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Racket of fake ID cards to furnish bail bonds busted
Chandigarh, June 15 The police arrested three members of the gang who were involved in preparing fake identity cards pertaining to various government offices. These cards were used while furnishing bail bonds in courts. The police also said that the role of certain advocates who identified the forged cards while procuring the bail of their clients, oath commissioner as well as court employees was also under scanner. The police arrested Varinder Kumar as the kingpin of the gang and on his disclosure, two of his accomplices, Rakesh Varma, a resident of Manimajra, and Ram Nagina Singh, a resident of Sector 45, were arrested. The prime accused, Varinder Kumar, is a junior engineer with the Punjab Irrigation Department and has been absent from duty for long. There are at least seven more members of the gang who were active in the tricity, all of whom are yet to be arrested. Varinder was produced in court and remanded to five-day police custody. Eleven fake identity cards of various government offices across Punjab and Chandigarh, all in the name of Varinder Kumar and attested by the oath commissioner, have been recovered by the police. Varinder used all these fake identity cards while he stood as surety in court for various accused involved in robbery and snatching cases and helped them procure bail. Describing the modus operandi of the gang, the police said Varinder used to charge between Rs 2,000 to Rs 10,000 and used to prepare a fake identity card, showing that person (who paid them) to be a government employee. Varinder then used to prepare the salary slip of the same government department and used to get it attested from the oath commissioner. The documents were then produced as surety before the court by the person while furnishing bail bond of an accused in judicial custody and the advocate in some cases used to identify the documents. DSP Satbir Singh they would investigate in how many cases the accused had provided fake documents while furnishing bail bonds of accused lodged in jails. Inspector Amanjot Singh, in charge crime branch, said they deployed a decoy customer Samarpal Singh who got a fake government identity card made for Rs 2,000 from Varinder. The police then arrested Varinder and recovered fake documents of government offices along with two stamps. The police said he had also prepared fake identity cards of the PWD, Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, PEPSU, Punjab State Forest Department Corporation and Punjab Education Department. Besides Chandigarh, the gang was active in Panchkula and Mohali courts too. A case under Sections 420, 464, 465, 467, 474, 120-B of the IPC has been registered in the Sector 17 police station.
Involvement of advocates, court employees not ruled out
The police will scrutinise the court records used to furnish the bail bonds on the basis of fake identity cards and will then press courts to cancel all such bails obtained fraudulently. The possibility of court officials and employees involved cannot be ruled
out.
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String of burglaries exposes chinks in night patrolling
Panchkula, June 15 Advocate Satinder Kadian and his family were away in Haridwar when thieves broke into his locked house and decamped with cash and jewellery valued at about Rs 2.5 lakh. The family members came to know about the theft when their neighbours called them up to inform them the lock of the main door of their house was broken. Saturday’s incident is not isolated with about a dozen major burglaries having been reported in the area during the past two years. The smaller thefts go unreported as neighbours avoid informing the police fearing harassment at a later stage. According to sources close to the police burglars keep a close eye on locked houses and after finding no movement there strike under cover of darkness at night. According to a rough estimate there are around 1,500 houses besides over 500 apartments in cooperative housing societies in about six sectors of the town. In the absence of any market facilities the houseowners, most of whom work in neighbouring Chandigarh, prefer to live in the older sectors or in Chandigarh in rented accommodation. Residents also complain the thieves striking in these areas seem to have no fear of the police, stealing costly water taps and other items installed in the front or backyard of houses at night. “We generally don’t report such incidents to the cops”, said many residents. Chandimandir police station SHO Jangsher said almost one-half of the houses in these areas remained locked. “It becomes difficult for us to identify a house whose occupants move out during summer vacations. His is time our problems increase as most houseowners don’t inform us about their trips out of town. If they tell us then we’ll keep a watch on their locked houses to keep burglars away,” he added. Some of the affluent residents owning large houses have installed CCTV cameras and other surveillance gadgets besides engaging the services of a security guard to thwart any burglary bid.
