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Poll panel, Haryana Govt on confrontation course
Haryana electoral rolls to be published on Jan 3
EC to select SP, DC of new district
Cong manifesto within twenty days
BJP promises partial
free power to farmers
Harsh weather may affect poll campaign
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Bir Singh, a reluctant candidate for Mullana seat
Youth INLD leader joins BJP
Khap panchayat’s ruling will lead to anarchy: CPM leader
Notice served on DEO for not attending meeting
6-day programme on scientific dairying ends
Power crisis: villagers block traffic
Two held in kidnapping case
Khalsa march in Haryana on Friday
MDU defers exams
Exhibition on heritage, crafts mela big draw
Kidwai urges intellectuals to follow message of Gita
Foundation stones likened to lollypops
Lok Dal to field candidates
Two run over by trains
Camel’s deadly jaws
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Poll panel, Haryana Govt on confrontation course
Chandigarh, December 20 Despite the disapproval of the Delimitation Commission, the state government went ahead with the formation of the new district after the Election Commission announced the Assembly elections on December 17. The notification in this regard was approved by the Cabinet when it met late in the night. The government also appointed the DC and the SP of the new district. Taking notice of the newspaper reports in this regard, the Election Commission stayed the appointment of the district officers and also asked the Government how and when the notification for Satyamevpuram was issued after the code of conduct came into force in the evening of December 17. According to reliable sources, the government has so far not responded to the queries of the Election Commission. Though no authentic word is available on the government’s response, the thinking among senior officers indicate that the political leadership at this juncture seems determined to go ahead with the new district. Senior officers feel that the civil law does not recognise part of a day, unless it is specified in law. To say that the code of conduct came into force around 5 p.m. when the elections were announced by the Chief Election Commissioner at a press conference and the notification for Satyamevpuram was issued later, they say, is absurd. Both events took place on the same day. Moreover, the government is not supposed to be watching TV all the time to know what the Election Commission would announce. The state received official intimation about the code of conduct only the next day. Therefore, it had every right to issue the notification on December 17. The sources say the government is likely to inform the Commission that since the notification has already been issued, the new district has come into existence, sans district officers. The government will send a panel of IAS and IPS officers to the commission for appointment as DC and SP. However, it is not clear how the lower level election officials would be appointed in case the government’s plea is accepted. It may be recalled that during the last Lok Sabha elections when the commission had asked the government to transfer the DGP, Mr M.S. Malik, whose wife was contesting the elections on the INLD ticket, the government had taken a similar tough stand. However, later on Mr Malik proceeded on leave “to avoid any controversy”. Another issue on which the perceptions of the government and the commission differs is new appointments. The government feels that the code of conduct prohibits only ad hoc appointments. It is true the code mentions only about ad hoc or contractual appointments. However, the sources say, the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) had sought a clarification from the commission at the time of the Lok Sabha elections. |
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Haryana electoral rolls to be published on Jan 3
Chandigarh, December 20 Stating this here today, the Chief Electoral Officer of Haryana, Ms Urvashi Gulati, said the electoral rolls of 08-Ambala and 38-Baroda were being prepared for the first time with photographs of electors. Final publication of the electoral rolls would be at each designated location such as the offices of the Deputy Commissioner, Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Electoral Registration Officer, Patwarkhana, Panchayat Ghar, Municipal Committee and post offices. She said forms six, seven and eight would be available at these locations to facilitate eligible electors to include or rectify their names in the electoral rolls. The electoral rolls would be available at these locations at least seven days before the date of publication. She appealed to all eligible electors to check their names in the electoral rolls. In case any missing name or any wrong entry is detected by the electors, the same could be brought to the notice of the Electoral Registration Officer concerned by filling the requisite form — six, seven or eight. At the time of draft publication there were 1,22,38,126 electors in the state. After disposing of the claims and objections the number of electors increased by more than three lakh. She said at present the state had 12,574 polling stations. Due to the increase in the number of electors during the current revision, some auxiliary polling stations were expected to be set up with the approval of the Election Commission. She said 2,772 polling stations would be set up in urban areas and 9,802 in rural areas. As many as 1,157 polling stations pertained to the weaker sections of society. Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) would be used in all the Assembly constituencies during these elections. She said one General Observer in each Assembly Constituency and one Expenditure Observer in each district would be deployed to oversee the election process in the state. She said Central paramilitary forces would be deployed in addition to the state police in accordance with the Commission’s directions and in consultation with the Observers appointed by the Commission for maintaining law and order. The Commission had directed all the officials to maintain impartiality and non-involvement in the electoral process. Any lapses in this regard would be seriously viewed by the Commission. She said about 42,000 polling officers, 14,000 presiding officers, 1,400
supervisers and 540 magistrates would be required for the elections. Also, about 57,000 security personnel were expected to be deployed for maintaining law and order in the state. The Commission’s instructions on videography of critical events during the election process would be implemented, she added. The Chief Electoral Officer appealed to the citizens, Press, political parties and all interested parties to cooperate with the Election Department for the peaceful and smooth conduct of the elections in the state. |
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EC to select SP, DC of new district
Chandigarh, December 20 Earlier, the Election Commission took exception to the creation of the district and posting of officers as the DC and the SP on Friday even after the model code of conduct had come into being following announcement made by the EC the same day regarding the assembly elections in the state. It is learnt that the State Government would maintain that the notification issued on Friday regarding creation of the district was no big issue since a Cabinet meeting earlier had already approved the creation of the district. Citing the fact that the district was in the pipeline for quite sometime and that it could not be given shape due to objection raised by the Delimitation Commission, the state government, it is believed, would play down a Cabinet meeting which reportedly took place late on Friday evening to ratify the notification regarding Satyamevpuram. State Government sources said that three officers whose names would figure in the list for appointment as SP in the new district are Mata Ravi Kiran, an IPS officer of the 1996 batch, and Y.S. Nehra and Rajpal Singh. Nehra and Rajpal Singh are both originally from the Haryana Police Service. A similar list of three IAS officers was being sent to the EC to pick one of them for posting as the DC. The state government on Friday had posted Mata Ravi Kiran as the SP of the new district and gave the job of DC to Mr Anurag Aggarwal, who is DC of Gurgaon, as an additional charge. The EC shot a letter the following day to the Chief Secretary and said these officers would not take their new charges without its prior approval. |
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Cong manifesto within twenty days
Chandigarh, December 20 Talking to newsmen, Mr Birender Singh said the manifesto would be unique in the sense that it would not contain any such promise as the party would not be able to implement. The first meeting of the committee would be held here tomorrow in the party office. He said sub-committees would be formed to ascertain the aspirations of various sections of society like women and youth. Mr Birender Singh said for the past 25 years the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, had been practising caste politics. The Congress would try to introduce issue-based politics in the state so that the caste-based forces like the Indian National Lok Dal and communal forces represented by the BJP became irrelevant in the state for all times to come. It would be the first priority of the Congress Government to ensure safety of a common citizen from criminals because under the INLD Government the law and order situation had been the worst. Criminals enjoying political patronage were being released. He said it was not his party’s policy to provide free power. Even the farmers wanted adequate and quality power supply at affordable rates. The Congress would initiate steps to provide debt relief to the farmers and employment to the educated youth. Accusing the ruling party of trying to bribe the voters, Mr Birender Singh said the INLD had failed to win over the electorate, which was sick of its misrule. He said the government had given jobs to undeserving persons under the quota for sportsmen recently. An inquiry would be conducted to weed out such persons and jobs would be given to deserving candidates. He also alleged that the government wanted to appoint a former boxer, who was employed in the power utilities, as a member of the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission in violation of the code of conduct imposed by the Election Commission. He urged the Governor not to administer the oath of office to any such person. |
