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Polythene ban in Ambala
Target: Improved power supply
One more tests positive for swine flu |
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Man kills lender for demanding money
Cattle smugglers thrive in state
Year on, police clueless in madrasa blast
Consumer Court dismisses shop owner's plea
International meet on engineering, IT organised
IFFCO plans power plant in Chhattisgarh
Peas prices to fall in Nov: HAU
Stronger rupee
DC asks wrestler to motivate budding players
Commuters rue poor bus service
BJP threatens stir on bajra procurement
Over 150 students donate blood
Prof Gupta is MDI officiating director
Medal in Asiad my next target: Ravinder
CM for campaign to spread cancer awareness
Workshop on network security held
Declamation contest on Ambedkar
State to honour Gagan Narang on Nov 1
Houses’ demolition postponed
Woven bags distributed
Bids invited for 10-yr govt securities
Notice served on ultrasound centre
Promote sports, Surjewala asks corporate houses
Ratnawali festival begins tomorrow
Water, capital and HC issues interlinked: CM
CRPF jawan cremated
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Polythene ban in Ambala
Ambala, October 25 Samir Pal Saro, deputy commissioner, said a public campaign would be launched for the success of the campaign. He said meetings of associations of shopkeepers would be called to persuade them to discard polythene. Guilty shopkeepers would be levied heavy penalty, he added. The administration would also organise seminars in schools and colleges to educate children regarding the ill effects of polythene. Besides, awareness rallies involving NGOs would be held, he added. The DC said shopkeepers would be asked to use paper carry bags. Initially, the administration would provide eco-friendly carry bags to the shopkeepers at nominal rate. He said polythene was not biodegradable and was harmful for environment. Besides, polythene carry bags also clogged sewage lines and drains. It is to be mentioned that Ambala’s wholesale cloth market where around 800 wholesale traders operate would have to face difficulty as most of the shopkeepers have stored huge quantity of coloured polythene carry bags with name of their firms printed on it.
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Target: Improved power supply
Managing Director Sudhir Rajpal said here that the urban areas would be covered first. In the second phase all overloaded transformers would be replaced in the rural areas. He said 600 transformers had already been replaced in the towns and the remaining ones would be replaced in the coming months. He said unauthorised extension of load by consumers and theft of electricity caused overloading of the system, which, in turn, triggered breakdowns and tripping. He said theft of power was a social evil, which could be eradicated only by public awareness. Rajpal said 1381 feeders had already been overhauled under a special drive launched to maintain, upgrade and strengthen the power distribution system The nigam had launched a campaign to bifurcate all overloaded feeders and replace all bare conductors with aerial bunched cable or armoured cable, particularly in rural areas and localities on the outskirts of cities. Rajpal directed officials to replace all defective meters in a time-bound manner. For the convenience of consumers, meters shops would be opened at all the operation circle headquarters where all nine empanelled meter manufacturers would sell meters. Meter counters at Hisar and Faridabad had already been opened.
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One more tests positive for swine flu
Fatehabad, October 25 Gurdial Singh (60) died of H1N1 in a charitable hospital in Hisar earlier this month. It was only after his death that the health authorities came to know that he suffered from swine flu. Later, Kulwant Kaur, sister of the deceased, also tested positive for swine flu. Mohinder Kaur, another sister of Gurdial, and Shalu, a three-year-old girl of the family, also complained of flu-like symptoms and the health authorities took their samples for testing. Kulwant Kaur and Mohinder Kaur had alleged on Monday that the hospital authorities in Fatehabad had shown them the door without their medical examination because the former had tested positive by then. Deputy Commissioner Vijay Singh Dahiya took the lapse seriously in his meeting with the officers recently and asked the civil surgeon, OP Arya, to take all steps to provide proper treatment to the infected family members. Now, Shalu has tested positive for H1N1, while Mohinder Kaur’s report has come negative, said Dr Hira Lal Gupta, a deputy civil surgeon and nodal officer for Swine Flu in the district. Gupta said the rapid response team of the department comprising Dr Kuldeep Saini, Dr Surinder Bishnoi, Dr Lata Sangwan, all medical officers and Bharti, an epidemiologist with the department, visited the village recently to take stock of the situation. He claimed that all patients were better now and were completely isolated from the village population. He said Tamiflu was being administered to in the Meanwhile, Dr Satbir Chaudhary, Director (Vector Borne Diseases), Health Department, Haryana, visited here today. Chaudhary also went to Jakhal, where four suspected cases of dengue were reported last week. The reports of the cases have, however, been found negative, said Gupta.
