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Quota at Central varsity
Mahila Cong chief to join social welfare board
KU committed to meeting global educational standards, says VC
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Sahitya akademi awards for three writers from Sirsa
Financial health of PGIMS, PGIDS critical
With thin bus service, polluting auto-rickshaws flourish
Murthal varsity to hold Students’ Parliament, says VC
Power supply gets new lease of life in 25 villages of Ambala
IIMs education scheme for poor girls celebrates its Ist anniversary
Early childhood care announced
Minister lays stone of Punjabi Seva Sadan
Agroforestry systems remunerative to farmers: Experts
Tips given to prevent incidents of sexual harassment
BJP, HJC strive to improve support bases among migrants NGO reaches out to students to sensitise them towards society Govt announces steps to check sexual harassment
of women Crime against women: VC for zero-tolerance policy Refresher course in business studies ends Lt-Gen DDS Sandhu (retd), Vice-Chancellor, Kurukshetra University, addresses participants during a refresher course in business studies in Kurukshetra. Photo: DR Vij
Police stops minor boy's marriage
Fire station: Chief Secy’s intervention sought
District police chief Rakesh Kumar Arya inaugurates a blood donation camp on the premises of the District Police Lines, Kurukshetra. Photo: DR Vij
'Save girl child' campaign held
Lt-Gen DDS Sandhu (retd) (centre), Vice-Chancellor, Kurukshetra University, with the university’s winning tae kwon do men’s team. Photo: DR Vij
Guru Nanak college win Inter-College Fencing Championship
1,500 examined at free medical camp Education best way to take society forward: DGP 1,500-cr fruits market to be constructed in Sonipat
College principal develops turbojet engine
Pay relief to flood-hit farmers: Lokayukta
Movie on Barbareek to release on February 1
Producer KK Yadav, maestro Ravinder Jain and other film stars hold a press conference for promotion of thier film “Mahabharat Aur Barbareek” in
Rewari. Photo: Nawal Kishore Rastogi
Honda opens technical centre
Multinational food chains get
popular in Kurukshetra Registration of 8.47 lakh new voters in Haryana
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Govt broke promises made to villagers: MP
Urges HRD minister to reconsider matter Sunit Dhawan/TNS
Mahendergarh, January 28 The Congress MP from Gurgaon, Rao Inderjit Singh, has urged the Union HRD Minister, MM Pallam Raju, to reconsider the matter and address the concerns of the villagers. In a communiqué to the minister, Rao Inderjit has emphasised that Jant and Pali villages in Mahendergarh district had given nearly 500 acres of their prime land on a 99-year lease at a nominal rate of Re 1 per acre per year for the university. The MP has pointed out that the villages gave their land virtually free of cost on verbal assurances by Union as well as Haryana Government officials that their children would get reservation in jobs and admissions at the university. However, the unsuspecting villagers were denied reservation on the basis of domicile, citing provisions of the Central Universities Act, the letter states, adding: "The villagers say that they would have never given this land at such a marginal compensation if they had even remotely been aware the terms were un-implementable under the rules as they stand today." "The then HRD Minister, Arjun Singh, has since died and I am told that the Haryana Government has expressed its inability to fulfil its verbal promises in this regard," maintains the MP. Asserting that the future of the university was under a cloud in view of the villagers' agitations going on for the past six-eight months, the ruling-party MP has requested the minister to convene a meeting of all stake-holders in this regard to address the issue and find a solution. The letter underlines that: "The least that needs to be done is to reserve a certain number of Class III and IV posts for residents of these villages and perhaps 2-4 per cent seats in the courses run by the university." Rao Inderjit candidly tells his fellow parliamentarian that "I know it is a strenuous task which I am asking the department to perform, but then, rules should evolve as our education system evolves and should cater to the expectations of the people, especially in cases such as this where assurances had been given and then broken."
