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October 14, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Dissidents dare BJP high command ‘Selective’ removal of hoardings Rozgar guarantee yojna soon Dolma Tsering is Miss Tibet
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Bank develops remote villages Hamirpur NIT opens on Oct 22 Cement price up in HP Paragliding competition from Oct 26 Dhumal opens kirtan bhavan Forced to visit private hospitals for CT scan
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Dissidents dare BJP high command Hamirpur, October 13 He was removed from the post for not helping his sister-in-law Urmila Thakur in last Assembly election. These persons have been holding closed door meetings to finalise strategy for the Assembly elections. They, however, have decided to go ahead to expose and oppose senior BJP leaders, including Chief Minister, Prem Kumar Dhumal in the Assembly elections. Mr Thakur has announced already to contest the Assembly election as an Independent. He has decided to contest newly created Sujanpur Tira seat if delimitation work of the constituencies was completed before election. Otherwise, he will contest the Hamirpur seat. He was denied party ticket for Hamirpur seat last time. The ticket, however, was given to his sister-in-law and now Parliamentary Secretary Urmila Thakur. Sources close to the dissident leaders told The Tribune here today that they planned to organise a state-level sammelan of party dissidents at Hamirpur soon. Date for the sammelan has not been decided yet. They have, however, decided to contest two seats in the Hamirpur district namely Nadaun and Hamirpur or Sujanpur Tira. They will support anti-BJP nominees from other seats. There are indications that Mr Narendra Thakur may also challenge Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal from Hamirpur seat also if the Chief Minister opted for this seat after the delimitation work was over. He has denied to challenge his sister-in-law from the newly created Sujanpur Tira constituency. Mr Kamal Nanda, a leading dissident and Pradhan of the Dhaneta Gram Panchayat of the Hamirpur district said that aim of the dissidents was to get justice to the grass-root party workers sidelined and ignored by those in power. He said that it was shocking that even senior BJP leaders had not mitigated sufferings of the cadres. He said that the dissidents would hold meetings and rallies in all parts of the Hamirpur district to expose the real face of the rulers and seek support for ousting these persons from power to provide neat and clean government. |
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‘Selective’ removal of hoardings Nurpur, October 13 Similarly, the authorities did not touch a colossal hoarding of the Himachal Pradesh Government which was erected on the eve of the completion of four years of the Prem Kumar Dhumal government in March this year at Chowgan and Kandwal. Many such hoardings had been erected to publicise the achievements of the Dhumal government and the development works undertaken during the period from March, 1998, to March, 2002. Interestingly the PWD did not spare small welcome boards of the local municipal council which had been erected at all entry points at Khushinagar, Bodh and Letri. The welcome boards were treated as advertisements. According to Mr R.K. Mahajan, President of the Council, these boards were installed only to indicate the limits of the council. He said the council was not given any notice before removing these boards. |
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Rozgar guarantee yojna soon Chamba, October 13 Announcing this at a press conference here at the local Circuit House today on the occasion of the completion of three years of the NDA government at the
Centre, Mr Shanta Kumar, Union Minister for Rural Development, said the plan had been designed especially for the poor and the unemployed. He said any poor or unemployed person could submit an application to the administration and it would ensure employment for him within 15 days. Mr Shanta Kumar said the Centre was also contemplating of providing unemployment allowance to those who could not be guaranteed employment by the administration within 15 days. He said to implement the plan a task force had been constituted under his chairmanship and comprised Minister of State for Rural Development members of the Planning Commission, senior officials of the Rural Development Ministry. Meanwhile, Mr Shanta Kumar denied reports about differences in state BJP leadership. He stated that there was no rift of any kind on the issue of leadership. |
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Dolma Tsering is Miss Tibet Dharamsala, October 13 Dolma was crowned by Amaadhen, one of the oldest political
prisoners of Tibet. The atmosphere in the quadrangle of the TIPA was charged with excitement even as dewdrops moistened the jam-packed audience comprising foreigners, Tibetans and local residents. A battery of cameras of the native and international media panned the beauty queen of Tibet who sashayed on to the ramp to answer a volley of questions, mostly in Tibetan. Soon after the coronation, Dolma Tsering told this reporter that she was thankful to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the people of her community. “I will represent Tibet and the Tibetan cause on the world stage and would like to be a special woman who epitomises the Tibetan culture and religion”, she added. She was presented a cheque for Rs 1 lakh by the organisers. The crowning of Dolma Tsering as the Miss Tibet beat the favourite USA based Tenzin Deki. With the Miss Tibet function, the ongoing struggle for the freedom of Tibet will get a new dimension. The pangs of the massive Tibetan diaspora for their homeland now will be made known to the world of beauties. The exiled Tibetan community will have another medium to propagate its cause even as the man behind the show, Mr Lobsang Wangyal, told this reporter that there was nothing in this pageant to project China as bad. Out of the 27 beauty queen aspirants, six contestants in the age group of 18-26 with a minimum height of 5’-6” had arrived in Dharamsala. The finalists included Tenzin Deki Chokteng of Colorado, USA, Tenzin Yanki, Dehra Dun in Uttar Pradesh, Lhakpa Dolma, Manipat in Madhya Pradesh, Dolma Yangzom, New Delhi, Dolma Tsering, New Delhi, and Tsultrim Dolma, Karnataka. Tsultrim Dolma and Dolma Yangzom, however, did not participate in the contest. Since their arrival in Dharamsala, the girls had been observing a rigorous regimen of language rehearsals, training and diet control. Lhakpa Dolma, a teacher by profession, was busy improving the accent of her weak English, Tenzin Yanki, a student of fashion designing and computers, was engaged in learning tips on confidence-building, while Tenzin Deki Chokteng, engineering student at the Colorado School of Mines, remained confined to learning Tibet’s ancient history, culture and religious background. |
