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Survey duty turns lucrative
Not averse to acting in films: Miss India
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Haryana Day celebrations at KU
Army ready to face any threat: Gen Chabbewal
Plan to improve women’s education
Awards for DAV College principal
22 B.Tech students get placements
Hemu’s coronation day observed
Rao Birender Singh remembered
Wild animals damage crops in Pinjore
Make children aware of road safety: VC
Regional kavi sammelan held in Rewari
Infosys selects 64 students
Programme for skill development organised
Enroll students for voter cards, institution heads told
Rajputs hold ‘shastra poojan’ samaroh
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Survey duty turns lucrative
Gurgaon, October 10 The reason is plausible: The government officials conducting the survey for the Socio-Economic and Caste Census-2011 will be paid attractive remuneration this time. According to official sources, the surveyors will now get Rs 4,500 for survey of each enumeration block. As a surveyor is supposed to cover four blocks in a month, he/she will get Rs 18,000 for the survey in addition to his/her salary. The field survey for the census operation is slated to be conducted during November. It is perhaps for the first time that such a handsome amount is being paid by the government for a field survey. No wonder, the babus are out to grab the festival bonanza. During a recent videoconferencing session with Haryana Chief Secretary Urvashi Gulati, Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner PC Meena apprised her of the preparations for the socio-economic and caste survey in the district. “A total of 3,518 enumerator blocks have been formed in the district, in which 1,084 surveyors will be deputed. Out of these, 2,354 enumerator blocks are in Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) area,” he said, adding that there would be 191 supervisors and each supervisor would monitor the work of six surveyors. The Chief Secretary laid stress on imparting training to the surveyors and directed the deputy commissioners to appoint those employees as surveyors who had already done the job of census earlier. Gurgaon Municipal Commissioner Sudhir Rajpal said the MCG area had been divided into three zones and preparations were on for the census operation. Gurgaon Divisional Commissioner TK Sharma pointed out that as there were less government employees in Mewat district, teachers would have to be appointed for the survey. The Chief Secretary maintained that preferably, the primary teachers would be put on this duty.
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Not averse to acting in films: Miss India
Jhajjar, October 10 She was here to attend a function organised by the Sant Garib Dass Foundation at Punjabi Dharamshala here. Reply to a question, she said people should not have any objection to working of girls in films. “Shunning the rigid and orthodox attitude, parents must not only provide ample opportunities to their daughters to go ahead but also motivate them to prove their skills in the fields of their choice,” said Kanishtha, adding that ability was the key to success in any fields. “Similarly, no one can stop those who possess acting skills and know how to execute it,” she said. Terming foeticide a curse, she said everyone would have to contribute to eradicate this menace from society. She also called upon the people to cooperate with their daughters in getting their dreams realised by providing them sufficient time to display their ability. Jhajjar SP Patram Singh, who was the chief guest on the occasion, also gave a message to save girl child by reciting a poem based on foeticide. Exhorting the women to take up the cudgels against this menace, he said if foeticide was not curbed soon, it would have pernicious consequences for society. Students of DH Lawrence School presented a skit based on foeticide and other colourful cultural programmes during the function. Kanishtha also distributed prizes among the meritorious girls at the end of the function. Chiranji Lal Sharma, Mahesh Gupta, Ram Singh Kuchhal, Subhash Gujjar, Rakesh Arora and Devi Ram Sharma were among others who were present on the
occasion.
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Haryana Day celebrations at KU
Kurukshetra, October 10 Stating this to mediapersons here recently, Anoop Lather, director, Youth and Cultural Affairs, Kurukshetra University, said this year, some changes had been made in the schedule due to Diwali. The four-day festival would be inaugurated in the University Auditorium on November 2. He said on the inaugural day, various competitions like Haryanavi pop song, one-act-play, Haryanavi bhajan, tit bits, Haryanavi skit, declamation contest and professional saang would be held. On November 3, competitions like Haryanavi solo dance (female), Haryanavi ghazal, professional ragini, Haryanavi solo instrumental, Haryanavi folk song, solo dance (male), Haryanavi quiz pre and saang would be held. An exhibition on the antique Haryanavi collection would be organised in the Crush Hall of the University Auditorium. On November 4, contests like folk costume (male and female), chaupal, Haryanavi orchestra, Haryanavi group song, Haryanavi quiz final, ragini, mono acting, poetry, saang, and on-the-spot painting would be held. A cultural event, Sangeet Sandhya, and a painting exhibition would also be held. On the concluding day, i.e. on November 5, a Haryanavi group dance competition and a prize-distribution function would also be held.
