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Grand plan may burn a hole in Admn’s pocket Chandigarh, July 17 The Administration is all set to cause a loss of more than Rs 20 crore to its own exchequer by coming up with a scheme to provide temporary tin sheds to auto mechanics. The sheds will be located along the Dakshin Marg in Sector 21, a prime commercial area among other prime locations. Commercial property in these areas was auctioned at a whopping average of Rs 40,000 per square yard during the last auction. The rent from the auto mechanics will in no way cover for the costs. Another selected site is next to a green belt and adjacent to the newly constructed motor market in Sector 48, sources said. Tin sheds will be built to be let out on rent to auto mechanics who were unsuccessful in the draw of lots held recently to allot built up sites in Sectors 38 and 48, well placed sources in the Chandigarh Administration said. If the Administration prefers to auction these sites the average price according to last year's auction would be Rs 40,000 per square yard. Even on rough calculations the loss would be about Rs 20 crore which the Administration would have it if had had it gone in for an auction. About 140 sites have been identified to be allotted to left out mechanics, the sources said. Besides this the tin sheds will spoil the very character of the city skyline. Peace for residents of Sector 21 and also Sector 28 will be at premium. And other opinion is why the mechanics are being evicted
from Sector 21 only to be rehabliatated in the same sector. This is not the first burden on the exchequer in case of allotting sites to auto mechanics. When the booths were constructed in Sectors 48 and 38 the Chandigarh Administration had shouldered a subsidy component of Rs 15 crore from the tax payers money. In the past several of Administration’s schemes have fallen flat. A case in point is the allotment of booths in Sector 22. Located in prime commercial area these booths today command a premium of Rs 20 lakh and have been sold several times over. Even in the case of residential rehabilitation the Administration wasted crores of rupees in colonies at Mauli Jagran while those who were allotted the lands have sold them off at hefty premiums. Meanwhile, the Chandigarh Administration today issued a press note stating it has decided to allot sites to motor mechanics. The Estate Officer will, in the near future, provide sites for the eligible motor mechanics. The allotment will be subject to verification of a scrutiny committee. Each case will be looked into minutely. The matter will be taken up in a time-bound manner.
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City to have Chief Commissioner
of excise and customs Chandigarh, July 17 Sources reveal that the creation of a post of Chief Commissioner of Central Excise and Customs had been recommended by the department to the Ministry of Finance when the restructuring was being worked out. The proposed restructuring, albeit with some modifications, was cleared by the Cabinet last week. Senior departmental functionaries, however, do not discount the possibility of the post being created in another city, probably Jalandhar or Ludhiana, in case the city is found unsuitable at a later stage. Presently, the two excise commissionerates based here and the customs commissionerate based at Amritsar are controlled by the Chief Commissioner headquartered at Delhi. The excise commissionerates here are responsible for revenue generation in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and the Union Territory of Chandigarh. Restructuring will also see several additional posts at the level of commissioners being created in the region. A post of Commissioner of Central Excise is being created at Ludhiana as are two or three posts of Commissioner Appeals in the region. This would increase the number of commissioners in this region from four to seven or eight. Sources reveal that with the restructuring, the number of Chief Commissioners in the country would double. Presently, there are 24 posts of Chief Commissioners. The number of officers at the level of commissioner would increase from the present 165 to 311. A corresponding increase of officers down the line, as envisioned, would follow. While the number of officers are being increased significantly, the restructuring also envisions reducing the staff at the lower level by about 5 per cent. Though this would result in the department becoming top-heavy, sources say that projections by the Department of Expenditure show that the change in the staffing pattern would actually result in the overall cost cutting. Meanwhile, the department has started implementing the revised procedures which were introduced this month. These rules, which supersede the Central Excise Rules, 1944, bring about radical changes in the excise law and procedures. A number of established procedures have been abolished, while others have been simplified. As many as 24 procedures in vogue for the past about 55 years have been abolished. Major changes include removal of restrictions on Budget clearance and doing away with the provision of detention of goods, plant, machinery, etc. for recovery of duty not paid by the manufacturer. Further, declarations for classification of goods being manufactured as well as declaration of the retail price by the manufacturer, is no more required. The requirement of filing the price declaration as well as filing of marketing pattern for valuation purpose has also been done away with. |
