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SSC candidates allege mass
copying; boycott exam CHANDIGARH, Jan 23 — Amid protests against mass copying at the centre, more than 300 candidates appearing for the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) examinations at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 21, this afternoon boycotted Paper IV of General Studies, and also demanded for an inquiry into the copying instances in the arithmetic paper of the morning session. After the first session, candidates at the centre today got together and started protesting against the alleged bundles of chits being sent in Room Numbers 2, 10,11 and 12 by the water carrier and also that the arithmetic paper had got leaked much before the paper started. Parents of these students, present at the centre, also alleged the same and added that they had been witnessing "cheating for the past three days, which was being done in connivance with the staff". Commenting on the allegations, the Principal of the school, Ms Santosh Kohli, said that they had already registered a case against one student who had been caught cheating and had also removed Bhupinder, the accused water carrier. Interestingly, most of the 16 rooms at this centre are being manned by children of teachers of this school and Ms Kohli said that this was legal since "we are allowed to appoint anyone above the age of 20 years as an invigilator." The SSC examinations are being conducted in four centres in the city — GMSSS, Sector 10; GMSSS, Sector 19 and GMSSS, Sector 23. Incidentally, today the SSC flying squad team also registered a case of impersonation at the GMSSS, Sector 19, centre. This was revealed by Mr S. S. Rawat, Assistant Director, SSC, who was at the Sector 21 centre to look into the cheating case. According to reports, 381 candidates were registered for the examination at this centre, out of which 53 reported absent. Meanwhile, the candidates, most of whom had come from out-stations, and some as far as Patna and Jagdhari etc, got agitated enough to even boycott the second examination of the day. In fact, even the police was called to ward off the protesting boys and girls, since the protesting candidates were seen disallowing those candidates who wanted to enter the premises to sit for the afternoon session examination. Some candidates said that the authorities had said that in case of any agitation the paper would be deemed to be cancelled, but the authorities later denied the statement while stating in the same breath, "if there are hardly any students for any examination, it would have to be cancelled." Though a handful of candidates did manage to enter and sit for the General Studies paper, according to the authorities, the paper would have to be cancelled because a certain percentage of registered candidates is required to be present at any examination. Ms Vibha Sud, Deputy Director, SSC, who was also present at the scene, however, refused to comment on the same and said that action would be taken later. The students, however, have also given a written application to the authorities and the police, alleging that school staff had helped certain candidates in cheating over the past three days. Some candidates later added that those who had finished their paper in the first half of the session had been asked by some people outside for the question paper, parts of which were never returned to them. On January 21 and 22,
qualifying papers for the SSC were held in English,
English Language Comprehension and Communication Skill
and Writing Ability. Today was the last paper in the
Scheme A of SSC. Under Scheme B, General English and
General Studies paper would be held in the morning
session on January 30 and on the same date arithmetic
paper would be held in the afternoon session. |
Uniform ST
from Feb likely CHANDIGARH, Jan 23 — With the time for filing objections, if any, on the introduction of the uniform sales tax on 199 of the 206 items cleared by the Union Government being over, the UT Administration is all set to formally introduce the new taxation system from the next month. In the next one week, the administration shall consider all objections before issuing a formal notification of introduction of the five-tier uniform sales tax, probably from the first day of the next month. The administration may not touch the items placed in category V which will attract 20 per cent sales tax. These items include petroleum products other than diesel, liquor, narcotics, molasses, rectified spirit and motor vehicles, including cars. On petrol and other petroleum products except diesel, both Punjab and Delhi have already introduced 20 per cent sales tax. Under the uniform sales tax system, there are 25 items, including unprocessed cereals, including rice and wheat; pulses, fresh vegetables and fruit, fresh milk, eggs, plain water, books, periodicals and journals, unbranded bread, unprocessed salt, rice flour, atta, maida, suji, artificial limbs, wheel chairs, glass bangles, organic manure, gur and jaggery, fresh flowers, khandsari, seeds, which have been exempted from any sales tax. The next category of 41 items will have 4 per cent sales tax. These items include declared goods, edible oils and oil cakes, processed salt, vegetables, fish and meat sold in containers, pasteurised milk, kerosene, poultry and cattle feed, branded