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DASUYA DHURI FARIDKOT GURDASPUR LUDHIANA Eye donation: The Eye Bank, Mansuran, distributed prizes and appreciation certificates to students of various schools in a poster-making and essay competition held here on Tuesday to motivate the people about eye donation. Dr Ramesh, Medical Director of the bank, said more such competitions would be held in future to make the people aware about eye donation. Laboratory opened: A newly-constructed laboratory was inaugurated here on Tuesday at the Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology by Mr Jagdish Singh Garcha, Technical Education Minister, Punjab. BCA students studying in colleges affiliated to Punjab Technical University will be able to get facilities on a par with facilities provided in other states. NCC camp: The NCC annual training camp was organised here recently under the guidance of Col P S Bedi, Group Commander, NCC, Ludhiana. Mr Charanjit Singh Atwal, Speaker, Vidhan Sabha, presided over the function. Order: The district administration has issued order on that public transport vehicles can ply in this district without escort between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. from March 1 to April 29. MALERKOTLA PCO owners: Resentment prevails among PCO owners against the insistence of the Department of Telecommunication to pay them through drafts against bills exceeding Rs 2,500. The PCO owners here have complained to the Chief General Manager (Telecom), Punjab Circle, Chandigarh, in this regard but to no avail. Resentment: Resentment prevails among local citizens on account of irregular power supply here. Commercial establishments are suffering losses as power generators have been disconnected by the Punjab State Electricity Board. The people said they were not getting round the clock power supply as promised by the government. Dr Satish Kapoor, president, Citizens Welfare Council, appealed to the government to ensure the regular supply. Seized: The police has seized 20 bottles of country made liquor from Habib Khan of Jandali village at Ahmedgarh. The bottles were hidden in a bag. A case under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act has been registered. MOGA No drinking water: The SAD-BJP government, despite its promises has failed to provide drinking water. A large number of villages in this state have intermittent pipe water supply. In several villages 30 per cent of the population had not received drinking water since long as water reservoirs are reportedly lying idle due to mechanical trouble in tubewells. Similarly, the sewerage in majority of towns and villages in the state had not yet been provided. The state government had sanctioned six community centres in Moga district alone during last few years but none of these had so far been constructed due to paucity of funds. A stadium, a mini secretariat and also other projects which had been sanctioned long ago also had not been completed. NAWANSHAHR Plan: A master plan to beautify and to provide civic amenities in Nawanshahr and Rahon towns has been prepared. This was stated by Mr Chiranjilal Garg, Law Minister, here on Wednesday. The plan was prepared at a meeting attended by the Presidents and Municipal Councillors of Nawanshahr and Rahon, senior officials of the different departments and prominent citizens. PATIALA Chief Librarian: Mr Raghbir Singh, Chief Librarian of Musafir Memorial Central State Library relinquished charge on Wednesday, on attaining the age of superannuation. He was working at this post for the past six years. Mr Raghbir Singh served the Punjab Education Department (Higher Education) for about 39-years. The library staff give him a warm send-off. Medical camp: Youth Science Club Ghanaur, organised a free medical camp at Ghanaur on Wednesday. Dr S.R. Vasat, Scientific Adviser (Ayurvedic) of the Indian Health Department, Dr Manu Vasat, Dr Vandana and Dr Asa Singh examined the patients and distributed free medicines. Red Cross Saket Hospital examined drug addicts and a drug deaddiction exhibition was organised. Paramedics’ body: The following are the office-bearers of the Punjab Para medical Staff Association for 2000-2001: President — Ms Jagdish Kaur; Senior Vice-President — Mr Nachhittar Singh; Vice-President — Mr Sushil Kumar Mittal; General Secretary — Mr Avinash Kumar Gupta; Joint Secretary — Mr Kulwinder Singh; Cashier — Ms Geeta Rani; and Organising Secretary — Mr Jagdev Singh. TALWANDI SABO Eye camp: Mr Alok Shekhar, Additional Deputy Commissioner, on Tuesday, inaugurated a four-day eye camp being organised by the Lions, Leo and Bathinda Heritage Clubs in the city. Mr Sohan Singh Hans, secretary, Bathinda heritage Club, said, Patients would be checked up by doctors on Thursday and Friday. Operations would also be performed. TARN TARAN |
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HISAR Woman raped: Three persons allegedly raped a married woman in Kapro village in Hansi subdivision of this district on Tuesday. She alleged that Raghubir Singh Guga and another person forcibly entered the house and raped her. The police has registered a case under Section 376 of the IPC. No arrest has been made so far. KURUKSHETRA Refresher course: After inaugurating a UGC-sponsored three-week refresher course on "Recent developments in economic theory and policies", Kurukshetra University Vice- Chancellor, Dr Hoshiar Singh, called upon the participants of the course to look into the various aspects and developments made in the economic field. Dr Hoshiar Singh hoped that during the deliberations, the participants would get more ideas and able to enhance their knowledge on various topics of the course. PANIPAT REWARI Held: The police has arrested Ganesh Bihari in connection with the murder of Mohan Disi who was allegedly beaten to death by Ganesh at Bawal on Saturday as Mohan could not return a loan to Ganesh. SHAHABAD SONEPAT Best athlete: Ritu was declared the best athlete at the annual prize distribution function of Tikka Ram Girls College here on Tuesday. Electrocuted: Rajesh (11) was electrocuted to death in his house in Dahiya Colony in the Ram Nagar area here on Tuesday. The boy was playing on the roof of his house when he came in contact with a high-tension electric wire. The death has caused resentment among the residents of the area. They urged the authorities concerned to take immediate steps for the removal of electricity wires passing over the houses of the residents. Erratic power supply: Industrialists of this city and the Murthal area on Wednesday protested against the erratic power supply and frequent trappings and urged the officials concerned to take steps for improving the power supply. They also demanded regular power supply to their units. Convention: The Bharatiya Udyog Vyapar Mandal will hold an all-India convention on March 9 in Delhi to consider the problems of the traders and shopkeepers in view of the Essential Commodities Act. A spokesman of the Haryana Vyapar Mandal said here on Wednesday that representatives of the mandal from all districts would take part in this convention. Probe sought: The Haryana Government is suffering a huge financial loss on account of illegal felling of trees in the district especially in the Ganaur and Gohana areas. People alleged that some officials of the Forest Department were in league with unscrupulous contractors and individuals in this racket. An inquiry is likely to expose the misdeeds of the officials, they added. Rally: Employees
