Barwala (Hisar), May 30
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has announced the upgrading of Barwala tehsil of this district to the level of a subdivision.

Addressing a public meeting organised by Congress legislator Ram Niwas Ghorela at Barwala, 30 km from Hisar, Hooda said the demand for upgrading of the tehsil was justified and it would help development of this town.

Hooda said a Kisan Model School would be set up in the town for educating children of farmers of the area. He announced a special grant of `5 crore for the development of rural areas, `2 crore for Barwala town and setting up of a sports stadium in an area of six acres.

He said the building of Government College for Girls would also be completed within two years and till then classes would continue in the existing premises. He also announced setting up of new veterinary dispensaries, upgrading of schools, hospitals and dispensaries, power infrastructure, building roads and canals.

Hooda said during the Chautala regime only `62.95 crore were spent on developmental schemes for Barwala Assembly constituency from 1999 to 2005 whereas the present government had spent `252.65 crore so far. Besides, Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Project at Khedar had been set up at a cost of `4,000 crore.

Hooda also laid the foundation stone of a modern grain and vegetable market to be built at Barwala.

HPCC President Phool Chand Mullana, Agriculture Minister Paramvir Singh, Chief Parliamentary Secretaries, Vinod Bhayana and Prahalad Singh Gillankhera, district Congress president and former Union Minister Jai Parkash, former ministers and MLAs Sampat Singh, Savitri Jindal were among those present.

Ambala, May 30
Most of the police stations and police posts of Ambala City are being renovated these days. A majority of the police stations of the city were constructed during the British period before the Independence and most of them even lacked basic amenities.

In Ambala City, Sadar police station was reconstructed around six months ago and was inaugurated by Haryana DGP Ranjeev Dalal.

Basic amenities like kitchen, spacious separate lockup rooms for male and female criminals, modern toilets, waiting room, malkhana, computer room, barracks and sufficient open spaces have been provided in the new police station building.

Baldevnagar police station in Ambala City has also been reconstructed. All basic facilities available in a model police station are available in this police station. Light arrangements in the building have been made in such a way that during the evening time, it attracts passers-by. In fact, it is the best police station building in the district. According to police sources, the newly constructed police station would be inaugurated soon.

The construction of City police station is also in progress. This police station is being constructed in the Old Civil Hospital campus. Kotwali police station of the city would be shifted in the new building in the next three to four months. A new building for Baldevnagar police post has already been constructed.

Moreover, the office of the SP, which was running from the old building for the past several decades, has also been shifted to the new building in the police line. One of the police officials said police stations and police posts of Ambala Cantt were also required to be renovated at the earliest as they were in a deplorable condition.

Gurgaon, May 30
The Lokayukta of Haryana, Justice Pritam Pal Singh, has maintained that corruption will be nailed in Haryana with the cooperation of general people, their representatives, government officials and voluntary social organisations.

Addressing a meeting of local officials and people’s representatives here recently, Justice Singh warned the government officials to improve their working and told them not to expect any leniency from him if a complaint was received against them.

“People can file their complaints against all government functionaries, including employees from peon to chief secretary, present as well as former chief ministers, ministers, MLAs and anyone who comes in the definition of public servant as mentioned in Section 21 of the IPC,” he pointed out.

The Lokayukta, however, pointed out that complaints regarding corruption could be made by anyone from the public, but grievances about discrimination could be put forward only by the aggrieved person.

The procedure of making a complaint to the Lokayukta is available on the website www.hrlokayukta.gov.in and complaints can be sent by registered post on the address: Haryana Lokayukta, 2nd floor, New Secretariat, Sector 17, Chandigarh.

An affidavit attested by a notary public and judicial stamps of Rs 1,000 should be attached with every complaint. There is a provision for relaxation in the fee for the poor people who cannot afford it.

Justice Singh disclosed that till now, the Lokayukta office had received 278 complaints, of which 178 had already been redressed. “Only 3-4 complaints were against politicians, while a majority of these were against bureaucrats,” he revealed.

