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Global crisis hits metal industry
Say no to firecrackers, people exhorted
Anti-cracker rally held
12 gamblers in police net
‘Corruption in judiciary’ worries lawyers
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Sirsa bus service to run on no-profit-no-loss basis
Check cotton inflow from Rajasthan, state told
Jassia substation to open on Oct 30
Rewari Sainik School to function from next session
Pawar adopting anti-farmer policies, says Surjewala
Board okays laser show on Lord Krishna
Incentive for HUDA staff
27 lakh MT paddy arrives in mandis
Infantry Day celebrated
Guv, CM greet people
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Global crisis hits metal industry
Yamunanagar, October 27 However, retailers from different parts of the country too turned out in low numbers for bulk purchase here despite the festive season. The slump in the price of raw material for metal products has hit the industry hard. Industrialists have now stopped keeping the stock of raw material and manufacturing metal products in bulk. They have decided to produce the product as per the orders. The decline in metal prices had forced them to reduce to price of their product, revealed manufacturers of metal products. “Besides India, I have been exporting aluminium cookware and gift items to the US, Europe, South Africa and other countries. However, due to instability in the market triggered by the economic crisis, the price of metals continues to fall down. Earlier, aluminium was Rs 130 per kg. Now, its price has reduced to Rs 90 per kg,” said Bharat Garg, president of the All-India Aluminium Utensil Manufactures. He has two manufacturing units - JB Aluminium Industries Private Limited and JK Metal Industries here. “Earlier, I used to purchase aluminium in bulk (around 10 tonnes). Now, I have purchased only two tonnes of metal. The economic crisis has hit us badly,” he added. General-secretary of the Jagadhri Metal Manufactures and Suppliers Association Sunder Lal Batra said: “This is the first time in my life since I have been associated with the business that the market has witnessed such a fall. “The price of metals, including brass, zinc, aluminium and steel, has reduced drastically. Therefore, those who had kept the raw material in bulk have suffered losses as retailers and exporters purchase as per the current rate of the raw material.” Now, exporters also did not want to take risk. The export of cooking utensils has declined this year in comparison to the last year. “Despite festival season, only 50 per cent retailers turned out for bulk purchase. We have now decided to purchase raw material as per the orders,” said Sumit Kumar Goel of Krishna Alloy Steels Manufacturing Unit. |
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Say no to firecrackers, people exhorted
Gurgaon, October 27 Extending Diwali greetings to all, she said firecrackers had always been a major source of pollution. Crackers and fireworks cause sound, air and water pollution, she pointed out. “A few years ago, some social and environmental organisations had launched a campaign involving young children against the use of firecrackers,” she said, adding that as a result of the campaign, there was a slight decrease in the use of loud crackers in some parts of the country. Umashankar exhorted the local residents to support and strengthen the anti-cracker campaign and try to celebrate this festival of lights with more of oil-lamps (diyas) and less of smoke and high-decibel crackers. “By doing so, we might not only save the money spent on firecrackers, but also reduce the incidence of asthma and other pollution-related diseases, including anxiety and heart problems,” she maintained. The deputy commissioner observed that manufacturing of crackers involved child labour, which was a blot on society. She said every Diwali there are blasts at various places, causing injuries to many people. “According to health experts, the air pollution levels rise by six to 10 times on the occasion of Diwali and the noise pollution levels go much above the tolerable limit,” she pointed out. Dr C.V. Singh, regional officer of the Haryana Pollution Control Board (HPCB), said according to the national standard laid out by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), noise generated by any firecracker must not exceed 125 decibel (db) when measured from a distance of four metres. The district administration has banned bursting of firecrackers between 10 pm and 6 am. According to the Environmental Protection Act, 1986, bursting of firecrackers within a 100-metre radius of schools, hospitals, courts and religious institutions is a punishable offence. |
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Anti-cracker rally held
Sirsa, October 27 The rally was organised by the Environment Club of the college and was aimed at creating awareness regarding a pollution-free environment among people. Parveen Baghla, president, and V.P. Singhal, secretary of the Sirsa Education Society, that runs the college, were present on this occasion. They informed the students about the ill-effects of crackers on the environment of the area. Shakuntala Gupta, principal of the college, said that Diwali was a festival of lights and should be celebrated in the traditional method of lighting of houses and performing puja. She said crackers should have no place in Diwali as these cause harm. The rally started from the college and passed through Balmiki Chowk, Shiv Chowk, Suratgarhia Chowk, Subhash Chowk, Jagdev Chowk and passing through the markets of the town, the rally again culminated at the college.
