Sunday, October 24, 1999
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Phase I of
polio drive today CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — The first phase of the four-phased Intensified Pulse-Polio Immunisation 1999-2000 begins tomorrow in the city as part of a nationwide drive to eradicate polio till 2001. With poliomyelitis having been eradicated in most parts of the world today, the virus is now limited to South Asian subcontinent, Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of the middle east. Since transmission is primary — person to person via faeco-oral route and man is the only reservoir — it can remain outside the gut for only 48 hours in tropical climate. Hence, it is easier for countries like ours to eliminate this disease by replacing wild virus with vaccine virus. The drive in the city is targeted at children in the age-group of zero to five at 324 centres of the city where polio drops will be administered to children. About 20 mobile vans have also been provided for this purpose. According to Dr M.S. Minocha, Director of Family Welfare and the Coordinator of the Pulse Polio Drive, the eradication of the virus is possible only if all children are covered under a sudden and simultaneous mass administration of the potent vaccine. Experts also say that our children are safe from diseases like polio, measles, mumps, diphtheria, tetanus, rubella, chicken pox, hepatitis and meningitis, only because we are able to immunise them. According to them, allowing a child to miss being immunised is not an acceptable behaviour, since the safety of children is at stake. Dr Minocha also said, "It is amazing that some of the urban parents think that their children are safe from a disease like polio. They do not realise that the servant working in their house could pass on the disease to their child." In the city, as per past year's reports, only about 89 per cent of the urban population had got their children immunised compared to 92 per cent of the rural population. Studies indicate that most common causes for not getting children immunised have been the non-availability of parents to take the children to polio posts, lack of motivation on part of parents, the child being too small or sick and the fear of vaccination. Dr Minocha said, "To overcome these shortcomings and to reach the target of polio eradication within the given time frame, it is essential to accelerate this drive, for which, we have added additional phases. We will also implement house-to-house administration of this vaccine." This four-phased drive in the city will be held on October 24, November 21, December 19 and January 23. SAS NAGAR The state health authorities have set a target of immunizing at least 15,000 children up to the age of five in the first cycle of the Pulse Polio Immunization Programme in the township on Sunday. The coordinator of theprogramme in the township, Dr I.J.S.Bhatia, said 38 posts had been set up in and around the township to cover the area intensively. Of the total 38 posts, 33 posts would be manned by staff and volunteers from the Civil Hospital in Phase 6 here. The remaining posts will be manned by staff from Phase 3-B 2 dispensary. At least two mobile posts would be stationed in Industrial Area to cater to the migratory population and in front of the Verka milk plant in Phase 6 here. The second, third and fourth cycle of the immunization drive will be carried on November 21, December 19 and January 23 next year. To assist the staff with mobile posts, at least 20 personnel of the CRPF had been trained. In all, a total staff of 200 personnel, including doctors, would be on duty. Besides, the Ranbaxy Community Health Care Society would set up two posts — one each at Phase 6 barrier and Mohali village. Meanwhile,on the eve of
the nationwide pulse polio drive, the Rotary Club and the
health department organised a rally, here on Sunday at
Dera Bassi. Students from different schools participated
in the rally with banners and placards to motivate the
rural population. |
4-hour
