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Quota stir stumps Jat politicians
Now, grant for villages of sportspersons |
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Coal crisis hits power generation
CM offers help to Japanese in state
UHBVN relief to industrial units
Award scheme to check stubble burning
Role of khaps discussed
Legal helpline for Sirsa residents
Southwestern region lags behind in farm growth: Study
Dependants of deceased get ex gratia
Drive to enforce ban on smoking in Yamunanagar
Vidrohi tells govt to act tough against protesters
Pinjore MC told to refund money with interest
70 papers presented at seminar on agriculture
Swami receives bike on Khali’s behalf
Sex ratio worsens in Ambala
Skill enhancement workshop held
Global opportunities for youth discussed
Learning process should never end: Meghna
Liquor vends’ auction fetches
Rs 286 cr
Seema Gulia adjudged best athlete
Panel to provide jobs to visually impaired
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Quota stir stumps Jat politicians
Hisar, March 17 The agitation, which has so far been peaceful, is being spearheaded by emerging Jat leaders who were known little just a few months earlier. In Haryana the movement is being led by Hawa Singh Sangwan, a former CRPF commandant. As part of their strategy, the pro-reservation Jat leaders have been keeping the political parties and their leaders at bay. These leaders believe that politicians would never want Jats to be extended the benefit of reservation so as not to displease other castes because of vote bank politics. This is a cause of worry for the Jat politicians because if the agitation succeeds, the entire credit will pass on to the new leadership. This would mean that the standing of the Jat politicians would be affected adversely in future in their own caste. Besides, should the leaders spearheading the stir choose to jump into the political and electoral arena at a later stage, they could pose serious problems The Jat leaders in western UP are also having similar worries. The second-rung leaders of the community trying for a foothold in politics through the current agitation could upset the political mathematics of the established leaders. Other than that, the Jat agitation is also causing a ripple effect in Haryana where other castes and communities are already beginning to seek reservations. The Bishnois, who have a sizeable population in Hisar, Sirsa and Fatehabad districts, have already raised a similar demand. Even among Brahmins and Punjabis, the issue is being discussed hotly in informal meetings of community leaders. In case the Jats get reservation, these communities are bound to use similar pressure tactics. But their problem is that these communities are mainly concentrated in urban areas where blocking rail tracks may not be feasible. However, the common man is extremely unhappy over the suspension of rail traffic for such a long time with the government making no attempt at all to clear the tracks. All major towns in the state are now reachable only by road.
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Now, grant for villages of sportspersons
Gurgaon, March 17 Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner PC Meena said Anup of Palra village in the district a was member of the gold medal-winning kabbaddi team in the Asian Games while Om Prakash of Lakhuwas village participated in atheletic events in the Commonwealth as well as Asian games. While Palra village has been given `51 lakh, Lakhuwas got `22 lakh during the current financial year under the special development works in villages scheme. Meena said with this amount, development works - preferably for the creation of sports-related infrastructure - would be executed in these villages. He said the state government had devised a policy under which special grants were released to the panchayats of the villages sportspersons from which had gone to participate in the Commonwealth and Asian Games. The amount is to be spent in consultation with the player and the village panchayat concerned, the Deputy Commissioner disclosed, adding that these works would be executed by the Executive Engineer of the Panchayati Raj Department. The special grant is in addition to the grants issued in the normal course. As per the policy, the village from which a sportsperson has won a gold medal in the Asian or Commonwealth Games gets `51 lakh, the village of a silver medal winner gets `31 lakh and the bronze medal winner’s village gets `21 lakh. The villages of the sportspersons who went to participate in these games get `11 lakh each.
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Coal crisis hits power generation
The authorities of the HPGC have been on their toes as the coal stocks at the power plants have remained very low for the past many days. The HPGCL had recently asked its senior officials to monitor coal arrivals at the thermal plants round the clock. Even as unit 6 at Panipat plant was revived on Thursday, the units 4 and 5 of 210 MW capacities each, had to be shut down due to coal scarcity during the day. The coal stock here was almost zero, while Yamunagar thermal plant had coal stock that would last for a single day. According to official information, the coal stock at Panipat plant was 200 MT and at Khedar plant it was zero as against a daily requirement for 17,700 MT and 12,000MT, respectively. At Yamunanagar plant, coal stock was 9,000 MT, while the daily requirement is for 8000 MT. The power utilities that are facing the crisis are depending heavily on power from the northern grid to maintain adequate power supply in the state. The state is drawing more than 1,200 MW power in excess at any given time of the day to fill the gap between demand and generation of power. The state drew 2,451 MW of power against the scheduled 1,131 MW.The utility has to bear the additional cost of drawing excess power from the grid. A senior engineer of power utilities said the situation had arisen due to failure of the management to take remedial measures well in time. Another problem which could add to the present crisis is the cancellation of trains due to Jat agitation. Sources at the Panipat plant said this might stop the coal supply to thermal plants resulting in complete power generation failure.
