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Fog
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 Plum cake, pastries much in demand CHANDIGARH, Dec 24—While Christmas revelry is all pervasive, bakeries in the city are swarmed by buyers of plum cake and other items like pastries. Three
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Residents demand diversion |
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Fog doesn't
spare bus services either CHANDIGARH, Dec 24 — Bus services remained affected as dense fog enveloped the region for the second day today. Although no major mishap has been reported but bus services were delayed from one hour to over five hours according to distance and density of fog. The fog has affected train, bus and airline services equally with commuters bearing the brunt — delay in reaching their destinations. At some places the fog was so thick that bus drivers were forced to take their vehicles off the road due to near zero visibility. The worst hit were those who had to board the early morning buses. The passengers travelling by Haryana Roadways Jaipur- Delhi- Chandigarh bus, scheduled to reach the city at 4 a.m arrived at 9 a.m. Those travelling from destinations like Pehowa, Yamunanagar Jagadhari and Jind were late by one to two hours in reaching their destinations. In view of the foggy conditions night bus services of the Hisar depot to various destinations in the state and outside have been suspended for the time being. Neither Punjab and Himachal Pradesh nor Delhi and Chandigarh have changed or cancelled their bus timings. Sources said on certain routes the frequency had been affected as buses could not reach their destinations in time or start on their return journey as scheduled. Similarly, buses from various parts of Himachal were running late by several hours. The long-distance buses or the services which started in the early morning hours had to be delayed at the originating stations due to bad weather conditions. Buses from Shimla were late by two to three hours, officials at the local ISBT said. Buses from various destinations in Punjab too were affected. The Ferozepore-Chandigarh bus reached the city nearly three and a half hours behind schedule today. The story is same as regards long-route buses from Bathinda, Kapurthala, Gurdaspur and Pathankot which were late by two to four hours. The late evening service to Jalandhar was affected yesterday as fog had engulfed the city by 5 p.m. Drivers and conductors at the local ISBT said that at certain places which had open fields or water bodies the visibility was so low that the vehicles had to be driven at speeds varying from 15 km to 20 km per hour. At some places the drivers had to make unscheduled stops to allow the weather to clear up somewhat. Telephones at the enquiry counters of various roadways were constantly ringing with harried attendants trying to "guess " about the expected time of arrival of buses. "We have no way of knowing where and at how much speed buses were running at a given point of time and at what time they will reach here. Many people also want to know how late they would be in case they travelled in the ongoing foggy conditions tomorrow," an attendant remarked. At some counters relatives
and friends of those on their way to the city could be
seen making frantic enquiries about the expected time of
arrival of buses. But the main refrain of the drivers and
passengers was that the delay was a secondary aspect as
long as the buses continued to reach their destinations
without any mishap.
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Plum cake,
pastries much in demand CHANDIGARH, Dec 24—While Christmas revelry is all pervasive, bakeries in the city are swarmed by buyers of plum cake and other items like pastries. Interestingly, there is, however, no hike in the prices of most of these items as compared to their prices last year. During a survey of bakeries, it was found that the sale of plum cakes has registered a hike between 10 per cent and 20 per cent in the past two days as it is a traditional hot favourite with people during Christmas celebrations. According to a Sector 15 bakery owner, the daily sale of plum cakes has jumped to about 30 as against the normal sale of five a day . To cope with the rising demand, he had to depute additional staff for the purpose of making plum cakes, he said adding that normal plum cake was preferred by many as it was cheap. A 400 gram cake was available between Rs 30 and Rs 40. He, however, said though the price was same, the demand was not as high compared to last year. Another baker in Sector 8 said plum cake had outshone all other varieties of cakes such as fruit, pineapple and chocolate as three out of four customers were demanding plum cake. The other varieties were available at a low price ranging from Rs 25 to Rs 30 ( per 400 grams). The price of the same quantity of rich plum cakes with dry fruit and rum as major ingredients and which are usually made on order are being sold between Rs 50 and Rs 100. Similarly, the price of pastries vary from market to market. If a pineapple pastry is available for Rs 5 a piece in Sector 15 it is priced at Rs 6 in Sector 8 market. The prices of other pastries such as black forest chocolate and plain chocolate, however, have witnessed a hike of Re 1 in the past one year . Same is the case with bread, an increase of Re 1 during this period. Locally manufactured bread weighing 400 gm is priced at Rs 5 as compared Rs 4 last year. The family size bread (800 gm) manufactured by a Calcutta based company which was priced at Rs 14 last year is now available for Rs 15. The price of ordinary (400 gm) bread too has increased from Rs 7 to Rs 8. There is, however, no increase in the price of the premium bread which is priced at Rs 10. The following are the
prices of different varieties of biscuits and other
items: chocolate biscuits- Rs 60 (Per kg), Butter
namkeen- Rs 48, zeera namkeen-Rs 48, khatai-Rs 60,
chocolate kaju-Rs 60, kaju coco-Rs 100, til pede-Rs 80,
cheese finger-Rs 80, plain butter-Rs 48, plain kaju-Rs
48, star-Rs 47, cake rusks-Rs 60, plain rusks-Rs 48 and
patties-Rs 5 (per piece).