The Lokayukta appealed to the people to come forward and make complaints bravely and not to be afraid of anyone. He also advised the officials to say “no” to the wrong or unfair orders of their higher officers and political bosses.

At the same time, he cautioned them saying that if a complaint was received to him against them, he is “not going to spare anyone, don’t make excuses afterwards”.

He asserted that the state government had chargesheeted the guilty officials and initiated criminal proceedings against them on Lokayukta’s recommendations.

Justice Singh advised the people to form social groups comprising 5-7 members with sound credentials. “Such groups can also send complaints to us and the identity of the complainants will be kept confidential,” he maintained.

He observed that moral education should be made an integral part of the students’ syllabus so that the future citizens of the country inculcated good moral values.

Additional deputy commissioner VS Hooda cautioned the people that as per the provisions under the Haryana Lokayukta Act, a person making a false complaint would be punished with three-year imprisonment or fined Rs 10,000, or both.

Later, while addressing members of the District Bar Association in the local judicial complex, he exhorted the lawyers to come forward in fighting against corruption and also make the people aware about the Lokayukta Act.

Kurukshetra, May 30
In a series to make the students of various schools in Haryana aware of environmental hazards and their solutions, Naresh Bhardwaj, chairman of an NGO “Green Earth”, showed a documentary film on “Save Environment” at Smt. Sugni Devi Arya Girls Senior Secondary School, Ladwa, 20 km from here, recently.

It was a documentary film in which various clippings about environment pollution were displayed. Through the clipping of the postmortem of a stray animal, it was shown that how polythene bags have caused the death of that animal.

Through this film, it was shown that how various parts of our earth are suffering due to environmental pollution created by human beings.

Naresh invoked the students by saying that: “We have to save water and electricity and shun the use of polythene bags if we want a healthy and secure life on the earth”.

Virender Kaur, Kapil Bhardwaj, Arvinder and Prince, officers of the NGO, and Meenakshi Chhabra, principal of the school, also motivated the students that how a little concern for environment can save the life on the earth. On the occasion, the students took a pledge to contribute to the cause of environment.

Meanwhile, with the cooperation of the NGO, a poster-making contest and an essay writing competition were also held in which Swati bagged the first position, Sonam stood second while Raman and Aman secured third positions, respectively. Tanu, Shiwani, Vishali and Priti won the consolation prizes.

Hisar, May 30
Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences here has reserved 12 seats for the B.V. Sc and A. H. degree programme in its College of Veterinary Sciences for non-resident Indians, NRI-sponsored and industry-sponsored candidates. This is the first time that such a provision has been made in the college.

According to a press release issued here, admission under this category will be given only to NRIs, their children and wards, NRI or industry-sponsored candidates. The eligibility requirements for these candidates are the same as for general category candidates.

However, the candidates who have completed their qualifying examination or equivalent abroad are required to submit a copy of their certificate, transcript or marks sheet indicating grades and percentile of equivalent marks, duly verified and certified by the Indian embassy or the high commission in that country, stating that such examination is equivalent to the qualifying examination (10+2) of India.

Additionally, they will also be required to submit an application for obtaining the requisite equivalence certificate from the Registrar LLRUVAS, by paying a fee of $500 (non-refundable) through a bank draft in favour of the Comptroller, LLRUVAS, payable at any scheduled bank at Hisar.

The NRI candidates or their children/wards seeking admission to B.V.Sc. & A.H. programme will be considered for admission without appearing in the entrance test of the university provided they have passed 12th standard with 50 per cent marks in aggregate in the subjects of physics, chemistry, biology and English, subject to verification of its equivalence with the 10+2 examination (medical group) of the CBSE or Board of School Education, Haryana, by an appropriate authority.

The order of preference of admission will be NRIs or their children or wards followed by NRI-sponsored and then industry-sponsored candidates. However, the fee structure will remain the same except the amount for industry-sponsored candidates will be taken in equivalent of Indian rupees. The conversion rate will be the prevailing average of buying and selling rates of US dollar at SBI on the day of deposition of fee.

