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Information about missing people, vehicles
Rs 40-lakh AC bus ‘given away’ to pvt blood bank
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SDM to probe forcible occupation of land
Work to convert Gaji Kamal pond into a park begins
Organic farming in polyhouses boosts vegetable yield
IMA members protest against Clinical Establishments Bill
INLD holds meetings to woo urban voters, traders
HUDA bags grants for self-employment schemes
One held for sand mining, accomplice escapes
Orientation programme for teachers organised
Cops honoured for solving theft cases within hours
MC’s double whammy: House tax, regularisation
Technology Mission for Cotton
Sonepat girls shine in MDU merit list
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Information about missing people, vehicles 862 missing persons, 19,897 vehicles yet to be traced Bhanu P Lohumi/TNS
Karnal, June 28 The new website will be formally launched on June 29 and a meeting of the district police officers and employees will also be held on the same day to inform and explain to them the salient features of the website to equip them with information so that they could assist the people in getting prompt and hassle-free information, Director of the SCRB Laik Ram Dabas said. Any person interested in seeking information regarding a stolen vehicle can enter his vehicle registration number, engine number and chassis number and model of the vehicle in the new website and get the information online, he said. Dabas said many a time people faced great hardship and inconvenience in filing an FIR about a missing vehicle but after the website becomes operational, complaints about missing or stolen vehicles could also be filed online. The officials concerned would ensure that all such complaints were immediately sent to the police station concerned and that progress of investigations was also posted on the website. According to the police records, there were 862 missing persons and 19,897 stolen vehicles, which had not been traced or recovered. Dabas exhorted people to make maximum use of the website for getting the information and save time. The website would go a long way in curbing and tracking crime in case people made it a habit to use the website and reported crime immediately.
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Rs 40-lakh AC bus ‘given away’ to pvt blood bank
Sirsa, June 28 Though the purchase of the vehicle and memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Shiv Shakti Blood Bank was done last year, the matter came to light now, when Dr Gulshan Chauhan, a blood transfusion officer (BTO) working in the government blood bank managed by the District Red Cross blew the whistle and wrote letters to several authorities. “According to the MoU, the Shiv Shakti Blood Bank will use the bus for its blood donation camps without paying a penny to the authorities for a period of two years from the date of purchase. During this period, if the government-run blood bank needs this bus for its own blood camp, it will have to pay Rs 2,000 per day to Shiv Shakti Blood Bank for the government’s own bus. After two years, when the bus will need more spending on maintenance, it will be returned to the government,” said Dr Gulshan Chauhan about the clauses of the MoU. The Deputy Commissioner, Dr J Ganesan, said the MoU was signed before he took over and he was contemplating reviewing the agreement. Dr Ved Beniwal, Chairman of the Shiv Shakti Blood Bank, said his blood bank was not at fault and the authorities gave them the bus, so that it was properly maintained.
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SDM to probe forcible occupation of land
Hisar, June 28 He also directed them to ensure the desilting and cleaning of all canals and watercourses in the district before the onset of the monsoon. Likewise, all drains and sewers should also be readied to drain rainwater in the case of heavy rains. Nathu Ram, a resident of Kaimri-Gangwa Link Road, complained that the Moksha Meditation Welfare Society had forcibly occupied 1000 square yards of his land and was contructing a building on the site. He said the society office-bearers had threatened to occupy the remaining land too. He said his legal heir, grand-daughter Suman, too, had been receiving threats. The CPS asked Amardeep jain, SDM, to probe the matter and send him a report within 15 days. Saroj Rani, a resident of the Urban Estate here, complained that a neighbour had forcibly taken away a Bolero jeep belonging to her husband. She alleged that the neighbour had also occupied her house forcibly and he had been been threatening her family of dire consequences if she complained about it. He directed the SP to arrest the culprits and restore possession of the house and jeep to the rightful owner.
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Work to convert Gaji Kamal pond into a park begins
Jhajjar, June 28 Chander Prakash, Administrator, Rohtak division of HUDA, along with other officers of various government departments recently visited Gaji Kamaal Pond and directed the officer concerned to prepare a detailed report with every technical aspects of the project so that process of developing the park here could be initiated. Chander Prakash told mediapersons that the park would be constructed over four acres of land to keep the environment pollution free. The state government had already sanctioned Rs 3 crore to execute the project, he added. “The park will be developed with fresh landscaping, swings and play areas, a library, a musical fountain and a nature centre so that people from all walks of life can come here and relax,” said Chander Prakash. A proposal to develop a tiny lake inside the park was also in the pipeline, he said. Besides others, residents of Gaji Kamaal area, Chharra Chungi, Delhi Gate and PNB old bazaar here would be benefited, he said. Notably, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had announced to develop a park in place of Gaaji Kamaal Pond during his visit here in the beginning of this year. The Gaji Kamaal pond is full of dirt and filth and serves as a breeding ground for mosquitoes and insects. Residents demanded that the pond be converted into a park. Later, Chander Parkash also inspected construction works of the community centre here and directed the officers concerned to expedite the work so that it could be built up within stipulated period. He also visited the area which was to be acquired to develop HUDA sectors here.