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BJP promises partial
free power to farmers
Panipat, December 20 Mr Swami said penal interest on pending electricity bills of the farmers would be waived and they would be asked to pay their power dues in easy instalments. Similarly, the backlog of the applications for tubewell connections would be cleared on a priority basis and each farmer would be provided a tubewell connection within six months, he added. If came to power, the BJP would provide 50 per cent amount as bonus in view of increase in support prices of various crops by the Centre from time to time to give them adequate rates of their yield. Mr Swami denied that special attention had been given to Jats in the manifesto. He said all sections of society had been kept in mind while giving final touches to the manifesto. All employees who had been retrenched during the Chautala regime would be provided their respective jobs and gainful employment would be provided to at least one member of each family in the state. Mr Swami said the BJP would also look into the appointments made during the Chautala regime in various government offices and would cancel those recruitments which had been done flouting rules. As the party has now decided to contest the elections on its own, it has been paying special attention towards Jats. That is why it has not only elevated its Jat leader from the state, Mr Kisan Singh Sangwan, lone BJP MP from Haryana, in its organisation by nominating him national vice-president, but also organising two-day national executive meeting of the Bharatiya Kisan Morcha
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Harsh weather may affect poll campaign
Karnal, December 20 The chilly conditions might also affect the voter turnout on the day of polling, disturbing the political calculations of all political parties,
said Mr Shashi Pal Mehta, a senior leader of the BJP and former industry minister of Haryana. The Meteorological Department has indicated that thick blankets of fog throughout the state would continue till the last week of January. The state will go to the polls on February 3, 2005, at a time when a large number of people prefer to stay back at their homes most of the time. Even markets get closed early and children are freed from classes, keeping in view of their annual examinations. Suresh Gupta Mandiwala, state organising secretary of the Congress, who also fought the last Assembly elections from Karnal, said that
normally a candidate works day and night addressing village-level nukkar sabhas. However, considering the harsh weather conditions, it appears that not
more than six to eight nukkad sabhas could be arranged in a single day with little sunshine
in the afternoons. Another local Congress leader Rajinder Ballah said if tickets are delayed, it will be impossible to cover the constituencies in a reduced span of time under harsh weather conditions. Leaders of all major political parties feel that candidates should be given more time for the campaign by announcing the party tickets as soon as possible, keeping in view the cold weather conditions. |
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Bir Singh, a reluctant candidate for Mullana seat
Ambala, December 20 While the announcement of candidature would have brought glee to the face of any ticket aspirant, it was just the reverse in the case of Mr Bir Singh. Mr Bir Singh had a good reason to not to be happy. During the recent Lok Sabha elections, his name had been announced as the RLD candidate for the Ambala reserved parliamentary constituency, but he was denied the green signal at the last moment. “I have had an unhappy experience during the Lok Sabha elections. I was denied the go ahead from the party high command at the last minute. I have no hesitation in saying that my prestige was hurt due to that development,” Mr Bir Singh told Chandigarh Tribune. “The Lok Sabha elections candidature was an eye-opener for me. Due to that development, I am going to closely watch the party’s stand before enthusiastically participating in campaigning,” he categorically stated. The Rashtriya Lok Dal state vice-president, Mr Arjun Singh
Singhmar, today stated while the party was finalising the names of its candidates, two names had already been zeroed upon. “Mr Bir Singh will be contesting from the Mullana reserved seat and I will be contesting from the Naggal Assembly constituency,” he said. Mr Singhmar said efforts were currently underway to form a third front. “The third front will comprise the Samajwadi party, Jan Shakti party, Left and
