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Jats show political maturity
Rare brain surgery performed at PGIMS
Roadways depots breeding aedes mosquitoes: Health Dept
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Shreya Sharma opens children’s film
Dr Sushma Arya, principal of DAV Girls College, Yamunanagar, honours young actor Shreya Sharma after inauguration of her film "The Blue Umbrella" at the college
auditorium. Tribune photo
Centre doles out Rs 23 crore for afforestation
Rs 3.75 crore spent on Saraswati river revival
Groundwater augmentation
Ladwa college holds talent hunt contest
Chief guest Kaushalya, president of the Municipal Committee, Ladwa, gives away prizes to the winners at Indira Gandhi National College, Ladwa. Photo by the writer
Panipat police fails to solve criminal cases
Bringing unaided educational institutes under ESI Act
Youth exhorted to join IAF
'Trade relations can improve Indo-Pak ties'
Volunteers donate blood at a free medical camp in Sonepat. Photo by the writer
Tributes paid to ex-CM Rao Birender Singh
Residents pay tributes to former Chief Minister Rao Birender Singh at a function
in Rewari. Photo: Nawal Kishore Rastogi
Interest rates revised
Arthroplasty experts share experiences
Media students to make short films on Kurukshetra
Moot court trials held
MDI signs pact with DST
Poor maintenance
Norms for new law colleges
Mishaps claim 3 lives
Kurukshetra DC honours senior citizens
Senior citizen Himmat Singh Sinha, a former chairman of the Department of Philosophy, Kurukshetra University, is honoured by Deputy Commissioner Pankaj Aggarwal. Photo : D. R. Vij
Irate residents block traffic
Residents block traffic in protest against the poor condition of bypass in
Rewari. Tribune photo
State to promote yoga
Drive to shift power meters to continue
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Jats show political maturity
Hisar, October 4 The samiti leadership, which mainly comprises rootless and self-styled Jat leaders from UP had to withdraw the call in view of the lack of support from the community. The lack of support from INLD supremo Om Parkash Chautala also came as a blow to the samiti which had expected full backing of the party. However, Chautala not only maintained a distance from the samiti, he categorically opposed the demand for reservation for the Jat community. This was a major departure from the INLD’s earlier stand on the issue. In reneging on the reservation issue, Chautala appeared to be following his father late Devi Lal’s suggestion made way back in the late eighties that reservations be made on an economic basis or else all communities should be given a quota corresponding to their percentage of the population. There is a growing feeling among the community that as far as Haryana is concerned, the Jats may eventually turn out to be losers if they are given reservation. As it is, the state has been ruled mostly by Jat Chief Ministers and members of the community had been cornering most of the government jobs. This number may fall substantially if they get a fixed quota. The non-Jats were given a fair share of the government jobs only when Bhajan Lal was the Chief Minister between 1979-85 and then from 1991 to 1996. The reservation issue apart, the Jat community in Haryana did not digest the plan to disrupt the Games as it would have hurt the national interest and pride. No community leader of Haryana barring supporters of the samiti’s UP leaders, approved of the plans. “The Jats are patriots. We can never be part of anything that is not in the national interest”, said a senior leader of the community.
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Rare brain surgery performed at PGIMS
Rohtak, October 4 This is perhaps for the first time that the surgery of intra-cranial anterior artery aneurysm has been performed at the PGIMS. The vice- chancellor and faculty of the Pt. BD Sharma Health University have described it as a major achievement. The patient was admitted to the hospital a couple of weeks ago with the complaint of severe headache followed by loss of consciousness. The detailed examinations and tests conducted by the doctors revealed that it was a case of intra-cranial hypertensive bleed, in which one of the main arteries carrying blood to the brain gets damaged and starts bleeding. Tests conducted by Dr Shalini, an associate professor of the Radiology Department, revealed damage to the large anterior communicating artery (aneurysm). A team of doctors led by Dr Vinod Malik operated upon him. The operation continued for seven hours and the patient was later shifted to Pulmonology ICU. After a few days of care, the patient regained consciousness and is reported to be recuperating well. He has been shifted to the general ward, said Dr Malik. He said such cases constituted about 4 per cent of the world population and surgery of anterior communicating artery aneurysm required micro vascular neurosurgical skill and it was one of the most complicated operations. He said such an operation had multiple challenges as bleeding could be a problem even if temporary clip was applied on ipsilateral anterior cerebral artery because these arise from base formed by both anterior cerebral arteries. Secondly, risk of bleeding during surgery was always higher in such types of aneurysms. The vice-chancellor, Dr SS Sangwan claimed that this was a remarkable achievement of the Department of Neurosurgery of the PGIMS and it would prove beneficial to patients who could not bear huge expanses for such a treatment, which is done mostly in private hospitals.
