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'Aarif' CHANDIGARH, Oct 21 — Prof GS Bhatia 'Aarif', a local Urdu poet, has been awarded the Sahir Ludhianvi Award, 1998 by the Language department of Punjab for his Urdu collection, 'Shayad kisi kabal ho'.
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On a peace mission CHANDIGARH, Oct 21 — Cutting across religious and linguistic barriers, a group of five dedicated persons from the South are out on a world tour to promote peace and universal brotherhood. Under the banner of the Multi-Religious World Peace Mission, the team, headed by a sales executive, Mr B.V. Narayana, and comprising Mr A. Henry Edwin, S. Nazir Ahmed, B. K. Vedhamurthy and Aajaz Ahmed, is now in the city to mobilise support for its main aim:to promote peace and religious tolerance in the world. They are moving to different places in one "modified" motor cycle and one ordinary one. During an informal chat with this correspondent at the UT Guest House here tonight, the leader of the team — Mr Narayana — said that the tour started on May 31 from Bangalore and would culminate in February next year after covering a major portion of the country and 60,000 km covering 30 countries, including major parts of the Gulf, Europe and Central America. Mr Narayana, who had already completed a world tour covering 59 nations and 59,000 km in 1979, said God was one though we might call him by different names."We want to bridge the differences of community and religion so that different sections of society live in harmony and peace," he said adding that this was the only way by which the country could progress. With that end in view the mission was working towards the construction of a "multi-religious prayer hall" in Bangalore where the people belonging to different faiths could worship and participate in festivals of the people belonging to other religions. Another member of the team, Mr Ahmed, a businessman, said by doing something practical, the group, whose members belonged to three major religions of the country wanted to drive home the point that if they could work together, why not the people of the world live in tranquility. Claiming good response from the public for their noble cause, team members said though they faced some financial difficulties at times but somehow they managed it with the help of sponsorship from Air India and financial assistance from other agencies, including state governments. Mr Narayana added that
though they wanted a Sikh to be part of the team yet they
could not get one from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. He hoped
that team could find some Good Samaritan from this part
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Administration loan for jobless youth CHANDIGARH, Oct 21--The Industries department of the Chandigarh Administration has decided to give financial assistance in the form of loan and subsidy on easy terms to the unemployed youth under the Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojna. The beneficiary will be eligible for a 15 per cent subsidy subject to a maximum of Rs 7,500. The loan amount will be up to Rs 95,000. The applicants should be permanent residents of the union territory for at least three years and should be matriculate pass or fail, ITI trained or having done six months' technical course. Their total family income from all sources should be Rs 24,000 per annum, a press note here said. Only those unemployed youth in the age group of 18 to 35 who had not defaulted repayment of loans from any nationalised bank will be eligible for getting the assistance. As much as 22.5 per cent cases are reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes. The prescribed
applications and the project reports could be had from
the single window cell of the District Industries Centre
and the Regional Employment Exchange free of cost, the
press note added. |
Ashwani Kumar is Super Bazaar GM CHANDIGARH, Oct 21 — The Chandigarh Administration has appointed Mr Ashwani Kumar, an HCS officer of Haryana, General Manager, Super Bazaar and Deputy Director, Food and Supplies Department in place of Mr S.C. Goel. Mr Goel has been repatriated to his parent state of Haryana. Mr Ashwani Kumar will also
look after the work of the Joint Registrar, Cooperative
Societies. |
Sikh Infantry Bn wins TA banner CHANDIGARH, Oct 21 — The 103 Infantry Battalion of the Territorial Army (TA) Sikh Light Infantry has bagged the Western Command TA banner for the second consecutive year. The banner was presented by Lieut-Gen H.R.S. Mann, Chief of Staff, Western Command, at Chandimandir today. The banner, instituted in 1967, is awarded to the best infantry battalion (TA) for its overall professional performance. The battalion is commanded by Col G.R. Tetarwal. Congratulating the unit on its achievement, the general said the unit had performed well in counter-insurgency operations. A message on behalf of the Army Commander, Lieut-Gen H.B. Kala, lauding the performance of the unit was also read out on the occasion. Brig Khushwant Singh, Commander, TA HQ, extended his felicitations to all TA personnel on TA Day today. He appealed to young men to join the citizens army to serve the motherland. A get-together for the serving and retired officers was held in the evening.
