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Improvement in sex ratio
Faridabad may have 99 new polling stations
Policy for development of left-over land pockets framed
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Growing of Sugarcane
Two new sectors planned in Hisar
Maahi Case: One-man army to the soldiers’ rescue at Ground Zero
5-day training programme in dairy farming held
Global court need of the day, says expert
Drop in number of road accidents, says crime record bureau
NCC Battalions for girls to be set up in Sirsa, Panipat
Delay in Redress of Grievances
Police to update data of history sheeters in Rohtak
Resolve land disputes, Rohtak IG tells police
Guar training camp held in Bhiwani
Kaithal admn takes flood-prevention steps
Use of red, blue light atop vehicles
Regularise MC daily wagers, Hooda urged
Varsity library to remain open for 361 days in a year
Students use the Internet facility provided in the library of BPS Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Khanpur Kalan, in
Sonepat. Photo by writer
Over 16,500 appear for UGC NET in Kurukshetra
Fatehabad college holds farewell party
Wheat procurement
Two Sonepat girls to attend NSS conference in China
14 shortlisted in placement drive
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State to honour anganwari workers of Jhajjar
Ravinder Saini
Jhajjar, June 25 An official spokesperson said such initiatives were being taken to inspire the anganwari workers so that improvement in sex ratio continued in the future also. “Anganwari workers not only play a vital role in improving the sex ratio, but also strive hard to ensure that women get benefits under the schemes launched by the government. Directions have been issued to the programme officer (PO) of the Women and Child Development Department to conduct a survey of the families of small children and pregnant women residing in villages and the urban areas of the district to know the actual status,” the spokesperson said. He said active tracker systems installed in the health centres by the government in Jhajjar district had yielded positive results. “Now, e-cards will be issued to all women undergoing ultrasound examination and a unique ID number will be provided to them so that the Health Department can keep a complete record of every such woman,” said the spokesperson. He added that the department was taking effective measures for the proper implementation of the “single mother-single number” pattern.
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Faridabad may have 99 new polling stations
Faridabad, June 25 At present there are, in all, 790 stations in the six Assembly segments in Faridabad. Prahlad Singh, Tehsildar, Elections, said 33 new polling stations - the biggest chunk of addition - had been proposed for the NIT, represented by Haryana Labour Minister Shivcharan Lal Sharma. As of today, it has 116 stations. The election authorities had recently met local leaders of political parties to ascertain their views on the creation of new
polling stations. According to the rules, a polling station can cater to a maximum of 1,500 voters of a given area. Prahlad Singh said the number of stations was revised during the last parliamentary elections. However, the number of electors would increase in all the segments with regard to the next Assembly elections, he added. He said the revision was a routine and continuous process. Meanwhile, Nagender Bhadana, Faridabad president of the INLD, has alleged the authorities sought the opinion of political parties on the issue of new stations at a short notice of one day. The INLD had registered its protest against it, he added.
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Policy for development of left-over land pockets framed
Chandigarh, June 25 The Haryana Government has prescribed policy parameters for encouraging planned development of left-over land pockets located in the developed sectors. Whereas the private sector can obtain a licence for the development of colonies under the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975, the public sector acquires land for the purpose of development of such colonies. Thus in any given sector, several public and private sector agencies may remain simultaneously engaged in the development of the sector. There happen to be several left-over land pockets which either stand un-acquired or released from acquisition proceedings or have remained un-licensed since they do not independently fulfil the area norms prescribed for grant of licences in the midst of any developed sector. Such left-over pockets face the threat of unauthorised construction or colonisation since no licence can be granted for such pockets. Public sector development agencies do not consider it viable to acquire such scattered land pockets. Considering the site imperatives, planning parameters have been formulated to allow planned development of such released or un-licensed or un-acquired pockets. Any case which fulfils the location norms can be considered for grant of licence under the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975, or approval of the TP Scheme, without prejudice to the fulfilment of the provisions of Act or Rules. The site should be in a compact block. For approval of the TP Scheme, the site should be located within municipal limits as notified under the Municipal Act from time to time. The site should also conform to the approved sectoral plan proposal. Apart from this the site should also be located in a developed sector. The possession of plots stand handed over or offered to the allottees or by colonisers after obtaining license under Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975, for which part or final completion certificate stands granted.
