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BJP to bank on Modi’s charisma to win LS poll
Two-campus model of CUHP upheld
HPCA passes resolution against govt
HPCA president Anurag Thakur addresses mediapersons in Dharamsala on Monday. Photo: Kamaljeet |
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Pvt engg colleges stare at financial crisis
Controversies cloud Manali mountaineering institute
The Atal Bihari Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports in Manali.
Govt forms 14-member committee to speed up small power projects
Hamirpur to have parking complex soon
Luhnu stadium not illegal: Anurag
Illegal Recruitments
Mineral water factory workers to continue strike
Labourer comes under stone crusher, dies
Bragta seeks Swaraj, Jaitley’s help in saving Himachali apple
318 villages excluded from 5 sanctuaries in Chamba
Rs 14.93 crore for social security pension schemes
Tourism Day celebrations in full swing at CUHP
CUHP Pro Vice-Chancellor Yoginder Verma starts a tree plantation drive on the campus at Shahpur on Monday. Photo: Ashok Raina
Japan selects 2 NIFT girls for 9-day tour
Lekhak Sangh holds foundation day
Medicinal plants can fetch good returns: CPS
Chief Parliamentary Secretary ID Lakhanpal gives medicinal plants to a woman at Bijahad on Monday.
Stone of 6-km Suharghat-Matnoh road laid
HRTC urged to start depot at Jogindernagar
CM to visit Pangi valley on Sept
26 Three wooden shops gutted Three arrested for hermit’s
murder Couple gets jail for assault
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BJP to bank on Modi’s charisma to win LS poll
Shimla, September 23 The 14-member BJP Core Committee today held a meeting in Chandigarh in the presence of party national president Rajnath Singh to discuss the strategy for the Lok Sabha elections. All senior leaders, including former Chief Minister PK Dhumal, Rajya Sabha MP Shanta Kumar, BJP state president Satpal Singh Satti, state in-charge Balbir Punj, national secretary Jagat Prakash Nadda, three general secretaries and four former state presidents, attended the important meeting. Though no prospective names to be fielded for the Lok Sabha polls were discussed, Rajnath conveyed to the state leadership to shortlist the names and send them to the central party leaders at the earliest. “The issue of taking back some party leaders, who had left the BJP before the Assembly elections, including Maheshwar Singh and other Himachal Lokhit Party (HLP) leaders was discussed,” a senior leader confirmed. However, Rajnath pointed out that the issue of taking back these leaders should be done strictly after assessing the pros and cons of every individual case. Rajnath took the feedback from the state leadership on the organisational issues and programmes that have been undertaken in the past few months. He, along with other, laid stress on strong management at the booth level and holding of Parliamentary sammelans in all four Lok Sabha seats of Shimla, Mandi, Hamirpur and Kangra. It has also been decided to hold rallies in each of the four Lok Sabha segments to be addressed by the state leadership. “All leaders, including Rajnath and Balbir Punj, stressed the need for the state leadership of the BJP taking on the Congress unitedly,” said a leader. Everyone felt that post the declaration of Modi as the Prime Ministerial candidate, the workers were enthused. The state leadership has been asked to finalise the timing of holding the rally of Narendra Modi in Himachal, which could be in January or February. Leaders were of the opinion that the party workers must carry the issue of political vendetta being unleashed on BJP workers right to the grass-root level. Inflation and corruption will be the other poll planks that the BJP will use to woo the voters in Himachal. Election strategy
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Two-campus model of CUHP upheld
Dharamsala, September 23 During the stint of the previous BJP government, a majority of the campus was planned at
Dehra. The previous state government had provided 600 acres for the central university campus at Dehra and 200 acres at Dharamsala. However, the new site selection committee as per the recommendation of the present state government has proposed 400 acres for the central university campus at Dharamsala and 200 acres at
Dehra. Furqan Qumar, Vice-Chancellor, CUHP, said the Union Ministry for HRD had accepted the new proposal of the site selection committee of having a 400-acre campus at Dharamsala and 200-acre campus at
Dehra. He said even in the new model, engineering and medical schools of the Central University would be set up at
Dehra, whereas schools of social sciences, law and management would be brought at Dharamsala. He said the acceptance report of the Union Ministry of HRD was submitted to the state government on September 10. Now the case was being prepared for fresh clearance from the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests. The proposal sent during the stint of the previous BJP government in the state got struck with the Ministry for Environment and Forests as about 1 lakh green trees were standing on the land proposed for the university. These included 90,000 trees at Dehra and 10,000 at Dharamsala. In the new model, the number of trees involved in the projects is likely to reduce considerably. The CUHP has been functioning from a temporary campus at Shahpur for the last more than three years, while the files for allotment of land to the institute had been doing the rounds of the Union Ministry for Environment and
