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January 15, 2001, Chandigarh, India   
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HP to outline strategy on
bioresources HP forestry graduates feel cheated by govt Cross-bred sheep to boost HP
economy Palampur becoming a concrete
jungle Computer education
in 150 HP schools Decaying palace of
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Model education code
soon: minister 100 hydel projects to be taken up in
HP Pong Dam to be made
tourist spot Jobs in hydel projects
sought Staunch Cong men
sidelined: Nayyar Election of MC chiefs postponed Yukta in
Manali HPSEB imposes 25 pc
power cut 4 held under
Forest Act Three die as truck falls
into gorge Swami Vivekanand’s birth
anniversary functions begin
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HP to outline strategy on
bioresources SHIMLA, Jan 14 — Though belated, the Forest Department has decided to focus attention on the larger issue of biodiversity to prepare the state to face the challenge of globalisation and play an effective role in the preservation of its flora and fauna. Forests account for 80 per cent of the terresterial biodiversity, but the department has been lagging in this vital area. In fact, its functions have, all these years, remained confined to management of forests with focus on commercial tree species. Conservation of biodiversity did not figure anywhere in its policy and programmes. Of late, the global conservation scenario has undergone a sea change from protection of wildlife and forests to preservation of the habitat and biological diversity as a whole and as such the department has to change its priorities and approach. Due importance has to be given not only to the minor forest produce, like medicinal plants and herbs, but also to flora and fauna which play a vital role in the biosphere, says Mr S.K. Pande, Principal, Chief Conservator of Forests. The process of globalisation and the onset of the “patent regime” has thrown up several legal and technical issues and underlined the necessity of documentation of bioresources and the traditional knowledge involving their use for various purposes. The department has decided to set up a core group comprising senior officers, with an aptitude for undertaking studies on biodiversity, to prepare a status paper and outline a strategy to conserve bioresources. The focus, Mr Pande says, will be on ethno-medicine resources (herbs and aromatic plants) which are coming under increasing pressure due to the growing craze for herb-based medicines and cosmetics. The western Himalayan region is one of the world’s richest ecosystems in terms of biodiversity and the unique selling proposition (USP) of the state’s forest lies in the temperate and alpine zone flora. The department has already started a “vanspati van yojna” in Chamba and Kulu districts to propagate herbs and aromatic plants which are in much demand. Indiscriminate and reckless extraction of herbs has pushed several important species to the verge of extinction. Local villagers have the right to collect herbs. However, over the years, traders from the plains have taken over the entire extraction work on the pretext of being rights-holders. They deploy Nepali labourers for the work and local prople are denied employment opportunities. The Forest Department plans to restrict the export of raw herbs by encouraging some sort of processing at the village level. Even scientific drying of herbs, which is essential to retain their medicine value, can go a long way in saving villagers from exploitation at the hands of traders. Besides, the export of semi-processed herbs will ensure better returns to villagers. The whole idea, Mr Pande says, is to ensure sustainable harvest of herbal resources by increasing the economic stakes of the local people. With 12.3 per cent of the state’s total area under protection as sanctuaries and parks as against the national average of 4.5 per cent, Himachal Pradesh is a rich. |
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HP forestry graduates feel cheated by govt SOLAN, Jan 14 — The Himachal Pradesh Unemployed Forestry Graduates Association has expressed resentment over the government “failure” to implement its own decisions regarding recruitment of professionally qualified graduates. Association president Sandeep Kumar told mediapersons here yesterday that the P.K. Dhumal-led government had taken only two decisions at its maiden Cabinet meeting at Shimla on March 24, 1998. By the first decision, it had raised the maximum age limit for recruitment to government jobs to 38 from the earlier 35. By the other, the government, conceding to the long-standing demand of unemployed qualified graduates, had ordered that “henceforth, recruitment of professionally qualified persons would be made on a batchwise basis. This means that persons who have remained unemployed for the longest periods will be given preference for government jobs.” Mr Sandeep Kumar said the government partially “backtracked” on its second decision when it recently ordered that only 50 per cent of certain specified categories of Class II and Class III jobs requiring professional qualifications would be made available to the unemployed professionally qualified graduates. He said these specified categories included agriculture and horticulture graduates but not forestry graduates. This was highly discriminatory and had caused considerable heartburn among the forestry graduates, some of whom had graduated as long as 11 years ago. “The government backtracked on its other decision of raising the maximum age limit to 38 as far as the unemployed forestry graduates are concerned. It recently advertised eight posts of Forest Ranger for which it fixed the upper age limit at 31. Of course, the other Cabinet decision of making batchwise recruitment was given a complete go by”. He said the association had decided to move the court. |
