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Scientist among 5 killed in mishaps Shimla, November 6 Police reports reaching here today said that a scientist identified as Dr Hans Raj Negi and his wife Vidya were killed when their car fell into a gorge near Sheel village, 27 km from Karsog in Mandi district, last night. Another scientist identified as Malika Arjun and Dr Negi’s two children, who were also in the car, were injured and have been admitted to the IGMC here. Dr Negi who was employed at the Himalayan Research Institute at Palampur was on his way home to Kinnaur when the accident occurred. In the second incident, three persons travelling in a utility jeep were killed on the spot when the vehicle rolled down a gorge near Morang in Kinnaur district yesterday.The victims were the jeep driver and two teachers of Solan district. In the third accident, 16 employees of the mushroom centre, at Chambaghat were injured when the bus in which they were travelling collided with a truck near Salogra in Solan district this afternoon.The injured have been admitted to the Government Hospital at Solan. — UNI DHARAMSALA (OC):
Scientists of the Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, on Thursday held a condolence meeting in memory of its scientist, Dr Negi, and his wife Vidya who died in an accident on Wednesday. |
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Steam engine to roll
again Shimla, November 6 Manufactured in 1906 by the London-based North British Locomotive Company, the KS-520 coal fired locomotive successfully completed the trial run from here to Kaithlighat, covering a distance of 31 km, this afternoon. The discarded engine was being readied for the big occasion for the past many weeks. It had not only been given a new look by painting it deep red but also a new name ‘Pawandoot’. It was in 1970s that the steam engines were phased out to make way for the more powerful and less polluting diesel locomotives. KS-520 was condemned to the Railways backyards exactly in 1971. During the trial run it pulled six passenger bogies and took 75 minutes to reach Kaithlighat. There were no stoppage during the run. However, it was a different story during the return journey when a diesel engine pulled the train in tendem with the ‘Pawandoot’ to negotiate the uphill gradient. On November 9 the vintage engine driven special train will carry the Union Ministers, Mr Nitish Kumar, Mr Arun Shourie, Mr Vinod Khanna and other VVIPs. The local Railway authorities plan to have three trips to Kaithlighat. They also propose to deploy steam engines for providing joy rides to the tourists. In fact, they had even proposed to hire an entire luxury train to groups for picnic. Besides ‘Pawandoot’, two other discarded engines were being repaired and renovated to make the plan a success. |
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Panel report on MoUs contradictory, says
Dhumal Shimla, November 6 Addressing a press conference here he said on one hand the committee had blamed the previous regime for causing loss of revenue by scrapping certain MoUs and on the other hand it had recommended cancellation of some more projects. Obviously, then any such similar action would also result in further loss of revenue to state, as per its own logic. Further, allegations of corruption in award of projects were levelled by the Congress repeatedly but not a single project had been cancelled on this ground. He said if a company failed to achieve the milestones as per the MoUs, it could be scrapped. His government had been cancelled some MoUs for this very reason. The present government more or less was also doing the same. However, the manner, in which it carried out the review exercise to gain political mileage, would only discourage the genuine investors and thus impede the development of hydro power in the state. Refuting the charge that the agreements for the execution of 2051-MW Parbati and 800-MW Kol dam projects was a sell out, he said besides 12 per cent free power the state was entitled to 3 per cent power as the state of the region. Further, it had been laid down in the agreements that the state would have the first right to purchase the 15 per cent share of the Centre. Not only that it was also ensured that the state got its share during winter, when there was shortage of power. The Congress government had made it mandatory for industrial units to employ only 50 per cent Himachalis as late as 1996. It was his
govenrment which had raised the percentage to 65 per cent. He alleged foul play in re-allotment of the Sachgharat project in Pangi which was cancelled by the chief executive officer of the Him Urja as the company had failed to deposit the performance guarantee money of Rs 18 lakh. Replying to a question he said the authencity of the computer hard disk from which information had been reportedly retrieved was in doubt as this development had come seven months after the change of government. He said this issue would also end up in a fiasco like the much publicised recruitment scam in the state subordinate service selection board. |
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CM unveils Bhalkoo’s
bust Solan, November 6 Speaking on the occasion the Chief Minister announced laying of a concrete road to connect his home village Jhhajha to the main road. He said the proposal to start work on the ambitious Jogindernagar- Poanta Sahib, Una-Rampur and Jogingernagar-Rampur railway tracks would be taken up with the Railways authorities at the Centre. He also said that work on the Parwanoo-Kalka rail line for converting it into a broad gauge would begin soon.With a view to checking unplanned constructions at Chail he said it would be suitably controlled by enforcing appopriate laws. He assured augumentation of the old water supply scheme of the town to address the long standing problem of water scarcity. |
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Modify education system, says Govindacharya Mandi, November 6 He said bureaucrats and politicians should not meddle in the working of educational institutions. Decrying the tendency of using imported goods, he said: “Our wealth should remain within the country”. The national general secretary of the ABVP, Mr Romesh Appa, lambasted the Leftists for raising a hue and cry over the so-called saffronisation of education and added that the new generation could not be deprived of the knowledge of the great cultural heritage of the country. Mr Nagesh, state president of the ABVP, dwelt at length on the activities of the organisation. Mr Suresh Chandel, MP, and Thakur Rup Singh and Mr Dile Ram, former ministers, were also present at the conference. A heavy police force had been deputed at the venue of the conference as a precautionary measure in view of the violence which took place yesterday. |
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Class VIII supplementary results Kangra, November 6 Mr Vikas Labroo, Secretary, board of school education, today said that 16,095 candidates had appeared in this supplementary examination in which 11,458 were declared successful, 4,540 candidates were placed under compartment and 98 candidates have failed in the examination. Mr Labroo said that pass percentage in the today results was 71.9 per cent. He said that the results were available on board’s website http//www.hpeducationboard.nic.in. OC |
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Poll notification issued Shimla, November 6 The polling will be held from 8 am to 4 pm on November 30. The counting will be taken up in the case of members and up-pradhans of gram panchayats on the same day and for members of panchayat samiti and zila parishad on December 2. —
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Property worth 1 cr destroyed in fire Shimla, November 6 The fire started from a dairy products shop and engulfed the adjoining tent house and electronic goods shop within moments. The huge quantity of ghee stored in the dairy shop fuelled the fire. An egg and chicken shop was also gutted and another was partially damaged. Five fire tenders from local fire stations were pressed into service and about 30 firemen fought the flames for over three hours. About 20 workers, who were sleeping in the tent house shop called for the fire brigade and helped to prevent the fire from spreading. |
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Army jawan cremated Dharamsala, November 6 |
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