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CHANDIGARH, June 13 — The police has arrested Harish Kumar of Karnal and seized 130 pouches of liquor from his possession. According to the police, he was arrested from the local bus stand in Sector 17. A case under the Excise Act has been registered. Car stolen : Mr Mohinder Singh Punia of Sector 18 complained that his car (PB-11-8243) was stolen from a parking lot in Sector 17. The car was later found abandoned from near the Punjab and Sind Bank, Sector 17. A case has been registered. One dead : Devi Ram, who was bitten by a snake near the Mansa Devi Temple in Mani Majra, was declared brought dead at the PGI last night. Cyclist injured : An unknown cyclist was hit by a CTU bus (CH01-G-5396), driven by Karmjit Singh, on the road dividing Sectors 18 and 21. The cyclist has been admitted to the PGI. The driver has been arrested and a case registered against him. Caught red-handed : Manoj Sohni of Bihar was caught red-handed while trying to steal a bicycle from a house in Sector 44-C. A case has been registered on the complaint of Mr Gursharan Singh Bhullar. PANCHKULA One hospitalised : An unidentified man aged around 25 years was admitted to General Hospital in Sector 6 with a head injury. According to the police,
the victim was in an inebriated state when he was found
lying on the roadside. |
CHANDIGARH, June 13 — The issue of the appointment of three Deans in Panjab University, which has been hanging fire since March, is likely to be resolved at a meeting scheduled for June 17. The appointment of Dean Students Welfare, Dean Alumni Association and Dean Foreign Students were to be made before March 31. But till date no meeting had been held to finalise these appointments, partly due to the ongoing tussle between the Vice-Chancellor and members of the Syndicate. The committee members will deliberate on the issue of whether the old team of Deans should be allowed to continue for another one year as has been done in the past or appointment of new Deans be made. The meeting will be attended, among other, by Mr Rajinder Deepa, Dr Mr V.K. Bansal, Mr Ashok Goyal, Mr Rajinder Bhandari, Dr Ravinder Nath Sharma, Dr K.S. Chugh and Mr Deepak Manmohan Singh. Sources reveal that a majority of the members are keen to let the old team of Deans continue in their respective posts for another term. But following some objections on Dr R.S. Grewal's appointment as DSW for another term, a subcommittee had been formed to look into the issue. This report will also be considered at the meeting, it is learnt. While Dr R.C. Sobti was Dean Alumni Association, Dr Ramesh Kakkar was Dean Foreign students. However, some members of the committee who are opposed to this idea are in favour of considering fresh appointments against these posts. The names of persons which are presently being mentioned on the campus for appointment to these posts include Dr D.N. Jauhar (Law Department), Dr R.D. Anand (Chemistry), Dr Anirudh Joshi (Sanskrit), Dr Nirmal Singh (Physics), Dr Paramjit Singh (Botany), Mr Subhash Kaushal (Botany) and Dr I. Govil (Physics). Meanwhile, the President of the Panjab University Students Council, Mr D.P.S. Randhawa, has expressed anguish over the non-appointment of the three Deans. He has pointed out that in the absence of a regular Dean Students Welfare, the students are facing a lot of hardships with regard to their day-to-day problems which are multiplying each passing day. He said that the authorities had not been able to organise the annual prize distribution-cum-farewell function for the students who had achieved distinctions in various fields in the last session. Dr B.S. Ghuman of Political Science Department has been officiating as DSW in accordance with the instructions of the Dean University Instruction, Dr I.B.S. Passi. Mr Randhawa on behalf of
the council has sought an early appointment of the Deans
since admissions to various departments of the university
will be beginning shortly. A few students will be
requiring appreciation certificates for their
participation in various cultural programmes, while
applying for admissions. In a few other cases, bills are
not being sanctioned, causing unnecessay delay in
payments. |
CHANDIGARH, June 13 — Litchi and cherry have become cheaper in the market during the past three days. During a survey of the local market today, it was found that a kg of litchi, priced at Rs 35 to Rs 40 a kg last week, was available at Rs 25. Its wholesale price was Rs 16 a kg. Traders attributed the fall in price to the enhanced arrivals of the local variety during the past one week. Earlier, the price was high as the fruit was coming only from Dehra Dun. Similarly, the price of cherry has come down during this period. A kg of cherry, available at Rs 80 just a few days back, could be had at Rs 60. The wholesale price has come down from Rs 140 to Rs 90-100 per two-kg pack. According to traders, the price of the fruit has started crashing as it has started coming from Jammu and Kashmir. Till now, the fruit was coming from parts of Himachal Pradesh and the quantity was not enough to meet the demand in the market. Plum has also become cheaper during this period. A kg of plum, priced at Rs 30 a kg just three days back, was available in the market today at Rs 15 to Rs 20. The price has come down due to the increased arrivals from different parts of Himachal Pradesh. Melon has also registered a downward trend in its price. A kg of the fruit, priced between Rs 13 and Rs 17 just three days ago, could be purchased today at Rs 8 to Rs 10. The price has come down as due to fear of rain and its adverse effect on the crop, farmers have rushed their produce to the market. "Moreover, there are not many takers as the fruit has almost lost its aroma and sweetness due to rain," said a trader. There was no fluctuation in the price of other fruits during this period. A kg of the ''safeda'', ''dasehri'' and ''totapari'' varieties of mango was available at Rs 25, Rs 20 to Rs 25 and Rs 10 to Rs 12, respectively. Similarly, the same quantity of papaya and pomegranate was was priced at Rs 20 and Rs 40 a kg in the retail and for Rs 15 a kg and Rs 30 a kg in the wholesale market. The price of banana was stable at Rs 20 a dozen in the retail and for Rs 150 per 100 pieces in the wholesale market. Similarly, there was no