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Cross-bred sheep to boost HP
economy SHIMLA, Jan 14 — Rambuillet and Marino sheep are being cross-bred in Himachal Pradesh to improve the quality of wool and provide indirect employment to the rears. Livestock plays a vital role in strengthening the rural economy of the state. The small land holding of rural people and the seasonal character of agriculture and horticulture operations necessitates them to adopt animal husbandry practices in order to supplement their earnings. Transhuman and stationary sheep husbandry is a predominant agropastoral land utilisation activity practised by approximately four lakh families, including the traditional Gaddi households who take it up as a sole or major occupation. Himachal Pradesh has nearly 3 per cent of the country’s sheep population. Lahaul-Spiti, Kinnaur districts and Pangi and Bharmour tehsils of Chamba district falling in inner-zone are leading in sheep and goat-rearing. Sheep husbandry is the main source of income of the Gaddi population residing in this tribal area. Both migratory (extensive) and stationary (semi-intensive/intensive) production systems are practised in the state. It has seen estimated that approximately 30 per cent of the sheep population in the state is migratory and the remaining 70 per cent stationary. The migratory flocks, which constitutes large-sized flocks, move to the high-altitude pastures of Lahaul, Pangi and other high-land ranges about, 3,000 metres above the sea level during the summers, and in winters they move down to the Shivalik hills and other low-lying areas of the state and adjoining Punjab and Uttar Pradesh which range in height from 400-800 metres above sea level. In between the to-and fro movements, the flocks are kept around homes for a small duration to utilise the available fodder resources. The flock strength per sheep-rearing family ranges from 50-100 animals with individual holdings of 25-30 sheep. Some families may own flocks up to 500 or more. The stationary flocks are mostly maintained in the lower areas of the state. To improve the quality and quantity of wool yield in the state, a cross-breeding programme in the indigenous flocks is being carried out with fine-wooled exotic rams of Rambuillet and Russian Marino sheep. Five sheep-breeding farms are fulfilling the requirement of exotic ram and maintaining pure Rambuillet and Russian Marino sheep flocks at Karachham (Kinnaur), Jeory (Shimla), Tal (Hamirpur), Nagwain (Mandi) and Sarol (Chamba). About 500 male hoggots and rams per annum, are being made available by these farms and the same are supplied to the sheep-breeders and sheep wool extension centres. Rams are supplied to sheep-breeders through 10 sheep and wool extension centres located at different places during the breeding season and taken back and maintained in the centre after the breeding season is over. In addition, an intensive sheep development project at Bharmour in Chamba district is also making available pure exotic hoggets rams from the state farms or cross-bred rams from the improved flocks of sheep breeders to the sheep breeders of Bharmaur, Chamba and Bhatiyat tehsils. Wool production has gone up to 1571 tonnes in the state. The Himachal Pradesh Sheep and Wool Board has been constituted to look after the marketing of wool, which also gives guidance and help to sheep rearers. The Wool Federation is implementing various projects for the welfare of wool producers in the state in collaboration with the Central Wool Development Mandal (CWDM), Jodhpur. For these projects the CWDM is providing funds in the form of subsidy. These schemes include Integrated Sheep and Wool Development Project, Kangra, Phases II and it, and Chamba Phases I and II; Integrated Angora Rabbit Development Project, Mandi, Kulu, Palampur and Chamba; Machine Shearing and Training Project; and Mini-Wool Squaring Plant. This year, the Wool Federation has provided training to 75 women at different centres for weaving shawls and mufflers. The federation has also brought 1,50,000 sheep under the Integrated Sheep and Wool Development Projects owned by 1,250 families in selected areas. Besides, the federation also provides Angora Rabbits and the Feeding and health care facilities to identified families under the Integrated Angora Rabbit Development Project. The federation has also set up wool-procuring centres in Palampur, Shahpur, Chail-chowk and Bhunter for the facility of sheep and Angora rabbit owners. |
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Palampur becoming a concrete
