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Girls dominate toppers’ list
Sukhu criticises Dhumal
HPCC president Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu being welcomed by Congress workers on his arrival in Dharamsala on Sunday. Photo: Kamaljeet
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Bollywood stars arrive in Dharamsala for exhibition match
From left: Aftab Shivdasani, Sohail Khan, Anurag Thakur and Mohammad Azharuddin at a press conference in Dharamsala on Sunday. Photo: Kamaljeet
Keep CBI free from pressure: Shanta
Nathpa Jhakri achieves highest power generation
Hatu peak to be developed as tourist spot, says Virbhadra Singh
Education Dept proposes IT course fee cut in schools
Experts for early detection of ocular diseases in hills
Grewal Eye Institute CEO SPS Grewal addresses a press conference in Shimla on Sunday.
Baddi to get Rs 100-cr tool room
Four electrocuted in short-circuit
BDO among 3 held for abetment to suicide
Villagers hold rally against ACC management
Chandigarh University releases prospectus
SJVN organises mini marathon to celebrate silver jubilee
Children participate in a mini marathon titled “Conserve energy, save energy” on the occasion of 25 years of the SJVN on the Ridge in Shimla on Sunday.
First national rugby football tourney begins in Bilaspur
UPA govt neck-deep in corruption: BJP
Bilaspur co-op federation poll held
Suicide victim's family demands inquiry
Shop gutted, material worth lakhs destroyed
Congress misleading people: Ganesh
Forest fire destroys tract of land
Health insurance co. told to pay Rs 2,37,835
Thieves decamp with ornaments
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Girls dominate toppers’ list
The pass percentage was low at 61.16 per cent. Of the 1,45,020 students who had appeared in the class X examinations 88,688 passed. Vaishnavi Thakur of Aryan Public School, Jhiriwala, topped by scoring 681 marks out of
700. The second position was bagged jointly by four students who scored 679 marks. They are Vaibhav Vashisth of SVM High School, Ghumarwin, Anchal Gupta of SVN Public School, Nahan, Nikhil Sharma of SVM High School, Salash, and Eesha of Aryan Public School, Bilaspur. The third position was bagged by Ankit Kumar of VM Public School, Sundernagar scoring 676 marks. Namrata Sharma of Aryan Public School, Jhiriwala, was fourth scoring 675 marks. The fifth position was bagged jointly by two students who scored 674 marks. They are Pooja Sharma of SVM High School, Ghumarwin, and Ankita of SV Public Senior Secondary School, Gagret. Three students scored 673 marks to be joint sixth. They are Sanchit Goel of Binwa Public School, Baijnath, Manya Bharadwaj of HA Public School, Vikas Nagar, and Nancy Jaswal of NE Public School, Parol. Five students who scored 672 marks were jointly placed seventh. They are Shamli Sharma of Bharatiya Public Senior Secondary School, Jogindernagar, Priyanka Bharadwaj of SV Public School, Bajaura, Shikha Jaswal of SDR Public School, Gagret, Varun Sharma of HA Public School, Vikas Nagar, and Tamnna Sharma of SM Senior Secondary School, Talai. Two students bagged jointly the eighth position. They are Deeksha Sharma of HS Senior Secondary School, Ghumarwin, and Deepanshu Thakur of NJ Public School, Sarwari. The ninth position was shared by seven students who scored 670 marks. They are Manveer of Binwa Public School, Baijnath, Rayshi Sood of Bharatiya Public Senior Secondary School, Jogindernagar, Garima Verma of Government Senior Secondary School, Bilaspur, Apoorva Thakur of HA Public School, Hamirpur, Sonali Arya of SSM Institute of Education, Devshar Tira, Nishant Sharma of KGM High School, Harsour, and Rohini Sharma of Gurukul Public School, Hamirpur. Six students who scored 669 marks jointly bagged the 10th position. They are Nitin Bhartiya of KGM High School Harsour, Abhishek Samyal of AVM Senior Secondary School Pahra, Samentha Saini of SS Senior Secondary School Kharuni, Sangeeta Kumari of Lawrence Public School Chowai, Ishta Thakur of SP Senior Secondary School, Barchhwar, and Damini of VM Public School, Sundernagar. |
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Sukhu criticises Dhumal