The College of Veterinary Sciences was first established as a veterinary school in 1862 at Pune which conducted a one-year course. It was later upgraded as the first veterinary college at Lahore in 1882. A part of Lahore Veterinary College was shifted to Hisar in 1948 after the Partition. Later, the College of Veterinary Medicine was set up in 1969 as a constituent college of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. In 1971, the college was renamed as College of Veterinary Sciences. It became part of Haryana Agricultural University when it was established in Hisar. Now, this college is part of Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences.

Sirsa, May 30
Lok Adalats, a concept of resolution of legal discords through mutual compromise between the warring parties, have been proving successful in settling old pending disputes.

In a Lok Adalat organised in Sirsa under the guidance of District and Session Judge Shiva Sharma recently, 126 such pending disputes were resolved through mutual agreement between the parties.

Naresh Singhal, Chief Judicial Magistrate, and secretary, District Legal Services Authority, informed The Tribune that 263 cases were taken up by the Lok Adalats held in various courts in the district.

“As many as 160 cases of civil nature were taken up, out of which 71 were settled on the spot. Around 21 out of 40 cases of criminal nature and 11 cases of the nature of summary trials were also settled,” said the Chief Judicial Magistrate.

Lok Adalats have become a good platform for the settlement of marital discords as well.

Even in the Lok Adalats held here recently, nine cases of marital discord were taken up and of these, two were resolved on the spot.

Similarly, four out of the six cases of recovery suits of bank loans were also settled through mutual compromise between the parties.

Singhal informed that under the Negotiable Instrument Act, 15 matters under section 138 were taken up for bounced cheques. Out of these, eight were settled on the spot.

From the nine cases taken by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunals, the Lok Adalats resolved all these cases and ordered the payment of Rs 3.07 lakh as compensation to the aggrieved parties.

“As many as 351 Lok Adalats have so far been organised in the district till date, in which 83,931 matters were taken up for decision. The Lok Adalats have so far settled 45,788 cases. In the accident claims related matters, Rs 13.31 crore have been paid as compensation to the aggrieved parties till date,” said Singhal.

He said in 36 Rural Lok Adalats organised in the district, 9,030 litigations were taken up, out of which 5,970 were resolved through mutual compromise between the parties.

Under the laws, the District Legal Services Authority provides free legal aid to poor having annual income less than Rs 75,000 and to physically challenged persons.

He said free legal aid was also provided to people belonging to the Scheduled Caste having a dispute with those of general caste. Such people were also given a relief of Rs 500 from the state Welfare Department, he said.

Ambala, May 30
A seminar on “Education Opportunity in Rural Areas” was organised recently in the New Vision Global School of Business at Nasrouli in which principals of various colleges, sarpanches and heads of the nearby schools were present.

Various issues were discussed on education opportunities in the rural areas and difference in literacy rate of the rural and urban areas. During the seminar, participants underlined the critical role of agriculture and highlighted the important contribution of education for sustainable development and eradicating poverty and hunger in the rural areas.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Sanjeev Chaddha, director of the college, said: “Education is the most effective way to empower the rural poor to get out of poverty and to achieve the economic development. Illiteracy is a correlate of poverty and hunger and is mainly a rural phenomenon which hinders rural development and food security, threatening productivity and health limits”.

“Since agriculture is a key sector for rural development and economic growth, more efforts are needed in educating the rural poor and helping them to apply improved technologies to make small-scale farming viable and profitable. The main purpose is to encourage policymakers to join forces in promoting education in the rural areas. More cooperation will be required between the education and agriculture departments to achieve education for all,” he said.

He further added that the main purpose of the seminar was to overcome the problem of lack of education opportunities in the rural areas.

Sonepat, May 30
The problem of waterlogging in several areas of Sonepat town due to lack of proper drainage system and blocked sewer lines during the rainy season dominated the proceedings of the pre-monsoon monthly meeting of the local Municipal Council held here recently.

Sadhna Taneja, chairperson of the council, presided over the meeting, which was attended by most of the municipal councillors.