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Man kills lender for demanding money
Rewari, October 25 Consequently, he, along with his three associates, barged into the lender’s house in the wee hours on Saturday when Mool Chand was sleeping in the courtyard. They allegedly strangled him to death. Later, when his wife Nisha Devi, who, along with her two daughters, was sleeping inside an adjoining room, raised the alarm, the quartet fled away. Following a complaint lodged by Nisha Devi, the Kasaula police booked Satish and his three accomplices - Bali, Ishwar and Chand Ram - for the murder of Mool Chand.
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Cattle smugglers thrive in state
Karnal, October 25 The maximum number of these gangs is operating in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and more than 100 such gangs have been identified by the state police and during the past eight years, more than 3,500 cases have been registered under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. As many as 901 cases were registered between 2003 and 2008 in the Muslim-dominated Mewat area while 253 cases were registered in Yamunagar and 186 cases in Palwal district during the same period. According to police sources, on an average 350 to 400 cases were registered for smuggling of cows alone while cases pertaining to buffaloes and other animals, slaughtered for meat and hide, were not known. The gangs purchase cows and other animals from Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh and smuggle these to slaughterhouses in Uttar Pradesh. The hapless animals, abandoned by the people after they go dry, are brutally packed in trucks, tempos and other transport vehicles animals and when caught, a case is registered. However, not even a single person has been convicted so far. Vehicles carrying cattle intercepted by the police at interstate borders and checkpoints are only a fraction of cases and the number of such animals being smuggled runs into thousands, claims an animal rights activist. Normally, 20 to 40 animals are packed in a truck or other transport vehicle and going by official statistics, the number of cows involved in 3,500 cases is between 90,000 and one lakh and the number of smuggled cows alone is estimated at three to four lakh, he adds. According to police sources, smugglers are using different and non-conventional routes to take animals out of the state to dodge the police. The routes - Nagina-Tigoan road in Mewat region, Nuh-Hatin road in Palwal, Meerut road in Karnal, Khizrabad and Saharanpur road in Yamunanagar, national highways in Gurgaon and Faridabad and Nuh-Hatin road in the Palwal area - are notorious for cattle smuggling and more than 70 per cent cases were registered in these areas. Vehicle owners deny involvement in unlawful activities and say that they purchase animals from mandis and take them to other states with valid transport permits. However, the trucks are overloaded and the number of animals is much more than the number mentioned in the permit and cases are registered. Maherban, a vehicle owner, who was caught recently, said he had permission for transporting seven buffalos, but he was carrying 15 and was detained by the police. He said in Punjab, the government charged sales tax at the rate of four per cent on the sale of every buffalo and a large number mandis are held in Haryana, Punjab, UP and Bihar.
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Year on, police clueless in madrasa blast
Jind, October 25 The probe has been a witness of the case being handed over to several officials of which many of them, including the district police chief and two DSPs, being transferred in this period. The blast ripped apart a section of the madrasa building on the night of October 18 last year. Though about 40-odd inmates were present inside the building at the time of the blast, there was no loss of life as the students had assembled for prayers in another room at that time. Samples collected by forensic and ballistic experts were sent for examination. The blast occurred at about 10 pm at the madrasa (masjid) located on the Hansi branch canal road. Though police officials earlier claimed that an explosion in a septic tank in the building of the madrasa could have been the cause, the theory appeared full of holes. This explanation also failed to get support from Deen Mohammed, maulvi of the masjid, who claimed that an explosion in the septic tank of the building was not possible as the tank had not been in use since about three years back when it was filled with earth and a room constructed over it. The residents of the building were using another septic tank and there was no problem with it. Suspecting involvement of anti-social elements, the maulvi said the impact of the blast was so hard that it ripped apart the floor of the room and broke wooden panels and doors of all rooms. A cycle kept in the gallery of the premises was thrown about 70ft away. The blast could have severely injured the inmates of the madrasa who escaped unhurt as they assembled for prayers at an open space located 50m away. They were preparing to go to their beds in one of the rooms of the madrasa. The inmates, aged between 6 and 14, were in panic for several days after the blast, but there was no breakthrough since then, said an inmate. ASP Simardeep Singh said the issue was quite complicated and the investigation was still on.
