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Govt mulls 24-hour power supply with additional cost
ROAD ACCIDENTS
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Akademi organises declamation contest
December 2 rally to be acid test for Bishnoi
Convocation ceremony held by GITM
School holds art exhibition
HAU signs MoU with co.
Placement drive for MBA students
Cop gives tips to women on their safety
Greetings posters deface city walls, public places
DECLINE IN LEVEL OF SUBSOIL WATER
School celebrates annual day
Rs 161 cr spent on education in Mewat
Growers not happy over sugarcane price
Sonepat town to become free from traffic congestion soon
Honour for HAU don
Moot Court competition held
DEVELOPMENT OF VILLAGES
Over 5.5 lakh residents screened for cancer, diabetes
Plea to name varsity after Lord Vishvakarma
Khemka-inspired book on myriad topics makes waves
Sonepat village starts drive to save girl child
Govt making efforts to propagate Punjabi, says Chattha
Floral boutique opened
Observe road safety measures: VC
Gohana students meet President
Golden jubilee of Rezang La battle
1,500 cases settled in lok adalats
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Govt mulls 24-hour power supply with additional cost
Karnal, November 19 However, the willing consumers would be required to pay Rs 2 to 2.50 per unit extra for availing round the clock supply, he said while interacting with public representatives here. He said the exact amount of additional cost per unit would be decided by the HERC. The CMD said the distribution companies intended to supply more power to all categories of consumers and supply hours to be linked with losses, with areas having minimum losses would be given extra power. The rural feeders having 25 per cent or lesser losses would be supplied power on urban mode and villages interested in having power on urban mode would be required to bring down the losses and the villages would be required to have 100 per cent connections and to go for shifting of meters outside the premises. The corporations would increase supply hours in proportion to reduction of losses on that particular feeder, Singh added. He said information regarding planned shut downs, load restrictions, power cuts and breakdowns would be given to municipal councillors, sarpanches, resident welfare associations, industry associations to avoid inconvenience. The CMD also said the distribution companies would launch a statewide maintenance campaign from December 1 under which maintenance of high tension and low tension lines, transformers, sub-stations, replacement of iron poles and worn out cables would be carried out to facilitate uninterrupted power supply during summer and paddy seasons. Singh said losses in rural areas of Karnal district were between 40 to 85 per cent, which was a cause of concern and urged the public representatives to help the distribution companies in bringing down the losses.
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Every 6 seconds, someone is killed or hurt on world’s roads
Sushil Manav Tribune News Service
Sirsa, November 19 According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States, road crashes are the leading cause of death in people aged between five to 34 years in the United States. In India, the position is even worse, given the condition of roads and the traffic sense prevalent amongst people. The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims was first observed by Road Peace in 1993 and has since been held by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in many countries. On October 26, 2005, the United Nations endorsed it as a global day, to be observed on the third Sunday of November each year. In Sirsa, the Road Safety Organisation, an NGO working in the direction of encouraging safety on roads, organised a function to commemorate the day in the Police Lines recently. Rajshree Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police, who was chief guest of the occasion, urged people to follow traffic rules to save precious lives from being lost on the roads. She said life is too precious to be wasted for the undue hurry of a few minutes. “By breaking traffic rules to save a few seconds, we not only put our own lives in danger, but also endanger the lives of others,” Singh said. She called upon people to inform police about the accidents on helpline 1073 and assured that the police would not harass anyone, who helped accident victims reach hospitals. She urged vehicle users to drive at a slow speed during the coming foggy weather. Singh said the district police would hold seminars and workshops in schools, colleges, bus stands and taxi stands to create awareness among people on traffic issues. Students of Maharaja Agarsen Senior Secondary School presented a skit to convey the message of road safety. Sultan Singh and Ravinder Sinwar, both DSPs, Hoshiari Lal Sharma, a senior Congress leader, Anand Bayani and members of the RSO were present on this occasion.