jungle PALAMPUR: Despite the fact that Palampur town and its adjoining panchayat areas were brought under the purview of the HP State Town and Country Planning Act, about five years ago, the unplanned and haphazard construction of housing colonies, shopping centres and other buildings in the town is going on unchecked. It seems there is no one to check such illegal constructions. Hundreds of houses and commercial buildings in town and its adjoining areas have come up without the prior approval of the Town and Country Planning Department in the past over one year. Though the department has set up its regional office at Dharamsala yet it has failed to deliver the goods. Since there is no branch of this office at Palampur one has to visit Dharamsala time and again to get his papers completed which not only causes harassment but also results in huge monetary loss to the applicants. The four panchayats of the town Ghuggar, Bandla, Aima and Bindravan which are outside the municipal limit of the town and fall in the purview of the Town and Country Planning Act are the worst-affected Dozens of building have been constructed ignoring the norms fixed by the government. In all such cases officials of the Town and Country Planning Department have remained silent spectators. There are general complaints that poor and innocent persons who apply for the approval of their building maps and site plan, are harassed on flimsy ground and approval for the construction is delayed for months together. Even in the municipal areas of the town things are no better. Thanks to the apathy of the municipal council most of the internal parts of the town have already turned into slums. This all has been happening under the very nose of the Town and Country Plannning Department, local municipal council which is also responsible to check the unplanned and illegal construction activities in the town. It is on the record that the municipal council itself is a defaulter and has raised concrete jungles in the town without the approval of the Town and Country Planning Department. One wonder why no action has been initiated in all such cases. Recently a few shops were constructed near the old bus stand without following the norms laid down by the Town and Country Planning Authorities. But the department granted the non-objection certificate and even the electricity connections were provided to these shops. Even in the past a number of shops constructed on the road leading to the local courts, degree college and schools by the municipal council near local Rotary Bhavan do not have the approval of the Town and Country Planning Department. Later these shops were allegedly rented out to people having political clout Though the municipal council has promised to remove these temporary shops but nothing worthwhile has been done. With the steep rise in the number of vehicles in the town many accidents have taken place on this road in past two years. There has been a mushroom growth of housing colonies in the town and its suburbs, which are without adequate facilities like sewers, water supply, roads and street lights. The government and local officials are well conversant with the situation but have failed to initiate action because of increasing political interference in their day to day working. Recently an official of the Town and Country Planning Department approved the site plan of a local private building only after he received a call from the office of the Chief Minister. Hundreds of stray animals have swarmed the town causing inconvenience to the general public. Pigs and other stray animals can be seen roaming in the town. They feed on the heaps of garbage in the Sabzi Mandi situated in the heart of the town. The complaints made to local administration and particularly to the municipal council have yielded no results. No effort has been made to impound the animals or to shift them to the nearby forests. Another problems being faced by the residents of the panchayat areas is dumping of garbage. Heaps of garbage can be seen at Ghuggar, Aima, Bundla and Bindravan which are not removed for months together emitting foul smell. The long-outstanding demand of the local residents for the extension of municipal limits is yet to be accepted by the government. Political differences between Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and Union Minister for Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Shanta Kumar have stalled a number of new projects of the town. The Citizen Council has urged the government to extend the municipal limits of the town without further delay. |
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Computer education in 150 HP schools HAMIRPUR, Jan 14 (UNI) — The Himachal Pradesh Education Minister, Mr Ishwar Dass Dhiman, today said computer education in the state would be started in 150 senior secondary schools from the next academic session. He said the government would not be burdened by the new course as private parties would be involved in running the course in various institutions. The schools would only provide them facilities of rooms, power and furniture. This course would be optional and not an elective one, he added. He said the work for inviting tenders from computer teaching institutions to run the courses would be done this month and finalised after going through all formalities by February 28. Talking to reporters at Bhota, he said necessary steps would be initiated for curbing the menace of copying in educational institutions during the ensuing annual examinations. “The main resolve of the government was to help the deserving and outstanding students by imposing a strict vigil on this menace”, he told a reporters at Bhota rest house. The minister said the new model education code of Himachal Pradesh would come into force from next academic year. “A final decision about the formation of code would be made available by next month”. He said the model code aimed to change the educational system as per needs and aspirations of the people of the state. |
