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24-hour power supply to Khanpur Kalan varsity
Six sportsmen from state win Bhim Award
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Common man can eradicate graft: Lokayukta
The Haryana Lokayukta, Justice Pritam Pal (centre), flanked by Additional Deputy Commissioner Sumedha Kataria (right) and district police chief Rakesh Arya (left), addresses elected representatives of the Panchayati Raj, district officers and mediapersons at the conference hall of Panchayat Bhawan, Kurukshetra. Photo by writer
MUNDKA-BAHADURGARH METRO LINK Officers of Jhajjar and DMRC discuss rail projects at a meeting in Jhajjar. Photo by writer
Meditation camp at Kurukshetra college
Students meditate at a one-day Aan-apan-Sati meditation camp, organised by the
Shri Krishan Institute of Engineering and Technology (SKIET), Kurukshetra, on its premises. Photo: DR Vij
PGIMS short of super-specialist docs: TMC
Souvenir on history of govt-aided colleges
Bhagat Singh’s statue installed in Rewari
A statue of Shaheed Bhagat Singh unveiled by dignitaries at a function held at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Bodia Kamalpur, in Rewari district.
Hundreds of dairies bane of Rohtak residents
Cattle of a private dairy tied on the national highway passing through Rohtak town. Photo: Manoj Dhaka
New High Court Bench for south Haryana soon
Year witnessed closure
of ‘hookah’ bars
Runaway couple faces hurdles at Sirsa protection home
FDI to help in infrastructure development: OSD to Hooda
Panel formed to curb
crime against women
Senior Superintendent of Police Bharti Arora addresses a students’ convention at Government Senior Secondary School, Masani village, Rewari, recently. Photo by writer
Executive Magistrate honoured for contribution to society
Book based on Tagore’s work released
Swami (Dr) Parthasarathy (right) along with Prof (Dr) MM Goel, an economics professor at KU, releases the drama book “Dena-Paona (Debit-Credit)”. Photo: DR Vij
Workshop to enhance teachers’ skills in science
Conference marks golden jubilee
of parishad
IPS celebrates annual day
Kshatriyas want reservation on
economic basis
Cultural extravaganza at college
The super baby of the baby show being awarded by the chief guest at DPS, Yamunanagar. A Tribune Photograph
World
Energy
Conservation Day observed
Night camps a big draw among locals
DC Shekhar Vidyarthi during a camp hears a villager’s problems at Banondi village in Ambala district.
Tribune Photo: Dev Dutt Sharma
Refresher course at KU
Rising cost of education
Software seminar at GNI
Geeta Jayanti festival schedule announced
Elected Nominated
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24-hour power supply to Khanpur Kalan varsity
Sonepat, December 17 While thanking the Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, and officers of the Haryana Bijli Nigam for sanctioning this facility for the university students, Dr Mittal said that around 7,000 students and other academic staff of the university would benefit a great deal from this facility. The university had borne the expenditure of Rs 2 crore for setting up this power substation, she added. The university Registrar, Dr Asha Kadiyan, congratulated the officials of the electricity wing of the university and said this round-the-clock power supply would be of great benefit to the students. It would also save the amount which used to be spent on diesel for running the power-generating diesel sets during power-cut durations, she added. The Executive Engineer of the electricity wing of the university, NK Gupta, said there would not be any problem of power cuts, voltage fluctuations as this substation had been connected directly with the 33 KVA main power line passing near Murlana village. The university’s Controller of Examination, Dr RC Notial, PRO Pankaj Nain and engineers of the electricity wing were also present on the occasion.
