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Despite completion of building, trauma centre in limbo
VC for curbs on excessive use of social media
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Fatehabad engineering student offered master's course in Ivy League
Rural bank spreads awareness about services among peasants
Students pledge for greener tomorrow
Expert: Hypertension not urban-centric problem
REWARI DBA-CONSUMER FORUM TUSSLE
No power pangs this summer: Capt Yadav
Ambala college bags KU sports trophy
North-South Corridor: Rohtak-Bhiwani highway lies in neglect
People warned against forest fires
CM attends bhog of freedom fighter’s kin
Online treasury information system for seven other Haryana districts
CHIEF MINISTER'S SANITATION AWARD SCHEME
Architecture school gets heritage club
Placement at Kaithal college
E-Max celebrates annual day
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Despite completion of building, trauma centre in limbo
Rohtak, April 25 Though the building is ready, shortage of staff and required equipment has “caused” a delay in the start of the work. The PGIMS receives around 6,000 patients daily in its OPDs. Though the government had announced a special grant of Rs 32 crore recently to boost the financial health, the institute and its hospital have been faced with severe financial crunch mainly due to a cut in the government grant last year. The cut had resulted not only in delay in completion of some of the projects, but it had also forced the authorities to suspend the proposal to provide free medicines to patients. A list of 357 essential medicines had been prepared by officials but it is reported that due to funds shortage the ambitious project was lying shelved since it was announced way back in 2010. Besides, the authorities were unable to clear various dues of companies supplying material, said the sources, who added that some of them had even stopped the supplies due to non-payment of bills. As per information, though an amount of over Rs 47 crore has been spent on the project, this has helped in construction of the building only. “It still requires several crores to make it functional as funds will be used to acquire staff and machinery, besides other works,” claimed sources in
the PGIMS. This will be perhaps the first state-of-the-art trauma centre of any government hospital with 200-bed capacity, though one was already operational at Karnal. “Over 95 per cent work had been over for the building of the trauma centre and it would be made functional as soon as staff and machinery was acquired,” said Dr SS Sangwan, Vice-Chancellor, Pt BD Sharma Health University, to which the PGIMS is affiliated. He said the centre would be one of the largest in the region and would be offering state-of-the-art facilities to patients.
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VC for curbs on excessive use of social media
Kurukshetra, April 25 Dr Sandhu said the social media had created new bonds of friendship and togetherness in society. It had also proved to be the most potent weapon for creating public opinion and awakening of society. He said social media was also engaged in removing and relaxing barriers between different communities and castes at the national as well as international levels. The use of social media had provided a new and cheap methodology to its practitioners to air their views privately as well as publicly. He, however, expressed that the public should also be aware of the dangers inherent in the excessive use of social media and that some regulatory steps were needed for the same. SS Boora, Director, IMCMT, agreed with Sandhu’s notion of constant regulation and added that a proper synchronisation between social media roles and other types of media was needed for the welfare of society. However, he cautioned that new media should not be used as a propaganda tool for spreading false values in society. Vineet Kumar, a known social activist, and IMCMT Assistant Prof Ashok Kumar also spoke.
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Fatehabad engineering student offered master's course in Ivy League
Currently a student of electronics and communication at Delhi Technological University (formerly Delhi College of Engineering), Shyna has been offered to study Master of Engineering Management at Duke University and Dartmouth College. Dartmouth College is a part of the famous Ivy League of eight universities - Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton and Yale. She has received a call from the University of Michigan, too, for MS in Industrial and Operations Engineering. “My inclination is towards joining Dartmouth College because of the new programme engineering management which combines modules from Engineering and MBA School to provide a blend of logical and managerial skills to succeed in a fast-paced industry,” Shyna said speaking to The Tribune. Shyna is perhaps the first one from the Fatehabad, Sirsa and Hisar region to make it to Dartmouth, one of the oldest schools in the US popular for academic excellence and selectivity of admission. Shyna attributes her success to her parents, teachers and the almighty. “I am humbly thankful to have had amazing opportunities coming my way while I was at the DTU. My college experience was full of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities,” she said. She was one of the four members of Team DHOBI -- Pedal Powered Washing Machine -- that won Green Innovation Award in 2011. She also worked with the formula student car team 'defianz_racing' of the college that participates in the student car race event held in London every year. She also headed 'Comienzo' -Society of Women Engineers at DTU, aimed to promote research and innovation amongst women engineers. Shyna’s mantra of success is inherited from her father: Do what you believe in and believe in what you do.
