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BJP not
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team to submit views on delimitation process Dalai
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Hoteliers,
touts fleecing tourists Board
forms flying squad for pvt schools School
laxity makes students suffer
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BJP not to tolerate
indiscipline: Vajpayee Manali, June 2 Talking to media persons for a couple of minutes, after addressing the state BJP executive here today, Mr Vajpayee said that he was not aware as to what Mr L.K. Advani said on the Babri Masjid demolition in Pakistan, but added: “We have been opposing the Babri demolition from the beginning. I did not know what the VHP leader stated as a reaction on this”. On the question of growing indiscipline in the BJP, Mr Vajpayee said: “Indiscipline is an infection and some people become its victims. But we will not tolerate it”. He said this when he was asked about Ms Uma Bharti’s episode in this regard. Before another query could come forward, Mr Vajpayee was guided into his car by the SPG commandoes, disappointing the media, which had gathered in large numbers here. Referring to the role of Governors in Goa, Bihar and Jharkand former Delhi Chief Minister Madan Lal Khurana, who also attended the meeting, said that the Governors should maintain dignity of office. “The Governor should not become an agent of the political parties as it has happened in Bihar, Goa and Jharkhand”, he alleged, saying that the MLAs were not taken into confidence and many of them had not even taken the oath of office. A PIL had been filed in the Supreme Court in this regard. On the recent outbursts by RSS and VHP leaders, demanding young leaders to take charge of the BJP leadership in the country, Mr Khurana said that the BJP would go hand in hand with new and old leaders. Mr Khurana described the financial package to Himachal Pradesh as an eyewash, saying that the package contained old schemes initiated by the NDA government. Mr Khurana, however, ducked the issues discussed at the state executive today, saying that he had come to meet the party leaders to apprise them of the preparations to observe the Dr Shayma Prasad Mukerjee’s death anniversary to be held at Lakhanpur on the borders of the Punjab, Himachal and Jammu and Kashmir. The function would be held on June 23 in which, 4,000 party workers from Himachal would participate”, he informed. Referring to the public perception of the Dhumal and Shanta camps in the state, Mr Vajpayee told the partymen that they should go hand in hand as a unit. The state executive was attended by Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal, Leader of Opposition, a former Union Minister, Mr Shanta Kumar, and state BJP President, Mr Suresh Bhardwaj, Mr Maheshwar Singh, former Mandi MP, and other members of the state executive. |
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BJP team to submit views on delimitation process Manali, June 2 Announcing the formation of the committee, BJP spokesperson Randhir Sharma said the committee would get opinion of the party workers in this regard and submit these to the commission. Referring to the delimitation draft proposals in which the Rohru assembly and Mandi
parliamentary constituencies are proposed to be reserved as per the 2001 census, Mr Maheshwar Singh, chairman of the BJP’s committee, who is former Mandi Lok Sabha MP, said the copy of the draft proposal had not been published, as it was not made available even to the BJP members of the Delimitation Commission so far. We will get the views of the party workers on the issue and submit these to the commission. He said that earlier the Delimitation Commission had set up four venues in Shimla, Mandi, Hamirpur and Kangra for public hearings, but nothing had happened on that front so far”. Meanwhile, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee told the BJP state executive that “the industrial package given to Himachal Pradesh by the NDA government was exempted from excise and tax till 2013”, but the sate government had grounded the development by stalling roads network and the package. Briefing reporters after the two-day BJP state executive meeting that concluded here today and addressed by Mr Vajpayee, Mr Rajiv Bindal and Mr Randhir Sharma, BJP spokespersons said, “Dr Manmohan Singh’s package is only an eyewash. The funds are being allocated for the old centrally sponsored schemes in the state”. |
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Dalai Lama honours Anupam Kher Dharamsala, June 2 The occasion was a day-long seminar on “Strategies for development of Himachal Pradesh”. The Dalai Lama called upon the penalists to draw out a holistic and balanced development strategy for the state. The metropolitan cities of India had seen a lot of development in the last 50 years but no development was complete till it focussed on rural areas, the Dalai Lama said, adding that Himachal Pradesh had the potential to develop in a balanced way by adopting modern amenities while retaining its rich culture, tradition and heritage. “I am also a citizen of Himachal since I have spent most of my life here,” he said. Earlier, the Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, Prof Samdhong Rinpoche, called upon the participants of the seminar to make sure that development preserved environment. “There is no need for Himachal to become another Switzerland. Himachal should remain Himachal and that is where its beauty lies,” he said. The topics at the seminar were “Unleashing the hydropower potential”, “Building innovative strategies for tourism and expanding the horizons of industry”. The speakers included hydropower projects specialist R.L. Justa, president of Welcome Heritage Resorts Rakesh Mathur, GM Pawan Hans Helicopters Sanjiv Behal and others. Transport and Tourism Minister G.S. Bali,