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Mahila Cong chief to join social welfare board
Sirsa, January 28 Mandeep Kaur Gill, another Congress leader from Ratia in Fatehabad, has also been included as a member while Krishna
Poonia, a senior Congress functionary from Fatehabad, is the Central Social Welfare Board nominee from
Haryana. Among others nominated for the Haryana State Social Welfare Board are Manveer Kaur Gill, a resident of Karanpur village, Panchkula district, Radha Narula of NIT,
Faridabad, Shashi Luthra of Panipat, Usha Choudhary of Rohtak, Vandana Singhal of Faridabad and Manoj Kumari of
Jind. Among the nominees of the Central Social Welfare Board include Surinder Kaur of
Karnal, Urmila Singh of Gurgaon, Usha Jain of Ambala City, Usha Nayak of
Narnaund, Vinod Bala of Ambala City, Kumudini Srivastava of Narraul in Rewari and Chander
Kala, advocate, a resident of village and post office Khatod in district
Mahendragarh. An official spokesperson said the official members included Directors of Women and Child Development Department, Health Services and Elementary Education or their representatives. The Additional Director, Women and Child Development Department, Haryana will also be the official member of the board. The board would act as a medium for exchange of information between the field, the state and the
Centre. It would invite, receive, examine and recommend to the Central Social Welfare Board the applications for grant-in-aid from voluntary welfare institutions under different
programmes. It would also supervise and report on the working of the institution projects to the Central Social Welfare Board and advise and assist it in sponsoring new welfare programmes and activities wherever they are needed within the states. The board would advise the state government on the voluntary organisations for social welfare in the state and coordinate the welfare and development activities undertaken by the various departments of the state government with a view to avoid duplications. The board would undertake such other activities as may be conducive to the fulfilment of these objectives. It would also promote the growth of voluntary Social Welfare Board agencies, with special reference to development of the welfare services in areas uncovered at present and assist Central Social Welfare Board in the provision of field counselling service for aided agencies. The spokesperson said the board would also administer the programmes of social welfare in rural areas either sponsored by the Central Social Welfare Board or jointly initiated with the cooperation of the state government. It would stipulate effective coordination among voluntary welfare agencies at the state and local levels and undertake with the concurrence of the Central Social Welfare Board such social welfare activities or programmes as areas entrusted to the State Board by any department of Central or State or Union Territory. It would also assist the Central Social Welfare Board and the State Government in further development of welfare services.
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KU committed to meeting global educational standards, says VC
Kurukshetra, January 28 This was stated by the KU Vice-Chancellor, Lt Gen DDS
Sandhu, while addressing the members of the KU Academic Council at their meeting held in the Senate Hall of the university here recently.
Sandhu said the syllabi of all courses offered to the students would be updated regularly so that knowledge about the latest developments taking place in different disciplines all over the world could be imparted to the students. He emphasised that he would ensure that all departments and institutes organise national and international conferences to provide exposure to the students.
Sandhu stated that KU would soon update syllabi and the delivery system of its distance-education
programmes. The admission process and the delivery of lessons would be made online by the start of next session in the Directorate of Distance Education, he added. “In view of the UGC’s focus on internalisation of education in its 12th plan, KU would sign MoUs with reputed institutes and universities of India and abroad. KU will invite international scholars and experts under different exchange programmes of United States-India Educational Foundation, British Council and MHRD to provide exposure to its students,” said
Sandhu. While replying to a question raised by a member of the Academic Council, Sandhu said he would ensure that all important matters relating to research, updating of syllabi and employment value of programmes were discussed at the meeting of various faculties before taking them to the Academic Council. All chairpersons and directors would ensure that courses offered by the departments and institutes were recognised by the respective national councils, he
added. Sandhu called upon principals of the colleges, directors and chairpersons of institutes and teaching departments of KU to ensure safety of its students and staff, particularly girl students and women employees. All colleges and institutes should organise awareness programmes for the safety of girl students and women employees, he advised. Meanwhile, the Haryana College Teachers Association
(HCTA) has expressed its anguish over not passing a resolution by the KU Academic Council at its meeting by permitting the college teachers to be Ph D guides. Stating this in a press statement released to mediapersons here, the HCTA general secretary, Dr Ravinder
Gasso, said this resolution was forwarded to the council keeping in view the Haryana Government’s UGC recommendations and increasing needs of the youth in the field of research, but the university administration and
self-centred people had not allowed to pass this resolution. An agitation on various issues, including this issue, separate seats for doing PhD by permanent college teachers and a separate entrance test for admission to PhD would be launched in near future, said
Gasso.
