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Illegal constructions razed in Jhajjar
Mirchpur: Inkling of soft stance against mob triggers protest
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Jat Agitation
Transport assn threatens to return bus permits
Revised pension for ex-BSNL employees
Kirana gharana has its roots in Karnal village
UHBVN to recruit 1,000 linemen
Dermatologists’ conference from February 3
Rooms allotted to CPS, ministers
Professional development course held for teachers
Nuclear plant to 'boost growth'
D. Mukherjee is UGC Emeritus Fellow
SE falsely implicated, say power engineers
Making films her passion
Sirsa college girl wins poster-making contest
Service Centre
Row
Sanskriti Yatra train arrives at Panipat station
Doc awaits second ACP due since May,2006
HSGPC seeks support for separate gurdwara committee
Illegal construction
Lab school to be set up on school board campus
Recreation project conceived during INLD regime: Govt
Teachers urged to achieve excellence
Need for health food stressed
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Illegal constructions razed in Jhajjar
SDM issues notice in Ballabgarh Faridabad: A case of unauthorised construction has come to light along the Milk Plant road in Ballabgarh. According to locals, the construction has been going on for the past few days that too under the nose of the Ballabgarh SDM. The SDM, meanwhile, said he had issued notice to the culprit. P4
Jhajjar, January 31 Before carrying out the demolition move, notices in this regard were served on the owners of the structures by the department for removing them on their own but they did not pay any heed despite given sufficient time for the same. Though sensing the brewing resentment among the owners against the move, the district authorities had associated a large number of police personnel with the team of the department to pacify any opposition in this regard, no one openly came forward to resist the move. According to reports, several unauthorised constructions, including offices, fencing and rooms, were bulldozed by the team on the Kosli Road and the Talaw Road here. Notably, the DTP had declared several places unauthorised in the district so that no one can carry out any construction works there without taking prior permission from the authorities. But, several property dealers had illegally constructed offices, rooms and fencing at these places. Those places of the city have been restricted for construction by the department included behind DH Lawrence School on the Rohtak Road, near railway line on the Jhajjar-Kosli Road, adjacent to the Diverson Road on the Jhajjar-Gawalisan Marg, behind the district secretariat on the Jhajjar-Badli Road, near Sampla bypass, Kosli road junction, Jharli and Bahu villages here. The department also asked the people not to buy any plot carved out at these places as it has decided to take strict action against those who will try to make any sort of constructions there. Meanwhile, the Jhajjar deputy commissioner has also directed tehsildars of Jhajjar and Bahadurgarh town and naib tehsildar of the Matanhel division not to register any transaction of property related to those areas which have been restricted by the DTP. “The department intends to keep a check on such developers and property dealers who have been rapidly developing illegal colonies in the area for fleecing innocent public,” said an official of the DTP.
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Mirchpur: Inkling of soft stance against mob triggers protest
Gurgaon, January 31 After the protest by the mahapanchayat (predominantly comprising members of the Jat community) intensified, Hisar and Jind were practically cut off and the entire state began to feel the heat. A final settlement was reached following talks between representatives of the mahapanchayat and Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in Kaithal after which the agitation was called off. The negotiators maintain that the Chief Minister had asked the community leaders to have faith in the judicial framework and maintain law and order, peace and communal harmony. “He assured the community leaders and local residents of all possible help and support from his side in maintaining peace and harmony,” said a negotiator. Sources, however, maintain that the “peace pact” sent out the message that the Haryana government was expected to soft paddle the case pertaining to the killing of a Dalit man and his daughter and torching of Dalits’ houses in the village last year. They say the Jat leaders have been assured that the state authorities would adopt a soft stance in the case against their community members. “They have also been told that the arrested persons would be let off with ‘passive’ support of the complainants,” said a source, adding that a certain timeframe had also been fixed in this regard. Within a few days, several members of the Mirchpur Dalit community shifted to a farmhouse of a non-Jat leader while several others re-launched a protest demonstration at the district headquarters. While the protesters are demanding residential plots for their resettlement, violence victim Tara Chand’s son Amar Lal has reportedly stated that many Dalit youths of the village had applied for firearm licenses. Another Dalit leader Suresh Balmiki also maintained that under the given circumstances, the atmosphere in Mirchpur village was not conducive for the community members to stay there. The Congress government, on its part, is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea over the contentious issue. On the one hand, it is under considerable pressure from the apex court as well as the
party high command to ensure a fair trial and justice to the Dalit community. On the other, it cannot dare to upset the Jat community, owing to its political compulsions (read vote-bank politics). Nonetheless, the Hooda government has also come under sharp criticism for its alleged bias towards the dominant community, especially after the indication of the state authorities’ reported assurance to adopt a soft stance in the Mirchpur violence case. As the trial in the case is already on, the state regime’s next move in the court will unfold its intentions by itself. However, the way in which the mahapanchayat twisted the arm of the state leadership and struck the deal as it desired clearly signifies how the politicians manipulate the judicial framework by using various law-enforcing agencies, including the khaki and the black, to suit their interests.
