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Modi factor won’t work: Virbhadra
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh with Health Minister Kaul Singh during the Mandi Parliamentary constituency meeting at the Congress Bhawan in Shimla on Saturday. MP Pratibha Singh looks on. Photo: Amit Kanwar
3 film festivals in McLeodganj within a span of 10 days
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Party will enforce one man, one post: CM
Pharma firms shifting to sister concerns in incentive states
173 new advocates administered oath
Dagshai school lifts debate trophy
A team of Army Public School, Dagshai, receives the trophy from chief guest Harish Dhillon at Dagshai on Saturday. Also seen in the picture is school Principal Vijay
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CM seeks inclusion of Bhoti language
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Hamir Utsav: HPCC to take up issue of selection of artistes with CM
Agra youth dies during trekking 26 donate blood
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Modi factor won’t work: Virbhadra
Shimla, October 26 "Neither is Modi a demon nor a jinn who can wipe off the Congress as a hype is being created about him in the media," he said while addressing party leaders and workers from the Mandi Lok Sabha seat, here today at the Congress Bhawan. He said Modi’s magic “failed” to work in Himachal as the BJP lost both the Assembly elections when he was the general secretary in charge of the state and later as the Chief Minister also he could not woo the voters. "I have a lot of respect for Modi on the personal front, but too much hype is being created about him in the media," he said. He said the media had even gone to the extent of writing that Modi would prove to be a hydrogen bomb who would wipe off the Congress. "We are making efforts to ensure that the Congress wins all the four Lok Sabha seats in Himachal and we are keen that the declaration of candidates is done early," he said. He urged party men to work unitedly and take the popular schemes of the UPA regime and the Himachal government to the people of the state. "There is no denying that the financial health of the state is bad, just like other states, but this will not be allowed to come in the way of the uniform development of the state," he said. He added that the subsidised food items scheme started by him in his previous tenure was a big help to the people of the state. AICC secretary and Lok Sabha MP Raja Rampal, state Congress chief Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, Mandi MP Pratibha Singh and Health Minister Kaul Singh Thakur also addressed the workers. Meanwhile, notwithstanding their love-hate relationship, the HPCC chief showered praises on the Chief Minister while stating that the party and the state was fortunate to have a Chief Minister who worked relentlessly for 16 hours and was accessible to the common man. |
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3 film festivals in McLeodganj within a span of 10 days
Dharamsala, October 26 The basic focus of all the film festivals was to highlight the Tibetan struggle against the Chinese in the form of documentaries and short films produced by little known film makers. Lobsang Sangay, talking to The Tribune, said he had initially started organising the film festival in McLeodganj in 2004. The idea was to promote unknown Tibetan film producers. It was good that now other film makers were also coming here to organise film festivals. However, it would have been better if dates for film festivals were not organised back to back. It had created an overdoze of films for limited viewers in McLeodganj, he said. Sources here said 30 fiction, documentary, short and experimental films were being screened at TIPA under the banner of DIFF. The company that was organising DIFF, White Crane Films was an independent film production company founded in 1990 in London by Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam. The company basically focuses on Tibet related issues. Another organisation has announced a Dharamsala film festival in McLeodganj next year from May 13 to 15. |
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Party will enforce one man, one post: CM
Shimla, October 26 The list of such leaders is very long with about 10 of them holding prominent posts in the party as well as the government. “There is a possibility that the HPCC chief could write letters to all such leaders holding two posts to abide by the high court decision within a day or two,” said a senior party functionary. He added that there was also a likelihood that the high command, including the AICC chief, could decide whether these leaders would serve in the party or the government. “It is not for me, but for the Congress high command to enforce the one-man, one-post principle,” Virbhadra said here today. On the other hand, state Congress president Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu said as per the directives of the All-India Congress Committee (AICC), leaders holding two posts would have to give up one post as per their wish. It was Rakesh Kalia, Chief Parliamentary Secretary from Una, who set the ball rolling by resigning from the post of the CPS when he was made the AICC secretary. The leaders who could be asked to make a final choice include Harsh Mahajan, Chairman of the HP State Cooperative Bank and vice-president of the HPCC, Gangu Ram Musafir, Deputy Chairman of the HP State Planning Board and HPCC vice-president, Kuldeep Kumar, Chairman of the 4th HP State Finance Commission and president of the HPCC SC and ST Cell, Ram Lal Thakur, HPCC general secretary and Chairman of the State Planning Board, Kuldeep Pathania, Chairman, HP State Pollution Control Board and HPCC state spokesperson, Harbhajan Singh Bhajji, HPCC general secretary and Chairman of the State Water Board, and Hardeep Singh Baba, state president of the INTUC and vice-chairman of the HP Building and other Construction Workers Welfare Board, and Subhash Manglet, HPCC spokesperson and Chairman of the State Marketing Board. |
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Pharma firms shifting to sister concerns in incentive states