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Roadways depots breeding aedes mosquitoes: Health Dept
A vector surveillance team from Sirsa that checked various sites in Tohana and Fatehabad recently found larvae of aedes mosquitoes at other places on the Ratia Road of Tohana too. The team also found mosquito breeding at the sewage disposal site near Bhakhra main branch in Tohana. “We have written to the depot in charge of Haryana Roadways in Tohana and Fatehabad in this regard and have also forwarded copies to the deputy commissioner and the general manager of the Haryana Roadways in Fatehabad,” said Dr HL Gupta, deputy civil surgeon (vector-borne diseases), Fatehabad. “Several unused tyres containing stagnant water were found in the workshop when an insect collector and an inspector from the Health Department visited the depot on September 29. A large number of larvae of the mosquitoes responsible for spreading dengue and malaria have been found in these tyres. This is a serious matter and highly perilous for the health of general public,” said the identical letters written by the health authorities to the depot in charge of the Haryana Roadways in Tohana and Fatehabad. The authorities have asked them to empty those tyres immediately and store the tyres in some covered room after putting black burnt oil in them to kill the larvae. Meanwhile, the authorities here have contradicted to the claims of kin of a teenaged girl, Sandeep Kaur, who died in a charitable hospital in Hisar. Karnail Singh, an uncle of the victim, had yesterday alleged that the doctors attending to Sandeep Kaur told them that she died of dengue. However, Dr Gupta today claimed that the girl, who was first admitted to the community health centre in Ratia before being shifted to Hisar, had high fever and a condition called “frontal space occupying lesion” in the brain. Meanwhile, the spread of malaria and viral fever continues unabated in Fatehabad, Ratia, Tohana and surrounding areas. A large number of patients suffering from high fever are visiting government and private hospitals these days.
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Shreya Sharma opens children’s film
Yamunanagar, October 4 The film is based on a short story by Ruskin Bond about a girl whose blue umbrella is stolen and she makes a determined search for the thief. The young actor, who is accompanied with her father Abhay and aunt, said she had learnt a lot from Vishal Bhardwaj. The bubbly 17-year old actor, who made this film three years back, said she was a small town girl hailing from Shimla with little knowledge about films. But working for film maker Vishal Bhardwaj had been a marvelous experience after she got selected out of 2,000 aspirants in an audition held in Shimla. Senior film critic BB Nagpal also inaugurated a section of films, including “We are all good”, on this occasion in the main auditorium of the college. Film festivals honouring Iranian films are held annually around the globe. Along with China, Iran has been lauded as one of the best exporters of cinema in the 1990s. BB Nagpal said cinema was only five years old when it came to Persia at the beginning of the 20th century. The first Persian filmmaker was Mirza Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi, the official photographer of Muzaffar al-Din Shah, the Shah of Persia, from 1896 to 1907. After a visit to Paris in July, 1900, Akkas Bashi obtained a camera and filmed the Shah's visit to Europe upon the Shah's orders. He is said to have filmed the Shah's private and religious ceremonies, but no copies of such films exist today. In 1904, Mirza Ebrahim Khan Sahhafbashi opened the first movie theater in Teheran. In 1932, Abdolhossein Sepanta made the first Iranian sound film, “Lor Girl” . An important step was taken in 1998 when the Iranian government began to fund ethnic cinema. Since then Iranian Kurdistan has seen the rise of numerous filmmakers. The Iranian box office today is dominated by commercial Iranian films. Foreign films are not commonly shown in movie theaters as part of a ban on films originating from the West, sources said.
