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CHANDIGARH, July 18 — Continuing with its drive against anti-social elements, the police has arrested 110 persons roaming about under suspicious circumstances in the city. They have been arrested under various sections of the Police Act and the CrPC. While 100 persons have been nabbed under Section 41(2)/109 of the CrPC, six have been arrested under Section 107/51 of the CrPC. Five persons have been arrested under Section 34/5/61 of the Police Act. Thief nabbed: The police has nabbed a resident of Sector 37, Sunil Kumar, while stealing a bag containing clothes, wall clocks and a purse from the same sector. A case has been registered on the complaint of Mr Madan Lal. Molester held: Raj Kumar, a resident of Kumhar Colony, Sector 25, has been held on the charges of molestation and illegal detention of a woman and threatening her with dire consequences. A case has been registered. Road mishap: Mr Dharam Pal, a resident of Sector 29, was injured when he was hit by an unidentified Tata-407 vehicle near the Sector 28 market. He has been admitted to Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32. The police has registered a case. Stereo stolen: Ms Kuldeep Chaudhary, a resident of Sector 42, in a complaint to the police, alleged that her car stereo and eight cassettes have been stolen. A case has been registered. Injured: Mr Sanjay Kumar, a resident of Phase II of Ram Darbar, was injured when his scooter skid near the Sectors 24 and 25 roundabout. In another incident, Amandeep Sector 8 was injured when her car was hit by another car. Both drivers have been admitted to the PGI. An unidentified pedestrian was injured after being hit by a vehicle. In another case, an unidentified cyclist received injuries when he was hit by a motor cycle near the roundabout of Sectors 35 and 43 here. All the injured have
been admitted at the PGI, Chandigarh. |
CHANDIGARH, July 18 — Even as the price of ''jamun'' has witnessed a sharp increase, there has been no major fluctuation in the prices of a number of commonly used fruits in the local market during the past four days. During a survey it was found that a kg of ''jamun'', priced at between Rs 30 and Rs 40 last week, could be purchased today at Rs 50. Traders attributed the hike to the decreased arrivals of the fruit due to rains." There was no major change in the prices of all varieties of mango, except for some minor and temporary fluctuations. A kg of ''dasehri'' could still be purchased at between Rs 20 and Rs 25 in retail and Rs 120 per 7 kg pack. A kg of ''kupi'' and ''langra'' could be purchased at Rs 20 in retail and Rs 100 per 7-kg pack in the wholesale market. Similarly, a kg of plum could be bought at Rs 40 in retail and Rs 150 per 5-kg pack in the wholesale market. One could also buy ''baggugosha'' at Rs 40 a kg in retail and Rs 700 per 20 kg in the wholesale market. The same was the case with peach as it could be bought at Rs 40 in retail and Rs 200 per 8-kg pack in the wholesale market. One could also buy pomegranate at its old price of Rs 50 a kg and at Rs 220 per 5-kg pack. A dozen of banana was selling at Rs 20 in retail and Rs 145 per 100 pieces in the wholesale market. Papaya lovers could still buy the fruit at Rs 20 in retail and Rs 15 a kg in the wholesale market. Even as the new
''mausambi'' crop started arriving in the market and was
priced at Rs 60 a dozen, most of shopkeepers were selling
the old crop at the old price of Rs 80 a dozen. In the
wholesale market, the price of the fruit came down from
Rs 210 to Rs 150 per 3-dozen pieces. ''Kashmiri nakh'',
another new entrant in the market, could be purchased at
Rs 30 a kg. |
FUND collection drives for soldiers fighting against Pakistan on the heights around Kargil and Dras have no doubt touched a patriotic crescendo. Two separate donations — one made by a freedom fighter living on pension and two school girls of Sector 21 are unique. Principal Ram Narayan Joshi, a retired freedom fighter, who has seen many a fight and knows the entire subject like the back of his hand donated his entire month's pension for the Army Central Welfare Fund. Mr Joshi lives in Sector 43 and he has routed his cheque through The Tribune. On the other hand, little Arshia Singh aged 8 years and her friend Kushboo, aged 6 years, living in Sector 21, did not know what is Kargil. Arshia asked her father what is Kargil ? The little girl was told that Indian soldiers are dying as India and Pakistan are waging a war. The little girl and her friend started collecting money from the neighbourhood for the welfare of widows and children of the soldiers. Now she wants to be a soldier. "Mushtanda" Gardeners, no doubt, have a way with nurturing plants being surrounded by flowers and greenery all day is bound to have a bearing on their thinking too. No wonder, colourful nuances are their forte. In a nursery, after a customer had successfully explained to the gardener a plant he had taken a fancy for, he was shocked out of his wits to discover that the beautiful plant that had swept him off his feet was called "Mushtanda". While he was still deliberating on how such a wonderful plant had come to be given such a horrendous name, the owner strolled in to put his mind at rest. She informed him that the plant was actually called "masanda" and that the gardener, with his special brain, had conjured up a name he could recollect at the drop of a hat. NMEP to NAMP Changes are made for the growth. And growth is the fundamental condition of