On the suggestions of BJP legislator Kavita Jain, all municipal councillors unanimously passed the resolution for desilting of drains on Old DC Road, Bahalgarh Road, Rishi Colony, Kalupur Chungi Road and Baba Dham to the Murthal Bus Stand on a war footing and brick-lining of the drain from Mauzi Ram Dharamshala to the Ganda Nullah in the town.

In the meeting, Jain asked the council’s officers why the land taken on lease had so far not been registered in the names of lease holders when the state government had already written a letter in this regard way back in 2008. Even the deputy commissioner had also sought a progress report from the executive officer of the council on this matter about 20 days ago, she added.

Other proposals which were put up in the meeting included the naming of Bahalgarh Road as Bhamashah Marg, Murthal Road as Pandit Sri Ram Sharma Marg, Gohana Road as Chaudhary Chhotu Ram Marg, Mahlana Road as Sant Ravi Dass Marg, Old DC Road as Shaheed Madan Lal Dhingra Marg, installing of the statue of Madan Lal Dhingra at Geeta Bhawan Chowk and Kalupur Chungi Park to be named after Guru Gorakh Nath.

Three committees of the municipal councillors were also formed to look after the finance, works and health activities of the council in the town.

Kalka, May 30
The alleged partial attitude of the state Forest Department in granting permission has delayed the construction of several link roads in the Pinjore area.

Informing this, Vijay Bansal, president of the Shiwalik Vikas Manch, and INLD leader, alleged that the department was creating hurdles in the construction of public works by making delay in granting permission.

Meanwhile, the department is granting permissions to private builders for petrol pumps and several other commercial projects without any delay.

Subsequently, due to the negligent attitude of the department, the construction of several link roads in the Kalka area has not yet seen the light of the day.

Notably, the Shiwalik Vikas Board in 2008-09 had sanctioned Rs 50 lakh for the construction of Bhawana-Toran link road, Rs 40 lakh for Diwanwal-Ambka link road and Rs 30 lakh for Khadkua to Tandiwala link road, but the construction work could not be started till date.

The department had granted temporary permission for the construction of Toran to Dhardi link road and Berghati to Dhamsu link road vide letter dated April 5, 2010 and May 14, 2010, respectively.

Tenders of Rs 30 lakh and Rs 16 lakh for these link roads were also finalised and the PWD had submitted the required amount for the construction of link roads, but the final permission has not been granted by the Forest Department. Subsequently, the construction work has been kept in lurch.

Due to the non-construction of these link roads, villagers have to face a lot of inconvenience, especially in summer season.

Kaithal, May 30
The reservation for women in Panchayati Raj Institutions has helped in the empowerment of women hence they should make best use of this situation and work for the upliftment of villages and society as a whole. This was stated by Anand Mohan Sharan, director and special secretary, Department of Panchayats, Haryana, while speaking as a chief guest at a seminar on women empowerment organised by Rajeev Gandhi Panchayati Raj Institute, Nilokheri, in the mini-secretariat recently.

He said to provide computers to every panchayat were under the active consideration of the government and purpose of this campaign was to organise women from the block level to the state level so that they could work unitedly for society. Construction of mahila sadans at the village level was also a step in this direction. He exhorted women representatives to pay their attention to education of children and maintenance of sanitation in the villages and keep a watch on the mid-day meal schemes and ensure that children get quality food.

He said prior to 1994 women though got elected in Panchayti Raj Institutions but they had very little or no say in the decision making. But now they have become aware about their rights and they can interact with administration officials. He asked women representatives to play an active role in the implementation of social-welfare schemes launched by the government. So that desired results could be achieved.

Deputy Commissioner Amneet P Kumar called upon women to extend their cooperation in eradicating the menace of female foeticide so that proper balance in male female ratio could be maintained. She said in 1994 only 19 women sarpanches were elected in Haryana.

But in 2011 elections 2,100 women had been elected sarpanches and 25,000 women had been elected for Panchayti Raj Institutions and now they had 38 per cent share.

ADC BB Kaushik said necessary training had been imparted in all 270 panchayats in the district. He sought cooperation of elected women representatives in checking the social evil of child marriage.

