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50 e-libraries in Sirsa villages soon under 'Gyan Abhiyan' project
Van Mahotsava to be celebrated on July 25
Railway bypass project to cost Rs 180 crore
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13 minors caught begging at Hisar railway station
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Iron, Folic Acid Supplementation
Govt girls school's building under demolition
RAJIV AWAS YOJNA
Horticulturists to get Rs 8.58-crore subsidy in Panipat
Cooperative Sugar Mill banking on govt to pay dues to farmers
Target of making Rohtak smoke-free by October 2 a tough task
KU Professor to get national award
Municipal Council building inaugurated
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Service benefits Manish Sirhindi Tribune News Service
Ambala, July 18 Tejendur Singh, who was working as an ASI with the railway police was forced to retire from the service on August 19, 2009, just four days after he was awarded the best cop award by the department. This happened when the ASI had gone to Chennai to investigate a case of theft which had taken place on one of the trains in Ambala. Though he was investigating the case in Chennai from August 16 to 28, the department in his absence retired him from service. Tejendur Singh said that as he came back from Chennai and went to his office, his juniors made fun of him and told him that he had already retried, even as he was still in possession of the service revolver and the investigation files of that particular case. Alleging bias, he said that after being "retired" from service, he gave a representation to the Home Secretary through proper channel, after which the department ordered a departmental inquiry even as he had already been retired. He said even as he had earned seven good reports in the past 10 years of his service, he was forced to retire on flimsy grounds, which he challenged in the high court. The court, in its orders passed in September last year, observed that with seven good points and no entry in his ACR which doubts his integrity, Tejendur fulfilled the benchmark as had been laid down by the Police Department in its instructions and thus ‘the impugned orders could not be sustained.’ The court thus issued directions that the department should grant Tejendur all consequential benefits including pensionary benefits within three months. Tejendur Singh said he repeatedly met senior official of the department and despite oral assurances, the court orders have not yet been implemented by the department. He lamented that now he was left with no other option but to file a contempt petition against the department in the high court. Meanwhile, none of the senior officials of the department could be contacted for their comments on the issue.
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50 e-libraries in Sirsa villages soon under 'Gyan Abhiyan' project
Sirsa, July 18 In the first phase, such libraries will be set up in 50 villages within two months. Later, the scheme will be extended to the rest of the villages in the district. Sirsa’s bibliophile Deputy Commissioner Dr J Ganesan said the project was being implemented under the Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF), a central scheme for correcting regional disparities. The authorities have named the project as “Gyan Abhiyan.” Ganesan said a sum of Rs 1 crore (Rs 2 lakh per village) had been earmarked for the project. Under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), Bharat Nirman Rajiv Gandhi Suvidha Kendras have already been constructed in 53 villages in Sirsa. IAS and Sub-Divisional Magistrate Prabhjot Singh in Sirsa had been appointed as nodal officer and assigned the responsibility of setting up of the libraries.The SDM had already invited expression of interests from the educational consultancy firms through advertisements in newspapers. Each of the 50 libraries will have 1,000 books in Hindi, Punjabi and English. The villages near Haryana border will get more Punjabi books and the villages near Rajasthan border will get more Hindi books. Besides, every library will have a computer with offline resources.The libraries will also have audio and video CDs and DVDs. The authorities also plan to provide digital contents in Science, Mathematics and Geography to students of sixth, seventh and eighth class as per the NCERT curriculum.
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Van Mahotsava to be celebrated on July 25
Kurukshetra, July 18 Stating this here yesterday, the Divisional Forest Officer, Ravinder Dhankhar, said that Capt Ajay Singh Yadav, Forest, Environment and Power Minister, Haryana, will be the chief guest on the occasion. An exhibition depicting the ongoing activities and projects of the Forest Department will be held during the Van Mahotsava function. Captain Yadav will honour the best- performing women in Self-Help Group, Village Forest Committees, Winner of Eco-Quiz and Drawing Competition. He will also plant a sapling on this occasion. Dhankhar further said that planting a sapling during the Van Mahotsava week, helped in spreading awareness amongst people about the harm caused by cutting down of trees.
