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DHBVN recovers Rs 47-cr power bill arrears
Admn for converting municipal committee into corpn
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Kaluana village gets first state award
Southern city to have sewage treatment plant soon
Controversy mars college functioning
NSG men bag top police honours on R-Day
14 cops honoured on R-Day
FM urged to raise IT limit
Slow pace of work on ROB troubles commuters
Getting passport made easy for govt staff
High-level probe sought into MC fire
ISRMEX India-2010 in Karnal
Scientist awarded fellowship
7,500 appear in competitive exam
Rohit wins gold in roller hockey
Intertek sets up food division lab
Chief engineer defends move to shift PWD office
Dismiss BPR College management: Teachers
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DHBVN recovers Rs 47-cr power bill arrears
Hisar, February 4 A DHBVN spokesman said that official teams visited the premises of 86000 connected defaulters and persuaded over 56,000 consumers to pay Rs 46.19 crore. The connections of 14,700 consumers, who did not pay the arrears, were disconnected. The teams visited the premises of 5021 disconnected consumers also and persuaded 803 of them to pay the outstanding amount of Rs 93 lakh. As part of the campaign, DHBVN officials detected 6,485 cases of theft of power during these two months and imposed penalties amounting to Rs 11.46 crore on the erring consumers. FIRs were registered against 2,493 consumers who did not pay the penalty within the prescribed period. The drive is part of efforts the DHBVN is making to bring down to the minimum the aggregate transmission and distribution losses. The losses in the area of DHBVN have come down from 40 per cent in 2001 to 24.4 per cent in 2008-09. It plans to reduce the losses by 3 per cent this year. The nigam plans to cut the losses to 15 per cent by 2014-15. The teams go to the premises of consumers and ask them to deposit the arrears failing which the supply will be disconnected. In case the consumer pays the arrears the supply continues. After disconnections, the teams conduct random raids to check theft of power and a heavy penalty is imposed on the erring consumers. He said 20 per cent of the amount of penalty was given as an incentive to the raiding team members under the loss prevention incentive scheme. On detection of unauthorised use or theft of electricity, Rs. 200 is given to each member of the raiding team. Meanwhile, the DHBVN also detected 3,340 cases of theft of electricity under its theft informer scheme and imposed a penalty amounting to Rs 8 crore. Under this scheme, the DHBVN gives 40 per cent of the recovered penalty to the informer without disclosing his identity.
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Admn for converting municipal committee into corpn
Kalka/Panchkula, February 4 The committee constituted for the purpose includes Deputy Commissioner, district town planner, representatives of director Panchayats, director urban bodies and director municipal council.
Everything had been discussed and a meeting of the committee scheduled to be held within a few days would finalise the draft and send it for notification to the state government next week, Pankaj Yadav, Deputy Commissioner, Panchkula, said. For a municipal corporation, a city should have population of not less than 10 lakh. As the norms had been relaxed for smaller cities now, merging Kalka and Pinjore, it would be possible to manage Panchkula as a corporation, Yadav added. While Panchkula Municipal Council would be elevated as a corporation, the municipal committee of Pinjore and Kalka would be converted into municipal councils, he said. Even as a specific budget would be provided for the area, it would be governed by an IAS officer as commissioner, who would be assisted by three joint commissioners.
Claiming that after Panchkula gets a corporation status, there would be a glut of developmental activities in the region. He further said being in the proximity of
Chandigarh, there was a great scope for the development in Panchkula. He added that it would be eligible then to get huge grants under schemes like JNURM, which are only meant for corporations. Whereas workers of various political parties of Pinjore, including the
BJP, INLD, BSP, Municipal Commissioners and members of different NGOs recently organised a meeting presided over by local advocate and BSP leader Vijay Bansal in Pinjore. Local party leaders, including Sanjiv Kumar of the HJC, Satinder Tony, Mahinder Lakra of the INLD and Ishwar and Sucha Singh of the BJP condemned the state government against purposed formation of the Panchkula Corporation under which the Kalka and Pinjore Municipal Committees were purposed to be included. Bansal said, “After the merger, the two historical towns will definitely lose their existence. At present Kalka has 17 wards and Pinjore has 15 wards, after the merger there will be 10 wards for both towns that will lessen their representatives.” The workers said if the government remained adamant on the issue, they would not hesitate to file a PIL.
