C H A N D I G A R H

House allotment not by rules alone
CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — It is a classic case when the officialdom throws the rule book out of the window to harass a person or to favour someone else.

Teachers to march to Parliament CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — Teachers protesting against non-implementation of their demands for service benefits will stage a protest march to Parliament on December 12 with teachers from parts of the adjoining states likely to join.

Fake encounter case
Compensation increased
CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — The District and Sessions Judge, Mr H.S. Bhalla, granted a compensation of Rs 2.68 lakh in case a of fake encounter in 1984. 

Helping the terminally ill die peacefully
CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — In a country like India where a conservative figure of one million new cases is added every year to the long list of people suffering from cancer, palliative care acquires a definitive meaning.

Malkit, Gursewak to perform at PU
CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — Punjabi pop stars Malkit Singh and Gursewak Mann will perform near the Students Centre, Panjab University, on November 30. 

Labourer dies as half-bodied trucks collide
PANCHKULA, Nov 26 — A 22-year old labourer died and 20 others were injured when a truck of the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam turned turtle near Mattawala on the Ramgarh road, here today, after colliding with a truck coming from the opposite direction, here today.

• Residents meet Bansal

 

CHANDIGARH CALLING THE UT Administration’s demolition squads might have cleared all encroachments in front of shops in the Sector 22 market. But it hasn’t deterred some clever vendors from resurfacing on the familiar turf, albeit in modified avatars.

COMMUNITY

AIBEA leader threatens strike
CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — The staff of nationalised banks will observe an indefinite nationwide strike if Parliament passed the Bill pertaining to the privatisation of the banking sector, the All-India Bank Employees Association(AIBEA) General Secretary, Mr Tarakeswar Chakraborty, said here today.

Police science congress begins today
CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — ‘Innovative techniques in policing and police administration’ is the main theme of the 32nd All India Police Science Congress to held here from tomorrow. 

READERS WRITE
Restore December examinations
THIS refers to the report ‘‘KU panel recommends five monthly tests’’ (The Tribune, Nov 9). As an educationist of 36 years’ standing, I fully agree with Dr Ramesh Kumar, Principal, M.L.N. College, Yamunanagar, in demanding the restoration of December examinations instead of holding five monthly tests. 

Rotarians discuss public relations
CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — Lively discussions on “the Rotary Public Relations and the Rotary Foundation” were the highlights of the one-day inter-city meet, “Adharshila,” of the 3080 Rotary International District 3080, held here today.

3 councillors question police role
SAS NAGAR, Nov 26 — The ongoing controversy over the postponement of the meeting called to elect the President of the SAS Nagar Municipal Committee took a new twist with at least three of the councillors, who have been booked by the police for tearing off the ballot papers, claiming that they had been falsely implicated in the case.

Heritage week concludes with havana
PANCHKULA, Nov 26 — The inclusion of Lahore, Kusoor, Multan, Sialkot and Peshawar in the list of world- heritage cities was demanded by the members of the Federation of Migrant Groups from North Western India now Pakistan.

Arya Samaj losing its goal
Jigyasu laments self-glorification
CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — Prof Rajinder Jigyasu is a man who lives and links two worlds. He is a 69-year-old historian who has lived, upheld and worked tirelessly for his ideals and principles but at the same time never let them colour his keen sense about the truth. A staunch Arya Samajist, Prof Jigyasu is also the author of more than 40 biographies and 100 books.

• Tribune employee bereaved