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Sahitya akademi awards for three writers from Sirsa
Sirsa, January 28 On the other hand, Monica Gupta, a correspondent for Zee News from Sirsa, and Raj Kumar Nijat, a former employee of the state Finance Department who retired as an auditor from the Municipal Council, Sirsa, got Rs 10,000 each as grant for the publication of their books, “Ab Mushkil Nahi Kuchh Bhi” and “Adalat Chup Thee” respectively. Despite being from a science background, Sheel Kaushik has the sensitivities of a person from the humanities. Having penned nine books, her latest book awarded by the Haryana Sahitya Akademi “Kabhi Bhi Kahin Bhi” contains 76 short stories. “My short stories touch various social subjects like “Nayi Bayar Ke Jhonke” against female foeticide and “Amangal” on the superstitions prevalent in society,” Sheel Kaushik said while talking to The Tribune. TV Journalist Monica Gupta’s book “Ab Mushkil Nahi Kuchh Bhi” is a book in the genre of children literature. “In this book, I have published interviews of 10 well-known personalities, who have scaled heights in their respective fields. The book gives an account of childhood events of their lives that inspired them to surge ahead. Though we all know these personalities today, their journey to fame will inspire children to shape up their lives like them,” Monica said about her book. Earlier, Monica Gupta’s children's book “Main Hun Mani” bagged the Haryana Sahitya Akademi award in 2009. In the field of writing for the past 23 years, Monica Gupta’s articles, stories, cartoons and inspirational notes are being published in Hindi newspapers and magazines on a regular basis. Raj Kumar Nijat’s manuscript “Adalat Chup Thee” has 53 short stories in it, the title story being a hard-hitting commentary on the functioning of courts. Nijat has so far written 21 books in eight different genres of Hindi literature.
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Financial health of PGIMS, PGIDS critical
Rohtak, January 28 The combined annual budget of the PGIMS and the PGIDS which is maintained jointly by the Accounts Department of the Pt B D Sharma University of Health Sciences (UHS) to which these are affiliated is around Rs 199 crore. While the PGIDS is likely to have a separate budget from the next financial year, these institutes which not only run medical and dental courses but also provide treatment facilities has never faced this kind of a financial crisis since the health university came into existence in 2008, claim sources in the university. The state government is expected to release a fresh dose of financial grant in order to meet the shortfall, it is learnt. The problem aggravated last year when the state government slashed around Rs 25 crore in the annual grant provided to the PGIMS. According to reports, this cut not only resulted in hurdles in the purchase of necessary medicines and equipment, but made it difficult for to the authorities to even disburse the salary of the staff at a couple of occasions. The PGIMS owes several crores to private companies on account of bills for the medicines and equipment supplied by them. Due to non-clearance of outstanding payment, the supplies have come to a halt, resulting in unavailability of medicines and other material at the disposal of the twin institutes. According to Hari Om, a local resident, who reported at the OPD of the dental college was asked to procure a pair of hand gloves by the doctor concerned. He claimed that the shopkeepers had been charging two to three times higher rate of medical material purchased by patients. A similar situation has emerged at the PGIMS also where the patients or their attendants were asked to procure various items including cotton, thread and syringes from outside, claimed a kin of a patient undergoing treatment in the Gynecology Department. The CT scan machine of the PGIMS has gone out of order for the second time in the past couple of months resulting in inconvenience to patients. The student intake of the PGIMS and the PGIDS is 200 and 90 respectively, which is the largest in medical institutes across the state. When contacted, Vice Chancellor of the Health University, Dr SS Sangwan claimed that while both the Institutes were functioning smoothly, he said the state government has assured all help to tide over the financial crisis.
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With thin bus service, polluting auto-rickshaws flourish
Rohtak, January 28 ''The inadequate number of buses in the city bus service launched last year by the Transport Department has inadvertently helped in the survival and growth of the auto-rickshaws on city roads despite the fact these had been the main cause of traffic congestion and pollution in the city,” claimed Rajesh Kumar, a local resident. He said if the authorities had increased the number of buses, their frequency and their overall availability on local routes, it would have helped to contain the number of auto-rickshaws in the town. He said the number of such vehicles which were mostly outdated and violate the pollution norms had gone up sharply over the years which can have serious health implications. “The local bus service is not only reliable but also safe for commuters especially women and girls,” said a girl student of MD University. She said though the three wheelers were convenient at times, but the local buses were more reliable if their frequency is increased. According to Sevak Singh, another resident, the popularity of the bus service could grow more in view of the fact that the bus charges on any route were half of what was charged by a three wheeler. The auto-rickshaws charge a minimum fare of Rs 10 while it was just Rs 5 on a local bus, “A large number of autos are owned by influential persons having political connections. This is perhaps the reason that city bus service remains thin,” claimed Raj Singh , a social activist. While no senior official of the Transport Department was available for comment, it is revealed that losses in the operation of the roadways buses could have been responsible for the delay in increasing the fleet of the city bus service.