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Decaying palace of
Chamba CHAMBA: Akhandchandi Palace is an imposing monument here overlooking a ground known as Chowgan. The palace, a landmark, is divided into three parts and harmoniously blends elements of Mughal and European architecture. It was built by Raja Sham Singh of Chamba in the last quarter of the 19th century. A part of the palace was given to the state government for housing a degree college in 1958. This has resulted in its gradual destruction. Recently, opinion has emerged that the medieval character of this town should be preserved. There are some ancient temples in the town whose lofty spires beautifully blend with the landscape. A team of experts commissioned by the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) surveyed the town and submitted a report to the Himachal Pradesh Government, suggesting that certain buildings should be preserved and no alterations carried out. The team also suggested the shifting of the college to another building with grounds attached to it. Luckily, such buildings are available, including the one that houses offices of the Public Works Department (Nalhaura). It also has a big ground nearby. The shifting of the college from its present premises may be absolutely necessary if the sprawling palace is to be saved. Chamba is also known for its museum, which has a remarkable collection of paintings and other art objects. It is at present housed in a new building, which is hardly suitable for the purpose. If the museum is shifted to Akhandchandi Palace, say residents, it will be a step in the right direction. The palace, they say, will provide the appropriate environment for such a museum and more attention is likely to be given by the authorities to save the palace from further damage. The offices of the PWD can be easily accommodated in the newly constructed administrative block of the museum. Mr Harish Chander Sharma, convener of the Chamba chapter of INTACH, and Mr Lajpat Singh Jandrotia, president of the Chamba Welfare Association, have in separate representations urged the state Chief Minister, Prof Prem Kumar Dhumal, to take steps to save various old monuments. |
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Model education code
soon: minister HAMIRPUR, Jan 14 — Mr Ishwar Dass Dhiman, State Education Minister, has said steps will be initiated to curb copying menace in educational institutions. The aim was to help deserving students by checking copying, he told a group of reporters at the Bhota rest house today. He said society, the education board, the education department and the administration should play an important role to bring down this menace. The government had already initiated steps in this regard. The minister said the new model education code would come into force from the next academic year. A final decision about the formation of the code would be made available by next month. He said the code was aimed at changing the education system. He said the Secretary (Education) and Director (Education) had been asked to submit a report so that a notification to this effect could be issued. Mr Dhiman said no professional teachers would be deployed on examination duty this time. It would be ensured that no local teacher was appointed as centre superintendent in their own schools. The functioning of the school heads would be made more stringent. They would be held responsible if there were reports of copying at their centres. The minister criticised the growing tuition culture in school. He said the government had already issued instructions to teachers to shun private tuition. Mr Dhiman said computer education would be started in 150 senior secondary schools of the state from the next academic session. The course would be optional. Tenders would be invited from computer firms to run the course in educational institutions this month. The tenders would be finalised by February 28 after going through formalities. |
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100 hydel projects to be taken up in HP CHAMBA, Jan 14 (UNI) — The Himachal Pradesh Government has accorded approval for the execution of 100 mini and micro hydel projects with a view to harnessing rivulet and stream waters and generating employment. Stating this here today, state Industries Minister Kishori Lal said the government had set a target to make Himachal Pradesh a power state of the country. He said the government had decided to generate 6,100 MW of power by 2010, thereby fetching an annual revenue of Rs 700 crore as royalty to the state exechequer in addition to the free power of 80 MW to the state government. He said the government had already identified 21,000 MW hydel potential which was 25 per cent of the hydel potential available in the country. He said the