Chandigarh,November 14
The Haryana Government has decided to get tough with fake educational institutions and universities. Apparently concerned over the mushrooming of fake institutes awarding outlandish degrees, the state government today announced the registration of cases against these institutes.

Official sources said FIRs would be registered against them. These self-styled and fake universities and institutions were creating an impression amongst students that their degrees were recognised both for the purpose of admission and employment in the central and the state governments, which amounts to cheating, the sources said.

"According to the UGC Act, only those universities which have been established under an Act of Parliament or state legislature or have been granted 'deemed to be a university' status under section 3 of the UGC Act, are entitled to call themselves "universities" and confer degrees. The degrees provided only by such institutions are recognised for admission and employment", a state government spokesman said here today.

There are 23 government universities in Haryana, including Kurukshetra University, MDU, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology Hisar, HAU, Deen Bandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences. The spokesman said private universities functioning in Haryana included OP Jindal Global University, ITM University, Amity University, Maharishi Markendeshwar University, among others

Besides, the deemed universities in Haryana are Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Manav Rachna International Univeristy, Lingaya’s University, Indian National Defence University, National Brain Research Centre, NDRI, Kurukshetra NIT. The lone central university in the state is at Jant-Pali village in Mahendragarh district.

Hisar, November 14
Campaigning has gained momentum in the dusty Adampur Assembly segment. INLD secretary-general Ajay Singh Chautala is leading the campaign fot his party while Kuldeep Bishnoi has pitched in for his wife, Renuka, the HJC-BJP nominee. As for the Congress, former minister Sampat Singh is touring the area.

Chautala has covered around 25 villages of the constituency since yesterday. He today addressed public meetings in over 10 villages, including Pirawali, Ladwi, Neoli and Kajla.

He lashed out at the Hooda government, saying that a government that was unable to ensure adequate supply of power and water did not deserve to be in office even for a day. He said the farmers were main sufferers as they were not getting power, water and fertilisers. Besides, the government agencies were not procuring their produce.

He said the only way to oust the government was to defeat its candidates in Adampur and Ratia. The fall of the Hooda government was imminent after these byelections, he claimed.

Chautala accused the Bhajan Lal clan of neglecting the constituency for over four decades. He said the Bishnois had always treated the constituency as their pocket borough and had not allowed anyone else to emerge as a politician.

He said Bishnoi was dreaming of becoming the Chief Minister while he could not hold on to five legislators who had won on his party’s ticket. Such a person could never be a leader.

HJC-BJP nominee Renuka Bishnoi also toured about 10 villages today, including Bagla, Jakhod and Budak. She denied that the Bhajan Lal clan had neglected the area. Bhajan Lal always treated the entire constituency as his family and nursed it for 43 years, she said, adding that their family members would have been defeated by the people if they had felt neglected.

Albeit, she said the INLD and the Congress governments had neglected the area for the past 16 years by denying it development funds. However, she said this would no longer be so as the Congress government would fall soon after the byelections.

For the Congress Sampat Singh began a whirlwind tour of the constituency this morning from Siswal village. He said Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had during his rule ensured equitable districution of resources and funds. This was not so during INLD rule where several districts were neglected to favour one particular district.

He said the Congress would win both these byelections and the government would complete its term. He said the people of Adampur wanted a change this time.

Chandigarh, November 14
INLD leaders led by its president, Om Prakash Chautala, are claiming these days that the days are not far when a third front comprising all major non-Congress and non-BJP parties will come into existence to provide a viable political alternative to those voters, who may not like to vote for the Congress or the BJP.

Marking the opening of the campaign, the INLD organised a big rally at Hisar on September 25 in connection with the birth anniversary of former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal. Leaders of many non-Congress and non-BJP parties like the CPM, the CPI, the TDP, the Indian Bahujan Sandesh Party (Kanshi Ram) and the SAD (Badal) had participated in the rally.

The INLD leaders had projected the presence of these leaders at their platform as a precursor to the formation of the third front. Some the guest leaders had also agreed with the perception of the INLD.

However, hardly a month has gone and at least three parties, which shared the INLD stage, are now opposing the INLD in the Adampur and Ratia byelections.

The CPM and the CPI have jointly fielded their nominee, Ram Kumar Bahawalpuria, from Ratia.

Similarly, Kanta Alahria, president of the Indian Bahujan Sandesh Party (Kanshi Ram), has filed her nomination papers from Adampur. After getting a rebuff from the BSP of Mayawati, INLD leaders had projected president of the Indian Bahujan Sandesh Party (Kanshi Ram) Kanta Alahria as a “very prominent Dalit leader, not less than Mayawati in stature”.

The Akali Dal, which had contested the last Assembly elections in Haryana in alliance with the INLD, is unable to campaign for the nominees of its alliance partner in the byelections because the BJP is contesting the Ratia seat and in Adampur, the Akalis have no presence. The Akalis cannot afford to annoy the BJP, which is their alliance partner in Punjab, their home state. The stakes for the Akalis in Punjab are much higher than in an Assembly byelection in Haryana. Another exercise to form the third front has proved to be a non-starter!

Narnaul, November 14
The Aero Club of India, in association with the Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation, organised an air show at the Rajiv Gandhi National Sports Centre in Bachhod village of Mahendragarh district today.

Various aviation activities and aero-sports were displayed during the show. Dr Saket Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, Narnaul,who was the chief guest, inaugurated the show by flying a couple of pigeons.

Addressing the gathering, Dr Kumar exhorted the youth to imbibe the spirit of sportsmanship and develop a flair for adventure sports.

Sangita Singh, president of the Ballooning India Association and a keen aviator, expressed happiness on the flourishing of aero-sports in the region.