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World Book Day celebrated with gaiety
Sirsa, April 25 Dr Shamim Sharma, Managing Director of the JCD Vidyapeeth, welcomed the chief guest and other dignitaries. She also exhorted students to inculcate reading habits in society to remove social curses. World Book Day or World Book and Copyright Day, also known as International Day of Book or World Book Day, is an annual event organised by UNESCO on April 23 to promote reading, publishing and copyright. World Book Day was
celebrated for the first time on 23 April, 1995. Swatantra Bharti rendered couplets of a song on the occasion to express his feelings. Permanand Shastri asked students as to how many of them read books apart from their curriculum. Motivating students to read, he cited the example of a government school at Neja Dela Khurd village where 100 per cent students have developed reading habits. Sheel Kaushik reminded parents of their responsibility to inculcate sound habits of reading in their wards. She expressed her thoughts through a poem ‘Chidiya aur Beti’. Roop Devgan urged that a writer should work to make his writings reachable to the common folk as it was literature that makes a man. Pooran Mudgil told students that it was literature that helped people like Mahatma Gandhi and Bhagat Singh develop their personalities. Books not only changed lives of these two and other revolutionaries but the fate of this country also. Major Shakti Raj Kaushik also shared his poem on the occasion. Jagdish Chopra stated: “He, who opens a library, shuts doors of a prison.” He said knowledge acquisition was mandatory for harmonious development.” Swami Vivekananda could establish his rapport as an earnest speaker as he had gained knowledge. Later, Dr Jai Parkash, Principal of the college, offered thanks to the chief guest and other dignitaries.
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Rural bank spreads awareness about services among peasants
Rewari, April 25 With a hefty clientele of 17,98,769, a majority of whom reside in about 1,000 villages of these seven districts , the GGB, sponsored by Syndicate Bank, has thus generated genuine awareness about banking services among the citizens in general and the peasants in particular. Furnishing details in this regard, GGB chairman S Indrajith said while they had already opened Saral Savings bank accounts of 667,145 persons belonging to the underprivileged sections of society through their Financial Inclusion Programme by linking them with banking services, they had been persistently making all-out efforts to provide them need-based credit through saving-cum- OD Scheme. Further stating that the GGB had primarily set up three block-level Financial Literacy and Credit Counselling (FLCC) centres, one each at Tigaon, Pataudi and Nagina, with the assistance of Jnana Jyothi FLCC Trust, Manipal (Karnataka), he pointed out that these centres had been consistently creating awareness among the people about banking products. Specifically mentioning about the bank’s valuable contribution towards the economic uplift of the toilers and the peasants, the GGB chief said the bank had already formed and assisted 12,652 Self-Help Groups, 1,260 Joint Liability Groups, 586 Farmers’ Clubs and had issued 80,375 Kisan Credit Cards to the farmers as well. Similarly speaking about move of the Central Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for popularising the Solar Home Lighting System, the chairman said while 51 of the 231 branches of the bank were working on the project, they had already installed 10,395 Solar Home Lights in various villages of the region. As regards the GGB’s financial accretions as they stood on March 31 at the expiry of the fiscal year 2012-13, the chairman said while the bank’s total business, including deposits of Rs 4845.26 crore and advances of Rs 2604.97 crore, had surpassed Rs 7,450 crore, the GGB had earned an operating profit of Rs 169.14 crore as well.
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460 units donated at blood donation
camp
Sonepat, April 25 As many as 460 units of blood were donated by students and faculty members of the university. HS Chahal, Vice-Chancellor of the university, while inaugurating the camp, appreciated the efforts of donors. A number of lives of road accident victims could be saved with the timely availability of blood, he added. Anand Rana, university’s superintendent, donated blood for the 58th time, Prof Manoj Duhan and Dr Pawan Dahiya donated blood for 10th time and 5th time, respectively at the camp. RK Arora, university’s Registrar and Saroj, Secretary, District Red Cross Society, were among those others present.
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Students pledge for greener tomorrow
Ambala, April 25 Students were given information about various environmental issues like growing population, industrialisation, excess use of groundwater and incessant exploitation of natural resources by teachers. A painting competition was also organised on the occasion where students expressed their ideas and conveyed their messages through their paintings. Students took a pledge to make efforts to save the planet.
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Expert: Hypertension not urban-centric problem
Faridabad, April 25 He said Haryana’s districts like Faridabad, Gurgaon and Sonepat, located in the National Capital Region, were getting into the grip of hypertension. Experts said Punjab was also reporting a considerable number of hypertension cases. The factors responsible for the ailment could be junk food, high dosage of salt and a sedentary life style. Medical experts are of the opinion that the high rate of occurrence of the disease, which is directly related to high blood pressure, calls for drastic remedial measures. Dr Yadav said the number of hypertension cases in Haryana exploded the age-old myth that it was an urban-centric problem. He also said that patients suffering from hypertension would generally not show overt symptoms and the disease could be discovered after a medical diagnosis. Persons having constant headaches and experiencing exertion while walking, vomiting and feeling stress while breathing, must consult a doctor as they might be suffering from hypertension.