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Bali wows
with song and dance CHANDIGARH, Dec 24 — It is not only the schedule of trains and airplanes which is being disrupted by the heavy fog in the region, but it is now affecting cultural shows as well. And so it was with today's show featuring singer Bali Brahmbhatt of the "Munda Bigda Jaye" fame, and his troupe, at the PGI auditorium. The charity show, in aid of a homoeopathic dispensary, presented by Magtron EWS, Parwanoo, started almost two hours late. The evening saw an interesting mix of song, dance and dramatised melodies by Bali Brahmbhatt, Saira Khan, the Gabbar Mix team and Do Re Mi. Bali, who was recently awarded this year's Channel (V) "Best Remix Album" award for "Gabbar Mix" was in excellent form. But the wait for Bali Brahmbhatt to finally appear on the stage took ages as his troupe commenced the evening's show. Piyush Sharma and Pradeep began the evening with Junoon's popular number "Sayonee", which was followed by the entry of two female singers, Nirupama and Rekha, who sang "Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi". These four singers then got together to belt out "Mr Lova-Lova" from the film 'Ishq' and "Dhol Bajne Laga" from 'Virasat'. The dance item by Inder and her troupe on "Chaiyya-Chaiyya" could not match up with the spirit of the actual train-dance of 'Dil-Se'. But Bali's troupe certainly had many pleasant surprises in store. 'Gabbar Mix', whose impressive video is doing the rounds of all music channels, was presented in a very entertaining manner on the stage. An engaging fare for all the coke guzzling and MTV viewing crowd! Bali Brahmbhatt, dressed in a black salwar-kameez, finally landed on the stage amid showers of flowers, and wooed the audience with his "Lena-hai, lena-hai". On the same beat, Bali continued with Punjabi numbers, "Nain Pareeto De" and "Ghud Nalo Ishq". His expected numbers like "Munda Bigda..." and "Amchi Mumbai" had the crowd swaying to his tune, but it was his rendition of old-time tunes which proved to be a delight. The audience relished the old but still-cherished numbers like "Suhana Safar" and "Oh Re Taal". His song "Tere Bin
Jeena Nahin" enchanted the audience, especially when
Bali went round the auditorium to shake hands with people
and sing in their midst. A true performer. |
New singer
on Punjabi pop horizon CHANDIGARH, Dec 24 — Thick fog and cold wave conditions notwithstanding, a series of cultural events to coincide with Christmas and New Year eve celebrations got under way in the city today. While noted singer Bally Brahm Bhatt and a new Punjabi pop exponent Jasbir Jassi arrived in the city to perform at different venues in the evening, a three-day beauty contest to choose Miss North India also got under way. On December 26, Punjabi pop supremo Daler Mehndi will perform at the Sector 17 Parade Ground. A number of other events have been lined up for next seven days in different parts of Union Territory by various clubs, hotels, tourist resorts and restaurants to mark the New Year celebrations. A representative of a new revolution in Punjabi electric pop scene, Jasbir Jassi, is here in connection with the launch of his first ever album, "Dil Le Gayee". Besides performing at Chandigarh Club, Jassi will have similar promotional performances at Ludhiana, Patiala, Jalandhar, Delhi and Jaipur in the coming days. On December 22, it was minus two degrees celsius when Jasbir Jassi and his music entourage performed at Kufri. A policeman-turned pop singer, Jassi could not adjust himself to the rigours of life in uniform and found himself suffocating there. Recruited under a special cultural drive launched by the then police chief, Mr KPS Gill, he left the job within a year to return to his favourite field of singing. An associate of Charanjit Ahuja, Jasbir is a disciple of Puran Shah Koti. A postgraduate in classical music, he is inspired by none other than Shaukat Ali Khan whom he considers a "musician par excellence, probably the only vocalist to have been able to express the richness of the Punjabi language." Talking to newsmen here this afternoon, Jassi says that he has concentrated on "sur" . Aware of the stiff competition that Punjabi audio industry poses, he says he would essentially cater to the young generation but without "disturbing" any other section of Punjabi audience. "I shall try to include songs from classical Punjabi poets. In my maiden album, I have one such song. Another song in the album is based on a popular folk tune," he adds. Tell me, if any good meaningul reflective lyrics are being brought out in the commercial segment ? Besides how many singers are able to put emotion and expression into poetry. We singers ought to feel the struggle between words," he says. The album has been brought out by Times Music. Meanwhile, 30-odd
participants in the Miss North India contest had a series
of sub events on the opening-day of their competition.