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Jat Agitation
Chandigarh, January 31 In a statement issued here yesterday, president of the samiti Roshan Lal Arya said while the government was a silent spectator when the state was under the “Jat curfew”, Chautala supported the unlawful agitation by sending his party leaders to actively participate in it. Demanding a judicial inquiry by a sitting Supreme Court judge into the role of Hooda and Chautala in the Jat agitation, Arya said the two leaders had been conniving with each other to “protect the Jats and terrorise the non-Jats in the state”. He hailed the intervention of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the Jat agitation and said the judicial intervention came only after the Hooda government failed to discharge its constitutional duties of maintaining law and order. Arya said the agitation had caused a loss of about Rs 1,000 crore by the agitation. He also criticised the arrest of Kanta Alhariya, president of the BSP (Kanshi Ram) and her 25 colleagues, when they were going to Rohtak to stage a protest there. He demanded their immediate release and withdrawal of cases against them.
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Transport assn threatens to return bus permits
Karnal, January 31 The association had submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner on Thursday, complaining against the high-handedness of roadways officials in not allowing buses of the cooperative societies to enter the bus stand but no action had been taken yet. Rajbir Bhukkal, president of the association, said the General Manager of the Haryana Roadways held a two-hour meeting with representatives of the society but he appeared to be under pressure and the meeting ended in a deadlock. Meanwhile, association members took out a procession with empty buses and parked the same outside the office of the Deputy Commissioner to lodge its protest. The association threatened that it would be left with no other alternative than to return the route permits and take the buses off road in case the buses were not allowed to enter the bus stand like roadways buses.
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Revised pension for ex-BSNL employees
Ambala, January 31 The association had resented the move to ignore those who retired between October 2000 and December 2006. The district secretary of the association said a delegation of the association had met Union Telecommunication Minister Kapil Sibal who had given assurance for the revision of the pension. The decision in this regard was expected in the Cabinet meeting scheduled for November 17, 2010, but due to the removal of former minister A Raja, it got delayed. “Recently, our Delhi-based deputy general secretary along with other office-bearers met Kapil Sibal, who got the revision approved in a Cabinet meeting held on January 20,” he said.
