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St John's High School Global Human Rights Council had filed plea on ‘immoral education’ being imparted to students Saurabh Malik Tribune News Service
Finding merit in the petition filed by the Principal, Justice Inderjit Singh has set aside a criminal complaint filed on January 11, 2010, by Arvind Thakur. Justice Inderjit also quashed the summoning order dated July 15, 2010, and “all subsequent and consequential proceedings”. The order came three years after an inquiry conducted into the matter by a former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court, Justice SS Sodhi, gave a clean chit to the school and its teachers. The complaint Global Human Rights Council chairman Arvind Thakur had filed the complaint against Principal Kavita C Das, claiming that RS Sangwan and TK Goel had approached him with a grievance. Their complaint was that students of St John's High School were imparted “immoral education” under the garb of modern education. A former employee of the school, Sangwan had claimed that he was thrown out for raising his voice “regarding misdeeds and illegal acts” of the Principal. A guardian, Goel, too, had raised objections to “such kind of illegal training”. Thakur had claimed that he had “documentary evidence that the official mail of St John's High School had been used for watching pornography sites”. He had added that cyber crime cell officials were sheltering the petitioner. The order Justice Inderjit Singh asserted: “A perusal of the complaint itself shows that no offence is made out against the petitioner…. There is a general allegation that Kavita C Das is the Principal of St John's High School and immoral education is being given in the school and also that they were trained as perfect hackers…. “There is nothing in the complaint whether this education is given by Kavita C Das herself or by some other teacher….. “As there is no direct allegation against the petitioner, Kavita C Das, that she directly gave the training to see such sites or gave the training regarding hacking, which is immoral, the Principal of the school cannot be held vicariously liable under the criminal law. She, being the head of the school, cannot be held as accused for the offences, even if these were committed…. “Furthermore, the complainant himself, in no way, is an aggrieved party. He is filing the complaint on the basis of information given to him by RS Sangwan and TK Goel. This complaint is like a public interest litigation, which is not permissible under the criminal law….” Referring to the allegation that a teacher, Michael Anglo, under the Principal’s guidance, was imparting training in hacking to the students, Justice Inderjit Singh asserted: “Even if it is taken so, the main accused is Michael Anglo. But he has not been made a respondent/accused in the complaint for reasons best known to the complainant. Rather, it shows mala fide intentions of the complainant to implicate the Principal and to leave out the other person against whom main allegations have been levelled…. “Even Michael Anglo's name does not appear in the complaint. The complainant wants the punishment for the Principal, who is not directly involved in the matter but having only supervisory functions…. A perusal of the complaint and the preliminary evidence shows that no sufficient ground is made out to proceed against the petitioner in the complaint….” Inquiry report In his March 2010 report, Justice Sodhi had minced no words to say: “Malicious intent with a streak of vindictiveness is what the complaint by TK Goel, an officer of the Punjab Civil Services, and his wife Meeta, against Michael Angelo Francis, the arts teacher of St John’s High School, smacks of.” The order read: “The striking feature of this entire episode concerning the complaint is that there were many occasions when he was asked to produce material in support of his allegations by the school management, but he refused to do so. He said he did not have faith in the school, but he gave no reason for assuming that the school did not deserve his faith. Later, when he was asked by Justice K Kannan to appear in this inquiry and he was given ample opportunity to produce his evidence, he failed to do so and for no valid or plausible reason.” “Such being the situation, there can be no escape from the conclusion that the complaint made by TK Goel and Meeta Goel was obviously actuated by some ulterior motive, which is wholly unbecoming of an officer of the Punjab Civil Services.
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Girl flees from Nari Niketan, nabbed
Chandigarh, October 23 While the girl escaped last night, it was only in the morning that the authorities woke up from their slumber and realised that the girl inmate had escaped. The incident has brought to the fore glaring discrepancies and the lackadaisical attitude of the Nari Niketan authorities. While the attendant on duty was sleeping, there was no guard on duty at the rear side of the Home when the girl fled. The police viewed the CCTV grab in the morning which showed that the girl had kept chairs to climb the grill. The police traced her on the basis of the tower location. She was found hiding at a flour mill in Hallo Majra when a police team of the Sector 31 police station caught her. The girl is a resident of Ram Darbar. Previous incidents On October 19, two boys, arrested in a theft case, had managed to escape from a juvenile home in Sector 25 and were later arrested. Last year, 12 children had gone missing from Snehalaya, a Home for the destitute, in Maloya.
