The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

Sunday, July 30, 2000,
Chandigarh, India

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C H A N D I G A R H

Godrej-GE employees lathicharged
SAS NAGAR, June 29 — The nine-month-old agitation by the Godrej-GE Employees Union took a serious turn when a posse of police resorted to lathi charge in front of the factory premises in Industrial Area here today. At least 15 members of the union were injured in the cane charge.

Petrol, diesel may cost more in city
CHANDIGARH, July 29 — City residents will soon have to pay more for petrol and diesel as the present taxation regime is not in line with the limits set by the empowered committee of finance ministers for the implementation of uniform sales tax.

DC favours draw of lots for filling chambers
CHANDIGARH, July 29 — Recommending the filling of vacant chambers at the Sector 17 District Courts by draw of lots, UT Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Magistrate Mr. M.Ramsekhar has also suggested the removal of unauthorised occupants after issuing notices.

Protests outside factory premises
SAS NAGAR, July 29 — Scenes of strong protests against the Punjab Government and the management of Punwire were witnessed here today outside the Phase 7 premises of the factory when a provisional liquidator was taking charge of the assets of the company. The liquidator has been appointed on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana Court.

New technology to solve water problem
DERA BASSI, July 29 — People of this region will not have to face water shortage following the introduction of a new technique of sinking tubewells where the water table has fallen to more than 700 feet.

Kali awaits roof for her temple
CHANDIGARH, July 29 — Devotees coming to pay their obeisance a Kali Mata temple near Dhanas are surprised to find it roofless. Built by migrants from Chennai in UT’s forest belt, the temple has a saffron cloth protecting the Mata’s idol for the past 34 years.

REGIONAL BRIEFS

EARLIER STORIES

	Forwarding agents block rail traffic July 29, 2000
	Administration suggests changes in advisory panel July 28, 2000
	Hi-tech hospitals luring PGI doctors? July 27, 2000
	Students on RLA list miserable July 26, 2000
	Constable subjected to third-degree torture by SI, three others July 25, 2000
	Villages' link with highway severed July 24, 2000
	NC can withdraw support from NDA, warns Handoo July 23, 2000
	Rs 5.6 lakh penalty slapped on motel owner for power theft July 22, 2000
	No to Canadian visa office for city July 21, 2000
	Speed limits may be lowered in city July 20, 2000

COMMUNITY

Frisking of army men flayed
CHANDIGARH, July 29 — The Rashtriya Raksha Dal has strongly denounced the action of the Special Protection Group (SPG) in frisking Army personnel who were on duty at the celebrations held to honour those who had laid down their lives in the operation. A leading national daily had carried a photograph of a SPG official frisking a uniformed jawan on July 27.

Was it a suicide?
KHARAR, July 29 — It was an evening like any other. Karamjit Kaur did the cooking, washed utensils, had a chat with her family and finally went to her bed. Next day, bodies of Karamjit and her lover Avtar Singh, tied together with a cloth, were recovered from the village well. Tired of opposition of their affair, the two had blindfolded each other before making the final exit from world after entering into a suicide pact.

Puppies get a new lease of life
CHANDIGARH, July 29 — But for the sympathy and kind heartedness of a girl, four maggot infested puppies would have perished since their mother had lost all interest in looking after these.

Workshop on water supply
CHANDIGARH, July 29 — A two day workshop on rural water supply and sanitation concluded here today with a consensus emerging to evolve an action plan to combat the severe problem of depletion of ground water in Punjab.

Gyan Jyoti scheme
Society’s plea
Milk plant staff celebrate vanamahotsava
YWCA observes Vikas Parv

Lawyers inconvenienced in the absence of canteen
CHANDIGARH, July 29 — Canteens at the Sector 17 District Courts are not catering the requirements of advocates any more. These were closed a few days ago as the contract was not revised. In their absence, the makeshift canteens near the entrance are flourishing.

EDUCATION

PEC students plan apkesaath.com
CHANDIGARH, July 29 — Queues in front of railway stations and cinema halls are going to be things of the past. A group of young and zealous students from Punjab Engineering College are launching a website “apkesaath.com”, that will provide advance booking for cinema tickets and reservation for railway and air tickets online.

BCA or BSc computers?
CHANDIGARH, July 29 — Fads are fads and they sometimes extend to education too. With the introduction of BBA and BCA courses in colleges, traditional science courses have received a setback. There are very few takers for the traditional B.Sc subjects and many a time the colleges are not able to fill up seats. On the other hand, the number of applications received by various colleges for BBA and BCA courses is almost three times the number of seats sought in other fields.

Decision to shift classes draws flak
CHANDIGARH, July 29 — The students of Class XII of arts stream in Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 23, are sore over the Education Department’s decision to shift them to Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 15.

Resource centres to cope with learning disability
PANCHKULA, July 29 — With a view to educating teachers about learning disability in students, Optimising Development in Education (ODE), an institute specialising in the field, has opened resources centres in two schools of the city, with the project to be spread to other schools as well.

Madarsa to be upgraded
CHANDIGARH, July 29 — To preserve the integrity and unity of the nation, all citizens, irrespective of their caste and creed, should come together, said Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, local MP, while speaking at an annual function of Madarsa Eizah-ul-uloom Mujaddidi, Mani Majra, here today.

Syndicate to discuss Sodhi Ram’s prosecution
CHANDIGARH, July 29 — Grant of sanction for prosecution of Dr Sodhi Ram, a former Controller of Examination currently under CBI probe for paper leakage, will come in for discussion at the Syndicate meeting scheduled for August 4, sources said here today.

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