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Rural Employment Guarantee Act
Go into hiding, DMK chief warns Dayanidhi
BJP backs demand for Telangana state
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Rawat wins Pauri seat
Economic Survey
Special status to Darjeeling hill areas
Indian concerns conveyed to Malaysia: Mukherjee
Police implicating supporters in
false cases: Ansari
16 labourers run over
by train near Surat
Poverty no ground for leniency against rape convict: SC
Nod to Gujarat ban on bull, bullock slaughter
Rizwanur committed suicide: CBI
Court stays gag order on Raj
Sanjay, Manyata withdraw marriage declaration
‘Arunachal integral part of India’
Special trains for Holi
Destiny’s Child
Respect Red Corner notices: Interpol chief
Oppn disrupts Houses for 3rd day
India protests offending use of Gandhi’s images
India welcomes pact in Nepal
Close shave for passengers as aircraft hits blue bull
Best student award at age 76
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Rural Employment Guarantee Act
New Delhi, February 28 “Since the Centre allots a large amount of money for this programme, it should monitor how state governments are spending the funds allocated for the NREGA,” the delegation told the Prime Minister when it called on him in his Parliament House office to discuss the implementation of the programme. This suggestion follows serious concern in the Congress that opposition-ruled states are taking credit for this scheme as the state governments are responsible for its implementation although the funds are provided by the Centre. Faced with a series of Assembly polls this year, the Congress does not want the Opposition to walk away with all the accolades and would instead like the party to reap electoral benefit from this scheme, especially since it was launched at its behest. Rahul, who had led a similar delegation to the Prime Minister to press for the universalisation of the programme and succeeded in his mission, said they had given several suggestions on improving the implementation of the programme. “I don’t think it is fair to lambast the programme… some states are showing very good results while it is not so in others,” he said in response to a question on CAG’s criticism of the programme. Congress sources said since the scheme is being expanded to cover the entire country from April 1, it is a good time to review its implementation and see how they can learn from the mistakes made so far. It is learnt Rahul had called a meting of young MPs, including Deependra Hooda, Jitin Prasad, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sachin Pilot and Palam Raju, three days ago where he suggested that they focus on this issue and sought their inputs for the memorandum they submitted to the Prime Minister today. Dr Singh promised to discuss these suggestions with rural development minister and concerned officials at the earliest. The Congress delegation’s meeting with the Prime Minister comes a day before the presentation of the Union budget.
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Go into hiding, DMK chief warns Dayanidhi
Chennai, February 28 Within hours after Dayanidhi met Sonia Gandhi, Karunanidhi issued a stern warning. He had earlier fallen out with the octogenarian Dravidian politician last May after the Maran family owned Tamil newspaper published a survey on Karunanidhi’s successor. Dayanidhi was dropped from the Union cabinet after the Maran group newspaper Dinakaran’s survey indicated that only two per cent of the people of Tamil Nadu favoured the Chief Minister’s elder son M.K. Azhagiri as his successor while it hinted that Dayanidhi was the most popular. In a poem published in the DMK’s mouthpiece “Murasoli”, Karunanidhi wrote, “The one I had brought up on my shoulders is today taking up the sword against me. I belong to the land of Manu Neethi Chola, who refused to pardon his son who had committed a crime.” With reports that the Maran brothers - Kalanidhi and Dayanidhi - who own the Sun TV group, published advertisements praising AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa on her birthday and were trying to get close to her, Karunanidhi warned that DMK cadres would give a befitting reply to anyone trying to harm the mighty Dravidian tree meaning the DMK. “Let them take this as a warning and go into hiding,” he wrote. Angered by Dayanidhi’s audience with Sonia Gandhi, Karunanidhi in an imaginary conversation with his nephew, the former Union commerce minister late Murasoli Maran, referred to the Maran brothers’ campaign against Azhagiri and wrote, “The Prahalada you begot is slinging mud on the son I have begotten.” Dayanidhi had reportedly complained to Sonia Gandhi about Azhagiri harassing cable operators beaming Sun TV and threatening him in person in the ongoing cable television war in the state in which the state police is a mute spectator. What has surprised many in political circles here is Sonia Gandhi granting an audience to Dayanidhi despite knowing that he is in the bad books of Karunanidhi.