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Consumer Court dismisses shop owner's plea
Yamunanagar, October 25 Sources said M/s Rohit Paints and Hardware Store was insured from The New India Assurance Co. Ltd, Yamunanagar, and the shop owner also obtained the CC limit for his shop from Punjab National Bank, Jagadhri. On September 30, 2006, a fire broke out in the shop and he lodged a DDR with the concerned police station regarding the damage suffered by him with an estimated loss of Rs 7,12,000 and completed all formalities required by the insurance company. After the survey by an insurance surveyor, the claim was settled only for Rs 4,00,169 on May 24, 2007, as full and final settlement of the claim. The store owner, through his lawyer Sukhvinder Singh, sent a legal notice to the insurance company on May 29, 2007, calling upon to make the balance payment of the claim as he had obtained the CC limit with PNB and pleaded for directing the company to make the remaining payment of the claim of Rs 3,11,881, along with the interest, but the company did not make the payment. Aruna Sharma, counsel for PNB, pleaded for the dismissal of the complaint against the bank and argued that the store was insured with the insurance company and he paid premium to them. The complainant only got the CC limit from the bank and the amount of the claim paid by the insurance company was reduced from his account after the clearance of the cheque. As such, the bank has no concern in releasing the balance amount of the claim. The forum heard both parties and had gone through the pleadings as well as documents placed on the file. From the perusal of the documents, it was clear that the shop of the complainant was insured with The New India Assurance Co. Ltd during the period when the fire broke out in the store. Dina Nath Arora, president of the District Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum, in his order after the discussion in the case, said: "We are of the considered view that M/s Rohit Paints and Hardware Store has received the full and final payment of the claim from the insurance company without any protest. So in these circumstances, the owner of the shop cannot file a complaint for the payment of the balance amount after receiving the full and final payment of the claim".
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International meet on engineering, IT organised
Kurukshetra, October 25 The conference provided a platform for interaction between academia and industry people. On the occasion of the closing ceremony, Dr MN Bandhopadyay, director, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, (NIT-K) was the chief guest. He appreciated the quality of papers which were presented in the conference proceedings. He said the conference on "Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology" was very appropriate when changes in technology were taking place world over. He also highlighted salient developments, particularly in information technology, that have revolutionised the world. KM Singh, IPS (retd), former director, Central Industries Security Forces, and member of the National Disaster Management Authorities, India, was the guest of honour on the valedictory session of the conference. He mentioned that holding a conference of this magnitude was essential for faculty, delegates and students for further growth of the country. Dr LN Mittal, director, Quality Improvement Programme of the GIMT, informed regarding future directions of the institute for training, development and placement of budding engineers and management professionals. Over 200 delegates attended the conference and director-principal Dr Sorabh Gupta welcomed the dignitaries and Er Deepali Gupta proposed a vote of thanks. Er DK Gupta, additional secretary, State Board of Technical Education, Haryana, Dr Rakesh Kumar, Kurukshetra University, professors and heads of the NIT-K and management persons of the GIMT were present during the valedictory session.
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IFFCO plans power plant in Chhattisgarh
Fatehabad, October 25 Jakhar, who was here to participate in a seminar on rabi crops at Bhattu Kalan, said IFFCO and the Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board (CSEB) would producing 1100-MW power through their joint venture company called IFFCO Chhattisgarh Power Limited (ICPL). He said IFFCO was also setting up a project of dairy production at Nellore in Andhra Pradesh, where 9000 cows from Australia and New Zealand would be imported. IFFCO, he said, enjoyed 50 per cent share in the manufacture of DAP fertilisers. Jakhar said IFFCO provided a subsidy of Rs 900 per bag on DAP and Rs 350 per bag on urea fertilisers . He announced that two community centres would be opened in the district by the society at a cost of Rs 8 lakhs. DC Vijay Singh Dahiya cautioned against the increasing use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides and called upon farmers to go for organic farming. Scientists from Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar, educated farmers about the scientific techniques of farming An exhibition was also organised by IFFCO on this occasion.
