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School bullies
take to violence
Teachers attribute
it to TV
CHANDIGARH,
July 25—It was recess time. Students, with
tiffins in hands, ran out of their classes for
the much-awaited break. A Class V student, too,
ventured out of class to have his share of fun.
Only, his idea of fun was different. Spotting the
timorous boy of the class, he went straight to
him, and after pounding his frail body with
punches without reason, drew out a cutter and
pointed it threateningly at the boy, half dead
with pain, as other students looked on. Later,
the boy writhing on the ground with agony, was
rushed to the hospital and the bully suspended.
This happened a couple of days back. |
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Heavy
agenda awaits PU Syndicate meeting
CHANDIGARH,
July 25 — The agenda of the next meeting of the
Panjab University Syndicate, scheduled for July 30, is
probably the heaviest in recent years. It has 116 items
on it, including items of the adjourned meeting on May
25.
Leakage
in super flats
SAS
NAGAR, July 25 — Residents of the Sector 70 MIG
Super Flats, constructed by the Punjab Urban Development
Authority (PUDA) are a dejected lot owing to leaking
roofs of their houses and and the 'indifferent' attitude
of the PUDA authorities towards their complaints.
Protests
against helmet continue
CHANDIGARH,
July 25 — Protest rallies by various Sikh
organisations against the compulsory wearing of helmets
by both women drivers and pillion riders of two-wheelers
entered its second week today.
BJP
nominees on Aug 2, 3
CHANDIGARH,
July 25— The BJP central election committee will
meet in New Delhi on August 2 and 3 to decide party
candidates across the country for the ensuing Lok Sabha
poll.
Gurdwara
honours war heroes' families
CHANDIGARH,
july 25 — A special function and kirtan darbar were
organised for the Kargil heroes by Gurdwara Sri Guru Teg
Bahadur, Sector 34, Chandigarh, in association with the
Guru Granth Sahib Sewa Society at the gurdwara last
evening. Bhai Jasbir Singh Khalsa specially participated
in the programme.
Villagers
in piquant situation
ZIRAKPUR,
July 25 — Residents of seven villages that form the
Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat are in a quandary because of the
Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control Act, 1952, which
hangs over their heads like the Damocles' sword. They are
not given power connections in spite of an assurance of
Capt Kanwaljit Singh, Finance Minister, Punjab, at a
function on May 22 that these problems of the villagers
would be solved.
PWD
removes hoardings on highways
LALRU, July
25 — The Punjab Public Works Department, PWD (B and
R) has removed hundreds of big and small hoardings, sign
boards and other boards displaying commercial
advertisements along the four national highways in Punjab
and Chandigarh as per the directions of the Punjab and
Haryana High Court.
'People's
power needed'
CHANDIGARH,
July 25 — A former President of the all-India Sarv
Seva Sangh, Mr Yashpal Mittal, has stressed the need for
setting up a society for equals where the power rested
with the people and not with the rulers.
Seats
offered to war widows
CHANDIGARH,
July 25 — The Principal of Dev Samaj College, Sector
45, Ms Vimal Bhargava, has offered seats in undergraduate
courses run by the college to widows and wards of defence
personnel who laid down their lives in Kargil, free of
cost. She has also offered to admit candidates to the
vocational courses run by the college at the polytechnic.
Tubewells
fail to solve water problem
PANCHKULA,
July 25 — In spite of the public health wing of the
Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) operating at
least 70 deep bore tubewells to meet the water
requirements of the township, complaints of low water
pressure continue to pour in. Residents say water does
not reach the second and third floors.
Modular
training for engineers stressed
CHANDIGARH,
July 25 — Dr R.C. Chauhan, Director of the Sant
Langowal Institute of Engineering and Technology (SLIET),
has emphasised the need for modular training for the
engineers at all levels.
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Selling in the name of ‘the
cause’
