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5-hour ordeal for
passengers Panchkula, June 9 The highway was closed for traffic following the repairs of a railway line which crosses the road at Pinjore, about 10 km from here. Vehicles from Panchkula were diverted from Pinjore to the Nalagarh road, to rejoin the highway after a detour at Kalka. Heavy vehicles coming from the Shimla side were also directed to use the same route. Light vehicles in the same direction were diverted towards Bitna from Kalka to rejoin at Pinjore. Repair work by the Railways was completed by 2.30 pm, five hours
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City’s sewerage system spells misery
downstream Manauli (SAS Nagar), June 9 Though these villagers are living near Chandigarh, they are feeling the other side of development being enjoyed by city residents. A large volume of the city’s sewage empties into the rivulet at a point just east of Sector 48 of the city. A portion of this goes to the sewage treatment plant near SAS Nagar and the rest is released into the rivulet. As if the untreated sewage water originating from Chandigarh is not enough, sewage from SAS Nagar also empties into the same rivulet near Phase XI. Several of the villagers have become immune to the smell, but as Mr Ajaib Singh, sarpanch of Papri village says, “We are embarrassed when relatives come visiting’’. The untreated water has also caused stomach problems to the residents. Villagers say every now and then, jaundice cases are reported, especially among children. Villagers are suffering untold misery. A significant number of them are suffering from various skin diseases and stomach problems. Fate of the animals who drink the water is no better. A veterinary doctor in a village says cattle develop a bloated stomach and foot diseases. Some of the villagers are also fearing that the water is causing cancer. Members of a family claim that in the past five years, two of its members have died of cancer caused by the water. Mr Malkeet Singh of Manuli village says, ‘‘My sister died of cancer last year and my mother had died of the same disease five years ago”. According to him, the untreated sewage water is causing cancer among the villagers. He claims that there are other persons in the village and other nearby villages who are suffering from cancer. Manauli village is probably the worst hit. It is located at the confluence of two rivulets carrying untreated sewage water, one each from Chandigarh and SAS Nagar. There are about 100 villages which are located on the banks of the rivulet. The water has seeped into the underground surface and is reaching the households through tubewells and handpumps which spew out yellowish — red water. Ms Manpreet Kaur of the village says the water has caused skin diseases among large number of villagers. Mr Sukarman Singh, resident of the same village, says he is suffering from a skin disease which causes irritation and itching. There are marks of the disease on his forehead. He says, ‘‘There are number of people in our village who are
Besides affecting the lives of villagers, the water is also damaging the tubewells. Villagers have to place plastic pipes in the boring of the tubewells as the iron pipes are eaten up by the nitric acid present in the water, but plastic pipes remain unaffected. A large number of houses overhead water tanks can be seen. Mr Surinder Pal of Manuli says the villagers who are aware of the ill-effects of the water filter it before consumption. But most of them are drinking unfiltered water. Residents of Papri, Chachumajra, Naggari, Gigemajra and Jagatpura villages in the SAS Nagar subdivision of Ropar district say neither the Punjab Health Department nor the Pollution Control Board had tried to look into the problems caused by the untreated water being faced by them. They are demanding that the water should be treated before being released into the rivulet. The water is also being used for irrigation
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Should SAS Nagar get district
status? SAS Nagar, June 9 The Mohali Industries Association is planning to organise a “sangat darshan” programme here soon at which the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, will be apprised of this demand. Residents say that the town is important because of its proximity to Chandigarh, its growing population and the existence of a large number of industrial units. Besides, there is a government plan to develop it into a prominent centre in the country’s IT sector. About a month ago at a meeting held at the civic body office here in connection with the inauguration of various PUDA projects, municipal councillors had put forth the demand for the grant of district status to the PUDA Additional Chief Administrator, Mr Dipinder Singh. It is interesting that the civic body chief is not in favour of such a status but wants the town limits to be extended and a municipal corporation set up. He is opposed to the division of Ropar district of which