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Six sportsmen from state win Bhim Award
Chandigarh, December 17 He said boxer Jitender Kumar would be honoured with Bhim Award for bagging the gold medal in the 24th Senior National Boxing Competition held in Delhi from August 25 and 30, 2007 and a bronze medal in the 24th Asian Senior Boxing Competition held at Mongolia between June 4 and 10, 2007. He had also participated in the Olympic Games held at Beijing, China in 2008 and had won the bronze medal in World Boxing Cup held at Moscow from December 10 to 14, 2008. A wrestling player from Karnal, Nirmala Devi would be honoured with the award for bagging the gold medal in Commonwealth Wrestling Competition held in London from June 16 to 17, 2007, in the 10th senior national wrestling competition held in Udaipur, Rajasthan, between December 15 and 18, 2007, in the 11th senior national wrestling competition held in Uttar Pradesh between December 4 and 7, 2008 and another gold in the senior national wrestling competition held in Bhopal between October 8 and 11, 2009. She had also won the silver medal in Commonwealth Wrestling Competition held in Jalandhar from December 17 to 20, 2009. A shot put player from Gurgaon, Om Parkash would be honoured with the award for wining the silver medal in the 3rd Asian Indoor Competition held at Doha in 2008, the gold medal in the 49th national open athletics competition held in Bhopal between October 6 and 9,2009, in the 49th national inter-state senior athletics competition held in Chennai between October 21 and 24,2009, in the 11th national senior athletics federation cup held in Bhopal in February 2008, another gold in the 48th national athletics competition held in Kochi, Kerala, in September 2008. He had also grabbed the silver medal in the 47th national senior inter-state athletics competition held at Bhopal on September, 2007, and in the 47th national open athletics competition held at Jamshedpur in October, 2007. A roller skating player from Faridabad, Dhruv Gautam would also be honoured with the Bhim Award. He had bagged the bronze medal in the 13th Asian roller skating competition held at Dalian, China, in January 2010, participated in the 38th world competition roller hockey held at South Africa between October 25 and November 1, 2008, the gold medal in the 47th senior national roller skating hockey competition held at Chandigarh in February 2010, silver medal in the 45th senior national roller skating hockey competition held at Vishakhapatnam in January, 2008 and in the 46th senior national roller skating hockey competition held at Chandigarh in January, 2009. Another roller skating player from Sirsa, Yashdeep Kaur would also be presented the award. She had bagged the gold medal at the
12th Asian roller skating hockey competition held at Kolkata between November 28 and December 2, 2007, in the 44th national roller skating hockey competition held at Kolkata in May 2007, in the 45th national roller skating hockey competition held at Vishakhapatnam in January, 2008, in the 46th senior national roller skating hockey competition held in Chandigarh in January, 2009 and in the 47th senior national roller skating hockey competition held in Chandigarh in February, 2010. A Paralympics player from Sonepat, Rajesh Kumar, would also be honoured with the Bhim Award. He had won the gold medal in 100 mtr and 200 mtr race in the 10th senior national para-athletics competition held at Bengaluru in February, 2008, in 400 mtr and 4X100 mtr relay in 10th senior national para-athletics competition held in Faridabad in February, 2008, in 100 mtr, 200 mtr, 4X100 mtr relay and shot-put in 11th senior national para-athletics competition held at Jaipur, in February, 2009.
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Common man can eradicate graft: Lokayukta
Kurukshetra, December 17 He said the misuse of power and undue gains by public servants, be it the peon or Chief Secretary or the elected representatives, was under the preview of the Lokayukta. Justice Pritam Pal said to eradicate corruption from the state, the common man should forward his
complaints to the Lokayukta so that everybody’s rights could be protected and legal action could be initiated against the guilty. He said 1,447 complaints had been received so far, out of which 910 complaints had been disposed of while 537 complaints were in the process of settlement. Till now, two complaints had been identified as bogus and legal action against these complainants had been initiated. Earlier, Additional Deputy Commissioner Sumedha Kataria welcomed Justice Pritam Pal. The district police chief, Rakesh Arya, and the
chairperson of the zila parishad, Praveen Chaudhary, were also present on the occasion. After the conference, the Lokayukta also addressed members of the Bar Association and inspected the E-Disha centre, Udyaan NGO and the district jail.
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Route map and length of track discussed
Ravinder Saini
Jhajjar, December 17 This was stated at a coordination meeting of Jhajjar district administrative authorities and senior officials of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) regarding execution of Mundka to Bahadurgarh Metro Rail Project. The meeting was held at the mini-secretariat here. The Jhajjar Deputy Commissioner (DC), Ajit Balaji Joshi, and a senior official of the DMRC, Ravi Kapoor, attended the meeting and contemplated over technical aspects of the project from various angles. “We have discussed the route map and length of the proposed metro track besides other points required for better coordination between officials of both the states to execute the mega project in an efficient manner,” said Joshi. He added that a total of Rs 2,000 crore is the estimated cost of the project, out of which Rs 788 crore would be spent by Haryana. Since the construction of a depot for the project at Bahadurgarh town had also been announced, the discussion over a suitable place for it was also held at the meeting, Joshi said. “This mega project will turn out to be a milestone for the overall development of Bahadurgarh and its surrounding areas as not only will it open new vistas of opportunities and development for people but road traffic in the town will also be decongested to a large extent,” he added. The proposal of extension of the metro train upto Bahadurgarh from Mundka was approved at a high-level meeting of Empowered Group of Ministers headed by Union Defence Minister, AK Antony, held in August.