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Akademi organises declamation contest
Sirsa, November 19 More than 50 schoolchildren participated in the contest. Sukhchain Singh Bhandari, director of the Haryana Punjabi Sahitya Akademi, said the contests were organised to inculcate interest of Punjabi language among students. He said such programmes were being organised in all such schools of Haryana, where children studied Punjabi. Children recited poems and delivered lectures on varied subjects like female foeticide, dowry, environmental degradation and patriotism. Speaking on the occasion, Bhandari said the Haryana government had been promoting Punjabi culture and literature, as Punjabi was the second language of He said the government had taken a decision to appoint 502 Punjabi teachers in the state for promoting teaching of Punjabi language in schools. In the declamation contest, Pooja, Shilpa and Amandeep secured the first three positions, respectively. In poetic recitation competition, Sooraj, Paramjit and Santosh got the first three positions, respectively. Narain, Yogesh, Harmeet, Kulwant and Rupender were given consolation prizes and a certificate each.
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December 2 rally to be acid test for Bishnoi
Sirsa, November 19 The HJC has announced to hold a massive rally on its 5th installation day on December 2 in Sirsa and the party has selected the same venue for its public meeting where the Congress organised rallies for Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in 2009. While the success of Sirsa rally can catapult Bishnoi on the centre-stage of opposition politics in the state, a flop show can cost him very dearly in his endeavours to present himself as an alternative to the Congress in the next Assembly polls. Written off by his rival repeatedly ever since he launched his party on December 2, 2007, Bishnoi’s supporters hail him as the tallest non-Jat leader of Haryana. Bishnoi’s HJC won six out 90 seats in 2009 - the first general election contested by the party after its inception in 2007. However, five of them deserted him to join Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s bandwagon to get a share in power. The MLAs who crossed over to the ruling party are now facing proceedings before the Assembly Speaker and the tough stand taken by the Punjab and Haryana High Court and the Supreme Court has brought hope for an early decision on the issue. The action of his MLAs has undoubtedly generated sympathy for Bishnoi. Though his party finished much behind the main opposition party in the state, the Indian National Lok Dal, which won 32 seats in the 2009 elections, Bishnoi has to his credit having scored victory over the INLD’s senior leader Ajay Singh Chautala twice, first in 2004 for Bhiwani parliamentary seat and then in 2011 for Hisar parliamentary seat. Bishnoi, in fact, has won all the elections he has contested, 1998 Assembly election from Adampur, 2004 parliamentary election from Bhiwani and 2011 parliamentary bypoll from Hisar. His wife Renuka Bishnoi also won a bypoll for the Adamapur Assembly seat held in November 2011, though Bishnoi had his share of defeats, too, when his mother Jasma Devi lost to her Congress rival Sampat Singh in 2009 Assembly polls from Nalwa Assembly constituency. By holding a successful rally at Sirsa, the stronghold of the INLD, Bishnoi wants to prove that his party’s support is not just limited to Hisar or Bhiwani, where he has won elections. “Our party has already held big rallies in Rohtak, Rewari, Karnal, Jind and Bhiwani. Now, after this rally, people will know well which party is going to offer a viable alternative to the Congress in the coming elections,” claims Bishnoi. “In the past, whenever a non-Congress government has come to power in the state, it has come with the support of the BJP. This time, we have been working in close coordination with the BJP and its senior leaders Nitin Gadkari and Sushma Swaraj will also be attending the Sirsa rally,” Bishnoi adds. Bishnoi’s claims notwithstanding, political analysts are watching with interest as to whether he can present a good show in the INLD’s bastion and if yes, will this in any way help Bishnoi improve his party’s prospects in the coming elections.
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Convocation ceremony held by GITM
Ambala, November 19 Dr Kapoor said the convocation ceremony was a day of dignity for the students. He was immensely pleased while awarding the degrees to the meritorious students. He also mentioned that a degree holds an important place in the lives of students as they start their careers. While welcoming the guests, Dr AP Singh, the director of GITM apprised the guests with the achievements of the institute. The passing out students shared their views and experiences at the meet. Prof Jagmohan Oberoi extended the vote of thanks to the chief guest and managing committee members. On this occasion Chatar Singh Kashyap, chairman of the institute, Narendra Bindra, senior vice-president, Subhash Gaur, general secretary, Director Dr AP Singh, Director Dr Roshan Lal, Director Dr Upma Sharma, Prof Himanshu Gaur, Prof Vikas Dhawan, Sachin Gambhir, Director of finance, Prof Sameer Sharma, Prof Narendra Rana, Prof Gurbir Singh, Prof Vishal Garg, Prof BB Bhatiya, Dr Ekta Anand, Atul Gupta, Sanjeev Kumar, Rjit Vij, Ankita Divedi, Ravikant Jaiswal, Madhu Vasisth, Salil, Amit Ahlawat were present.
