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CONGRESS RALLY IN DELHI ON NOV 4
Students learn to make artificial jewellery
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Opposition protesting against development: Bhukkal
GNIM organises MBA students’ meeting
Workshop on architecture
MDU youth fest concludes
Seminar on quality education
Simplicity of classical music can ‘bring about a change’
Haryana Board of
Tech Education reduces pass percentage
Sanskriti Ke Prahari on bureaucrat released
Industry-related depts to be fully computerised, says Chief Secy
Haryana PWD spends Rs 13,381 cr on roads
Resentment over house tax notices in Ambala
Creating legal awareness through paintings, songs
Khanpur Kalan hospital holds orthopaedics workshop
Conference on viability of green economy
Fillip to India, Japan relations
DU girls win inter-varsity tennis trophy
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CONGRESS RALLY IN DELHI ON NOV 4 Nawal Kishore Rastogi
Rewari, November 1 If the assiduous efforts being made by the father-son duo for the success of the above rally are any indication, the Delhi rally seems to have deeper political contours. It is noteworthy that Deepender recently visited Kosli where he addressed a gathering of party workers of the Kosli region. Stating that while the male activists, with pink turbans and bands, and the women workers, with pink scarves from Haryana, will occupy a conspicuous position at the Delhi rally, he said he wanted workers of the Kosli region to be in the vanguard of the Haryanvis’ bivouac at the rally. Simultaneously launching a scathing attack on stalwarts of the opposition parties who were ventilating dissent against the Central Government’s move to enforce FDI in retail sector, Deepender asserted that they were in the habit of opposing good decisions of the government. Recounting a number of projects which were earlier opposed by these opposition leaders, Hooda specifically mentioned about the Bhakra Dam Project, introduction of computers in the country by the Congress icon, late Rajiv Gandhi, Metro Rail Project establishment of Rajiv Gandhi Education City in Haryana and several other such projects. He said, in a lighter vein, that subsequently these very critics were among the beneficiaries of these projects. Further highlighting the importance of the Delhi rally, he forcefully reiterated that while the Congress was focused on taking the country forward with a progressive agenda, the opposition parties had been indulging in negative politics.
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Students learn to make artificial jewellery
Fatehabad, November 1 Ria Sisodia, an expert in the field, imparted expertise of making artificial necklaces, earrings and other jewellery items to the students of fashion designing. “Artificial jewellery has a great demand among women. Those learning the art of making artificial ornaments can earn handsome profits even by operating from homes,” said Ria, while talking to She said the raw material for artificial jewellery, which was pearls, chakri, corners, hooks nylon thread and some others, were available in the market. “After learning the art, our students can earn handsome profits of 25 to 30 per cent and earn a living for their families,” said Amanpreet Kaur and Rupender Kaur, both lecturers in the department. They said besides this, the students also learnt embroidery, stencil paints, handbags and some other items. Dr Devender Kumar Kaushik, principal of MM PG College, said the college had been running this course for the past many years under the guidance of Jyoti Nagpal, a lecturer in the Home Science Department.
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Opposition protesting against development: Bhukkal
Jhajjar, November 1 Bhukkal was addressing a meeting of Congress party workers in Jhajjar town on Wednesday in the wake of a Congress rally to be held in Ram Lila Ground in New Delhi on November 4. She said the opposition parties in the state had no political and developmental ideology hence they were deliberately making unsuccessful efforts to defame the state government just to get political mileage. “People of the state have already seen regimes of all political parties in the state hence they now fully know the fact that the Congress is the only party which can provide good governance to them and play a constructive role in overall development of the state,” said the minister. Bhukkal maintained that the Delhi rally of the Congress would not only give support to the government’s development policies but would also decide the future ideology in the country. People of Haryana would converge in big numbers in the rally, she claimed. Speaking on the occasion, Member of Parliament (MP) from Rohtak, Deepender Hooda, said the Congress had always ensured development of the country; on the contrary, the opposition had opposed every developmental step. “There are people having faith in the ideology of the Congress and similar parties under the leadership of UPA Chairperson, Sonia Gandhi, and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which is set to take the country forward. Those of negative ideology whose work is only to oppose do not have anything to do with the welfare of the common man and the development of nation,” said the MP. He said it was not only the first attempt by the opposition to oppose Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail, when late Rajiv Gandhi had brought computers to the country, he met with a similar opposition. The MP said the people would gather in a large numbers at the venue of the Congress rally to support all welfare decisions of the Central Government. MLA Raghuvir Singh Kadian and Naresh Sharma, Prof Virender, Raj Singh Jakhar were among those who expressed their views on the occasion.