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BJP backs demand for Telangana state
New Delhi, February 28 Sharing the stage with pro-Maoist groups in support of a separate Telangana state, Leader of the Opposition and BJP leader L.K. Advani said his party favoured rational demands like the creation of Telangana but was opposed to another SRC as it would result in many irrational demands. “Our position is clear, we would oppose any move to create another SRC. While we support rational demands like that of the creation of Telangana, creation of an SRC would lead to demands from every district for being a state,” Advani, who took part in a demonstration here by the Telangana Sanskritika Samaakhya, a coalition of cultural groups from Telengana region, said here. Advani said the BJP would support any legislation for creation of Telangana in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly and in Parliament. Taking a dig at the Congress-led UPA government, the BJP leader said, “In fact, it (Telengana) should have been part of the Presidential address… if the government wishes to introduce it in this Budget Session, we are all for it.” While Advani maintained that first, the Andhra Pradesh Assembly will have to pass a resolution for the constitution of a separate Telangana state, Delhi Telangana Association (DTA) leader P. Yadagiri expressed hope that the new state will be created when the NDA comes to power this time at the Centre. The star attraction at the demonstration was popular folk singer and Maoist sympathiser Gadar.
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Rawat wins Pauri seat
Dehra Dun, February 28 Though Maharaj, a former union minister, gave a tough fight to his opponent as he secured a lead of 98 votes at the end of the counting for all the Assembly segments in the constituency, but finally Rawat got the better of him by securing 5,595 postal ballots. Maharaj managed only 991 such votes. Rawat polled a total of 2,29,632 votes while Maharaj received 2,25,126 votes. Interestingly, this was the smallest victory margin in this parliamentary constituency. Khanduri romped home in the 2004 Lok Sabha election from here by more than 40,000 votes. Khanduri led the campaign from the front, as a BJP defeat would have meant personal setback, as the constituency is considered his stronghold. He had been representing it since 1991. After clinching a party ticket for Rawat, a former army general, as his personal choice, the onus was on Khanduri to ensure his win. The stakes were also high because national BJP president Rajnath Singh and the national BJP spokesperson Sushma Swaraj had also campaigned and termed this byelection as ‘very important’ in the run up to the next Lok Sabha election due in 2009. It was a close call for both candidates till the final round of the counting. Maharaj led in Dehradun, Chamoli and Rudraprayag districts but Pauri district coupled with postal ballots of serving defence personnel titled the balance in favour of Rawat, a former Congress minister who had vacated his Dhumakot Assembly seat for Khanduri before joining the BJP last year. By winning this seat, Khanduri has further consolidated his position within his party. After the result, Maharaj has written to the Chief Election Commissioner alleging that Khanduri and Rawat, both being former army generals had influenced the service voters that the postal ballots should not be counted. He also did not rule out moving the court on the issue. “I raised the issue before counting and the results substantiated my doubts. This system is wrong because the army personnel themselves do not vote,” he told mediapersons while alleging a negative role by the state election commission in this regard.
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Economic Survey
New Delhi, February 28 While the BJP asked the government to outline the steps it was taking to keep the economy on the growth path, the Left parties said some of the measures mentioned in the survey will widen the gap between the poor and the rich. Commenting on the survey, former finance minister and senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said India was looking at recession going by the slowdown in the growth rate of the economy and warned that it would get worse if measures were not taken to control inflation and the rupee-dollar exchange rate. Maintaining that the economy under the NDA regime saw high growth, low interest and high investment, he said slowdown in the economy was an admission of failure by the government. Calling upon finance minister P. Chidambaram to mention steps he would take to keep the economy on the growth path in his budget speech, Sinha said the Indian economy has to be ready to absorb the impact of global recession. CPM leader Sitaram Yechury said the UPA government was projecting a 9.6 per cent growth rate at the beginning of the year but the survey points out that growth would be lower. He said decline in foodgrain production, especially pulses, would impact food security. Yechury said two-thirds of farmers, who depend on private money lenders, would be out of the proposed relief packages being planned by the Centre. He opposed suggestions to open up the insurance sector and entry of FDI in retail. Drawing attention to “rising prices” of essential commodities, the CPI said it was a violation of the promise in the Common Minimum Programme.
