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May 28, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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CM cancels China visit to meet
PM Promises to martyrs’ families not
kept Indiscriminate quarrying cause of
contention Starvation death: MLA criticises
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NTPC to execute 3
projects HP to spend Rs 8 cr on watershed project schemes 1-cr grant for Roerich
gallery IPH Dept to restore
roads Steps to popularise ayurveda in
HP Sukh Ram pays tributes to
Nehru HP to fight drought on war
footing Swadeshi Manch to meet on June
1 Hike in water tariff
resented
Bhakra oustees’ plea to PM Governor inaugurates training
programme Virbhadra addresses
rally at Dehar Stokes’ rally at Solan today HPTDC move to close hotel opposed NIFD centre opened
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CM cancels China visit to meet
PM Shimla, May 27 The BJP MPs from Himachal Pradesh have also been invited to join the delegation. They are expected to discuss with the Prime Minister, at this dinner meeting, the financial crisis, the effects of WTO agreement and various other problems being faced by the state. Mr Dhumal was scheduled to lead an official team to China tomorrow to see the development that country has made in developing of small hydroelectric projects. The Chief Secretary, Mr A.K. Goswami, was among the officers who were to accompany the Chief Minister. The delegation was slated to visit Beijing and Shanghai among various other places where China’s small power projects are located. China is considered as a world leader in small hydel projects by having constructed about two lakh of these on its soil. Official teams have been visiting various countries in connection with the development of small hydel projects, but this was for the first time that a team was to be led by the chief minister. Himachal Pradesh is giving top priority to the construction of small hydroelectric projects and has signed MoUs for about 250 such projects. Nearly 800 projects have been identified for being constructed on various streams, including those in the tribal area. The state government has realised that such projects were environment-friendly and it was easy to construct these projects for which less time was required and the financial involvement was also not very high. Lucrative incentives were being offered for the sector to attract private parties for the job. |
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Promises to martyrs’ families not
kept Palampur, May 27 Ms Santosh Kumari a widow and mother of 22-year-old Vijainder Singh of Nandloo village, who had laid down his life on this day while fighting the Pakistani intruders in Kargil has virtually become victim of official red-tapism. She has been moving from pillar to post to get a piece of land sanctioned from the state government for a petrol station allotted to her by the government of India at Dehra Gopipur, but to no avail. Despite the fact that Bharat Petroleum is ready to pay the market price for the land the state government has rejected her request time and again on one pretext or the other. When this correspondent visited the native village of Vijainder Singh today, on his second death anniversary he was told that Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal who had visited the family in May 1999, has assured the family all possible assistance from the government and also stated that in future the government would take care of such families. Besides, he had also announced several schemes for their welfare. Vijainder Singh was the sole bread earner of this family. But contrary to announcements of the government, sources close to Santosh Kumari revealed that in past two years she had visited Chief Minister, ministers and various other officials of the state government a number of times for a small piece of land but without results. Her papers for the allotment of land were rejected without assigning any specific reasons. Mr Gopal Chand, SDM, Dehra, Gopipur, was not available for comments in his office since he was on tour. However, an assistant dealing with such cases told The Tribune that since the previous proposal for the allotment of land to Mrs Santosh Kumari had been rejected by the higher authorities a fresh proposal was being forwarded again. He said this office had timely forwarded the papers to Deputy Commissioner, Kangra, and the delay was on the part of the
government. The government’s assurance to install a statue of the martyr in the village school was also not fulfilled and later Ms Santosh Kumari herself got the statue installed by spending over Rs 15,000. Another commitment made by the Chief Minister to provide a road to the village of Vijainder Singh has also not been honoured. This is not the only instance, there are number of such widows and aged parents of martyrs in the state who are waiting for the implementation of the welfare measures announced by the government after the Kargil war two years ago. |
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Sepoy cremated Bilaspur, May 27 The SDM, Ms Rakhil Kahlon, paid homage to the martyr on behalf of the Governor, Mr Suraj Bhan, and the district administration while the Cooperatives and Information and Public Relations Minister of State laid wreaths on behalf of the Chief Minister, alongwith other prominent leaders of various political parties. He is survived by his wife Nirmla, three children and parents.
