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| Thursday, July 5, 2001, Chandigarh, India   
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AHMEDGARH COMPUTER
FAILURE: Mr Satish Kumar Jain, divisional vice-president, BJP, has alleged that customers of a local branch of Punjab National Bank had to suffer on account of non-payment of money from their own accounts due to computer failure. He said a computer in the branch went out of order on Monday due to which customers could not withdraw money from their accounts. When contacted, the bank manager, Mr Aggarwal, admitted that one of the computers had gone out of order on Monday, but added that the same was set right and normal functioning was restored on Tuesday. SANGAT
DARSHAN: A sangat darshan programme was held at Kup Kalan village on Monday. The Deputy Commissioner, Sangrur, Mr Sarabjit Singh, and the SSP, Mr Jatinder Singh Aulakh, heard the problems of people of the area and ordered the officials concerned to do the needful. In all, 32 complaints from almost the same number of villages were heard. BARNALA BATHINDA ARRESTED: The district police has arrested four persons under the Excise Act and recovered 10 litres of illicit liquor and 65 kg of lahan from them. Dr Jatinder Jain, SSP, said in a press note issued here on Wednesday that the accused had been identified as Hakam Singh of Mandi Kalan, Makhan Singh of Natheha, Jagir Singh of Gill Kalan and Gurdeep Singh of Jiwansingh Wala. Four cases here been registered against them. TRAINING CAMP: A farmers’ training camp was organised here on Wednesday at Teona village under the presidentship of Dr Harvinder Singh Bhatti, Chief Agricultural Officer. FAZILKA GURDASPUR HOSHIARPUR ASSEMBLY POLL: Mr Gian Singh Sandhu, president and chairman of the RPI political affairs committee, stated on Tuesday that the Punjab unit of the RPI would contest the forthcoming Assembly poll from all districts. HEAVY RAINFALL: Hoshiarpur and its adjoining areas experiencing heavy rainfall, resulting in inconvenience due to choking of drains rain water has also entered some shops and offices. JAGRAON KHAMANO LUDHIANA INJURED: Raj Kumar, a Bihari migrant working in a liquor vend at Maherna village, near Ahmadgarh, was injured in the arm by a gunshot fired by two unidentified youth on Tuesday night. It was while the worker was closing the shop that the two youths told him at gunpoint to hand over to them whatever cash he had. On resistance, the robbers fired at the worker before making their escape. The Dehlon police has registered a case under Sections 382, 307 and 34 of the IPC. The injured worker, who has been admitted to a city hospital here, is stated to be out of danger. KILLED: K.C.Handa, a retired AGM of Central Bank of India here, was killed on the spot when he was crushed by a bus in front of the PAU gate number two on the Ferozepore road on Tuesday. He was on his way to the university from his residence in Sarabha Nagar on foot and it was while he was crossing the road that a bus of Haryana Roadways, Sirsa, ( HR 39 4809) coming from Ferozepore side struck the old man killing him on the spot. The Sarabha Nagar police has registered a case and is on the look out for the driver who fled the scene after the accident. AUSTECH
CENTRE: The Australia-based Austech Institute of Management and Technology opened its regional centre at Model Town on Tuesday. The centre was inaugurated by Mr Chandershekhar, Inspector General Police, Punjab. Lt. Col. H.I.S. Virk, CEO, said the centre would introduce the concept of global education in which students doing three-year graduation in India would have the option to migrate after one year to Australia. The courses offered by the centre would include Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT), financial management and other short PG diploma courses, said Mr Y.S. Walia, Managing Director of the
centre. CERTIFICATION: Top Careers and You (TCY), a test preparation centre, has achieved ISO 9001 certification. Stating this in a press note, Mr Kamal Wadhera, CEO, said the centre had received the certification after being inspected for its education, training and consultancy services. He said the centre had earlier received certification from TUV, Germany. MANSA MALERKOTLA NAWANSHAHR NOTEBOOKS GIVEN: The Lions Club, City Smile,
Banga, distributed school bags, notebooks and pens, etc among students of government middle and primary schools at Bhootan village on Tuesday, Mr Suraj Parkash
Nayyar, president of the club, said. PATHANKOT PHAGWARA SAMRALA VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT: Jathedar Kirpal Singh Khirnain while talking to mediapersons at the Civil Rest House here on Wednesday, said Rs 2 lakh had been received for the development of Seh village. He added that the construction of a road up to the focal point, upgradation of the local school and round-the-clock supply of power had been ordered as promised by Capt Kanwaljeet Singh, Finance Minister, two months back. He said cheques worth Rs 31 lakh had been distributed among farmers, who had sold their paddy at a rate lesser than the
MSP. DEAD: Gurmel Singh, a freedom fighter and Congress worker, died at his village, Balion, on Wednesday. He had been ill for the past sometime. Prominent among those who attended his cremation were MLA Amrik Singh Dhillon and Tehsildar Hari Singh, besides Congress workers of the area. The deceased was the father of Mr Jaswinder Singh, a kanungo working in Samrala