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Mohali city centre on Chandigarh
pattern SAS Nagar, July 17 This was disclosed by officials of Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) at a public function organised at the community centre in Phase 3 B 1 here today. The function was held after the Punjab Housing and Urban Development Minister, Dr Upinderjit Kaur, inaugurated a new Balongi bypass bridge and laid the foundation stone of PUDA head office complex in the city centre. The Minister said the new PUDA head office complex would house offices of PUDA, running from rented accommodation in Chandigarh and SAS Nagar. She said the complex would be completed in one year. She hailed the PUDA officials for providing the structural design of the head office complex. She announced that the government was actively considering the case of giving pension to PUDA employees and decision in this regard would be taken soon. She said the new bridge on the Patiala Ki Rao choe will provide an alternative linkage to the town to the traffic coming from Kharar side. Earlier, the traffic to and from the town had to pass through a congested bridge on the choe near Balongi. In a long-term planning the bridge would provide a link to a proposed road from Ram Darbar side of Chandigarh. Mr AK Dubey, Principal Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Minister, also spoke on the occasion. Mr Ranjit Singh Balian, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, said the Local Government Department, Panchayat and Rural Department and Punjab Mandi Board, had already been allotted land for their state head office buildings in the city centre. The meeting with other state government departments, boards and corporations were going on regarding allotment of land to them. Mr K.B.S. Sidhu, Chief Administrator of PUDA, said the 117-metre-long bridge had been completed at a cost of Rs 1.40 crore. It was an alternative linkage between the town and the National Highway. Another bridge along the old bridge on the choe was also being constructed. Regarding the head office complex, he said the eight-storeyed complex would be constructed on 3.286 acres at a cost of Rs 18 crore. It was adjacent to the recently inaugurated Fortis Cardiac Health Care Institute. The two eight-storeyed blocks of the complex would be juxtaposed by five and three-storeyed blocks enclosing an internal courtyard. A unique feature of the design of the complex would be separate entries for headquarters and zonal office of Additional Chief Administrator, SAS Nagar. The parking in the basement and on the ground floor would be accessible by two ramps. Adequate landscaping had been planned to give the desired ambience to the place. |
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Office site
shifted The site of the PUDA head office complex, the foundation stone of which was laid today by the Punjab Housing and Urban Development Minister, was shifted from a pocket facing residential area of Sector 61 ( Phase 7) to a site facing the Fortis Cardiac Health Care Institute in the city centre on the insistence of Dr B.V. Doshi, a known architect planning the city centre. The architect is reported to have told the PUDA officials that the earlier location of the head office complex amounted to wasting a prime commercial site and it would be against the planned commercial activity along the main road. The engineering wing has constructed a road up to the site. |
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Cong defends Mayor
