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BJP protests FIR against party chief
Boys outshine girls
in class 12 exams
Need for certification agency stressed
Petro dealers’ stir on April 13
7 elected to Bhota Nagar Panchayat
McLeodganj murder: Sketches of suspects released
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Two girls drowned
Long live the Dalai Lama!
Dental students on strike
MoU for BBNDA master plan signed
INTUC begins stir for agro units’ revival
2 killed in truck mishap
Stage set for theatre festival on April 12
Violations galore at Indira market
Doctors demand action against quacks
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BJP protests FIR against party chief
Shimla, April 9 Thakur said that registering of the FIR against Rajnath Singh appears to be part of a well-planned strategy of the so-called secular parties who follow the policy of minority appeasement. "The defeat of such parties in the Punjab, Uttrakhand, Delhi and Mumbai polls seems to have frustrated them as a result of which they are trying to check the growing popularity of the BJP," he said. He regretted that despite the BJP publicly claiming that the disputed CD was never prepared, distributed or was part of its publicity material, an FIR was registered against Rajnath Singh. "Registering of the FIR seems to be part of the strategy of secular parties to divide the country in the name of religion, which the BJP will not allow," he said. He further said that the manner in which these secular parties including Congress, CPI, CPM, BSP and SP are demanding the cancellation of the recognition given to the BJP as a political party reflects the politics of minority appeasement that they have always pursued.
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Boys outshine girls
in class 12 exams
Dharamsala, April 9 Vivek Rana of Government Senior Secondary School, Indora district, Kangra, has topped the ten plus two examinations (science stream) by getting 90.4 per cent marks, revealed B.R. Rahi, chairman of the board. He said that Rana had got 452 marks out of 500 marks. Anshul Sharma of Him Academy Public School, Hamirpur, got 451 marks and stood second in the whole state, losing the first position by just one mark. Saurabh Thakur of Crescent Public Senior Secondary School, Banuri district, Kangra, got 446 marks and stood third. Rahi said 13,680 students had appeared in the ten plus two examinations (science stream), out of which, 7,845 had passed in the examinations. A total of 2,244 candidates had got compartment while the rest could not pass. The overall passing percentage was 57.47 per cent, he added. It may be mentioned that these examinations ended on April 5 and the result was declared within just four days, which is a landmark achievement of the board, claimed Rahi. Students who were not satisfied with their results could submit their duly completed re-evaluations forms latest by April 29 without late fee. However, with late fee of Rs 50, the last date has been fixed as May 6.
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Need for certification agency stressed
Shimla, April 9 The symposium is jointly being organised by the Indian Society of Analytical Scientists (ISAS) and the department of chemistry. Jaiswal is the national president of the ISAS. He said Himachal should have a certification agency so that various products like honey and apples could be marketed after value addition and made available to the general consumer. He also stressed the need for awareness among consumers so that they could buy best products, certified by a third agency. In his keynote address, Rajiv Kumar, deputy director and head of the catalysis division, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, exhorted scientists to work for preservation of environment and checking the growing pollution levels. "The water and land pollution is on the increase and the situation is so alarming that people are becoming victims of pollution," he opined. He said both man and animals were facing suffocation due to the unscientific release of harmful effluents from industry into water bodies. A.S. Sarpal, secretary of the society and DGM, Indian Oil Corporation, said the symposium was being organised to provide a common platform for experts from industry, academia, and national scientific laboratories to develop new techniques and methods for solving the problems being encountered.
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Petro dealers’ stir on April 13
Shimla, April 9 President of the association Sukumar said here today that the dealers were losing business as the sales tax on petrol and diesel was the highest in the region. Big companies like Ambuja Cements and ACC were getting their requirements from the neighbouring states as a result of which the state was losing tax revenue. He also urged the government to make provision for an appellate authority so that those booked in various cases during inspection could exercise the right to appeal against the order. Further, the dealers should not be supplied marker products until the marker facility for testing was provided to them. The dealer's commission should be revised from 1.4 per cent to 5 per cent. In case the token strike failed to have any effect, the association would give a call for an indefinite strike from April 28. |
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7 elected to Bhota Nagar Panchayat
Hamripur, April 9 This development is quite significant because the people of the area had boycotted these elections a year back when no candidate had filed his nomination. Even before the conduct of the poll there were apprehensions that the Bhota Nagar Panchayat elections might not be conducted this time too. Not only were the elections held smoothly in all seven wards, a heavy turnout of about 82 per cent voters is a clear signal that a majority of the people were this time in favour of these polls. The controversy had cropped up after the upgradation of Bhota panchayat to a nagar panchayat as residents had opposed the idea. The residents had argued that they would have to pay huge taxes after the constitution of a nagar panchayat though the civic amenities were not matching. The people had boycotted the elections last year to express their resentment. Rajinder Verma, Veena Devi, Geeta Devi, Dhani Ram, Lalit Mohan, Pawan and Anil Kumar have been declared elected from ward Nos 1, 2, 3,4, 5,6 and 7, respectively.
