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‘Bankrupt’ PSEB fails to clear dues of SSI units
Chandigarh, June 17
The financial position of the Punjab State Electricity Board is in real mess. The management is not only finding it difficult to clear the bills for coal supply but small payments worth a few lakh rupees to each small scale unit, which had supplied small items like nut bolts and transformers, have also been stopped since February, 2002.
Protest against implicating
villager in drug case
Zirakpur, June 17
Residents of Dhakauli village today staged a protest against the arrest of a local resident in a "false case" of drug smuggling by the CIA staff, Patiala.
The villagers, who staged a day-long dharna in the village, threatened that they would gherao the police station at Dera Bassi tomorrow and block the Chandigarh-Ambala highway if the accused was not released immediately.
Beant memorial may see the light of day
Chandigarh, June 17
With the Congress coming to power in Punjab, the Chandigarh Administration is seeing it as an opportunity to get funds released for the Beant Singh memorial project coming up in Sector 42. Punjab, under the Shiromani Akali Dal rule, had refused to pay its share of the project.
Sea of algae in garden ponds
Panchkula, June 17
With the Haryana Urban Development Authority failing to properly maintain the three gardens here, these places that were once the pride of the town, now, attract few visitors.
This water body full of algae and wild growth in Topiary Park, Panchkula, has become an eyesore.
— Photo Parvesh Chauhan |
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No action against cinema hall owner
Panchkula, June 17
Being well-connected certainly has its advantages. One can be on the other side of law and still get away with it. A perfect case in this regard is that of a local cinema hall owner, who is reportedly close to the powers that be in the state.
FAUJI BEAT
Jawan-kisan ties a war winning factor
IN the 1965 war when the Army started moving into Punjab, the soldiers wrere not only greeted with a smile by the people but the traditional Punjab hospitality was also extended to them. And a regular supply of milk, “lassi”, “sarson ka sag” and “makki ki roti” began coming to them.
Legend of Bhagat Singh ‘ a mockery of history’
Chandigarh, June 17
With Bhagat Singh being hanged all over again by so many big producers of the film Industry, a postmortem session could not have been far away. So when Iqbal Dhillon, maker of “Shaheed-e-Azam,” and a few members of his team dissected every single scene from the three movies on Bhagat Singh today, it gave mediapersons a chance to know the subject from a maker’s viewpoint.
Dark streets greet ‘surprise visitors’
Chandigarh, June 17
The Electricity Committee of the Municipal Corporation, in a surprise inspection, found streetlights near temples and gurdwaras in southern sectors not functioning. There have been a number of incidents of chain-snatching near these places.
Villagers join hands to mend pond
Mullanpur-Garibdas (Kharar), June
17
Residents of Mullanpur-Garibdas village are working hard these
days to put a village pond in order which was lying in a shambles
for the past many years. Villagers have pooled money, equipment
and are performing ‘kar sewa’ to make the pond clean and
useable.
Residents of Mullanpur-Garibdas village do ‘kar sewa’ to put a
village pond in order on Sunday. — Photo Parvesh Chauhan
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‘Probe assets of Cong ministers’
Chandigarh, June 17
Hailing the government move against the corrupt officials and former ministers in the Akali Dal (Badal) and BJP-led coalition government, the employees unions have sought an enquiry into the assets of the Congress ministers, who have allegedly paid large amounts to get the party ticket and to win elections.
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| Members of the Workers and Employees Coordination Committee of Punjab and Chandigarh hold a rally in support of their demands in Sector
17, Chandigarh, on Monday. — A Tribune photograph |
CITU’s election
claim contested
Chandigarh, June 17
Mr Inderjit Singh Grewal and Mr Balbir Singh were claimed to have been elected president and general secretary, respectively, of the city unit of CITU. However, the claim was immediately rejected by the rival CITU faction led by Mohmmed Shahnaz Gorsi.
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