change in the price of apple as it was still selling at
Rs 60 a kg in different markets. |
CHANDIGARH-based newsmen must have been trying hard to forget the agonising moments they underwent during the visits of the Union Defence Minister, Mr George Fernandes, and the Congress President, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, to the Command Hospital at Chandimandir, last week. On both occasions, after waiting for long hours in sultry hot weather, without being seated, all they got was half a minute with each of the visiting VIPs and the stock replies that the soldiers wounded in the ongoing military action in Kargil sector are in high spirits and they want to go back to the front again. The other stock reply they received to a few of their queries was "No comments". On both occasions, newsmen were promised an informal interaction with the visiting VIPs. For example, for the visit of the Defence Minister, the Defence Wing of the Press Information Bureau had promised informal interaction with Mr George Fernandes. As a group of newsmen trooped into the Command Hospital, they were well received and guided to a lobby where arrangements for tea and snacks had been made. It was conveyed to them that when the Minister visits the wounded soldiers in the ward, only cameramen would be allowed in and subsequently the Minister would talk to the reporters. The reporters were then asked to come down and wait in the lobby on the ground floor where half the fans were either not working or were switched off. The message went around that the Minister was not keen to meet Chandigarh-based newsmen as a team of journalists, including cameramen, was accompanying him from the Union Capital. Afterwards, the reporters were told that when the Minister comes down and signs visitors' book, they could get hold of him and ask him a few questions. After half an hour when the Minister came down, he wrote his comments and answered only a couple of questions when one of the senior officers pulled him away saying that he had an urgent meeting to attend. The Minister then met children of some defence officers and posed for a photograph before leaving the hospital. Newsmen were left high and dry. Not only that some senior officers made pungent remarks about the reporters. The story was no different on Saturday when Mrs Sonia Gandhi visited the same hospital. Newsmen were promised interaction with her at the hospital. After overcoming initial hurdles and obstacles, newsmen entered the hospital complex but were cornered in a park in front of the hospital building as if they were agitators. Ropes and policemen were used to cordon them off. Fortunately for them they had the shade of trees and a little breeze to keep them cool. The hospital authorities were determined not to allow them in. The earlier arrangements of a shamiana and some chairs for the newsmen were cancelled on instructions from high command of the Western Command. Ultimately, when they were allowed to go upto the porch, all they got was half a minute with Mrs Gandhi and then she was not audible to majority of newsmen. Yes, no, may be Three different orders by three different Inspectors-General of Police within a month have raised an important issue as to what is important, the law or the authority interpreting it. Mrs Kiran Bedi felt upset and highly agitated when an employee of The Tribune rang up the police to narrate an incident where two policemen on patrol duty had accepted a bribe from a truck driver. Dr Bedi visited The Tribune and ordered dismissal of both the constables after preliminary evidence was established. But when she left, the charge of the Inspector-General was given to the seniormost Superintendent of Police, Mr Asad Farooqui. He ordered reinstatement of both the constables on the plea that the procedure was not followed. Then came Mr S.K. Singh as Inspector-General of Police on June 1, almost a little more than a fortnight after Mrs Bedi had relinquished charge here. He cancelled the orders of Mr Farooqui and placed both the constables under suspension besides ordering an enquiry into charges against them. This was not an isolated case of its type. A number of other decisions met the same fate during the past one month. Whatever be the explanations, the message that has gone down to the general public is that it is the officer who decides what punishment or interpretation is to be given to any law or rules and regulations. When the law remains unchanged and the offence or the charge remains the same, how come the action taken in a particular case can have three different pronouncements. In the three British Nationals case while a Deputy Superintendent of Police got the punishment — stoppage of four increments — others have gotten away easily. One of the Sub Inspectors, who actually registered the FIR which was subsequently ordered to be