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Meditation camp at Kurukshetra college
Kurukshetra, December 17 Dr Singh explained the technique of meditation in detail to the students using audio-visual means. He said one could get mental peace, which ultimately led to self-realisation. An individual developed positive attitude and could also get rid of evil thoughts like fear, hatred and jealousy. The individual is gifted with increased concentration power and lesser sleep time etc. The SKIET chairman, Sanjay Bansal, said there was a need for such programmes to be organised so that the students were encouraged to participate in the activities other than their academics so that they could do something different for the society. The SKIET director, Brigadier VK Pandey, asked students to try and remove the evils of foeticide and corruption from the society. About one hundred students and teachers participated in the camp and learnt to tackle the problems faced by in daily life using meditation. Jyoti Pandey, Abhishek Aggarwal, Sanjay Khandoori, Dr DD Sharma, Chandershekhar, Vikas Mishra, Rishabh Parashar, Trilochan Singh, Sanyam Panwar and Digvijay Singh were present on this occasion. At the end, saplings were planted everyone present and a pledge was taken to keep the environment neat and clean.
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PGIMS short of super-specialist docs: TMC
Jhajjar, December 17 While talking to mediapersons in Bahadurgarh town here recently, Satish Tyagi, state chief of the Intellectual Group of the TMC, said Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led state government had entirely failed in providing an adequate number of super-specialist doctors at the PGIMS, even after eight years of its regime. “Many of the senior doctors have already switched over to other hospitals from the PGIMS and several other prominent ones are also contemplating the same option due to the attitude of the authorities as well as the government towards them,” Tyagi added. He said, “How much the
government is serious towards development of the PGIMS and welfare of its doctors can be gauged from the fact that the institute has been reeling under an acute financial crunch for a long time, leading to an unending halt to development works and non-payment of salary to doctors for the past several months. Patients have to go to private laboratories to get their medical investigations done owing to shortage of materials used for medical tests.” Tyagi questioned the state government that why it was not fulfilling the posts of super-specialist doctors lying vacant for last several years. “The government does not seem to be serious about improvement of the conditions at the PGIMS. In this situation, how can you expect better health services when the institute is suffering on several counts -- insufficient funds, shortage of super-specialists and lack of medical-investigation facilities etc,” said Tyagi.
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Souvenir on history of govt-aided colleges
Kurukshetra, December 17 The decision was taken at a meeting of the office-bearers of the Haryana College Teachers Association (HCTA) held here recently. The meeting was presided over by the HCTA President, Dr Narender Chahar. Describing the whole plan in detail, Dr Ravinder Gasso, general secretary of the association, said that the facts related to the founders, principals, achievements, specialities and contemporary scenario of these colleges would be collected accordingly. He has urged the managements, principals and teaching and non-teaching staff of these colleges to contribute sincerely to this work. The association has also
assigned duties to Dr UV Singh, Dr Rajbir Parasher, Dr PR Tyagi, Dr Surender Rana, Dr Ajay Garg, Dr Dayanand Malik, Dr Rampal Singh, Dr Ishwar Singh, Dr Inder Singh, Dr SS Dhillon, Prof Attar Singh, Dr Dalbir Singh, Dr Sajjan Singh, Dr RP Saini, Dr Chander Shekhar and the newly elected office bearers of various zones of HCTA, to collect all the data to produce the souvenir.
