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March 25, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Country’s security system not foolproof: Fernandes Electronic meters farmers’ bane BJP MPs visit Loharu Hooda condemns Uma Bharati’s statement 2-day kisan mela concludes VC lays stress on IT |
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scheme to all Haryana districts' Chandigarh, March 24 The Haryana Government has urged the Centre to extend the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) to all districts of the state. Speaking on World TB Day, the Haryana Minister of State for Health, Dr M.L. Ranga, said the RNTCP had achieved remarkable success in controlling the disease. Cancer centre for Sirsa
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Country’s security system not
foolproof: Fernandes Faridabad, March 24 Speaking at a function organised by the district unit of Samata Party here yesterday on the 92nd birth anniversary of Socialist Dr Ram Manohar Lohia, the Defence Minister claimed that several loopholes in the nation’s security cover had been found in the evaluation done after the Kargil war. He said while there was no proper documentary evidence on the sea boundaries of the countries, a similar situation prevailed about the Himalayan mountains chain, which forms the natural border on the north. He opined the aggression or invasion from the north and north-east was not difficult and the past experiences have not been used to take lessons. He said socio-geographic conditions of the Himalayan belt had not been proper and encouraging and he had submitted a plan on ‘Trans-Himalayan Development Project’ to the Prime Minister. He also advocated for all-round development of the areas near the borders, so that ‘we are able to meet any challenge regarding the security threat. Describing Dr Lohia as a far-sighted national leader, Mr Fernandes said that several problems facing the nation needed to be tackled on the basis of the path shown by such leaders. He said caste system must be broken and every religion and faith be respected. Professor Anand Kumar, Professor Yogender Nath, (both from JNU), Mr V.V. Krishan Rao and Mr Prabhunath Singh also spoke. |
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Electronic meters farmers’ bane Karnal, March 24 It was in Indri town, about 35 km from here, that BKU supporters on March 20 threw their electronic meters in front of the HVPN office. The farmers had come on tractor-trailers from Satari village with the meters and left them at the HVPN office in the town. The BKU activists asserted that they would not be cowed down by the threats being held out by the Chief Minister to act against them, the farmers alleged that the state government was putting additional economic burden on the farmers by installing electronic meters. They warned that they would not allow the HVPN officers to enter the rooms of their pumping sets in their fields. In another incident in the Sarafa Bazar area of the town remained tense for another day. On Thursday, a piquant situation was averted when the police was called to pacify the agitating and angry shopkeepers. When HVPN officials reached Sarafa Bazar to instal new electronic meters the shopkeepers came out and held a protest demonstration against the HVPN officials. Almost all shopkeepers in the bazar pulled up the shutters and even clashed with the HVPN officials. Over 20 shopkeepers threw the meters on the road. The HVPN officials said they would not visit the bazar to instal meters without police help. Similarly, farmers of Ballah village also threw their meters at the HVPN office to protest against the installation of the electronic meters a few days ago. The BKU has decided to organise rallies and hold meetings against the Haryana Government and HVPN. |
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BJP MPs visit Loharu Bhiwani, March 24 Mr Kataria later alleged that party workers were facing political victimisation. “ Our workers are being harassed and a report in this regard will be submitted to the Prime Minister”, he alleged adding that party workers had been implicated in false cases whereas those spreading communalism were roaming freely. The MPs delegation included Kisan Singh Sangawan, Ramchander Bainda besides Ratan Lal Kataria, former Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma, Sita Ram Singla and Om Prakash Dhankhad. The delegation criticised the communal violence and demanded a judicial inquiry into the Loharu incident. The former state unit president Ram Bilas Sharma said the incident could have been averted if the police had taken preventive steps. |
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Hooda condemns Uma Bharati’s statement Chandigarh, March 24 In a statement issued here today Mr Hooda said Ms Bharati had no right to comment on the leadership of the Congress and its existence because this party had made a historic contribution to the freedom struggle and in building a new India after Independence. He said the Congress under the leadership of Mrs Sonia Gandhi would continue its fight against communal forces within and outside the government, which, he alleged, were hell bent on causing irreparable damage to the secular structure of the country. He said BJP leaders should desist from interfering in the internal matters of the Congress. Mr Hooda said to talk of the end of the Congress was nothing more than a figment of the imagination of BJP leaders like Ms Bharati. He said the way the people had marginalised the BJP during the recent Assembly elections, a big question mark had been put on the very existence of the BJP and a change of leadership would not be enough to save this party, which would have to change its thinking and its policies.
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2-day kisan mela concludes Hisar, March 24 The theme selected for this year’s mela was “diversification of agriculture” and the university through the thematic pandal made an attempt to convince the visiting farmers to diversify crops other than foodgrains. For the farmers, an agro-industrial exhibition put up on the occasion was a major attraction. Over 200 public and private sector organisations displayed their products. Apart from this, nearly 50 departments of the university and the state Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry departments also displayed their latest technological advancements and educated the farmers about bumper and quality crop production, integrated soil nutrient and pest management, bio-fertilisers, bio-pesticides and water management. However, the seed sale counters drew the maximum number of farmers. The university had made extensive arrangements for the sale of certified seeds of the recommended varieties and purchases amounting to nearly Rs 22 lakh were made by the farmers. |
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VC lays stress on IT Yamunanagar, March 24 Mr Chaudhary was delivering the convocation address at the Seth Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Radaur, near here, yesterday. He emphasised that the concepts like teleconferencing, tele-medicine and e-commerce had to be introduced to match the present day demands. Institutions of technology had to develop good public relation network for continuous and comprehensive feedback to users. Seth Ashok Kumar, Chairman, Board of Governors, advised the students to rise above petty cast and class conflicts and serve the society in the best possible manner. Dr K.L. Johar, former Vice-Chancellor, Guru Jambeshwar University, Hisar, and Vice-Chairman, Seth Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institutions of Knowledge and Service, pointed out that there was no substitute to academic excellence in the present era of competition. |
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'Extend TB control scheme to all
Haryana districts' Chandigarh, March 24 Speaking on World TB Day, the Haryana Minister of State for Health, Dr M.L. Ranga, said the RNTCP had achieved remarkable success in controlling the disease. The programme was being implemented in the districts of Faridabad, Gurgaon and Sonepat since April, 2000. As the introduction of the programme had proved beneficial, the state government had requested the Centre to implement it in the remaining districts of the state. The programme had now been introduced in two more districts — Karnal and Jind. District TB Societies had been formed in the remaining districts except Ambala, Panchkula, Hisar and Kaithal. |
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Cancer centre for Sirsa Chandigarh, March 24 The Chief Minister made this announcement while presiding over a meeting organised by the Regional Cancer Centre Society in Delhi. He said the setting up of the centre would provide cancer treatment facilities to the people of Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, besides the people of the state. A sum of Rs 75 lakh was provided to the society by the Central Government for the purchase of medical equipment. |
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