He was posted at Udhampur in the Chaneni police station and was in 68 CRPF Battalion. |
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Indiscriminate quarrying cause of
contention Kasuali The Executive Engineer of the Irrigation and Public Health Department, Mr Raghuvir Singh, agreeing to the concern of the agriculturists stated that at least a dozen odd irrigation schemes were severely affected by this unscientific quarrying and the irrigation schemes lying in the vicinity of the river-beds also faced a downfall in the water level. This posed an additional 20 per cent monetary burden on the department for their restoration during the rainy season. Not only this, the water level depletes by about 10 to 15 feet each year in the tubewells lying close to the river beds. The local residents also lamented that the water pumped through these handpumps declined gradually with some tube-wells discharging no water after barely an hour. The river-beds have been widened enormously, at places even more than 10-15 times their original dimension, besides being deepened by as much as 8-9 feet owing to quarrying. Though the rules prohibit quarrying beyond 3 feet along the river-bed and 5 feet away from the river banks, these rules have been observed more in the breach. Those dwelling in the vicinity of the river-beds will be forced to abandon their premises in the rainy season when the rivulets inundate the nearby land, fear the locals. Seasonal rivulets had caused massive damage last monsoon by eroding a large chunk of arable land rendering it unfit for agriculture. The state government’s decision to auction these sites instead of giving them on lease will wreck even more havoc, feel the local people. Those procuring the auction rights by paying lakhs of rupees will have the exclusive rights to sell the materials in other states as well, unlike the lessees who can merely use these materials for their own stone crushers. The people allege that the gravel and stone extracted from this region are finding their way to Bharatpur and Zirakpur and other places in Panchkula district, causing a loss of lakhs of rupees to the state exchequer. The stones extracted from the river Sirsa and its tributaries are feeding the stone crushers of nearby states. Besides this, the tractors used for agricultural purposes are being illegally used for lifting stones and the use of JCB machines, which is disallowed, is going on with impunity. The Joint Society for Protection of Environment of Doon and Nalagarh has taken a serious view of all these laxities. The president of the society, Mr Gyanender Bhardwaj, has urged the government to devise an effective policy to curb this illegal and environmentally fatal trade. Earlier, the practice of giving lease or auctions or even setting up stone crushers involved the panchayats under whose jurisdiction the area fell. But now no such practice is underway and this is seen as one reason leading to indiscriminate quarrying. Various lease and auctions fetch a revenue of about Rs 60 lakh and the government expects to increase this by another 30-40 per cent by allowing these fresh auctions, stated the district Mining Officer, Mr B. D. Sharma. The environment society has also demanded that the temporary permits given to the lessees in the Mandhala-Kambawala river of Kasauli tehsil should also be cancelled immediately or else they will continue to perpetuate the illegal trade. The Mining Department is handicapped in restraining illicit activities going on in the garb of these permits. The society in a representation to the Chief Minister has urged that the government being the custodian of public interest should evolve a policy to save these river-beds from the ruinous and indiscriminate mining activities. Though they fetch revenue to the government, here the government interest should not take precedence over public interest and a permanent and effective policy should be chalked out involving the local people and environmentalists. They opine that only surface picking up of gravel, stones and clay should be permitted and the use of JCB machines, besides the illegal use of tractors, should be strictly checked by the mining department. Mr B. D. Sharma, when contacted, stated that the quarrying fetched revenue to the government and, therefore, year after year they were leased out. The department is ill-equipped to maintain vigil over the massive area and nab the illegal traders. After persistent requests Solan and Sirmaur districts have been sanctioned one vehicle which will be available to them for 10 days in a month. He lamented that time and again their departmental employees had been manhandled by the mining mafia in various parts of the state, but the government had done precious little to ensure their safety. |
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Starvation death: MLA criticises
govt Palampur, May 27 Talking to newspersons here today, Mr Butail said it was shameful that the people in Himachal Pradesh were facing starvation and the government machinery was sleeping over the issue. He said the drought-like situation in the state was recognised as early as February when the failure of the rains had virtually destroyed the wheat crop and dried up water sources. He said it was regrettable that the Chief Minister and his ministerial staff had been taking the people of the state for a ride by making false announcements. Reacting sharply to the statements of the district administration officials that Amar Singh had not died due to starvation, the Congress leader said the statements of the wife of the deceased and villagers supported the truth. He criticised the Revenue Minister, Dr Rajan Sushant, for saying that the state government was not in a position to provide financial relief to the drought-hit farmers because the government was facing acute financial crisis. He