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Bhagat Singh’s statue installed in Rewari
Rewari, December 17 While prominent saint Swami Dharam Dev, chief of Hari Mandir Ashram, Pataudi
(Gurgaon) and distinguished saint Swami Sharnanand, founder- director of Bhagwat Sewa Ashram, Daroli
(Rewari) graced the samaroh, Yadvender Singh Sandhu, grandson of Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s younger brother, Kulbir Singh, was the chief guest. Besides Block Education Officer Subhash Yadav presided over the proceedings, whereas Manoj
Kosalia, district president of the Haryana Youth Congress, was a guest of honour. The statue of Shaheed Bhagat Singh was jointly unveiled by Swami Dharam Dev, Swami Sharnanand and Yadvender Sandhu amidst a ceremonious
havan. In his message, Swami Dharam Dev stressed the need to infuse moral uprightness along with academic proficiency among students while Swami Sharnanand cautioned against the pervading impact of western civilisation which, he rued, was rapidly decimating our old cultural values. Similarly, Yadvender Sandhu called upon the young generation to take up cudgels against an increasing erosion of our social, political and cultural criteria. Simultaneously, Manoj Kosalia exhorted the students for enhanced participation in constructive activities, whereas Dr Vinod
Yadav, general secretary of the DBYS, said that they had installed as many as 10 statues of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Neat Ji Subhash Chander
Bose, Chander Shekher Azad and Dr S Radhakrishnan and also distributed literature pertaining to the martyrs free of cost among students of 200 schools in Rewari and Gurgaon districts during the past one year. Besides, while Principal Raj Kumar Jalwa highlighted the achievements of the school in his report, students (both boys and girls) presented a cultural programme suffused with patriotic sensibilities. Meritorious students were awarded prizes while students of Classes VI to VIII were given school bags and uniforms.
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Hundreds of dairies bane of Rohtak residents
Rohtak, December 17 “Dozens of dairies are operating in our locality. Not only do they cause stink but also result in choking of sewerage lines. Despite the fact that the matter has been brought to the notice of the officials concerned, the problem is as persistent as ever’’, claimed
Raju, a resident of Prem Nagar here. He said with the colony being densely populated, the movement of the residents and the traffic gets disrupted as the owners of the dairies keep their animals on the roads and streets, resulting in inconvenience to others. “The dairies operating in the residential areas do not realise that their cattle are a cause of constant inconvenience to others,’’ said Raj Singh, a resident of Kirpal Nagar here. He added that despite tall claims, the authorities, including the state government, had failed to implement the ambitious plan of shifting the dairies outside the town. The plan had been chalked out more than two decades ago.
Yoginder Dahiya, a local social activist, said there was hardly any locality where dairies were not operating and where there was no problem of choked sewers. Dairies had become a bane of the city due to lack of foresightedness and action on the part of the authorities, he added. Joint Municipal Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation,
Rohtak, Ashima Sangwan said work on shifting the dairies to newly developed dairy complex near Kanheli village was on. She claimed that challans were being issued against the offenders in case of any complaints. However, none of the officials of the civic body could provide the data of illegal dairies operating in the town at present.
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New High Court Bench for south Haryana soon
Rewari, December 17 Addressing a press conference here on December 15, he said that while provision for a bench of the high court existed in Section 36(2) of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, this Bench, in view of the prevailing geographical conditions, should preferably be set up at Gurgaon or
Rewari. He also said that while the Bench would facilitate the people of this region to secure speedy and cheap justice at their door-step, a communication in this regard had already been sent to the union law minister as well as the apex court. Besides they had also talked to the Chief Minister as well. Earlier on his arrival at
Rewari, which is his native town, he was given a rousing reception by the Bar president, Ravinder Yadav and scores of other members of the Rewari Bar Association. Responding to the felicitous welcome extended by them, Minderjit said that he would see to it that like Punjab, the Lawyer’s Welfare Fund Act was enforced in Haryana as well. Simultaneously he wanted 10 per cent reservation quota for lawyers to
be consistently fixed in HUDA’s plots in all districts of the state. Besides he expressed his concurrence to the urgency of constructing more chambers for new entrants in view of the enlistment of members in the Rewari Bar Association, crossing the hefty figure of 1,250. He also said that at an invitation recently extended to them by the Bar Council of the Lahore High Court in Pakistan, a goodwill delegation of the Bar Council of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, would soon visit Pakistan.
