 |
| Saturday, February
17, 2001, Chandigarh, India   
|
Chandra
Shekhar assails govt on Kashmir REC wins ISO certificate Bangaru:
be wary while extending ceasefire Improving
local buffalo breeds
Power supply to be normal in ‘a few days’
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
HIGH COURT Four arrested for smuggling Seized
gold given to Customs Bomb hoax
delays train Left
rallies from March 6
Gurdwara cash box stolen 
|
|
Chandra Shekhar assails govt on Kashmir BHONDSI (Gurgaon), February 16 Talking to newsmen, Mr Chandra Shekhar said he was not against the unilateral ceasefire in the troubled state. If the ceasefire by the Indian force is implemented by simultaneously protecting the life and property of the common man, then there was nothing to object to. He, however, emphasised that the unfolding of developments suggested that the government had messed up on the Kashmir issue and it was on the wrong track. While dwelling on the Centre’s Kashmir policy he observed that there are reports that the managers at the highest level were trying to ensure that Mr Vajpayee got the Nobel Peace Prize by displaying Centre’s warped peace initiatives in Kashmir. He, however, did not elaborate whether the managers referred by him were from within the establishment or without. In response to a poser on the moves to revive the Third Front as an alternative to the Congress and the BJP and its allies at the Centre, he said that presently it seemed to be a difficult proposition. He said the task had become difficult as the ruling coalition at the Centre and the country’s largest Opposition in the Lok Sabha, the Congress, were following the same economic policy. Mr Chandra Shekhar talked to the press after he addressed a meeting of workers of the Samajwadi Janata Party (SJP), headed by him, at his Bhondsi Aashram. The meeting was convened to finalise the details about the proposed “gherao” of Parliament on February 27, a day before Union Budget proposals was to be presented in the Lok Sabha. Although the meeting was for SJP workers from South Haryana, prominent party leaders from all over the state, and the Centre took part in it. Addressing the workers, Mr Chandra Shekhar said that some vested interests were operating to disintegrate the country as they did in the USSR culminating in its dismemberment into several republics. Launching a frontal attack on the Centre for toeing the economic policy charted out by the foreign interests, he cautioned that the real threat to the country was from within. Making a clarion call to the countrymen to rise against the alleged faulty economic policy of the Centre, he said that keeping silence at this juncture would be a national crime. He said if the current drift of widening gap between the haves and have-nots generated by the wrong economic policy was allowed, the day of popular uprising and anarchy in the country was not far away. He alleged that there was now move to dislocate the farmers by leasing their land to private companies. He was critical of the Centre’s move to disinvest public sector units. First they started with the postulate of disinvesting the sick units. Now they have extended the agenda to disinvest the profit-making ones too. He cited the developments in Maruti Udyog Limited, wherein the government has given a long rope to the Japanese firm for shedding of its equity shares in its favour. |
|
REC wins ISO certificate Kurukshetra, February 16 The certificate was received by Dr
N. P. Mehta, Principal of the college. It certified that the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering and Computer Engineering of the college is maintaining quality system. The scope of this certificate covers instruction planning, delivery and evaluation of the Electronics and Computer Engineering Department of REC. The certificate is valid up to December 14, 2003. Dr Mehta said here today that earlier the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), the highest body which looks after technical education in the country, had awarded a certificate of achievement to the college. Also ISTE students chapter of the college has been selected as the best students chapter for 2000. He said last year,
M. Tech scheme and syllabus were revised to incorporate emerging trends. All
B. Tech scheme and syllabus would also be revised from this session. This year the college had achieved nearly 100 per cent placement of students through campus selection. |
|
|
Bangaru: be wary while extending ceasefire Rohtak, February 16 He said though Pakistan had welcomed the ceasefire, its leaders were encouraging cross-border militancy. Pakistan, he said was not serious about solving the Kashmir issue. Mr Laxman also advised the All-Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leaders to agree to the names of those leaders which had been approved by the Centre for visiting Pakistan. They should also during their stay in Pakistan, persuade militant organisations to refrain from disturbing peace. He said the Hurriyat leaders should cooperate with the government in finding a peaceful solution to the Kashmir issue. But he reminded them that the agenda for talks between India and Pakistan would not be decided by the Hurriyat leaders. Mr Laxman was in the town to participate in a training camp organised for its pradesh office-bearers along with district presidents and general secretaries. He hinted at the continuation of the alliance between the BJP and the ruling INLD in Haryana. However, a coordination committee should be constituted for the harmonious functioning of the alliance partners, he said. He said the Chief Ministers of Punjab and Haryana should sit together and decide the issue of the SYL and other problems confronting the two states amicably. If they felt the Centre could lend a helping hand in resolving the dispute, he told news persons. |
|
Improving local buffalo breeds YAMUNANAGAR The campus came into existence in 1971 on 10 acres on the Jagadhri-Yamunanagar bypass with a full-fledged semen processing laboratory, a frozen semen bank, bull sheds and a residential sector. A seven- acre fodder farm was also set up. The semen bank has been working under the aegis of the Haryana Livestock Development Board
(HLDB) since January last year. Initially, many veterinary institutions were getting supplies of chilled semen from this station but in 1989 the authorities switched over frozen semen technology which eliminates wastage and ensures round-the-clock availability of good quality semen. Earlier this station was supplying frozen semen straws to the districts of Yamunanagar and Ambala, but now it also meets the demands of veterinary institutions in Panchkula and Kurukshetra districts and parts of Kaithal, Karnal and Panipat. According to Dr J.P.