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McLeodganj murder: Sketches of suspects released
McLeodganj, April 9 The sketches are based on the description provided by the hotel staff that was present on duty, when the gruesome murder was committed. A woman was brutally murdered by two youths. They chopped-off her head and fled the scene of crime along with it. Additional SP Santosh Patial told The Tribune that the missing head of the deceased woman could not be found, however, efforts were on by the investigating team and the dog squad to find it. He said the police was working on the leads gathered from the site of murder and was analysing circumstantial evidences related to it. He said the sharp-edged weapon used for chopping-off the head was recovered. Fingerprints had been taken and sent to the laboratory for scientific tests, he said. He further said preliminary investigations revealed that the woman might have been intoxicated before chopping-off her head as the blood stains had been found only in one place. It indicated that she was unconscious or even dead at the time when her head was chopped-off. The postmortem examination report has indicated that the woman was not pregnant at the time of her death. Her viscera were sent to a laboratory for chemical examination to ascertain whether she was intoxicated or not before she was murdered. The police did not rule out the possibility of an illicit relationship of the suspected murderers with the woman. The investigating team is working on different theories. Adding that it was a well-planned murder, the ASP said to hide her identification, the murderers took away her clothes and all her belongings.
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Two girls drowned
Solan, April 9 According to police officials, four minor children, including two boys, were making mud houses near a brick-kiln when they needed water for kneading the mud. The two boys asked the girls, Bhagyrathi (3) and Madhuri (12), to fetch water from a nearby water hole. Bhagyrathi slipped and fell into the hole and when Madhuri tried to save her she too slipped into it. The two boys immediately informed the parents of the two girls who rushed to the spot. Bhagyrathi was pulled out dead while Madhuri’s father, Rajinder Sharma, managed to take his daughter to the ESI Dispensary at Barotiwala, where she died. — OC |
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Long live the Dalai Lama!
Dharamsala, April 9 A notice has been pasted to this effect at the Tibetans Staff Mess declaring that it will refrain from engaging in the business of buying and selling of non-vegetarian supplies for one year from April 11, 2007 to February 2, 2008. The initiative was based on a directive from the Tibetan Secretariat. A statement from the Tibetan parliament-in-exile had earlier said the year 2007 is both “auspicious and ominous,” particularly for the Dalai Lama. On March 14, Prime Minister of Tibetan government-in-exile Samdhong Rinpoche had said a series of prayers would be performed in order to preclude any untoward hurdles to the leader. When asked about turning vegetarian, head of the Staff Mess Machen Gendun said, “this is indeed a noble initiative to enhance the collective merit and dedicating it to the longevity of the Dalai Lama”. — PTI
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Dental students on strike
Kumarhatti, April 9 The students who reached at hostel gate by 11 pm had to pass the night at the gate after they were refused entry. In the morning, as soon as the news spread, the students went on a strike. The students alleged that no facilities were being given to them despite heavy fees charged. Meanwhile Dr. Jagmohan Lal the Principal of the college said it was an internal matter of the college and would be solved amicably. |
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MoU for BBNDA master plan signed
Shimla, April 9 The MoU for preparation of the master plan was signed between the consortium and CEO of the BBNDA Amandeep Garg at Baddi today. The consultants will have to submit the final master plan within six months. The state Cabinet had approved the hiring of a consultant to prepare the master plan for planned development of the BBNDA. The first task at hand for the consultants would be to prepare a base map on a scale of 1:10,000 population. This will be done after taking into account all details through satellite imagery as well as the existing ground realities. It is on the basis of this base map that the experts will plot the existing land use. The master plan will be prepared after taking into account all available statistics with regard to the growth of population, industry, transport, residential and other areas in the past. Another important task at hand for the consultants would be to give the projection of the estimated population in the area by 2025 and plan accordingly. One of the most important aspects of proper connectivity in terms of a good road network along with provision for having a rail line, air-strip and other such services will also be borne in mind. The boundaries of the BBNDA extend from the Haryana border right up to Swargaht as a total of 242 villages spread over an area of 312 sq kms fall under it. Even though the department of town and country planning (TCP) has already prepared an exhaustive development plan for the BBNDA but consultants have been engaged to get inputs from an external agency.