The participants had a photography session at Sector 17
for the selection of Miss Photogenic contest. There are
eight sub-events |
GNPS
founder's day celebrated CHANDIGARH, Dec 24 — The 24th founder's day of Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, was celebrated with gusto. The school's brilliant performance in academics and sports last year earned them Rs 2 lakh from Capt Kanwaljit Singh, Finance Minister of Punjab. He presided over the annual day celebrations of the school, here today. Speaking on the occasion, he said education was of no use if it did not sharpen and train the mind to meet the challenges of stiff competition manifest in all walks of life. He added, "We are liberated politically but enslaved economically. In spite of having inherited great values, we are found wanting in our effort to struggle for success. Students need to be trained to stand up for the truth and fight for it.'' The Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers, Mr Surjit Singh Barnala, was the chief guest. He said students must inculcate Guru Nanak's teachings and lead a truthful life. He appealed to the school authorities to celebrate 300 years of the birth of Khalsa with equal enthusiasm. The students presented skits, plays, dances and songs. The high point was a Daler Mehndi lookalike whose performance enthralled the audience. A Punjabi ballet depicting the passion of Punjabi belles for bangles was also well presented. Earlier, 65 students were presented awards for excellence in sports and academics after the Principal, Mrs Jasminder S. Singh, read out the annual school report. New Year celebrated: Students of Kailash Bahl DAV Centenary Public School, Sector 7, braved the biting cold to celebrate New Year before the school closed down for the winter break. The beautifully decorated ground, bright with colourful streamers and balloons, was the performing ground for students. The girls were nimble on their feet as they presented Dogri, Gujarati, Rajasthani and Haryanvi dances. The fancy dress competition had the students enthusiastically prompting their classmates all through the competition. Dressed as Santa Claus, Laloo Prasad Yadav, Rani Lakshmibai, Nagina and a beggar among many others the participants entertained the students. The Principal of DAV College, Mr R.C. Jeewan was the chief guest while the school Principal, Mrs Madhu Behl, presided over the function. Founder's day celebrated: Saint Soldier International School, Sector 28, celebrated its 24th founder's day with religious fervour, here today. The students presented a programme comprising shabads, bhajans and hymns. Deepanshu Sharma of Class I, dressed as Santa Claus, distributed sweets among all those present. Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, a former MP, was the chief guest. Camp inaugurated: A 10-day NSS camp of DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, was inaugurated on the school premises by the Principal, Mr Ravinder Talwar. Fifty NSS volunteers are taking part in the camp. During the course of the camp the volunteers will clean the school campus, organise an awareness drive against polythene bags, AIDS, hepatitis B and a slogan writing competition on 'Pulse Polio'. An eminent freedom fighter will be honoured on the last day of the camp. Workshop concludes: A two-day workshop of trained graduate teachers and post graduate teachers teaching social science to class X, organised by Kendriya Vidyalaya, Sector 47, concluded, here today. Seventyfive teachers took part in the workshop conducted under the guidance of the Principal of the school, Mr Saranjit Singh. The workshop focussed on strategies to improve the slow learners' performance in the subject. Mr O.P. Sheoran, Education Officer of the KV, Chandigarh region, was the chief guest. Christmas celebrated: Pre-nursery
and nursery children of Totto Chan School, Sector 42,
celebrated Christmas with enthusiasm. They took part in
creative games. The celebrations culminated with Santa
Claus distributing sweets and games to the children. |
Three