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School holds art exhibition
Cheeka, November 19 About 900 projects from different subject were displayed at the exhibition. Addressing the gathering, the chief guest said, “These activities enhance the knowledge of the students”. The best entries were awarded by the judges. Jasreen bagged the first prize, Manya and Malvika were the runners-up and Karamjeet and Kuber were the second runners-up in science model contest. Aman got the first position, Ramandeep was the runner-up and Kuldeep was the second runner-up in social science model contest. Ramneek got first position, Tanya was runner-up and Aditi was the second runner-up in art and craft competition.
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HAU signs MoU with co.
Hisar, November 19 Dr JS Dhankar, director of research on behalf of CCSHAU and Julee Kumari on behalf of YS Sons Agrotech signed the MoU. According to Dr Dhankar, the university will get a sum of Rs 4 lakh in lieu of this agreement. — PTI
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Placement drive for MBA students
Ambala, November 19 The short listed students from pre-placement talk appeared for written test and HR interviews. Finally, three students were selected and who will start their career as business development executive. Managing Director of E-Max Group of Colleges Pradeep Aggarwal said during the completion of the programme, the institute helped the student in exploring placement opportunities by inviting various companies to the campus.
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Cop gives tips to women on their safety
Kurukshetra, November 19 He said eve-teasing could be controlled easily if girls did not hesitate and at once reported the matter to the police. Girls had to come forward and help the police in nabbing the eve-teasers, he added. The cases of rapes, chain snatching and domestic violence could be minimised if the victims became bold and learn the techniques of self-defence, he advised. He was of the opinion that the security of public was not only the duty of the police, but the responsibility of each and every citizen. The general public should cooperate with the police in preventing crime especially against women. Instead of becoming a mute spectator, the public should become proactive and at once report the matter to the police, he suggested. The SHO also answered the questions raised by the girls. The students resolved to help the police in maintaining law and order in the town. Meenakshi Chhabra, Principal of the school, assured the SHO of full cooperation to the police in curbing crime in the town.
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Greetings posters deface city walls, public places
Rohtak, November 19 “There are over hundreds of posters and banners put up by political activists or their supporters on each of the main roads in the town,” claimed Yoginder Dahiya, a social activist. He said though this amounts to violation of norms publicised by the civic administration itself earlier, but no action has been taken so far. Alleging that such violations go scot-free mainly due to the fact that these were indulged in by political persons and many of them belonged to the ruling party, he said the authorities did not dare to even issue a notice to such offenders. According to Virender Singh Phogat, another local resident, the trend of putting up posters by political aspirants had become the order of the day as such persons do not let go of any opportunity as they wanted to project themselves as leaders or important public figures in a locality or the town as they put photos of some of the prominent persons of leaders so that the officials concerned do not take any action against them. “The Divali festival recently and the upcoming New Year has prompted a large number of persons to put up greetings posters on any available space,” said Raj Kumar, another resident.
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DECLINE IN LEVEL OF SUBSOIL WATER Nawal Kishore Rastogi
Rewari, November 19 While the Khol block has already been officially denominated as a dark zone where exploitation of underground water stands restrained, there are reports that the level of the subsoil water in most of the villages has gone beyond a depth of 500 feet. It is all the more worrisome that the underground water in these villages has turned brackish as well as fluoride-blended, which is neither fit for human consumption nor drinkable for cattle. Thus while the problem has assumed worrisome proportions in Nandha, Balwari, Majra, Peethrawas, Mailawas, Dhamlawas, Sundroj, Gumina, Rajiaki, Goliaki, Bohatwas Ahir, Shahbazpur, Pranpura, Mamadia and various other villages of the block, the situation in Nandha and several other villages has assumed such urgency that the villagers are hard pressed to buy drinking water from private tankers for Rs 5 per pitcher. The elders of these villages complained ruefully that when authorities were were in the know of the things, initiation of any tangible steps to remedy the situation was not in sight.
