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Hooda urged to reinstate staff
Midnight visitors at CM’s house
Sonia running state govt, alleges BJP
Seminar on challenges in post-reform period
Women’s empowerment day celebrated
Industrially backward status for Ambala soon: MLA
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Demonstration by supervisory staff
Policy on oral health soon
Two killed as jeep, tractor-trailer collide
Five hurt in attack
2 die after consuming illicit liquor
Arms, explosives recovered
Excise exemption welcomed
Mittal is president of RKSD College body
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Hooda urged to reinstate staff
Faridabad, March 13 A spokesperson for the SKS said here today that a delegation would soon meet the Chief Minister in this connection and appeal to him to withdraw the measures taken by the previous government in this regard. Claiming that the resentment among government staff over the loss of jobs of thousands of employees during the past about six years had been one of the main factors behind the ouster of the Chautala government and the massive victory of the Congress party in the recent Assembly elections, he said the new government ought to learn a lesson from the mistakes and the wrongdoings of the previous government and provide employment to people. He said the Hooda government should emerge as a pathbreaker in the matter of employee-government relations by accepting and implementing the genuine demands pending for long. According to the SKS, the previous government had sent over 20,000 employees home after closing down Reinstatement Appeal 2 last or scaling down the number of posts in various departments, besides scrapping as many as 50,000 posts in the state. He said while there had been an immense increase in the workload of various departments, the government had not carried out recruitment in many important departments for the past about 15 years. Giving an example of the Power Department, he claimed that almost 60 to 70 per cent of the staff of the rank of linemen in the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam was on the verge of retirement. He asked how the department could function smoothly when there was an acute shortage of staff especially technical persons. He added that the privatisation and the formula of adopting the contractual system had failed miserably and it had been highlighted regularly in the past few years. Demanding to revive all departments which, he said, were necessary for the overall development and growth , he said the government could go for proper evaluation of each department so that there was no wastage of government funds. |
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Midnight visitors at CM’s house
Chandigarh, March 13 Mr Hooda, who had come late from a dinner, had just gone to bed, when he was informed by his security men that a delegation of the manch had been waiting to meet him. Initially the security personnel were reluctant to wake up Mr Hooda. However, in view of his strict instructions that he should be informed immediately about any citizen desirous of meeting him, irrespective of the late hours, the security men woke him up. Mr Hooda came down from his room in Haryana Niwas at half past midnight and met the delegation, which presented him a bouquet as well as a charter of demands. They also expressed their gratitude to him for visiting them when they were in jail during the previous government. The Chief Minister assured them that he would make every endeavour to give them justice. |
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Sonia running state govt, alleges BJP
Rohtak, March 13 Talking to mediapersons here, he said the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, could not select his ministers independently and was now awaiting a nod from Ms Gandhi for allocating portfolios. He said Prime Minister Mr Manmohan Singh too faced a similar dilemma. He said the Congress governments were in place at the Centre, Haryana and Punjab. Now the party should find a solution to the SYL canal problem and ensure its completion. Mr Chauhan said the Congress working did not augur well for democracy in the country. The recent developments in Goa, Jharkhand and Bihar had proved that the Congress did not believe in democracy and wanted to grab power. He demanded the resignations of Goa and Jharkhand Governors for their role in undermining democracy at the behest of the Congress. The BJP leader attributed the party’s poor performance in the recent poll to the eagerness of the people to get rid of the Chautala government. He said the party suffered because people feared that the BJP might align with the INLD after the poll. Hence, the Congress became the only alternative for the people of Haryana. |
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Seminar on challenges in post-reform period
Nilokheri, March 13 Dr L.N. Dahiya, former Pro-Vice Chancellor of Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, in his address highlighted the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) agreement and its impact on India’s rural sector. Prof Ranbir Singh, Consultant of the HIRD, and Ms Saroj Malik, Lecturer in DAV College, Kosli (Rewari), jointly presented a paper on the implications of liberalisation in agriculture in Haryana. They were of the view that the Union Government should make efforts to withstand the pressure of the WTO and try to protect the interests of various sections of peasantry by retaining subsidies and continuing with the policy of minimum support price for agriculture produce. Mr Prem R. Bhardwaj of Government College, Nahan, presented his paper on ‘Vicissitudes of political economy in India: a shift from democratic governance to market governance’. Dr Y. Gangi Reddy of the National
Institute of Rural Development (NIRD) spoke on ‘Impact of economic reforms on rural industries: SWOT analysis’. Apart from these, 40 other scholars from across the nation, including Dr S.P. Singh from IIT, Roorki, Dr Rajbir Singh from MDU, Rohtak, Prof R.S. Yadav and Prof T.R. Kundu from Kurukshetra University, Prof R.K. Punia and Dr Deep Punia from HAU, Hisar, Prof Neelima Deshmukh from Nagpur University and Prof A.S. Sethi from GND University, Amritsar, presented their papers. Dr Mahi Pal, Associate Professor of the HIRD, presented a report on the proceedings of the seminar and highlighted the major issues that emerged out from the papers presented by the participants. Dr Surat Singh, Director of the HIRD, announced that the proceedings of the seminar would be published in a book format. Dr K.K. Mor gave the vote of thanks while Prof S. Kaushil coordinated the seminar. |
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Women’s empowerment day celebrated
Karnal, March 13 As many as 150 members of the self-help groups
(SHGs) formed by the ESDI and the Jan Kalyan Samiti (JKS) in different gram panchayats of the area participated in the programme. The programme began with a welcome song and followed by sharing of experiences by SHG members. Ms Kiran, secretary of
Jagarati, an SHG, told the gathering that after becoming part of the SHG she along with other women not only made herself self-independent but also developed self-confidence in day-to-day life. “Due to the money in my hands not only my husband but also other male members in the joint family showed respect towards me”, she said. Ms
