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Surinder to be Cong nominee from Kangra:
Virbhadra
Delayed monsoon hits mango growers hard
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Govt has failed to run trauma centre in Bilaspur: Cong
HLP leader fires fresh salvo at Bindal
Trials to introduce biodegradable bags in nurseries fail
The Forest Department is using polythene bags for saplings in its nurseries. Photo: Amit Kanwar
Palampur entrepreneurs bring state on emu farming map
Early varieties of apple hit market
Roerich Trust Controversy
Oberoi Clarke’s closes for
three months
Development to be BJP’s poll plank, says Jaju
CPM condemns lathi charge on protesters at Jogindernagar
Cong sets up 21-member campaign committee
Crop insurance scheme to be introduced in Sirmaur
Thieves decamp with valuables worth Rs 2.5 lakh
Anupam Kher to hold acting workshop
BJP not afraid of Virbhadra’s threats, says Satti
Farmers rue govt apathy
Lecturers back St Bede’s College staff, hold protest
Lecturers stage a protest at the MLSM College, Sundernagar, in support of the agitating St Bede's College staff.
Pensioners seek benefits on Punjab pattern
Boy dies of snakebite
Voters’ List
Residents want power project site shifted
The proposed site of the 180-MW Bajoli-Holi Hydroelectric Project. A file photo
BJP holds training camp
MLA Dile Ram welcomes BJP state convener Shyam Jaju in Sundernagar on Monday. Photo by writer
Don’t mislead media over ticket: Cong
Pilgrims throng Bharmour
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Surinder to be Cong nominee from Kangra:
Virbhadra
Dharamsala, July 16 Virbhadra Singh arrived in Kangra at about 11 pm yesterday and attended a meeting of his supporters. The declaration of Surinder Chaudhary as the candidate from Kangra by Virbhadra Singh, however, did not go down well with HPCC chief Kaul Singh, who said the Congress followed a democratic process to select the candidates. Kaul Singh, however, declined to comment on Virbhadra Singh’s declaration. The declaration of Surinder Chaudhary as the Congress candidate from Kangra has created a flutter among other Congress leaders aspiring for the party ticket from the Assembly constituency. Sources said many block Congress leaders had threatened to resign and contest as Independents in case Surinder Chaudhary was declared the party candidate. Certain senior Congress leaders, including district president Suman Verma, are aspiring to contest from the Kangra constituency. Meanwhile, Virbhadra Singh has accused the state government of not providing land for steel units in Himachal. He alleged that as the Union Minister for Steel, he had proposed to bring up three units of SAIL in Himachal Pradesh. However, the projects could not take off as the state government could not provide land for the purpose. On Dhani Ram Shandil, a CWC member whose son is allegedly involved in a spying case, Virbhadra Singh said he could resign on moral grounds. However, a father could not be held responsible for the deeds of his son, he added. Virbhadra Singh also claimed credit for the SC judgment through which Himachal got 7.5 per cent share in BBMB projects. He asked Chief Minister PK Dhumal to name any major project he had established in this district during his term. He said during the campaigning, he would move to the grossroots level. On the CD case, he said he was a victim of a big conspiracy. Virbhadra Singh today met workers over a breakfast hosted in his honour by Dr Rajesh Sharma, a Congress ticket aspirant from Kangra, at the latter’s residence. PALAMPUR: Virbhadra Singh said here on Monday that the Congress would give a united fight to the BJP to oust it from power. He termed the Dhumal government as “most inefficient” which had failed on all fronts. Talking to mediapersons at Bhatoo, 25 km from here this afternoon, Virbhadra Singh said the Congress was united and ready to face the Assembly elections. He said the party ticket would be allotted to those who had the capacity to win. To a question, he said the Congress had always advocated for a strong Lokayukta at the Centre as well as in states too. The present Lokayukta Bill passed by the BJP government was weak, which had no teeth to fight corruption.
