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 Rain throws life out of gear CHANDIGARH, Sept 14 — Intermittent rain that had continued over the city and the surrounding areas in the past two days stopped this afternoon but not before pushing up the season's rainfall tally to a total of 104 cm. This figure is 33 per cent in excess. |
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inspectors shifted Onion
arrival nil at Sector 26 market Rent
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150 submit fake licences CHANDIGARH, Sept 14 — Submission of fake conductors' licences has been detected by the UT Transport Department following which the interviews for the posts slated for September 22 to 24 have been cancelled. The Transport Department today wrote to the Regional Employment Officer asking him to get cases of forgery registered against candidates who have submitted fake licences. The department had notified the Regional Employment Officer regarding the posts and had asked for lists of suitable candidates following which the employment exchange had forwarded the names of 394 persons on August 26. Sources in the department said that during the course of investigations by the local Licensing and Registration Authority 150 licences were found to be fake. Surprisingly, the licences of only 67 persons were found to be true. As many as 99 names had been forwarded by various employment exchanges of Punjab and Haryana from OBC candidates. In view of the findings it
was felt that the matter should be brought to the notice
of the recruitment board. After going through the report
the committee decided to postpone the interviews. |
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Rallies held at girls hostels CHANDIGARH , Sept 14 — Girls hostels seem to be a big attraction for various student organisations as far as holding of rallies for campaigning the forthcoming campus council elections in Panjab University scheduled for September 18 are concerned. Majority of prominent student organisations are holding regular rallies and meetings at these hostels in the evenings. The NSUI-PUSU-HSA alliance held meetings yesterday as well as today. The students organisation of Panjab University after the meeting at Laxmibai Hostel for girls in the evening proposed to move on to Mata Gujri and Sarojini Hall. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad also held rallies and meetings at girls hostels. Meetings by student organisations could also be seen at boys hostels, but on a much smaller scale. Rallies and meetings in girls hostels have been banned after 9 p.m. SOPU named its candidates for the posts of vice-president and the joint secretary. Sarika Malik, a student of the Department of Pharmacy, will contest for the post of the vice-president, while Gurpal Singh , a student of the Department of Physics, for the post of joint secretary. Mr Dyal Pratap Singh Randhawa, president of SOPU, said the organisation had reached an understanding with the Students Federation of India for the forthcoming elections. At various rallies today Randhawa gave an assurance that if voted to power he would work for the establishment of an office of Dean, Placements. The ABVP, meanwhile, dominated the election glitter today. The campus wore a saffron look because of the organisation's flags all round. Weather took the toll of paper flags of SOPU, while the ABVP was smart enough to have prepared plastic flags. A meeting of the NSUI today nominated Gurwinder Grewal, a former convener of the campus council, as the chairman of the election campaign. In a statement he said non-violence and exposure of role of certain syndics and senators who used students for vested interests" was on the top of his agenda. The Dean, Students
Welfare, Dr R.S. Grewal, said candidates who were
enrolled in the university departments till September 17
would be eligible to vote. The earlier date was September
15. This has been done as the last date for admissions
had been extended by the university. |
Rain throws life out of gear CHANDIGARH, Sept 14 — Intermittent rain that had continued over the city and the surrounding areas in the past two days stopped this afternoon but not before pushing up the season's rainfall tally to a total of 104 cm. This figure is 33 per cent in excess. The local Meteorological Department has said there is a chance of rain over the city tomorrow. However, officials added that this rain may not have any relationship on the oncoming winter or its severity. Last year the city had recorded 81 cm of rainfall during the rainy season between June 1 and September 30. The present spell of rain that started on Saturday, continued till this afternoon and threw normal life out of gear. The roads were covered in slush and many vehicles skidded resulting in minor accidents. However, no one was seriously injured. Construction work had to be suspended at many places. Approach roads to many villages in the Union Territory were in bad shape as the bitumen covering had eroded. The same was the case of various inside roads in the sectors and the main roads. Potholes appeared at many places as the repair work done by the Engineering Department did not hold and material was washed away. Repair being carried out on several roads had to be suspended and so was the case of re-carpeting project of the Chandigarh - Panchkula road. The repair work on the causeway between Chandigarh and S.A.S. Nagar was also suspended. Several roadside mechanics remained without work due to the weather while schools and colleges recorded low attendances. Due to the rain , the price of vegetables and fruits went down marginally, however, the price of onions went up. Goods destined for Chandigarh were delayed as offloading from trucks had become a problem due to the slush in the transport yard. Rain in the catchment area of the Sukhna Lake resulted in water overflowing into the Sukhna choe. Various kutcha and semi pucca roads inside various labour colonies were covered in slush. City residents who went to Apni Mandis to buy vegetables in the past two days had to negotiate their way through ankle-deep slush. This year excess rain in the city is not a new phenomenon. With the exception of last year the city has been recording more than 125 cm of rainfall in the past four years. However, in 1993 the rainfall was 85 cm, that was even below the average of 86 cm for the four-month rainy season. Weather officials have