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CM offers help to Japanese in state
Chandigarh, March 17 Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who was interacting with the media in the press lobby of the State Assembly here, said he had, on the first day of the tragedy caused by the earthquake and tsunami, contacted the Japanese Ambassador in India and assured him all help. Hooda said 70 per cent of the total investment made by Japan in India was in Haryana. If these companies had suffered economic losses owing to the natural calamities, the government would try to assist them. Appreciating the Opposition parties for supporting the resolutions adopted by the House on the Hansi-Butana canal and the SYL canal, Hooda said these parties had been raising objections about the Hansi-Butana canal for six years. But now they had understood that technically the canal was sound. Similarly, he said, a day would come when the opposition parties, who had been opposing the land acquisition policy of the state, would find merit in it.
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UHBVN relief to industrial units
The orders came following directives from the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission. Under the new system, 10 per cent of the average daily consumption of the billing period would be treated as daily average from the monthly consumption on which PLEC would be imposed. A spokesperson for the utility stated that the facility would be made available to only those consumers who had submitted their option in the subdivisional offices and would be deemed to have been allowed from the date of its submission with the written consent of the SDO. There would be no need of taking an approval from the higher authority of the nigam. However, the dispensation would be subject to system constraints. He said in case high tension industrial consumers had not opted for the same, then they could avail 10 per cent of the average daily consumption from the monthly consumption during the peak load hours and the consumption recorded during such peak load hours subject to additional charge of Rs 2 per unit over and above the normal tariff. The spokesperson said it had also been decided that only the peak load consumption and not the entire volume would be charged at Rs 4 per kWh extra. High tension consumers seeking special dispensation during the peak load hours would be allowed a maximum of 50 per cent of the average daily consumption. This facility would be extended to only those consumers who were working on a continuous operation basis in three shifts, said the Peak load restrictions and the PLEC had not been applied to the rural feeders as they were already being given curtailed supply.
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Award scheme to check stubble burning
The block that stands first in curbing the menace in a rabi and kharif year ending December 31, would be given a cash prize of `50,000. The administrative blocks standing second and third would be given cash prizes of `30,000 and `20,000, respectively, said the orders circulated in various blocks of the district by Vijay Singh Dahiya, deputy commissioner. The burning of wheat stubble and paddy straw on agricultural fields results in large-scale air pollution, leading to ailments like asthma, bronchitis, irritation to eyes etc. The fertility of soil is substantially reduced and a lot of road accidents take place due to smoke arising from stubble burning. Measures taken by the authorities in the past have failed to show the desired results. As per directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a civil writ petition 10138/2008 titled Captain Sarabjit Singh vs State of Punjab and Others, the state government constituted a high-powered committee under the chief secretary and the Environment Department, which prepared an action plan to curb the menace. Under the plan, the HSPCB prepared the scheme for giving awards to best performing administrative blocks in each of the 21 districts. The board has set up criteria for the selection of best performing blocks under which 50 per cent weightage has been reserved for visible impact. Twenty-five per cent weightage is reserved for machination adopted for the removal of wheat stubble and paddy straw and the other 25 per cent are reserved for the quality of air. Baseline data of ambient air quality (AAQ) has been collected by arranging samples of air from three different locations at 120 degree in each of the administrative block during non-burning season. This will be compared with the AAQ data of the samples taken during the harvesting season. The HSPCB has hired the services
of professional organisations for choosing the best performing blocks. District-level committees have been set up, comprising DCs, ADCs, chairpersons of zila parishads, deputy directors, agriculture, and regional officers of the HSPCB for the implementation of the award scheme. Meanwhile, the district authorities at Sirsa have promulgated prohibitory orders under section 144 of the CrPC to impose a ban on the burning of wheat stubble during the coming harvesting season. In the orders issued recently, Yudhbir Singh Khyalia, district magistrate, Sirsa, said action under section 188 of the CrPC would be initiated against the offenders.