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AMBALA DECISION HAILED: The Haryana Chamber of Commerce and Industry has welcomed the decision of the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission to reduce the minimum monthly charges for LT and HT industry. The concession granted to LT industry with connecting load upto 20 kw will now have to pay Rs 120 per kw and connecting load exceeding 20 kw will pay Rs 150 per kw. State senior vice-president of the HCCI, N.C. Jain, said the MMC is still very high since the industry is passing through a financial crisis on account of tough competition and heavy rate of interest. It is requested to reconsider the demand of the industry to reduce the LT charges to Rs 75 upto 20 kw and HT industry Rs 100 per kw, a release said. SANGHARSH VAHINI: convenor of Sangharsh Vahini Hira Lal Yadav, strongly criticised the proposed in crease in the power tariff by Haryana Vidyut Pradhikaran Nigam on Wednesday. Strongly criticising the state government, Mr Yadav said the hike in power tariff will have an adverse impact on the people, who are already facing problems due to escalating prices. He claimed that the nigam has failed to check power theft. Mr Yadav said that intensive checking is needed. He said that the consumers are also facing problems due to replacement of old meters, which are running well, with new electronic meters. SONEPAT 1 KILLED, 2 INJURED: A boy was killed on the spot when he was hit by a truck on the GT Road near Teha village, 20 km from here on Tuesday. According to another report, two labourers were injured when a truck on which they were travelling overturned on the Sonepat-Murthal road, near here, on Tuesday. CHOWKIDAR KILLED: Narain Singh (36), a chowkidar and resident of Mahra village, was allegedly stabbed to death here on Tuesday. According to a report, his body was found in a pool of blood near Aggarwal dharamshala in the Mandi area on Wednesday. The police has registered a case of murder.  |
JAISINGHPUR NAHAN ELECTED: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Himachal Junior Engineer Association, Sirmaur Zone: zonal president — Mr Ramkrishan Verma; zonal secretary — Mr Balbant Singh; finance secretary — Mr T.R. Kattna; joint secretaries — Mr M.S. Jamwal, Mr Rajeev Mahajan and chief adviser — Mr Parmod Gautam. MANDI |
2 vacant godowns, but wheat in open THIS
year because of the bumper crop of wheat storage has become a big problem for the Administration. A lot of wheat was kept in the open simply covered with
tripal. Interestingly two big godown (see picture) at Ratangarh village, near Yamunanagar, where thousands of quintals of wheat can be safely stored, were overlooked by the Administration. These two godowns were constructed on land which was acquired for the construction of the Yamunanagar Super Thermal Power Plant. These godowns were constructed about a decade back by National Thermal Power Corporation for the storage of “imporant” goods. Simultaneously one plush colony of 52 houses was also constructed. These godowns have not been properly maintained. It is gathered that it is the responsibility of the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam to look after these godowns but no efforts are being made for their upkeep. It is also reported that the 52 houses are lying vacant and are not being properly maintained. When this newsman went to the site he was informed by the villagers that the Chief Minister of Haryana would be requested to put the two godowns, which are lying vacant, to proper use. Art workshop A two-day workshop was organised at a public school of Bathinda city by the Sobha Singh Memorial Chittarkar Society between June 10 and 11. Mr Amarjit Singh, president of the society, said more than 30 artists answered queries of 100 school-going children. The children tried their hand at clay modelling, water colour painting, poster making and portraiture and pencil drawing. Girls outnumbered boys in the workshop which was free with no bar on age or qualification. No competitions were held, instead the children learnt by watching artists at work, said Amarjit Singh. For Sheenam, a student of Class IV, the workshop offered more freedom than the class-room. It was a joyous experience to work alongside artists, she exclaimed. For Ms Shivani Garg and Ms Ekankashi Natarajan, the youngest of the lot, the workshop made them aware of their creativity. Among the artists who worked with the children were Suresh Mangla, an employee of the National Fertiliser Corporation and Rajinder Venus and certain artists from neighbouring districts of Haryana and Rajasthan. Woman pilot from HP Ms Nidhi Handa has become the first girl of Himachal Pradesh to be selected in the flying branch of the Indian Air Force. A promising NCC (Air Wing) cadet from Government Postgraduate College, Kulu, Ms Handa was a student of MA (English). She qualified for the NCC “C” certificate obtaining the “A” grade and attended the All-India Vayusainik Camp. Wing Cdr. R.K. Tripathi, Commanding Officer of the NCC (Air Wing) unit, said she was selected for the 17th SSC (Women) F (P) course. Ms Handa, expressing her gratitude, said “the source of my inspiration was the Commanding Officer of the NCC (Air Wing) in the college”. She also gave credit for her success to her teachers and fellow students besides her
parents. Contributed by Ashwani Dutta Pushpesh Kumar
and Subhash Sharma |
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