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Creditable show by Chaman Vatika
kids Chandigarh, May 25 According to a press release by the school here today, six students of Chaman Vatika have scored above 78.4 per cent marks, claimed to be the highest by Gagandeep of the YPS, SAS Nagar, on the ICSE website. According to Internet and council results, Chizy Valecha and Inderjit Singh Maingi scored 88.75 per cent, Arun Batra 83.75 per cent, Sahil Mangla 81.75 per cent, Nishant Patni 81 per cent and Gagan Mittal scored 79.25 per cent marks. The overall results of the school in the ISC commerce stream are excellent, out of 24 students 15 have scored more than 75 per cent with 100 per cent result in both the ICSE and ISC examinations. Even in the non-medical stream (ISC), Mohd Saef Sajjad surpasses the claimed highest percentage scoring 84.75 per cent, this is more than 83.2 per cent scored by Sharan Bains of the YPS, SAS Nagar, followed by Lancelot R.Fernandes 81.5 per cent and Rahul Gulati 81 per cent. On the top of it all, the students have scored more than 80 per cent except one child who has scored 76.75 per cent. As regards the ICSE results, Samir Chopra of Chaman Vatika scored 86.8 per cent in the commerce stream followed by Vipin Jain with 85.6 per cent. Overall, six students have scored above 80 per cent and 13 students range from 75 to 80 per cent. In the ICSE science stream, the first position in the school has been bagged by Anshul Mittal securing 89.4 per cent followed by Harshit Purwar with 88.02 per cent and Chetan Garg with 87.6 per cent. |
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Smack worth 3 cr seized from
Nigerian Panchkula, May 25 This is reportedly Panchkula police’s first ever big seizure of narcotic drugs along with huge amounts of cash. According to the police, arrested person Tazudin Adesola, who had come by bus from Delhi to Panchkula, was nabbed at a naka on the Zirakpur-Panchkula highway along with the drug and cash at about 4:00 am. Police sources said that the accused took a bus from Delhi and got down at Zirakpur bus stop from where he hired an autorickshaw to Sector 12 of Panchkula. A police party deployed at the naka intercepted the vehicle for a routine check. Loud objections raised by the Nigerian in the auto made the police suspicious and the cops subjected the bag being carried by him to a thorough check. While the search was on the accused attempted to flee but was overpowered by the police personnel. Mr Manoj Yadav, SP, said that apart from $1650 (US), the police also seized 124 bundles of 100 rupee currency notes, 92 of Rs 50 and 260 of Rs 500 note currency notes from the bag carried by the accused. He was carrying the drug in 30 packets of 100 gm each and some clothes with him. The accused was illegally staying in India as his visa had expired on February 28. He was staying at a hotel in Delhi earlier, added Mr Yadav. While talking to mediapersons, Mr Vikas Arora, ASP, said the accused was a diploma holder from Nigeria and was visiting Panchkula for the first time. A case under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been registered against the accused with Sector 19 police station and further investigations are on. The autorickshaw used by him has also been impounded by the police while its driver has been made a witness in the incident. Earlier, the CIA staff of the Panchkula police had arrested Basir Muhammad, a Bihari resident, for allegedly possessing 750 gm of charas worth Rs 40,000. The accused was arrested under the NDPS Act. According to the information available from police sources, all narcotics in the region were brought to the city from the states of Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Poppy husk and opium were smuggled in city as well as in the inner rural reaches of Haryana and Punjab. Poppy husk was first brought from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to the town of Shahabad Markanda near Ambala. From there, carriers were engaged to bring the haul to the city through the Panchkula- Ramgarh-Naraingarh road and other short links to the city and vicinity. |
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BHATNAGAR
TRIAL Chandigarh, May
25 The defence had
submitted that the prosecution had been informed well in advance to
present witnesses for cross-examination. The submission stated that
Capt S.S. Bisht was the prime eyewitness to events relating to June
15, 1999. He had been stationed here for a month, but was later sent
back. The defence would like to place facts before the court in a
logical and simplified manner and would be able to present its case
effectively by cross-examining Maj-Gen V.S. Budhwar and Capt B.M.