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Kirana gharana has its roots in Karnal village
Karnal, January 31 Unfortunately, the Indian classical music has gone into oblivion in the village of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan and Ustad Abdul Waheed Khan. Known for the most prolific “khayal gayaki”, the Kirana gharana was made famous by stalwarts like Suresh Babu Mane, Hiranai Barodekar, Sawai Gandharva, Bhimsen Joshi, Basavaraj Rajguru, Begum Parween Sultana, Dr Gangubai Hangal, Firoz Dastur and Prabha Atre, but the people in Kirana are not even aware of what Kirana gharana stands for in the world of Indian classical music. Founder of this gharana (school), Khan Sahib Abdul Karim Khan, who was born in 1872 in Kirana, but migrated to a kingdom in the state of Maharashtra when he was fairly young. His influence soon spread to several parts of Western India. He emphasised on clearly intoning the notes and this precise focus on the notes and the resulting melody became the distinctive feature of what came to be known as the Kirana gharana. His style was a departure from traditional classical music that slowly revealed the raga, laying great emphasis on the buildup and often introduced one note at a time, even elongating a note. The Kirana gharana's exponents focus more on the mood and sentiment of the
raga and pay less attention to clearly singing the words. Bhimsen was often seen standing entranced outside a record shop on the main street of Gadag, listening to “Fagwaa Brij Dekhan Ko”, a Raag Basant composition rendered by Ustad Abdul Karim Khan, the founder-father of Kirana gharana. Little did the boy then know that he was destined to be the brightest jewel of the gharana. Bhimsen had a chance meeting with Vinayakrao Patwardhan, a scholar musician. He later approached Sawai Gandharva, an eminent exponent of Kirana gharana and a leading disciple of Abdul Karim Khan, at Kundgol, and sought his discipleship. Sawai Gandharva subjected Bhimsen to a gruelling regime to test his urge and determination to learn music and he proved his mettle. The most noteworthy feature of the Kirana tradition is that all its exponents from different branches were both vocalists and instrumentalists, including beenkars and sarangi players. HIFA founder Piyush says lack of motivation and encouragement has made Kirana bereft of classical music. “Haryana is the land of classical music and ragas, but concerted efforts are needed to motivate the people to learn the rich melodious music,” he adds.
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UHBVN to recruit 1,000 linemen
Chandigarh, January 31 This has been revealed by a spokesman of the UHBVN while reacting to the proposed strike on February 2 by the Workers Union of the Haryana Power Utilities, which had demanded, among other things, that the vacant posts should be filled. Reacting to the other demands of the joint action committee of the union, the spokesman said many employee-friendly and welfare decisions had already been initiated by the management. He said all regular employees of the nigam had now been insured for Rs 5 lakh instead of Rs 3 lakh earlier. In the case of contractual employees, it had been decided that in the case of death on duty, Rs 2.5 lakh would be paid as compensation. The Board of Directors (BODs) had already approved the grant of the first, second and third ACP pay band plus grade pay to lower division clerks (LDCs) and meter readers who could not qualify the prescribed departmental examination. A new pension scheme had been adopted for employees recruited on or after January 1, 2006 . The proposal for promotion of 30 substation attendants as junior engineers by giving one- time relaxation in rules has been approved by the BODs. He said some of the demands of the Workers Union were under consideration. He urged the workers not to participate in the proposed strike on February 2 to avoid inconvenience to consumers. To consider the demand for an increase in some of the allowances, a co-ordination committee had been constituted. The BODs would suitably consider the recommendations of the committee. The Nigam had sent the case for pensionary benefits to work-charged employees to the Finance Department for approval. The nigam had also considered the demand for equal-work, equal-pay for the employees engaged on the rates approved by the respective Deputy Commissioners. It had been decided to allow Rs 5800 to shift attendants, Rs 6000 to assistant linemen, Rs 8000 to substation attendants and Rs 9200 to junior engineers per month.
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Dermatologists’ conference from February 3
Gurgaon, January 31 Addressing a press conference here today, Dr VK Jain, organising secretary of the IADVL, said Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda would be the chief guest on
the occasion. “It is a matter of great pride and honour that our state is holding a conference of this magnitude for the first time,” Dr Jain said, adding that the IADVL had become a big association comprising more than 7,000 registered members as on date. He said eminent medical luminaries in the said disciplines from different parts of the country as well as abroad had been invited to interact with the delegates during the scientific deliberations. Dr Jain disclosed that more than 25 international experts were expected to deliver lectures at the conference during which nearly 700 research papers would be presented. “The organising committee is committed to make this academic event a scientific milestone in the dissipation of knowledge in all aspects of dermatology. The national conference will include plenary lectures, sub-specialty symposia, interactive sessions, group discussions, video presentations, laser workshops, award paper sessions, free paper sessions and poster sessions,” he maintained.
