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Blood Help: 38,000
units donated in a day
Prime land given away for a song
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State to develop fruit, vegetable market: Hooda
Voices on OBC status for Jats get louder
Now, colour code for schools, hospitals
MDU panel to probe student’s complaint
QUOTA FOR PUNJABIS
Flat quota for senior citizens
Indo-Pak peace caravan in state tomorrow
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Blood Help: 38,000
units donated in a day
Sirsa, August 8 The camp was inaugurated this morning by dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh with the target of collecting 50,000 units. The teams, according to dera sources, had collected over 38,000 units by 5 pm. The dera authorities had placed 2,500 beds at Sachkhand Hall measuring 2 lakh square feet. It was packed to capacity, giving the doctors and paramedics a tough time to cope with the heat and humidity. Blood bank teams had arrived from places as far as Hyderabad and Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Rajasthan and Punjab, besides various districts of Haryana. “We issue 300 bags of blood per day through our blood banks in Pune and Pimpri. Though we meet our demand at the local level the rest of the year, the period between March and August is a difficult one with the colleges closed and very few camps held,” said Sanjay Chaudhary, director, Pune Serological Blood Bank, here with his team of 40 paramedics. Dr Saraswathi, chief operating officer of the blood banks run by the NTR Memorial Trust at Hyderabad and Guntur, was at the camp with two teams comprising three doctors and 45 paramedics and planned to collect 6,000 units of blood. Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu is the managing trustee of the NTR Memorial Trust. “We already have letters of requests from government hospitals of Guntur, Kakinada, Warangal, Tirupati, Kurnool, Adilabad and Narasaraopet, where about 5,000 units will go for emergencies, while 700 units and 300 units will be taken to our blood banks in Hyderabad and Guntur, respectively, ” she added. Dr Akbar Ali, medical officer and leader of the team from the South Matadin Goel Blood Bank, Hyderabad, said he had attended several camps in his career spanning 15 years, but never witnessed a camp of this magnitude. Most teams claimed that they issued blood collected at such camps to the needy patients free of cost and at nominal charges ranging between Rs 500 and Rs 800 per unit to others. “We feel elated after donating blood as it will save precious lives,” said Anju (46) and Isha (42), sisters-in-law. Rinku (32), a schoolteacher, had come from Kurukshetra while Monica (30) was here with her husband Shekhar (32) from Rohtak. Sukha Singh (38) from Batala was in the queue to donate blood since 6 am after he had registered himself as a donor. “We have set up 200 registration counters for the convenience of devotees. Separate counters have been set up for men and women,” said Pawan Insan, a dera spokesperson. “With the blessings of Guruji (dera chief), no complication has ever been witnessed at the blood donation camps, medical camps and eye camps held by us so far,” he added. |
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Prime land given away for a song
Gurgaon, August 8 The prime chunks of land that has been given away for a song include a 25-acre plot in Sector 29, City Centre, a 17-acre plot in Sector 52 and another 16-acre plot in Sector 52 of Gurgaon. While the local HUDA officials and other authorities concerned are tightlipped over the issue, all-out efforts are being made to hand over the said chunks of prime public land to the private player. So much so that a road passing through one such chunk of land is being covered with loose earth to facilitate the beneficiary. Alarmed at the gravity of the matter, a joint front comprising the local Federation of Residents Welfare Associations (FORWA) and Gurgaon Citizens Council (GCC) has written a letter to the top state authorities, including the Chief Minister and the Chief Secretary, asking them to intervene in the matter and get the aforesaid deals cancelled in public interest. In an interaction with the media here today, representatives of the joint front of residents’ bodies, including FORWA chairman Dharam Sagar and GCC president RS Rathee categorically alleged that the land allotted in the name of amusement parks had caused a loss to the tune of Rs 2,950 crore to the state exchequer. The front leaders maintained that the 25-acre plot in Sector 29 had been given on a 33-year lease at a nominal price of Rs 56.25 crore, as against the prevailing market price of Rs 2,016.67 crore for the purpose. “Similarly, the 17-acre plot in Sector 52, which could have been leased out for 33 years at Rs 548.53 crore as per the prevailing market price, has been given away for a meagre Rs 38.25 crore,” they asserted. The representatives of residents’ bodies further pointed out that the 16-acre plot in Sector 52, which could have fetched Rs 516.27 crore (base auction value), had been leased out for Rs 36 crore. “We have learnt with deep dismay that prime public lands in Gurgaon have been allotted to private parties at throwaway prices for setting up amusement parks,” sates the letter, copies of which have also been sent to the Chief Administrator of Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister and the Financial Commissioner of the state’s Finance Department. “All this has caused a huge loss to the state exchequer to the tune of 95.77 per cent, amounting to a whopping Rs 2,950.97 crore. It is respectfully urged that this whole matter be investigated and all three deals be cancelled in public interest,” the letter added. |
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State to develop fruit, vegetable market: Hooda
Sonepat, August 8 Addressing public meetings at Pugthala, Purkhas, Kheri Gujjar, Gannaur, Ghasoli and Bhigan in the Gannaur Assembly constituency of the district, Hooda said the state government was fully aware about the shortage of irrigational and electricity supplies for the agriculture sector and every effort was being made to increase these supplies. Hooda said the state government had given top priority for accelerating development activities and to increase educational facilities and in order to achieve these objectives, the plan budget of the state government had been gradually increased from Rs 2,200 crore in 2004 to Rs 18,260 crore in 2010. The state government had cleared setting up of a state-of-the-art fruit and vegetable market in 500 acres near Gannaur, he said, adding that an agriculture and food processing sector was being developed between Bhigan and Kurar. Referring to the demands of the area, the CM announced to spend Rs 5 crore on various village development activities. |
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Voices on OBC status for Jats get louder
