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to varsities Dr R.K. Chauhan, Additional Secretary, University Grants Commission, in his convocation address at Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Yamunanagar, today exhorted students to keep themselves abreast with emerging careers and acquire necessary skills to succeed.
A 65-year-old woman was hacked to death by her husband following a clash at Durjanpur village near here yesterday. According to the police, Bhale Ram allegedly attacked his wife, Mando Devi with an axe and slit her throat when she was sleeping in the house.
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Farmers get lathis instead of seed paddy Karnal, February 28 The regional station of the IARI had recently floated an advertisement, inviting farmers to purchase this variety of paddy today from its premises. However, the IARI authorities failed to manage the growing rush of farmers, resulting in the deployment of the police. The local police used lathis to control the farmers, who were anxious to purchase the seed at any cost. According to the police control room, no one was injured. However, farmers received minor blows, but did not go to hospital. Gurbachan Singh from Kurukshetra, Jaswant Singh from Ludhiana, Gurjant Singh from Patiala, Balbir Singh from Khanna, Chaudhary Ram Pal from Saharanpur and many other farmers criticised the action of the police and the mismanagement of the IARI authorities. The IARI even fell short of the seed, forcing the farmers to approach the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI). The NDRI authorities released 150 quintals of the seed from its stock. Harbans Singh, a farmer from Barnala, said the “pusa-44” variety of paddy was much better than the varieties of paddy developed and released by Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana. “The yield of ‘pusa-44’ variety of paddy is 30 to 35 quintals per acre as compared to PR-106 to 112 varieties recommended by PAU, yielding an average of 26 quintals per acre”. At least 300 farmers could not get the seed as the IARI authorities fell short of the stock. |
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roti, onion no news: Rajnath Rohtak, February 28 Mr Rajnath Singh, former Chief Minister of Uttar
Pradesh, addressing a “Nav Matdata Sammelan” (new voters’
conference) said eating ‘roti with piaz’ was a common practice in the countryside. “Sonia Gandhi eating ‘roti and piaz’ as such was not a newsworthy incident,” he added. The conference was organised by the Haryana BJP on mass contact drive ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Mr Rajnath Singh, Haryana BJP President Prof Ganeshi Lal, party’s national secretary Om Prakash
Dhankar, former Haryana minister Ram Bilas Sharma and others speaking on the occasion declared of the BJP going alone in the Lok Sabha elections contesting all seats. They strongly criticised Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala for his style of functioning. Criticising the opposition parties, mainly the Congress, for not only refusing to admit the achievements of the NDA government at the Centre but also twisting facts to their advantage, he said the Vajpayee government had dual task first to undo what the Congress had done for the past 50 years and then preparing a new road map for the country’s progress. Mr Rajnath Singh was particularly serious on the Congress’ allegation that the Centre had failed to generate jobs. “In fact, 50 lakh jobs were created during 50 years of the Congress rule while 87 lakh new jobs had been created in the last five years,” he pointed out.
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BJP list after March 10 Faridabad, February 28 Stating this here today, the general secretary of the state unit of the party, Mr Vir Kumar Yadav, claimed that while the names of two MPs was almost certain, the party high command was likely to field all sitting MPs. The final decision, however, would be taken by the central parliamentary board. He said a meeting of the state election committee of the party would be held on March 4 to prepare the list of probables. At least three names would be submitted to the high command against each seat. He said the INLD government would not be able to complete its term and mid-term poll were almost certain. He hinted that many prominent leaders and personalities were likely to join the party soon. He said the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr L.K. Advani, will address a rally at Palwal on March 3. Mrs Sushma Swaraj, Mr Rajnath Singh and Union Labour Minister Sahib Singh Verma would be the other speakers. |
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BJP says no to alliances Yamunanagar, February 28 He claimed that the INLD and the HVP had lost their base in Haryana. He said for 11,600 booths, nine BJP party workers would be deployed on every booth to ensure fair elections. The workers would be provided with voter lists. It had also been decided to provide them books for distribution. He said tomorrow a massive rally would be organised in Ambala and a similar rally would be held on March 4 in Kaithal. He said the rallies would be addressed by Central leaders, including Mr Pramod Mahajan, Ms Sushma Swaraj and Mr Sahib Singh Verma. He demanded a White Paper on the money given to the state government during the past four years. He said it was because of the NDA government that lots of funds were provided to the state government. |