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Year witnessed closure
of ‘hookah’ bars
Fatehabad, December 17 GL Singal, Joint Commissioner of the FDA said that it has conducted raids all over the state, sealed the premises of more than 50 licensed and unlicensed manufacturers, cancelled drug licences of 70 shops and suspended licences of 35 others. He said that during the year 2012, cases were registered under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985 against seven persons in Dabwali and Ratia for stocking narcotic or psychotropic drug formulations in huge quantities without any license. They were arrested by the police. Huge quantities of intoxicants were seized from M/S Deep Medical Agencies, Ambala, while being illegally transported. More than two lakh Alprazolam tablets were seized from a chemist shop at Ratia, and the shop was sealed. Over 100 Codeine Syrup bottles kept in a milk vessel, were seized from a chemist shop at Kalawali in Sirsa. The shop was sealed. He said that during the raids, intoxicants were seized from some unlicensed premises that is in juice bar shops, STD booths, ‘Kabari’ shops, Wagon equipped vehicles and illegal godowns. More than 8,000 bottles of codeine syrup were seized from a wholesale distributor at Ballabhgarh in district Faridabad. Besides conducting raids, the FDA launched campaigns and held workshops in different towns to caution people against the unauthorised purchase, supply and use of such medicines. Such campaigns were launched at Sirsa, Panchkula, Ambala, Yamuna Nagar, Rohtak, Karnal, Fatehabad, Ratia, Kalawali, Dabwali and Tohana. Village sarpanches also participated in them. He said that some groups of chemists in Ratia, Tohana and Fatehabad constituted anti-narcotic cells to nab such unscrupulous elements engaged in illegal trafficking of medical intoxicants in their respective areas. The department also launched extensive drives against medical intoxicants to curb their misuse by drug addicts. He said that raids were conducted in Sirsa, Hisar, Dabwali, Ratia, Bahadurgarh, Sonepat, Kundli, Jind, Ambala, Kurukshetra, Faridabad, Ballabhgarh, Palwal areas where huge quantities of intoxicant medicines were seized and samples were taken. An extensive drive was also launched to eradicate the menace of illegal use of nicotine in hookah bars in the state. He said that 66 Hookah Bars were raided during the year by drug control officers who seized 109 samples of tobacco molasses containing nicotine. Test reports of 100 such samples have been received indicating presence of nicotine. Ten FIRs were registered against some hookah bars in Panchkula; six in Ambala; two in Panipat and one in Faridabad. Action was also taken against hookah bars located in nine districts of Rohtak, Panchkula, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Panipat, Ambala, Hisar, Kurukshetra and Fatehabad. The state government has also clamped a complete ban on gutkah and panmasala containing nicotine and tobacco to safeguard public health. All Deputy Civil Surgeons (Health) Senior Medical Officers in charge of Community Health Centres (CHC) and Medical Officers of Primary Health Centres (PHC) have been notified as additional Food Safety Officers under the Food Safety and Standards Authority (FSSA) 2006 to enforce this prohibition.
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Runaway couple faces hurdles at Sirsa protection home
Sirsa, December 17 Ruhani, an MBA student from Chaudhary Devi Lal University, married Ankush, who runs a garment shop in Suratgarhia Bazar of Sirsa town, against the wishes of her parents. Ankush has done his masters degree in English literature from Kurukshetra University through distance education and has also done a diploma in aviation from Frankfinn. The couple first solemnised their marriage in the Sarsainath temple here and then completed formalities of court marriage. “This is a strange experience, of being locked in a small wooden cabin in this protection centre immediately after marriage. I am definitely not liking this kind of a honeymoon,” said Ruhani, who is preparing for semester examination of the university, which are in progress these days. A police gunman sits outside their cabin and they have to order food from some hotel in the cabin itself. However, she said she had finally married the person she had loved for seven years. With Ruhani’s examinations in progress, the couple does not have a tube light or an electric bulb point in working condition in the room thereby hampering her studies largely. While Ankush’s parents are happy with the marriage and they in fact organised a small family get-together to celebrate the occasion recently, Ruhani’s parents are not ready to accept the wedlock. “Perhaps, they think I do not earn enough to keep their daughter happy,” said Ankush. He said their families lived in the same neighbourhood, from where their 7-year old dating began and a time came when his family ran in financial crisis. “But now, I wish to tell Ruhani’s family that I can earn enough from my business to keep my wife happy,” he added, asking his in-laws to shower their blessings on the couple.