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Organic farming in polyhouses boosts vegetable yield
Hisar, June 28 A farmer, Deepak Sura of Bugana village, who is also the village sarpanch, has set up a poly house farm based on a modern technique developed in Israel. He is growing vegetables, including cucumber, capsicum, tomato, radish and carrot. All these vegetables can be produced throughout the year. He reaps three crops of fruit, vegetables and flowers from this farmhouse. He says that the production in the poly house farm is 15 to 30 times more than achieved through traditional methods. A farmer can produce vegetables worth Rs 12 lakh to Rs 15 lakh in a year, he says. He says that a poly farm set up in one acre costs about Rs 36 lakh, out of which 65 per cent is given as subsidy by the Horticulture Department of the Central and state governments. A farmer has to spend about Rs 12 lakh out of his own pocket. Sura said two hands were adequate to man the four poly house farms in one acre. They wore special uniforms to prevent virus infection in vegetables. He said in summers, a poly house required 5,000 to 7,000 litres of water per day. Foggers are installed in the poly houses to control the temperature. These vegetables were irrigated through a drip irrigation system.
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IMA members protest against Clinical Establishments Bill
Kurukshetra, June 28 While addressing the meeting, IMA local president Dr PK Soni and IMA Haryana state disciplinary committee chairman Dr Himanshu Anand said if the Clinical Establishments Bill is passed, it would prove detrimental not only to the medical profession but also to the patients. The government should consult the IMA before taking policy decisions on health, they demanded. Although the OPDs of private hospitals, clinics and nursing homes here were closed, other patients were given the treatment. A memorandum addressed to the Deputy Commissioner was submitted to Additional Deputy Commissioner Sumedha Kataria, Chief Medical Officer Vandna Bhatia and local MLA Ashok Arora. IMA district vice-president Subhash Garg, IMA district general secretary Anurag Kaushal, Atul Arora, Surender Mehta, Sudesh Singhal, KC Aggarwal, Ajay Aggarwal, Ilawadi, Pradeep and Anil Aggarwal were among those who were present on the occasion.
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INLD holds meetings to woo urban voters, traders
Fatehabad, June 28 Since June 23, the INLD has been holding on an average of four meetings in a day. With the INLD supremo out of the country, party general secretary and MLA from Dabwali Ajay Singh Chautala has been addressing the meetings in an effort to woo urban voters, particularly traders, who have so far maintained a distance from the party. “The UPA government at the Centre has increased prices of petrol 31 times in its seven years in power. The economy of the country is in shambles and value of rupees has touched an all-time low,” Chautala said at a “Shehari Jansabha” held at Bhuna in Fatehabad recently. During these meetings, Ajay Singh referred to the property tax levied by the state government and said the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government has not kept any of its promises. Ashok Arora, state president of the party, who is also an urban face for the INLD, maintains that the party would set up a committee of traders and urban people for recommending steps for their benefit. He adds that the party will implement these recommendations when it comes back to power in Haryana. Subhash Goyal, a former Haryana minister, and Ranbir Singh Gangwa “Prajapat” also accompany Ajay Singh during these meetings. “The INLD has already issued schedule for 53 towns and cities, which will be covered by July 9. The party will cover all the 102 towns and cities of Haryana by the end of July,” said Nachhatar Singh Malhan, office secretary of the INLD. Interacting with The Tribune, Ajay Singh said the manner in which various constituents of the UPA have been fighting with each other, parliamentary polls could be forced on the country any moment. The INLD, he said, is prepared for contesting the polls. Meanwhile, the Congress claimed that the INLD would not be able to cut much ice with urban voters. “Urban voters have completely rejected Chautalas and their party due to the excesses committed by them. Now, the urban people and traders are not going to believe their promises,” said Gobind Kanda, an executive member of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee.