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Special status to Darjeeling hill areas
New Delhi, February 28 “The committee would like to caution and advise the ministry of home affairs to make a fresh assessment of the ground realities all over again before proceeding with the Bills in the two Houses of Parliament,” the committee, headed by BJP Leader Sushma Swaraj, said in its report presented to the Rajya Sabha. The Bills - Sixth Schedule to the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2007 and the Constitution (107th Amendment) Bill 2007- introduced toward the fag end of the winter session seek to provide the Sixth Schedule status for the Darjeelng hill areas. The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution provides special status to certain areas in the northeastern states of Assam, Meghalya, Mizoram and Tripura in terms of administrative and functional autonomy. If the Bills had been passed immediately after signing the memorandum of settlement (MoS) in December 2005, the situation would have been different because Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) leader Subhas Ghisingh was the undisputed leader at that time . The committee in its 45-page report noted that diametrically opposite views had emerged on the Bills with one group strongly supporting them and another opposing the grant of Sixth Schedule status. It was contended before the committee that the spirit of the Constitution was being changed by giving such a status to Darjeeling and a new precedent was being set by extending the schedule to an area beyond the north eastern region, the report said. It said it was also apprehended that in future it would have to be extended to other areas as the tribal areas of Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar might demand the Sixth Schedule status. There were already such resolutions from Arunachal Pradesh and
Manipur, the committee said and felt that such a demand might gain momentum and lead to opening of Pandora’s box.
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Indian concerns conveyed to Malaysia: Mukherjee
New Delhi, February 28 “During our interactions with Malaysian authorities, concerns expressed in India, including in the Parliament, regarding developments pertaining to the Indian community in Malaysia have been suitably conveyed,” the minister told the Rajya Sabha in response to a question. The population of Malaysian citizens of Indian origin stands at about 1.9 million, which accounts for about 8 per cent of the total population of Malaysia. Indians are the third largest ethnic group in Malaysia, after Malays and Chinese. The trouble in Malaysia arose when the Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) organised a rally in Kuala Lumpur on November 25 last year. The stated purpose of the rally was handing over a petition to the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur seeking the support of Queen Elizabeth II for a class action suit filed in the UK for the exploitation of Indians who were brought to Malaysia as indentured labour. During this rally as well as subsequently, difficulties and concerns pertaining to economic and social conditions and religious rights of the Indian community in Malaysia were highlighted. Mukherjee had made a suo motu statement in Parliament on November 30 last year and referred to concerns expressed by MPs regarding the alleged harassment of participants of HINDRAF’s Kuala Lumpur rally and subsequent related matters.
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Police implicating supporters in
false cases: Ansari
Lucknow, February 28 According to Ansari, the UP police had slackened his security and was implicating his supporters in false cases at his enemy’s behest. Making these charges during zero hour in the Vidhan Sabha, Ansari, three-time independent MLA from Mau, said that he had definite information of a plan to kill him. Handing over a CD to the Speaker, Ansari said that it contained the confession that sharpshooter Raju Tiwari made before the police revealing a plan hatched last year to kill him inside the Vidhan Sabha premises. "At that point, I had made a similar appeal in the Vidhan Sabha and the then Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav had promised an STF inquiry which was later dropped at the behest of an influential member of that government who is also close to Brijesh Singh," charged Ansari. The Speaker asked the government to ensure adequate security arrangements for the undertrial. Later speaking to the Tribune, Ansari further substantiated his charges by revealing that among his supporters arrested and implicated in false cases during the past week were two key eyewitnesses who are to be produced against Brijesh Singh when his trial commences.