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FDI to help in infrastructure development: OSD to Hooda
Sirsa, December 17 The supporters of Dr KV Singh received him at PWD Rest House and then took him to Dabwali town amidst the beat of drums in a cavalcade of vehicles. “If the Chief Minister has expressed confidence in him today, the credit for it goes to people of Dabwali, who have always reposed their confidence in me,” said the newly appointed OSD in his address. KV Singh had contested the Dabwali seat on Congress ticket in the 2009 Assembly elections. However, he lost to his nephew, Ajay Singh Chautala, of the INLD. “Though I lost the poll technically, I polled over 53,000 votes by your support and I was placed ninth in Haryana in terms of the number of votes,” KV Singh claimed. He said despite losing the seat, the Hooda government nurtured the constituency well and claimed that a sum of Rs 200 crore had already been spent in Dabwali during the past three years. He called upon his supporters to start preparing for the coming election in right earnest. “Whosoever gets the party ticket, my aim is for a Congress victory in Dabwali in the next Assembly elections,” Dr KV Singh said. He said while Hooda always thought of development of Haryana, the opposition parties had a sole agenda of dragging the state backwards. He said the state government was entering an agreement with the Bhutan Government for the purchase of 2,000 MW of power and a nuclear power plant of 2,800 MW capacity was being set up at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad. Terming Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail as a blessing for the country, Dr KV Singh said while
hundreds of youth would get employment, farmers and traders would also
be benefited. He said while the FDI would improve connectivity of all Haryana towns with Delhi, it would also help in infrastructure development like godowns and stores.
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Panel formed to curb
crime against women
Rewari, December 17 One such convention was recently held in Government Senior Secondary School at Masani village, 10 km from Rewari. The staff, students (girls and boys) and the functionaries of the committee participated in the meeting. Delivering her keynote address at the convention, Arora highlighted the pivotal role of women in society. She counselled the girl students that if they faced any sort of teasing or harassment, they should make it known to their teachers and police officials, instead of shrouding in secrecy. She went on to explain that the police department had set up helpline numbers, 1098 and 100 on which the aggrieved girls could convey information and thereby seek prompt police assistance. At the behest of the police chief, many of the girl students who were recently abused, gave relevant information and their suggestions. Similarly two school teachers, Pawan Kumar and Surender Singh, both members of the committee, told the students that complaint boxes would be set up in schools, in which girls could drop their complaints for speedy
redressal.
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Executive Magistrate honoured for contribution to society
Kurukshetra, December 17 The function was inaugurated by Tariq
Anwar, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing, while Gajender Singh
Rajukheri, MP, Lok Sabha, presided over the function. National President Shamim A Khan was the chief speaker on the occasion. While addressing the function, Anwar spoke about the atrocities against women, depressed classes and the downtrodden of our
society. Dhull was among 20 persons who were honoured for their outstanding contribution to various fields like protection of human rights, promoting education, empowerment of women, enhancing all efforts for improving human race, devotion for humanity etc. Each of them was awarded a certificate of
honour, memento and a shawl and cash prize of Rs 51,000. Dhull was honoured for his outstanding contribution to the field of administration and promotion of human rights, specially widows, old aged and downtrodden, in seminars of Bharat Vikas
Parishad. He had also helped in organising night camps with administration in villages of Narnaul district for promotion of human rights, sanitation schemes by persuading people to construct toilets in their houses, sanitising nearly 54 villages in Nagal Chaudary and Narnaul Blocks.
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Book based on Tagore’s work released
Kurukshetra, December 17 “Dena-Paona” is a drama book based on a short story written by Rabindranath Tagore in 1891 on the tragedy of dowry deaths
in India. While releasing the book and paying tributes to Rabindranath
Tagore, Swami (Dr) Parthasarathy said it would be worthwhile to enact this play time and again in every nook and corner of India to fulfill the task he
(Tagore) wanted us to do. He opined that under the leadership of achievers like Dr Karan Singh (Prince of Kashmir and a scholar of the Upanishads), to whom the drama is dedicated with a great hope, people would remember Tagore’s love for life and it would strengthen the weak to defeat the greedy and uphold higher values of life. “India will regain its high character and good governance will prevail. Even the police force will understand the values of spiritual development as human resource development
(HRD) activity. Life of our mothers, sisters, daughters and wives will be decent, dignified and free from fear,” said Swami (Dr)
Parthasarathy, an internationally known personality.
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Workshop to enhance teachers’ skills in science
Ambala, December 17 The workshop is a part of an initiative taken by the IIT, Bombay, to work with engineering colleges in the country to enhance skills of teachers in core engineering and science subjects. During the workshop, live lecture transmission and interaction will take place through distance mode using A-view technology and Internet. Welcoming the dignitaries and delegates, Dr Raj Kumar, director of the institute, stressed on the importance and relevance of the subject. He advised the participants to convert themselves from teachers to students, listen to speakers with rapt attention, solve the given exercises and provide the required feedback. Those present on the occasion included Parveen Gupta, (director, administration), Dr ND Sharma (dean engineering), Umesh Vinayak (dean students welfare), Puneet Goswami (remote centre coordinator) and Parveen Gupta (workshop coordinator). As many as 50 delegates are attending the workshop.