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Delayed monsoon hits mango growers hard
Nurpur, July 16 However, growers had a bumper mango crop this year and they had also planned many things after selling their cash crop in the market, but impaired quality and size of the mango have dashed their hopes. “During the flowering of the mango crop, the weather condition was cold and after that dry spell hit fruit setting, which resulted into premature ripe of the fruit. If this bumper crop had got timely rainfall, it would have changed the fortune of growers in the area,” claimed SS Rana, Associate Director, Horticulture Research Station, Jachh (Nurpur). According to information, growers are getting prices from Rs 5 to 12 per kg, which is too meagre to meet their input cost as well as transport expenses. The local vegetable market at Jassur is draining with around 100 to 125 loaded vehicles daily from various parts of the area. The Pathankot-Mandi national highway, near the sabzi mandi, is facing the issue of traffic jams due to parking of these vehicles on both sides of the highway. The market has no adequate space to accommodate plenty of vehicles at a time. Another woe of mango growers is the failure of the Horticulture Department in setting up any procurement centre in Nurpur and Indora, the mango producing areas in Kangra district. The state has announced enhanced support price of mangoes, but the Horticulture Department has failed to set up its procurement centre in this areas. Inquiries reveal that it used to set up the centre on the premises of State Agro Industries Corporation at Jachh in the past. Suresh Pathania, district vice-president of the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, rued that the bumper mango crop had put growers in trouble as there was a lack of buyers of their produce, which had created a glut in local markets. He sought proper and timely marketing arrangement for disposing of the crop. Meanwhile, SC Dhiman, Additional Director, Horticulture, Dharamsala, told this correspondent that the department had set up mango procurement centres at Fatehpur and Raja Ka Talab and admitted that no procurement had been made so far in these centres. He added that no such centres had been opened in Nurpur or Indora areas. |
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Govt has failed to run trauma centre in Bilaspur: Cong
Bilaspur, July 16 Talking to mediapersons here today, Ram Lal, former Health Minister, said during his last tenure as the Health Minister he had appointed a five-man specialist committee led by orthopaedic specialist Lakhanpal of IGMC, Shimla, to assess the necessity and remedial measures for the same. He said the committee had recommended opening of a full-fledged trauma hospital to cope with the rush of accident cases requiring super-specialty services and for saving their lives by immediately attending on them. The committee said such a hospital was essential due to the presence of thousands of trucks of three cement factories in the town, the tourist traffic to Kullu-Manali on these roads and Bilaspur falling at the centre of the state. The traffic to the other districts was also running through this district headquarters. On the recommendation of this committee, a proposal worth Rs 150 crore was sent to the Centre for sanction and approval for the same. Ram Lal wanted to know how and why that proposal was dropped. He said even this centre, which was inaugurated by BJP national general secretary JP Nadda six weeks ago in the Rs 2-crore new building constructed with funds from the Centre, lacked facilities of a trauma centre. He said after remaining locked for some weeks and after the local media raised the issue, now the OPD from adjoining district hospital had been shifted into it. “But is it the trauma centre?” he asked. Ram Lal urged the Chief Minister to appoint specialist doctors, paramedical staff, equipment and machinery and fully equipped and staffed ambulance to justify the location of a trauma centre here so that it could help save lives of accident victims, who are at present being invariably referred to the IGMC, Shimla, or the PGI, Chandigarh.