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Centre doles out Rs 23 crore for afforestation
Chandigarh, October 4 Presiding over a meeting of DFOs to review the progress of plantation and free distribution of plants during the current financial year, the minister said 4.10 crore saplings had been planted in the state by September 30. The minister directed officers of the Forests Department to chalk out an ambitious action plan, especially for the Mahendragarh and Rewari districts, for setting up small check dams to store rainwater so that it could be used for water recharge. The Forests Minister also stressed the need for making the herbal parks self-sustainable by planting nurseries and other fruit trees there. He also directed them to explore the possibilities of exporting herbal products to famous companies. He made it clear that the government would not bear any expenses on herbal parks that were more than three years old. Yadav directed the PCCF that two major projects should be prepared so that financial assistance could be sought from the Centre. He also directed that every DFO should chalk out at least one innovative scheme in his their respective areas. Yadav suggested that the farmers should be provided plants of their choice for their fields. While referring to the distribution of funds among labourers engaged in the department, Yadav made it clear that a policy should be devised according to the labour laws to check the exploitation of labourers. Keshni Anand Arora, Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Forests, said that 15 lakh plants of teak had been raised in the nurseries of the Forests Department. She directed the DFOs to send detailed reports about the plantation by October 31 which should be put on website also. Apprised the minister about the progress of the plantation in the state, Arora said some districts like Palwal, Sonipat, Kaithal, Fatehabad, Kurukshetra, Yamunangar and Ambala needed further improvement in this sphere. She pointed out that the most important issue was the survival of plants, which should be closely monitored. She assured the minister of achieving the target fixed for the department.
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Rs 3.75 crore spent on Saraswati river revival
Chandigarh, October 4 It is said several saints had their ashrams along the banks of the Saraswati before it vanished. The state government had sanctioned
Rs 10.05 crore for revival of the river, out of which `3.75 crore have so far been spent. This was revealed during a presentation recently made by the NGO here to apprise Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda of the progress of work being done to revive the ancient river. Keeping in view sentiments of the people, the Saraswati creak from Adi Badri to Pipli, which has been converted into a drain, will be renamed as the Saraswati Nadi distributary and it will be ensured that dirty water should not be released in this channel. Therefore, HUDA has prepared a `10.60-crore project to construct a separate sewer from Pipli to the SYL canal's siphon. The government is also considering a proposal of the Public Health Engineering Department to acquire land to install a sewerage treatment plant. The Saraswati Nadi is believed to have originated in the vicinity of Ad-Badri in the foothills of the Shivalik ranges in Yamunanagar district. The total length of the sacred Saraswati Nadi from Adi Badri to Jyotisar, near the SYL canal siphon, is about 125 km. Further from Thana Chhapper village in Yamunanagar, the river creak has a length of 93 km and passes in proximity to villages of Uncha Chandana-Jhinwerheri-Jaundaula-Bir-Pipli-Narkatari in Yamunanagar and Kurukshetra on its way to Bibipur lake in Kurukshetra through the existing siphon under the SYL and Narwana Branch canals. There is a natural creek in the shape of a small 42-km drain from Adi Badri to Uncha Chandana. The old creak of 63-km length from Uncha Chandana to the national highway is being converted to Saraswati Nadi distributary having a capacity of 200 cusecs. The nadi has been excavated in 63 km, except for a stretch of 4.5 km where 17.92 acre is yet to be acquired. After Jyotisar, the ancient creak is believed to traverse through Bibipur lake, the Saraswati drain in the Pehowa area and then through the Cheeka area and finally, it merges with the Para river near Kharka village in Kaithal and joins the Ghaggar in the Punjab territory. The total length of the Saraswati Nadi from Jyotisar to Punjab territory is about 60 km.