Forests. Sudhir Sharma, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, who now represents Dharamsala, said Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh was seeking time from Congress president Sonia Gandhi to lay the foundation stone of the university at Dharamsala. However, sources here said the foundation stone of the university could only be laid after the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests gives clearance for the conversion of the forest land for other purpose. Most of the land proposed for the university was still forest land. The reduction of the campus at Dehra has evoked a strong reaction from the BJP leaders. Dehra was a part of the Hamirpur parliamentary constituency represented by Anurag
Thakur, national president, Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha. While talking to mediapersons here today, Anurag said the reduction of the university campus at Dehra was “injustice” towards the area. The previous government had proposed to construct most of the university campus at Dehra as the area had no major project that could generate employment for the local youth. The Congress government had altered with the project just because Dehra was a part of the Hamirpur Assembly constituency, he alleged. Campus rumpus
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HPCA passes resolution against govt
Dharamsala, September 23 When asked about the notice issued to the HPCA by the Registrar Cooperative Societies, Anurag said the Himachal Pradesh High Court had directed the Registrar to decide if he had the jurisdiction to issue notice to a non-profitable company registered under Section 25 of the Companies Act. The HPCA was now a non-profitable company and the Registrar Cooperative Societies had no jurisdiction over it, he said. About the case registered by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau against the HPCA, he said the sports body had not done anything illegal. Every move made by the HPCA was as per rules and regulations of the state. The state government was dedicating its entire machinery towards defaming the HPCA. However, the HPCA was not responding as the matter was sub-judice in court, he said. He further said the HPCA had informed the Registrar Cooperative Societies, while changing its nature from society to company in 2010. The Registrar Cooperative Societies in the recent past had issued a notice to the HPCA, asking it to inform the Dharamsala Additional Deputy Commissioner, before taking any financial decision. However, HPCA officials have not cared to abide by the direction of the Registrar on the plea that the sports body was company and registrar had no jurisdiction over it. Anurag also alleged that the Congress government was acting in a vindictive manner. In other major decisions taken in the AGM, the HPCA decided that state cricketers like Sushma Verma, Paras Dogra, Prashant Chopra and Ankush Bains, who have represented the country at the international level, would be honoured at a state-level function. The HPCA will support former players from the state who have performed at the national and international levels. The HPCA has also decided to open cricket academies in all districts. Anurag said presently the HPCA had three cricket academies in the state. For opening academies in all districts, the HPCA would adopt schools with open grounds. AGM decisions
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Pvt engg colleges stare at financial crisis
Dharamsala, September 23 Sources said about 12 out of total 16 engineering colleges had been declared as non-performing assets (NPA) by banks. This means that banks shall not extend any kind of financial assistance to these colleges in future, as they have defaulted in interest payments. The financial condition of the remaining four colleges is also not good and they are on the verge of being declared NPA by the banks. Due to the lack of financial support from the banks and low admissions, some college managements have already started looking for buyers of their properties. They are negotiating with leading chains of educational institutes to take over the managements of their colleges, as it is difficult for them to run the institutes. However, even in takeovers, the colleges will have to prove their financial viability. The college managements are blaming the policies of the state government for their failure. They are maintaining that though the colleges were set up in Himachal, their objective was to attract students from across the country to the state. Due to a slowdown in economy the trend of students towards technical education has decreased in the past few years. Most colleges in the state came up in the last few years. They were new and had to compete with already established colleges in Punjab and Haryana. However, the Himachal government has suddenly changed the admission norms that dealt severe blow to colleges of technical education in the state. While the admissions are being allowed as per the AICTE norms in Punjab and Haryana, in Himachal a separate criterion has been adopted. As per AICTE norms any student who has secured 45 per cent marks in 10+2 was eligible for admission to engineering courses. However, in Himachal either the student should have