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Army ready to face any threat: Gen Chabbewal
Ambala, October 10 General Chabbewal was talking with mediapersons after laying wreaths at the Vijay Smarak to mark the 40th anniversary of the Kharga Corps recently. He said the Kharga Corps was raised on this day in 1971 under the command of Lt-Gen TN Raina, who later became the Chief of Army Staff. After paying homage to the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country, General Chabbewal said the Kharga Corps, after the formation of Bangladesh in 1971, moved to Kotkapura in Western Sector, which is also known as the Corps 2 and then shifted to its headquarters at Chandimandir. Later, the Corps moved to its present location at Ambala Cantonment in 1985, he said. In reply to a question regarding the ban on the entry of civilians in certain roads in the Ambala Cantonment area, Chabbewal said only the Mall Road had been
closed for general public due to security reasons because all premier Army offices were located in this area. Otherwise, there was no such intention to harass the General Chabbewal further said: “The Corps 2 has always done proud to the nation whether it is to beat back the external aggressions or to provide succour and relief to the people suffering from natural calamities, including flood situation in the area”. The Corps had carried out its assignments with clean, dedicated and a deep feeling of patriotism, he added.
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Plan to improve women’s education
Sirsa, October 10 Yudhbir Singh Khyalia, DC, said the funds would be utilised for promoting higher education among women, providing transport facility to girl students and improving the quality of education. Khyalia said the authorities planned to provide facilities for promotion of English among students in government schools. He said the authorities also planned to set up hostels for the SC and backward class students.
Sirsa and Mahendragarh are the two districts of the state that get central funds under the BRGF scheme.
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Awards for DAV College principal
Rewari, October 10 The awards were presented to him by Dr Bhisham Narayan Singh, a former Union Minister and a former Governor of Tamil Nadu, as well as GVG Krishnamurthy, a former Chief Election Commissioner of India, at a national seminar on “Education and Economic Development” held in New Delhi recently. The otter dignitaries present on the occasion included OP Verma, a former Governor of Punjab, and Oscar Fernandes, MP (Rajya Sabha). Vikas Chawla has authored a book titled “High Temperature Corrosion and Erosion”, which is a compilation of meticulous experiments and research carried out by him at the IIT, Roorkee, during the preparation of his dissertation for PhD. Simultaneously, he has written research articles which have been published in scientific journals of national and international eminence. Besides, Chawla is also known for his meritorious work rendered as a teacher in engineering colleges of Punjab and Haryana.
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22 B.Tech students get placements
Kurukshetra, October 10 Lt-Gen Dr DDS Sandhu congratulated the students on their achievement and said the university would focus on more such campus placements this year. He said a special placement and training cell had been created for the purpose. Stating this to mediapersons here recently, Prof Brajesh Sawhney, director, Public Relations, Kurukshetra University, said the students who got selected in Infosys included 15 of the computer science and engineering department, five of electronics and communication engineering and 2 of the biotech engineering department. The selected students would get an annual package of Rs 3.2 lakh each. Prof Sawhney said according to Monish Gupta, convener, training and placement of the UIET, out of the 150 students who participated in the process, 50 qualified for the interview and out of them, the company selected 22 candidates. Dr Dinesh Kumar, director, UIET, also congratulated the students on their success. Informing about the placements in the UIET, Kumar said a better placement response was expected this year as the Army visited the campus for placements on September 30, 2011. NUGEN Software and NAGARRO would also visit the UIET for campus placements in the coming days, added Prof Kumar.