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HLP leader fires fresh salvo at Bindal
Mandi, July 16 He charged the present Dhumal government as the “most corrupt” and said there was no question of returning to the BJP as the third front had emerged as a political alternative against the BJP and the Congress in the state. After chairing the meeting of the HLP district executive, Maheshwar during a press conference here today said the BJP was a sinking boat as almost all senior founding leaders had deserted it. Taking a dig at Bindal, Maheshwar alleged that the HLP and the third front would move the court as the Dhumal government was shielding the former Health Minister, who allegedly caused a loss of Rs 10 crore to the state exchequer in the purchase of ambulances from a Madhya Pradesh-based firm and the scheme smacked of a scam. The vehicles were purchased as utility vehicles and not as ambulances which gets tax exemption, he claimed and demanded a probe in the matter. Maheshwar, who was accompanied by CPM leader Bhupender Singh, added that the third front would decide its candidates in advance and contest elections on all seats. BJP leader from Mandi Sadar Harish Chander Sharma today joined the HLP along with his over 400 supporters at the venue of the meeting. BJP workers were joining the HLP and the third front as they were not getting due respect in the party, he added. |
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Trials to introduce biodegradable bags in nurseries fail
Shimla, July 16 Under its new policy, the department has decided to plant saplings with a well-developed root system, which takes 18 to 24 months for most of the species whereas some biodegradable bags start decomposing after three months. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests RK Gupta said trials were on and now different kind of jute bags would be tested to find suitable bags. However, until suitable biodegradable bags were available, the department would continue to use polythene bags, albeit recycled black ones. He said good bags were needed for raising the saplings of the desired quality as the policy of the department was to have saplings with a “one-year shoot and two-year root” to help improve the success rate of new plantations. Mud pots could have been an option, but these were too bulky and fragile for safe transportation. However, the department would also explore the possibility of introducing bags made of biodegradable plastic, the latest product, if found suitable and cost-effective. A British company has already developed technology to produce biodegradable plastic, which initially degrades by oxidation triggered off by an additive introduced during manufacture. The technology can help produce plastic bags of specified life time which could be used for growing different varieties of plants. The department raises over five crore saplings every year for which it requires 2.5 crore to three crore bags annually. During the current monsoon season alone, over two crore saplings will be planted to bring about 20,000 hectares under forest. Apart form various forestry species, the department has also decided to plant traditional mango varieties which otherwise could be lost due to the arrival of dwarf varieties and introduce some commercial species like Kashmir willow, michelia champaca (an aromatic shade tree) and sandalwood. |
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Palampur entrepreneurs bring state on emu farming map
Palampur, July 16 Sanjeevan Sharma and Arvind Awasthi of Palampur have made this beginning as part of a farm-diversification venture. Talking to this correspondent in their village, Sharma and Awasthi said it was a lucrative farm-based enterprise suitable for any size of landholding. As farmers were at the receiving end due to the monkey menace and natural calamities, this farming offered a good scope. It was a suitable venture for creating self-employment avenues, which could bring so many people back home for economic and social gains. A lot of land was lying vacant because young people had moved out in search of a livelihood, which could be utilised for economic gains. Dr RS Kishtwaria, a veterinarian of international repute, is the guiding force behind this venture. His vast experience and expertise in wildlife and livestock management and healthcare would be utilised for this purpose. Dr Kishtwaria said emu, a wild bird mainly found in Australia, was domesticated for its high-value oil, meat, egg, skin claws and feathers. The bird belonged to the ostrich family and was termed as “ratite”, a flightless bird which could attain a speed of 60 miles per hour on ground. An adult measured around 6 ft in height and weighed around 50 kg. The bird was aggressive at times and needed careful handling. Its eggs were greenish blue