Thieves strike at will
A junior engineer’s house was burgled last November with cash and jewellery valued at about Rs 30,000 stolen while he and his family were away in Andhra Pradesh. In another incident burglars decamped with cash and gold jewellery worth about Rs 2.7 lakh from the house of a resident of Gurukul Colony in old Panchkula, Rajesh Kumar, on January 25 this year.
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City witnessed 24 thefts in May
Chandigarh, June 15 The incidents have upset the residents who venture out of city with their families during summer vacation, with the police unable to take stock of the rising graph of burglaries, as less than 30 per cent of these have been cracked. As per the UT police records, a total of 24 cases of burglaries were reported in May, the maximum in any month this year. The maximum cases of burglaries were reported in Sectors 19, 20, 21, 23, 33, 34, 37, 40 and 45. There were 23 burglary cases reported in April, compared to 14 in March, depicting the rise. While a total of 124 cases of burglaries have been reported since January this year, the police has been able to solve only 28 of these. As per the UT police records, cash and valuables worth over crore have been lost to burglars in these incidents this year. In June, nine burglary cases have already been reported. Only yesterday, thieves targeted a house in Ram Darbar and fled with valuables after breaking the lock. The incident came to light when the house owner returned home. In another
Even as the police has been repeatedly issuing an advisory in public interest, urging residents to take adequate house safety measures before proceeding on a vacation, there have been few people who have been paying heed. As per the advisory issued by the police, the residents have been advised to get their domestic help verified and to inform the nearest police station before going out on a vacation. However, information collected from the city’s 11 police stations reveals that the number of residents who inform the police before going out in the last two months is almost negligible. The verification of domestic help, too, is a futile exercise as less than 3 per cent of the servants have been verified as the servants hail from remote districts in UP and Bihar. In around 10 burglary cases reported in May, it were the domestic helps who fled with cash.
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EO, sanitary inspector dismissed
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 15 Sirhind MC president Gurvinder Bhatti confirmed having received a communiqué from the secretary to the department of local government for the dismissal of EO Sunil Kumar Gulati. Sanitary inspector Rajinder Singh at Zirakpur, too, had received similar orders a few days ago. The dismissal orders state that the vigilance bureau had registered a case in August 2002 against EO Gulati who was then accountant, sanitary inspector Rajinder Singh and a clerk Padam Parkash, all deployed in the Mohali municipal council (now municipal corporation). They were arrested following the registration of a case
The court of special judge Mohali Rajinder Aggarwal had on January 28, 2011, handed out rigorous imprisonment of one year and a fine of Rs 1,000 each under Section 7 of the Prevention Of Corruption Act. They would undergo rigorous imprisonment for 30 more days in case of not paying the fine. The judge also announced under Section 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act rigorous imprisonment of one and half years with Rs 1,500 as fine and 30 days’ extra imprisonment in case of not paying the fine. It was alleged that a cheque for Rs 1.31 lakh was not released by the accused despite the fact that it was ready. While another cheque for Rs 43,193 was handed over to complainant Vishal Bharti - sanitary contractor. The MC employees were demanding Rs 21,000 (10 per cent of the total amount) for releasing payments to the sanitary contractor. The court observed that the payment was deliberately withheld with the mala fide intention of taking bribe. Gulati was promoted to executive officer (EO) from the post of accountant in 2005 and served at Banur, Quadian, Kharar, Mansa and Sirhind municipal committees.
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Contractors booked for negligence
Mohali, June 15 The victim, who was riding a motorcycle, failed to notice the construction material left carelessly on the road. While the victim’s family initially believed it to be an accident, they came to know about the real cause behind it after Avtar Singh, brother of the deceased, visited the scene. Certain persons told Avtar Singh that the accident had taken place due to the construction material lying on the road. The police had initially initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC but after the family provided details of the reason behind the accident, the police registered a case against contractors Dharam Singh Mundi, a resident of Pancham Society, Sector 68, and Karnail Singh, a resident of Phase VI. This is not the first time that a motorist has lost his life due to the negligence on part of the corporation. Last month, an ex-serviceman was killed after being strangulated due to obstruction put up on the road by a contractor engaged by the corporation to carry out development works. Deputy Commissioner Varun Roozam had earlier stated that it was the responsibility of the contractor to
Phase XI SHO said after conducting investigation, it was found that the accident occurred due to negligence on part of the contractors. A case under Sections 283 and 304 A of the IPC has been registered against the contractors on the complaint of Avtar Singh, brother of the deceased, he added.