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Hemu’s coronation day observed
Rewari, October 10 While Dev Raj Sirohiwal, a senior historian and a specialist of old weapons of warfare, was the main speaker at the function, Dr SK Sharma, director of MD University’s Postgraduate Regional Centre here, presided over its proceedings. Hemu’s coronation signifying his accession to the throne of Delhi was held at Purana Quila in Delhi on October 7, 1556. Hemu fought Afghan rebels across north India from Punjab to Bengal as well as the Mughal armies of Humayun and Akbar in Agra and Delhi, winning 22 battles without a single setback. He re-established a Hindu kingdom, albeit for a short duration, in north India after over 350 years of the British rule. Unfortunately, Hemu was finally defeated and slain by Mughal invaders in the historic battle of Panipat on November 5, 1556. He was the last Hindu emperor of north India in the medieval period. Recalling Hemu’s martial expeditions as well as his unrivalled technique of warfare, Dev Raj Sirohiwal said it would be appropriate to designate Hemu as the Napoleon of India. Furnishing a graphical account of Hemu’s armoury, he stressed the need for rewriting history while terming previous historical chronicles as biased and misleading for obvious reasons. Besides, he also promised to lend all possible assistance to the proposed Hemu’s museum to be set up here by the above foundation. Highlighting the multifarious activities of the HVF, its chairman Sudhir Bhargav said while research work on memoirs and achievements of the legendary warrior Hemu had been going on consistently, the tangible cooperation being provided by various voluntary organisations, writers and media persons had lent new heights to their campaign as well. Besides, while presenting a reappraisal of Dr Parshu Ram Gupt’s newly published book “Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya - pride of the Nation”, prominent commentator Satyavir Nahariya highlighted Hemu’s matchless technique of warfare, political foresightedness and his valour and heroism.
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Rao Birender Singh remembered
Rewari, October 10 While family members of the late politician, including his younger brother Rao Sheoraj Singh and two sons - Rao Ajit Singh, state INLD vice-president, and Rao Yadvender Singh, MLA from Kosli, participated in a hawan held at his memorial here, hundreds of citizens, activists of various political parties and functionaries of voluntary organisations also paid homage to Rao. Rao’s value-based political dignity, his charismatic leadership and other salient achievements of his five-decade-long political career were also remembered on the occasion. Similarly, tributes were paid to Rao by his admirers at memorial conferences held at Kund and Nahar as well.
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Wild animals damage crops in Pinjore
Kalka, October 10 The panicky farmers allege that the wild animals, including wild pigs and neel gais, destroy their crops especially in the night hours. They say they cannot even guard their crops due to the fear of attack by the animals. The farmers say they have been suffering heavy losses on this account. Meanwhile, residents of Dhamala and Bagharni villages of the block said despite bringing the matter to notice of the forest and wildlife authorities a number of times, nothing happened till date. They have urged the state government to intervene and save them from wild animals.
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Make children aware of road safety: VC
Sonepat, October 10 He also emphasised that when a child goes to school on foot or by bus, he has to be taught his first lesson to walk on footpath, cross road and board and alight the school bus. “The second lesson he takes when he rides a bicycle and then a two-wheeler. This ride has to be coupled with wearing a safety helmet. Then comes the stage of wearing seat belt in a four-wheeler,” he said adding, that all these had to become a habit and not a compulsion. Chahal, a former engineer-in-chief of the PWD in Haryana, was of the opinion that this awareness could easily be brought about by parents and teachers who had a bigger role to play than legislation and its enforcement. This would go a long way in brining fatalities and injuries in road accidents to the minimum, he added. The conference was held in the wake of growing concern of road safety situation in India with 1,30,000 deaths and 5,00,000 crippled for life every year. The country loses Rs 90,000 crore every year on account of road crashes which continue to increase. Reputed national and international experts on road safety participated in the conference and provided valuable inputs in this important technical session. Dr S. Gangopadhyay, Director, Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, Adrian Walsh, who leads the Department for Transport, UK, and a member of the UK Road Safety Observatory Programme Board and chairman of the UN Road Safety collaboration working group on occupational Road Safety, Philip Wijers, Director, Environmental Gastometer BV, Netherland, working with monitoring and access control cameras promoting road safety, Krishan Kumar, a practicing consultant on Intelligent Transport Systems based in Mumbai, and David Stuart-Watt, expert of road safety from Australia, participated in delivering expert talks. The conference was promoted by KK Kapila, chairman, IRF Geneva Programme Centre, Switzerland, and organised by the India Chapter of IRF headed by NK Sinha, chairman and former director-general (Road Development), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