the town forms a part. The president of the Municipal Council, Mr Kulwant Singh, said smaller districts were a financial burden on the state. Moreover, in most cases residents had to go only till Kharar in connection with judicial cases. That town was less than 15 minutes’ drive from here. Only in a very few cases did residents have to go to the Sessions Court at Ropar. If the town was given district status, all administrative offices would have to be set up here and ultimately the residents would have to bear financial burden. He said a suggestion had been made to the SDM that the town would benefit if the Municipal Council was made into a corporation by extending the limits of the town by including Kharar, Landran and other areas. By changing the council into a corporation the town could get direct funds from the government and even loans from institutions like HUDCO could be made available for development works in villages, which fell within its jurisdiction. At present the council was carrying out maintenance work by spending from its own funds. However, Mr Jai Pal Singh, SDM, is in favour of the town being given district status. He said the town should have an identity of its own. If it was made into a district, more development could be carried out. He said the area between Zirakpur and Kharar, parts of Banur and Fatehgarh Sahib and even Kharar tehsil could be included in SAS Nagar to make it into a district. SAS Nagar tehsil already had about 84 villages under it. There was need to raise the number to more than 150. At present, residents had to go to Kharar for judicial cases and to Ropar for getting their arms licences renewed. Moreover, there were many government agencies, working in the town but there was hardly any coordination among them. The status of a district would end all such problems. Mr G.S. Chauhan, SP, said district status would bring about many positive changes in the town. The population of the town was almost touching two lakhs. There was not as much crime in the rest of Ropar district as in SAS Nagar and Kharar put together. With district status, the town would have more police stations and police linces and, on the whole, a better infrastructure. He said if Panchkula could be made into a district there was no reason why SAS Nagar could not follow suit. Moreover, it would be a tribute to Sahibzada Ajit Singh, after whom the town had been named. He said some reorganisation would have to be done for this purpose. Some areas from here and there would have to be included. Lalru was nearer to SAS Nagar than to Patiala and could be included in this town. Mr S.S. Sandhu, president of the Mohali Industries Association, said the demand for district status for the town would be put forth to the Punjab Chief Minister at a “sangat darshan” programme being organised by the association soon. He said the population of the town was rising, the scope of the local industry increasing but the facilities were not keeping pace with the growth. SAS Nagar had been called the show-window of Punjab and as such proper development needed to be carried out. That was possible only if it was granted district status. He said at present there was no direct link between the town and Chandigarh railway station nor was there any railway reservation counter here. Residents had to pay exorbitant rates to private transport services to reach the railway station. All such problems would sorted out once the town got district status. |
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MES officer faces court
martial Chandigarh, June 9 Based on the findings at the Summary of Evidence (SOE), which was recorded at Hisar, the General Officer Commanding 10 Corps directed that the officer be tried by a GCM for his alleged offences. The directions were issued last week. According to sources, Col Sarvjit Singh, who had been posted as Commander Works Engineer (CWE), Hisar has been charged on four counts of “intent to defraud” and one count of “dishonest misappropriation of property” under Section 52 (f) of the Army Act, besides two counts of “omissions prejudicial to good order and military discipline” under Section 63. The disciplinary action was initiated after some complaints were made against the officer. The officer, while pleading not guilty to the said charges, has contended that there were several irregularities while conducting the court of inquiry and that he was not allowed to examine several key witnesses. He has also contended whether he can be attached to another unit without a prima facie case against him being proved. Interestingly, an earlier inquiry conducted into the matter by CWE, Ambala, Col D.P. Pandhi and Col Harry Sidhu had not found the accused officer guilty of charges levelled against him. In his recommendations on the inquiry, the Chief Engineer Chandigarh Zone (CECZ) had stated that no irregularity has been established against the accused and the case is recommended to be closed. In fact, the CECZ’s office also recommended that disciplinary