Carriapa only after cross-examining Captain Bisht, the submission
added. The defence maintained that after cross-examining Captain Bisht,
the cross-examination of any other witness might not be required. The
prosecution, however, contended that the defence could not set the
order of precedence for examining witnesses and it was the prerogative
of the prosecution to present witnesses in any sequence it
liked. General Budhwar, who was commanding the Leh-based 3 Infantry
Division during the Kargil operations, was expected to arrive for
deposing before the court today, but the prosecution informed the
court that he would not be available before Monday. The court will now
reassemble on May 29. |
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PU SCAM Chandigarh, May 25 Justice Sehgal, who is a nominated member of the PU Senate and heading a committee appointed by the PU Vice-Chancellor to study the findings of the R.S. Verma panel, will submit his report within two months to the VC. Justice Sehgal also said, “We may need these men for the investigation and if they proceed on leave, they will become inaccessible. However, if someone is found to be guilty of misusing a position of authority, he or she will not be spared.” On a question regarding action to recover the embezzled funds, Justice Sehgal said, according to the IPC, if a person was found guilty of misappropriating public funds, his or her private property could be attached. “There are many other ways of recovering the money. The Supreme Court has recently issued orders in this regard.” Justice Sehgal held his first meeting with the other members of the committee in PU today. He said, “We have exchanged notes and shared suggestions. We will meet again by June 5.” The R.S. Verma committee had reportedly found that there had been a gross misuse of funds, especially the higher-education fund, by a former PU VC and Mr M.G. Sharma, PU Finance and Development Officer. The report also accuses the landscape officer of the university, Mr Saini, of having taken a large number of actions that were not approved by the university. |
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Heated arguments among
councillors on tehbazari SAS Nagar, May 25 When the agenda item to charge tehbazari of the last two years from the kiosk owners in rehri markets of Phase 1 and 3B 1 A without imposing a ten per cent penalty on the defaulters was placed before the house, councillors of the opposition sought details about the kiosks and the period for which the fee had not been deposited. Mr Manjit Sethi, a councillor, claimed that over Rs 9 crore was due from the rehri markets. Another councillor, Mr S.S. Patwari, alleged that records of the tehbazari was being forged to cover up the misdeeds of certain officials. Officials of the civic body said the owners of kiosks in the rehri markets had not deposited the tehbazarai after they were not issued the NOCs to get electricity connections. They said as there was no provision under the rules of the civic body to waive off 10 per cent penalty on the defaulters, permission of the house was required. The item was passed on a majority vote. Another item to charge a fee from plot owners dumping construction material along the roadside also saw oppsition from Mr Amrik Singh Mohali, another councillor. The civic body also decided to charge a flat fee of Rs 600 from regularising water and sewer connection. Some councillors demanded that the cutoff date for regularising the connection be disclosed. In a significant decision the house cleared a proposal to purchase a new machine to clean and sweep roads in the town from a Samrala-based company. The machine, a tractor-trailed road vacuum sweeper, has recently been purchased by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation and the Patiala civic body. The machine, costing around Rs 6.31 lakh, was reportedly capable of sweeping major roads with speed as well as efficiency. The civic body approved a budget of Rs 7 lakh for purchasing the machine but for an expenditure above Rs 5 lakh, a sanction of the Director, Local Government was required. A difference of opinion among the councillors was witnessed on an agenda item empowering the Executive Officer of the civic body to spend up to Rs 50,000 instead of the existing powers to spend Rs 4000. The item along with another item to create a new post of Superintending Engineer (SE), Civil, was rejected. A total of 22 agenda items was passed in the meeting.