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Coop mill to promote tissue-culture farming
Bijendra Ahlawat Tribune News Service
Jind, June 25 According to a district administration official this is perhaps the first time that sugarcane stems prepared by such a method are being made available to farmers who will get a subsidy of Rs 2 per stem. He claimed that such stems were highly productive and easy to sow as compared to the traditional system of sowing. He said though the overall crop area had gone up in the past couple of years, this step could result in a hefty increase in sugarcane production in the coming years. Farmers opting for this method would be given pesticides at subsidised rates besides the developed and good variety of the crop. The plants (stems) are developed under special conditions with the help of machines designed for the purpose. It is reported that the sugar mill has set up a laboratory on the mill premises at a cost of Rs 63 lakh for the purpose.The plants developed here were not only pest resistant but also highly productive, it is claimed. The mill has been spending Rs 5 lakh a year on such a facility. The department concerned had provided interest-free loans totalling Rs 172 lakh to farmers growing sugarcane over the past one year, besides subsidies of Rs 45,000. The concept of sharing 50 per cent of the transportation cost of the cane from the field to the mill had also benefitted growers and led to the promotion of the crop over the years.
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Two new sectors planned in Hisar
Hisar, June 25 TCP officials said land for these sectors had been transferred from the Government Livestock Farm to HUDA. One of these sectors would have a 22 acre plot reserved for a hospital. The present General Hospital on the Sirsa road was planned to be shifted. The existing bus stand was also planned to be shifted out to ease traffic in the city. They said one of the features of the new sectors would be that these would be gated sectors like private residential colonies developed in Gurgaon. The entry would be from gates manned round the clock by security personnel. These sectors had been planned with lots of parks, open spaces and adequate parking spaces. Both would also have shopping areas. The new sectors would have their own clubs and community centres. Sector 33 would be the biggest residential sector of the city so far with 2,085 plots. TCP officials said further work on the projects would begin after HUDA approved the detailed plans.
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Maahi Case: One-man army to the soldiers’ rescue at Ground Zero
Manesar, June 25 But Upadhyay had already called up the police, who took charge of the situation. Later, when the Army team took over the rescue work, the villagers approached them with the same suggestion. The villagers then approached the senior civilian officers monitoring the rescue operation. The civilian administrative officers also asked the Army personnel to give that a shot, but the suggestion didn't cut much ice. When the soldiers carrying out the rescue work failed to tackle a big rock which came in the way of the tunnel being dug to reach the borewell in which Maahi was stuck, they finally called for Khan. Khan went into the parallel pit dug for rescuing the girl. Instead of trying to cut or break the rock - as the Army team had been trying to do for the past two days - Khan changed the direction of the tunnel being dug by circumventing the rock. While the Army soldiers could manage to remain inside the pit for 5 to 15 minutes at a stretch, Khan remained inside for as long as two hours at a stretch. Within a few hours, he led the Army team to Maahi and left. The Army personnel then began to extricate Maahi. After spending several hours, they realised that the tunnel was quite narrow to bring the girl out. Khan was called again and he got down on the job straightaway. Eventually, he was the one who got Maahi out of the pit, thus playing a key role in the rescue operation. However, Sohrab Khan, son of Jalaludeen, said he felt sad that the child's life could not be saved.
