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Power, water crises trigger protests
HAU granted patent on chickpea production
Cardio check-up for Rs 750 only
NGO honours Fatehabad girls
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Haryanavi wrestlers perform well in junior Asian c’ship
Health Dept to initiate action
MBA course at NIT regularised
Be ready to deal with protests, police chiefs told
Fulbright fellowship for teacher
Jats turn to BJP on quota demand
Sonepat lad brings laurels
Wakf property rules revised
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Power, water crises trigger protests
Gurgaon/Mewat, June 7 Protests over erratic power and water supply have become the order of the day as the hapless residents are left with no alternative to make their voices heard to those at the helm of state affairs. The residents of the Mewat area are perhaps among the worst sufferers on account of acute scarcity of water and power. The situation is so grave that the residents of certain pockets in the district are forced to buy even drinking water on a day-to-day basis. Power also tends to play truant, more so in summer months, when most parts of the district, particularly the rural areas, get electricity only for a few hours in the entire day. The situation is not much better in the highly touted millennium city with the residents bearing the brunt of cruel summer months sans adequate water and power, thanks to the callous attitude of the authorities concerned. Successive state governments have been promising to ensure sufficient power and water for the state, but the tall claims of political leaders have proved hollow till date. After the present Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda took over the reins of Haryana for the first time in 2005, he asserted that the state would be power surplus within three years. However, more than seven years have passed since Hooda started making such announcements, but the situation still continues to be critical, with the power supply much low than its demand. The same goes for the shortage of water, which is even more significant issue in the state. While the issue of SYL Canal has been lying unresolved for decades, the Hooda regime spent hundreds of crores of public money on constructing the Hansi-Butana Link canal, which is yet to get any water to quench the thirst of residents of the state or water-starved agricultural fields. With the so-called leaders of the people more interested in furthering their political and other vested interests, issues like power and water scarcity are doomed to thrive, and they continue to do so.
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HAU granted patent on chickpea production
Hisar, June 7 An official press release issued by the university here today said the Controller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, Government of India, had granted patent number 252590 to a novel process of genetic transformation in chickpea using agro bacterium developed by Dr Pushpa Kharb, Professor, Molecular biology & Biotechnology and her team. It said this novel transformation protocol was useful for production of transgenic chickpea (gram) as well as other crop plants. Dr Kharb and her team had transferred successfully Cry1 Aa3 gene to C-235 cultivar of chickpea. The scientists had also successfully tried this transformation protocol in HC-1 and C-235 cultivars of chickpea as well as Manak variety of pigeonpea (Arhar) to get insect-resistant plants. The Cry1 Aa3 as well as Cry1 Ac genes used were procured from Dr P Anand Kumar, Project Director, National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi. This was the second patent being granted to the processes developed by Dr Kharb and her team. Earlier, a patent had been allowed on their process of preparation of tissue culture medium for enhancing in vitro plantlet regeneration in air yarn plant using bacterial cultural supernatant.
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Cardio check-up for Rs 750 only
Faridabad, June 7 Dr Virdender Yadav, Senior Medical Officer (SMO) and in charge of the cardiac care unit of the hospital, said the present rates fixed for the tests at the centre were several times lower than those in the market. He lauded the government for its support to set up the centre. A patient said the services of the centre were of high standard. The centre has rooms with the state-of-the-art machines and equipment for conducting medical tests and couselling. Self-explanatory details of each of the medical tests and procedures are displayed in the corridors of the centre to make its functioning transparent to the patients and their attendants.
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NGO honours Fatehabad girls
Fatehabad, June 7 As her father, who eked a living by transporting goods on “pony rehri”, could not afford her studies, she started giving tuitions to schoolchildren and now she is not only pursuing her studies, but has also become the earning head of the family. Similarly, Ratna and Smita have braved all odds of penury and ailing parents and have been continuing their studies and working part-time as well. Harish Gupta, Chief Judicial Magistrate, RK Sharma, principal, Government Girls College, Bhodia Khera, and Subhash Sharma, a former principal of Daya Nand College, Hisar, were among those who honoured these brave girls by giving them “pagrees” A number of other girls and women, including Hina Bajaj, a beautician, who has ameliorated hundreds of poor women by imparting them training in beauty techniques, were honoured on the occasion. “Women, who fight against odds like poverty and depravity to stand on their own feet deserved salutations from society,” said Hardeep Singh, president of the NGO.