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GNIM organises MBA students’ meeting
Ambala, November 1 The party started with the lightning of a lamp by Dr AK Bansal, Principal, GNIM, and Virender Mehta, Coordinator, MBA Department. Thereafter, there was a deluge of events like traditional Punjabi dance by Deepika, Simranpreet, Ritika, Satinder & Manpreet, group dance by Neelam, Ritu, Neetu and Anu, Himachali group dance by Anjana, Shivani, Anuradha and Poonam, solo songs by Ankush, Nirmal and Gundeep, solo dance by Amrender, couple dance by Sudipta and Suman. On the basis of overall appearance, performance in activities and question-answer round, Rajni Dhiman was selected as “Ms Evening” and Harmanpreet Singh Kalsi was awarded the title of “Mr Evening”. While Aditya Kumar Butail made it to the title of “Mr GNIM”, Harleen Kaur bagged the title of “Ms GNIM.” Students had great fun dancing merrily on the dance floor together. Principal Bansal stated that the GNIM had already initiated the placement process for final year students in their third semester itself. He said the GNIM, on its part, left no stone unturned to provide the best training facilities to students.
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Workshop on architecture
Ambala, November 1 Artist Anand Shinde from Government College of Fine Arts, Chandigarh, conducted the workshop and demonstrated various techniques of applying colour mediums to express creativity in architecture and gave important tips on effective sketching and graphical representations. He also presented his works which were an eye-opener to the students and a great source of inspiration. Principal Aradhana Jindal appreciated artist Shinde’s efforts to enlighten the students of architecture about the importance of art in architecture.
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MDU youth fest concludes
Sonepat, November 1 According to the college principal, Jyoti Juneja, the college girls won 15 first, 13 second and five third prizes in the festival. As many as 100 students from the college participated in 38 events of the festival. In this three-day festival, the students of the local Hindu Girls College also won 23 prizes, including 10 first, seven second and six third prizes, and remained runners-up in the festival. The students from the local Tika Ram Girls College also won 10 prizes, including three first positions, three second positions and two third positions, in the festival. The students in these colleges were accorded a warm welcome by the college principals, teachers and the students on their arrival in their colleges.
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Seminar on quality education
Karnal, November 1 This was stated by Haryana Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Sharma, while speaking at a state-level seminar on “Quality Education: A Community Goal” organised on the statutory convention of the Haryana College Teachers’ Association (HCTA) at DAV College for Women, here recently. He said the government had taken a major initiative for the all-round progress of the state especially in providing quality education to the masses. Former Dean of Colleges, Kurukshetra, TR Kundu, said quality education was not only the need of the hour but also an effective equaliser, adding that it was the collective responsibility of policy makers, teachers and other sections of society to place it at the centre of economic progress. Expressing HCTA perspective on the theme, president of the HCTA Dr Rajbir Parashar said the parameter of quality education was not merely what the market propagated and approved, instead it had wide ramifications at the cultural level. In the current phase of globalisation, the field of knowledge was internally destabilised and there was an urgent need to protect the diversity of languages and cultures by maintaining ‘ecology of knowledge’, he said. Dr Narender Singh, general secretary, HCTA, presented a detailed report on the contribution of teachers of government-aided colleges of the state to the overall development of higher education in Haryana. He also elaborated the HCTA approach of consistent interface with all the stakeholders. Around 400 delegates from 97 government-aided colleges of the state participated in the seminar. Office-bearers for the next two years were also unanimously elected. Dr Narender Singh was elected as the president, Dr PR Tygi and Dr Surender Rana as vice-presidents, Dr Ravinder Gasso as general secretary, Dr Ram Pal Singh as finance secretary, and Dr Dayanand Malik and Dr Ajay Garg were elected as the secretaries of MDU, Rohtak, and KUK, respectively. Earlier, the general house adopted seven resolutions to be sent to the state government and Vice-Chancellors of various universities in the state. The resolutions included ensuring Rs 15,600+ 6000 AGP as minimum salary and provision of casual leave, academic leave, abortion leave and maternity leave to the eligible guest faculty teachers working in government-aided colleges. Implementation of UGC regulations, including the provision of post of professor in colleges and enhancement in retirement age to 65 years for college and university teachers, were also included in the resolution. The HCTA urged the state government to fill up all the vacant posts of teaching and non-teaching staff by the end the current academic session i.e. June 2013.