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Groundwater augmentation
Karnal, October 4 The award was
given to institutions under the Farmers’ Participatory Action
Research Programme (FPARP) for outstanding innovative work in
groundwater augmentation, leading to improved livelihood security of
millions of poor owning degraded (waterlogged, saline, alkali, coastal
saline, heavy clay vertisols) land and water resources. CSSRI
scientists have succeeded in evolving individual farmer-based
groundwater recharge, integrated farming and laser-levelling
technologies and interventions and developing recharge structures of
different designs, depths and costs. The results on the effectiveness
of recharge structures to replenish groundwater and improve its
quality were very encouraging and poor farmers in “overexploited
blocks” were greatly benefitted. The sustainability of agriculture
in northwestern states was threatened due to alarming decline of water
table, increase in pumping cost and deterioration in groundwater
quality. Realising that the groundwater decline could be deferred to
some extent by enhancing artificial recharge using rain and excess
canal water, the CSSRI made efforts to enhance groundwater recharge
and strengthen water productivity through Farmers’ Participatory
Action Research Programme (FPARP) funded by the Union Water Resource
Ministry. The programme under the guidance of director, CSSRI, as mission leader and Dr SK Kamra, head, irrigation and drainage, as principal investigator was operational at CSSRI, Karnal, and its Regional Research Stations at Bharuch (Gujarat) and Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) since 2008. Of the proposed 100 demonstrations, innovative groundwater recharge, pond renovation, integrated farming, laser-levelling technologies and irrigation interventions were implemented at 93 village sites in Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat over a period of two years and these structures were successful at any low-lying location where runoff got accumulated and adversely affected the production of rice and wheat during heavy rains. The
groundwater recharge structures were simple in design keeping
individual farmer’s needs in mind and these systems had better
chances of success and large-scale adoption than the bigger and much
costlier recharge schemes. The recharge structures had proved highly
effective in augmenting groundwater, improving its quality and
enhancing water productivity, contributing to farmer’s income. Though rice can tolerate seven days water submergence, the structures helped in reducing much larger flood volumes through recharge to save transplanted rice in the lowest 1-2 ha area at certain sites in Haryana and Punjab resulting in net saving of more than Rs 25,000 per ha from rice only. Similarly the recharge wells in Gujarat resulted in prolonged availability and improvement in quality of groundwater that facilitated increase in income of Rs 30,000- 75,000/ha in mango, papaya and banana plantations. Groundwater recharge structures also provide other tangible benefits like improvement in salinity, alkalinity and fluoride concentration at selected sites in four states while laser levelling, demonstrated at 25 sites, also proved to be a highly effective tool that could save up to 20 per cent irrigation water and increase yield and water productivity of rice and wheat by about 10 and 35 per cent, respectively. The clogging of recharge filter had been observed to be a major constraint in the performance and the FPARP team at CSSRI was making efforts to take care of this aspect as well as on developing still cheaper recharge technologies.
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Ladwa college holds talent hunt contest
Kurukshetra, October 4 An overwhelming response came forth and the participation of a few students in a number of cultural activities underscored the versatility of their genres. Though the audience enjoyed almost all activities, yet the voluptuous movements of the captivating and stunning beauty of youthful faces during dancing and singing set the stage afire. The excitement and animated impulses of the youth came into full play with their hearts throbbing passionately to the vibrant tunes. Speaking on the occasion, Dr NK
Nagpal, principal of the college, exhorted the students to come forward to participate in cultural activities enthusiastically, since they can attain enviable heights in life through their outstanding talents in cultural sphere as well. The prizes were given away to the winners by chief guest
Kaushalya, president of the Municipal Committee, Ladwa. She inspired the students through her witty, pithy and content rich speech. Dr Ravish Chauhan was the convener of the
programme. Enlisting the support of all teachers, he made sincere efforts to make it a big success. Results: Painting: 1 Monika; 2
Vinty; 3 Sonia Quiz: 1 Apoorva; 2 Sona Arora; 3 Baljinder Kaur Speech: 1 Dipinder Kaur; 2
Priyanka; 3 Ravita Poetical Symposium: 1 Suman; 2 Ravita; 3 Neha Singing: 1 Dipinder Kaur; 2
Deepika; 3 Rajinder Kaur Dancing: 1 Priyanka; 2 Gagandeep Saini; 3
Manpreet Mono-Acting: 1 Manisha; 2 Harpreet Kaur; 3 Neha Goyal Mimicry: 1 Mehtab
Raheja; 2 Amit; 3 Neha Goyal Playing Instrument: 1 Gauri Shankar; 2
Jyoti; 3 Poonam Saini
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Panipat police fails to solve criminal cases
Panipat, October 4 The police had been struggling to solve the case of kidnapping of Tejas
Gaba, son of a local industrialist, who was abducted by some hi-tech criminals two years ago. In the case related to extortion racket being run by members of the Special Task Force
(STF), the police has so far not made any major breakthroughs. The plea had been that the members of the STF were hard nuts to crack as they themselves were from the police and knew all tactics to baffle interrogators. The police was yet to crack the blind murder case in which body of a youth was found in one of the canals of the district last Wednesday. The police had recovered the body of a youth from the Delhi parallel canal last Wednesday, but till date the department was clueless about the identity of the man murdered and assaulters. Prima facie it appeared that the youth had been strangulated to death and his body was dumped in the canal. But the body of the deceased settled there itself because water level of the canal was quite low and it was later found by some passers-by who informed the police. A team of officials reached the spot and started investigation. The body was shifted to the mortuary of the civil hospital where the postmortem examination confirmed strangulation. But after that, in the absence of clues the investigation came to a standstill. In a similar case, the police had been unable to trace the killers of a boy whose body was found in part II of sector 25 in May this year. Five months after the incident, the police appears to have stumbled upon no vital information that could have helped it solve the case. It was believed that the boy was killed somewhere else and his body was later thrown in this sector. Sources in the Police Department said in most of the cases that remain unsolved, investigators had questioned a number of persons, but no concrete information had come forth. The sources maintained that police personnel were working hard to crack the cases and it was just a matter of time that these cases were solved.