action be initiated against one of the complainants, Hari Om, for levelling a false allegation. Later, another court of inquiry, headed by the Commandant, Equine Breeding Stud, Brig B.S. Panwar was convened. As per the charge sheet, the accused officer, while serving at Hisar, failed to adhere to laid down procedures and accepted tender from a private firm, M/s K.B. Contractors, which is contrary to the instructions issued by the Chief Engineer. Besides, he accepted another tender from this firm at higher rates, contrary to the recommendations of the Surveyor of Works. The charge sheet states that he fixed credit stores for Rs 41, 456 arbitrarily without estimating the credit by a board of officers at the time of tendering the work. He also placed orders for paint of a brand other than that mentioned in quotations and without holding a board of officers to get records amended. Two other charges mentioned in the charge sheet pertain to misappropriation of an air conditioner and installing a telephone meant for his office at his residence and crediting the bill to the government. A complaint made by a private contractor alleging that certain parties were being favoured while awarding contracts. Another complaint was made by a Major P.K. Sauntra, who was serving under the accused officer at Hisar, followed by another complaint by Hari Om, Secretary of the All India MES Civilian Engineers Association. A court of inquiry was ordered by the Commander, 81 Sub Area in May 1999 to investigate into the irregularities connected with the works and improprieties in the conduct of the accused. The GOC, 10 Corps, in his directions on the findings of the court of inquiry, stated that disciplinary action be initiated against the accused, following which he was attached to 615 (I) AD Brigade on orders issued by the GOC-in-C, Western Command in November 1999. The accused officer, however obtained a stay on the disciplinary proceedings against him from the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which was later vacated. |
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Computer education fraud: probe
ordered Chandigarh, June 9 The SP (Operations), Mr H.G.S. Dhaliwal, when contacted, said the High Court had indeed issued such an order and the police would probe all aspects of the case. Many branches of the computer centre spread over the country have closed down and thousands of students, who have not finished their courses, have been affected by it. The arrest of three Delhi-based executives of Zap Infotech, a sister concern of Wintech, a few days ago, has exposed a multicrore computer-education racket, where more than 2,000 persons of 300 nationwide centres have been cheated. One of the two Wintech centres in Sector 8 here closed in March, affecting about 200 students who had enrolled themselves there. The local police said the company might have cheated these students to the tune of Rs 50 lakh, as Rs 25,000, on an average, had been taken from each of them. These students belong not only to the city, but also Panchkula and SAS Nagar. They had enrolled themselves in this institute as it had promised them quality computer education. The firm had set up its office here past year, luring students with the promise of “attractive foreign jobs”. Big advertisements in all media made the students fall for the course. Students had reportedly paid about Rs 17,000 to Rs 35,000 each for a variety of one-year courses like interactive multimedia web-designing, Internet security, e-commerce and java programming. A student of the Sector 8 Wintech Computers centre, Chetan Kapoor, said the company had closed the centre without any notice. “Trouble had been brewing at the centre for a while, but no one seemed to be bothered. Reports of the closure of the other centres in India were coming in and the faculty here was leaving the centre because they were not being paid. While all this was happening, most students took leave in February to prepare for their annual college examinations. Most of them were taken unawares when the centre was closed,” he said. Wintech and Zap Infotech had 300 franchise centres across India. While the franchises were responsible for recruiting the faculty and setting up the infrastructure, the companies were supposed to pay only the salaries of the staff. Even owners of the franchises have been duped. The companies had promised them that the earnings would be pooled and then divided, but the money that the franchises deposited with the company was allegedly siphoned off. |
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City petrol stations lack effluent treatment