Dharamsala, May 19 Sukhu alleged that Dhumal and was the first politician in the state to do so. Sukhu claimed that Dhumal had resorted to politics of convenience for personal gains. Sukhu targeted the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) headed by Dhumal's son Anurag Thakur as well. Sukhu alleged that it was the only sports organisation controlled by a group of about 25 persons. Referring to the Pavilion Hotel of the HPCA, he claimed that as per information an amount of Rs 70 lakh had been spent on each room of the hotel. Sukhu urged the state government to probe the charges levelled in the Congress charge sheet against the previous government before the last Assembly elections. He criticised the previous government for launching various Central government schemes in the name of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Sukhu said schemes were generally launched in the name of leaders who were dead. He said the Bharatiya Janata Party had strayed from policies advocated by Vajpayee. Later at a meeting, the HPCC president exhorted party workers to strengthen the organisation and build it for the next 20 years. He asserted that discipline, moral values and transparency were key elements for any organisation. Maintaining that the immediate concern of the party was to win the maximum seats in the General Election next year, Sukhu said it would largely depend on the performance of the government. He said he would make efforts for better coordination between the party and the government. Cautioning workers to be aware of party hoppers, he said tough action would be taken against those practising the politics of convenience for individual gains. “Everybody knows that people of dubious character pose more of a threat to the organisation than opponents,” he said. He added that it was a common notion among grassroots workers that party leaders forgot them after winning elections. He told workers to approach the HPCC or their respective block committees in case they felt ignored. “Persons working in the organisation are the voice of the poor and downtrodden. We will raise your voice if you are not heard by the government,” he said. Giving tips to party workers for the General Election, Sukhu said block and district committees needed to ensure monthly meetings with an agenda focusing on Mission 2014. Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, Transport and Technical Education GS Bali, Minister for Housing and Urban Development Sudhir Sharma and Jwalamukhi legislator Sanjay Rattan were present during the meeting. |
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Seats in
MTech, ME courses at pvt varsities, engg colleges Dharam Prakash Gupta Tribune News Service
Hamirpur, May 19 There are 1,133 MTech and ME seats but students clearing graduate aptitude test for engineering will be preferred. Admission to courses will be made through the CEE for the first time as the government has made it mandatory under the Himachal Pradesh Private Technical and Vocational Education Institutions Regulation Act to admit students through the CEE. Private universities had been admitting students by conducting their tests. The HPTU which is conducting the CEE for Bachelor of Pharmacy, Master of Pharmacy and MTech has extended from May 15 to May 24 the last date to submit forms. The date of the CEE has been extended to June 8 as less prospectuses have been sold. Admission to Master of Business Administration and Master of Computer Application courses is through common management admission test of Himachal Pradesh University. Admission to undergraduate courses has not been encouraging. More than half the seats were vacant last year. Filling MTech seats this year seems difficult as a large number of Bachelor of Technology passouts prefer jobs. Institutes will require at least 250 Doctorate of Philosophy degree holders to teach over 1,100 MTech and ME students but are finding it difficult to recruit enough faculty. Four MTech students can be registered under a faculty member as per All India Council for Technical Education norms.