in ‘soap scandal’ Chandigarh, July 17 “Mr Goyal as an institutional wholesale dealer of the Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) has been selling soap to the Corporation through quotation performa but neither approached the Corporation nor did enter into a contract,” the Chandigarh Territorial Congress President, Mr. B. B. Bahal, the Mayor Mr Rajkumar Goel, and senior leader Subhash Chawla told a press conference. “Allegations are frivolous and baseless and motivated to malign Mr Goel to reap political benefits,” they said. The Congress rejected the possibility of the Mayor resigning and owning moral responsibility or the party itself removing him pending an inquiry into the affair ordered by the Union Territory Administrator, Lieut General (retd) J.F.R. Jacob, last week. The Congress leadership said in a common refrain that the Mayor had not violated any law to invite disqualification by selling soap to the Corporation. It also stressed that Section 13 (i) of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, as extended to Chandigarh by saying that the Mayor did not enter into a “contract” with the Corporation to invoke the clause. Section 13 (i) of the Act says, “If he is interested in any subsisting contract made with, or any work being done for, the Corporation except as a share-holder (other than a director) in an incorporated company or as a member of a cooperative society.” The Congress leaders quoted another relevant section of the Act 13-2 (c) “A person shall not be deemed to have any interest in a contract or work such as is referred to in Clause i of that sub-section by reason only of his having a share or interest in the sale to the Corporation or to any other municipal authority or any other officer or employee of the Corporation on behalf of the Corporation, of any article in which he regularly trades.” The Congress leaders said “his firm Ms Bachanlal and Shivkumar has not executed any type of contract with the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.... At no stage had any contract come into existence with the Corporation.” They said when there was no contract then the mayor had not done anything wrong to attract disqualification. |
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CTCC suffers a setback Chandigarh, July 17 “Three party councillors apart from Mr Goel today held a meeting and insisted on the resignation of the Mayor and denied having apologised for the protest against the Mayor on June 28 as claimed by the Chandigarh Congress President, Mr B.B. Bahl, and boycotted the party press conference called to defend Mr Goel,” the dissident Congress councillor, Mr Kala, told Chandigarh Tribune. The dissidents emboldened after the resignation of another party councillor, Ms Satinder Dhawan, swelling the ranks of the opposition to ensure simple majority yesterday. Mr Kala, Ms Suneeta and Mr Kamlesh made their pitch of Opposition feverish and said that a corruption-accused Mayor will not do the party any good. They, however, vowed their loyalty to the party saying the protest and demand of resignation from the Mayor does not amount to opposition to the party. Mr Kala claimed that 90 per cent of the party members had asked for the resignation of Mr Goel who was protected by the local member of Parliament, Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal. The dissident councillors may also have to face from their supporters a demand to come out of the party to get rid of an “unpopular” Mayor if the party leadership does not heed to them. |
Child abuse cases: police seeks welfare dept’s
help Chandigarh, July 17 It has also been decided that all cases of child sexual abuse and rape would be investigated by a woman police officer. Confirming this, the UT Inspector General of Police, Mr B.S. Bassi said, ‘‘ Considering the sensitive nature of these cases, we have decided to hand over the investigation of all cases of child rape to a woman police officer. The victim will be more free with the Investigating Officer (IO) and the IO will also be more considerate towards the traumatised victim.’’ It may be recalled that earlier the police had announced that all cases of child rape and sexual abuse would be handed over to the local chapter of the National Initiative for Child Protection. This campaign, initiated by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, through the National Institute of Social Defence and Jeroo Billimoria’s Childline India Foundation, has appointed the PGI as the local nodal agency for dealing with such cases. A woman doctor had also been identified by the PGI authorities to work in close coordination with the Chandigarh police in order to help improve the psychological condition of such victims. However, the campaign has so far failed to take off in the city. It may be noted that decision to involve the counselors and the NGOs associated with the Social Welfare Department in dealing with the cases of child rape was taken following three recent incidents involving minor girls that had shocked the city. On June 11, the police received a complaint from a rag-picker that her 14-year-old girl was sexually exploited by the former’s paramour and was discovered pregnant from the accused. The police registered a case of rape and criminal intimidation and arrested the accused. But the mental and emotional trauma faced by the victim remained untreated, even as her mother got the child’s pregnancy terminated. Close on the heels of this, the