Monday, November 22, 1999
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UGC scheme
for teacher education CHANDIGARH, Nov 21 — Little incentives for teachers who want to pursue further education is a major reason why teachers do not add to their knowledge bank after employment. A scheme on these lines is being considered by the University Grants Commission, following a communication from the Ministry of Human Resources Development. Cash incentives and other forms of aid to those lecturers who register for the M.Phil or the Ph. D studies and whose pursuit of research is considered satisfactory by their guides figure prominently on the recommendations list. The draft scheme has been examined in detail by the government. It has also been accepted and sent for implementation by the UGC with slight modifications in the existing provisions. A letter in this regard has been sent by the Ministry of Human Resources Development to the University Grants Commission. The new scheme provides that there will be no limit on the number of teachers who can avail the fellowship under the scheme. The scheme can be extended to the third year, if necessary. Consequently, the contingency grant payable to the scholars will be restricted to Rs 8,000 for the third year. The scheme largely viewed in context of college teachers is also applicable to university teachers. Other existing parameters of the present scheme will not be altered. The letter has been forwarded with a view to modifying teacher fellowships in view of stipulations and is to be placed before the commission for consideration and approval. The scheme will then be implemented in colleges and universities. There is also a proposal to rename the scheme 'Teacher Fellowships for Professional Development'. The total expenditure for implementation of the scheme will be met by the commission from within the existing budgetary allocations. Another UGC circular, sent earlier this year, says it has decided on 'promotional avenues for in-service demonstrators and tutors'. The existing incumbents appointed prior to 1974 may not be required to clear the eligibility test conducted by the UGC. The demonstrators and tutors who are appointed lecturers can be considered for placement in the senior or the selection grade after they have had stipulated years of service and fulfilled other conditions. The revised pay scale of
Rs 8,000-13,500 may be provided with effect from January
1, 1996, to those demonstrators and tutor who are drawing
the salary according to the pay-scale of Rs 2,200-4,000.
The order says that posts vacated by demonstrators and
tutors may not be filled and new posts in these
categories should not be created. |
96,000
city kids get drops in 2nd phase CHANDIGARH, Nov 21 — As many as 96,000 children up to five years of age were administered oral polio drops in the city on the first day of the second round of the four-phased Intensified Pulse Polio Eradication Programme today. Besides, nearly 5,000 children above five years of age were administered polio drops at various booths. A total of 325 booths were set up in the city by the UT Health Department and the Chandigarh Administration for giving the drops. Twenty mobile vans were also pressed into service for reaching out to people. The mobile and miscellaneous booths on the barriers covered 3,552 children under the age of 5. The city has a target of immunising 1.3 lakh children under the age of five against polio. According to Dr M.P. Minocha, Director, Family Welfare and coordinator of the pulse polio drive, the response this time has been better than the last round when nearly 91,000 children had been given the drops. Once again the response in rural areas like the slums and colonies was better than urban areas, as nearly one-third of the population resides there. The programme which started at 8 am evoked a poor response in the morning due to cold but picked up later in the afternoon. Dr Minocha has appealed to all those people left out to get their children vaccinated at any of the government hospitals or dispensaries within the next two days. Meanwhile, health workers would be visiting various households as part of the house-to-house immunisation programme during the next two days to ensure that all children who could not come to the booths today are also given these drops. Dr Minocha pointed out that India still has more than 1,000 cases of paralytic polio, which constitutes 1/4th of all world cases of polio. Hence, polio can only be eradicated by giving a repeated dose of potent oral polio vaccine to the children under five years of age. The camps saw the active participation of a number of interns, medical students, nursing students, nurses, anganwadi workers and helpers. Non-government organisations also played a major role in contacting people for administering