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Bollywood stars arrive in Dharamsala for exhibition match
Dharamsala, May 19 "I want to develop Dharamsala as a sports town of the state so that sports tourism becomes a major industry and source of employment for local people," he said. The Bollywood stars, including Sohail Khan and Aftab
Shivdasani, who arrived here this evening, visited the Dharamsala cricket stadium. Talking to newsmen they appreciated the natural beauty of the stadium and said they were stunned by the panoramic view of showclad Dhauladhars in Dharamsala. Most of the MPs who will play tomorrow's match also arrived here today. Sources here said earlier actor Bobby Deol was also expected to come to Dharamsala. However, he cancelled his
programme. Another star Sunil Shetty also did not arrive, but HPCA officials claimed that he would arrive tomorrow. The HPCA was selling tickets for the match at a nominal price of ranging from Rs 100 to Rs 1,300. HPCA sources said they were expecting a crowd of about 10,000 during the match. It is for the first time that Bollywood celebrities will play a cricket match at Dharamsala. The HPCA spokesperson said Bollywood actors who would be coming to Dharamsala included Sohail Khan, Vikas
Kapoor, Jordy Patel, Adil Jagmagia, Shyam Sunder, Suniel Shetty, Aftab
Shivdasani, Raja Bherwani, Yash Tonk, Shabir Ahluwalia, Kanchi Kaul, Sachin Joshi, Varun
Badola, Vatsal Sheth, Rajniesh Duggal, Ashish Chaudhary, Dilip Aggarwal, Aijaz
Ashai, Dhwani Shah, Dinesh Lad, Stefan Martyres, Rakesh Singh, Jeetendra Sharma, Asif
Shaikh, Rajkumar Tiwari, Gendraj Yadav, Rajendra Bainda, Raju, Parshuram
Tiwalekar, Bijli Raut, Ajay Chhabria, Vikram Chopra, Vibhor Gupta, Rakesh Sharma, Dipesh Sharma. The list of MPs included Mohammad
Azharuddin, Kalikesh Singh Deo, Kamlesh Paswan, Nishikant Dubey, Derek O
Brein, Jayant Choudhary, Dhananjay Singh, Madhu Goud Yaskhi, Anurag Singh
Thakur, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Dushyant Singh and Rajiv Mishra, CEO, LS TV. |
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Keep CBI free from pressure: Shanta
Palampur, May 19 Addressing mediapersons here today, Shanta Kumar said parties should respect the sentiments of the Supreme Court, which had categorically directed the Union Government to come out with a concrete proposal before the court in the next hearing for keeping the CBI free from all the pressures and pulls while performing its duty. He said the government had already constituted a group of ministers
(GOM) headed by Finance Minister P Chidambaram, who would submit their proposal before the Supreme Court in this regard before June 10. He said instead of criticising the government on this important issue, political parties should give suggestions to the
GOM, so that the premier investigating agency could be made free from all the pressures. He quoted the example of Hong Kong where once corruption was rampant in the public life. Later, there was a strong revolt against the ruling party and thereafter, countrymen forced the government to bring a legislation to check corruption, he said. He added that today Hong Kong was considered among the honest countries of the world.
Shanta said the recent incident of match fixing had rocked the nation, particularly cricket fans. He said it was shocking that a player who was paid Rs 2 crore for playing IPL matches accepted a bribe of Rs 60 lakh from bookies. This was a shame for the nation and the government should seriously think to bring a stringent law to punish such people. He said this was high time when all the political parties joined hands to pass an effective Lokpal and also bring the CBI out of the “clutches” of the government who had “misused it on a number of occasions to save its skin”. |
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Nathpa Jhakri achieves highest power generation
Shimla, May 19 The project designed to generate 36.6 million units produced 37.84 million units of electricity yesterday. The discharge in the Sutlej has shot up from 212 cumecs last week to 429 cumecs due to the sudden rise in temperature which accelerated the melting of snow. The discharge is much higher compared to the last year as the region received heavy snow during the winter right down to mid-hill areas. The hills have indeed warmed up over the last few days with tribal Kalpa recording a maximum of 25°C. The maximum temperature in Shimla
touched 29°C, 6.5°C above normal and the nights were also quite warm with a minimum of 21 °C, 7.5 °C higher than the normal. Solan was much warmer with a maximum
of 34.5 °C. The rising mercury was proving a boon for hydropower projects. The Nathpa Jhakri project operated by the public sector, Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam
(SJVN), has during the current financial year generated 892 million units as against 698 million units in the corresponding period last year when it missed the target. Last year, it generated only 6,777 million units against a target of 7,000 million units. It was a huge decline from 2011-12 when it generated a record 7,610 million units. However, the current year has been good from the outset and it generated 449 million units during April against a target of 410 million units. The month of May will be even better as the local Met office had predicted warm weather for the next one week which means that the project will operate in the top gear. The Union Ministry of Power had reduced the generation target for the current fiscal to 6,875 million units from 7,000 million units last year in view of the poor performance. However, favourable weather conditions have raised the hope of a
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Hatu peak to be developed as tourist spot, says Virbhadra Singh
Shimla, May 19 He said he had been visiting this sacred place regularly for the last over 30 years. He formally inaugurated the new temple complex constructed at a cost of Rs 1.25 crore. It took four years to complete the complex. He said this would be a new attraction for those visiting the Narkanda area. Later, addressing a gathering at Jalog in the Seeraj area after laying foundation stones of Rs 3.63 crore ITI complex and Rs 1.40 crore lift irrigation scheme from Parlog khad to
Ogli, he said it was his first visit to the area after becoming the representative of the Shimla Rural Assembly constituency. He said he would make all-out efforts to fulfil the expectations and aspirations of the people. A special cell has been established in the Chief Minister's office for ensuring speedy disposal of issues pertaining to the constituency. The Chief Minister said the government had in less than five months taken numerous decisions for the welfare of the people. It succeeded in approving the Rs 22,800-crore 12th Five-Year Plan, which was 65 per cent higher than the previous plan. It was the highest increase in the country. The annual plan for the current year had been pegged at Rs 4,100 crore. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said the government had provided free-travel facility to schoolchildren in state transport buses so that they were motivated to attend school and pursue education. The government would launch the integrated crop diversification programme to bring additional 3,000 hectare areas under cultivation of vegetables, he added. |
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Education Dept proposes IT course fee cut in schools
Shimla, May 19 The government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology
(NIELIT). Students will be charged Rs 110 per month while the NIELIT will pay a remuneration of Rs 6,700 per month to junior faculty and Rs 7,500 per month to senior faculty it hires for the purpose. Keeping in view the lukewarm response in the first phase the Education Department has drawn up the proposal to reduce the fee. The proposal includes seeking funds from the Centre or the state so that students of classes IX and X are charged Rs 55 per month and those of classes XI and XII Rs 75 per month. Students from below poverty line and Scheduled Caste families are entitled to a 50 per cent fee subsidy at present. There is a proposal to make the course free for Scheduled Castes. Director of Education Dinkar Burathoki says the response in the first phase is not encouraging and only one-third of the students have opted for IT. He further says the fee charged under the self-financing scheme for teaching IT is an issue since education is free at government schools. He says it has been felt that reducing the fee will encourage more students to opt for the subject and the proposal to reduce the fee is being sent to the government. He adds that all high schools and senior secondary schools under the programme will be equipped with a computer laboratory and two smart classrooms. The NIELIT will conduct an induction programme or a refresher course for faculty members and the department heads will provide computers, software, printers, stationery and other items required. Principals will ensure the regular checking of IT laboratories. IT teachers will maintain the record of theory and
practicals. Nodal officers will ensure the regular monitoring of IT education. The curriculum will be designed with 30 hours of theory and 60 hours of practicals for students of classes IX and X and 60 hours of theory and 60 hours of practicals for students of classes XI and XII. |
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Experts for early detection of ocular diseases in hills