quashed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, has been reinstated. His case was pending for departmental action. Tunisia-bound Dr Anmol Rattan Singh Sidhu, a Syndic of Panjab University and Deputy Advocate-General, Punjab, has been invited by Dr Mohammed Sahbi Basly, Ambassador of Tunisia in India, to visit Tunisia from June 17 to 28. Dr Sidhu is the President of the Indo-Tunisia Friendship Association (northern India). He will lead a delegation of three members from the region. He hopes that there will be greater cooperation, especially in the economic and commercial fields, between the two countries as Tunisia has a lot to offer to any big business house to set up joint ventures there. An NGO like ours has a role to play in strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries," Dr Sidhu added. Weather conscious Basic civic services in Chandigarh are highly weather conscious. Water and power supply and drainage of storm water are peculiarly dependent upon weather gods. For example, a storm followed by rain on Saturday morning had nearly one-third of the city growling under prolonged power shutdowns. Residents of several Sectors had to do without power from almost 4 in the morning till late in the afternoon. The worst hit were the residents of Sectors 43 and 44. The situation was no better in many other Sectors where the storm set in motion a series of power trippings and failures. As a result, the water supply was also affected. Once the storm had lashed the city, storm water gulleys and chambers got choked with broken twigs, leaves and other vegetative waste leading to partial failure of the storm water drainage system. In some areas, power supply got disrupted as broken twigs and tree branches get entangled in the power supply lines leading to short circuiting. Even otherwise also, you have power trippings as and when mercury starts soaring. The demand for power increases leading to over stretching of the distribution system. Same thing happens with water supply. Leaning tower After installing poles in residential areas, it appears that the telecom and power supply authorities forget about their maintenance and the state in which these are. An example of this is a pole installed by the telecom authorities in Sector 70 of SAS Nagar, which more or less looks like the famed leaning tower of Pisa. But the pole could prove to be disastrous for residents, particularly children, who often play in the open space adjacent to it, as the pole is touching high tension overhead wires. But what is more disturbing is that despite the residents crying hoarse for removal of the pole, nothing has been done by the authorities so far. Floored! A yoga expert while listing out the benefits of yoga exercises in front of a congregation of women, said to ensure good health the best exercise would be to eat meals while sitting on the floor. A "concerned" young woman in her 30s asked: "Guruji, what about those people who stay on the first floor? Where should they sit, since it is not possible for them to go to the ground floor everytime to have their meals?" Wow! Good health really seems to be catching up fast with the Chandigarh crowd, and that too quite seriously! Their road Those visiting the District Courts are being fleeced by a small group of people manning a paid parking lot in front of the court . Anyone, even if he is visiting the court for a while after parking one's vehicle on roadside may be a victim, not of traffic police officials, but of four or five burly guys manning the parking lot. He will be forced to pay the "parking money" for having used the road, which obviously could not be the area of operation of the contractor or his men. So much so that one may be subjected to abusive language or a good thrashing if he dares to question these people or refuses to pay the money. As a colleague wanted to know why money was being charged by them for use of road one of the guys came out with a strange reply: " We have the contract for road also. Moreover, as the parking lot was too small to accommodate a large number of vehicles, people park their vehicles along the road, thus, causing financial loss to us." Nothing changes In an era when the telephones "on demand" is the claim of the Telecom authorities, the question of time-period required for getting the telephone shifted from one sector to another appears to be irrelevant. But the facts speak a different story. A reader of The Tribune applied for shifting from Sector 44 to 45 — the distance is hardly a kilometre — moreover within the same exchange, and, the advisory note No C148/305 dated 1.6.99 was issued. The JTO was contacted personally. For speedy action, the request on health ground was made to the senior official but no effort has succeeded in getting the phone (662923) shifted. So it hardly matters whether Mr Jagmohan is shifted out of the Ministry of Communications or not but it certainly affects the general public. Dr Vashist Dr Karan Vashist, a reader in the Pharmaceutical Sciences at Panjab University, is the first Indian to have been offered the assignment of Scientific Adviser by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation. Indeed this is an honour to his alma mater, the city and the country. During his assignment Dr Vashist will work at the International Centre for Science and High Technology, Italy and contribute to develop the ICS activities within the subprogramme "Industrial Utilisation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants." Earlier, Dr Vashist was
associated with International Centre for Science and High
Technology on an ICS-UNIDO invited fellowship in 1998.