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With fatter paychecks, PU teachers fly abroad
From visiting popular tourist destinations like the United States, Canada, China, Spain, the Maldives and Thailand at discounted packages to attending aptly timed international conferences, for most teachers the pay raise has made foreign trips affordable. “I always wanted to take my family on a trip abroad but each time I planned it the monthly budget used to get disturbed. But after I got confirmation of payment of arrears last November I booked tickets for Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries for the summer vacation,” said an assistant professor. Jaspal Kaur Kang, president of PUSU, said with higher salaries and a better standard of living teachers on the campus had now become part of the upper middle class. “It’s a sign of rising prosperity that some teachers are buying real estate with their salary arrears. Many are planning to get their children married and still others are traveling abroad. Unlike Punjabi University or Guru Nanak Dev University, we received payment of arrears relatively soon. Teachers work hard throughout the year and they’ve the right to enjoy themselves and live well, and the revised salaries as well as the arrears have assured this,” said Kang. With yet another conference on the Punjabi language scheduled in Toronto on August 3, several PU teachers are expected to attend it. Besides the teachers, certain university deans are also currently abroad to attend conferences. Sources said the vice-chancellor was in Spain along with VCs of other varsities to attend a conference there.
Fatter paychecks Professor: Rs 75,000-100,000 Associate professor:
Rs 69,000- 90,000 Assistant professor: Rs 32,000-50,000
Sixth pay panel arrears Professor: Rs 700,000-800,000 Associate professor:
Rs 400,000-500,000 Assistant professor: ~300,000-400,000
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GMADA bid to make land pooling lucrative
Mohali, June 15 It had been seen that under the acquisition of land for Aerocity project, around 15 per cent of the landowners had opted for the land-pooling and the remaining 85 per cent had to be paid the land compensation of around Rs 980 crore, indicating that the scheme was not popular among the landowners. Sources in the Housing and Urban Development Department said lesser acceptability of the land-pooling means that the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) would have to take more loans from the financial institutions and repay back the amount along with the interest. Now, it has been proposed that the size of the commercial site of around 70 sq yard (excluding parking) that was offered to the landowners earlier has been extended to 100 sq yard (excluding parking). The criteria regarding the residential plots offered to the landowners had already been amended by the GMADA. Against the previous criteria of offering a two-kanal residential plot, the landowners would be offered 975 sq yard or 950 sq yard land, divided into different sizes of the residential plots. The number of the plots to be offered would be in proportion to the size of the land being acquired. The amended criteria on the commercial plots would be offered to the landowners whose land is being acquired for the Mullanpur urban estate and IT city.