Shimla, May 19 “The incidence of ailments like glaucoma, allergies and pterygium is higher in high-altitude areas particularly tribal areas,” they pointed out while asserting the need for awareness about ocular diseases. “Early detection is essential as delay in treatment may result in loss of vision,” they said during a one-day seminar organised by Grewal Eye Institute as part of the continuing medical education programme here today. Chief Executive Officer with the institute SPS Grewal said those at an altitude of between 15,000 feet and 18,000 feet and in tribal areas and inhospitable areas like Siachen were at a higher risk due to low atmospheric pressure. He said there was a need to make a mass movement the screening of children for eye-related problems and the state government should take the initiative in this regard. He suggested that every child should be screened at the time of admission to school and the exercise should be repeated every two or three years. He said those suspected to have problems in vision could be subjected to detailed investigations to get to the root of the problem and to carry out timely treatment. He said problems in vision among children remained undetected at present which seriously hampered their education and development. He said 1 per cent of the population of India above the age of 40 years had glaucoma and many more faced problems due to diabetes which compounded eye-related
complications. KP Chowdhary, Head of the Department of Ophthalmology at Indira Gandhi Medical College here, talked about corneal
haematoma, blood clots found on the cornea, and gave inputs on management and treatment. Dr RN Shashni said problems like refractive error could be corrected with spectacles in most cases and a large number of people became medically unfit for some services due to this error. Advances had made available better techniques. Problems could be diagnosed easily with equipment like optical coherent tomogram which provided a three-dimensional view of the retina. Guneet Mann spoke on the importance of timely detection of glaucoma. |
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Baddi to get Rs 100-cr tool room
Solan, May 19 He was interacting with members of the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh Industries Association at Baddi on Friday. He also announced that a state-level industrial advisory council would be constituted in the state which would give suggestions to accelerate the pace of industrialisation in the state and it would have 21 members. He said the state government would provide 20 hectare land for this tool room. A proposal worth Rs 95 crore for strengthening the industrial infrastructure in the state had been sent for the approval to the Centre Government, he said. With a view to facilitating the industry, Rs 13.20 crore would be spent on repair and maintenance of roads in the BBN area and Rs 44 crore had been provided for the maintenance of the Nalagarh-Swarghat National Highway 21-A, he said. He assured the industry representatives that the Chikni bridge would be completed by December. The minister said a policy of “Industry by invitation” was being adopted by the state government to attract investment to the state. A team of the World Bank would be visiting Baddi to inspect the ongoing works so as to bring in financial assistance. Arun Rawat, president, Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh Industrialists Association, apprised the minister about their demands. |
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Four electrocuted in short-circuit
Chamba, May 19 Confirming the reports, Superintendent of Police BM Sharma said the incident occurred at outlying Pleur village at around 9.30 pm last night. The deceased had been identified as Lambi Devi (45), Nitin (43), Harinder (19) and Hitesh (15), while the injured were Nimo Devi (44), Hina (20), Maan Singh (39), Tilak Raj (37) and Chinto Devi (35), the SP said. A case under Sections 336, 337 and 304-A, IPC, had been registered at the Chamba Sadar police station on a complaint of Prakash Chand, a resident of the village, and further investigation was underway. ML Sharma, Senior Executive Engineer, Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited (HPSEBL), Chamba, told this correspondent over the phone that the incident occurred in the aftermath of a disk of the high-tension power transmission line which burst into flames and fell on the low-tension (LP) power transmission line. Consequently, a heavy load of current flowed through the LT to domestic consumers in the village causing a short-circuit and claiming lives of the victims. Sharma said everything in the power transmission network had been rectified and the electricity supply to the Pleur area was normal. Meanwhile, officials of the local administration were on the job to carry out relief and rescue operations.