Satish Batra, principal, Nilokheri institute, also expressed his views on some important issues concerning women and the rural life. The Public Relations Department exhibited a film on the female foeticide and its negative effects on the society. Mohinder Singh Tanwar, DDPO; Rajesh Khoth, deputy CEO, zila parishad, Kaithal; Amit Panwar, DPRO; Sunita Sharma, district protection officer; all women sarpanches members of self-help groups and Asha workers were present on the occasion.

Sonepat, May 30
Dinesh Bhatia, assistant professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology (DCRUST), Murthal (Sonepat), has been selected for the prestigious “Better Opportunities for Young Scientists in Chosen Areas of Science and Technology” (BOYSCAST), a prestigious international fellowship which is awarded each year by the Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology, to young scientists to work in their chosen area of interest in foreign institutes. All expenses in this regard are borne by the Department of Science and Technology for the period of the fellowship.

Dinesh would be working under the guidance and supervision of Dr Ranu Jung, Prof and holding wallace H. Coulter Eminent Scholar Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering at Florida International University, Miami (US), for a period of 12 months w.e.f. August 2011.

This is a prestigious fellowship awarded by the Government of India to young scientists/ researchers each year in their chosen field of interest. This is for the first time that a faculty member from DCRUST, Murthal, has been selected for this fellowship.

During this fellowship, he will be exposed and trained in the state-of-the-art facilities in the field of biomedical engineering to provide better exposure in the specific areas of neuroscience, neuroengineering, biomechanics and rehabilitation engineering.

This will help in developing modern facilities/centres for research, training and teaching in the university. This will lead to the advancement of above areas in the country thereby aiding in development of better health care devices/equipments for disabled, mentally and physically handicapped people in the state and the country which will lead to improvement in the quality of life for such persons.

He has also been selected for the national fellowship by the Indian National Academy of Engineering, New Delhi, for working in his area of interests such as biomechanics, rehabilitation, signal processing, biomedical engineering under the mentorship and guidance of Prof. Anand at IIT and AIIMS, Delhi.

Chandigarh, May 30
The Haryana School Education Department has released the annual school calendar for the academic year 2011-12.

While stating this, Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal said the calendar of annual activities would help implement provisions of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act and standardisation of the education system in schools.

Bhukkal said monthly meetings would be conducted from block level to headquarters level for evaluation and strengthen the education system.

The calendar would also provide information about admissions, day schedules, holidays, co-curricular activities, sports activities, exhibitions and annual functions to students and teachers.

According to calendar, timetable has been fixed in schools as per which all schools would organise 20-minute morning prayer, beginning at 7.30 am. After that, zero period will start from 7.50 am, followed by another eight periods of 40 minutes each. The schools will open at 7.30 am and close at 2 pm.

There is a provision of total 71 holidays during the first semester, including 10 autumn break and 30 summer holidays. There will be a total of 239 working days in schools in a year. Summer vacation will be from June 1 to 30, 2011, and winter break from January 7 to 16, 2012.

A state-level cultural fest, general knowledge competitions would also be organised.

Fatehabad, May 30
Royal International Residential School, Kharakheri, organised a four-day summer camp in the school campus.

Yudhbir Singh, director of the school, said various kinds of hobby classes like arts and craft, music, dance, cooking and indoor games were organised for the benefit of students. Students learnt to play harmonium, flute and drum from trained music teachers. They also practised Western, Punjabi Pop and Indian classical dance forms during the camp.

The students also learnt culinary arts and acquired the skills of cooking Indian and Chinese food.

Sports-loving students learnt the art of chess, badminton, carom board and skating.

Jyotsana, principal of the school, said the school organised such camps during every vacations.

Gurgaon, May 30
The Real Estate Developers Council (REDCO) Haryana, a body comprising builders’ representatives, government functionaries and people’s representatives, organised a joint meeting to bring the newly elected municipal councilors, builders, resident welfare associations and mediapersons on a common platform for interaction here recently.

