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Bansal against taxes in
city CHANDIGARH, Sept 1—Status quo on Chandigarh, simplification of the leasehold abolition system, strengthening of local self-government institutions, amendment to building bylaws, introduction of the mass rapid transport system, redress of grievances of employees and one rank one pension for ex-servicemen are some of the key features of the election manifesto of the Congress candidate, Mr Pawan Bansal, which was released here today. Talking to newsmen, Mr Bansal said that there was no need to impose any taxes in the city. The special character and attraction of Chandigarh would be lost if local or municipal taxes started. In case Chandigarh continues to get grants from the central government as was being done during his tenure, the problem of taxation would not arise. "But during the last four Budgets, the allocation of Chandigarh witnessed only 0 to 4 per cent increase compared to 11 to 18 per cent annual increase during my tenure as the city"s MP," Mr Bansal said. He said that he was surprised at the statement of Mr Krishan Lal Sharma asking him to explain his position on the status of Chandigarh. "My stand and that of the Chandigarh Congress is very clear on the subject. We want status quo. This does not go against the interests of Punjab. I would rather want Chandigarh to become the second national capital by bringing more central government offices here." Mr Bansal introduced Mrs Gurvinder Kaur Sodhi, an Independent, and who had been supporting the BJP candidate in the previous elections, who announced her decision to retire from the contest in favour of the Congress candidate. Mr Bansal said that he was being supported by all secular forces, including the Communist Party of India, Lok Bhalai Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Congress(S) and others. Talking about dissension within the Congress, he said that the present environment of goodwill and overwhelming support for the Congress candidate had been created because of the work of the party workers alone. Talking about the salient features of his manifesto, he said that he would work for 100 per cent literacy, reservation of seats for Chandigarh students in engineering, medical colleges, jobs for original domiciles, free travelling for unemployed, more loan schemes for unemployed youth; strengthening of health infrastructure, school health scheme, extension of CGHS facilities with treatment at PGI, allotment of sites for nursing homes, amendment to building bylaws, use of residential premises for professional work, conversion of trade to be permitted, provision of rear store room in marla houses, compensation for land acquired on the Delhi pattern, secured parking for housing board dwelling units, allotment of land to cooperative house building societies, bringing at par with Punjab of stamp duty on land deeds, promulgation of the Apartments Act on Delhi pattern are the other main features of the manifesto. Mr Bansal has under
different heads like beautification of Chandigarh,
transport and roads, railways, trade and industry,
tourism, community services, art and culture, media,
employees, women, children, senior citizens, freedom
fighters, defence personnel, scheduled castes, labour
colonies, model villages and administration and people
covered almost every issue and problem the electorate
have raised in his manifesto. |
58 voters from one house? SAS NAGAR, Sept 1 — If the revised electoral rolls of this township, recently released by the Election Department, are to be believed as many as 58 voters live in one house. Such glaring examples have been brought to light by the local unit of the All-India Shiromani Akali Dal (AISAD) workers. In a representation to the Assistant Returning Officer(ARO) for the Kharar assembly segment, Mr O.P.Popli, the AISAD has alleged that against House No. 950, Phase IV— falling under the polling booth no. 168 — as many as 58 voters were shown as living in the house. Similarly against House No. 861/2, Phase IV— falling under polling booth no. 167— as many as 39 voters are shown. Mr Hardeep Singh, a local SGPC member, has alleged the presence of fake votes in the electoral rolls. It could, however, not be ascertained whether there was some printing error in the voter list or the voters did not exist. The ARO said that if the fake votes, if any, existed it could only be checked on the election day. However, he added that no persons had came to him during the one-month time period — from June 21 to July 21— allowed by the Election Commission to file any objections. Meanwhile, the second rehearsal of the staff on election duty in the Kharar segment of the Ropar parliamentary seat was conducted by the Deputy Commissioner (Ropar)-cum-District Electoral Officer, Mr Kulbir Singh Sidhu, in Phase 1 here today. The election staff were
