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Panel to monitor power distribution reforms
Resentment over move to shift borstel jail
26 yrs on, son keeps up fight to get murderers booked
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‘Astronaut’ a big draw
Collecting signatures of great personalities
Murthal girl footballers get cash awards
Everonn to manage computer education project
Strengthen police to combat Naxalism, says Kiran Bedi
Jind gets four-lane railway overbridge
Solo dance competition
Subsidised treatment for poor
Power nigam plans maintenance drive
Power utility okays action plan
CSSRI scientist gets Lansdowne Distinguished Professor Global Award
Learning computer, yoga side by side
Dictates of khaps
Parshuram’s birth anniversary celebrated
Research on common people in Shakespeare’s works
Chambers for Ambala lawyers
Panipat to spend Rs 1 cr to combat floods
3 get 10-yr jail for culpable homicide
More ambulances for rural Y'nagar
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Panel to monitor power distribution reforms
Chandigarh, June 7 A spokesman for the Haryana Power Utilities said here today that the Union Ministry of Power had approved projects worth Rs 158.36 crore for the state to implement the reforms programme and modernise the power distribution system. The main objective of the project was to strengthen overall power distribution system and reduce the aggregated technical and commercial losses of the Power Utilities. Implementation of the information technology plan to achieve the goal under the scheme would go a long way in minimising interruptions and breakdowns. It would also help improve the quality of power supplied to consumers, he added. He said under the scheme a disaster management centre at Panchkula and a data centre at Hisar would be set up to ensure the timely implementation of the schemes in the towns for which the project had been sanctioned. The towns for which the project had been approved were Ambala Cantt, Panipat, Sonepat, Pehowa, Panchkula, Kalka, Ambala City, Yamunanagar/Jagadhri, Thanesar, Shahbad, Cheeka, Kaithal, Karnal, Gharaunda, Rohtak, Jhajjar, Bahadurgarh, Narwana, Jind, Hisar, Barwala, Fatehabad, Hansi, Tohana, Sirsa, Dabwala, Bhiwani, Ellenabad, Charakhi Dadri, Rewari, Palwal, Faridabad, Hodel, Narnaul and Gurgaon. The works, which included consumer indexing, geographic information system, metering of distribution transformers and feeders, under the project would be completed within two years. The entire amount of the project would be converted into grant by the Union government if the projects were completed within the stipulated period. The spokesman said the project would also cover asset mapping of the entire distribution network comprising 11 KV feeders, distribution transformers, low-tension lines, poles and other distribution network equipment of these towns. Consumers would be benefited by the way of better service and there would be an increase in revenue as well after the implementation of the scheme.
Power theft Panipat, June 7 He said during a special anti-theft campaign carried out by the nigam in April, 2,036 cases of theft were detected. Penalties amounting Rs 4.57 crore were imposed on the erring consumers of which an amount of Rs 2.92 crore was realised by the field staff on the spot. The anti-theft squads checked 10,371 consumer connections and lodged 755 complaints with the police against those who had failed to pay the penalties. The nigam had already enforced theft informer scheme under which a minimum amount of Rs 1,000 per case is paid to the informer. If the UHBVN is able to recover the assessed theft amount, 40 per cent of it is given to the informer. The spokesman said an informer could call up on telephone No. 01662-221527 or 9812000505 or toll free number 18001801011 to report cases.
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Resentment over move to shift borstel jail
Sonepat, June 7 A number of guardians who recently came to meet their children lodged in the home remarked, “If our children are sent to Ambala, it will not be convenient for us to meet them”. They were of the opinion that the inmates who were from the areas in the districts of the Ambala police range could be shifted to Ambala observation home so that it would be convenient for their guardians. “We will appeal to the Chief Minister against this proposal,” they said. Sahib Singh, superintendent of the home, informed that the proposal for shifting of the home from Sonepat to Ambala was almost in the final stage as the file had already been cleared from the Chief Minister’s office. There are only 44 beds in Ambala and it would be inconvenient to lodge the inmates of Sonepat home where the daily attendance is about 90 inmates.