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16 labourers run over by train near Surat
Surat, February 28 Those dead, including two women and as many children, were reportedly labourers and their family members had come to Udhana in the Tapti Ganga Express that runs from Varanasi to Surat. Railway Police Inspector H. M. Patel said the accident occurred when the victims were crossing the railway bridge on foot and were crushed by the speeding train at South Kankrakhadi in Udhna, about 3 km from Surat, around 11 p.m. yesterday. — UNI
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Poverty no ground for leniency against rape convict: SC
New Delhi, February 28 “We do not think that any leniency can be shown in the matter of sentence. It cannot be forgotten that out of three accused only one has come up by way of an appeal. He cannot be treated differently from others who are serving their life sentence,” a Bench of Justices S.B. Sinha and V.S. Sirpurkar said dismissing the SLP of Ramesh Kumar of Rajpur village in Panipat district. The trial court had awarded him life sentence with two other accused Veer Bhan and Ajmer Singh for sexually assaulting a married women of the village on the night of Febraury 5, 1999 when she went to bring home her drunkard husband from their company. Three co-accused - Bagicha, Raju and Suraj Bhan - were awarded 10 years rigorous imprisonment for abetting the crime. A fine of Rs 10,000 was imposed on each of them. Failure to pay the fine would mean that they would be awarded an additional sentence of three years. Besides, they were separately given two years imprisonment for intimidating the woman. The Punjab and Haryana High Court, however, had reduced the sentence of Bagicha, Raju and Suraj Bhan to four years, which they had already undergone when the verdict was passed. But it upheld the life sentence to Ramesh Kumar, Veer Bhan and Ajmer Singh, showing no leniency. The Court said since there was no doubt about the involvement of Ramesh in the gang rape, a serious assault on the dignity of a woman, the only question for decision before it was whether his plea of poor background should at all be considered for reducing the punishment awarded to him. His counsel admitted that the gang rape was a serious crime against the woman, yet he pleaded for reducing the life sentence of Ramesh, who has already undergone nine years of imprisonment. He asked for a “lenient” view to be considered for his client citing his poor background and old age of his parents.
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Nod to Gujarat ban on bull, bullock slaughter
New Delhi, February 28 A Bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and P Sathasivam upheld the December 11, 1989 notification of the Gujarat Government banning the slaughter of bulls, bullocks and other animals and sale of their meat. As a result, the Bench dismissed an appeal of Abdulsattar Yousufbhai Qureshi and other butchers challenging the notification, issued by the state government under the Gujarat Essential Commodities and Cattle (Control) Act, 1958. The Bench passed the verdict in consonance with the apex court’s 2005 verdict upholding the ban on slaughter of cows. The butchers had filed an appeal in the apex court after the Gujarat High Court had dismissed their petition on the ground that the government had imposed “reasonable restriction” for drastically reducing the slaughter of bulls and bullocks and trade of their meat. In the 2005 verdict, the apex court had said that since there was adequate availability of the cattle feed resources in the state, the question of striking down the “total ban” on the slaughter of even old cattle for scarcity of fodder would not arise and there was no reason for “disrupting” it. “Above being the position, this appeal is without merit and deserves dismissal which we direct,” the Bench in its fresh judgement said.
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Rizwanur committed suicide: CBI
Kolkata, February 28 The CBI held the then Calcutta police chief Prasun Mukherjee, Ajoy Kumar (DCDD), Gyanbant Singh (DCHQ), Sukanti Chakraborty(ACDD), Krishendu Das (OC) at Lalbazar, Rizwanur’s father-in-law Ashok Todi, his brother Pradip and family friend Pappu responsible for Rizwanur's death. Ajoy Kumar, other senior police officers at Lalbazar, Ashok Todi, Pradip Todi and Pappu were charged under Sections 306, 506 and 120 of the IPC for abetting and mentally torturing Rizwanur and forcing him to commit suicide. Under these non-bailable Sections, "guilty" people could be arrested immediately and jailed for 10 years. But no such orders were passed by the court today. The judge will deliver the judgement after the subsequent hearings which start from March 12. As per the CBI report, no departmental action was ordered by the court against city police chief Prasun Mukherjee, DCHQ Gyanbant Singh and two other officers at Karya police station who had been accused of harassing Rizwanur and his family members and unnecessarily interfering into the marriage of Rizwanur and Priyanka. Judge Dipankar Dutt, who today read out the report, directed all respondents to submit their affidavits by March 8. Reacting to the CBI’s report, Kiswar Jehan, Rizwanur’s mother, remarked that she still could not reconcile with the finding that her son had killed himself. She had a strong conviction that her son had been killed by the policemen at the instance of the Todi family. However, she said that she was happy that the report was finally out. She hoped that the guilty would be punished. Ashok Todi's family stated that they would decide the future course of action after consulting their lawyers.