Crime Branch of the police arrested a couple from the Daddu Majra colony, who had abducted two minor sisters from Mumbai with the intention of selling them here. The accused had succeeded in selling off the elder of the two sisters by marrying her off to a resident of Sector 37. The most recent incident is the gang rape of a 15-year-old domestic help in a house in Sector 44 by three youths who had come here in order to seek higher education. It is alleged that the girl was enticed by one of the accused, Davinder Bisht by offering her food and sweets. After making friends with the girl, the accused invited her over to his house on the night of July 8, where she was raped by him and his two friends. It may be noted that there has been a sharp increase in the number of reported cases of child sexual abuse over the past couple of years. From a meagre one case of child abuse reported in the UT in 1996, to four such cases in 1997, three in 1998, eight in 1999 to 20 such cases in 2000. As many as seven cases have been reported till date this year. When contacted the UT Senior Superintendent of Police, Mr Parag Jain, said that the reported cases were the tip of the iceberg as the actual number of such cases were much high. ‘‘Social stigma prevents most people to come out in the open and report these cases to the police. These cases, where it is generally the weaker sections that are molested, is nothing more than the modern manifestation of the feudal system of the society,’’ he said. |
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Probe ordered into harassment of jail
inmates Chandigarh, July 17 Taking cognisance of the complaint filed by the human rights body Lawyers for Social Reform(LSR), the PSHRC directed the Principal Secretary of the Punjab Government to visit the Central jail, Ferozepore, and hold an inquiry into the whole incident and submit its report by July 20. The Principal Secretary (Punjab) has also been directed to record statements of all victims in the absence of the jail authorities. He has also been directed to record the statement of any person who could help in the investigation. The PSHRC has also directed the Senior Superintendent of the jail to provide assistance in the inquiry. The incident came to light when investigator, Shashi Sharma, visited Ferozepore jail to inquire into the incident of custodial death and where he met the victim prisoners, Balwinder Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Mandeep Singh. Balwinder Singh, along with others prisoners, had observed fast on July 13 in protest against the reported negligence of the jail authorities for not saving the life of another prisoner. They alleged that the jail authorities had brutally beaten them and had cut hair of inmate, Balwinder Singh, thus showing disrespect to his religious feelings. They also alleged that the Superintendent of the jail had challenged that he would not allow any body in the jail to keep his hair and moustaches flowing. The complaint states that many inmates were witness to the whole incident and ready to give evidence against the jail authorities. The jail authorities had threatened the prisoners if they dared to tell anything to any body. The inmates have been holding many demonstrations against the jail authorities and have demanded their immediate suspension. Till the filing of the complaint, the prisoners were observing fast. The LSR filed the complaint under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, for violation of rights of prisoners. The LSR prayed for a thorough probe to be conducted by either the Additional Director-General of Punjab or by any judicial member of the Honourable Commission to ascertain the truth behind the act and order suitable compensation. The body also prayed for registration of a criminal case against the jail authorities. |
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FAUJI BEAT Chandigarh The single factor that makes the Indian Army different from other professional armies is the organisation of the infantry regiment on the basis of caste and ethnic groups. Rajputs, Sikhs, Dogras, Marathas, Gorkahs, Garhwalis, Kumaonis, Jats, Nagas ..... are some commonly heard groups that make up the cutting edge of the Indian Army. These ethnic warrior factions, some with thousands of years of soldiering behind them, have resulted in the formation of a unique regimental system, generating the feeling of an extended family. Though dating back to ancient times, the regimental system in India, as it stands today, was perfected by the British. The system, which provides a sense of military identity through distinct regimental motifs, uniform accoutrements and battle cries, besides a common heritage, culture and beliefs, forms the primary basis of combat motivation. In addition to each regiment having its own flag, lanyards, shoulder