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Rooms allotted to CPS, ministers
Chandigarh, January 31 While HS Chatha, Cooperation Minister, and Kiran Choudhary, Excise and Taxation Minister, have been allotted room No. 39 and 43-A on the 8th floor, respectively, Satpal Sangwan, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister, has been allotted room No. 40 on the
7th floor. Rao Narinder Singh, Health Minister. will sit in room No. 46 on the 7th floor. Among the Chief Parliamentary Secretaries, Ram Kishan Gujjar has been allotted room No. 46 on the 8th floor, Zile RamChochra will sit in room No. 44-A on the 6th floor while Vinod Bhayana has been allotted room No. 34 on the 9th floor.
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Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s statue installed
Rewari, January 31 The statue was unveiled by Finance Minister Ajay Singh Yadav to mark Netaji’s 114th birth anniversary at Dharuhera recently. Paying rich tributes to Netaji, the Finance Minister recounted how Subhas Chandra Bose had waged a crusade against British imperialism and for India’s independence through his Indian National
Army (INA). He also announced a financial assistance of Rs 51,000 for the YIO. In his presidential address, Hari Ram Arya, chairman of the Haryana Swantrata Senani Samman Samiti, highlighted Netaji’s valuable contribution and supreme sacrifice made for India’s freedom Freedom fighters and distinguished citizens and workers of the region were also honoured on the occasion.
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Professional development course held for teachers
Rewari, January 31 While Dr Neeraj Dilbaghi and Dr Umesh Arya acted as coordinators, Prof. Ashok Goyal, Prof. Ramesh Hooda, DN Sheokand, deputy secretary of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, Prof. RS Dalal, former vice-chancellor of HAU, Hisar, Prof. CP Gupta, Dr YS Khayaliya, deputy commissioner of Hisar, and Prof. CS Nagpal delivered explicit lectures in various technical sessions of the week-long programme. Simultaneously, while Prof Ranbir Singh, vice-chancellor of National Law University, New Delhi, was the chief guest at its concluding function, registrar of Guru Jambheshwar University (GJU) Prof RS Jaglan presided over it. In his keynote address, Prof Ranbir Singh described learned teachers as well as quality research work as a sine qua non for a distinguished university and urged the teachers to put in assiduous efforts to provide the latest information in various subjects to the students to enable them to achieve a high level of proficiency which was the need of the hour. Simultaneously, while stressing the need for preserving the sanctity of teacher-pupil relationship and moulding the students into responsible citizens, Prof Ranbir expressed concern at the declining level of education in various universities which, he said, was something ominous for society as well as the country. Similarly, while describing the existence of a robust educational infrastructure as a must in a progressive country, Jaglan said such professional development programmes provided useful opportunity to the participating teachers to interact with subject specialists and replenish themselves with the latest knowledge. Prof BK Punia, director of Academic Staff College of the university, said GJU was a premier technical university of North India where Academic Staff College had been set up.
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Sirsa varsity to be included in national knowledge network
Sirsa, January 31 Dr Siwach said the university had taken many leaps forward under the leadership of vice-chancellor Dr KC Bhardwaj during a short span of time. He said the Economic Department of the university was going to launch the first Haryana Economic Journal from the campus. He said the university had started a career-counselling cell, which had been opening new vistas of career for its students. An SC and ST cell had been opened in the university for providing remedial coaching to the students of these communities, he said. The registrar said a conference of the Indian Political Economy Association would be held in the university later this year. The event, he said, would establish the university’s identity at the national and the international level. Nine teams from government and private colleges of Sirsa, Hisar and Fatehabad participated in the declamation contest. The team from MM College, Fatehabad, secured the first position, while Mata Harki Devi College for Women and Government College for Women, Bhodia Khera (Fatehabad), got the second and third positions, respectively. Dr Abhey Godara, chairperson of the department, thanked the participants. Dr Rajbir Dalal, Dr Raj Kumar Salar and Amit Sangwan acted as judges. Earlier, in an inter-school quiz competition organised by the department, teams of Government Senior Secondary School, Panniwala Mota, and Saint Xavier School, Sirsa, were jointly adjudged the winners. Team from Sir Chhottu Ram Senior Secondary School, Ellenabad, scored the second position, while teams from Government Senior Secondary School, Khushar, and Government Senior Secondary School, Jodhpuria, were jointly declared third. Dr Godara informed that 45 school teams participated in the quiz contest that was organised to popularise the five-year M.Sc degree course in economics. Dr Raj Kumar Siwach, Dr Satyawan Dalal, Dr Ishwar Malik, Sunil, Usha, Surekha, Sudesh, Bal Krishan and several other teachers were present.