Offers bigger commercial plots to farmers
It has been proposed that the size of the commercial site of around 70 sq yard (excluding parking) that was offered to the landowners earlie\r has been extended to 100 sq yard (excluding parking)
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Lunar eclipse: Bad news for politicians, saints
Chandigarh, June 15 Eclipses, solar or lunar, have something mystical about them and have been interpreted differently by people. Some view it as a good omen and others as an evil one. But there are many who view this phenomenon just as a celestial happening and don't care much about it. However, for those who deeply believe in astrology and are convinced that their destinies are controlled by stars and not by them, this celestial event has a lot to offer. And if there is any truth in the predictions of astrologers, politicians should be a worried lot since this celestial event may eclipse their career. City's leading astrologer P Khurana predicts that the event could have both positive and negative impact on the lives of those born with moon as their father planet. He predicts some major changes in the Central government like Cabinet reshuffle or resignation of some prominent ministers. “Politicians, saints or preachers whose name starts with alphabet “S”, “M” or “R” will have to face hard time from the public and opposition parties till December 2011,” said Khurana. For investors, too, the lunar eclipse brings bad news as share market may show a slump and corporate sector may also suffer. "Some trouble concerning railways, aircraft or an agitation are also foreseen till December 27, 2011,” said Khurana. Panchkula based tarot card reader Renu Mathur says that moon in dark will cause natural and manmade upheavals. It will affect the 12 sun signs in various ways. "Capricorns will be jolted from their usual complacent personality and become angry and resentful. Financial disturbances will also be there,” she said. Health and relationship may be a problem for Aquarians as will be Scorpions and Virgos. The lunar darkness of almost two hours will create major financial changes for Pisceans, though Librans will experience positive changes and financial growth. Taurians will have problems related to bones and nerves. Those with the zodiac signs of Aries and Gemini will need to focus on hormonal imbalances. Leos may need to confront relationship stress and Cancerians will be confronted with stress in business. Sagittarius will need to make decisions in professional fields. Astrologer Narender Naryana says the eclipse will be harmful for politicians and high profile personalities. “It’s also not good for pharmaceutical industry as it occurs on Wednesday," he says.
Celestial spectacle
Lunar eclipse: Occurs when the earth lines up directly between the Sun and the moon. Year 2011 will see two total lunar eclipses. The second one is on December 10.Eclipse duration: Three hours and 40 minutes with starting time in Chandigarh being 11:53 pm on June 15. The eclipse will end at 3:33 am on June 16. Totality of eclipse: This is the period when moon is completely under the earth’s shadow and appears red or dark orange. This time, totality would last for 100 minutes. Year of eclipses: 2011 would be remembered for a number of eclipses. It began with a partial solar eclipse on January 4 followed by another on June 1. Two more partial solar eclipses would take place on July 1 and November 25 this
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Mercury dips as rain lashes city, vicinity
Chandigarh, June 15 According to Met officials, the city received 24.7 mm of rainfall today, which brought down the maximum temperature to 31.2 degrees Celsius, seven degree below normal, and minimum temperature to 22.4 degrees Celsius, which was two degree below normal. “These are not the pre-monsoon showers. The rains were due to western disturbance in J&K and neighbouring areas and upper air cyclonic circulation over central Pakistan and adjoining Northwest Rajasthan,” Met officials said. Morni received a maximum rainfall 35 mm, highest in the area. Chandigarh was better off than many other cities, including Ambala, Karnal, Panchkula, Kalka, Patiala and Shimla, which received 8, 2, 5, 12, 6.4 and 15.5 mm of rainfall respectively. Weathermen say the weather in May this year saw a series of cyclonic circulations resulting in dust, thunderstorms and showers, keeping the humidity levels high and on several occasions temperature below normal. The usual dry westerly winds were missing the entire summer and the maximum temperature throughout May and June was three to four degrees below normal. In the city, the maximum temperature in June has so far not crossed the 40-degree mark. For the past one weak, mercury level in the city has remained between 34 and 36 degrees Celsius, which was four to six degrees below normal, making it the coolest June. The Met department has forecast more rains and thundershowers accompanied by squall in some parts of the region during the next 24 hours.
