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Saturday,
October 20, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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CM asks for Rs 720 cr from
Centre 4 scientists selected for Goyal
prize
Tributes paid to Maj Gurpreet
Singh Power bill arrears not
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Work on for Indian mission to moon
Irrigation Dept store lying
submerged Chander Bhatia hospitalised Sabha: declare Yamunanagar sensitive area Man hacked to death, wife
held New fire stations for 20 towns 33 KV substation inaugurated 2 killed, 3 hurt in road accident Sameer, Nisha win
contests
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CM asks for Rs 720 cr from
Centre New Delhi, October 19 The Chief Minister was speaking at a conference of Ministers for Rural Water Supply here today. It was organised by the Union Ministry of Rural Development and Rajiv Gandhi Drinking Water Mission. He said the state would require a sum of Rs 975 crore to strengthen the drinking water
supply schemes so as to ensure supply of 70 litres of water per capita per day in 3245 villages. To achieve this end, he said the state government had been providing Rs 30 crore under the minimum needs programme. He said with a view to raising resources for the
programme, the government had obtained a loan of Rs 76 crore from NABARD during the current financial year and had a plan to get a loan of Rs 50 crore more from NABARD during next
year. He said that the central government should provide Rs 140 crore during 2001-2002, Rs 270 crore during 2002-2003 and Rs 310 crore during 2003-2004 to make the shortfall of Rs 720 crore. |
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4 scientists selected for Goyal
prize Kurukshetra, October 19 Announcing these names, Mr R.S. Chaudhry, Vice-Chancellor, Kurukshetra University, and Chairman of the Organising Committee for Goyal prize, said each prize carries Rs 1 lakh in cash besides a gold medal and citation. These awards would be presented to them in a formal ceremony to be held at the university shortly. Highlighting the contribution of this year awardees’, Dr S.P. Singh, who is the co-chairman of the Committee, said Dr Lalji Singh (54) had developed a technology for DNA finger printing. Lauding the role of Dr C.M. Gupta (56) the co-chairman said after working in the USA for several years with the Nobel laureate, Dr Hargobind Khurana, he established a flourishing research group in the area of membrane biology. He was appointed Director of the Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, before joining as the Director of the CDRI, Lucknow. His major work pertains to the development of simple but efficient methods for selectively delivering drugs to the diseased part in the body with particular reference to the diseases prevalent in India. For his outstanding contributions, he has recently been elected as a Fellow of Third World Academy of Sciences, Italy, Dr S.P. Singh added. Citing the achievements of Dr Mittal (60), the co-chairman said that after working with the Nobel Laureate WF Libby at California and serving as Visiting Scientific Adviser, US Army Natick Labs, he returned to India to join the BARC as the Head of its chemical dynamics section. He is presently serving there as the Director of Chemistry and Isotope Group. He has made outstanding contribution in diverse areas of radiation and photochemistry, laser chemistry and dynamics of chemical and biological reactions. Prof Mittal is also a fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences, Italy. With the modest facilities available, Dr O.N. Srivastava (58), is working for the development of hydrogen fueled two-wheelers. He has prepared a wide variety of materials and used them in two-wheelers as fuel. This work has been considered first of its kind in the world by many US energy analysts, said Dr S.P. Singh. Presently, he is making efforts for such indigenous hydrogen fuel-based and pollution free vehicles to enter the market. In addition to hydrogen fueled two-wheelers, Prof Srivastava has also been able to develop hydrogen fueled generator and home cookers as replacement of the LPG. Dr Srivastava is also recipient of S.S. Bhatnagar Award in physical sciences, the co-chairman added. The Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University, Mr R.S. Chaudhry, said the selection process for the four Goyal prize for the year 2001 would start soon. In addition to this, there would be five Rajib Goyal prizes of Rs 50,000 each for contributions in the fields of chemistry, physics, life sciences, environmental sciences and veterinary sciences. These prizes are meant for the scientists below the age of 45 years. Mr Chaudhry said since the inception of the prize in 1991, 28 distinguished scientists had been honoured. These include world renowned astrophysist, Dr Jayant Narlikar, space scientist, ISRO Chairman, Dr K. Kasturirangan, Director-General of the CSIR, Dr R.A. Mashelkar, and the Director of the Indian Institute of Science, Dr Goverdhan Mehta. |
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Tributes paid to Maj Gurpreet
Singh Ambala, October 19 Major Gurpreet Singh had made the supreme sacrifice on this day two years back in the valley. On his martyrdom day, a wreath-laying ceremony was held at the newly constructed memorial on the Jagadhari road. Wreaths were laid on behalf of the GOC-in-C Western Command, GOC 2 Corps and PH and HP (1) Sub-Area Commander. Brig R.S. Gill, Maj J.K. Sharma and Major Sarbjit Singh laid the wreaths. A guard of 110 Medium Regiment did “ulta Shastra” and bugles were sounded as a mark of respect to the martyr. Family members of Major Gurpreet Singh, including his father Lieut-Col Inder Singh (retd), wife, Mandeep Gurpreet Singh, village Sarpanch, Lakhwant Singh and other relatives were present. Among others, the MP, Mr Ratan Lal
Kataria, the MLA, Mr Jasbir Mallour, the ADC, Mr Mohinder Kumar, the
SDM, Mr M.K. Ahuja, and the Zila Sainik Board Secretary, Capt V.S. Narwal
(retd) paid floral tributes.
