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ragging-death Case
Tibetan PM-in-exile poll
Protests over Sudarshan’s remark
We’ll oust Dhumal govt: Kaul Singh
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MC submits plan for Ridge restoration
Contractual staff to get annual increments
Trade Fair
Assembly session from Dec 6
India power award for SJVN
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ragging-death Case
Shimla, November 12 “Being a father I can feel what he must have undergone and wanted to share his grief and express sympathies ever since the unfortunate incident took place. We met each other during the course of hearings in the case but I deliberately avoided touching the sensitive issue as case was before the court and any such gesture could have been misconstrued. Now, that verdict has been announced I will certainly like to personally meet Rajinder Kachroo and express my sympathy to get rid of the mental burden I have been carrying for the past 18 months,” he said. He personally felt that both the deceased and the accused students were victims of the system and circumstances and in this regard he fully appreciated the campaign launched by Kachroo to eradicate the menace of ragging from educational institutions. He said he would even join his campaign to prevent others from meeting a similar fate once he was free from the legal battle. “We respect the court judgment and abide by it but the legal battle is not over as yet. I will soon move high court against the decision to raise certain important points which have not been appreciated by the lower court,” he stated. He said it was perhaps the only case in the recent times where the police had not taken the mobile phone call records of the deceased into consideration during investigation. It was vital to know what the deceased did in the period of 36 to 40 hours between the ragging incident and his death. Similarly, the cause of death was “subarachnoid” haemorrhage condition accompanied with severe headache and nausea, which could not go unnoticed as had happened in the case. The post-mortem reports also recorded “subconjuctival” haemorrhage in both eyes which was not noticed by anyone. The plea for placing the three accused, who were less than 21 years in age, on probation had also been rejected by the court. As far as he knows, the country’s judicial system was reformative and not punitive and as such placing the young boys, whose careers were at stake, under probation would have helped. Destruction of careers of bright students can even turn them into anti-social elements which is not the objective, he observed. |
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Tibetan PM-in-exile poll
Dharamsala, November 12 In addition, as many as 50 nominees each from the three traditional provinces of Dotoe, Domed and U-Tsang and 10 nominees each for the 5 religious sects and 10 each for Canada, Europe and North America region were also announced as official nominees for election to the post of MP in Tibetan Parliament-in-exile. Among the nominees for the post of Kalon Tripa, Dr Lobsang Sangay, a senior fellow at Harvard Law School, secured highest votes with 22,489 followed by former Kalon Tripa, Tethong Tenzin Namgyal with 12,319 and Gyari Dolma, Deputy Speaker of Tibetan Parliament-in-exile, with 2,733 votes. Tashi Wangdue, Lobsang Jinpa, and Sonam Topgyal are the other three nominees with a vote count of 2,101, 1,545 and 605 respectively. A total of 79,449 eligible voters registered for the general election, out of which 61% actually exercised the franchise, EC for Tibetan elections announced here today. The final round of elections for the new Tibetan Parliament-in-exile and the post of Kalon Tripa would be held in March next year. The election commissioner said many eligible voters, who had failed to register, could now register from November 30 to January 17. The list of registration of the voters should reach the office of Ec in Dharamsala on 24 January 2011, he said. The Tibetans living in exile claim that vis-a-vis China, the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal head of all Tibetans, has granted freedom to choose their own government in a democratic manner. However, some of the young Tibetans are critical of the complex process adopted to elect representatives to the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile. |
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Protests over Sudarshan’s remark
Shimla, November 12 Addressing the gathering, AICC member Kuleep Rathore said the RSS had been agitating to divert the attention of the people from the misdeeds of its leaders whose names had been linked to terrorist activities. The RSS has been rattled by the rising popularity of Sonia Gandhi and it was using such cheap tactics to sully her image, he said. He further said the RSS should apologise publicly to make amends. The state Youth Congress chief Manmohan Katoch said a fascist organisation like RSS had no right to point fingers at the leaders of a nationalist party like the Congress. Meanwhile, in Hamirpur, the activists of the district Congress Committee and Youth Congress today burnt the effigies of Sudarshan, separately, to protest against the remarks of the RSS leader. Later, addressing a press conference here today, Nadaun MLA Sukhvinder Singh and other Congress leaders strongly condemned the utterances demanding registration of a criminal case. In Dharamshala, the Congressmen led by the leader of the opposition in Himachal Vidhan Sabha, Vidya Stokes and the Congress MLA from Nagrota Bagwan, GS Bali, today carried out a rally to protest against the alleged statement of the former RSS chief. The Congress activists led by local unit president Baldev Pappit held demonstration at Jassur near Nurpur to protest the controversial statement. They raised anti-Sudharshan and pro-Sonia slogans and took out a rally. They also burnt the effigy of former RSS chief. A large number of Congress workers of the area took part in the protest demonstration. |
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We’ll oust Dhumal govt: Kaul Singh