bread, bicycles, vanaspati, utencils and kitchenware, firewood, ice, charcoal, staple yarn, raw wool, raw silk hosiery goods, chillies, turmeric, vegetable oils, solvent oils, starch, garlic and ginger, maize products and match boxes. The third category has the largest number of items, 74, which will now attract 8 per cent sales tax. These items include filters, agarbatti, cooked food, water chemicals, tiles, sulphur, zinc, electronic goods, ceramics, suitcases, electrical goods, photographic goods, tanned leather and leather goods, paper, tyres and tubes, printing ink, electrodes, lime, stainless steel, milk food and milk products, dyes and chemicals, butter and ghee, sewing thread, saree falls, hand pumps, bearings, flasks, pulp, aluminium, explosives, blades, razors, timber, drugs and medicines, footwear, cooking gas, tea and coffee, toffees, chocolates, biscuits and confectionary, toothpastes, electric bulbs, paints and colours, batteries, computers and oil engines. The fourth category has 57 items. These items will now attract a sales tax of 12 per cent. These items are fireworks, furs and skins, lifts and elevators, diesel, marble and marble tiles, cutlery, dry fruits, telephones, typewriters, preserved food articles, silk and silk fabrics, TV and VCRs, teleprinters, transformers, transmission wires and towers, stabilisers, washing machines, wireless equipment, air conditioners, arms and ammunition, carpets, cushions and mattresses, electronic toys, fancy leather goods, steel furniture, moulded furniture, music instruments, aerated drinks, hair oils, synthetic gems, calculating machines, cigarette cases and lighters, fans and air circulators, spark plugs, plastic and rubber goods, cosmetics and soaps, cables, watches, clocks and refrigerators. The fifth category has only five items. This is the category which is hotly debated. The Punjab Government had been pressing the Chandigarh Administration to make the sales tax on petrol and liquor uniform at a rate of 20 per cent. The administration had been resisting this on the plea that the Punjab sales tax, as extended to the Union Territory of Chandigarh, prohibited the administration from imposing any sales tax beyond 12 per cent. The introduction of the uniform sales tax in this part of the country, say traders, will kill the local trade, as businesses in the city had been surviving because of a lower rate of taxation on most of the items. In addition to the sales tax, the UT has the CST and 10 per cent surcharge on the sales tax. Higher cost of living than other cities, high rents and uniform taxation would doom the business here, said a shopkeeper who deals in hardware, plywood and paints. "There is already a major recession facing the trade and industry in the country. There is no buyer. The competition is becoming tougher everyday and now this uniform sales tax will kill us," said another shopkeeper who deals in automobiles and auto parts. Various organisations of traders and others have already filed their objections on the proposed tax. The authorities, too, said unless the tax was introduced and enforced throughout, its purpose would be defeated. The Haryana Government has already decided to defer its implementation till the completion of the election process. Both Punjab and
Chandigarh, however, say that non-implementation of the
tax would affect them badly.. |
6-year
girl raped by family friend PANCHKULA, Jan 23 — A 6-year-old girl was reportedly raped, several times for three days in succession, by a 35-year-old Nepali, an acquaintance of the family. The accused, Lal Bahadur, a stove mechanic, used to visit the family of the Bengali labourer residing in Sector 20, and be friendly with the girl, Shefali. The little girl is admitted in General Hospital, Sector 6. She is unaware of the enormity of the crime. She can only comprehend that she was offered 'gems' and taken by him in their own house when there was nobody else other than her 2-year old sister. The mother of the girl, Meena, noticed blood clots on her clothes and was shocked to know the reason. The father, Roguru Lal, a daily labourer, is too stupefied to react. Sources reveal that for four continuous days, Lal Bahadur, indulged in the crime and threatened to beat her if she disclosed the incident. A case has been
registered under Sections 376 and 511, IPC. The accused
has been remanded to judicial custody. |
Kutcha
road users ignore safety norms CHANDIGARH, Jan 23 — Hundreds of drivers using kutcha unauthorised pathways of the city everyday reflects poorly on their traffic sense and care for safety. Throwing safety norms to the wind, persons driving vehicles, right from bicycles to the motor cars, take these "shortcuts to disasters", unmindful of the grave danger they pose to the lives of other motorists and pedestrians. And a majority of the offenders enter the roads from wrong sides, cocking a snook at the traffic rules. The areas around educational institutions seem to be more prone to this menace. Here, the pathways are mainly used by youngsters, who drive without helmets to avoid being challaned by the traffic police personnel. Since they drive at a high speed, they are more prone to the accidents, said a senior police official. A substantial number of such pathways joined roads near the roundabouts which have a heavy traffic. A case in point is the pathway joining the road near the