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Power bill arrears not
recovered Rohtak, October 19 The recovery of the bill arrears is virtually nil, a senior functionary of the UHBVN told The Tribune. There were approximately 45 villages in this district where power consumers owed over Rs 60 crore to the UHBVN. The bureaucracy, under pressure from political bosses, are making frantic visits to defaulting villages only to return empty-handed. The rural consumers are unable to pay as the accumulated arrears are beyond their paying capacity and are multiplying, notwithstanding the penalties being waived from time to time by the UHBVN. “No one is really bothered to take into account the helplessness of the farmers to pay the outstanding amount”, state CPM secretary Inderjit Singh said. Canal water in districts like Rohtak and Sonepat is released once in six weeks. Cash crops like paddy and cotton cannot be grown. Even sugarcane cultivation has become difficult due to paucity of water. Many villages under the WJC command area, particularly at the tailend, hardly get any water as canals and “rajbahas” have not been desilted for the past several years. The no-objection certificate declaring clearance of electricity dues has been made compulsory to get any work done in any government department. Even this move has not helped. “Some cutoff date can be fixed from which at least fresh bills are paid instead of adding to the outstanding amount which can be negotiated keeping the human angle in mind”, Mr Inderjit Singh suggested. The surcharge on the bills should be waived and the original bill amount should be charged in instalments, he said. |
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Work on for Indian mission to moon Ambala, October 19 Dr Harinarayana, who was delivering the 12th Gian Chand Jain Memorial Lecture on the “Role of aviation in the national security and wealth generation, said the mission would be unmanned. However, he did not elaborate how soon the “near future” would be. He said though there was a delay of about five years in developing the LCA, the Indian scientists had used this period to integrate the best technology available in its design. The LCA, he said, could replace Mig-21, Mig-23 and Mig-27. It is half the size of the Migs but still carried the same number of weapons. There are 28 computers on board the LCA, which could have been test flown in 1999. But it has taken longer only to make sure that the software used in the computers is foolproof, he added. Talking about other qualities of the LCA, Dr Harinarayana said the LCA was the smallest and lightest fourth-generation supersonic fighter plane. By the time it is detected by the enemy radars, the plane will come back to its base after completing its mission. There is an on-board “health monitoring system”, which can detect and identify any fault in the plane’s functioning within minutes. There are plans to
manufacture about 300 aircraft under the LCA project, he added. Dr Harinarayana said there were many spin-offs of the aerospace activities, like medical treatment, metallurgy, remote sensing, communications and imaging. Talking about Insat applications, he said: “80 per cent of India may be without water connections but due to Insat satellites, 80 per cent of the country has TV connectivity.” Similarly, with the help of satelite imaging underground water can be detected with 95 per cent certainty. He said a country could get the maximum return from its investment in the field of aerospace, where the ratio between the investment and the returns was estimated to be 1 : 10. The Gian Chand Jain Memorial Foundation, which had organised the lecture, conferred the Scientist of the Year Award upon Mr Yogesh Kumar, General Manager(LCA), Aircraft Research and Design Centre, HAL, Bangalore, for his “oustanding contribution in the field of avionics”. Mr Yogesh Kumar, who belongs to Ambala and had been a student of the local S.D. College, was also honoured by the college Principal, Dr Desh Bandhu. The chairman of the foundation, Dr N.C. Jain, said the annual lecture was a tribute to Gian Chand Jain’s efforts to project the humane face of business.