said while the Chief Minister had been announcing steps to provide relief to the drought-affected families at Shimla, the Revenue Minister was making different statements. This showed that the government had no coordination within itself. Mr Butail alleged that the government had been adopting Partisan attitude in providing fodder to the drought-prone areas. He alleged that while constituencies of important BJP leaders were being provided truckloads of fodder, other areas were being neglected. He demanded that the state government should issue a white paper on the fodder supplied to various areas during the past three months. NURPUR: Meanwhile, HPPCC delegate and general secretary of the Kangra District Congress Committee, Mr Ajay Mahajan, in a statement here on Sunday categorically denied any political motive of the Congress in highlighting the starvation-related suicidal death of Amar Singh, a farmer of Janta village of Nurpur subdivision on May 15. He said the Congress had played a constructive role by highlighting the incident because this had alerted the state government and a number of steps had been taken by it to combat repercussion of the severe drought being experienced by the people of the state. |
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NTPC to execute 3
projects Shimla, May 27 This was stated by Mr C.P. Jain, chairman and managing director of the corporation, while addressing the “customers meet” for northern region, here today. He said the corporation was set to execute three projects at Kahalgaon, north Karanpura and Barh in eastern region with a total capacity of 5,280 mw, to meet the demand for power in the northern and western regions of the country through low cost pit head generation. The NTPC’s present average rate of power generation is 155 p/kwh as against 250-275 p/kwh for coal-based power plants being set up in the private sectors. The growth plans of the corporation were dependent upon the realisations from the state electricity boards to which it supplied power. He said the NTPC and boards had a role to play in overall power development in the country. The theme of the meeting was the proposed implementation of availability based tariff (ABT). The meeting was also addressed by Mr Harsh Gupta, Chairman, HPSEB, Mr Jagdish Sagar, Chairman, DVB, Mr D.C. Samant, Chairman, RVPN, Mr G.S. Sohal, Chairman, PSEB, Mr Sameer Mathur, MD, HVPN, and other senior officials of Gujarat, Uttaranchal and Chandigarh. The representatives of various state electricity boards requested NTPC to think of higher involvement in hydro power for better peak demand management. |
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HP to spend Rs 8 cr on watershed project schemes Una, May 27 The Chief Minister was addressing a gathering after inaugurating the newly constructed building of Excise and Taxation and Information and Public Relations Bhavan here today. He said the Swan Channelisation project launched last year would bring a major change in the economy of the district. He said this project would reclaim 29,000 hectares of area in the district. Mr Dhumal said that the government was ensuring time-bound completion of work initiated by it during the past three years. He said the government was committed to make Himachal Pradesh a prosperous state by harnessing the immense hydel potential of the state. He said the work on a 6,900 mw project was likely to be completed within the next 7 to 8 years. Mr Ram Das
Malanger, Deputy Speaker of the state Assembly, said the government had taken effective steps for the welfare of farmers and remove the restriction on the export of
kherwood. Mr Praveen Sharma, a minister of state, said an indoor stadium and sports hostel would be constructed at Una at a cost of Rs 2.46 crore. He said a shooting range was being developed at a cost of Rs 40 lakh at Una. |
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1-cr grant for Roerich
gallery Manali, May 27 The local residents, members of various social organisations and schoolchildren accorded a rousing reception to Mr Vajpayee at Jagatsukh, Gojra, Kakhnal, Haripur, Sarsai Chhaki and Naggar villages. It was his first visit to Naggar after becoming Prime Minister. At the art gallery, Mr Vajpayee evinced a keen interest in a painting drawn on canvas by Nickolas Roerich with water colour, displaying the panoramic view of greater Himalayas. Mr Vajpayee announced a grant of Rs 1 crore from the Central Government to be used for restoration work at the gallery and research institute. He lauded the devotion and commitment of Ms Ursula Eichstaedt, the manager of the International Roerich Memorial Trust. On a request by the state government, the Prime Minister agreed to become the Chief Patron of the trust. In a press note issued here today, Mr Vajpayee recalled that he had visited Roerich Art Gallery many years ago. During his visit to Naggar, Mr Vajpayee went to famous Naggar Castle. He paid his obeisance at the altar of Jagtipat. He was presented a Kulu cap and a traditional Kulu shawl by Mr Mashewar Singh, MP. Mr Vajpayee spent about two hours at Hotel Naggar Castle. He was accompanied by his adopted daughter, son-in-law, and grand daughter. |
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IPH Dept to restore
roads Shimla, May 27 A spokesman of the state government said here yesterday that the government had been reviewing the progress of restoration of roads in the municipal area. The work was first entrusted to the municipal corporation and about Rs 1.01 crore given to the corporation between June, 1999 and October, 2000. He said it was observed that the restoration work was going at a slow speed and was not up to the mark and therefore, the decision was taken. The spokesman said progress of the work had been reviewed by officers of the IPH, PWD departments, the municipal corporation and
