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Ban on smoking, bursting of crackers Chandigarh, October 18 Smoking has been banned under Section 144 Cr PC, promulgated by District Magistrate, M. Ramsekhar. The prohibitory order has been issued in view of recent orders of the Supreme Court, the notification said. The public places include auditoriums, hospitals, health institutions, educational institutions, libraries, court building, offices and public conveyances, trains and buses. The order shall remain in force till December 18. In an another order, Mr M. Ramsekhar prohibited the use of crackers in the Union Territory between 10 pm and 6 am. An official notification under Section 144 Cr PC imposed a total ban on the bursting of crackers in “silence zones” comprising areas of 100m around hospitals, education institutions, courts and religious places. The prohibitory orders would remain in force till November 8. |
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Convergence
of India’s rich art and craft Chandigarh, October 18 From fabrics to decorative items, the show has everything that underlines the rich heritage of our land. Among those exhibiting their products are six national award winning artisans, who have pursued the profession despite hardship and have secured a place in the cultural scenario of India as also abroad. This time Dastkar has brought with it the vibrant art forms of Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh has brought its characteristric sculpted animal figures and “gossamer” silk cotton weaves and vegetable-dyed bagh printed sarees, dupattas and yardage. Also lined up are tussar weaving natural dyes, “madhubani” paintings from Bihar and decorative folk items in “papier mache” from Bihar, along with a rich range of intricate “kasuti” soft furnishings and gift items, and vegetable-dyed rags from Karnataka. Shawls and stole woven from pure angora wool and dyed in natural colours and a whole range of scarves and long coats are also being displayed. Glazed pottery from Uttar Pradesh is a special attraction for its great finish and attractive designing. Himachal Pradesh contributes with its food products, pickles, squashes et all, whereas Uttar Pradesh presents a range of unique home accessories made in Sanjhi paper cut tradition and carved wood. Rajasthan’s “bandhini pomchas” with a shimmer of gold and silver, vegetable-dyed block prints, embroidered and patchwork garments and soft furnishings and embroidered leather bags and “juthis”, along with block pottery are also on display. From Andhra Pradesh are “mangalgiri” sarees, dupattas and yardage, tribal toys from Ethikopakka in stunning shades of lacquer. Gujarat has brought embroidered cushions, home furnishings, classic tie-dye dupatta, sarees, woven shawls, stole and “durries”. Also being displayed is cutwork leather and copper bells. Where on the one hand, Dastkar celebrates the art and craft of various states, on the other it also helps the impoverished artisans earn a good income. Being sponsored by the Ministry of Textiles, the exhibition enables the artisans to directly sell the product to the consumer, thus eliminating middlemen. The show will be on till October 21 between 10 am and 8 pm. |
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Scheme to use gold reserves in Mansa Panchkula, October 18 Difference of opinion between official and non-official members of the Sri Mata Mansa Devi Shrine Board over the jeweller to be engaged and ‘labour charges’ to be given has reportedly stalled the project. According to information the three non official members objected to the jeweller selected by official members and refused to let the project go through. They reportedly decried “the arbitrary manner” of the selection of the jeweller and said he was demanding exorbitant labour charges . The project of making gold ‘mangal sutras’, pendants and coins from gold reserves in custody of the board was to be implemented from the recently concluded Navratra fair. It was decided to make pendants and ‘mangal sutras’ in the range of Rs 1,100, Rs 2,100 and Rs 3,100. Sources say the jeweller from Ambala had first been engaged by an official committee. The jeweller had also given a few samples for approval of the board before the fair. He had quoted his labour charges at Rs 130 per gram, which the non-official members found exorbitant. Following the discord, it was decided to explore the market and find a jeweller demanding lesser labour charges. The non-official members then came up with two jewellers, one from Chandigarh and another from Ropar, both quoted labour charges at Rs 110 per gram. They were reportedly also offering 91 per cent certification of purity, if they were assigned the contract. A non-official member of the board, on condition of anonymity, said no quotations had been invited by the board and no advertisements for getting the work executed had been placed. “For such sensitive work, it is better to invite comparative pricing. We just want that quotations should be called for and the best bargain be struck,” said the member. Official sources said this had now been agreed upon and advertisements would be placed for getting the work done. |