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Haryanavi wrestlers perform well in junior Asian c’ship
Jhajjar, June 7 Indian wrestlers grabbed seven medals out of the eight weight categories in the championship and five of them belong to Haryana. Pradeep Khatri, coach and manager of the Indian Wrestling Team (Free Style), said the Indian Wrestlers clinched three silver and four bronze medals in the international event. “Bajrang Singh, Somveer and Satyender Malik won silver medals in the 60-kg, 84-kg and 120-kg weight categories, respectively, while Devi Singh, Praveen Rana, Deepak and Yudhvir Singh secured bronze medals in the 50-kg, 66-kg, 74-kg and 96-kg weight categories, respectively,” said Khatri, adding that Bajrang, Somveer, Satyender, Deepak and Yudhvir belonged to various districts of Haryana. He said wrestlers of Haryana had also performed well in the Greco-Roman Style and Women Category of the championship by grabbing five medals, including one gold and four bronze medals. “In the women’s section, Sakshi Malik grabbed gold medal in 63-kg weight category, while both Ritu Malik and Seema won bronze medals in the 67-kg and 55-kg weight category, respectively,” said the coach, adding that the women team also secured the overall second position in its category on the basis of glorious performance during the competition. In the men’s section, Deepak Rana in the 66-kg weight category and Bhim Singh in the 120-weight category clinched bronze medals of the Greco-Roman Style Wrestling Competition of the championship, Khatri said. Meanwhile, Devender Dangi, Public Relations Officer of the Jhajjar Police, said Jhajjar SP Patram Singh had also congratulated Pradeep Khatri, who is also inspector with the Haryana Police, on glorious performance of his team in the Asian Championship. Pradeep is posted at Jhajjar district while working with the Crime and Cyber Cell, Gurgaon, on special duty, he added.
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Health Dept to initiate action
Faridabad, June 7 Faridabad Deputy Commissioner Balraj Singh, who issued an order to create the crack team, urged the police authorities to make available police force, if needed, for the proposed action against those involved in sale of adulterated edible items. The action of the administration was under the Epidemic Diseases Prevention Act. A senior officer said it was a preventive measure against epidemic diseases before the onset of monsoon. The Deputy Commissioner in his order to the Health Department directed it to conduct raids through the proposed crack team on shops and vendors who sold rotten and adulterated fruits, vegetables, meat and milk products, among others. He directed the district civil surgeon to organise camps in the district to make the public aware on the heath hazards in the sale and consumption of unsafe food items and beverages. He also imposed a ban on bathing of cattle and washing clothes at tube wells in the district with immediate effect. The Health Department as well as private hospital and clinics in the district have also been told to report to the administration immediately on any instance of cholera. Although the apparent proactive measure has been appreciated by the public, the residents want the administration to ensure that the potable water supplied by the municipal bodies was uncontaminated and well treated. Moreover, the authorities must ensure outlet of stormwater in colonies in the city during the rainy season to prevent the possible outbreak of water-borne diseases.
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MBA course at NIT regularised
Kurukshetra, June 7 Stating this to mediapersons here, NIT Director Anand Mohan said the department had been offering a two-year full-time MBA course under a self-financing scheme earlier. The tuition fee for the course was Rs 50,000 per semester which would now come down to Rs 17,500 per semester from the new academic session. However, some seats would still be available under the self-financing scheme at Rs 50,000 per semester. Earlier, the self-financed MBA course was being run mainly with contract faculty. The process of recruiting regular faculty members was already at an advanced stage. Moreover, the department would soon start functioning from the newly constructed MBA Block, he added. The placement for the current batch had shown a significant improvement as a number of private companies, public sector undertakings and banks had come for campus placement during the session 2011-12. More than 40 students had been placed in top companies and the highest package offered was around Rs 9 lakh per annum per student. According to the MBA department head, Prof P.J. Philip, with the MBA course being regularised, the recruitment of permanent and senior faculty members was now possible as per the institute rules governed by Ministry of Human Resources Department, Government of India, while the placement situation was likely to get better.
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Be ready to deal with protests, police chiefs told
Rohtak, June 7 He has asked the police chiefs to be ready with adequate force and infrastructure to deal with protests on such issues as it was claimed that the blockade of roads and highways had become a common method of protests in the region. In a letter written to the SPs of Rohtak, Sonepat, Jhajjar and Panipat districts, IG Alok Mittal has suggested them to acquire all equipment, which include water cannon and tear gas shells as a measure to deal with the protestors if they fail to lift the blockade even after persuasion and assurance by the officials concerned. While adequate police force in reserve be kept ready round the clock, the district police chiefs should ensure that any protest that results in inconvenience to the commuters on the roads and highways must be tackled effectively in the shortest period of time, say the directives. It is added that the police must also book all those who resort to blocking of highways and roads on such issues and ensure that the movement of traffic was not affected adversely in any manner anywhere in the range. It may be recalled that road blockades had emerged as a popular medium of protest by the people on various issues which include short supply of water and power during the summer season. While no record of road blockades that were staged during the recent years in the four districts of the range has been released, unconfirmed sources said there had been many such protests in Rohtak and Jind in the past one year. The police officials have been warned of a strict action in case of violation of the directives.
