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Sunday,
June 16, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Cong not
to project anyone as CM Kasauli
Club to be reconstructed Dist BJP
secy, 9 others quit party BJP state
council to meet on June 17 |
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trek flagged off Dharamsala, June 15 The Prime Minister of the Tibetan government in exile, Prof Samdongh Rinpoche, today flagged off a 16-member team of French and Tibetan youths on a 45-day trans-Himalayan trek. The trek would try to draw world attention towards the Tibetan problem. He wished luck to all participants.
90
villages get potable water Dhumal
visualises self-reliant HP CM
inaugurates engg institute A. N.
Sharma MC Commissioner Governor
shown preview of serial Minister inspects ESI Hospital Time
scales for HAS officers Pant
shifted to election panel 
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Cong not to project anyone as CM Kulu, June 15 While
criticising the statement of Mr Kishan Kapoor, Transport Minister, Himachal Government, about the encroachment of land worth Rs 200 crore by former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, Mr Thakur said the minister did not have any proof to support his allegation. He said the minister had given a false and fabricated statement under pressure at the instance of his senior party leaders. Mr Thakur said Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister, knew that his government was on its way out and his actions against Mr
Virbhadra Singh reflected his frustration. He said Mr Dhumal earlier talked of more than one hundred bighas of land which was allegedly encroached upon by Mr Virbhadra Singh but now that figure had come down to 21 bighas, which exposed the lies and fabrication of allegations by the Dhumal government. Mr Thakur further said the proposal of reorganisation of districts and creation of new districts appeared to be a gimmick and compared the
announcement to those of Mohammad Tughlak. He said the government should form a commission to chalk out plans and study the geographical and other aspects before announcing anything in this regard. He also alleged that the prevailing factionalism in the BJP was another factor that was making Mr Dhumal disappointed. He said Mr Shanta Kumar had said at a public meeting that the present government had not moved any resolution for giving the Gaddis tribal status. He further said that a resolution passed by the Congress in this regard was considered by the Union Government. Mr Thakur further alleged that the present BJP-HVC alliance had made the state bankrupt while it had sought loans worth more than Rs. 10,000 crore from financial institutions. He alleged that there was unprecedented recession in the industrial field. |
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Kasauli
Club to be reconstructed Chandigarh, June 15 For the purists and the nostalgic-minded, the outer facade will remain the same as it was originally done up by the British in the serene hill town, of Kasauli, located about 60 km from here. The brief for architects reads: “Bring out a design which is a replica of the original and retain the ambience and style of the old with absolutely no changes.” The architects have been working with photographs of the old building. The new building will be constructed with modern materials like concrete as wood work will be impossible in today’s times, says Major-Gen Virender Singh (retd) who is involved with raising finances for the project. Speaking to The Tribune in Chandigarh, he said about Rs 1.50 crore was required for the project. About Rs 71 lakh would be available from the company which had insured the gutted building. The club had plans to ask each of its 400 permanent members to contribute Rs 5,000. This will be a voluntary gesture and some members had already donated more to bring the club back to its old glory. Besides this, the Army Headquarters and the Western Command based at Chandimandir, near Chandigarh, have been approached for funds and some money was expected from them. There is no Kasauli without the club, says General Virender Singh while stressing upon the importance of not just re-building the club but also making it look like the old one. Among the only changes from the original are that the first floor will not have rooms for visitors to stay. The rooms will be available in the arcade opposite the club. The balroom, the left lounge, right lounge and the bar will all be the same and in the same locations. A verandah at the rear end will be more open and will offer facilities to watch the valley on clear nights. A proposal for a basement to house the cards rooms, a billiards table and other such facilities has been dropped. The club authorities did not want to disturb the ecology. The building is located on rocks and a basement would have entailed drilling, says Mr Madhukar Malhotra , who is closely associated with the design of the building. It will have the same red tiles roof and will look like the old club. To give a wooden feel, pillars of concrete will be covered with panels. Veteran journalist Khushwant Singh has agreed to donate some of his books to the library. The fire had destroyed the library which had some very old books. |
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Dist BJP secy, 9 others quit party Bilaspur, June 15 The leaders revealed this at a press conference organised in Zila Parishad Bhavan here today. The leaders included Zila Parishad member from the Kotkehloor constituency Prem Lata Vaidya, Malokher BJP Shakti Kendra chairman Ratan Lal Thakur and presidents of gram panchayats of Soldha, Saikharasi, Chhadole, Dobha, Harnoda and vice-president of the Dhaunkothi panchayat Shayam Lal. The leaders said 75 leaders of the constituency, led by the unit president, Dr Asha Ram Sharma, and senior leaders had met the Chief Minister at Shimla on June 4 and protested against the removal of Mr Kaushal from the membership of the Board of Directors of HP State Cooperative Bank without any valid reason. They had demanded his reinstatement both as director and chairman of the bank since an inquiry conducted by the government had found allegations against Mr Kaushal as baseless. They said the Chief Minister had assured them to take necessary steps in this regard but only two days ago the government had nominated another BJP in place of Mr Kaushal. They said they would not join any other party. |
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BJP state council