and weighed about 600 gm. A female laid around 50 eggs, depending on the age. A chick weighed 400 gm. An adult bird produced around 20 kg of white meat, which was very nutritious because of its low sodium content, five litres of oil, nine sq ft leather, 500 gm of feather and toe claws, which were used for making various articles. These products fetched a high price in national as well as overseas markets. The birds were fed on commercial feed on the analogy of the poultry industry. However, he said they had to be very cautious about their adaption to the new climate and subsequent health care. This vocation had the potential of making people a job giver rather than a seeker. He said many persons from this region, who were doing well in the corporate sector in metropolitan cities, had approached him to start this venture. Men Behind the Initiative
Sanjeevan Sharma and Arvind Awasthi of Palampur have set up an emu breeding farm in a small village near Palampur as part of a farm-diversification venture. Their Take
They say it is a lucrative farm-based enterprise suitable for any size of landholding. As farmers are at the receiving end due to the monkey menace and natural calamities, this farming offers a good scope. It is a suitable venture for creating self-employment avenues, which can bring so many people back home for economic and social gains |
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Early varieties of apple hit market
Shimla, July 16 Though officially the season starts from July 20 when a control room is set up at Fagu, the central point for apple-growing areas, fruit from lower heights is fetching very good prices. Last year, the production was around 1.37 crore boxes. However, the quality of fruit was of high grade and growers, despite less production, had managed to get good returns. An apple box of 10 kg is fetching anything between Rs 800 and Rs 1,000 in the Dhalli vegetable and fruit market. So far apple from Khadrala, Theog and lower parts of Jubbal, Kotkhai and Rohru has started arriving in the market with the season still picking up. With the early arrivals fetching very handsome prices, the growers are keen on sending their produce to the market as early as possible. Fruit, which has been saved from the vagaries of nature and is of a high standard, will fetch very good prices this year as extensive damage has been caused due to repeated hailstorm and a long dry spell, especially in the lower belts. In 2010-11, the highest-ever production of 4.46 crore boxes of apple was recorded which created a glut, resulting in the prices falling. The lowest-ever production of apple was in 1999 when barely 49 lakh boxes were produced. This year the government has tried to encourage the growers to switch over to the standard universal carton instead of the telescopic carton to minimise damage to the crop and ensure good prices. “There is no binding on growers to use the standard universal carton. If they are using the telescopic carton, not more than 20 kg must be put in a box to ensure that the fruit does not get damaged during transportation,” said an official. The state government had announced that transportation of apple would be started from Prala, where a new marketing yard was to be set up. However, growers point out that there has hardly been any progress and this year too they will have to transport apple to the market themselves from the same old route. |
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Trustees agree to settle pending issues
Kuldeep Chauhan Tribune News Service
Kullu, July 16 According to sources, three trustees - Russian Ambassador Alexander Kadakin, who is a lifetime trustee, Deputy Commissioner, Kullu, Amitabh Awasthi, who is the treasurer of the trust, and Director, HP Art, Language and Culture Department, Rakesh Kanwar, a member of the trust, held brief discussions at Naggar last evening. They decided to convene a meeting of the trust soon to settle all pending issues. The trustees had come to Naggar to celebrate the 20th anniversary celebrations of the IRMT, which concluded on Sunday. Though there are 17 trustees of the IRMT, most Indian trustees were conspicuous by their absence. Many senior officials from the Russian Embassy were present. A team from the International Centre of the Roerichs, Moscow, currently engaged in the preparation of an inventory of the museum and Kullu ADM Kamal Saroj also participated in the event. The Kullu Deputy Commissioner said they had agreed to appoint two curators, one from Himachal and one from the Russian side, to manage the affairs of the trust. Earlier, the Russian Ambassador, during his address at the inauguration of the IRMT’s 20th anniversary celebrations, defended Alena Adamkova, the IRMT’s controversial curator, and praised her contribution to the museum and the trust.