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Simplicity of classical music can ‘bring about a change’
Yamunanagar, November 1 While speaking on the occasion, Ghosh said the influx of western and Bollywood music had affected the popularity of the Indian classical music and it was high time that artists should start an awareness campaign to bring the younger generations closer to their rich heritage. He said the need of the hour was to take the Indian classic music to villages and let it grow in the hearts of millions who resided there. Seeking an active participation of the media in helping the trends shift towards classical music, Ghosh said other than writing much about Hollywood and Bollywood songs and movies, the media should also promote classical music. Later the musician, who played sitar along with tabla player Madhuresh Bhatt from Chandigarh, regaled the audience with their extraordinary compositions. Collage principal Dr Sushma Arya said a bright combination of ‘taal’ and ‘raag’ had lighted up the atmosphere and seminar had enabled the students to learn many things about the Indian classical music in an entertaining way. The head of the department of music, Dr Neeta Dwivedi, said the simplicity and clarity of the classical music had the power to immerse human soul into a dawn of awakening.
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Haryana Board of
Tech Education reduces pass percentage
Chandigarh, November 1 In a written communication addressed to all principals of government, government-aided and self-financing polytechnics, the HSBTE said there would be no provision of grace marks from the examinations in 2012-2013, irrespective of any batch, and pass percentage is reduced to 33 per cent from 35. Any notification previously issued regarding grace marks shall stand cancelled, an HSBTE spokesman said here recently. He said a candidate would be declared passed if he or she obtained at least 33 per cent marks in each theory paper and 40 per cent in each practical examination. A student would be promoted to next semester or class irrespective of number of times she reappears in different subjects, but she would not be allowed admission in fifth semester if she had not cleared all the sessions and final theory of exams as well as practicals of first semester. Also,
a student would not be allowed admission in sixth semester if he or she
has not cleared theory and practicals of second semester. All the
students having reappeared in first semester would appear in
November/December 2012 examination as per the new syllabus, he said. —
PTI
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Sanskriti Ke Prahari on bureaucrat released
Kurukshetra, November 1 Mutreja called upon the students to come forward with a motive and achieve the right path and right place in life. He appreciated the role of the festival in providing a platform to the youth. “The theatrical and cinematic life of Lather as an institutional personality working in the nursery of culture has delivered a lot to the state,” Sirohiwall said. The preface of the book is by Rajbir Deswal, Inspector General of Police, CID. Talking to mediapersons, Lather said the book inspired the new generation to move in the right direction.