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Railway bypass project to cost Rs 180 crore
Rohtak, July 18 "The cost of the project would be borne by the Indian Railways. The Union Railway Minister will lay the foundation stone of the project on July 28," said MP Deepender Singh Hooda. He said the dream project would eradicate the problem of traffic jams and chaos caused in various parts of the city. The construction work of the bypass was likely to begin within four months as the railways were likely to float tenders by end of this month. The bypass would replace the old Rohtak-Gohana rail track starting from the railway station upto Makrauli Kalan village in the
district. According to the officials concerned, the new track will be laid on the North-Western pheriphery and would touch Samar Gopalpur village on the Jind-Rohtak highway before taking a turn toward Gohana to culminate at the existing track near Makrauli village. However, the project would increase the overall distance from Rohtak to Gohana by eight kilometers due to the diversion.
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13 minors caught begging at Hisar railway station
Hisar, Juluy 18 The district administration’s teams led by the SDM, Amarjeet Singh, carried out the drive with the police and child helpline officials and found the children roaming on the railway platform and outside the railway station in the morning. The team comprised child helpline officials Sushil Varma besides Police and Labour epartments officials. The team took the children to the Bal Bhawan where the child- protection officer, Sunita Kumari, and the child helpline chairperson, Kamini Malik, took their custody. The children were hailing from Bappa village of Sirsa district and it seemed that their parents had forced them into begging. SDM Amarjeet Singh said the child-protection officials had summoned the parents and other guardians of the children and had directed them to enroll them in the schools. “Some of the parents were accompanying the children while others have been informed to visit the office to take custody of the children. The officials concerned would take appropriate action in this regard”, he said.
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Iron, Folic Acid Supplementation Tribune News Service
Sirsa, July 18 The state Health Department has planned to relaunch the WIFS programme from July 22 for children studying in Classes VI to XII in government schools in the state. Addressing a workshop for creating awareness on the importance of the WIFS yesterday, Sirsa Civil Surgeon Surender Nain said these tablets help in curing anaemia without any side effects. Shiv Prashad Sharma, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Sirsa, also spoke. The Civil Surgeon said guardians should send their wards to schools only after feeding them as the iron and folic acid tablets taken after meals prevent nausea. Dr Nain said earlier, this programme was launched in May this year, but due to some complaints of nausea reported among a few children the same was discontinued. He said after imparting essential information about the need and significance of these tablets and after dispelling the misconceptions among people about the same, the programme would be relaunched. Dr Nain said these tablets would be distributed on every Monday for 52 weeks and about 16 lakh schoolchildren would be covered under this scheme. The programme would not be discontinued until anaemia was completely eradicated amongst adolescents. The Civil Surgeon said two teachers in every school had been appointed as nodal officers under the programme. These teachers would keep a record about the stock and distribution of the tablets. He added that in the initial phase of the programme, only government schools would be covered, but eventually it would be extended to private schools and colleges as well.
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Govt girls school's building under demolition
Rohtak, July 18 Though the school authorities manage to hold classes in two shifts, the student strength of the school is around 1,500 at present. "With the old building either lying in a non-functional condition or is under demolition, the school officials were left with no option other than to hold several classes in open or under the trees on the school premises, said one of the students on condition of anonymity. She claimed that the problem of shortage of rooms in the school had been persistent for the past several years, though the authorities have claimed that construction of the new building was likely to start soon. ‘’Studying outside in the rainy season was problematic as not only the fleas and mosquitoes pose a health risk, rain also disturbs the classes on occasions and the students had to rush for cover, disturbing the studies, observed a student of plus one here. "The lack of cleanliness and building material lying all around had also been a cause of foul smell round the clock, said another student, adding that even doors of the lavatory were not in a proper order. The water was "unfit" due to monkeys having their share from the water tank here, said sources. Admitting shortage of class rooms, the Principal of the school, Raj Kumar Sharma, said around 15 rooms had been at the disposal of the school at present. Claiming that construction of 12 more rooms that was expected to be over in the next one and half month, was likely to bring some relief, he, however, added that the department had already sanctioned a new building, whose foundation was laid by the Rohtak MP on March 10. He said work was yet to begin on this complex having 27 rooms and to be built at a cost of around Rs 10
crore. Till then, he said, some rooms were also under construction at present. Sunita
Ruhil, holding the charge of the District Education Officer (DEO) at present, said while she would enquire into the delay in the construction of the new building, she added that no complaint had surfaced regarding the lack of basic amenities in the school so far.
