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Guru Jambheshar Varsity gets Rs 15 lakh grant

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Chandigarh, October 27
Distance Education Council, New Delhi has given a development grant of Rs. 15 lakh to the Distance Education Department of Guru Jambheshwar Science and Technology University, Hisar for the year 2009-10.
While stating this today, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Dr.Devender Dayal Singh Sandhu, said that out of the total amount of the grant, Rs. six lakh had been given for the development of course material and quality assurance measures, Rs. 2.25 lakh each for Students Sports Services, National Technology Sports System and Research & Development. Rs. 1.5 lakh had been given for the library and Rs. 75,000 for staff training and development.
He said that 17 courses being conducted by the Distance Education Department of the University had already been recognised by the Distance Education Council for the academic session 2009-10 to 2011-12. Guru Jambheshwar Science and Technology University, Hisar was the first University of Haryana whose Distance Education Department had been granted recognition by the joint team of the University Gram Commission, All India Council for Technical Education and Distance Education Council.
The courses being conducted by the Distance Education Department of the University include M Sc. Computer Science, Master of Computer Applications. five-year integrated MCA, MA (Mass communication), Master of Insurance Business, Master of Business Administration, M.Sc. Mathematics, Master of Commerce, PG Diploma in Computer Applications, PG Diploma in Advertising and Public Relations, PG Diploma in Taxation, PG Diploma in Bakery Science and Technology, PG Diploma in Environment Management, Bachelor of Business Administration, BA (Mass Communication) , PG Diploma in Councelling and Behaviour Modification and PG Diploma in Industrial Safety Management.
As many as 30,000 students are getting education in different courses conducted by the Distance Education Directorate of the University.

Bhupinder Hooda's clarion call to state officers

By Haryananewswire
Chandigarh, October 26
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has given a clarion call to officers and officials of the state government to work with utmost zeal, dedication and co-operation so that the state could move march rapidly on the path of progress and all-round development.
Mr Hooda, who attended his office for the first time being sworn in yesterday, was addressing officers and employees who called on him today. He said that during the last four-and-a-half years, employees from Class-IV to officer level, had made a great contribution to implementation of the policies and programmes initiated by his government.
“Since the people have given another chance to the Congress Party to serve them, it is the moral duty of the government to meet their expectations by doing hard work and by ushering in a new era of development”, the Chief Minister said adding that unstinted co-operation and support of all people was imperative for achieving the desired results.
He observed that during the last four-and-a-half years, both employees and officers had contributed a lot to the progress of the state. He appealed to them to work with added zeal and utmost dedication in future also, so that a new era of peace and development could be ushered in the state.
While welcoming the Chief Minister, the Chief Secretary, Mr. Dharam Vir, said that it was vital for the progress and development of the state that Mr Hooda had become the Chief Minister again. Unparallel and unmatched progress had been made in the State during his last regime as Chief Minister.
He assured Mr Hooda that the policies and programmes of the state government would be implemented vigorously. Besides, all employees and officers would provide unstinted co-operation to the government. He lauded the vision of the Chief Minister and said the people of Haryana would always remember the contribution made by him to the overall development of the state.
The Senior Secretary to the Chief Minister, Mr. Shadi Lal Kapoor, welcomed the Chief Minister on behalf of the private secretaries, personal assistants and the Stenos’ Association and made the assurance that they would fulfill the expectations of the Chief Minister by the dint of their hardwork.
The Class-III Civil Secretariat Association President, Mr Anoop Rathi, Class-IV Union President, Atma Ram Bishnoi, Driver Association President, Mr. Partap Singh Rana, and President of the Police Association, Mr. Ranbir Singh Shekhawat, also welcomed the Chief Minister.
Earlier, the Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. M. L. Tayal, Additional Principal Secretaries to the Chief Minister, Mr. Chatter Singh, and Dr. K. K. Khandelwal, Deputy Principal Secretary, Mr. R. S. Doon, OSDs Mr. M. S. Chopra and Mr. B. R. Beri, also greeted the Chief Minister when he reached in the office.
Senior officers, including financial commissioners, commissioners and secretaries, heads of department and senior police officers were also present on the occasion.

Kiran Choudhary among nine women declared elected

Kiran Choudhary receiving letter of her victory.