given detailed information regarding their respective
poll duty. The district electoral officer said any
official if found not performing his duty would be
charged with the relevant Sections of the People
Representation Act. |
Arrangements for poll reviewed CHANDIGARH, Sept 1— To review the law and order situation and arrangements for the smooth conduct of the ensuing Lok Sabha poll,the Administrator of Chandigarh, Lieut-Gen BKN Chhibber (retd), convened a meeting of senior functionaries of the Administration at Punjab Raj Bhavan today. The Chief Electoral Officer, Mr Rakesh Singh, informed the Administrator that the parliamentary constituency has been divided into three subdivisions, each headed by a subdivisional Magistrate.the constituency has been divided into 11 zones, each under the control of an Assistant Returning Officer. These zones are co-terminus with the limits of the police stations.Territories under each ARO have been further subdivided into, on an average, five to six supervisory areas with a supervisory officer as in charge. The SDMs, AROs and supervisory officers would work in close cooperation with their police counterparts,SDPOs,SHOs concerned in order to ensure free and fair poll and to complete the election process in a smooth manner. The Inspector-General of Police, Mr S.K. Singh, said 53 hyper-sensitive polling booths have been identified and extra care was being taken to identify the mischief mongers. He said over 3500 police personnel have been put on duty. Mr Singh further said that a twin communication process has been introduced linking each polling booth. Some preventive arrests have been made and a regular watch was being kept on hotels and guests houses to check the infiltration of undesirable elements. The Adviser to the Administrator, Mrs Vineeta Rai, gave an overview of the election arrangements. Mr M. Ramsekhar, Returning Officer, said that dry days have been notified as per the directive of the Election Commission. The police and excise officials have been asked to conduct raids to check the sale and distribution of liquor during these days. Others who attended the
meeting included the Home Secretary, Mr N.K. Jain, the
SSP, Mr CSR Reddy, and the Joint Chief Electoral Officer,
Mr Ashish Kundra, and the SDM (Central), Mr PS Gill. |
Body with severed head found SAS NAGAR, Sept 1 — In a gruesome incident, the body of a labourer with a severed head was found lying in an isolated corner of a government nursery, located in front of the Phase 1 police station here this morning. The victim, aged around 25 years, was apparently dumped at the nursery after being murdered at some other place, suspects the police. The body, which had started emitting a foul smell, was detected by the head mali at the nursery, who informed the police. The severed head was lying at distance of about 30 feet from the torso, lying in a ditch. Injury marks inflicted with a sharp-edged weapon were found in the head and face of the victim. The police suspects that the victim was murdered about 48 hours ago. The identity of the victim, suspected to be hailing from Uttar Pradesh or Bihar, could not be ascertained as it was found in a naked position. The assailants had apparently removed the clothes of the victim to conceal his identity, the police believes. Only a tattered vest covered the upper part of the body. The Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Ropar, Mr G.P.S. Bhullar, who visited the the place, said a knife has been recovered from the place. An old enmity over some money dispute could be one of the reasons for the crime, he said. However, the picture will become clear after the post-mortem of the deceased, which would be conducted at the local civil hospital. A team of forensic experts had been called from Ropar. Till filing of this
report, the police was yet to register a case of murder. |
Arrest of dowry victim's
in-laws sought CHANDIGARH, Sept 1 — A delegation of members of various social and employees' organisations met Ms Vineeta Rai, Adviser to Administrator, today and urged her to direct the police to arrest in-laws of Meenakshi, who was reportedly killed for bringing inadequate dowry. Members of the delegation said the police had not arrested the Singlas, the in-laws of the deceased and residents of Panchkula. She was married three months back. Expressing anguish over
the incident, Ms Rai assured the delegation that
necessary instructions had been passed on to the police
to arrest the accused at the earliest. The members also
said in case the culprits were not arrested, a mass
agitation would be launched on September 7. |
Miss North India contest in