contractors concerned. It was decided that proper coordination be maintained between executing agencies and for that purpose a committee headed by Commissioner of the municipal corporation was formed and officers concerned made its members. A few days back the Chief Minister had himself reviewed the work and directed that the restoration of roads be tendered as a part of the work of the laying of pipes so that it could be entrusted to the same contractor, he added. |
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Steps to popularise ayurveda in
HP Shimla, May 27 As many as 150 new ayurvedic institutions have been opened in the state during the past three years. With this the number of the institutions has gone up to 1157 from 1005. The present government had made 82 ayurvedic institutions functional by providing various facilities. The number of BAMS seats has also increased from 30 to 50 in the ayurvedic college at
Paprola. Post-graduate classes in “Kaya Chikitsa” and “Shalya Shalkaya” have been started. An Rs 8.27-crore “Vanaspati Van Pariyojna” is being implemented with the help of the Central Government in Chamba and Kulu districts. About 2,500-hectare area of Mani Jalari in Chamba and Kothi-Gulaba in Kulu have been covered under the project. The purpose of the project is to preserve medicinal plants, groom nurseries and develop herbal species through agro-technique by expanding the areas of medicinal plant protection and giving encouragement to people for the plantation of medicinal and herbal plants. The herbal garden at Jogindernagar has developed more than 225 species of herbal and medicinal plants, besides 10 species of different plants through agro-technique. The Central Government has given Rs 8 lakh to establish a herbal garden at Neri. About 35 bighas have also been acquired for setting up such a garden at Dumrera (Rohru) in Shimla district. Besides, a herbal garden is coming up at Rakchham in Kinnaur. The Himachal Government is also organising training camps in different parts of the state to provide information to farmers regarding the cultivation and marketing of herbal plants. A budgetary provision of Rs 5.13 crore has been made for departmental pharmacies. The state government is also making special efforts to popularise “Panchkarma”, an ayurvedic system of treatment, under which many complicated and chronic disease like emesis, purgation, nasal insufflation etc are treated successfully. Panchkarma is a group of five unique therapeutic procedures in ayurveda advocated for the radical elimination of disease-causing factors and balancing the “doshas” leading to the
maintenance of normal health and the cure of diseases. The chances of the recurrence of disease are rare in patients having undergone the “Panchkarma” therapy as it also promotes positive health by rejuvenating the body. It prevents the aging process and improves the memory and functions of all sense organs. This therapy is also very effective in the management of auto-immune disorders, chronic ailments like
rhemotoid, arthritis, bronchial asthma, sprue, paralysis, skin diseases, obesity, nasobronchial allergy, migraine, sinusitis and various mental disorders. “Panchkarma” requires some preparatory measures i.e. “snehana” and “swedana” and some
post-Panchkarma measures like “samarjana krama”. Free Panchkarma therapy camps are also being organised by the Ayurveda Department. Recently, about 3,500 patients were treated through this therapy at a camp organised in Shimla. An action plan has been initiated by the state government to publicise the Panchkarma therapy under which Panchkarma facilities would be provided in the medical college and other hospitals. So far this facility was available only at the ayurvedic hospitals in Bilaspur and Paprola. The Ayurveda Department has provided training in Panchkula to doctors in the state. The Himachal Pradesh Government has decided to associate ayurveda with tourism and under this plan, facilities of ayurveda and Panchkarma will be made available at various centres being established at important places of the state. It will also attract those tourists, who wish to get themselves treated under this therapy, besides giving a boost to tourism in the state. Herbal treks are also being organised to have a glimpse and knowledge of herbal plants enroute. The HPTDC, in collaboration with three Delhi-based companies, has decided to provide a health package to tourists at its various hotels in the state, including Holiday Home, Peter Hoff, Chail Palace and Naldehra in Shimla, Hotel Kunjam at Manali and at Dharamsala and Dalhousie where the facility of treatment through naturopathy, ayurvedic massage and steam bath would be made available. |
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Sukh Ram pays tributes to
Nehru Mandi, May 27 Mr Sukh Ram said it was ironical that the state was not in a position to pay the salary to its employees. The HVC leader said all was well till Dr
Y.S. Parmar was the Chief Minister. He realised the dream of making Himachal an apple state. But the subsequent Chief Ministers dealt a severe blow to the economy of the state. He said when he was the PWD Minister there were about 80 divisions and six circles in the state. The number had now multiplied and the wage bill of the PWD and the IPH was over Rs 250 crore. He expressed gratitude to the Prime Minister who laid the foundation stones of Parbati and Kol Dam projects and extended special financial assistance of Rs 900 crore to the state. He said the HVC had chosen the death anniversary of Jawahar Lal Nehru for the rally because Himachal Pradesh owed its existence to him or else it would have been merged with Punjab following the majority report of a three-member Reorganisation Commission. He also paid tributes to Indira Gandhi as during her tenure the statehood was granted to the state and added that Rajiv Gandhi had also taken keen interest in the development of Himachal Pradesh. Earlier, Mr Anil Sharma, son of Mr Sukh Ram and member of the Rajya Sabha criticised the Chief Minister for ignoring the development works in the district. He said development works had come to a virtual halt for want of funds. Mr Dhani Ram