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Fulbright fellowship for teacher
Kurukshetra, June 7 Stating this here, Prof Brajesh Sawhney, Fulbright campus representative at Kurukshetra University, said the Fulbright fellowship was one of the most prestigious awards given by the US Government to scholars from 130 countries to teach and research at a US university or institution. “Dr Kandhwal will pursue the award for one semester i.e. from September 15, 2012, to March 30, 2013. He has more than 22 years of teaching and research experience in the field of Ecology and Management of Rodents. “During the award period, Dr Kandhwal will be lecturing at Peninsula College, Port Angeles, on various aspects of zoology and pursue research in frontier areas of zoology. In addition, he will be participating in campus and community life, assisting in developing/ upgrading new courses/programmes and speaking at civic organisations and media outreach activities as envisaged in the award guidelines,” said Dr Sawhney. — OC
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Jats turn to BJP on quota demand
Chandigarh, June 7 Angered by what it calls “cheating” by the Congress, the samiti has now turned to the BJP seeking the party’s support for its demand. National president of the samiti Bhagat Singh Dalal has written to leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj pointing out that most of the states ruled by the BJP had granted OBC status to the Jats, while the Union Government headed by the Congress had cheated the community. Urging her to raise the demand of the Jats at an appropriate level, Dalal said the community had been agitating in support of its demand for the past four years. When it found the Union Government to be non-responsive, its members resorted to a ‘rail roko’ agitation in March 2011. BJP leader Mukhtar Abhas Nakqvi highlighted the case of the Jats in Parliament, following which the Union Government invited the Jats for talks. After two rounds of talks, it was agreed that the demand of the Jats was justified. Dalal said the Union Government had asked the National Commission for Backward Classes to reconsider the cases turned down by it earlier. Following this, the samiti represented its case before the commission thrice, but no action had been taken so far. Dalal said the samiti had twice postponed its agitation to give sufficient time to the government to accept its demand. However, now, the community was feeling cheated by the government. He said while certain states had conferred the status of Backward Class on the Jats, the Central Government was dilly-dallying on the issue.
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Sonepat lad brings laurels
Sonepat, June 7 He has also qualified in the AFMC entrance test, 2012; All-India BHU entrance test-2012; Delhi PMT-2012 and the All-India IP University Delhi Medical entrance test-2012. — OC
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Wakf property rules revised
Chandigarh, June 7 Under the revised rules, an applicant will have to file an affidavit explaining how the proposed transaction will be beneficial to the Wakf and how the proceeds will be utilised. It has also been decided to apply Section 123 of the Representation of People Act 1991 mutatis mutandis to Chapter III of the Haryana Wakf Rules. Now, there will be uniformity in respect of Wakf administration throughout the country. According to the revised rules, notice of any proposed transaction will have to be published in government gazette and two newspapers, having wide circulation in the area, inviting objections. The notice will contain sufficient details of the transaction and shall specify a reasonable time of not less than 30 days, within which objections or suggestions may be sent. The sale of immovable property by public auction will not be enforceable unless approved by two/third members of the Wakf Board within two months from the date of auction. The norms for election of members of the board, qualifications and terms and conditions of the service of the chief executive officer have also been drafted. The procedure for recovery of illegally transferred Wakf property in contravention of the Act, procedure for removal of encroachment from Wakf properties and the manner and procedure for maintenance of accounts and investment of the Wakf funds have also been drafted. The manner and procedure of the Wakf tribunal in respect of Wakf properties and the manner and form under which the annual report is to be submitted to the government has also been drafted as per the Wakf Act-1995, passed by Parliament. Under the new rules, the state government will appoint the Survey Commissioner/ Commissioners of Wakfs, who will not be below the rank of Commissioner. The state government will also appoint Additional Survey Commissioner/Commissioners of Wakfs for each revenue district, who shall be the Deputy Commissioner of the district. The state government will also appoint Assistant Survey Commissioners of Wakfs for each revenue sub-division, who shall be the SDMs/Executive Magistrates of their respective revenue sub-division/tehsil and will be assisted by naib tehsildars or any other revenue officers and estate officers/officials of the Wakf Board. The Survey Commissioner will submit report in Form I to the state government within one year from the date of his appointment or within such extended period as decided by the government. The Survey Commissioner may take assistance of any agency or institution or organisation or public corporate or an individual, including retired revenue officers/officials, for the purpose of conducting survey in the state with a prior approval of the state government. All expenses in conducting such survey will be borne by the state government, provided any data/input provided by such assisting agency/individual shall have to be ratified by the Survey Commissioner before acceptance. The Survey Commissioner shall regulate the procedure of assistance, including the fixing of place and time of sittings.
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Residents of Gurgaon, Mewat and other areas of the NCR and Haryana are up in arms against the state government for acute shortage of electricity and water.
Jhajjar, June 7