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26 yrs on, son keeps up fight to get murderers booked
Hisar, June 7 Kartar Singh’s body was found in his office in the gurdwara wrapped in a quilt in a sitting position on a chair. A door behind the chair and wooden shoe racks in the adjacent room were found charred. A post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as shock asphyxia as a result of extreme burns. The fire was attributed to an electrical short circuit. Manmohan Singh believes his father was strangulated to death by a granthi who had a criminal background. He also alleges that the granthi killed his father, put his body on a chair and set the room on fire to cover up his crime. The granthi at that time was also involved in a case of kidnapping and rape of a girl at Jakhal near here. He says an amount of Rs 25,000 lying in the gurdwara cash box which was in possession of his late father was found missing. The amount was later written off by the gurdwara management. Manmohan Singh said his father had objected to the granthi keeping a mistress in his room in the gurdwara and this opposition cost his father his life. He says the town had been witness to anti-Sikh riots after the death of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. To avoid tension, the then Deputy Commissioner and the Superintendent of Police hushed up the matter describing it as an accidental death. Pointing to the autopsy report he says it mentions that Kartar Singh’s stomach contained digested food. This, he believes, is significant as his father used to eat at the gurdwara langar, which began at 8 p. m. every day. However, the record of the local fire station shows the fire started in the gurdwara at 2.20 a.m. He says the gap between the time at which his father took his dinner and the time when the fire started indicates that Kartar Singh died much before the fire broke out. Thus Kartar Singh did not die because of the fire, he believes. Manmohan Singh alleges that the gurdwara management showed unseemly hurry in removing the burnt articles from the room in which his father died. Even his father’s body was removed from the room without informing next of his kin. He alleges that his complaints have not been taken seriously by the Haryana police. Even the CBI, which sent a DSP-level officer for a preliminary probe, did not pursue the matter. He says he will keep on fighting for bringing the perpetrators of the crime to justice till he is alive. “You see my father’s soul will not rest in peace if I give up my fight in my lifetime. What use is a son if he cannot get his father’s murders punished by the law”, he adds remorsefully.
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‘Astronaut’ a big draw
Kurukshetra, June 7 The programme revolves around the problems and difficulties faced by astronauts ahead of journey to space and also preparing them physically and mentally to grapple with adverse circumstances in the space. Developing skills and going through mental and physical tests to guard against extreme situations like zero gravity, absence of oxygen and temperatures ranging between freezing and boiling points was a part of training and all these things are shown in the special programme, Sumit, curator of the planetarium, said. The 25-minute programme has been prepared both in Hindi and English. The programme production with real-time systems involves creating 3D graphics models for every object in the show and the models are given texture and colour and placed in a three-dimensional space. The planetarium's academic assistant said that the space shuttles had done a great job in research and development, facilitating a peep outside the planet but the astronauts too have played a very important role in the success of space missions.
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Collecting signatures of great personalities
Sonepat, June 7
Kapil belongs to a family of Arya Samajists and he was inspired by his grandfather Chaudhary Jai Lal Dahiya in his childhood with the message that every moment of the life of great persons is very important and they must always be remembered. Kapil, who is at present the president of the Arya Samaj Mandir, Kath Mandi, Sonepat, has so far collected signatures of 50 personalities and some of the prominent among them include Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founder of the Arya Samaj, Swamy Shradhanand, founder of Gurukul Kangri, Munshi Samarthdan, who arranged the publication of the second edition of Satyarth Prakash, Lala Lajpat Rai, Guru Dutt Vidyarthi, Swami Vivekanand, Mahatma Gandhi and a number of former presidents and prime ministers. “It is a beginning for me and I will continue it in the future with the initial target to collect 100 signatures,” he said and remarked that this habit enabled him to reach to the historic documents of the past which had effected the life of people in one way or the other at that time.
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Murthal girl footballers get cash awards
Sonepat, June 7 Balbir Sharma, football coach of the school team, informed that all 32 members of the team were from Murthal village and in the final of the championship, Murthal girls beat Kerala girls by 3-0. It is pertinent to mention that despite the lack of proper facilities, Murthal village had emerged as a hub of girl footballers in the recent years. There had been maximum participation of girls from this village in state senior and junior girls football teams. Inspired by the performances of girls, a number of boys of this village are also not behind girls. According to Balbir, maximum boys from this village are becoming members of the district team as well as the state team for the past
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Everonn to manage computer education project
Chandigarh, June 7 The CCEP projects includes a range of amenities such as supply, installation and maintenance of physical and IT infrastructure (computer lab, hardware, networking equipment, system application software, uninterrupted power supply, generator, internet facility, furniture and lab support staff) on a BOO/BOOT basis. Everonn Education has its presence in the Indian education industry for over two decades. India's first education and training company to offer satellite-enabled learning, it is a pioneer in facilitating education using breakthrough technologies. Everonn is the largest VSAT education network in the world. It today reaches out to over three million students through 8492 learning centres across 27 states and works with 16 state governments.