appeared in JEE entrance test or should have secured 65 per cent marks in Class XII for admissions in engineering courses. For admissions to management courses, an entrance test is conducted by Himachal Pradesh University. For B Pharma course, an entrance test is conducted by Himachal Pradesh Technical University and for diploma courses, an entrance test is held by HP Board of Technical Education. These tests are a prerequisite for admission to educational institutes. The students who do not appear in the entrance tests are not eligible for admissions in the state. However, there is no such condition for admissions in Punjab and Haryana. Here admissions are allowed openly as per the basic eligibility criteria fixed by the AICTE. The managements of private colleges in the state are alleging that students from Himachal took admissions in colleges of Punjab, as they did not have awareness regarding the tests conducted in Himachal. The difference in eligibility criteria in Himachal and adjoining state does not provide level-playing field to the colleges established in the state. The Congress government, however, is blaming the previous BJP government for allowing 16 private universities and 16 engineering colleges in the state without assessing their viability. The government is maintaining that there are not enough students in the state for large number of institutes. The government is also maintaining that the basic eligibility criteria would improve the standards of technical education in the state. However, for improving the standards the state would first have to save private education institutes from going defunct.
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Controversies cloud Manali mountaineering institute
Manali, September 23 Kullu Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rakesh Kanwar has been entrusted to conduct the inquiry and submit the report to the government. “On the direction of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, the inquiry is being conducted into the charges,” said the Deputy Commissioner. Meanwhile, the police had lodged an FIR against an institute’s employee, who was the store in-charge accused of misappropriation of certain gadgets and equipment worth Rs 8 lakh, revealed insiders. But Salhuria refuted charges against him and alleged it was a ploy by those facing departmental inquiry in some cases. The inquiry report is awaited and would be sent to the government to take action against them, he added. VC Pharka, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, who also heads the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports, said the government had received a complaint against the Director and sought his reply. An inquiry was being conducted by the Kullu DC, he added. Salhuria claimed the institute had trained 5,000 people this year so far and the target was to train 7,200 people in various adventure sports and courses that lasted for eight days to 28 days. “We have trained 100 people in disaster training and 100 persons more would be trained this year. As many as 121 persons were doing the basic and advance courses in mountaineering,” he added, daring his detractor to prove charges against him. But the institute is not being run along the professional lines. “It faces shortage of 32 personnel mainly trained staff, instructors to impart training in the trekking, mountaineering, ski and other adventure sports courses,” rued adventure sportspersons. “We are recruiting more instructors, but the institute can hire them as and when they are needed,” Pharka said. In eye of storm
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Govt forms 14-member committee to speed up small power projects
Shimla, September 23 In all, 475 projects with aggregate capacity of 1,207 MW have been allotted to independent power producers since 1995, out of which only 59 projects (225.25 MW) have been commissioned. While 48 projects of 170.45-MW capacity are in various stages of construction, 100 projects of 279.24 MW are in the stage of obtaining various mandatory clearances. Further, 102 projects of 177.35-MW capacity are still at the survey and investigation stage. Also, 115 projects of 208.46 MW are awaiting techno-economic clearance (TEC) and 51 projects of 146.82 MW have been accorded TEC. The main reasons for the tardy implementation is delay in acquisition of land and obtaining various clearances, which take a long time due to cumbersome procedures. Headed by Subhash
Negi, Chairman, State Electricity Regulatory Commission, the committee will examine all the issues and suggest steps to ensure a speedy execution of projects within 30 days. The other members of the committee are Principal Secretary (Revenue), Principal Secretary (Power), Director (Energy), Managing Director of the State Power Board, Member Secretary of the State Pollution Control Board, Engineer-in-chief (Irrigation and Public Health), Director (Fisheries), Chief Executive Officer,
HIMURJA, and a state geologist. Chief Engineer, Directorate, Energy, Subhash Gupta is the member