country had 84,000 MW of power potential out of which Himachal alone had 21,000 MW. The state had so far commissioned 4,000 MW of power from various power projects in the state, he added. The minister stated that the 2,051-MW Parbati hydel project and the 300-MW Chamera hydel project (stage-II) were already under construction and work on these projects was going ahead of schedule. He, however, stated that priority was being given to mini and micro hydel projects and called upon unemployed youth to form cooperative societies so that they could undertake the construction of mini and micro projects. He said private enterprises would be encouraged to execute these projects. Mr Lal said in order to provide facilities of training, production and marketing to weavers, nearly 1,600 weavers of Chamba, Mandi, Kulu, Kinnaur and Kangra had been benefited under a Rs 2.12 crore project package scheme launched by the state government. He said the first phase of the Rs 20-crore export promotion industrial park at Baddi in Solan district had been completed. Pong Dam to be made
tourist spot PARAGPUR (Jwalamukhi), Jan 14 — The Director, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Mr Balram Sharma, said here today that efforts were afoot to expose and develop Himachal Pradesh as a tourist destination in a big way so as to attract tourists. Talking to mediapersons here at the Judges court today, he said the new tourism policy aimed at building basic infrastructure and amenities for tourists coming to this hill-state. He said the master plan to develop the Pong Dam in Kangra district as a focal point from the tourism point of view would be available very soon. He said a consultant of the World Tourism Organisation was expected to submit the blueprint soon after meeting the departments concerned. He added that the work would be undertaken immediately afterwards as the state government had already earmarked enough funds for the plan. He further said the master plan would be eco-friendly and all parts of the district would be connected with roads for the convenience of tourists. |
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Jobs in hydel projects
sought SHIMLA, Jan 14 — The Yuva Lok Janshakti Party has urged the government to come out with a comprehensive policy to ensure jobs to over seven lakh unemployed youth in the state. Mr Devendra Bushairi, president of the youth wing of the LJP, today demanded effective measures to provide jobs to Himachalis on priority in various hydel power projects. He urged the Union Minister for Communication to allot public call offices to the unemployed on easy terms, keeping in view the difficult topography of the hills. He said the Dalit Sena formed by the former PWD Minister was a non-political organisation. But the party would stand by him as he had during his tenure as minister provided employment to over 17,000 youth. He said the party would organise camps in all 68 Assembly constituencies to impart training to workers. |
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Staunch Cong men sidelined: Nayyar CHAMBA, Jan 14 (UNI) — A former education minister, Mr Sagar Chand Nayyar, has expressed concern over the way the Congress party is being managed in the state. Mr Nayyar alleged that instead of the staunch party workers being taken into confidence, they were being sidelined and this action was “weakening” the party. Talking to reporters here today, Mr Nayyar accused the party’s central and state observers, Mr Hanumantha Rao and Mr Krishan Dutt Sultanpuri, respectively, of being biased in the pradesh Congress committee elections, and condemned them for the “irresponsible” part they played during and after the elections. “They behaved as representatives of those who were against the CLP leader in the assembly, Mr Virbhadra Singh,” he alleged. |
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Election of MC
chiefs postponed KULU, Jan 14 — The election to the posts of chairman and vice-chairman of all four local bodies in this district was postponed today due to lack of quorum. In the Kulu Municipal Council none of the newly elected members reached the venue of the election of the chairman and vice-chairman on time. A BJP member and another from the Congress reached at the last minute. Sources said the vertical division in the BJP had forced its leaders to join hands with Congress-supported condidates. It is learnt that the president would be from the BJP while the post of the vice-chairman would go to a Congress member. It may be recalled that seven members had been elected to the local body from the BJP while only four were elected from the Congress. The elections to the nagar panchayat of Manali and Bhuntar have been rescheduled for January 18 and January 17, respectively. At Banjar, the elections took a dramatic turn as Vice-President Vijay Thakur of BJP was elected but the president was not. The post of the president was reserved for a woman from the Scheduled Caste (SC) category. Out of the seven members, only one woman belonged to the SC category. The majority is with the BJP whereas the woman member is from the Congress. The Returning Officer has written to the state Election Commission for directions in this regard. |
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Yukta in