roundabout of Sectors 45, 46, 33 and 32. Another such "death spot" is the one which opens near the Labour Chowk. So much is the craze of taking "shortcuts to death" that at some places, concrete structure have been demolished to to join the pathway to the main road. The boundary wall of the community centre of Attawa village has been demolished to the join the pathway to the busy road connecting SAS Nagar with Chandigarh near the Attawa Chowk. Since there is a liquor shop at one end of the road, the area near the roundabout had become accident-prone. Coupled with the problem of the majority of the streetlights being non-functional, driving the on the roads becomes a risky affair during the night time. The menace of drunken driving during the night time only ensures that law-abiding citizens are at the receiving end. The situation, however,
is not that bleak. One encouraging action: Taking into
account the grave danger the shortcuts posed, the
residents of Sectors 20 and 32 have blocked such illegal
openings by placing old iron drums. The question is: Will
the residents of other sectors also do the same for their
safety ? |
Air
defence unit's golden jubilee SOMEWHERE IN THE WESTERN SECTOR, Jan 23 — With vast strides in air warfare all over the world, it was imperative to have a well- equipped modern air defence artillery to meet any threat of aerial attacks. This was stated by Director-General Air Defence Artillery, Lt-Gen A. Mukherjee, while presiding over the golden jubilee function of the 103 AD regiment somewhere in the western sector yesterday. He said that keeping this in view of rapid modernisation and technological upgradation of the AD regiment was underway. Lt-Gen Mukherjee said that mechanised forces, too, needed to be upgraded. He stressed to the need for imparting training for the use of modern weaponry and its proper maintenance. Gen Mukherjee also lauded the role of the 103 AD regiment in combating insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, and said that the regiment had always risen to the occasion. He said that Air Defence Corps was excelling in defending the skies and in infantry warfare. Col H.P. Singh, Command
Officer 103 AD, Brig A.K. Verma, Commander of 715(1) AD
Brigade and Col A.K. Srivastava, former Commanding
Officer of the unit Maj-Gen (retd) Ranbir Bakhshi, MC,
the third commanding officer of the regiment and a World
War II veteran was also present. |
A local advertising company has come out with A Business Cache (ABC) Yellow Pages, the city’s first of its kind information directory. Brought out in colour to coincide with both the birth tercentenary of the Khalsa and 50 years of Chandigarh, this directory is highly informative as its first three pages in colour are dedicated to Chandigarh, its map, its tourist attractions and areas of tourist interest in its periphery. This 256-page directory contains all important telephone numbers of Emergency services, including police, hospitals, fire brigades, gas agencies, air, rail and bus reservation, and enquiries besides those of cinema houses, gas agencies, doctors, dentists, sightseeing, theatres and auditoriums, parks and gardens, places of worship, consumer courts, bhavans, dharmashalas, guest houses, pager services, filling stations and others. The ABC also contains information, telephone numbers of schools in the region, about newspapers and their representatives stationed in Chandigarh, postal information, including tariff and express parcel service. The directory also contains telephone numbers of Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, district courts, Central Administrative Tribunal, consumer courts, state consumer disputes redressal forums; the Chandigarh Administration, Punjab and Haryana governments, financial institutions, road distances of major Indian cities, festivals, STD codes, embassies, high commissions and honorary consulates, Indian diplomatic missions abroad, international information about airports in major cities of the world, time and languages spoken, international air distances, international direct dialling codes, metric conversion tables and formulae, calorie charts and family table. In brief it contains everything anyone normally would like to know. Helping hand: The devastating cyclone in Orissa on October 29, caused unprecedented damage and brought misery to millions of hapless people. There is destruction all around in almost 14 districts of the State and coastal districts have been devastated beyond imagination. By a rough estimate two crores of people have been affected by this natural calamity and loss of human lives may be as high as 50,000. A team of the Medical Service Centre, which recently visited the districts of Jagatsingpur, Jajpur and Cuttack, found that a large number of people have gone without food, water and shelter for days and weeks together due to the mass destruction caused by the pressure of the sea, flood water and speedy winds of 230 km/hr. Some of the areas were cut off from the main land. The drinking water has been polluted everywhere as scores of animal carcasses are still rotting in canals, ponds and paddy fields. The danger of major epidemic diseases looms large. Those who have survived the ferocity of the super-cyclone are now struggling very hard to survive its aftermath. The team of the medical centre comprising Dr Jagdish Chander, Ms Kuldeep, staff