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Show results, CM warns officers
Rail link brings cheer to Fatehabad residents
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Camel milk healthy: Pathak
Schools to have incinerators, but...
Prof Yash Pal’s tips enthuse students
Technology can usher in prosperity, says minister
Statewide protest by BJP against price rise today
Raise demands in House, farmers to tell MLAs
Women get quota in Rewari ZP
Minor boy rescued
Govt staff hold protest
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Show results, CM warns officers
Chandigarh, February 24 If lightning struck the Power Department first for failing to check faulty meters on feeders and delay in the release of connections, the tardiness in carrying out development works in pockets where 100-yard plots have been allotted, the poor performance of a few districts in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, the casual approach in dealing with public grievances, non-availability of officers in their offices and the laxity in identifying land for rural stadia earned the ire of the Chief Minister. He asked the DCs to personally monitor the ongoing initiative of the Power Department to check power thefts in the state. Hooda asked the SPs to register cases, build up pressure and follow it up with registration of FIRs in case the offenders who fail to fall in line. He wanted toughness in dealing with such elements. He strictly asked them to catch the big fish instead of targeting the small fry to send out the message that the government means business. For the police, Hooda had a message - expeditious registration of FIRs and an image makeover by publicising the good works done by the force given the beating it had taken over time. He asked them to carry out surprise checks at police stations on a regular basis. Sources said the CM expressed unhappiness over the NREGS and particularly pointed out to the poor implementation in Ambala which had recently won the national award for its performance in the past year while the performance of Sonepat and Sirsa, too, did not go down well with him. The CM asked the DCs to show results in the development of 100-yard plots in one month or face action. Sonepat, too, earned the ire of the CM for failing to identify land in certain blocks of the district for setting up rural stadia. He asked the DCs and SPs to monitor the power and water situation collectively in the districts as these key areas could spell trouble in the coming months, adding that laxity in dealing with problematic situations would not be tolerated. The Chief Minister asked the officers to report any development in their district on a daily basis to the CM office. Hooda asked the DCs to tour their districts extensively and even advised them to spend one night in a month in a village to know the problems at the grassroots level. Asking the SPs to be particularly sensitive in cases pertaining to atrocities against women and against the Backward Classes, Hooda said they should create a media cell to showcase the good work in their districts with particular emphasis on ensuring that officers were available to the public. The Chief Minister also reviewed the issue of giving recognition to private unaided schools and directed that all pending applications for seeking recognition be cleared promptly.
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Rail link brings cheer to Fatehabad residents
Fatehabad, February 24 As announced by the Railway Minister, one train will connect Abohar in Punjab with Tohana in Fatehabad via Fatehabad and the second will link Sirsa and Hisar via Fatehabad and Agroha. “It will prove a boon for the cotton belt of Punjab and Haryana,” observed Vinod Kakkar, convener of the local Democratic Forum. “Sirsa and Fatehabad are cotton belts of Haryana, while Abohar is the cotton bowl of Punjab. By linking these belts through rail, the government has given a gift to the business community,” he said. Bhisham Pitamah of the Agarwal Ginning and Pressing Mills also lauded the announcement and said it would open up new opportunities for business men. Rail connectivity is the second big central project for Fatehabad, the other being the nuclear power project. Sirsa member of Parliament Ashok Tanwar claimed that getting two major rail projects was a major achievement for his constituency. “In all, seven rail projects have come to Haryana, out of which two have come Sirsa’s way,” the MP claimed and thanked Mamata Banerjee for the same. Tanwar claimed he had met the Railway Minister several times for these projects.“I was much confident of the projects. “The minister herself was once general secretary of the Indian Youth Congress and she understands the zeal of young politicians,” he added. He thanked AICC President Sonia Gandhi and Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda , addind that it was owing to their efforts that state could get seven new trains in the Railway Budget. |
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Three-day dairy mela opens
Karnal, February 24 Inaugurating a three-day National Dairy Mela at the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), he said the problems of the farmers would be addressed in the 12th Plan to provide them the much needed succour. Underlining the need for adopting new technology to increase milk production in view of the growing demand, he exhorted farmers to remain in touch with research taking place in the laboratories and adopt new technology. He said India was the largest producer of milk, but there was need for higher production. Chowdhary Ved Pal, Member, Board of Management, NDRI, lauded the contribution of scientists to the dairy sector and said research would be meaningless unless it was transferred to farms and the dairy mela was an attempt to facilitate interface between farmers, researchers and scientists. Dr BK Joshi, Director, National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, and Dr SS Singh, Director, Directorate of Wheat Research, also spoke. Dr AK Srivastava, Director, NDRI, spoke on issues pertaining to mastitis and the use of oxytocin in dairy animals. He said there was shortage of green fodder, straws and concentrates used for feeding dairy animals and in this context farmers should use costeffective feeding technologies. He said farmers and farm women from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pardash and Rajasthan were participating in the mela. |
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Camel milk healthy: Pathak
Karnal, February 24 The Deputy Director-General (Animal Sciences),
ICAR, Dr KML Pathak, who was chief guest at the National Dairy Mela organised by the NDRI here, said camel milk contained five times more vitamin C as compared to cow and buffalo milk and helped strengthen the immune system. He said camel milk contained more proteins and was the richest in zinc and calcium content while the fat content was just 2.5 per cent. The shelf life of camel milk was as good as that of cow and buffalo milk. Dr
Pathak, who earlier headed the National Research Centre on Camel,
Bikaner, said the first-ever camel dairy was opened in the institute last year and a large number of NRI offers were coming for opening camel dairies abroad as there was a huge demand for camel milk in Europe. |
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Schools to have incinerators, but...