Youths of the area participated in aero-modeling, parasailing and flying activities.

Gurgaon: Blood donation camps were organised at three educational institutions to mark the birth anniversary of the country's first Prime Minister, Pt Jawaharlal Nehru, here today. Students donated 230 units of blood at these camps, which were inaugurated by TK Sharma, Divisional Commissioner, Gurgaon.

The blood donation camps were organised at the ITI, Dronacharya Government College and Government College, Sector 9, by the District Red Cross Society, Indian Cultural and Social Development Association and the Rashtriya Rajeev Sena.

Addressing the donors, Sharma said a healthy adult could - and should - donate blood every three months.

Faridabad, November 14
Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia today urged upon social organisations and activists to associate themselves with the Haryana Child Welfare Council to complement its efforts towards ensuring the welfare of needy children.

He said children were the future of the country. The nation and society could progress in a meaningful way only if children were nourished and given proper care by the state, the parents and the teachers.

Speaking at a public function at DAV Public School on Children’s Day that coincides with the birth anniversary of late Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, he said the state had taken enough measures to help the orphans and the helpless children. “It has made provisions for the welfare of the most needy children,” he said.

He cited the maintainenance of Bal Bhawans, Kendras, Kunjs and homes for children by the Haryana Child Welfare Council as a testimony to the state’s seriousness about the welfare of children.

He rememberd the first Prime Minister of the country, saying that he was fond of children and had endeared himself to them. He was fondly called Chacha Nehru by them, he added.

He said Nehru was an ambassador of peace and gave the concept of Panchsheel to the international community. He brought laurels to the country. The Governor gave away awards to meritorious children who took part in a state-level competition organised by the Haryana Child Welfare Council.

Ambala, November 14
The district administration pulled down about 55 illegal and unauthorised structures in Ambala Cantt on Monday.

Talking to The Tribune, KK Yadav, secretary of the municipal corporation, Ambala Cantt, said here today that during the current anti-encroachment drive, the municipal corporation had demolished 55 structures on 12, Cross Road, and Railway Road in Ambala Cantt on Monday. He said the drive would continue and all encroachers would be dealt with sternly.

Earlier, Shekhar Vidyarathi, Deputy Commissioner, also directed the police to provide all help to the corporation engaged in the demolition of unapproved and unauthorised structures. It was resolved at the meeting that besides razing illegal structures, police cases would also be filed against the offenders.

The Regional Transport Authority has also been directed to requisition JCB machines for demolition work. The administration has also decided that roadside encroachments, which hampered smooth flow of traffic, will also be removed and no laxity will be shown in the matter. The administration earlier asked the encroachers to voluntarily remove the illegal structures or be prepared to face punitive action.

Yadav further said that the Municipal Corporation authorities pulled down about 25 illegal structures in Gur Mandi, municipal committee market on the Ambala-Jagadhari road, Halwai Bazar and Nicholson Road on November 9. The municipal corporation had demolished 84 structures in different areas of Ambala Cantt in July 2011. However, no protests from the public were reported as about 150 police personnel were pressed into service to tackle any untoward incident, he added.

Yadav said notices had already been served on the encroachers and those who had failed to remove encroachments voluntarily would now face action and the illegal structures would be pulled down.

The municipal corporation had carried out the anti-encroachment campaign in Ambala following the orders issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court after a petition was filed by local advocate KS Bedi, pointing out that the authorities were not taking any action for the removal of encroachments. In his petition, he said encroachments in the Ambala Cantt area had spread in the past few years and the local administration was not bothered.

Rohtak, November 14
“Diabetes has been fast emerging as an epidemic and people in the developing countries will be bearing the brunt of the disease, mostly due to the fact that around 70 per cent of diabetics hail from the low- and middle-income nations. In 2010, nearly 6.4 per cent of the world’s adult population, an estimated 285 million people, had been suffering from diabetes mellitus. Of these, an estimated 50.8 million patients are in India. This number is expected to grow to 438 million worldwide by 2030. Diabetes has come up as a leading cause of premature illness and death worldwide.

Stating this, Dr Ajay Yadav, a senior vascular and endovascular surgeon, said every sixth diabetic was predicted to have a foot ulcer or diabetic foot in his or her lifetime. This figure may even be worse in developing countries like India.

Approximately 85 per cent of all major amputations in the leg were preceded by an ulcer. There was an amputation happening every 30 seconds in the world. About half of such amputations of diabetic foot was either due to trans femoral or trans tibial. Of these, 50 per cent will be back for a second amputation within five years.

Dr Yadav says the risk stratification was a must for all diabetic patients. All diabetic patients should undergo annual comprehensive foot examination. The patient should be offered basic education and advised for self-management, footcare precautions and lifestyle changes.

Regarding precautions, he advises daily inspection of the feet for cuts, blisters, corns, redness, swelling, or nail problems. Suggesting a daily wash in lukewarm water, cutting of nails at regular intervals, avoiding bathroom surgery of the corns, use of clean dry socks , avoidance of the use of the heating pad or hot water bottle in winter, he says keeping the blood sugar level under check was important besides a regular check up with the doctor.

Fatehabad, November 14
The police has booked the bridegroom, his father and mother under the anti-dowry law after they refused to take the barat to the bride’s house because the girl’s father expressed inability to give a car in dowry.

Kanwar Bhan, a resident of Bosti village, who lodged a complaint with the police, alleged that he had made all preparations for his daughter’s marriage on November 13 but bridegroom Pawan Kumar, his father Lal Singh and mother Anarkali refused to bring the barat till he agreed to give a car in dowry.

Kanwar Bhan alleged that he had given a motorcycle to Pawan Kumar at the time of engagement.