titles, cap badges, scarves and cummerbands having colours which have special significance to a particular caste or community, add to the regimental spirit. As officers say, men may join the army for earning their livelihood, but it is not the pay they get that motivates them to charge the enemy. It is the regimental system which induces cohesion, bonding and combat motivation. A perusal of the history of Indian infantry reveals that some of the ethnic groups which form the basis of present-day regiments were mentioned in the Mahabharata about 3,500 years ago. The epic mentions Dogratas (Dogra troops), Ahir, Jat and Yadav warriors from Mathura and soldiers from Maghada (Bihar) as well as warriors from Kamrupa (Assam) and Naga fighters. In recent times, famous martial clans such as the Sikhs, Jats, Gorkhas, Rajputs, Kumaonis and Marathas were moulded by the British into regiments. The regimental system is said to have stood the test of time. From operations in NWFP in the19th century through the two world wars, border conflicts, peace keeping missions abroad and the recent Kargil conflict, regiments have set a track-record of exemplary performance. The Indian Army has three types of regiments — single class, fixed class and all India all class. The single class regiments or battalions such as Sikh, Maratha, Gorkha, Gharwal, comprise troops of a single caste, while fixed class regiments like Grenadiers or Rajputana Rifles have a composition of two or more classes, each having a fixed representation. All India all class regiments like the Guards, Parachute Regiment and Mechanised Infantry, on the other hand, have a hetrogeneous mix of all castes or classes. Some time ago, an experiment to have mixed class battalions was started, where a particular battalion has troops drawn from other ethnic groups. This was later done away with. The Indian infantry comprises as many as 28 regiments, all based on this system. Each regiment consists of a number of battalions, totalling 355, including 25 mechanised infantry and 10 parachute / commando battalions. The regimental system has also featured on postage stamps. The first such stamp was released in 1979 depicting the Punjab Regiment. The Mahar Regiment, Gharwal Rifles and Gharwal Scouts, Assam Rifles, Parachute Regiment, Mechanised Infantry, Kumaon Regiment, Fifth Gorkha Rifles, Jat Regiment, Rajputana Rifles, Sikh Regiment, Grenadiers and The Guards have also been depicted on stamps, with denominations ranging from 25 Paise to Rs 6. |
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‘Equate’ poultry with
farming Chandigarh, July 17 Mr Vinay Mahajan Vice-President of the National Egg Coordination Committee, said at a press conference here today that prior to 1993 poultry was rightly considered to be part of agriculture because it was taken up by farmers as an extention and diversification of agriculture. In 1993, the Central Government issued a letter that poultry would not enjoy the status of agriculture for the purposes of the Income Tax Act, under which poultry farmers enjoyed 30 per cent rebate in tax under Section 81-G. The Union Government also said that it would soon decide if the poultry should be given the status of industry. Mr Mahajan said even after eight years, the Centre had not been able to take a decision. He said banks considered poultry to be an agricultural activity because NABARD refinanced the banks which provided loans to set up poultry farms. The press conference was organised to mark the first anniversary of the Northern India Poultry Farmers Association, which claims a membership of over 2000 spread over Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh. The association celebrated the day as “poultry farmers day”. Mr Rajinder Mittal, Mr Jagdish Singla and Mr Sudhir Gupta, members of the association presidium, said a cartel of traders based in Delhi used to exploit poultry farmers of the region by fixing the rates of eggs arbitrarily. However, since the formation of the association last year, the poultry farmers of the region were fixing their own rates as was the pattern in other areas. They said India was the fifth largest egg producer of the world. Its daily production of eggs was 10 crore, of which about 1.50 crore eggs were produced in the northern region alone. They said the poultry would become viable only if an average rate of Rs 1.50 per egg was ensured. To protect the interests of the consumers and to eliminate middlemen, they said, the association had already started a scheme, “egg aapke dwaar”, under which eggs were supplied at the doorstep of consumers at rates lower than those prevailing in the market. The scheme had been started in Panchkula and would soon be extended to Chandigarh also. The scheme, would help lower the rates in the open market also. Poultry farmers regretted that though Barwala, near