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School celebrates annual day
Kurukshetra, November 19 Dr Ram Prakash, MP, was the chief guest, while Prof Reicha Tanwar, director, Women Studies Research Centre, Kurukshetra University, was the guest of honour. After inaugurating a Yoga Bhawan, Dr Prakash called upon the students to work hard to compete with others. Moreover, hard work was the key to success, he added. He also released the fourth edition of the school’s magazine. Addressing the students, Prof Tanwar hoped that the state government should open such gurukuls in the state to impart moral, religious, spiritual and day-to-day education along with the knowledge of science and technology. The students presented a culture programme, including Haryanavi, Himachali, Bihari and Nepali dances as well as yoga and karate. They also presented one-act plays ‘Lakdi ki Kathi’ and ‘Madhuban Mein Kanhaiya’. Director of the school Savitri Batra presented the report of the school, while principal Sarita Mehta read out the annual report.
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Rs 161 cr spent on education in Mewat
Chandigarh, November 19 While over Rs 139 crore has been spent on the construction of buildings under the Sarva Sikhsha Abhiyan and for the distribution of free of cost bicycles and books among students, Rs 8.12 crore has been spent on the renovation and construction of boundary walls of primary and secondary schools. An official said Rs 4.86 crore had been spent on the construction of classrooms, boundary walls and maintenance of Government Senior Secondary Schools and Government Secondary Schools. He said under the incentive scheme in the district, Rs 4.49 crore had been given to 18,543 students belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Rs 5.20 crore to 35,386 students belonging to Backward Classes and Rs 4.30 crore had been distributed among 30,214 student living below poverty line. He said Rs 1.80 crore had been given for the modernisation of private schools and ‘madrasas’ in the district. He said about Rs 1.20 crore had been spent on civil works in five Model Sanskriti Schools of the district. As many as 967 beneficiary students had been given scholarships amounting to Rs 13.70 lakh, he added. He said 34 new primary schools had been opened in the district. He said 220 primary schools of the district had been upgraded to the level of secondary schools. As many as 1,587 primary teachers had been appointed from 2005-06 to 2011-12, he added
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Growers not happy over sugarcane price
Chandigarh, November 19 The government had announced Rs 251, Rs 240 and Rs 235 per quintal of early, mid and late varieties of cane for 2012-13, against Rs 231, Rs 226 and Rs 221 for these varieties last year. Sugarcane growers feel that the cost of production had increased manifold over one year, so they should have been paid more, particularly in view of the prevailing high sugar prices. Urging Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to reconsider the sugarcane prices, former secretary of the Haryana Congress Satpal Kaushik has written that the rates should be at least Rs 275, Rs 270 and Rs 265 per quintal of the early, mid and late varieties. He said last year Uttar Pradesh had fixed Rs 250 per quintal while the highest price paid by Haryana was Rs 231 per quintal. He said the early variety, for which the government had fixed Rs 251 per quintal, was already fetching Rs 260 per quintal from gur and shakkar manufacturers. This rate would further go up when the sugar mills would start their operations. Kaushik said if the farmers were not given remunerative rates, they would divert from sugarcane cultivation from next year, which would result in shortage of raw material for the sugar mills. He said the early variety of cane was just 4 per cent of the total quantity of cane received by the mills, while 90 per cent cane was of mid variety. The late variety constituted only 6 per cent. Urging the Chief Minister to revise the cane prices, Kaushik said since he (Hooda) belonged to a farming family, it was unthinkable that he would deliberately ignore the interests of the farmers. Kaushik said the Chief Minister must have been misled by the bureaucracy.