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Role of khaps discussed
Ambala, March 17 Academicians, social scientists, human rights activities, representatives of khap panchayats and scholars from north-western Indian states participated in this seminar. The event was inaugurated by Giyan Singh, director, Ch Ranbir Singh Chair, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak. Dr KD Jha, principal of the college, gave the welcome speech. A speaker said Akbar was the first ruler to recognise the authority of khap panchyats and it had also been proved that khaps had fought against the repression and forcible conversion of Hindus by Aurangzeb. The khaps should be advised to take up progressive agenda of social reform instead of indulging in activities that were causing social regression, he added. Lt Col Dalal, legal adviser of khap panchyats, said these panchyats had never supported honour killings. “The government should amend the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 for different areas so that the people of north-western region of the country can save their Experts on genetics, Dr Mani Ram Bhura and Dr RS Dahiya, presented two different opinions. Dr Mani Ram claimed that there would be genetically deformation due to same gotra and “sah” gotra marriage. He also stressed that future generation could face thalassaemia disease. Dr Dahiya argued that there would not be any congenital defects in the same gotra marriage. While supporting inter-caste marriages, he said the domain of khap panchyats took a false base of genetic deformation due to same gotra marriages.
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Legal helpline for Sirsa residents
Sirsa, March 17 He said earlier the State Legal Services Authority had set up a state-level helpline 0172-2604055, but a district-level helpline had been set up for the first time. The helpline would remain functional during working hours on all the working days, he said. The litigants, Singhal said, could also visit the website www.hslsa.nic.in for more information. Singhal said the lawyers empanelled as counsels under the free legal aid scheme had been assigned duties on a monthly basis for the helpline. Advocates Prabhjot Kaur and Mahesh Yadav will provide information to those calling on the helpline in March, Monica Sharma and Pawan Berwal in April, Vandana Monga and Rajesh Mehta in May and Vishnu Singla and Singhara Singh will help the callers in June 2011. Lakhwinder Singh and Gaurav Sharma will perform duties in July, Lalit Mehra and Manjit Singh in August, Vikram Yadav and Sandeep Garg in September, Rakesh Kumar and Sandeep Kamboj in October, Neeraj Narula and Yogesh Modi in November and Balbir Kaur Gandhi and Amit Goyal will perform the duty on the helpline in December.
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Southwestern region lags behind in farm growth: Study
Sirsa, March 17 Hence, there is an urgent need to adopt an alternative strategy of agricultural development in this region keeping in view its agro-ecological conditions and natural resources endowment. These are the findings of a study “Southwestern Haryana: The Shadow Zone of Green Revolution” by The study, completed under the guidance of Dr Mahabir Jaglan, an associate professor of the department, said the agricultural landscape of Haryana had transformed very fast since the introduction of new agricultural technologies in mid 1960s. The horizontal extension of cultivated land almost reached to the saturation level by 1960s and the agricultural production almost stagnated. It was the package technology in the form of high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, chemical fertilisers and farm mechanisation which ushered growth in stagnating agricultural economy, the study adds. However, Tejpal finds in his study that the impact of package technology has not been homogeneous across the state and there are grey areas. The agricultural landscape of southwestern Haryana is a testimony of this fact. This region lags behind in terms of various parameters of agricultural development. In fact, there emerges a clear north-south divide in the state whereby the northern plain region (with exception of the Shiwaliks) is far more agriculturally developed than the southwestern region comprising the districts of Rohtak, Bhiwani, Jhajjar, Gurgaon, including Mewat, Rewari and Mahendergarh. It is revealed that the southwestern region of the state is deprived in terms of development of irrigational facilities. The expansion of irrigation in the region rather started late and surface (canal) water irrigation could not be effectively expanded beyond Rohtak and northern parts of Bhiwani districts. The pockets of fresh groundwater resources underneath the beds of seasonal rivers and paleochannels have been harnessed through tubewells and sprinkler irrigation. But the expansion of irrigational facilities in the region has been constrained by the fast depleting groundwater resources and receding flow at the tail of canal systems. Consequently, many villages in Mahendergarh districts are facing an acute shortage of drinking water. The time lag in the initiation of process of agricultural development in the region is also linked to the constraints in the expansion of irrigation facilities. It was because of this fact that modern agricultural technology did not diffuse in southwestern Haryana till early 1980s, the study says. One would not deny that during the past two-and-a-half decade, the agricultural landscape of the region has witnessed economic transformation and intensification of agriculture. But this vast tract of land continues to lag behind in terms of various parameters of agricultural development, namely proportion of irrigated area, irrigation intensity, consumption and use of bio-chemical and modern agricultural inputs, cropping pattern, cropping intensity and agricultural productivity. The study concludes that southwestern Haryana formed the shadow zone of green revolution in the state. One of the reasons of agricultural backwardness of this region is that the overall strategy of agricultural development in the state is irrigation oriented. Hence, a large part of non-irrigated land in the southwestern region lies beyond the realm of agricultural development adopted in the state. The study suggests that the state government would have to prepare a separate strategy for the development of such areas. It would have to help farmers to switch over to horticultural crops suitable to agro-climatic conditions of the semi-arid region. This region also has conducive natural environment for fodder production, dairy and livestock farming which should be harnessed to the full potential.