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by Haryananewswire
Chandigarh, Oct 22
As many as nine women candidates have been declared as elected in the General Elections to Haryana Vidhan Sabha-2009 as a total of 67 women candidates had contested the elections. This the second highest number for women candidates contesting and for getting elected in the assembly elections in Haryana.
The women candidates who were declared elected in the General Elections to State Assembly-2009 included seven belonging to Indian National Congress. They are Ms. Sumita Singh from Karnal, Ms. Savitri Jindal from Hisar, Ms. Kiran Choudhry from Tosham, Ms. Shakuntala from Kalanaur, Ms. Geeta from Jhajjar, Ms. Anita Yadav from Ateli and Ms. Sharda Rathore from Ballabhgarh. The other two women candidates who won the election are Ms. Kavita Jain of BJP from Sonepat and Ms. Saroj of INLD from Narnaund.
In the last General Elections to Haryana Vidhan Sabha held in 2005, as many as 11 women candidates out of a total of 60 women contesting candidates had won the elections.
Since the holding of first assembly elections in Haryana, a highest number of 93 women candidates had contested in 1996, out of which only four had won. As many as 49 women contested the assembly elections in the year 2000, but only four of them won followed by 41 contesting in 1991 out of which only six won the elections. Similarly, in 1987, as many as 35 women candidates contested the elections and only five of them were declared as elected. As many as 27 women candidates contested in 1982 and only seven of them were declared elected.
In 1977, as many as 20 women candidates contested the elections and only four won whereas 12 women candidates contested in 1972 and out of them only four were declared elected. Similarly, in the elections to State Assembly in 1968, only 12 women candidates contested and seven of them won. As many as eight women contested in 1967 and only four of them won.

16 schools for Coca Cola Mir Iqbal Soccer

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by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir Singh)
CHANDIGARH, OCT 22
Sixteen schools will compete in the Coca Cola Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy for boys Under-15 Football Tournament (Chandigarh leg) to be held at the Sector 17 Football Stadium here from October 26 to 30.
Releasing the fixtures today, Chandigarh Football Association general secretary Rakesh Bakshi said that the teams had been divided into four groups. Group A will comprise strong contenders St Stephen’s School-45, St Peter’s School-37, Government Model Senior Secondary School-10 and Ryan International School-49.
Chandigarh Police Academy-26, St Xavier’s School-41, Tribune Model School-29 and Mount Carmel School-47 are in group B. DAV Senior Secondary School-8 have been clubbed with St Joseph’s School-44, Shishu Niketan Model School-22 and Saupin’s School-32 in group C.
St Anne’s School-32, St Kabir School-26, St John’s School-26 and The Banyan Tree School-48 have been placed in group D.
Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 10 will face Ryan International School, Sector 49 in group A on October 26 at 9 a.m. Other matches slated for the opening day are: Chandigarh Police Academy-26 vs St Xavier’s-44 (10 a.m.); Tribune Model School-29 vs Mount Carmel-47 (group B, 11 a.m.) and Saupin’s School-32 vs St Joseph School-44 (group C, 12 noon).
The final will be played on October 30. The teams have been directed to bring their latest identity cards and date of birth certificates issued by the Health Department or Registrar of Birth in original in every match. The organizing committee will verify the date of birth of the participating players.