During this assignment he was entrusted with the
responsibility for creating a network of national and
international databases on medicinal and aromatic plants
at ICS which can be assessed through its website. Apart
from coordinating a number of workshops and training
courses in China, Panama, Italy and Ethiopia he also
delivered lectures, acted as a resource person and
chaired different sessions at these international meets. |
CHANDIGARH, June 13 — Anup Anand and Neha Singh both clinched two titles each in the boys' and girls' sections, respectively, in under-16 and under-18 events of the Total Tennis Tournament which concluded here today at the Lake Club, Sector 6. Anup Anand, who had earlier upset the fancied and top seed Chatwinder Singh, today had to stretch to beat Gursewak in two straight sets, 6-3, 7-5 in the under-18 section. In the under-16 event, Anup was extended to three sets before he could win, 6-3, 4-6 and 6-3. Neha Singh, daughter of tennis coach Baldev Singh, easily defeated her sister in under-16 and under-18 events, 6-1, 6-1 and 6-3, 6-1, respectively. The boys' doubles title in the under-18 section went to Harneet and Aviral who made a short work of Chatwinder and Gursewak, 6-1, 6-3. In the unique parent-child event, the team of Dr Jasjeet and Harneet Ahluwalia had to fight for nearly two hours to beat S.M. Sharma and Kinshuk Sharma, 2-6, 6-1, 6-1. The youngest player of the tournament award was given to Mehak and the best behaviour player award went to Anandya Das Gupta. The most promising players of the tournament award was bagged by Sood brothers of Delhi who took part in the under-10 event. Mr Om Prakash, a social worker of Ramgarh village, who helped in organising this tournament, was honoured. Mr Munish Tiwari, President of the Indian Youth Congress, complimented the organisers for their effort and the players for playing in scorching heat. Later, he distributed prizes to the winners and other prominent persons. A consolation prize was given to Rohan Bhandari who gave versatile perfomance in various national level meets. Results of the matches are as follows: Boys' under-18 — Anup Anand b Gursewak, 6-3, 7-5; under-16 — Anup Anand b Tushar, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; girls' under-18 — Neha singh b Simer, 6-1,6-1; under-16 — Neha Singh b Simer, 6-3, 6-1; parent-child event — Jasjeet and Harneet b S.M. Sharma and Kinshuk, 2-6, 6-1, 6-1; boys' doubles under-18 — Harneet and Aviral b Chatwinder and Gursewak, 6-1, 6-3. Ladies' golf As many as 14 ladies played the monthly medal round of the golf tournament here, in spite of the scorching heat, at the Chandigarh Golf Club. Tanya Grewal, younger sister of India's number one lady golfer Parnita Grewal, played a superb round of two under par. Guneet Rekhi was the runners-up while Gunwant Kaur won the bronze. Gymkhana win The Gymkhana Cricket Club, SAS Nagar, trounced the Sagar Sports XI by a huge margin of 146 runs in a match of the Bathany Cash-prize League-cum-knockout Cricket Tournament played here at the CRPF ground today. Deepinder Singh was the top scorer for the winners as he slammed 96 runs off 62 balls with 