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Sonepat town to become free from traffic congestion soon
Sonepat, November 19 PWD authorities said the construction work of the RoB at a level crossing in the centre of the town had been going on for the past 10 months and it was expected to be completed by the beginning of 2014. The proposal of four-laning of an RoB near Atlas Industries had already been approved and the construction work was likely to start soon. The legal process for the acquisition of land for the construction of the first phase of the Sonepat bypass had almost been completed and the farmers affected with it would be given compensation for their land soon. The PWD authorities expected that the first phase of the bypass from the GT road to Kami road near the Sonepat Cooperative Sugar Mill was likely to be completed within a year. The government had also approved widening of the Rohtak road in the town from the Mission Chowk to Kalupur Chungi to ensure free flow of traffic in this congested market road. An amount of Rs 8.22 crore had been sanctioned for this work, which was likely to start soon. Similarly, an amount of Rs 6.74 crore had been sanctioned for the four-laning of the road between old DC road and sector-12. The government had also approved widening of the Purkhas road at an estimated cost of Rs 3.30 crore and work was likely to start soon. The widening work on the Mehlana road had almost been completed.
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Honour for HAU don
Hisar, November 19 The award will be conferred on him during the Third International Agronomy Congress to be held in New Delhi from November 26 to 30. Singh graduated from HAU in 1974 and then did his Maters degree in agronomy from Kanpur University. He returned to HAU and completed his doctoral degree thesis in 1980. He went to the University of California, USA, for advanced training in Water Management in Problematic Soils. He was appointed Assistant Professor at HAU and was promoted as Professor in 1996. He retired last year. During his career, Singh guided four PhD and 11 post-graduate students. In between he served as a Professor of Plant Biology at University of the Americas, Puebla, Mexico for one year. He won the ICAR-sponsored Best Teacher Award of HAU. He is the author of 13 books, 125 research papers besides a large number of review articles in international research publications.
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Moot Court competition held
Hisar, November 19 The participants in the moot court pleaded for death sentence for perpetrators of heinous crimes on the basis of circumstantial evidence instead of irrefutable evidence. The law institutes which participated in the competition are MDU, Rohtak; Shamsher Bahadur Saxena College of Law, New Delhi; CDLU, Sirsa; Geeta Institute of Law, Panipat; BPS Women University, Khanpur Kalan and Law Institute, Gurgaon. Chairman of Jat educational institutions Sunil Lamba said that such competitions trained the students for facing real courts in the future. He said the competition would be held annually.
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Water bills money to be given to gram panchayats
Sushil Manav Tribune News Service
Sirsa, November 19 The responsibility of tube well-based water distribution has been given to the gram panchayat concerned and now all the works related to operation and maintenance of tube wells will be done by them only. J Ganesan, Deputy Commissioner, said in Sirsa alone, the Public Health Engineering Department has handed more than 125 tube wells to the gram panchayats of 81 villages. He said training to the gram panchayats by the Water Supply and Sanitation Organisation regarding water conservation and sanitation would be imparted in the offices of the Block Development and Panchayat Officer at Elenabad on November 20, at Odhan and Bada Guda on November 27 and Nathusari Chaupta on November 30. He said that the department also provided funds every month to the panchayats for the maintenance and functioning of the tube wells. For this Rs 11,000 was given for the maintenance of one tube well, Rs 15,000, Rs 20,000, Rs 24,000, Rs 29,000 and Rs 33,000 were given for the maintenance of two, three, four, five and six tube wells respectively. He said the district administration, Sirsa, would also give away cash prizes ranging from Rs 20,000 to Rs 50,000 along with certificates to all panchayats meeting norms of water conservation. These prizes would be given on the forthcoming Republic Day function, he added.