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Watch out! Your khoya burfi could have aluminium coating
Chandigarh, October 23 Hazardous aluminium leaf coating was found in place of edible silver foil on samples of khoya burfi seized from a sweets shop in Sector 46 last year by the UT Health Department. The samples were found unfit for human consumption. The case is now pending before a local court. Besides, dead flies were found in samples of tomato gravy seized from two adjacent shops in Sector 34. These were among the five food samples that were declared unsafe for human consumption by the Health Department of the total 23 samples which had failed to meet the prescribed standards. The other three samples which were declared unsafe for human consumption were those of gutkha. These were found containing a high proportion of tobacco. A Health Department official said all five cases were being heard in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate. So far, penalties ranging between Rs 5,000 and Rs 1 lakh have been imposed on nine of the 23 manufacturers by Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Shayin. The samples included milk cake (from Colony No. 5), matthi (Sector 11), arhar dal (Sector 27), coriander powder (Sector 47), milk (Mani Majra), choco chip (Sector 20) and khoya (Sector 34). Unsafe food When a food sample contains any substance that is hazardous or can cause health problems, it is rendered unsafe for human consumption. Substandard food When the composition of ingredients in a food sample varies from the prescribed standards, the food is considered substandard. Sweets shops raided A team of the Health Department seized samples of khoya burfi from two shops, one each in Mani Majra and Bapu Dham Colony. So far, 20 raids have been conducted on various sweets shops across the city.
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Girl murdered; body buried
Panchkula, October 23 The uncle, Salim, his two sons and four others have been taken into custody by the police. According to the police, the body seemed to have been buried a few days ago. Some clothes of the girl were found dumped in fields at Alipur village, 2 km from the pit. Inspector Arvind, SHO, said they had taken Salim and some others into custody and were interrogating them. The murder came to light today after Shaukeen, the father of the girl, came to his brother's house and did not find her there. "The girl's uncle confessed that he had killed her for 'honour'. According to him, she was sent to his house as she had an affair with a youth in Muzaffarnagar, with whom she had eloped twice," said a police official. He said, “However, we are also working on the theory that the girl may have been physically abused and the case is being given the colour of an honour killing.” According to Shaukeen, for the past 10 days, he was asking Salim to make him speak to his daughter, but the latter always made some or the other excuse. He got a tip-off that his daughter had been killed, following which he came to Panchkula and informed the police.
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Jewellery, Rs 25,000 stolen from car
Chandigarh, October 23 The purse also contained her registration certificate, a driving licence, three ATM cards of Allahabad Bank, Canara Bank and the SBI, an HDFC credit card of her husband, a PAN card, a voter ID card, an office ID card and a membership card of the Chandigarh Press Club. Besides the cash, a gold chain and pendant, weighing around four tolas, a
one-tola gold bangle, a roll No. slip, keys of her house and safe, some documents and a shopping card were also stolen. The incident occurred while she had stopped for a brief work at the Sector 44 market. A case of theft under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 34 police station.
