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Tuesday, June 19, 2001, Chandigarh, India

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Pinched cable operators may pinch you now
Chandigarh, June 18
Residents of the city may have to pay more for watching their favourite soaps on cable TV channels now. Monthly subscription charges of cable TV connections are expected to be hiked in the next fortnight.

You, too, can make them ‘pay’

A peacock performs for a ‘mammoth’ audience in the Chhat Bir zoo on Monday. — Photo Karam Singh

What’s PGI chief’s retirement age?
Selection panel says 60, Health Ministry 62
Chandigarh, June 18
When should the PGI Director, Mr S.K. Sharma, retire? At the age of 60 or 62? The special selection committee of the PGIMER, on January 5, 2000, recommends the appointment of Prof S.K. Sharma as the Director of the institute for a term of five years or till he attains the age of superannuation, whichever is earlier, and was unanimously approved.

REGIONAL BRIEFS

EARLIER STORIES

	Eyewitness report, OPD slip put hospital in trouble June 18, 2001
	DPI to release advance increments for lecturers June 17, 2001
	Unauthorised structure invites show-cause notice June 16, 2001
	PUDA to hold grand “clearance sale” June 15, 2001
	City to get drinking water from Ganguwal June 14, 2001
	Irrigation office goes without power, water June 13, 2001
	Civic body uses kundis to light up streets June 12, 2001
	Nursing homes, PGI tie up for waste disposal June 11, 2001
	Rail track repair causes inconvenience to road users June 10, 2001
	Punjab to take up sullage issue with UT June 9, 2001
	Police rescues teenager from confinement June 8, 2001

Broker’s statement to be recorded in UT
Charge of marriage palace owner
Chandigarh, June 18
The statement of a broker who offered to obtain an NOC and restore the power connection to a marriage palace at Baddowal in Ludhiana will be recorded in Chandigarh, the Chief Secretary, Mr N.K. Arora, said here today.

Punjab, Haryana oppose Centre’s proposal
Procurement of paddy
Chandigarh, June 18
The Punjab and Haryana Governments have opposed the Centre’s proposal to discontinue the procurement of grade. A paddy and fix the minimum support price only in the case of the common variety.

Wake up or get out: Admn tells Municipal Corporation
Chandigarh, June 18
The Chandigarh Administration has asked the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh to hold a meeting within the next ten days to take a decision on urgent pending issues. The MC has not been able to carry out its business for the past three month.

Illegal digging of earth for hospital building work

SAS Nagar, June 18
Right in the heart of town, illegal quarrying of earth is in progress for use on the premises of an upcoming super-specialty cardiac hospital, Fortis Healthcare Institute, in Sector 62. However, this is denied by the hospital authorities. Illegal digging operation in progress to remove earth for use in Fortis Healthcare Institute in Sector 62 of SAS Nagar.

Illegal digging operation in progress to remove earth for use in Fortis Healthcare Institute in Sector 62 of SAS Nagar. — Photo Manoj Mahajan

Ranjit Bajaj, Bagga granted bail
Chandigarh, June 18
Ranjit Bajaj and Jagtinder Singh Bagga were granted bail by the UT Subdivisional Magistrate, in a case of threatening each other and apprehension of the breach of public peace here today.

COMMUNITY

Sec 43 ISBT to have restaurant and waiting rooms
New block to come up in six months
Chandigarh, June 18
The UT Administrator, Lieut Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), today asked the Chief Engineer, Mr Puranjeet Singh, to explore the possibilities if the existing single-storey building of the ISBT-II, Sector 43, can be converted into a multi-storeyed building to make the optimum use of land.

Kuldip Singh resigns as WSC chief
Chandigarh, June 18
Justice Kuldip Singh (retd) has resigned as President of the World Sikh Council. He has relinquished the office from the afternoon of June 16, according to a statement issued here today by Maj Gen Narinder Singh (retd), working Secretary-General of the WSC.

A poll mired in controversy
Panchkula, June 18
It is an election which has defeated the very purpose of a residents welfare association in a sector. The general body meeting of the Sector 11 association, ending in pandemonium, led to uncertainty over the fate of the body.