of various government departments held a rally here on
Tuesday in connection with the demands day. The leaders
of various government employees unions criticised the
anti-employee attitude of Haryana Government. The union
leaders also appealed to the employees to take part in
the proposed nation-wide rally being organised on March 6
in the Capital. |
HAMIRPUR KANGRA KUMARHATTI PARWANOO |
A father-figure of public administration THE newly appointed acting Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University, Dr Hoshiar Singh, is considered to be a father-figure in the field of public administration (Public Admn). He has many firsts to his credit in teaching this subject in different institutions and universities. Dr Hoshiar Singh, who had taken over from Dr M.L. Ranga, is the founder-Chairman of the university's Department of Public Administration. With teaching experience of 30 years, Dr Hoshiar Singh has brought new dimension to teaching of public administration in Kurukshetra University. So far, he is credited with coaching 20 Ph.D students in the subject. This is considered a significant number for a high and calibre teacher. Known for his frugal habits and quiet nature, Dr Hoshiar Singh had coached at least 25 M.Phil students at this university. Impressed with his achievements in teaching, Dr Hoshiar Singh was bestowed the 'Man of the Year -1995' award by the American Biographic Institute, North Carolina (USA). Besides, he had been all-India president of the Indian Public Administration Association from 1995 to 1998. A widely travelled academician, the acting VC was selected as an Indo-French Cultural Exchange Fellow in 1995. At Kurukshetra University where he has taught for about 16 years, Dr Hoshiar Singh has worked as Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences from 1986 to 1989. He had also been on the Executive Council, the Establishment Committee, as well as Academic Council of the university. He has also headed the Public Administration Department in the University of Rajasthan and has been on different committees and boards in the universities of Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jodhpur, Banasthali Vidyapeeth, Magadh, Sambalpur and Jivaji. Mr Panjab Singh Rana, Principal of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Fatehgarh Churian (Punjab), has been given the national award for meritorious service in education. Mr Rana was born in Chobin village on September 11, 1956 in Baijnath tehsil of Palampur district and did his graduation from Government College, Mandi, and completed his post graduation (M.Sc.) from HP University, Shimla. He joined as a teacher for the first time in Sainik School, Sujanpur Tira, in Hamirpur district. Later, he was selected a Principal of Navodaya Vidyalaya, Hamirpur, Mr Rana also served in many other institutions. He has written a number of books highlighting the performance of these vidyalayas in the country. Dr Murli Manohar Joshi recently honoured him with the award. For Mr K.A.H. Subramanian, Bihar’s Secretary for Revenue and Rehabilitation, it was nothing short of a miracle. He had come to Amritsar with prayers on his lips. Talking to newsmen here at Circuit House along with Dr Indu Ravijit Singh and her husband, Dr Ravijit Singh, both of Dr Daljit Singh Eye Hospital, explained his trauma of being totally blind in the left eye for the past four months due to rheumatism, arthritis and joint pains, for over several years. This had led to a fall in the production of tears, leading to dryness of eyes. This defect had led to corneal ulcer in his left eye in 1997. The senior IAS officer said with great effort of the doctors in Patna and later in Chennai, the ulcer was healed but unfortunately the treatment left a scar as a result of which he could not see at all. To his predicament, the doctors declared his left eye blind, which caused immense pain and personal trauma, he added. Although, Mr Subramanian added that his right eye was normal but as luck could have it, he developed complication in the right eye too in October. The ulcer was detected, but it failed to heal in spite of best medical treatment in top hospitals in Delhi, Hyderabad and Chennai. His misery continued. For more than three months, the doctors used grafting methods and also transplanted tissues but fail to restore his eye sight. But when he had lost all hope, through sheer grace of the providence he was referred to Dr Daljit Singh Eye Hospital, which had done pioneering work in artificial cornea transplantation. The virtually blind IAS officer made a dash to the holy city on February 20 after getting an appointment. The doctor couple thoroughly examined his left eye which had been found to have some vision through ultra sound. He was operated upon the next day. When his bandage was removed on the evening of February 22, the world came alive as his wife, who was present besides him, had tears in her eyes. He blessed the doctors, and visited the Golden Temple to offer prayers for restoring his vision. Later, the two doctors said their hospital had been performing artificial transplantation of the cornea for over 15 years, and found it was possible to cure a damaged cornea through grafting. More than 2000 such operations with almost total success had been performed at the hospital. Besides, the holy city, there were about six centres in Europe, besides US cities. A large number of patients also come from Africa owing to excessive moisture, the tears go dry resulting development of ulcer leading to the cornea getting affected, Dr Ravijit Singh added. Contributed by K
G Dutt, Ravinder Sood and Ashok Sethi. |
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