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HUDA bags grants for self-employment schemes
Chandigarh, June 28 A spokesman of the agency said to achieve this target it would empanel various agencies to impart training in skills to the below poverty line persons in the urban areas by inviting an expression of interest. He said the Central Government had allocated Rs 18.66 crore to implement the scheme during the current financial year and the state government had provided Rs 4.12 crore as its share for the same period. He said during the last financial year, loans were sanctioned to 1,511 individuals and 127 women self help groups. Also, 6,474 persons were provided skilled training and employment. He said the government had revised the guidelines for assistance to the urban poor under the scheme. The urban BPL population to be covered under this programme are families having a per capita income of Rs 443.21 per month and the beneficiary must be a resident of the town for three years or more. Under the revised guidelines of the SJSRY scheme, assistance is provided to an individual urban poor beneficiary to set up gainful self-employment ventures, where a loan of up to Rs 2 lakh is provided with a subsidy of 25 per cent. Under the urban women self help group category, each group consists of at least five urban BPL women and the group is entitled to a subsidy of Rs 3 lakh or 35 per cent of the cost of the project or Rs 60,000 per member of the group, whichever is less. He said the Urban Wage Employment Programme (UWEP) seeks to provide wage employment to beneficiaries living below poverty line within the jurisdiction of Urban Local Bodies by using their labour for the construction of socially and economically useful assets.
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One held for sand mining, accomplice escapes
Faridabad, June 28 The police said Surender Singh, who was there on the tractor, fled when he saw a police team heading towards the vehicle. He was a regular miner, it added. The culprits had mined sand at Kabulpur village. The tractor was intercepted by the police at a ‘naka’ on Tigaon road. The driver was produced before a local court today and remanded in judicial custody. A manhunt has been launched by the police to arrest his employer. Meanwhile, a member of the sand mafia, Rajpal Chauhan, accused of killing a constable a few days ago, was remanded in 14-day judicial custody yesterday by a court. A resident of Alwar district, he was alleged to have ordered his driver to run a tanker loaded with sand over the constable who tried to intercept the vehicle. Chauhan escaped after the incident. The
police had arrested Chauhan at New Delhi railway station on June 22.
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Orientation programme for teachers organised
Kurukshetra, June 28 Experts in the field of education, psychology, philosophy, communication skills and personality development, drawn from various educational institutes were invited for creating awareness among teachers to update their knowledge and skills. Speaking on the concluding day of the workshop, chief guest Dev Vrat Acharya, principal, Gurukul, Kurukshetra, called upon the teachers to work as a team and compared an institute with a ship. If an employee, even having a minor post in a ship team, does not play his role to perfection, the vessel is bound to sink. With the change in scenario in the field of education, a teacher needs to be fully equipped to tackle challenges in all spheres of life, he added. Tilak Raj Gupta described the qualities and potentials of an ideal teacher. ‘Follow before you preach’ should be the dictum of a teacher who wants to create positive impact on his students, he said. Addressing the teachers, CR Drolia, chairman, Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, discussed the importance of understanding psychology of a student. Aggressive behaviour of children can be controlled only through counselling, he said.
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Cops honoured for solving theft cases within hours
Jhajjar, June 28 Singh felicitated them with cash reward along with a certificate at a function held at the city police station in Bahadurgarh. While addressing the policemen, Singh said coordination between the police stations is essential to solve the incidents of thefts and snatching. The police chief exhorted the cops to work with dedication in order to check criminal activities of their areas and to maintain law and order situation. The policemen had succeeded in solving two theft cases of vehicles within couple of hours recently. Acting on the information regarding the theft, the policemen not only nabbed four out of six thieves but also recovered both the vehicles, a country-made pistol and two iron rods from their possession. Devender Dangi, Public Relation Officer of the Jhajjar Police, while interacting with the mediapersons here, said the first incident of vehicle theft took place at about 1 am when three men, identified as Bhupinder, Narender and Gulab of Raanila town in Bhiwani ditrict, snatched a XYLO jeep from Mahabir of Sonepat, who was waiting for the employees outside a call centre near the Bahadurgarh bus stand. “Mahabir immediately informed the police about the incident. Taking a swift action, a team of patrolling Bahadurgarh police chased the thieves after asking the Jhajjar police to intercept all XYLO jeeps coming from Bahadurgarh side outside the police lines,” said the PRO. Seeing the siege outside the police lines, the thieves tried to escape but two of them were nabbed by the police. Another thief, who had managed to escape from the spot, was apprehended later, added Dangi. Second incident of theft occurred near Saankhol village where three youths, identified as Sarabjeet of Saankhol village and Ravi and Amit of Ritauli village, snatched a motorbike from Satya Prakash at gun point and sped away, said Dangi. He added that the Bahadurgarh police, on getting information about the incident, sealed all border points of the town and succeeded to nab Sarabjeet along with the snatched motorbike, while Ravi and Amit managed to flee from the spot.