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Bringing unaided educational institutes under ESI Act
Chandigarh, October 4 Taking up a bunch of 10 petitions filed by the Faridabad-based Ideal Private School Association and other un-aided institutes against the state of Haryana and other respondents, Mr Justice Ranjit Singh has held the state is "fully justified in applying the provisions of the ESI Act to the petitioner institutes". Mr Justice Ranjit Singh asserted: "A hotly debated issue raised in these 10 writ petitions is that whether the ESI Act can be made applicable to un-aided educational institutes. All these schools are neither receiving grant-in-aid, nor any other assistance or facility from the government of Haryana; and are aggrieved against the action of the state government in issuing a notification under Section 1 (5) of the ESI Act". Mr Justice Ranjit Singh noted that counsel Satya Pal Jain, appearing on behalf of the petitioners, has contended that the Act, legislated to apply to factories could be extended to industrial, commercial or agricultural institutes, but it could not be extended to educational institutes. In an attempt to substantiate the contentions, Jain added a "teacher cannot be treated as a workman or a labourer." Justice Ranjit Singh added the state, on the other hand, is "challenging the maintainability of the writ petitions on the ground that no constitutional right of the petitioners was infringed upon and, thus, they have no right to invoke the extra-ordinary jurisdiction of the court". After hearing the arguments, Justice Ranjit Singh asserted the submissions made by counsel for the petitioners that the provisions could not be applied to unaided institutes is being rejected. Finding no merits in the plea, Justice Ranjit Singh also dismissed the petitions.
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Youth exhorted to join IAF
Sirsa, October 4 The radio had organised the interaction as part of Air Force Day celebrations that began on October 3 and would continue up to October 8. Answering questions from show host Virender Chauhan as well as radio listeners, Sabharwal called upon the youth to pursue career in IAF. He said the IAF had played a key role in all battles that were imposed on India beginning with the Pakistani incursion in Kashmir in 1948. The famous Longewala battle that was later filmed in Bollywood film “Border” was a classic example of the efficiency of the IAF, he added. In the 1971 Bangladesh war, the IAF performed extremely well on both eastern and western fronts. Similarly, the capability of the IAF to hit the targets with great precision forced the Pakistani forces and other infiltrators to retreat from Kargil, Sabharwal added. Asked to comment about the fast growing might of China as reported by media in recent months, the officer said so far as modernisation and technical expertise was concerned, the IAF was second to none in the world. Sabharwal said while all three forces, including the IAF, had vacancies at the officer level, the situation was not as bad as projected by the media from time to time. He said apart from joining as pilots in the IAF through NDA/CDS brilliant graduates can make entry in engineering and administrative lines too if they want to join the IAF. A large number of airmen were also required for the smooth functioning of the IAF, he added. While the IAF was performing its duties, the cooperation of civilians was very crucial in towns where its stations were located. He said to ensure foolproof air safety, people residing in the areas around the air force stations must avoid throwing eatables and other such garbage in the open that might attract birds. He said people should also keep an eye on the movement and activities of strangers in the area and should report any such thing to the station to prevent any kind of espionage in the area.