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Conference marks golden jubilee
of parishad
Kaithal, December 17 Speaking on the occasion, parishad national president and a former Supreme Court judge, Justice Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje, said India had a rich cultural heritage which had a special place all over the world. He stressed upon the need to preserve this culture and spread it in every nook and corner of the world. He appreciated the efforts being made by the BVP to preserve this culture, which was based on mutual trust, tolerance and service to humanity. Surinder Wadhwa, national general secretary of the parishad, also spoke on the occasion. Swami Yatinderanand, another spokesperson, stressed on the need to follow teachings of Swami Vivekananda, which were relevant in the present times. Chander Parkash Ahuja, organising secretary, Haryana region, threw light on the
functioning of parishad branches in the area. National treasurer of the parishad Kanhiya Lal Gupta, Tirloki Nath Goyal and GK Sethi, renowned philanthropists Lalit Mahajan, Dr Ashok Garg, Dr Rajinder Thukral, Dr JC Manocha, Dr BK Makkar and Sushil Bindlish also spoke on the occasion.
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IPS celebrates annual day
Ambala, December 17 The function started with Ganesh Vandana after the lighting of the ceremonial lamps by the Chief Guest, Col VS
Chaudhary. Children brimming with confidence and enthusiasm came up not only with colourful and entertaining presentations but also had the important messages of women empowerment, child education and victory of good over evil strongly conveyed. The overall choreography, backdrops, props and costumes were wonderfully managed by the teachers under the able guidance of Kakoli
Dhar. Later, the school principal read out the annual report highlighting the achievements of the students in academics, sports and co-curricular activities.
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Kshatriyas want reservation on
economic basis
Kurukshetra, December 17 He was on his way to Radaur in Yamunanagar district to address a state-level rally there. “We all are basically Hindustanis and are equal. Therefore, everybody in India should be treated equally,” said Kundra, adding that there should be one system regarding reservation and everybody should be governed by that system. Demanding abolition of reservations, Bijender Singh Thakur, adviser, Food Corporation of India, said “It is time to abolish the reservation and if it is to be continued at all, it should be given on economic basis.” He said the Kshatriya youth in Haryana had been advised to try their best to get employment by getting education dedicatedly. The youth should show society the right path by actively participating in politics and development of the state and intensify their agitation to uproot the social evils including female foeticide, he added. Kunwar Veerkaran Singh, Advocate and former Administrative Officer and Bamber Thakur, state president, All India Kshatriya Mahasabha Youth Wing, Himachal Pradesh, were also present on the occasion.
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Cultural extravaganza at college
Yamunanagar, December 17 She said children should be taught to love and respect their culture from childhood. Then only would they carry it to their old age and teach their next generations. During the three-day convention, five workshops in wood and craft, pottery, Hindustani classical music, dance and yoga were held. The orchestra team of the college presented the state’s culture through their music.
Gurjeet Singh Mathur and Charu Shija Mathur presented a Manipuri dance. The principal of the college honoured them for their performance.
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Baby talent hunt organised
Yamunanagar, December 17 The tiny toddlers presented a colourful cultural show also. A classical dance presented by a nursery student was largely appreciated. Principal of the school, SK Verma while addressing the participants, said it was the prime duty of the parents to keep their children healthy and smart. Winning students were awarded at the end.
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World
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Conservation Day observed
Ambala, December 17 Models of solar systems, wind systems and hydel systems were also demonstrated. Various devices that can be used for energy conservation were displayed and explained to students. Tejinder Pal Kaur, principal, E-max International School, spoke about the importance of energy conservation. She said, energy conservation meant reduction of consumption and could be achieved through efficient energy use or reduced consumption from conventional energy sources. Head of Department, Mechanical Engineering, Jai Singh, talked about the various alternative sources of energy that could be tapped to reduce our dependence on non-renewable energy resources. — OC
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Night camps a big draw among locals
Ambala, December 16 Speaking to The Tribune, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shekhar Vidyarthi said the camps had received an overwhelming response from the locals who came up with a wide range of complaints, which the officials were able to redress without any delays. During the night camp, Vidyarthi not only ordered the youth welfare officials to work out modalities for setting up of sports stadium in Lakhori village, but also marked a probe into an alleged cash for job scam, where people were duped on the pretext of providing jobs in foreign countries. Addressing the villagers, the DC assured all possible help to the public and stated that such night camps would be made a regular feature by the district administration for the benefit of the people.