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Bank develops remote villages Palampur Under NABARD schemes various new projects in agriculture, irrigation, roads and bridges, drinking water, flood control, watershed development, construction of primary school buildings and information and technology have been taken up and implemented. In the past four years a new dimension has been given to the rural economy of the state and NABARD has played a significant role in this field. Stress has been laid on the development of far-flung villages which were neither connected by roads nor had drinking water facilities. Under this programme, 430 km of roads, 800 metres (length) of bridges and 207 primary school buildings have been constructed, which is a record. Minor irrigation schemes completed under the rural infrastructure development fund of the bank, have also helped in providing irrigation to 15,500 hectares of land. Besides, with the approval of 197 new schemes, as many as 3,315 more villages are expected to be linked by bridges and all-weather roads. Over 30,000 hectares of land would be brought under irrigation facilities. Till date NABARD has provided loans totalling Rs 78.24 crore for the completion of 227 minor irrigation schemes and one medium project. Of these schemes, 159 schemes have already been completed. About Rs 27 crore has been earmarked for flood control schemes. The state government has given priority to the strengthening of rural roads. Out of NABARD’s total financial assistance 63 per cent has been spent on roads, 20 per cent on irrigation schemes and the remaining on flood control, drinking water supply and sundry. A reduction in the bank’s interest rate in its refinance programmes has also helped in big way. This has doubled the investment of state. During 2001-2002, the refinance assistance of NABARD touched Rs 6.30 crore in irrigation schemes as against Rs 2.36 crore in 1998-99. To further boost investment in this sector, the potential areas for intensive development of irrigation have been identified and model schemes on innovative and indigenous methods of irrigation have been formulated. NABARD has also launched the micro-credit scheme for the rural poor who have little access to banks. This programme has proved a big success and self-help groups have increased significantly in the past two years. About 11,638 self-help groups have emerged of which 5043 have already availed the loan facility from banks and the loans given has reached Rs 8.49 crore. To make the programme more successful the state government is involving different departments, NGOs and banks in this movement. NABARD’s help in one form of the other has certainly given a boost to the state government’s efforts in strengthening the infrastructure, thereby transforming the socio-economic life of the rural folk. |
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Hamirpur NIT opens on Oct 22 Hamirpur, October 13 The institute was closed indefinitely after the August 25 violent incidents in which private and government property was damaged by miscreants. The decision to reopen the institution has been taken at the initiative of the Chairman of the BOG of the NIT, Mr Lalit Mohan Thapar. The Chief Warden proctor and five wardens for the hostels have assumed their duties and are finalising arrangements for the arrival of the students. Meanwhile, Hamirpur Deputy Commissioner Anuradha Thakur has conducted the first round of the inquiry into the NIT incident as entrusted to her by the state government. She had detailed talks with the teachers and eight students who were named by the teachers for the August 25 incidents. |
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Cement price up in HP Shimla, October 13 This sudden increase in cement prices would adversely affect the construction activities in rural areas where due to prolonged drought, people are already hard-pressed. On account of high road tax and expensive carriage, the prices of cement are already higher in HP by Rs 30 to Rs 35 per bag as compared to Punjab and Haryana. One bag of cement that cost Rs 150 to Rs 155 will now cost Rs 155 to Rs 160. In far-off areas it may cost even more. |
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Paragliding competition from Oct 26 Shimla, October 13 The venue is a dream destination for paragliders all over the world. Suitable topography and the right weather can bring the best out in the competitors. This event is the first in the entire Himalayas to be recognized by the Paragliding World Cup Association. The world’s best paragliders are taking part in the event, which is being organized with the technical assistance of the Free Flight Association of India. Among them are Scotty Maricon, world No 2, Norman Lausch, world No 5, Americo Sousa, world No 16 and Stephane Andre, world No 17. Besides the professionals, several amateurs both from India and abroad are coming to take part in the tournament. A separate set of tasks for hobby pilots will make the tournament exciting and highly competitive in both the skill-set categories-professional and amateur. Based on the pilot profile to be submitted by every candidate, prequalification will take place on October 24. It may be mentioned that in 1992, Frenchman Xavier Remond Flew 134.9 km to set the out and return paragliding world record. |
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Dhumal opens kirtan bhavan Shimla, October 13 Speaking about the development of Kasumpti area the Chief Minister said 45 roads had been constructed in the area and 160 rooms constructed under the Sarswati Bal Vidya Sankalp
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Forced to visit private hospitals for CT scan Shimla, October 13 The IGMC charges Rs 300 for the CT scan of head and for other body organs Rs 750, while private hospitals charge Rs 1500 to Rs 3000 for the same tests. Poor patients are hit the most and they say the CT scan machine is outdated. An official of the Radiology Department of the hospital said the machine had developed a major fault and an engineer would be called to repair it. |
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Obscene posters: probe ordered Chamba, October 13 The Additional Superintendent of Police, Mr N.D. Sharma, stated that the district police would raid the houses and computer-cum-photostat establishments of certain people who were suspected of releasing computerised obscene posters. |
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Cannabis destroyed in 15 acres Kulu, October 13 |
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Telecom services paralysed Hamirpur, October 13 |
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