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FOLLOW-UP Chandigarh, May 25 This follows the publication of a news report in the columns of this news paper regarding a number of people here receiving letters, exhorting them to participate in the lottery that has Australian $ 23 lakhs at stake. A lot of people have had to lose their credit cards after they tried to pay the stake of US $ 19 through their credit cards. Confirming this, the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Mr Ajay Kashyap, said that he had received complaints from the “aspiring winners” and that they suspected that their addresses could have been procured from the web portals where they had opened their e- mail accounts. Meanwhile, a large number of people who had received these letters said that they had opened their e-mail accounts and since they had typed in their addresses while opening the account , they suspected that someone had procured their address from there. Says Ms Veena Gupta, a home-maker from Panchkula, who had received such letter: “This is violative of the cyber laws and is an intrusion in the privacy of the account holders with the portal.” The police, while conceding that if the addresses procured from the web portals was violative of the Information Technology Act, 2000, necessary action can be taken only if the host (portal) lodges a complaint. “Since, it is presumed that the host has been defrauded, they have to lodge a complaint with the government of the country they are based in,” said Mr Kashyap. He also said that the police will approach the Post and Telegraph Department and try to find the origin of these letters. Since there is no acknowledgement of the Australian Postage Department on the envelopes (these just say “Postage Paid Australia”), the police will inquire if the letters have actually been dispatched from Australia. |
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ISO certificate for 3 BRD Chandigarh, May 25 Sources said that the certificate was received here a few days ago. The 3 BRD is the country's largest helicopter maintenance establishment, responsible for repairing and overhauling choppers of Soviet origin in the IAF's inventory. The certification had now granted international recognition to the depot as far as quality of maintenance and overhaul of choppers were concerned. “There are a large number of countries operating similar type of choppers being repaired here. Should the government policy change, the depot will be able to take up projects for friendly foreign countries,” an officer said. “If required, we will also be able to export expertise just like we are exporting certain defence equipment,” he added. Sources said that officers from the 3 BRD would also be involved in conducting national and international level training projects and workshops concerning quality assurance organised by the BIS at various places. The ISO 9000 certification had also authorised external quality audit by the BIS. So far, the IAF’s quality checks depended on its quality assurance cell operating directly under Air Headquarters. Certification by the BIS could be withdrawn if the quality of output failed to match the laid down standards. A special training course in quality assurance, quality management and quality audit was also conducted by the BIS for IAF personnel at the depot. About 25 officers and airmen had been trained. The certification process involved massive documentation of all operating procedures required for undertaking a particular task. Technical documentation, policy statements, quality specifications, work packages and procedures had to be compiled and their dissemination to the lowest level had to be ensured. Though officers claimed that the specifications and work procedures set by Air Headquarters were already above that required for ISO 9000, the certification had officially granted individual status to the depot as far as quality of maintenance and overhaul of choppers was concerned. Four other IAF establishments had so far received the ISO 9000 certification. These were the Air Force Technical College at Bangalore, N0.9 BRD at Pune, No.11 BRD at Tuglakabad and the ADGES Maintenance Service Establishment at New Delhi. The Air Force Technical College had also received the ISO 9001 certificates, which certifies that its expertise and capability for designing aviation related components meets international standards. |
Death certificate procurement an
