi. The DC telephoned me that Jogindernagar was a comparatively colder station and that they would be reaching there in the evening, so officers could line up formally dressed. I passed on the message to all concerned who opened their suitcases to take out the suits but, at the right time, electricity ditched us. And when the Governor arrived, it was a spectacle - all of us were there to receive him in crumpled and wrinkled wears. I do not know what impression did the Governor carry but the scene still haunts me and brings an impromptu smile to my lips. The rest house has, now, a new structure attached to it (See photo), courtesy Gulab Singh Thakur, present MLA from Jogindernagar, who was the PWD Minister in the previous government. There is sufficient accommodation in the rest house now and visitors interested in enjoying the pristine beauty of Bir and Barot and see hydropower stations at Shanan and Bassi can unhesitatingly travel to Jogindernagar because of ample accommodation available there. Besides this rest house, there are those of the electricity board and hotel Uhl of the HP Tourism Development Corporation. Uhl is the name of the local river whose water is used to generate electricity at Shanan, Bassi and Chullah. An addition on the lawn of the rest house is a Rudraksha tree (See photo). Rudraksha is a compound of two words - Rudra means Shiv and Aksha means eyes. Its botanical name is elaeocarpusganitrus. Rudraksha grows in the area from the Gangetic plain in the foothills of the Himalayas to South-East Asia, Nepal, Indonesia, New Guinea to Australia, Guam and Hawaii. It is an evergreen broad-leaved tree whose nut is traditionally used by the Hindus in prayer beads. This very ethnic importance is making the tree an endangered species. Its single nut can produce one to four seedlings but these are collected in large quantities from the forest floor causing depletion of its seed bank. TAILPIECE: Rudra also means one who weeps. ‘A’ means to receive and ‘ksha’ means to give. Aksha means to receive and give. Rudraksha, therefore, receives our tears and gives us happiness.
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Rival Youth Cong activists clash in Una
Una, December 1 Those injured include Aslam, Deepak, Abhishek and Rustam, all
students of Government College, Una. Karan Sharma said he had been receiving threatening phone calls from a particular mobile. He told mediapersons that the number belonged to Satpal Raizada, who had also contested the elections from Una sadar segment during the last Assembly elections. Karan said he had reported the matter to the city police and while he was at the police station, he received a call that four of his supporters were beaten up by about a dozen YC activists. The Karan group has lodged a complaint and the police have registered a case under Sections 341, 323, 504 and 34, IPC. It is learnt that the reason behind the rivalry was the recently concluded organisational elections to the state Youth Congress. In these elections, the Raizada group had supported Rahul Menon, while the Karan group was in favour of Abhinav Kumar. Incidentally, both secured 109 votes each and the post of the president was decided in favour of Rahul Menon by the toss of a coin. The name of Menon, along with about nine others, has figured in the FIR filed at the city police station by Karan's supporters. Meanwhile, Raizada refuted the allegations levelled by Karan, saying he had nothing to do with the incident. Meanwhile, former Youth Congress state secretary and presently, member of the Regional Transport Authority, Deepak Lath, while condemning the incident, said such occurrences were detrimental to the interests of the organisation and the Congress. |
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Cancellation of land sale to Bhushan’s society begins
Palampur, December 1 Bhushan had purchased an abandoned tea garden from a local resident after getting permission from the previous BJP government headed by PK Dhumal in 2012. The sale deed of this land was registered before the local registrar on February 2, 2012. Revenue officers are preparing a detailed report to be submitted to the state government so that the matter is placed before the Cabinet for further action. Official sources said the matter had already been discussed at high level several times, but the government wanted more information to strengthen the case. Narinder Jamwal, seller of the land, clarified that he had followed proper rules and procedure laid down by the government while selling tea gardens to Bhushan. He said the sale deed was registered after permission was accorded by the government. He categorically stated that he was not the only person who had sold tea gardens. Therefore, he should not be harassed. Sandhya Gupta, who looks after the management of the Kumud society, said the society had not changed the land use. The society was using the land for the welfare of local residents and social activities and was following the condition laid down in the transfer documents for the land. She said there was no violation of rules and the entire record of the society was open for scrutiny. |
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Admit students on basis of national tests, HPTU told
Dharam Prakash Gupta Tribune News Service
Hamirpur, December 1 In a fresh directive issued by the state government, HPTU has been asked to ensure admissions to all the professional courses being run in its affiliated colleges, ruling out holding any state-level entrance test to admit students or adopting any other methods for selection, except for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharmacy). At present, 18 engineering colleges (two governments and 16 private) running Bachelor of Technology (B Tech) and Master of Technology (MTech) courses and 25 institutes running MBA, B Pharmacy and Master of Pharmacy (M Pharmacy) are affiliated with HPTU. The admission to various courses, especially admission to BTech and MTech courses in private engineering colleges, had been under the scanner of the state government as many private engineering colleges were accused of admitting students without appearing in a national-level test conducted for admissions to these courses. Private engineering colleges had been demanding admission of students on merit as is being done in Punjab and Haryana. After the fresh direction, the admission to BTech course would be made on the basis of the Joint Entrance Test (JEE) held at national level, MTech course on the basis of GATE and M Pharmacy on the basis of G PAT. For MBA course, admission would be made on the basis of entrance test conducted by Himachal Pradesh University and for B Pharmacy course, through a state-level test. Manoj Kumar, Registrar, HPTU, said, “We have received the directions from the state government to admit students on the basis of national-level entrance tests and will strictly enforce these directions in all the engineering colleges and institutions affiliated with HPTU”.