RLD. We are yet to finalise the modalities but there is going to be a pre-poll alliance,” he said. On Mr Bir Singh’s reluctance, Mr Singhmar said Mr Bir Singh’s name had been finalised in the Lok Sabha elections, but the party high command decided that they would concentrate on the Assembly elections. “As the party high command wanted to concentrate on the Assembly polls, Mr Bir Singh was asked to withdraw from the fray,” he said. Mr Singhmar said the main issues during the Assembly elections would be corruption, unemployment, law and order situation and a host of other issues. “There is also the issue of the SYL and Dadupur-Nalvi canals. Mr Chautala has failed to meet the electoral promises,” he said. “Currently, we are preparing for the Meham rally to be held on December 23. The rally will set the tone for the Rashtriya Lok Dal campaign in Haryana,” he stated. |
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Youth INLD leader joins BJP
Panipat, December 20 Later talking to mediapersons, Prof Ganehsi Lal said that 40 prominent leaders of the BJP would visit Haryana for electioneering. They included former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, BJP chief Lal Krishan Advani, several former Union ministers, present and former BJP Chief Ministers of different states. The BJP leader further said that actor-turned politicians Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Vinod Khana and Shatrughan Sinha would also address some rallies. Prof Ganeshi Lal said that while most of the rallies were yet to be finalised, Mr Advani and Gujarat Chief Minister Babu Lal Yadav would address rallies at Panipat and Rewari, respectively, on January 2. |
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Khap panchayat’s ruling will lead to anarchy: CPM leader
Rohtak, December 20 Though on the surface the ruling to limit the role of khap panchayats appears to be a welcome step, practically it means more undue interference by khap heads in matrimonial alliances. After this decision, families of the prospective bride and bridegroom will have to seek the approval of khap panchayat heads before finalising a matrimonial alliance. This will give these heads a decisive role to play. Hitherto, families or couple concerned did not have to seek the approval of self-styled guardians of gotra system though at times khap panchayats did play havoc with their marital lives as recently witnessed in the case of Sonia of Asanda village and Aashish of Jaundhi village in Jhajjar district. But if the fresh ruling is applied, all marriages will be subject to prior approval of the patently illegal khap panchayats and their heads. The ruling is also self-contradictory. On one hand the mahapanchayat ruled that there would be no interference after the betrothal but on the other it discussed the Aashish-Darshana issue of Jaundhi village and termed their exile as justified though the couple got married in 1998 and now have a five-year-old child. Likewise, the blanket ban on love marriages not only violates human as well as fundamental rights of parties concerned, it will also give khap panchayats another tool to browbeat prospective life partners as the conservatives will have the power to decide whether the couple is in love and if so they can refuse to accept a legitimate marriage proposal on this flimsy ground. This ban is also against the letter and spirit of the state government’s policy to promote marriages between members of the so-called upper castes and Scheduled Castes. The government is offering cash incentives to such couples and most of these alliances are love marriages. The mahapanchayat held at Meham yesterday did not take into consideration the fact that Haryana presently has the lowest sex ratio in the country. As finding marriageable girls is already a problem the new rulings will further complicate this important social issue by narrowing down the choices on the gotra issue. Several elders raised this point in the meeting, but the conservatives turned down their pleas saying that tradition must take precedence over the problem. One of the organisers was heard saying that the even though outdated and irrelevant, the traditions must be honoured even in the already much truncated marriage market in the state. Significantly, these decisions are also loaded against rural families. There is no way any khap panchayat can enforce its will on urbanites or even on those who have shifted to the towns. So far, there has not been a single instance where a khap panchayat has ruled against a marriage among urbanites. Saner elements are greatly perturbed over the development. Dr Shamim Sharma, an educationist, said these rulings would tantamount to making individuals subservient to the whims of illiterate khap activists. Such decisions can only lead to disintegration of the very society these elements are trying to save. In a civil society it is unthinkable that outsiders will decide who should marry whom. If two adults cannot decide whom to marry, who else will?, she asked. A social activist and CPM leader, Mr Inderjit Singh said this was just an attempt to give more teeth to khap panchayats. The rulings are absurd. This means that any Tom, Dick and Harry can describe himself as a khap activist and raise objections to any proposed marriage. This will lead to social anarchy, he added. He said politicians operating behind the smoke screen of khap panchayats were making an attempt to extend their control to social life in Haryana. The organiser of the mahapanchayat is an activist of the ruling INLD. It should publicly clarify its stand on this issue, he demanded. |