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Strengthen police to combat Naxalism, says Kiran Bedi
Gurgaon, June 7 Talking to The Tribune here recently, the former top cop asserted that instead of sending in CRPF battalions to affected areas “as and when required,” the local police stations should be strengthened to tackle the issue. “CRPF personnel have little or no idea about the ethos and topography of the location where they are rushed in the hour of need, while the policemen posted there are well-versed with the local population and have their information networks in those areas,” Bedi maintained, adding that the intelligence and information of those cops should be utilised much more effectively. For this, she said, special academies were required to train the policemen in guerrilla warfare and other tactics required for the job. “The government already has a proposal to set up a specially trained common police force for the Red Corridor, but the authorities concerned seem to be sitting on it for reasons best known to them,” she pointed out. The former IPS officer lamented that let alone the question of raising a special police force, states like Bihar did not even have police training academies. On being asked about a possible solution, she said right political leadership and proper education could address the issue. Bedi, who has been voted as India’s most admired woman and fifth amongst all Indians, said she was now planning to set up a Harvard-like business school for the poor which would provide quality education at affordable fees. “We are approaching banks to finance the management education of the needy and deserving youths,” she said, adding that apart from honing the skills of the students, good education should also inculcate good moral values in them.
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Jind gets four-lane railway overbridge
Jind, June 7 Acoording to sources, this ROB would at least be one kilometer long and cost around Rs 52 crore of which the state government would give Rs 40 crore. The ROP the construction of which is likely to begin in January next year would be completed in about 18 months.
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Solo dance competition
Celebrated Indian dancer and noted Bollywood and TV star Sudha Chandran was the chief guest. The participants were placed in four age groups comprising Kids cluster ( 4 to 8 years), Children’s bunch ( 9 to 12 years), Adolescents’ batch ( 13 to 17 years) and Seniors’ troop ( 18 to 30 years). Shimon and Vaibhavi in the kids’ cluster, Dheeraj and Jasmine in the children’s bunch, Vikrant and Mukul in the adolescents’ batch and Shikha and Kirtika in the seniors’ troop bagged the first and second positions, respectively. The meritorious participants were awarded valuable prizes.
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Subsidised treatment for poor
Panipat, June 7 Inaugurating the wing, civil surgeon S S. Punia hoped that the facility would offer great relief to poor people of the region. The clinic would be offering facilities like flexible ureterorenoscopy with holmium laser, lithotripsy of kidney stones and use of harmonic knife in laparoscopic cholecystectomy (laparoscopic removal of gall bladder) and total laparoscopic hysterectomy (laparoscopic removal of uterus) at the special wing.
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Power nigam plans maintenance drive
Panipat, June 7 A spokesman of the nigam said here that proper maintenance of substations, 11 KV feeders, distribution transformers, along with high-tension and low-tension lines, would be carried out during the campaign. The exercise would make certain that the system is able to bear maximum load during the scorching heat and ensuing paddy season. He said during the campaign the engineers would check panels and vacuum circuit breakers (VCBs) at substations, transformer oil, sag of distribution lines and also trim down trees along power lines. The nigam would also set up load dispatch centres in each of its 10-operation circles where the staff would be available round-the-clock to monitor power supply, interruptions or break downs, the spokesman said. Superintending engineers would visit these centres daily to monitor the ongoing activities. In the event of tripping of the system for more than 30 minutes, the load centres would inform the SDO, operations, so that he can initiate immediate action to rectify the situation. If the duration is more than 60 minutes, the information would be given to XEN, operations, and if the disruption is for more than one- and-a-half hour, SE operations, would be notified and in case it lasts for more than two hours, the chief engineer would be informed. He said the nigam had also directed that just in case the tripping lasts for over three hours, director, operation or the managing director would have to be informed along with the reasons of tripping and steps taken to restore the power supply.