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Nuclear plant to 'boost growth'
Fatehabad, January 31 Bhadoo, who has been active in Fatehabad through his social service activities in the field of environment, health and traffic safety, told mediapersons at the residence of senior Congress leader Virender Siwach that projects like nuclear plants brought with them several other avenues of development. He said several other states of the country had been vying for the project, but the state government brought it to Fatehabad as this area needed a big project to boost its economy, which is so far based on agriculture only. Bhadoo claimed that a majority of the farmers had already offered their lands for the project and he appealed to the farmers agitating against the acquisition of their lands to see reason. He said the Chief Minister had already announced several new development projects for Fatehabad during a rally addressed by him recently and the nuclear power plant, when installed, would change the entire face of the district.
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D. Mukherjee is UGC Emeritus Fellow
Dr Mukherjee has about 42 years of research experience in the field of botany with specialisation in plant physiology. He has published more than 100 research papers in national and international journals of repute. He is the first recipient of the YS Murthy Medal of Indian Botanical Society in 1986. He also received the AAAS (Senior) Gold Medal from the Indian Society for Plant Physiology, New Delhi, in 1994 for research in physiology of growth and development.
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SE falsely implicated, say power engineers
Panipat, January 31 In a statement issued here recently, the association claimed that the Vigilance Bureau had initiated action against the SE on the complaint of Shyam Enterprises (an outsourcing company), which had not been depositing any EPF of its employees. It stated that as per the rules, the SE had recently deducted the amount of EPF of the firm’s employees while passing the bills of the company. In retaliation to this, the company concerned laid a trap and got the official arrested. Demanding a thorough probe into the incident, the association said eyewitnesses had told them that the complainant had forcibly pushed a bundle of currency notes into the SE’s pocket while he was coming out of his office for lunch and when he protested and threw the notes out of his pocket, the vigilance team apprehended him. President of the association RS Dahiya said Shyam Enterprises was a sister concern of Sandhu Enterprises, a company which had been debarred by the state government from doing any business as the company had committed a number of irregularities and frauds. After the controversial firm was banned, the same contractor started getting works from the utility through the sister concern from June 1 last. The association demanded that Shyam Enterprises be blacklisted for failure to deposit workers’ EPF in their accounts for the past six months. The State Vigilance Bureau had arrested Gupta for accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000. The bureau had conducted raids at Karnal, Dhulkot, Narwana and Yamunanagar offices of the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN). A case was registered against him under Sections 7 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
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Making films her passion
Preeti not only directed the short film but also designed the costumes. This was her first directorial venture after working as an assistant director in 10 other films. This was also her first film which was shot outdoors at Manor, about 80 km from Mumbai. She has obtained a diploma in direction from Whistling Woods International(WWI) run by noted film director and producer Subhash Ghai, who hails from Rohtak. The award was given by the Nayanatai Gholap, Mayor of Nashik. The jury included such noted film personalities as Sudarshan Rao,VG Samant, Shireen Katheeja, Kuldeep Sinha, French actors Marianne Borgo and Kaya Bertie, Mukesh Kaneri and Prabhawati. Superstars of yesteryear Rajesh Khanna and Zeenat Amaan received the Lifetime Achievement Awards at the same ceremony. Preeti said the award truly gladdened her because it was a tough job directing this film while at the same time working for the Whistling Woods International. “Besides, my six-year-old son had his own demands. We almost worked day and night to complete this film”, she added. She graduated from a local college and then did her masters in psychology. She was a university topper throughout her academic career. She settled in Faridabad after her marriage. “Films have been a common passion for me and my husband. So, we relocated to Mumbai. Bringing up my son took all of my first three years in the tinsel town. Once he joined a school, I joined the WWI”, she said. Preeti says she needs more time for her son but adds that she has no plans to give up film making. She is planning a feature film which she proposes to shoot in the interiors of Punjab. This will be followed by another film . Her award-winning film Kala Paani depicts the exploitation of women in
Haryana.
