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Saturday,
November 9, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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HPCC: Surjewala too
feels ignored Chautala reaches Johannesburg HAU’s Krishi Vigyan Kendra to go Haryana gears up for new number plates Rs 1 lakh award
for farm research
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Popularise homoeopathy in North:
expert Front seeks Bhagat Singh’s statue in Parliament Panchayat officer suspended Relief convoy flagged off to Rajasthan
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HPCC: Surjewala too
feels ignored Chandigarh, November 8 Already many senior leaders, including two former party Presidents, Mr Birender Singh and Mr Harpal Singh, and AICC Secretary Selja have openly expressed displeasure over the long list of the office-bearers and executive members of the party. Their supporters do not find place in it. While the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, has taken the list in his stride, the other leaders have complained to the high command. Mr Surjewala, also a former President of the party, is the latest entrant to the disgruntled leaders. According to informed sources, Mr Surjewala has written a letter to Mr Bhajan Lal in this regard. In the hand-written letter of October 27, Mr Surjewala is believed to have said that he “is pained to state” that the persons recommended by him for inclusion in the PCC list had not been included while “persons far junior” had been made office-bearers of the party. Mr Surjewala wants that Mr Kuljeet Singh Ghangas of Barwala, Mr Randhir Singh Rana of Kaithal, Mr Dharam Pal Chhott of Kaithal and Mr Nahar Singh Sandhu of Karnal should be made Secretaries of the party while Mr Karambir Maina of Rohtak and Mr Laxman Dev Arya of Narwana should be nominated to the executive committee. Meanwhile, a breakfast meeting of the dissident leaders was held at the residence of former minister Rao Inderjit Singh in Delhi today. The dissidents included Mr Birender Singh, Mr Hooda, Ms Selja, Mr Nirmal Singh, a former minister; Mr Jai Prakash Barwala, a former Union Deputy Minister; and Mr Daan Singh, MLA. They are believed to have discussed the strategy to “contain” Mr Bhajan Lal, who, they feel, has been virtually given a free hand to run the party. Meanwhile, Mr Hooda is believed to have lodged a strong protest at the first meeting of the PCC held here yesterday against what he called as the “arrogance” of certain party leaders, who, he said, considered themselves above AICC President Sonia Gandhi. He said by holding rallies in the urban areas the party would not gain much because the people in these areas had already turned against the Chautala Government. The party should try to penetrate in the rural areas to strengthen its grip over the farming community. |
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Chautala
reaches Johannesburg Chandigarh, November 8 Mr Chautala will meet representatives of reputed tourist companies to bring Haryana on the international tourism map. He will also urge them to invest in his state. He will also meet non-resident Indians settled in South Africa to persuade them to set up industrial units in the state. He interacted with leading industrialists at a lunch meeting and told them about the facilities extended by the state government to foreign entrepreneurs. Earlier in the day, he visited Africa Museum, Apartheid Museum and Gandhi Square. He took keen interest in photographs of Mahatma Gandhi when he launched “satyagraha” from South Africa and the historical documents in this regard. He also saw the house from where the Mahatma started the satyagrah a movement. The delegation is on a 17-day tour of South Africa, Germany, Denmark, the UK, the USA and Japan. Mr Chautala is accompanied by the Finance Minister, Mr Sampat Singh, the Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Mr
M.K. Miglani; his Political Adviser-cum-President of the Haryana unit of the
INLD, Mr Sher Singh Badshami; the MD of the Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation, Dr Harbaksh Singh; the Vice-President of the Foreign Promotion Investment Board, Mr Prem Singh; and Mr Rajinder Singh
Bisla, Mr Dev Raj Diwan, Mr Hamid Hussain, Mr Bhim Sain Mehta, all
MLAs. The Press Adviser to Mr Chautala, Mr Ram Singh Brar, is also a member of the delegation.