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Kaluana village gets first state award
Sirsa, February 4 The gram panchayat of this villages has been selected for the first state-level award under the State Incentive Scheme on Sanitation, SISS, 2008-09. The award was conferred on the village panchayat on January 26 this year. “The gram panchayat has not only performed well on sanitation front, but also it has done exceedingly well on other development activities,” informed Deputy Commissioner Yudhvir Singh Khyalia. There is complete community involvement in sanitation and other developmental activities. All households of the village have access to sanitation facilities and the gram panchayat area is free from open defecation. The school has functional and clean toilets for both boys and girls. All six anganwadis have also been provided with sanitation
facilities. Similarly, the village is generating electricity on its own through biogas and for this, a biogas plant has been installed in Gaushala village which is producing gas to generate electricity to run a 7.5HP electric motor used for
drawing water, running chaff cutter and floor grinding. The villagers have
also started adopting this model at the household level and about 40 families are having demand for the construction of biogas plant. To give lush green look to the village, as many as 4,000 neem, shisham and other locally useful plants have been planted in and around the village area with protective wire fencing to avoid any damage to the plants. Open spaces in all government and community buildings like school, mini bank, anganwadi centre, primary heath centre, stadium, chaupals and dharmashalas have been utilised for plantation. The gram panchayat has a plan to utilise every bit of the vacant land in the village for plantation. Neem and shisham plantation has been done in 20 acres of panchayat wasteland under the NREGA and it is progressing well with good canopy. With a view to making plants available to the people for plantation in households and fields, about 50,000 nurseries have been raised in the village waterworks with the help of the Forest Department. “About 60 acres of panchayat land has been developed under the NREGA. This land now fetches Rs 15,000 to Rs 18,000 per acre annually as against Rs less than 2,000 per acre for two years,” Khyalia informed. A check dam for rainwater harvesting in about 5-6 acre length has been constructed under the NREGA to arrest the flow of water from the village boundary, which will help recharge the groundwater as well as check soil erosion. Apart from achieving milestones in various sanitation activities, the village has done remarkably well in education front also. The gram panchayat has formed a society called Kaluana Welfare Siksha Samiti, a non-political body, for the promotion of education in and nearby villages. The village panchayat has purchased a school van with the help of the money raised through volunteer donations. The van has been purchased to fetch students from nearby villages who are interested in pursuing science subjects. This has been done to fulfil the norms required for starting science classes in 10+2 village school. There are about 12 self-help groups in the village which are contributing for the welfare of the village.
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Southern city to have sewage treatment plant soon
Sonepat, February 4 The PWD Water Supply and Sanitation Division of the district has taken up the project to construct a STP with the capacity to treat 25 million litres daily (MLD) of sewage water with an estimated cost of Rs 15 crore. This STP would treat sewage water being generated from the colonies that have come up on the southern side of the railway track. As per the project report, the sewage system of these colonies would be connected to the treatment plant. The authorities have also identified a 20-acre piece of land at Jamalpur Khurd village situated on the Kakroi Road in the district. According to official sources, the department was also set to serve notices to the landowners in the area whose lands were to be acquired for the project. The state government has already allocated Rs 3 crore for acquiring the required land. The city already has one STP which was set up on the Rathdhana Road. As of
today, all waste water of the city is treated at this plant, which is then drained into drain number 3. However, due to the less capacity of this plant, complete sewage system of the city gets affected leading to frequent blockades and other
problems. Therefore, the Water Supply and Sanitation Department had come up with the proposal to set up another treatment plant in the city so that the sewage system could work efficiently in the future. For this, a suitable site was also identified. The sources said once the process to acquire the required land was completed, the construction of the project would start promptly. After the completion of the project, the plan is to connect sewage pipeline passing from Kalupur Chungi with the treatment plant. With the setting up of the second STP, the ever-increasing pressure on the single STP would come down considerably. The project would most likely ensure smooth flow of sewage water out of the city after being properly treated at the two plants.
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This SAI coach is gardening enthusiast
Hisar, February 4 Obviously, he is right if the 30 prizes he has won in various flower shows during the past four years are any indication. These shows are organised annually by Haryana Agricultural University as well as the Haryana Urban Development Authority. Solanki hails from Kaimri village, near here. He comes from a family of agriculturists. So, gardening came naturally to him. However, his interest in gardening grew during the years he remained posted at Una in Himachal Pradesh and Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir, both ideal for pursuing the hobby. He says during his training at the National Institute of Sports, Patiala, he learnt that a sportsman must be a perfectionist. "The zest for perfection helped me win a gold medal there and I seek perfection when it comes to growing flowers", he said. Solanki is an avid collector of various varieties of flowers. He travels the country frequently on official tours and he makes sure he brings back flowering plants from all parts of the country that can be grown in the harsh Hisar weather. He lives in a small house in Jawahar Nagar here. So, he uses the rooftop to pursue his hobby. He has covered almost the entire roof with flowerpots of various sizes. He also provides technical knowhow on landscaping free to other gardening enthusiasts here. He hopes to win 20 prizes in next year's flower shows to take his tally to 50.