Panchkula, in Haryana had emerged as a big belt of poultry farms, the state government was not giving any incentives to poultry farmers. In Punjab, they said, there was 15 per cent subsidy for poultry farmers. What to talk of incentives, the Haryana Government had issued notices to the poultry farmers to pay the market fee on grains purchased for feeding birds. The state Pollution Control Board too had started harassing poultry farmers, though the board had not done anything in regard to dairy farms. Answering a question about the fly menace in the Barwala belt, Mr Mahajan said the poultry farmers had started feeding some medicine to the birds which resulted in more flies in the belt. He jokingly remarked that the association would pay Rs 1 lakh to anyone catching a fly from a poultry farm in the Barwala belt. |
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SHOs told to be extra-cautious Chandigarh, July 17 These instructions were issued by the Senior Superintendent of Police, Mr Parag Jain, while presiding over a monthly meeting today. The instructions follow close on the heels of a case which an accused, Satpal, managed to escape from police custody, when he was taken to a Sector 15 house in Panchkula for recovering the money and other documents in a case of fraud registered against him by the Chandigarh Police. The incident took place late last night when he was taken to Panchkula. He was arrested on charges of defrauding a scrap dealer of Rs 2,500 on July 14 by the Sector 11 police. He was later taken by the Sector 39 police after a two-day police remand in Sector 11. He was remanded to police custody at Sector 39 Police Station by the Illaqa Magistrate yesterday. Satpal reportedly also pushed away Sub-Inspector Jai Prakash, while escaping. The latter has reportedly now been placed under suspension. Meanwhile, the SSP also directed the SHO’s to beef-up security, especially near sensitive spots like bus stand, water works, railway station etc. In the wake of the forthcoming Independence Day celebrations. They were also asked to intensify patrolling in slum and labour colonies, hostels, paying guest accommodations and other hide-outs . The SSP also asked the police officers to identify drug addicts in their areas and verify their antecedents. They have also been asked to keep tabs on foreigners and keep in touch with the Foreigner Registration Office and check if they had the valid documents with them. It was also decided that the PCR vehicles would now participate in the special checking drives of the police and the traffic police. They have also been asked to track down proclaimed offenders of the city police. Presently, there are over 600 PO’s with the city police. The SHO’s were also directed to dispose off complaints at the earliest. The role of the Sector 17 police in thwarting the growing incidence of auto thefts in the area was lauded as was the role played by the Crime Branch, which had solved 31 cases of burglary, house thefts during this month. |
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Monkey menace on
highway Panchkula, July 17 Monkeys have now got into the habit of blocking the way of every vehicle on the road to seek food, due to which, the highway remains virtually blocked all the time. The situation has deteriorated over the past five years. The problem has other dimensions as well, besides traffic jams. There has been a number of accidents on this road due to the monkey menace. There have also been cases of monkey attack and fatal monkey bites. No anti-rabies vaccine is available for a long, long way on the highway, so, victims of monkey attacks have to be brought to the PGI in Chandigarh. Sources in the Haryana Wildlife Department said complaints of monkey attack had often been received from residents of Ramgarh, Chowki, Nadda and the nearby villages. Sources said the department had only eight monkey traps for more than 300 monkeys on the road. They also said the department had sought the help of a Mathura-based firm a few years ago to trap the monkeys. The firm was charging Rs 300, besides the boarding and lodging expenses of its experts, to trap each monkey. It had told the department that its team would reach a spot only if there were at least 50 monkeys to be caught. A visit to the area showed how a number of monkeys jumped down the trees onto the road as soon as any vehicle stopped there. The seek food and even jump over the vehicles for this. A 3 km stretch on the highway from Nadda to Ramgarh village has become a nuisance for road users. When passersby throw eatables for the monkeys on the road, it often leads to accidents. Several monkeys have also been killed in these accidents. The Wildlife Department has not installed any signboard anywhere on the highway that makes drivers aware of the danger of feeding monkeys on the road. Mr Mohinder Singh Malik, Deputy Chief Wildlife Warden of Haryana, said, “A devotee of Hanuman has created the menace. The department is planning to erect the required signboards on the road to discourage road users from continuing the practice of feeding monkeys. The belief of the devotees that feeding these monkeys would bring them good luck has made these animals leave their natural habitat.” Residents of the area say, “The devotees of Hanumna have made these monkeys beggars.” |