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Implement Forest Rights Act: NGOs
Shimla, December 1 Addressing a press conference here yesterday, representatives of various environmental groups under the banner of the HNA lamented that the implentation of the FRA was tardy and unfair. Guman Singh, national coordinator of HNA, RS Negi, co-chairperson, Ratan Chand and Akshya Jasrotia, state cordinators, today met Tarun Sridhar, Principal Secretary, Forest and Revenue, and the secretary, Tribal Development, and submitted a memorandum addressed to the Chief Minister. “The constitution of a state-level committee, headed by the Chief Minister and representatives of various environmental groups and social organisations as its members, is a must to monitor the fair implementation of the FRA and gear up the process with complete political will,” said Guman Singh. He said only 346 of the total 5,692 individuals and 54 community forest rights claims in Kinnaur, Lahaul-Spiti and Bharmour had been accepted. He said the district-level committee did not have the right to reject any claims and could at best refer these back to the gram sabha under FRA rules. “The riders in the notification issued by the Forest Department that being an income tax payee, government employee or businessman denies the right under the FRA to even tribal or forest dwellers' families and must be withdrawn immediately,” said Guman Singh. Negi took a strong exception to the registration of 132 cases encroachment cases and eviction proceedings in Kinnaur against those forest dwellers who had filed for claims for land right under the FRA in 2008. “The Forest Department must file an affidavit in the court stating that eviction proceedings cannot be initiated till finalisation of forest rights claims,” he said. Akshya Jasrotia said resources like water and meadows in most parts of Himachal were common property, but one must understand that the FRA gave an individual the title of the land, not the right to sell it. He said it was also wrong to say that the FRA was anti-development as the gram panchayats had been empowered to give sanction of forest land up to one hectare. |
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Race begins for tribunal members’ appointment
Shimla, December 1 So far 10 persons have already applied for membership in SAT, which had been scrapped by the previous BJP regime in 2008. They include retired Chief Secretary Harinder Hira and two retired IAS officers SK Dash and Prem Kumar. Additional Chief Secretary (Social Justice and Empowerment) PC
Kapoor, who is due to retire next year, has also sent in his application. The Department of Personnel has invited applications for two posts of Administrative Member and one post of Judicial Member before December 6. Among others who have applied for being posted as Judicial Members include ML
Chauhan, a former Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT). Some practising lawyers have also applied for the post of one Judicial Member. It is the Screening Committee headed by the Chief Justice of the High Court which will forward a panel of names to be appointed as Chairman and members to the Chief Justice of India. The other members of the Screening Committee include the Chief Secretary and Chairman of the Himachal Pradesh State Public Service Commission. SAT had been scrapped in 2008. The Congress in its manifesto had promised that it would restore the tribunal, which was set up in 1986. Their plea was that SAT provided an easy and quick platform for redressal of the problems of employees who, after the scrapping of SAT, had to move the High Court for seeking justice. The age for the post of both administrative and judicial members is below 65 years while that for the Chairman is below 68 years. The term of office for a member is five years and he cannot hold office after attaining the age of 65 years. The conditions of service of members are the same as applicable for Judges of the High Court. SAT is to be set up in Majithia House near the Secretariat where it was located earlier. More than 23,000 cases were transferred from the tribunal to the High Court when it was scrapped. |
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Ambuja Cements violates Forest Conservation Act
Solan, December 1 Not only did the ACL management manage to construct 230 m of road at its Mangu mining site some months ago, it also resumed its operations after receiving a conditional stage-I approval from the MoEF without obtaining any permission from the state Forest Department. The Forest Department had earlier issued a notice to the ACL management and directed them to stop work at this site or face action under the
FCA, 1980. The management had then stopped work after the issuance of this notice. The MoEF finally granted a conditional approval to the ACL on November 28 though a final approval was awaited. With several stipulations, the stage-I approval was yet to reach the state government, following which, it would be granted the due permission to resume construction of this road at its Mangu mining site. This road is being constructed to facilitate the plant operations for its mining activities. Stage-I permission is a temporary permission granted for one year and the plant management is supposed to abide by the laid stipulations and ensure that their case is re-sent to the MoEF within a year for final approval. Unit head of the ACL’s Darlaghat plant Chanchal Kumar, however, said the MoEF had unduly delayed the approval, but they had now obtained the approval and they would make available its copies to officials of the state government for further action. While refuting the charge that they had resumed construction before being given the go-ahead by the state government, he said they would ensure that forest officials were given a copy of the approval for speedy grant of permission. Divisional Forest Officer, Kunihar Division, RS Jaswal, said the plant management had been directed to stop all work till they granted them the permission after officially receiving a copy of the conditional approval from the MoEF. He said the management had also been directed to ensure compliance of the stipulations laid down by the MoEF so that the FCA was not violated.