Chandigarh, August 8 While meetings are being held to mobilise the Jat community, the mahasabha is ensuring that resolutions too are passed to press for their “genuine demand”. The mahasabha, which has already organised meetings at nine district headquarters, including Bhiwani, Hisar and Rohtak, is now gearing up for a show of strength on August 20 in Bhiwani. “We want the Gurman Singh committee report implemented in toto. The committee had recommended reserveation at the state level for 10 castes, including the Jats. However, during the regime of Bhajan Lal, the report was only partially implemented with OBC status being granted to the Gujjars, Ahirs, Sainis and the Lodhas. Six castes, including the Jats, were left out,” explains the state president of the mahasabha, Om Prakash Mann. While the demand is getting unequivocal support from the Jat community all over the state, Jat political leaders in the state are yet to speak their mind out. Their cause is now being espoused by president of All-India Kisan-Khet Mazdoor president and Jat leader Shamsher Singh Surjewala. “It seems only reasonable that the Jats should be given OBC status at the Centre and in the state because other land-holding classes, economically, educationally and socially on a par with the Jats, have already got reservation. In Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, MP and Gujarat, the Jats are a part of the OBC category. Why are we being deprived of the benefit in Haryana,” he asks. |
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Now, colour code for schools, hospitals
Jhajjar, August 8 Disclosing this while speaking to mediapersons here today, Haryana Education and Health Minister Geeta Bhukkal said separate colours for the departments had been chosen, but a final approval was awaited. The government had also decided to take some more steps for the welfare of senior citizens and anganwadi workers. “Name batches will be given to anganwadi workers and helpers by the government. They have already been given uniforms. Besides, the government has also decided to give radio to each senior citizen
chaupal. Facilities worth Rs 15,000 are already being provided to these chaupals by the state government,” said the minister. Bhukkal said the decision had been taken to open Rajiv Seva Kendra at Salhawaas and Mattenhail villages besides Jhajjar town. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was of the view that each section of society should be given due respect and better environment be provided to improve work culture, she added. Earlier, the minister listened to the grievances of the people of her area and passed necessary directions to the officers concerned to redress the grievances as soon as possible. Bhukkal also directed the officers to implement all policies and programmes of the government in the right earnest so that benefits of the development could reach directly to the common man. |
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MDU panel to probe student’s complaint
Rohtak, August 8 The probe panel will include three senior professors of the rank of Dean. It has been alleged that certain persons, including son of an employee in the secrecy branch, was involved in the racket. The group had allegedly threatened a student of a private engineering
college affiliated to the university. The father of the student has claimed that his son, who had done extremely well in all exams so far, was told that he would be marked “failed” in one of the papers if he did not pay up. The complainant said the racket comprised some insiders in the administrative block. The student’s father lodged a complaint with the university when on re-evaluation, his son secured
pass marks. University Registrar SP Vats admitted to have received the complaint and said an inquiry had begun. The complainant had claimed that his son, a student of Parsuram College of Engineering, was among the toppers
in his college. He was approached by a tout who demanded money , threatening he would not be awarded pass marks in his exams for the seventh semester of BTech if he did not do so. The father alleged that when his son refused to oblige, the tout warned him that he had links in the secrecy branch and he would ensure that he did not get the required marks in a particular paper. |
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QUOTA FOR PUNJABIS
Faridabad, August 8 Batra, who was here to build public opinion on the issue, said he would meet Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda with the demand. All Punjabis, whether Brahmins, vaishyas (banias), Rajputs or OBCs should be covered under the reservation policy, he said.Already there was a policy to provide more than 53 per cent reservation to various groups, inclulding 22 per cent to the SCs, 27 per cent to the Backward Classes and 3 per cent to ex-servicemen, Batra said. In case the demand for granting reservation to more communities was accepted, job opportunities to Punjabis would be further diminished. The Punjabis accounted for about 33 per cent of the population in the state: the Brahmins 11 per cent, Rajputs 6 per cent and the vaishyas account more than 8 per cent. He claimed the Punjabis had suffered in matters of recruitment since Independence and it was time that a correction was done. “It goes to Hooda’s credit that the government has accorded Punjabi the second language status in Haryana and appointed a number of Punjabis to key political posts,” he added. |
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Flat quota for senior citizens
Chandigarh, August 8 The Haryana Housing Board was the first housing board in the country to provide 33 per cent reservation of the total houses and flats constructed by it for women applicants to improve their socio-economic status, he added. The state government has framed a policy to transfer 50 per cent plots for economically weaker sections of the society carved out by colonisers in the plotted colonies for which licences have been issued by the Department of Town and Country Planning, Haryana, for the BPL
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Indo-Pak peace caravan in state tomorrow
Rohtak, August 8 It will halt at Sonepat, Panipat and Karnal before reaching Ludhiana on August 11. The caravan - a bus full of peace activists from various states - after passing through Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana and Punjab will culminate on the Attari-Wagah border on August 14. It will then crossover to Lahore for a peace convention there on August 15 if activists are granted visas. According to a press notice, the caravan began its journey of peace on July 28 from Mumbai. Last evening, a meeting was held by the National Seafarers Association and Mumbai Port Trust Workers at the Gateway of India to pay homage to the people killed in the November 26 attacks. Pakistani trade unionist and peace activist Karamat Ali reassured people that most Pakistanis condemned the attack. Sources said peace activists in Pakistan too had been taking out a similar caravan that started from Karachi. The caravan is being coordinated by social activist and Magsaysay awardee Dr Sandeep Pandey. |
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