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Cub dies in
Chhat Bir zoo Chhat Bir, July 17 The cub succumbed to injuries, which the animal reportedly sustained in a fight with other cubs in the Lions Safari a week ago. Sources said he was put in a house inside the Lion Safari for medical treatment. The animal reportedly died due to infection, lack of medication and care, sources alleged. Mr R.K. Luna, director of the zoo, however, denied that the death was due to lack of care and medication and cub sustained injuries while it was being taken to a safer place by its mother. The cub accidentally fell from the mouth of the lioness and sustained injuries at its paw. The dead animal was noticed by the zoo keeper today morning. The dead animal was sent to the Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, for postmortem examination. The report of the postmortem is yet to be received. Earlier also a lioness had died because of intestinal infection on May 31. Seven monkeys also died in May while a peacock, a tiger, a deer and two African capped buffalos lost their lives about five months ago. |
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PUDA meeting on MC office site SAS Nagar, July 17 The Punjab Housing and Urban Development Minister and the Secretary, Local Government, will also attend the meeting. An official of PUDA said as the council had sought site for its office complex in Sector 68, it would be allotted site there. The site for the head office complex of the Local Government had already been allotted in City Centre ( Sector 62). Officials of the civic body said though the main agenda of the meeting was site for the office, other issues like land for cattle pond and a proper land fill site would also be raised with PUDA. Land for a meat market and a planned transport area would also be sought from the authority. |
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Temporary custody of abandoned baby Kharar, July 17 The infant was found in bushes on the Old Morinda road here on Sunday when it was noticed by some children who heard him crying and they informed their parents about the child. The child was taken to Khanpur village and he was taken care of in the village. Mr Devinder Singh said that some residents of Khanpur met him today. He said he had sought a report from the police within 30 days about his parents. He said he had informed the Deputy Commissioner. |
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Symposium on national
savings SAS Nagar, July 17 Mr Sidhu said Rs 2,854 crore had been collected in the state during the last financial year under various small saving schemes. He announced a grant of Rs 10,000 to the Shastri Model School for promotion of cultural activities. Mr NK Malhotra, Regional Director of National Saving Scheme, Punjab and Chandigarh, spoke on the a pay roll saving scheme. Later a symposium on ‘Importance of national savings for development of the country’ was organised. Simiran Choudhary, Deepka Monga and Gagan Deep Kaur, all students of Shastri Model School bagged the first, second and third position,respectively. Other officials of the small saving department and Mr Ram Lal Sewak, Principal of the school also spoke on the occasion. |
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Khanna installed as Rotary Club
president Chandigarh, July 17 Mr Anil Khanna, who was installed as the new president of the club for the year 2001-2002, said in his address that the club would be raising another Rs 12 lakh for the Rs 3.5 crore Blood Resource Centre being set up in the city, besides undertaking literacy project and setting up night schools, organising special health check-up camps and associating Rotary Community Corps in Bapu Dham colony in self-help projects. Mr Khanna also introduced his new team of office-bearers which included vice-president — Mr Charan Jit Singh; president elect — Mr Atma Ram Singh; immediate past president — Mr Praveen Chander Goyal; secretary — Mr A.S. Kalsi; treasurer — Mr Baldev Aggarwal; director club services — Col A.B. Singh; director vocational service — Rakesh Garg; director community services — Dr Gurpaul Dhingra and director international services — Ms Superna Malhotra. |
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Councillor’s
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Residents sore over foul