cross-examined in Burail jail case CHANDIGARH, Dec 24 — In pursuance of the directives issued by Mr Justice M.L. Singhal, a Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the Additional Sessions Judge, Mr S.S. Lamba, who held court at the high security Burail jail, today recorded the examination-in-chief and cross examination of three of the four prosecution witnesses in the ongoing Burail jail blow-up case. The witnesses whose examination-in-chief and cross-examination were conducted were Lakhvinder Singh, Girish Ahluwalia and Harish Kumar Passi. The fourth witness, Gurmeet Singh, owner of City Portrait, who did not turn up in the court, was issued fresh summons for appearing in the court on January 4 — the first working day after the Christmas holidays. Girish Kumar Passi refused to identify Rajput and Jaswant Singh. Although Lakhvinder Singh partially corroborated the prosecution stand, Girish Ahluwalia resiled from his previous statement. In the jail break case the local police had arrested a number of persons. The arrested included D.S. Rajput, a local advocate, S.P. Mishra, a former Assistant Superintendent of Burail jail; Jaspal Singh Dhillon and a few others. Rajput had moved an application for his bail. The bail application had
come up before Mr Justice Singhal. It was on this
application that the judge had directed the Additional
Sessions Judge to record the statements of prosecution
witnesses qua Rajput so that his bail plea could be
considered. |
Court
holidays in 1999 CHANDIGARH, Dec 24 — All subordinate courts in Chandigarh will observe the following holidays in 1999, according to a notification issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court: All Sundays; Second
Saturdays falling on May 8 , June 12 and July 10; New
Year Day in lieu of second Saturday of Jan 9; holiday in
lieu of second Saturday of February 13; Birth of Sri Guru
Gobind Singh January 5; Id-ul-Fitr January 20; Basant
Panchmi January 22; Republic Day January 26; Birthday of
Guru Ravi Dass Ji January 31; Mahashivratri February 14;
Holi March 2; Ram Navami March 25; Mahavir
Jayanti/Id-ul-Zuha March 29; Good Friday April 2;
Baisakhi/Dr B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti April 14; Budh Purnima
April 30; Independence Day August 15; Janamashtami
September 3; Birthday of Mahatama Gandhi October 2;
Holiday in lieu of second Saturday of October 9; Dasehra
October 19; Birthday of Maharishi Balmiki October 24;
Holiday in lieu of second Saturday falling on November 6;
Divali November 7; Vishakarma Day November 8; birthday of
Guru Nanak Dev November 23; Christmas Day December 25;
Holiday in lieu of second Saturday of March 13; Holiday
in lieu of second Saturday of April 10; Holiday in lieu
of second Saturday of August 14; Holiday in lieu of
second Saturday of September 11 and holiday in lieu of
second Saturday of December 11. |
Panel on
compassionate appointments CHANDIGARH, Dec 24 — The Chandigarh Administration has constituted a four-member common committee on compassionate appointments under the chairmanship of Mr Satish Chandra, Managing Director, Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation (CITCO). The committee will consider applications for appointment on compassionate grounds. Other members of the
committee are the Joint Secretary, Finance; the Deputy
Secretary, Personnel, and the Regional Employment
Officer. |
Powermen
oppose shift of office CHANDIGARH, Dec 24 — A delegation of the Power Grid Employees and Workers Union led by Mr Satya Pal Jain, local MP, today met the Union Minister for Power in Delhi and urged him to direct the Power Grid Corporation of India authorities not to shift the Chandigarh office. Mr K. L. Walia, general secretary of the union said that at present the office was engaged in the execution of the Nathpa-Jhakri transmission system, Parvati hydro electric system besides carrying out commercial activities with various state electricity boards. The shifting would affect the corporation's working. The minister assured the
delegation that the needful would be done.