Congress wins 40 seats and INLD 31

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by Haryananewswire
Chandigarh, Oct 22
Indian National Congress clinched 40 seats in Haryana as counting for votes polled for General Elections to Haryana Vidhan Sabha was held today at 90 counting centres in the State to decide the fate of 1222 candidates.
The Indian National Lok Dal won 31 seats. The Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) could win only six seats.The BJP bagged four seats. Bahujan Samaj Party also won one seat and Shiromani Akali Dal could win only one seat. Seven other seats were won by others.
The Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda(INC) defeated his nearest rival Satish Kumar of INLD from Ghari Sampla-Kiloi with a margin of 72,100 votes. This is the highest lead margin for any candidate in the General Elections and Mr.Hooda has set a record. The second lead margin of 46107 votes has been given by Mrs. Kiran Choudhry of INC who contested from Tosham. Mr. Venod Sharma of INC who contested from Ambala City has won with the third highest margin of 35550 votes. Similarly, the lowest lead margin of 145 votes has been given by Satpal, a HJC(BL) candidate from Dadri.
From Adampur Constituency, Kuldeep Bishnoi of HJC(BL) defeated his nearest rival Jai Parkash of INC with a margin of 6015 votes; in Ambala Cantt., Anil Vij of BJP defeated Nirmal Singh of INC with a margin of 6338 votes; in Ambala City, Venod Sharma of INC defeated Charanjeet Kaur of Shiromani Akali Dal with a margin of 35550 votes.
In Assandh Assembly Constituency, Pt. Zile Ram Chochra of HJC(BL) defeated his nearest rival Raghbir Singh Virk, an independent with a margin of 3540 votes; in Ateli, Anita Yadav of INC defeated Santosh Yadav of BJP with a margin of 973 votes. In Badhra, Raghbir Singh of INLD defeated Ranbir Singh Mahendra of INC with a margin of 709 votes. In Badkhal, Mahendra Pratap of INC defeated Seema Trikha of BJP with a margin of 12679 votes and from Badli, Naresh Kumar of INC defeated Brijender Singh Chahar, an independent with a margin of 13358 votes.
From Badshahpur, Dharam Pal of INC defeated his nearest rival Rakesh, an independent with a margin of 11385 votes and from Bahadurgarh, Rajinder Singh Joon of INC defeated Nafe Singh Rathee of INLD with a margin of 19352 votes.
In Ballabhgarh Assembly Constituency, Sharda Rathore of INC defeated his nearest rival Surender Tewatia of BJP with a margin of 23844 votes and in Baroda, Sri Krishan of INC defeated Kapoor Singh Narwal of INLD with a margin of 25343 votes; in Barwala, Ram Niwas Ghorela of INC defeated Sheela Bhayan of INLD with a margin of 9396 votes; in Bawal, Rameshwar Dayal of INLD defeated Shakuntala Bhagwaria of INC with a margin of 22001 votes.
From Bawani Khera, Ram Kishan Fouji of INC defeated Azad Singh of INLD with a margin of 6273 votes; in Beri, Dr.Raghuvir Singh of INC defeated Chatar Singh, an independent with a margin of 5176 votes. In Bhiwani, Ghansyam Saraf of BJP defeated Dr. Shiv Shanker Bhardwaj of INC with a margin of 2645 votes; from Dabwali, Ajay Singh Chautala of INLD defeated Dr. K.V. Singh of INC with a margin of 12108 votes; from Dadri, Satpal of HJC(BL) defeated Raj Deep of INLD with a margin of 145 votes; from Ellenabad, Om Parkash Chautala of INLD defeated Bharat Singh Beniwal of INC with a margin of 16423 votes.
From Faridabad Assembly Constituency, Anand Kaushik of INC defeated Parvesh Chand of BJP with a margin of 10841 votes; from Faridabad NIT, Shiv Charan Tejpal, an independent defeated Akagar Chand Chaudhry of INC with a margin of 7875 votes and from Fatehabad, Prahlad Singh Gillan Khera, an independent defeated Dura Ram of INC with a margin of 2802 votes.
In Ferozepur Jhirka Assembly Constituency, Naseem Ahmed of INLD defeated Mamman Khan of INC with a margin of 18194 votes; from Ganaur, Kuldeep Sharma of INC defeated Krishan Gopal Tyagi of INLD with a margin of 10036 votes and from Gharaunda, Narender Sangwan of INLD defeated Varinder Singh Rathore of INC with a margin of 1660 votes. From Gohana, Jagbir Singh Malik of INC defeated Atul Malik of INLD with a margin of 13016 votes; from Guhla, Phool Singh of INLD defeated Dillu Ram of INC with a margin of 5253 votes; from Gurgaon, Sukhbeer, an independent defeated Dharambir of INC with a margin of 2140 votes.
