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Martyr Rao Tula Ram remembered
Spiritual nuggets from politicians
Schools of ‘hope’ for
under-privileged children
Villagers repent action by performing havan
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Kin of Kargil martyrs honoured
Police reforms: SC observations lauded
Quiz held
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Martyr Rao Tula Ram remembered
Bhiwani, September 23 Addressing the gathering at a district-level programme to observe Martyrdom Day at Bal Bhavan here today, local MLA Shiv Shankar Bhardwaj said the supreme sacrifice made by Rao Tula Ram and others from the state during the freedom struggle could never be forgotten. Deputy Commissioner Mohinder Kumar said the country could progress by keeping the memories of those brave leaders alive in our mind. He called upon the youth to follow in their footsteps. Cheques, citations and prizes worth Rs 40 lakh were distributed among the beneficiaries of various schemes. Around 300 dependents of soldiers, who had laid their lives in the service of the country after 1948, war widows and freedom fighters were honoured. As many as 274 beneficiaries were given cheques under the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshni Vivah Shagun Yojna. Eightyeight SC students were given Rs 1 lakh for attaining first division in the first phase of various examinations. Five families were given Rs 1 lakh each under the Rajiv Gandhi Pariwar Bima Yojna and 11 families were given financial aid of Rs 10,000 each under the Rashtriya Parivar Yojna. Trained midwives were provided with kits. Municipal Council Chairman Nand Lal Chawla, SP Subhash Yadav, ADC Vikas Gupta, PCC general secretary Sandip Singh, SDM (Siwani) Pankaj Chaudhary, SDM (Loharu) Dharmbir Singh, City Magistrate Mukesh Kumar were among others present at the venue. Fatehabad: Rich tributes were paid to the martyrs, who had laid down their lives during Independence struggle. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr O.P. Sheoran, led officers, prominent persons and freedom fighters in paying tributes to the martyrs on the martyrdom day of Rao Tula Ram. Cultural programmes were presented by schoolchildren. The Deputy Commissioner felicitated children. Mr Sheoran said jawans from Haryana had always fought battles on the forefront for guarding the borders of the country. The City Magistrate, Mr Sant Lal Pachar, and the SDM, Mr I.S. Dahiya, also spoke.
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Spiritual nuggets from politicians
Sirsa, September 23 The local residents, naturally fed up with the usual rhetoric of their representatives, had an opportunity to hear some spiritual talk from unexpected quarters. The occasion was the flagging off of Swarnim Bharat Yuva Padyatra organised by the Prajapita Brahmkumari Ishwariya Vishwavidyalaya here today. Another interesting aspect of event was that politicians from rival parties delivered their discourses from the same dais. The Union Minister of State for Urban Housing and Poverty Alleviation, Ms Selja, maintained that maintenance of peace all over the world was not possible until humankind attained spiritual development. "There is a dire need to popularise spirituality among the people across the globe in order to have peace and harmony," she said, adding that the youth should be brought on the spiritual path as they were the future. Dr K.V. Singh, Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the Haryana Chief Minister, observed that due to the fast and busy life of the present era, man had become tense and stressed. Suggesting a solution, he asserted that Rajyoga could be a panacea for all ills of modern life. The president of the Haryana unit of the BJP, Prof Ganeshi Lal, remarked that spiritual, and not materialistic, fulfillment should be sought for real satisfaction. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr V.Umashnkar, the SSP, Mr Sultan Singh, and other senior administrative officials were also present. The coordinator of the local centre of the Brahmkumaris, Sister Bindu, welcomed the guests.