these drops. The International Association of the Lions Club in collaboration with the State Bank of India, NRI branch, and Health Department, set up 85 booths in various parts of the city and administered polio drops to 42,135 children. More than 3,000 children were given these drops at three camps set up at Colony No. 5. Members of Lions Club and Leo Club were instrumental in setting up these camps at Maloya, Badheri, Butrela, Dadu Majra, hallo majra, Behlana, Karsan, Colony Nos. 4, 5 and 31 and Burail village. The State Bank of india and its seven local branches also organised free medical check-up camps, where children below five years of age were examined and given medicines. Around 100 children were examined at another free health check-up camp organised by the Industrial Finance Branch of State bank Of India in Sector 22. About 6,000 children were administered these drops at 23 centres in Sectors 38, 39 and 40, Peer Colony, Lal Bahadur Shastri Colony, Mohali barrier and Palsora village by the Citizens Awareness Group in collaboration with the Family Welfare Bureau of the Administration. Dr V.K Kak, Director, Principal, Government Medical College, Sector 32 visited Colony No. 4, Bapu Dham, Kishangarh, Mani Majra area, Darua and Faidan and gave polio drops to the children. A health check-up camp was also organised by the Department of Community Medicine, GMCH-32, in collaboration with the State Bank of India. More than 150 children were checked and given medicines. Polio immunisation programme was also carried out by 127 Bn. CRPF personnel under the supervision of RD Jeany Anal, Assistant Commandant in association with Lions Clubs, Rotary Clubs where 7,515 children were given polio drops. Nearly 2,000 children were given these drops at the three pulse polio camps at Sector 31 colony and Tribune chowk organised by the Lions Club Rose and Leo Club Rose. The dates for the next two cycles are December 19 and January 23. PANCHKULA In the second cycle of the four-phased intensified pulse polio immunisation programme, over 53,271 children were administered polio vaccine in rural and urban areas. In the next two days, the district will witness a door-to-door immunisation campaign, in which workers from the health department will administer the vaccine to the remaining children who could not make it to the booths today. A total of 298 posts (251 rural and 47 urban), with four persons on one post, were made available for the purpose. A team of 82 doctors,
425 health workers, 596 teachers, 222 Anganwari workers
and 250 representatives from non-government organisations
and schools in the district participated in the drive. |
Thousands
of kids get polio drops SAS NAGAR, Nov 21 — In the second phase of the Pulse Polio Immunisation Drive, about 10,000 children below the age of five were given the polio drops in the town today.At the 33 posts set up by the local civil hospital, 8,170 children were immunised. The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the civil hospital, Mr Tirath Goel, said the maximum number of children — about 2,000 — were given the polio drops at a post in Phase XI here. Two mobile posts were set up in Industrial Area and in front of Verka Milk Plant in Phase VI here. In the first phase of the drive on October 24, 7,120 children were immunised. At the five posts manned by the government dispensary in Phase VII here, 954 children were given the polio drops. The head of the dispensary, Dr Rajbir Singh Kang, said a target of immunising 1,025 children had been set up. The remaining children would be covered under the door-to-door survey. About 140 children were immunised at the government dispensary in Phase 3B2 here. Besides, the Ranbaxy Community Healthcare Society immunised at least 2,084 children at four posts set up in and around the town. Dr Upma Sharma, Medical Officer of the society, said posts were set up at Mohali village, Chandigarh-SAS Nagar barrier and Peer Colony. A post was also set up at Palsora village in Chandigarh. DERA BASSI As many as 23,560 children upto the age of five were given the polio vaccine in the second phase of Intensive Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme in Dera Bassi subdivision today. Children of rural and urban areas, slums, besises of persons working in industries and brick kilns were given polio drops. Besides the health workers, hundreds of volunteers of social organisations were deployed at 90 booths in the village and eight booths in Dera Bassi in the campaign. To cover the slums, industries and brick kilns, the department used four vans. In the first round, 23,041 children were vaccinated. This included 6,602 children pickee up from high-risk areas, 1,214 from brick kilns and industries, 2,080 from the urban areas and 13,145 from the rural areas. KHARAR According to Dr S.S.