Solan, October 26 With the state government having failed to get the Central industrial package extended, despite making tall claims, investors were a disappointed lot. The package had lapsed in March 2010. The small-scale pharmaceutical units were the first to face the onslaught of the emerging scenario where tax incentives had lapsed and the shrinking profit margins was forcing the units to curtail their manufacturing activities. Vinod Gupta, a leading small-scale manufacturer who had set up three units after the Central industrial package lapsed, said he was in the process of closing down one unit as it had become difficult to sustain it in the competitive scenario. The Central industrial package had made available various incentives like income tax holiday, Central excise concessions, capital investment subsidy etc. The units which had come into operation in 2004 had already availed the 10-year tax exemption and since they had become tax-free now, their profitability had been reduced drastically. The units which came into operation after 2003 were still availing various tax exemptions and this had created a wide difference in their profitability. Thus, investors whose tax exemptions had expired were now either on the lookout to sell their units or had scaled down their manufacturing processes. |
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173 new advocates administered oath
Shimla, October 26 This was stated by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on the occasion of a mass oath ceremony for newly enrolled advocates organised by the HP State Bar Council in which 173 newly enrolled advocates took oath. The Chief Minister was the chief guest on the occasion, while the Chief Justice of the State High Court, Justice AM Khanwilkar, presided over the function. The Chief Minister also inaugurated the official website of the Bar Council of the state. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister congratulated the advocates on joining the legal fraternity. On the demand of the state Bar Association, he assured it that the government would provide all the possible assistance to establish a National Law School in Shimla. Chief Justice Khanwilkar said with the launching of the official website, the Bar Council of the state had registered its virtual presence world over. He said society had high expectations from members of the legal fraternity who were expected to fight for the cause of truth and justice. There would be no rule of law if the judicial system was to be rendered ineffective, inefficient and non-performing, he said. Shrawan Dogra, Chairman, Bar Council of Himachal Pradesh, administered oath to 173 newly enrolled advocates at the ceremony. Vikas Rathore, vice-chairman, Bar Council, presented a vote of thanks. Judges of the HP High Court Justice DD Sood, Justice Kuldeep Singh and Justice Rajiv Sharma, Acting Chief Secretary P Mitra, Principal Secretary, Law, Chirag Bhanu Singh, president, HP High Court Bar Association, Ashwani Pathak, and senior advocates, judicial officers and students of law colleges were present on the occasion. |
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Dagshai school lifts debate trophy
Solan, October 26 Dr Harish Dhillon, former Headmaster of The Lawrence School, Sanawar, and a renowned academician, gave away prizes to the winners. While addressing the gathering, he said, "English holds special importance in our everyday life, and since it has become a global language it is important to hone one's skills." Earlier, he was received by Principal Vijay Datta. Hitika Gupta of the APS, Dagshai, bagged the first award, while the second position was jointly shared by Shrikanth Selvaraj of APS, Dagshai, Mansi Singh of APS, Chandimandir, and Roohani Shergill of APS, Patiala. The third position was bagged by Shrey Tangri of APS, Clement Town. Avinash Brenan of APS, Dagshai, was adjudged the best interjector. APS, Dagshai, stood first, APS, Chandimandir, second and APS, Ambala, third. |
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CM seeks inclusion of Bhoti language
Shimla, October 26 In a letter to Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, the Chief Minister said Bhoti language was commonly used by people living in Lahaul-Spiti, Kinnaur, Kullu and Killar (Pangi) tribal belt of Chamba district of the state. He said a total population of Bhoti-speaking community in the Himalayan states of the country was over 16 lakh and the population of Bhoti-speaking community in the state was about 3.15 lakh in tribal areas. He said Bhoti was an ancient language spoken and written not only all over the Himalayan region, but also in the neighbouring countries. “It not only has its own script, but also a rich and vast literature,” he said. |
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26 donate blood
Bilaspur, October 26 Lal Singh said such camps would be organised by the kendra in all development blocks. Earlier, Dr Anuj Soni inaugurated the camp by first himself donating blood. Total 35 persons and youth registered themselves for blood donation, but blood was Those who donated blood included Gaurav, Suneel, Alisha Gauttam, Satish, Kapil, Suresh, Ravi Dutt, Sanjiv Sharma, Naresh, Anil, Gopal, Ramesh, Ajay, Manoj, Avaneesh, Pankaj, Deepak Negi, Ashish Sharma, Sandip and Puneet. |
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Hamir Utsav: HPCC to take up issue of selection of artistes with CM
Hamirpur, October 26 Talking to mediapersons here today, Deepak questioned the district administration’s sagacity of inviting main artistes for the cultural evening of the utsav by paying a whopping amount of Rs 10.5 lakh, saying this was not a “prudent decision”. He said, “The utilisation of the funds should be made in a prudent manner for organising such festivals.” |
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Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today sought to dispel the impression that BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s charisma would work in the state.
Army Public School, Dagshai, today won the 2 Corps Inter-Army Public School English debate competition wherein eight schools from the region participated.
Students debated over the topic "Multinationals are a threat to the Indian Economy" where they made cogent arguments in favour and against the topic.