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BDO among 3 held for abetment to suicide
Nurpur, May 19 DSP Rajiv Atre said the police after getting substantial evidence had arrested Sushil
Chowdhary, the then Block Development Officer (BDO), his Superintendant Inder Singh and accountant Ashwani Kumar. The trio was produced before the Judicial Magistrate today and remanded in police custody till May 22. The DSP said the police had taken possession of some office record of the
BDO, mobile phone of the deceased and would continue its investigations during the police remand of the accused. On the basis of the deceased person's suicide note, his family and relatives had approached IG Ashok Aggarwal on April 22 and a case under Sections 306 and 34,
IPC, had been registered against four persons, including the three arrested by the police. In the suicide note the deceased, who was a contract employee in the office of the
BDO, Nurpur, in the watershed development project had alleged that the accused had conspired to withhold his Rs 4 to 5 lakh as due office payment of his wife's firm M/s Payal Enterprises. The police had found a number of empty wrappers of sedative capsules on the deceased person's body. The laptop of the deceased is still missing. The fourth accused hailing from the Palampur area and who figures in the FIR is yet to be arrested by the police. |
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Villagers hold rally against ACC management
Bilaspur, May 19 They alleged that some Congress leaders had been purchased by the ACC, that first instigated people for the agitation but had now deserted them as the ACC had started serving their personal interests. They said no threats, "false" police cases or arrests could prevent them from raising their voice against the “unhealthy nexus” between the politicians and the management against the villagers. They said the leaders, who were on hunger strike, had refused treatment and continued their strike for the sixth day today. The police claimed it had used mild force to shift two fasting leaders Amarjit and Anil Thakur of the Sarva Shikshit and Berozgaar Sangharsha Samiti at Barmana yesterday and arrested 13 persons. Reports said earlier a team of doctors had visited the camp of the leaders who were on the hunger strike and had conducted their medical examination. The reports said and the doctors had advised the district administration to shift Amarjit to hospital. A large number of women are said to have surrounded the police and resisted the shifting. The police had to take them against their will resulting in injuries to about six women in the process.
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Chandigarh University releases prospectus
Palampur, May 19 Briefing on some of the initiatives being undertaken by the university, Dr Bawa said MNCs like Wipro, Infosys, Oracle, Quark and EMC had already set up their R&D facilities on the university campus offering the latest technology and knowhow for futuristic utilities to students. Announcing special incentives to facilitate students from the region to take admission in the university, Dr Bawa said under their Super Achiever Scholarship Programme, any meritorious student from the state aspiring to join engineering and management streams and figuring in the merit list of the JEE/MET with state rank up to 500 would be offered 100 per cent scholarship in tuition fee and lodging expenses. During academic stay at Chandigarh, all expenses would be borne by the management of the university, he said. “Any sportsperson willing to study at our university and who has secured top three positions at any international or national-level sports competition will also be given 100 per cent tuition fee scholarship,” he said.
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SJVN organises mini marathon to celebrate silver jubilee
Shimla, May 19 Lakshya Chauhan bagged the first prize in the under-15 years boys group and Kavya in the girls category. The marathon was flagged off by RP Singh, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, along with other directors of SJVN. In the 15 to 55 years women's age group Shruti got the first prize and Hoshiyar Singh in the men's group. In the veteran group (55 plus years) Mohan Lal Thakur won the first prize. In each category male and female participants were awarded separately. Cash prizes of Rs 5,000, Rs 4,000, Rs 3,000 and Rs 1,000 were given to winners of first, second, third and consolation prizes, respectively. |
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First national rugby football tourney begins in Bilaspur
Bilaspur, May 19 This was stated by Ram Lal Thakur, Chairman, State Planning Development and 20-Point Implementation Committee, and national president of the All-India Rugby Football Federation, after inaugurating the 12th national championship here on Saturday. He said 25 teams from across the country, including eight of women, were competing. Ram Lal said Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, J&K, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Manipur were competing. Coaches and championship organisers were among those present. Local MLA Bambar Thakur presided over the function and distributed prizes of Rs 1,000 each among the three para-gliders who gave a thrilling landing performance after taking a flight from nearby 3,900-ft Bandla hilltop. |
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UPA govt neck-deep in corruption: BJP
Bilaspur, May 19 Addressing a party rally organised to felicitate him for his appointment as the party national general secretary for the second time, Nadda urged the party workers to unite to bring change at the Centre and also in the state. Nadda said the Congress government in the state was totally “crippled” and Virbhadra Singh had assumed the mantle of an “inquiry Chief Minister”. He asked Virbhadra Singh to tell the masses about various inquiries he had ordered during his earlier regimes against BJP leaders in the state. Those present on the occasion included former MP Suresh Chandel, MLA Rikhi Ram Kaundal and Rajender Garga, Subhash Thakur and Shivpal Manhans, all state executive members of the party.