Ramshewari, president of another SHG Naya Ujala, said she not only made herself economically empowered but also socially and politically aware by raising relevant issues such as stopping female foeticide, dowry, promoting education among girls and participating in gram sabha meetings at different forums. Ms Barkha, member of
Jagarati, raised the problem of defaulters because of which her SHG could not get loan from a bank. She said if the husbands or fathers-in-law of the women members take loan for their personal use and due to certain problems they can not return it, the bank declare whole family defaulter. Ms Santosh Rana, District Education Officer, Karnal, stressed upon education for girls. She gave a brief description of the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan under which students are given books free of cost and there is a provision of giving free bicycle if school of the student is far away from the village. She told about the hobby classes wherein a 10-day training is given free of cost to young girls for making soft toys and painting. Dr Shalendra Dwivedi, state coordinator,
PRIA, Chandigarh, made the gathering aware of the importance of celebrating women’s day. Women presented a play, “Mahila Kya Nahi Kar
Sakti”. |
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Industrially backward status for Ambala soon: MLA
Ambala, March 13 After taking the oath as a minister, Mr Sharma had come to his residence in the city for the first time. He was welcomed by a large number of local Congress leaders, including DCC president, Ms Kiran Bala Jain, HPCC member Balwant Gupta, Haryana Youth Congress general secretary Himmat Singh. Mr Sharma said Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had assured him that the government would provide all facilities to the entrepreneurs interested to set up their units, so that this city could develop as an industrial city. Replying to a question, he said a detail plan would be chalked out to deal with the faulty drainage system of the city. Two deputations of private school managements submitted memorandums to Mr Sharma. They demanded the termination of the order of the Education Department in which it directed to close down all non-recognised private schools running in the residential premises in the state. Mr Sharma assured the deputation that he would take up their matter with the Chief Minister. |
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Demonstration by supervisory staff
Sonepat, March 13 According to a report, the angry demonstrators shouted slogans against the GM and demanded his immediate removal from the flying squad. Many centre superintendents and supervisors alleged that the GM was indifferent towards them and was relieving them on flimsy ground. They also pointed out cases where the GM had relieved the Centre Superintendents and supervisory staff from duty and reported the cases to the Board of School Education Haryana for taking action against them. Some other centre superintendents and supervisors also alleged that the GM was threatening them with dire consequences if they failed toe his line. Mr Ram Phal Sehrawat, President of the district unit of the Lecturer Union, and other office-bearers strongly condemned the attitude of the GM. |
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Policy on oral health soon
Yamunanagar, March 13 This was stated by Dr Anil Kohli, recipient of the Padma Bhushan Award and president of the Dental Council of India
(DCI). “Oral health is a cause for concern. The government is working on an oral health policy. A legislation is expected soon to ensure that the oral health can be taken to the level of anganwaris in the country”, informed Dr Kohli. He said the process of spreading awareness had started and it had been made mandatory for graduates passing out from dental colleges to undergo three months internship in community training in association with government and social organisations. He warned the college managements not to engage part time teachers. He said colleges, which were not following the guidelines might be asked to stop admissions from the next session. The tightening of noose on the erring colleges might begin from Karnataka, where there were 42 dental colleges. While addressing the annual day function of DAV Dental College, Yamunanagar, on Saturday evening, he asked the DAV management to immediately have a full-time Principal. |
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Two killed as jeep, tractor-trailer collide
Sonepat, March 13 According to a report, the jeep was on its way from Rohtak to Kurukshetra town. All injured persons were rushed to a private hospital at Kurukshetra town for treatment from where a woman, Santosh, was referred to the PGIMS in Rohtak for further treatment. The police has registered a case against the jeep driver who is still at large. The police has sent the bodies of the deceased to the Civil Hospital at Sonepat for the post-mortem examinations. The
diseased were identified as Jasbir Singh and Bala Devi, both residents of Sisana village. The injured included Suresh Kumar and his mother Surjo Devi. |
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Five hurt in attack
Sonepat, March 13 According to a report, the injured persons were identified as Mr Rakesh Kumar, his wife Savitri, a son Nitan Krishan and Ms Parwati. All injured persons were rushed to the local Civil Hospital for treatment from where two were referred to the PGIMS in Rohtak for further treatment. One of the alleged assailants was identified as Satnam who is stated to be a criminal. All alleged assailants were under the influence of liquor. The police is still investigating into the case. |
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2 die after consuming illicit liquor
Fatehabad, March 13 Om Parkash (24), a resident of Jhalnia village in this district, was brought to the local general hospital after he consumed illicit liquor on March 4. He had been struggling for life in the hospital since then. He died yesterday. In another incident, Chothu Ram (35), a resident of Bhattu Kalan village, consumed illicit liquor purchased from the village. His condition deteriorated and he died before any medical assistance could be provided. |
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Arms, explosives recovered
Kaithal, March 13 Giving this information to mediapersons here yesterday, the SSP, Mr Ranbir Sharma, said the arms and explosives, including one .315 bore rifle, an H-36 grenade, a .312 bore pistol, cartridges and a snatched motor-cycle have been recovered from the gang leader,
Dilbaga, and one .312 bore pistol and two cartridges have been recovered from his accomplice, Manjit. He said the recovered rifle was concealed in Seonsar jungle and other arms were recovered from a poultry farm at Balu village. |
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Excise exemption welcomed
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Mittal is president of RKSD College body
Kaithal, March 13 Mr Subhash Mittal was elected president by a margin of 823 votes and he defeated Mr Ishwar Chand Kaulwale. The winning group was supported by outgoing president Y.K. Mangal. |
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