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Over 5.5 lakh residents screened for cancer, diabetes
Nuh (Mewat), November 19 Under this programme, residents above 30 years of age are being screened for diabetes and hypertension by health workers in these districts. A fortnight to focus on diabetes and heart diseases will be observed from December 16 to 31. Health Minister Rao Narender Singh said nearly 5.50 lakh persons had so far been screened. While 22,782 persons have been found to be suspected cases of diabetes, 36,891 suspected cases of hypertension were also detected. However, India is experiencing a rapid increase in the incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). According to a report of the World Health Organisation (WHO), cardiovascular diseases will be the largest cause of death and disability in India by 2020. Overall, NCDs are emerging as the leading cause of death in the country and account for over 42 per cent of all death according to the Registrar General of India. NCDs cause significant morbidity and mortality both in urban and rural populations, with considerable loss in potentially productive years of life between 35 and 64 years. India has nearly 64 million persons suffering from diabetes and ranks second after China, which has the highest number of people having diabetes. It is estimated that the overall prevalence of diabetes in India per 1,000 persons is 62.47, hypertension 159.46, ischemic heart diseases (IHD) 37 and
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Plea to name varsity after Lord Vishvakarma
Rewari, November 19 While prominent industrialist Giarsi Ram Jangir was the chief guest, Bansi Lal Jangir presided over its proceedings. Similarly while all present paid obeisance to Lord Vishvakarma, the primeval deity of the JBS, a Shobha Yatra was also taken out from the main roads of Bawal town. The convention adopted several resolutions urging the Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, to name the Industrial Complex of Bawal as well as defence university, to be set up at Binola village in Gurgaon district, after Lord Vishvakarma. Besides through another resolution, the conference sought due representation for doyens of the samaj in the Haryana Government while speaking of the samaj’s valuable contribution towards the state’s development vis-à-vis the deep-rooted association of the samaj with the Congress. Similarly while Giarsi Ram Jangir called for consolidation of the samaj, along with enhanced participation of the women in social activities, a prominent young social activist, Dr RK Jangra, exhorted youths to ensure their active participation in political activities while urging all to follow the lofty ideals of Lord Vishvakarma in letter and in spirit. Thus while as many as 90 students, both boys and girls, who had acquired distinction in sports and academics, were awarded citations, a pledge to save the girl child and eschew female foeticide as well as dowry was also administered to the male as well as the female members of the samaj.
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Khemka-inspired book on myriad topics makes waves
Hisar, November 19 Bhardwaj, who has also worked as a journalist with leading newspapers and periodicals, says he has been motivated by, among others, the maverick IAS officer of Haryana cadre, Ashok Khemka. He attributes his frank and forthright analysis of recent events in Haryana in his book to Khemka’s “call a spade a spade” attitude. The book deals with myriad topics, including the Mirchpur incident, in which houses of Dalits were torched by upper-caste villagers, the role of khaps in the rural society, frustration of senior officers with their political bosses and Haryana’s land acquisition policy. He says the Mirchpur incident had led to a sharp polarisation of castes in Haryana which would continue to haunt the Haryanvi society for years to come. The inept handling of the situation by the political and administrative class, he says, was the root cause of the polarisation of castes. The book, “Haryana Ka Samaj Aur Satta” has a chapter devoted to bureaucrats. Bhardwaj is of the view that political interference in the functioning of the bureaucracy during various regimes right from 1966 had led to an exodus of honest and forthright
officers to the Centre. Khemka finds a special mention in this chapter as the officer most shunted about because of his honesty and refusal to do the bidding of the political masters. Bhardwaj wants the Haryana Public Service Commission revamped totally. He thinks that the institution entrusted with selecting officers to man various government departments at the senior level has been reduced to the status of a clearing house for recommendations by the political bosses. The book also deals with the condition of women in Haryana. He wonders why 70 per cent women are anaemic in the state that prides itself for being the land of “doodh and dahi”.
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Sonepat village starts drive to save girl child
Sonepat, November 19 The programme was started by Daya Singh’s son Raj Kumar Ridhau in the memory of his late father a few years ago. Under the programme, besides honouring the senior citizens of the village, an amount of Rs 5,100 is deposited as FD for 18 years in the name of every newborn girl child of a poor family of the village. A ‘Varishth Nagrik Samman Samaroh’ was also organised by the trust in the village recently. In the programme, 650 senior citizens were honoured by Daya Singh’s wife and village sarpanch Bhateri Devi and parents of 10 Ridhau said the programme was started to save girl child and maintain respect of the senior citizens.