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PU revamps B.Sc (Hons) evaluation Chandigarh, October 18 A decision in this regard has been conveyed to departments concerned. According to the decision, “The teacher for a particular course will be the paper setter, invigilator and script evaluator. In case more than one teacher taught the course, one of the teachers will be designated as the instructor-in-charge. He will set the question papers in consultation with other teachers of the course as well as jointly invigilate during examination and evaluate answer scripts”. For each course, the university will set two question papers at the end of the session, one for the final and another one will be used later during the supplementary examination. The university will assign as many as 20 per cent of the total marks for theory papers to the two best outs of three mid-term tests. Each test will be 10 per cent of the total course. The mid-term tests will be held in September or October, December and February or March, preferably without any break and without disrupting the teaching schedule. The university envisages that in the laboratory course, as many as 20 per cent of the total marks will be assigned to continuous assessment for work in the laboratories. The final evaluation will depend on the skill of the student in doing the experiments and viva voce based on the written report of the experiments. The university proposes to conduct the final practical examination before the final theory examination. Before the final practical, marks secured by students in the continuous assessment will be displayed on the departmental notice-board. Each practical examination will have two examiners. The final award in each paper will be determined by the combined marks obtained in the mid-term and annual examinations. Continuous evaluation is seen as a positive development in assuring regular contact of students with the teaching departments in the classes as well as the laboratories instead of picking books only during examination. Importantly, the evaluated answer scripts will be shown to the students according to the schedule announced by the departments within 10 days of the completion of the examination. This is seen as a very positive development in maintaining the timeliness of an academic session. Teachers will discuss the answers with the students and explain the rationale of assessment. The final list of assessment will be submitted to the university after discussions with the students. Teacher will retain the answer-sheets at least for an year after the declaration of the results. Most importantly, there will be no provision for re-evaluation. The minimum pass marks to pass a course or a paper will be 40 per cent of the total in each paper. |
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Campaigning ends in SAS Nagar SAS Nagar, October 18 The byelection was ordered following the death of the councillor, Mr Gurmohan Ram, from the ward about a year ago. There are two Independent candidates in the fray — Mr Yog Raj and Sqn Ldr Sat Pal Bains. While Mr Yog Raj is supported by the Municipal Council President, Mr Kulwant Singh, Squadron Leader Bains has the support of local welfare organisations. Mr Yog Raj, who retired as a circle superintendent from the Public Health Department, said if he was elected he would ensure proper development of the ward. At present Sector 71 (Ward 14) is facing a number of problems. Internal roads in the area are in bad shape and people are getting inadequate water supply. The sewerage and storm water system are also in bad shape. There is no government school or dispensary. Parks in the area are also in a state of neglect. He said if elected he would be able to serve the people of the area in a better way because he had the support of the ruling group of the council. The SDM-cum-Returning Officer, Mr Darshan Singh Sandhu, said all arrangements in connection with the poll had been completed. Three polling booths had been set up and each would have one presiding officer and three polling officers. The election material would be handed over to the persons incharge tomorrow. The elections were earlier held on August 20, 2002, when Mr Gurmohan Ram has won as an Independent candidate. There were four contestants at that time. |
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Villagers
want encroachments cleared Chandigarh, October 18 The president of the Market Welfare Association says that the shopkeepers and residents of the area have been facing a crisis because of heaps of wet cowdung thrown unauthorisedly all along about 40-feet link road. He says the cowdung scattered on the road increases the menace of mosquitoes and environmental pollution. The condition of the road and the adjoining areas becomes worse whenever it rains. The shopkeepers point out that although they have taken shops at a high rate of rent, their business has been adversely affected because customers dislike visiting their shops owing to fear of accident and dirty environment there. If immediate steps are not taken to prevent the unauthorised throwing of cowdung along the important road, the encroachments are likely to increase. |
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Unions
rally round Zoo Director Chandigarh, October 18 In separate press notes, these unions said the PWD (INTUC) represented only a small fraction of the employees and it had no standing. Its allegations against Dr Sharma were unfounded. In fact a Deputy Secretary-level officer had already held enquiries and nothing wrong was found in the zoo and the vigilance action was also uncalled for. The Class IV Government Employees’ Union President, Mr Bhupinder Singh, maintained that except for Dr Sharma no other director of Chhatbir Zoo had that deep insight into the functioning of the zoo and knew so much about the welfare of the animals. The union has demanded that he be posted back. Similar points have been raised by the Punjab Non-Gazetted Forest Officers’ Union Mandal President, Mr Jagpal Singh, after an emergency meeting of the union executive. Since the inception of the zoo, Dr Sharma has been closely associated with the zoo. The Punjab State Karmchari Dal President, Mr Joginder Singh, has also ridiculed the PWD (INTUC) union for defaming the zoo and its Director and demanded that in the interest of the zoo, Dr Sharma be posted back.