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Murthal varsity to hold Students’ Parliament, says VC
Sonepat, January 24 This was announced by the university’s Vice-Chancellor, HS
Chahal, while welcoming the university’s students who had participated in the three-day National Students Parliament organised at Pune in Maharashtra recently. The main objective to organise it was to create awareness and interest among the students towards parliamentary democracy and play an active role in strengthening of parliamentary process, he said. It had become the need of the hour for the students to prepare themselves for shouldering the future responsibilities of nation building, Chahal said, adding that a working plan had to be made for utilising the energy of the youth in constructive activities. The participating students said the main objective of the National Students Parliament was to attract the youth towards politics and inspire them to involve themselves in doing service to the nation. It was observed during the eight sessions of the students parliament that when the national economy was fast growing, but there had been hardly any improvement in living standards of the people engaged in agriculture. Over 7,000 students from different educational institutions from all over the country participated in the Students Parliament. As many as 11 students, Muskan
Bareja, Hemant, Ajai Tomar, Himanshu Rathore, Ankur Chahal, Priyanshu, Deepak,
Priya, Priyanka Abhimanyu and Pradeep led by NSS Girls Coordinator, Dr Santosh
Sindhu, represented Murthal University in this Parliament. Muskan Bareja and Abhimanyu were placed among top 18 students of Parliament. The university’s Registrar, RK
Arora, Director of the Social Welfare Department of the university, Dheerander Singhal and NSS coordinators, Dr Anil Sindhu and Dr Santosh
Sindhu, were also present on the occasion.
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Power supply gets new lease of life in 25 villages of Ambala
Ambala, January 28 Deputy Commissioner Shekhar Vidyarthi said here that the Nigam had already completed the work in
Udaipur, Jansui, Halderi, Bhanu Kheri, Sullar, Manakpur, Hema Majra, Rollon,
Khudi, Danouri, Shahpur, Panjlasa, Rachheri, Lakhnora, Lalpur, Laha, Dhanoura,
Batoura, Jeolly, Dhanana, Kakkar Majri, Sountly, Patvi and Karwa. It was planned to carry out the system improvement works in 49 villages in January. The Nigam is all set to complete the work in remaining 25 more villages of the district by the end of this month. The Nigam has installed additional distribution transformers and augmented their capacity. New electricity poles have been erected. Maintenance of transformers has been carried out and the worn- out cable has been replaced to ensure uninterrupted power supply in these villages in the summer and the paddy season. He said two staff teams had been created in each of the operation subdivisions for carrying out the maintenance works and it had been decided to complete the campaign by June 30. All the villages, wards and sectors would be covered to streamline the system. The Nigam has prepared monthly schedules for system improvement. He further stated that it had also been decided to ensure active participation of public opinion makers in the campaign. It would help minimise the complaints regarding system constraints. Simultaneously, the message would be given through them to the local residents to make payment of their outstanding bills under the electricity bills-waiver scheme and not to indulge in theft of electricity. The Nigam has also directed senior officers to ensure that the quality of the maintenance works is good and according to technical specification. Executive Engineers will visit the field daily after lunch to inspect the works. Instructions have also been given to arrange
video-graphy before the start and completion of the work.
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IIMs education scheme for poor girls celebrates its Ist anniversary
Rohtak, January 28 Adding to the R-Day celebrations was the first anniversary of the scheme 'Swabhav', launched by the IIM an year ago to empower the girl child. Students Rajat Gupta, Vikram Dahiya and Vikas Khandekar, who were the proponents of the scheme, were excited to see that their idea had turned successful. "The initiative was gaining momentum as the corporate houses had extended their support and number of autos which was earlier restricted to 50 was also increased," claimed an IIM spokesperson. He said the IIM had also invited few of the girls, whom Swabhav supports, and their fathers, who work as rickshaw drivers, to participate in the event. Rajat took this moment to urge all the IIM-R students to whole-heartedly continue their support to the initiative and make this a national movement in the days to come. The IIM has launched a programme of supporting the interests of the girl child by generating funds to support the girls of poor families, especially the daughters of auto rickshaws drivers. Over 55 girl students were already in the list, who had been receiving a monthly aid of Rs 700 from the IIM, for bearing the tuition and school fee. Vikram said this was a part of the social programme which aimed to excel in all the fields, besides the management studies.
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Early childhood care announced
Chandigarh, January 28 She said the ECCE had been developed by the Central Government. In Haryana, it was being implemented on a pilot basis in two ICDS projects, namely Hisar-I in Hisar district and Gurgaon (Urban) in Gurgaon district. A task force has also been constituted at the state and district level for the proper implementation of this pilot project. She said the ICDS scheme was being implemented in 148 ICDS projects, including 21 urban projects, with the network of 25,699 Anganwadi centers, including 512 Mini Anganwadi Centres. Under this scheme, six services, including supplementary nutrition, immunisation, health check-up, referral services, non-formal pre-school education and health and nutrition education are provided to children below six years of age, pregnant and nursing mothers and other women in the age group of 15-45 years in an integrated
manner. She said 25 Anganwadi workers, one superviser and one Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) from each project had also been given specialised training by National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD), New Delhi, in this regard. A sum of Rs 1 lakh has been given to each project for development of training, learning material, for implementation of this curriculum.