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RAJIV AWAS YOJNA Sushil Manav Tribune News Service
Sirsa, July 18 Ever since Silki’s hut was demolished along with those of some others from the Auto Market in March 2011, slum dwellers like her have not been able to find a permanent shelter for themselves. Now, the Rajiv Awas Yojna (RAY), a scheme under which the government is to construct 2,144 houses for the poor in Sirsa to make the city free of slums, can come as a ray of hope for Silki and many others like her who have been leading subhuman lives in 'jhuggis'. The Haryana Government has given approval to a pilot project under which four cities of the state -Sirsa, Ambala, Rohtak and Yamunanagar - will be developed as slum-free cities under the Rajiv Awas Yojna (RAY). “Under the scheme, as many as 3,862 multi-storey houses will be constructed in Sirsa, Ambala and Rohtak. The number of houses to be constructed at Yamunanagar has not been finalised yet. The total cost of this project will be Rs 311.09 crore, out of which Rs 95 crore will be spent for the construction of 2,144 dwelling units at Sirsa,” said Sirsa Deputy Commissioner J Ganesan. The yojna would be funded jointly by the Government of India, the state government and the municipalities concerned for developing infrastructure facilities. The beneficiaries would be required to contribute 30 per cent of the cost of the dwelling units which would further be subsidised for vulnerable, female-headed households like that of Silki and the households with one member suffering from physical or mental disability each. He said there were about one dozen notified slums in Sirsa district and initially one slum area would be covered under this scheme. He said the site had already been identified by the Municipal Council in Sirsa city, in which 2,016 houses would be constructed near Kanganpur in an area of 55,776 square meters and 128 houses near Auto Market in Khaza Khera in an area of 28,716 square meters.
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Horticulturists to get Rs 8.58-crore subsidy in Panipat
Panipat, July 18 The budget was approved at a meeting of the National Horticulture Mission and Minor Irrigation Committee held under the chairmanship of RS Verma, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC), Panipat. The ADC said under this mission a subsidy of Rs 10.17 lakh would be given to farmers for raising guava orchards and maintenance of existing orchards and
Rs 4.58 lakh for floriculture. While Rs 7.21 crore had been earmarked sfor subsidy on conservation of horticulture activities. The subsidy component for bee-keeping was Rs 4.50 lakh, Rs 18.12 lakh for purchase of horticulture implements and machines and Rs 34.50 lakh for construction of 34 packing houses. Verma added that under the minor irrigation programme, farmers would get Rs 26 lakh for open farming, Rs 1.92 crore for sprinkle
irrigation and Rs 1.34 crore for poly houses as subsidy.