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REWARI DBA-CONSUMER FORUM TUSSLE
Rewari, April 25 Levelling grave allegations of indecent conduct towards lawyers and adoption of a harassing approach towards the clients in the matter of dispensation of justice on the forum chief VK Jain, members of the RDBA led by their president, Ravinder Yadav, locked the Consumer Court here on April 18 while seeking an unconditional apology from the forum president, VK Jain, for his "humiliating conduct". On the other hand, denying all such allegations, Jain, in the presence of police officials, got the lock of the Consumer Court removed on April 22. Simultaneously taking a strong exception to such a move on the part of the forum chief, the agitated members of the RDBA again locked the alternative door of the Consumer Court while bolting its first door from inside. Besides, Bar president Ravinder Yadav also announced that their agitation would continue until forum president Jain was transferred from Rewari. Contrary to this Jain, on April 23, presented a written complaint to SP, Rewari, seeking registration of a criminal case against Bar president Yadav and his seven or other associates. Besides, Jain has also conveyed such information to the Punjab and Haryana High Court as well as the Bar Council of the high court.
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No power pangs this summer: Capt Yadav
Chandigarh, April 25 Yadav said the state would get 1,424 MW power from Adani (Gujarat) and an agreement had been reached to this effect. Moreover, power plants at Yamunanagar, Jhajjar and Khedar were running smoothly. He said the government was ready to supply round-the-clock power to villages, provided the line losses were reduced to less than 25 per cent. The state government had set up eight special police stations to check power theft in the state. The consumers would also have to contribute to curtail pilferage, said the Power Minister. He said the PVC pipes would be installed in villages to curb power theft, for which the state government had made provision of Rs 500 crore. This experiment was done in two villages of Hisar where the line loses were about 60 per cent. There it proved successful and the line losses were reduced drastically. He said the power utilities were running into losses to the tune of Rs 28,000 crore. While 50 per cent losses would be borne by the state government, the rest would be met through long-term loans. Yadav said the Hooda government had set up five new government colleges at Pali, Kosli, Rewari, Khakra and Gurawara. The demand to upgrade the Meerpur Regional Centre into a university is also being considered.
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'Vivekananda's teachings a beacon of hope for youth'
Sonepat, April 25 While inaugurating the seminar, HS Chahal, Vice-Chancellor of the university, said the country was in the need of a person like Vivekananda to guide people and for establishing the social and moral values in society. The teachings of Swami Vivekananda were like a beacon of hope for the youth of the country, he added. KC Suresh, Director of the Global Foundation for Civilisation Harmony, in his address said if there was no regard for women in the country, it could not be called a great nation. A country could not become a superpower if its girl child was not safe, he remarked. He also stressed on the need for bringing change in the overall mindset of people against the prevailing social evils like female foeticide and rape. RK Arora, Registrar of the university, Prof BP Singh, Prof BP Malik, Prof SK Garg, Prof AK Sharma, MS Dhankhar, convener of the Sonepat centre of the Vivekananda Kendra, Rohit Jakhar, extension in charge and Ketan Kumar, coordinator of the kendra, were among those present on the occasion.
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Hisar's Madhuban Park gets a facelift
Hisar, April 25 Considered a prestigious and a very old park of Hisar, the municipal council has spent Rs 20 lakh for the renovation of Madhuban Park. The park has in it a pond having beautiful multicolour fish, a water stream and a habitat for birds. The municipal council has set up chairs for people who want to take rest during their walks. The DC said a complete facelift was being provided to the park.
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Ambala college bags KU sports trophy
Ambala, April 25 Principal Pardeep Sharma Snehi said the college has won 12 gold, 12 silver and many bronze medals in various sports competitions organised by the university. Apart from it, the players of the college have represented India at several international events. While lauding the sports department of the college for the achievement, the principal said the head of the sports department Dr Surender Tanwar has made all-out efforts to prepare students for various competitions. President of college management committee Sushil Jain and secretary Kamlapat Jain said the students who had brought laurels to the college would be honoured at a function to be held in the college soon. They said the college was celebrating its platinum jubilee this year and this success had doubled the joy for everyone.