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78% safai karamcharis found absent
Chandigarh, October 23 A reality check conducted in four sectors and at Colony No. 4 by The Tribune reporters to see whether safai karamcharis were performing their duties properly revealed that a shocking 78 per cent of the safai karamcharis were found absent from their duties in the morning hours. There were a total of 182 safai karamcharis in the MC records in these sectors and only 43 were found present. With safai karamcharis failing to turn up to clean roads and parks in these sectors, residents of these areas have been forced to live in insanitary conditions. There are a total of 4,000 safai karamcharis in the city, but despite this sanitation leaves much to be desired. Sources said a number of safai karamcharis were working in the houses of bureaucrats and politicians. Sample this: Only one safai karamchari was present against the sanctioned strength of 43 safai karamcharis in Sector 19 at 7.15 am. The attendance time of the safai karamcharis is 7 am. In Sector 18, a safai karamchari was found marking the attendance of a supervisor as the latter claimed that he was illiterate. Till 8.15 am, there were only 15 safai karamcharis in Sector 18 against the official figure of 37 safai karamcharis. Similarly, in Sector 21, only six safai karamcharis were present against the strength of 28 safai karamcharis. Even Sanitary Inspector Ravinder Kumar came at 7.45 am. At the light point of Sector 29/30 at 7 am, there was not even a single safai karamchari. Supervisor Balwant did not have the attendance register with him. Similarly, in the Sector 29 market near the oil pump, the supervisor reached at 7.10 am with the attendance register. By that time, only five safai karamcharis had reached there to mark their attendance against the strength of 22. In Colony No. 4 at 7.45 am, a supervisor, Ishwar, who has been assigned the duty of marking the attendance of the safai karamcharis, did not have the attendance register with him. Area councillor Mukesh Bassi, who also accompanied The Tribune team to check the presence of safai karamcharis, said he had recently complained to the MC Joint Commissioner about the sanitation problem in his ward and the official had even issued directions to his staff. However, the lower-rung staff was least bothered to follow the Joint Commissioner's directions as a result of which sanitation continued to be a big problem in his ward, he said. After knowing about the poor turnout of safai karamcharis in his ward, Deputy Mayor Satish Kainth, who is a councillor from Sector 29, said he would take up the issue of poor sanitation and the absence of sweepers during the next meeting of the House.
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multi-level parking project Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 23 Traders said the dust was also affecting their business and customers were not coming to their shops due to the same. Rajiv Mehta, a resident of Sector 37, said he came to Sector 17 to purchase some garments but it was difficult to cross the light point near the MC building as there was a lot of dust in the air. A trader said not only customers but his staff was also facing the issue. The multi-level parking project, coming up in front of Gurdev Studio in Sector 17, was inaugurated by UT Administrator Shivraj V Patil after it was cleared by the Ministry of Environment and Forests. The administration had also axed 134 trees at the site after getting permission from the ministry. The MC is spending Rs 46.62 crore on the multi-level parking, which is a three-storied underground parking lot and will accommodate 931 cars.
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Spreading message of humane approach in medical profession
Chandigarh, October 23 He is also the former international president of the Nobel Peace Prize winning global humanitarian aid NGO 'Doctors Without Borders', best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic diseases. In Chandigarh today en route his cycle journey, he had a brief session at Alliance Francaise in Sector 36 where he talked about the humanitarian work made by the global NGO and also screened a movie 'Access to the Danger Zone'. Talking to The Tribune, he said the job of the doctor should not only limited to treating his patients, but they should also be responsible for fighting for problems and conditions affecting their right to have adequate medical care. ‘ Taking a time off from his busy schedule, he is in India for an over four-month-long cycle expedition that began on October 12 and ending in Trivandrum, Kerala, in February next year. He will take to the road on a bicycle to travel 5,000 km through 10 states and en route he will spark a dialogue with medical students, and healthcare providers to be medical humanitarians and to start conversations about the humanitarian impulse that leads to action. In all, Dr Karunakara will make stops at 65 cities, towns and villages and speak at 10 medical colleges on the role of medical humanitarianism "I love to cycle. As a medical intern in India in 1988, I biked from Delhi-Leh-Srinagar and reached Delhi. I dreamt, one day, to ride from one end of the country to the other. Twentyfive years later, I can fulfill this dream and combine it with my other passion that is to meet people, start meaningful dialogues and learn from each other,” he said.
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CITCO's street food fest from Oct 26
Chandigarh, October 23 Organised in association with the UT Tourism Department, the festival has been conceptualised on the pattern of art festivals being held in the US and European countries. It will be spread over the vast area adjoining the lake and also on the road leading from the Rock Garden to the lake. The major attraction will be the special street being created on the road from the Rock Garden to the Sukhna Lake showcasing 40 forms of art and making it the largest graffiti in the country. Besides, there are live sculpture art, sand art, 3D rangoli, face painting and tattoo-making, folk dances and music, folk singing, instrumental music performance (saxophone, accordion, cello, flute, violin and piano) at the venue. Besides there will be folk dances performances in evening on both days. The Street Food Festival 'Chattori Gali' will be an attraction with food all across the North India.
