 |
| Monday,
July 2, 2001, Chandigarh, India   
|
Tyranny by MVIs may soon
end KU to administer Goyal
Prizes Out-of-order phones bane of
Panipat LJSP seeks ban on
demolitions 30 hurt as mob resists
demolition |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Dance performance by children Manhunt for Nepali chowkidar killers 3 killed, 6 hurt in accidents 1 killed, 5 hurt
in road mishap Films on cable TV irk cinema owners Food officials in vigilance net In-laws booked for woman’s death Cop, woman held
|
|
Tyranny by MVIs may soon
end Chandigarh, July 1 To an uninitiated person, an MVI may sound to be a lowly paid employee of the Transport Department. But those who are in the know of things acknowledge the power the MVIs wield, thanks to the closeness they have developed over the years with politicians of all hues by the use of ill-gotten money collected from transporters. The influence of MVIs can be judged from the fact that while there is one District Transport Officer for each of the 19 districts in the state, there are only six MVIs to look after the work of issuing fitness certificates to transport vehicles all over Haryana. Obviously, in the case of MVIs, the principle of “more the merrier” does not work. The proximity of MVIs to politicians came to light recently following the arrest of three MVIs allegedly for corrupt practices. Sources say during interrogation a number of MVIs revealed the names of politicians whose patronage they had been able to “buy”. It was to break this nexus between the MVIs and the politicians that senior officers of the Transport Department, who were also taken aback at the involvement of certain HCS officers in the registration of stolen vehicles in the state, decided to evolve a machanism seeking to minimise the role of MVIs in the issue of fitness certificates. Of course, they were given the go-ahead signal by the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala. Under the new mechanism, three-member boards have been constituted for each district to look after the work so far being done by one MVI. While the concerned District Transport Officer would be the convener, the concerned City Magistrate and the MVI would be members of the board. Days have been specified for each district when the board would meet and inspect the vehicles. Venues where the inspection would be carried have been specified. The board members will be personally responsible if found that a fitness certificate has been issued without physical inspection. The board will also be required to record in writing the nature of defects in a vehicle because of which fitness certificate is being denied. This would enable a vehicle owner to rectify the defects before the next inspection. It is felt that the new mechanism will also check the registration of stolen vehicles to a large extent because such a vehicle can be registered only in case of connivance of all members of the board. The department plans to introduce a new challan form to minimise the discretionay power of challaning officers. The new challan form will have a list of offences under the Motor Vehicle Act as well as the compounding fee for each offence. It would also educate the vehicle owners on their rights as well as duties vis a vis the challaning officers. |
|
KU to administer Goyal
Prizes Kurukshetra, July 1 Stating this to mediapersons at a press conference held at the university guest house here yesterday, the Kurukshetra University Vice-Chancellor, Mr R.S. Chaudhry, said a sum of Rs 60 lakh had already been received by Kurukshetra University for this purpose from Mr Goyal, an NRI settled in USA. Kurukshetra University is the only university in India which was selected by Mr Goyal for instituting Goyal Prizes along with gold medals to honour and encourage scholars working in different disciplines. So far, the Goyal Prizes instituted by Mr Goyal in 1992 to appreciate the work of Indian scientists were managed by Prof S.P. Singh of the Chemistry Department of Kurukshetra University. According to Prof S.P. Singh, 38 scientists have so far been honoured through these prizes. These scientists include internationally acclaimed space scientist Padma Bhushan K. Kasturirangan, astrophysicist, Padma Bhushan Jayant Narlikar, C.S.I.R. Director-General and Padma Bhushan R.A. Mashelkar, solid state chemist, Padma Vibhushan C.N. Rao and Padma Shri Goverdhan Mehta. All these scientists received the prizes in person at Kurukshetra and delivered lectures in the university, added Prof S.P. Singh. Lauding the efforts of Mr Goyal in promoting science in India, Mr Chaudhry said with the institution of these prizes, Kurukshetra University