power cuts since Thursday PANCHKULA, Oct 23 — Following power cuts imposed by the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN), residents of this township, Mansa Devi and Old Panchkula are facing erratic supplies of electricity and water in the township, leading to dissatisfaction among residents of the area. The HVPN has imposed a four-hour power cut in the township since Thursday. The cut is split between the early hours of the morning and in the evenings. The power cuts have also resulted in insufficient water supply as it is dependent on tubewells. Power cuts in Sectors 15, 16, 10 and 9 would be from 5 am to 5.30 am, 6 am to 6.30 am and 8 am to10 am. There will be another power cut in the evenings from 6 pm to 6.30 pm and from 8 pm to 8.30 pm. As a result, the residents are an inconvenieiced lot. Dr Sushila Takulia of Sector 16 says these cuts are affecting the water supply in the sectors. "There was virtually no water in the morning hours which jeopardised almost all work," she added. Booster pumps to lift water from the ground floor to the upper storeys have been rendered non-functional. Insufficient water supply along with power cuts was also experienced in Sectors 12, 11 and 4 and Old Panchkula. Mr U. S Sharma of Sector 11, said there is chaos in the market place without electricity. "There would be not much business left for the traders in the markets if this problem persists," he said. Some of the establishments use locally manufactured generators which create an additional problem of noise pollution. A resident of Mansa Devi said that power cuts also result in a total blackout as streetlights are also off. The powers cuts usually occur between 6 pm and 8 pm which is the busiest time in the township as office goers, businessmen and daily commuters are returning home. The scheduled blackout not only creates a fear of accidents on the roads, but also gives an invitation to eve teasers or chain snatchers, Ms Sheena Singh opined . Sources in the power sector say that the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), acting on directions of the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), has imposed these cuts in the state. They said that Haryana perpetually overdrew power from the Northern Power Grid connecting the region and the crisis is the outcome of the overdrawals. The supply to Panchkula comes from Ropar district. The President of the
Citizens Welfare Association, Panchkula, Mr S.K. Nayyar,
said these cuts are unwarranted as it is a violation of
the Reorganisation of States Act, 1966, that allows
Panchkula and S.A.S. Nagar to enjoy status equal to
Chandigarh with respect of electricity, water, telephones
and other essential services. |
Strike
affects supply to periphery ZIRAKPUR, Oct 23 —The nationwide strike by transporters has affected the supply of commodities to the city's periphery. Several leading manufacturing companies which have godowns on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway have no way to send out their goods, resulting in delay and losses. It is from these godowns that goods are forwarded to areas in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. The demand for Chandigarh is being met by supplying the material on horse-drawn carts. Leading electronics and consumer durable goods manufacturers and paint, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and automobile companies have godowns in the area. Crores of goods have been stocked in the warehouses. Some companies have a truck or two of their own but that is not enough as the supply is much more. In some cases, supply of life-saving drugs stocked in these godowns has been hindered. A chemist in Chandigarh says medicine suppliers in Punjab have been on the alert to avert a crisis. Residents in the area complain of high prices of various commodities. Mr Ashwin Rana says he is facing difficulty in getting construction material. "I have to arrange the tractor-trolley to get sand and steel and they are charging as per their wishes," he says. This has also brought about a mini-boom for tractor-trolley and cart owners, who are charging almost double the market price. A stone crusher manager in Zirakpur says the strike has affected business. Customers hesitate in purchasing 'bajri' to avoid any problem from the striking transporters. He further says a few trucks at their disposal have not solved the problem. The Chandigarh-Ambala road, that is normally crowded with trucks, loading or unloading material at godowns, is relatively vacant. Mr Gaurav Singla, a cement dealer in Zirakpur, claims to have made his own 'special' arrangements for the regular supply from Rajasthan. "Due to fall in supply, my business has yet to see any decline. We are also selling cement at higher price," he adds. SAS NAGAR On the third day of the nation-wide strike by transporters against the hike in diesel prices, trucks operated by local unions remained off the road on Saturday and truck drivers could be seen sitting idle in the office of the truck operators union. Local entrepreneurs said they would prefer to watch for a few more days to see the outcome of the strike before they planned to dispatch their goods to different destinations across the country. Meanwhile, the supply of
essential commodities in the township has remained normal
so far.