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Peas prices to fall in Nov: HAU
Hisar, October 25 The university makes such forecasts to help farmers to decide which crop they should sow. According to Dr. R.K. Khatkar, Head, national agricultural innovation project of the university, the prices of peas would fall in November and December due to more arrivals from the adjoining states. The price of potatoes in November would range between Rs 575 and Rs 800 per quintal and in December between Rs 400 and Rs 600 per quintal. The higher prices during November would be due to more demand owing to festival season. Haryana's green peas-growing districts are Sonepat, Jhajjar, Rohtak, Karnal, Panipat, Hisar and Kurukshetra. During February 2010, the total area under green peas was about 10,580 hectares in the state and about 55,000 tonnes of peas were produced. Haryana is one of the major peas-growing states. The other major pea-growing states included Bihar, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Orissa and Karnataka. Uttarakhand is also emerging as a pea-growing state as farmers there take three crops in a year. The major potato-growing states are UP., West Bengal and Bihar constituting about 85 per cent of the total production in the country. Haryana and Punjab contribute about 7 per cent of the national production. In Haryana the major potato-growing districts are Ambala, Kurukshetra, Yamunanagar, Karnal, Panipat, Sonipat and Panchkula. During 2009-10 the potato area was 23,000 hectares with a production of about 4.32 lakh tones. Traders say the potato prices this year are expected to be much lower than that last year because only 25 per cent of the potato kept in UP cold storages has been released so far against around 60 per cent last year. In India, more than 80 per cent of the potato is produced in the rabi season and UP is the largest producer.
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Stronger rupee
Panipat, October 25 Although the strengthening rupee signals that the Indian economy has come out of recession, the export-oriented companies are upset over its adverse impact on their revenues. Exports from Panipat grew steadily from Rs 680 crore in 1999-2000 to more than Rs 3,060 crore by 2009-2010. But there has been a fall in the earnings of individual companies on account of a stronger rupee. Some companies which had imported raw material at a rate of Rs 50 a dollar are now exporting the finished product at Rs 44 a dollar. Even those exporters, who have already dispatched their finished products a while ago when the dollar was stronger in the international market, are facing the heat as the payments are coming now when the value of money has gone down. Hopeful that dollar would bounce back soon, some exporters have even decided to delay the recovery of dues so that they would be able to get more value. Naveen Sharma, a local exporter, said rupee appreciation had badly hit the local textile industry, especially carpet exporters. The rupee has been appreciating for quite some time and climbed to a high of Rs 44.35 versus US dollar. According to economic experts, for every one percent appreciation in rupee, there is 1.2 percent decline in profits of exporters. The local exporters are now waiting for the dollar to regain strength so that they can again start getting their dues.
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DC asks wrestler to motivate budding players
Sonepat, October 25 Joshi said wrestling had been part of rural life since long and there used to “dangals” (wrestling competitions) on the occasion of every festival and the winners were honoured and given cash prizes by spectators. He added now the government had also come into the picture to reward wrestlers and other sportspersons with cash prizes and government jobs. He was all praise for CWG medal winners of Haryana for giving their best ever performance and hoped that this would get further momentum after honouring medal winners at a state-level function at MNSS Rai on November 1 by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Yogeshwar Dutt praised the CM for implementing a new sports policy, which had motivated sportspersons to give their best. He assured that he would visit village akharas to guide budding wrestlers.