had got the unique honour of appreciating the work of leading Indian scientists who were working for the development of the country. These scientists would come to Kurukshetra for receiving the prizes at the award ceremony and their presence on the campus, informal discussions and lectures would be highly beneficial for the students and teachers of the university, particularly those belonging to the science faculty, Mr Chaudhry added. The Vice-Chancellor further said that in addition to four Goyal Prizes of Rs 1 lakh each along with a gold medal, in the areas of chemistry, physics, applied sciences and life sciences there would be three prizes of Rs 50,000 each along with a medal for young scientists below the age of 40. He said these prizes would be given in non-conventional areas like ayurveda, veterinary sciences, unani and homoeopathic system of medicine and environmental sciences. The number of these prizes would be doubled from next year as desired by Mr Goyal, who had assured to give additional money to the university for this purpose, he added. Since the inception of Goyal Prizes in 1992, there have been five awards ceremonies in 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1999. Successive Vice-Chancellor of this university provided full support to those ceremonies by providing all infrastructural facilities, including the arrangements provided on various occasions. The prizes for 1994 were presented to the awardees by Mr K.R. Narayanan, the then Vice-President of India, at the annual convocation of the university held in 1995. Mrs and Mr Goyal had always travelled from the USA to Kurukshetra for attending the award function. During his stay at the university, Mr Goyal felt very happy with the cooperation being extended by the university in this endeavour and the facilities available her, which he termed as comparable with those available in a good American university. For the management of these prizes, the university had constituted an organising committee with the Vice-Chancellor as the Chairman, said Mr Chaudhry. Mr Goyal or in his absence Prof S.P. Singh would act as co-chairman of this committee. Talking about the selection procedure, Mr Chaudhry said the process was ‘transparent’ as well as ‘confidential’. A pool of six to eight scientists belonging to a particular discipline separately evaluated the nominations received for these prizes. The individual member of the pool evaluated the nominations and recommended the most talented scientists to the convener of the organising committee citing the reasons for selection. The membership of this pool and the recommedations were kept strictly confidential to get objective assessment of a particular scientist, Mr Chaudhry added. |
|
Out-of-order phones bane of
Panipat Panipat, July 1 In Samalkha town due to one fault or the other for the past 15days, the number of out-of-order telephones has gone up to 524. Besides, there are reports of 494 line faults and 30 cable faults. It was claimed by the authorities about a month back that all kind of faults would be overcome within a month. But the number of faults has been on the increase with subscribers not getting any relief although a SDO level officer has also been posted at Samalkha. As many as four branches falling under the Israna exchange are reported to be out of order for the last many days and the authorities concerned of the BSNL are allegedly adopting an indifferent attitude in redressing the complaints of subscribers mostly from villages. The mini-phone exchange at Lakhu Buana village, which provides phone services to seven surrounding villages, has reportedly been lying out of order since Thursday night. The telephone services in other mini-exchanges at Ahar village and Didwadi are also in disarray. The Didwadi village Sarpanch, Mr Joginder Singh Punia, alleged whenever they go to lodge complaints at Naultha Telephone Centre most of the time it is found locked. The villagers have planned to meet the Union Communication Minister, Mr Ram Vilas Paswan, to lodge a complaint against the uncompromising attitude of the BSNL authorities. Similar complaints have been received from NC Engineering College, Israna, with reports that out of the five telephones in the college complex, hardly two telephones at a time are found working. The villages located in the Yamuna basin falling under the Bapoli telephone exchange are also the victims of department apathy. The Sarpanch of Goyla Khurd village, Mr Kiran Rawal and subscriber Kanwar Pal said most of the telephones of their village had been out of order for the past 10 days. The situation is no better in Panipat town also as a large number of complaints are pouring in the BSNL offices. A number of subscribers who were waiting to meet senior officers of the BSNL at the local head office yesterday alleged that despite several complaints about telephone faults no action was being taken for days together. They are asked to meet one or the other officer for the same complaint. One of the complainants, on condition of anonymity, said for a minor internal fault in the exchange his telephone remained out of order for more than a month. On the DGM’s intervention, the fault was repaired within five minutes which otherwise had been kept pending, he said. |
