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September 25, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Scrub typhus claims
another life Scientists converge on Palampur for seminar Tight security for Navratra festival Telecounselling centre for AIDS Rain damages maize crop |
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Move to appoint
varsity Pro-VC Nadda, Garg
quizzed in exam paper scam Govt cautions against
bogus institutes Civic body in the red Guidelines on stone crushers
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Scrub typhus claims
another life Shimla, September 24 The team will visit Arki, Sirmaur and Solan to carry out the survey, after which the NICD will advise the state government on public health measures to be taken to prevent its recurrence. Dr Harbans Kapoor, Principal of the IGMC, said with the identification of the disease the situation had eased and there was no panic among the people. The number of patients being referred to the hospital had also come down. He said doxycycline had been found to be effective in treating scrub typhus among children and all six children brought to the hospital had responded to medication. He said usually the patients in advanced stage of the disease had been brought to the hospital which explained the number of deaths. He said although the disease was curable, if untreated, the mortality rate could be as high as 35 percent. |
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Scientists converge on Palampur for seminar Palampur, September 24 He said new technologies employed in scientific pursuits must keep in mind the common farmer and his economic status. Presiding over the function, Dr V.K. Gupta, Dean, PG Studies, said the farm scientists had played a pivotal role in making the country self-reliant on the foodgram front. He said issues related to transgenic plants needed to be resolved soon as some people were apprehensive about gene modification due to toxic effects. Dr A.C. Kapoor, Dean, College of Basic Sciences, exhorted the scientists to utilise soil and water resources with extreme care and advocated the importance of biochemistry in sustaining farm production. He was also felicitated on the occasion. Dr C.P. Awasthi, organising secretary and Head of the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, elaborated on the achievements of the Indian Society of Agricultural biochemist and its future plans. The seminar was organised by the College of Basic Sciences and Indian society of Agricultural Biochemists, Palampur chapter. Dr C.R. Sharma, Head of the Microbiology Department, also addressed the participants. |
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Tight security for Navratra festival Kangra, September 24 The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Shrikandi Baldi, said today that all arrangements had been completed in Kangra, Jawalaji and Chamunda towns in this regard. He said free langars had been arranged by the managements of Bajjreshwari, Chamunda and Jawalamukhi temples. He said the SDMs of these towns along with managements of the temples had been asked to supervise the arrangements and added that parking places had been identified to regularise the traffic during the festival. The district additional police chief, Mr Santosh Patial, said today that five companies of the armed forces besides 300 Home Guard jawans would be deployed in these towns to maintain the law and order. Mr Patial said bomb disposal squads would be stationed in these towns during the Navratra. Besides armed forces local police personnel would be deployed in civil uniform to keep a watch on miscreants. Pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar visit Kangra during Navratra. The SDM, Dr Ashwani Kumar Sharma, said arrangements had been made to accommodate pilgrims in Yatri Sadan and Sarais of the town besides local hotel owners had been directed to provide better facilities to the pilgrims. He said 30 sweepers from Punjab had been brought to keep the town clean. |
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Telecounselling centre for AIDS Hamirpur, September 24 Dr Suman Sharma, Chief Medical officer, Hamirpur, said here yesterday during the monthly press conference of the Deputy Commissioner. She said information already fed in the computer would be transmitted to the beneficiaries. Mr Devesh Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, was also present at the press conference. She claimed that there was no outbreak of gastroenteritis in the district thanks to timely and adequate steps taken by the district authorities. Only sporadic cases were reported and treated accordingly. Dr Sharma also informed the media that a district-level cancer detection centre had also been sanctioned for the district, which would work for the early detection and treatment of cancer of ENT, breast, uterus and cervix. The CMO said all targets fixed for the district under various programme had been achieved last year and efforts were still on to achieve those in the current fiscal year. She said a Rs 3 crore Regional Diagnostic centre would start functioning here by 2005. The foundation stone of this ambitious project was laid by the Chief Minister, Mr Virbhadra Singh here, recently. |
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Rain damages maize crop Hamirpur, September 24 He told The Tribune that if the rains didn’t stop, the crops would be damaged completely. People of the district were hoping a good maize crop this time due to rains in the second spell of the monsoon season. However, the rains in the final spell has dashed their hopes. A visit to various parts of the district revealed that the farmers were upset over the late arrival of rains. This was the time for harvesting and rain at this juncture was harmful, explained Arjun Singh at Bhareri. The farmers in the district has sown maize crops in an area of 35,000 hectares this time. Maize is the main crop of the people after wheat. Paddy comes at number three as it is sown only in a small area. Farmers have demanded a special girdawari and grant of compensation to them under the Crop Insurance Scheme. |
