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Cops inept at tackling cyber crime
Chandigarh, September 5
Even as the netizens of the region find new avenues in cyber crime, the police in Punjab and UT are facing a major problem in tackling this.
Lack of knowledge about cyber crimes and provisions for booking the accused under relevant sections of the Information Technology Act is proving a major constraint for the police force in the region.
Long wait for driving licence seekers
Chandigarh, September
5
Hundreds of people from different corners of the city queue up every morning outside the Licensing Branch of the Chandigarh Administration in order to get new driving licences prepared or getting expired licences renewed. After waiting for a couple of hours they return to their houses disappointed without getting driving
licences.
STATE OF ROADS
A stretch of cobblestones
Chandigarh
The parking area in front of the row of hotels and super stores in Sector 35 is in a deplorable condition. The road has become a stretch of cobblestones. Traffic chaos, coupled with the bad condition of the road, makes shopping or eating out a terrible experience.
Subscribers to get new phone directories
Chandigarh, September 5
Chandigarh Telephone Directory, 2001, is available to public for distribution till September 25, said the Principal General Manager, Telecom, Chandigarh Circle, Mr R.C. Vaish, here today.
Seven employees found absent
Dera Bassi, September 5
In a surprise raid conducted by Mr Sujan Singh, State Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat, Punjab, seven employees, including the Block Development Project Officer, three Junior Engineers, a Rural Development Assistant, a clerk and a peon, were found absent from the duty, here yesterday.
Direction to civic body in harassment
case
SAS Nagar, September 5
The one-year-old case of alleged sexual harassment of a steno typist by her two colleagues in the office of the local civic body has taken a new turn with the local government asking the civic body to solve the matter at its own level.
Open power connections, plead residents
Chandigarh, September 5
A meeting of the residents welfare associations of Nayagaon, Kansal and adjoining villages was held at Nayagaon today at which the problems of residents were discussed at length, Mr Jaswinder Singh, Secretary of the Residents Welfare Association of Nayagaon and Kansal, said.
Revision of electoral rolls from Sept
13
Panchkula, September 5
In accordance with the directions of the Elections Commission of India, the special revision of electoral rolls of 01-Kalka constituency will be conducted from September 13 as the qualifying date for revision of electoral rolls is January 1, 2002.
Milk plant plants trees
SAS Nagar, September 5
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A tree-plantation ceremony ‘Vanamahotsava’, was organised on the premises of the SAS Nagar milk plant today. All board members and employees participated in this function and each of them planted a sapling on the premises.
Dr B.M. Mahajan, Managing Director, Milkfed, Punjab, plants a sapling at a tree-plantation ceremony on the premises of the milk plant at SAS Nagar on Wednesday.
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Fault hits water supply
Chandigarh, September 5
Water supply to certain northern sectors, including Sectors 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 26 and parts of Sector 9, was affected for a few hours this evening due to a mechanical fault in the pumping machinery of the Sector 26 waterworks. The supply was restored late in the evening after the fault was rectified and the supply timing was also extended by an hour.
Concern over muddy
water supply
Chandigarh, September 5
Residents of the Mansa Devi Complex, Sector 5, Panchkula, have expressed shock at the continuous supply of muddy water for drinking purposes since last evening.
Mr Deepak Rai Walia, President of the New Kuteer Coop Group Housing Society, stated that water was so muddy that a thick layer of mud had collected in the underground storage tanks used for supply of water to the residents.
Boy bitten by monkeys
Chandigarh, September 5
A Simian family of six attacked a 10-year-old boy, Nitin Soni, and bit him on his legs and hands after pinning him down on the ground in Sector 7 on Tuesday afternoon.
The boy was attacked while he was on his way to his house in the CPWD Colony in Sector 7-C from the market. He was carrying a polybag in his hand.
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