|
LJSP seeks ban on
demolitions Faridabad, July 1 The Chairman of parliamentary board of the party in the state, Dr Lal Singh, in a statement here yesterday condemned the recent demolition of the jhuggis and kutcha houses of the Sant Nagar locality on Wednesday by the Haryan, Urban Development Authority (HUDA). He said HUDA and the municipal corporation had been removing the alleged encroachments without ensuring alternative houses or sites for colonies. Dr Lal Singh claimed a majority of the residents residing in Sant Nagar and some other localities had been living there for many years and the authorities did not take the notice at the time of the construction of such dwellings. He said Faridabad had a large number of migrant labourers and most of them had been working in the factories here. Demanding an immediate plan of providing residential colonies for such poor people, he said if the residential needs of such people were ignored the problem of jhuggis and slums would recur. Alleging that agencies like HUDA, which claim themselves as “pioneers” in urbanisation, had failed to provide residential sectors or accommodation to the labour class, which he said, were an integral part of any city or town. Seeking rehabilitation of the people whose jhuggis and houses were razed in the recent past, he asked the government to stop making the poor people homeless. |
|
|
30 hurt as mob resists
demolition Sonepat, July 1 The trouble arose when the irate mob pelted stones on the officials and put two JCB machines, one bulldozer and a motor cycle of the police on fire. A woman got trapped under the debris and sustained injuries. She was hospitalised and stated to be out of danger. The officials of the demolishing squad armed with a large number of labourers, more than a dozen JCB machines, some bulldozers and other equipments started demolishing the unauthorised structures on both sides of the Sonepat-Murthal road around 7 a.m. Dr Sultan Singh SDM, Mr H.C. Jain, Duty Magistrate, Mr Y.S. Gupta, Executive Officer of the Sonepat Municipal Council and Mr Hardeep Singh Doon, DSP (Headquarters) accompanied the demolishing squad. The demolishing squad razed several houses in Snake Charmer Basti. Thereafter, it moved to R.K. Colony and then to Shanti Nagar. When the officials reached a colony near Atul Nursery to demolish the unauthorised structures they faced resistence from residents there. They pelted stones on the police and the demolishing squad. Thereupon the officials ran away leaving the JCB machines and bulldozers there. The agitators put those on fire. They also blocked the road. On seeing the tense situation, the Duty Magistrate summoned the additional police force after informing the Deputy Commissioner about the situation. The additional force immediately arrived on the scene and resorted to lathi charge on the irate mob. In the meantime the rain started and the anti-encroachment campaign was abandoned. |
|
Dance performance by children Ambala, July 1 Additional Deputy Commissioner Mahinder Kumar, who was the chief guest, announced Rs 5,100 as encouragement to the children who displayed their talents in painting as well as dancing. Mr Ashok Kumar, director of the club, said that the children had learnt a lot during the summer camp. The tiny tots danced to Adnan Sami’s song “Thodi se to lift kara de” while the comparatively senior children displayed traditional Haryana folk dance. The children also showcased their painting talent by showing their paintings done during the camp. |
|