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Commuters rue poor bus service
Faridabad, October 25 Road connectivity offered by the Haryana Roadways from Faridabad to Gurgaon has always been poor, but the situation has worsened recently with its service getting erratic. Hukam Singh and Kamal Kumar Singh, chief inspectors of Faridabad and Gurgaon depots, respectively, said they were not aware of the problems. However, commuters say they have complained to the roadways authorities in the two districts several times, but to no avail. Rameshwar Singh, a local resident who works in a Gurgaon-based company, says he had complained to the general manager, Gurgaon depot, about three months ago, but no action has been taken. Similarly, Rajesh, who is a resident of NIT, Faridabad, and goes Gurgaon every day, says he and others too had submitted a complaint to the roadways authorities in Faridabad a couple of months ago. The Faridabad-Gurgaon stretch is one of the busiest segments as hundreds of commuters, including students, have intercity mobility. Also, villagers and school and college goers from villages in this district falling along the Faridabad-Gurgaon road come to Faridabad and Ballabgarh. They depend on the services of the Haryana Roadways as its buses take the route of their villages, which have now become erratic. Besides, the indifferent attitude of the roadways staff has added to their woes. Buses going from Ballbagarh (bus terminal in Faridabad district) to Gurgaon and the ones coming from Gurgaon to Ballabgarh via Faridabad city do not follow specified routes and do not halt at specified stoppages, including the vital BK Chowk in Faridabad and IFFCO crossing in Gurgaon. Also, although officially there is a bus service from both depots every half an hour, the provision remained only on paper. The recent introduction of low-floor AC buses has added to the problems of the common man. With ordinary buses playing truant, passengers are forced to board AC buses whose fare is almost double.
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BJP threatens stir on bajra procurement
Bhiwani, October 25 BJP Kisan Morcha national president Om Prakash Dhankhad, after visiting mandis of Jui, Badhra, Loharu and Bhiwani, criticised the state government for its “indifferent attitude” towards procurement. He said the procurement of bajra had been stopped and farmers were at the receiving end as their produce was getting damaged. He threatened to launch an agitation if procurement was not started soon. Dhankhad said due to heavy rains this year, the colour of bajra had faded and the “dampness ratio” had increased.
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Prof Dhindsa gets Haryana Rattan Award
Kurukshetra, October 25 According to a communication from the Secretary-General of the All-India Conference of Intellectuals, Dr. Dhindsa was presented the award in Chandigarh on October 24. Professor Dhindsa has the rare distinction of being the first scientist in Haryana to have been decorated with 'Indian National Science Academy Award' in 1976 by the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi. Dhindsa has 160 research publications to his credit.
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Over 150 students donate blood
Fatehabad, October 25 Vijay Singh Dahiya, DC, inaugurated the camp. Principal DK Kaushik said the District Red Cross Society, Punjab National Bank and the Market Committee, Fatehabad, had contributed to the success of the camp. Over 150 boys and girls donated blood during the camp, many of them for the first time.
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Prof Gupta is MDI officiating director
Professor Gupta's name was finalised by the MDI board members after accepting the resignation of Prof BS Sahay from the post of director. Professor Gupta, who specialises in human resource management (HRM), has been associated with the MDI for the past 20 years. Prior to joining the institute, he worked as a scientist in the aeronautics wing of the DRDO, where he also did his Masters in engineering. He worked on big projects in the organisation and was also involved in recruitment, training and planning. After obtaining a degree in management, Professor Gupta shifted to the Defence Institute of Work Study, Mussorie, and soon rose to the position of chief instructor and chief consultant. He was also a member of the high-powered committee on training in
defence.
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Medal in Asiad my next target: Ravinder
Rohtak, October 25 Ravinder, who was here recently, is one of 18 players who have been selected to play for the country in the wrestling event in these games. The 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asiad, are scheduled to take place in Guangzhou, China, from November 12 to November 27, 2010. Hailing from Kharman village of Jhajjar district, Ravinder claimed that his performance in the CWG had been a major boost for him. He had won several medals at International levels earlier. “Wrestlers from some of the CIS countries like Iran and South Korea could pose some hurdles, but his training for the CWG will help him to overcome the challenge,” he admitted. Ravinder, a national champion in the 60-kg category for the past about 10 years, added that he would leave no stone unturned to qualify for the next Olympics, for which qualifying trials will be held next year. Being the first wrestler from his family and village to reach this level, Ravinder said his late father, who used to practice wrestling as a hobby, had been his main inspiration and guiding force. Employed as TTE (Train Ticket Examiner) in the Indian Railways, Ravinder said he was not averse to join as DSP or any other suitable post in the state if he was offered the same in near future. His mother Santosh and wife Sapna claimed that it was due to his dedication and effort that he had been able to bring laurels to the family, state and the country. Dharmender, another wrestler from Jhajjar district, has also been selected for the Guangzhou
Asiad.