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Stage set for mega phulkari show Chandigarh, October 18 The largest-ever display of Punjab’s phulkari will take place in the city’s Government Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10, beginning from October 23. Not only will rare pieces of art and craft, quintessential to Punjabi culture be showcased at the Government Museum, but also a month-long demonstration of the creation of phulkari will also be held. Talking about this rare show of Punjab’s heritage, the Director of the Museum, Mr V.N. Singh yesterday told Chandigarh Tribune that the show would consist of 60 works of Punjab phulkari, created over the past about two centuries. The display will be classified in nine categories, all representative examples of craft. The nine forms of this rare art, which will be displayed at the Phulkari show, to be mounted in October, are: bagh, chope, darshan dwar, nilk, phulkari, sainchi, shishedar, thirma, and til patra. Also featuring will be a collection of both the Crafts Museum, New Delhi and the Chandigarh Government Museum. Some of the rarest specimens of phulkari, combining patchwork and the art of embroidery, especially brought in from Lahore, will also form a part of the phulkari show which will last for a month. Informed the Director: “The display will have specimens of the fine art of embroidery from East and West Punjab.” While the museum authorities are busy preparing for the grand show, the Crafts Museum will be contributing 51 pieces for the display, beginning October 23. The Chandigarh Museum will give 10 pieces from its own collection which is marked with richness of technique. The show is being organised with a specific purpose of breeding interest in the dying art form which has done Punjab proud. The show will display representative examples of phulkari done during different periods in Punjab during the past two centuries. Apart from the Museum’s own resources, the collection has been procured from the largest collector of phulkari in India, Mr S.S. Hitkari based in Delhi. He has contributed two pieces from his personal collection. Mr Singh added that a week-long workshop on phulkari would also be organised during the period of the exhibition. In this workshop, schoolchildren will be called and instructed in the art of pulkari by leading women experts in the craft. Apart from this, the Ministry of Textiles and the UT Administration will also team up to screen special films on this rare art of embroidery. The films, apart from focusing on phulkari, will also feature productions on the other arts and crafts of Punjab. Textile experts, with specialisation in the craft of phulkari, will also be invited to deliver lectures. For a month thus, the campus of the Chandigarh Museum will be converted into a land exhibiting the rare crafts of Punjab. |
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‘Anganwadi’
workers press demands SAS Nagar, October 18 The call for the rally had been given by the Anganwadi Mulazam Union Punjab and was staged in front of the Directorate of Social Security, Women and Child Development, Sector 34, from where it moved to Sector 17. Earlier, a protest rally was also held in front of the office where the workers raised slogans and stressed their demands. The workers’ demands include reinstatement of retrenched workers, regularisation of services of “anganwadi” workers and helpers, grant of scales and allowances according to their qualifications and till the acceptance of these scales a payment of Rs 2,500 to each worker and Rs 1,500 to each helper per month along with the restoration of honorarium of Rs 100 and Rs 60 each to workers and helpers, respectively. The “anganwadi” workers also demanded that a fixed TA be given to them for attending circle meetings along with the release of enhancement of honorarium as decided upon on February 28, 2002 by the Central Government, withdrawal of the orders of handing over of “anganwadi” centres to panchayats and other NGOs, filling of vacant posts of clerk and class IV from “anganwadi” workers and helpers. Those who addressed the rally included Dr Hem Lata, general secretary of the All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers, Ms Hargobind Kaur, state president, Anganwadi Mulajam Union, Punjab, Ms Harjit Kaur and Ms Gurjit Kaur.