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Rain, storm leave Zirakpur, kharar powerless
Zirakpur, June 15 The problem began after a major fault occurred due to the breaking down of a conductor in the 66 kV line at Mehmdpur village,
Paragpur, Dera Bassi, on Tuesday evening. This led to suspension of power supply to Banur and
Zirakpur. On Sunday, two 66 kV towers were uprooted due to windstorm. However, power officials claimed that the employees worked till late in the night and restored the supply around 3 am. The suspension of power supply led to inconvenience to residents as they had to bear the scorching heat. Invertors also dried up at several houses, causing further inconvenience. Residents rued that the state government had been making lame promises of ensuring continuous power supply. “We have come from New Delhi to spend summer vacations at our grandparents’ house. But life is really difficult here in the absence of electricity. We can neither watch television nor go out because it is too hot,” said Aditya Sharma. A Powercom official said the disruption in power supply was due to incessant rain and strong winds. Technical faults were the primary reasons for blackouts in parts of
Zirakpur. However, the employees are working round-the-clock to keep the power situation normal,” the official added. “We also have a manpower crunch, which has further aggravated our problem. However, we are trying our best to rectify faults,” he
added. Kharar: Strong winds on Tuesday night led to power failure in Kharar and nearby areas. The supply was suspended around 11 pm when strong winds lashed the area. Thereafter, the power supply kept playing truant till 7 am on Wednesday. The areas of Jhungian road, Janta
Nagar, Mittha Kuan area and others reeled under power failure. The power supply remained suspended till 5 pm. Powercom officials said the department employees could not find the fault initially. “Strong winds had led to loose cable wires falling off electricity poles. It took almost five hours to find the fault and fix it. When we tried to resume the supply in the afternoon, a transformer suddenly got overloaded and we had to switch it off for some time. The supply was restored after 5 pm,” the officials added.
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MC sleeps as rainwater floods roads
Zirakpur, June 15 Shopkeepers rue that the council has failed to carry out a single drive to clean up the drains. In spite of repeated representations to the council, the problem has only worsened, they claim. They have sought the cleaning up of the drains along shops before the monsoon arrives. The rainwater accumulated along the roads caused inconvenience to motorists today. The rainwater had entered certain shops and traffic jams were witnessed on the stretch. SK Aggarwal, a shopkeeper, says waterlogging along the road affects their business as customers prefer to stay away from their shops. “Today, I had to close my shop due to the flooding. The civic body has to take measures to prevent such occurrences in the future,” he says. Another shopkeeper says the drains have been chocked with garbage and other waste. “It is a serious problem and the council must carry out cleaning up of the drains before the monsoon arrives.” Municipal council inspector Gurdarshan Singh says the problem of choked drains will be sorted out on a priority basis.
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Situation no better in Panchkula
Panchkula, June 15 Residents faced inconvenience as some roads remained waterlogged and drains choked. While the roads remained largely clear, torrential rain that began around 5 am and continued till 9 am caused water to accumulate in different parts of the town, including Sectors 7, 8, 9, 15, 10, 19, 28, road separating Sectors 4 and 12 and Industrial Area, Phases I and II. The situation was worst in Sector 19, as residents had to wade through ankle-deep water. The road in front of Amartex and at level crossing near Sector 19 became slippery and slushy, as the MC had recently filled deep potholes with earth. The roads around the roundabouts of Sectors 11 and 15, and 16 and 9 were almost submerged in water due to heavy rain. However, rainwater receded immediately after the rain stopped. Slum colonies like Azad, Indira, Rajiv and Madrasi were also affected with water entering houses. Residents also complained of foul smell emanating from garbage heaps dumped nearby.
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Officials hold talks on admn’s Green Action Plan
Chandigarh, June 15 A presentation given by VK Singh, finance-cum-environment and forests secretary to the committee, touched upon the UT administration’s Green Action Plan 2011-12. He spoke at length about various initiatives like the eco clubs in schools and the target of planting 2.5 lakh saplings this year. KK Sharma, Adviser to the UT Administrator, explained the future vision of the administration to keep the city one of the cleanest and greenest in the country. He explained the plans of the administration regarding improving public transport system and the proposed metro project of Chandigarh. The committee is headed by Member of Parliament (MP) P Karunakaran. Apart from him, four other MPs-Rajen Gohain, Paramjit Kaur Gulshan, Sanjeev Ganesh Naik and Rajaram Pal are also part of the committee.