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'Trade relations can improve Indo-Pak ties'
Ambala, October 4 This was stated by Rajbir Deswal, IG, CID, while speaking at a seminar on “Conflict and Cooperation in Indo-Pak Relations” at GMN College, here. He said people-to-people contact would improve relations between the two countries. There was a time when people from both sides would freely
visit each other’s places, he added. He said the two countries should concentrate on issues that affect the general public like illiteracy and unemployment rather than building weapons. Deswal said cultural understanding, exchange of knowledge and information, and trade relations could improve Indo-Pak relations. The common man and political workers should strive for peace and democracy. Speaking on the occasion, Birender Singh, Rajya Sabha MP, observed that the Indian policy of holding composite dialogue with Pakistan was convincing. He justified the deployment of armed forces in J&K so that Pakistan-sponsored militants could not disrupt the democratic process of life. He said the Partition of India was the result of wicked designs of politicians with vested interests. Prof RS Yadav, chairman, department of political science, Kurukshetra University, observed that Indo-Pak relations were passing through a crucial stage. “The need of the hour is to devise a conflict management mechanism and to develop a broad understanding between two Nations”. Prof SK Shukla from PU, Chandigarh, stressed on people-to-people contact diplomacy between the two nations. Dr Surinder Singh Nain, convener of the seminar, presented a vote of thanks to the chief guest and delegates. RR Malik, principal of GMN College, thanked all participants and the chief guest on the occasion.
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1,384 patients examined at free medical camp
Sonepat, October 4 Prominent specialists and doctors of the town, including Ramesh Narang, Ramesh Batra, Manoj Batla, Suresh Arya, SK Mukhija, Deepak Arora, Satnam Singh Bhogal, Sunita Dhankhar, Praveen Aneja, Amit Rai, Sudha Kaushal, Girish Khurana, Rakesh Balhara, Shushil Kumar, Inder Kumar Verma, Arun Gera and Vivek Verma, gave their free services in the camp. Sanjay Makkar, owner of Jyoti Opticals, which carried out eye testing, announced to distribute free spectacles to needy persons. The patients were given free medicines in the camp. Inaugurating the camp, Sonepat SDM Jag Niwas appreciated the efforts of the Samiti and thanked the doctors for their voluntary services in the camp for the welfare of patients. Free medical camp was a rare gesture of humanity and social welfare as patients were relieved of their pains free of cost, he added. The SDM was of the opinion that such camps were most useful as all kind of facilities were provided under one roof and services of renowned specialists are available free of cost. “Such camps provide a great relief to patients, particularly poor ones,” he said and appealed to other social institutions to contribute in social welfare activities on the lines of the Samaj Seva Samiti. Eye surgeon Dr Ramesh Narang advised the people to take maximum care of their eyes, which are one of the main organs of the body. “Any kind of ailment in eyes should not be taken lightly if you want to enjoy the nature with your eyes and work for the welfare of others,” he opined. Pawan Goyal, president of the Samiti, listed the welfare activities being carried out by the Samiti after its inception in 1982 and announced that the Samiti was shortly going to have a state-of-the-art eye hospital in the town. He claimed that the Samiti’s eye donation programme had also been getting encouraging response from the volunteers.
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Tributes paid to ex-CM Rao
Birender Singh
Rewari, October 4 The convention adopted several resolutions urging the state and the union governments to establish a grand memorial here to perpetuate the memory of Rao Birender Singh, set up a national institution in Haryana or elsewhere in the country in his name and also to bring out an anthology of his memoirs highlighting his achievements. Besides, it was also resolved to constitute a voluntary organisation ‘ Vishal Haryana Smriti Manch” to provide a practical shape to the above resolutions. With tributes offered to Rao Birender Singh, the seminar was addressed by Prof. Anirudh Yadav, HPCC spokesman Ved Prakash Vidrohi, BJP leader Yogender Singh Yadav, RJD activist Rao Abhey Singh, Naresh Chauhan advocate, prominent poet Halchal Haryanvi, INTACH convener Sudhir Bhargava, Prof. Davender Singh Yadav, Col. Ranbir Singh Yadav (retd), Shriniwas Shastri , Retd. Principal L N Sharma, Mahender Singh Yadav and several others. Highlighting Rao’s deep-rooted political vision, his charismatic leadership and other salient achievements of his five-decade-long political career, the speakers asserted that Rao always maintained political dignityand never compromised with his moral values and principles for petty selfish interests.
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Interest rates revised
Chandigarh, October 4 The rate of interest on saving bank deposit would be 3.5 per cent. On fixed deposits for 15 days to 45 days, the rate of interest would also be 3.5 per cent. The rate of interest would be 4 per cent for 46 to 90 days, 5.25 per cent for 91 to 179 days, 6 per cent for 6 months but less than one year, 6.75 per cent for one year but less than two years and 7 per cent for two years and above. The rate of interest on savings bank PF accounts would remain the same The revised rates on term deposits would be applicable on fresh or on renewal of existing deposits on maturity on or after October 1. A 1 per cent additional rate of interest would be applicable on deposits in the name of a member or a retired member of the bank's staff either individually and jointly with any other member or members of his family subject to the declaration that the money belongs to him only. According to the new norms, there would be a penal interest of 1 per cent per annum on premature withdrawal of term deposits.