plants Chandigarh, June 9 All this is due to any lack of definite policy of the UT Pollution Control Department for the installation of effluent treatment plants in petrol stations and services stations in Chandigarh. Automobile washing services had been included in the ambit of pollution control and the department had made it mandatory for all such units to treat waste and waste water emanating from such garages to conform to pollution limits. However, a number of consultant companies complaint that there is no transparency in the system regarding the installation of the plants in the respective petrol stations. They allege that the department has been accepting only a few companies’ proposals for the installation of plants and was putting many obstacles in the clearance of their projects despite the fact that they had good effluent plants. Sources informed that the department itself was violating the Environment Protection Act as it had no independent laboratory to check the quality and functioning of the treatment plants. As per the Environment Protection Act the Central Government, may by notification in the Official Gazette, establish one or more environment laboratories. And recognise one or more laboratories or institutes as environment laboratories to carry out the functions entrusted to an environmental laboratory under this act. Whoever fails to comply with or contravenes any of the provisions of this act would be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years or with a fine of up to Rs 1 lakh, or both. A senior official of the UT Pollution Department, when contacted, said that the department had directed petrol and service stations to give proposal for the effluent plant of their choice in order to maintain transparency. He added that the department had accepted the proposal of those companies, which satisfied all norms required for the effluent plant. The official added that they had less employees but they could test samples of different petrol and services stations randomly. As per a survey conducted by a consultant company, it was observed that there were about 100 such units capable of washing 600 light-passenger vehicles and 300 heavy-commercial vehicles generating up to 1.2 million liters per day of waste water, spread over public and unorganised private sector. The satellite towns of SAS Nagar and Panchkula, combined, are anticipated to generate equivalent quantity. Norms state per capita consumption of 200 litres and 60 litres for developed residential and under-developed (slums), respectively. |
Difficult to digest ‘PAAGALPAN’ (Nirman) is a pathetic presentation and surely not a welcome note for the newcomers Karan Nath and Aarti Agarwal. Karan, son of Rikku Rakesh Nath, secretary of Madhuri Dixit, could have managed a better debut. The story lacks cine-magic, the tunes seem only to fill space and the web of relations is far too complex for any solution digestible to the crowd. The star cast lacks crowd appeal and the director seems confused at places and is concentrating too much on ‘not so fit’ scenes. Karan is back from abroad when his father shows him his luxurious office. He goes on a trip to a labour colony where he sees Aarti and it’s love at first sight. Aarti’s five brothers are too possessive. One of them is the garage manager, another is a wrestler who looks after the garage and is a good samaritan to save the troubled, the rest three are trying to get a foothold in some career. Karan manages to enter Aarti’s life. The duo also impresses the gang of brothers for approval. The two are out with the brothers when in a shipwreck back home, a number of colony people die. The wrestler brother traces the cause to Karan’s house. His father is the main culprit. In giving vent to his anger, Aarti’s brother lands himself in jail. The trip is back. One day, the dead body of the wrestler is brought from the police station. The inspector has shot him dead. Aarti’s brothers turn Karan out, blaming his father for the trouble. Karan also revolts at home. With great difficulty, he reaches out to Aarti and the couple runs away from home. The brothers are behind them with guns. So is Karan’s father. Both are at the temple to get married and are shot. Aarti appears dead and Karan wails. Death seems to be in the director’s control. Karan is saved after a murderous attack by Aarti’s brothers. He survives even when he takes off his emergency respirator. Nothing happens to him in the gunbattle of the climax too. The girl presumably dead, also breathes back to life. Hard to digest by the audience. Director Joy Augustine has failed to strike a balance in consistency of plot. A dying Karan is shown running wild with Aarti in the next shot. The running couple is enjoying a searide and singing when the scene forces in the entry of chasing brothers. Sameer’s lyrics have little appeal as has Raju Singh’s background music. Ravi Dodi is the producer. The supporting cast includes Sambhavna Sethi, Dr Vilas, Bharat Dhabhalkar,Joy Fernandes, Howard and Farhan Khan. |