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MC fails to check erring sanitary workers
Chandigarh, October 23 As sanitary inspectors, supervisors, left attendance column blank despite knowing the fact that safai karamcharis are absent, it gives advantage to them to mark their presence in the columns left blank, even after one or two weeks. MC Joint Commissioner Rajiv Gupta said he would take report from his staff on the absence of safai karamcharis from the field. Sector 19 C Market: 7.20 am Only one safai karamchari, Sompal, was present against the sanctioned strength of 43. When area councillor Mukesh Bassi asked him about other safai karamcharis, he said usually safai karamcharis come at 7.30 am. No supervisor or area inspector was present to mark their attendance whereas the reporting time was 7 am. Fish Market, Sector 21 C: 7.40 am
Sector 18 D market: 8 am
Colony number 4 near Industrial Area Phase-I: 7.45 am
near kerosene pump, Sector 29 market: 7.10 am The supervisor reached the market near kerosene pump at 7.10 am with the attendance register, however, by that time only five safai karamcharis had reached there to mark their attendance. Supervisor Rajbir Singh said he gives a relaxation of 30 minutes to them and the attendance was marked at 7.30am. However, by that time only 10 safai karamcharis out of the 22 had reached there.
Vinod Sharma, a resident of Sector 19 C
Kewal Krishan, a resident of Sector 29
Seema Talwar, Sector 18 A
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Better panchkula The town has no authorised place for dumping 120 tonnes of garbage that is generated daily. Lifting and disposal of garbage leave residents at the receiving end as safai karamcharis and tractor-trailer drivers remain absent from their workplace most of the time. In the Part IV of the series, The Tribune reporter Hina Rohtaki checks the ground reality Panchkula: The dumping ground in Sector 23, Panchkula, where the garbage of the entire district is dumped, has been created amidst the residential areas. It invited litigation from the local residents. The case of shifting the same is going on at the National Green Tribunal, Delhi. When it comes to garbage collection, one can witness heaps of garbage scattered around and overflowing dustbins kept at various points of each sector. Around 120 tonnes of garbage is generated from the city daily. Around 25 safai karamcharis are deployed in each sector. However, a very few are seen at work. They collect garbage from door to door on their rehris and pile it up in dustbins kept at various corners of each sector. Tractor-trolleys, which are around 24 in number for the city, collect the garbage from the dustbins and dispose it of at the dumping ground. These tractor-trolleys don’t come to lift the garbage on a regular basis, following which the waste starts overflowing from the dustbins kept in various sectors. As most of the garbage comprises domestic waste, it leads to stink. In September, councillor CB Goel had proposed to start garbage-lifting vehicles to collect waste from door to door instead of ‘rehri wallas’. However, the safai karamcharis protested and the project could not see the light of the day. The district has around 660 safai karamcharis, of which 57 are meant for Kalka.
Night sweeping lost in the dark
Initially, the Panchkula Municipal Corporation had started the concept of night sweeping in the market areas of Sectors 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 15. The project was started to provide a clean city to the residents when they wake up in the morning. But it hardly worked for about a week and then stopped. The residents had welcomed the move. A lot of garbage thrown by shopkeepers could be seen at night. The shopkeepers would close their shops at 11 pm and the night sweeping would start. “We had appreciated the move as whenever I would go for a morning walk, the garbage could not be seen,” said Vikas Bhalla, a resident of Sector 15, Panchkula. He said: “Now the same situation is prevailing. One can see garbage all around because safai karamcharis come late in the morning to clean it, which is of no use. The situation is worse during the rainy season.” The present situation Panchkula district has around 660 safai karamcharis, of which 57 are meant for the Kalka area. They collect garbage from door to door on their rehris and dispose it of at the dustbins kept at various corners of each sector. There are around 24 tractor-trolleys, which come and collect the garbage from the dustbins to dispose it of at the dumping ground. According to MC officials, these tractor-trolleys make 60 rounds daily from the sectors to the dumping ground. A supervisor in each sector has been provided. Where the problem lies Safai karamcharis don’t come: Only one fourth of the entire strength of safai karamcharis deployed in the sectors is seen during the day. Residents said they had complained a number of times to their local councillors, but to no avail. “Our safai karamchari rarely comes and when he drops in, it’s already too late. By the time (around 11.30), he would dispose of the garbage at the dustbin, the tractor trolley would have gone,” said Bina Sharma, a resident of Sector 19, Panchkula. Mayor Upinder Kaur Ahluwalia said the residents could approach her if they find that safai karamcharis were not working properly. She said for the regularity of safai karamcharis, they were planning for a fingerprint system that would ensure that all of them were present. Fine for littering