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Govt to provide 50,000 jobs: Chautala Sirsa, February 28 He said he could not forget those days when in 1975 byelection in spite of the Bansi Lal’s terror the Kamboj community supported Ch. Devi Lal who had won the election. He said he was happy that the misunderstanding between the community and his party had been removed. Earlier, INLD MLA from Tohana Nishan Singh, appreciated the efforts of the late Ch. Devi Lal in educating his community leaders and ensured their entry in the Vidhan Sabha and Parliament. He said they should forget differences and work for the brighter future. Mr Abhay Chautala, addressing the gathering, stressed upon forgetting differences and work for a brighter future. Dr Sushil Indora, Lok Sabha MP from Sirsa, also addressed the gathering. Mr Chautala said to ensure potable water to each village, laying metalled road to the village cremation centre, women toilets and veterinary hospital were the duty of the government which his government was committed to provide. Mr Chautala inaugurated Sirsa Trade Fest 04’ in the local police line here yesterday. The fest was being organised jointly by the district administration, the district industries centre and the Trade Fair Authority of India. About 350 entrepreneurs were displaying their products in this fest, which will conclude on March 7. |
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Project to check land seepage in 4 districts Fatehabad, February 28 The work would be completed at a cost of Rs 3.46 crore and 28 villages would benefit from the project. He maintained that the government had spent Rs 1,018 crore on strengthening the irrigation system during the past four years. The government had also completed 89 schemes of irrigation and 41 schemes of drainage. Officers of the Irrigation Department had been directed to ensure that all canals, minors and distributaries started flowing by March 10 as by that time the wheat crop would be ripe. The Chief Minister said the Ghaggar-Hisar drain would be constructed at a cost of over Rs 123 crore to drain out flood water from Fatehabad, Sirsa, Hisar and Jind districts. He said 5.35 lakh hectares faced seepage problem in the state and the Forest Department had envisaged a plan under which special plants would be planted to check seepage. The Chief Minister inaugurated the Chaharwala minor. An additional 4000 acres of land would be irrigated as a result of the minor. He also inaugurated the Manawali minor. |
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UGC secy for autonomy
to varsities Yamunanagar, February 28 He said the UGC had created the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) for quality certification of institutions of higher education. He said NAAC needed to make extra efforts for quality enhancement and it had to be more dynamic so as to cover the vast system of higher education in a time-bound manner. He said the present system of providing autonomy to universities and colleges needed to be reviewed. He said universities needed to be given more autonomy and similarly state governments should encourage the concept of autonomous colleges so as to enhance the quality of higher education. Dr Chauhan said the UGC was contemplating to allow students to pursue two degrees simultaneously so that they could cope with the multi-disciplinary nature of emerging jobs. He lauded the contribution of Mr Bhupinder Singh Jauhar, chairman, Khalsa Educational Institutions, in the field of education. As many as 1,000 students were conferred with degrees. Dr Chauhan honoured 250 meritorious students of the college. Dr Balbir Singh, Principal of the college, read out the report of the college. |
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display of IAF stamps in the offing Ambala, February 28 The exhibition has been prepared to showcase not only the might of
the Indian Air Force but also the birth of world aviation. It will be
held on March 1 to mark the 32nd anniversary of Army Postal Service
Corp.
Major RN Kaushal (Retd), a noted philatelist, told Chandigarh
Tribune that the stamps and first day covers are going to reflect the
different aircrafts which have added to the strength of the Indian Air
Force. “I am going to display about 1500 stamps and 150 first day
covers out of which nearly 300 stamps will be pertaining to
aviation,” he said.
The philately exhibition is going to be held at the Air Force
Station through the efforts Capt G Reddy, Officer Commanding, Air
Force Postal unit, with guidance from Air Officer Commanding, AF
station Air Commodore LK Malhotra.
Major Kaushal said that the philately exhibition will have a number
of frames dealing with different aspects. “The aviation stamps range
from the Pushpak Viman to the grounding of supersonic Concorde
aircraft,” he said.
He said that there are stamps which show the gallantry of the Air
Force Personnel. “One of the stamp’s is quiet informative since it
is about Lt Indra Lal Roy, who was decorated with the Distinguished
Flying Cross. There is also a stamp about PVC winner Sekhon,” he
said.
Major Kaushal stated that it has taken him nearly five decades of
hard work to prepare his collection. “I have worked hard and put in
considerable effort to carry out the research regarding the background
of stamps, postcards and first day covers,” he said.
He said that his philately collection has 17 thematic basis,
including coverage of history of New Delhi, fishes, butterflies and
aviation. “I also have miniature sheets. Incidentally, I have a rare
postal notice which was issued by the then Director General Posts
India, Sir FR Hog. The notice is pertaining to postal saving bank
facility in post offices,” he said.
Major Kaushal, who is a member of Philately Congress of India and
bronze medallist in philately exhibition, said that in the exhibition
at the Air Force station, he is going to put up history of a dead
letter which eventually found its way to the addressee and the
international postcards of Miss Mand Smalley. “The dead letter
incident took place more than a century back,” he said. |
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Woman hacked to death Hisar, February 28 According to the police, Bhale Ram allegedly attacked his wife, Mando Devi with an axe and slit her throat when she was sleeping in the house. They had heated exchanges earlier in the evening over a dispute. Later, she was admitted to a private hospital where she died. The police has registered a case against Bhale Ram under Section 302 of the IPC in this connection. |
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Ex-Principal cremated Kurukshetra, February 28 |
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