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No truck with BSP in future, asserts Rajnath Minister promises jobs to vets CM seeks report
on polyclinic issue Stone pelting at funeral procession Retirement after 30 years of service sought Horticulture tech mission launched |
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Hearing of case against Shanta adjourned Scam in Dasehra plot allotment? Bharatnatyam danseuse enthrals
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No truck with BSP in future, asserts Rajnath Shimla, October 9 He made this comment when mediapersons asked him about the allegations of amassing wealth and other assets by Mr Vajpayee’s family members levelled by BSP leader and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mayawati yesterday. A former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, he was here for the launch of the Rs 80-crore Horticulture Technology Mission, sponsored by the Union Agriculture Ministry. The Union Minister said in the future, the question of giving support to the BSP in any state did not arise. He ruled out joining hands with the BSP or seeking the party’s support to form a government in any state or at the Centre.
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Minister
promises jobs to vets Dharamsala, October 9 The minister said projects worth Rs. 35 crore for better animal health, efficient breeding and marketing were being implemented in five districts of Kangra , Chamba , Hamirpur, Mandi and Solan. He said proposals for more such projects had been submitted to the Centre for other districts. He said that a Rs 13-crore project for improvement of artificial insemination facilities was being executed in the state. Talking about stray cattle, Mr Mahajan said enactment of a law was on anvil which would provide harsh fines and even imprisonment to those who set their cattle loose. The Dean of the College of Veterinary Sciences, Dr. R. C. Katoch, presented the report of college. In his address, the Officiating Vice-Chancellor Dr. V. K. Gupta, emphasised the importance of oath in the life of a veterinarian. The Director of animal husbandry, Dr. B. C. Bisht, also spoke on the occasion. Later, Mr Mahajan inaugurated a building of the animal husbandry department at Holta which will house the offices of livestock veterinary officers. The building was constructed at a cost of Rs 14 lakh. The Revenue Minister, Mr BBL Butail, was also present on the occasion. |
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CM seeks report
on polyclinic issue Hamirpur, October 9 Sources said here this evening that Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh had sought a complete report from the Department of Education and the Hamirpur district administration about the controversy. District administration officials remained busy during the day to prepare a detailed reply, giving the all sides of the issue. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Devesh Kumar and Lt-Col Mohinder Singh, Chairman-cum–Managing Director of the Sainik Welfare Board, also the acting Director of the Sainik Welfare Department, discussed the setting up of a polyclinic at Hamirpur during their meeting today. They also approved to the draft to be sent to the Chief Minister later tonight. There were indications that the Chief Minister might discuss this issue with the Army authorities. The Chief Minister had assured the Army authorities that they would be given a suitable building at Hamirpur for the polyclinic. The Chief Minister was likely to accept the recommendations of the district administration for bifurcating the old complex of the vidyalaya into two parts and to give one part to the Army authorities and another to the education board. The Chief Minister was planning not to allow the BJP to benefit from the controversy which had taken up the issue after the publication of reports. |
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Stone pelting at funeral procession Kangra, October 9 A girl belonging to the family brandished a loaded gun and indulged in stone pelting on the mourners which caused injuries to two persons, the police said. A top police official, Mr Santosh Patial, today said that Ranjeet Singh (45), a resident of Baidi village died of brain tumour today. His body was being taken for cremation to the local cremation ground near Manji Ka Pul. On way to the cremation ground, the procession was stopped by members of a Naib Tehsildar’s family including his wife and two daughters. Mr Patial said that they allegedly pelted stones from their house on the mourners and two of them got injured in the stone pelting. Mr Patial said one of the daughters of the Naib Tehsildar, Neha then brandished a loaded licensed rifle and tried to open fire. But she was overpowered by some mourners, who snatched the rifle and ran away. Meanwhile, the police rushed to the spot when informed by family members of the Naib Tehsildar about the development. He said that the body of Ranjeet Singh was then cremated in the presence of police staff. The police has registered a case against Neha under Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act and 307, IPC. Another case was registered against those who snatched the rifle under Sections 323, 506 and 447, IPC. He said no one had been arrested in the case. The controversy cropped up because the villagers claim that the cremation ground had been used for the past century where as the protesting family whose house was adjacent to the cremation ground, objected to its use. |
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Retirement
after 30 years of service sought Chamba, October 9 Mr Kamal Raina, the regional secretary of the union, said here today that a memorandum in this regard has been submitted to Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. It was also said in the memorandum that their long-standing demand of providing pension to the employees of the corporation should be accepted. Mr Raina demanded “legitimate” pay scales for the employees of the corporation who had completed more than six years in service. At present, these employees were getting a salary of Rs 1,500 to 3,500 per month. |
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Horticulture tech mission launched
Shimla, October 9 He was speaking at a function to launch the Rs 80-crore Horticulture Technology Mission. He presented a cheque for Rs 80 crore to Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, marking the launching of the mission. The Union minister said that under the insurance scheme, insurance companies would be asked to compensate those farmers who sold their produce at the market rate, but below the minimum support price. He said, it would be introduced on a experimental basis in 22 districts and later would be extended to all districts in the country. Referring to the agricultural sector, he said the country could not progress if it was ignored. The Centre was paying special attention to the problems of the farming community and was encouraging diversification into the horticulture and flouriculture sectors, he added. Referring to the horticulture sector, he pointed out that in the Ninth Plan, the amount allotted to this sector was Rs 1,400 crore and this had been increased to Rs 2,105 crore in the Tenth Plan. Though there had been a great deal of progress in the horticulture sector in the last couple of years, there was scope for more, he added. The minister pointed out that fruit production had increased from 28.60 million metric tonnes in 1991-92 to 44.04 million metric tonnes in 1998-99. The vegetable output had increased from 58.53 million metric tonnes to 87.53 million metric tonnes, he added. — UNI
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Hearing
of case against Shanta adjourned Dharamsala, October 9 |
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Scam in Dasehra plot allotment? Kulu, October 9 He said as per the mela ground plan-2003, there were 950 plots and the allotment of these plots was done in the presence of the Deputy Commissioner and Rs 70 lakh were collected. He expressed surprise that the same number of plots alloted last year fetched only Rs 45 lakh. |
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Bharatnatyam
danseuse enthrals Hamirpur, October 9 It was first time that Ms. Ramavaidyanathan had come here to give her performance. During her-hours long dance performance along with Vidya Sriniwasan on vocal music G.S. Rajan on flute and Sriniwasan on mridang, she kept the audience, mostly school children, spellbound with her performance. Prof R.C. Lakhanpal, Managing Director of the Him Academy Public School and Mrs Chander Prabha Lakhanpal, Principal of the school presented her with a shawl and a memento. |
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