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Congress gears up for MC elections
Chandigarh, June 15 With the MC elections likely to be held in November this year, the Congress has convened a special delegate session at the Tagore Theatre on June 19 in a bid to counter the opposition offensive and mobilise the grassroots leadership in the run up to the poll. Party in charge for Punjab and Chandigarh affairs Gulchain Singh Charak used the press conference to launch a counter-offensive against the opposition, particularly the BJP, for the latter’s alleged acts of omission and commission. Local unit president BB Bahl said the party was already geared up to take on the opposition in a bid to retain power in the forthcoming elections to the civic body. With the opposition parties, especially the BJP, all set to make corruption a major issue in the coming MC poll, the Congress leadership felt that the party must go on an offensive in a bid to expose the “double face” of the BJP ahead of the civic body polls. Party sources said the June 19 delegate session would be utilised to infuse a new life into the organisations. All wings of the party, including block office-bearers, district office-bearers and office-bearers of the frontal organisations such as the Youth Congress, Mahila Congress and the Seva Dal would be involved in the session to gear them up for the MC poll. “One of the agendas at the session would be to counter the false propaganda of the Sangh Parivar against the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre, particularly the use of yoga guru Ramdev and other civil society members to divert the attention of the government from development issues,” Pardeep Chhabra, former MC Mayor, told The Tribune. Meanwhile, Charak released a booklet lauding the achievements of the Congress and berating the Sangh Parivar and its affiliate organisation for launching a “false propaganda” against the government.
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Thalassaemic society flays medical board
Chandigarh, June 15 “An intelligent person living a normal life cannot be deprived of his right just because he has to undergo frequent blood transfusion to keep him fit,” said SP Ajmani, president of the TCWA. This will be injustice to humanity,” he added. Sukhsohit of Panchkula had cleared the civil services exam with three preferences - Indian Defence Accounts Services, Indian Railway Accounts Services and Railways Personnel Services - in general category. The 27-year-old had been undergoing blood transfusion for past 25 years. Thalassaemia is a hereditary blood disorder wherein the patient has to undergo repeated blood transfusions, as the body cannot produce enough haemoglobin. The repeated blood transfusions, however, leads to accumulation of excessive iron in the heart, liver and other vital organs causing an iron overload and medication is required to remove it which further puts a financial burden on the affected family monthly expenses go up to Rs 4,000 in a public sector hospital while this amount is doubled in a private hospital. The silver line of the procedure, however, is that a patient suffering from thalassaemia can lead a normal life while maintaining the proper level of haemoglobin and iron in the body. There are over 400 thalassaemics who visit city hospitals every month for blood transfusion, said Ajmani. A 38-year-old boy of Sector 21 is working on a responsible seat with an IT company without facing any problem, he said. This claim is substantiated by Alka, who looks after thalassaemics at the PGI. A thalassaemic herself, Alka said she was not second to anyone except when she had to go blood transfusion after every four weeks. There is no difference between a normal person and a thalassaemic, but the patient needs to be regular in treatment, said Dr RK Marwaha, the treating physician of Sukhsohit at the PGI. Though there is dearth of quality treatment in our country, in developed countries such patients live their life without any complications, he added. There is a dire need of awareness among public to prevent having a child with thalassaemia major, said Dr Marwaha. At the time of marriage, it should be ensured that both the partners were not carriers of thalassaemia. If one partner is thalassaemic minor, then there is no chance that the child will suffer from thalassaemia major, he added.
A chronic disorder
Thalassaemia is a hereditary disorder. It has two categories - thalassaemia minor and thalassaemia major. Persons with thalassaemia minor usually have a normal blood iron and treatment is necessary for them. Thalassaemia major, however, is a serious disease and requires regular blood transfusion and medication throughout life. If both the parents are thalassaemic minor, the chances of the child carrying thalassaemia major are as high as 25 per cent. If only one partner has thalassaemia minor, there is no chance of having a child with thalassaemia major.
Youths unwilling
City youths remained averse to follow the advise of doctors regarding thalassamia. A team of doctors during its visit to two government colleges one each in Sector 11 and other in Sector 46 for an awareness campaign found only one girl who opted to come forward to get her blood tested against thalassaemia. She also did not show any interest in knowing about her status, said Dr Marwaha.
Legal action
Sukhsohit Singh is planning to move court against the decision of the medical board. Sources say he will file a petition in a court next week to challenge the decision.