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HAU’s Krishi Vigyan Kendra to go Gurgaon, November 8 The issue has kicked up a political controversy with the Congress in the vanguard of criticising the move. In a statement, a local leader of the Congress issued a statement signed by him and on behalf of public from Mewat and Ahirwal belt saying that the move stems from political rivalry of Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and Mr Ajit Singh, Union Agriculture Minister and son of former premier, late Chaudhary Charan Singh. The local unit of the Congress has made out a case that as the HAU is after the name of Chaudhary Charan Singh the present ruling clique in the state has hatched a “political conspiracy” to remove all vestiges relating to him. An appeal has been made to the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, the Governor of Haryana, Babu Parmanand, and the Union Agriculture University against the decision to wind up the kendra. The issue was raised in the full house meeting of the HPCC held yesterday. The government was opposed by senior leaders, including the leader of the Congress Legislature Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Haryana Assembly, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Some leaders also suspect that the government may open casino at the site. The kendra was established in 1970 and had a sprawling campus of 46 acres. The complex is located in the heart of the city and has now become one of the most prized land. According to unofficial reports, government agencies will set up institutional areas on the site. The Vice-Chancellor of the HAU, Mr Vinay Kumar told The Tribune that the main reason for closing the kendra was the pressure for the same from the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), an apex body of the agriculture universities. The reason being that already there was another kendra of the Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI), Pusa Institute, Delhi, functioning here. The ICAR is the funding body for both kendras. There was preponderance view that the two kendras were duplicating their works. He further said there was pressure from several quarters to close the kendra on account of the land now falling in the heart of city so that the government could use it for other development purpose. Also, as a result of the complex falling in the midst of the city, the cultivation and research works were getting impeded. He said the HAU had no objection to open a kendra in rural areas of the district like Mewat if land of about 50 acres was given to it by any village panchayat through the state government. Also, as the kendra was for catering rural pockets of the district its raison d’etre was lost on account of the city gradually transforming into a character of a cosmopolitan city. However, many feel that the state government brought to bear pressure for closing the kendra so that it could have repossession of the land. Farmers of Jharsa and Hidayatput villages had donated their land measuring 46 acres in 1917 for research and development of better seeds and for scientific work relating to allied subjects. Later, the Agriculture Department of Haryana gave the land to HAU on 99 years’ lease. But now the lease had been annulled by the express order of the Chancellor of the university and the Governor of Haryana. |
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Haryana
gears up for new number plates Chandigarh, November 8 Official sources said that the Union Surface Transport Ministry had decided that cars all over the country would have to install these number plates as precaution against theft as these number plates can not be duplicated,” they said. The sources said the government had already invited tenders for supplying these number plates. All cars bought after April 1 would be fitted with these number plates while old cars would be allowed a two-year period for geting these installed. The new number plates would cost about Rs 1000 each. Incidentally, five foreign companies have been shortlisted by the Centre for supplying such number plates and the state governments can award the contract to one of these five firms only. |
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Rs 1 lakh award
for farm research Jind, November 8 After unveiling the statue of the late Devi Lal at Bhiwani Chowk here, he said the award would be presented by the ICAR once a year on its foundation day. The award would be given for contribution in cooperative research from among the those working for 10 years. Mr Chautala thanked the Union Government for instituting the award. The Haryana Government has instituted a ‘Kisan Puraskar’ in the memory of the late Devi Lal. The district-level award would be given to the best farmer in each district of the state. Of these farmers, the best on the state level would be selected for the state-level Kisan Puraskar. The awardee at the district level would get Rs 25,000 cash and the state-level winner would get Rs 1 lakh cash as prize. Applications for this award would be invited every year in October-November through the Deputy Director, Agriculture. |
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Jaguar crash toll rises to 9 Ambala, November 8 An officials said that 17-year-old Santosh, who was rushed to the PGI, Chandigarh, has breathed her last. Another injured person, Brij Lal, who had been referred to GMCH-32 and subsequently discharged from there, was
admitted to Military Hospital today. Brij Lal had sustained a head injury in the accident. Air Force officers today disbursed cheques to the relatives of the victims in Dilipgarh village of Ambala Cantt. Tents have been set up for the affected families.
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Popularise
homoeopathy in North:
expert Ambala, November
8 Talking to
Chandigarh Tribune, Dr Harprakash Sharma said that homoeopathy was an
art of medical sciences which was based on the principles laid down by
the great master of homoeopathy Dr Hahnemann. “Without any doubt, it
is definitely one of the best alternative system of medicine,” he
said. He said that only a couple of states like Kerala, Maharashtra,
West Bengal Uttar Pradesh and Manipur were encouraging homoeopathy
while in other states, including Haryana, it was not being paid the
desired attention. “To cite an example, while there are 2804
homoeopathic dispensaries in Kerala, the figure for Haryana is
abysmally low and the homoeopathic dispensaries are concentrated in
the Mewat region,” he said. Dr Harprakash Sharma said that there
were several reasons for homoeopathy being the most suitable
alternative system of medicine. “Homoeopathy has no side effects as
compared to some systems of medicine. The research of homoeopathy
medicines is carried out on healthy persons under the strict
supervision of physicians,” he said. Another reason, which is of
importance for a developing country like ours, is that economically
the cost of treatment is less in homoeopathy. Also, homoeopathy helps
in avoiding surgery in diseases like warts, corns, tonsils, adenoids,
and stones,” he said. Dr Sharma said that homoeopathy helped in
building resistance in the body. “ Unlike in some systems of
medicine in which the symptoms are treated, we treat the disease.