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CM for campaign to spread cancer awareness
Faridabad, October 25 Dr SS Bansal, a cardiologist, said cardio-related diseases and cancer had become common and it was important to spread proper awareness about these life-threatening diseases. Hooda said with world becoming global in outlook, it had become important to compete at all levels. For this, good health and sound education to every individual had become essential, he said, adding that his government was well aware of the issues and was taking all possible measures to ensure better quality of life to people.
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Workshop on network security held
Sonepat, October 25 The objective of the workshop was to discuss the network and information security standards needed to be put in place for prevention of intrusions, detecting and removing malicious cord, managing an organisation’s security systems, ensuring service continuity with proper disaster management, data protection with data backup and recovery procedures, among others. Some key focus areas were hacking, intrusion prevention, data protection and retention, identity theft, back-up and recovery, security appliances, SPAM prevention, password selection and digital signature. The participants were of the opinion that the NIS was of fundamental importance for public administration, enterprises and individual users and measures were needed to protect data during transmission because virtually all business, government and academic organisations are interconnected with a collection of networks. Dr Shrikant Ojha, a senior scientist and coordinator of the Joint Cipher Bureau, Department of Defence Research and Development, was the keynote speaker. Dr Shrikant Ojha, who has published more than 60 research papers, gave an overview of cryptography. Dr Rajeev Kapoor, head of the Department of Electronics, Delhi Technical University, elaborated upon digital water marking. Prof SK.Mattoo of Delhi University spoke on stenography while Dr Chander Kant Verma of Kurukshetra varsity explained biometric security.
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Declamation contest on Ambedkar
Kurukshetra October 25 A number of participants spoke on various related topics which revealed Dr Ambedkar’s significant contribution to doing away with the odious and obnoxius social evils undermining the social fabric. College principal NK Nagpal exhorted the students to take keen interest in combating social evils plaguing society. Some important topics on which the students expressed their views were: Casteism - A curse; Baba Sahib Dr Ambedkar’s contribution to national development, social amity and fraternity - the need of the hour and Dr Ambedkar’s contribution to the emancipation of women etc. Dr Langyan impressed upon the students that Dr Ambedkar born in object poverty and a depressed section of society had to contend with heavy odds and adversities to rise to the peak of glory through his exceptional academic attainments and sharp intellect. He emerged as the messiah of the deprived sections of society and richly deserved the title of “Bharat Ratna” conferred upon him posthumously. Dr Rajinder, reader in the Department of Sanskrit, Kurukshetra University, emphasised that casteism has become a grave threat to the solidarity and unity of the country and the nation would fall apart if serious measures were not taken to combat this evil. Harpreet Kaur (B.Sc.I), Priyanka (B.Com.II) and Prabhjot Kaur (B.Com.I) were declared as the first, second and third in the declamation contest.
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State to honour Gagan Narang on Nov 1
Rohtak, October 25 It is reported that the revelation came after Narang himself told Hooda that he had a connection with Haryana as his grandfather and great grandfather hailed from Samalkha of Panipat district where they had their agricultural land and used to reside here several years ago before his family shifted to Hyderabad. The Chief Minister said this revelation had left him jubilated and as Narang hailed from the state, the government would honour him with cash award along with other players belonging to the state. Hooda said Haryana was the first state to announce cash rewards not only for all medal winners, but also for the participants of the Games. With this revelation that Narang belonged to Haryana, the tally of gold medals won by players from the state has gone up to 19, which is half of the total gold tally of 38 won by the country, claimed Hooda. Narang showed all medals to the CM won by him and said he was proud to be a player with his roots in the state. He claimed that Haryana despite its small size and population had emerged as the top state in the country in sports arena. He said he was grateful to the state government for the decision to honour him. Narang is among those players who have already qualified for the next Olympics. Ravinder Kumar, a wrestler from Kharman village of Jhajjar district, who won a gold medal in the Games, also met Hooda at his residence on the same day. Ravinder has also qualified in the 60-kg Greco-Roman category for the upcoming Asian Games in China next month.
