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Short-staffed
Municipal Council fails to live up to
people’s expectations
Panipat, December 29
The year 2003 was a mixed one for the Panipat Municipal Council (MC).
Even as it had a number of achievements to its credits, it fell short
of the expectation of the common man. From the very beginning of the
year, it remained embroiled in controversy, particularly related to
corruption charges against it officials and contractors.
Mr Inderjit Singh, Principal, S. Amar Singh Sher-I-Punjab Pindai Gheb Khalsa Senior Secondary School,
receives the prestigious World Human Rights Promotion Award-2003 in the Capital. |
Put
off CAS for a year: BJP MP
New Delhi, December 29
Senior BJP leader and member of Parliament from South Delhi Vijay
Kumar Malhotra today appealed to Information and Broadcasting Minister
Ravi Shankar Prasad to postpone the implementation of Conditional
Access System (CAS) in the Capital by one year. He also asked for the
reconsideration of the whole issue to make it consumer-friendly.
Haryana
rated second in atrocities on Dalits
Panipat, December 29
Haryana is at number two position in the country in the cases of
atrocities on Dalits whereas Bihar is at the top and Punjab has been
rated at third position. This was stated by the Vice-Chairman of the
National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Mr Lama
C. Jotpa.
SPECIAL
FOCUS ON FARIDABAD
Commercialisation of
education decried
Faridabad, December 29
The ongoing commercialisation of education and its set up had led to
‘dangerous dimensions’ detrimental to the subject itself and the
society as a whole. If it was not checked, the education would become
not only as inaccessible to the common man but the definition and
parameters of the education will be defined by the people selling it
as a commodity.
CM
ends tour of Rohat Assembly constituency
Sonepat, December 29
The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, concluded his
two-day tour of nearly four dozen villages of Rohat Assembly
constituency in Sonepat district last evening. Even while trying to
understand the problems of the people of the region, he reminded them
of the development works undertaken by his government during the last
four years.
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Memorandum submitted
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Mystery death
FACE
TO FACE
 Managing hospitals
IN
most of the developed countries, like the United States, England and
Canada, hospital management is the most sought-after career after
information technology, opines Chief Manager, Corporate Relations of
the Noida-based Kailash Hospital and Heart Institute, D. K. Chopra.
In a conversation with Nalini Ranjan, he talked about various
aspects on hospital management.
NCR
BRIEFS
Farmers chalk out
strategy to take on INLD govt
Panipat, December 29
The Haryana unit of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Khokhar Group) has
decided to form a coordination committee of 16 kisan organisations to
oppose the anti-farmers policies of the state government. The
farmer’s union also decided to form a new party, “Swatantra Bharat
Party”, and contest the coming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections
under its banner. This decision was taken in a state level daylong
meeting of various farmer organisations here on Sunday.
DELHI
DIGEST
Walia demands regularisation
of unauthorised colonies
New Delhi, December 29
The Delhi Urban Development and Finance Minister, Dr Ashok Kumar
Walia, has demanded the early regularisation of all unauthorised
colonies so that basic amenities like water, electricity, roads,
drainage could be provided in order to have a balanced development of
the Capital.
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