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Irrigation Dept store lying
submerged Panipat, October 19 The staff deputed to guard the store are residing some where else and are drawing their salaries without doing any work. Moreover, the stagnant water has become a breeding ground for mosquitoes. The Flood Control Department of the district is equipped with more than 60 pumps but the Irrigation Department is least concerned to borrow these equipment to pump out the water. There are three chowkidars deployed for guarding the store. One of them is residing in Bal Vikas School along with his family. The second one Prem, is residing in a nearby factory and third, Ramdhari is staying in some other place. The chowkidars have constructed a temporary pathway by putting grills covered with wooden sleepers. Last week a truck loaded with basmati rice, which was parked there overturned and entire stock of the rice got damaged resulting in the loss of the lakhs of rupees. The Executive Engineer (Irrigation) when contacted said they would likely shift the goods lying in the store to Binjhol office. |
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Chander Bhatia hospitalised Ambala, October 19 Around two weeks back, Mr Bhatia had surrendered before the Special CBI Magistrate, Mr J.S. Dhanjal, in Ambala. He was remanded in judicial custody. Mr Bhatia had also filed an application in this court to allow him to go to Escorts Hospital at Faridabad for treatment as his kidneys were not functioning properly. The court had forwarded his application to the court of the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr B.B. Prasoon, where the application would come up for hearing on November 2. Ms Mamta Arora, wife of the editor of a Faridabad-based daily, had lodged a complaint with the Faridabad police that Mr Bhatia, his brothers and some other persons had entered her newspaper office, looted goods and threatened the staff. The case of investigation was handed over to the CBI on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 1998. On March 24 this year, the CBI filed the charge sheet against Mr Bhatia and others in this court.
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Sabha: declare Yamunanagar sensitive area Yamunanagar, October 19 Mr Bajaj said certain minority groups, through their anti-national activities, were spreading fanaticism in the district particularly in areas like Chhachrauli, Khizrabad, Buria-Sadhoura. Certain Hindu organisations had demanded some time ago that these areas should be declared the most sensitive as a large number of lethal weapons had been recovered from these areas. |
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Man hacked to death, wife
held Jhajar, October 19 According to the police, Sunita attacked her husband with a sharp-edged weapon while he was asleep last night. His body was found lying on bed covered with a blanket and with three deep wounds inflicted on his neck. According to villagers, Sunita, mother of four children, returned just four days ago after visiting her parents in Bhiwani. There were serious
differences between husband and wife for a long time. The accused herself informed the police about the incident and named the sister and mother of the deceased as killers but her ploy was exposed soon. The police has arrested the wife after registering a case. |
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New fire stations for 20 towns Chandigarh, October 19 These decisions were taken at a meeting of the board presided over by Mr Subhash Goyal, Minister of State for Urban Development, here today. An official release said that the towns where the scheme would be implemented were, Kalka, Pinjore, Naraingarh, Shahabad, Ladwa, Pehowa, Cheeka, Gharaunda, Taraori, Assandh, Charkhi Dadri, Narwana, Safidon, Barwala, Fatehabad, Tohana, Ratia, Mandi Dabwali, Ellenabad, Kalanwali, Rania, Ferozepur Jhirkha and Mohendragarh. It was also decided at the meeting to set up a new fire training centre at Kurukshetra at a cost of Rs 1.65 crore. |
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33 KV substation inaugurated Cheeka (Kaithal), October 19 He also laid the stone for a Devi Lal memorial stadium at Cheeka which would be spread over an area of 15 acres. The Chief Minister addressed the Bar Association of Cheeka and heard grievances of residents of Dera Jogi Ram. The Chief Minister also addressed a gathering on the occasion of Aggarsain Jayanti here last night. He said Maharaja Aggarsain was a social reformer hence the state government has decided to introduce the list of the Maharaja in school syllabus. |
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2 killed, 3 hurt in road accident Rohtak, October 19 Those killed have been identified as D.K. Sharma engineer and Bharat Lal, foreman, who belonged to a national Hindi daily. According to information, the incident took place at 7 a.m today. Mr D.K. Sharma was reportedly driving the car. He died on the spot while Mr Bharat Lal succumbed to injuries at the PGIMS. In another incident, six members of a family, including three children, sustained burn injuries when an LPG cylinder exploded at their house in Janta Colony here today. Those injured have been identified as Gulab Singh, his wife, three children and nephew.
Ambala, October 19 Nine teams which participated in the competition were from Air Force stations Jammu, Chandigarh, Hindon, Bikaner, Palam, Pathankot, Sirsawa, Halwara and Ambala Cantonment. The programme was supervised by the Senior Education Officer, Sqn Ldr Surinder Singh, and the school Principal, Sqn Ldr R.C. Chhabra (retd). The inter-school cultural programme was organised to identify talent among the students under the guidance of the AFWWA (L) president, Ms Bala Iyer. The winner of the solo song was Sameer of Ambala and Nisha Aggarwal of Bikaner was the winter in solo dance. The team from Ambala Cantonment was the winner in the comedy skit. Overall trophy was award to Air Force Public School, Ambala Cantonment. Raghav of Ambala won the best actor award and the best actress award was shared by Kiran of Ambala and Sarang of Jammu. |
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