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Thursday,
October
9, 2003,
Chandigarh, India  
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BJP blasts govt
on polyclinic issue RSS chief’s remarks on NHRC decried Renpoche hails
China’s move Horticulture mission launch today Board to
introduce NCERT curriculum |
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Shifting of court
complex delayed Four families
fear becoming landless again Paragliders moan
lack of facilities Work on photo
I-cards from Oct 15 Four hurt in car
accident 2 dacoits nabbed Five murders in
2 months in Kulu Water shortage
despite rains
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BJP blasts govt on polyclinic issue Hamirpur, October 8 In a statement issued here today, Mr Pyare lal Sharma, district president of the BJP, Mr Ishwar Dass Dhiman and Mr Baldev Sharma, MLAs, and Mr Vinod Thakur, general secretary of the HP Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, charged the state government with harming the interests of ex-servicemen and their families as well as serving soldiers and their families by not giving the old KV building to the Army for starting a polyclinic there. The decision of the state government was anti-people in general and anti-ex-servicemen in particular, they said, adding that they were not opposed to giving a building to the state education board, but the interests of the ex-servicemen were foremost and as such their claim to the old KV building should not be ignored. They said the party would fight for the rights of the ex-servicemen and their families and compel the state government to allot the old KV building to the Army authorities for starting a polyclinic there. Brig B.D. Dogra, a former Director of the HP Sainik Welfare Department, who was removed from his post immediately after the Congress came to power, in a statement came down heavily on the government for denying the premises of the old KV building to the Army authorities. The Bridagier said the concept of the polyclinics all over India was mooted and given proper shape by the Defence Minister, Mr George Fernandes. The Defence Minister had announced the starting of such polyclinics in Himachal Pradesh during a function held at Chakmoh in Hamirpur district last year. He said the latest decision of the government had shocked ex-servicemen. He exhorted the ex-servicemen to be united and compel the government to give the possession of old KV building to the Army. |
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RSS chief’s remarks on NHRC decried
Shimla, October 8 Talking to mediapersons here, he said the comments of the RSS chief were unfortunate and not based on facts. He said it was part of the hate campaign aimed at challenging the rights of the NHRC to intervene in such matters. Mr Sachhar said the RSS chief seemed to be ignorant of the fact that the NHRC came into existence in 1994 and as such his references to the 1984 riots in Delhi and the Radhabai chawl case of 1993 were not relevant. The RSS chief’s observations that the NHRC did not act in these cases as those killed in riots were Hindus were misplaced and smacked of communal hatred, he said, adding that such a senior RSS leader should have ascertained the facts before making such a sensitive statement. He said the Gujarat Government had already filed a revision petition in the Best Bakery case and as such no one should have any objection to the NHRC moving the Supreme Court. He expressed anguish over the move to give reservation in government jobs to the upper caste poor and said it was against the basic philosophy of the reservation policy.
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Renpoche hails China’s move Kangra, October 8 Prof Samdong Renpoche, Chairman of the Kasag (Tibetan Cabinet), told this
correspondent here today that the Tibetan Government welcomes the move. He said Chinese leadership should have accepted the reality far earlier. He said, “We are happy that the Chinese leadership has accepted the reality and I hope it will facilitate the improvement in the Indo-Chinese relationship”. He further hoped that it would also help in paving the way for solving the Tibetan issue under the negotiated settlement based on the Dalai Lama’s middle way approach. Prof Renpoche said the approach of the Dalai Lama advocates that the Tibetans should be given a self rule within the peoples Republic of China. The Tibetan Cabinet held a meeting under the Chairmanship of Prof Renpoche as the news of Sikkim being accepted as part of India trickled in this hill town, the seat of the Tibetan Government in exile. The President of the Tibetan Youth Congress, Mr Kalsang Phuntsok godrukpa, said today that the Sikkim issue was blown out of proportion during Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s visit to China in June this year. He said China had today towed to the universal line of accepting the reality. He said, “If China and India are serious about sorting out the border issues the testing points will be the much waxed border issues of Arunachal Pradesh and Ladkah in Jammu and Kashmir”. |
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Horticulture mission launch today
Shimla, October 8 The aim of the mission is integrated development of horticulture in the state. A sum of Rs 80 crore would be spent during the 10th Five-Year Plan under this programme and the mission would cover the entire gamut of the horticulture development. The mission was aimed at raising production of horticultural crops by harnessing the potential of the region. A sustainable horticulture-based farming system would be developed providing viable and ample opportunities for employment and income, especially for women, besides improving the productivity of land. Many areas in the Himachal Pradesh known for the use of very low levels of chemicals in the production of the horticultural crops, would also be brought under the mission for increasing the production through appropriate technology-based development and adoption of organic management of horticulture development activities. It would envisage to establish convergence and synergy among numerous ongoing governmental programmes in the field of horticulture development. The importance of horticulture in the economy of the hill state had been realised and the state had witnessed impressive progress in the development of fruit production. The areas under fruit has increased from a few hundred hectares in 1950 to over 200,000 hectares now. Similarly, the fruit production has increased from 1,200 metric tonnes in 1950 to over 4.50 lakh metric tonnes now. The state had earned a name of the ‘’Apple State of India’’ and was poised to become ‘’Fruit Bowl of India’’. |