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Lists of
candidates sent to institutions CHANDIGARH, Dec 24 — Lists of candidates of the All-India Secondary (Class X) examination and the All-India Senior (Class XII) School Certificate examination to be held in March, 1999, formulated on the basis of examination forms, have been made available to the respective institutions, here today. These have to be returned to the regional office, Central Board of Secondary Education, Sector 32, by December 31. The heads of the schools
are required to have these computerised lists thoroughly
checked for all particulars of the candidates such as
spellings in name, surname, father's name, date of birth,
subjects with their code, medium of examination, etc. |
Residents
demand traffic diversion CHANDIGARH, Dec 24 — The Welfare Association of Sector 47-D has demanded the diversion of heavy vehicular traffic from the road dividing sectors 46 and 47 to some alternative route. According to a press note of the association, heavy vehicular traffic by badly damaging the road had made it accident-prone. Besides this, the thick dark smoke emitted by vehicles had become a source of nuisance and pollution. The association also
demanded the conversion of a vacant land near the
government creche into a park as there was no park in the
area for senior citizens. |
CHANDIGARH, Dec 24 — The conference of the principals of the affiliated colleges of Panjab University is scheduled to be held on January 3 at the ICSSR complex on the campus. Disclosing this here today, Dr Deepak Manmohan Singh, Dean, College Development Council, said due to prior reservations and unavailability of accommodation the conference which was to be held on December 29 had to be postponed. Prof M.M. Puri, Vice-Chancellor of PU, will preside, he added. Takes over: Dr Swaranjeet Mehta of the Department of Geography has taken over as honorary director, Indian Council for Social Science Research, North-Western Regional Centre at Panjab University here. She is a member of the Geography panel of the University Grants Commission and the International Geographical Union Commission on World Political Map. Seminar: A seminar on "East Asian Crisis: the end of the Asian model?" was organised at the Department of Economics here. Last date: The last date for submission of application forms for admission to the certificate course in management and training for the learning disabled (through correspondence) will be December 31. The aspirants can contact Prof Tehal Kohli, president of the Indian National Portage Association, 1143, Sector 33-C, for admission. Results out: The
results of the supplementary examinations of BA and B.Sc.
(first and second year) were declared by the university
authorities on Thursday, a press note said. |
CHANDIGARH, Dec 24 — A constable of the India Reserve Battalion (IRB), Mr Rajinder Singh, posted at 3rd Battalion in SAS Nagar, sustained bullet injuries when his carbine went off accidently in Sector 22-D market here today. According to the police, the cop, posted as security guard of Mr Iqbal Singh, SP, was sitting in his car when the carbine went off and pierced his calf. He was admitted to Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32 where he is stated to be out of danger. Dead: Bhagwan Dass, a resident of Karnal, who was admitted to the PGI on Thursday, with serious burns, succumbed to his injuries. Two hurt: Two injured persons were admitted to the PGI. In the first case Somani Devi, a resident of Palsora, was hurt when she was knocked down by a scooter. In the second case, Pawan Kumar of Saha in Ambala district was injured when his scooter was hit by an unidentified vehicle. PANCHKULA Knocked down: Gajha Singh, a resident of Karanpur, died on the spot after he was hit by a Canter on the Pinjore-Nalagarh road near Karanpur village, near here, on Wednesday. The driver of the vehicle, Surinder Singh, has been arrested and his vehicle impounded. The police has registered a case against the driver of the truck for causing death due to negligent driving. Booked: Bhura Lal, a resident of Rajiv colony, was caught red-handed while carrying 46 pouches of country liquor near Sector 17 here on Wednesday evening. A case under the Excise
Act has been registered against him. |