16 hits to the fence. The GCC made 258 runs for the loss of six wickets in 25 overs while the SS XI were bundled out for just 112 runs in 19.3 overs. Boxing body Jasbir Singh and Harvinder Singh were unanimously elected the President and Vice-President, respectively, of the newly formed Chandigarh Boxing Player Welfare Association, according to a press note. The new body decided to conduct a prize-money tournament for players. The association will also try to help budding boxers in case they get injured during bouts or training. All members in this body are outstanding boxers. The other office-bearers are: Senior Vice-President — Mr Om Prakash Verma; Vice-Presidents — Mr Sat Pal and Mr Yash Pal Singh; Joint Secretaries — Mr Vikas Bhardwaj and Mr Dalip Singh Negi; Finance Secretary — Mr Kulwinder Singh; Press Secretary — Mr Pardeep Kumar. Twins tennis hopes of India CHANDIGARH, June 13 — Lakshit Sood and Chandril Sood have two things in common. They are twin sons of Mr Sandeep Sood, an HRD consultant based at Delhi, and also tennis players. But they have different aims in the world of tennis. Both had come to the City Beautiful to participate in the under-10 event of the Total Tennis Tournament which concluded here today at the Lake Club. Lakshit stood runners-up after losing to another upcoming youngster Kinshuk Sharma, son of a senior IPS officer, in the final, but Chandril lost in earlier rounds. After winning a match, Lakshit said, "I could have finished earlier but was slow at the net'. He smiles and says, "Yes man, Andre Agassi ko harana hai, aur hum dono ne doubles mein Bhupathi tatha Paes jaisa banana hai." When Chandril was asked the same question, he said "Pete Sampras se bhi bada player banana hai, aur TV main apna match papa ko dikhaoonga." Their father said that both were now eight years and three months old only and he himself used to play tennis at the university level. "So I am their first coach. When they were five-year-olds, I took them to tennis courts and they asked to me buy racquets which I bought for them at Rs 200 each only. They were not satisfied with these and pressed me for getting them good quality racquets. Till last year, they have broken seven Wilson racquets. Nowadays they are playing with Spalding racquets, costing more than Rs 2,000 per piece. They practice at the Dilshad Gardens complex in East Delhi and study in fourth class in DAV School, Srestha Vihar, Delhi. They have received an offer for free education and sports facilities at the famous Modern School, Delhi. "As they are young, I have yet to take a decision on it," Mr Sood said. Regarding their future plans, Mr Sood says that as under-10 and under-12 events are not recognised at the national level, these boys have a disadvantage till they groom themselves into the senior group. That is the reason why they were being exposed to maximum tournaments where they could improve their match temperament and confidence level, said Mr Sood. Chandril said they did
only running, skipping and jumps and no weight training
exercises. Their father said that this was because he
feared that they would remain short heighted due to it.