Rohtak, February 24 The department has given the green light to install incinerators in girls’ schools to promote cleanliness and for proper disposal of sanitary napkins. This is perhaps the first time that such a scheme has been approved under the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), funded mainly by the Union Government. There are 160 high and senior secondary schools in the district, several of which are exclusively for girls. The move to provide incinerators in girls’ schools in the district has come at a time when many schools do not even have basic facilities, including pure drinking water, clean toilets and safe buildings. Instead of using the funds on a equipment which was hardly required at this stage, the authorities should have improved the basic amenities first in government schools which were a way behind the private schools in matter of infrastructure, facilities and staff, claimed Om Prakash, former teacher. A majority of middle and primary schools in the district and other parts of the state did not even have desks and benches for students, who were forced to sit on ground and write papers while squatting on the ground, said Yoginder Dahiya, a social activist here. He said the state of affairs in government schools had forced parents, even in rural areas, to get their wards admitted in private institutions. He said while any move to improve civic amenities was a welcome decision, but this should be preceded by other basic requirements. Incinerators in many civil hospitals and private clinics had been either lying out of order or missing, he quipped. “The common problems in a majority of government schools is shortage of rooms, poor condition of existing classrooms, stinking toilets and lack of potable water,” claimed an employee of the Education Department. District Education Officer Kiran Mai said the move to install incinerator in girls’ schools had been a part of
the SSA. |
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Prof Yash Pal’s tips enthuse students
Khanpur
Kalan, February 24
The lecture series was attended by an eminent scientist, Prof Yash Pal, Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal and Congress legislator from Gohana Jagbeer Singh Malik among others.
The programme was presided over by the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Dr Pankaj
Mittal, while Dr Balbir Kaur, Registrar of the university, and Behan Subhashini
Devi, daughter of Bhagat Phool Singh, were among those present on the occasion. Welcoming the guests, the Vice-Chancellor said the university was a dream of Bhagat Phool Singh and a result of the relentless efforts and sacrifices made by him, his daughter Behan Subhashini and several others. Bhagat Phool Singh had started a school for girls here in 1936 with only three students, which went on to become a women university. Prof Yash Pal formally inaugurated the lecture series by delivering the pilot lecture on science in daily life. He exhorted students to receive life with an open mind and be a witness to all beauty and wonder that it had to offer. He also held an interactive session with students in which he asked them various questions pertaining to daily routines to which the students replied enthusiastically. He explained many scientific phenomena in simple
terms. Geeta Bhukkal emphasised the importance of rural education, especially for women, and stated that the university had a major role to play in it. She credited the university with imparting quality education to girls and specially referred to the language labs set up on the university campus for improving the communication skills of students. This was followed by a cultural programme presented by students. |
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Technology can usher in prosperity, says minister
Sonepat, February 24 “Biotechnology, energy security, electro-chemical energy, embedded electronics, life extension, robots and digital immortality are some of these potential technologies which can be used for pragmatic programme core areas, strategic needs and the needy,” he said. He was addressing researchers, faculty and students on the occasion of launching of the doctoral degree programme at the Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology
in Murthal. “Life-altering technologies have the potential of bridging the gap between the haves and the have -nots,” he said. Commending the work done by scientists and technologists in the past, he said the country had achieved food sufficiency through the Green Revolution. “Our scientists and technologists have earned worldwide acceptance in various fields like biotechnology, information technology, space research programmes and nuclear technology,”
he said. Surjewala also released the Research Scholar Directory published by the university. Vice-Chancellor of the university HS Chahal, Director of Delhi University (South campus) Dinesh Singh, and Director of the National Institute of Immunisation A Surolia also spoke on the occasion. |
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Statewide protest by BJP against price rise today