city CHANDIGARH, Sept 1 — The Mr and Miss North India, a beauty pageant, will be held in the city after a gap of three years on September 17, 18 and 19 at the Press Club in Sector 27, announced the organisers , the Fashion Revealers, an event management company, at a press conference here today. The directors of the show,Gagreen Saini, and Jaspreet Dhillon, said the show had been planned on the pattern of the Femina Miss India Pageant. The eight sub -titles for girls will be — Miss Photogenic, Miss Talented, Beautiful Smile, Beautiful Eyes, Beautiful Hair, Best Catwalk, Best Figure and Best Model . The show will be divided in five rounds . These are introduction round, ethnic round, casual round, question and answer round ( for both boys and girls) and physique round ( for boys) , besides a shorts round for girls. Among girls, a total of 12 candidates have been shortlisted while none of them is less 5'--5'' in height. Another 100 applications from boys are yet to be scrutinised. Provisions have been made for ramp, stage, light and sound systems. The show will be choreographed by Jeet Brar. The main judge will be a famous beauty of India. The other judges will be known personalities of the field belonging to the region. The first two days of
the contest will be choosing the winners of the for
sub-titles while the final show will be held on September
19. The show will be put on the internet, the organisers
claimed. |
Vehicles banned on Sept 5 PANCHKULA, Sept 1 — The Deputy Commissioner of Panchkula, Mr Vivek Joshi, today listed some more restrictions under Section 144, CrPC, to be imposed in the district on September 5 from 7 a.m to 5 p.m. Addressing a press conference, Mr Joshi, said the plying of all types of mechanically-propelled vehicles including moped, scooter, motor-cycle and other types of two-wheelers would not be allowed. Auto-rickshaws and other three-wheelers, jeeps, canters, cars and trucks would also be prohibited from plying on the day. However, ambulances and
vehicles used for essential services like milk vans,
water tankers etc. are exempted. Roadways buses and buses
of co-operative societies on their specified routes and
other buses with valid permits would also be exempted
from the ban. The order shall also not be applicable to
vehicles plying on national and state highways. |
Kargil issue dominates debate CHANDIGARH, Sept 1 — The Kargil conflict and the factors responsible for it, it seems, still have the potential to affect the mind of the voter, at least in the eyes of the Congress and the BJP candidates for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat as both are apparently trying to cash in on the issue in one or the other way. This was evident during a debate organised by the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association here today in which Mr Pawan Bansal (Congress), Mr K.L. Sharma (BJP) and Mr Avtar Singh Hothi (Independent) participated. While Mr Sharma tried to glorify the party's approach towards the Pakistan's bid to send intruders into Indian territory, Mr Bansal asked the former to explain as to how the mercenaries intruded and who was responsible for it. Mr Sharma emphasised that the manner in which the Kargil issue was dealt with was enough to prove the efficiency and approach of his party towards national problems. "It was for the first time that India has successfully repulsed the attempt made by our neighbour and that too without compromising on a single inch of land. Look at the 1962 Indo-China war during the Congress regime; we had to part with 38,000 sq km of our land, which is continued to be usurped by China," lamented Mr Sharma. "Not only this we made it amply clear at the world fora that we are not going to tolerate any such attempt, and we have been able to convey the message," Mr Sharma said. Responding to Mr Sharma's remarks, Mr Bansal asserted that why the 1962 war was being made an issue and not the 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pakistan wars and the achievements of India in these wars fought by the country when the Congress was in power. He also demanded that the BJP should tell people whether there was any failure on the part of the intelligence as far as the Kargil conflict was concerned. "Everything would come out in the open in the inquiry being held to ascertain the reasons behind the conflict," Mr Sharma said. Answering a question, the BJP candidate raised the issue of Ms Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin by saying that his party, if voted to power, was going to effect an amendment to the Constitution whereby any person of foreign origin would be debarred from attaining the high offices of the Prime Minster and the President of India. The response of Mr Bansal could not be heard due to a defective sound system in the hall. Evading a direct reply to a question as to why his party had denied the ticket to Mr Satya Pal Jain, former MP, who was also present, Mr Sharma said in a lighter vein that the daring step of not