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5-day training programme in dairy farming held
Rohtak, June 25 According to Rajinder Singh, Sr extension specialist and coordinator of the
programme, the participants were detailed about the role of balanced feed in production and reproduction in dairy animals, importance of comfortable housing, especially shelter management for reducing labour costs and global warming. The programme also highlighted various dairy farming schemes run by the department such as providing high-quality semen for artificial insemination of cows and buffaloes and for breed improvement under the Murrah incentive project for producing top-quality Murrah buffaloes. The participants were informed about free insurance for the livestock of SC/ST farmers and up to 75 per cent of subsidised insurance for Murrah buffaloes which is available through the department concerned. A field visit was also arranged for participants for practical learning about the latest techniques in dairy farming at a hi-tech dairy farm. Speaking on the occasion, the Rohtak Additional Deputy Commissioner highlighted the schemes run by district and rural development agency in dairy farming and the support provided to the unemployed youths for setting up of hi-tech dairies. While tips were provided for viable operation of dairy farms, it was revealed that the DRDA also provides help in establishing a chilling centre for the dairy farmers to keep the milk quality updated. Certificates were given to the participants at the occasion. BS
Beniwal, KK Yadav, DS Dahiya, JS Rawat and Ramesh Kumar also shared their experiences and skills on general livestock diseases and their treatments, importance of mineral mixture for dairy animals, vaccination and facilities of disease investigation among the milch cattle.
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Global court need of the day, says expert
Gurgaon, June 25 This was stated by Gudmundur
Eiriksson, Ambassador of Iceland to India and a former Judge of the UN International Tribunal for the Law of Sea, Germany, while talking to The Tribune here
recently. Eiriksson, who has played a significant role in the drafting of the statute for International Criminal Court
(ICC), said the mechanism of international criminal justice had emerged from the need to address the growing concerns of war crime and grave violations of human rights across countries and continents. He was in Gurgaon as the chief guest at a symposium on “International Criminal Law” organised at ITM Law School here in association with the International Committee of the Red Cross. The ICC came into being on July 1, 2002, the date its founding treaty - the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court - came into force. The court’s official seat is in The Hague, Netherlands, but its proceedings may take place anywhere. As many as 121 countries are parties to the Statute of the Court, including all of South America, nearly all of Europe and roughly half the countries in Africa. A further 32 countries, including Russia, have signed but not ratified the Rome Statute. As many as 41 member states of the United Nations, including India and China, have neither signed nor ratified the Rome
Statute. Eiriksson pointed out that the ICC could generally exercise jurisdiction in three cases: If the accused is a national of a state party, if the alleged crime took place on the territory of a state party or if a situation is referred to the court by the United Nations Security Council. “It is designed to complement the existing national judicial systems,” he
said. Manoj Kumar Sachdeva, trial lawyer of the ICC’s prosecution division, delivered the keynote address, while Dr Sanoj Rajan from the ICRC proposed the vote of thanks.
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Drop in number of road accidents, says crime record bureau
Chandigarh, June 25 While claiming this here, a spokesman of the Police Department said the bureau had been analysing the causes of accidents from time to time. During last year, till June, 225 road accidents had occurred in Ambala as against 231 road accidents this year till June 9. As many as 112 road accidents took place in Panchkula last year and till now the number was 100; Karnal recorded 269 accidents last year against 208 this year; Yamunanagar had 207 accidents last year and till now it has 148; Kurukshetra had 216 accidents last year and till now it has 164; Kaithal had 133 accidents last year and till now the number was 129; Hisar had 277 accidents last year and till now the number of accidents was 257; and Jind had 151 accidents last year while this year so far the number was 147. Similarly, Fatehabad had 95 road accidents last year and till now it was 84; Bhiwani had 231 accidents last year and till now it was 235; Sirsa had 134 accidents last year and till now it was 121; Jhajjar had 195 accidents last year and till now it was 173; Panipat had 202 accidents last year and till now it was 179; Sonepat had 298 accidents last year and till now it was 299; Rohtak had 192 accidents last year and till now it was 203; Rewari had 300 accidents last year and till now it was 263; Mewat had 173 accidents last year and till now it was 195; Mahendergarh had 203 accidents last year and till now it was 166; Palwal had 212 accidents last year and till now it was 210; Gurgaon had 439 accidents last year and till now it was 451; and Faridabad had 322 accidents last year and till now it was 276.In the railways, 33 accidents occurred last year and till now it was 25. He said to bring down the number of road accidents the Haryana Police launched special campaigns from time to time.