Highlighting the need to unite for the all-round development of Gurgaon, REDCO president Arun Anand, honorary secretary Col Prithvi Nath and representatives of resident bodies like QERWA, DLF City RWA and JAFRA etc welcomed the new councillors and offered their full support for the common cause.

Councillors of Ward Nos 30, 32, 33 and 35 spoke about their priorities. Some of them felt that the developers were not fulfilling their responsibility. The event witnessed some heated arguments and animated discussions.

Agreeing that the developers needed to take more responsibility and be accountable, Anand maintained that the need of the hour was to look forward in a positive spirit and unite in a bid to ensure that Gurgaon improves under the new councillors.

Councilors Nisha Singh, Mahesh Dayma and Sunder Singh and Anil Yadav, who was there on behalf of his councillor wife Sunita Yadav, were put to some embarrassment as JAFRA chief Col Rattan Singh quipped that most of the councillors were illiterate and were “selling themselves for Rs 2-3 crore each as vigorous horse-trading was going on following the MCG elections”.

Though he clarified that he was not referring to the councilors present on the occasion, the damage had been done by then.

Sonepat, May 30
The first raising day of the Group Centre of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) at Khewra village in the district was organised recently with great enthusiasm. A variety of programmes, including sports and cultural activities, plantation of saplings, distribution of prizes, were also held on the occasion. The programmes commenced with the hoisting of flag and Suraj Bhan Kajal, DIG of the Centre, taking salute at the march past presented by the contingents of the CRPF personnel.

Besides the families of the force personnel, a large number of people from Khewra village and nearby industrial units were also present on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, Kajal said the Centre was being set up in an area of 120 acres of Khewra village and the land of the acquired land had already been deposited in the government account.

“The Centre is planning to adopt Khewra village so that the poor and needy persons of the village can be helped,” he added. The setting up of the Centre would infuse a sense of security among the people of the area, he said and added that it would also pave the way for the development of the nearby areas. He also added that for creating environment awareness among the people, the Centre would organise activities on eco-system, social forestry, civic actions, etc.

Besides discharging its duties in shouldering the responsibility of maintaining internal security, the DIG said the units at the Centre would play an important role in providing logistic support at the times of urgency in the area.

Rewari, May 30
With a well-intentioned resolve to revamp the organisation, the Agarwal Vaish Samaj (AVS), an outfit of the Vaish Community, has comprehensively reconstituted its state-level unit in Haryana.

AVS chief Ashok Buwaniwala exuded confidence saying that while this overhauling would lend homogeneous cohesiveness, it would catapult the outfit on a long-cherished pedestal of ascendancy as well.

Buwaniwala further said in the light of recommendations made by an apex committee recently constituted under the chairmanship of AVS working chief Ram Niwas Garg, the following have been nominated office-bearers of the reconstituted state unit of the AVS.

Vijay Bansal (Pinjore), Subhash Tayal (Rohtak), Vinod Singla (Pillookhera) - senior vice-presidents, KC Gupta (Jind) - chief coordinator, Neeraj Aeron - treasurer, Rakesh Mittal - general secretary, Shri Niwas Gupta (Bahadurgarh), Ram Prakash Kanoria (Jind), Pradeep Agarwal (Jagadhari), Vinod Singla (Kaithal), Sanjay Gupta (Karnal), Sushil Garg (Assandh) - vice-presidents, Mukesh Bansal (Bhiwani), Ravinder Gupta (Panipat), Hari Om Bhali (Rohtak), Mahender Garg (Sohna), Ramesh Garg (Kurukshetra), KL Jain (Saffidon), Rajiv Gupta (Panchkula) -secretaries, Shiv Narain Bindal (Assandh), Rahul Jain (Hisar), Vinod Garg (Dadri), Radhe Shyam Gupta (Jhajjar), Roshan Lal Goyal (Rohtak) Arun Goyal (Kosli), Vinod Singla (Saffidon) - joint secretaries, Mukesh Mittal (Narnaul), Ramesh Singla (Fatehabad), Pankaj Mittal (Jagadhari), Ramesh Singla (Panipat) - organising secretaries, Mahabir Goyal (Faridabad), Sushil Bansal (Fatehabad) -publicity secretaries, Durga Dutt Goyal (Kanina) - spokesman and editor of the AVS mouthpiece “Vaish Express”, Tara Chand Jindal (Jind) - convener and Shyam Sunder Mittal (Bhiwani) - co-convener of the Family Disputes Redressal Forum, MP Jain advocate (Saffidon) - convener and Arvind Singhal advocate (Ladwa) - co-convener of the legal cell, Rajesh Bansal (Kanina) - convener of the cultural cell.