secretary. Negi said the issue was not limited to hurdles delaying the execution of projects, but included the sale of power once generation started. The electricity board is not keen to purchase power from small projects, as it had to procure the cheapest power in the interest of consumers. Himachalis are given preference in allotment of projects, but the government would have to facilitate them by ensuring that the power generated was not expensive so that the board could procure it. He said royalty in initial years could be waived or reduced to bring down the cost of generation for projects being developed by locals. Fixing the quantum of land like for the solar projects could also help bring down costs. The most important part, he said, was obtaining various mandatory clearances and no objection certificates. Once a project had been allotted it was deemed that clearances, except those pertaining to forest and wildlife for which cases had to be sent to the
Centre, were granted in principle and non-essential approvals could be done away with. Procedures could be simplified and clearances made time-bond to expedite the projects. Besides, grid connectivity for evacuation of power from projects had also to be taken well in advance, as projects for laying transmission network also had to go through the same clearance process as power plants. Power developers' woes
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Hamirpur to have parking complex soon
Hamirpur, September 23 It is learnt that three developers have submitted bids, along with the detailed project report, which will be approved by the state government after evaluation. The proposed multipurpose parking complex
project will have parking space for about 180 vehicles, besides having a commercial area. Though the developer will take money collected as parking fee and rent out the commercial area, the parking fee will be fixed by the state government. As per the proposal, the project will be built under the PPP mode and the developer will prepare a design and invest money to complete the project and bear its maintenance cost. The developer will get a lease of 40 years for running the project for which he will pay a fixed amount annually (approximately Rs 30 lakh) with an increase of 10 per cent after every three years to the MC. After a period of 40 years, the project will be handed over to the Hamirpur MC, which could lease it for a further period on fresh terms and conditions. In such case, the developer will have the first right to take the project on lease by paying an amount equivalent to the highest
bid received. The parking project will be quite useful for the town as there is hardly any space for parking vehicles in the main bazaar. This land has been handed over to the Hamirpur MC by the PWD in exchange of the rest
house buildings. Anil Kapil, Chief General Manager, HP Infrastructure Development Board, said, “We have received three bids for the parking project to be constructed under the PPP which are being evaluated.” |
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Luhnu stadium not illegal: Anurag
Bilaspur, September 23 Anurag said all stadiums had been constructed after completing all formalities and none of them was illegal. The Bilaspur stadium had been constructed with funds provided by the HPCA and the Board of Control for Cricket in India, he added. Anurag said the Luhnu stadium, like several other playfields and sports complex, was constructed on the BBMB surplus land with permission from authorities concerned. Before giving misleading statements in the media, it was better if his detractors had seen the official records, he said. Anurag alleged that the issues were being raised due to political reasons and selfish motives, which won’t succeed. He said even otherwise Bhakra oustees were authorised under law to use the excess land for their purposes, if it was not required by the BBMB. The Luhnu stadium is also a facility for oustees of Bilaspur where a cricket academy was training 56 budding players The MP said all cricket stadiums in the state had contributed to development of local areas and benefitted hundreds of youths, who earlier had been totally ignored. |
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Probe agency files report before HC
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Shimla, September 23 After hearing the matter, a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice Kuldip Singh adjourned the matter for January 3, 2014. The court passed this order on an application filed by SM Katwal, former Chairperson, HP Subordinate Services Selection Board, alleging that despite registration of an FIR at police station, Vigilance, Shimla, on the directions issued by the court on November 7, 2005, no investigation was being done in the “illegal recruitments” case and no progress was being made in the case after the court stopped monitoring it. In its earlier order passed on November 7, 2005, the court had directed the Vigilance Department to register a case and probe the scam thoroughly so as to identify persons who had been instrumental or at whose instance the appointments were made. The court passed the order on a petition filed by Katwal where he had alleged that the state government had given appointments to their close ones by violating norms from 1993 to 1998. Taking note of the allegations mentioned in the petition, the court directed the Vigilance Department to probe the case. But the court disposed of the matter on May 22, 2008, in view of an investigation order passed by it. Dissatisfied by the progress of the investigation in the case, Katwal again approached the High Court with a plea that no investigation was being done in the alleged illegal recruitments case.