life. Recently the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare changed the nomenclature of the National Malaria Eradication Programme (NMEP) to National Anti-Malaria Programme (NAMP). A proposal for this change was first mooted by Mr S.K. Sharma, then Assistant Director, malaria, epidemiology, health education and environment, Chandigarh Administration about 18 years ago. He stated that the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) (1953) switched over to National Eradication Programme (NMEP) (1958) was followed by the modified plan of operation (1976) to prevent deaths and to reduce morbidity. He further stated that the pest/vectors were becoming resistant to insecticides parasites to drugs and ecological changes had changed the epidemiological picture of the disease. The eradication of malaria was therefore a distant dream. Thus there was a need for the change from malaria eradication to antimalaria, he stated. Mr B.S. Sarao, then Chief Commissioner, Mr Sewa Singh, Health Secretary, and Dr (Mrs) S.Kataria, Director Health Services, supported the proposal. Mr Sewa Singh contributed an article "anti-malaria programme in Chandigarh" which was published in the souvenir of the confernence. Greatly encouraged Mr Sharma who organised the national conference at Chandigarh changed the title from "All-India malaria and filaria workers conference to all-India anti-malaria and filaria workers conference" and got the same printed on banners, souvenir, newspaper, supplement, files and table pads. Mr Sharma carried out several innovations for strengthening the health services of Chandigarh and is now the President of the Environment Society of India (ESI). "Kargil - 99" The collage on top of the page has been made by reader Ashok K. Sarin, a town planner living in Panchkula. "I pay my tributes to the soldiers through ‘Kargil--99’," he says."In my collage, the initial situation at Kargil has been depicted through a huge grizzly bear (representing Pakistan’s army/intruders) and brave Indian soldiers fighting in the difficult terrain uprooting them. This grizzly bear could not be killed during the wars with Pakistan in the years 1965 and 1971. The same situation has arisen now." Middle of the road While on the one hand the traffic police is going all out to avert and decrease the number of accidents, on the other the drive to minimise environment pollution is gaining momentum. During one such week in Panchkula, the overzealous department, in a bid to take motorists by surprise, put up one such checkpoint right in the middle of the road. On his chair, right in the middle of the road, with an autocratic wave of the hand, the official "with the iron rod" bought to a halt speeding vehicles to check their pollution levels with little care for what might follow. (Photo by Parvesh Chauhan) The only justification he could offer for being the cynosure of all eyes and being in the midst of it all was that the pipe of the nozzle to check pollution was too short and it was harrowing to bring it back and forth for every vehicle. A question that arises
is whether working for this good cause is worth the life
or two it will take if the officials continue to sit on
their seats with such gross indifference? |
CHANDIGARH, July 18 — Panchkula Coaching Centre emerged victorious in the final of the first district Panchkula Under 16 Cricket Tournament being played here today at the Sector 5 grounds. PCC outplayed Hansraj Coaching Centre by six wickets. Hansraj CC won the toss and elected to bat first. The batting line could not face the onslaught of Panchkula CC bowler Nimanyu Gautam who claimed five wickets (including a hat-trick) of the HCC team by giving 22 runs. Hansraj CC team were able to score 109 runs in 31.5 overs and were all out.In reply, Panchkula boys played with grit and determination and reached the target in 20 overs, with six wickets still in hand. This time again, Nimanyu remained the top scorer with 40 runs and was ably supported by Vishwas Bhalla who made unbeaten 32 runs. Brief scores: Hansraj CC — 107 in 31.5 overs (Jaswal 19, Navneet 18, Gaurav Chopra 17, Nimanyu Gautam 5 for 22, Gaurav Gupta 2 for 12).Panchkula CC — 109 for four in 20 overs (Nimanyu Gautam 40, Vishwas Bhalla 32 n.o., Ravi Shankar 15, Gaurav Chopra 2 for 20). LIC XI victorious: A fine allround performance by Punjab Ranji cricket player Dinesh Mongia who scored 55 runs and bagged three wickets for 30 runs enabled LIC XI to beat Power XI by 51 runs in the XIth Bathany Cup cricket tournament being played here at the CRPF grounds today.Mongia’s half century mark came in just 29 balls. Munish Worrel was the only succesful batsman for the losers who scored 52 runs.In another match of the day, Gymkhana XI went down fighting to Godrej XI by a narrow margin of two runs and fine batting by Navdeep Singh, a Ranji Player proved futile.In the last match of Sunday, Shinestar XI defeated Brother XI by 13 runs.Brief scores; Ist match — LIC XI 196 runs for seven in 25 overs (Dinesh Mongia 55, Lalit 53, Amit Uniyal 34, Anil Arya 3 for 27, Sahil 2 for 18).Power XI — 145 all out (Munish Worrel 52, Rajinder 19,Anil Arya 18, Dinesh Mongia 3 for 30, Amit Uniyal 2 for 27, Amit Suri 2 for 18). IInd match; Godrej CC
— 123 for nine in 20 overs (Rajesh Patha 35, Vinod
24 n.o., Sanjay 22, Rajesh Arora 20, Navdeep Singh 3 for
21, Banish Singla 2 for 19).Gymkhana XI — 121 for
seven in 20 overs(Navdeep Singh 51 n.o., Harjeet Bobby
32, Akash 18, Vinod Kumar 3 for 9, Ajay Sikka 3 for