Mandi, November 12 The party workers lauded the Congress’ command for the second consecutive term at Thakur’s home district where he interacted with his supporters. He counted the Central government-assisted projects and criticised the Dhumal government. “We pledge to oust the allegedly corrupt Dhumal government by winning more than 50 seats in the 2012 Assembly elections,” he asserted. He alleged that the Rs 82-crore sub-standard CFL bulbs, distributed free of cost in the state was a scam, which the Congress would expose when it would come to power. While hospitals were without doctors, schools were without teachers and the HP University had no proper infrastructure, Dhumal was busy setting up 18 private universities making a mockery of Section 118 of the HP Act, he alleged. |
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MC submits plan for Ridge restoration
Shimla, November 12 It was after seeking opinion of experts, including those from the Geological Survey of India (GSI), that the MC prepared a plan which was submitted to the secretary, Urban Development, here last week. In fact a meeting of all departments concerned has been convened for November 23 so that the plan can be discussed at length before it is placed before the Cabinet for approval. The plan, which has a number of components, entails an expenditure of over Rs 35 crore which the MC intends undertaking in the private-public partnership (PPP) mode. The main objective is to take steps that will help in stabilising the Ridge and beautify the area around it. It was following the sinking of the Ridge by almost 2 metre along the Gaiety Theatre in September that efforts were stepped up to take permanent measures which could stop further deterioration. “We have submitted a plan for Rs 35 crore to the Urban Development Department which we are keen to undertake in the PPP mode so that not only is the Ridge stabilised but also beautification measures can be taken at the same time,” said AN Sharma, commissioner, MC. The plan prepared by the MC includes construction of a commercial complex and three office buildings which will not only generate revenue but also provide additional space for housing MC officers scattered all over the town. There is also a proposal to have an escalator built at five levels along with parallel corridors between the Lakkar Bazaar bus stand and the Ridge, which will help provide good connectivity to the main town. The MC has already moved a proposal seeking a total of Rs 19 crore from Asian Development Bank (ADB) for undertaking various works, including restoration of the Town Hall building housing the MC office, stabilisation work of the Ridge, beautification of the entire Mall and Heritage Zone. It was in 2008 that the Ridge had developed major cracks which also resulted in a landslide and caused damage to several shops in the Tibetan market, and claimed three lives as rubble and trees fell on a house. Though the MC has been keen to shift the Tibetan market to a new location, with the matter pending in the Supreme Court no fresh orders can be issued. |
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Contractual staff to get annual increments
Hamirpur, November 12 This decision would benefit thousands of education department employees working on contract basis for many years on different categories like school lectures, trained graduate teachers, other categories of teachers, clerical and other staff. The employees working on contractual basis in the education department were not granted annual increments and had been working on the fixed salaries. The education department employees had been anticipating this benefit they had been working with the department for last many years without any annual increments. Moreover, the SC has also passed orders and directed a few state government departments to grant annual increments to employees working on
the contract basis. Though the contractual staff was granted an increased number of leaves during winter, summer and other vacations during the academic session, no salaries for this period
were granted. Director of Education said, “The state has decided to pay annual increments to all contractual employees of the education department and have issued orders to all Deputy Directors to pay the same to all employees from their date of appointments, with immediate effect.” |
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Trade Fair
Shimla, November 12 Prestigious business houses like the Dabur, Vardhman, Balaji Exports and Sonalika Tractors will display their products at the pavilion in which as many as 60 government and private organisations have been allotted stalls, according to director of pavilion RR Patiyal. He said woollens and dry fruits from the tribal areas, Kullu shawls, fruit juices , herbal products and other items produced in the state, would be the main attraction. Effective security and fire prevention measures had been put in place and eight CCTVs installed at pavilion. Besides, door frame metal detectors and hand-held metal detectors would also be used. In all 26 smoke detectors, 31 sprinklers, 3 fire-hoses had been provided in the pavilion along with a 70,000 litre capacity
water tank. |
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Assembly session from Dec 6
Dharamsala, November 12 He said the austerity measures that were taken last year during the winter session would also continue this year. Last year, the government saved about 50 per cent as compared to earlier session by adopting austerity measures. The austerity measures, including pooling of cars by officers and not moving subordinate staff of secretaries to Dharamsala. He said this year special bus service would be started from Shimla to Dharamsala for transporting officials during
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India power award for SJVN
Shimla, November 12 The award was given for excellence in hydropower generation at the company’s 1,500-MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station, the largest in the country. It witnessed an unprecedented growth in achieving the targets set by Union Ministry of Power. |
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