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Mineral water factory workers to continue strike
Kullu, September 23 According to sources, the conciliation meeting, on the issue of transfer and victimisation of the five workers of the private factory between CITU and the management of the factory, failed to resolve the dispute today. The management maintained that the decision of the Labour Court, where the matter was pending, would be final and acceptable to them. The meeting was held under Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Kanwar and attended by Kullu legislator Maheshwar Singh, CITU leader Rakesh Singha, Deputy Labour Commissioner BS Bedi and Sarfaraz Hussain, representative of the Dharampal-Satyapal Pvt Ltd, which runs the mineral factory at Raison. Singha and Maheshwar Singh had pleaded that the five workers should be reinstated and brought back from Noida to Raison where they were employed earlier. The managers said they had tried the conciliation route earlier, but the workers did not accept it and the case was now in the jurisdiction of the Labour Court. After the meeting, Singha asserted that workers' strike would continue as they were not fodder for victimisation by the management. They were disappointed that the company had taken a flimsy ground and blocked all channels of the conciliation, he added. It was a matter of justice to workers who were locals and a majority of them was getting just Rs 4,500 per month, he added.
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Labourer comes under stone crusher, dies
Solan, September 23 The incident took place when Mandal, who hails from Batraha village in Purnia district of Bihar, was working at Thakur Rohani Stone Crusher. He slipped from a platform and fell on the crushing platform where his head was crushed along with gravel and sand. In the absence of any safety measures and “negligence” of the staff, he was crushed under the machine. The machine man, who failed to hear his wails, continued to operate the machine, thus resulting in his death. The crusher staff, however, in a bid to escape tried to give it the shape of an accident and threw his body on the other side from a 15 to 20-ft-high wall. The incident has generated much heat in the area. DSP Nishchint Negi said a case under Sections 304-A and 201 of the IPC had been registered in this matter as an attempt had been made to give it the shape of an accident by dumping the body on the other side of the wall. The case has been registered against the supervisor and other staff present on duty. Negi said no blood was found near the body and preliminary investigations proved that the labourer’s head had been crushed under a stone crusher. The post-mortem would be conducted tomorrow. He added that no employee was found working at the stone crusher when the police team visited the place. Mining Officer Sarit Chander said Thakur Rohani Stone Crusher was registered under the name of Roshani Devi and it had been granted permission to crush quarry material for 15 days from September 10. Another stone crusher, Rohani Stone Crusher, which was also registered under the same name, was lying closed, he said. With the deceased having joined the stone crusher today, he had not registered himself with the Labour
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Bragta seeks Swaraj, Jaitley’s help in saving Himachali apple
Shimla, September 23 Bragta said he had urged the BJP leaders to take up the issue both at the political as well as official level so that something could be done to stop large-scale import of apple from abroad. “The Congress regime despite promising the electorate that it will enhance the import duty on apple from 50 to 150 per cent is totally unconcerned about the plight of apple growers after assuming power,” he said. Bragta said with import duty on apple being reduced to zero, the fruit was coming into India from over 40 countries, making it impossible for the growers of Himachal, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand to compete with foreign apples. “Till we do not provide better quality root stock and high yielding varieties of apple to our growers, we cannot expect them to compete with the imported ones,” he said. He said the senior BJP leaders in Delhi had assured that they would raise the problems of the apple growers before the competent authorities. “Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma had sought two weeks time to look into the problem when he visited Shimla last, but till now no steps have been taken to provide relief to the growers,” he said. He added that compared to Rs 2,000 to Rs 3,500 for a 20 kg apple box that the growers got during the BJP regime, the prices were very low this year. “The unconcerned attitude of the Congress regime in the state clearly indicates the indifference of the government towards the problems of the apple growers,” he said.