Shandal, MP, Mr Vijai Joshi, working president of the HVC, and 12 leaders from various parts of the state also addressed the rally. SHIMLA (TNS): The Pradesh Congress Committee observed the death anniversary of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru as the “national integration day”. Mrs Vidya Stokes, state Party Chief, administered the oath of national integration to partymen at a function in the party headquarters here. Party leaders Mr Ram Lal, former Minister, Mr Kuldeep Rathore, spokesperson, Mrs Kanta Sood, state INTUC President, Mr Sukhwinder, state Youth Congress President, were among those who garlanded the portrait of Pandit Nehru. |
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HP to fight drought on war
footing Mandi, May 27 He said the government has allocated Rs 70 lakh to deal with the grim situation prevailing in the state. The Chief Minister was pressing the Centre for the allocation of more funds to Himachal to deal with the drought situation, he added. Mr Thakur said 17 water tankers had been pressed into service and more could be provided if situation warranted. He directed the IPH authorities to augment water sources and chlorinate them to prevent the outbreak of gastroenteritis. He also urged the people not to misuse water. The minister said 150 hand-pumps would be sunk in the district. About Rs 6 lakh had been disbursed among the people as transport subsidy for fodder in the district, he added. He said as a result of preventive measures only four cases of forest fires had been reported so far in Mandi district against 61 cases last year. He asked forest officials to keep their communication system in order so that any outbreak of fire could be controlled well in time. Additional Deputy Commissioner Manish Garg said the directions of the government would be implemented in letter and spirit. |
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Swadeshi Manch to meet on June
1 Shimla, May 27 The think tank of the Sangh, including Mr Gobindacharya, the BJP sidelined ideologue, Mr Dattopant Thengadi, President of the Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), Mr Madan Das Devi, joint General Secretary of the RSS, who looks after the political affairs and Mr S. Gurumurthy, co-convener of the Manch, will not only chalk out the future course of action of the Manch but also other affiliated bodies of the Parivar like the BMS, the Kisan Sangh and the Sangharsh Vahini. The Manch has been at loggerheads with the Vajpayee government over the WTO-sponsored economic reforms. It has already launched a country-wide mass awareness campaign to mount pressure on the government to pull out from the WTO. Besides adopting important resolutions on the economic policies of the NDA government, the Manch will also finalise its strategy to intensify its campaign and combat the second generation reforms. The deliberations, particularly the tone and tenor of resolutions, will give a clear indication whether the Sangh Parivar will take the government head on or provide breathing time to the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, in view of his recent effort to placate it. The meeting has assumed added significance in view of the decision of Mr Dattopant Thengadi, President, Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), to attend it. The Manch and the BMS have been of late working in tendem to oppose the economic reforms. The BMS stunned the BJP by openly attacking the government in presence of Mr Vajpayee during the recent Indian labour conference. In fact, the BMS had been more strident in its criticism of the economic reforms than even the Leftist trade unions. Similarly, Mr Gobindacharya has also been unsparing in attacking the Vajpayee government on the issue of the WTO. What has shocked the Sangh Parivar the most is the decision of the government to lift the quantitative restrictions on imports two years ahead of the time frame laid down by the WTO. The government had been mindlessly implementing reforms at the behest of the MNC’s which has created a general impression that econimic growth and development could not be achieved by the country on its own, hence there is need to educate the people about the implications of the reforms, says Mr Muralidhar Rao, the convener of the Manch. According to Mr Pradeep Kumar, organising secretary of the state unit of the Manch, the meeting will focus on implications of disinvestments in public sector undertakings, particularly in the defence sector, opening of insurance and banking sectors, lifting of trade restrictions and other issues related to the WTO agreement. Some prominent economists like Dr Ashwini Mahajan and Arun Ojha will also attend the meeting. The Manch will also organise a rally on June 2 which will be addressed by leaders. |
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Hike in water tariff
resented Nurpur, May 27 The state government, in its notification, has asked the urban consumers to get water meters installed at their own cost, failing which Rs 40 per water connection, along with Rs 10 for each additional tap per month, would be charged. The rate per connection would be doubled for next four months if they do not get meters installed within the stipulated period. According to this notification, thereafter, this amount would be doubled after every four months. There is a demand that instead of forcing consumers to get meters installed, the IPH Department should be asked to install meters on the pattern of electricity meters.