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Bilaspur co-op federation poll held
Bilaspur, May 19 Ranjit Kashyap was elected Vice-Chairman, while senior co-operator Bhim Singh Thakur presided over the election. Kaundal is a staunch supporter of senior Congress leader Ram Lal Thakur, Chairman, state Planning Development and 20-Point Implementation Committee, and has become Chairman of the federation for the second time. Earlier, Ashutosh Sharma, a staunch supporter of BJP state general secretary Randhir Sharma, was Chairman of the apex body.
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Suicide victim's family demands inquiry
Mandi, May 19 According to the family members, Hemraj was tortured by Tara Chand and Tuna Singh. Mandi SP RS Negi said the police had recovered a suicide note from Hemraj’s pocket stating that Tara and Tuna were torturing him. The police has already registered a case of abetment to suicide.
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Shop gutted, material worth lakhs destroyed
Bilaspur, May 19 Several social organisations here have been resenting the storage of waste material by a few rag contractors in the town, but the district administration has paid no heed. Recently, this rag contractor had been arrested as he was caught purchasing stolen goods. |
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Congress misleading people: Ganesh
Shimla, May 19 Spokesperson of the party Ganesh Dutt alleged that the Congress had not made any serious effort to implement its election manifesto and instead of giving unemployment allowance as promised, it had come up with a skill development
programme. The scheme under which subsidised ration was being provided to the people through the Public Distribution System had “collapsed”, he said. The decision of the previous BJP government to grant time scale to employees with jumps after four, nine and 14 years of service had been "withdrawn" by the Congress government, he said. The government and the Congress leaders were preoccupied with transfers of employees. |
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Forest fire destroys tract of land
Chamba, May 19 The reports said the fire that quickly spread across the forest panicked villagers living on the fringe of the forest replete with chil trees. After getting information about the incident, forest and fire personnel and Home Guards battled to put off the fire. However, no loss of life and property of human habitation had so far been reported, the reports added.
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Health insurance co. told to pay Rs 2,37,835
Mandi, May 19 In its verdict announced on Monday, the forum ruled that the applicant deserved compensation for the treatment of his diabetic parents covered under the policy. But when the applicant approached the company for compensation after treating his father, the company refused it. He then moved the forum. |
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Girls once again dominated the toppers' list for the class X results declared by the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education here today.
Among the toppers 23 are girls and nine are boys. Private schools bagged almost all top positions with only one topper being from a government school.
The pass percentage was low at 61.16 per cent. Of the 1,45,020 students
who had appeared in the class X examinations 88,688 passed.
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu attacked former Chief Minister PK Dhumal and his family today. This was the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee
president's maiden visit to Kangra district after
taking charge.
Bollywood stars will clash with MPs in a celebrity match being organised for charity at the HPCA international cricket stadium in Dharamsala tomorrow.
While addressing a press conference this evening, HPCA president, Anurag Thakur said his endeavour was to bring the Dharamsala cricket stadium on the international map.
Experts have underlined the need to have mass screening of schoolchildren for the early detection of ocular diseases in view of increased vulnerability of people in the hill due to greater exposure to ultraviolet rays and low air pressure.
“The incidence of ailments like glaucoma, allergies and pterygium is higher in high-altitude areas particularly tribal areas,” they pointed out while asserting the need for awareness about ocular diseases.
Public sector Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) organised a mini marathon as a part of its on-going silver jubilee celebrations here today.
More than 500 participants covered a distance of about 5 km from the Ridge to Nav Bahar passing through the Mall Road, Raj Bhawan and Forest Road. The purpose of the run was to propagate the message "Conserve Energy, Save Energy".
Dharamsala, May 19