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Notice served on DEO for not attending meeting
Yamunanagar, December 20 The DEO, Mr Sishpal Choudhary, and the EO, Mr V.P. Sanghwan, have been asked to explain why they were absent from the programme and the meeting. The DC, Mr Vijayender Kumar, while issuing the notices, also asked the head of departments to attend all the “Lok Manch” programmes and other meetings. In case they
could not attend the meetings, the head of departments will nominate other officers to attend the meeting. The head of the various departments have also been asked to recommend names of the persons of their departments and NGOs so that they could be honoured on the Republic Day function by January 10. |
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6-day programme on scientific dairying ends
Kurukshetra, December 20 He said dairy scientists and officials of the Animal Husbandry Department of Sri Lanka need to adopt scientific methods to improve the breed of milch animals and increase the milk production. Dr J.C Markanday, head, Dairy Training Centre, said the programme was organised through the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, and the Council for Agricultural Research Policy (CARP), Sri Lanka. During the programme scientists were shown various technologies of breeding, feeding and shelter management that were developed by Indian scientists. Dr P.S. Oberoi, coordinator of the training programme, said trainees were given practical knowledge on preparing nutritious feed, mineral mixture and urea molasses mineral block formulation. The NDRI scientists also worked out various methodologies for increasing the herd productivity for different categories of farmers in Sri Lanka. The technologies for enhancing the nutritive value of the straws for feeding dairy animals were discussed and demonstrated. Mr Dalip K. Gosain, a senior scientist, said trainees were also shown dairy farms managed by different categories of farmers under the mixed farming system of crop and dairy husbandry. Dr G.R.D.L. Subavickrama, a veterinary surgeon from Sri Lanka, said dairy farming was one of the main sources of income for small-scale farmers in their country. She was of the view that the technologies learnt from here could help in improving the milk production in Sri Lanka. Mr L.P. Jayawardena, a fodder production scientist from Sri Lanka, said paddy straw along with green fodder was given to dairy animals in Sri Lanka. The ingredients for making the concentrate were costly, he said. ‘Nili Ravi’, ‘Murah’ and ‘Surti’ breeds of buffaloes were found in Sri Lanka also but introduction of the germplasm of ‘Saiwal’ breed of cattle could significantly help boost the milk production in their country. |
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Power crisis: villagers block traffic
Jhajjar, December 20
The protesters alleged that the district administration and the state government had not paid any attention towards their urgent need of irrigating rabi crops.
They said prolonged power cuts and low voltage had become a routine. Canal-based irrigation facility was not available in the region. The protesters, led by Hari Singh, were adamant that now district officials should come to them to solve their problem as they had made enough representations to their offices. After about five hours, a team of district administration led by DSP Teeka Ram and Executive Engineer K.K. Sarin reached the spot and promised the agitators to provide adequate electricity supply to them. After repeated assurances, the villagers lifted the blockade at about 10 am, though with a warning to take more stringent action if the administration failed to keep its promise. During the past week four incidents of road blockade had been reported on roads leading to district headquarters. |
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Two held in kidnapping case
Rewari, December 20 The accused, who were brought by the Model Town police from Mount Abu to Rewari yesterday, were then produced in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, who remanded them in police custody for five days. The impounded Qualis, too, was brought to Rewari. With the confessional revelation made by the accused during police interrogation here, the prima facie kidnapping of the Qualis driver has now abominably turned into a case of ghastly murder. The accused reportedly revealed that after killing Qualis driver Desh Raj they had thrown his body into a well near Laxmangarh town in Rajasthan. Following the above confessional disclosure, the police has now added Sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) to the case of abduction earlier registered under Sections 365, 34 of the IPC at the Model Town police station here. A police party, along with the accused, has now gone to Laxmangarh to trace and recover the body of the slain Qualis driver. Giving details of the case, a spokesman for the police disclosed that under a conspiracy the Qualis, which was earlier booked to carry some members of a marriage party from a neighbouring village to Bharatpur (Rajasthan), was picked up on December 8 from the Maharana Pratap chowk taxi stand here by the accused. They then took it to an isolated place when driver Desh Raj, a resident of Bithwana village, near here, was done to death and his body was thrown into a well near Laxmangarh. Later Anil and Sanjay, a resident of Malahera village, in Rewari district, took the vehicle to Mount Abu where the Rajasthan police, apprehended them. |