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Workshop for differently abled kids
Shimla, December 1 Addressing a gathering of differently abled persons, Justice Sharma said laws that protected differently abled included the Right to Education, but its implementation was the area where they should sensitise everybody. Justice Sharma donated Rs 500 per month from his salary for a visually impaired woman’s education. Usha (30), a visually impaired woman, and her mother Kanku Devi, are living a life of penury with nobody to support them. Justice Sharma promised them all help and told them about the procedure of getting a house under the Ashiana project of the Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) under Section 43, Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protect of Right Full Participation) Act. Kanku said, “My husband died many years ago. We have been living in a rented shack in a Dhall suburb for the last 30 years, paying a rent of Rs 1,500 per month”. “Ashiana houses being built for the urban poor by the SMC costs about Rs 2.5 lakh. But where this money will come from is a big question,” said secretary, SMC. Their case has reached Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who has directed the SMC to provide a house to them. However, the SMC remains non-committal as Kanku and Usha have no source of income. Usha wants to clear her Class XII exams so that she can become eligible for some examination to get a job and support her mother. “We get Rs 500 per month as government scholarship,” Usha said. The trust has enrolled Usha in their Open School. “We want that she should pass the exam and get some job,” said Ajay Srivastav, Chairman, Umang Foundation. Those who spoke on the occasion included Ajay Srivastva, Dr Partap Bisht and CK Mendru. |
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Early detection, treatment of gynaecological cancers discussed
Kangra, December 1 Transport Minister GS Bali, who inaugurated a workshop on "Obstetrics and Gynaecology", stressed on creating mass awareness among people regarding early symptoms of gynaecological cancers so that these could be diagnosed and treated well in time. He said safe treatment of pregnant woman was of prime importance and warned doctors that any negligence on their part would not be tolerated. He said health was the top priority of the government. As many as 250 gynaecologists from all over the state participated in the conference. Dr Suresh Verma, HoD, Gynaecology, DRPGMC, Tanda, said the theme for the conference was "Maternal and Foetal Medicine" with a stress on premature deliveries, diabetes during pregnancy, infections in pregnancy and gynaecological cancers. Dr Kiran Guleria, gynaecologist, Guru Teg Bhadur Hospital, Delhi, spoke on bleeding during pregnancy. Dr Anita Pal and Dr Santosh Manhas, both from Kamla Nehru Hospital, Shimla, spoke on the effects of diabetics during pregnancy and on premature deliveries, respectively. Dr Suresh Verma, TMC, spoke on infections during the pregnancy. Dr Anil Chauhan, Principal, DRPGMC, Tanda, welcomed the chief guest and the delegates of the conference.
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Health minister meets gastro patients
Bilaspur, December 1 A case was also reported from adjoining Sargal village last evening. He instructed the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to ensure that all patients were fully taken care of and provided free medicines. The Health Minister said two special teams of specialists from the IGMC, Shimla, including a technician, had already been asked to come and they would remain here till all patients were fully cured. He said there were many schoolchildren afflicted with this disease and the cases pertained to those families that had been drinking water from piped water taps. He directed Deputy Commissioner Ajay Sharma to immediately ensure that all drinking water tanks and sources in this affected area and district were fully protected against any pollution and chlorinated. Kaul Singh said till now, a total of 333 patients had visited the Regional Hospital. Of them, 45 were in the hospital, while 18 had been cured and released. He said a seven-year-old girl died at her home, before she could be shifted to the hospital. He said the Deputy Commissioner had been directed to give full compensation to the family at the earliest. Present on the occasion were local MLA Bambar Thakur, DC Ajay Sharma, CMO ML Kaushal, Additional District Magistrate Pradip Thakur, SDM ML Mehta and IPH officers among others.