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Lapses in
college letters to UGC CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — Delay in the University Grants Commission correspondence with colleges on account of non-submission of relevant documents has led to a poor maintenance of official records. The UGC has woken up to update official records and asked colleges under the Northern Regional Office to supply necessary information at the earliest. An official letter dated October 18, said that "many a time, the colleges have been contacted on telephone by the UGC office to secure requisite documents and information. However, in a number of cases ,the efforts made by the office did not bear any fruit. One of the reasons was that contact addresses and numbers given to the UGC office were incorrect." Dr Ravindra Kumar, Deputy Secretary and in charge in the UGC, has said that while a fairly good amount of success has been achieved, a lot is yet to be done so as to serve " as a model for the institutions working in the field of higher education in northern zone". The UGC has directed the colleges that the letter head should carry the complete postal address of the college with the pin code number, name of the district and the state.The name of the affiliated university should also be indicated on the letter. All communications issued by the college should "invariably" mention the UGC's file number concerned for enabling the office to corelate with the previous correspondence, the directions read. The correspondence with the commission is expected to show designation of the concerned officer. Lapses on this account posed several problems for the zonal office which has bundles to clear. It makes identification of a singular document difficult. The correspondence with the commission expects tagging of relevant documents. The correspondence with regard to the schemes and programmes being implemented have to be sent to the bureau concerned. The commission has pointed out lapses on part of rules and regulations which were ignored by colleges. The commission expects maintenance of records of the subject under study. Particular care is expected in case of papers pertaining to financial assistance. Dr Ravindra Kumar has also pointed out that certain colleges were engaging unqualified engineers and architects in their building committee projects of the commission."This has led to poor quality of design and construction.This is in violations of the UGC norms", sources said. "Any violation of
the norms will be viewed seriously and such projects face
cancellation of the financial assistance," sources
said. |
Clerk
suspended for siphoning off crores PANCHKULA, Oct 23 — A clerk working in the local Estate Office of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has been suspended for allegedly siphoning off crores of rupees while working against the interests of the department in connivance with outsiders. There were reported allegations against him for possessing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income. He is also known to to have a few ''benami'' properties in his name. The suspended clerk , Pritam Sharma, used to allegedly undervalue land deals during auctions of commercial sites in the township. For this, he used to accept favours in cash, sources in HUDA said today. Highly placed sources reveal that the main reason for his suspension was a case in which an allottee of a commercial site for a cold storage depot had changed the land use in contravention of the building bylaws. Sources maintain that Mr Pritam Sharma, who was handling the case, tried to save the allottee by concealing facts. A departmental inquiry to probe the allegations has been ordered. Investigations of the HUDA authorities revealed that almost 2-year-old files have been recovered from his house. He had been allegedly ''sitting over '' files for long. Senior HUDA officials
were not available for comments. |
Mother
grieves for dead pup CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — The motorist who crushed a month-and-a-half old pup was obviouisly not aware of the hurt he had caused to its mother, a light brown stray bitch. Soon after the accident which was hardly noticed by anyone, residents of Sector 32 witnessed the mongrel bitch going around with a sense of grief over her face. It was clasping the dead pup in its mouth, perhaps thinking that some super-power might put life in the pup. The grieving mother kept on mourning for two days till the little carcass started emitting foul smell and became difficult for her to carry anymore. Even after two days since the incident occured, it kept weeping and howling, sitting in one or the other secluded corner of the sector market, where it has been putting up for some years. The condition of the bitch indicated that it had not eaten anything. Rather it kept placing the dead pup gently on the ground, only to pick it up again to resume her aimless wandering, arousing a sense of pity and compassion among people around. "It had been left with only this pup as three other beautiful pups it had, were taken away by persons for keeping these as pets in their homes. Now her child that was left too has gone after some vehicle hit it. She has not eaten anything in the past two days," said Manmohan, a servant at a dhaba, who used to feed her occasionally. When The Tribune photographer Pankaj Sharma made an effort to capture the tragic scene in his camera, the bitch shied away and tried to hide herself beneath a stationary car in the parking lot. She even began barking in a shrieking tone, candidly expressing her repressed feelings in a loud voice after turning her face the other way. Though a large number of
curious onlookers were drawn to the unfortunate canine
mother, none of them could interfere and it was left
alone amid the crowd. "We have been feeding her for
long, but we could not touch her as she did not allow
anyone to approach her. She growled at anyone making an
attempt to do so for two days," said a shopkeeper.
