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UT issued notice on merger of villages with MC
Chandigarh, September 25 The petition, heard by a Division Bench comprising Mr Justice Jasbir Singh and Mr Justice Pritam Pal, pleaded that the merger should not be allowed as the mandatory requirement of consultation and views to be expressed by MC mandatory in law have not been followed, In case rules were followed, then the copy has not been supplied despite a request for the same. The petitioners further held that the area which is being merged is not an urban area, which, u/s 2 sub section 60 of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act as applicable to Chandigarh, is required to be declared as an urban area. It has been stated in the writ petitions that the notification—dated September 19 —with regard to merger of five villages in the area of the Municipal Corporation is illegal and void. It has been alleged that the rural area having a gram panchayat has to be first declared as an urban area under the Municipal Corporation Act, which has not been done. In the present case even the notification has been issued with a predetermined mind and the objections have been invited just as a formality because the Administrator had already declared the merger of the villages on August 15, 2006, and the draft notification has been issued on August 17, 2006. In addition to this, the petitioners have alleged that there is no consultation between the Administrator and the corporation, which is mandatory, and the copy of the same along with the views of the corporation have not been supplied. In the objections filed by the petitioners, they have broadly alleged that 2/3rd area of the village is agricultural area and they are keeping the animals for their livelihood. In addition to this, they have alleged that on account of the election of the corporation in
Sources in the UT, however, stated that the work for delimitation of the wards would not be affected by today’s notice. According to sources, the work was in progress for the fresh de-limitation of the MC wards after the notification of the inclusion of the five villages of Hallo Majra, Maloya, Palsora, Kajehri and Dadu Majra in the MC last week. The number of wards is expected to be increased to 26 from the current 20. The increase in wards would also mean that there will be a reshuffling in the wards reservation of women and the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes candidates. The number of voters, too, would increase from the current about 5 lakh to about 8 lakh. The MC elections are proposed to be held in the first week of December. |
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Five-year-old raped in Sec 41
Chandigarh, September 25 A five-and-half-year-old girl was brought to the Sector 16 General Hospital late tonight in a semi-unconscious state after she had been allegedly subjected to sexual abuse yards away from the congregation, which she had gone alone to witness. In the absence of her father, who has gone abroad, she has no one else in the family except for mother. The only child of her parents, the victim was reportedly whisked away by a miscreant, wearing a red shirt and sporting spectacles, who left her with a trauma that would haunt her all her life. She was not only physically abused, but was left crying and in a state of shock after culprit had reportedly satiated his carnal lust. The congregation on the road separating Sectors 40 and 41 went on undisturbed, while the victim was undergoing a harrowing time. The incident came to light when her mother went looking for her. To her great shock, she saw her being escorted by some unknown children as she was crying bitterly in pain. Her mother who took her home found the girl bleeding profusely. When the victim narrated her tale of woe, her mother immediately shifted her to the hospital. The doctors examined the victim and her medical reports were awaited. Meanwhile, the police has registered a case under Sections 376 and 511 of the Indian Penal Code.
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PM’s visit may inconvenience road users
Chandigarh, September 25 While the road separating Sectors 9 and Phase 10 that leads to Mohali from Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh will be blocked for traffic for a few hours before the slated visit, over a 1,000 policemen will be deployed along the route and at the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) where the Prime Minister will stay for an hour. The Prime Minister would be at the institute at 6pm on September 27 to lay the foundation stone of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research. The SP traffic Mohali, Mr Rajbachan Singh Sandhu who is in charge of the security arrangements being made for the visit said traffic diversions are being planned for this road and the public would be briefed about these through the press tomorrow. While the responsibility of the security arrangements within the NIPER campus is being shouldered by Mohali police the Fatehgarh Sahib police would be responsible for the security along the entire road route that the Prime Minister would follow across the state on September 27.
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ICC tickets’ sale starts
Mohali, September 25 According to information, the tickets will be available at the sale counters of PCA Stadium, Mohali, and at the HDFC Bank branches at Phase- VII, Mohali, Sectors 37 and 46, Chandigarh and Sector 8, Panchkula. The sale of tickets will
“Student block tickets will be allotted to the institutions in Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali. The District Administration of Mohali and the Chandigarh Administration have been requested to send the demand on the basis of recommendations of the DEO, Mohali, and the DPI, Schools and Colleges, Chandigarh”, said Mr Pandove, Honorary Secretary, PCA. The tickets, except those of the General Block and the Student Block, are also available on BCCI’s Website www.bcci.tv and PCA’s Website www.cricketpunjab.com.
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Controller of Explosives held taking bribe
Chandigarh, September 25 CBI sleuths also arrested a lower division clerk in his office Afzal Karim for negotiating and fixing the bribe. Mr Kamal, a draftsman in the company, had lodged a complaint with the CBI today alleging that officials at the Explosives Department had demanded a bribe of Rs 5000 from him to grant permission to store explosive material. He had sought permission to store furnish oil on behalf of his company. The accused initially demanded Rs
5000 from him but later, the deal was struck at Rs 4500. Acting on the complaint, CBI sleuths laid a trap in the Sector 22 office of the department and nabbed the accused. Search operations were being conducted at their residential and official premises. Afzal Karim told investigators that he had taken the money on behalf of Dr Yadav.
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Man ends life
Chandigarh, September 25
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Watch out
Even after falling at the last hurdle, 18-year-old Sanam Singh will play in the $ 3,80,000 Kingfisher Airlines Open Tennis Tournament starting at Cricket Club of India in Mumbai on
Monday.