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318 villages excluded from 5 sanctuaries in Chamba
Chamba, September 23 These villages had been excluded from the Sechu-Tuan sanctuary, the Gamgul Siyabehi sanctuary, the Kugti sanctuary, the Tundah sanctuary and the Kalatop-Khajjiyar sanctuary, the Forest Minister said. He further said earlier the residents of these notified wildlife sanctuaries were not able to avail all traditional benefits of forests like others. A proposal was prepared to keep populated areas out of the wildlife sanctuaries and national parks, which was sent to the Supreme Court after getting approval of the State Wildlife Board and the National Wildlife Board. Bharmouri added that the Supreme Court on February 1 ordered to take out the proposed areas out of the ambit of the wildlife area. A total of 318 villages were taken out of the sanctuary areas. He said after the rationalisation process, there were 26 wildlife sanctuaries, five national parks and three conservation reserves in the state. Over one lakh people of the protected and other nearby areas would benefit from the move. The Forest Minister also informed that the total protected area of the state had increased from 12.86 per cent to 15.01 per cent of the total geographical area.
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Rs 14.93 crore for social security pension schemes
Bharmour, September 23 Detailing about the break-up of these schemes, the minister said a provision of Rs 7.34 crore had been kept under the old-age pension scheme for 6,281 eligible persons, while Rs 2.87 crore had been earmarked under the Indira Gandhi National Old-age Pension Scheme for 8,788 persons. Around 5,747 women were being benefited under the widow pension scheme worth Rs 3.77 crore. Similarly, 2,041 women were being provided pension under the Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme worth Rs 74.33 lakh in the district, he said. As many as 230 eligible persons would get the disability relief allowance and 291 lepers the rehabilitation allowance, the minister further said. In addition to this, there were other rehabilitation schemes, including the construction of houses for homeless families belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other backward classes, launched by the government, stated the minister.
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Tourism Day celebrations in full swing at CUHP
Kangra, September 23 Tree plantation was started in the morning by Pro Vice-Chancellor Yoginder Verma in presence of Dean, Student Welfare, R Sharma, Proctor Roshan Lal Sharma and Deans and Heads of various departments, faculty members and students of MBA (Travel and Tourism). MBA (T and T) students also planted trees outside the university campus. Almost 20 teams participated in the declamation contest from various colleges and universities. The society has been celebrating the tourism week from September 20 based on the theme "Tourism and Water: Protecting our Common Future". During the last four days, students also cleaned up water sources around the university. |
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Japan selects 2 NIFT girls for 9-day tour
Kangra, September 23 SK Bala Siddhartha, Director, NIFT, Kangra, said yesterday that Priya Jyoti and Palak Kakkar, two final-year students of textile and accessory design, respectively, of the institute had been selected for participating in “JENESYS 20” launched by the government of Japan. He said through the programme, 232 students of Asian and oceanic countries, including India, would participate in the short-term invitation programme. He said the programme was aimed at promoting interest towards Japan as well as global understanding on the country’s strengths. He said a total of six students from all over the country were selected for the programme. The students would participate in workshops in Nagoya and Tokyo to understand Japan’s pop culture.