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12 gamblers in police net
Sirsa, October 27 Ashwani Saharan, the main accused in this case, who had allegedly been running this inter-state den, has escaped by giving the police the slip. According to police sources, they had received a tip-off that an organised gambling den was being run from a “dhani” situated on the outskirts of Chautala village and people from surrounding areas and the neighbouring Rajasthan had been winning or loosing lakhs of rupees in gambling. The activities in the den had increased with the coming Diwali festival, the police had been informed. A special team of the district police comprising more than 40 cops was constituted yesterday under DSP (City) Dheeraj Setia. The team included Ajay Sharma, SHO of the city police, Sirsa, Dharamvir Singh, SHO of the crime investigation agency (CIA) staff of the district, and Dalip Singh, SHO of the Odhan police station. “The police had planned the raids meticulously and the ‘dhani’ was surrounded from all sides so that none of the accused was able to escape,” said Dheeraj Setia, who led the raiding police party. The police arrested 12 persons - Sat Pal, Bhola Ram, Girdhari Lal, Vijay and Mahesh, all from Kalanwali town, Viney and Ramesh from Sangrian in Rajasthan, Satnam Singh, Hem Raj, Bhagirath and Chhagan Lal, all from Hanumangarh in Rajasthan, and Abhimanyu, a resident of the ADC Colony in Sirsa, while they were gambling with cards in a room of the “dhani”. The police has also recovered gambling money of Rs 2,00,863 from the spot. Ashwani Saharan, the kingpin of the den, however, managed to escape, the police said. The police has booked all these accused under the Gambling Act. |
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‘Corruption in judiciary’ worries lawyers
Fatehabad, October 27 In a press note issued here today, Devi Lal, a member of the national executive of the AILU, said a meeting of the state committee of the union was held yesterday under Chandi Ram Patar, state president of the union. Raghubir Singh Hooda (Rohtak), Ram Chander Siwatch (Rohtak), Om Parkash Mehta (Fatehabad), Daya Nand (Panipat), Satyavir Sharma and Shamim Ahmed (both from Faridabad) and Vijay Pal Singh (Bhiwani), all member of the state committee, participated in the meeting. The AILU expressed concern over, what it called, “rise in corruption in the judiciary”. The state committee of the AILU resolved to set up a vigilance committee of its members to check the rot. The AILU discussed the problems of junior lawyers and demanded that a monthly stipend of Rs 5,000 be paid to such lawyers so that they could maintain themselves. The union demanded that the Bar Council of India as well as the state Bar councils should come out with some mechanism to provide stipend to junior lawyers. The union condemned the recent incidents of terrorism, communal violence and attack on minorities in the country. The press note said a state-level convention of the AILU would be held at Rohtak on December 7 in which national-level leaders of the union would participate.
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Sirsa bus service to run on no-profit-no-loss basis
Sirsa, October 27 “Two of the four buses have a capacity of 40 seats and the other two have a capacity of 22 seats. The Sirsa City Bus Service Society has purchased the buses at a cost of Rs 40 lakh,” said deputy commissioner V. Umashankar, who is also the ex officio chairman of the society. The municipal authorities would have the ownership rights over the buses while the society would be responsible for running the bus service, he added. The deputy commissioner said the bus service would run on a no-profit-no-loss basis and four routes had been introduced taking the requirement of people into consideration. “The routes will cover all important areas of the town and a nominal fare of Rs 5 for a distance within the first five stoppages and Rs 10 for distance farther than that has been decided,” Umashankar said. Providing details of the routes of the four buses, secretary of the society Anand Biyani said bus number 101 would cover Tara Baba Kutiya, Sham Baba Mandir, Rania Chungi, Rania Gate, Balmiki Chowk, Civil Hospital, Housing Board Colony, CMK College, Shiv Chowk, Suratgarhia Chowk, Ghanta Ghar, Bhagat Singh Chowk, Parsuram Chowk, Ambedkar Chowk, Nagar Palika, National College, bus stand, Bal Bhawan, rest house, mini-secretariat and Chaudhary Devi Lal University. Bus number 102 would start from Ram Nagaria and go to Tara Baba Kutiya, Sham Baba Mandir, Rania Chungi, Baba Bihari Samadhi, Rania Gate, Ghanta Ghar Chowk, Bhagat Singh Chowk, Lal Batti Chowk, Sangwan Chowk, Sirsa Club, Arorwansh Chowk, Chattargarh Patti, rest house, mini-secretariat, New Housing Board Market, HUDA, Sector 20, Khairpur and the bus stand. Bus number 201 would start from Civil Hospital and go to Housing Board Colony, C Block, Sadbhawna Marg, CMK College, additional mandi, Allahabad Bank, Janata Bhawan, Jagdev Singh Chowk, Shiv Chowk, Suratgarhia Chowk, Subhash Chowk, Sadar Gate, Lal Batti, Ambedkar Chowk, Parsuram Chowk, Gole Diggi, Kirti Nagar petrol pump, Shah Satnam Singh Chowk, Kalyan Nagar and Dera Sacha Sauda Market. Biyani further said bus number 202 would start from the Dera Sacha Sauda and go to Begu Morh, Milk Plant, Dera Market, Kalyan Nagar, Shah Satnam Singh Chowk, Kirti Nagar Morh, Gole Diggi, Parsuram Chowk, Agarsen Chowk, railway station, Nagarpalika, National College, Bal Bhawan, bus stand, Khairpur, HUDA, mini-secretariat, Panchayat Bhawan and New Housing Board Market.