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MC’s double whammy: House tax, regularisation
Rohtak, June 28 According to sources in the Municipal Corporation Office here, the authorities have decided to impose a house tax of Rs one per sq feet on a vacant residential plot in the town. This is a part of the new policy announced by the state government. The state government has already announced a house tax from this year in the authorised and developed residential colonies. Officials of the department concerned have already launched a survey in both the residential and commercial areas of the city. It is claimed that while the rate of house tax is nominal, it would help the civic body generate its own sources of income. The civic body here had been upgraded to a municipal corporation last year and had included several villages lying within 5-10 km of the district headquarters here. Meanwhile, resentment prevails among residents and plot holders of several colonies that are awaiting regularisation. “We have been hearing about regularisation for the past one year but no such sanction had been received so far,” claimed Sanjay, a resident of Harki Devi Colony adjoining Sector 4. He said though formalities are reported to be over and the office of the DTP (Department of town and country planning) had submitted the file about a year back, the sanction had been getting delayed. “There had been around 37 authorised and atleast 125 colonies which had been unauthorised in the city”, claimed an official of the DTP office, who admitted that several colonies recommended by it were awaiting regularisation. “The government ought to realise house tax only after regularising the residential colonies’’, said Raj Kumar Kapoor of the district BJP here. Meanwhile it is reported that the survey has found that about 20 percent of the houses would be paying house tax for the first time.
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Gap in yield in farmers’ fields can be plugged: Agriculture Dept
Sushil Manav/TNS
Sirsa, June 28 “There is a gap between yield obtained in farmers' fields and the one obtained in national demonstrations. Proper transfer of technology particularly of integrated water, nutrition and the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) can bridge this gap,” said a spokesperson of the Agriculture Department at Sirsa. “It has been seen that the IPM Technology not only increases the yield but also reduces the cost of cultivation thereby increasing the net return of farmers. Supply of inputs particularly certified seeds will also receive priority in the Mini Mission-II,” he added. One of the important components of the IPM is use of bio-pesticides and use of bio-agents (parasites and predators) for management of both sucking pests and bollworms. This is cost effective and eco-friendly. The spokesperson said 2,500 Front-line Demonstrations would be set up in the entire state and the department would provide nutrients worth Rs 1,400 per demonstration to farmers. Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner Dr J Ganesan said the Agriculture Department would set up 49 farmers field schools in Sirsa, where 1,715 farmers would learn techniques of management of cotton crop. As many as 150 farmer field schools would be set up in the entire state, he said. Farmers will get lessons on the IPM and the use of Pheromone Traps for the pests. Validation and dissemination of the IPM technology is part of the mission as the main reason of decline in cotton production and productivity is due to damage caused by pests.
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Sonepat girls shine in MDU merit list
Sonepat, June 28 Kumari Varsha of local Hindu Girls’ College topped in the MDU, Rohtak, by securing 442 marks out of 500 in the BSc first semester examination. The second and third positions in the merit list were bagged by Charu Batra and Shweta Chopra of Geeta Vidya Mandir Girls’ College with 434 and 431 marks, respectively. Besides these three top positions, Jyoti, Sarika and Archana of the GVM Girls’ College bagged fifth, sixth and eleventh positions with 424, 422 and 415 marks, respectively, in the results declared recently. Anju Jain and Priyanka of Hindu Girls’ College with 421 marks and 411 marks got seventh and fourteenth positions, respectively, in this examination. The students were congratulated by the management committees, principals and other staff members of the colleges for their outstanding performance in
the examination.
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Movies This Week
Directed by: Kabeer Kaushik
Director of “Sehar” is back with another hard-hitting film “Maximum” based on the war between underworld and the police. The plot charts a power struggle between two encounter-specialist cops played by Sonu Sood and Naseeruddin Shah. The adman-turned-filmmaker has pinned high hopes on this film which also stars Neha Dhupia, Anjana Sukhani, Vinay Pathak and Arya Babbar. The promos are already out. Trade pundits predict it a perfect cop-underworld drama based on true incidents. Watch this action thriller at Fame Shalimar - Panchkula, Suncity - Hisar, PVR MGF, PVR Sahara, PVR Ambience, BIG Cinemas, DTCC, DTMM, SRS Omaxe, SRS Wedding (Gurgaon), PVR Crown Plaza, SRS Pristine, SRS Eldeco, SRS Shubham, Parsavnath City Mall Q Cinema, INOX (Faridabad) Bangar Satyam (Rohtak), Fun, Minerva (Ambala), Dimple-Jagadhri, Fun, Movie Time (Karnal),
Glitz-Kurukshetra.
The Amazing Spider-Man
Directed by: Marc Webb The This is the first Spider-Man film that does not feature Kirsten Dunst. It stars Emma Watson in the lead along with Andrew Garfield. Irrfan Khan plays an important character of DR Ratha, a close associate of the villain. The 3D action-adventure fantasy focuses on battle between Peter Parker and Connors’ alter-ego, the Lizard. Get ready to watch Spider-Man casting a ‘Wonder Web’ at Fame Shalimar - Panchkula, Sheila, Satyam (Rohtak), Fun-Ambala, Fun, Cinemax (Panipat), Harsha, Movie Time (Karnal), Dimple-Jagadhari, Glitz-Kurukshetra, BMG, Radhika
(Rewari).
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