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Regional kavi sammelan held in Rewari
Rewari, October 10 Master Neki Ram regaled the audience with his musical operas in various parts of the country and Pakistan for over 50 years from 1934 to 1985. While Rajesh Prabhakar, a senior litterateur of Narnaul, was the chief guest, Halchal Haryanavi, an eminent poet of the Ahirwal region, presided over its proceedings. A large number of poets of Hindi and Haryanavi languages from surrounding parts of Haryana and Rajasthan participated in the symposium. While Satyavir Nahariya, Gautam Allahabadi, Dr Shivtaj Singh, Alok Bhandoria and others paid poetical tributes to Neki Ram, noted satirist Halchal Haryanavi, eminent lyricist Ramesh Siddharth, humorists-cum-satirists Raghuvinder Yadav, Sanajy Pathak, Dr Uma Shankar Yadav and Rajesh Bhulakkar regaled the audience with their satirical and intuitive comments on the present day ills of society. Besides, Ahmana Manohar, Phoolputra Dalbir, Prempal Singh Anpadh, Desh Ram Deshpremi, Bharpoor Singh Bharpoor and Parma Nand Vasu delighted the gathering with their rhymes. Simultaneously, through a resolution, poets and others also sought a government school at Neki Ram’s native Jaitrawas village, near here, to be named after the great sangi.
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Infosys selects 64 students
Panipat, October 10 AN Meheraja, head, Training and Placement Division of the college, said the students were all set to join the company after completing the course and had been offered impressive packages by the company. He said in the coming days, DATA64 Solution would also visit the campus for holding a placement drive. He said the company was offering annual packages ranging from Rs 8.34 lakh for B.Tech students to Rs 6.21 lakh for MBA students. DV Gupta, chairman of the College Managing Committee, while congratulating the students exhorted them to put in extra efforts to excel not only in their studies, but also in the professional life. —
TNS
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Programme for skill development organised
Kaithal, October 10 Haryana Industries and PWD (B&R) Randeep Singh Surjewala, who was the chief guest, said the programme was a step to improve the employability chances of students who otherwise felt handicapped to compete with the youth of big cities. “We want to bridge the gap between the students and the employers with the help of such programmes,” he said. He called upon the students to make the full use of the camp scheduled to start next month. The Minister said he wanted the youth to become good human beings and such programmes would help them achieve this objective. He also urged the students to develop self-confidence, but it should not reach the point of arrogance. Amit Bhatia from Aspire said India was likely to emerge as a strong economic power by 2050 and the youth of today would be lucky to experience this great event. He said employers looked for three things in a job aspirant - knowledge, skill and attitude - and the programme was aimed at generating and polishing these qualities among youth. Vikram Sood, general manager of Hartron, said professional degree was not only sufficient in the job market, but also students would have to sharpen their communications skill and learn to work under pressure. Raj Aggarwal from the All-India Management Association, added that: “Youth must have the confidence to prepare themselves to face the challenges ahead”.
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Honour for former Red Cross official
Rohtak, October 10 The award was presented to him by Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad at a function in New Delhi recently. He is the first official from Haryana to get such an award in this field. The award function was attended by Governors of UP and Chhatisgarh, besides Lt. Governor of Andaman and Nicobar. Gahlaut, who retired from the service last year, is still working for social causes like blood donation and road safety. He has a rich and varied experience of 35 years in the Indian Red Cross Society. Gahlaut had held the post of deputy commissioner in John Ambulance Brigade. Though he is the only official from the state to get the gold medal, the award came much later as it was meant for 2005-06. His last posting was of secretary, Red Cross Society, Faridabad. According to Gahlaut, he had joined the brigade way back in 1968 when he was a college student. A team under his leadership got the first position in an interstate competition held in Chandigarh that year. He commanded two national-level competitions at Bahadurgarh and Kolkata in 1996 and 2006, respectively. He is also a recipient of the “Award of Merit” (1982) of the Indian Red Cross Society, besides a national-level award in the field of blood donation, which he got in 1978. His prize kitty also includes two Sewa Bars and a gold medal by the Haryana government. During his tenure in the society, he got constructed society’s property worth over Rs 50 crore at various places and had his role in record collection of blood in hundreds of camps.
