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AMRITSAR 100 gm smack seized: The local police has arrested Rajinder Singh of Bhai Manjh road area here and recovered 100 gm smack from his possession. A case under Section 22/61/85, NDPS Act, has been registered. BASSI
PATHANA Condoled: The district Arthyia Association in its meeting held under the presidentship of Surinder Singh Bhangu here on Sunday condoled the death of Vidya Wati, mother of Sat Pal Jain, former MP from Chandigarh. The commission agents from the district and representatives of social, religious and political organisations attended the meeting. Batala Varsity topper: Rishi Marwaha, student of local Barring Union Christian College (BUCC), has bagged the first position in Gurdaspur district by scoring 571 marks out of 750 in B. Com II year examination conducted by Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. While talking to mediapersons here, Rajesh Kakkar, principal of BUCC revealed that Marwaha has stood fifth in the university. Bathinda Rally: The Senior Citizen Council, Bathinda is organising a rally from Bathinda to Manali to convey the council's message of peace and social welfare. The rally will start from here on Monday at 5 am from the residence of Satwant Kaur, chairperson, entertainment committee, Bhaika house, opposite street 8, Ajit Road, Bathinda. FATEHGARH SAHIB Mansa Pension for handicapped: The Shri Mahadev Chintaharan Railway Trivani Mandir Committee organised a camp at the temple premises here and distributed pensions to nearly 45 handicapped persons on Sunday. This was the second camp, where Rs 200 per person was given as pension. The committee’s president Ashok Lalli, convener Om Parkash Walia, cashier Pawan Kumar and Kamal Kumar Singla were present on the occasion. Next camp would be held on July 6. Phagwara SANGRUR Female foetus found: With the recovery of a five to six months’ female foetus, a case of female foeticide came to light at Sunam today. The Sunam police has registered a case under Sections 316 and 318, IPC, in this regard. Meanwhile the police had got conducted medical check-up of the foetus from the Sunam Civil Hospital, he added. TARN TARAN CPM conference: Mangat Ram Pasla, secretary, CPM, while calling communalism a social evil, has appealed to all democratic, progressive and awakened sections of the society to be ready for waging a decisive fight against the evil. Pasla was here on Sunday to address a gathering organised by the district unit of the party to pay tributes to party leader Deepak Dhawan and others who had laid down their lives while fighting against communal forces in the state.
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CHANDIGARH Subsidy on fumigant: The Haryana government has decided to provide 50 per cent subsidy on aluminium phosphide, a fumigant to control pests in the foodgrain storage, to farmers. Haryana agriculture minister H.S. Chatha on Sunday said Rs 5 lakh had been earmarked for this purpose during this financial year. The fumigant would be supplied to the farmers in small pouches of 10 gm. One such pouch would cost Rs 3.50 to the farmers on 50 per cent subsidy. The pouches would be available with the agriculture development officer (plant protection) located at each block headquarter. 18 mobiles traced: The cyber branch of Haryana police has traced 18 mobile phones, which were reportedly stolen, and returned them to their respective owners during this month. Stating this here on Saturday, a spokesman of the police department, said the cyber branch had so far recovered 143 mobile phones, valued at Rs. 9.8 lakh, and returned them to their respective owners. He added that in case of any mobile phone theft, people should seek help of the cyber branch. REWARI Teenager killed: A teenager, Mohit (19), died on the spot when the motorcycle he was riding on reportedly collided with a tanker on the Rewari-Bawal road on Saturday. The deceased, a resident of Ambala Cantt, was staying with his uncle Vijay Kumar here. The police has registered a case of rash and negligent driving against the tanker driver, Aslam of Mewat district. 2 killed in mishaps: Two persons were killed in road accidents in the district during the past 36 hours. Chhotu Ram (35), a resident of Bhiwani district, was crushed to death between two vehicles on the Delhi-Jaipur Highway near Dharuhera on Friday. In another incident, Ranjit, a resident of Palwal in Faridabad district, was killed when the tanker he was driving collided with a truck on Rewari-Bawal road, near Karnawas village, late on Thursday night. 4 booked for trespass: The police has booked Narender Kumar, Vikas and two others, all residents of Bhiwani district, on charges of forgery, trespass and attempt to commit a heinous offence, following a complaint filed by Rakesh Kumar, executive engineer of the water supply and sanitation department here. The accused had reportedly barged into the record room of the department on Wednesday night and tried to forge documents to ensure acceptance of one of their tenders. However, the watchman, Jawala Prasad, detected the offence and the matter was reported to police. ROHTAK KAITHAL College managements’ meet: A meeting of non-government college managements of Haryana was held in RKSD College here on Saturday. Tara Singh, a former MP and president of Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Karnal, presided over the meet. Matters of mutual interests were discussed during the deliberations. Subhash Mittal, president, governing body of RKSD College, was elected president of Haryana non-government college managements association on the occasion.
JAISINGHPUR KUMARHATTI SOLAN
SRINAGAR Paswan to visit state: Ram Vilas Paswan, Union minister for chemicals, fertilizer and steel, will arrive in the state on Monday on a three-day visit. According to vice president of the Lok Jan Shakti (LJS) Sanjay Saraf, Paswan would address a public meeting at Sher-e-Kashmir park here on Monday.