From Hansi Assembly Constituency, Vinod Bhayana of HJC(BL) defeated Chattar Pal Singh of INC with a margin of 6283 votes; from Hathin, Jaleb Khan, an independent defeated Harsh Kumar of INC with a margin of 6473 votes; in Hisar, Savitri Jindal of INC defeated Gautam Sardana, an independent with a margin of 14728 votes. In Hodal, Jagdish Nayar of INLD defeated Uday Bhan of INC with a margin of 2621 votes; from Indri, Ashok Kashyap of INLD defeated Bhim Sain Mehta of INC with a margin of 9097 votes and from Israna, Krishan Lal Panwar of INLD defeated Balbir of INLD with a margin of 2180 votes.
From Jagadhri, Akram Khan of BSP defeated Subhash Chand of INC with a margin of 4328 votes; from Jhajjar, Geeta of INC defeated Kanta Devi of INLD with a margin of 27783 votes and in Jind, Dr. Hari Chand Middha of INLD defeated Mange Ram Gupta of INC with a margin of 7862 votes. In Julana, Parminder Singh Dhull of INLD defeated Sher Singh of INC with a margin of 12811 votes.
From Kaithal, Randeep Singh Surjewala of INC defeated Kailash Bhagat of INLD with a margin of 22502 votes; in Kalanaur, Shakuntala of INC defeated Naga Ram of INLD with a margin of 27860 votes; in Kalanwali, Charanjeet Singh of Shiromani Akali Dal defeated Dr. Sushil Kumar Indora of INC with a margin of 12544 votes; in Kalayat, Ram Pal Majra of INLD defeated Tejinder Pal Singh of INC with a margin of 9400 votes.
In Kalka Assembly Constituency, Pardeep Chaudhry of INLD defeated Satvinder Singh of INC with a margin of 21187 votes; from Karnal, Sumita Singh of INC defeated Jai Parkash of HJC(BL) with a margin of 3731 votes; in Kharkhauda, Jaiveer of INC defeated Raju of INLD with a margin of 25284 votes; in Kosli, Yaduvender Singh of INC defeated Jagdish Yadav, an independent with a margin of 3423 votes. From Ladwa, Sher Singh Barshami of INLD defeated Kailasho Saini of INC with a margin of 2505 votes; from Loharu, Dharam Pal of INLD defeated Jai Parkash Dalal, an independent with a margin of 623 votes.
From Mahendragarh, Dan Singh of INC defeated Ram Bilash Sharma of BJP with a margin of 5453 votes; in Meham, Anand Singh of INC defeated Shamsher, an independent with a margin of 6966 votes; in Mulana, Rajbir Singh Barara of INLD defeated Phool Chand Mullana of INC with a margin of 2937 votes and from Nalwa, Sampat Singh of INC defeated Jasma Devi of HJC(BL) with a margin of 10901 votes.
From Nangal Chaudhary, Bahadur Singh of INLD defeated Radhey Shyam of INC with a margin of 11663 votes; from Naraingarh, Ram Kishan of INC defeated Ram Singh of INLD with a margin of 8320 votes; from Narnaul, Narender Singh of HJC(BL) defeated Bhana Ram of INLD with a margin of 3392 votes; from Narnaund, Saroj of INLD defeated Ram Kumar of INC with a margin of 10097 votes and from Narwana, Pirthi Singh of INLD defeated Ramphal of INC with a margin of 20640 votes. In Nilokheri, Mamu Ram of INLD defeated Meena Rani of INC with a margin of 16723 votes.
From Nuh Assembly Constituency, Aftab Ahmed of INC defeated Sanjay of BJP with a margin of 16904 votes; from Palwal, Subhash Choudhary of INLD defeated his nearest rival Karan Singh Dalal of INC with a margin of 6669 votes; from Panchkula, Devender of INC defeated Yograj Singh of INLD with a margin of 12260 votes and in Panipat City, Balbir Pal Shah of INC defeated Sanjay Bhatia of BJP with a margin of 12159 votes. In Panipat Rural, Om Parkash Jain, an independent defeated Bimla Kadian of INLD with a margin of 6636 votes; from Pataudi, Ganga Ram of INLD defeated Bhupinder of INC with a margin of 24747 votes; from Pehowa, Harmohinder Singh of INC defeated Jaswinder Singh of INLD with a margin of 4080 votes and from Prithla, Raghubir Singh of INC defeated Tek Chand Sharma of BSP with a margin of 3155 votes. From Punahana, Mohammed Ilyas of INLD defeated Dayawati of BSP with a margin of 2688 votes and from Pundri, Sultan, an independent defeated Dinesh Kaushik of INC with a margin of 4051 votes.
From Radaur, Bishen Lal of INLD defeated his nearest rival Suresh Kumar of INC with a margin of 4395 votes; from Rai, Jai Tirath of INC defeated Inderjit of INLD with a margin of 4666 votes; from Rania, Krishan Lal of INLD defeated Ranjit Singh of INC with a margin of 3651 votes; from Ratia, Gyan Chand of INLD defeated Jarnail Singh of INC with a margin of 3382 votes and from Rewari, Ajay Singh of INC defeated Satish, an independent with a margin of 13288 votes.
From Rohtak, Bharat Bhushan Batra of INC defeated his nearest rival Munish Grover of BJP with a margin of 19595 votes; from Sadhaura, Rajpal of INC defeated Balwant Singh of INLD with a margin of 8613 votes and from Samalkha, Dharam Singh of HJC(BL) defeated Sanjay Chhoker of INC with a margin of 13451 votes. From Shahbad, Anil Dhantori of INC defeated Jitender Kumar of INLD with a margin of 3741 votes.