As these budding players strive hard with proper backing
of their parents, let us hope that India grooms such
players to become champions. |
HUDA has issued a public notice to the house owners in Panchkula to remove all sorts of hedges, fences etc from road berms in front of their houses. This action of HUDA is not justified and has glaring shortcomings, which should be looked into. The fencing is a must for reasons given below. Space outside houses is being made beautiful and kept clean by residents at their own expense. This is no encroachment but a beautification process. Many persons defecate and urinate near compound wall in the absence of any fencing. Fencing provides security from thefts, and from being misused by miscreants. It ensures privacy to residents and avoids gathering of undesirable persons near the houses. It prevents cattle from grazing and defecating. It prevents dumping of garbage. HUDA is maintaining parks by fencing these. It is not possible to maintain any area without proper fencing. This is a basic point which must be understood by all. Fencing does not affect visibility and is not risky. As long as fencing and low walls are 3 to 5 feet away from roads, which allows pedestrians to walk freely, no removal of fencing is desirable from any angle. A number of times digging is carried out to do repair works or lay additional lines in front of houses but fencing does not interfere with any such activity. The fencing erected is along the road in line with electricity pole. In line with electricity poles, no digging has ever been carried out so far as this will uproot electricity poles. The space in front of houses is up to electricity poles. Residents have spent thousands of rupees for erecting fences to maintain space in front of their houses. HUDA wants to demolish fences, sitting in offices, without going into ground realities. Let HUDA take only constructive steps. It should raise pedestrian lanes. At most of the places, fencings have been erected to keep the distance of 3 to 5 feet away from road. Removal of fencing is unwarranted as nobody likes the space in front of his/her house to be dirty. Raja Ripu Daman
Singh Need to discipline police It is a matter of concern that the crime graph of Panchkula is steadily rising. It also shows how callous the police force is. Only some time back another robbery of a jewellery shop in Sector 4 had taken place. The police is clueless about such big crimes being committed in this township. Of late there has been lack of discipline in the police force. This is probably due to the fact that the government itself is not strong and politicians have started dictating terms to them for their own selfish ends. Policemen in Panchkula are seldom law-abiding. I have not seen a single policeman in Panchkula wearing a helmet while driving or pillion-riding a two-wheeler. Some of them drive two-wheelers at night without headlights on. While they are without helmets, they challan people at will. The force came into being to help the people but instead, people are being harassed. The Panchkula police needs an officer like Kiran Bedi, who had instilled a sense of discipline in the police force she commanded. I hope senior officers will take cognizance of this and will take appropriate steps to discipline the force to gain confidence of the residents of this township. T.Bhattacharya
Library disappoints I had a disappointing and frustrating experience at the Sector 34 library. First, it took me almost a week to get the library card. I went there on June 1 and asked at the information counter for some information about books on home gardening. The person over there did not talk to me and sent me upstairs. I went upstairs and asked the woman at the counter about books on home gardening. She sent me to the reference section. There were two women sitting there, enjoying their conversation. I asked them about the books I was looking for. They hinted me towards the bookshelves. After a few minutes, I came back and asked them for help. They hinted me towards the small listing boxes and asked me to look there. After spending five minutes there, I went back and asked them for help again. One of them walked with me. We only found books on indoor plants. we could not find any book on gardening. It is disappointing that in a city like Chandigarh, people cannot get any book on this subject from the local library. On top of it, the staff was rude and unfriendly. I wish the Administration did something about it. Public libraries are for the public and are run with public money. Rakesh Sehgal Prompt action by staff In the backlane of my house in Sector 2, a sewer got choked and backflow was taking place. The manhole cover was also broken. A complaint to this effect was lodged with Mr Shahi, SDE, Sewerage Sub-Division 13, Sector 23, on the morning of June 1 and a telephonic request was made to Mr Manmohan Jit Singh, Superintending Engineer, Public Health, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh. A team of the Municipal Corporation staff, led by Mr Zila Singh, Head Sewer Man, reported after an hour. They attended to the complaint and completed the work by noon. I would like to place on record my appreciation for Mr Zila Singh, Mr Shahi and Mr Manmohan Jit Singh. R.K.Jaswant
Singh Incorrect information Apropos news-article "Parthenium Growth Goes Unchecked" in the Chandigarh Tribune dated May 23, 1999, wherein some facts were stated erroneously. Botanically speaking, this plant is not called 'parthenium hysterocarpus' but 'parthenium hysterophorus Linn', as listed by Linnaeus (1753) in his "species Plantarum" on the basis of collections from Jamaica (West Indies). The reference to parthenium having been brought in India in the sixties from the USA in a wheat consignment, did not reflect facts. Noticed for the first time in India in the early fifties by Professor Paranjape from Pune in 1951, the published report on it came by Rao in 1956 (J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 54:218-220). Some have objected to its introduction with a wheat consignment as India did not begin importing wheat grain from the USA until 1956. It has been reported to exist in India in the 19th century, when it was found in East India company's Botanical Garden at Sibpur, Calcutta. Congress grass is a member of the plant family 'Compositae', which produces single-seed fruits called 'achenes'. The seed wall is closely pressed to the fruit wall and the fruit never bursts to release seeds. Rather, the fruits are dispersed as such. Parthenium is a new biological pollutant, which spreads to the exclusion of native flora and causes human health hazards. The role the media can play to create awareness among the masses about this obnoxious weed is commendable but not acceptable at the cost of conveying false informaation. Rajinder K.
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