ordeal Chandigarh, May 25 For getting the certificate or a few copies, you may have to wait for six weeks or more. This is not all. If you want some more copies, you may have to wait for another six weeks. This stands confirmed when you visit the office in Sector 17 and apply for certificate and few additional copies. The date mentioned on the receipts of all those who applied today was July 20. Even though the process of computerising the records has started, people are still being issued hand-written certificates. Many city residents have highlighted the problems faced by them on account of delay in obtaining these certificates. The document is vital for operating bank accounts, settling insurance claims and other business and property transactions. But due to long delays — all that work comes to a virtual standstill. Photocopies of the original do not serve the purpose. “I had applied for a death certificate a month ago, but as I am still to get it, we are facing a lot of hassles settling our property matters,” said a Kajehri resident. Another resident, who recently lost his father, pointed out that even though he was scheduled to fly back to the USA in the next few days, he would not be able to complete all formalities if he does not get the certificates till then. Inder Pal Singh, who had come all the way in scorching heat to apply for the certificate, was disappointed on not getting the form. However, later when he pleaded he was handed over a torn and crumpled form, where part of the details sought were simply missing. Unlike in the past, when forms were available at all times, the forms are now made available only from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm. This has been done to check the practice of people picking up four or five forms in one go. Few others highlighted the problems they face in not knowing what to do once they are in the office, particularly in filling the forms. A visit to the office revealed that visitors to the office have to wait for their turn, both at the time of depositing their fee as well as for collecting the certificates, in rather “uncomfortable conditions”. People standing in long queues in the verandah outside pointed out the absence of fans, seating and drinking water arrangements. Mrs Daljit Kaur, a resident of Kharar, complained of nausea waiting for her turn in hot weather. Due to non-availability of drinking water, they have to quench their thirst with cold drinks. “What an expensive proposition,” she said. A small toilet inside is not even fit to cater to the requirement of the staff, what to talk of applicants. Few others complained about the difficulty they had in locating the office, which only a few days ago shifted on the rear of the office of the Medical Officer of Health ( MOH), Municipal Corporation. The office had been for the past 25 years functioning from a room adjacent to the MOH office but now there are no prominent signs to show the shifting. Officials on their part attribute these delays to shortage of staff. Even as the population of the city has touched the mark of 10 lakh, the staff handling the issuance of birth and death certificates has not increased since 1983. One of the officials pointed out that there are only two employees, one each deployed to handle the issuance of birth and death certificates along with the copies. They not only make the entries after getting the required information from the cremation ground, city hospitals and nursing homes or that furnished by the residents, but also make certificates and the copies. According to figures available, the city records 22 deaths per day. And to cope up with the increasing workload, we often fill the additional copies at home after taking down the particulars from the original copy. While in Haryana, only one copy is issued along with the original, we mostly issue the number sought by the applicant. The local Registrar, Births and Deaths, Mr Harshvardhan, said that the problem of delays is shortly going to be sorted out as computerisation of records has already begun. To begin with, work has started on feeding the birth and death-related data from 1998 onwards. In the next few days, daily entries would be made, following which computerised certificates would be issued within a week. Soon these would be issued on the same day. The office has only this month been equipped with six computers. Provision has also been made for separate counters for inquiry, fee collection and distribution of birth and death certificates. |
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123 challans issued to
encroachers Chandigarh, May 25 As part of the MC drive, nearly 48 challans were issued in the northern sectors of 11, 15, 17 and 18, particularly of the rehri walas encroaching MC land and the shopkeepers who had extended their wares right up to the public corridors and parking areas in the market. While 40 challans were issued in Mani Majra, nearly 35 were issued in the southern sectors of 34, 35, 38, 40 and 41. The drive was carried out by the Inspectors and Sub-Inspector, (Enforcement) in their respective areas. The number of routine challans have gone up ever since the enforcement teams have been revamped following the arrest of some members of the earlier teams by the CBI. . Meanwhile, teams of the Estate Office staff were busy carrying out some survey in Sector 26 grain market today in pursuance of the Punjab and Haryana High Court directions. |