a mere eyewash
In the first meeting of the Panchkula Municipal Corporation, the process to impose a fine of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 was initiated for all those who litter. The MC had decided that if a supervisor finds that anyone had littered garbage, the violator would be first sent a warning notice and then subsequently a fine of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 would be imposed on him. However, since then not even a single person has either been issued any warning notice or any fine has been imposed. It turned out to be merely eyewash as compared to Chandigarh, which is acting tough on such violators. The proposal was mooted by the councillor of ward number 13, Ravi Kant Swami. The move was appreciated by one and all. However, till now no fine has been imposed on anyone, and the residents continue to violate the norms. Tractor-trailers missing After the safai karamcharis or the local residents dump their garbage in the dustbins kept in each sectors, it is the job of tractor-trolleys to come and collect the garbage daily for disposing it of at the dumping ground. However, these tractor trolleys don’t come daily, following which the garbage keeps on lying for days. “We make sure that the tractor-trolleys reach every sector daily. They make two rounds of each sector,” said Mayor Upinder Kaur Ahluwalia. Dumping ground near residential area The dumping ground of the city is itself in trouble as it is amidst the residential sectors. Recently, a team of the National Green Tribunal inspected the dumping ground after a PIL was filed by the local residents with the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking the shifting of the site. The residents told the members of the tribunal that when they had bought the houses, they were not told that a dumping ground would come in the vicinity. The residents told the authorities to shift the site from its current location to some other place. The new site for the dumping ground at Jhuriwala also invited protests by the residents as this one also has a residential area being brought up by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA). On May 3, the tribunal had also asked the MC and the HUDA not to dump any waste in the Sector 23 dumping ground. In an interim order, the tribunal had restrained both the HUDA and the MC from using the site, as its use was causing environmental pollution. After the order, in the absence of an alternative site for dumping the garbage, the MC first stopped lifting garbage containers, and later it dumped garbage in the low-lying areas, even in the Industrial Area adjoining Zirakpur. During arguments, the MC told the tribunal that it did not have an alternative site to dump the garbage, while the HUDA submitted that it was looking for one. Later, the authorities were asked to use the site by the time other alternatives were found. No safai karamchari for Industrial Area While the MC authorities claim that they had around 25 safai karamchari in each sector, the Industry Association recently submitted a memorandum to the Panchkula Mayor and the Deputy Commissioner mentioning that they had never come across a safai karamchari in their area. The industrial waste and the garbage outside the factories is strewn around. MC’s stand The MC authorities claim that they keep a regular check on the supervisors. Identity cards have been issued to safai karamcharis. Registers have also been maintained so that the local councillors can make a surprise check anytime. We are planning to deploy more safai karamcharis and raise their number from 660 to 800.
Upinder Kaur Ahluwalia, Mayor
Our aim is to make the city garbage-free. We should try new concepts like automatic loading, collection and disposal, which include cleaning as well. It is made of stainless steel and the work is not done manually. The concept is totally stink-free. CB Goel, councillor of ward number 9 Duties should be assigned ward-wise by the authorities to keep a check on the garbage situation. Suggestion boxes should be put up regarding the issues in each sector to invite new concepts. Ravi Kant Swami, councillor of ward 13 what Residents say
Vijay, a resident of Sector 19, Panchkula
Bobee Singh, who owns a shop each in sector 7 and 11
Chandi Ram, resident of Sector 19, Panchkula
Vijay Bansal, a resident of Pinjore, who filed a PIL on the dumping ground issue
Vishnu Goel, president of the Haryana Chamber of Industries
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Rs 3.25 crore for bridge connecting 20 villages
Mohali, October 23 This bridge will be built at the site of the old bridge. The old bridge is prone to accidents due to its poor condition. This was stated by Deputy Commissioner Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu while inspecting the old bridge site and addressing village residents. Sidhu said the new bridge would be wider and stronger as compared to the old one. Construction work on the bridge would be started soon and was expected to be completed within eight months. He appealed to people not to use the old bridge. He also directed the PWD officials concerned to ensure the complete stoppage of vehicular traffic on this bridge. For the time being, a causeway had been constructed near the bridge. The Deputy Commissioner further said that repair work on the drain bridge near Guru Nanak Colony would also be undertaken.