It was only today, after two days of the incident, that
they were a bit relieved to see her without her burden of
affection. However, nobody knew how and where the dead
pup was disposed off by her. |
Join Army,
Chandpuri's advice DAGSHAI, Oct 23 — The Army has stood the test of time and the youth must join the forces as they are the future custodians of the nation was the valuable advice given by Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, hero of the Laungewala battle in 1971, while interacting with students of Army Public School at Dagshai here today. Accompanied by his wife and a son, he was received by Mrs Lakshmi Rajappa, Principal of the school and members of the staff. He later addressed the students in the auditorium and exhorted them to consider a career in the Army as it was the noblest of professions. Narrating the battle on the night intervening December 4 and 5, he said he motivated his men to fight to the last man and the last bullet as a result of which the men fought like lions and his force of just 120 withheld several of determined assaults on his post by the well-equipped enemy force of 3,000 men and 60 tanks. He said the victory was not his handiwork. He attributed it to the sacrifices of his men who willingly laid down their lives. He later answered queries from students. Most of the students wanted to know whether he remembered his children and wife at that time. His repy was: "The unit is such a large family and the men provide so much love and affection that one does not miss home." He also joked about the long absence of the Army men saying that children sometimes addressed their fathers as uncles. Some of the students wanted to know why it was necessary to fight a war, to which he replied that it was necessary to tackle the enemy and anything less would be cowardice and would spell doom for the sovereignty of any nation. He later distributed prizes to winners of the Inter-House Annual Athletic Meet. The overall trophy was won by Patel House for the seventh year in succession. Tagore and Nehru houses were declared second and third. Vijander Tyagi was declared the best athlete in the senior boys category while Mandeep Bhullar was the best in the senior girls category. In the middle boys’
category, Vikramjeet Singh was the best athlete. In the
middle boys’ and girls’ category, Samar Partap
Sahi and Alisha Charak were declared the best. |
HUDA chief
inspects Sector 16 PANCHKULA, Oct 23 — The Administartor of HUDA, Mr Abhilaksh Likhi, visited and inspected Sector 16 of the city, here yesterday, along with the Superintending Engineers, the Estate Officer, the District Town Planner and other officials. Representatives of the Market Welfare Association met him and apprised him of the difficulties in reaching shops in the area. The Administartor ordered waste water behind shops to be pumped out. The market complex and residential area of the sector was cleaned by deploying 30 sweepers. Mr Likhi also visited
internal lanes of the sectors to have an idea of the
conditions of roads, open spaces and parks. He added that
a Friday of every month would be devoted to carrying out
surprise inspections in different sectors, following
which, directions to the wings concerned would be given
for immediate action. |
Withdrawal of power causes
confusion SAS NAGAR, Oct 23 — Following the Punjab Government withdrawing authorisation given to Sub-Divisional Magistrates (SDMs) to exercise the powers of district transport officers within their respective limits, local residents are facing a lot of hardship to get traffic challans compounded. Earlier SDMs had been given powers under different sections of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, and Punjab Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, to facilitate payment of fee for traffic challans. The move was hailed by local residents who had to go to the court at Kharar to pay the challan fee. But with the withdrawal
of powers, traffic challans are again being sent to the
court at Kharar for being compounded. There was a lot of
confusion among local residents who were still visiting
the local SDM's office, only to be told that the challans
had been sent to the court at Kharar. |
Martyrs'
families to be honoured CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — Families of 105 Kargil war martyrs and those who died in action fighting insurgents in different parts of the country will be honoured at a state-level function being organised by the Department of Defence Service, Punjab, on October 25 in Kisan Bhavan here. The highlight of the function will be an exhibition in which photographs of 105 martyrs from Punjab will be displayed along with a map depicting exact locations where the jawans sacrificed their lives fighting Pakistani intruders in the Kargil sector. According to Brigadier K. S. Kahlon,Director, Sainik Welfare, Punjab, in addition to families of Kargil heroes, family members of those who laid down their lives in the eastern part of the country fighting insurgents will be honoured. He said though ex-gratia amount to the tune of Rs 1.82 crore had already been disbursed among 91 such families, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal, who will be the chief guest, will award the amount to the families who had not received it so far. He said nine dependents
of war heroes would be handed over appointment letters
for class I jobs, 31 for class III jobs and 32 for class
IV jobs by the Chief Minister during the function, in
which those who received injuries in action during the
conflict would also be honoured.