Ambala, May 30
BSNL Haryana today announced an attractive offer to its prepaid 2G and 3G customers.

As per the offer, the subscriber can utilise his or her mobile balance amount to recharge with the desired STV. With this, there is no need to go or to contact the retailer. The subscriber can utilise his balance to recharge his desired STV even while sitting at home, the sources said.

Customer can take maximum advantage of this new offer by recharging his mobile with higher denomination recharge card and then utilising the balance to recharge the desired STV.

To recharge an STV of Rs 50, his balance will be deducted only for Rs 45.33 by SMS to 52244. There are huge discounts on 3G data cards also, sources said.

Bhiwani, May 30
The installation ceremony of Shri Shyam Mandir and fifth Shri Shyam Milan mahotsava was celebrated at the local Chiranjiv colony recently. In Jagran programme, which continued till midnight, people had a glimpse of Shri Shyam Khatu Wale.

Earlier, a bhandara was organised by the Shri Shyam Milan Mandal (regd), which was inaugurated by Mahant Vednath of Jogiwala Temple and Mahant Charan Dass of Hanuman Temple.

In the morning session of the function, ex-municipal council chairperson Sewa Devi Dhillon, councillors Satender Mor and Verender Toni and Orbit Organisation president Mukesh Bansal performed pooja.

In the evening session, chairman of the BITS Education Trust and ex-MLA Shashi Ranjan Parmar and co-chairman and veteran Congress leader Om Prakash Bahalwala jointly inaugurated the Jagran.

Kaithal, May 30
Members of the Road Safety Organisation (RSO) should act as a bridge between the police and the public in general and create awareness about the observance of traffic rules by the people. This was stated by Ravinder Kumar Tomar, DSP, (HQ), Kaithal, while addressing members of the RSO in the Mini Secretariat here recently.

He said due to the violation of traffic rules, thousands of precious lives were lost every year in road accidents. This trend could be reversed only with the active support from the public and by creating awareness among the people about the observance of traffic rules.

Tomar said vehicles were challaned not with an object to collect revenue, but to pursue road users to observe traffic rules which were in their own interest and were must for the safety of one and all on roads.

Tomar also called upon the members of the RSO not to help traffic rules violators while assisting traffic police, but to guide them to become law abiding citizens.

He asked the police and the members of the RSO to behave in a courteous manner while dealing with the public but at the same time asked them not to show any leniency towards law breakers and make them realise about their fault.

DSP Nripjeet Singh, Satish Kumar Gautam, inspector, in charge, traffic police, members of the RSO were among those present on the occasion.

Panchkula, May 30
Prominent poets recited their latest verses in a trilingual kavi darbar organised by Kidar Adabi Trust in their complex recently.

Trust president Kidar Nath Kidar welcomed poets and chief guest Sukhchain Singh Bhandari, director, Haryana Punjabi Sahit Akademi, and SK Monga, IAS (retd), who lighted the traditional lamp.

The participating poets included Dr Sudershan Walia, Prof Manjit Indra, Roopa Bahar, BD Kalai Hamdam, RS Faraz, Sham Singh, KN Kidar Gurbux Saini, Ganseh Dutt, SL Dhawan Kanwal, KN Kidar and others. Prof Sham Singh conducted the programme.

Earlier, the trust honoured Haryana Gaurav Samman awardee Sukhchain Singh Bhandari with a shawl, memento and citation.

Bhandari, expressing his gratitude to the Haryana government, assured to promote Punjabi language and literature. Kidar Nath Kidar proposed the vote of thanks.