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Oberoi Clarke’s closes for
three months
Shimla, July 16 The hotel is located barely 200 m from the High Court on the Mall and has a majestic view of the town, especially during the night. Officials at the hotel confirmed that a decision had been taken to suspend bookings for three months and the guests staying there currently were gradually checking out. They pointed out that the main access to the hotel had given way, causing inconvenience to the guests in approaching the hotel. It was in early June that the road below the hotel gave way as digging work was underway for the construction of the Lawyers Chambers. A pedestrian path which had been constructed to facilitate commuters also collapsed following landslides triggered by heavy rain during the past week. The hotel staff claimed that cracks had started appearing in the road and the boundary of the hotel in May itself, but heavy monsoon rain triggered a series of landslides causing further damage to the property and affecting business. They said the hotel would reopen only after the monsoon when the access road was ready. |
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Development to be BJP’s poll plank, says Jaju
Bilaspur, July 16 Jaju said the BJP would go to the elections in HP and Gujarat on the basis of its unique achievements as Gujarat had made a name in the country for good governance while HP had an unprecedented record of getting 67 national awards in various fields. Jaju claimed that the BJP was a “one-unit party” while in the Congress, party leaders were fighting day in and day out for chairs. “Our cadres are in high morale and people of the state are fully satisfied with the government,” Jaju added. The national general secretary said there was no “parivaar vaad” (nepotism) in the BJP and it was totally based on cadres. He said the BJP had 170 MPs and 850 MLAs in the country and barring one or two of them, all had won on merit and for working among the masses. Jaju was categorical that party tickets would not automatically drop into laps of aspirants as popularity among masses, commitment to the party and ability to win would be decisive. He said the BJP rally at Mandi on July 22 would be addressed by Opposition leader Arun Jaitley and top leaders of the state. He said all workers of the state would launch door-to-door campaign from August 10 to 20 to apprise people regarding the BJP government’s achievements and the Central government’s failures.
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CPM condemns lathi charge on protesters at Jogindernagar
Mandi, July 16 After a brief scuffle with the police, activists managed to torch the effigy. Policemen relented considering the number of protesters raising anti-government slogans there. CPM district general secretary Bhupender Singh and state CPM member and Jogindernagar CPM leader Kushal Bhardwaj alleged that policemen had manhandled the protesters and resorted to lathi charge to quell the democratically led protest today. They demanded a probe in the lathi charge and action against the erring policemen. Bhupender said activists of the CITU, CPM and Kisan Sabha had been demanding regularisation of PWD workers who had completed more than 10 years in service, but the state government had turned a blind eye to their genuine demand. The CPM warned that if the government did not accept their demand, more effigies of the Chief Minister would be torched throughout the state. SP Abhishek Dular dismissed the CPM charge saying that the police did not lathi charge the protestors, rather the police was video recording the protest to prevent an untoward incident at the spot. No FIR was lodged in the case as there was no complaint, he added.
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Cong sets up 21-member campaign committee
Shimla, July 16 Virbhadra Singh was appointed chairman of the campaign committee by the high command soon after he resigned as Union Minister last month and today the members of the committee were named. Sukhwinder Singh, who represents the Nadaun Assembly constituency, was made its convener. Anand Sharma, Kaul Singh, Vidya Stokes, Viplove Thakur, Dhani Ram Shandil, GS Bali, Sat Mahajan, Shiv Kumar Upmanyu, Chander Kumar, Harsh Mahajan, Ram Lal Thakur, Rangila Ram Rao, Kuldeep Kumar, Kamla Prarthi, Thakur Singh Bharmouri, Lajja Ram, Sudhir Sharma, Virender Chauhan and Madhu Sood have been made members of the committee. The secretaries are Amit Pal Singh, Sajjad Mirza, Kewal Pathania, Sohan Lal, Karnesh Jung, Surinder Walia, Namita Chaudhary, Amit Nanda, Ajai Solanki, Rakesh Chaudhary, Pawan Nayar, Krishan Pal Sharma, Rajneesh Khimta, Manmohan Katoch, Sushila Negi, Ajai Verma and Kuldeep Pathania. |
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Crop insurance scheme to be introduced in Sirmaur
Shimla, July 16 A spokesman for the Agriculture Department said a decision in this regard was taken up at the meeting of the state-level crop coordination committee held under the chairmanship of the Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture, here today. He said farmers who were keen to raise loan for maize, paddy, potato and ginger crops during the Kharif season could insure their crops by September 30, 2012, and the scheme was mandatory for such farmers. The scheme was optional for non-loanee farmers, for whom the last date for insurance was July 31. He said the insurance cover on general coverage for maize crop was from Rs 15,900 to a maximum of Rs 29,700 per hectare, for paddy from Rs 12,200 to Rs 22,900 per hectares and for ginger from Rs 1,00,400 to Rs 3,87,200 per hectares. The rate of premium for insurance cover for maize was 2.50 per cent and 4.60 per cent, for paddy 2.50 per cent and 5.20 per cent and for ginger 1.80 per cent and 5.10 per cent. The government was providing 50 per cent subsidy on premium to small and marginal farmers, he added. |
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Thieves decamp with valuables worth Rs 2.5 lakh
Mandi, July 16 Though a villager caught hold of a thief, the latter, along with his seven accomplices, escaped under the cover of darkness before other villagers could gather there to catch them. Bhumi Singh, Luder Singh, Kundan Singh and other villagers said the thieves were so emboldened that they unlocked the rooms and sat inside and drank liquor, took trunks, cupboards etc outside and broke these open taking away valuables and cash. The incident took place at around 1 am to 2 am. CPM leader Kushal Bhardwaj, who visited the village today, said the police had yet to arrest the thieves as it reached there after 11 am. The police should beef up security and villagers should be compensated for the loss, he demanded. SP, Mandi, Abhishek Dular said the police team was dispatched to the village soon after they received the complaint. But as the area was remote, they had to trek to the spot, he added.
