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‘Need to amend Food
Adulteration Act’
Chandigarh, December 16
Since the products of the fragrance and flavours industry are used as food-additive items and not as food items, the government should amend the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, to keep these items out of the purview of the Act.
Cong disapproves of penalty
Chandigarh, December 16
The charging of the debris penalty through water bill and approval of the by laws for the ward committees still remain in limbo with Congress councillors expressing their reservations about these in the present shape.
Encroachments gobble
up road
Chandigarh, December 16
A circular road defining the boundary of Burail village and an internal road separating the village and Sector 45 have virtually vanished courtesy rampant encroachment in the area.
The circular road of Burail in front of Sector 45-C, Chandigarh, which has been encroached upon.
— A Tribune photograph
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RUN-UP TO MC POLL WARD NOS 15 & 16
Voters want better roads, clean water
Panchkula, December 16
Inhabitants of Ward 15 (Industrial Area Phase II, Budhanpur village, the HVPNL Colony and nearby slums) and Ward 16 (Sector 19) expect their representative in the Municipal Council to provide them with better civic amenities. For voters of these wards, the main issues in these elections are proper maintenance of roads and clean drinking water.
INLD
not to contest MC poll
Panchkula, December 16
The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD)
has decided not to contest the ensuing MC elections scheduled for
January 19 on party symbol.
Long wait for MC-poll
candidates
Panchkula, December 16
The shortage of staff in the Municipal Council office here ruffled many a feather today as candidates for the MC elections had to wait to get no-dues certificates.
3 women file papers
on first day
Panchkula, December 16
It was woman power at the fore on day one of filing of nomination papers for the first-ever Municipal Council elections. All three candidates who filed their nominations today were women.
Ex-servicemen allege discrimination
SAS Nagar, December 16
The local Ex-Servicemen's Grievances Cell, in a representation to the Union Health Minister and the Punjab Chief Minister, has alleged that the defence and ex-servicemen reservation quota was being ignored by the various departments of the Central, the state and the UT governments.
FAUJI BEAT
Polyclinic for Mohali veterans
WHILE inaugurating the Defence Veterans Polyclinic (DVP) at the Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre at SAS Nagar on December 11, the Governor of Punjab, Lt-Gen (retd) JFR Jacob, commended Dr M.L. Kataria (retd) for establishing the first of its kind healthcare unit for ex-servicemen in India.
Mass leave by Markfed employees today
Chandigarh, December 16
Employees of Markfed will go on mass casual leave tomorrow and participate in a dharna to lodge their protest against the non acceptance of the demands put forward by the Punjab State Cooperative Markfed Employees Union, Mr Harbhajan Dass, president of the union, said in a press release here today.
Dev Samaj to celebrate founder’s anniversary
Chandigarh, December 16
The Dev Samaj Society will celebrate the 152nd birth anniversary of its founder Bhagwan Devatma. The anniversary celebrations will start from December 18 and culminate on December 21 at Dev Samaj Bhawan in Sector 36 here.
Major-Gen
Gill nominated to akademi panel
Chandigarh, December 16
The chairman of the Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi, Maj Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd), has been nominated as a member of the newly constituted general council of the National Sahitya Akademi for five years.
Opening
of cold store angers villagers
Dera Bassi, December 16
Discontent is simmering among the residents of more than
a dozen villages over the opening of a cold store which, they fear,
may be converted into a slaughter house later. Residents, sarpanches,
panches and some local political leaders of Bijanpur, Mukandpur, Kheri
Gujjran and Samgoli villages, apart from Dera Bassi residents, have
strongly objected to the setting of the store.
 Le Corbusier associate dead
SAS Nagar, December 16
Mr Avtar Singh Sachdev, a distinguished civil servant, passed away this morning. He was 73. Born in Faislabad (Pakistan), Mr Sachdev was the eldest of four brothers. He passed BE in 1948 topping,
PEC, Roorkee. Thereafter he served the Punjab Public Works Department in various capacities and was the Chief Engineer until his superannuation in 1987.
Sunil
Parti on executive of Asian housing coop
Chandigarh, December 16
The governing council of the International
Cooperative Housing Foundation for Asia and the Pacific at its meeting
held in Kuala Lumpur on December 4 decided to take Mr Sunil Parti of
Chandigarh as a member of its governing council.
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