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Minister lays stone of Punjabi Seva Sadan
Kaithal, January 28 As many as 15 persons belonging to the Punjabi community also announced to donate Rs 1.11 lakh each for the construction of the sadan building. All these persons were honoured by the minister for their generosity. The minister said he was happy that the local Punjabi community had taken an initiative to start the construction of a common place that could be used by people of all communities. The minister said his father SS
Surjewala, president, All-India Kisan Khet Majdoor Congress, had already donated Rs 31 lakh for the building, which was used for the construction of a boundary wall for the building and other purposes. He also lauded local residents who had made efforts to construct a number of community centres with the help of their own funds in the
past. Surjewala also highlighted the ongoing and completed development works worth crores and assured that he would leave no stone unturned for the development of this historical place. Earlier, Arjan
Gulati, member, Backward Commission and president of the sadan, welcomed the minister and assured him that members of the Punjabi community would remain indebted to him for his generosity shown towards them. He said two big halls and 12 rooms would be constructed in the
sadan. A hawan was also organised on the occasion in which various prominent citizens of the town participated.
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Agroforestry systems remunerative to farmers: Experts
Karnal, January 28 The farm experiments conducted during the past 18 months under a project entitled “Carbon sequestration potential in plantation forestry and agricultural land uses for mitigating climate change and increasing crop productivity on the Gangetic basin”, undertaken by the scientists at the Central Soil Salinity Research Institute
(CSSRI), Karnal, in May 2011 established that Agroforestry was an “elixir” for soil and environment health. The major objective of the project, financed by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, was to find out crops, crop sequences and land-use systems and their management strategies for maximum sequestration of atmospheric carbon in vegetation and soils. The study is expected to evolve strategies for the highest carbon sequestration in the plant biomass and soil of studied land use systems. The increased carbon in soil will increase crop productivity, buffer soils from re-emergence of salinity; reduce concentration of CO2 from the atmosphere and offset industrial emissions. A project team member, Dr DK Sharma, said the productivity of the crops in the Gangetic basin, dominating in the rice-wheat cropping system and popularly known as ‘Food-Mine’ of India was stagnating and excessive use of fertilisers particularly urea, which promotes oxidation of organic matter and exacerbates the emission of CO2 from soil to the atmosphere.
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Tips given to prevent incidents of sexual harassment
Faridabad, January 28 The tips include formation of committees in institutes that will act as vigilante bodies. Students and staff of institutes concerned will be on such committees. It was decided that the victims, including staff members of such institutes will report any form of sexual harassment on workplace these committees of their institutes. The committees have also been mandated to entertain complaints of sexual harassment to students and staff members at places other than campuses. The places include public transport vehicles used by victims, their homes, areas in their
neighbourhoods, and market places. The committees will also take notice of incidents of domestic violence and sexual harassment to other persons, if complained by
students. Kapur said: “These committees have been constituted with a view to providing such victims an additional channel of communication with the police. The victims can take up issues of violence on them uninhibitedly with members of the committees.” He said identities of victims, or information about any incident of violence on others which they bring to notice, will be kept
secret. Kapur said criminal incidents brought to the notice of these committees would be informed by the respective institutes to the
police. Kapur also highlighted the special “help line” created exclusively for females.
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BJP, HJC strive to improve support bases among migrants Faridabad, January 28 Although the BJP and the HJC have forged an electoral alliance for the next Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state, the two are also working individually to expand thier respective base. A section in the HJC and the BJP strongly feels that the swelling number of migrants in Haryana must be taken note of and a strategy should be devised to win them over. Those credited with the view of winning over the migrants also feel that a well-honed strategy to this effect was imperative for the Congress, traditionally, on account of its pan-India influence due to its roots in the Independence struggle. Ajay Gaur, who has been elected as Faridabad BJP president for the second successive term recently, said his party involved the migrant population in its activities, and added, "The effort to increase their participation will be intensified soon.” Faridabad president of the HJC Tejpal Sharma echoed a similar view. He said migrants were in considerable numbers in several parts of the state. They include Faridabad, Gurgaon, Rewari, Sonepat, Panipat, and Ambala, and other areas falling along the GT Road connecting Delhi and Chandigarh. Strategies of the HJC and the BJP with regard to the migrants were evident recently during the “Chhath Puja”( worship of Sun god)in South Haryana, including Faridabad, Gurgaon and Rewari district and other areas of the state falling in the national capital region (NCR). Leaders and activists of the two parties were conspicuous by their participation in the festival which is celebrated, especially by people from Bihar.