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Cultural fest regales students
Kurukshetra, April 25 Aman Cheema, president of the District Bar Association, Kurukshetra, and Krishan Dhamija were the guests of honour. The fest started with a ‘saraswati vandana’ followed by various events like singing, dancing and a skit. The main attraction of the function was a ramp walk performed by final year students. Famous Punjabi Singer Dilbagh Singh enthralled the audience at the star night which was later held. Chairman Sanjay Bansal said this programme was organised specially for the final year students. Director Brig (retd) VK Panday and Principal Dr HV Manchanda were also present on the occasion.
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Haryana students shine in tech contest
Gurgaon, April 25 Team Path-Finders comprising Manasvi Sihag (mentor), Hardik Garg, Nikhil Dalmia, Prashant Gupta and Pritam Singh from Manav Rachna College of Engineering, Faridabad, emerged as the national winners in both categories of Innovation as well as World Citizenship. The team will go on to represent the country at the worldwide finals of the competition to be held in St Petersburg, Russia, in July. Imagine Cup is an internationally acclaimed students' technology competition which brings innovators from across the world on a common platform. "It was a dream-come-true for all of us, ?we feel elated at the coveted achievement and look forward to the great opportunity that lies ahead in revolutionising healthcare in rural India," said Team Path-Finders' member Prashant, whose parents, Prof RK Gupta and Prof Shashi Kiran, are senior faculty members at the PGIMS, Rohtak. The Imagine Cup, now in its 11th year, saw registrations from over 14,000 students across India and over 5,000 competitors under the two categories of World Citizenship and Innovation. The competition aims to expand the focus on innovation and entrepreneurship. Bhaskar Pramanik, Chairman, Microsoft Corporation (India), observed that programmes like the Imagine Cup helped foster a spirit of social and technological entrepreneurship, which are crucial not only in career advancement of the students, but also in overall economic growth and sustainable development.
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North-South Corridor: Rohtak-Bhiwani highway lies in neglect
Rohtak, April 25 Almost 30 km of the Rohtak-Bhiwani stretch of the North-South Corridor has been lying in a pathetic condition, leaving the commuters frustrated. The potholed part of the stretch that mainly lies in Bhiwani district presents a contrasting picture in comparison to the four-lane road laid in Rohtak. While the traffic on this stretch has gone up sharply over the years, the stretch from Bhiwani’s side has failed to get the attention of the authorities. More than half of the 50 km-long stretch has become unmotorable resulting in damage to the vehicles, increased travel time and fuel consumption. Several accidents took place due to the damaged road and have been causing inconvenience to the commuters for the past couple of years. Shiv Kumar, a local resident from Bhiwani, said it had made speedy progress when former Chief Minister Bansi Lal was in power. But the ruling Congress government had turned a blind eye to the region. The Deputy Commissioner, Ashok Kumar Meena, said the state government had awarded a contract of Rs 13.6 bn ($275m) to IVRCL Assets and Holdings Limited to build the 151 km-long North-South Corridor on a design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) basis. This was the main reason that repair work had not been taken up by the Public Works Department. The corridor, he added, would connect NH-8 at Kotputli in Rajasthan to NH-1 at Ambala in Haryana, passing through Nangal Chaudhary, Narnaul, Mahendergarh, Dadri, Bhiwani, Rohtak, Jind, Kaithal, Pehowa. The project would provide a link between Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and North-Indian states of Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
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People warned against forest fires
Chandigarh, April 25 Sometimes fire is also lit to keep away wild animals from farmers' fields and to remove residue of agricultural crop from fields, he added. He urged people to cooperate with the department and protect forests that were essential to maintain ecological balance. He said a target had been set to raise plantations over 17,214 hectares during this financial year as against an area of 13,800 hectares brought
under afforestation during the last financial year. He said during the last financial year, the department had planted 2.18 crore saplings whereas 2.82 crore were planted by other agencies. For the current financial year, a target has been set to plant three crore saplings. These saplings would be sold from state nurseries at nominal rates, he added.
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CM attends bhog of freedom fighter’s kin
Sonepat, April 25 Talking to mediapersons, he said: “We cannot underestimate the role of family members of the freedom fighters who provided
all kind of support to them to participate in the freedom struggle.” The indirect contribution of the families of the freedom fighters should also be acknowledged by people, he added. Hooda said keeping in view the demands of farmers, government wheat purchase agencies had been directed to make immediate payment to farmers after purchase of their produce. The agencies had also been asked to ensure immediate lifting of the purchased stock to provide space for fresh arrivals in grain markets and purchase centres, he said, adding that the district administration had been told to monitor the procurement process on a regular basis. Hooda claimed since his government had covered every area in the state and every section of society by launching development projects and welfare schemes, the Congress would score a hat-trick by winning the Assembly elections in the state.