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Refresher course at KU
Kurukshetra, December 17 This was suggested by Dr MM Goel, Professor of Economics and Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kurukshetra University, while addressing the participants of a refresher course at Department of History, sponsored by the UGC-Academic Staff College, here recently. While speaking on the topic “Sustainability in Indian Agriculture”, Prof Goel said to spread the message of hope and enthusiasm among Indian farmers, government should let them get remunerative prices for their agro-products including potato and onion. The post-harvest losses need to be reduced to minimum if not zero.
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Skating carnival at Ambala school
Ambala, December 17 The event featured competitions for students from sub-junior to senior level and had separate events for all the categories. Fancy dress-on-skates was enjoyed by the participants. The chairman of the school, Naresh Guglani, gave away the prizes to the winners. Director of the school, Arjun Guglani and principal Ekta Dhawan also addressed the participants.
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Rising cost of education
Kurukshetra, December 17 He was speaking on the topic ‘Excellence Models for Teachers in a Changing Economic Scenario’. “We need to remember that the ideals being taught in the institutions of higher learning including universities do not match with reality, as people face different real-life situations,” said Professor Goel. “For increasing the return on training investment (ROTI) through placements, we need to improve the communication skills and provide a spiritual input to the students,” he added.
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Software seminar at GNI
Ambala, December 17 The seminar was regarding the latest software technology, Drupal. Drupal is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications. It is used to build everything from personal blogs to enterprise applications and is supported by a diverse community of people around the world. Sahil Gupta, CEO, and Siddhi, both senior officials of Init Call Technologies, came along with their team to conduct the seminar. Gupta said that his company was a Drupal associate member and was looking to set up Drupal Labs in different colleges in north India. The seminar comprised full-day training regarding introduction and basics of Drupal. Thereafter, students prepared a website using Drupal. Sachin Chawla, Dean of the college, said that GNI provided excellent training facilities to students, including latest information on advanced technologies.
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Kurukshetra, December 17
The length of the proposed Metro railway route from Mundka (Delhi) to Bahadurgarh town here, would be 11.182 km. Out of this, an area of 4.27 km would fall in Haryana while 6.307 km would come in Delhi.
This was stated at a coordination meeting of Jhajjar district administrative authorities and senior officials of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
(DMRC) regarding execution of Mundka to Bahadurgarh Metro Rail Project.
Kurukshetra, December 17
Rewari, December 17
The authorities might claim to have changed the Chief Minister’s hometown to an education hub from the city of dairies, but the reality appears otherwise.
The city is still suffering by the problem of choked sewers, thanks to hundreds of dairies operating in the residential areas. The plan of shifting dairies outside the civic limits of the town seems to be hanging in fire as over 1,000 dairies are reportedly operating in residential colonies.
The year 2012 has witnessed a massive drive by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Haryana, to ensure public health.
The FDA not only closed ‘hookah’ bars to prevent the youth from tobacco molasses, but also clamped a complete ban on ‘gutkah’ and ‘panmasala’ containing nicotine and tobacco and also took effective steps against illegal manufacture, sale and consumption of medical intoxicants.
Sirsa, December 17
Sirsa, December 17
Rewari, December 17
Narender Dhull, Special Executive Magistrate, Haryana Government and a local resident, was honoured at an International Seminar held recently to mark the 64th Human Rights Day. The seminar was organised by World Human Rights Protection Association, at the Scope Complex, 7, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.
The function was inaugurated by Tariq Anwar, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing, while Gajender Singh
Rajukheri, MP, Lok Sabha, presided over the function. National President Shamim A Khan was the chief speaker on the occasion.
The drama book ‘Dena-Paona (Debit-Credit)’ authored by Himendra
Thakur, Boston, USA, with an introduction by Dr MM Goel, an economics professor at Kurukshetra University, and published by VK Global Publications, New Delhi, was released by Swami A
Parthasarathy, a missionary and a monk of Sanatan Vedic Tradition and Chairman, Sri SIIM Foundation and
Ramakrishna-Vivekananda International Foundation (RKVIEF), at Sri Sharda Institute of Indian Management Research, Vasant
Kunj, New Delhi recently.
Ambala, December 16