Like, a person suffering from cold and sneezing can build resistance
against it through homoeopathy,” he said. The new president
observed that to encourage homoeopathy, there should be time-bound
promotion for teachers and there should be uniform pay scale
throughout India for homoeopaths in government service. “Also,
students should be given good stipend and the system of examination
should be reviewed. The syllabus and distribution of marks also be
uniform,” he said. A suggestion by Dr Harprakash Sharma, which
should go down well with animal lovers, was that veterinary should be
included in homoeopathy. “We have noticed that homoeopathy can
particularly be effective in treating ailments in small animals,
including dogs,” he said. Dr Sharma said that in Haryana, the state
government should open at least one homoeopathy dispensary in the
Civil Hospital at each district where the efficacy of homoeopathy can
be seen. “The homoeopathy dispensary at the Civil Hospital will be
taken care of emergency situations also since the patient can be
admitted in the hospital. Cases like fever, bronchitis, acute renal
pain and acute eczema can be promptly attended to,” he said. He
said the Haryana government should give the green signal for opening
up of homoeopathy colleges in the state. “I believe that a proposal
for opening of homoeopathy colleges in Karnal and Jhajjar are pending
with the government,” he said. Dr Harprakash Sharma said that
besides the propagation of homoeopathy, his priorities would include
strengthening the Indian Homoeopathic Organisation. “My motto is
homoeopathy for all. We are going to hold the seventh All India
Homoeopathy Congress at Ambala in April next year,” he said. He
said that the government must take strict action against unqualified
medical practitioner. “The health department must carry out
effective checks against quackery,” he said. “Unlike in the past
when homoeopathy was a hobby for some, now the homoeopaths are well
qualified and I am hopeful that in the days to come, homoeopathy will
gain popularity throughout the country,” he added.
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Front seeks Bhagat Singh’s statue in Parliament Ambala, November 8 Talking to mediapersons here today, the chairman of the front, Mr Viresh
Shandilya, said the front had got an appointment with the President of India for December 15 where they would raise this request before him. He said a delegation of the front would also meet the Chief Minister, Haryana, at Chandigarh demanding to enmark at least one chowk in every district of the state to be known as Bhagat Singh chowk. He said the front would soon launch a ‘Aatank virodhi rath yatra’ from the Bhagat Singh chowk in Delhi, which would be concluded at Lal chowk, Srinagar. He said the Member of Parliament, Mr Avatar Singh
Bhadana, had been appointed the president of Uttar Pradesh unit of the front. Replying a question, he said his front had no grudge with the Anti-Terrorist Front headed by M. S. Bitta. The president of Haryana unit of the front, Mr Kulwant Singh
Manakpur, said the district units of the front in the state would be constituted soon. He urged the state government to provide government jobs to one of the family members of the deceased killed in Jaguar crash at Ambala.
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Panchayat
officer suspended Bhiwani, November 8 The direction was given when Mr Chautala was hearing a complaint by some villagers pertaining to cutting of trees of the Forest Department illegally by the sarpanch of Badal village. The Chief Minister taking serious note of the complaint ordered the suspension of Satpal for adopting a dilly-dallying attitude in probing the case and registration of a case against him. |
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Relief
convoy flagged off to Rajasthan Kaithal, November 8 Dr Ranga said whenever there was any natural calamity in the neighbouring states, the people of Haryana had come forward to help them. It may be rehabilitation of people or providing fodder for the starving cattle. He reminded the people that after the devastating earthquake in Gujarat, Haryana had played an active role in rehabilitating the affected. |
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Undertrial
dies in jail Ambala, November 8 The jail authorities said he was immediately sent to the local Civil Hospital last evening when he complained about his sickness. After the post-mortem, the body was handed over to his relatives.
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HR cashier robbed of
Rs 1.6 lakh Ambala, November 8 However, police officials observed that there are certain unanswered questions in the robbery version given by the cashier. The cashier, Dalbir Singh, said that he was robbed by two scooter-borne youths when he was heading towards the bank to deposit the money. He told the police that the pillion-rider threw red chilli power in his eyes and they decamped with Rs 1.60 lakh out of Rs 2.33 lakh which he was carrying in his bag.
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Haryana
recognises four hospitals Chandigarh, November 8 Before getting treatment in these hospitals, the employees would have to obtain prior permission from the competent authorities for claiming reimbursement. |
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Lawyers’ strike hits work YAMUNANAGAR: Members of the District Bar Association, Jagadhari, went on fast on Friday in protest against the amendments to the Cr PC and the Legal Service Authority Amendment Act 2000. The court work was affected as lawyers abstained from courts.  |
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Mr B.S. Sandhu Chandigarh, November 8 |
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Deaf and dumb games postponed Ambala, November 8 The sports championships for deaf and dumb, being organised by the Haryana Mook Badhir Kalyan Sangh, was earlier scheduled to be held on November 14. Following the death of the president of the sangh, Mr
Balkrishan, the championship will now take place on December 3, Mr Prem Gupta, additional secretary of the sangh said.
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