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NGO reaches out to students to sensitise them towards society Karnal, January 28 During the campaign, concerted efforts were made to contact students and motivate them to inculcate a sense of duty for society and the nation and cleanse the present political, administrative and social system plagued by various ills. The aim of the campaign was to lay stress on moral values and ethics so that the students of today, when they occupy high positions, conduct themselves in a civilised manner and keep the interests of society and the country above all. NIFAA president, Pritpal Singh Pannu, said it was easy to motivate students at an impressionable age and whatever they learnt had a lasting impact on their character, conduct and behaviour. During interactions, it was found that the students were very receptive to positive ideas. Pannu said till date the Karnal branch of NIFAA had organised programmes in about 40 educational institutions of the district while similar programmes were also organised by the Sirsa, Fatehabad, Jhajjar and Biwani branches and about 75,000 students took a pledge to do their best to protect and promote unity and national integration of the country, eradicate social evils from society and spread message of love and harmony among fellow Indians.
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Govt announces steps to check sexual harassment
of women Chandigarh, January 28 While stating this here recently, the Director-General, Women and Child Development Department, Sumita Misra, said these directions had been issued on the basis of the judgment of the Supreme Court delivered on November 30, 2012, as it had issued directions to all states and Union Territories to curb eve-teasing so that safety of women could be ensured at public places like markets, bus stands, railway stations, cinema theatres, public service vehicles and places of worship. Misra said necessary instructions along with the copy of judgment had been sent to all departments concerned for strict compliance of the orders of the Supreme Court. She said the steps being taken according to the judgment included deputing plain-clothed female police officers in the precincts of bus stands and bus stops, railway stations, metro stations, cinema theatres, shopping malls, parks, beaches, public service vehicles and places of worship so as to monitor and supervise incidents of eve-teasing. The state government would install CCTVs at strategic positions which itself would be a deterrent. The person in charge of the educational institutions, places of worship, cinema theatres, railway stations, bus stands had to take steps as they deemed fit to prevent eve-teasing. They must pass on information to the nearest police station or the Women’s Help Centre. Where any incident of eve-teasing is committed in a public service vehicle either by the passengers or the persons in charge of the vehicle, the crew of such vehicle shall, on a complaint made by the aggrieved person, take such vehicle to the nearest police station and give information to the police. Failure to do so would lead to cancellation of the permit to ply. Also, Women’s Helpline would be set up in various cities and towns so as to curb eve-teasing within three months. They have also been directed to display suitable boards cautioning against such acts of eve-teasing. These boards would be put up in all public places, including precincts of educational institutions, bus stands, railway stations, cinema theatres, parties, beaches, public service vehicles and places of worship.
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Crime against women: VC for zero-tolerance policy Kurukshetra, January 28 In his inaugural address, Dr Sandhu said, "There is a need to adopt a multi-pronged strategy to prevent crime against women by educational institutions, the police administration, social activists, families and individuals together." The most important thing is to introspect about the root cause of the problem of crime against women. We need to teach our students the values ingrained in our ancient culture to make them understand the importance of women in society. We also need to adopt a zero-tolerance strategy whereby strict punishment is given to people who indulge in crime against women, Sandhu added. Prof Rajesh Gill from Panjab University, Chandigarh, said it was wrong to blame the victim for what has happened. "We need to change our mindsets and be more sensitive towards women and also towards victims of such crimes. We need to come out of our comfort zones and treat it as a common problem which concerns everybody." Naunihal Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police, Chandigarh, said, "We need to inculcate faith in students about their teachers, families and friends and the police so that they share their problems which can be tackled in a planned manner. "We need to teach girls how to lodge a complaint with the police, how to be safe after lodging a complaint and how to react to a crime-like situation. The girls need to be mentally and physically tough to cope with such situations and educational institutions can play a major role in this direction." Prof Reicha Tanwar, Director, Women Studies Research Centre, KU, said the time had come to teach all citizens the path of gender equality. "Men need to change their attitude towards women," she added. Madhu Singh, a practising lawyer in the Panjab and Haryana High Court and Supreme Court, and Sanjay Ghosh, a lawyer, too, spoke.
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Refresher course in business studies ends Kurukshetra January 28 He also stressed on the use of Information and Communication Technology and its applications. As many as 34 college/university teachers of commerce, management, tourism and economics subjects drawn from six states of the country attended the course. The resource persons included experts from Kalyani University, West Bengal, and University of Texas, USA, universities of Delhi, HP and Punjab. A wide range of current issues were discussed with the participants to expose them to the latest developments in their discipline during the course, which was coordinated by Prof Neera Verma and Dr Sanjeev Bansal. Professor Verma, Chairperson, Department of Economics, presented the report of the course while Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, MM Goel, proposed the vote of thanks. RP Grover, Deputy Director, Academic Staff Council, KUK, Dr Ashok Chauhan, Dr Hemlata Sharma, Suraj Walia and Preeti Sharma were among those present.