CHANDIGARH, Dec 24 — The Punjab and Haryana High Court today adjourned to February 4 the public interest litigation questioning the functioning of the People's Commission. Mr Justice G.S. Singhvi and Mr Justice Iqbal Singh, who constituted the Bench, held: "A request for adjournment on behalf of the intervener and the Committee for Coordination on Disappearances in Punjab was made on the ground that Ms Indira Jaisingh was not able to reach Chandigarh. Counsel for the Union of India has also requested the adjournment. He states that the matter about the amendment of the Human Rights Act was under the active consideration of the government". Earlier, counsel moved an application alleging that wrong reporting was done by two newspapers — Punjab Kesri and Jagbani. Taking up this application, the Judges observed that Press should faithfully and truly report the proceedings of the case. Order to fix ETI's pay Our Legal Correspondent adds: A Division Bench comprising Mr Justice R.S. Mongia and Mr Justice Swatanter Kumar allowed the writ petition filed by Mr Kailash Chander Hooda and nine other Excise and Taxation Inspectors working in the state of Haryana and held that petitioners' category would be entitled to the revision of pay scales w.e.f. January 1, 1986 and not w.e.f. October 1, 1991. The judgement was made available today. The Bench directed the respondents state of Haryana and others to make calculation and refix the petitioners' pay accordingly. However, the Bench directed that payment of arrears will be confined to three years and two months before filing the present writ petition. Any other consequences which flow from the refixation were also directed to be given. The Excise and Taxation Inspectors' Union had represented to the authorities that before 1986, they were getting higher grades than those paid to the feeder cadres and that the post of Excise and Taxation Inspectors being promotional, their pay scales have to be higher than those of the feeder cadre. The representation was accepted and they were allowed higher scales from October 1, 1991. The case of the petitioners was that in fact the pay scale should have been revised from January 1, 1986. Finding substance in the petitioners' contentions, the Bench observed that simply because the respondents had taken a decision vide order dated October 1, 1991 (for removing the anomaly) the illegality which occurred would be removed only if the date of the decision was not acceptable. Order on village poll stayed A Division Bench comprising Mr Justice H.S. Brar and Mr Justice K.S. Kumaran stayed the operation of the notification issued by the Haryana State Election Commission declaring that byelections of panches and sarpanches be held in three blocks of Jhandsa, Kharkidaula and Sukhrali, in Gurgaon district. As per the election programme the byelections are to be held on December 30. The Bench also admitted the writ petition filed by Ms Parbhat, who was earlier elected sarpanch of Kharkidaula village and ordered the same to be heard by a Division Bench. The election of sarpanch of the village was earlier held on December 15 and 16, 1994, wherein the petitioner was elected. An election petition filed against her was dismissed by the Civil Judge, Gurgaon. A writ petition was filed by the private respondents against the order was allowed and the case was remanded back. The election of the petitioner was set aside by the Civil Judge on August 22, 1998, against which this writ petition has been filed. Meanwhile, the Election Commissioner issued the impugned notification. According to the
petitioner, if the election is held, the very purpose of
filing the writ petition against the Judge's decision
should be frustrated. The petitioner also prayed for
quashing the order of the Civil Judge against her
election. |
CHANDIGARH, Dec 24 — Shopkeepers of the Ram Darbar colony have alleged that a sanitary inspector, had been harassing them and demanding illegal gratification from them. In a complaint, along with an affidavit, to the Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh, the shopkeepers complained that Mr P.K. Pushkarna had been threatening to challan them if they did not give him money. They also alleged that Mr Hardial Singh, Chief Sanitary Inspector, was also harassing them after the complaint and putting pressure on them to "compromise" with Mr Pushkarna. BJP-SAD's plea: The BJP-SAD alliance in the MCC on Thursday urged the Commissioner to make fresh sitting arrangements for its group in House as it is no longer in the ruling party. In a signed statement, five members of the alliance, Mr Gian Chand Gupta, Mr Des Raj, Mr Mohinder Singh, Ms Shanta Hit Abhilashi and Ms Ranjana Shahi, urged the Commissioner that the alliance should be given the status of the largest Opposition group. Two members of the alliance — Ms Harjinder Kaur and Mr Rajinder Kumar — however, did not sign the statement though their names appeared on it. Honoured: The Maharishi Valmiki Bhavan Committee at a function here, honoured the newly elected Mayor, Mr Kewal Krishan Adiwal. Mr K.S. Raju, president of the committee, presented a "siropa" to Mr Adiwal. Meanwhile, the Chandigarh Pardesh Valmiki Sabha, while hailing the election of Mr Adiwal, hoped that he would work for the welfare of residents of the city. The All-India Dalits and Minorities Welfare Front urged Mr Adiwal to turn a new leaf in the civic affairs of the city by providing a clean administration. The All Labour Colonies'
Welfare Association hoped that the new Mayor would take
care of the interests of the Scheduled Castes, the
Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes. |
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