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Lekhak Sangh holds foundation day
Bilaspur, September 23 Sharma released the third publication of the sangh titled “Kehloor Ki Kalam -2”, an anthology of Hindi poems of 28 writers of the district. He praised the efforts of the sangh for giving exposure to writers of the district. He also honoured prominent educationists Pyar Singh Thakur and Nanak Ram Bhardwaj with the Kehloor Rattna Shiksha Samman, while Col Jaswant Singh Chandel, Narainu Ram Hiteshi, Surender Minhas and Gyan Chand Bains were honoured with the Kehloor Rattna Sahitya Samman. Anoop Singh Mastana and Surender Minhas read papers on various subjects, while sangh president Roshan Lal Sharma and Karan Chandel also addressed the gathering.
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Medicinal plants can fetch good returns: CPS
Hamirpur, September 23 Lakhanpal said the state government was laying stress on rural development. He said cultivation of medicinal plants could fetch good returns to farmers and for promoting this, free medicinal plants were being distributed to the poor through a project launched for the purpose. The CPS also instructed the officials associated with the project to make efforts to provide technical support and information regarding benefits given to farmers under the project so that they could draw maximum benefits from the project. He also distributed medicinal plants to farmers on the occasion. |
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Stone of 6-km Suharghat-Matnoh road laid
Bilaspur, September 23 This was stated by Ram Lal Thakur, Chairman, state Planning Development and 20-Point Implementation Committee, while addressing a largely attended public meeting after laying the foundation stone of Rs 2.82 crore 6-km-long Suharghat-Matnoh via Manjhed road at Suharghat, 42 km from here, on Friday. He said total Rs 10 crore was presently being spent on the construction of roads in the Naina Deviji constituency this year, while Rs 1.45 crore would be spent on the Dolra-Bamm-Mehla road and Rs 89 lakh on the Ghaghar bridge near here. Ram Lal declared that Suharghat was a tourist centre and eco-tourism would be developed here in a big way. |
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HRTC urged to start depot at Jogindernagar
Mandi, September 23 Himachal Kisan Sabha leader Kushal Bhardwaj said the HRTC had opened its depot at Sundernagar, Mandi, Sarkaghat, Dharampur, Palampur and Baijnath, but there was no depot at Jogindernagar. The HRTC should restore bus routes to Khuddi, Darkoti, Chamb, Sada, Chatrubhuja and Shimla-Jogindernagar via Kotli, he demanded. “There is no bus service in late evening from Jogindernagar to Bharau and Makriri. The people who have to go back to these areas have to suffer daily,” the residents said. “Even the buses plied by the HRTC are in a bad shape,” the sabha demanded. |
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The Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association today passed a resolution condemning the state government for targeting it for alleged political reasons.
Manali, September 23
The Tourism Society of Central University Himachal Pradesh (CUHP) conducted a tree plantation and declamation contest at its temporary academic block Shahpur today as the part of the tourism week celebrations.
Tree plantation was started in the morning by Pro Vice-Chancellor Yoginder Verma in presence of Dean, Student Welfare, R Sharma, Proctor Roshan Lal Sharma and Deans and Heads of various departments, faculty members and students of MBA (Travel and Tourism).
Two final-year students of the National Institute of Fashion Technology
(NIFT) here were selected by the Japan International Cooperation Centre, Government of Japan, for a nine-day tour to Japan.
SK Bala Siddhartha, Director, NIFT, Kangra, said yesterday that Priya Jyoti and Palak Kakkar, two final-year students of textile and accessory design, respectively, of the institute had been selected for participating in “JENESYS 20” launched by the government of Japan.
He said through the programme, 232 students of Asian and oceanic countries, including India, would participate in the short-term invitation
programme.
Chief Parliamentary Secretary (CPS) ID Lakhanpal said today that Rs 9 crore was being spent on the cultivation of aromatic and medicinal plants to promote their plantation in the state.
He said this while addressing a gathering at a state-level programme organised by the Ayurveda Department at
Bijahad.