Bansal, Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry, Yamunanagar, who also holds additional charge of the post of Semen Bank Officer at this station, 1.63 lakh semen straws were prepared during 1999-2000 against 1.55 lakh during 1998-1999. The target for 2000-2001 is 2 lakh straws. Dr Bansal says semen freezing is a complicated process. He says frozen semen straws are stored at a temperature of minus 196°C in liquid nitrogen for which three jars are available at the centre with a capacity of one lakh doses each. The semen in these jars can be stored for a period of 20 years. He says all 73 veterinary institutions in the district are covered under the frozen semen scheme. Semen straws and liquid nitrogen are made available at their doorstep by a department van. However, the districts of Ambala, Panchkula and Kurukshetra are lifting their supplies in bulk direct from the station. At present there are 19 veterinary hospitals and 56 veterinary centres/dispensaries in Yamunanagar district. In addition, there is a Piggery Extension Centre at
Radaur, a Poultry Extension Centre at Jagadhri and a go-sadan in Mandewala village. He says through the artificial insemination programme local breeds of cows and buffaloes are being improved with exotic
germplasm. Such animals yield between 10 litres and 40 litres of milk per day. Dr Bansal says the HLDB provides cash incentives to promote breeders having Murrah buffaloes yielding more than 12 litres of milk per day in Yamunanagar district. Besides, an insurance policy is available with 50 per cent of the premium being paid by the board. |
|
|
Power supply to be normal in ‘a few days’ Chandigarh, February 16 A spokesman for the Haryana Power Utilities said the entire area served by the northern grid, including Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan, had been facing a power crisis at present. The power supply was being regulated in all states to maintain the northern grid frequency at a healthy level, as per the directions of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission and the Northern Regional Load Despatch Centre. He said the third unit of the Faridabad plant would be back to normal and an additional 30 lakh to 35 lakh units would become available in the next few days. The 210 MW unit of the Panipat station would also be available after repairs and the power supply would improve considerably by the first week of March. The spokesman urged the consumers to bear with the current power shortage as the availability of power had decreased by nearly 100 lakh units a day. He said periodic load-shedding was being done in the case of all consumers by rotation for a period of one hour each in the urban areas, totalling around three hours a day. In the rural areas, the assured three-phase power supply was being maintained for eight hours a day, including one hour for the supply of drinking water. |
|
|
HIGH COURT Chandigarh, February 16 In their petition, Brig Prem Kumar and four other members of Mahander Vihar Cooperative Housing Maintenance Society had earlier alleged that the Assistant Registrar was in league with certain persons who were trying to oust them. It was added that the Assistant Registrar had evolved a new method and did away with the managing committee before appointing himself and four others as administrators of the society. Pronouncing the orders, Mr Justice Gill observed: “After going through the orders passed by different authorities, it seems that all of them were mixed up with those persons who wanted that the functioning of the society should not go on smoothly”. Mr Justice Gill also observed that the managing committee, elected on July 12, 1998, would continue to function as usual till its term ended on July 11, 2003. |
|
Four arrested for smuggling Sirsa, February 16 The district police chief, Mr A.K. Roy, yesterday said the police had arrested Mehna Singh, who had been absconding after leaving 6 sacks of poppy husk, weighing about 240 kg, in his Maruti car on January 24. He was arrested by ASI Gurdayal Singh of Kalanwali. Another person Jagjit Singh of Desu Malkana village had earlier been arrested. Meanwhile, the Dabwali police arrested Darshan Singh of Daulatpur village of Moga district in Punjab and Gurdev Singh of Mirajana Hall of Bathinda for smuggling poppy husk. The Baragudah police has arrested Pal Singh of Biruwala Gudha village under the NDPS Act. Mangat Singh and Niku Singh of the Mallekan village were arrested by the police respectively under Section 61/1/14 of the Excise Act and 22 bottles of illicit liquor were recovered from their possession. Meanwhile, the district police has registered a case under Sections 498A 406/506/34 of the IPC against Mahavir of Ding for harassing his wife for dowry on a complaint lodged by Lilu Ram of Gigorani village.
|
|
|
Seized gold given to Customs Panipat, February 16 It may be recalled that Ram Labhaya was travelling in Paschim Express train from New Delhi to Amritsar on November 17, 2000. During routine checking by the GRP staff, Ram Labhaya was found possessing gold biscuits in his suitcase. When questioned about the ownership of these biscuits, he could not produce proper documents of ownership. Hence, the gold was seized and deposited with the Malkhana Railway here and a case registered. |
|
Bomb
hoax delays train Faridabad, February 16 According to information, the train was halted at the local railway station after someone informed the Railway officials here that a bomb had been placed in the train. But it proved a ‘hoax’. |
|
Left rallies from March
6 Rohtak, February 16 Mr Inderjit Singh, secretary of the state unit of the CPM, announced here on Tuesday that a state-level joint rally would be organised at Jind on March 6 to mobilise people against the “disastrous” policies of the Central as well as state governments. He said the rally would be addressed by senior national leaders of both parties, including Mr Harkishan Singh Surjeet and Mr A. B. Bardhan. The Leftist leader recalled that the Congress was defeated as a result of discontent among the masses against the so-called-economic reforms.
|
|
|
Gurdwara cash box stolen Ambala, Earlier, thieves had struck at a gurdwara located in Ambala city and then a theft case was reported from a gurdwara in Ambala cantonment. A demand has been made for intensive patrolling by the police. |
|
|
Journal in Punjabi Chandigarh, February 16
|
|
|
Hospital in PGIMS Chandigarh, February 16
|
 |
| Punjab | Haryana | Jammu & Kashmir | Himachal Pradesh | Regional Briefs | Nation | Editorial | | Business | Sport | World | Mailbag | In Spotlight | Chandigarh Tribune | Ludhiana Tribune 50 years of Independence | Tercentenary Celebrations | | 121 Years of Trust | Calendar | Weather | Archive | Subscribe | Suggestion | E-mail | |