REMINISCENCES Chandigarh After about an hour, he returns home but cannot help thinking why “tension has seeped into the blood of the people”. He surmises, “All people want something more from life, not even knowing what they really want. That, perhaps, is the reason for their rushing through their lives”. The problem, Mr Mattewal believes, springs from the fact that people are, these days seeking satisfaction, and not contentment. And he elaborates: “One can never be satisfied, for the level of satisfaction increases with each achievement. If you have a Maruti car, you think you will be satisfied the day you possess a Honda City. When you buy a Honda City, you want another car — more prestigious, more expensive. The struggle continues, so does the tension”. Contentment, he asserts, comes from what you have and not from what you wish to have. “A peon, having a 1980-model scooter that takes him to his office, can be happy and content with it. You have to realise that a car is just a means of transportation. Maruti or Honda City cannot make you happy. They can, at most, turn your neighbour green with envy”. The distinction between satisfaction and contentment, he regrets, has “sadly disappeared from our lives”. So has the fear of the inevitable. “Look at what happened in Gujarat. All the hopes and dreams the Gujaratis ever worked for were razed to the ground in minutes. Who would have thought of such an end? If only people had enjoyed their lives while they were still alive…” he laments. Coming to the changes in the city, the Advocate General says, “Residents were more relaxed and friendly till the late 80s and early 90s. Early morning strollers would wish one another even if they were strangers to the other’s private affairs. And very few would go for jogging in their vehicles. At the most, they would cycle down. These days, they want to rush even through exercise”. Mr Mattewal, however, does not desire to see a change in the life-style of city residents. “But I wish they learn the art of relaxing even as they carry out their routine work,” he concludes. |
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New Rotary District Governor Chandigarh, June 9 Announcing this at a press conference here today, Mr RK Saboo, a former President of the Rotary International, informed about 30,000 Rotary Clubs would have new Presidents and 536 districts the new Governors from July 1. The district assembly was a training ground for the new Governor where he would unfold his plans for 2001-2002, he added. ‘‘Mankind is our business’’, was the message from the new President of the Rotary International, Mr Richard King, he said, adding that over 600 delegates would be attending the assembly. Education for the child labourers, polio immunisation and corrective surgery , scholarships for poor children, vocational training and employment for disabled, education of the girl child and taking the Rotary to villages would be the main projects of the club for the next year. The President of the Rotary Club, Chandigarh, Mr Praveen Chander Goyal, said that the state-of-the-art blood resources centre would be completed in a year. |
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‘20th century was a battleground of tyranny’ Chandigarh, June 9 Sir Martin Gilbert is the official biographer of Winston Churchill. He has written on World Wars I and II and the Jewish holocaust and has recently completed three volumes on history of the 20th century. He has been delivering lectures all around the world for the past 35 years. One of the highlights of the century has been the struggle between greed and social justice. Capitalism seems to have survived in the end, he said. The first issue he highlighted was that the human population grew from 1,000 million in the beginning of the century to 6,000 million towards the end. Medical science had been a great help in checking the death rate. Professor Gilbert said despite wars, there had been a negligent decline in the growing speed of population. Over-population had led to depletion of natural resources and also expansion of civilisation work had led to depletion. The acid rains, the pollution of Siberia and yellow clouds were impressions of the changed world. In a changing scenario, money has created individual wealth to the tune of astonishing fortunes. Also often those who toil are not those who reap. Arms race has brought money to individuals who had nothing to do with the act except reap profits, Sir Gilbert said. He felt that racism had shown a significant downward graph since the beginning of the 20th century. Scientifically, racism was thought to be a part of life at the beginning of the century. There has, however, been a sea change in the West, including the UK and the USA. The century has also been a battleground for a continuous conflict between tyranny and democracy. Tyranny regimes of Turkey, Russia and even Great Britain to an extent were flourishing in the beginning of the century. However, democracy has been the winner in majority of the cases. There are options of choice and debate in democracy. Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), Governor of Punjab, said, “We had a lot to learn from history. Colonial versions of history have always been given importance. The imbalances of the African and Asian versions also needed to be carried out.” |