giving the party ticket to a winner of the last election could only be taken by a party like the BJP. "See the spirit of camaraderie that Mr Jain is wholeheartedly supporting me like a disciplined soldier," quipped Mr Sharma. While Mr Sharma was not very clear about the party's stance over the issue of whether the City Beautiful should retain its status as union territory or it should go to Punjab, Mr Bansal said firmly: "I will tender my resignation in case such a thing happened." On the other hand, Mr Sharma asked Mr Bansal why he did not do so when Mr Rajiv Gandhi had planned to do so under the Rajiv-Longowal accord? He, however, said if the wished to keep the city a union territory, he would support it. He said his party was a democratic one and hence the stands of different state units could vary. He said the final decision would be taken by the party high command after coming to power. On this Mr Bansal retorted that it took 15 years to change his stand, if Mr Sharma thought so the latter had changed his stance on the issue within 15 minutes. On the issue of forming the National Judicial Commission, Mr Sharma said his party was committed to setting up the commission as an autonomous body without any outside interference as the idea was mooted by the BJP. He also promised that the BJP would amend the Constitution, if need be, to implement 33 per cent reservation for women. He said the BJP had brought a Bill on this in Parliament, but the Congress backed out at the last moment. On this, Mr Bansal said the promise was vague, particularly as the BJP would not be able to implement its agenda, and if it did so what would be the fate of the agenda of the National Democratic Alliance. On what the candidates would do for the High Court Bar, Mr Bansal said he was instrumental in getting the Rs 1-crore grant to the Bar and would continue to serve it as a committed member. Mr Sharma, on the other hand, said he would solve any problem faced by the Bar and its members. Mr Hothi said if voted
to power he would try to relocate jhuggis 5 km from the
periphery of the city as, besides creating a law and
order problem, the presence of jhuggis on the outskirts
of the city was responsible for insanitation. |
BJP trying to encash Kargil:
Amarinder ZIRAKPUR, Sept 1 — Capt Amarinder Singh, President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, today criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for trying to capitalise on the Kargil issue for electoral benefits. He was addressing a rally in support of his wife, Mrs Parneet Kaur, the Congress candidate for the Patiala Lok Sabha seat. This was his first meeting in the Banur segment of the constituency. He said in spite of being aware of the intrusion in the Kargil sector from across the border, the BJP government took no action and the Prime Minister even embraced Mr Nawaz Sharif, Pakistani Prime Minister, to win the vote of the Muslim community. Captain Amarinder Singh also held the BJP-Akali government responsible for bringing Punjab to the point of bankruptcy. He said all development work in the state had come to halt. The government had betrayed the public on the issue of octroi abolition and had even stopped releasing the pension to widows and the aged persons. Moreover, the level of corruption had gone up tremendously during the present regime, he alleged. Mr Venod Sharma, former Food and Supplies Minister and former President of the Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee, said the victory in Kargil belonged to soldiers and not to the BJP-led government. He criticised Capt Kanwaljit Singh, Finance Minister of Punjab, for abolishing 3 per cent reservation in government jobs for bona fide residents of Dera Bassi subdivision. This had led to unemployment and frustration among the youth, Mr Sharma said. Mr Ravinder Singh Sohi, former President of the Patiala Zila Parishad, alleged that Captain Kanwaljit Singh was using block development officers to muster support in different villages. The other who addressed
the rally included Ms Amarjit Kaur, former MP, Mr Balbir
Singh Sohi, former MLA, Mr Krishan Sharma, General
Secretary of the District Congress Committee. |
Four nominated for 'Prani