nurse and Ms Parveen Sahi, a student, who stayed in these districts from January 1 to January 8 organised cyclone relief medical camps to provide outdoor medical services at various places and distributed free medicines. These camps were also organised in the remote areas of Jajpur, which are not approachable by road and the teams had gone there by boats. Nearly 1000 patients were examined in these affected districts and the medical team also donated a sum of Rs 5,000 to the flood affected people from the fund collection of the Medical Service Centre. The centre has also been instrumental in saving many lives in cases of gastroenteritis and cholera, almost epidemic in nature, in Ersama block of Jagatsingpur district. After the acute emergency is over, they will get busy in the long-term rehabilitation of the victims, especially artisans, landless labourers, single headed households, old and infirm, women and children. Republic Day: This year's handmade card sent by regular contributor Yasmin Dutta is adorned with the following poem: This year's functions
and resolutions; Green cover: The 1999 survey carried out by the Environment Society of India (ESI) revealed that on an average about 300 trees were felled, lopped or damaged in a month by individuals, municipal, government and private institutions in Chandigarh city. Surely effective management and control are needed to preserve the green cover. In this connection a delegation of the ESI called on the Lt-Gen. JFR Jacob, (retd) Governor, Punjab, and Administrator, Union Territory of Chandigarh, and brought to his notice that the Chandigarh administration had neither constituted the tree authority nor defined its duties. Besides, the Deputy Conservator of Forests had not been declared as tree officer. Even the census of trees was not carried out. He was also informed that in 1952, the Tree Preservation Order was issued to prohibit the cutting down, lopping or wilful destruction of trees. Its main aim was to preserve the native trees, particularly the mangoes, pipal, sheesham and neem on the depopulated 59 villages on which Chandigarh city was constructed. Though this order had served a useful purpose, it is now outdated. There is thus a need to enact a comprehensive tree preservation legislation or adopt the Delhi Tree Preservation Act, 1994. Major Som Dutt: Chandigarh's Major Som Dutt Past District Governor of Rotary International District 3080, has been appointed by the President of Rotary International, Carlo Ravizza, to represent him in the District Conference of District 3290 being held at Calcutta from January 23 to 30. Major Som Dutt will be delivering the keynote address on this year's global theme of, "Rotary 2000: Act with Consistency, Credibility and Continuity." A District Conference is an annual feature and 528 district conferences are held every year in more than 150 countries around the globe. A few are attended personally by the Rotary International President while he appoints senior outstanding Rotarians to represent him at the other conferences. During Major Dutt's governorship the Rotary District 3080 achieved 100% polio immunisation which brought him laurels and honour from the Rotary Foundation. He was also instrumental in the rehabilitation of earthquake victims and construction of 150 permanent huts for them in the Uttarkashi area. With his leadership abilities he raised nearly Rs 29 lakh in cash and kind for the relief work. Powerless: Strange are the ways of the UT electricity department. While it continues to turn a blind eye to electricity theft by labour colony residents, the honest consumers are at the receiving end. A case in point are frequent and unscheduled power cuts in the housing complex of the Chandigarh Housing Board in Sector 61 here for the past over two weeks. "Kundi" connections by residents of the rehabilitation colony, Sector 52, are reported to be one of the causes of the power cuts. While the colony residents continue to avail of free power, the housing board complex residents, who pay through their nose, feel miserable in the biting cold as major cuts during the morning hours are a routine affair. In the absence of power, the electricity gadgets such as geysers fail to function leaving the residents in the cold. The residents allege that repeated requests to the department officials over the phone had failed to evoke action. Sometimes even the complaints are not attended to properly. Will the department wake up from its slumber so that the residents' hardships could be minimised? Novel sticker: A novel sticker is now seen on the cars in the city. "Drive carefully: the occupant of this vehicle is a blood donor. You may need him". It has been designed by Mr Charanjit Singh, Chandigarh's first centurion blood donor, and was released by the Inspector-General of Police, Mr S.K. Singh, at a function held at the Sector 17 plaza on January 11 in connection with traffic safety week. Mangoes:
Mr Baldev Singh, a retired Joint Director of Industries,
Punjab, has a freak mango tree at his Phase VII
residence. When the entire North had been reeling under
severe cold wave conditions, this mango tree, which is
not very old, was in full bloom. It has been overladen
with unseasonal fruit. "It is my wife, who is very
keen on gardening, that takes care of this mango tree
along with other plants. We do not do anything special.