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200 participate in rally on World AIDS Day
Kullu, December 1 While addressing the youth at Dev Sadan, Chief Medical Officer Baldev Thakur said "Getting to Zero" was the theme of the 2013 AIDS Day. It signified zero new infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths. This strategy of "Zero AIDS" would be pursued till 2015. The intent of the strategy was to revolutionise HIV prevention, catalyse the next phase of treatment, care and support and advance human rights and gender equality, he added. He further said AIDS was an incurable disease and creating awareness was the only way of prevention. Sushil Chander, Medical Officer Health, in his address said as per the World Health Organisation (WHO), AIDS-related deaths had dropped worldwide by 30 per cent since its peak in 2005. He said according to the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) data, there was an overall 57 per cent reduction in new HIV infections in India. He thanked the government for the recent opening of the Yuva Swasthya Paramarsh Kendra to provide counselling to youth which would play a major role in promoting the strategy of "Zero AIDS". Rajesh Kataria, Professor, Post Graduate Degree College, Kullu, said youth should have a clean mind and a clear image to fight AIDS, and awareness should be spread amongst the masses through street plays, rallies and IEC activities. Students from the college, Chamunda Nursing Institute, Christian Nursing Institute and NSS volunteers participated in the rally from Dev Sadan to Dhalpur, heading to the college road till the District Zonal Hospital, Kullu.
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Stop politics, focus on research, CM tells Nauni varsity faculty
Solan, December 1 Addressing the staff and students of the university on the occasion of their 29th Foundation Day on the varsity campus, he said the university was a centre where activities of the RSS were being promoted. He said he was not inimical to the ideology of RSS, but a research institute should not be used for such political activities. The CM said a list of employees indulging in such activities was available with him and they would not be allowed to carry on such activities. Such employees would not be allowed to stay at the university, he added. He later inaugurated the Dr Lakshmi Singh Negi Auditorium at the Nauni varsity, constructed at a cost of Rs 11 crore. The CM urged the scientists to provide the best technical know-how to the agrarian community so that agriculturists could benefit from the research undertaken here. He lauded the contribution of Dr Lakshmi Singh Negi, who, hailing from the remote Chini village of Kinnaur district, became Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University, Jabalpur, Assam University, Jorhat, and Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. He felicitated Dr Negi's son Rajender Negi on the occasion. He also released a calendar of 2014 and various publications brought out by the university. Irrigation and Public Health and Horticulture Minister Vidya Stokes inaugurated a solar energy plant. |
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Devotees throng Manali temple
Manali, December 1 A special puja was performed in the presence of palanquins of Goddess
Hadimba, Manu Rishi, Vashisht Rishi, Parashar Rishi, Piyuli Nag, Mata
Sharvari, besides Gautam Rishi, Vyas Rishi and Kanchan Nag. The temple is also famous for a yearly event of prophecy of the world by tri-deities. During this time, residents of
Goshal, Burua, Shanag, Solang, Palchan, Kulang, Majhach, Ruar and Kothi villages adhere to a tradition of maintaining complete silence for 42 days after Makar
Sankranti. For a correct prophecy, a pitcher filled with mud is kept inside the temple and its doors are closed for 42 days. During this period, residents of nine villages avoid working in fields, watching TV, playing loud music. No puja is performed in the temple during this period. Doors of the temple are opened after 42 days and the three deities are said to unfold their prophecy by telling future happenings though priest,
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ASI to take up Baijnath temple repairs
Dharamsala, December 1 The temple, that is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India, witnessed heavy leakage of water during this monsoon. Water had been pouring into the temple during rains due to damage to old plaster on the roof of the temple, sources here said. People in the area and temple priests had raised a hue and cry regarding the heavy leakage of water from the roof of the temple. Superintending Archaeologist Zulfikar Ali said the Archaeological Survey of India had made a provision of about Rs 2.5 lakh for repairs at the temple. Cracks in the joints of the temple seemed to be the reason for water leakage into the building. Repairs would be carried out at the earliest, he said. Sources here alleged that the Archaeological Survey of India had not been able to get adequate funds for maintenance of monuments in Himachal. Union Minister for Culture Chandresh Kumari belongs to Kangra district. People close to Chandresh blame the state government for not putting up proposals to her ministry.