Dhanoa, SMO, Civil Hospital, and Mr Ashoke Sharma,
President, Rotary Club, nine pulse polio camps were
established in Kharar town and 3,438 doses of vaccine
were administered to children. They said that special
camps were held at the bus stand for the facility of
travelling population. |
Microbiologists’
conference ends CHANDIGARH, Nov 21 — The 23rd national conference of the Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists, being held at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research here, concluded today. The significant event on the concluding day of the conference was a symposium on 'Vaccine: The Indian Perspective'. Experts participated and presented their research experiences in their respective fields. Dr S.N. Saxena, a former director of the Central Research Institute, Kasauli, who moderated the symposium, in his introductory remarks mentioned the genesis of the Expanded Programme of Immunisation (EPI) proposed by the World Health Organisation and subsequently implemented by India. He said though incidence of diseases covered by the EPI — tuberculosis, tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough, polio and measles — had come down considerably, the coverage of the population vaccinated remained less than optimal. In this regard, he mentioned the global eradication of smallpox, where vaccination had played a significant role. Dr V.M. Katoch from Agra deliberated on vaccines and their role in prevention and treatment of tuberculosis and leprosy. He said though many types of vaccines had been tried for the prevention of tuberculosis, the ideal vaccine was yet to come. The efficacy of BCG, found highly effective in the rest of the world, had not been found to be very efficacious in Indian adults, he added. He said BCG should continue to be a part of the routine immunisation for its role in preventing tuberculosis of meningitic, disseminated and glandular varieties, particularly in children, till better alternatives were available. Dr Pradeep Sethi from AIIMS, New Delhi, discussed the progress towards development of a vaccine for AIDS. He reiterated that there were many types and subtypes of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus which caused AIDS. He added that the type that caused the disease in the USA was different from the one in India. It was imperative to understand that the vaccines being tried in the West would not be useful in India where initiative had to be taken in formulating vaccines targeted towards the types prevalent here, he added. He presented his research work towards understanding the basis of vaccine formulation in the Indian context. Dr Jacob John from Christian Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, delivered a presentation on the efficacy and drawbacks of the routine immunisation and pulse immunisation in India. He said the recommendations of the West for the immunisation schedule in polio might not be suitable for a country like India, where the polio virus showed higher transmissibility as compared to the West. Considering the low
coverage of the EPI and properties of virus transmission
dynamics and susceptibility of the population, pulse
polio drive was the only solution at present, he said. It
could be successful in bringing down the incidence of the
disease completely only if the number of pulses was four
or more per year and the coverage exceeded 65 per cent of
the susceptible population. His analysis and
recommendations for pulse polio immunisation coincided
with the day of the second phase of the pulse polio
vaccination. |
Saoji
award for Dr Bawa CHANDIGARH, Nov 21 — Dr Malkit Singh Bawa of the Department of Medical Microbiology, has won the Dr S.R. Sen Gupta Saoji award for presenting a research paper,"Possible role of eneteric bacterial antigens in the pathogenesis of reactive arthritis and riter's syndrome'' at the ongoing 23rd national congress of the Indian Association of Medical Microbilogists at the PGI here today. Dr Bawa was among the 10
microbiologists who presented their papers. The award
will be presented to Dr Bawa during the next congress of
the association to be held in Belgaon in Karnataka next
year. |
PESCO to
launch industrial unit CHANDIGARH, Nov 21 — The Punjab Ex-servicemen Corporation (PESCO) is launching a small-scale industrial unit at Dera Bassi, near here, to manufacture uniform accessories for the armed forces as well as security forces. The PESCO Chairman, Major-Gen U.S. Sidhu (retd), said that the unit is expected to be functional within two months. About Rs 10 lakh had already been invested to establish the unit and it would employ 25 persons. Most of the manufacturing process would be semi-automatic, hence doing away with the need for a large workforce. The initial output would be 5,000 pairs of shoes and 500 snow goggles as well as some spares for vehicles. Belts, gloves and some rubber items would also be produced later, when the capability of the factory is diversified. Some civil organisations like thermal plants, mills and public sector undertakings would also be included in its client list for providing uniform items. The Chairman said that PESCO would also provide security of all C-DOT telephone exchanges situated in Punjab and Chandigarh. The contract for the same had been finalised. He said that there were