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Anupam Kher to hold acting workshop
Shimla, July 16 It will be a part-time workshop comprising two separate batches in the day, with morning session from 9 am to 11.30 am and evening session from 5.30 pm to 8 pm. The workshop will be open for all those aged 8 years and above, but the number of seats will be limited and admissions carried out on first-come first-serve basis. If there are sufficient number of children, a separate batch will be run for them during day time. The registration fee for the workshop will be Rs 5,000. The certificate for participation will be awarded by Actor Prepares and the workshop will culminate with a performance at the Gaiety Theatre. The Gaiety Dramatic Society has been registered to provide a platform to artises of the state. It has entered into an MoU with Actor Prepares and the workshop will be made an annual feature. Interested candidates can get forms from the Gaiety Theatre complex.
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BJP not afraid of Virbhadra’s threats, says Satti
Shimla, July 16 In a statement issued here today, Satti said imposition of the election code of conduct and deciding the date for the poll was the prerogative of the Election Commission of India. “The BJP does not fear imposition of code of conduct as we have worked throughout the over four-year term unlike the Congress, who cried foul when they lost the last four months due to early poll,” said
Satti. He also lashed out at the Congress leader for threatening officials, including IAS and IPS officers. “Neither the BJP nor Rajeev Bindal is afraid of his threats that cases will be registered against them when Congress comes to power,” he
said. Satti advised Virbhadra to stop issuing such threatening statements as neither the Congress high command nor the people of the state would accept him as long as he does not get a clean chit from court in the CD case in which charges have been framed against him. |
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Farmers rue govt apathy
Nurpur, July 16 The sangh, while alleging that the state government was adopting indifferent attitude towards the farming community, demanded lifting of ban on the export of timber and firewood of trees grown on land owned by farmers. The ban should be lifted as wood consumption in the state was meagre, it said. The sangh also underlined the need to waive off power bills of those farmers who were using electricity for irrigation purposes and asserted that the Punjab Government was giving free power to farmers for irrigation. It also demanded to reduce the limit of ownership of agricultural land from 50 to 10 kanals for those farmers who intended to take the facility of irrigation from government’s irrigation schemes. It also underlined the need to organise agriculture awareness camps at the panchayat level to educate farmers about the farm technology in the state.