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Controversy mars college functioning
Rohtak, February 4 The after affects of the development related to the alleged division of the present governing body of the society into two groups over various matters, including the appointments, became visible last year when the society ordered the suspension of principal of Jat College on March 8, 2008, after an enquiry into an allegation of an appointment made against a post of lecturer in the management. While the president of the society and the governing body has claimed that the principal, who was chargesheeted on the charges of the abuse of his authority in May 2008, was given ample time for his reply but did not submit any representation or appeared for personal hearing despite an enquiry conducted by a retired District and Sessions Judge, which found him ‘guilty’ of several charges made against him. President of the society and the governing body of the college Dharambir Hooda ordered the termination (removal) of the services of Dr SK Malik from the post of principal on January 22 last. It is claimed that the governing body consisting of about 20 members gave an authorisation to the chief of the governing body to take a decision in a meeting held on January 21. Though the society chief and Hooda has claimed that his action in this connection had been legal and justified and had been taken under the provisions of Haryana Affiliated Colleges (Security of Service) Rules 2006 and Security of Services) Act 1979, this has led to a kind of disturbance on the campus with the staff and faculty divided into two sections. While one of the groups has been supporting the decision, the other has condemned the move by describing it as only politically motivated and illegal one and has demanded withdrawal of the orders. The teachers unit of the AIJHMC has described the decision of the management illegal, as it claimed that as both the government nominee and the Vice Chancellor nominee in the governing body had been ‘absent’ from the meeting and two of the members dissenting on the matter any such decision could not be taken till there was unanimity over the matter among all members, said president of the teacher unit of the college and member of the governing body Dr Mahi Pal Singh Gill. He said half of the total four elected office-bearers of the society and the governing body had opposed the proposal of the termination of the present principal of the college. He appealed to the Chief Minister to intervene and resolve the dispute affecting adversely the image of the oldest college in the state, which was started way back in 1944.
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Ragini singer blames obscenity on producers, financiers
Sirsa, February 4 Karambir Fauji, who is a known name today in Haryanavi folk and pop songs, claimed this while interacting with radio listeners at the Community Radio Station of Chaudhary Devi Lal University here. Radio Director and Chairperson of Mass Communication department Virender Singh Chauhan hosted the programme. Fauji was in the town in connection with the T-10 Gully Cricket Tournament held at the JCD National Cricket Academy grounds. Credited with production of over 20 audio and video albums, Fauji claimed that he himself had written over 300 songs by now and sung traditional folk songs and ragnis. Responding to a query Fauji said although he himself was very cautious on the issue of obscenity yet there may be some instances of slightly objectionable things in his videos too. Fauji said he was fond of singing even during his school days but being from an agrarian family, his parents never wanted him to take to singing. In rural Haryana, singing is looked down upon unlike Punjab. He said the family forced him to become a wrestler and that paved the way of his entry into the Army, where he served from 1996 to 2003. During his stint in the Army, he continued to sharpen his singing and writing skills. He said he wrote several songs while he was still in service and after resigning from the forces due to an injury, he decided to dedicate himself to his passion. Karambir said he sang traditional raginis and folk songs by adapting the same to DJ beats and the experiment received a tremendous response. 'Pani Aali Pani Pyade..' and 'Patla Dupatta Tera' were some of his songs that were very popular in Haryana , Delhi and parts of Rajasthan and Punjab. On demand from the listeners he recited his popular numbers, including Bose Isi Saadi Lyade Ho,Pani Ali Pani Pyade, Patla Dupatta Tera Munh Dekhey, Desh Ke Uppar Jaan Jhonk Di. Accompanied by his entire crew and co-singer Kajal Dahiya, Fauji spent some time with the students of mass communication and discussed various issues and challenges faced by artists.