about 40 C-DOT exchanges in the state which would require
PESCO to recruit about 1,200 ex-servicemen for providing
the service. Where required, guards would be authosied to
carry weapons and would be given the powers of special
police officer (SPO). |
PUNWIRE MD
leaves factory SAS NAGAR, Nov 21 — The Managing Director of Punjab Wireless Systems Limited, Mr Gurpal Singh, was allowed to leave the premises of the factory in the wee hours this morning after the local administration officials helped the management and the employees' union to reach a compromise. Under the formula, a meeting of the Managing Director and the Executive Director of the company and leaders of the Punjab Wireless Systems Employees Union will be held with the Chairman of PUNWIRE, Mr Ramesh Inder Singh, tomorrow. The Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Mr O.P. Popli, who mediated between the employees and the management, said an assurance had been given by the Managing Director that an arrangement would be made to pay pending salaries of the employees at the earliest. The administration
officials were able to convince agitating employees by
3.25 am, after which the Managing Director was allowed to
leave the place. Earlier, efforts by the officials to
trace the Executive Director of the company failed. |
Agitation
enters 18th day SAS NAGAR, Nov 21 — The Godrej-GE Employees Union has claimed the support of employees unions of JCT, SCL, ESPL, Punwire and Jai Parabolic for its ongoing agitation which entered its 18th day yesterday. Mr Harish Sharma, President of the Godrej-GE Employees Union, said in spite of 83 members of the union being either terminated or suspended from work, it was ready to find a peaceful solution to the problem. He said a recent meeting of the union leaders with the management and officials of the State Labour Department had failed to solve the matter. Meanwhile, the JCT
Electronics Employees Union in a representation to the
State Minister of Local Government, Mr Balramji Dass
Tandon, has urged him to find a solution to the ongoing
agitation by employees at the local unit of Godrej. The
Vice-President of the union, Mr Jaswinder Singh Jassa,
said a copy of the representation had been given to the
Labour Commissioner, Punjab, Mr S.S. Channi. |
Stir for
suspension of Mandi Board Secretary CHANDIGARH, Nov 21 — The striking members of the local Sector 26 Sabzi Mandi Aarti Association have demanded suspension of the Secretary of the Mandi Board for "misbehaving" with a trader and his family in the Sector 26 vegetable market yesterday. In a press release issued here today, Mr Om Parkash Chawla, President of the association, said last evening Mr D.S. Buleria, Secretary of the Mandi Board, entered the premises of Bhagwati Potato Company along with a team of police officials and misbehaved with the family of the trader. He said the team, led by Mr Buleria, forcibly broke open a safe at the ground floor and took possession of books of another firm located in the same premises without giving proper receipt for that. According to Mr Chawla, later the Secretary even refused to see a delegation of the association when it went to have a dialogue with him on the issue, thus forcing the members to sit on a 'dharna'. It was only after that the police registered a DDR against the officer. He urged the Chairman Agricultural Marketing Board to personally look into the matter. In a charter of demands, the association said a probe should be conducted into the whole incident and elections to the market committee should be ordered immediately so that bureaucratic hassles should be reduced. The association demanded that a permanent secretary of the market committee should be appointed. The condition of the roads, shelters, sewerage drinking water in the market should be improved immediately. The association also alleged that fees collected from trader community were being used for renovation of the offices of Deputy Commissioner and other senior officers which should be stopped. Meanwhile, the vegetable
market wore a deserted look for the second day today as
trade remained suspended in the market. The workers and
traders were seen playing cards and sitting idle in the
absence of any activity in the market. |
Tree
chopped off CHANDIGARH, Nov 21 — A fully grown pipal tree was partially chopped off by a coal depot owner in Sector 29-C here this afternoon. The axing of the tree started at around 12 noon and lasted for three hours. Almost half of the tree ended up in the custody of the coal depot owner, sources said. When this correspondent visited the site, it was found that logs of wood cut from the tree were lying on the premises of Saraswati Coal Depot and a bundle of branches were scattered on the road behind the sector market. While the owner of depot
was not available for comment, a worker confirmed that
the cutting of the tree was ordered by the former and the
tree was cut off as the owner wanted to raise the
boundary wall of the depot.
