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Central varsity sans regular VC, Pro-VC, registrar
Low-priced veg ‘thali’ at tourist complexes
Govt following 'anti-farmer' policies, says MP |
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NDRI gives dairy farming training to Kangra women
Development of Kurukshetra a priority, says MP
Woman khap leader works against gender discrimination
Acquisition-hit villages observe anniversary of agitation
Fatehabad district courts first to have Suvidha Kendra
Cashless treatment for road mishap victims
Officials told to check quality of mid-day meals
Congress leaders in Sirsa gear up for elections
US Professor visits Khanpur Kalan varsity
‘Literature facing a challenging phase’
Over 445 residents benefit from free medical camp
School uniforms distributed
Rotary Club Senior meeting held in Sirsa
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Central varsity sans regular VC, Pro-VC, registrar
Narnaul, July 25 At that time, the university had 32 students and four faculty members. It did not have a building/campus of its own and functioned from a borrowed building which belonged to Government BEd College at Narnaul. Today, three-and-a-half years after the launch, the situation is not much different. As on date, the university does not have a regular Vice-Chancellor, Pro-Vice Chancellor or registrar. It does not have even a single regular/permanent faculty member. According to official sources, the 20-odd teachers working at the university have either come on deputation from other institutions or employed on short-term contracts. The matter of regular appointments continues to hang in balance for a long time, much to the chagrin of the staff members. Several university staffers on deputation have gone back to their parent institutions, while many of those on contract are looking for other employment opportunities. “We are working in a suffocating state of hopelessness and getting only assurances from the authorities. The top functionaries are indulged in dirty politics while we are bearing the brunt of the situation,” said an insider requesting not to be identified. First Vice-Chancellor Mool Chand Sharma resigned from the university to join the Law Commission of India in April this year. After that, the senior-most faculty member, Prof DC Vashisht was assigned the job to look after the affairs of the university. But soon, he also quit the job, citing personal reasons. Now, Prof HS Chandalia has taken over as the acting Vice-Chancellor. Though the buildings constructed on the Central University campus in Jant and Pali villages are more than
enough to accommodate handful of its staffers and students, the university authorities are yet to shift their base. The residents of Jant and Pali villages are also not happy with the functioning of the university based on their land. The panchayats of Pali and Jant villages were made to lease out nearly 500 acres of their land for 99 years for setting up the Central University at a token amount of Re 1 per acre per year on the promise of reservation for the residents of these villages in admissions and jobs at the university. Under “pressure” from the state authorities and lured by the aforesaid promises, the panchayats gave their land. However, when the university started functioning from the temporary campus at Narnaul, the villagers’ requests for reservation in admissions and jobs there were
turned down on the ground that the university Act did not provide for reservation on the basis of domicile. The villagers staged a dharna for about two months and also got the construction on the university campus stopped, but to no avail.
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Low-priced veg ‘thali’ at tourist complexes
Chandigarh, July 25 This was stated by Sumita Misra, Managing Director, Haryana Tourism Corporation, here recently. She said the “thali” had two dishes, including a seasonal vegetable and “kadhi or dal” served with rice, chapati and a sweet to complete the meal. “This nutritious and tasty meal is for Rs 60 only, inclusive of taxes. When you visit Haryana tourism complexes, do try this new feast on a budget,” she added. Haryana has pioneered in the field of tourism
with the launching of highway tourism.
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Govt following 'anti-farmer' policies, says MP
Jhajjar, July 25 While addressing a news conference at Beri town here recently, Gangwa showed these cheques to mediapersons. “It is an example of anti-farmer policies being followed by the government that they (farmers)
have to get their bank accounts opened with Rs 1,000 to cash the cheques of Rs 2, 11, 13 and 44,”
he said. He alleged that the government had pushed the farmers on the path of devastation by acquiring their fertile land much less than the market rates. “It has rendered farmers landless, which is turning out to be a major cause of suicide being committed by them in the state,”
he added. Slamming the government for not checking the rising crime graph in the state, the MP
said not a single day passed without any major incident of heinous crime. “Criminals are persistently perpetrating
crime in broad daylight while the government is not making any efforts to check crime,” he said.