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NSG men bag top police honours on R-Day
Gurgaon, February 4 Dr Sharma, who belongs to the 1986 batch and Orissa cadre of the IPS, supervised and directed the investigation in the widely reported burglaries in the Lord Jagannath Temple at Puri and the Lord Lingraj Temple at Bhubaneshwar as DIG (CID). The culprits were arrested and the stolen articles were also recovered. During his two-year stint at the Narcotics Control Bureau, Jodhpur, his seizure of contraband was more than double the combined seizures during the preceding five years. In March 1997, Dr Sharma was deputed to the United Nations Mission in Haiti as the Civilian Police Officer and was awarded the UN Peace Keeping Medal for rendering outstanding service. His action plan on the prevention of HIV/AIDS at the NSG was adopted by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs as an action plan for all central police forces. Dr Sharma was awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious Service on the Republic Day in 2002. As IG (HQ) at the NSG, he has been closely coordinating with the MHA, state governments, AAI, NBCC and other agencies to ensure smooth and efficient functioning of the hubs and creation of two NSG Regional Centres. In view of his impressive track record and outstanding service of 23 years, characterised by impeccable personal conduct and excellent professional achievements, he has been awarded the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service. Binod Kumar Singh, a 1994-batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, who has been serving at the NSG as the DIG since May 18, 2009, has been awarded with the Police Medal for Meritorious Service on the Republic Day, 2010. He has served in various important and sensitive positions during his illustrious career. As the Senior Superintendent of Police, he held the charge of ever-sensitive districts of Faizabad-Ayodhya, Bulandshahr, Allahabad and Bareilly. Mahesh Chand Sharma, who joined the BSF as the Assistant Commandant in 1986 and joined the NSG as the Group Commander in February 2008, and Lil Bahadur Shrestha of the Assam Rifles have been awarded Police Medal. Shri Vijayan I, who joined the NSG from the BSF as the Assistant Commander (M), and Moti Lal Sharma, who joined the NSG as the Assistant Commander (M) from the CRPF, have been awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious Service. Balbir Singh, who joined the NSG from the SSB, has also been awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious Service. He has rendered 33 years of unblemished service.
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14 cops honoured on R-Day
Yamunanagar, February 4 Satyawam, a police officer, was honoured as he had saved a person, whose car had fallen in the Yamuna. Putting his life at risk, Satyawam jumped into the river and saved the man. Police officials Satbir and Rampal were honoured for saving the lives of cows by arresting cow smugglers when they were carrying cows to Uttar Pradesh on trucks. Chhachhrauli SHO Rajiv Kumar along with a seven-member team was honoured for arresting the five members of inter-state gang after they shot one person in the Chhachhrauli area while injured another. The incident took place on January 19 when Karambir (27) was shot whereas his accomplice Arun was injured by the five gang members. The police constable, Jasbir Singh, was honoured for arresting an accused who had escaped the police custody while he was produced in a local court. SHO Sandeep Kumar was honoured for his exemplary efforts in streamlining the traffic scenario in the city. Besides, police official Raj Kumar was honoured for arresting a chain snatcher after chasing him for a long distance.
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FM urged to raise IT limit
Karnal, February 4 In a memorandum addressed to Mukherjee, Amit Gupta, secretary, HCCI, former president SP Gupta, and Karnal district president JR Kalra suggested that senior citizens should be spared from TDS, rate of interest on banks or post office deposits should be same as available under the PF deposits of the workers and the tax exemption limits under different sections should be doubled for senior citizens as compared to other assesses. Further, cash payment limit for business promotion/payments be raised from Rs 20,000 to Rs 1 lakh keeping in view the price rise and the present ITR (income tax return) form should be further simplified. The memorandum further urged the minister to exempt small assesses with income up to Rs 5 lakh from scrutiny assessment and raise the income slab of 30 per cent to Rs 15 lakh and lower the income tax rate for income between Rs 5 lakh to Rs 15 lakh from 30 per cent to 20 per cent. The income tax for income between Rs 3 lakh and Rs 5 lakh should be just 10 per cent as purchasing power of individuals had gone down considerably during the past few years. The HCCI also suggested that tax exemption limit for small-scale sector/manufacturers should be raised from Rs 1.5 crore to Rs 5 crore to boost employment and exports. It demanded rationalisation of excise duty which stood at 8 per cent at present to enable small-scale industry to avail full benefit of the MODVAT. It further demanded that CST, presently charged at 1 per cent, should be abolished and representatives of industrial and business establishments should be consulted before bringing new GSDT regime.