to meet on June 17 Shimla, June 15 Besides, the 68
delegates representing the Assembly constituencies, ministers,
legislators, MPs and chairpersons of various boards and corporations
will also attend the meeting. Mr O. P. Kohli, all-India secretary and
in charge of the party affairs in Himachal Pradesh , Mr P. K. Dhumal,
Chief Minister, Mr Shanta Kumar, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs
and Public Distribution, and Mr Jaikrishan Sharma, state BJP chief
will address the meeting. The meeting will focus on the political
situation and a resolution attacking the Congress was also likely to
be adopted. |
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Trans-Himalayan trek flagged off Dharamsala, June 15 A ceremony was organised at the main temple in Mcleodganj where senior officials of the Tibetan government-in-exile, members of the TYC and other enthusiasts had gathered. The trekking team is led by French national Benjamin Lisson. Talking about the purpose of the trek, Mr Benjamin Lisson said the Trans-Himalayan Association had sponsored the trek which had 10 French and six Tibetans as members. The Tibetan Youth Congress is also participating in the trek, he said. The trekkers after leaving Mcleodganj, trekked down to the main bazar in Dharamsala and later left for Bir. They will walk to Manali and after crossing Rohtang will travel along the Manali-Leh highway. The trek will terminate at Leh. |
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Dalai Lama meets
Governor, CM Shimla,
June 15 He expressed
gratitude towards the people of Himachal Pradesh for giving him
respect and honour. The governor, Dr Suraj Bhan, hosted a lunch for
the Dalai Lama. He presented a shawl and a cap to the Dalai Lama who
in return presented a silk scarf and a statue of Lord Buddha to the
Governor. The Dalai Lama completed his three-days religious teaching
in the Tibetan monastery here yesterday. |
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90 villages get potable water Hamirpur, June 15 She said during the fiscal year, 58 hand pumps were dug in the district and 21 more during the current summer season. She directed the officers of the I&PH to repair all non-functional hand pumps and if need be install new pumps at the old sites. Mrs Thakur said under the agriculture development programme, all targets were achieved in time and farmers were given all sorts of agricultural implements and other inputs. She said work on the augmentation of the town water supply scheme here was nearing completion and thereafter the town would not face any water shortage. Mrs Anuradha Thakur, local Deputy Commissioner, gave details of the ongoing development programmes in the district at the meeting. |
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Dhumal visualises
self-reliant HP Shimla, June 15 The
Chief Minister was presiding over a meeting of the Himachal Pradesh
Press Advisory Committee here. Mr Dhumal said the editorial and
other reports appearing in columns of newspapers sometimes gave a new
direction to policies and programmes of the government. He himself as
well as the government took such comments in guiding spirit, he added. |
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CM inaugurates engg institute Shimla, June 15 The Chief Minister said that with a view to ensuring speedy industrialisation of the state, the government laid stress on creating the basic infrastructure, including making available technical manpower by setting up educational institutions in the field. He hoped this institute would help achieve this objective beside ensuring education in engineering nearer to people’s homes. He said that 85 per cent students in the institute would be admitted from the state. In all 240, students would be admitted every year. |
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A. N. Sharma MC Commissioner Shimla, June 15 Mr
H. N. Kashyap, Municipal Commissioner, will now work as Chief Executive Officer of the state khadi board. |
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Governor
shown preview of serial Shimla, June 15 Dr Suraj Bhan, Governor of Himachal Pradesh, watched the 20-minute episode which covered various religious places of Shimla, prominently including Jakhoo Temple, Kali Bari Temple, Sankat Mochan Temple, Kamna Devi Temple and Tara Devi Temple. The Governor said the serial would help acquaint the people about the places of religious importance in the state and boost religious tourism. Satindra Narula, writer and director of the serial, informed that the serial would have 15 episodes.
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Minister
inspects ESI Hospital Parwanoo, June 15 According to sources, patients told him that the hospital did not have cotton bandages, tetanus
injections and even the stitching thread was not available even at the time of emergency. The patients also informed the minister that the payment of medical bills of industrial workers had not been paid since last four years. The patients also informed the minister that there was no specialist doctors available except in the eye and dental department. The ESI Corporation had spent Rs 4 crore to construct this hospital and provided special equipment, but these are lying idle due to non-availability of specialists to handle these equipments.
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Time scales for HAS
officers Shimla, June 15 Addressing an annual conference of
the officers here last evening, he said officers, posted in the Civil
Secretariat here, would be elevated to the next senior positions. He
said an HAS officer, who was earlier designated as Under Secretary,
would now be designated as Deputy Secretary. Officers with eight years
and 14 years of service will be designated as Joint Secretaries and
Additional Secretaries respectively. The Chief Minister said cases
of some important postings at various levels of the administration had
been sent to the Central Government for approval. UNI |
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Pant shifted to
election panel Shimla,
June 15 Mrs
Poornima Chauhan, Secretary, Election Commission, has been sent to the
State Electricity Regulatory Commission. Meanwhile, Mr A. N. Sharma,
SP (CID), today took over the charge of the Shimla Municipal
Corporation, in place of Mr H. N. Kashyap, who has been shifted to the
Khadi and Village Industries Board as its Chief Executive Officer. |
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