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Youth murdered at in-laws’ house
Metered taxis mooted
HP planning to set up film city
Pornographic CDs: computer shop raided
Breeding projects for rare species
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Health Secy asked to appear before HC
Shimla, May 7 The Himachal High Court yesterday directed the Secretary (Health) and the Director (Medical Education & Research) to appear before the court on Monday for non-implementation of the Himachal Pradesh Paramedical Council Act, 2003. Bank
customers stage protest
Safai karamcharis stage protest
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Youth murdered at in-laws’ house
Shimla, May 7 According to the police, Ramesh, resident of Sundernagar, was running a cloth shop at Panchgain, village near Bilaspur, and had married Vidya in a court on April 28 this year. Vidya was working in a private factory at Baddi in Solan district. “A bullet hit Ramesh at about 8.30 p.m while he was seated next to the window at his in-laws’ place, killing him on the spot,” informed the SSP, Mr J.R. Thakur. Ramesh was declared brought dead when he was rushed to the Sunni hospital. Mr Thakur said the needle of suspicion was pointing towards the patwari of the Revenue Department, who is learnt to have been very close to Kamla, Vidya elder sister. He said on May 5 Kamla, working at a factory in Parwanoo, telephoned her younger sister, Vidya, urging her to come home and forget what had happened following the family’s opposition to her marriage to Ramesh. Ramesh, accompanied by his wife, reached his in-laws’ place yesterday, the police said. Mr Thakur said when a raid was conducted at the house of the patwari, Suresh Kumar, his father told the police his gun was in the possession of his son, who was not at home. “He has been found to be missing from duty for the past two-three days from the place of his posting at Pulbahal near Rajgarh where raids were conducted,” informed the SSP. He also confirmed that Suresh Kumar’s presence in the vicinity of the house of his in-laws had also been confirmed by people. A case had been registered in the Sunni police station. |
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Metered taxis mooted
Kangra, May 7 Mr G.S. Bali, Transport and Tourism Minister, said this at a press conference in the SDM’s office here today. He was speaking after inaugurating Rs 1.30-crore computerised licensing and registration office (CLRO) set up under the e-governance project sanctioned by the Union Ministry of Information and Technology. He said under the project, CLROs had been started at Dharamsala, Palampur, Kangra, Nurpur, Jawali, Dehra, Jaisinghpur and Baijnath.The RTO office at Dharamsala would be operational by the end of July, he added. He said under the project all records pertaining to motor vehicle registration and licensing had been digitalised. This would facilitate prompt updating of these records. He said the Department of Transport, with the help of the National Informatics Centres (NIC) at Dharamsala, Shimla and New Delhi, had developed software for these applications besides a software for granting various permits for vehicles, tax receipts etc. He said the transport barrier at Parwanoo would be computerised soon and all CLROs, RTOs and tax collection barriers would be inter-connected through computer networking. A Transport Department website would be commissioned on June 30. He said tax receipts had increased from Rs 78 crore in 2003-2004 to Rs 110 crore in 2004-2005. He also released a booklet ‘Guidelines on fitness inspection, driving training schools and pollution check centres’ on the occasion. The Deputy Commissioner, Kangra, Mr Bharat Khera, the Additional Director, Transport, Mr R.L. Dutta, and the SDM Kangra Mr R. Selvam, were also present on the occasion. |
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HP planning to set up film city
Shimla, May 7 The government was exploring the possibility of setting up a film city in the state with the help of private participation. During his recent visit to Mumbai a request had been made by people from the film industry to create facilities for shooting films in the state. He said he did not feel there was a need for trifurcating the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board (HPSEB) as it was making profits. He personally felt that trifurcation was basically meant for those boards which were running in losses. The unbundling of the HPSEB into generation, transmission and distribution wings had been made mandatory under the Electricity Regulatory Act. |
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Pornographic CDs: computer shop raided