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St Bede’s set to celebrate centenary Shimla, September 24 An offshoot of the Convent of Jesus and Mary School, the elite institution came into being in 1904. The idea of opening a college was conceived when Christian missionaries felt the need for trained teachers to maintain high standards of education in north-west India. Mother St Clare, who gave practical shape to the idea, chose the “queen of hills” to open the college. The college came up along side the school in Chelsea estate which was acquired for the school in 1864. Eversince, both institutions have been pursuing the goal of imparting education to girls as a mission. What began as a teachers’ training centre went on to become a phenomenal success in higher education in the entire North. The college provided education to mainly Christian girls and opened its doors to students of other denominations only after the country gained Independence. Subsequently on popular demand it started undergraduate courses and the students appeared as private candidates from Punjab University. As the number of students grew new buildings were added and the college became a premier institution of learning for women over the years. However, in 1967 the management decided to close down the college but pressure from the local populace an appeal by Dr Y.S. Parmar, the then Chief Minister, to the Lord Bishop Alfred bore fruit and the college reversed its decision. The college has since gone from strength to strength and excelled in both the academic and co-curricular activities. The college continues to strive to live by its motto”Non Nobis Solum”(Not for ourselves alone) and give its best to society. Incidentally, the centenary of the institution coincides with the 100 years of the Shimla-Kalka rail line, which became operational in 1903 and the Shimla-Kalka road, constructed in 1904. The five-day centenary celebrations commence on September 27. Besides cultural programmes, an international seminar on ecology and environment and an alumni meet will be the highlights of the celebration. According to Melba Rodrigues, Principal of the college, the institution will be awarded the “Ecclesia Corde” by the general secretary of the International Federation of Catholic Universities, Paris, to mark the centenary. A souvenir will be brought out in March next. Efforts were afoot to get a commemorative stamp issued on the occasion. |
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Move to appoint
varsity Pro-VC Shimla, September 24 The government felt that once a Pro-Vice-Chancellor was appointed the day to day functioning of the university would not be affected in the absence of the Vice-Chancellor. The Vigilance Department had, soon after the promulgation of the ordinance amending the University Act, written to the government that Dr Sharma should be suspended to pave way for an impartial probe. It had also pointed out that since the post of Pro Vice-Chancellor was vacant, all powers had been concentrated in the hands of the Vice-Chancellor. |
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Nadda, Garg
quizzed in exam paper scam Shimla, September 24 They were quizzed about the contracts awarded for the printing of the annual report of the university, prospectus of the B.Ed and some other publications. They were also questioned about the agreements for accommodation at Panchkula and Shimla. |
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Govt cautions against
bogus institutes Shimla, September 24 An official spokesman here today, made it clear that the government had neither recognised nor accorded permission to any of such private institutions to run any para-medical courses. Only two nursing courses to be run by the Adhyatam Welfare Society, Kulu, with 50 seats and the Vardhman Educational Society, Nalagarh, with 40 seats were authorised by the state for which applications had been received and examination would be conducted by the state. He said all concerned were advised to be careful before seeking admission in these course being run by these unauthorised private institutions. |
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Civic body in the red Hamirpur, September 24 Once known as one of the most prosperous civic bodies in the state, it is now in the red. As a result, all development activities here have come to a near standstill. Mrs Roshni Devi, Nagar Parishad chief, says the failure of the state government to release grants in time has compelled the body to curtail many developmental works. According to her, the civic body has only received a grant of Rs 10 lakh from the state government this year and if no timely grant is received, it will be difficult to foot the bills of the employees and the labour employed by the body. She says the civic body needs around Rs 1 crore per year as expenses, including those on salary of staff and streetlighting bills. In contrast, the civic body has Rs 60 lakh, including its own share from house tax, rent of shops and other buildings. She said there was no shortage of funds during the regime of Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal. Congress members of the civic body allege that the body has failed to solve the long-pending problems of the people of the town. People of the town lament that the civic body has failed to protect their interests and to solve their main problem of dumping garbage at a proper place. |
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Guidelines on stone crushers Shimla, September 24 The Bench directed the Deputy
Commissioners to check the no-objection certificates and lease obtained by the crusher owners. Power tariff arrears would also be looked into. After satisfying these standards, the Deputy Commissioners would permit the functioning of the units. The Bench also framed guidelines which would be looked into by the state-level five-member committee. The court directed the committee to look into the aspect, minimum distance conditions from educational institutions, health institutions, district headquarters and national and state highways, besides other things. The district-level committee under the chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner would consist of the District Mining Officer, District Forest Officer and Assistant Environmental Engineer. |
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Violation of
lease norms to be probed Solan, September 24 |
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2 killed in mishap Shimla, September 24 |
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