said that rainfall was 23 per cent in excess over Haryana
and 5 per cent in excess over Punjab. On the other hand ,
it was 21 per cent less than the average over Himachal
Pradesh. |
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inspectors shifted CHANDIGARH, Sept 14 — The Chandigarh Police today reshuffled 16 inspectors, including six Station House Officers (SHOs). The SHOs of police stations at Sectors 3, 19, 26 31, 39 and Industrial Area have been replaced. Mr Gurdial Singh, SHO , police station, Sector 31, and Mr Hardev Singh, SHO, police station, Industrial Area have been transferred to the security wing. Mr B.S. Negi posted in the lines and Mr Ajaib Singh posted in the Crime Against Women (CAW) cell have replaced them, respectively. Mr Jagbir Singh, SHO, police station Sector 26, has been shifted as in charge of CAW. Mr Kultar Singh, SHO, posted in the security wing, Sector 26, has also been shifted. Mr Mani Ram Kadian , SHO, police 39, in charge of the anti auto theft squad has been shifted. The post had been lying vacant since Mr Ashwani Kumar had been transferred to the CID wing a month ago. Mr S.S. Rana posted in the VIP security wing will replace Mr Kadian as SHO sector 39. Mr Mastan Singh, SHO, police station, Sector 19 has been shifted to Police Control Room (PCR), Administrative. Mr A.S. Jaggi posted in police lines will replace Mr Mastan Singh as SHO sector 19. Mr M.L. Verma posted in the PCR section has been moved to law and order wing. Mr Karam Singh, SHO, police station, Sector 3 has been transferred to the traffic wing. Mr Jaswant Singh posted in the traffic wing replaces Mr Karam Singh. Mr Sandal Singh posted in Police Lines goes to the Traffic wing. Lastly Mr P.K. Dhawan
posted in Crime Branch Operations (CBO) cell and Bishwa
Lal posted in the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) swap
places. |
A stinking
tale of toilet Place: A public toilet adjoining the boundary wall of Panjab University in Sector 14 facing the PGI. Problem: The public toilet adjoining the bus stop is in a state of utter neglect. The adjoining area has pools of stagnant, dirty water. History: The problem of the stinking toilet has been prevalent for the past several years. For the past few years weeds have grown in the small complex. The area stinks because people defecate in the vicinity of the area. Residents of jhuggis can be seen drawing water from a tap. A few of them can be seen having a bath a little away from the spot. Small pools of water in the area adjoining the toilets have been a permanent feature for the past several years. Water has also flooded the toilet compound which is lower than the ground level. Response from public: Bus stop users say the bad condition of a toilet meant for public is a telling story of administrative apathy. A daily commuter from this point said the nauseating smell was a public embarrassment. Even the jhuggi dwellers
are not a happy lot. "If the walls could be repaired
we could have the privacy of a bath", one of them
said. Commuters pointed out that repair of the complex
would also render the place fit for use by the general
public. |
Onion arrival nil at Sector 26
market CHANDIGARH, Sept 14 — After a down trend for a week onions have once again brought tears in the eyes of housewives as they cannot buy one kilogram of the "kitchen essential" at a price less than Rs 28 or 30 in the retail market. Barring lemons,there is no noticeable change in prices of other vegetables, which have become a bit cheaper during the past fortnight. Housewives had heaved a sigh of relief in the last week of August when a slight increase in arrival of the produce had resulted in a marginal decrease in the price. At that time one kilogram of onions were priced between Rs 15 and Rs 18. This proved to be shortlived as due to almost nil arrival of the produce in the Sector 26 vegetable market where even the wholesale price of onions has shot to an unprecedented increase of Rs 16 to 18 for local and Nasik varieties. According to the wholesalers, in normal days market had been receiving about 20 truckloads of onions, and three or four truckloads during scarcity a fortnight ago, and no arrival at present. "Only those, who had stored some of the crop have been bringing a few bags to the market expecting a big margin. But the current spell of rain has even put an end to this as farmers fearing damage to the crop in transportation have stopped this. It is only the old stock,which is being cleared, said one of the wholesalers. Another wholesaler, Mr Lal Singh Walia said he had not seen a single truckload of onions in the market during past one week. He said the stored crop in the onion belts of Punjab and Haryana had been damaged due to rain in the past one week. He predicted that there was no hope of change in situation before Divali when fresh crop from Gujarat and Rajasthan will hit the market. What is disturbing the housewives is the difference of price of the commodity at the vegetable market and the one sold by phariwallahas and vegetable vendors in sector markets."If you can fetch a kilo of onions for Rs 25 or so after much of bargaining at the vegetable market or the apni mandis, you cannot get it less than Rs 30 or 31 from phariwallahas", complained Mrs Sunita, a housewife, who suggested that there should be some system to ensure uniformity of prices. However, there is virtually no hike in the price of other vegetables except lemons which are available at Rs 60 a kilogram. Ladyfinger is comparatively cheaper at Rs 8 and so is cucumber at Rs 10 a kilogram. The king of all vegetables, potato, can be had by shelling out Rs 8 for local variety and 12 for pahari variety. Similarly, ginger is
priced at Rs.20 per kilogram. What has brought smiles on