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Police stops minor boy's marriage
Kurukshetra, January 28 Arya said immediately after getting the information, Deepshikha, child marriage prohibition officer, Sub- Inspector Balwinder Singh, Station House Officer (SHO), Jhansa, as well as Inspector Subhash Chand, SHO, Ladwa, were informed while SHO, Ladwa, was directed to get the school certificate of the boy, Vishal, son of Maan Singh, a resident of Jandhera village. According to the school certificate, the boy was found to be 16 years old. The information was conveyed to Balwinder Singh, SHO Jhansa, who reached Shanti Nagar Kurari and persuaded the boy’s parents to avoid the solemnisation of their son’s marriage. The boy’s parents, in the presence of village elders, pledged that they would solemnise the marriage after the boy attained marriageable age. The marriage party had to return to its native village, Jandhera, Arya added.
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Fire station: Chief Secy’s intervention sought
Faridabad, January 28 In response to a long-standing demand of the industry, Chaudhery had deputed Faridabad Deputy Commissioner during his interaction with industrialists here on October 26 last, to coordinate with HUDA and the local Municipal Corporation to identify a piece of land in the industrial sectors 24/25 for the project. He had also asked the corporation to identify land on which HUDA was to construct building for the project. Corporation’s executive engineer DR Bhaskar said land had been identified in Sector 25 and details of it would be communicated to the Deputy Commissioner and the HUDA soon. Bhaskar said the land was earmarked in layout plan of Sector 24 for a fire station. However, HUDA constructed a police station on it. The industrialists alleged that the authorities had not informed them about identification of the land. They expressed concern that the authorities were still pushing papers on the issue even after two months of the top brass'
directives. — TNS
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52 donate blood
Kurukshetra, January 28 As many as 55 persons were registered in the camp out of which 52 donated blood voluntarily in the camp. Speaking on the occasion, district police chief Rakesh Kumar Arya said that blood donation was a pious activity and urged people to donate blood regularly to save precious lives. He also appreciated Ashok Kumar Verma, in charge, Scene of Crime Team, who was the organiser of the camp, and blood donors for the success of the camp. Verma said Om Prakash from Red Cross Society, Kurukshetra, celebrated his birthday by donating blood. Dr Ramratan Sharma and Dr Sunil Yadav also spoke. All donors were honoured with the commendation letters and mementos while Verma was honoured with a commendation letter and a medal, issued by district Red Cross Society Kurukshetra, for organising the camp. Kurukshetra blood bank in charge Dr Manjeet Singh and district training officer Rajender Saini were also honoured.
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'Save girl child' campaign held
Ambala, January 28 To involve more public in the campaign, a huge flex was mobilised on a van in the nearby villages. The van was carrying posters and slogans. More than 5,000 students, faculty members and villagers contributed by writing slogans on the flex. Raising slogans, 'my daughter-nation's pride', 'Without girls, there is no future of world', 'Beti Bachao Bhavishya Bachao, Bhuran Hatya Paap hai' to spread awareness. The van was flagged-off by principal of E-Max International School Tajinder Chairman of the College Om Prakash Aggarwal said families of limited economic mean see daughters as a financial liability. Vice-chairman PR Bansal said the idea behind roping in young students was to include this upcoming generation in saving the girl child.
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KU win tae kwon do championship
Kurukshetra, January 28 Stating this to mediapersons here recently, Dr Dalel Singh Chauhan, Director, Physical Education and Sports, Kurukshetra University, who is also an Arjuna awardee, said two KU players won gold medals and three bronze. The championship was organised by Panjab University, Chandigarh, from January 21 to 25, 2013, in which players from 70 universities across the country participated. The winners were: Sunil Kumar - gold (54kg), Saurav - gold (58kg), Pardeep Dahiya - bronze (68kg), Mandeep - bronze (80kg) and Parshant - bronze (87kg). Lt-Gen DDS Sandhu (retd), Vice-Chancellor, Kurukshetra University, congratulated the team and its coach Jagdeep Singh.