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Power utility okays action plan
Chandigarh, June 7 Giving details of the plan, a spokesman said the energy audit of high tension (HT) industrial consumers, being carried out by the field offices, had revealed loss variation of about 4 per cent, which was a cause of concern. The nigam would ascertain the reasons and initiate corrective measures. It was decided that the maintenance and protection wing would check all high-tension connections in the next two months. It was felt that the existence of electro-mechanical meters, which was prone to tampering and also slows down with the passage of time, required to be replaced. It was decided to replace all electro-mechanical meters still operating in low-tension (LT) connections. In all, about 3,300 electro-mechanical meters existed in 33,841 LT connections and all these would be replaced with electronic meters within two months. Further, in LT connection of 20 kW and above LT/CT meters shall be installed. Referring to replacement of electro-mechanical meters in non-domestic category, the spokesman said LT meters would be installed on the premises of consumers having load more The meters of consumers with more than 10 kW of load would also be replaced with electronic meters. The spokesman further stated that the matter related to replace slow, defective and burnt meters was also discussed. To meet with the shortage of meters, it was decided to authorise superintending engineers to procure 2,500 single phase and 1,000 three-phase meters for prompt replacement. The whole-time directors also considered the bifurcation of six heavily overloaded 11 kV feeders of Yamunanagar district at a cost of Rs 3.3 crore for which necessary action would be taken as per the policy/guidelines, he added.
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CSSRI scientist gets Lansdowne Distinguished Professor Global Award
Karnal, June 7 The global award was given to Dr Ranjay K. Singh for his outstanding work in the field of traditional ecological knowledge, community-based biodiversity conservation and community mobilisation in sustainable natural resources conservation in the eastern Himalayas. The award was also in recognition of research work of Dr. Singh, pursued during his stint as an assistant professor at College of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Agricultural University, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh by the University of Victoria, Canada. Dr. Ranjay K. Singh is the second recipient of this global prestigious award from India after Vandana Shiva, a famous feminist and environmental activist, who received the award 4 years back. However, Dr Singh is the youngest- ever (36 years) scholar in the history of University of Victoria, Canada, to receive the award on May 6. A book authored by Dr Ranjay K. Singh with the Adi community of Arunachal Pradesh titled "Biocultural knowledge systems of tribes of eastern Himalayas" was also released by Prof Nancy J. Turner.
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Learning computer, yoga side by side
Kurukshetra, June 7 The concept of learning Information Technology with mind in the state of eternal peace was evolved by Rajesh Purohit, deputy director of Srikrishna Museum, who firmly believed that it would help in exploring talent among youths and honing it to achieve excellence. Students practice yoga and meditation before operating computers and use their creative genius in learning web designing, computer drawing, painting and animation and make the optimum use of their learning capacity and skills. Purohit has also conceived the idea of imparting free coaching course to younger children studying in class VIII to class XII. The entire course, coinciding with the workshop, includes basics of computer operation, painting in paint software, knowledge of paint tools in computer, drawing, knowledge of perspective drawing, animation drawing, three dimensional drawing, scanning, photography, photo album making, voice over, power point presentation, corel draw, photoshop, windows movie maker and storytelling through picture and voice. Purohit said he believed that every child was a born artist and a genius in his own stride and it all depends how you groom them and inculcate creative ability in them. There should be some platform or avenue where creativity of child could find expression and help to fine tune the creativity in him and in civil society, institutions like museum, school or any philanthropic centre, which can offer free courses, are the best suited for this purpose, he added. The museum has been making efforts for several years to provide opportunity to children to express their creative potential through various means like painting, theatre or creative writing, Purohit maintained. Prof Nath told that every child is yogic from birth itself and slowly forgets as he grows. He also revealed some interesting facts about Einstein who told that his discovery came from his consciousness only. The 15-day course was inaugurated by Vinod Singla, district information officer of National Informatics Centre, while distinguished yoga trainer Dr Kukreja of National Yoga Institute and professor of physics Dr Narendra Nath explained what a wonderful experience it was to learn web designing, which was not only easy, but also creative.
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Dictates of khaps
Sonepat, June 7 Talking to mediapersons here, Singh said INLD’s demand for amendment in the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, was political drama of Om Prakash Chautala to woo voters in the Deswali Jat belt with the dream to return to power in
Haryana. But it would be detrimental for Chautala as the demand for banning the marriage in same village and adjoining villages was against the prevailing marriage customs in the Bagri belt of the state, he added. On the other hand, he said, CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda has been moving cautiously and safely and was doing tightrope dancing on the issue by using
non-Jat leaders, Shadi Lal Batraand and Naveen Jindal, both MPs, and these
non-Jat leaders knew it very well that marriage customs in their community were against the proposed amendment in the Hindu Marriage Act.