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Poor Quality Ruchika M. Khanna Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 27 Official sources told The Tribune that Haryana Mandi Board officials had been asked to keep a vigil on the inflow of inferior-quality cotton coming into the state from across the border. The CCI has also asked the state government to ensure that commission agents in the state do not store any “kapas” from the neighbouring state and sell it in the state. It is proposed to impose a penalty on commission agents found to be selling “kapas” brought from the neighbouring state in the daily auctions held in mandis. It is also proposed that the CCI will stop buying cotton from guilty commission agents, who facilitate such sales, without bringing it to the notice of the CCI or the Agriculture Product Marketing Committee (APMC) at the time of auction. This move follows reports of a number of farmers from across Rajasthan coming to Haryana to sell their produce. Since the MSP of cotton is based on its staple length, the cotton in Rajasthan (which has a short staple) is less than the one produced in Haryana. The MSP of cotton in Rajasthan is Rs 2,500 for 24.5 mm-25.5 mm and Rs 2,600 for 26 mm to 26.5 mm staple group “kapas”. The MSP of “kapas” in Haryana, which is normally of staple group of 26 mm to 27 mm is Rs 2,700. It is because of this difference that farmers from Rajasthan are selling their produce here. The sources said the CCI had also asked the state government to regulate arrivals of “kapas” in market yards, so that orderly auctions could be completed on the same day and farmers were not put to any hardship. They have suggested that APMCs use a token system to ensure that farmers bring their produce on a particular date as indicated in the token.
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Jassia substation to open on Oct 30
Chandigarh, October 27 The substation, constructed at a cost of Rs 10 crore, including the cost of the transmission line, will have double circuit power supply facility shortly. Almost half of the existing load of the area has been put on 10/16 mega volt amperes transformer and the remaining part is being fed from the existing 33 kV substation in Jassia. Another transformer of 20/25 mega volt amperes has also been installed and is at present working on no load as per technical requirements. This transformer will transmit electricity to the upcoming 33 kV substation, Jindran, being constructed by the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN). He said the substation had been connected with a 220 kV substation in Rohtak with single line, whereas the work on the second circuit was in progress. Also, there is a provision for connecting this substation with the line feeding the 132 kV substation, Gohana, and the upcoming 132 kV substation, Mundlana. In the event of any fault on one line, the villages being fed from Jassia will be able to get electricity from the second transmission line. He said more than 10,905 electricity consumers, including 665 tubewell and 43 industrial connections of Sanghi, Khidwali, Jindran, Jassia, Brahmanwas, Basantpur, Dhamar, Katwara, Ghuskani, Makroli Kalan, Makroli Khurd, Ghilour Kalan, Ghilour Khurd, Kahni and Rihtal villages will be directly benefited by way of better voltage and continuity of power supply. — UNI
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Rewari Sainik School to function from next session
Gurgaon, October 27 Stating this here today, a spokesman for the district administration said initially, the admissions would be made only to class VI at the Rewari Sainik School, while at the Kunjpura Sainik School, admissions to classes VI and IX would be made. The All-India Sainik Schools Entrance Examination would be held on January 4, 2009, at four centres - Kunjpura (Karnal), Rohtak, Rewari and Delhi. The medium of writing examination for both classes would be Hindi as well as English, but the question papers for class IX would be only in English. The medium of instructions at the school was English. The spokesman said the boys born between July 2, 1998, and July 1, 1999, both dates inclusive, would be eligible for admission in class VI and those born between July 2, 1995, and July 1, 1996, were eligible for admission to class IX at Sainik School, Kunjpura. However, no candidate would be allowed to take the examination for the second time for admission to these classes. Nearly, 70 seats of class VI would be available at Sainik School, Kunjpura, and 80 seats at Rewari. Twelve seats for class IX were likely to be available for admission at Sainik School, Kunjpura. Of these, 25 per cent seats are reserved for wards of defence personnel, 15 per cent for the SCs and 7.5 per cent for ST candidates. Sainik School, Kunjpura, is a premier institution of the Union Ministry of Defence dedicated primarily to the people of Haryana and Delhi. To meet the growing demand for seats in Sainik Schools, a second Sainik School in Haryana has been opened in Rewari. The primary aim of these schools was to prepare the cadets for commissioned ranks in the National Defence Academy Khadagwasla (Pune) and other Armed Forces. The governments of Haryana, Delhi and the Ministry of Defence had instituted scholarships for the students on merit-cum-means basis, the spokesman added. |
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Pawar adopting anti-farmer policies, says Surjewala