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Lecturers back St Bede’s College staff, hold protest
Mandi, July 16 President of the HP Non-Government College Lecturers Association CP Kaushal condemned the “stubborn attitude” of the college management towards the teaching and non-teaching staff of St Bede’s College, who are on strike for the past one week over the reduction in their EPF contribution from 12 per cent to a mere Rs 780 per month, the bare minimum level. The staff of four government-aided colleges - the MLSM, Sundernagar, the DAV, Kangra, the DAV, Kotkhai and SDVS College, Bhatoli - are with the striking employees of St Bede’s College and management should restore their EPF contribution to the earlier level, the association demanded. He said teachers did not attend classes from 11 am to 1 pm today in support of the agitating staff. |
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Pensioners seek benefits on Punjab pattern
Chamba, July 16 In a press statement here yesterday, state spokesperson of the association PC Oberoy sought medical allowance on a par with Punjab from October 2003 and sufficient funds to all the heads of departments to clear the backlog of medical bills. He demanded one-month basic pension after every two years for visiting religious shrines; the implementation of the orders of the Central government of February 2010 by which the pension had been increased; and 5, 10, 15 and 25 per cent increase in the pensions at attaining the age of 65, 70, 75 and 80 years, respectively. |
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Boy dies of snakebite
Bilaspur, July 16 Though Ambulance 108 was informed, it arrived late. Some youths had already rushed the patient to the Regional Hospital here on a motorcycle. Vishal was declared brought dead by the doctor on duty at the Regional Hospital here. Village elders, led by gram panchayat president Meena Devi, have regretted that though so many people in the district die of snakebites during rainy season every year, yet he government has not made available anti-snake venom injections at its health and community health centres. Most of the patients who are rushed to the Regional Hospital from far-off stations in the district die on way to this hospital.
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Dates for registering names extended
Hamirpur, July 16 Giving this information here today, district election officer-cum-DC, Hamirpur, Rajinder Singh Thakur said in this district, voters who had any objections or been left out could register themselves in the voters’ list at offices of voters registration officers (SDMs) in Bhoranj, Badsar, Nadaun, and Hamirpur and in the offices of assistant election officers (tehsildars and naib tehsildars). All eligible persons having attained the age of 18 years on January 1, 2012, can register as voter in the voters’ list till July 18 now. Voters can get registered by applying on Form 6 and 7 and corrections can be made through Form 8. — TNS
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Residents want power project site shifted
Chamba, July 16 They say the project would affect their agriculture and horticulture. Their natural water sources would also be hit. They say the project should be constructed on the right bank of the river to avoid any damage to the inhabited tract. The 180 MW Bajoli-Holi Hydroelectric Project is proposed to be constructed on the Ravi in Bharmour subdivision of Chamba district. At a meeting, the local Nayagran panchayat has rejected the proposal |
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BJP holds training camp
Sundernagar, July 16 While addressing the gathering, he said workers were the backbone of the party. The BJP government had done a lot for the development and uplift of all sections of society. He appealed the workers to work hard so that the BJP government would return in the state in the Assembly poll. Earlier, Jairam
Thakur, Panchayati Raj Minister inaugurated the training camp. Dile Ram, Nachan BJP MLA and Chairman of the Finance Commission, said the BJP was organising such training camps in every Assembly segments. General secretary of state BJP Ram Swarup also spoke. |
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Don’t mislead media over ticket: Cong
Chamba, July 16 In a press statement here yesterday, the DCC spokesperson said the allotment of party ticket came within the purview of the party high command. He said the party ticket would be allotted at an appropriate time by the Congress high command. |
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Pilgrims throng Bharmour
Bharmour, July 16 A number of pilgrims from the adjoining areas of Kullu and Lahaul-Spiti have started arriving in the tribal township of Bharmour. Many pilgrims visited the Chaurasi temples in Bharmour. They will now undertake a steep mountain climb to have a glimpse of Mount Kailash, the abode of Lord Shiva, situated at an altitude of 5656 metres. Mount Kailash is clearly visible to the devotees from the Manimahesh lake, situated at an altitude of 4,170 metres.
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Shimla, July 16
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Chamba, July 16
The BJP has geared up its activities expecting early Assembly poll. State convener of the party Shyam Jaju addressed a training camp today, which was attended by 700 workers of the BJP Nachan Assembly segment.
While addressing the gathering, he said workers were the backbone of the party. The BJP government had done a lot for the development and uplift of all sections of society.
