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Docs’ refusal compounds rape victim’s woes Sikridhar awaits nod for cement plant
Life after farewell to
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planned Pupils go on strike
after ‘sack’ of 7 teachers Five of marriage party
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Docs’ refusal compounds rape victim’s woes Solan, November 14 Taking a serious view of the doctors’ refusal the state women’s commission has demanded disciplinary action against them. The commission chairperson, Ms Viplove Thakur, told The Tribune that in a letter written to the Secretary, Health, today the commission had sought immediate action against the doctors
concerned. The commission had received a written complaint from the victim, a resident of Kunihaar, yesterday. It had sought a report about the incident from the Superintendent of Police, Mr Abhishek Trivedi. Nirmala Devi a member of the commission had gone to Kunihaar to conduct an inquiry. The complainant who was raped on Monday by a local youth had duly registered an FIR with the police at Kunihaar about the incident. But in spite of this she faced problems in getting her medical examination conducted. At first it was delayed on the pretext of non-availability of a lady doctor at Kunihaar, then there was a delay of five hours at the Arki hospital. Not only this the victim in her complaint to the commission has alleged that the report was furnished after a lapse of 36 hours on Wednesday by Dr Vinay Kaushik. She has further alleged that since the findings were ambiguous these failed to support her stand. She was then taken to the local zonal hospital on Thursday for re- examination after she alleged that the report had been doctored. Here again after waiting for about one-and-a-half-hours she got a written note by the medical superintendent, Dr R.P. Sahni, stating that they would not conduct the examination and it required a magistrate’s order. This is despite the fact that Dr Sahni had initially formed a board of three doctors for conducting the examination. The victim has alleged that the doctors were shielding the accused. She was finally taken to IGMC, Shimla, for the examination today. The Superintendent of police said a notice had been served to the Chief Medical Officer for refusal to conduct the examination. He said it was intriguing that they backed out after giving their written consent for conducting the examination. He said the department had viewed the matter seriously as it amounted to interference with the conduct of their duty and would be brought up in the case file. He said the DGP had sent a report and it had been suggested to take up the matter with the Health Department. The DGP, Mr A.K. Puri, said they were awaiting the medical report from IGMC and the commission was also looking into the matter. |
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Sikridhar awaits nod for cement plant Chamba, November 14 Mr Shanta Kumar, a former Union Minister for Rural Development, had announced last year to undertake the work on the plant declaring June 30 as the deadline, but all in vain. Even Congress leaders had also made promises to start the work but only during poll time. According to official sources, a Rs 650 crore project has 70 years’ deposits of limestone and the per day limestone extraction would be about 6,000 truck loads with an annual production of 1.5 million tonnes of cement from the plant. The plant was expected to give employment to nearly 15,000 persons including 5,000 skilled technicians and other staff besides a lot of indirect employment to the local people. |
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Ragging costs
28 students Rs 1.25 lakh Palampur, November 14 According to official sources, students of the first year of the college had complained to the university authorities in July this year that they were being harassed by seniors. On the pretext of ragging, they were not being allowed to sleep or move out of the college. On this complaint, Vice-Chancellor Tej Partap constituted a fact-finding committee, which found the senior class guilty of the charges. The committee submitted its report on
Wednesday to the Vice-Chancellor, who imposed a fine of Rs 1.25 lakh on the students of the senior class. Of the 28 students, 10 students, who were found directly responsible for victimising juniors, were asked to pay Rs 10,000 each. The remaining students were fined Rs 1,000 each. Dr P.K. Sharma, Dean of the College of Agriculture, said he had received a letter from the Registrar, Mr Chaman Singh, asking him to collect the fine from the students so that it could be deposited with the exchequer. The students were given the option of paying the fine in two installments. |
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Life after farewell to