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Cooperative Sugar Mill banking on govt to pay dues to farmers
Panipat, July 18 "The mill was selling liquor to contractors on payment by cheque and not by demand draft," said an RTI activist, PP Kapoor. When the RTI activist filed an application under the RTI Act on January 20, 2013, seeking information about the sale of liquor on credit, quantity of liquor sold, mode of payment, date of receipt of the cheque and date of encash of the cheque, the management of the Cooperative Sugar Mill, refused to give the information on the pretext that being a cooperative society, it was not covered under the RTI act of 2005. Kapoor said the claims of the mill authorities was belied when the State Public Information Officer (SPIO) of the Haryana State Federation of Cooperative Sugar Mills in its letter of June 23, 2013, mentioned that all the ten sugar mills were affiliated to the federation. The SPIO's reply didn't convey any substantial information. Thereafter, the RTI activist approached the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), Haryana, pleading that the desired information be provided to him free of cost and a fine of Rs 25,000 be imposed on the Managing Director of the mill and the Manager of the distillery, besides payment of Rs 10,000 to him as compensation. The activist said the sugar mill authorities also sought legal experts help to wriggle out of the problem. The officials of Haryana State Federation of Cooperative Sugar Mills also informed that the government paid Rs 330 crore to cooperative mills to clear the payments of farmers on account of purchase of sugarcane for crushing.
— TNS
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Target of making Rohtak smoke-free by October 2 a tough task
Rohtak, July 18 "I don't know if there is a ban on smoking in a public place as a majority of persons smoke anywhere and anytime,’’ claimed Rajvir, a resident of Meham town in the district. He said no one had ever objected to his smoking or any of his knowns. "More than half the roadways staff in the district smoke and a majority of them have never faced any action, claimed an employee of the department. He said though a "No Smoking" sign was displayed in the bus, but it was usually the employees who tended to violate the instructions on several occasions. Though the PGIMS hospital here had displayed ‘No Smoking’ boards at several places, there were many who could be found smoking on the hospital premises at any given time, claimed an employee. Smoking in all public places is prohibited under COTPA. The term 'public place' refers to any spot where the public has access and includes auditoriums, hospital buildings, railway stations, waiting rooms, amusement centres, restaurants, public offices, court buildings, educational institutions, libraries, public conveyance and the like which are visited by the general public. “While display of the sign, ‘Smoking here is strictly prohibited’ is mandatory at all public places, these have been missing in the city, which aims to achieve 90 per cent success in less than three months," quipped an employee of the Health Department . The provision of penalising the offenders (a penalty of Rs 200) has also been largely absent as the department has only recovered Rs 2,600 as penalty in the past one year. This includes Rs 1,200 from the Transport and Rs 1,400 from the Health department, said a member of the Coordination Committee. No penalty has been realised by other departments who had been notified to implement the provision. However, according to the CMO, Dr VK Govilla, the district committee has decided to step up the drive by asking all departments to put up signage, penalise or issue challans against the
offenders.
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264 patients examined at eye check-up camp
Kurukshetra, July 18 While giving important tips to eye patients regarding eye care, Dr Narula said that they should take maximum care of their eyes because it was not possible to see the world without them. He advised them to use green
vegetables in plenty. Under the able guidance of the MPIMSR director, Dr SBS Maan, as many as 264 eye patients were checked by eye specialists Dr Himanshu Bhatnagar and Dr Aman Gaba. The club Chairman, Aman Deep Singh, and Vice-President Jagdev Singh Gaba said that taking into consideration the increasing number of participants day by day, the club had decided to
organise more such camps regularly so that the maximum number of deserving patients could benefit. Medicines were distributed free of cost among the patients.
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Paper on 'Redefining Education' presented at varsity
Kurukshetra, July 18 Chhabra was invited to speak on the topic, “Challenges In Rural Education and How to Bridge the Gap”, along with many delegates from the country and abroad. She highlighted the problems faced by rural children and teachers and suggested ways and means to bridge the gap between rural and urban students. In a power-point presentation, she laid stress on developing communication skills of rural students and making the education process interesting and motivating for them. She suggested industrial visits and regular training of parents, volunteers and social workers for building a support system for any educational institution. Young and motivated teachers can teach such students in a better way and can contribute a lot in their holistic development, she opined. She is of the strong opinion that building a child is more important because the nature and habits of an adult are generally difficult to change but a child can be easily moulded into a well-rounded personality, full of spiritualism and moral values. In other words, a child is like an empty slate on which anything can be written. Thus, more educational institutions should be opened than temples in villages as a school is considered a temple of learning, she added. Educationists and academicians from the US, Canada, England and Germany also participated in the conference and expressed their views on varied topics viz pedagogical skills, technology in education and creating a global-school culture and an international outlook. Dr Van Wood and Dr Gurpreet Dhillon, both professors from World Business School, Virginia, presided over the conference while Dr Manmohan Singh Atwal, Vice-Chancellor of Eternal University, Baru Sahib, welcomed the dignitaries and presented a vote of thanks.