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BKU protest against ‘anti-farmer policies’ Chandigarh, May 25 The farmers demanded hike in subsidy, reduction in the price of fertilisers, diesel, 12-hour uninterrupted supply of electricity for tubewell and compensation for farmers whose wheat and other crops had been damaged by rain. The leaders of the union threatened that the BKU would organise a protest in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner of every district of Punjab if their demands were not met soon. While addressing the farmers, the General Secretary of the BKU Prof Manjit Singh Kadian, said that the WTO allowed 10 per cent subsidy to the farmers of developed nation, but the Indian government was giving just 7 per cent subsidy. It had further reduced the subsidy by raising the prices of fertilisers, diesel and other agricultural inputs. Mr Kadian demanded that all outstanding loans of farmers be written off and in future all loans given to farmers should have a 4 per cent rate of interest. |
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FENG SHUI TIPS Avoid open shelves IMAGING a lawyer’s office or a businessman’s study. The first thing that comes to mind is a view of walls lined with shelves with books in them. Generally such bookshelves are open. Open bookshelves resemble spears that send out the “killing breath” into a room. Whether the shelves are in children’s room or in your office, it is advisable to keep them covered. The disastrous effect of these shelves may not be noticed immediately. With the passage of time, you will realise that the person occupying the room or the one spending most of his time there will almost always succumb to illness. If he does not fall ill, he will feel stressed and tired with the complaints of headache and backache. In cases where the shelves cannot really be covered or altered, the best thing to do is to line the books horizontally instead of vertically. The edges of the books should be in sync with the edges of the shelves. This will make the shelves disappear, reducing the negative effects to a great extent. You could even round off the edges of the shelf with sand paper. Address your Feng Shui queries to: Harshana |
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Extensive damage in Lalru fire; 1 hurt Lalru, May 25 A person named Mr Diwan Chand jumped from the first floor of a shop to save himself from the fire, sustained spinal injuries and had to be rushed to a private hospital at Ambala. Sources said the fire that broke out at about 12.15 am was noticed by a watchman. The police and fire engines from Dera Bassi, Patiala, Ambala, Rajpura and Dappar were called. They fought the fire for over four hours to control it. Eyewitnesses said two LPG cylinders that had been kept in a ‘dhaba’ had also burst to fuel the fire. The flames went so high that two godowns on the first floor of a nearby shop also caught fire. Bicycle spare-parts worth lakhs of rupees stored there were also damaged. The blasts blew up the tin roofs of the adjacent kiosks and shattered the windowpanes of the adjacent shops. Minor cracks appeared on the walls of two nearby shops. The kiosks where fruits, cassettes, confectionery items and eatables had been stored, burnt down completely, while a barber’s shop suffered comparatively less damage. A power generator was also destroyed. Shopkeepers said a short circuit due to a loose wire inside a telephone booth had caused the fire. Mr Sher Singh Sidhu, SDM of Dera Bassi, also rushed to the spot. A number of nearby residents, shopkeepers and police personnel also helped the firemen control the fire. As the area had a water shortage, the fire-fighters had to get the water from some local industrial units. Meanwhile, a case has been registered at the Lalru police station after the incident. |
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FLAVOUR OF THE WEEK Chandigarh Thanks to the short spell of fair weather, cultural zing returned to the city after a long gap, with a number of activities dotting the art scene. Not only that, two beautiful features were added to the tourist map of the city and its vicinity: Mermaid, CITCO’s multi-cuisine restaurant at Sukhna Lake, was thrown open to the public and the musical fountain in Neighbourhood Park of Mohali’s Sector 70, was also formally inaugurated. The influx of small screen stars kept the spirits of the youth high and the theatre scene was also revived. There was some interesting theatre by Nimma Dandona who tied up with Global Cancer Concern, India, to stage a comedy-thriller written by Joe Orton. The play, ‘Loot’, was a big success. The UT Administrator, Lt Gen JFR Jacob (retd), remained glued to his seat for well over an hour. Street plays were back and so were the workshops. The street play by Surya Art Group, focusing on preservation of the green cover, garnered a lot of public attention at Sector 17 Plaza. Children are having a ball, with three workshops to choose from: Abhinav Chaturvedi (of Hum Log fame) is holding one at Strawberry Fields, Sector 24; Nasrin and Basundhara are holding a music workshop at BVM, Sector 27; Harleen Kohli and GS Chani are holding one called “Theatre of joy”. Upcoming singer Pallavi Laxman also did some good