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Talent
search contest held CHANDIGARH, Nov 21 — The Parent Teacher Association of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, yesterday organised an open talent search competition on the school premises. Events like on-the-spot painting contest, cartoon making, flower arrangement, rangoli, pot making, kite making, mehndi application, paint your face, electrical gadgets and slogan writing competitions were organised. The prizes were given by Mr Bal Ram Aggarwal, President of the PTA. Neem plantation: The nature club of Government High School, Sector 7, in collaboration with the Children's Alliance for Protection of the Environment (CAPE) on Saturday organised a neem plantation function on the school campus. As many as 24 saplings were planted by school children. Mrs Urmil Dogra, Principal of the school, said that each of these plants would be looked after by the students themselves. Function: The annual prize distribution function and the election of the new Parent Teacher Association (PTA) for the year 1999-2000 were held on Saturday at Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 27. Mr Brahmjit Kalia, District Education Officer, UT, was the chief guest. The following are the elected members: President — Mr Raghubir Singh Kharola; Vice-President — Mr Masat Ram; and Auditor — Mr Gian Chand. National Book Week: The National Book Week celebration was organised at the State Library, Sector 34, on Saturday. Twenty teams from classes IX and X from different schools participated in the contests. Reference hunting contest: Abhay Deepak, GMSSS, Sector 35 (1); Himanshu Abhimanyu, St John's High School, Sector 26 (2); and Parag Kirti, DAV Public School, Sector 8 (3). General knowledge quiz: Parvesh Arjun Pratap, St John's High School, Sector 26 (1); Vidhi Mirnal, Sacred Heart, Sector 26; Vijay Amandeep, DAV Public, Sector 8 (2); and Prabhdeep Singh and Harsimranjit Singh, GMSSS, Sector 35 (3). Prize distribution will
be held in January, 2000, and the exhibition on books
will remain open up to November 23. |
'Jai
Vigyan' award for DAV school CHANDIGARH, Nov 21 — The ''Jai Vigyan'' award for overall performance at the first inter-state (North India) science exhibition was won by DAV Public School, Sector 8, for bagging the maximum number of prizes in contests here yesterday. C.L. Aggarwal DAV Model School, Sector 7, won the first prize in the juniors section of the modelling contest. DAV Public School, Sector 8, and St Johns High School were second and third, respectively. Chaman Lal DAV Senior Secondary School, Panchkula, won the event in the category of classes VI to VIII. DAV Public School, Sector 8, and Government High School, Sector 40, were second and third, respectively. The winners in the category of the classes IX and X were DAV Public School, the GMSSS, Sector 23, the GHS, Sector 40, and DAV Public School, Nabha. Moti Ram Arya Senior Secondary School, Sector 27, bagged the first position in the classes XI and XII category. The second place was shared by DAV Public School, Ropar, and DAV Senior Secondary School. The third position went to DAV Public School, Amritsar, and the GMSSS, Sector 23. Nursery school function CHANDIGARH, Nov 21 — Tiny tots of Vivek Nursery and Preparatory School, Sector 9, gave song and dance performances at a function in the school, a press release said here today. Nursery children sang, while the KG kids performed "the Ugly Duckling " much to the delight of the audience. Ali Baba , an hour- long play, was the highlight of the show. Sakshi as 'marzeena',
Vishaksha Chouhary as 'begum' ,Saksham Walia as ' kasim'
and Harjot Singh as ' gabbar, were among the impressive
cast.Costumes and about sixty ballet dancers captivated
the audience. |
Many