arms Subathu, November 14 Major B.K. Kaul had lost his right forearm, his left hand and an eye during mine clearing operations after the 1971 Indo-Pak war, but it did not deter him from becoming a successful entrepreneur and setting up a flourishing business. Talking to The Tribune during the reunion celebrations, Major Kaul said his battalion had been involved in demining operations in the Chhamb sector after the cessation of hostilities, when he was wounded in a mine blast. His body had shielded two other soldiers, who escaped with only minor injuries. A large number of serving and retired officers of 1 GR are attending the three-day reunion at the 14 Gorkha Training Centre here. The reunion, which is organised once in five years, is an occasion for the retired to meet the new generation of soldiers and keep up the ethos of the regiment. This time, however, the celebrations were not joined by any retired British officer of the regiment from the Raj days. Major Kaul, who had put in 13 years of service when the incident occurred, said he had been offered a gas agency after being discharged from the Army in 1974, but he declined the offer. Instead, he decided to set up an automobile workshop in Lucknow. Since then, he had not looked back. His enterprise apart, he has not forgotten his comrades-in-arms. “I regularly visit wounded soldiers in military hospitals to encourage them,” he said. “Among other social activities, I am also involved with a charitable organisation, Mangalam, which provides assistance to the disabled,” he added. Addressing a special sainik sammelan, the Colonel of 1GR, Maj-Gen Basant Singh, emphasised the need for raising the education standard in Nepal as the norms for recruitment in the Army had been raised. The minimum educational qualification, which was class-VIII, had been raised to class X. General Basant Singh also informed that a Gorkha Training Union had been established at Raiwala, near Hardwar, to impart training for rehabilitation of retiring soldiers. A first-day cover was released on the occasion. Earlier, a ceremony was organised at the 14 GTC War Memorial to pay homage to those killed in the line of duty. To the notes of “Abide With Me” and “Mere Watan ke Logon,” officers and men marched up to the memorial to pay floral tributes. A ceremonial guard reversed arms and buglers sounded the last post followed by “Rouse”. An inter-battalion football competition, band concert, bara khana, reunion dinner, pagal gymkhana and interaction with pensioners were among the other events. Personnel of 1 GR were also honoured for gallantry and devotion to duty during recent operations. These included Maj R.S. Chhetry (3/1 GR), Sb Maj Ranjit Pun (5/1 GR), Pranaya Gurung (1/1 GR), Nk Haresh Thapa (4/1 GR), Nk Ganesh Gurung (2/1 GR), Rfn Prem Bahadur (3/1 GR), Lnk Ghana Shyam Ale (2/1 GR), Rfn Mahendra Gurung (3/1 GR), Nk Khadka Bahadur Pun (2/1 GR), Nk Rudra Bahadur Thapa (2/1 GR), Lnk Nanda Bahadur Ghale (2/1 GR), Rfn Man Bahadur Pun (3/1 GR), Rfn Gir Bahadur Jhendi (1/1 GR) and Rfn Vikram Thaa (/1 GR). Besides, Nb Sub Til Bikram Burathoki (1/1 GR) was honoured for scaling Mt Everest, while Hav Amit Thapa was commended for his performance in national-level shooting competitions. |
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New schools
planned Shimla, November 14 The government was implementing an elementary education programme to make education up to the middle standard compulsory. Under the plan, 2000 new middle schools would be opened in the state. KULU: A Bal Seva Sankalap Karyakram was organised by the Sutardhar Kala Sangam here on Friday in connection with Children’s Day. The organisation distributed clothes among children studying in the Chandra Aabha Memorial School for Blinds,
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Pupils go on strike
after ‘sack’ of 7 teachers Palampur, November 14 Later, all expelled teachers called on SDM and sought his intervention to resolve the crisis. They told the SDM that their services were terminated without assigning any reason or even serving a notice. However, the management of the school claimed that no teacher was terminated. The teachers themselves had tendered their resignations, which were accepted by the management. |
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Five of marriage party
killed Shimla, November 14 While one person died on the spot, one succumbed to his injuries in hospital at Chopal. There were 12 persons in the jeep when the mishap occurred. The marriage party was returning from Nerwa. While four persons were discharged after providing first aid at Chopal, three seriously injured were shifted to Indira Gandhi Medical College Hospital, here. The deceased have been identified as Pratap (25) of Puran village, Roop Lal (28) of Tharia, Jagdish Chand (28) of Puran and Sohan Lal (30). One of those killed could not be identified. The injured admitted to the IGMC hospital here are Devinder Singh of Bamta, Anil Kumar of Tharia and Kali Ram of Pauriah. |
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IT raid on hardware
shop Hamirpur, November 14 He said more such raids would be conducted in other parts of the district as many businessmen were not paying any income tax. |
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Freedom fighter
dead Bilaspur, November 14 His funeral was largely attended by representatives of large number of organisation, political parties, panchayat leaders and also freedom fighters K.L. Dabra and Lokhram Bhardwaj. |
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