Mitra' award CHANDIGARH, Sept 1 — As part of its endeavour to promote animal welfare work, end cruelty against animals and recognise outstanding services of animal lovers, the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has made four nominations for the ''Prani Mitra'' award. The award was instituted by the board in the 1960s on the lines of the Award for Gallantry and Meritorious Services conferred on animal lovers by the London-based Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. It is given to any citizen of India or organisation engaged in mitigating sufferings of animals in any form. The award was revived after 20 years after a suggestions of the Ministry of Home Affairs and was subsequently conferred on six persons, including the Union minister and animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi for the year 1996 by the board. No award was given by the board to anyone after 1997 due to "some administrative difficulties". The award carries a gold medal with an emblem "compassion in action" inscribed on it. Nominees for it are selected by a specially constituted committee as per the criteria laid down by the board on the recommendations of the animal welfare organisations (AWOs), UTs and different state governments. According to official sources, all awards 1997 will be conferred posthumously on those animal lovers who sacrificed their lives to protect the lives of animals. The nominees for the year included Ms Geeta Ben of Ahmedabad who died after displaying a high degree of compassion towards animals. Ms Ben fought with butchers in Ahmedabad when they were illegally transporting cattle to slaughter houses. In the course of the conflict, she was shot dead when she attempted to release a large number of poor animals from their clutches. Mr Haribhai, another nominee for the award, also hailed from Ahmedabad. He sacrificed his life on Mahavir Jayanti this year during an attempt to release cows from the clutches of butchers at Kanavath in Ahmedabad. Though he was successful in saving thousands of cows, he was done to death by butchers. Mr Sunil Kumar of Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh, who was killed by a group of shikaris when he resisted the killing of peacocks in a forest near his village, is another nominee. His name was recommended by Ms Maneka Gandhi. Similarly, Mr Humanlal Ashoka of Jodhpur, who was shot dead while leading a procession in Parliament Street in 1966, demanding cow protection, has been nominated by the board for the award. In addition to
conferring the award on the nominees for the year 1996,
the board is contemplating that all 15 awards for the
years 1997, 1998 and 1999 should be given simultaneously
to speed up the process. The awards for these years would
be given by the board at a function this year, the
sources said. |
Students recite Sanskrit shlokas CHANDIGARH, Sept 1 — Government High School, Khuda Ali Sher, bagged the overall trophy in the category of rural schools at the state-level Sanskrit shloka recitation competition at the State Institute of Education, Sector 32, today. While in the urban category, the overall trophy went to Government High School, Sector 7, the trophy in the model schools category went to GMSSS-16. As many as 70 children participated in both junior and senior levels. The following are the results in order of merit: Rural school (junior category) —Pooja (GHS, Khuda Ali Sher); Shilpa Anand (Vedic Girls High School, Mani Majra) and Paras (GSSS-Mani Majra town). Rural schools (senior category) — Nirlep Kaur (GHS-Khuda Ali Sher); Rajesh Kumar (GSSS-Karsan) and Jyoti Dhiman (Vedic Girls High School, Mani Majra). Urban schools (junior category) — Jyoti ( GHS-7); Devinder Kaur (GGSSS-20 B) and Monika (GSSS-27). Urban schools (senior category) — Kiran Bala (GGSSS-8); Aarti (GHS-7) and Deepti (GSSS-15). Model schools (junior category) — Gopal Krishan (GMSSS-37); Vivek Sharma ( GMSSS-16) and Shashi Kant (GMSSS-32). Model schools (senior category) — Harmeet Kaur (Shishu Niketan Senior Secondary School-22); Isha Sharma (GMSSS-10) and Mahesh (GMSSS-16). Presiding over the function, the Director of SIE, Dr H.C. Sharma, stressed on the need to organise such functions to promote the cause of Sanskrit as the language has a place of its own. Group dance
contest While the team of GMSSS-32 bagged the second position, the third position was again jointly shared by the teams of Guru Gobind Singh Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, and Government High School, Sector 25. The co-ordinator of these competitions, Mr Karan Singh, Principal of GMSSS-33, said that the group songs competitions for girls will be organised at the same venue tomorrow. Condolence
meeting |
Janmashtami celebrations CHANDIGARH, Sept 1 — A nagar kirtan procession in connection with Janmashtami will be held by the local unit of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) here tomorrow. The procession will start from Sector 22-C at 5.45 a.m. and culminate at the Hare Krishna Dham in Sector 36-B. A cultural programme on the pastime of Lord Krishna will be organised by children in the evening, according to Bhakti Vinod Dasa Prabhu, President of the local ISKCON. The programme on September 3 will include mangla aarti, diety darshan, akhand kirtan, distribution of mahaprasadam, Janmasthami special aarti and mahavisheka of Lord Krishna. The Sree Sidh Baba Amar Nath Mahavir Shiv Mandir Committee has decided to celebrate Janmasthami on September 3 on the temple premises from 8 p.m. A bhandara will be served on September 4. Sanatan Dharam sabhas of various temples today decided to celebrate Janmashtami on September 2. According to Mr Sushil Sovat, General Secretary of the Sector 46 Sanatan Dharam Temple Sabha, this decision was taken on the advice of pandits who said that Rohini nakshtra fell on September. PANCHKULA The Shri Sanatan Dharma Kendriya Parishad organised a procession to celebrate Janmashtami here on Wednesday. Trucks carrying devotees chanting hymns went through the streets in Sectors 6 to 12 and 14 to 16. The procession began