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Enroll students for voter cards, institution heads told
Sirsa, October 10 This was stated by Yudhvir Khayalia, district election officer, Sirsa, during a meeting with the representatives of the educational institutes here recently. He directed the representatives of the educational institutes to give a certificate that all their eligible students had already applied for voter cards. They should also appoint a nodal officer for applying for the voter cards of their students who would attain the age of 18 years on or before January 1, 2012. Forms for new voter cards and also to remove errors from the voter lists would be filled up to November 1, 2011. He said the district administration has appointed booth-level officers who were going door-to-door to distribute form Nos. 6, 7 and 8. They had been directed to remain present in the booth allotted to them on October 9, 16 and 23 so that people could fill the forms as required by them. He said people should be made aware to apply for new voter cards and about the process of re-examining of voter list through SMS so that no one was left out in this process. A meeting with the representatives of all mobile companies was also He said those making outstanding performance in creating awareness about the voter cards would be honoured on Voters’ Day on January 25. On that day, voter cards would also be distributed at the booths concerned and educational institutes.
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Seminar on Indian psyche held
Yamunanagar, October 10 Rana said: “Indians are very emotional and in spite of all scarcities, we are quite a happy and satisfied people. Our mindset is based on generalities and divisive thought processes. There is a divide between religions, castes, regions, languages, literate and illiterate, locals and outsiders”. He further said: “Underdeveloped countries are poor and badly managed not just because of politicians and people in power but because of the people living in the country. So, changing mindset and behavioural pattern are a very important exercise”. Bhupinder Singh Jauhar, chairman of the Guru Nanak Institutes, said: “These types of seminars should be organised on a regular basis so that they groom the students and help them to be a better and matured human being”.
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Rajputs hold ‘shastra poojan’ samaroh
Rewari, October 10 While Sangram Singh Rathore, additional SP of Alwar district in Rajasthan, was the chief guest, Col Ram Dev Singh Sengar presided over its proceedings. Besides Naresh Chauhan, president of the NIRPS, was also present on the occasion. Chauhan said while conventional weapons were much in vogue, franchise (Right to Vote) had now emerged as the most potential weapon in the democratic set-up of the country. He went on to say that the byelection to the Hisar parliamentary constituency had incidentally knocked at the door of the Rajput electorate to display the massive might of the ballot. Taking a dig at the caste-wise data of voters as given out by the so-called poll statisticians who had reportedly put the number of Rajput voters in the Hisar constituency at about 24,000, Chauhan claimed that there were over 70,000 Rajput voters in the constituency. He said if these Rajput voters cast their votes en masse in favour of a candidate of their choice, the outcome of the Hisar byelection could well be startling like that of the 2009 parliamentary polls.— OC
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“I will indeed prefer to act in films if get a chance to show my talent in acting as well. Besides, I also wish to make a significant contribution to social welfare, especially encouraging the common man to eradicate evils like female foeticide from society,” said Kanishtha Dhankhar, Miss India - 2011, who belongs to a small village, Kasni, of the district, while interacting with mediapersons here recently.
Ambala, October 10
Dr Vikas Chawla, principal of the DAV College of Engineering and Technology (DAVCET) of
Kanina, 35 km from Rewari, has been honoured with the “Bharat Vidya Shiromani Award - 2011” and the “Rashtriya Gaurav Vidya Gold Medal Award - 2011” for his meritorious accomplishments in the domain of Engineering and Technology by the Indian Solidarity Council and the International Institute of Education and Management.
A regional kavi sammelan (poetic symposium) was held under the auspices of Master Neki Ram Sahitya and the Lok Natya Kala Sanrakshan Parishad to commemorate the 91st birth anniversary of late Master Neki Ram, an eminent folk musician.