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Pandit Lakhmi Chand remembered
Sonepat, January 31 He was addressing a gathering of folk artists and music lovers after inaugurating the two-day Sangeet Ragni Samaroh, organised by the Haryana Kala Parishad on the premises of the HSIIDC, Rai, near Sonepat, in memory of late Pandit Lakhmi Chand who was honoured posthumously as Surya Kavi by the state government. Praising Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and the Public Relations and Cultural Department, Haryana, for making efforts in promoting Haryanavi culture in the country, he said there were vast opportunities and possibilities to popularise this rich culture. Welcoming the CEC, chairman of the parishad KC Sharma said Quraishi as an IAS officer in Haryana had done a lot to promote Haryanavi culture. The occasion was marked by presentation of “ragnis”, “saangs” and songs of Pandit Lakhmi Chand by various artists.
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Sirsa college girl wins poster-making contest
Sirsa, January 31 Jan Nayak Chaudhary Devi Lal Vidyapeeth recently organised a function to felicitate Seema for her achievement. Dr Shamim Sharma, executive director of the vidyapeeth, said their institution had organised competitions on poster making, slogan writing and writing on the importance of exercising one’s right to vote on December 24 and sent entries to the deputy commissioner for their participation in the state-level contest. He said the Governor conferred the state level award on Seema at a function in Panchkula on January 25. Later, in the programme held at Vidyapeeth to felicitate Seema, Jagdish Mehta, tehsildar (election) presented her a citation and a cash prize of Rs 3,000. Dr Jai Parkash, principal of JCD PG College of Education, said in various competitions held at the college on January 24, Amit Kumar and Chitra Sharma bagged second and third prize, respectively in poster making. In writing competition, Dheeraj Singh, Shatrughan Yadav and Kanika Grover bagged the first three positions, respectively, while in slogan writing, Amit Kumar, Raj Kumar and Chander Parkash bagged the first three positions.
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Service Centre
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Rewari, January 31 Besides, he clarified that it was a rural project, which was to be executed under the MNREGA and thus the Bawal municipal committee had nothing to do whatsoever with the project. Mentioning about the open collaboration of Dr Banwari Lal, district Congress chief (rural), Virender Singh, Bawal block Congress committee president, and other party activists with the protesters, who had been opposing the construction of the service centre, the Finance Minister asserted that it was an anti-party activity on their part.
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Sanskriti Yatra train arrives at Panipat station
Panipat, January 31 The train crisscrossed the country halting at major railway stations features exhibits related to Tagore in five air-conditioned coaches. The exhibition train displays various aspects of Tagore’s life and teachings, with each coach having a specific theme, including Jibon Smriti, which is named after Tagore's famous autobiography, and showcases the Nobel laureate’s life as penned by him. The second has been named Gitanjali, where Tagore’s beautifully worded songs, verses and poems have been put on display. The third has been named Jogajog-Muktodhara, which gives a reflection of Tagore’s literature and dramas, including the one after which this coach is named. The fourth is called Chitrarekha in which Tagore’s painting skills have been displayed, along with a variety of paintings by other eminent artists too. The fifth coach is named Sesh Katha, which is the last coach displaying the photographs of Tagore’s final journey. Arrangements have also been made for the visitors to browse and buy artifacts and souvenirs from Shantiniketan at the special Smaranika section on the train. It was in honour of Rabindranath Tagore that the Indian Railways had operated this special exhibition train. Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee had flag off the train on May 9, last year.