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Court stays gag order on Raj
Mumbai, February 28 Hearing the revision petition filed by counsel for Thackeray, additional sessions judge S N Sardesai while staying the gag order, however, gave the Maharashtra government time till Friday evening to approach the Bombay High Court in order to file an appeal. Thackeray had filed a revision application before the sessions court after the gag order by the police was upheld. Under the order issued by the police, Raj Thackeray has been forbidden from holding rallies, public meetings and addressing the media. The gag order was imposed on Thackeray by the Maharashtra government on February 11 after remarks made by him earlier this month resulted in activists of the MNS resorting to violence against North Indian migrants living in the state. Raj was booked under Section 153A of the IPC and charged with promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of place of birth and language and for trying to disturb social harmony. In his revision petition, Raj contended that he was not given a show cause notice and that there was no emergency situation which necessitated the passing of the order without hearing him. Meanwhile, Raj attended a function organised by the Department of Marathi of the Mumbai University to observe Marathi Day on Wednesday. He, however, did not address the students on account of the gag order. The incident was, however, marked by students circulating copies of a newspaper article penned by Raj Thackeray defending his stand against North Indian migrants to Mumbai.
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Sanjay, Manyata withdraw marriage declaration
Mumbai, February 28 In an application filed before the Salcete sub-registrar, Sanjay and Manyata stated that they did not wish to solemnise their marriage under the Portuguese Civil Code, 1867 in force in Goa. The duo also stated that the documents submitted at the time of marriage registration be withdrawn. Sanjay and Manyata will now register their marriage under the Special Marriage Act of 1954. On Wednesday, Manoj Dessai the lawyer for Dutt and Manyata applied for the withdrawal of the declaration of marriage that was filed on February 7. Under the law in force in Goa, withdrawal of the marriage declaration meant that the entire process was declared null and void. Their marriage registration on February 7 ran into controversy over the residence certificates submitted by the two. The two had submitted that they were residents of South Goa with local officials endorsing their claims. Since then some of the officials have been suspended for letting the two file documents based on fake claims.
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‘Arunachal integral part of India’
New Delhi, February 28 “The fact that Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India has been conveyed by the government to the Chinese side,” Mukherjee said. The minister said China illegally claimed approximately 90,000 sq km of Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh and about 2000 sq km in the middle sector of the India-China boundary. Indian territory under the occupation by China in Jammu & Kashmir is approximately 38,000 sq km. In addition, under the so-called “China-Pakistan Boundary Agreement” of 1963, Pakistan illegally ceded 5,180 sq km of Indian territory in Pakistan occupied Kashmir to China.
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Special trains for Holi
New Delhi, February 28 Two special trains would run between Ludhiana and Saharsa and Varanasi and Jammu Tawi. The 0403B/0404A New Delhi- Jammu Tawi AC Superfast special train will depart from New Delhi six days a week, except Friday. Other stations connected by the train would be Ambala, Ludhiana, Jalandhar Cantt and Chakki Bank. The 2457A/2458A Varanasi-Delhi Superfast special train would run daily from March 15 to March 31. This train would stop at Sultanpur, Lucknow, Moradabad and Ghaziabad stations. The 2230B/2228B Hazrat Nizamuddin-Lucknow Superfast special train will stop at Ghaziabad, Moradabad and Bareilly stations. The 2003A/2004B Lucknow-New Delhi Shatabdi special will connect Ghaziabad, Moradabad and Bareilly as well. The 2394A New Delhi-Patna Superfast special train will halt at Mughalsarai, Buxar, Ara and Danapur stations, whereas 4006A Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Danbhanga special will stop at New Delhi, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Kanpur Central, Allahabad, Varanasi, Balia, Chhapra, Sonepur, Hazipur, Muzaffarpur and Samastipur stations.