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Industry-related depts to be fully computerised, says Chief Secy
Faridabad, November 1 Besides, all the departments will announce their respective “citizens’ charter”. The departments will spell out, among others, their jurisdiction and nature of work in their citizens' charter. Chaudhary disclosed the proposed measures during his interaction with local industrialists which was facilitated by the Faridabad Industries Association (FIA). Responding to a suggestion by the FIA for a separate administrative entity in Faridabad to dispose of industry related issues locally, Chaudhary said the proposed administrative mechanism would make the delivery of public services by the departments speedy and effective. According to him, most of the departments which will resort to absolute e-governance mode will be related to industry. "The services to the public would be provided by the departments electronically. Hence, demand for a separate administrative entity with regard to industry is superfluous," he added. Responding to complaints by industrialists, he announced that from the next financial year the industrial units would not have to deposit bank securities at the time of applying for the annual “consent to operate”, which is granted by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB). The revised “consent procedure” of the government, which came into effect from April 1 this year, enjoins on the industrial units to furnish bank securities along with their applications for consent-to-operate. In the new dispensation, in the event of failure of the concerned unit's sample twice, its securities will be forfeited. Responding to a demand for an increase in the number of proposed flyovers on the stretch of Delhi-Mathura National Highway in Faridabad at the time of its expansion, the Chief Secretary assured to take up the issue with the National Highway Authority of India(NHAI). He was accompanied by top government officers, including Additional Chief Secretary, PK Gupta (who also heads the state's Industry Department), Managing Director, HSIIDC, Rajeev Arora, and Chairman and Managing Director of power distribution Utilities, Devender Singh. Speaking on the occasion, FIA president SK Goel, lamented that Faridabad, which once figured among the top 10 industrial cities in northern India, started lagging behind in terms of development. He, however, lauded the present government for providing a number of development projects, including IMT, linking Faridabad with Delhi Rail Metro, and Badarpur flyover.
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Haryana PWD spends Rs 13,381 cr on roads
Chandigarh, November 1 Under the Bharat Nirman Scheme, 3,374 km-long rural roads costing Rs 1,344 have been sanctioned in the state and 3,712 km-long such roads have been repaired at a cost of Rs 1218 crore. The Haryana government has taken steps for the development of road and rail networks in the entire state. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda is ensuring the overall development in the state from Narnaul to Kalka and Palwal to Sirsa and new projects are being implemented for the benefit of all sections of society. The present state government has played an active role in the railway projects under which, the construction work of 81 km-long Rewari-Jhajjar-Rohtak railway line has been completed. The people will be able to avail the facility of train with a modern railway station at Jhajjar by the end of the year. The extension of transport services not only provides traffic facilities to the common man but also generates new avenues of education and employment. The budget of the Public Works Department (Building and Roads) was Rs 715.53 crore in 2004-05, which has been increased to Rs 2,557 crore in 2012-13. As far as Jhajjar district is concerned, the work of four-laning of the NH-71 is being executed on a war footing. The project of construction of road from Gijarod mod to Gwalison on the Jhajjar-Rewari National Highway to be constructed at a cost of Rs 23 crore has been approved.
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Resentment over house tax notices in Ambala
Ambala, November 1 With hundreds of residents of Ambala Cantonment disappointed with the development, the local residents have demanded a probe against officials of the civic body. The local BJP unit and the Local Resident’s Welfare Organisation, Sanjha Morcha, has decided that if the corporation does not withdraw the notices, they will launch a stir against the civic body. Hundreds of owners of residential properties in Ambala Cantonment have received notices to make payment of house tax for 2011-12 within 30 days. The government has already declared to impose house tax on all residential properties above 250 square yard area at the rate of Rs 1 per square yard every year. Onkar Nath and Vijender Chauhan, former municipal councillors, expressed concern over the dual policy adopted by the MC by issuing notices to the house owners by the corporation disobeying the Chief Minister’s order in the Assembly session. Ghasita Ram, house tax superintendent of the corporation, admitted that notices had been served on the basis of old house tax and the amount would be refunded to the house owners later on after holding a survey. The local BJP unit also organised a meeting to discuss the issue in which Ashok Sharma, Narender Bangali, Som Chopra and other office-bearers expressed shock over the statement made by the corporation that the notices had been served to the house owners without conducting a survey. The unit demanded that the Deputy Commissioner should immediately ask the officials to withdraw the notices. The BJP MLA from Ambala Canonment, Anil Vij, said the corporation had failed in implementing the orders passed by the government.