schools take part in contests CHANDIGARH, Nov 21 — On the third day of a cultural programme, ''Utsav'', being organised by the Students Welfare Association of the Tagore Niketan College for Girls, Sector 27, on November 20, different schools participated in the folk dance and fancy dress competitions. Mr Bhaskar Chatterji, Commissioner and Secretary, Election Department, Haryana, was the chief guest of the day. The results of various competitions held on Saturday are as follow: Folk dance: winning trophy — Shishu Niketan School, Sector 22, and running trophy — DAV Public School, Sector 15 Fancy dress: Aradhana of Shishu Niketan School (Sector 22) 1, Priyanka of Shishu Niketan School (Sector 22) 2, and Babita of the GSSS (Sector 27) 3. The running trophy went to Shishu Niketan School, Sector 22. The results of the competitions held on November 19 are as follow: Solo singing: Isha of the GMSSS (Sector 10) 1, Ritu of Sharda Sarvhitkari School (Sector 40) 2 and Rupinder of Shishu Niketan (Sector 22) and Vasudha of the MRA Senior Secondary School (Sector 27) 3. Megha of Army Public School, Chandi Mandir got the consolation prize, while the running trophy went to Sharda of Sarvhitkari, Sector 40. Group song: winning trophy — Shishu Niketan School, Sector 22, and running trophy — Sharda Sarvhitkari, Sector 40. Mono acting and mime: Aradhana of Shishu Niketan (Sector 22) 1, Rukmani of Army Public School. (Chandi Mandir) 2 and Parmeet and Deepika of Mount Carmel School (Sector 46) 3. The running trophy was won by Sishu Niketan School, Sector 22. Poem recitation: Sunaina
of Shishu Niketan (Sector 22) 1, Sunedha of Sishu Niketan
and Manpreet of Sarvhitkari (Sector 15) 2 and Sunigdha of
the GMSS (Sector 10) and Shivani of Mount Carmel (Sector
46) 3. |
Bhavan
Vidyalaya kids enthral PANCHKULA, Nov 21 — It was an evening of jubilation for students and staff members of Bhavan Vidyalaya in Sector15, who celebrated their annual school day at Yavanika. Over 650 children from the school participated in the programme titled, 'Jhilmil. Mr R.P. Chander, Director, Primary Education, Haryana, was the chief guest. The show started with a welcome song by tiny tots of nursery. A prize distribution ceremony to recognise the meritorious students, was held shortly thereafter. Melodious songs on universal harmony and brotherhood by children of K G brightened the mood of the spectators who were present in large numbers. A unique colourful display to express solidarity towards soldiers and teachers and to re-enforce the concept of dignity of labour was demonstrated. Students of Class I put up a spectacular display of yoga, aerobics and skating. A well-choreographed and synchronised classical dance performance by the children earned appreciation from the audience. The transitory character of life and changing values of society were well presented through a skit titled ,"Bhag daud", by students of Class III. 'The circus', which rounded off the show, evoked laughter. The Principal, Ms Shashi
Banerjee, read the annual report of the school. The chief
guest distributed prizes to the students and lauded the
team work behind the success of the show. |
Medical
camp held at gurdwara PANCHKULA, Nov 21 — Over 200 patients were examined at a camp held in Gurdwara Guru Singh, Sector 7, here yesterday. Doctors from City Hospital, Chandigarh, examined the patients for problems of heart, hypertension and blood sugar at the camp organised by the Care Health Society of Chandigarh. Dr Varinder Sarwal, cardio-surgeon, said that there was lack of awareness among the people about health. He said it was essential to treat ailments, especially those related to the heart to reduce the possibility of attacks. The director of the projects of the society, Dr R.P. Singh, said that most of the cardio-related diseases could be curtailed with adequate nutrition and good environment. Accutrend-GCT, a sophisticated digitally monitored medical instrument, which reads a persons cholesterol and blood sugar levels within less than three minutes, was displayed at the camp. More than 100 persons
got their ECG done. Medicines were also given to the
patients free of cost. |
250