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Doc awaits second ACP due since May,2006
Sonepat, January 31 Though Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, in his routine weekly column in a Hindi daily, replied on September 6, 2010, to a query from Dr Aggarwal’s husband, Dr Anil Jain, that the second ACP would be released soon, it had not been done so far. Dr Jain had also lodged a complaint on June 22, 2010, on the site “HAR SAMADHAN” launched by the CM and posted reminders in August and September last year but he had not received any reply. However, he was told by the Financial Commissioner, Health through an RTI query that no complaint had been received in his office in this regard. Dr Jain said he had sent a message on the mobile phone of Rajan Gupta, FC Health and an e-mail on his address on November 24, 2010. He had also written to Dr Narveer Singh, DG, Health Services, Haryana, on September 23, bringing all irregularities to his notice but he had not yet received any response. Dr Jain had also written a letter to Chief Secretary Urvashi Gulati on December 23,2010, in this regard but no relief came his way . Dr Jain had now written a letter with all details to the CM, seeking directions to the authorities
concerned to release the second ACP to his wife and initiate action against the persons responsible for the inordinate delay.
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HSGPC seeks support for separate gurdwara committee
Ambala, January 31 Addressing mediapersons at Dosarka here recently, Jagdish Singh Jhinda, president of Haryana Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (HSGPC) said a five-member committee would tour 15 states in the country to create public awareness about the necessity of a separate governing body for gurdwaras in Haryana. The committee included Jagdish Singh Jhinda, Joga Singh,(Yamunanagar), Jasbir Singh Khalsa (Dosarka), Joginder Chawla (Panipat) and Avtar Singh Chakku. Jhinda also announced that Sukhmani Sahib Path, scheduled to be organised by the HSGPC (ad-hoc) at Akal Takht on January 28, had now been postponed to January 30. Though Jhinda did not mention this, it is believed that the path will be a show of strength by the Haryana gurdwara committee members to press for their demand for a separate Sikh body in Haryana. The HSGPC (ad-hoc) leader criticised Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda for his failure to honour the commitment made to state Sikhs to back their demand for a separate gurdwara management body for Haryana. He also said attempts by the HSGPC members to perform Sukhmani Sahib Path in Haryana shrines were also being thwarted some time back by the SGPC with the help of the police and the administration. Jhinda added that this was tantamount to denying them their right to religion and HSGPC would not rest till the control of these gurdwaras was handed over to the Haryana Sikhs. On the other side, Punjab-based president of the SGPC Amritsar said, “ They should follow the rules. They are not allowed to take law into their hands. We are serving Haryana gurdwaras with full dedication and will not allow anyone to interfere in our matters,” he added.
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Illegal construction
Faridabad, January 31 Six shops are being set up along the Milk Plant road without getting approval from the MCF. Notably, land prices in the area have gone up manifold on account of its connectivity with the eastern periphery of the proposed
Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway. When the SDM, Inderpal Bishnoi, was asked for comments, he said he had issued notice to the culprit. When asked the rationale for the notice as the construction was illegal, he said that procedure had to be followed before taking action. Birender Payal, subdivisional engineer, said the culprit had done the construction during night hours. He even said he was not getting a police team to carry out the demolitions. He added that his superiors were seized of the matter. According to locals, politicians and their kin were entering into deals with land mafia and private parties to get illegal constructions done. The present development is a case in point, they say, adding that the authorities have issued notice to the accused whereas the situation demands immediate demolition of the structures.
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Lab school to be set up on school board campus
Bhiwani, January 31 A decision to this effect was taken in the meeting of the Directors of the Board of School Education held here recently at the board headquarters, which was presided over by Surina Rajan, Financial Commissioner & Principal Secretary, Education Department, Haryana, and chairperson of the board. Stating this, a spokesperson for the board told mediapersons here that the school would be run in the already established Dr S Radhakrishnan Model School on the campus of the education board,
Bhiwani, which could not be started. She said the school would cater to multiple intelligences, facilitate experimentation in education and strategy development in pedagogy, educational technology assessment and teacher training. She said a society would be constituted in collaboration with the NCERT, NCTE, NUEPA and other institutions of repute in special education, creative and performing arts for technical and managerial advice. She further said the Shri Ram Foundation, Gurgaon, would collaborate with the board for technical support in areas of curriculum design, assessments and teacher training. The staff of the school would be sanctioned as per norms of a government primary and senior secondary model school. The financial support for the school would be made available by the state government and the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) Innovations Fund and the remaining expenditure would be borne by the board. The spokesperson added that the board of directors had also decided to revamp the Haryana Open School (HOS) and for this purpose a committee would be constituted to help the special children or sportspersons who could not take examination of secondary/senior secondary of the HOS due to various reasons. The board of directors also decided to restructure and strengthen the board considering the increasing work load and starting of the semester system, state teachers’ eligibility test, DEd examination and the Central Scholarship Scheme.