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Complaint against Baba Ramdev
Chandigarh, June 15 Ravinder Singh Bassi, president of the organisation, in the petition stated that such statements are like waging a war against the country. The petitioner has urged the court to register a case of sedition against Ramdev for making statements challenging the sovereignty of the country and threatening to raise a militia to take on the government. Baba Ramdev on June 8 had made a statement to form an armed force if there was a repeat of the police crackdown against him. He had stated that he will build an army of 11,000 men and women and they would be imparted shaastra (vedic education) and ‘shastra’ (arms training).
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GMADA to provide road link to pvt housing projects
Mohali, June 15 After a gap of several years, tenders to construct three roads at the cost of around Rs 70 crore have been floated. Besides connecting to the urbanised part of the town, the roads will also link the Landhran-Banur road. Over the years, realtors have been crying foul over the absence of adequate road links. Most realtors have sold out their plots but investors have to make detours from the Kharar-Landhran-Banur road to reach the sites. While granting the change of land use (CLU) to promoters of mega projects, the housing and urban development department had levied external development charges (EDC) ranging from Rs 28 lakh an acre to Rs 32 lakh an acre. The EDC is charged to provide basic amenities like roads, storm and sewerage network up to the project sites. However over the years, the state government sat on development charges taken from builders and never undertook the job of extending the basic amenities to them. The government had also contemplated allowing builders to lay the services and deduct the cost from the charges to be paid by them. But the proposal did not work. Sources said the roads being constructed would link the upcoming sectors from 79 to 104.
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SP (City) proposal hits another roadblock
Chandigarh, June 15 The communiqué was sent to the UT Police by the Home Department today. Sources in the administration said the police had been asked to explain the duties as the post was created for SP Gursharan Deep Singh, who recently joined the UT Police from Punjab on deputation. “You are requested to intimate as to what would be the duties of Gursharan Deep Singh as Superintendent of Police to enable this administration to process the case further,” reads the communiqué sent by the UT Home Secretary to the police. The proposal has been hanging fire since the past fortnight with the administration. The proposal to create the post of SP City has resulted in resentment amongst the police fraternity, as many of the police officers feel that the creation of the post is not required. Three DSPs from Punjab had joined the Chandigarh Police against the posts of India Reserve Battalion, but instead senior police officials have already posted them in other wings like the CID and headquarters. In the past, senior officers of UT cadre have assumed the post of SP (City).
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Country-made liquor sale sites fail to find takers
Chandigarh, June 15 According to sources, nobody responded to the tender floated by the department for grant of remaining 16 retail country liquor (L-14A) licences for 12 months, commencing from May 1, 2011, to April 30, 2012. Out of these 16 sites, five fall in the pre-fabricated temporary structure category and the rest were meant for licences for sites in SCOs, SCFs, shops and booths category. The department had decided to grant 65 retail sale country liquor licenses this year but the liquor contractors showed interest in only 49 sites. “Last year too, the department faced the similar situation as around a dozen sites for country liquor vends failed to find any takers,” said an official of the department.
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Students, parents a harassed lot
Chandigarh, June 15 The woes, which were triggered off yesterday with only 500 prospectus being provided in the colleges against anticipated 2,000, worsened today as despite its tall claims, the department was able to muster only 1,500 prospectus, which got sold by noon and hundreds of parents were left complaining. “It’s the height of inefficiency. Which organisation gets prospectus printed at the eleventh hour? The admission dates were decided in advance, so why couldn’t they have ensured a basic requisite like prospectus? I took a leave from my office today to get my daughter’s admission work done, but at 1 pm I was told that prospectus had been sold out. Why are they harassing parents this way,” said Mohanjeet Singh Kukereja, a resident of Morinda, who had come to get the prospectus from PGGC-11. The department had hit troubled waters yesterday when despite anticipating a sale of 2,000 forms, it just got 500 forms, which left parents fuming.