Minister of Industry Kuldip Kumar, Minister of Forests Ram Lal Thakur also attended the seminar. |
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Intolerance worries Kher Nurpur, June 2 |
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Hoteliers, touts fleecing tourists Manali, June 2 While the hoteliers, travel agents and tourism officials are engaged in the blame game, the touts are overcharging and even abusing tourists, who dare challenge them. A Pondichery resident, Mr K. Panduranjan, alleged that Ankit Hotel, Manali, gave them a substandard room, instead of the one they had booked. “The tariff was Rs 600, but they charged me Rs 850 for two days, i.e. May 24-25. When I asked for the complaint book they refused,” he stated. In the second case, Mr V.T. Sekar from Chennai alleged that Le Grand Hotel demanded Rs 3300 as room rent for the family, but when they bargained the hotel staff reduced the tariff to Rs 1100. “But when he checked out on May 27 and objected to bargaining, the staff laughed at me as I do not speak good Hindi. It was in bad taste,” he stated. Mr Mukesh Jain, a senior executive with HDFC Bank from Mumbai, alleged that Snow Valley Hotel staff behaved rudely with the family when they checked out on May 24. “The hotel charged extra for a day and did not give them the bill worth Rs 10,655,”he alleged in the complaint. The hoteliers blame the touts for getting the tourists into taking accommodation at expensive hotels. “They contact tourists at the entry point and start bargaining and take them to hotels, which pay them the maximum
commission,” they revealed. Earlier, the touts used to go to Mandi-Sundernagar to tap the tourist before they reached the destination. The Manali Hoteliers’ Association (MHA) president, Mr Gautam Thakur, said the tout menace was a big problem. “We are worried over the problem as it brings bad name to the place. We are taking up the matter with the DTO,” he added. The DTO, Kulu, Mr Kamal Chand, said they had challaned Le Grand Hotel after they received the complaint. “We have summoned them before the court next week. We will refund the amount charged extra from the tourists. The guilty hoteliers are punished under the HP Tourism Registration Act, as the hoteliers cannot overcharge the prescribed tariff,” he informed, adding that the hoteliers had adopted double standards in dealing with the tout problem. “They recommend them as guides and even issue them licences. But we have called a meeting of the MHA to solve the tout menace here next week,” he said. |
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Board forms flying squad
for pvt schools Nurpur, June 2 Mr B.R. Rahi, Chairman of the board, said today that principals of all private schools, having made by the state government within a week. Otherwise, the board would decide to revoke the recognition of the erring private schools. He said the private schools had to abide by the norms laid down by the board before seeking the renewal of their
recognition from the HPBSE. |
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School laxity makes students suffer Solan, June 2 Students told The Tribune that last year too the school had not sent the award of physical education practical examination on time due to which the result of the entire class had been withheld for a few days. A visit to the school revealed the bewilderment of the teachers who were as puzzled as the students in trying to figure out the deficiency from the HP School Education Board. With little success in tracing out the deficiency, the teachers have now left the matter to the arrival of the official gazette. |
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Case registered against in-laws Nalagarh, June 2 In a complaint lodged with the police here she has alleged that her in-laws were demanding a Maruti car from her and her refusal to comply with the demand led to her being beaten up and tortured. She was severely beaten up on April 25. Acting on her complaint the local police has registered a case against her in-laws under sections 498-A and 506 of the IPC . Further investigations were being conducted.
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Minor raped Nahan, June 2 According to police, Babu Ram a resident of Noragaon, village raped the 14-year-old girl while she was working in the fields. After hearing her cries her two relatives tried to nab the accused but he disappeared in the nearby forest. The Nahan Police has registered a case. |
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B.Ed entrance test on June 14 Shimla, June 2 The entrance test was earlier scheduled for June 12, but due to non-availability of examination halls it had to be deferred to June 14.
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Three hurt in accident Parwanoo, June 2
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