Shimla, May 7 The Inspector-General, CID, Mr I. D. Bhandari, said the police had registered a case under Section 292 of the IPC. The state CID had been directed to investigate the matter thoroughly. The police also questioned the person who features in the CD. He reportedly told the police that the CD was made for private viewing only with the consent of the woman. “He told the police that it was the computer-shop owner who had retrieved the pornographic material from his computer when he had given it to him for repair, without his knowledge and later circulated it,” said police sources. The police will summon the girl who features in the CD. The police is also considering including Section 67 of the Information Technology Act in the case. “We will send the hard disk of the computer to laboratory to find out if any copies were made from it,” said the SSP, Mr J. R. Thakur. |
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Breeding projects for rare species
Shimla, May 7 The final nod for the projects is likely to be granted at the first ever meeting of the State Wildlife Board here tomorrow. It was constituted in October, 2003. “Out of a total of 51 varieties of pheasants, 17 are found in India, seven in Himachal Pradesh. It necessitates the need for undertaking breeding projects for this highly endangered species, facing extinction,” said an official. Breeding of other animals, including snow leopards, is also likely to be taken up. The varieties of pheasants found in Himachal Pradesh include the western tragopan, monal, red jungle fowl, khaleej, koklas, pea fowl (mor) and the chir pheasant. “Red jungle fowl is considered to be the purest in the state and being the mother of all poultry, the pure blood is not affected by diseases,” the official said. There is a proposal to have the biggest centre for pheasants in the country at Sarahan. Another very important issue on the agenda of the meeting is linking wildlife with eco-tourism in a big way. “We have chalked out a proposal to create trekking routes and other tourist activities in the vicinity of the sanctuaries and protected areas so that there can be greater focus on eco-tourism.” The wing will also be seeking special financial assistance from the government for tackling monkey menace by sterilizing them. A proposal has also been drawn up for the development of the Pong wetland through an integrated project with the help of private sector investment. |
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Health Secy asked to appear before HC
Shimla, May 7 Issuing these directions a Division Bench comprising Mr Justice Arun Kumar Goel and Mr Justice Surjit Singh directed the two officers to file their separate affidavits in the court, giving details regarding the total number of paramedical institutes in the state and how many of these were recognised by the government and in case there was any unrecognised institute running in the state what steps had been taken by the state to prevent them from running such institutes. The court passed these directions on a petition filed by the former Health Minister, Mr Jagat Prakash Nadda. |
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Bank customers stage protest
Mandi, May 7 Members of the Advisory Committee of the depositors said the inquiry in the affairs was yet to be finalised. “As promised by the Chief Minister, Mr Virbhadra Singh, the bank had yet get a full-time administrator. The pace of recovery of loans from defaulters was also slow. Even the manager of the bank has resigned last month, hitting the daily business of the bank,” they complained. “What has hit the pace of recovery and inquiry is the fact that the Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Mr R.L. Bisotra, retired last month and the new Registrar has yet to appraise himself of the affairs of the bank,” they said. The MUCBL’s part-time administrator, Mr M.R. Bhardwaj, said the bank had recovered Rs 35 lakh till May 7 and the inquiry had been finalised. “In April, the bank recovered Rs 18 lakh, but the amount got adjusted against the matured fixed deposits (FDs),” he added. The bank’s had the NPA of around Rs 10 crore that accounted for over 47 per cent, he said. |
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Safai karamcharis stage protest
Mandi, May 7 Raising slogans against the health authorities and the hospital contractor, the striking employees also staged a dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office. They urged him to intervene in the matter to resolve the issue. The president of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), which led the protest march, Mr Kushal Bhardwaj, said the safai karamcharis had been working in the hospital over the years, but the contractor employed by the hospital authorities was exploiting them, sacking them at his whims and fancy. Mr Bhardwaj said they had urged the Deputy Commissioner, Mandi, to resolve the issue in the interest of the patients and workers as the strike had hit functioning of the hospital that catered to patients from all over the region. He said karamcharis were neither paid full wages, nor did they got weekly off. “The contractor is underpaying safai karamcharis, who have no other means to sustain their families”, he alleged. The DYFI leaders said they would continue with their strike as long as all demands of the safai karamcharis were not accepted. |
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