to music buffs by presenting some very lyrical stuff at a music store in Sector 17. Harbhajan Mann was also in the city with his promise to sing for sportspersons. A large part of the city’s attention was, however, wrested by chirpy Channel V veejays, Peeya and Gaurav Chaudhry, who went around the city’s hot spots distributing free passes for STAR TV’s rock concert to be held at Parade Ground on Sunday. The show will feature Mika, Euphoria, Abbey, Mehnaz and Strings. No wonder the youngsters hounded them everywhere — from Home Science College to Tornadoes discotheque and NIFD campus to PU campus, Aerrizzona and Music World. Most of the fans were disappointed by the absence of more-in-demand veejays, Ranveer and Kim. They might, however, turn up any time before Sunday. So watch out! Also watch out for vegetable prices which are on a steady fall. You can now have your favourite dishes at half the price, as compared to last week. On the political front, Mr Harmohan Dhawan of the Chandigarh Vikas Manch now wants the Mayor to resign “if he cannot handle the MC’s meetings effectively.” Do you know how many times the MC’s Finance and Contract Committee meeting has been postponed? You could do some brain racking here. Reminder from the last week: The condition of Parvinder Singh, the 10-year-old student of Sarva Bharti Model Middle School, Manimajra, who was thrashed by his principal, is now better. He has since returned home. The principal has been booked. |
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RSS not pursuing saffron agenda:
Atkinson Chandigarh, May 25 Addressing a press conference here, Mr Atkinson refuted allegations that the BJP-led government at the Centre was following anti-minority policies. It was the propaganda by certain organisastions, which wanted to generate hatred towards the Hindus at the international level, he added. Alleging a major racket in the “forcible” conversions to Christianity, he said the conversions were not being carried out in the true Christian spirit and according to the teachings of Jesus Christ. A majority of the missionaries had been “misusing grants” from international organisations to convert the poverty-stricken people. They often shifted their bases after making a quick buck, he alleged. He claimed that the Bills relating to the Christian community, which were put in the cold storage by the previous Central Governments, had been taken up by the present government. Similarly, the Ministry of Tourism has agreed to convert five churches, besides certain sea beaches, into tourist spots for pilgrims. Commenting on attacks on Christians, he claimed that during the past 15 months there had been a sharp fall in the clashes and attacks against monorities. And recently a large number of Muslims had joined the BJP in Hyderabad in the presence of Mr Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Rural
Development. Earlier, a former local MP, Mr Satya Pal Jain, while introducing Mr Atkinson, said Mr Atkinson had been nominated to the Lok Sabha by the President, Mr K.R. Narayanan, according to the provisions of the Constitution. Mr Jain said Mr Atkinson later joined the BJP. |
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Christian front seeks RS seat from Punjab Chandigarh, May 25 Raising this demand at a press conference here, Mr Munawar Masih, President of the front, urged the SAD leadership to consider these demands sympathetically as the Christian community, which numbered over 20 lakh, did not have any MLA or MP at present. He said the front would continue to support the SAD-BJP alliance in the next assembly poll. With a view to making the community aware of its rights, the front would organise rallies in major towns of Punjab shortly. Condemning remarks about Jesus Christ in a book
written by an Amritsar-based advocate, Satnam Singh, he announced that a massive rally would be organised at the Wagah border on May 28 in protest against the award of death sentence to a teacher in Pakistan. Besides, he demanded basic amenities on the Scheduled Caste pattern to the Christians living in the border area. A notification providing free study material to their wards should also be issued. Mr Lawrence Malik, president of Christian Front, Punjab and Chandigarh, announced that the front would contest the coming elections to the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh also. Chandigarh, May 25 Two fire engines were rushed to the spot to check the fire from spreading to the other cars parked nearby. The fire, which broke out at 6.45 pm, was controlled within half an hour. In another incident, an electric box caught fire in the electricity sub-office, near Arya Samaj Mandir, Sector 18-C. Household belongings, mainly clothes, were burnt in a minor fire which broke out on the second floor of house No 3670 in Maloya village at 11.35 am. A fire engine from Sector 38 Fire Station was able to control the same within 20 minutes. The occupant of the house, Chottu Pandit, was not present in the house, while the owner, Mr Vijay Kumar, was present.