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Govt making efforts to propagate Punjabi, says Chattha
Ambala, November 19 On this occasion, the chief guest, Harmohinder Singh Chattha, Finance Minister, Haryana, commemorated the founder of Sikh religion, Guru Nanak Dev Ji, and said that his teachings were as much relevant today as they were in his own time. He appealed to the gathering that they should serve the humanity by following the path of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. He said Haryana had become one of the foremost and most developed states of India in the field of education and sports due to the benevolent policies of the Haryana Government. He said Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had awarded Punjabi language the status of second language and the government was making significant endeavours to propagate this language. Today, Punjabi language was used simultaneously along with English and Hindi as an official language in the Haryana Secretariat, which in itself was a boon for the people of Haryana. Bhupinder Singh Jauhar, chairman of the Khalsa Group of Educational Institutions, introduced the honourable chief guest who is active in politics for the past five decades by describing the selfless efforts made by him in the service of common people. On this occasion, various employees who had served the college for the past 25 years were honoured by Chattha.
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Floral boutique opened
Ambala, November 19 “We are targeting tier
II and III towns and cities and Ambala has been one of the fastest
growing cities of the state. Hence, it becomes imperative for us to
further strengthen our presence in the state with the launch of this
store in Ambala City,” Anil Sharma, vice-president, Retail and
Franchise, Ferns N Petals, said.
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Observe road safety measures: VC
Sonepat, November 19 This was stated by HS Chahal, Vice-Chancellor of the Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal, while addressing the closing ceremony of a nine-day pre-Republic Day NSS camp of seven northern states on the university premises recently. As many as 200 NSS volunteers, including 100 girls volunteers from Haryana, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Delhi and Rajasthan, participated in the camp. "Maximum deaths are taking place in road accidents in the country, therefore, one should observe road safety measures," he added. The Vice-Chancellor gave certificates to the participants. RK Arora, registrar of the university, said discipline and hard work were necessary for achieving goals in life. The occasion was marked by the presentation of a cultural programme by the volunteers.
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Gohana students meet President
Sonepat, November 19 This was stated by students of International Public School, Gohana, after their return to the school. A 10-member delegation of the school, including school chairman Deepak Maan, principal Manju Maan, teachers Kuldeep Kaushik and Sachin Malik and the students, Rinkal, Nikita, Sahil, Nikhil, Saurabh and Chanchal, met the President. During their meeting, the President exhorted them to work hard to achieve Deepak Maan said the pieces of advice given by the President would continue to inspire the students for working hard and to lead a disciplined life. “This meeting with the President will always remain a lifelong memory for us and a historic event for the school,” he added.
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Golden jubilee of Rezang La battle
Rewari, November 19 The battle was fought between the Charlie Company of the 13th Kumaon Regiment and the Chinese army at the Rezang La post in the Chushul Sector of Ladakh on November 18, 1962. In the battle, the country lost its 114 soldiers, including company commander Major Shaitan Singh. Out of the 114 martyrs, 111 were Ahirs and 62 were from Haryana. As many as 1,310 Chinese soldiers were killed in the battle. While Col Ranbir Singh Yadav (retd), patron, Sanjay Rao, chairman, Naresh Chauhan, general secretary, of the RLSS and others paid rich tributes to the heroes of the Rezang La War, the conference also adopted a resolution urging the Union Government to grant a package of Rs one lakh each to the kin of the martyrs on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the historic battle. Valuable contribution made by former Union Minister late Col Ram Singh during the past three decades as the chief patron of the RLSS was also remembered. Besides, 20 war widows were honoured.
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1,500 cases settled in lok adalats
Chandigarh, November 19 "A total of 6,077 cases were taken up in these lok adalats," a spokesman of Haryana State Legal Services Authority said. Out of the total cases settled in these lok adalats, 43 Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) cases were of death or injury arising out of vehicular accidents, where Rs 70,03,500 was awarded as compensation to the accident victims. Also, 1,490 cases of civil and petty criminal, revenue and pending bank loan and those at pre-litigative stage were also settled. People interested in getting their cases settled in the lok adalats, may move an application to the concerned District and Sessions Judge-cum-Chairman or Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, or Additional Civil Judge (senior division) or senior most Civil Judge-cum-Chairman of Sub-Divisional Legal Services Committee under whose jurisdiction the case falls, he said. — PTI
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