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Slow pace of work on ROB troubles commuters
Sirsa, February 4 After a meeting with officers of the Public Works Department (National Highways) and other departments associated with the project recently, deputy commissioner Yudhvir Singh Khyalia admitted that the project has been delayed and its progress would be reviewed on a weekly basis henceforth. The project started in October 2008 and was to be completed within 18 months, but now, when almost 16 months have passed, the authorities claimed that 60 per cent of the work has been completed. The traffic to Dabwali, Rania, Ellenabad and several parts of Sirsa town falling on the other side of the railway lines is being diverted from alternative routes causing a lot of inconvenience to the people. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had laid the foundation stone of the ROB on October 5, 2008, and the work on the project was started forthwith. The initial cost of the project was Rs 36 crore, but now it has been increased to Rs 44 crore, said an official spokesperson, adding that the height of the ROB has also been increased in consultation with the Railway authorities. Out of the new project cost of Rs 44 crore, Rs 34 crore is to be spent by the Public Works Department (NH) and Rs 10 crore by the Railways, the spokesperson added. Rs 1.44 crore were to be paid as compensation to two owners, whose properties have been affected. However, the district authorities, the spokesman added, have now increased an amount by Rs 1.19 crore to the initial assessment and have sent a proposal of Rs 2.63 crore to the Central government for the release of payment. The work has been languishing ever since it was started in October 2008, and two accidents have happened in December 2009 and January 2010, respectively, though no one has suffered injuries. A large 24-m-long portion of the ROB fell on the ground on December 15, while a huge iron shuttering fell a
days ago sending the nearby shopkeepers in panic. “Nearly 60 per cent of the work has been completed and the rest of the work will be completed by June this year,” claimed AK Goyal, executive engineer of the PWD (National Highways), after the review meeting chaired by the deputy commissioner. He said over 100 workers have been deployed on the project and claimed that it would be completed within three months from the date, when the
compensation amount was paid to the two building owners.
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Getting passport made easy for govt staff
Gurgaon, February 4 Now, an employee will have an option to submit either identity certificate (IC) or no objection certificate (NOC) along with the application. If the IC is submitted, passport will be issued without the police verification and if an NOC is submitted then passport will be issued on post-verification basis. Stating this here recently, DC Rajender Kataria said with respect to employees and their children up to 18 years, the condition of affidavit was dispensed with. However, the spouse will be required to attach an affidavit if the IC is submitted. The dependants - spouse and children up to 18 years of age - have the option of submitting the IC in which it is stated that the person, an Indian national, is at present holding such and such post and Shri/Smt, who is also an Indian national, is a dependent family member of the person (by name). The department, organisation or ministry, has no objection to his or her (dependent) acquiring the Indian passport. In case the IC is not attached by the dependants, they will have to apply under the normal process as any other public. He said an NOC and not the IC was required to get the passport reissued to government employees on its expiry or exhaustion of visa pages. However, no police verification is required at the reissue stage. For reissue, dependents should provide fresh IC and spouse should furnish fresh affidavit or they should apply under the normal process. According to Kataria, no pre-police verification was required for reissue. He said the IC should be issued on official letterhead whereas the NOC could be accepted on plain paper bearing the office stamp. However, telephone, fax and e-mail be indicated in the NOC for the purpose of confirmation of the passport office. The validity of the IC and the NOC would be six months from the date of issue. If the employee was transferred after submission of passport application or passport was returned undelivered due to such transfer, the same would be re-dispatched, on request along with copy of transfer orders, at the new address after the correction of address. Military personnel with c/o APO address had been given an option to apply at their station of posting or at their permanent address and write their permanent address on the passport provided IC is submitted and permanent address was certified by their office. Spouse of such personnel or adult children might receive the passport with authority letter either by hand or by post. This rule would be applicable to Air Force and Navy personnel as well, Kataria added.