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14,000 forms sell for 11,000 seats
Cut offs expected to increase Sumedha Sharma Tribune news Service
Chandigarh, June 15
The rosy picture painted by the CBSE Class X results may turn things sour for Class XI admission seekers, as many may not be able to make it to their preferred schools despite of scoring well, as cut offs are expected to soar high. “A majority of students took provisional admissions and we just had four to five seats to offer to students in many streams. Now if you get say five applications, all of equal CGPA, what do you do? The good result, this time, has surely increased the admission woes,” said Madhu Bhala, principal, KB DAV School, Sector 7. Things might be worse for those seeking admission to government schools. “Everybody wishes to get into my school and all applicants are good performers. Private schools enjoy autonomy in making admissions and can even increase seats and infrastructure, but we at government schools cannot do so. The results this time is unprecedented and I will not be surprised to have seven applicants for one seat. The results may have thrilled us for a short while, but admission might be a tryst for many,” added Anujit Kaur, principal, GMSSS, Sector 16. All thanks to adoption of the continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) in Class X this year, the CBSE results were the best in the last 50 years with many schools hitting a perfect 100 pass percentage, as compared to 40 per cent, which had been their average since decades. While a majority of students took provisional admissions in private schools, those left will now have to face a fierce competition. y The rosy picture painted by the CBSE Class X results may turn things sour for Class XI admission seekers, as many may not be able to make it to their preferred schools despite of scoring well, as cut offs are expected to soar high.
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Govt school grounds in a mess
Chandigarh, June 15 Claming to have adopted the needful measurements by introducing adventure trips to Manali, the UT education department always overlooked the condition of playgrounds of government schools. It seems that the CBSE’s recommendation of providing at least 40-45 minutes for physical activities or games period will remain on records, as students opt to roam around during their games period, instead of playing on grounds. According to information provided by the UT education department authorities, a total budget of Rs 1 crore was granted last year for boosting sports and its infrastructure in the city government schools. But the authorities, despite of getting huge grants, failed to spend a single penny to improve the condition of playgrounds over the years. However, the budget only includes organising adventure trips and sending teams to national tournaments after providing them full kits. Even the inter-school tournaments are organised after collecting entry fee from teams. The authorities can maintain these grounds in these two months i.e. June and July, as schools are closed due to summer holidays. But the authorities failed to come up with any plan for the same. It is only at the time of inter-school tournaments that the grass of these grounds is trimmed. The apathetic approach of the authorities towards the poor maintenance of school playgrounds also led budding sportspersons from these schools to move towards sports complexes or stadiums to hone their skills. The failure of the education department to provide proper sports facility to students take a toll on the performance of school teams at various tournaments as they stand nowhere in front of sports academy teams, who have proper infrastructure to sharpen their skills. “We are coming up with new infrastructure in the schools for sports. I agree that the condition of grounds is not up to the mark, but the work for the same will be started soon,” stated DPI (School) Sandeep Hans. Advisory circulated
}We are aware of the poor condition of playgrounds and we have circulated an advisory to the schools to clean up the playgrounds. We have identified 10 schools, to which we would be providing infrastructure to develop some particular sports and facilities for the same~ Sandeep Hans, DPI (School) Schools identified
GMSSS-23: Athletics track (synthetic), handball ground (synthetic) and volleyball ground GMSSS-35: Basketball, hockey astroturf with sprinkling system GMSSS-19: 2 cemented handball courts and a six-a- side football and volleyball court GMSSS 44: Kho-kho ground, hockey six-a-side ground, basketball ground GMSSSS-37: Football, hockey ground GSS-Dhanas: 2 kabaddi playfields, six-a-side football ground GSSS-Kaimbala:
Kabaddi, kho-kho, volleyball court GMSSS-22: Football ground, 200m athletics track. GMSSS-15: Hockey, basketball ground GMSSS-MHC, Mani Majra: Six-a-side hockey ground
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Chandigarh, June 15
Over 2,350 students hitting the magic CGPA 10, 80 per cent of the total Class X students scoring between CGPA 8 and 9, a majority of private schools witnessing a steep increase in the number of “top performers”. Government schools registering 20 per cent increase in the pass percentage with many having individual increase as high as 60 per cent.