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Arthroplasty experts share experiences
Gurgaon, October 4 Orthopaedics experts from different parts of the world shared their experiences on various aspects of joint replacement surgeries during the four-day event. The participants witnessed live surgery through video-conferencing and got to know about the latest advances in arthroplasty, including “LCS high-performance cement-less knee” and “delta motion hip”. Dr SKS Marya, organising chairman, APAS-2010, and chairman and chief orthopaedic surgeon, Max Healthcare, besides knee surgeon Prof David Barrett from the UK and senior joint replacement surgeon Dr Ian Mackenzie Rogan from South Africa were the distinguished speakers at the conference. Dr Marya maintained that the uncemented knee-replacement was a technically better option than the conventional cemented knee-replacement and had a longer life span. “Unlike the cemented implant, the uncemented one does not damage the bone when it is removed for subsequent surgery,” he explained, adding that the new technology used a titanium mesh for the implant to hold on to the bone. He said likewise, the “silent hip” technique also made re-surgery easy and hassle-free for the patient as well as for the surgeon. Two books authored by Dr Marya, “Total Hip Replacement Surgery: Principles and Techniques”
and “Step-by-Step Knee Replacement” were also released on the occasion.
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Media students to make short films on Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra, October 4 He said: "India has a unique cultural heritage and Kurukshetra is associated to our rich epic Mahabharata, which gives us the message that we should do our duty with full devotion whether it is towards our family, friends, society or country". He further said: "The media is modernising day by day and new technologies are making information available at the click of a button. This creates a big responsibility for our youths aspiring to be future journalists and they should be able to make common people aware of their rights and duties". Nirmal Bhatnagar, dean of mass communication of the institute, who was accompanying the students, thanked the vice-chancellor for his inspiring thoughts and said: "We will bring all new batches of our students studying mass communication at JIMS to Kurukshetra to show them the fusion of ancient culture with the modern media for better understanding of our rich culture. These students will make short films and photo features on Kurukshetra after they will go back. This is the practical side of the course content run by the institute," she added.
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Moot court trials held
Fatehabad, October 4 Teams from the Law Department of Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, and Maha Markandeshwar University, Mulana, (Ambala) as well as those from the CR Jat College of Law, Hisar, and Hans Raj Phutela College of Law participated in the competition. Prof SK Ohliyan, head of the Law Department from MM University, Mulana, delivered his keynote address. In his address, Prof Ohliyan said human rights were important for a civilized society. He said every citizen must have the knowledge of common laws and human rights; the Constitution of the country provides them. Dr Rajesh Malik, an assistant professor from CDLU, conducted the entire proceedings of the moot court. Local senior advocates Gulbahar Singh, Upender Gera and BR Bajaj acted as judges. All teams were divided into four groups of one appellant and one respondent each and were given an All-India Reporter (AIR) reported case of murder for argument before the High Court. The case was based on challenging the conviction of an accused on the charge of murder based on the dying declaration of the victim. A team from the Law Department of CDLU and the Law Department of MM University were adjudged joint winners in the competition. Second prize went to a team from the CR Jat College of Law,
Hisar.
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MDI signs pact with DST
Gurgaon, October 4 The MoU was signed by Dr BS Sahay, MDI Director, and HK Mittal, Additional Secretary, DST, recently. Dr Sahay maintained that the MoU was an endeavor towards identifying potential entrepreneurs from the student community, alumni and faculty to encourage them to set up start-up companies within the technology business incubator located on the MDI campus. “It is practically impossible for the government to provide jobs to all. It is, therefore, important that MDI students and alumni start their own ventures and be job creators rather than passing out as job-seekers,” he observed. Prof Rohit Prasad, chairperson, Centre for Entrepreneurship at the MDI, said: “This incubator with a capacity of 30 incubates is one of the first such initiatives in north India. It promises to be an exciting feature for the development of entrepreneurship in the NCR.”