examined at club camp CHANDIGARH, Nov 21 — The Lions Club, Rose, organised an eye operation-cum-check-up camp at Gurdwara Sant Baba Bhagwan Dass, Maloya, in collaboration with the district Blindness Control Society here yesterday. More than 250 patients were checked and 25 operations performed. Dr R.K. Rana and Dr Sunita Kaushal and their team examined the patients. Medicines were distributed free of cost among the needy patients. The President of the
club, Mrs Baljit Modi, said the club would organise camps
of a similar nature at Hallo Majra and Daruya villages
soon. Healthy baby contest held PANCHKULA, Nov 21 — The Family Planning Association of India, Panchkula branch, organised a healthy baby contest at a clinic in Sector 4 here. Sixtynine children from adjoining villages and slums participated in the contest. The children were
divided into three categories on the basis of their age
and were judged on the basis of general appearance,
hygiene, nutrition and immunisation status. |
SNIPPETS Seminar on Left movement CHANDIGARH, Nov 21 — "The Left parties have failed to convert their economic struggle into a political fight, leading to alienation at the mass level, and is a greater setback to these in the electoral arena". Stating this at a seminar on "Left movement in India — challenges and prospects" at the Sector 16 Punjab Kala Bhavan. Mr Dipankar Bhattacharya, General Secretary of the CPI (ML), said the Left Front had mainly failed owing to different identities of its political outfits and its inability to combine its economic and political fight. The result of lack of foresightedness was visible in the shape of poor performance in the recent poll except in West Bengal, Kerala and Tripura. ''If they have got four seats in other states that too was the result of unprincipled alliances," said Mr Bhattacharya. He said whatever position or identity had been attained by the left it was the result of a long struggle and not that of any front or policy. He said fronts should be formed but these could be successful only if the left was strengthened first. He said though ideological differences were there in all left parties, unity was the need of the hour, for which a confederation could be formed. Expressing his opinion on the performance of the West Bengal Government, he said though it had done a lot of good jobs for people, it had become a liablity for the Left movement now. Mr Jagjit Singh Layalpuri and Mr Chander Shekhar also spoke. Mushroom programme CHANDIGARH, Nov 21 — A week-long training programme in mushroom cultivation will start from November 24 at the Centre for Vocational Studies in Panjab University(Botany Department). The training programme of the DST has chosen 30 students for this.The board includes Mr Kehar Singh, Prof K.K.Dhir, Prof S.P.Vij and Prof S.C.Kaushal. 300 attend utsav CHANDIGARH, Nov 21 — As many as 300 Bhawalpuri migrants from Patiala, Rajpura, Chandigarh and the surrounding areas converged on the banks of the Ghaggar river near the bridge in Panchkula to celebrate the "Ghaggar utsav" today. The utsav was organised by the Bahawalpur Welfare Association in collaboration with the Federation of Migrant Groups from north-western India (now in Pakistan) to make the river pollution-free. They expressed their respect to the Ghaggar river for providing water to the Bahawalpur state. A havan was performed for the pollution-free river by the organisers on this occasion. In his address Prof D.R. Sharma, Head of the Sanskrit Department, Panjab University, traced the history of the river and the civilisation came up along the river. He called upon the Bahawalpuris to fight the pollution threat to the river. A culture programme in the Bahawalpuri language was also held before the utsav ended with a langar. Nagar kirtan procession SAS NAGAR, Nov 21 —
A nagar kirtan procession will be organised here tomorrow
in connection with the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak
Dev. Mr Ishar Singh Lang, President of the local Gurdwara
Coordination Committee, said the procession would start
from Gurdwara Gobindsar in Phase I and terminate at
Gurdwara Singh Sabha in Phase XI. |
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