19).IIIrd match; Shinestar CC — 171 for six in 20
overs(Ajay Kumar 62, Nishal Bhatnagar 29, Harish 3 for
31, Amit Dhari 2 for 30).Brother XI — 158 for eight
in 20 overs (Umesh 51, Amit Kashyap 44, Navdeep 15,
Chander Mohan 2 for 25, Ajay 2 for 34). |
A few days back I read Ms Anjum Sharma speak to Chandigarh Tribune: “Kill them all; we should not spare a single intruder”. My eyes got moist on Ms Sharma’s emotion-packed words. The Chandigarh Tribune feature “Young, old pitch in with patriotic zeal” (July 5) raises my head high. I read amid tears of joy that Tricolour has been hoisted atop Tiger Hill at a height of 16,500 feet after 13 hours of fierce fighting by our valiant Army.The Kashmir problem is our own creation. If the 1947 war had been allowed to proceed to its logical conclusion, the raiders would have been all out. There would have been no LoC, no PoK — the so-called Azad Kashmir. But that was not to be . Alas! There is no sense in plebiscite today. In March, 1997, the US Ambassador stated, “The demand for a referendum in J&K has become irrelevant, and such a step would carry no meaning in view of several developments in the past five decades.” There is a visible tilt in the US approach to India vis-a-vis Pakistan. We must not lose time to cash in on the new mood in the White House. Washington has all these years been for its “client” state- Pakistan — thanks to Krishna Menon’s biting tongue. We have to act quick. Now that Pakistan is naked, we must ask President Bill Clinton to declare Pakistan a terrorist state. It must not be given any more loans by the IMF-World Bank duo. We must look beyond Kargil. After Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession (October 1947) with India, J&K became as good a part of India as New Delhi. We must lay claim on Kashmir. Pakistan Army is now desparate. It’s a pack of “wound tigers”. And a “wounded tiger” is more dangerous than a fighting fit one. The Pakistani retreating soldiers must not be captured, but killed. A snake is a snake whether it is free or in captivity. India should send an army of Brajesh Mishras to world capitals to expose the treachery of Mr Nawaz Sharif and his hand-picked army chief, General Parvez Mushariff. They now question the validity of the LoC delineated 27 years ago at a meeting between Indira Gandhi and Zulfikar Bhutto. Our valiant slain soldiers remind me of Ram Prasad Bismil’s “Sarfaroshi ki tammana ab humare dil mein hai, dekhna hai zore kitna bazuae katil mein hai.” S.S. Jain Home Guards Apropos of the news item ‘Preventive steps taken by Admn.’ (July 3, 1999), the Administration would do good to recruit ex-servicemen as Home Guards. They are trained in weaponry training and are more active and vigilant than fresh persons to be recruited from private agencies as published in the news item. Recruitment age should also be raised for Home guards up to 55. Ashok Kumar Rail project The commencement of work on the Ludhiana-Chandigarh rail section is indeed welcome. The project had been hanging fire for long. However, it is a matter of disappointment that the Railway Minister has made no mention of the electrification of the important main line sections of Ludhiana-Jalandhar-Amritsar and Jalandhar-Jammu. Amritsar and Jammu are two busy and important rail heads of northern India. Both fall on the border belts and are of great significance to the defence forces as well. I feel work on these two important sections should have been started immediately after the completion of the work on the Delhi-Ludhiana section, which is now fully electrified. Isaac David Stray dogs Stray dogs, years back not seen here, now freely move about in large numbers and ease themselves in public parks. Even pet dogs are let loose here. And don’t you see the excreta of horses that graze around? This is not the right place for children to play. But, sadly, representations to the corporation and Administration have not brought any relief. P.S. Chanana A soldier All leading newspapers, T.V. channels, news magazines and political leaders are talking of the Indian soldier. To keep the spirits of the soldiers high, the media is publishing high morale messages. Debates are being conducted, blood donation camps organised, havans performed, financial assistance provided and special telephone facilities at special rates are being provided to soldiers in the Kargil sector. These are all signs of human values and one wishes these values remain forever but unfortunately all this disappears when war is over and a soldier returns to base. A saying which suits here goes like this, “God and soldier all people adore In times of war, but not before, When war is over and all things righted, God is neglected and soldier slighted.” A soldier is neglected during the days of normalcy and is remembered only during the difficult situations to save people and property from floods, earthquakes and other natural calamaties and war. Civil officials are neither taught nor are they capable of handling such situations but are trained to involve themselves in kickbacks cases and operate unaccountable bank accounts. Most politicians and ministers, are involved in “ghotala” cases where crores of rupees have gone to their bank accounts. The soldier expects nothing from the government but is ready to sacrifice his life for the nation. “A soldier’s death is no death ! The stars go down To rise upon some other shore, And bright in heaven’s jeweled crown, They shine for ever more.” Gurpreet S.
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