smell Pinjore, July 17 Residents said the skin of the dead animals is also removed at this spot only and the body of the animal keep on lying in the open. Stray dogs and birds scatter the remains of the body at the various places including the road which gives a very foul smell, which can lead to spread of serious and deadly diseases. |
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Staff insurance scheme implemented Chandigarh, July 17 According to the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Mr K.C. Pandey, the amendment is applicable with effect from June 1, 2001. He has also urged all employers concerned to ensure strict compliance to the revised instructions. |
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Villager washed away Dera Bassi, July 17 The victim was in the middle of the rivulet when the strong water current washed him away. His body was found in the fields, 2 km downstream, this evening. |
1 lakh stolen from Sec 38 house Chandigarh, July 17 Theft cases: A bag containing Rs 9,526 was stolen from a cold drink truck (PB-2H-9939) from near the wine shop in Sector 22 at about 8.30 last night. A Yamaha motor cycle (CH-01V-3017) was stolen from the Sector 17 market yesterday. In another case, the stereo of a car (CH-01J-3544) was stolen from the Sector 36-C residence of Mr. J.S. Chopra on the night of July 15. Cases under Section 379 of the IPC have been registered in all three incidents. Burglary: Five tolas of gold and Rs 12,000 were stolen from the Sector 43 residence of Mr Krishan Lal Khera yesterday after breaking open the lock. A case under Sections 454 and 380 of the IPC has been registered. Assaulted: Bishu Bhattacharya was reportedly assaulted and threatened by Sukhwinder Singh and three other persons near the Sector 19 Police Station late last night. A case under Sections 323 and 506 of the IPC has been registered. Injured: In yet another case of hit and run, a pedestrian, Baldev Raj, was hit by a Maruti car (CH-01R-6667) near Khuda Lahora. The driver sped away. A case under Sections 337 and 279 of the IPC has been registered. SAS NAGAR Poppy husk seized: A resident of Paprala village in Ropar, Gurdyal Singh, was arrested with 3 kg of poppy husk near the Phase 1 barrier on Monday evening. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered against him. Cheating case: The police has registered a case against Narinder Kumar and Karam Chand, both residents of Sector 40 in Chandigarh, and Kitty, a resident of Delhi, for allegedly cheating Rajesh Sharma of Rs 1.25 lakh. A case under Section 420 of the IPC has been registered. |
MARKET PULSE Chandigarh, July 17 Addresssing mediapersons, Mr P.K. Khurana, chief executive of Quik Relations, a company associated with Cossets, said the latter does not sell any product of its own. Instead it brings products like household goods, toiletries, garments, toys, jewellery, leather goods and office equipment from a variety of popular and reputed brands to its associates at cheaper rates. It has arrangements for national and international products. Mr Khurana said one can became a business associate of the company by paying an enrollment fee. Consequent upon enrollment, one gets Cossets products immediately against the enrollment fee. As soon as a business associate has three members down the line, he gets his security back partly in shape of money and partly in shape of product coupons. |
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BIZ CLIPS FASHION SHOWS: The National Institute of Fashion Design (NIFD) corporate is launching Aristocrat Fashion Fantasies, a series of 10 mega shows, all across the country within a span of 15 days. The series will take place in the following city centres: Ahmedabad (July 18), Jaipur (July 20), Faridabad (July 21), Chandigarh (July 23), Ludhiana (July 24), Jalandhar (July 25), Jammu (July 27), Nagpur (July 29), Raipur (July 30) and Indore (August 1). The fashion shows will feature top models like Aditi Govitrikar, Nethra Raghuraman, Fleur Xavier, Tejaswini Kolhapuri, Pridarshini Pradhan and singers like Mangal Singh, Bhupi and
Dharna. APPOINTED: Yamaha Motor India Private Limited, on Tuesday appointed Emm Pee Motors as its first authorised dealer for Chandigarh. The outlet was opened by Mr K. Harada, Director, Marketing, Yamaha Motor Company. SCHEMES: Ebony chain of retails stores has introduced a number of schemes offering discounts on merchandise at the shop. The schemes already introduced include the one offered by the Mahindra Resorts offering a number of packages. LAUNCHED: Wipro launched a complete range of baby-care products, including accessories and tips on baby care for mothers, here on Tuesday. This was stated by Mr Sanjeev Kapoor, of Wipro Consumer Care. The products offered include tablet cutter, bottle-cleaning brush, baby oil etc. |
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