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NCC Battalions for girls to be set up in Sirsa, Panipat
Sirsa, June 25 She said the government has set up placement cells in government colleges in the state under the supervision of the principals and senior most lecturers of the college to facilitate the students in getting
jobs. Bhukkal said placement fairs were being organised to help the students in getting employment. During this year, about 1,000 students have already been offered placements and about 22 companies have participated in the placement fairs. She said for the year 2012-13, Rs 40 lakh has been sanctioned under this scheme, which would benefit over 2,500 students. She said four government-sponsored placement fairs had been organised since 2010 at four division-level government colleges for final-year
students. Bhukkal said to empower women students, a scheme has been implemented under which women cells have been established in all government colleges in the state. The women cells will organise various activities to create awareness about gender-related issues. A budget of Rs 50 lakh has been sanctioned for the year 2012-13 for implementation of the scheme, which would benefit 48,000 students.
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Delay in Redress of Grievances BS Malik
Sonepat, June 25 “I will not hesitate to lodge a complaint in writing with the Chief Minister against such officials and action against them will also be taken at the administrative level,” she said while presiding over the monthly meeting of the District Public Relations and Grievances Committee here recently. As many as 18 complaints were on the agenda of the meeting.The officials concerned gave an assurance to redress 10 of these grievances within a specified time frame. Most of these complaints related to the sewer and drainage systems, drinking water supply, road repairs and the removal of encroachments. Later, while listening to public grievances, she chided the officials concerned of the Public Health Department for irregular drinking water supply and overflowing sewer pipes in the town. She directed them to solve these problems at the earliest and submit a report in this regard to the Deputy Commissioner. She also took serious note of the absence of the Executive Engineer of the PWD (B&R) and asked the Deputy Commissioner to initiate action against him. She also directed that before the onset of the monsoon, there should be proper cleaning of drains and sewer lines and the repair of roads.
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Police to update data of history sheeters in Rohtak
Rohtak, June 25 In a communication to the district police chiefs of
Rohtak, Sonepat, Jhajjar and Panipat, Rohtak Range IG Alok Mittal has asked the officials concerned to prepare and update bio-data and history of the all the criminals who are in jails at present. The information would include details of all the crimes committed by a criminal. While the authorities have been directed to submit the details within 15 days, it is announced that any delay on part of the officials concerned may lead to a disciplinary action. According to a spokesperson of the office, a detailed list of all the criminals in jails has been sent to the district police chiefs. They have been directed to prepare their detailed bio-data. Sources said 15 hardcore criminals are lodged in the jail in Rohtak district, while 34 criminals, whose cases were registered in
Rohtak, are in jails outside the district. Jhajjar registered cases against maximum number of 137 criminals. Of these, 53 are lodged in Jhajjar and 84 are in jails outside the district.
Sonepat district had registered 32 such criminals, of whom 14 are in the district jail and 18 are lodged in jails outside it. Though Panipat has 46 criminals booked in various criminal cases, but all of them are lodged in jails outside the district. The officials concerned have been asked to set up special teams to prepare data of all criminals who are in jail or absconding.
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Resolve land disputes, Rohtak IG tells police
Rohtak, June 25 This move has been made by the IG office here which has issued directions to all the police chiefs in the Range. “As most of the crime is related to disputes over land or property, preparing a data bank regarding such cases becomes important in view of the skyrocketing rates of property,” said IG Alok Mittal. He said he had asked the officials concerned to take steps to resolve various disputes with the help of revenue officials and families so that these do not result in criminal incidents.