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Creating legal awareness through paintings, songs
Gurgaon, November 1 The Gurgaon DLSA chairman-cum-District and Sessions Judge, Dr BB Parsoon, assigned specific responsibilities to the school principals regarding the programmes being organised during this duration. Orientation programmes for teachers and students were organised on October 31 and November 1. "The objective behind the exercise is to make society aware of the legal issues pertaining to daily life and to underline that the people should not be afraid of law as it is meant for their welfare," he asserted. An interesting aspect of the drive is resource persons giving tips to the teachers and students on creating legal awareness through songs, dances, paintings and other art forms. These programmes are based on five subjects, namely Women Empowerment, Rights of Transgenders, Rights of Senior Citizens, Rights of Juveniles and Role of Legal Services Authority. Gurgaon DLSA secretary-cum-Chief Judicial Magistrate Narinder Kaur said lok adalats, apart from contests and events like slogan-writing, painting, poster-making, poetry-recitation, contemporary dance, collage-making, clay-modelling, rangoli, street-play and declamation would be organised during the extended week. A marathon race for women and girls would also be organised at Leisure Valley Park on the concluding day, she added.
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Khanpur Kalan hospital holds orthopaedics workshop
Sonepat, November 1 The main features of the workshop were scientific lectures and live demonstration of the total hip replacement and hands-on workshop on bone models. Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kuldeep Sharma was the chief guest, while Dr Purshotam Lal, member, Board of Governor, Medical Council of India, was the guest of honour. Dr SS Yadav, former Director of PGIMS, Rohtak, presided over the conference, while Kusum Bansal, Joint Secretary (Finance), Government of Haryana, was the special invitee. On the occasion, live demonstrations of two operations were done. One surgery was done by Dr RC Siwach, director of the medical college, and the other by Dr Shekhar Aggarwal from Delhi. About 150 participants attended the workshop. Dr Shekhar Aggarwal delivered a lecture on pre-operative planning in total hip replacement and Dr Siwach delivered a talk on how to perform the operation. Dr Chander Shekhar Yadav from AIIMS deliberated on various designs available in market and Dr Krishna Kiran from Hyderabad talked about the concept of cementing technique and prevention and management of infection in total hip replacement. Dr Zile Singh Kundu, PGIMS, Rohtak, highlighted the role of mega prosthesis in bone tumour. Dr Jagdish Chander Dureja, professor and head of anaesthesia, BPS Government Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, delivered a talk on post-operative pain management in total hip arthroplasty, which was the most important aspect of any surgery. Dr Siwach, who had performed around 150 joint replacements, claimed that operation theatre and ICU facilities at the institute were on par with any inter-national institute.
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Conference on viability of green economy
Kurukshetra, November 1 The conference was an academic simulation of the UN, where the UN General Assembly (UNGA), the UN Security Council (UNSC) and the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) were replicated. The theme of the conference was “Sustainable Development and the Viability of Green Economy” for the UNGA, “Crises in Syria” for the UNSC and “Censorship of Internet as a form of Violation of Freedom of Speech” for the UNHRC. While inaugurating the conference, Lt-Gen Dr DDS Sandhu, Vice-Chancellor, Kurukshetra University, said the United Nations had been instrumental in maintaining peace, harmony and stability in the world. He shared his views with the participants on the issues of permanent membership of India in the UN Security Council, poverty eradication and misuse of natural resources. Dr Sandhu said the proceedings and newsletter of the conference should be forwarded to other institutes affiliated to the university to encourage them to organise similar conferences. In his welcome address, director-principal of the university Prof PJ George said the aim of the conference was to provide the students a platform where they could enhance their understanding about the UN and its agenda. “Through such conferences, students can improve their research and oratory skills,” he added. In the General Assembly, Shaurya Arora from Chandigarh, Sukhandeep Singh from Dehradun and Pareena Gandhi from Karnal were given the best delegate, high commendation and special mention awards, respectively. In the Security Council, Vikram from Kurukshetra bagged the best delegate award, Utsav from KITM secured the high commendation award and Amulya KITM got the special mention award. In the Human Rights Council, Deepanita from Delhi, Ananya from KITM and Ashu Dhanda from Faridabad were the winners.