Manhunt for Nepali chowkidar killers Ambala, July 1 Besides extensive coordination between the police in different districts to nab the gang which murdered the Nepali chowkidar, Ramu, a general combing operation is also on to trace the killers. The police is not ruling out the possibility of the involvement of migrant labourers in this case. Efforts are on to verify the antecedents of the migrant labourers in the area even as the district police is trying to nab the killers. The killers had also attacked Ramul’s wife, Sita Devi, who had to be referred to the PGI, Chandigarh. Police teams have been despatched to neighbouring states, including Uttar Pradesh, to pursue certain clues, which might enable the tracking down of the killers. Superintendent of Police Sandeep Khirwar, who is supervising the investigations, said: “We are working hard on the case and we hope to nab the killers soon.” Sources said that contrary to the earlier perception of Ramu having being killed solely due to blows by rods, he might have also died due to strangulation. “The gang members might have first tried to strangulate Ramu who must have put a stiff resistance. Later, they might have hit him with iron rods,” the sources said. |
|
3 killed, 6 hurt in accidents Jind, July 1 According to reports received here, Jagdish was killed on the spot when the jeep in which he was travelling collided with a tractor-trailer on the Jind-Narwana road. In another accident near Kithana village, Bhup Singh reportedly died on the spot in a collision between two trucks. According to a report, an unidentified person was killed after he was run over by a train near Bishanpura railway station. In another mishap on the Jind-Bhiwani road, six persons were injured when the vehicle in which they were travelling overturned. They were admitted to the local General Hospital, but in view of their serious condition they were referred to Medical College Hospital, Rohtak. |
|
|
1 killed, 5 hurt
in road mishap Ambala, July 1 The incident took place at around 4.30 p.m. at Kalka Chowk. Three of the injured have been shifted to the PGI, Chandigarh. They deceased has been identified as Mahender Kumar, a resident of Patiala. All five injured belong to one family. They include two sisters, Anita and Pooja, and their brothers, Anil amd Rahul. The mother of the children also sustained injuries in the accident. According to information, the five members of the family were waiting to board a bus for Dera Bassi when the van hit them. Mahender Kumar died on the spot. The van fell into a ditch but its occupants escaped unhurt. The police has registered a case against the driver of the van. |
|
Films on cable TV irk cinema owners Rohtak, July 1 This demand is contained in a resolution adopted at a one-day convention of the association here yesterday. More than 65 cinema house owners took part. Mr Sohan Lal Kunani, president of the state association, presided over it. The resolution alleged that most of the cable TV operators and the video parlours were engaged in unauthorised exhibition of feature films and thereby violating the provisions of the Act. |
|
Food officials in vigilance net Chandigarh, July 1 According to a spokesman of the bureau, the guilty officers and officials of the Food and Supplies Department in collusion with the rice mill had owners had indulged in large-scale irregularities in the sale and purchase of paddy by preparing bogus record. |
|
In-laws booked for woman’s death Jind, July 1 According to the in-laws of Rekha, she committed suicide by hanging herself. But the parents of the deceased were not satisfied with the contention of the in-laws of Rekha. They alleged that Rekha was murdered for not bringing more dowry. On their statement a case was registered under Sections 304-B, 498-A and 120-B against the husband, father-in-law, mother-in-law and sister-in-law of Rekha. The parents of Rekha refused to get the postmortem conducted at the local General Hospital. They took her body to Medical College Hospital at Rohtak for postmortem. Rekha was married to Ashwani, a resident of Jind, about two-and-a-half year ago. |
|
Cop, woman held Rohtak, July 1 According to sources, constable Dilbagh Singh had come to see his friend Balwan Singh, mess in charge. In the evening Dilbagh Singh allegedly accompanied by a woman went to the room of a doctor of the Plastic Surgery Department near ward number 19. They locked themselves inside and switched on the lights. After sometime, the security staff got suspicious and asked the occupants to open the door. However, they could not find the woman as she was reportedly hiding in a cupboard. Both of them were handed over to the police. A case was registered under Section 109 of the IPC and they were produced in a local court. |
|
Seminar on ‘Scope of Food Processing’ Chandigarh, July 1 |
|
 |
| Punjab | Haryana | Jammu & Kashmir | Himachal Pradesh | Regional Briefs | Nation | Editorial | | Business | Sport | World | Mailbag | In Spotlight | Chandigarh Tribune | Ludhiana Tribune 50 years of Independence | Tercentenary Celebrations | | 121 Years of Trust | Calendar | Weather | Archive | Subscribe | Suggestion | E-mail | |