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NDRI gives dairy farming training to Kangra women
Karnal, July 25 Addressing the group of women in the valedictory function, head of Krishi Vigyan Kendra Dr Dalip K Gosain said there was an ample scope of generating income and employment in the rural area of the hill state through scientific dairy farming. Exhorting the farm women to adopt dairy farming, Gosain said farm families should have elite Jersey crossbred cattle and ensure their adequate scientific feeding. “For improving the breed of both cattle and buffaloes, the farm families
should adopt artificial insemination in their dairy animals,” he said. Dr Gosain told the group that elite cross dairy animals expressed their full genetic potential, which was determined by feeding. He emphasised that as the hill state was having preference for growing maize crop, the farm families should use the remains of maize plants to feed dairy animals in the silage form which have good nutritive value rather than storing it for longer period and feeding it in the un-chaffed fashion in the form of dry fodder. He stressed that the farm families of Kangra district should adopt the
“Kamdhenu Model” of Namhol of Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh for selling of milk in a dairy cooperative mode to get more economical benefits. He said the milk cooperative society at Namhol started in 2001 with seven families that could pool around 37 litres of milk daily, as on today through Kamdhenu it collects around 8,150 litres of milk everyday from 141 villages which includes 1,500
dairy farmers. The farm women were trained in the area of dairy cattle breeding, feeding, healthcare, clean milk production, management, growing different fodder crops silage and paneer making by NDRI scientists.
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Development of Kurukshetra a priority, says MP
Kaithal, July 25 He said this today during his visit to various villages of the Pundri Assembly segment of the Kurukshetra parliamentary constituency. Haryana Chief Parliamentary Secretary (CPS) and Pundri MLA Sultan Jadola accompanied him during his tour. Jindal said the long-cherished dream of every Indian would be fulfilled when the Food Security Bill will be passed in the coming parliament session beginning August 15 and every citizen would get right to food. He addressed various public meetings and planted saplings at various places during his tour. The MP also announced grants for Ahmedpur (4.5 lakh), Mannarheri (3.6 lakh), Boochi (4.5.lakh), Dussain (5.5 lakh) Teontha (7.5 lakh) Sangroli (6.5lakh), Dherru (3.5 lakh), Matarvan kheri (5.5lakh), Duliani (4.25 lakh), Ravanhera (3 lakh), Jatheri (3 lakh), Jeoli (4.25 lakh) and other villages. He announced sports kits for youth of various villages and also paid
obeisance at religious places. — OC
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Woman khap leader works against gender discrimination
Sirsa, July 25 An Assistant Professor in Kurukshetra University, Santosh Dahiya, president of the women wing of Haryana Sarva Khap Mahapanchayat, has also been spreading the message of "save the girl" among society. Dahiya was an active participant in the all-woman Khap Panchayat at Bibipur in Jind, where women adopted several measures to correct the skewed sex ratio in Haryanavi society. Santosh plans to present a memorandum on "Save the Girl Child" to the President of India with one lakh signatures on it. "So far, I have been able to collect 35,000 signatures and the moment I complete my target of one lakh signatures, I will present it to the President of India," she said talking to The Tribune. For her signature campaign, Dahiya visited several villages and got the support of many panchayats on this issue. "Moreover, I have tried to garner the support of youth and rural women. I have also focused on domestic violence. I have personally acted as counseller to solve the problems of families," she said. Dahiya said she had also worked against honour killings for which Khap Panchayats were often blamed in Haryana. She, however, denied that Khap Panchayats had any role in the recent honour killings in Haryana. "Honour killing is a barbaric custom and is unacceptable in any civilised society. Khap Panchayats in Haryana have never advocated honour killings. Rather they have always raised their voice against such killings," she claimed. On April 28, 2012, Dahiya was honoured by the chief ministers of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh for her extraordinary efforts against female foeticide. On May 5, 2012, she was honoured by the Rajasthan Government at Pink City Club Jaipur for her campaign against social evils. The Jat Samaj also honoured her at Jat Bhawan Chandigarh and the Brahmin Samaj honoured Dahiya on Parshu Ram Jayanti for her contribution to society. When asked how the passion for social service came to her, Dahiya said she was a student of Kanya Gurukul Khanpur Kalan when she noticed that women were highly discriminated against in our society merely due to their gender. "Men used to play cards and waste their time in gossip over puffs of hookah while women worked in the fields, tended to cattle and did domestic chores as well. Even after all this, they were subjected to domestic violence over small issues. I decided to oppose it and formed a group of girls to stand with such women," Dahiya tells about her entry to the field of social service.