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Parshuram’s birth anniversary celebrated
Rewari, June 7 While Faridabad MLA Anand Kaushik was the chief guest, Mange Ram Sharma, convener of the World Brahmin Organisation, was the main speaker at the function, which was presided over by the Rewari Brahmin Sabha chief Ram Sharan Mudgil. Besides, chief executive of the All-India Brahmin Mahasabha Radhe Shyam Sharma was the guest of honour. Mange Ram said there was a time when elders of the samaj were held in a high esteem and their utterances were regarded as gospel by the entire society. He said the Brahmins played an important role in the freedom struggle of the country, adding that the samaj was now at a low pedestal owing to the desertion of their noble and lofty ideals. Echoing analogous sentiments, Kaushik and Radhe Shyam, along with Mange Ram, exhorted everyone to espouse positive thinking with purposeful integration by sincerely following the ideals of former trailblazers of the samaj. Stating that Parshuram, too, had worked for the welfare of all 36 communities, Kaushik said he would see to it that administrative hassles did not become a stumbling block for Bhagwan Parshuram Shiksha Samiti that wanted to open a school there. While Mudgil highlighted the achievements of the Brahmin Sabha, young artistes of the samaj presented a colourful cultural programme.
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Research on common people in Shakespeare’s works
Sirsa, June 7 However, very few have undertaken research on common people in the works of Shakespeare, claims Dr Raj Bahadur Singh
Yadav, a lecturer in the District Institute of Education and Training, Ding
(Sirsa), who recently earned his PhD from the Department of English of Maharshi Dayanand University,
Rohtak, on the topic “common people in the selected plays of William Shakespeare”. Driven strongly by his Marxist vision, Yadav's study is aimed at highlighting and establishing the role and significance of common people caught into the throes of social transition of 16th century English society. The researcher has made a comprehensive attempt to analyse the concept of common people in the light of socio-economic and political realities of different periods of England and Europe. “Most of the Shakespearian critics have shown a casual and cold attitude towards common people because of their elitist outlook and philosophy,” argues Yadav in his critical study of the topic. The researcher convincingly points out that common people form a parallel world to that of powerful kings, queens and princes in Shakespeare's famous plays like Henry VI-Part I (1591), Henry VI-Part II (1593), King Lear (1605), The Winter's Tale (1611) and As You Like It (1600). “If we withdraw them from the dramatic scheme of the great dramatist, his creative world would become dull and barren,” claims
Yadav. Common people seem to be quite indignant and rebellious against the traditional ties of servility and serfdom with which they are tied with their masters. They can no longer be persuaded to believe that they ought to remain at the bottom of society and bear up with their economic and social exploitation. Characters of The Fool, The Adams, The Windsor Wives, Jack Cade and Joan of Arc, The Shepherd Girl, The First Servant, The Lago’s Wife Emilia symbolise and act as vehicles of social change. They herald the arrival of democracy and equality. Dr Yadav thinks that even Shakespeare had his own limitations as he often compromised with the feudal social order of the day.
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Chambers for Ambala lawyers
Ambala, June 7 President of Ambala Bar Association SK Jain said the proposal, which was approved by the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, had reached the final stage with the joint efforts of Deputy Commissioner Sameer Pal Saro and the association's president. Highlighting problems faced by lawyers, the association's president said the construction of chambers was a long-pending demand, as it was against the status of lawyers to operate from sheds. He said the new block contained 308 chambers, adding that tenders were invited for the constructions of lawyers' complex, which was scheduled to be completed in seven months. Jain said as many as 270 advocates had applied for the chambers and had already deposited the required registration fee. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had assured to set up a complex for advocates a few years ago and also announced a grant of Rs 21 lakh for the construction, but the proposal remained only in files for a long time. Om Parkash Malik, former president of the Bar association, stated that most of the senior advocates had been peacefully protesting for over two decades by sitting out in an open space of the court complex. However, the association had been demanding to shift courts to Ambala Cantonment for a long time, but no action was taken by the administration.
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Panipat to spend Rs 1 cr to combat floods
Panipat, June 7 A total of Rs 1 crore have been allocated for undertaking various works along the WYC, which wreaks havoc in the district during the rainy season. Speaking to The Tribune, Deputy Commissioner Vijay Singh Dahiya said the administration had undertaken extensive projects to repair old studs along the WYC and to construct new ones wherever these were required. Besides, revetment of riverbanks was also being done using heavy stones and the height of water barriers were also being increased at various places in the district. He said all these measures would be put in place before June 30. In September, last year, during incessant rainfall in catchment areas of the Yamuna, the district had faced a serious flood threat after huge amounts of water was released from Hathnikund Barrage at Tajewala headworks at regular intervals. Some of the low-lying areas of the district had come under flood threat and water had even inundated some of these regions. Timely action initiated by the administration had prevented the situation from getting out of control. "This year, however, prior steps are being taken so that
even the low-lying villages of the district are protected from
floods," The DC said the government had sanctioned Rs 35 lakh for raising the height of water barrier at Nanhera village to 250 ft. Besides, works on a 450-ft revetment was also underway at the same site, he added. Works were also being undertaken at Khojipur, where Rs 50 lakh were being spent on revetment of the bank of the WYC, Bilaspur and Mirzapur, said the DC. He said these preventive measures would ensure that there was minimal loss of life and property in case extra water had to be flushed out of the WYC during the rainy season.