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High-level probe sought into MC fire
Sonepat, February 4 Terming it as a conspiracy, Rajiv Jain, state media in charge of the BJP, alleged that the records had been burnt intentionally to cover up the misappropriation of funds in connivance with the officers and officials of the council. He announced that a memorandum would be given to Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda with the demand to order an enquiry of the incident as well as of the alleged misappropriation of the public money. He also alleged that the council office had become a centre of corruption by indulging in malpractices like release of funds for construction of streets only on paper, embezzlement in the purchase of streetlight material and issuing of NOC in registry cases. He pointed out that under the RTI Act, BPL card holder Rajinder Singh of the local Rajinder Nagar, had sought detailed information about the development works undertaken by the council; but these were not provided to him even up to one-month period. He suspected that the records had been burnt to destroy the record pertaining to the development work for which the information was sought. Many other organisations, including the Swatantar Vikas Morcha, Citizens Welfare Councils, Resident Welfare Council of several localities, Bhrastachar Niwaran and the Jan Jagran Samiti, had also raised similar voices about the incident and had demanded a high-level enquiry into the matter. Suspecting the involvement of someone from the council, they were of the opinion that when the office remains closed during night and is guarded by a chowkidar on night duty, how any outsider can get entry in the office at that time.
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ISRMEX India-2010 in Karnal
Karnal, February 4 Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh.Hooda did not turn up to inaugurate the exhibition, which was then opened by Swami Prem Murti. The exhibition was aimed at introducing new technological advances in areas of rice, maize and sugar cultivation. The purpose was to bring all stakeholders of rice, sugar and maize industry, equipment manufacturers, technical experts, researchers, rice millers, policy planners and agriculturists on one platform but the farmers, the final consumers of agro-products, felt neglected. ISRMEX India--2010 focuses on the huge untapped potential of Indian rice industry market, introducing machinery and pre and post-harvest technology, particularly for the benefit of local investors and foreign visitor. Representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, Federation of All India Rice Millers Association, All India Rice Exporters Association and 15 state associations of rice millers are supporting the exhibition.
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Companies, professionals awarded
Gurgaon, February 4 The recipients of the awards included Dr Balbir Kalra (cardiologist), Dr Heman Verma (orthodontist), Pind Balluchi (Indian restaurant), Chopsticks (fine-dining restaurant), Sagar Ratna (South-Indian restaurant), Scottish High International School (International School), Bread & More (bakery), Investors Clinic (real estate agent), Crown Plaza Today (business hotel), Berco's (Chinese restaurant), Sancho's (lounge bar) and Babu Lal Gupta (photographer and studio-owner). Vimmy of Times Research compered the programme while a group of dance artistes filled the gaps between sets of awards. Sanjay Kumar, vice-president (marketing), Times Research, said a research study undertaken by them covered diverse business categories like hotels and restaurants; doctors, clinics and hospitals; educational institutions, architects and interior designers and other areas.
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Scientist awarded fellowship
Karnal, February 4 The award was announced at the recently concluded 44th annual convention of the ISAE held at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. The society has selected Dr Gupta for the award considering his achievements in applying engineering interventions to land and water reclamation and service to society. Dr Gupta, currently a fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineers, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Indian Society of Salinity Research Workers, is also vice-president of the Indian Society of Soil Salinity and Water Quality, chief editor of the Journal of Water Management of the Indian Society of Water Management, and president of the Karnal Chapter of Indian Society of Soil Science.
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7,500 appear in competitive exam
Sonepat, February 4 The focus was to inculcate the spirit of competition among the students. The organiser of the competition, Satish Raj Deswal, said 4,800 students from Gohana appeared in the competitive examination held at Government Senior Secondary School (GSSS), Kheri Damkan, while 1,750 students from Murlana at GSSS, Mehmudpur, and 950 students from Kathura at GSSS, Kathura, appeared in the examination. The examination for the students of classes III to VI and from VII to X were held separately. He further said the students achieving first position in their classes would get a computer; whereas other position holders would get a bicycle, roof fan, emergency light, electric press, dictionary and lunch box. The prize distribution function would be organised in March, Deswal said.
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Rohit wins gold in roller hockey
Chandigarh, February 4 Earlier, Rohit had won gold in roll ball in the seventh National Roll Ball Championship held at Pune in December last year. Meanwhile, Panchkula hogged the limelight by securing 17 medals in the state roller skating championship held at Kurukshetra. Rolling Tigers Academy did Panchkula district proud by winning 12 medals in which Chhavi Bishnoi and Gaurav Bishnoi of The Gurukul, Sector 20, Panchkula, performed outstandingly and got selected for the national roller skating championship, scheduled to be held next month in
Nagpur.
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Intertek sets up food division lab
Gurgaon, February 4 The lab is expected to cost about Rs 10 crore and would cater to a wide range of food-processing industries and other business houses in the country. Having a network of over 1,000 laboratories and offices in more than 100 countries across the world, Intertek carries out inspection, testing, quality assurance and certification of a variety of customer products.