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INTUC begins stir for agro units’ revival
Nurpur, April 9 Workers and employees of these units, under the banner of state INTUC today held a gate meeting in front of the unit at Jachh near here. They wore black badges to express resentment against the failure of the state government to revive and make these sick units viable. The agitating workers of the units and activists of INTUC raised slogans against the alleged mismanagement of the state agro industries corporation. The state INTUC general secretary Rajnesh Sharma, secretary Mohinder Rana, Kangra district INTUC president Rajinder Pathania and general secretary Anil Kaushal joined in the agitation. The leaders of local units also took part in the demonstration. According to Sharma, he had given 10 days ultimatum to the Agro Industries Corporation, Shimla, demanding release of salary of the employees, working in the units due since December 2006. But the management did not give any reply to the notice, which forced INTUC to start the protest.
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2 killed in truck mishap
Nahan, April 9 The deceased were residents of the Rajgarh and Sangrah areas. The truck belonged to a resident of Bhuira village in Rajgarh tehsil.
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Stage set for theatre festival on April 12
Dharamsala, April 9 Primarily aimed at promoting art, culture and literature, the society has recently been revived by a group of like-minded intellectuals, after having remained defunct for over two decades. According to Kangra District Magistrate Bharat Khera, who is also the president of the society, the festival will be organised here in the auditorium of the government polytechnic, on April 12 and 13. Three professional drama groups from Lucknow, Amritsar and Mandi have been roped in for the show. The North Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala is sponsoring the event. Convener of the festival Rajender Rajan said the two plays would be staged on the opening day of the festival. The first play, “Princess Nagfani verses Prem Journey” is based on a satire of Harishankar Parsai and would be performed by the Himachal Culture Research Forum and the theatre academy of Satohal, near Mandi. Uttpal Jha is directing the play. The second performance ‘Saiyan Bhaye Kotwal’ will be staged by Manch-Rangmanch, a theatre group of Amritsar. It is an adaptation of a Marathi play in Hindi by Keval Dhaliwal. Originally, Vasant Sabneez has written the play in Marathi. In the second day, Yayawar, a theatre group from Lucknow will perform a play titled ‘Saleem Shervani ki Shaadi’. The play is based on the novel of famous French writer George Fedio and has been directed by Jitender Mittal.
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Violations galore at Indira market
Mandi, April 9 The members alleged that the two toilets being proposed to be constructed on the top of the Indira market would destroy the beauty of the Sunken garden. "The council toilets stink below its office and in the Indira market, then how the council will maintain the two others being proposed at the top", they questioned. Expressing their concern over the rising trend of influential shopkeepers breaking the walls between two shops to combine them to make room for one shop, the MCC members alleged that such violations would endanger the safety of the entire Indira Market complex as over five shopkeepers have already removed the walls under the nose of the local administration. Chief Executing Officer, MMC Sushil K Mittal, said he was not aware about the violations in the markets and he has summoned a detailed report on the issues.
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Doctors demand action against quacks
Kangra, April 9 Dr. Susheel Sharma, spokesman of the Himachal Pradesh Medical Officers Association (HPMOA) said the government must take stern action against such hospitals and nursing Homes, which were run by the quacks and not by qualified doctors. He described these hospitals 'illegal' violating the law of the land. He said these quacks should be dealt with sternly and strict legal action should be taken against them. Dr. Susheel demanded that representatives of the HPMOA should be included in the committee formulated for framing rules and regulations under newly formed registration of the PHNHA. He ridiculed the state government for giving Rs 220 and Rs 660 as the Postgraduate allowance to PG Diploma and Postgraduate doctors respectively and described it as negligible. He said by such meager allowances, the doctors’ community has experienced humiliation and harassment. Dr. Susheel Sharma was critical of the government for increasing the 20-year service limit for doctors to 30 year for voluntary retirements.
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