Ex-servicemen’s memo to Jacob
Chandigarh, June 18
Ex-servicemen residing in the city have approached the UT Administrator to redress difficulties caused to them by the Administration’s decision to impose entry tax on certain goods, including vehicles and electrical items.

Disabled to get CHB flats under new schemes
Chandigarh , June 18
The Chandigarh Housing Board will ensure that disabled persons get due benefits of reservations while allotting houses and flats under its various schemes.

Mayor dares Opposition to move no-confidence motion
Chandigarh, June 18
The city Mayor, Mr Raj Kumar Goyal, today challenged the BJP councillors to move a no-confidence motion against him in the House, if they were not satisfied with his style of functioning.

Mayor misusing official machinery: Dhawan

SECTOR SCAN
A sector with sharp divisions
Chandigarh
Sector 7 presents a study in contrast. A part of the sector where a number of senior bureaucrats live is almost free from the common problems, but a large section of the sector has to live with the very kind of problems.

Prices of petrol, diesel may come down in UT
Chandigarh June 18
City residents can heave a sigh of relief as the prices of petrol and diesel are expected to come down in the next couple of weeks. The UT Administrator, Lieut Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), will be meeting the Union Minister for State for Petroleum, Mr Ram Naik, in Delhi on Wednesday to discuss the issue and sort it out.

91-year-old tough guy
Chandigarh, June 18
Do not let this benign face and innocent smile fool you. This 91-year-old Thakur Hans Raj is one of the “tough guys” of yesteryear. He served Chandigarh as the first police Inspector and also ‘played’ with grenades and booby-traps during World War II at several locales in Africa and Iran under the British Army. Sitting in his residence in Sector 18, Thakur Hans Raj recalls the day he took charge as Inspector in November 1966.

Dharna planned on June 20
Chandigarh, June 18
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation Public Health Workers Union organised a gate rally today in Sector 12 to mobilise workers to make the planned mass dharna on June 20 a success.

FENG SHUI TIPS
Applications of Feng Shui
Feng Shui can be applied to a country, your home, and your handbag — in short to virtually anything. The Chinese believe in the following expression very strongly: “The sins of the father will be visited on the son for the next seven generations”.

Samiti members seek Vice-Chairman’s removal
Panchkula, June 18
Fifteen members of the 18-member Panchayat Samiti, Pinjore, demanded the removal of the Vice-Chairman of the samiti for “misbehavior’’, here today.

Autopsy at last
SAS Nagar, June 18
The autopsy of the 45-year-old man, Sham Sunder, who was found outside the Phase 6 hospital in SAS Nagar on June 15, was today conducted at the Patiala. The body was handed over to an acquaintance of the deceased.

Awareness generation programme
Panchkula, June 18
Based on various environment programmes on ‘‘Keep our environment green and clean’’, the first awareness generation programme, which was organised by the Society for Education, Welfare and Health Activities in Rural Areas, concluded in Laha village of Naraiangarh, near here, today.

Injured factory worker dies
Dera Bassi, June 18
Mr Maneem Kumar, a pressman working with the Sohna Paper Board, an industry located in Kuranwala village on the Dera Bassi-Barwala road, succumbed to his injuries on the way to hospital, yesterday.

Parti is societies’ federation chief
Chandigarh, June 18
The newly-elected members of the Board of Chandigarh State Federation of Cooperative House Building Societies Limited today elected Mr Sunil Parti as chairman.

BSNL’s charge against HFCL
Baby Prince contest

CRIME

Briefcase containing 40,000 snatched
Panchkula, June 18
Two unidentified scooterists reportedly snatched a briefcase containing Rs 40,000 from Mr Sudhir Kumar Gupta, a resident of Sector 8, when he was going to his office, here today.

5 burglaries in a week
Lalru, June 18
Burglars struck at five shops in Saini Market here and decamped with goods worth thousands of rupees within one week. According to shopkeepers, the burglars enter the shops by breaking open the doors and search the targeted shops and decamp with electronic goods and cash.