from the Lakshmi Narayan Temple in Sector 6 and
terminated at the Sanatan Dharma Temple in Sector 10. The
procession comprising 17 tableaux, one or two
representing each sector, and a band had women and
children participating. Residents in different sectors
put up ''chabils''. |
MC to take land to dump
garbage SAS Nagar, Sept 1 — The Municipal Council has decided to take land on contract for the disposal of garbage. A decision to this effect was taken unanimously at a meeting of the civic body held here yesterday. Mr Harinder Pal Singh Billa, council President, said earlier garbage was being dumped near the cremation ground but now PUDA had started constructing a road in the area. He said council had written many letters to PUDA to allot another site for the disposal of garbage but no alternative arrangement had been made so far. Now a resident of Badmajra village, near here, had offered his land on contract for dumping garbage. The rate at which the land would be taken on contract would be specified by the Ropar Deputy Commissioner. Ms Daljit Kaur, Kharar MLA, was also present at the meeting. The council has also decided to privatise sanitation work in parts of the town. The areas where the decision is to be implemented have been divided into three groups. They are (1) Phase I, VI and Mohali village, (2) Industrial Area Phases I to VIII and Shahi Majra village and (3) Phase X, XI, Guru Nanak Colony and Industrial Area Phase IX. Mr Yash Goel, Executive Officer, said the council had only 120 safai karamcharis and as such it was not possible for them to look after the sanitation work of the entire town. However, he assured the house that there would be a considerable improvement in the sanitation aspect during the coming days. The house has also cleared the purchase of sodium vapour lamps at a cost of Rs 5 lakh and the purchase of fluorescent tubes, starters and other items for the maintenance of streetlight at a cost of Rs 5.73 lakh. Mr Amrik Singh Bhatti, a municipal councillor of Phase III B2, asked why 100 sodium vapour lamps purchased about two months ago by the council had not been installed so far. The proposal to purchase stationery items for various wings of the council at a cost of Rs 2 lakh was also cleared at the meeting. However, the house
rejected the proposal to give the work of octroi
collection on contract. |
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Joint appeal by
war veterans Meanwhile, Col Harsharan Singh visited Maloya and Palsora colonies where he was accorded an enthusiastic welcome by residents of Housing Board colonies. The Colonel gave them a sympathetic hearing and assured to take up their genuine problems with the authorities concerned. He said that most of the problems pertained to provision of basic amenities. Accompanied by a number of ex-servicemen, and other likeminded people, Col Harsharan Singh then visited Mani Majra market where they moved from shop to shop. Shopkeepers promised to support him. Convinced by the overwhelming response to the RRD candidates here and Amritsar, another candidate, Lieut-Col Shakti Chand Chaudhary (retd) has decided to contest from the Kangra parliamentary constituency on the RRD ticket. Migrants to back BJP In a press note issued here today, Mr S.K. Sharma, President of the organisation, said the decision had been taken as the federation felt that Mr Sharma, originally hailing from Multan, was nearer to the hearts of city-based people belonging to that area and he was capable of solving a number of problems faced by them. BJP “misleading
ex-servicemen” Mr Bhim Sen Sehgal, Chairman of the association, said the BJP while in power had rejected the proposal on the grounds that if it was implemented other Central Government organisations would follow and demand the same relief. Not only this. The BJP had also rejected the case of pre -1996 ex-servicemen pensioners and family pensioners for calculating the retirement benefits on the basis of rank held at the time of retirement irrespective of the length of service and also on the basis of maximum pay scales for the rank. The Defence Minister had further clarified the stand of the government by announcing a reduction of 20 per cent in recruitment to the lower ranks, he claimed. Mr Sehgal has urged ex-servicemen not to be led astray by false promises at the time of voting. BJP continues door-to-door
