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Another pvt institute to get varsity status in state
State Crime Branch to investigate dera row
14,000 visit Red Ribbon Exp in Kurukshetra
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Summit dispels myths on health insurance
5 hurt in truck-jeep collision
Eight injured in road mishaps
Braveheart dies saving fire victims
BEd teacher ends life
Four die as car rolls into canal
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Another pvt institute to get varsity status in state
Chandigarh, December 8 Sources said after approval of the Cabinet, the case would come up in the Assembly to accord university status to the SGT Group. Once approved, the SGT University would be the 28th university in the state. Part of the Dashmesh Educational Charitable Trust, the SGT Group runs several colleges, including medical, management and engineering. Campuses of the group are located near the Sultanpur Wildlife Sanctuary. A senior official said a large number of colleges and universities had put the state, which was earlier dubbed as educationally-backward, in a pride place among other Indian states. It had also helped the state retain students from Haryana, who earlier moved to other states in pursuit of higher education. “Haryana’s proximity to the national capital is proving a boon for the state with a large number of private players setting up universities and colleges in the NCR. This has also resulted in students from other states and even abroad coming to Haryana for higher studies, the official added. Advantage Haryana
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State Crime Branch to investigate dera row
Sirsa, December 8 The police had booked 13 named and 1,500 to 2,000 unnamed dera followers under Sections 148, 149 (rioting), 323 (assault), 341 (wrongful restraint), 332, 353 (assault on public servant to deter from official duty), 307 (attempt to murder), 435 (mischief by fire) and 295 (outraging religious feelings), 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC, Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, Noise Pollution Act and Arms Act in an FIR registered that day. The criminal case was filed on the complaint of Om Parkash Bishnoi, Executive Magistrate, Sirsa. However, the police is still to arrest any person in this connection. The district police had invited flak from both the followers of the dera as well as those opposed to them. While the dera has accused the police of booking innocent persons, including its senior functionaries who were not present at the site of clash, those opposed to the dera alleged that the police was not arresting those named in the FIR. Senior Superintendent of Police Rajshree Singh confirmed today that investigation of the case had been handed over to the State Crime Branch. She said the process of transfer of the case to the State Crime Branch was in progress. |
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14,000 visit Red Ribbon Exp in Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra, December 8 Sandhu said the third phase of the Red Ribbon Express was launched on 12 January on the occasion of the International Youth Day. The train would mainstream the HIV/AIDS issue through 23 states halting at over 162 stations across the country. Talking about the aim and theme, she said to create an environment free of stigma and discrimination faced by people living with HIV/AIDS, this would provide access to services without fear and prejudice. The special adequate efforts had been made to mobilise adolescents and youth through the publicity material and technical guidelines provided in the train, Sandhu added. Sandhu further stated that the communication material regarding AIDS and other diseases were made available in the train. She said there was a dire need to develop an understanding about the infection to reduce discrimination with people suffering from HIV/ AIDS. Sandhu lauded the role and arrangements made by the district administration and the Health Department for the grand show of Red Ribbon Express in Kurukshetra with a target of 25,000 visitors in two days. She called upon the youth of Kurukshetra for the maximum participation. Deputy Commissioner Mandeep Singh Brar said best efforts had been ensured for maximum participation of the people to visit the train. To save the girl child would be the theme of the Kurukshetra Utsav Gita Jayanti Celebrations this year,
he added. Assistant Project Director of the State Aids Control Society Vijay Garg and Civil Surgeon Vandana Bhatia also spoke on the occasion. A police constable was detected suffering from HIV/ AIDS when he went through the test in the train. His name has been kept secret, Bhatia said. |
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Summit dispels myths on health insurance
Gurgaon, December 8 “There is a dire need to mainstream
sanitisation, the way we mainstreamed education,” said Ramesh. Experts opined that due to technological advancements in eye care, techniques were now available to cure late blindness and blindness that had been caused by any kind of trauma or accident. “We have come up with India chapter of the Bionic Eye Project”, said Dr Rajat
Agarwal, co-founder, Bionic Eye Project, Los Angeles. “We are constantly making efforts possible to empower patients and families of patients with retinal ailments and help them make a significant contribution to their own lives and to the lives of people around them through Retina India Foundation, a non-profit organisation solely working with patients with retinal problems,” he added. |
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5 hurt in truck-jeep collision
Jhajjar, December 8 All the injured have been admitted to emergency ward of the PGIMS in Rohtak where the condition of some of them is stated to be critical. The incident took place when the five persons, identified as Saleem, Mahesh, Ram Chander, Ramjaan and Sher Singh, were on their way to Jhhunjhhunu town in the jeep. As the jeep took a turn near Fatehpur village, it collided head on with a speedy truck coming from the opposite direction. All five were rushed to the Civil Hospital in Jhajjar town by some passersby after the incident. They were later referred to the PGIMS in Rohtak following their critical condition. The truck driver managed to flee the spot after the incident. |
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Eight injured in road mishaps
Sonepat, December 8 In another incident, Narender and Ramesh of Khozkipur and Naresh of Jorashi village in Panipat district and Sandeep of Uldepur village were injured seriously when their car overturned after colliding with an auto-rickshaw on the Sonepat- Kanhpur Kalan road near Chatia village.
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Braveheart dies saving fire victims
Jind, December 8 It is learnt that the incident took place around 5.30 am today when one of the women members of the house of trader Sunder Lal Jain went to kitchen and as soon as she lighted the gas stove fire erupted inside the house due to gas leakage from a cylinder. As the family members raised an alarm, their neighbour Saurabh rushed to their help. He entered the house and rescued three of them initially and the cylinder caught fire by then and blasted as soon as he entered the house second time to help the other two members. The impact of the blast was so huge that it made the ceiling come down and fell on Saurabh who got buried under it and died. The other members of the house, however, managed to come out from the back door of the house. |
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BEd teacher ends life
Sonepat, December 8 The family members stated that Ranjana was under stress because she could pass the Haryana State Eligibility Test and the Central Eligibility Test despite appearing in these tests number of times. In another incident, Ram Kumar, who was working in the Delhi Police, was found dead under suspicious circumstances at the gate of his house at Harsana Kalan village. Kumar’s body was found lying near the door when his family members returned after attending a marriage around 1.30 am today. |
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Four die as car rolls into canal
Sonepat, December 8 It is learnt that an i10 car was going towards Chandigarh from Delhi when it fell into the canal while taking a curve on the road along the canal. The deceased include a 15-year-old boy, two men and a woman. Later, the police called a JCB crane, which fished out the car. The police identified one of the victims as Mohammad Azad of Delhi on the basis of a voter card recovered from his pocket.
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