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Online treasury information system for seven other Haryana districts
Sirsa, April 25 All drawing and disbursing officers have been trained for the new e-billing system. The system is already operational in Chandigarh and the treasury and sub-treasuries of Gurgaon district since April 1. An official spokesperson said the services which had been made fully operational in the web-enabled online treasury information system included e-salary, e-pension, online budget allocation, monitoring and analysis system for preparation and distribution of budget and electronic payment system. He further said that for a smooth change from offline to the web-enabled system, some restrictions were required on the bills passing in the treasuries and sub-treasuries in these seven districts during the transit period from April 23 to 30. Therefore, bills, cheques and refund claims other than those related to salary payment would be accepted in the treasuries or sub-treasuries only up to April 23. With effect from April 25, only bills, cheques and refund claims submitted through the e-billing system would be accepted by the treasuries. A bill submitted up to April 23 would be passed through the off-line system in treasuries by April 25. Under the new implementation, Electronic Payment System (EPS) pay orders issued up to April 25 would have to be presented by the drawing and disbursing officers in the treasury bank by April 30 for clearance. All unpaid EPS pay orders, as on May 1, would be cancelled from the treasury and fresh bills would be resubmitted through the e-billing system only. No salary bills would be accepted in the treasuries before April 25. All EPS pay orders related to bill, cheques, refund orders and court deposits presented in the treasuries through the e-billing system with effect from April 25 and up to April 30 could not be presented in the treasury bank before May.
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CHIEF MINISTER'S SANITATION AWARD SCHEME
Kaithal, April 25 Addressing sarpanches and other panchayati raj functionaries, Yadav said it was matter of concern that till 20 years ago, villages looked cleaner as compared to the present time. He said even in this situation, there was a silver lining as some villages in the district were cleaner than others. He praised Santokh majra, Dera Gadla, Azimgarh and Devigarh villages and exhorted sarpanches to follow the example of such villages. He also asked them to spend the award money granted to them by the government for upkeep of sanitation and improving living standards by ensuring proper sanitation. The ADC handed over cheques worth Rs 21 lakh to 24 panchayats. On this occasion, BDPOs of Kaithal, Pundri and Siwan, Shanker Lal Goel, Suraj Bhan and Surinder Sharma, respectively, and Chairman, Panchayat Samiti, Bimla Sharma were also present.
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Book on industrial disputes law released
Kurukshetra, April 25 The latest judgments delivered by the Supreme Court and various other high courts are also incorporated in the book. Prof VK Razdan, Dean, Law Faculty, and Prof BR Saini, Chairman, Law Department, were among those others present.
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Architecture school gets heritage club
Ambala, April 25 Aradhana Jindal, principal, School of Architecture, said the heritage club in the college would greatly help in the documentation of heritage properties in Ambala and its surrounding areas besides making students aware of their
historic past. Lt Gen Ranjeet Singh showed a presentation “Heritage of Ambala” to students on the occasion.
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Placement at Kaithal college
Kaithal, April 25 The Director-Principal, DP Gupta, said about 450 students who had passed BTech in Computer Science, Electronics and other streams appeared in the placement camp.
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E-Max celebrates annual day
Ambala, April 25 The students also performed many cultural programmes like gidda, bhangra, and Himachali, Bhutani and Kashmiri songs. Omparkash Aggarwal, Chief Managing Director, E-Max Group of Institutions, appreciated the efforts of the management and the students for organising the function.
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Aashiqui 2 Directed by: Mohit Suri Experimenting with sequels is going to be one of the many highlights of 2013. After ‘Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns’, this week the audience will see ‘Aashiqui 2’, a sequel to musical hit of the 90s ‘Aashiqui’ at theatres across Haryana. The fresh pair in this romantic movie is Shradha Kapoor (Shakti Kapoor’s daughter) and Aditya Roy Kapoor. Shradha has bagged her first true blue romantic film. Those who have gone through the rushes of ‘Aashiqui 2’ say, the film has a different story and has no resemblance to Rahul Roy-Anu Agarwal starrer ‘Aashiqui’. Though critics opine that sequels are easy way out for filmmakers. So, a look at the promos of ‘Aashiqui 2’ give an impression that it will be a money-spinner at the box office. Sandeep Nath, Irshad Kamil and Sanjay Masoom have penned the lyrics. Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari and Jeet Ganguly have come up with the melodious score. In the season of sequels, here is yet another for viewers. — Dharam Pal
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