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Dhawan demands MC’s dissolution Chandigarh, June 9 Addressing a press conference here, Mr Dhawan also demanded the resignation of the Mayor, Mr Raj Kumar Goyal, as he had failed to run the proceedings of the House in an effective way. Urging the councillors to return the allowances taken by them during the past five months, he said a delegation of the manch would soon call on the UT Administrator to demand the dissolution of the civic body and holding of fresh elections. Terming the changes allowed by the Chandigarh Housing Board as inadequate, he alleged that the representatives of the people, had not pleaded the case of the CHB allottees in a proper way. |
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ROADSIDE ENTERPRENEURS Chandigarh There are more than 50 potters doing business on the roadside in Sector 25. They sell earthenware of different textures, colours, forms and styles. The range is endless. Not surprisingly, the colony in which they live is called Kumhar Colony. People from all walks of life are their customers. “Women are the main customers as they are the ones who take interest in decorating their homes”, said Mr Suraj Bhan, who has been in the pot-making business for more than a decade. Women mostly shop for coloured pots for their indoor plants. One of the potters said: “People come here in big cars but when it comes to paying, they prove misers”. Most of the potters in Chandigarh are retailers. They get the supplies from places as far as Delhi, Kolkata and Gorakhpur. Very few of them go for actual pot-making. For this, they have to prepare the clay and select the colours before casting the pots. Shiva, a potter who makes pots using local raw material, says it reduces the cost of production but it is also time consuming. These potters do not confine themselves to traditional pottery and keep experimenting with new themes. Vishnu, a potter, has prepared pots with the faces of some V.I.P.s embossed on them. He also teaches pottery making in some schools. Ms Shivani Batra, a housewife who came from Kalka to buy decorative pots here, said: “One of my friends told me that the potters here have a large variety of pots and that is why I am here”. However, she finds the prices “too high”. A potter said the customers generally haggle over the price. According to him, the customers think that since the pieces are made of clay, these should come cheap. “They do not appreciate the time, labour and money we have to spend in preparing these pieces”, he said. Despite all the hard work they put in, these potters cannot afford to send their children to good schools. Ms Santosh Kaur, who has been in this business for the past 25 years, said: “My parents were potters and it seems that my children will also be potters”. These potters do their business under the sky. At night, they cover their ware with tarpaulins. The coming monsoon season will play havoc with them. “The rain will ruin the pots”, said Mr Puni Lal, a potter. |
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OFF-BEAT PROFESSIONS Chandigarh Compering a show which some youngsters started as a hobby has now become a desired profession for many. “Compering as a profession entered the job market only a couple of years ago,” says Aftaab who has been compering shows in Punjabi for the last one year and a half.” Chandigarh, as a hub of cultural activity, provides ample opportunity to youngsters who want to take it up as a career,” he adds. Most of the time, it is the glamour associated with compering that lures young boys and girls into this profession, Vishav Chetna , a recent entry to this profession says. Besides a wide exposure, this provides one with the opportunity to rub shoulders with celebrity. However, compering a show is not just glamour and fun.”It takes a lot of hard work to anchor a show,” says Vishav Chetna.” As it is for the compere to present the show to the audience in an interesting manner, he or she has to be on the toes all the time, with a quick sense of humour and presence of mind,” she adds. Quick wit and a good convincing voice are necessary for comperers, echoes Aftaab.”While the artistes and other performers have the opportunity to polish their act before facing the public, a comperer has no choice other than relying on his wit ,” he pointed out. A good sense of humour works wonders in this profession, says Khayli Saharan, a comedian who has been moonlighting as a comperer in his free time. Humorous and amusing anecdotes that break the monotony of a long music or drama session are always welcomed by the public, adds Khayali. But when it comes to reaching the top in this profession, it is Punjabi compering that provides the opportunities. “Chandigarh being the focal point of entertainment channels, one can get an anchoring job easily in one of the TV channels,” says Aftaab.” About 60 per cent of the programmes telecast by these channels are anchor based,” he adds. Depending on the scale of the show, the amount paid to the anchors varies from Rs. 1500 to Rs 10,000 per show. |