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Recreation project conceived during INLD regime: Govt
Chandigarh, January 31 Describing the allegations as motivated, an official spokesman said here recently that the project was conceived during the INLD regime in 2003. The process for acquisition of land was initiated with the imposition of Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act in August 2003 and Section 6 in January 2004. The award was announced on January 19, 2006, during the tenure of the present state government. Maintaining that the government had followed all rules and regulations by maintaining absolute transparency, the spokesman said the entire position was placed before the Supreme Court.
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Teachers urged to achieve excellence
Kurukshetra, January 31 Discussions were also held on the credit-based system to be evolved for continuous internal assessment and to create opportunities for exposure of students for the development of communication skills to make the semester system more useful. The seminar was attended by the Vice-Chancellors of all universities in Haryana and the principals of colleges affiliated to Kurukshetra University, besides SS.Prasad, Financial Commissioner (Education ) and Principal Secretary and Dheera Khandelwal, Director-eneral, Higher Education, Haryana. In his presidential remarks, Dr DDS Sandhu, Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University, impressed upon the teachers to make a plan and find solutions to achieve excellence in education with available resources. SS Prasad pointed out that examinations were being held twice in the semester system, affecting the quality and it was imperative that examination days be reduced drastically to cover up the loss. He also stressed that the convocation must take place every year. Dr RP Hooda, VC, Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak; Dr HS Chahal, Vice-Chancellor, Deen Bandhu Sir Chotu Ram University, Murthal, Sonepat; Dr M L Ranga, Vice-Chancellor, Guru Jambeshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar; Dr KC Bhardwaj, Vice-Chancellor, Ch. Devi Lal University, Sirsa; Dr Pankaj Mittal, Vice-Chancellor, Bhagat Phool Singh Women University, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat; were among those present at the seminar.
— TNS
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Need for health food stressed
Karnal, January 31 Dr RC Sobti, vice-chancellor, Panjab University, Chandigarh, said, “The export potential of our foods lies in strict compliance of phytosanitary standards in our dairy and food products”. He lauded the role of the NDRI in setting new academic standards and doing excellent research in areas of genomics, bioprocessing and nanotechnology. Dr AK Srivastava, director, said value-added foods and foods designed to meet special requirement of different target groups such as nursing mothers, pregnant women, sports persons, growing children and older people. “The claims made in such food needs to be validated. We have to develop fast and reliable analytical tools and educate the consumer about health benefits of our traditional dairy products as well as new products with special health attributes”. India is largest milk producer in the World with 112 MT of milk production per annum. The quality of milk has been challenge in this country due to manmade menace of adulteration as well as contamination of milk and milk products with heavy metals, pesticides and antibiotic/veterinary drug residues. Dr Bimlesh Mann presented the report of the winter school before the audience. The winter school lasted for 21 days and it included 25 participants from universities and institutions across 15 states.
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All-India Inter-University Youth Festival
Sonepat, January 31 The festival was jointly organised by the Association of Indian Universities and the Union Ministry of Sports and Youth Welfare from January 18 to 22 in Venketeshwara University at Tirupati in Tamil Nadu. A warm welcome was accorded to the team members by the management, teachers and students of the college. Dr OP Pruthi, chairman, said these students were the priceless gems of the college and hoped that they would repeat their performance in the International Youth Festival. Dr Jyoti Juneja, principal of the college, congratulated the students for their outstanding performance at the national level and offered the students of the orchestra team as well as of the folk dance a free-of-cost visit to Agra.
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