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Board to introduce NCERT curriculum Dalhousie, October 8 The Chairman of the School Education Board, Mr B.R. Rahi, told The Tribune here today that the necessity of introducing revised NCERT curricula in the state’s schools had become imperative and was long overdue. Mr Rahi emphasised on the need to streamline the functioning of the school board. He reiterated his pledge to make the education board as a ‘model board’ in the Northern region of the country. He said the board had decided to set up a separate academic cell which would be manned by subject specialists and an academic director. For this purpose, Mr Rahi said an academic officer had already been appointed to look after the activities and projects of the board. Mr Rahi said to provide quality education to the people the board had decided to conduct annual examinations of the Class XI on regular basis. The result of 1,30,198 candidates of the Junior Basic Teachers (JBTs) held on September 14 was declared in a record period of 10 days, Mr Rahi disclosed. Meanwhile, the Himachal Pradesh School Lecturers Association (HPSLA), the Himachal Government Teachers Union (HGTU) and the Conventional and Vernacular Teachers Union hailed the decision of the chairman of the board for setting up the academic cell and appointing the Academic Officer. |
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Shifting of court complex delayed Kumarhatti, October 8 The department had earlier objected to the shifting of the court in the rest house due to its location for receiving good wireless signals. However the state government was of the view to base the court at Kasauli, pointed the sources. For this various suitable sites were surveyed. The government had even planned to shift the court at Kasauli Tehsil office, said the sources. The shifting of the court from Solan was a long-pending demand of the residents who had to trudge a long way to avail of the facilities. |
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Four families fear becoming landless again Solan, October 8 While the families of Mr Mohan Lal, Mr Chand Dutt and Mr Mohan Singh of Manjhol village are fearful of losing their dwelling units, the family of Mr Sita Ram of Malga village is perturbed at the thought of becoming landless again. The state housing board has chalked out a blueprint of the land to be acquired and has sent it to the district administration. Sources in the housing board said a letter in this regard demanded the grant of land from four villages. A copy of the letter, dated September 22, revealed that there was a proposal to get land on lease from the villages of
Manjhol, Anji, Malga and Broad, which measured 177.10 bigha,125.15
bigha, 196.02 bigha and 251.04 bigha, respectively. The board also demanded an essentiality certificate, which meant that the acquisition of the land from the four families was mandatory. With a view to freeze all sale and purchase of property in the area, the Town and Country Planning Department had been directed to sent a case for enforcing the Town and Country Planning Act, 1977, in the panchayat to the state government. A proposal to this effect was sent about a fortnight back. The manner in which the residents had been barred from selling their property and the imposition of the Act had drawn the ire of the villagers. The pradhan of the panchayat, Mr Tara Dutt Sharma, said it was an arbitrary act. At a meeting of the gram panchayat held on September 28, it was decided to oppose the decision of the government. He had presented his resentment in this regard to the Chief Minister on his recent visit here, who had then assured the villagers of doing the needful to save their land. |
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Paragliders moan
lack of facilities Billing (Kangra), October 8 The Himachal Tourism had recently organised trials for selection of para gliders expected to participate in a championship to be held in the last week of this month. It attracted at least 12 foreigners. They were so enchanted with Billing as a para gliding site that they stayed back even when the officials had packed up. Three Swiss citizens, Rato, Ricco and Gil, said they had been enjoying para gliding for years and at Billing the site was wonderful but lacked facilities. When this correspondent visited Billing, eight foreigners were enjoying flying. David, an Israeli living in Goa, said he came to know about Billing from friends and had been a regular visitor. He rated Billing as one of best sites for para gliding but lamented the lack of amenities. Apart from para gliders, other tourists to Billing were sorry to find that even drinking water was not available. The lone house which doubles as a shop provides tea, cold drinks and simple food. |
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Work on photo I-cards from Oct 15 Shimla, October 8 She said the date for preparing photo identity cards of Shimla district has been fixed from October 15 to October 31, Kangra from October 15 to November 5, Kinnaur from October 15 to November 17, Chamba from October 17 to November 17, Mandi from October 23 to November 26, Kulu from November 3 to November 10, Una and Hamirpur from November 9 to November 17, Solan from November 20 to December 2, Bilaspur from November 20 to November 25 and Sirmaur from December 4 to 9. She also directed the people to contact the District Election Officers and the SDO (Civil) for other related information. She said work for preparing photo identity cards in Lahaul-Spiti district started in September which would be completed soon. She urged the eligible voters to avail this opportunity and prepare their photo identity cards. |
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Four hurt in car accident Hamirpur, October 8 The injured were identified as Ayush, Janardan, Gouri and Vinit. They were admitted to the hospital at Nadaun. The police registered a case. |
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2 dacoits nabbed Dharamsala, October 8 Jawans of the Punjab police and the Himachal Pradesh police raided the guest house today and arrested Satnam and
Dharmendra. The police claimed that Narinder and Tony were hiding in the jungle. The Punjab police took custody of the two dacoits. |
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Five murders in 2 months in Kulu Kulu, October 8 In yet another case, a bus driver of the Kulu Transport Company was stabbed to death on Sunday allegedly by a worker of a dhaba in Manali. It is learnt that the driver had an altercation with the accused on September 30.The victim was identified as Jalim Singh (28) of Balu village in Mandi district. The accused has been taken into police custody and a case under Section 302 of the IPC registered. In yet another incident today, an
unidentified body was found hanging from a tree in Bagan village in the Lug valley of this district. |
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Water shortage despite rains Kumarhatti, October 8 Badhalag, Behari, Nihar and Samanu are the worst-affected where supply of tap water is restricted to a few minutes every other day, says Ms Kanta Devi president of panchayat. There is no water supply timing which depends on the discretion of IPH workers, she alleges. |
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