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Khalsa march in Haryana on Friday
Panipat, December 20 Mr Chawla said that the march would start from Gurdwara Sriguru Ram Dass Singh Sabha, Model Town, Panipat, on Friday morning. The vice-president of the HGPC further said that the march would be welcomed with religious fervour by the Sikh sangat at different parts of Haryana at Gharaunda, Karnal, Pipli, Shahabad and Ambala on its way to Fatehgarh Sahib. He said that special arrangements would be made for langar for the devotees at Pipli. Mr Chawala said that former Akal Takht Jathedar Bhai Ranjit Singh would receive the devotees of Haryana at Shambu barrier, on the Punjab and Haryana border. |
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MDU defers exams
Rohtak, December 20 The university has also issued admission notice for BEd (two year distance education medium) course through its Directorate of Distance Education for 2005-2007. The prospectus for the course will be available from December 31. The last date for the submission of forms without late fee will be January 20, 2005. Thereafter, forms can be submitted with a late fee of Rs 500 up to February l and with a late fee of Rs 1,000 up to February 10. Admissions will be made on the basis of an entrance test. The BEd course is meant exclusively for in-service regular schoolteachers working in Faridabad, Gurgaon, Jhajjar, Mohindergarh, Rewari, Rohtak, Sonepat and Bhiwani districts. |
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Exhibition on heritage, crafts mela big draw
Kurukshetra, December 20 The exhibition reflects the rich cultural heritage of Haryana. The Department of Archaeology has also put up an exhibition to highlight various incidents related to the Mahabharata through illustrations. Clay models made by school students are proving to be a big attraction for the crowd. The stalls displaying the famous pashmina shawls of Kashmir, goods made of jute by craftsmen of Bengal, handicrafts made by craftsmen of Assam and the phulkari as well as the tiledar jutti of Punjab have also attracted pilgrims and other visitors. Apart from this, the honey prepared by Madhu Vatika Smuh of Bhaghal village in Kaithal district having fragrances of neem and sunflower and other local products made by the rural folk of Haryana have been displayed at the mela. A number of health camps, including a drug de-addiction camp and another teaching Yoga, put up by social and voluntary organisations as a part of this exhibition on the banks of the Brahamsarovar are also attracting large crowds. |
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Kidwai urges intellectuals to follow message of Gita
Kurukshetra, December 20 He was delivering the inaugural address at a national seminar on "Relevance of Gita in contemporary conflict management" organised by Kurukshetra University and the Kurukshetra Development Board at University Senate Hall here today. It was organised as part of the four-day Kurukshetra Utsav- Gita Jayanti celebrations. He said it was the primary responsibility of every intellectual to promote the cherished ideals enshrined in the Gita aimed at promoting education, peace, amity, friendship and freedom universally. He asked every citizen to utilise ideals of the Gita in solving the problems in social, economic or political fields. Expressing concern, he said the world was at the peak of scientific and technological knowledge these days but somehow that scientific development had not helped much in giving justice and peace to the people and to remove poverty and hunger from society. "The thoughts of the Gita are being accepted by the people as a philosophy to solve the problems of life and not just as a religion," he added. The Governor said Raja Ram Mohan Roy abolished sati ritual and other social evils from society by following the teachings of the Gita. He said, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Mahatma Gandhi and Swami Vivekananda also followed the teachings of the Gita. Dr
A.K. Chawla, Vice-Chancellor of the university, said in the present context of disintegration and disillusionment the message of the Gita, if understood and adopted in life, could surely help in eradicating destructive forces such as religious fanaticism, racism, casteism, environmental fall and superstition. Mr Vijai Vardhan, Secretary to the Governor and Member Secretary of the Kurukshetra Development Board, Prof Brahamchari Surender Kumar, Sanskrit scholar, and Prof Ranvir Singh, convener of the seminar, also expressed their views on the philosophy, relevance and importance of the Gita.