In Sirsa Assembly Constituency, Gopal Kanda, an independent defeated his nearest rival Padam Chand of INLD with a margin of 6469 votes; in Sohna, Dharambir of INC defeated Zakir Hussain of BSP with a margin of 505 votes; in Sonepat, Kavita Jain of BJP defeated Anil Kumar Thakkar of INC with a margin of 2657 votes. In Thanesar, Ashok Kumar Arora of INLD defeated Ramesh Gupta of INC with a margin of 8285 votes and in Tigaon, Krishan Pal of BJP defeated Lalit of INC with a margin of 818 votes. Similarly, in Tohana, Paramvir Singh of INC defeated Nishan Singh of INLD with a margin of 3852 votes.
In Tosham, Kiran Choudhry of INC defeated her nearest rival Col. Gajraj Singh with a margin of 46107 votes; in Uchana Kalan, Om Parkash Chautala of INLD defeated Birender Singh of INC with a margin of 621 votes; in Uklana, Naresh Selwal of INC defeated Seema Devi of INLD with a margin of 3738 votes and in Yamunanagar, Dilbagh Singh of INLD defeated his nearest rival Devinder Chawla of INC with a margin of 13573 votes.

Police Commemoration Day observed in Panchkula

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by Haryananewswire
Chandigarh, October 21
The 50th State Level Police 'Commemoration Day' was observed at Police Line, Panchkula on Wednesday morning. Haryana Director General of Police RS Dalal was the chief mourner on this occasion.
From September 1, 2008 to August 31, 2009, as many as 776 Police Personnel have been killed while fighting law breakers in different parts of the country. Rich tributes were paid to all these martyrs on this occasion.
Highlighting the importance of this day, Mr. Dalal said that on this day in the year 1959, 10 Central Reserve Police Force Personnel made supreme sacrifices at hot springs of Laddakh while resisting Chineese aggressors. Since then, all Indian police and para-military forces had been organising such annual commemoration parade on October 21 every year as a mark of respect to these martyrs and others laying down their lives for the cause of the mother land. The brave constables had sacrificed their lives so that the country and their people might be safe, he added.
All senior officers and officials posted at Haryana Police Headquarters Panchkula and Chandigarh also paid tributes to the all heroes of Indian police and para-military forces, who lay down their lives while maintaining law and order situations at various places in the country.
Mr.V.N.Rai, Director, Haryana Police Academy, Madhuban was the chief mourner at 'Commemoration Parade' organised at Madhuban. Mr.Sheel Mathur, Inspector General of Police paid tributes to the martyrs at Research and Training Centre, Bhondsi, Gurgaon. The Commissioner of Police, Gurgaon and Faridabad, Inspectors General of Police of all Police ranges and Superintendents of all District Police paid homage to the martyrs at their respective headquarters today.
The names of all 776 heroes of Indian Police and para-military forces killed on duty during the period from September 1, 2008 to August 31, 2009 were also read out at all places on this occasion.

'October good for shwoing mustard crops'

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by Haryanawirenews
Chandigarh, October 21 The scientists of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar have advised the farmers to complete the sowing of mustard crops during the month of October, as the weather these days is highly conducive for its sowing.
The scientists have cautioned the farmers that delay in sowing may cause decline in the production, as the crops sown late are likely to be more prone to various kind of diseases and pests.
Dr.R.P.Narwal, Research Director of the University said that last year per hectare production of mustard in Haryana was 17 quintals, which is highest in the country. Quality seeds of high yielding varieties should be sown to maintain growth in production, he advised the farmers.
He has recommended RH-30, RH-9304 and Lakshmi varieties of mustard for irrigated areas and RH-819 and RV-50 for rain fed areas. He has also advised the farmers to use 75 kg of single super phosphate and 35 kg of Urea per acre before sowing crop of mustard.

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WISHING A HAPPY AND SPARKLING DIWALI!

DA rates modified by Haryana Government

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by Haryananewswire
Chandigarh, Oct 14
The Haryana Government has modified the rates of the Dearness Allowance (DA) for its employees with effect from 1.7.2009.
The employees who are getting their salary in the revised pay scale will get DA at the rate of 27 per cent of pay in Pay Band + Grade Pay + NPA, wherever applicable and those who are getting their salary in unrevised pay scale will get DA at the rate of 69 per cent of pay (Basic Pay + DP + NPA, wherever applicable).
The revised DA will be paid in cash along with the payment of salary for the month of October 2009 paid in November 2009 and the arrear accruing on account of enhancement in DA for three months i.e. from July 1 to September 30 shall be credited to the GPF of the employees.
A notification to this effect has been issued by the Finance Department, Haryana.