MBA Young farmer’s pomegranate orchard is ready to earn gold on Hills

Dry mountains can spill out gold by hard work and perseverance. These lines are not of some movie script but reality. These are Ankur Thakur's lines, a young farmer of Bnail village of Jamta, Himachal Pardesh.

By the efforts of Ankur, here today a pomegranate orchard is ready to earn gold. Instead of running after a job after completing MBA, Ankur decided to gardening near the home.

Ankur himself made the barren land with hoe and cultivated a pomegranate orchard on the mountain. His hard work has paid now. In the orchard harvest has come. MBA degree holder Ankur Thakur has set an example for the entire region by raising an orchard on waste land.

By looking at the dry mountain soil everyone can have an idea how hard is was. Today each and every blow of hoe is ready to pay Ankur's hard work in the form of pomegranate fruit.

According to Ankur Thakur he has maintained half an acre orchard. Even in drought conditions pomegranate gave a bumper crop.

In this fierce heat where people are longing for a drop of water, farmer Ankur Thakur has raised the crop of pomegranate by carrying water on his back.

 Ankur said he carries water from half a kilometer everyday. Not only pomegranate but Plum and lechee harvest is also well ready.

He also said that he is willing to give information about the pomegranate yields to other young farmers.

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68-year-old retired Teacher of Himachal Pradesh did an amazing job

It is said that there is no age of learning. One can study at any age; however rarely do it. A 68-year-old retired teacher of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh, has characterized this commitment to the education. After being associated with teaching for 47 years he passed 12th examination this year.

Birbal Sandhu, resident of the Gram Panchayat Rodi-Kodi of Dehra Subdivision had passed the matriculation examination in 1964.After doing JBT course in 1966; he made teaching as his career. After having served 47 years in the Education Department, Sandhu retired from the post of central head teacher on June 30, 2003, has a different spirit towards education.

When asked, how a desire arose in his mind to study after ten years of retirement, Birbal said that he always regret less education. Just to fulfil his desire he decided to study further.

Birbal Sandhu said that even at this age he is not going to get any benefit from that education. Despite this, he preserve the dream to study till graduate.

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Alternative Photo documents for voting in Mandi By-Elections Himachal

Shri Narinder Chauhan, Chief Electoral Officer said here today that all the electors of 2-Mandi Parliamentary Constituency who had been issued with their Electors Photo Identity Cards (EPICs) shall have to produce these cards to exercise their franchise when they come to the polling stations for voting on 23 June, 2013. He clarified that identity cards issued by the Electoral Registration Officer of another assembly constituency shall be taken into account while establishing the identity of Electors. 

Shri Chauhan said that if any electoral fails to produce his/her EPIC than such electors shall have to produce any of the alternative photo documents for establishing their identity which include Passports, Driving License, Income Tax Identity (PAN) Cards, Service Identity Cards with photograph issued to its employees by State/Central Government, Public Sector Undertakings, Local Bodies or Public Limited Companies, Passbooks with photograph issued by Public Sector Banks/Post Office and Kisan Passbooks (accounts opened on or before 30 April, 2013), Freedom Fighter Identity Card, with photograph, SC/ST/OBC Certificates with Photograph issued by competent authority on or before 30 April, 2013, Certificate of Physical Handicap having photograph issued by the competent authority on or before 30 April, 2013. Arms Licenses having photograph issued on or before 30 April, 2013, Job cards issued under the NREGA scheme with photograph issued upto 30 April, 2013, Property Documents such as Pattas, Registered Deeds, etc. with photograph, Pension Document such as ex-servicemen's Pension Book /Pension Payment Order, ex-servicemen's Widow/Dependent Certificates, Old Age Pension Order, Widow Pension Order with photograph issued on or before 30 April, 2013, Health Insurance Scheme Smart Cards with photograph (Ministry of Labour's Scheme, issued upto 30 April, 2013, Smart Cards issued by RGI under the scheme of Nation Population Register (NPR) and Aadhaar Card issued by UIDAI. 

Chief Electoral Officer said that if any of the above mentioned documents that was available only to the head of the family may be used for identifying the other members of the family provided all the members come together and were identified by the head of the family. He further clarified that ration cards are not a valid document for establishing identity before voting.

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Himachal Pardesh Governor and Chief Minister mourn demise of Vidya Charan Sukhla

Governor, Smt. Urmila Singh and Chief Minister, Shri Virbhadra Singh have expressed grief over the death of former Union Minister, Shri Vidya Charan Sukhla at Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon today. 

Shri Vidya Charan Sukhla was seriously wounded in Maoist attack on 25 May, 2013 in Chhattisgarh.

Smt. Urmila Singh said that Shri Vidya Charan Sukhla was a seasoned Parliamentarian and an experienced politician who had remained Minister for several years. She said that his contribution towards social services would always be remembered. She prayed for peace of the departed soul. 

Shri Virbhadra Singh said that having started his political career from grass root level Shri Vidya Charan Sukhla had a good political career and remained senior Minister in Government of India during Congress regime. He was respected by leaders of all political parties alike and had left behind a legacy of great dedication, distinction and dignity. 

Chief Minister prayed the God for the peace of the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family members to bear this irreparable loss.

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Himachal Technical University Common Entrance Examination is on 22nd June

A Spokesman of Himachal Pradesh Technical University said here today that H.P. Technical University had issued and despatched the Admit Cards to all the candidates who have applied for State level Common Entrance Examination for admissions to B. Pharmacy, M. Pharmacy and M.Tech for the academic session 2013-14 which would be held on 22nd June, 2013 at different examination centres. 

He said that if any candidate had not received the Admit Card, he/she may visit the University website i.e. www.himtu.ac.in. He said that counselling schedule for admission to B.Pharmacy had been admitted which was available on the website of the University adding that for any query the candidates can contact on telephone number 01972-224153. 

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