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Governor blesses 61 couples at mass
marriage function
Kurukshetra, December 20 The Governor appealed to the people to take a vow on the auspicious occasion of Gita Jayanti to remove poverty and help the poor to raise their socio-economic standard saying that it was the prime responsibility of every citizen to help the poor and destitute people of society. He said the Gita taught us to work for the welfare of the suffering humanity by removing the curse of injustice and poverty. Dr Kidwai praised the role of voluntary social organisations and individuals who were engaged in the welfare of society. He complimented Sri Jai Ram Vidyapeeth and social workers who had contributed to the welfare of society and for performing mass marriages of poor and needy girls. The Governor blessed the newly wed couples and wished them a happy and a prosperous life. He also asked them to work for the welfare and development of the country. Brahmchari Brahmasaroop, Head of Sri Jai Ram Vidyapeeth, called upon the people, especially the newly wed couples, to take a pledge that they would strive to check the menace of female foeticide effectively. He urged the Governor to help them in organising Gita Jayanti on the lines of Vrindavan Holi. He said that their organisation would continue to organise such mass marriage functions to help the poor girls of society. He said the institution had also taken the responsibility of looking after these poor couples in future also. We would also try to fulfil other needs of these poor couples to enable them to earn their livelihood independently. |
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Foundation stones likened to lollypops
Ambala, December 20 “Mr Om Prakash Chautala is trying to mislead the people by laying foundation stones. Mr Chautala has not done any useful work in the cantonment and the foundation stones are nothing more than lollypops,” he said. “If Mr Chautala was so much interested in these works, why these were not started in the beginning of his tenure,” he queried. Dr Chauhan said the people of the city would ask these questions from Mr Chautala and his associates and they would have to answer to the people. Meanwhile, a meeting of the district unit of the Mahila Congress was held under the presidentship of Ms Amarjeet Kaur Sodhi today. Addressing women Congress activists, Ms Sodhi said the party policies should be popularised. She said the campaign would be run in each block of the district. She said there was a need to generate
awareness among women about their rights. “A woman who is aware can bring about reforms in the
household as well as in the society,” she added.
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Lok Dal to field candidates
Panipat, December 20 They said the party would field its candidates on most of the 90 seats of the state. However, they could not tell the exact number. They claimed that their party had been following the ideology of late Prime Minister Charan Singh in true sense. Nepotism was prevalent in the Indian National Lok Dal regime and farmers were suffering. Late Deputy Prime Minister Choudhury Devi Lal, Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav had been in the Lok Dal during Charan Singh's time, the leaders said. |
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Two run over by trains
Ambala, December 20 According to information, Kaka, a resident of the city was run over by a super fast train. His niece who was accompanying him surprisingly escaped unhurt. In another incident, a youth was killed last night when he was hit by a train. The level crossing located in the heart of the city near the wholesale cloth market is used by thousands of people everyday. All important government offices are situated across it. It is also the shorter way to approach the government offices and HUDA sectors. Most of the super fast trains do not have any stoppage in the city and they pass from the city area at full speed. Residents of the city have been demanding a sub way or an overbridge on this railway crossing for a long time but to no avail.
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Camel’s deadly jaws
Rewari, December 20 When goods bags were being transported by the camel cart, the leather band around the camel’s body broke, making the cart overturn. When the bags fell on the ground, an infuriated camel caught Suresh by the neck and masticated him fatally. The villagers, who had gathered on the spot, tried in vain to save Suresh from the camel’s deadly jaws. Suresh was brought to the Civil Hospital here where he was declared brought dead by doctors. |
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Robbery at chemist shop
Ambala, December 20
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