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Protest rally by
workers Lalru, June 9 They also raised anti-government slogans and criticised the factory management for sacking 27 workers for agitating against the management. Various political leaders including- Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra, general secretary of the SHAD, Mr Joginder Singh Dyal, general secretary of the CPI, Punjab, Mr Ravinder Singh Sohi, a former Chairman of Zila Parishad, Patiala, and Mr Nirmal Singh Dhaliwal, state president of the AITUC, flayed the Badal government for not maintaining law and order situation in the state. It may be recalled that about a dozen persons including women and cops, were injured, one of them seriously, when the police resorted to a mild cane charge on the workers when they tried to unfurl the union-flag before the industry on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway last month. The police had blocked the entrance of the factory and restrained workers from entering the main gate. As the situation worsened, the factory management sought a contingent of the Lalru police to control the situation. |
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Director on talent hunt Chandigarh, June 9 Jagmeet along with his team, has been rehearsing with selected artistes at a studio in SAS Nagar for the past couple of days. The three-day shoot is scheduled to begin at Tagore Theatre tomorrow, where prospective artistes will be tested. “The effort is to search for talent from the region and zero in on a chosen few. The camera will be made to capture a wide range of emotions and test the aspirants on their abilities,” said Jagmeet. He added that a majority of talented artistes did not have a platform to showcase their talent. They could not afford to travel to Mumbai for screen tests, he said. Jagmeet said 13 episodes of the programme would be shot at Tagore Theatre. |
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Punjabi serial shooting Mullanpur Garibdas, June 9 Navneet is also the producer and writer of the serial. He said stories for the serial were picked from newspapers and after a thorough research the storyline was made. The 52-episode serial is likely to be aired by the end of July. |
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FENG SHUI TIPS IF a building has one particular corner missing, it means the luck represented by the direction of the missing corner will be greatly lacking. For example, if the north of a building is missing, the occupants will find it tough to advance in their careers. Triangular, L-shaped and U-shaped floor-plans are difficult to write in. Even if these places do not seem to be giving problems in the long run, oddly shaped rooms cause stress and misunderstanding. Anyone occupying such a room cannot hope to exert any authority in one’s work. If one has to work in an irregular-shaped room or office, one should do one’s best to regularise it. Offices that have many corner should also be avoided. Beams should be avoided in a workplace and one should never sit facing a protruding corner. One should move one’s chair a few inches away if one is facing a sharp edge. Offices that are located at the end of a long corridor are not considered lucky in Feng Shui. I can only recommend one to see the room properly before turning it into an office. If any of the above-mentioned is in the room, please do proper Feng Shui to enjoy a good and furtunate career.
Harshna Address your Feng Shui queries to: Postal address: C/o F.S. TIPS |
Booked for stealing
power Chandigarh, June 9 Arrested for trespassing: The local police arrested Kashmira alias Bagri, a resident of Dhanak Mohalla, Sector 25, for trespassing into house of Ms Roshani in Janata Colony here yesterday. The complainant also alleged that the accused also assaulted and threatened her. Kashmira was booked under Sections 323, 452 and 506 of the IPC. 3 houses burgled: Mr Randhir Singh, a resident of Sector 43, reported with the police that house-hold goods worth Rs 25,000 were stolen from his house after breaking the back door. The said theft took place between May 21 and June 8. A case under Sections 454 and 380 of the IPC has been registered. In another incident, Mr Prakash, a resident of Faidan village, has accused that Pala and others stole house-hold articles after breaking the main lock of his house yesterday evening. A case under Sections 448 and 380 the IPC has been registered. Cash stolen: Mr Ajay Kumar, a resident of Colony No.4, reported with the police that Rs 5,200 was stolen from his residence yesterday evening. A case under Section 380 of the IPC has been registered. Mobile phone stolen: Mr Adarsh Mann Sharma, a resident of Sector 48, reported with the police that his mobile phone was stolen from a bank located in Sector 9 here yesterday. A case under Section 380 of the IPC has been registered. |
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