2 held for stealing computer parts
Chandigarh, June 18
The police arrested two persons who were reportedly caught redhanded while stealing computer parts from Udyog Bhavan in Sector 17 here. Mr Raj Kishan, security guard at the bhavan, reported to the police that Devinder Singh and his friend, Naveen Sharma, both residents of Sector 22, were caught redhanded.

BUSINESS

Contractors allege illegal quarrying
SAS Nagar, June 18
The Punjab Mining Contractors Association today levelled serious allegations against senior functionaries of the Shiromani Akali Dal for indulging in illegal quarrying at different sites in Ropar district.

EDUCATION

Confusion marks refresher, orientation courses
Chandigarh, June 18
While efforts are on by leaders of various sections of college lecturers to seek an extension in the time period for completing the orientation and refresher courses in their subjects by another two years, a variety of questions are confronting those who have already done these courses.

Mountaineering team meets Governor

Cdr V.K. Verma, Principal, Sainik School, Kunjpura (Karnal), explains details of the expedition to Shitidhar peak on a map to Haryana Governor Babu Pramanand at Haryana Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh on Monday. Mrs Sudesh Kumari, wife of the Governor, is also in the picture. Chandigarh, June 18
A 25-member mountaineering team of students of Sainik Schools of India, who successfully scaled the Shitidhar and Ladakhi peaks on June 10, was today felicitated by Haryana Governor, Babu Parmanand, and his wife Sudesh Kumari at Haryana Raj Bhavan.

Cdr V.K. Verma, Principal, Sainik School, Kunjpura (Karnal), explains details of the expedition to Shitidhar peak on a map to Haryana Governor Babu Pramanand at Haryana Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh on Monday. Mrs Sudesh Kumari, wife of the Governor, is also in the picture.

Pro-lecturer step hailed
Chandigarh, June 18
The Chandigarh District Council of the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union has welcomed the decision of the Director Public Instruction (Colleges), UT Administration, to release the advance increments to the private college lecturers with research degrees in the city in accordance with the UGC notifications of 1996 and 1986.

SOPU’s charge against PU
Chandigarh, June 18
The Students Organisation of Panjab University has blamed the university authorities for not cooperating with the students’ organisations. They have claimed in a press release that copies of the result gazette are being made available to Syndicate members which are of no use to them, whereas student organisations have to pay hefty amounts to get these.

MA (I) Punjabi result today
Chandigarh June 18
The results of examinations held by Panjab University in April and May in MA (I) Punjabi, certificate course in Chinese, diploma course in Chinese, certificate course in Russian and diploma course in Russian will be declared by the university tomorrow.

PEC students call off strike

COURTS

HIGH COURTS
Sale of plots in Punjab mandis stayed
Chandigarh, June 18
The sale of plots in Punjab mandis by Deputy Commissioners in the state was today stayed by a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on a petition filed by the President of a human rights organisation.

Writ petition on reservation
Recruitment of constables

Police remand extended
Chandigarh, June 18
The police remand of Bhupinder Jit Singh, a resident of Moga, was further extended yesterday by the UT Judicial Magistrate in a case of dowry death. He was declared a proclaimed offender in a dowry death case early this month.

CULTURE

A media-savvy Anchal Kumar
Chandigarh, June 18
One thing you can safely say about super model Anchal Kumar is that she is media savvy. Looking at the grace and fluidity with which she handled a group of media persons at her residence at Sector 16 today, it was hard to say that she just flew from Indore after a hectic working schedule.

Rajasthani folk dance, music at kids’ workshop
Chandigarh, June 18 Tender feet twirled all around the concrete stage in Sector 23 Bal Bhavan here as kids in bright colourful lehnga-cholis and kurta-payamas rhythmically swayed to tunes of Rajasthani songs on the concluding day of a summer workshop, organised by the Ghoomer Academy of Arts today.
Children perform a Rajasthani dance at the conclusion of a summer workshop in Bal Bhavan, Sector 23, Chandigarh, on Monday. — Photo Parvesh Chauhan

Kalagram to have craftsmen from all over India
Chandigarh, June 18
Kalagram, which began functioning here under the auspices of the North Zone Cultural Centre from May 7, has started gaining popularity. A crafts bazaar and cultural programmes are being organised here daily. Timing for the crafts bazaar are 6 pm to 9.30 pm and for cultural programmes and activities from 8 pm to 9.30 pm.