But this unseasonal fruit has surprised us more than
anybody else," adds Mr Baldev Singh. |
Scheme for riot victims
'not implemented' SAS NAGAR, Jan 23 — The local wing of the women's cell of the Shiromani Akali Dal has pointed out that various policies announced by the Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, for the benefit of riot victims have not been implemented. The issue came up at a meeting of riot victims held here recently. The President of the women's cell, Ms Kashmir Singh, said the Chief Minister had announced the scheme in May last year and directed the departments concerned to implement it. A CBI probe into the
allotment of 12 MIG houses in Sector 66 to persons who
are not riot victims was also sought during the meeting |
Handicapped
join Army's run-for-fun CHANDIGARH, Jan 23 — As part of the Army Day celebrations as well as to foster the spirit of comradeship and goodwill, a run-for-fun was organised by the Army in Chandi Mandir cantonment today. Raina Stadium wore a festive look with hundreds of participants and spectators of all age groups congregating at the venue. All ranks, from jawans to the top brass as well as their families, participated in the run in their respective categories. A special feature this year were inmates from the Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre, SAS Nagar, who also participated in the event. The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, western Command, Lieut-Gen Vijay Oberoi, despite his right leg disability, completed the run along with the Chief of Staff, Western Command, Lieut-Gen B.S. Malik, and other general officers stationed here. The run was flagged off by the GOC-in-C, while the prizes were given away by the President, Army Wives Welfare Association (Regional), Mrs Daulat Oberoi. The first two winners in each category are: Men (19-30 yrs) — L/Nk Sunil Sharma (322 AD Regt) and L/Nk Nawshad (50 AD Regt); men (31-40 yrs) — Nk Manjit Singh and Nk Balwant Singh (both 119 Engrs); men (41-50 yrs) — Sub Sawinder Singh (119 Engrs) and Sub Balkar Singh (268 Engrs); men (51-55 yrs) — Sub D.G. Lohar (119 Engrs) dand Brig Charanjit Singh (Engr Bde); men (above 55 yrs) — Brig Bhagwan Singh and Brig T.S. Thakur. Ladies (above 19 yrs) — Ms Sadhna and Ms Anandi Chaurasia; ladies (above 50 yrs) — Brig (Ms) Paramjit Sethi and Mrs Kaushalya Thakur; ladies with toddlers — Mrs Lalmal Sawm and Mrs Nongpan; Girls (7-12 yrs) — Khitha and Momai; girls (12-18 yrs) — Ranjana dand Ruby; boys (7-12 yrs) — Hemant Pandey and Abraham; boys (12-18 yrs) — Pramod Kumar and Sanjay Kumar. Paraplegics —
Recruit P.P. Pradhan, Sep M.K. Saha. The other
paraplegics who were honoured for participating in the
run were L/Nk Kulwant Singh, Sep Gurjit Singh, L/Nk
Sureshanand, Sep A. Burman, Sep Satnam Singh, Sep Gurmel
Singh, L/Nk Ashok Thapa, L/Nk A.K. Chhetri, Gunner Ram
Pal, Hav Prahlad Singh and Gunner Kuldip Singh. |
Gurpurb
celebrated CHANDIGARH, Jan 23 — The birth anniversary of Sri Guru Gobind Singh was celebrated with traditional fervour and gaiety in some gurdwaras here today. The main function was held at Gurdwara Kanthla Sahib, near The Tribune chowk, where eminent ragis, including Bhai Nirmal Singh, and American children recited Gurbani. Discourses on the life and teachings of the tenth Sikh Guru by Mr Gurdarshan Singh Dhillon, Dr Gurbax Singh Gill and Bhai Ranjit Singh were also organised during the special congregation. A special langar was also organised. Another function was
held at Gurdwara Peer Colony in Palsora where besides a
special kirtan darbar, langar was also organised. Mr
Gurbachan Singh, President, Chandigarh Citizens Welfare
Front, while speaking on the occasion called upon people
to follow the teachings and philosophy of the tenth Guru. |