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HC Judge inspects district courts CHANDIGARH, Oct 21 — Mr Justice H.S. Brar, a Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, today started a two-day inspection of the local district courts. On arrival he was greeted by the Sessions Judge, Mr B.S. Bedi, President of the District Bar Association, Mr Amar Singh Chahal, and the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr Sant Parkash. Mr Justice Brar held a meeting with the S S P, Mr C S R Reddy, and the Deputy Commissioner, Mr R.K. Rao, in the room of the Session Judge. Mr Justice Brar sat in some of the courts and watched the proceedings. Certain persons gave in writing complaints to him. He marked these complaints for appropriate action. The bar association will
organised tomorrow inter-action of the members of the
association with the Judge. |
"Stereo Nation" to perform in city CHANDIGARH, Oct 21 — Stereo Nation, the bhangra-reggae band from the UK, is all set to rock the music lovers of the city when they perform at North Park, near Panchkula, on October 25. This music event is part of the troupe's eight-city tour following the release of their album "Jambo". Prior to their visit to the City Beautiful, the Stereo Nation duo Tarsame Singh (Taz) and Kendell Smith — will perform at Delhi on Saturday. The programme at North
Park will also feature an upcoming Punjabi pop singer,
Jasbir Jassi. Also joining the big music party near
Panchkula, and later at South City, in Ludhiana, the next
day is famous DJ Akbar Sami from Mumbai. |
CHANDIGARH, Oct 21 — The report of the committee constituted by the BJP to review the paid parking system in Sector 17 and 8 will be discussed at the meeting of the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh on October 30. The committee had suggested, among other things, the issuance of a single pass for all parking lots in Sector 17 and no entry fee. The report, which is now with the Mayor, Mr Gian Chand Gupta, will be discussed in the House and a final decision on the implementation of the paid parking system will be taken by the House of MCC. Mr Gupta, when contacted, said he would present the report to the House and explain the circumstances under which the decision to suspend the paid parking system was taken. Report submitted: The Joint Secretary, Finance, Mr Prithi Chand, has submitted the enquiry report regarding renting out of Nehru Park on a nominal payment of Rs 200 a day to a Meerut-based company for exhibition-cum-sales last year allegedly in connivance with certain senior offficials of the MCC, to the Finance Secretary, Mr Vajralingam. The renting out of the park had kicked up a row with the Mayor accusing the senior officials of violating the rules and regulations. After a lot of hue and cry, the MCC had recovered an amount of about Rs 144,000 from the firm as arrears. Honour for Mayor: Mr Uma Shankar Gupta, Chairman, All-India Council of Mayor, (AICM), has nominated Mr Gian Chand Gupta, to the executive committee of the AICM. Mr S.C. Patel, Mayor of Amritsar, and Mr Manoj Kumar, Mayor of Shimla, are the other persons from the region on the executive committee. Mr Gupta has also been
made member of the subcommittee for the proforma of
bylaws amendment committee. |
CHANDIGARH, Oct 21 — Members of the executive of the Panjab University Teachers' Association (PUTA) will sit in dharna outside the office of the Vice-Chancellor on October 22 in protest aginst the interference by the Punjab Government in the functioning of the universities. A statement by PUTA today criticised the repeated efforts by the government to stop the salaries of the Faculty of the universities of Punjab. It alleged that government's efforts to usurp the autonomy of the universities only deepened the crisis of higher education. The statement criticised the public and the press for its "indifference" to the non-implementation of the Fifth Pay Commission scales for the university teachers. It urged the public and the press to take greater interest in maintaining the well-being of the universities and come out in the open to save the university system from untimely "demise" at the hands of the "unconcerned" and "self-serving" politicians and bureaucrats. Award: Prof
Gurinder Singh, head of the Department of Mathematics,
Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Chandigarh, has been
awarded Dr Ambedkar Fellowship Award for his services to
society by the Dalit Sahit Academy of India. |
CHANDIGARH, Oct 21 — Mr Satpal, a resident of Sector 37, succumbed to his injuries after being hit by a bus near the Sector 17 Parade Ground here this evening. Meanwhile in separate incidents, a caddie of the Golf Club allegedly tried to commit suicide by jumping from the roof of the club, while a resident of Sector 14 received injuries due to alleged negligence on the part of driver of a Punjab Roadways bus near Badheri village here today. Randhir Singh alias Sunny, a caddie with the Golf Club was found in an unconscious state by his colleagues near the club and admitted to the PGI emergency. He received head injuries. He is under observation. Driver detained: Tara, a resident of Sector 14, received injuries after the driver of a bus did not notice her alighting from the bus and accelerated the vehicle. The driver, Rajinder Kumar, has been detained. A case under Sections 279/337, IPC, has been registered. Hit by car: Parveen Kumar, a cyclist of Mauli Jagran, received injuries after he was hit by a car on the Chandigarh-Panchkula road. The driver, Subash Chander, a resident of Panchkula has been taken in custody. A case under Sections
279/337, IPC, has been registered. |
Sahir Ludhianvi award for Prof 'Aarif' CHANDIGARH, Oct 21 — Prof GS Bhatia 'Aarif', a local Urdu poet, has been awarded the Sahir Ludhianvi Award, 1998 by the Language department of Punjab for his Urdu collection, 'Shayad kisi kabal ho'. Prof 'Aarif', who is also
a recipient of the 'Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir
Award-1988' is the president of the local Punjabi Lekhak
Sabha. |
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