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GH labour
room under repair CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — The Sector 16 General Hospital authorities have expressed their inability to take the full load of delivery cases for the next six weeks because of the ongoing renovation work of the labour room. Expecting women have
been advised to make use of the facilities available at
the Sector 12 PGI, the Sector 32 Government Medical
College and Hospital and other places in the city. |
Seminar a
flop as few turn up CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — Fewer listeners than speakers at a seminar the on role of NGO's in the uplift of women during the ongoing Women Fiesta '99 at Arts Gallery Auditorium raised heated arguments here today. The issue was raised by a member of the audience who claimed to have worked for social uplift in various fields, saying that the venue chosen for the topic was wrong and without an audience, the seminar had no relevance. There were hardly any listeners which made the whole effort futile. Children of one of the local schools in the auditorium made an early exit, following which there were only 12 spectators left to hear about seven speakers. The speaker argued that organisers should have held the seminars in educational institutions and engaged teachers to reach the immediate audience. What was the purpose of an educational effort which did not reach the intended audience? The organisers said this happened because they were organising a seminar for the first time. One organiser said that she had personally contacted a large section of NGOs in the city, inviting them for the seminar. The event had been organised independently without any financial assistance and was intended for a cause. All interested and committed workers would have come naturally. Do the NGOs have no bigger representation and interested workers? The "flaws in the show if any" will be taken up subsequently, an organiser said. Dr S.K.Prasad, Secretary of the State Social Welfare Advisory Board, said that despite availability of resources, funds did not reach the poor classes because of lack of awareness. This often resulted in wastage of resources. He lauded local NGOs for carrying out welfare schemes. Mr Om Prakash said the social organisations comprised dedicated people with a missionary zeal. Identification of people who deserved funds and their needs was of paramount importance. Dr Rajni Lamba, adviser to the AIDS Control Society, Haryana, said the AIDS control drive had entered its second phase in the state. Truckers deserve praise for the hard work to earn their lives but they often carry home what spoils family life. Other speakers included Dr N.L.Dosajh, President of the Progressive Education Society, Dr P.S. Jassi, related with family welfare, Dr Meena Singh, Additional Director of the SWACH Foundation and Mr Ajaib Singh from Project Help. The venue also saw
workshops on pottery and microwave cooling. Gurcharan
Singh staged a street play. Mehndi and rangoli contests
were also organised. |
‘Backstreet
boys’ at consumer show CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — The 'Rome of the East", a Delhi-based pop band specialising in vocal harmonisation, will perform during the CII Consumer Show-99 to be held here from October 29 to 31. According to a CII press note issued here today, the group, also known as the Backstreet Boys of Delhi, can adapt to any form of music such as rock, raga, pop and bhangra. It will be a big
attraction for visitors, particularly the youngsters. The
group, currently working on a debut album of Goan rhythms
like Dulpods and Techno, will also perform at a similar
show to be organised by the CII at Jaipur. |
Consumer
camp on October 27 SAS NAGAR, Oct 23 — The Consumer Protection Forum of SAS Nagar will organise a one-day grievances-redressal camp at Shastri Model School on October 27. During the camp, complaints of residents regarding electricity, cooking gas and telecommunication will be redressed. Col Angad Singh (retd),
General Secretary of the Consumer Protection Forum, said
that to hear complaints of residents, senior officials
from the departments concerned would be present on the
occasion. He said complaints of residents of Phases 1, 2,
3, 4, 6 and Sectors 70 and 71 would be redressed at the
camp. |
'Bhajan-shabad'
contest held CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — The team of Sharda Sarv Hitkari School, Sector 40, bagged the first position in an inter-school 'bhajan' and 'shabad gayan' (vocal) competition held at Ajit Karam Singh International Public School in Sector 41 today. The function was organised to commemorate the eighth death anniversary of the founder of the school, Ajit Karam Singh. The teams of Yadavindra Public School, SAS Nagar, and the host school shared the second position. The third position was won by Sacred Heart, Sector 26. The consolation prize was shared by St John's High School, Sector 26, and Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36. In all, thirteen teams,
including the host team, participated in the event. Mr
D.S Saroya, DPI (schools) of Chandigarh, presided over
the function. Dr B.N.S. Walia and Mr Brahmjit Kalia,
District Education Officer (DEO), were the guests of
honour. Persian conference in November CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — It is for the first time in the history of Panjab University that the international session of XXI All-India Persian Teachers Conference will be held in the campus from November 1 to 3. The conference will be held by the university under the auspices of the University Grants Commission and the All-India Persian Teachers Association (AIPTA). The participants will present papers relating to contributions of Punjab to Persian language, literature and culture, Sikh studies: Importance of Persian and its impact, Persian studies in Indian universities , Persian language and literature (classical and modern) and Indo-Persian studies, language, literature and culture (cultural relations between India and Persian-speaking regions). Dr Madhukar
Arya,Chairman, Department of Persian/Urdu, PU, said
eminent Persian scholars and teachers from various
universities in Iran, Afghanistan, Kazakhistan,
Uzbekistan,Russia, Bangladesh will be participating in
the conference. Mr I.D Swami, Union Minister of State for
Home Affairs will be the guest of honour at the function.