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Dependants of deceased get ex gratia
Rewari, March 17 It may be mentioned here that Chand Kaur, wife of Todar Mal; her son Ganga Ram, Ganga Ram’s son Mukesh Kumar and his wife, Suman Devi, Neeta Devi, wife of Pratap Singh, and her daughter, Meenu; Bhateri Devi, wife of Hazari Lal; Sarla Devi, wife of Dharam Pal, and Rohtash, son of Ram Chander, who was the driver of the ill-fated tempo, were among the deceased. while Moti Ram, Pratap Singh, Vikram Singh and Raj Kumar, all dependants of Chand Kaur, received Rs 2 lakh, cheques for Rs 2 lakh each were presented to Komal, Navin and Sapna, the surviving children of Mukesh and Suman. Pratap Singh,husband of Neeta Devi, was given Rs 2 lakh whereas cheques for Rs 1 lakh each were provided to Hazari Lal, husband of deceased Bhateri Devi; Dharam Pal, husband of decesed Sarla Devi and Sunita, a surviving dependant of Rohtash.
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Drive to enforce ban on smoking in Yamunanagar
Yamunanagar, March 17 He said any violation of this Act was punishable with a fine up to Rs 200. The police and special teams of the Health Department would ensure that the sale of cigarettes was prohibited within 100 yards of educational institutions, adding that efforts would be made to make such areas smoke-free. According to sources, one can easily see tobacco sellers offering pan masala, cigarettes near Jagadhari bus stand and main bazaars of Yamunanagar. The ban was imposed on October 2, 2008, but the Health Department has only issued warnings to the violators for not following the norms.
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Vidrohi tells govt to act tough against protesters
Rewari, March 17 While describing the rail blockade by the Jat protesters as unjustifiable, HPCC spokesman Ved Prakash Vidrohi wanted the state government to act tough against such disruptive elements. Stating that when late Ch. Charan Singh, a highly acclaimed leader of the Jat community, had never endorsed Jats’ stir for reservation and the National Backward Classes Commission had made it known that the reservation could not be given to the Jats under the existing provisions, Vidrohi asked why the Jats were being befooled that their demand for the reservation had already been forwarded to the Union government for an appropriate action? Alleging that the Jats’ stir smacked of governmental sponsorship (patronage), prominent BJP leader Arvind Yadav wondered why the Jat community, which was economically and socially robust and whose leaders had been at the helm of affairs in Haryana for most of the time in the past four decades, was now agitating for the reservation? While senior advocate Naresh Chauhan asserted that leaders supporting the rail blockade stir of the Jats were virtually out to disintegrate society and the country, another senior advocate Janardhan Sharma sought constitution of a high-level committee which should review the reservation in its entirety. Similarly, advocate Sunil Bhardwaj wanted a PIL to be filed in the apex court to save citizens from the pernicious effects of the stir, whereas Prof. Ranbir Singh Yadav, general secretary of the Dakshin Haryana Vikas Lok Manch, specifically mentioned that they had recently sent a communication to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi whose reply to the communication amply made it clear that Jats could not be provided reservation under the prevailing scenario. Among others, District Bar Association chief Raghuvir Singh Yadav, advocate SN Vashishth, advocates Sant Ram Gujjar and Jagjit Singh also expressed their views on the occasion.