Chandigarh, October 27 Surjewala, who is the Congress MLA from Kaithal, said here recently that the union cabinet had decided that bonus should be given to paddy growers about two months ago and had left the quantum of bonus for Pawar to decide. However, Pawar, who called himself a farmers’ leader, sat over the issue for two months and declared a bonus of Rs 50 per quintal only after paddy started arriving in mandis. He said the minimum support price and the bonus on it should be announced before the crop was sown. The Congress leader said it seemed that Pawar was concerned only about farmers in his home state, Maharashtra. Some time ago, Pawar managed a central package for farmers of Maharashtra and certain neighbouring states. But he failed to get a similar package for those states where the farmers were facing the same conditions as prevailed in Maharashtra. Similarly, he said, Pawar failed to act when the export of the PUSA-1121 variety of paddy was banned, as a result of which growers had to sell their produce at prices much below what prevailed last year. Terming the bonus of Rs 50 per quintal of paddy as inadequate, Surjewala said the minimum paddy price should be Rs 1,000 per quintal and the price of diesel should be reduced by at least Rs 2 per litre. He said if these steps were taken immediately, the loss to the paddy growers by the recent rain and hailstorms would be compensated to a large extent. He also demanded that the price of cooking gas should be reduced.
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Board okays laser show on Lord Krishna
Chandigarh, October 27 This was decided in the 76th meeting of the board of Governors of the Kurukshetra Development Board (KDB) presided over by Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda at Haryana Raj Bhawan here today. The Chief Minister, who is also the vice-chairman of the KDB, directed the Haryana tourism that a composite proposal on this mega tourism project of laser show should be prepared on priority basis for the promotion of tourism in the state. The Chief Minister directed the Haryana irrigation department to supply canal water to the sacred tirtha of Pehowa on alternate week basis instead of eight days in a month, according to an official release here. Hooda said the overall development of the holy city of Kurukshetra, including various tirthas and other religious places around Kurukshetra, should also be given an attractive look with a view to attracting tourists and pilgrims from within the country and abroad. He directed the officers concerned with the development, renovation and maintenance works of the KDB projects to execute the ongoing works of the KDB on priority. It was also decided that a flyover costing Rs 35 crore would be constructed near Sunderpur railway crossing, Kurukshetra, to facilitate traffic in this area. As directed by the Chief Minister, the Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board would construct this flyover bridge and 50 per cent of the cost would be borne by the Indian Railways. State finance minister Birender Singh, who was also present in the meeting, suggested that the proposal of this mega laser show should be worked out on priority basis as this project would prove to be a major attraction for tourists.
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Incentive for HUDA staff
Chandigarh, October 27 The Chief Minister, who is also the chairman of HUDA, said the performance award would be 15 per cent of the basic pay, dearness pay and dearness allowance of the employees. It would also be admissible to daily wage and contractual employees. He said in all, the incentive would benefit 6,792 employees, including 6658 of Class III and IV categories. |
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27 lakh MT paddy arrives in mandis
Chandigarh, October 27 Stating this here today, Deputy Chief Minister Chander Mohan said of the total arrivals, the traders had purchased 8.62 lakh MT non-leviable paddy and 2.94 lakh MT leviable paddy. Mohan said the HAFED procured 6.60 lakh MT of paddy, followed by 4.72 lakh MT procurement by the food and supplies department. Similarly, 2.13 lakh MT of paddy was purchased by Confed, 1.60 lakh MT by Haryana Agro Industries, 61,978 by Haryana Warehousing Corporation and 6,172 by the Food Corporation of India. Enumerating the details of the arrival of paddy in the districts, he said Kurukshetra was still leading with the arrival of 6.08 lakh MT of paddy followed by Karnal with 4.77 lakh MT.
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Infantry Day celebrated
Ambala, October 27 Rich tributes were paid to the indomitable spirit of the infantry and wreaths were laid on the behalf of veterans. A documentary on infantry was also screened. Infantry Day is celebrated as on this day in 1948, the first battalion of the Sikh regiment under the command of Lt Col Diwan Ranjit Rai landed at Srinagar airfield to fight against Pakistani raiders, who had intruded into Jammu and Kashmir. This was the launch pad for the first successful battle fought by the Indian Army after gaining Independence. |
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Guv, CM greet people
Chandigarh, October 27 In a message issued here today, the Governor wished that the festival of lights may radiate happiness and prosperity in every home and foster peace, brotherhood and tranquillity among different communities. The Chief Minister hoped that Diwali would usher in more prosperity to the people and brighten their future. |
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