Man succumbs to injuries CHANDIGARH, Jan 23 — A Sector 27 resident, Narinder Kumar Singh, was knocked down by a bus (HP-36-0376) near Kisan Bhavan Chowk here yesterday. According to the police, Narinder, who was riding pillion of the scooter (CHA 4786), driven by Mr Karam Singh of Kharar, was injured when the bus hit them from behind. He was rushed to the PGI where he died. The driver of the bus, Ramesh Kumar, has been arrested and the bus impounded. A case has been registered. Two injured: A rickshaw-puller, Luxman, was injured when he was hit by a van (CH01-N-6933) on the Sector 31-Industrial Area dividing road. The police said the van driver, Panny Das, was also injured and both had been admitted to the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32. A case has been registered against the van driver. Thief held: The police arrested Shamsher Singh, alias Kala, a resident of Dhanas Milk Colony, and recovered a stolen bicycle and rickshaw from his possession. A case has been registered. Liquor seized: The police arrested Ram Bali, a resident of Bissar village of Hardvi district in UP, from the Sectors 47-48 dividing road and seized 100 pouches of liquor from him yesterday. A case under the Excise Act has been registered. Moped stolen: Mr
Rakshak, a resident of Sector 42, reported to the police
that his moped (CH01-N-6933) had been stolen from his
house. |
Boy
missing since Jan 19 CHANDIGARH, Jan 23 — A local boy, Jaswinder Singh, alias Prince, has been missing since January 19. According to the father
of the boy, Mr Ranjit Singh, Jaswinder left for Jalandhar
on January 19 at 1 p.m. and has not been traced since
then. |
Industry
‘exploiting’ migrant labour PANCHKULA, Jan 23 — Statistics of a local non-government organisation indicate a rise of about 10 percent in migrant population to the township. Much of this, especially from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, come to the place in search of better avenues and better work conditions. Many of them continue to be exploited at the hands of the capitalistic few, in terms of wages and human rights. The authorities concerned have failed to curtail such acts due to a crippled system of execution of rules. The industrial areas, phase I and II, have about 225 big and small industrial units, most of these being ancillary units. Sources reveal that a majority of these flout regulations of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Payment of Wages Act, 1936, and indulge in child labour violations. The rising labour population, especially the unskilled, has aggravated its misery as its disproportionate rise fills the demand and supply gap in regard to procurement of manpower for industrialists. The township, which accounts for almost 25 to 30 percent of village and jhugi population, has around 15 percent of migrant labour. Many labourers are working for Rs 1,00 per month. Mr Ram Nivas, a labourer in a factory, says he works for 12 hours a day, with three 15-minute breaks. He is paid Rs 1,400 and has no days off. There are no fixed working hours for them, which can stretch from 8 to 16 hours a day, with a meagre overtime allowance. A large number of labourers are not under any insurance cover. Overstretched work hours, low wages and miserable work conditions have crippled them mentally. The President of the Labour Nirman Sangh, Mr Jagdish Kayshap, says there are no policies for the welfare of labour in the state and enforcement of minimum wages will bring respite for them. For the authorities concerned, records indicate hardly any case of exploitation. Mr B.S. Saluja, Labour Inspector, says there no case of child labour has been registered in the township last year. He says efforts of the department are not to prosecute but to rectify errors. Sources reveal that the exploitation of labour has continued over the years as a result of obsolete laws formulated several decades ago. Making a note of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, he says, cases pertaining to the dispute of wages, can be registered with the labour authorities only if the monthly wage of the plaintiff is less than Rs 1,600. Over the years, the
minimum wages have been revised. Minimum wages in Haryana
are more than the stipulated ceiling. This results in
most of such cases falling out of the jurisdiction of the
labour authorities. |
Oil
conservation walk CHANDIGARH, Jan 23 — As part of the ongoing oil fortnight, the Indian Oil Corporation organised a walk to spread the message of oil conservation here today. The participants at the walk, which began from Indian Oil Bhavan, Sector 19, and ended at Sukhna Lake, carried banners and plycards highlighting the messages of oil conservation. Mr A.M. Nagar, DGM,
Indian Oil Corporation, officials of the oil companies,
petrol dealers and LGP distributors along with their
family members participated in the walk, according to a
press note. |
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