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Fillip to India, Japan relations
Ambala, November 1 District Governor of Lions Clubs International District 321A2 Lion Chaman Lal Gupta said here today that he and Eiji Chinen, Chairman of the Okinawa-India Friendship Association, signed the agreement on October 28. He said the agreement was signed to promote Indian culture and to strengthen the relationship between India and Okinawa and it would contribute to the development of culture, economy, tourism and IT industries between the two countries. Gupta said that Eiji Chinen extended his invitation to visit Okinawa (Japan) in March 2013 when an interchange in Okinawa will be held. He said that India and Japan had similarity in several cultural fields and this agreement would help both the countries to exchange their social and cultural values. First Vice District Governor-1 Jagdish Rai Goel, Past District Governors Ajay Kumar Goel and Rajeshwar Kapur, and District Cabinet Secretary Amit Gupta were present on the occasion.
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DU girls win inter-varsity tennis trophy
Sonepat, November 1 In the finals, Delhi University defeated Chandigarh University by 2-0 games. Prerna Bhanwari of DU outsmashed Jaspreet of Chandigarh University (CU) by 6-0 and 6-0, whereas Rishika Sankara of DU outclassed Mundeep of CU by 6-1 and 6-1 in the final games. Kurukshetra University girls bagged the third place after defeating Jamia Milia University, Delhi. The teams from six universities of thezone participated in the championship. After distributing prizes among the winners, Vice-Chancellor of Murthal University HS Chahal said the sports should be an essential routine in the day-to-day life of a youth to achieve all-round personality development. The sports also strengthen communal harmony, social amity and brotherhood in society, he added. “The sports activities play an important role in inculcating a spirit of competition, hard working and positive thinking in life,” he said, adding that the future of sports in the country in general and in Haryana in particular was very bright following the implementation of the new sports policy in the state. The university’s Registrar, RK Arora, sports director, Virender Hooda, professors and faculty members were present on the occasion.
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Movies This Week
Directed by: Sameer Sharma
Débutante director Sameer Sharma has come up with a different film based on food recipe. This comedy film features Kunal Kapoor, Huma Qureshi and Rahul Bagga. It has a different plot and the promos of the film have created a lot of interest among the viewers. Watch it at theatres near you from today at Fun, Nigar (Ambala), Fun, Cinemax (Panipat), PVR MGF, PVR Ambience, PVR Sahara, Big Cinemas, SRS Omaxe, DTCC, DTMM, SRS Wedding, DT Star Mall (Gurgaon), Movie Time, Karnal, INOX, SRS Sec 12, SRS Pristine, SRS Eldeco, (Faridabad), Glitz, Kurukshetra, BMG,
Rewari.
1920: Evil Returns
Directed by: Bhushan Patel Vikram Bhatt, producer of this romantic horror film after an extensive research and zeroed in on a castle situated in the South of Sweden for the movie, “1920: Evil Returns”. This 1920s sequel has a brand new star cast. It has Aftab Shivdasani, Tia Bajpai and Vidya Malvade in the lead roles. This horror film directed by débutante director Bhushan Patel will definitely invoke fear in the audience. “1920: Evil Returns” opens today at KC, Fame Shalimar (Panchkula), Fun, Minerva (Ambala), Sun City, Hisar, Radhika, BMG (Rewari), Glitz-Kurukshetra, Bangar, Satyam (Rohtak), Dimple, Jagadhri, PVR MGF, PVR Ambience, PVR Sahara, SRS Omaxe, DTCC, DTMM, SRS Celebration, Payal (Gurgaon), PVR Crown Plaza, SRS Pristine, SRS City Centre, SRS Eldeco, SRS Shubham, INOX, PM Parsavnath City Mall (Faridabad).
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Sonepat, November 1
‘Sanskriti Ke Prahari’, a book on the life sketch of Anoop Lather, director, Youth and Cultural Affairs, Kurukshetra University, written by Dev Raj Sirohiwall, District Information and Public Relations Officer, was released by Sunil Mutreja, executive director, Amar Ujala Group, Noida, on the third day of 'Ratnawali-2012', a state-level festival, here recently.
Sonepat, November 1