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Acquisition-hit villages observe anniversary of agitation
Rewari, July 25 Carrying black flags in their hands and shouting anti-government slogans, the protesters, who began their march from the Rajesh Pilot Chowk, converged on the district secretariat here. Justice Iqbal Singh, a retired Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, was appointed chairman of the Judicial Commission that was instituted in the last week of July 2012, by the state government to probe the incidents of violence which erupted during skirmishes between the agitating farmers of these 21 acquisition-hit villages and the police administration here on July 16, 2012, as well as at Asalwas village on July 22, 2012. Addressing the demonstrators at the district secretariat here, Ram Kishan Mahlawat, president, Comrade Rajender Singh and other leaders of the BAVSS said it was worrisome that the report of the Justice Iqbal Singh Commission, that was expected to be out in three months, had not yet been made public even after a passage of about 12 months.
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Fatehabad district courts first to have Suvidha Kendra
Fatehabad, July 25 The kendra is a helpline window set up at the entry point of the court complex. “The clients can come to the window and get information about their case by telling the person manning the helpline window,” said SC Goyal, District and Sessions Judge, Fatehabad. Besides, cause lists had been made online in Goyal said a proposal for developing Fatehabad District Courts as a model court has already been sent to the Punjab and Haryana High Court, from where the proposal has been sent to the Central Government. He said Rs 15 crore was likely to be spent for the same. The courts would be relieved of extra burden of pending cases after this move. “Lower courts will have a maximum of 800 cases while the district courts will have 500 cases,” said the Judge. He said the disposal of cases would be within one year in the lower courts and within six months in session courts. Day-to-day proceedings of the courts would also be made online. The court complex will have a coffee centre and waiting rooms. The court already had waiting rooms for expert witnesses and general witnesses, Goyal added.
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Cashless treatment for road mishap victims
Gurgaon, July 25 Stating this here recently, a spokesperson for the district administration said the pilot project would be implemented on the stretch from the Sirhaul toll plaza at Delhi-Gurgaon border in Haryana to Chandwaji bypass near Jaipur in Rajasthan. He said under the project, one had to call at toll-free number 1033 in the event of an accident at the identified stretch of NH-8. “Any accident victim, passersby, relative or volunteer can call on 1033, which is a call-centre number, to inform about the location and details of the accident,” he said. The call centre would locate the nearest ambulance and rush it to the accident spot. A nearby volunteer would also be informed to reach the spot and provide the necessary first-aid, he said. The victim would then be shifted to the nearest empanelled hospital, wherein he/she gets cashless treatment worth up to Rs 30,000 for the first 48 hours. The call-centre also coordinates with the ambulance, the nearest police station and any other agency for necessary action as and when required. As many as 43 hospitals have been empanelled for the pilot project on this stretch.
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Officials told to check quality of mid-day meals
Jhajjar, July 25 Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal while addressing a news conference here recently said the government was serious towards making better-quality food available in the schools for mid-day meal, hence aanganwari workers and school staffers had been asked to receive the supply of foodgrains from HAFED and Food Corporation of India (FCI) after proper checking. “We have also decided to enhance the capacity of kitchen and storage in order to provide hygienic and qualitative food to students. Moreover, containers are also being bought to store foodstuff in schools,” said the minister. She said the school management committee had also been asked to ensure the quality of meal by inspecting the stock at regular intervals. In reply to a question, Bhukkal said she herself was checking the mid-day meal by visiting schools. As many as 16 dishes were being served to children at aanganwari centres and schools across the state, whereas merely two or three types of food were used to provide in the previous governments,
she added. Replying to another question, the minister said at the time of lifting the grains, district elementary education officer or deputy district education officer or block education officer would be present and the official concerned would be responsible if any complaint was received regarding the quality of the grains. “All the district elementary education officers will ensure that a member of self-help groups will remain present at the time of receiving the foodgrains from HAFED. The members of the self-help groups will be responsible if they deny lifting the foodgrains,” she said. Bhukkal maintained that mid-day meal should be prepared in hygienic conditions and stored in clean utensils. It should then be served to the students in a neat and clean manner and only sealed and good quality of cooking oil should be used, she added. The mid-day meal should only be prepared in kitchens and not in the open places or under the tree, she added. Later, the minister listened to public grievances at her residence and
directed the district administrative officials to sort out the grievances on a priority basis.