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Acute
shortage of donor eyes CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — It is easy to reach the eye bank at phone number 1919, any time in the city, in case the relatives want to donate the eyes of the deceased. The eyes are best for further use if donated within six hours of death. These were some of the issues discussed by the Eye Care and Research Foundation today, which had convened a public seminar on 'Eye Care and Eye Donation' in collaboration with the Lions Club International, the District Blindness Control Society, the Eye Bank Association of India and the State bank of India at Phase III of Rock Garden. About 600 students of different schools of Chandigarh, SAS Nagar and Panchkula participated in a cycle rally on the theme of eye donation, earlier in the day. These children, wearing specially printed T-shirts and caps, carried posters on the theme of eye donation. Mr A.R. Talwar, Director of Punjab Agro Corporation, presided over the seminar. He said it was a pity that the country continued to be desperately short of donor eyes. Dr Jagjit S. Saini, Vice-President of the Eye Bank Association of India and the Additional Professor of Ophthalmology, said there was a need for almost 2.2 million donor eyes in the country, whereas in the past year, only 15,000 donor eyes had been available. Presenting a slide show, Dr Saini said the main reason for the lack of eye donation was the difficulty of obtaining affirmative consent from the family of the deceased soon after the death, besides operational constraints. Earlier, Mr T.D. Jogpal, State Election Commissioner of Haryana, inaugurated an exhibition on the premises. Dr Joginder Singh, Director of Health Services of the UT, addressed the audience on the need for eye donation. Mr D.P. Malik, Station Director of All India Radio Chandigarh and the guest speaker, lauded the principle of eye donation. Past month, an eye
donation quiz competition for school children was held,
which was coordinated by the State Institute of
Education, Sector 32. The winners of this competition
were given prizes today by Nek Chand. |
SNIPPETS School fete opens PANCHKULA, Oct 23 — A two-day annual fete of Sutlej Public School in Sector 4, was inaugurated here today by its Director, Mr P.S. Serai. The fete was organised by the students and staff of the schools to raise funds for a resource room in the school for children from the weaker sections to get free education. The highlight of the fete was an exibition of art and craft items prepared by schoolchildren. An open dance session attracted many young boys and girls from the audience.As many as 25 stall were put up by students at the fete. Fun games, food stalls and joy rides were popular. The Principal of the school, Mr Krit Serai, said the school proposed to invite orphans from 'Bal Nikatan' in Sector 2, to join the school, for which the funds were being generated through the fete. UN Day celebrated CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — The political Science Society of Government College, Sector 46, celebrated the 54th United Nations Day today by organising a debate on 'The United Nations Has Failed to Acheive Its Goal'. While Kalpana, a BA-I student, won the first prize, Jaswinder Kaur and Sarabjit Kaur, both BA-I students, won the second and third prizes, respectively. Dipti Atwal won the consolation prize. In his presidential remarks, the college Principal, Maj D.P Singh (retd), highlighted the role played by the United Nations in maintaining international peace and security. Students honoured CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — Sixty three students, who excelled in the middle standard and matriculation examinations conducted by the CBSE, were honoured at a function organised by the Parent Teacher Association in Sector 35 Senior Secondary School here today. Cash awards were distributed among meritorious students by Mr Brahmjit Kalia, District Education Officer, who was the chief guest on the occasion. Mrs Khushinder Sharma, Principal, and Dr Jasbir Walia, Senior Vice-President of the Parent Teacher Association spoke on the occasion. Committee to probe sexual
harassment CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — The Chandigarh Administration has decided to set up a committee under the chairmanship of Mr Satish Ahlawat, Deputy Secretary Personnel-cum-Legal Remembrancer, to look into complaints of sexual harassment of working women at their places of work in the Administration. Ms Gitanjali G. Kundra, Sub-Divisional Magistrate (East) will be Co-Chairperson-cum-Convener of the committee. Other members are Ms Satya Thakur, Superintendent Home Branch II, Ms Jaya Kumari, Superintendent Finance I, and Ms Sheela Devi, Superintendent Accounts. Purse found CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — A purse containing cash and a photograph, probably of the owner, was found on Dakshin Marg near The Tribune office by Mr N.P. Singh, a local resident. The purse, which did not carry the address of the owner, is lying with Mr Singh. The owner can claim it after proper identification, at SCO 1108-09, Sector 22-B. Carmel opens on October 26 CHANDIGARH, Oct 23
— Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, will re-open
after the autumn break on October 26 instead of October
25. The Principal, Sister Lucetta, has in a press note
stated that since the school is the venue of a youth
convention of students from various states since October
21, the school will open after it concludes on October
25. |
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