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NCC cycle expedition concludes
Chandigarh, October 23 Addressing the cadets Mander brought out the importance of team work and comradeship to achieve the stated goals. He was highly appreciable of the performance and the issues covered en route by the team. Felicitating the cadets, the team leader and other supporting staff members of the expedition, he also conveyed his appreciation to Lt Col AS Randhawa Commanding Officer No.1HP NCC Battalion and Brig Bonny Mathew, NCC Group Commander, Shimla, for the planning and conduct of the event. The participants started their journey from Palchan near Manali and traversed 400 kms in inclement weather via Manali, Kullu, Pandoh, Bilaspur, Shimla and Solan. The daily cycling involved around 8 hours, with the hardest stretch being encountered from Bilaspur to Shimla. The cadets also interacted with the local populace and a series of lectures and motivational talks on the NCC activities and national integration were conducted at colleges and schools in the remote areas of the region en route.
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Residents to hold protest march against imposition of taxes
Mohali, October 23 Condemning the SAD government for looting the public with both hands, the Congress leader announced that a protest march would be conducted from Phase XI to the district administrative complex at Phase I on October 28. "Our people are overburdened with huge taxes while the people, residing in Chandigarh and Panchkula are much relieved as far as tax structure is concerned," said Sidhu. Cautioning the ruling party to withdraw the undue taxes immediately, Sidhu said otherwise the residents of Mohali would be compelled to launch a massive agitation against these taxes. Sidhu said, "The march will begin at 10 am from Phase XI and culminate at Mohali DC office at Phase I."
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Dead flies, insects found in sweets
Panchkula, October 23 In the evening, a team of Health Department also raided the premises and seized the samples. Deputy Chief medical officer (DCMO) Dr Yashpal and District Food and Supply Officer Subash raided the place with his team.Unhygienic conditions prevailed in the entire workshop. Rats and lizards were seen running around. The workers were seen without gloves and flies were seen sticking to the sweet water also. "We have seized samples of khoya, gulab jamun and rasgullas from the workshop as we found flies in the same. We will be conducting similar raids at other places as well," said Subash. The team also seized samples from a renowned sweets shop in Mahesnara, Sector 21, Panchkula, and took samples of desi ghee and gulab jamun.
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180 cops examined at health camp
Chandigarh, October 23 The police officers who fall under the high-risk category were identified during the routine annual medical check-up. Special focus was laid on cardiovascular and bone ailment-related diseases. The examination was conducted by Sudhir Saxena (DM Cardiologist) and Vivek Kochar (MS Orthopeadic) and the team of Max Hospital.
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Chandigarh, October 23 The victim, Mukesh Kumar Jha, was returning home when the miscreants stopped him and asked for a matchbox. One of them then took out a knife and stabbed him and fled the scene. The victim was rushed to the PGI where his condition is said to be critical. — TNS
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PU Facebook pages baffle users
Chandigarh, October 23 There are various pages existing on this social networking site with names PU, PU Sector 14 and PU Chandigarh creating confusion among students. People interested in viewing the PU’s official page have to struggle hard to get the link of the page. Manipal Singh Atwal, an alumnus of the PU, said it was difficult to distinguish between all pages and identify the official one. All pages had different information about the university which leads to confusion. A university’s page that was popular among users have over 1.6 lakh likes while another page has got one lakh likes.The PU’s official Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/puchd.india is yet to be publicised following which the visitors are finding it difficult to log on to the original page. Damanjeet, another PU alumnus, said the link to the university’s Facebook page was also not available on the its website leaving the users in a fix.“The university should at least put the link to the Facebook page on the university website so that the users can easily access the page,” he said. PU officials said the university authorities had has also written to the Facebook for removing the pages of university that have factually incorrectinformation.“The students can get misguided due to wrong information posted on other PU pages on Facebook”, officials said. Students said the university should have used a simpler name for creating the page that could be easily searched. The university had launched the page to connect with the youth internationally, which would be updated and managed by the students of the varsity, mainly research scholars. While the Panjab University’s official website has a different colour of logo, the Facebook page created by the university has a different colour logo.