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Congress leaders in Sirsa gear up for elections
Sirsa, July 25 Arora, popularly known as “Sirsa Naresh” by his political bête noir and former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, won the Sirsa assembly seat five times. Born on October 13, 1932, in Sangha village in Mansa, Punjab, Arora represented Sirsa in the state assembly in 1967, 1982, 1991, 2000 and 2005. Arora held many important portfolios like technical education, tourism, sports, revenue, consolidation, rehabilitation, forest, home, local government, tourism and housing, industries, mines and geology, excise and taxation and urban development led by various Congress Chief Ministers. Till Arora was alive, the Congress never thought of fielding any other leader from the Sirsa assembly
constituency. Despite poor health, Arora contested the 2009 assembly election, though he lost to Independent Gopal Kanda. Kanda was on the political scene and was a minister in the Haryana cabinet, he was considered the topmost contender for the Congress ticket in the 2014 elections. However, after Kanda’s arrest in the Geetika Sharma suicide case, his political career has suffered. In his absence, his younger brother Gobind Kanda has been making every endeavours to keep his family’s supporters together. Gobind Kanda is himself a state delegate of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee. He too aspires to contest the forthcoming assembly polls. Kanda seems to have mended fences with MP Ashok Tanwar with whom his elder brother Gopal Kanda never saw eye to eye, as in a Congress Karyakarta Sammelan addressed by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, AICC Secretary Shakeel Ahmed and HPCC President Phool Chand Mullana earlier this month, Gobind Kanda was seen working in tandem with Tanwar. Another state delegate of the HPCC and a former District Congress President Hoshiyari Lal Sharma is another senior Congress leader in race for the Congress nomination for the Sirsa assembly seat. Sharma is perhaps the oldest and senior most Congress leader in the district today. He joined active politics in the party in mid-seventies. What goes in his favour is the fact that he has always remained loyal to Bhupinder Singh Hooda when the Chief Minister was the president of the HPCC during Bansi Lal era in late nineties and leader of the opposition in the state assembly during Chautala regime. Though Hoshiyari Lal is the oldest Congress leader after the late Lachhman Dass Arora, the caste equation may not go in his favour, as Sirsa has never been a
Brahmin seat. Both Congress urban president Bhupesh Mehta and late minister’s daughter Sunita Setia, on the other hand, fit in the caste equations, as Sirsa has predominantly been a Punjabi seat. Mehta has been working hard for the past several years, while Sunita’s claim is based on his late father’s huge support based in the constituency. While he was still alive, Lachhman Dass Arora has nominated Sunita Setia as his political heir and even after his death, she donned the “pagree” normally given to the eldest son of a deceased in our society. Recently, Setia was nominated as the state delegate of the HPCC. However, for unknown reasons, Sunita Setia decided to stay from the Congress Karyakarta Sammelan. Sunita Setia’s supportsers maintained that she will
surely contest the forthcoming assembly poll whether the ruling party gives her ticket or not. Besides these, another Congress leader Naveen Kedia has also been making efforts to project himself
as a future leader in Sirsa.
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US Professor visits Khanpur Kalan varsity
Sonepat, July 25 Welcoming him at the university, Vice- Chancellor Dr Pankaj Mittal said Prof Maxley had the advocacy in social welfare organisational and community practice research and development in social works innovation and enterprise. Dr Mittal said his experience in social works would help the students of the Social Works Department of the university in developing their attitude towards social welfare activities undertaken by the students in the neighbouring villages. Prof Maxley has been working for the last many years for the uplift of African women struggling with domestic and
health problems. He has also been running a number of finance-aided welfare schemes for
their betterment. Later, he interacted with the faculty members of the department and had briefing about the social welfare activities of the students of the department.
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‘Literature facing a challenging phase’
Kaithal, July 25 This was stated by Dr Praduman Bhalla, who has recently been awarded by the Haryana Punjabi Sahitya Academy at a function at the Raj Bhawan. “Awards and rewards give you recognition and encouragement to do something better in any field,” he said. A teacher by profession, Praduman has represented the state at many national-level workshops, seminars and poetical recitations at Bhopal, Nagpur, New Delhi and Agartala. Having masters in English, Hindi, and mass communications and working as a language teacher for the last 20 years, Praduman’s collection of short stories will be releasing soon in three languages. “Books should be affordable and made available to everyone so that the number of readers might increase,” he said. “People appreciate literature and it should reach to them at any cost if we want to develop reading habits,” he added.