Chandigarh, February 24 “Leaders and workers from all parts of the state will participate in the demonstration. Later, we will submit a memorandum to Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia on the issue,” president of the state unit of the BJP Krishan Pal Gurjar said in press conference here yesterday. He said the UPA government had failed to fulfill its promise of checking price rise within 100 days of being in power. He said the situation even 300 days after the UPA rule continued to be to the disadvantage of the common man. Seeking a ban on forward trading of foodgrains, Gurjar stated that the government seemed to have shut its eyes to the deplorable plight of the common man. “The Congress is not the party of the aam aadmi but of the khas aadm”. The government seems to be in the grip of black marketers and hoarders,” he said, adding that reducing the subsidy on fertilisers would affect the farmers. Speaking about the “strategy” of the BJP during the Haryana Assembly session beginning on March 5, Gurjar said he was not in favour of disrupting the proceedings of the House. “We will make our point by being present in the House. Everything hitting the common people from power to water woes and rampant corruption to a collapsed law and order will be on our agenda,” he claimed. Gurjar said the party had 3.5 lakh members and elections to choose representatives at various levels would be held next month. Gurjar said the party had 3.5 lakh members and elections to choose representatives at various levels would be held next month. He added that elections to choose a new Haryana BJP chief would be held
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Industrial workers hold protest against ‘atrocities’
Gurgaon, February 24 They were protesting against the highhandedness of the managements of Manesar-based Denso and AG Industries, which they alleged, had been stopping them from forming worker unions. Sensing the volatility of the situation, the district administration imposed Section 144 and the workers were allowed to hold their protest at the Leisure Valley Park, Sector 29 or the HUDA Park, Sector 5. However, defying the orders, the workers assembled near the Kamla Nehru Park and started raising slogans against the managements of certain factories and the state government. A large number of police personnel deployed there prevented them from entering the park, following which they staged protest demonstration there. The protesters alleged that the managements of these factories had got the protesting workers attacked by hired goons, who were supported by the police. “On top of it, instead of taking action against the attackers backed by the managements, the police lodged FIR against the innocent labourers,” they rued. The workers later took out a protest march to the office of the divisional commissioner and submitted a memorandum of their demands. |
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Raise demands in House, farmers to tell MLAs
Sirsa, February 24 Krishan Swaroop Gorakhpuria, state vice-president of the AIKS, said state-level leaders of the sabha, including state president Phool Singh Sheokand and general secretary Harpal Singh, would arrive here tomorrow and the future course of agitation would be decided after that.Farmers have been demanding a rollback in the hike of fertiliser prices and have been seeking old rules for ascertainment loss to crops due to natural calamities. The farmers today announced that they would meet all MLAs of the district tomorrow and present their memorandum to them so that their plight was highlighted during the forthcoming session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha. The farmers would also send their memorandum to MPs, said
Gorakhpuria. |
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Women get quota in Rewari ZP
Rewari, February 24 Simultaneously, ward no 1, 3, 4, 6, 10, 14 and 15 have been left as unreserved. Deputy Commissioner A Sriniwas said here yesterday that these reservations had been executed in accordance with the Haryana Panchayati Raj Rules and Regulations, 1994. Similarly, the offices of presidents of the Rewari Block Panchayat Samiti and the Jatusana Block Panchayat Samiti have been reserved for women, while the office of the president of the Nahar Block Panchayat Samiti has been reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes. Simultaneously, the offices of presidents of the Khol and Bawal Block Panchayat Samitis have been kept unreserved. |
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Minor boy rescued
Sirsa, February 24 Rano Devi of Kanganpur Road had lodged a complaint with the protection officer on June 4, 2009, alleging that her son, Yusuf, was in the illegal custody of Des Raj of Muthianwali village in Ferozepore district of Punjab. She alleged that she was sold to Des Raj by her sister and while she had managed to flee, her son continued to be detained by the accused. When the officer asked Des Raj to file his reply to the allegations, he ignored the notice. Later, a case was filed in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Alka Malik, Sirsa. The court passed ex-parte orders on restoring custody of the child to Rano Devi as Des Raj did not appear in the court. The protection officer raided the residence of Des Raj along with a police party yesterday, where she was informed that the child has been handed over to another person Jagir Singh of Dhukian village in
Punjab.The raiding party rescued Yusuf from there. |
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Govt staff hold protest
Karnal, February 24
They resented the delay in regularisation of temporary employees, restoration of salaries, release of education, transport and risk allowance on the central pattern.
Addressing the rally, president of the Karnal unit Om Prakash Sihmar served an ultimatum on the government to stop exploitation of the employees and said a rally would be held at Panipat on April 4 to force the government to accept their demands. |
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In a dressing down for under-performing and a pull-up-your-socks-or-face-action advisory, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today minced no words as he critically evaluated the performance of Deputy Commissioners and Superintendents of Police at a meeting here.