Regional potpourri It’s a rare example of courage and fortitude. The teacher couple, Master Ajit Singh and his wife Satpal Kaur, has dedicated their entire life and property for the uplift of children of drug addicts in the Maqboolpura slum on the outskirts of holy city of Amritsar.
The couple has been acclaimed world over for single-minded devotion to better the lives of hundreds of children literally having nothing to look forward in life as they have to do menial jobs like that of domestic help. Majority of these children were living in penury and virtually face starvation. Upset over the dismal conditions in their locality, the couple decided to impart them education from their two-room sparsely furnished home besides meeting the expenditure of education. They shifted themselves in a single-room while the remaining house was used for providing education to poor children. Thus a free school — Citizens Forum Vidya Mandir started in 1998 with the help of Brij Bedi, industrialist, social worker and president of an NGO the Citizens’ Forum with 22 children. At a present it has 425 children. Majority of the children were orphans and from very poor families. The school did not have even trained teachers but senior students who got education from this school teach the new students. In recognition of his selfless service to society Master Ajit Singh, has been awarded National Jai Dayall Ram Krishan Harmony Award by the Dalai Lama which earlier was given to Bhagat Puran Singh, founder of Pingalwara, a house for destitute and old persons. He was also honoured with Baba Farid Award at Faridkot besides getting a number of other awards. The couple with aid pouring from everywhere continues with the zeal as in the beginning. They also worked for the rehabilitation of the widows of the area who lost male members to drugs. Quest for knowledge even at 62 The quest for knowledge impelled him on to become one of the top scientists of inorganic and biological chemistry. Even at 62 fire to spread knowledge burns in him.
When a person of his age and repute would choose to bask in the glory of his achievements, Dr Kuldip Singh Dhindsa has not called it a day. Dr Dhindsa, retired from the Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, as professor of chemistry and dean of basic sciences, two years back and has been spreading light of knowledge in the JCD Vidyapeeth at Sirsa, as its director-general. Born in a farming family, Dr Dhindsa showed signs of talent at young age when he won the Indian National Science Academy Award for young scientists in 1975. He won Prof R K Bose Memorial Award of the Indian Chemical Society in 1996 and Best Scientist Award of the National Environmental Science Academy in 2003. Dr Ambedkar National Sevaashri Award and Gian Chand Memorial Award are other honours, bestowed on him. Dr Dhindsa has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, the National Academy of Sciences, India, the American Institute of Chemists, the National Environmental Science Academy and a Member of the American Society of Quality Control, Wisconsin, the Academic Council, HAU, Hisar, Academic Council, MDU, Rohtak, Academic Council, Nagaland University, Academic Council, Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar a member the Board of Studies, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. Dr Dhindsa has also been associated with several pioneer schools of the area like Jindal Modern School and K.L. Arya DAV Public School, Hisar. Dr Dhindsa has flair for sports too. He has been associated with sports association like the District Chess Association, Hisar, the District Badminton Association, Hisar as their Patron and also chaired the HAU Sports Council for two years. He has been on the selection committees of more than 12 Indian universities as member or chairman. “I am scared of the very idea of sitting idle. I feel younger when I am at work. Whenever, I get a challenge to do something new in the field of education, I start feeling that I have become younger by a few years,” says Dr Dhindsa. Youngsters’ concern for wildlife, ecology The Wildlife Conservation Society, Nawanshahr, though in nascency, comprises young persons, but it has been emerging as vanguard, promoting preservation of wildlife in the state. Young persons — Nikhil Sanger, Sonika Mann, Vishal Aeri and Bhuwandeep Sharda formed the Society last year to protect the Shivalik Hills and its flora and fauna, which is the main habitat for wildlife left in Punjab . Nikhil Sanger, president of the society, says the Shivalik Hills play an important role in maintaining rain cycle as well as ecological balance in Punjab, hence, we should preserve it. With this in mind, a group of dedicated youths constituted the Wildlife Conservation Society to create an awakening among people regarding preserving the flora and fauna of Shivalik Hills. The society has been rescuing wild animals and releasing these in their natural habitats. A tree plantation drive in the Shivalik Hills has also been launched by the society. The society recently launched a drive to fill the water bodies in the forest for water need of wild animals. Water bodies are the most important factor supporting wild animals in forests. Activists of the society recently took water tanks to fill six in the Bhaddi and Swajpur areas of Shivalik Hills, so that in summer wild animal can quench thirst near their natural habitats. “When the wild animals do not get water near natural habitats, they have to wander to nearby villages and cities in search of water. In this process, wild animals play havoc with crops in nearby villages. Besides, sometimes, wild animals meet with accidents while crossing busy roads in towns in the Kandi area falling in Nawanshahr, Ropar and Hoshiarpur districts”, said Sanger, lamenting a number of animals died due to road accidents recently. The society has also been demanding the setting up of a rescue and rehabilitation centre for the wild animals falling victim to road accident, added Sanger.
Contributed by P. K. Jaiswal, Sushil Manav and Parmod Bharti
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