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‘Regularise
need-based changes in buildings’ Chandigarh, October 18 Mr Gupta in a press note said the Administrator assured them to look into their demands. It demanded the regularisation of additional construction within their houses and need-based construction by compounding the alteration after charging a fee. The delegation demanded immediate withdrawal of notices and the restoration of resumed or cancelled houses by charging a compounding fee. The delegation alleged the residents of the sector were being harassed by the Estate Office with notices for a small additional construction within their boundary walls. |
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White canes given to visually challenged Chandigarh, October 18 The chief guest of the event, Mr N.S. Rattan, Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Punjab, said the Punjab Government would do everything possible to educate and professionally rehabilitate the visually handicapped and blind. Major-Gen Rajindera Nath, chairman of the Institution of the Blind, added that white cane symbolised freedom for the visually handicapped. In a message from Delhi, Bill Pinckney, chief patron of the AOF, said that series of functions confirms Amway’s commitment to the blind and underprivileged children in India. |
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Drinking
water supply scheme inaugurated Kharar, October 18 According to a press note issued here today, the scheme has been financed under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) by Nabard. The scheme will supply water to 1,753 people of the village. So far, the water was being distributed through public stand posts. However, now private connections would be made available to the villagers on demand. Mr Y.S. Nanda, Chairman of Nabard, while inaugurating the water works, said Nabard had been playing a vital role in creating infrastructure in rural areas of the country, especially Punjab. |
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Goods worth Rs 1 lakh gutted Chandigarh, October 18 |
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MLA’s revolver missing Panchkula, October 18 Burglary:
Cash and jewellery worth over Rs 70, 000 was stolen from the Sector 12- A residence of Mr Kuldeep Sirohi, Deputy Director, the Bureau of Indian Standards. The complainant was away for a vacation to Ghaziabad, when the incident took place. The burglary came to light when the landlord, Mr Ravinder Chaddha, went on the first floor for some work and noticed the door of Mr Sirohi’s portion open. He immediately informed Mr Sirohi in Ghaziabad , who rushed here today. Cash worth Rs 47,000 and jewellery worth Rs 25,000 was stolen. 4 held in assault case:
Four arrested: The police has arrested four persons — Vinod Kumar, Kailash Chand, Adarsh Prakash and Lakhwinder Khanna — on charges of gambling at a public place and recovered Rs 4,990 from them. Thefts:
Mr Umed Chand’s bicycle was reportedly stolen from Sector 11 yesterday, while a gold chain was snatched by the unknown youth near Sector 6 Gymkhana Club. The latter incident took place around 11. 30 pm on October 16, when Ms Saroj Bhatia was coming out of the club. Case registered: The police has booked a resident of Chandigarh, Sunil Kumar, on charges of cheating and fraud with his employers. He had allegedly defrauded his employers ICL Certification Pvt. Ltd. by embezzling Rs 43140. 23, meant to disbursed as salaries. A case under Sections 406, 418, 419 and 420, IPC, has been registered. One arrested: The police has arrested Rajkumar, a resident of Vishwakarma colony on charges of drinking at a public place. He has been booked under various Sections of the Excise Act. CHANDIGARH In the second case, a car stereo was stolen from Dr Arvind Deep Singh’s car yesterday , while it was parked in Sector 32 market. In third incident, 800 pairs of telephone wires were reportedly stolen from Plot No. 6, Industrial Area, Phase II on the night intervening October 15 and 16. A case under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered on a complaint of Mr S.K. Tyagi, GM, BSNL. Snatching: Ms Sunika Chadha’s purse was reportedly snatched by two Kinetic Honda borne youth on the road separating Sector 33 and 45 . The purse contained a pair of gold earrings, ATM card and cash worth Rs 1200. A case under Sections 356 and 379 of the IPC has been registered. Excise cases: The police has arrested four youths — Jaspreet Singh, Chiranjeevi Bhardwaj; Jagdish Walia and Vivek Nirmohi — on charges of drinking near DAV College, Sector 10 last night. In another case, the police arrested Chander Ram, a resident of Janta Colony , and recovered 50 pouches of Hero Whisky from him. In both cases, FIR’s under different sections of the Excise Act have been registered. Suicide: M.L. Sharma (40) committed suicide by hanging himself at his Sector 22 house last night . It is learnt he was under depression for the past couple of years and was confined to his residence. He is survived by his wife and a five-year-old daughter. Hit and run case:
Two scooter borne brothers- Nitin Sharma, (20), and Ankit Sharma, (17), were reportedly hit by an unknown car near Sector 17/ 18 traffic lights in the evening. The two were returning home after attending college. Former has sustained head injuries, while latter sustained a fractured in an arm. They have been admitted to the PGI for treatment . Ambala According to information, Ajay, went to the showroom of Pooja Sarees and stole two sarees, but security guard of the shop got suspicious and nabbed him. He was brought to a police post located in Urban Estate. On the pretext of answering the call of nature, Ajay went to the toilet there. He broke an empty bottle and used it to attack two police officials in the police post. The two received injuries and were admitted to the local hospital. The police has registered a case against the robber for theft and attacking government officials on duty. Three booked: The police has registered a case against three persons for stealing jewellery worth Rs 50,000. Buddha Ram, a resident of Ambala City, in his complaint has alleged that Purushottam, Dilip and one unidentified person stole his valuables. |
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