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Withdraw case or face stir, say Cong
legistors Chandigarh, May 25 The MLAs are Mr Avtar Singh Brar, Mr Harmahinder Singh, Mr Amrik Singh Dhillon, Mr Gurcharan Singh Dirba, Mr Kanwaljit Singh Lali, Mr Harbans Lal, Mr Tej Parkash Singh and Mr Rakesh Pandey. Mr Brar, who is also General Secretary of the Legislative wing of the Congress in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, said Mrs Bhattal was the most respected leader of the party. He said the Badal government had challenged Congress party workers in the state by registering the case against her. “ We are fully prepared to face this challenge”, he said. Mr Brar said the Badal government was trying to use all sorts of foul means to browbeat its opponents, he said. The case should be immediately withdrawn, otherwise Congress workers would be forced to launch an agitation in the state against the Badal government, he said. |
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A clarification Chandigarh, May 25 In a press note issued here today, Dr B.B. Goel, Professor of Public Administration in the PU Department of Correspondence Studies, said, “I often face embarrassment for being the namesake of the indicted teacher. I am a National Assessor on Quality Education for the NAAC; Advisor to the Government of Mauritius; a UGC Young Scientist Career Awardee; a member of the Haryana Board of School Education; an IFCI-IDBI nominee on the board of several companies; and an author of nine books. |
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Raising day of 3 Field Regiment Chandigarh, May 25 According to a statement issued here today, the Governor, along with a galaxy of retired officers , JCOs and jawans of the unit, joined the two-day celebrations. The GOC-in-C, Western Command, Lieut-Gen Surjit Singh, also attended the function. During the barakhana yesterday, the Governor interacted with the pensioners and jawans and took stock of their problems as well as achievements. The theme of the occasion was to have a reunion of the old veterans of the regiment and those carrying the baton now. The event was an in house regimental affair and included religious functions. |
Cable operator fired at SAS Nagar, May 25 The youths, reported to be close friends of the singer, escaped in a silver-coloured Honda City car, bearing a registration number of Chandigarh. The singer is said to be away to Mumbai. Sources in the police said the two youths had been identified as Lucky, reported to be a son of an officer in the state Vigilance Department, and Jassi. Two shots were fired from the double-barrel gun when the cable operator of Sky Scanners, Bittu, along with his helper, Vijay, reached the area on a complaint by Mr Partap Singh, an occupant of House No 53 in Phase 3B 1. Tracking down the fault they reached House No 55 where the suspects were staying and urged them to remove the “kundi connection”. In the ensuing moment heated argument took place and one of the suspects, Lucky, broughtout the gun and fired a shot towards Bittu and his helper. Another shot was fired in the air. After the shots were fired, panic gripped the area. The sources said the singer had taken the one-kanal house on rent to move his family there. The suspect were staying in the house till the singer moved in. Mr Partap Singh, said the owner of the house, Mr Jaswant Singh Chadha, had given the premises on rent a month back. A servant, Ramu, living in the adjacent house, was questioned by the police. A police official said the house was locked by the youths before fleeing. The gun used in the incident and whereabouts of the suspects were yet to be ascertained by the police. A case under Sections 336 and 506 of the IPC has been registered. |
Arrested for molesting woman Chandigarh, May 25 It is alleged that the accused, Sanjay, entered the house of the victim on the night of May 23 and after raping her fled. The accused is also a resident of the same colony. Two cars stolen:
Two Maruti cars were stolen from different parts of the city during the past 24 hours. While one car (CH-01-H-0757) was stolen from near Kapil Hotel last night, the second car (CH-01-T-6386) was stolen from the Sector 19 residence of Mr Amit Mutneja on the night of May 23. Hoarding: The crime branch of the Chandigarh police has arrested Kulwinder Singh, alias Kala, of Kishangarh village on the charge of storing 105 bags of government cement without permit in a cement store at Kishangarh. He has been booked under section 420 of the IPC and under different sections of the Essential Commodities Act. One booked:
Abdul Habib was arrested by the crime branch for gambling in Mani Majra last night and Rs 1935 was recovered from his possession. He has been booked under sections 13-A, 3 and 67 of the Gambling Act. Liquor seized:
Rattan Singh, Parveen, Surinder Singh and Satish Kumar were arrested by the police from different parts of the city and 230 pouches of whisky and 24 bottles of rum were seized from them. They have been booked under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act. |
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