Dance show audition
Chandigarh, June 18
Audition for the dance show, “Naachi sadde naal”, to be telecast on Alpha TV Punjabi, will be held at Punjab Kala Bhavan, Sector 16, on June 20 and 21.

HEALTH

Need to create awareness of rights among disabled
Chandigarh , June 18
The Secretary, Social Welfare, Mr G.K. Marwaha, today stressed the need for creating awareness among the disabled and their families for successful implementation of their rights under the People With Disability Act. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of a one-month training programme for village rehabilitation workers under the National Programme of Rehabilitation of Persons with Disability, Mr Marwaha said this required sensitising the family members , doctors, teachers and social workers.

Social workers and volunteers attend inauguration function of a training programme under the National Programme of Rehabilitation of Persons with Disability, at the GMCH, Sector 32 in Chandigarh on Monday.
— A Tribune photograph

House panel team to visit PGI
Chandigarh, June 18
The 21-member Parliamentary Estimates Committee will visit various departments of the PGI, including new OPD, Emergency, Advanced Paediatric Center and the Lithotripsy Center tomorrow. The team comprising 16 members of Parliament besides five officials, will take a round of the institute from 10 am. to 2 p.m.

Garbage bins health hazard for students
Chandigarh, June 18
When at last the Municipal Corporation has installed dust bins in Sector 15, it has placed these at the worst possible locations. The bins have been installed in the ground adjacent to DAV Model School in the sector, causing problems for children, who have to bear the stench all the time.

'Upgrade homoeo dispensary’
Chandigarh, June 18
The Residents Welfare Society, Sector 46 has demanded upgradation of the Government Homoeopathic Dispensary in Sector 47 to a hospital. According to president of the society, Mr S.P. Jand, more than 100 patients from adjoining sectors visit the dispensary every day.

SPORTS

Golf Club to hold periodical camps
Chandigarh, June 18
The Chandigarh Golf Club has decided that in future camps for up-and -coming golfers will be conducted on a periodical basis. And at these camps apart from member’s dependents, children from outside the Golf Club will also be entertained.

132-run victory for Godrej Cricket Club
Chandigarh, June 18
A fine allround performance by Arun Tuli (105 n.o.and 4 for 21) enabled Godrej Cricket Club to rout Bedi Cricket Club by 132 runs in first Cash Prize Cricket Tournament organised by Bhaidwan Cricket and Cultural Club, Sohana, today.

ADMINISTRATION

MCC panel decides to privatise streetlights
Chandigarh, June 18
The Finance and Contract Committee at its meeting held under the chairmanship of the Mayor, Mr Raj Kumar Goyal, here today decided to go ahead with the privatisation of streetlights in the city. Besides this, estimates for undertaking various development works pertaining to providing external electrification at waterworks, installing tubewells and constructing a new fire station in Sector 26 were also passed.

Will encroachments be legalised or villagers shifted?
Panchkula, June 18
The long-drawn battle between legalising encroachments or shifting villagers of Bir Ghaggar residing in the protected forest area, a matter hanging fire for the last one-and-a-half years though the problem is over 30 years old, is finally likely to inch towards a solution.

Fact file for Bir Ghaggar

Enforcement staff remove jhuggis
Chandigarh, June 18
The Enforcement staff of UT Estate Office, during an anti-encroachment drive today removed four unauthorised jhuggis from the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Colony, Sector 48 and five others from Colony No 5, which had sprung up recently.

Govt decides to decontrol sugar
Chandigarh, June 18
The Union Government is believed to have decided in principle to decontrol the sugar industry. Once the decision comes into effect, the sugar prices in the open market are likely to come down considerably.