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22 students honoured for academic excellence
Sonepat, June 25 Sonepat
MP Jitender Singh Malik said discipline was must for students to achieve
their goal and they should adjust themselves to the changes that take
place in the economic system of the country. Malik was the chief guest
on the occasion. The Vice-Chancellor of the BPS Mahila Vishwavidyalaya,
Khanpur Kalan, Dr Pankaj Mittal, said success was not the destination
but a journey which never ended. “Therefore, the target may be to
become a doctor or an engineer, but one should have the dream to remain
on the top,” she said, adding that it would also be better to become a
good teacher as well. Dr Mittal said teachers and parents had a great
role to play in shaping the careers of students who also should make
sincere efforts and work hard to complete their assignments. The
president of the Gohana Bar Association, Jai Singh Bhanwala, said a good
teacher and better society were the reasons behind a student’s
success. The students with their success record should also become a
source of inspiration for their juniors, he added. He also honoured the
students with cash prizes from his own resources. Besides the chairman
of the Gohana municipality, Raj Kumar Sharma, the principals of schools
were also present on the occasion.
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Guar training camp held in Bhiwani
Bhiwani, June This was disclosed during a guar training camp organised by a local guar gum factory at the local Jat Dharmshala here recently. Farmers from around the district attended the camp. Addressing the camp, Dr Attar Singh said about 30 per cent to 32 per cent gum was obtained from guar seed, which was used in several products. Since guar gum was used in various commercial commodities, it was now sown in several areas of the state. He said: “India today exports guar gum to 65 countries and gets foreign currency in return. India exported guar gum worth Rs 5 crore in 1971-72, but in 2011-12 it was Rs 10,000
crore”. “Haryana produces average 1,200 kg guar gum every year, whereas it is 320 kg per hectare in the country,” said Singh. He said training camps were being organised across the state to impart knowledge about guar crop. Besides telling people about guar seed, free medicines were also being distributed to save the crop from any disease. AP Dadu of the local Hindustan Gum Ltd said the main aim of the camp was to inspire farmers to adopt guar as a leading crop and more training camps would be held in different districts in coming days. Dr BD
Yadav, VK Sharda, Dr PP Gupta, Dr Satish Mehta and Bihari Lal were present on the occasion.
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Kaithal admn takes flood-prevention steps
Kaithal, June 25 This information was given to mediapersons by Deputy Commissioner Chander Shekhar here. The Deputy Commissioner said he had visited the flood-prone areas in Kaithal, Guhla, Pundri and Kalayat of this district and directed the officials of the departments concerned to finish these works within the time limit given to them. He said as many as 62 bunds were under construction in different parts of the district and the cleanliness of 25 drains were under way. He said 107 pump sets of 571 cusecs capacity were available out of which 41 electrical pumps were mobile and 26 pumps were fixed. These pumps would be used for draining out accumulated flood water, he added. Arun Malik, SE, Bhakra services Circle, Kaithal, and other officials who accompanied the Deputy Commissioner on his tour to various places briefed him about the flood-prevention measures being taken and the ongoing construction works.
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Use of red, blue light atop vehicles
Kurukshetra, June 25 Arya said all thana in charges and SHOs, traffic, had been directed to check the vehicles bearing red and blue light on their top and whosoever found violating the rules, action should be initiated against him. He said as per a notification issued by the state Transport Department, the chief medical officer, civil surgeon, tehsildar, nayab tehsildar, district development and panchayat officer, block development and panchayat officer, executive engineer, administrator HUDA and the officers of the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, Uttri Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam are not allowed to use red or blue light on the top of their vehicles.
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Regularise MC daily wagers, Hooda urged
Faridabad, June 25 The MC employees’
federation had sent a memorandum to all Lok Sabha MPs, urging them to intervene and request the Haryana Government to take a decision in employees’ favour. Rattan Lal Rohilla, general secretary of the federation, said the ministers have sent the copies of their letters, which were forwarded to Hooda, to the federation. The federation is spearheading the employees’ agitation for regularisation of daily wagers. Class III and IV employees of
the MCF had resorted to “mass casual leave” on Thursday, completely paralysing the functioning of the municipal body. The federation has set July 21 as deadline for regularisation of daily wagers, failing which the employees would intensify their struggle. According to the federation, 1,036 Class III and IV employees had been working in various departments as daily wagers for the past two decades.