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Railway Colony residents to move court
Hemant Kumar
Kalka, October 4 Vijay Bansal, president of the manch, said they had served a legal notice to the general manager, Northern Railways; divisional rail manager, Ambala division; and inspector of works, Kalka, in context with the deteriorating condition of houses, link roads, shortage of drinking water and poor sewerage system in narrow gauge and broad gauge Railway Colonies of Kalka. He said it had been mentioned in the notice that residential houses in the Railway Colonies adjacent to Kalka railway branch school, are in deplorable condition for the past many years. These houses have been facing the problem of seepage. Besides, roofs of several houses have developed cracks and windows and doors need immediate replacement. In many houses, old electricity wiring system poses a threat to residents. And despite bringing these problems to the notice of the IOW department many times, the residents got no respite.
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Norms for new law colleges
Chandigarh, October 4 An official spokesman said the applicant could be a registered non-profit organisation like a public trust or society or a company Applications of only those societies or trusts that were already successfully running quality educational institutions would be considered for permission to open a law college. He said the applicant trust or society should have experience of at least five years of running an institute of higher learning with a certificate of accreditation Minimum five acres of land would be required for opening a law college. The spokesman said the applicant would also create a non-transferable endowment fund in the name of the society or trust as the case might be. Funds worth Rs 2 crore for various purposes and Rs 50 lakh for endowment funds were required for opening a new college which would be pledged in the name of the Higher Education Commissioner, Haryana. In addition to this, a bank guarantee amounting to Rs 1 crore would also be required.
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Mishaps claim 3 lives
Rewari, October 4 Rinki Yadav (20) was killed on the spot while her husband, Hemant
Yadav, and her one-and-a-half year-old daughter sustained injuries when their motor cycle was hit by a Punjab Roadways bus close to Masani barrage, near
Dharuhera, on Saturday evening. The mishap occurred when they were returning from Nandrampur Bas village, near
Dharuhera, to Kakodia village, near here, while the bus was going from Delhi to
Jaipur. In another incident, Sarla Devi (30) of Khandora village died on the spot while Pooja and Ishwar Singh were seriously injured when a Qualis reportedly collided with their motor cycle near Tankri village, 12 km from here, on Saturday evening. In a third incident, an eight-year-old boy,
Vinod, a member of a nomadic tribe, was fatally injured after he was hit by a Qualis near Khori village, 10 km from here, on Sunday, The boy was fatally hit while crossing the road by the Qualis coming from Narnaul to
Rewari.
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Kurukshetra DC honours senior citizens
Kurukshetra, October 4 Advocate JS Virk, president of the Senior Citizens Forum, Kurukshetra, advised the elders not to feel alone as the district administration and the judiciary were with them. The DC honoured senior citizens Himmat Singh Sinha, KL Wadhwa, BL. Gupta, BM. Sikka, HS. Kalrsa and DR. Goyal for welfare works done by them for elders.
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Irate residents block traffic
Rewari, October 4 They rued that “dust storms”caused by incessant flow of vehicular traffic on the dilapidated bypass has made life miserable for them. They complained that nothing tangible had been done to repair the road between IOC Chowk and Rajesh Pilot Chowk even as they appealed to the deputy commissioner recently. The blockade, which lasted for over an hour, was lifted at the persuasion of SDM SB Lohiya who assured them that the needful would now be done expeditiously.
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State to promote yoga
Chandigarh, October 4 Gopal Kanda, Minister of State for Sports, said the government would spend Rs 28.10 lakh on various yoga activities during 2010-11. Kanda said yoga sub centres would be set up at all blocks from August, 2010, to March, 2011. District-level yoga therapy camps would be organised at all district headquarters from January 20 to January 24, 2011. Yoga training camps would be organised in all blocks from November 8 to December 2, 2010, and yoga competitions would be organised at all district headquarters from December 13 to 17, 2010.
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Drive to shift power meters to continue
Chandigarh, October 4 Maintaining that the power distribution companies were facing a lot of problems with electricity meters installed inside the consumer's premises, it was decided that the installation of meters outside the homes of the consumers was in the interest of the latter. With meters inside the bathrooms, stores and kitchens, meter reading became difficult and the consumers felt disturbed by their visits. In this background, both nigams had decided to shift the power meters outside the consumer premises on the poles.
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Yamunanagar, October 4
Activists of various political parties, functionaries of voluntary organisations and distinguished citizens participated in a seminar titled “ Political chieftaincy- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”, held to commemorate the first death anniversary of Rao Birender Singh, a former Chief Minister of Haryana and a former union minister, in the Krishna Garden complex here recently.
Poor condition of road
Fatehabad, October 4