Manali MANALI, Jan 14 — Snow continued to elude the film unit of “Piasa” here. Yukta Mookhey, former Miss World, who was here in connection with the shooting of the film said to mediapersons yesterday that she would act in three-four films under a big banner soon but refused to disclose the names of the films. When asked whether she would like to perform at a charity show to be organised for the welfare of children, she said she would. She said she liked Manali more than Shimla. Asked whether she had ever loved someone and when did she plan to marry, Yukta said she had been in love but she was too young to marry. |
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HPSEB imposes 25 pc
power cut CHAMBA, Jan 14 — The Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board (HPSEB) in its orders has imposed a 25 per cent power cut with immediate effect as the power generation on the hydro-electric projects has reduced owing to continued drought conditions prevailing in the state for the past some months resulting in the receding of the water level in the rivers. In a press note issued here yesterday, an official spokesman of the HPSEB disclosed that in view of the load factor, the Board had been compelled to impose a half-an-hour power cut thrice a day. Under the circumstances, these orders of the HPSEB would continue till further orders, he added. |
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4 held under
Forest Act SOLAN, Jan 14 — The police arrested four persons and impounded three Maurti vans for violation of the HP Forest Act last night. Those arrested were carrying 40 sleepers of deodar wood valued at about Rs 80,000, after getting these illegally felled in Rajgarh forests. Acting on prior information, the police had set up a ‘naka’ near Oachghat on the Rajgarh road. The four smugglers sped towards Solan town. After a hot chase, a police party managed to catch them on the Solan bypass road. The police identified the arrested as Naresh, Om Prakash, Yogesh Kumar and Roop Singh. The impounded vehicles bore the numbers HP-2-5297, HP-02-0737 and HP-01-434. |
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Three die as truck falls
into gorge MANDI, Jan 14 — Three persons were killed when a truck of the IPH Department (HPL-7006) rolled 200-ft down into the gorge, 5 km from Tatapani, on the Chindhi-Tatapani road today. The truck was carrying pipes from Karsog to Tatapani. The driver, Dev Rup, and two more occupants of the truck died on the spot, said Mr O.C. Thakur, SP, Mandi, on the phone from Chindhi. Mr Thakur rushed to the accident site and supervised rescue operations. The cause of the accident could not be known. The other persons killed in the accident have not been identified. |
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Swami Vivekanand’s birth
anniversary functions begin MANDI, Jan 14 — A week-long celebrations have been launched under the auspices of Nehru Yuva Kendra to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda in the district. The coordinator of the kendra, Mr O.P. Sharma, said here yesterday that debates, declamation contests, cultural programmes and art and painting competitions were being organised all over the district. All programmes had been aimed at enthusing the youth and acquainting them with the Swami’s life and preachings which had raised the spiritual stature of India in the estimation of the world. The Youths and Sports Department was also organising functions in different parts of the district during the week to celebrate the jayanti of Swami Vivekananda. A function was held at the holy lake of Rewalsar where a cultural programme regaled people. Mr Manish Garg, Additional Deputy Commissioner, presided over the
function. 19-year-old girl
gang-raped PALAMPUR, Jan 14 — A 19-year-old girl of Suja village in Baijnath subdivision was gang-raped, according to an FIR registered at the Baijnath police station. The girl was reportedly returning home from a nearby village when some youths in a Jeep offered her a lift and later raped her in a nearby forest. A case under Section 376 and 366 of the IPC has been registered. No arrests have been made so far. |
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Makar Sakranti
celebrated JAWALAMUKHI: Thousands of people took a holy dip in the Beas on the occasion of Makar Sakranti on Sunday. Traditional fervour marked the festival. Devotees flocked to Kaleshwar in Dehra subdivision of Kangra district and took a dip in the holy Panj Tirthi tank and the Beas. They also visited Kaleshwar Temple. BJP candidate
elected ZP chief BILASPUR, Jan 14 — Mr Banta Singh of the BJP was elected Chairman of the Zila Parishad here today as three members of Mr Sukh Ram’s Himachal Vikas Congress joined six BJP members to defeat Congress candidate Roop Rani. Earlier, Ms Manorama Chauhan of the HVC was unanimously elected vice-chairperson. Later, a rally was held which was addressed, among others, by Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda and Cooperatives Minister Rikhi Ram
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Body found SHIMLA, Jan 14 — The police today recovered the body of Samra Devi (60), a Nepali woman, who was allegedly murdered at Neogli in Rampur four days ago. The body was buried under boulders on the bank of the Sutlej. It has been sent for post mortem. |
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