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Destiny’s Child
Ahmedabad, February 28 Though born premature and infirm, the seven-month-old girl seems to show the grit to challenge problems early on in life, doctors attending her said. Weighing 1.4 kg, the baby is recuperating at neo-natal intensive care unit of Rajasthan hospitals here. “The miraculous escape has reinforced people’s faith in the Hindi proverb “jisko rakhe sai usko mar sake na koi” (no harm can be caused to those blessed by god), paediatrician Gautam Jain said. Bhuriben (33), a native of Rajasthan’s Sirohi district, delivered the baby prematurely in a semi-conscious state on the midnight of Tuesday in the toilet of Jodhpur-Ahmedabad train while on way to Ahmedabad for a routine medical check-up. The new-born, who fell in the railway track at Amblisayan railway station in north Gujarat, had turned blue but she suffered no major injuries. The baby is under the care of paediatricians Jain and Raj Kumar. “Her condition is stable but she has a long way to go,” Jain told PTI. He said the baby had no visible physical injury but had some breathing problems. — PTI
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Respect Red Corner notices: Interpol chief
New Delhi, February 28 Nobel and CBI director Vijay Shanker, who exchanged views over a number of issues concerning international police cooperation in a meeting here yesterday, shared the view that Interpol Red Corner notices should be accorded greater legal validity and importance by Interpol’s 186 member countries, which includes Pakistan. This, they felt would help prevent free movement of dangerous criminals and enable the law enforcement authorities bringing these criminals to justice, CBI sources said here. This assumes great significance, as the Interpol secretary general, who is in India to attend a seminar organised by the CII on counterfeiting and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), has already revealed that Dawood is in Pakistan. During the expansive talks with Nobel, the CBI director took up the issue of apprehending certain fugitives who have been charged for terrorist crimes committed in India.
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Oppn disrupts Houses for 3rd day
New Delhi, February 28 A visibly angry Speaker Somnath Chatterjee disapproved the action of opposition members in the Lok Sabha and castigated them saying they were working overtime to destroy democracy. “It is a matter of great sorrow that you are not willing to work,” he observed when opposition members stormed the well demanding a loan waiver for farmers leading to adjournment of the House. “With great sorrow, sadness and resentment, I am forced to adjourn the House,” he said. The opposition members, however, allowed finance minister P. Chidambaram to present the Economic Survey 2007-08 in the House without any disturbance. The Rajya Sabha, which saw an adjournment in the Question Hour, called it a day soon after it reassembled for zero hour amid pandemonium. Amid slogan shouting by opposition benches, deputy Chairperson K. Rahman Khan asked ministers to lay papers on the table and took up the motion of thanks on the President’s address.
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India protests offending use of Gandhi’s images
New Delhi, February 28 External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee informed the Rajya Sabha today in a written reply to a question that the Indian Embassy in Washington had written to the president of the company immediately to express outrage and requested that this practise be discontinued. “The matter has been followed up actively. Further, the US government has also been apprised of this offensive practice of the said US company,” Mukherjee said.
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India welcomes pact in Nepal
New Delhi, February 28 “It is our hope that all parties would honour and implement this agreement and their previous understandings. It is for the people of Nepal to choose their representatives, their future and the manner in which they wish to be governed. As always, India will continue to support Nepal in every way possible to achieve the goal of a democratic, stable and prosperous Nepal,” the ministry of external affairs said in a statement.
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Close shave for passengers as aircraft hits blue bull
Kanpur, February 28 “The Air India flight IC-7801 hit a Neelgai (blue bull) as it came down on the runway,” deputy director of the airport, A.K. Saxena told PTI, adding that all 47 passengers on board the plane were safe. No one was hurt, he said. Saxena said one of the propellers of the aircraft, a 48-seater ATR, was damaged. According to him, the flight, which was coming from Delhi, was scheduled to proceed to Allahabad via Kanpur. The passengers were being sent to Allahabad by another plane since the aircraft had suffered damage, Saxena said. Senior police and administrative officials have visited the site to take stock of the situation.
— PTI
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Jaipur, February 28 After a long wait of 56 years, perseverance and persuasion paid of as Khandelwal was conferred the gold medal for the best academic student of the year 1951 at the age of 76. Khandelwal was a student of Maharaja’s College, Jaipur and passed the intermediate examination in the year 1951 securing first division and third position in the university. He was also the honorary secretary of the Maharaja College Union during the academic year 1951-52. He was declared the Best Academic Student of the Year 1951 by the college and it was announced that he would be awarded the Glancy Medal. In order to commemorate his distinguished services to the then Jaipur state, the Maharaja ordered to constitute a gold medal in his honour, to be awarded to the student who secured the highest marks among all the three faculties of science, arts and commerce. But he could not be conferred the award due to financial crunch. When the matter came to the notice of present Governor and Chancellor of the university S.K. Singh, he decided to confer the award to Khandelwal. Khandelwal was honoured with the award at a special function held at the Raj Bhawan on January 5. — UNI
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