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Kapil Sibal to miss PU function
Chandigarh, October 23 Union Minister Kapil Sibal was to release the stamp that was being publicised by the university from last few months. PU officials said due to some changes in schedule, the Union Minister won't be able to attend the function. The other dignitaries, including Chief Minister Punjab Parkash Singh Badal, Governor of Punjab and UT Administrator Shivraj Patil, who had also given their consent to attend the function, will also not be present on the occasion. Local MP Pawan Kumar Bansal, who is also the member of the PU Senate and Patron of the organising committee, would attend the function with Sikander Singh Maluka, Education Minister of Punjab. Maluka will also give an address on the occasion. Interestingly, the invitations of all the dignitaries visiting the university were already distributed; however, three of them would not be turning-up for the function. PU is also organising a three-day national seminar on 'The Making of Modern Punjab: Education, Science and Social Change in Punjab' starting from October 24. The seminar is being organised as commemoration of the 150th birth anniversary year of Prof Ruchi Ram Sahni.
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Techno-Virsa fest
Mohali, October 23 Maluka, who was the chief guest, said education was one of the most important means to improve personal endowments, build capabilities, overcome constraints and, in the process, enlarge the available set of opportunities and choices for a continued improvement in well-being. The students participated in various technical and literary events. The technical events included fastest hand on AUTOCAD, Break the Code, LAN gaming, Quiztronics and Jam the Board. The literary events included poetry recitation, debate, extempore and quiz. Tomorrow will be the concluding day of Techno-Virsa. — OC
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Estimated cost: Rs 46.62 crore
Supervisor Subhash was present and marking the attendance. At that time, there were only six safai karamcharis against the strength of 28. They were also resting on chairs. Inspector Ravinder Kumar also came late around 7.45 am.
Supervisor Dayanand was present but there was no attendance register with him. The register was with safai karamchari Pala Ram who came around 8.05 am and started marking the attendance of other safai karamcharis. When the Tribune reporter asked Dayanand that why he is not taking the attendance, he simply said as he was illiterate, therefore, he has given this task to Pala. There were only 14 safai karamcharis present in Sector 18 but in the MC records the figure is 37.
Our councillor is doing a good job but there is only issue of sanitation. Sweepers are not visiting regularly to clean
their sector.
Safai karamcharis in the area don’t pay heed to residents if the latter ask them to clean the area properly. They even leave some areas unclean leading to filth around the
area.
Safai karamcharis only come once in a week, especially during the festive season. In the remaining part of the year, they hardly come to clean the area. They even don’t bother to lift the garbage which is scattered on
roads.
Penalty is imposed on tractor-trolleys that don’t visit the sectors daily to dispose of the garbage that has been lifted from the dustbins kept in various sectors. We are soon going to make the attendance of the safai karamcharis a hi-tech one wherein their presence would be marked through fingerprints. Residents should also do their bit and not litter the garbage outside their houses. The city is just like our house and we need to keep it clean. We are making efforts to keep Panchkula a garbage-free
township.
The MC has just been making promises since its inception. No concrete action has been taken against the violators. If safai karamcharis know that strict action will be taken against them, they will do their work
sincerely.
We, shop-owners, are satisfied with the MC’s work. But I feel that safai karamcharis should once come for about one to two hours in the evening as well. When a shopkeeper opens his shop around 10 am and cleans his shop and disposes of the garbage outside, by that time the safai karamchari in our area has already left after completing his work. It would be good if they come once in the evening as
well.
There are many residents who make packets of garbage and throw them on the roads, particularly those living in colonies. The MC should keep a check on such persons and file cases against
them.
The higher authorities should check the ground reality. In Pinjore, garbage-lifting vehicles dispose of the waste at a corner on the road, instead of taking it to the desired place.
It stinks badly.
We submitted a memorandum stating that there is no safai karamchari in our industrial area. The factories that don’t have any management of their own throw the industrial waste on the
road.