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Houses’ demolition postponed
Sonepat, October 25 In an affidavit given to the administration team, they agreed that they would either make the payment of the land by November 25 or vacate the land. The action was initiated by District Magistrate Ajit Joshi as the house owners had neither vacated the houses nor compromised with Yogesh. A demolition squad of the administration led by SDM Jag Niwas with duty magistrates, police force and JCB machines today reached the site and asked people to vacate the houses. Getting the information, many prominent persons of the town, including state media in charge of the BJP Rajiv Jain, reached the spot and persuaded both the parties to settle the matter. As many as 19 persons purchased the land from Rajinder Singh and Tirth in 1970s and constructed houses on it. However, Yogesh, son of Rajinder’s sister, filed a suit in the court in 1979 claiming that he was one of the owners of the land. He won the case in the High Court that directed the administration to give possession of the land to Yogesh. Fearing demolition of the houses, the owners of 12 houses struck a compromise with Yogesh by making payment of the land to him. However, seven house owners could not reach a compromise.
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Woven bags distributed
Bhiwani, October 25 Volunteers of the NNS unit and members of the society informed villagers about the harmful chemicals used in making polythene bags. Programme officer of the NNS unit Sunil Rohilla said volunteers and a team of Dr PK Anand, patron of the Green Society, told villagers about the disadvantages of using polythene bags. He also gave a list of diseases that could be inflicted through the use of polythene bags. Society members distributed thousands of woven bags free of cost to villagers. The Devsar gram panchayat and the temple committee also helped the volunteers and announced to impose a fine of Rs 500 on the use of polythene bags by shopkeepers of the temple area.
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Bids invited for 10-yr govt securities
Chandigarh, October 25 The proceeds of the loan will be utilised for financing capital expenditure in connection with the development programmes of the government. The auction of the government stock will be conducted by the RBI at its Mumbai office, Fort, Mumbai, tomorrow. Bids for the auction should be submitted in electronic format on the negotiated dealing system (NDS) tomorrow. The competitive bids should be submitted electronically on the NDS between 10.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. and non-competitive ones between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m. Successful bidders will have to make payments on October 27. Interest will be paid every half yearly on April 27 and October 27. The loan will be repaid at par on October 27.
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Notice served on ultrasound centre
Fatehabad, October 25 The civil surgeon said that Satyam Ultrasound did an ultrasound test on a pregnant woman on July 5 without maintaining any record of the test or filling the requisite Form F. The doctor has been asked to submit his reply within one month. — TNS
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Promote sports, Surjewala asks corporate houses
Kaithal, October 25 Addressing a press conference here recently, he said the performance of Indian sportspersons in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in New Delhi had proved beyond doubt that there was no dearth of sports talent in the country. “What we lack is a system to groom and train them,” he said. In a majority of the other countries which had taken giant strides in the field of sports, the government did not spend much on sports. Rather, it were big companies which adopted different games and promoted these, he added. Surjewala, a former minister of Haryana, said the successful holding of the Games was a befitting reply to those who were opposing these and had even orgaised protests during the Queen’s Baton relay in certain parts of the country. The veteran Congress leader, while congratuling all those associated with the Games, said the media the world over had showered lavish praise on India for the successful holding of the event. Surjewala hailed the Indian sportspersons for their stupendous performance in the Games and made a special mention of sportspersons from Haryana who dominated the medal tally.
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Ratnawali festival begins tomorrow
Kurukshetra, October 25 ‘Ratnawali fest’ being organised from October 27 to October 30 based on a particular theme in a particular language is one of its kind in the country. The main attraction of this festival will be ‘Chopal’ relating to anecdotes and humour during the marriage ceremonies in Haryana, Anoop Lather, Director, Department of Youth & Cultural Lather said that Kurukshetra University had been preserving and developing the culture of Haryana since 1985 and it would complete this year 25 successful years of its organisation. Other attractions will be pop songs, Haryanavi ghazals, Haryanavi bhajans, declamation, skits, solo dance, group dance, ragini and poetic recitation, he added. About 2500 participants will take part in the cultural festival to be inaugurated by Vice-Chancellor DDS
Sandhu.