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Chief engineer defends move to shift PWD office
Karnal, February 4 He said Karnal circle and Karnal division did not have any national highway under their jurisdiction up to 40 km distance from Karnal and Rohtak as Panipat road (NH-71A) had already been awarded to the Concessionaire by the NHAI in December, 2009, and was being taken over by the NHAI. Therefore, there was no justification for NH circle/NH division in Karnal. Besides, major national highways like Rohtak-Jind-Narwana up to Punjab border, NH-71, Ambala-Kaithal-Narwana-Barwala-Hisar-Rajgarh up to Rajasthan border, NH-65 and Rohtak-Hisar-Sirsa-Dabwali up to Rajasthan border, NH-10 (in the vicinity of Jind), were in Jind, which was more centrally located and suitable for "appropriate" maintenance of national highways. However, he said directions had already been issued to accommodate the Karnal-based employees in Karnal or at nearby stations such as Kurukshetra, Panipat and Kaithal after evolving appropriate policy wherein widows, ladies and employees with chronic illness be posted at places of their choice. Employee leaders, however, maintained that Karnal division had been effectively looking after Ambala-Hisar NH-65 to Narwana, toll plaza at UP border, Rohtak-Gohana road NH-71A from Panipat to Rohtak and violations on NH from the Delhi border. They said more roads like Karnal-Kaithal, Karnal-Indri and Karnal-Jind could be added to the Karnal division and the distribution of works of Karnal and Jind divisions could be rationalised instead of uprooting the employees in mid-session. Meanwhile, the affected employees have declared that they will not join at Jind and continue their fight against "injustice".
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Dismiss BPR College management: Teachers
Kurukshetra, February 4 A mass delegation of at least 200 teachers from various colleges affiliated to Kurukshetra University (KU) submitted a memorandum to Additional Deputy Commissioner Sumedha Kataria and KU Registrar Dr Raghuvender Tanwar here recently. The teachers have already met and submitted a memorandum to Haryana Higher Education Commissioner Saroj Siwatch and Haryana Education Secretary Rajan Gupta. HCTA president Dr UV Singh has alleged that the BPR College management has been deliberately violating all government and university rules. He questioned the management’s working by referring to its insensitivity towards continued refusal to ensure timely salary to the teaching and non-teaching staff of the college. HCTA general secretary Rajbir Parashar demanded immediate take over of the college by deputing an administrator as the overall growth and academic environment of the college had been vitiated by shortsightedness of the present management. He pointed out that the teachers of the college had made exceptional contribution to the institution by raising funds in the past and by even working without salary whenever students demanded. Parashar also requested the state government to evolve a mechanism so that the aided colleges were governed with academics and students as priority and not the parochial politics and interest of the management. Sources said 40 per cent arrears of the teaching staff of BPR College, though received from the government, had not been disbursed to the teachers. Dr Subhash Tanwar, Principal DAV College, Pundri, said the benefits of former principal of the college, late Dr Sudhir Kaushik, had been held back with malafide intentions and BPR management was accustomed to arbitrariness and anti-employees and anti-student practice.
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Need to come to rescue of deemed universities
It is not right to jeopardise the career of thousands of students by dooming the fate of deemed universities. Ironically, most of the ill-fated universities are accredited 4 star or A+ by the NAAC. The NAAC is only a branch of the UGC, which, in turn, is established by the Ministry of Education. Deemed status is conferred on those institutions that record a successful performance in academics as well as placements. If the ministry wants to cleanse the education system, it should stop the growth of small technical institutions run by smalltime businessmen, where all norms of admissions are flouted to earn money and even students with reappears are admitted to the B.tech. or MBA courses. The colleges that have mushroomed all over the country in the past 2-3 years, should be scrutinized minutely and merged with bigger institutions if found lacking in academic and other standards. The deemed universities are serving 100 times better the needs of students. So far as the Education Minister's contention that some of these universities are being run by families is concerned, could the worthy minister deny that even our country has been run by a family since 1947. Be it politics, films, industry, medicine, the steering wheel mostly is in the hands of family members. Even the managements of government-aided degree colleges are in the hands of families that run self-financed courses to earn huge profits. Why blame the deemed universities alone which have earned this status after years of slogging and strive. Amrit Kaur Readers are invited to write to us. Send your mail, in not more than 200 words, at haryana@tribuneindia.com or write in at: Letters, Haryana Plus,
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