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24 govt hospitals plan 24-hr test
Shimla, December 1 CEO of the company Sanjeev Vashisth said testing facility would be set up in 18 hospitals having a capacity of more than 100 beds and six health institutions with 50 or more beds. The facilities had been set up in six hospitals and all the institutions would be covered as and when space would be provided. The target was to complete the process over the next two months. Patients would be charged the same rate as fixed for government laboratory. An agreement had been signed with the company for a period of five years. Vashisth said the government and patients would gain from the arrangement as the company had a large network of accredited diagnostic centres and sample collection centres. |
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Rainbow school gets British Council award
Kangra, December 1 Dr Chavvi Kashyap, school Principal, and Meenakshi Kashyap, ISA co-ordinator, who represented Rainbow in Kolkata, said here today that it was a moment of pride and honour to receive this prestigious award from the British Council. Dr Kashyap said Rainbow International School had marked its presence at the national level many times, but this time, they had marked themselves at the international level. The award was presented in Kolkata on November 16 in the presence of 600 delegates from all over the world. Meenakshi said they gave pupils and teachers a new perspective on the global economy and skills to work.
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New system to ensure speedy justice
Shimla, December 1 The aim of the project is to facilitate data-exchange among the courts, police, prosecution, jails and forensic labs. Under the system, all the stakeholders will have online and instant access to data available in different software applications. This will reduce the time duration normally consumed in the manual exchange of documents information among various departments. The Computer Society of India (CSI), which was the premier agency involved in evaluating e-governance projects, has given the Award of Excellence to the Interoperable Criminal Justice System. This award will be given during the annual conference of the Computer Society of India on December 14 at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
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Sundernagar areas face power woes
Sundernagar, December 1 As per residents, it was due to the fault of officials who had not yet carried out the required maintenance or upgradation of the lines/network. Officials of the HPSEB said the burnt transformers would soon be repaired and put to use. The fault occurred due to overloading, but the cause of overloading was not stated. A retired official of the HPSEB said the work of maintenance was given to a private firm, but it did not complete the work in time. As a result, consumers would face more power failures in the coming days. Interestingly, no official was ready to state this fact on record. |
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Tribune impact
Kangra, December 1 She said Rs 2.35 lakh had
been allocated for the repair and maintenance of the water pump
house. Six hundred students of the medical college, besides 400
families of the faculty, resident doctors and paramedical staff residing
on the college premises had no water supply on Thursday and
Friday. Ajay Sharma, Additional Assistant Engineer, B and R, Tanda,
said 35 hp motor was hired by the department and water supply was
restored from 2 pm to 5 pm.
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While resolving to hold sensitisation camps in 400 panchayats of the state for the effective implementation of the Forest Rights Act
(FRA), the Himalaya Niti Abhiyan (HNA) has demanded the constitution of a state-level committee headed by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh to ensure the political will required for the expeditious and successful implementation of the
FRA.
A state-level workshop for differently abled children was organised by the Umang Foundation here today. Justice Rajiv Sharma of the HP High Court was the chief guest on the occasion.
Addressing a gathering of differently abled persons, Justice Sharma said laws that protected differently abled included the Right to Education, but its implementation was the area where they should sensitise everybody.
Increasing number of gynaecological cancers within the state and in the country was discussed during a day-long conference,
HIMGYNECON, held at DRPGMC, Tanda, today.
Scientific advancements to be used for an early detection of the disease and its treatment were also discussed during the conference.
Manali, December 1
Rainbow International School, Nagrota Bagwan, was recently accredited with the International School award by the British Council, an organisation which evaluates and provides international learning in the present curriculum and contributes to the development of skills to work in a global economy.
Water supply
in the DRPGMC, Tanda, was restored yesterday and 14 water tankers were
deployed to mitigate water crisis there. Madhu Chaudhary, Additional
Director, Tanda medical college, said following the news item published
in the columns, 14 water tankers were deployed in the girls' hostel,
main boys' hostel, Ravi Hostel, Nursing Hostel, Intern Hostel,
Vivekananda Hostel and Postgraduate Hostel.
Chamba Chowgan to close for public
I was a Sub-divisional Magistrate in Jogindernagar in the late ’70s. On my recent visit there, I stayed in the PWD Rest House. Etched in my mind, several memories of this rest house during my halt there.
His entourage came to Jogindernagar and a formal talk started. On a point raised by him, I gave a suggestion based on the local knowledge that contradicted his viewpoint. He disliked my proposition, rejected it there and then, developed sudden aversion for me and forbade me from escorting him further. 