the faces of the housewives is the price of tomato, a
kilo of which is available between Rs 8 and Rs 10. |
Rent Controller's order set
aside CHANDIGARH, Sept 14 — The Sessions Judge, Mr B.S. Bedi, has set aside the order of the U.T. Rent Controller who had directed Mrs Rajinder Kaur, to vacate a house in Sector 8-A belonging to Mrs Kanwaljit Kaur Bindra, wife of Mr Inderjit Singh Bindra, a Punjab I.A.S. officer. The Sessions Judge observed: "The trial court has hastened to allow the ejectment application of the respondents without framing the issues and giving an opportunity to the party for leading the evidence." He added that the order of ejectment was bad in law. The Rent Controller in his order pronounced on May 22 had asked Mrs Rajinder Kaur to vacate the house within a month. Contesting the order
counsel for Mrs Rajinder Kaur stated that there was no
"logical consistency" in the order. While in
one para the Rent Controller had directed the tenant to
vacate the house within a month, while in another he
observed that the house had already been vacated by the
tenant. |
CHANDIGARH, Sept 14 — The differences between the alliance partners — BJP and SAD — in the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh (MCC), again came to the fore today when SAD decided to boycott the review committee constituted by the civic body to reconsider the paid parking system in Sectors 17 and 8. The president of the local unit of SAD, Mr Gurpartap Singh Riar, while terming the decision to form the review committee as "legally invalid", said the committee should have been formed by calling a meeting of the House. He said the BJP had no right to alter or amend the paid parking system as it was the decision of the House. Mr Riar, who was also made the member of the committee, said SAD would oppose the paid parking system if it was implemented again. He said his party would oppose any new taxes in future. The president of the youth
wing of the party, Mr Mohan Singh Raipur Kalan, alleged
that by forming the review committee the BJP had lowered
the morale of the police and the corporation officials,
who had helped in the implementation of paid parking
system. |
CHANDIGARH, Sept 14 — Panjab University has created a new fund exclusively for the welfare of poor students from the current session. Another fund has been created exclusively for the welfare of mess staff in various hostels at the campus. Students residing in the hostels are expected to contribute Rs 5 each per month. The sum of Rs 5 each per month for mess staff welfare fund will be paid separately. Separate accounts will be maintained for both funds which will be under the direct supervision of the Dean, Students Welfare. A committee has been constituted in this regard which will look into both the welfare activities. The committee for each hostel will consist of the DSW, warden of the hostel, a senior student of the hostel and a representative of the Students Council. One warden among the existing 10 will be commonly nominated to all hostel committees by the Vice-Chancellor. Talking to the TNS Dr R.S. Grewal, DSW, said the fund for students would have provision for both grants and loans. Students would have maximum say in the distribution of the funds. The committee will verify the genuineness of applicants for the poor students welfare fund. Dr Grewal said apart from financial background, academic achievements of those applying in this category would be of paramount importance. The same committee would also look into recommendations for the mess staff welfare fund. The main provisions under which the mess staff would be benefited included marriage of daughter, medical aid and natural calamities. It may be recalled that in hostel No. 1 students had contributed approximately Rs 10,000 for a mess staff member who had died during the last session. Students had also contributed on their own for the needy staff in hostel No. 4. A number of students
belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in
the university, meanwhile are not happy with the
financial concessions given to them in the department as
well as the hostel fee. The existing payment paid on
account of mess benefits to poor students individually
averages less than Rs 500 annually which was nothing
compared to the actual costs, a student said. |
CHANDIGARH, Sept 14 — A Sector 22 shopkeeper was threatened at gunpoint by two youths to part with his new Maruti Zen and when he resisted one of them stabbed him in the stomach in Sector 22 last night. One of the youths, Narinder Singh, hailing from Nawanshahar, has been arrested and case under Sections 397, 393, and 34 of the IPC has been registered against him and his accomplice, Raja. The shopkeeper, Mr Ajit Singh, was closing his shop around 11.30 p.m. when a youth asked him the way to the bus stand. Another youth joined him when the shopkeeper was answering his query. One of them brandished a knife, according to the police. They asked Mr Ajit Singh to hand over his car to them and when he resisted he was allegedly stabbed. Threatened: A Sector 15 resident, Ranvir Singh Wadhawa, was allegedly threatened with dire consequences by three persons. The police has registered a case under Sections 323, 506 and 34 of the IPC against Satpal, Sukhwinder and Manjinder. Group clash: Cases
have been registered against two groups of persons living
in Sector 15 for allegedly attacking each other. Mukesh
Chauhan has alleged that he was attacked by Sita Ram,
Rakesh Kumar and Suresh Kumar. On the other hand, Sita
Ram has alleged that he was attacked by Mukesh Chauhan
and Anil Kumar. |
Roll numbers
dispatched CHANDIGARH, Sept 14 — The Punjab School Education Board, in a press statement here today said that roll numbers of students appearing in the supplementary examination of matriculation and senior secondary examination beginning from September 22 had been despatched. Students who have not
received their roll numbers can obtain it from the board
office in SAS Nagar till September 18 by showing a proof
of having deposited the fees. |
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