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KU Professor to get national award
Kurukshetra, July 18 He has been selected for a national award by the Indian Chemical Society, the oldest body of chemistry teachers and researchers established in 1924 by Acharya PC Ray. Dr Sharma will be honoured with Professor DP Chakraborty 60th Birth Anniversary Commemoration Award, 2012, at the 50th Annual Convention of Chemists of the Indian Chemical Society to be held at the Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, from December 4-7, 2013, said Prof Brajesh Sawhney, Director, Public Relations, KU. Congratulating Dr Sharma, Lt-Gen Dr DDS Sandhu, VC, KU, said it was his hard work and commitment to research that had brought this award to him. “My researches on the interface of chemistry and biology involving nucleosides in the cutting edge areas of antisense and antigen technologies have helped in providing insight into some of the basic issues associated with refining these technologies to make them suitable for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes,” Dr Sharma said. “The area of DNA/RNA-based drugs assumes significance as it has the potential to change the way we look today at drugs and drug development. Once successful, it will bring in an era of personalised medicine,” he added.
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Municipal Council building inaugurated
Kaithal, July 18 While addressing municipal councillors, officials and the others, Surjewala said this building had to be reconstructed as the old building had become insecure with the passage of time. He said many municipal corporations, councils and committees in the state were housed in old buildings and only a few were located in new buildings. The minister said this double-storey building was well planned and spacious and it had been constructed keeping in view the needs of its staff and people visiting this place. Ram Niwas Mittal, Chairman of the council, BD Nharti, executive officer, Thakur Lal Sharma, XEN, Himanshu Latka, SDE, and other municipal councillors were among others present.
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Ramaiya Vasta Vaiya
Directed by: Prabhu Deva Another young actor Girish Kumar, son of Kumar S Taurani of Tips is all set to surprise the audience with his Bollywood debut film ‘Ramaiya Vasta Vaiya’, a romantic drama directed by Prabhudeva under the banner of Tips. Kumar Taurani's son Girish Kumar plays the lead actor role in the romantic love story opposite Shruti Hassan. The movie is a remake of Telugu superhit "Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana" which was Prabhudeva’s directorial debut in Telugu. Girish Kumar and Shruti Hassan are fresh pair in Bollywood. In sync with the theme of a romantic music, the promos of Prabhudeva’s next outing, "Ramaiya Vasta Vaiya" are already out. Actor Girish is seen sporting around 150 costumes, designed by Bimal Shah and Jaya Taurani. Shruti Hassan sports a wide range of kurtas in bright colours. She plays an educated girl. Girish plays a 19-year old NRI from Australia. Watch this musical love story which is scheduled to release today in theatres in
Haryana.
D-Day
Directed by: Nikhil Advani Nikhil Advani’s high-octane drama ‘D-Day’ explores RAW hunt for the most wanted man in India who is referred as goldman projected by ISI. The film is starring Arjun Rampal, Shruti Hassan, Huma Qureshi, Rishi Kapoor and Irrfan Khan. Nikhil Advani has roped Hollywood’s action director Tom Structhres, known for his dare devil actions. The stunt director has coached Arjun Rampal, Irrfan Khan and Huma Qureshi for the action scenes. Shruti plays Suraiya, Karachi based sex-worker. She imbibed the nuances of the character from her own understanding. The movie is scheduled to release today in theatres in
Haryana. — Dharam Pal
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