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Guru Nanak college win Inter-College Fencing Championship
Yamunanagar, January 28 The college Principal, Dr Verinder Kaur, said the championship was conducted by DAV College for Women, Karnal. She said in the final round, the college team won the championship, defeating Janta College,
Kaul. Bhupinder Singh Jauhar, Chairman of the Guru Nanak Khalsa Group of Educational Institutions, congratulated the winning team and exhorted the players of the college to participate in games so that the name of the state could be on the international map. Dr Amrita Pritam, head of the Department of Physical Education, said six players of the college, Sandeep, Parmeet Sandhu, Gokul Malik, Avdesh Kumar, Yogita and Rajpal Kaur, had been selected to represent Kurukshetra University in the All-India Inter-University Championship.
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1,500 examined at free medical camp
Sonepat, January 28 A 50-member team, including nine specialist doctors and other paramedical staff, led by cardiologist Dr Rajinder Singh Tonk from Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, examined patients at the one-day camp. Around 1,500 patients, including over 600 persons having eye ailments, were examined during the camp. Free spectacles, ear phones and wheel chairs were also distributed among the needy. Dr Tonk said around four lakh patients had been examined in the past five years during free medical camps organised by Chaupal in villages of Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Dr Monika, coordinator, Chaupal, told residents to rise against social evils like female foeticide and atrocities against women.
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Education best way to take society forward: DGP
Sonepat, January 28 He was addressing a meeting at his native Silana village in this district. The meeting was organised by residents of the village in his honour. Recalling that his family had been of teachers till his grandfather’s generation, the DGP said education was the best way to take society forward and achieving the target. “Education inspires a man to be dutiful and a role model for others,” he added. He asked village youth to form a club for promotion of education among youngsters and promised to provide necessary support for the same. Vidya Devi, DGP’s mother, DC Pankaj Aggarwal, SP Arun Singh, SDM Mohinder Pal and other police officers were among those present.
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1,500-cr fruits market to be constructed in Sonipat Sonepat, January 27 The MP said the state government had a two-point plan —development and welfare—while implementing new programmes, schemes and projects . Setting up of new universities, other national
institutes, engineering and medical institutes, RoBs, widening of the road network, scholarships and pension schemes were some of these plans to ensure development. He claimed that there had been rapid expansion of the rail network, including metro service, for Gurgaon, Faridabad and Bahadurgarh. "Kundli in Sonepat will also be connected with metro rail during the next phase," he added. Haryana SpeakerKuldeep Sharma thanked the Rohtak MP for getting 53 development projects from Centre for the
state. — OC
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College principal develops turbojet engine
Rewari, January 28 The SAV will be able to fly to a distance of 400 km and will require only a 20m-long runway for its take-off and a 10m-long
SAV-pad for landing. Choudhary said he would soon be sending in his application to the authorities concerned to obtain a patent for his newly-invented turbojet engine.
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Pay relief to flood-hit farmers: Lokayukta
Ambala, January
28 The Lokayukta said the revenue officials if found to be negligent while performing their duty at the time of assessing the damage of the crops, a department action would be initiated against them after holding a due inquiry. In their complaint, the farmers stated that the revenue officials had discriminated against them by not granting compensation to them at par with other villagers whose land was adjacent to their fields.
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Movie on Barbareek to release on February 1
Rewari, January 28 The film, which will be released on February 1, graphically portrays the life of Barbareek, son of Ghatotkach and grandson of Bhim, who was in possession of three divine arrows which could promptly turn the scales in the Mahabharat war at
Kurukshetra.
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Honda opens technical centre
Manesar, January 28 An announcement to this effect was made by HMSI president and CEO Keita Muramatsu, Honda Research and Development India (HRDI) president Atsushi Amataka and HMSI vice-president (sales and marketing) Yadvinder S Guleria, here
recently. — TNS
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Multinational food chains get
popular in Kurukshetra Kurukshetra, January 28 Residents of Kurukshetra have always been known for their love for traditional Haryanvi food and these multinational food joints are cashing in on this penchant for food. Café coffee day (CCD) in front of Kurukshetra University gate no-3 is found fully loaded with the youth. Recently opened store has attracted the couples.
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Three litterateurs from Sirsa are among those selected by the Haryana Sahitya Akademi for its awards or grants for 2012.
Sheel Kaushik, a biologist working in the Health Department with the charge of Deputy Civil Surgeon (Vector Born Diseases) at Sirsa, won an award of Rs 21,000 for her short-story book, “Kabhi Bhi Kahin Bhi”.
Kurukshetra January 28
Producer KK Yadav, director Dharmesh Tiwari, maestro Ravinder Jain and prominent stars Gajender
Chauhan, Surender Pal, Amit Rao, Gracy Singh and Gufi Paintal held a press conference in the BMG Mall here recently to promote their new film “Mahabharat Aur Barbareek”, which is an integral part of the legendary Mahabharat epic.