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Pinjore MC told to refund money with interest
Kalka, March 17 Subsequently, the District Planning Department has also taken the money back. Informing this, VK Bansal, president, Shiwalik Vikas Manch, said the state government, under the district plan, had granted Rs 25 lakh to the Pinjore MC and Rs 65 lakh to the Panchkula Municipal Council, but due to the non-utilisation of the funds, the District Planning Department had taken the money back. He said neither the funds were utilised nor the utilisation certificate was submitted by the Pinjore MC and the Panchkula MC despite a reminder sent by the Planning Department regarding the utilisation of the funds. Notably, the Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-Chief Planning Officer, Panchkula, has written a letter to the secretary, Municipal Committee, Pinjore, in this context and has asked him to deposit the unspent amount of Rs 25 lakh, along with the up-to-date interest money accrued on the deposit, as the works against the amount had not been started. The letter also interpreted that due to the non-execution of the district plan works by the Pinjore MC, Panchkula district was not able to avail the 1st instalment of 33 per cent of the funds for 2010-11. Bansal further said the state government had decreased the allocation by 34 per cent in the first instalment of the district plan funds throughout the state. The government had allotted Rs 230 crore for the development in 2009-2010, but only Rs 152 crore had been sanctioned for the same purpose this year, he added.
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70 papers presented at seminar on agriculture
Ambala, March 17 Dr K P Chand, General Manager, Nabard, Chandigarh, who was the chief guest, made the audience aware about various activities undertaken by NABARD. Dr Baldev Setia, Principal, Engineering College, spoke about the recent contribution of engineering in the development of instruments used in agriculture. Dr RK Gupta, a scientist at the Wheat Research Institute, Karnal. threw light on the latest advancements in the field of agriculture. Dr Bakshi Ram, Director , Sugar Cane Breeding Institute, Karnal, gave a presentation on the recent methods of sugarcane breeding. Dr. RS Dhull, chief manager(marketing), Haryana Seeds Corporation, dwelt upon various schemes offered by the state government for the welfare of farmers in general and the supply of quality seeds in particular.
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Swami receives bike on Khali’s behalf
Rewari, March 17 Swami, who is also the national president of the Young Men’s Association of India, said. Khali was presently in America for the shooting of a Hollywood film — OC
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Sex ratio worsens in Ambala
Ambala, March 17 In Ambala city, the sex ratio was found 807 while in Ambala Sadar, the figure is 773. According to Health Department sources, sex ratio in the rural areas is 807 while in the urban areas, it has come down to 796. The district administration has now announced a strict implementation of the PNDT Act and regular monitoring of ultrasound centres. A team of doctors has been constituted to keep a close watch on nursing homes and pathologist centres. Panchayats and NGOs have been asked to launch awareness drives against female foeticide in their respective areas. Meanwhile, the licences of two of ultrasound centres were cancelled during the past three months. Recently, a team of doctors, led by Dr Sangeeta Goel, deputy CMO, and Dr BB Lala, raided a pathology laboratory where sex determination test was being conducted. The owner of the laboratory was neither having a licence to run the ultrasound centre nor was he qualified. A case under the PNDT Act was registered against him. It was learnt that he had been indulged in this act for past several months. Similarly, another raid was conducted on an unauthorised nursing home at Dosarka. The equipment used for abortion was seized. The department claimed that the woman running the nursing home at her residence was involved in illegal termination of pregnancies. Meanwhile, Samir Pal Saro, deputy commissioner, said strict measures had been adopted to save the girl children in the district. More incentives for the girl child were likely to be introduced, he said, adding that there was a need to change the mindset of the people, especially women.
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Skill enhancement workshop held
Rewari, March 17 While Dr ML Ranga, vice-chancellor of GJU, was the chief guest at its concluding function, Prof. RS Jaglan, registrar of GJU, RK Arora, registrar of Deenbandhu Science and Technology University, Murthal (Sonepat), and Prof. MS Turan, director of DDE of GJU, were also present on the occasion. While stating that employees immensely contributed to the prominence of a university, Dr. Ranga exhorted the participants to put their acquired innovative skills into practice to ensure the expediency of the student community. Describing such workshops as a means to bring about radical transformation of skills of the participants, Prof. Turan wanted them to optimally utilise the acquired techniques to promote the proficiency of students. Besides RK Arora, YP Goswami and RK Yadav, examination controllers of Kurukshetra University and GJU, Sanjay Singh, public information officer of GJU, BS Kundu, Prakash Arora, BS Verma, all deputy registrars of GJU, Nafe Singh, Harnam and SK Arora, all assistant registrars of GJU, also delivered lectures on specific subjects in various technical sessions during the workshop.