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3 get 10-yr jail for culpable homicide
Rewari, June 7 The verdict was pronounced by the court here recently. According to the prosecution, Sher Singh, Ranbir Singh, Ombir and Mahender Singh, who all worked on a brick kiln near the village, consumed liquor following which they kicked up a row. Subsequently, the trio, comprising Sher Singh, Ranbir Singh and Ombir, fatally thrashed Mahender Singh and then threw him into a well. Later, he was taken out of the well and referred to the hospital where he was declared brought dead. Consequently, Lila Devi, wife of the deceased Mahender Singh, lodged a complaint following which the Bawal police registered a case of culpable homicide, not amounting to murder, against the accused. The case was then put up in the court for trial.
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More ambulances for rural Y'nagar
Yamunanagar, June 7 Under the National Rural Health Mission, the administration has already provided 14 ambulances. An addition of four more ambulances will provide much better facilities to villagers. This service will help much to pregnant women of the rural areas to ensure their regular check-up and accident victims. Control room of the ambulance service has been set up at the Red Cross office, said deputy commissioner Ashok Sangwan. Besides the city and towns, the ambulances are also kept in primary health centres and community health centres for emergency service, he added.
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Revised LTC scheme Tribune News Service Chandigarh, June 7 Under the revised scheme of leave travel concession (LTC), the Haryana government has decided to extend the benefit of LTC to those employees who are retiring in the current financial year - 2010-11. A circular to this effect issued by the Finance Department states that after providing benefit of LTC to those who are retiring in the current financial year, if budget is available, the same will be admissible to those who are actually proposing to go on LTC.
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Letter
The issuance of a stern notice by the Supreme Court to the Haryana Government over the plight of aggrieved Dalit families who were forced to migrate from Hisar's Mirchpur Village to the national capital in the aftermath of the April 21 incident demonstrates that all succour and security promised by the government has not been able to allay the victims' fears.
Of late there has been a spurt in cases of assault against vulnerable groups within the Scheduled Castes category in different parts of the state despite thwe existence of a stringent law like the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989. It seems the police has not been able to come to their rescue in times of need or has hesitated to take initiate prompt action against the offenders. It is shameful that after any sordid event, politicians cutting across party lines make a beeline to the place of incident merely to record their condemnation and to express sympathy with the aggrieved. It is a pity that even after more than 60 years of Independence as well as implementing policies of inclusive growth, we have been unable to integrate all depressed classes of society with the mainstream. Either the state has failed in its constitutional duty to protect the vulnerable sections of society or else it just doesn't want to bridge this gap for vested interests. Although Chief Minister bhupinder Singh Hooda recently instructed all senior police officers to take immediate steps to prevent such incidents, a lot more needs to be done at other levels too as such happenings are not merely a law and order problem. HEMANT KUMAR 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, The Tribune, Sector 29, Chandigarh-160030.
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Kurukshetra, June 7
Sonepat, June 7
It was jubilation among young footballers of Government Girls Senior Secondary School,
Murthal, in the district when for the first time they received cash awards of Rs 10,000 and scholarship of Rs 1,200 each from the State Sports Department here on May 28 from district sports officer Seema Sokhi for their win in the third interschool national football championship held at Gurdaspur in Punjab from December 24 to 27 last year.
Dr Kiran Bedi, the country’s first and highest-ranking woman police officer (retired in 2007), has stated that strengthening the foundation of the police force was required to tackle
Naxalism, which has become a big challenge for the country’s administrators and security agencies.Talking to The Tribune here recently, the former top cop asserted that instead of sending in CRPF battalions to affected areas “as and when required,” the local police stations should be strengthened to tackle the issue.
Karnal, June 7
Activists of the Brahmin Samaj from various parts of the district participated in a mega function held at the conclusion of the fortnightly celebrations of Bhagwan Parshuram’s birth anniversary at Brahmgarh complex here recently.
Rewari, June 7