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Schools of ‘hope’ for
under-privileged children
Chandigarh, September 23 To tackle this menace of growing illiteracy among slum children, the Haryana Council for Child Welfare has taken on a special mission - to educate these children as per their convenience. For this purpose, the council will begin special afternoon schools in three districts of the school as a pilot project. "Industrialisation has brought its fair share of problems and mushrooming of slums is just one of them. It is in these slums that the education is a casualty because children, too, are seen as earning members, adding to their family incomes. Education and schooling mean little when you are waging a battle against poverty. Keeping their spare time in mind, we have come up with the concept of afternoon schools," says Ms Asha Hooda, wife of the Chief Minister who is the vice-president of the council. At a meeting held last week, the opening of afternoon schools in three "most industrialised" districts was given the go-ahead. The first three such schools will be opened in Panipat, Faridabad and Gurgaon on trial basis. "We may seek permission to use buildings of government schools which are usually unoccupied after regular school gets over or we may use the premises of the Bal Bhawan for the purpose. Based on this experience, we will chalk out the future course of action," Ms Hooda said. The concept of afternoon schools, though not on the agenda of the meeting, was the outcome of a suggestion made by Ms Hooda, the brain behind the move. Having patronised a non-government organisation working with rag pickers and slum children in Bahadurgarh earlier, she hoped the idea would click in the chosen districts as well since it did not necessitate choice between money and studies. "This would be in addition to the regular schools and Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan programmes. "We will take extra care to ensure there is no duplicity of effort and that afternoon schools are run where slums are focused or where regular school are not available," Ms Hooda stated. The secretary of the council, Mr AK Singh, said that the schools would be run from 3 pm to 6 pm, a time when most of these children are free. "The afternoon schools are an effort to complement regular schooling wherein education of the left-out bracket of children can be facilitated. We have our own counsellors and staff to run the show. Once the programme is on track, we will require greater funding and have applied to the Government of India and the state government for the same," he explained. At these afternoon schools, the mission would be to promote personal and oral hygiene among children, provide them with clothes and a nutritious diet besides informal education to make them well versed in the "three 'R's of reading, writing and arithmetic". |
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Villagers repent action by performing havan
Yamunanagar, September 23 The havan started in the morning amidst chanting of mantras and a large number of villagers performed ‘aahuti' for the well being of the two injured-Javed and Islam. Women of the Hindu families contributed ‘desi ghee’ and ‘havan samagri’ from their homes. The havan performed at the Shiv temple of Sabapur village was attended by hundreds of villagers. On September 11 villagers had mistaken Javed and Islam as goons and thrashed them near Bherampur village. The two with multiple fractures were later admitted to a hospital. The police arrested four persons, Vinod Kumar, Raman, Arun and Ravinder, in this connection. "The incident was an accident and now we repent it", said a villager. The havan is also to promote brotherhood among the two communities, Sarpanch of Sabapur Jagmal Singh said. On September 19, residents of the five villages had reached the Civil Secretariat and met the Deputy Commissioner and pleaded that the two persons were beaten up by mistake and, hence, the four arrested villagers should be released. The following day they again reached the secretariat and met Superintendent of the Police K.V. Ramana and again demanded the release of the four. However, the police told them that since the four persons had been sent to judicial custody by a local court it was not possible to release them. The villagers and well wishers of the two victims held a meeting in the presence of the Deputy Commissioner, Additional Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police yesterday to resolve the issue, but the two parties could not reach a compromise. Sarpanch of Mandi village Nazim Ali and Maksood Ali of Daulatpur village appearing for the two victims said no compromise could be reached till the two victims recovered fully. But they too were hopeful of an amicable solution.
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Kin of Kargil martyrs honoured
Ambala, September 23 He honoured family members of martyrs Subedar Major Jagmal Singh and Captain Atul Somra of Ambala Cantt, Gunner Nirmal Singh of Shazadpur, Sepoy Sukhvinder Singh of Ugala in Barara, Lancenayak Harjinder Singh of Tepla, and Major Amit Ahuja of Ambala City by offering them shawls. Presiding over the function, Mr Ahuja said that during the Kargil war, 20 per cent of the martyrs were Haryana's brave shoulders. Earlier, the portrait of Major Amit Ahuja was garlanded. As many as 500 students of various schools took out a rally to pay respect to the martyrs of Haryana. A slogan-writing competition was held, in which Monisha of K.P.A.K. School stood first, Tarun Kumar of Govt Senior Secondary School, Prem Nagar Ambala City, was declared second, while Komal of K.P.A.K. School was adjudged third. In the speech competition, the first prize was bagged by Brabhjot Singh of K.P.A.K. School, while Sarita Sharma of Govt Senior Secondary School Prem Nagar was declared second. Bimmi of K.P.A.K. School came third. |
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Police reforms: SC observations lauded
Ambala, September 23 Mr Kataria said the Supreme Court had taken a positive and historical step and once the reforms were carried out in the police, no culprit ever be able to go scot-free. He regretted that political interference and indiscipline have become common in the police force. Poor people find it difficult to get case registered at police stations. If officials from the IAS and IPS cadre are allowed to work independently, they can bring about substantial improvement in the governance, he added. |
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Ambala, September 23 KV No. 4 stood second, while Major R.N. Kapoor DAV School stood third. Police DAV Public School were fourth. — TNS
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