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Global opportunities for youth discussed
Ambala, March 17 The seminar started with the keynote address by Aakriti Verma, vice-president, AIESEC local chapter. Denis Melehin from Vrasnoyansk University, Russia; Lilia Lingefug and Ninja Katja Hott from Heidelberg, Germany; and other scholars were also present. A global village was made by over 50 representatives from more than 15 countries across the globe where they portrayed artifacts and culture of their respective countries. This was done by students of the institute in association with members of the AIESEC. The global entrepreneurs programme is an initiative by the AIESEC in India to provide the youth a unique combination of multi-cultural entrepreneurial, social and leadership experience. Under this
programme, students from Haryana would go and work abroad on a host of social issues ranging from entrepreneurship and business models on sustainability. Om Prakash Aggarwal, chairman, said the future belonged to the youth and the youth should be fully aware and conscious of what was expected from them.
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Learning process should never end: Meghna
Meghna, popular for her role as “Ammaji” in TV serial “Na Ana Is Desh Lado”, said women were generally projected with a weak image in society even as they played more important role than their men counterparts in day-to-day life. “It is need of the hour for the fairer sex to increase its mental horizon and feel proud of being a woman,” she exhorted. Inaugurating the programme, Dr Balbir Kaur, pro-vice-chancellor of BPS Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Khanpur Kalan, exhorted the students to work hard to gain knowledge as it opened the doors of progress and development. “Discipline in the life of students is a must. It helps them in shaping their future and in shouldering future responsibilities,” she added. Dr Kaur also discussed the prevailing social evils like dowry, female foeticide, declining sex ratio and domestic violence. She opined that a woman could play a decisive role in eradicating these evils. She lauded the achievements of students of the college in academic and other activities. The chairman of the college welcomed the guests while Dr Jyoti Juneja, principal, presented the annual report. Students who gave outstanding performances during the year were given prizes.
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Liquor vends’ auction fetches
Rs 286 cr
Gurgaon, March 17 This is about 29 per cent more than last year’s amount. Additional Deputy Commissioner VS Hooda, who supervised the process, said 117 shops of country-made liquor were allotted for
Rs 57,87,90,000, while 142 IMFL vends were allotted for Rs
228,95,60,000. Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner (Excise) SB Sharma said the costliest vend was of Galleria Market, which was allotted at a cost of
Rs 5,54,40,000. Similarly, the liquor vend of Central Arcade fetched Rs
4,53,90,000, while the vend of Udyog Vihar Border-I fetched Rs
4,15,80,000.
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Seema Gulia adjudged best athlete
Sirsa, March 17 She also came first in the long jump, high jump and triple jump, shot put and javelin throw events. Teaming up with Kaushalya, Anita and Aman, Seema Gulia also got the first position in the 4X100 relay race. She was also captain of the tug-of-war team that won the first position. In the skipping race and sack race too, it was Seema Gulia, who was adjudged the best. In the discuss throw and chatti race, the college's best athlete got the second position and she teamed up with Kaushalya to get the second position in the three-legged race. Mamta secured the second position in the 100-metre race, long jump, high jump and triple jump events. Teaming up with Sonia, Anita and Chandermukhi, Mamta got the second position in the 4X100 metre relay race. Earlier, inaugurating the event, ADC Pankaj Chaudhary said sports instilled in a spirit of camaraderie healthy competition among students. Dr Vijaya Tomar, Principal, said that students of the college had been performing well in the curricular and extra-curricular activities.
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Panel to provide jobs to visually impaired
Chandigarh, March 17 A spokesman for the Employment Department said here that the Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretaries, Employment, Finance and Social Justice and Empowerment Departments, Directors, Higher Education, Industries, Social Defence and Security, Industrial Training and Vocational Education and School Education, Engineers-in-Chief, Irrigation and PWD (B&R) Departments and a secretary, Indian Red Cross Society, Haryana, would be its official members and presidents, the National Association for Blind (Haryana state branch) and the National Federation of Blind and Blind Awareness Organisation, Haryana, would be its non-official members. Director, Employment, would be its member secretary. He said the committee would review the employment position and assess employment and unemployment trends and suggest for expanding employment opportunities for visually impaired. The term of the office-bearers of the committee would be two years. The headquarters of the committee would be at Chandigarh, he added.
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The pro-reservation agitation by the Jats has stumped seasoned Jat politicians of Haryana. The two-week- old agitation has come thus far without the direct or indirect support of Jat politicians in the Congress as well as the
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