campaign The local unit of the BJP also condemned the attack on the party candidate for the Gurdaspur parliamentary seat, Mr Vinod Khanna, yesterday. This was an act of frustration ad dejection on the part of the Congress which was seeing defeat in the coming elections, the BJP press note said. Meanwhile, the BJP candidate continued his door-to-door campaign by taking out parbhat pheris in the morning. Today he visited Sectors 15 and 24. He also visited Khuda Ali Sher, Sarangpur, Dhanas and Dadu Majra villages where villagers assured him full support. Mr Sharma assured the villagers that he would work for the development of all Chandigarh villages as model villages. Meanwhile, the Chandigarh Bachelors Forum in a statement said it had decided to extend full support to Mr Krishan Lal Sharma, a bachelor. Mr Jeet Brar, convener of the forum, said that bachelors always proved to be honest and good administrators. Cong leader expelled Musical mornings begin These pre-schoolers sang songs about their environment, relationships and daily experiences to the accompanying notes of the piano played by Mrs Sheila Bhasin. Children, about four years old, were confident, happy and articulate as they spoke of 'God who always listens', the 'Fuzzy fuzzy caterpillar', 'Doggy in the window', about school, the candy shop and other such wonderful facets of life. The ambience at the library created an intimated bonding between the little performers and their parents. Mr Ajay Kashyap, SSP, Headquarters and Intelligence, UT, was a special invitee on the occasion. He lauded the effort of the school in bringing music into the lives of the little children. Earlier, the school coordinator, Mrs Rimmi Garcha, introduced the event to the audience. 4 martyrs' families get assistance Mr Kewal Krishan Addiwal, Mayor, handed over the cheques to the families. Mr K.M. Lal, regional manager of the parivar, said families of 252 martyrs and 85 seriously wounded and nine missing soldiers had been identified for financial assistance. The assistance would continue for the next 10 years. He said one person from each family would be given a job in the company. B.Ed admissions: all general seats
filled The co-ordinator for admissions, Prof S Gakkhar, said that the admissions to the course had been made strictly on merit in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the National Council of Teacher Education. The admissions for the reserved categories in the science group of all the colleges affiliated to Panjab University, Chandigarh; Punjabi University, Patiala, and Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, commenced today. All the seats in the SC/ST category were filled today itself. While admissions to the SC/ST category of the humanities group will be done tomorrow, the counselling for both groups in case of backward classes would be done on September 3. City-based engineer wins awards Studying in Nanyang Technological University, Nikhil has been awarded three gold medals in the just concluded academic year. He rates the ''Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal'' ,awarded for general proficiency throughout the course of study , as the highest award. Besides,he was awarded the ''National Science and Technology Board Gold Medal '' and also the ''Institution of Engineers Singapore Gold Medal''. His project of implementing video conferencing through the internet was demonstrated in Singapore. The same cannot be done in a majority of cities in India due to insufficient bandwidth that slows down the process of sending across pictures, he said. Nikhil, who is here for a few days, says he will join Stanford University in California in September to pursue another degree in computer engineering. Talent search exam in November The Director of the institute, Dr H.C Sharma, has in a press release issued here stated that regular Class X students, who had obtained 65 per cent or above marks in aggregate of the final examination of Class IX, were eligible to appear for the examination. The application forms would be supplied to the heads of schools and the last date of submission of duly filled application forms was October 9, 1999. A written test will be
held to judge the general mental ability and scholastic
aptitude of students in mathematics, basic and social
sciences in any medium amongst English, Hindi and
Punjabi. Dr Sharma has further stated that the top 10
candidates selected on the basis of their scores in this
examination will be entitled to appear in the National
Talent Search Examination, 2000. The aim of the programme
is to identify brilliant students and give them financial
assistance. |
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