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Over 445 residents benefit from free medical camp
Karnal, July 25 The foundation organised the free medical check-up camp in association with Virk Hospital, Karnal, Gharonda, Karnal, under their project “Swasth Aap Ke Dwar”. Specialist doctors from Virk Hospital, including Dr J Gulati (orthopaedic surgeon), Dr Rohit Sadana (eye specialist) and Dr Arun Gandhi (physician), Dr Vinit Bhatia (dental surgeon) conducted the medical check-up and 445 patients were examined and prescribed medicines. Out of five patient diagnosed with cataract, three were advised orthopaedic surgery and free medicines were distributed to the patients during the camp. Ravinder Malik, DFSC, Karnal, inaugurated the camp and applauded the work being done by the NGO in rural areas. He also emphasised the need of working aggressively in the rural areas and called upon other NGOs to join the cause. Dr J Gulati explained various methods and precautions for healthy bones and a healthy body while Prof Hukam Singh Nain, chairman of the foundation, said such type of camps would be organised more frequently and urged other villages panchayats to approach foundation for the organising such camps.
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School uniforms distributed
Yamunanagar, July 25 Applauding the contribution made by the founder of DAV institutions in the area, JN Kapoor, he said Kapoor would always be remembered for his contribution towards the uplift of society through education.
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Rotary Club Senior meeting held in Sirsa
Sirsa, July 25 The purpose of the meeting was to pass on the baton to the new team. Dr SB Sharma and Devendra
Miglani, the new president and secretary respectively for the upcoming year 2013-14 were handed over the baton by the old
team. Taneja congratulated Dr Sharma for taking over the reins of the club and wished him a successful year ahead with the club. He spoke about the work, projects and fund raising undertaken by the club. He said it had been a busy and satisfying year and particularly the club had been able to raise funds and support for local needy causes. "The efforts of the members have contributed to a great feeling of friendship and reinforced the club's desire to support and be a part of the local community," added
Taneja. The past Distinct Governor Dr Subhash Narula expressed thanks to Harish Taneja and threw a light on Dr Sharma's personality, his passion for social service and
contributions in the field of education. He further said during Sharma's term, the Rotary club will definitely expand its horizons by fulfilling the motives of Rotary International. The new president Dr Sharma thanked Harish Taneja and Dr Subhash
Narula. "I am looking forward to the challenges ahead and to lead the club forward by maintaining the momentum provided by the great ethos of fun
and fellowship in this club. My objective is to serve the local community and in particular our young people who are
the key to the community's future," said Dr Sharma.
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LUV U Soniyo
Directed by: Joe Ranjan ViaCom18 Media Pvt Ltd's ‘LUV U Soniyo’ is directed by Joe Ranjan. The movie is produced by Harvey India Productions and Odyssey Corporation India Ltd. The movie stars Rati Agnihotri's son Tanuj Virwani, Neha Hinge, Bunty Grewal, Vivek Vaswani, Suresh Menon, Howard Rosemeyer, Joy Fernandes and Avtar Gill. Watch this romantic film all over Haryana from today.
Directed by: Shashant Shah Eros International's ‘Bajatey Raho’, is a revenge comedy directed by Shashant Shah. Tusshar Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey, Vishakha Singh, Ravi Kissen and Dolly Ahluwalia are starring in the movie. The viewers will witness a series of cons enthralling, amusing and entertaining in this revenge comedy. The movie is all set to release today at theatres in Haryana.
Isaaq
Directed by: Manish Tiwary ‘Isaaq’ is directed by Manish Tiwary. The film has Prateik Babbar and a new entrant Amyra Dastur, the beautiful actress plays Bachchi Kashyap. The film is set in Varanasi and is an adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. ‘Isaaq’ is presented by Jayantilal Gada's Pen India Pvt Ltd. The film is produced by Shailesh R Singh and Dhaval Gada.
Nasha
Directed by: Amit Saxena The model-turned actress Poonam Pandey's debut hindi film ‘Nasha’ will be released today all over Haryana. ‘Jism’ fame director Amit Saxena had directed this erotic thriller in which Shivam and Ranbir Chakma also plays significant roles. ‘Nasha’ is touted as a bold film written by Ajit Rajpal. —
Dharam Pal
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In an era when Khap Panchayats are drawing a lot of criticism for taking retrogressive steps regarding fairer sex, a woman khap leader has been working relentlessly for creating awareness against female
foeticide.
While observing July 22, the first anniversary of “police brutalities” perpetrated on aggrieved farmers of 21 acquisition-hit villages of the district at Asalwas village on July 22, 2012, hundreds of farmers under the banner of the Bhoomi Adhigrahan Virodhi Sangharsh Samiti (BAVSS), held a protest march here.