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Water, capital and HC issues interlinked: CM
Rohtak, October 25 “The state will not give up its claim on these matters under any circumstances,” said Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda at a function of the district bar here recently. He was replying to a query put by one of the members of the local Bar Association. Hooda said his government was ever ready to solve the pending inter-state issues with Punjab, given that the latter was also receptive and ready for a dialogue, without prejudice or pre-conditions. The matter regarding the SYL waters was pending in court. He said the state would not forego any of its claim on the issues. Stating that the government had taken all measures for smooth procurement of paddy and other kharif crops, he said he had written to the Centre, demanding release of Rs 100 per quintal bonus on the MSP. He claimed the Congress government had continuously raised the MSP of crops in the past four years. Paddy procurement had begun on October 1 and 10 lakh metric tonnes had been procured so far. The officials concerned had been directed to ensure all facilities to the farmers at the procurement sites. The state government had been providing a subsidy ranging from Rs 500 to Rs 1,200 on purchase of quality seed of various crops. Regarding the Commonwealth Games, Hooda said 28 players from Haryana had won as many as 30 medals in these Games. Claiming that the state had emerged as a frontrunner in both sports and education, he said the state government would not spare any effort to raise and improve infrastructure in both fields. Haryana had got as many as nine universities, including four in the private sector, and an IIM in the past couple of years. This was indicative of the growth of the education sector. The CM said as he had himself been a member of the Bar here, he would ensure that all practicing lawyers got the required facilities, including chambers, in the near future.
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CRPF jawan cremated
Rewrai, October 25 Ram Niwas, who was posted at a CRPF post, 186 km from Bhubaneswar in Orissa, was hospitalised following an attack of fever. He complained of chest pain and died of cardiac arrest on Wednesday. His body was brought to Shyam Nagar by air. The jawan is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. — OC
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Letters
I find it disturbing for academicians as also for the common man to notice that the Chief Minister and the Education Minister have turned a deaf ear to the Mahendragarh incident where the deputy commissioner misbehaved with the principal of Government College, Dr SK Tyagi. What is painful is that FIR was lodged against Dr Tyagi for no fault of his. What is more agitating is that no FIR was lodged against the three culprits. Whereas bureaucrats and their cronies enjoy the protective cover of higher-ups, there is no one to speak for the academicians. The Government College Teachers' Association, which took up the cause in a cultured manner, was also forced to go for a compromise through careful manoeuvring.
However, certain questions continue to agitate the minds of those interested in the welfare of education in the state. These are: Has the constable been suspended and arrested? Has the Tehsildar been punished? Does the DC continue to rule over Mahendragarh with an increased dignity after his "victory"? How will the Principal face the staff and students and manage the college? Dr Khazan Singh Gulia Mockery of an examination
An eerie sense of distrust, skepticism, unpredictability and dilly-dallying is generally seen to shroud the selection processes undertaken by the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC). For appointments in HCS (Judicial Branch), the HPSC conducted preliminary examination on 11.07.2010. The result that was declared on 14.07.2010 wadded into troubled waters. Some unsuccessful candidates hauled up the HPSC and the selection committee of the Punjab and High Court over some grave errors in the question paper and answer key. Justice Ajay Lamba then directed the Selection Committee and the HPSC to constitute an empowered committee to redraft the answer key and recheck the papers of all candidates. However, without doing so, the HPSC notified the schedule for main examinations (October 1 to October 3). While the aggrieved candidates grumbled at the indiscretion of the HPSC, the successful candidates were also on tenterhooks over the legal sanctity of the examination. Later, the answer key was rectified and the revised merit list was published on 27.09.2010. Consequently, it occasioned the induction of 45 more candidates. However, there was no deferment of the main examination which took place as per notified schedule. Will the authorities explain as to how it is feasible to brace up for an examination for the post of the Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrates in a short notice of four days? The disappointment further deepens because of the fact that High Court is also involved in the selection process. Rajender Goyal 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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Karnal, October 25
Sonepat, October 25
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has stressed on the need to have a statewide campaign to spread awareness about cancer. Speaking at a function at Metro Heart Institute here after laying the foundation stone for a 200-bed Cancer Care and Research Centre in its premises, Hooda said the government had launched a number of beneficial health policies, including free outdoor treatment in government hospitals in the districts.
Gagan Narang, who clinched four gold medals in the shooting events of Delhi Commonwealth Games, has his roots in
Haryana. He will be honoured by the state government, along with other medallists of the state, on November 1. This was stated by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda after Narang met him at his residence recently.
Hisar, October 25
Gurgaon, October 25