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Varsity library to remain open for 361 days in a year
Sonepat, June 25 Dr OP Hooda, head librarian, said the library would remain open for 361 days, including the gazetted holidays, in the year and thousands of students of the university would avail the benefit of this initiative taken on the direction of the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Dr Pankaj
Mittal. He said the library would remain open from 8:30 am to 7 pm from Monday to Friday and from 8:30 am to 5 pm on Saturdays, Sundays and gazetted holidays. The students would be authorised to draw books from the library from Monday to Friday. The Internet section of the library would also remain available to the students during all these days and this facility would benefit the students, particularly those doing research studies. This new arrangement would not only benefit the hostel students, but also the students coming from the neighboring villages on holidays. While commenting on this initiative, the Vice-Chancellor said this facility would help the students to avail the library facilities and devote maximum time in their studies.
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Over 16,500 appear for UGC NET in Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra, June 25 Stating this to mediapersons here yesterday, Dr Hukam Singh, UGC coordinator-cum-controller of examinations, KU, said out of the 19,681 candidates, 16,502 appeared and took examination at 63 centres where 63 centre superintendents, 984 invigilators and 350 other service staff members were deployed on duty. Besides, eight observers were appointed by the UGC and the university also engaged its senior Deans and professors as observers, including Dr Girish Chopra, Dean, Academic Affairs, Dr Anil Vohra Dean Science and Engineering, Dr Bhim Singh Dean, Indic Studies and Dr MM
Goel, Dean Social Sciences. Deputy Commissioner Mandeep Singh Brar and District Police Chief Rakesh Kumar Arya helped the coordinator to conduct the test smoothly. The Deputy Commissioner appointed six district magistrates on duty to ensure law and order situation at all the examination
centres, while Arya deployed a large number of police personnel at all the examination centres and also in city to regulate the traffic.
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Fatehabad college holds farewell party
Fatehabad, June 25 Dr Virender Siwach, patron, and Dr Sharanjeet Kaur, chairperson of the trust managing the Shaheed Baba Deep Singh Group of Institutions, inaugurated the show. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Siwach said the role of teachers had become more important due to the plethora of social evils prevalent in society. He urged the students to prove good teachers in future as the destiny of the nation rested on them. Principal Dr Mamta Chaudhary said teaching was the only profession in the world where a person could contribute towards making society and the nation better, besides earning living. She wished the outgoing students a bright future.
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Inadequate storage capacity worries agencies
Tribune News Service
Karnal, June 25 The godowns are already packed to capacity and thousands of bags of wheat procured by different government agencies have been stacked in sheds or kept in the open. The procurement in the district was 2.09 lakh MT more this year as compared to last year. The monsoon is advancing and likely to hit Haryana by the third week of June and in case the bags of wheat lying in the open are not removed and kept in godowns, the wheat will be damaged. Out of a total procurement of 8,96,609 MT, the District Food and Supplies Controller and HAFED have made procurement of 2,99,666 MT and 2,58,949 MT while the FCI and Haryana Agro procured 1,15,209 MT and 1,36,918 MT of wheat, which was more than double as compared to the storage capacity.
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Two Sonepat girls to attend NSS conference in China
Sonepat, June 25 According to college Principal Nirmal Jabbal, their selection was based on their outstanding performance in the 12-day national mega NSS camp that concluded at Visakhapatnam on June 17. Nearly 400 NSS volunteers from different states, including 12 from Haryana, attended the camp. Preetam was outstanding in the competitions of singing, poetry recitation and group discussion whereas Harleen was one of the best performers in the dance, declamation and quiz events at the camp, she said.
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14 shortlisted in placement drive
Ambala, June 25 As many as 35 MBA students from Haryana Engineering College, Tilak Raj Chadha Institute of Management and Technology, Maharaja Aggarsein Institute of Engineering and Technology, Guru Gobind Institute of Management and technology, Ganpati Business School, SD Institute of Management and Technology participated in the drive. As many as 12 students were shortlisted for Chetak Logistics and 2 students were shortlisted for Remson with pay package of Rs 1.8 lakh to Rs 2 lakh per annum.
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