Bhakra oustees’ plea to PM Bilaspur, May 27 The general secretary of the committee, Mr Jaikumar said here today that on June 3 last year the Chief Minister had raised the issue of the Bhakra oustees at a public meeting at the foundation laying ceremony of the Kol Dam project at Kangu near Salappar. The Prime Minister had agreed to sanction an amount of Rs 100 crore for the oustees. He said the Chief Minister should now get the amount released from the Centre and also take up issue of the construction of some bridges. |
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Governor inaugurates training
programme Shimla, May 27 This was stated by him while inaugurating the national meeting and training programme of science and engineering faculty of Prajapati Brahm Kumari Ishwariya University, here yesterday. The Governor said the organisation should not only concentrate on devotion and dedication towards its duties and responsibilities but also engage in social construction works. He said India was predominently a religious country. Expressing concern on increasing pollution, he stressed the need for proper balance between nature and human existence. He urged the scientists and engineers to create awareness among the people for preservation of environment. He also emphasised for a large-scale plantation which would also help in maintaining our ecological
balance. Brahamkumari Raj Didi, chief convenor, Punjab branch of Brahmkumari University honoured the Governor with a shawl and a memento on the occasion. |
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Virbhadra addresses
rally at Dehar Sundernagar, May 27 The priority of Congressmen was to oust the BJP-HVC government from power, he added. The former Chief Minister said that he would address more than 500 public meetings at the village level. He accused the BJP government for financial mismanagement, in the state. |
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Stokes’ rally at Solan today Shimla, May 27 According to Mr Kuldeep Rathore, party spokesperson, in the second phase besides holding rallies, Mrs Stokes, would also address rallies at Solan tomorrow and Chachiot on June 10. She will preside over INTUC conference here on June 9 and a state convention of block office-bearers on June 13 and 14. She will also attend a general House of the Kangra district. The exercise is aimed at strengthening the party at the grassroot level. |
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HPTDC move to close hotel opposed Chamba, May 27 In a memorandum submitted to the state Chief Minister, Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal, the association spokesman, Mr Yog Raj Sehgal, has stated that the hotel was previously a youth hostel. It was later on handed over to the state Tourism Department and named as Hotel Champak. Mr Sehgal said the name was appropriate as the old name of Chamba, as mentioned in Raj Taragani and other chronicles, was Champak
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NIFD centre opened Hamirpur, May 27 It will be the third NIFD centre after Shimla and Solan. NIFD has a chain of 110 centres spread all over India and abroad in an endeavour to bring quality fashion education closer to the people. While addressing the people, she said that it was indeed good that NIFD was providing quality education in field of fashion and design in places like Hamirpur. She said that as fashion had spread all over the country and opportunities available in this field were many. Mrs Anubha Walia, Corporate Manager of NIFD, said the centre was developing the curriculum of e fashion and that would bring revolution in fashion and design and would equip Indian designers for bright prospects and future. Mr Rajiv Chauhan, centre head of the local unit of
NIFD, said the institute would provide education to the people at their doorstep. He said that the main aim of NIFD was to bring local talent to the forefront. |
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