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November 18, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Govt action set aside in Wildflower
case Vidya Sagar has echoed Cong charge:
MLA DYFI protest rally on Nov
21 135 leprosy cases detected till
Sept Fellowships for 2 potato
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| Sanatorium told
to clear dues Kumarhatti, November 17 Taking cognisance of a news item published in these columns on November 14 under the heading ‘Patients may lose mess facilities’, the sate health authorities based at Shimla, in a letter faxed to the Dharampur TB sanatorium yesterday, has directed the release of Rs 5 lakh funds to the sanatorium to clear pending of bills of the mess contractor. 
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Govt action set aside in Wildflower
case Shimla, November 17 In its final order on the petition of EIH, the CLB observed that the speed with which the three state nominees on the Board of Directors of the joint venture company held a meeting of the board on the day. They received a better offer from the government indicated that they were guided by the terms of the letter, without any thought for the consequences of the decision. The company had not become financially self-supporting and it was EIH was meeting all expenses. Throwing it out of the company would result in the closure of the hotel. “As a nominee director of the board, the person watches the company’s interest and is not acting on the executive authority of the government”. Moreover, the provisions of agreement stipulated voluntary surrender of shares of EIH and did not provide for compulsory acquisition by the state. As such the registration of shares held by EIH in the name of the state was invalid and EIH had not ceased to be a member of the company. Further, the board had passed a resolution that nominees of the EIH ceased to be Directors on the ground that EIH was no longer a member of the company following the transfer of its shares to the state. Since it had been held that the transfer of share was invalid, the directors of EIH continued to be on the Board of Directors. Similarly, it held the appointment of Mr S.K. Baldi as Executive Director legally invalid. A spokesman of EIH said the verdict of the CLB had upheld the stand of the company in respect of ownership, operations and management of the property. The board would consist of seven directors, four of EIH and three of the government as before. During the pendency of dispute the CLB had made interim arrangement with two directors each from the company and the government to run the affairs of the hotel. |
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Vidya Sagar has echoed Cong charge:
MLA Dharamsala, November 17 The Palampur MLA, Mr Brij Behari Lal Butail, said this in a statement here today. BJP ministers and MLAs have only supported the Congress charge that the infighting between the Chief Minister, Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal, and the Union Rural Development Minister, Mr Shanta Kumar, had hampered the development of Kangra in general and Palampur in particular, Mr Butail added. |
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DYFI protest rally on Nov
21 Shimla, November 17 Addressing a press conference here today, Mr Tikender Singh Panwar, secretary of the state unit of the DYFI, said the organisation had decided to launch a statewide movement on alternative education, employment and development policies. He said the DYFI supported the cooperative movement in the state and would take the services of Dr Kurien, the Amul man, and Dr Thomas of Kerala to devise an alternative plan to generate employment. The DYFI also sought the state’s share from Punjab in the Shanan project. |
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135 leprosy cases detected till
Sept Shimla, November 17 The highest increase of 240 per cent was recorded in Kulu district, followed by Shimla where the number of cases doubled. The Health Department which has given priority to leprosy control programme and other prophylactic schemes to prevent diseases, immunised 64302 children against polio, and 65850 against measles and other diseases. Acceptance of two child norm has received encouraging response since the past one year. As a result 3120 sterilization were performed up to September this year. Stress is being laid on control of blindness, eye screening and refraction service have been started for school children throughout the state. Against the provisional target of 16,000 cataract operations, 5423 cataract operations were conducted till September. The government has initiated steps for increasing the strength of medical and para-medical staff in medical institutions of the state. As many as seven district hospitals have been upgraded to zonal hospitals thereby taking the total number of such hospitals to 10. Separate OPD for senior citizens have been arranged. Various national health programmes aimed at ensuring proper health care in the state are being implemented vigorously through a network of 3820 health institutions functioning across the state. |
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Fellowships for 2 potato
scientists Shimla, November 17 The prestigious fellowship has been bestowed by the academy in recognition of their contributions in research on potato. Dr Khurana is an internationally known plant virologist. His significant contributions are development of simple and efficient techniques for the detection of viruses and control of potato diseases, aphid forecasting model and other technologies relevant to potato seed production. Under his leadership as project coordinator, the institute released eight improved potato varieties. He reported new viruses and viroids important to potato seed production in India. He has won many awards and recognitions at national and international levels. He was the convener of the global conference on potato held in 1999 in New Delhi. He is the president of Indian Potato Association. Dr Gopal is known for his work on the development of simple and efficient selection procedures for potato breeding. His pioneer work, wherein he combined field and tissue culture techniques to reduce the time required for evolving improved varieties, is internationally recognised. Basically a geneticist, Dr Gopal works on potato genetic resources and has identified promising parents and developed varieties for commercial cultivation. He has won many awards, including the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Award and visiting associateship of Third World Academy of Sciences, Italy. |
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Sanatorium told
to clear dues Kumarhatti, November 17 Mr Gurdev Singh Reen, the contractor, had served a notice on the sanatorium authorities on Thursday, in which he had given 24 hours to the authorities to clear his bills. |
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