Sanam, who has paired with Mumbai’s Karan Rastogi, will take on Igor Kunitsyn of Russia and Rik Devoest of South Africa in the doubles event. Though
Sanam, seeded sixth in the qualifiers, lost to Japan’s Gouichi Motomura 6-7, 2-6 in the singles event, he got a wild card entry in the men’s doubles event of the tournament. Sanam is currently ranked 772nd in the world. Some of the top players of the world are competing in the tournament in which another city boy, Parveen Kumar, a White Badge holder, is officiating as a chair umpire.
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Passing Through
How is your housing project in Sector 85, Mohali, different from others?
We are developing the project on the pattern of a sports village. It will have international-standard sports facilities, including a cricket field, a shooting range, an Olympic-size swimming pool and gymnasium, for the residents. What is the aim of developing such a project? We aim to provide a lifestyle comparable to the best in the world for residents, particularly children. Why are the plots and apartments in your project priced higher than others? The connectivity and infrastructure are among the best in the region. This coupled with the quality of construction and completion of the project in about three years, should set us apart from the other real estate players. What are the latest plans of your group? The Rs 2,500-crore group is on the threshold of launching India’s single-largest self-sustaining, self-integrated township near the National Capital Region on the National Highway 24. Pradeep Sharma
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Chandigarh Calling
Bapu rocks:
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Tree tale:
Slippery road:
Pet names:
Contributors: Aruti Nayar, Vishal Gulati, Parbina Rashid, Anuradha Shukla & Vishal Gulati
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Going overboard to please Hooda
Panchkula, September 25 No, it was not a regular challaning drive in progress for non-adherence of rules, but a bid to take charge of the buses, line them up at the bus stand and use them in the evening to ferry public and gather crowds from different corners of the district for a function to celebrate Agrasen Jayanti, slated for today, in Sector 16. The Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the Minister of State of Finance, Mr Pawan Bansal, the Poverty Alleviation Minister, Ms Seilja, were to participate in the programme and all efforts were being made to make it an impressive show. Meanwhile, agitated at the way the buses were pulled off the road, school heads and representatives of various schools gathered at the bus stand in protest against the high-handedness of the authorities in taking charge of the buses. “We had no prior information about the Chief Minister’s programme in the city. We were told only this morning that the buses were needed and we were willing to oblige. Where was the need to take away the registration cards of buses and build pressure on us. We are willing to cooperate and have done so in the past by lending our buses to ferry public to rallies but if the department thinks it can arm-twist us into doing something, it is just not done,” a Principal said. Another one-added that the arrival of the children to the school had been delayed on account of the mess created by the Transport Department. “We can’t come out in the open to express our resentment because we will have to bear the brunt and be on the officials’ hit list. So, like we have done in the past, we have no problems giving our vehicles for the evening. However, to think we will let school work suffer and lend them buses at the cost of putting our students to inconvenience is too much expectation,” a Principal explained, while adding that they were not being paid any remuneration for the use of buses. The organisers of the function, the Aggrawal Vikas Trust spokesman, Mr Krishan Nanha, said they had paid money for using 15 buses and a deal to this effect had been struck with the bus operators union. “We needed the buses to bring in our members from all over the district. We have no clue why the buses were stationed at the bus stand this morning,” he added. However the District Transport Officer,, Mr Sushil Kumar, refused to comment on the matter.
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Cops’ capability to solve cases under scanner
Chandigarh, September 25 While the man had been strangulated to death and his body dumped in the jungle area in Sector 51 in August, the police was yet to ascertain the cause of death of the woman. She was suspected to have been killed after being raped and her body had been found near the railway track in Mani Majra in June. Sources in the police said investigations could not proceed further until the victims were identified. Identification in such cases was the primary step to achieve any breakthrough as it helped in providing leads. In both cases, the bodies had been charred beyond recognition and the police could not find anything from the spots which could help in establishing identities of the victims. The sources said with highly developed crime investigation and detection techniques in advanced countries, investigating agencies were able to establish identities of victims. But here, scientific methods of investigation were seldom adopted and in a substantial number of cases, the police did not believe in picking fingerprints. In cases where scientific techniques were used, results were not very encouraging. The sources said the police had managed to reconstruct the man’s face, but it had proved a bootless exercise so far. The decomposed nude body of the woman was maggot infested and without left arm. The Mauli Jagran police post in charge said the viscera and other reports were awaited from the Central Forensic Sciences Laboratory. Officials there maintained that they were overloaded with work and it would take time to prepare reports. The Sector 36 police station SHO maintained that investigations could not proceed till the victim was identified.
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Protest by visually challenged
Chandigarh, September 25 The protestors were demanding 1 per cent reservation of jobs. “The government has no mechanism,” stated Prof Rajesh Mohan, general secretary of the federation, Punjab branch. He demanded that the Social Welfare Department should be made the nodal agency. He also alleged that the various institutes being run for the visually impaired in the Punjab were in deplorable conditions. “The government should look into the matter and should allocate proper staff for the same,” he stated. The protestors alleged that the disability act was not being implemented fully by the government. Later in the day, a meeting of the federation was held with the Secretary Social Security, Punjab. According to Prof Mohan, they were assured that a letter has been written to all departments to fill up their backlog regarding the vacancies of visual handicapped persons within They were also assured that the issue of 1 per cent reservation would be put in the agenda of monthly meeting of all administrative secretaries.
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1965 war ended in Ichhogil stalemate
In May 1965, Pakistan had let loose its “Gibraltar Force” of trained guerrillas into the Kashmir valley.
After the Indian Army had successfully thrown them out of the valley in August 1965, Pakistan launched its full-fledged attack (Operation Grand Slam) supported by tanks in the Chhamb sector on September 1. This was aimed at cutting off Jammu and Kashmir from the rest of India. When the situation in the Chhamb sector became precarious in the first week of September, India decided to open a new front by hurriedly moving its forces into the Lahore and Sialkot sectors. Units were moved from various locations and it was dark when they arrived in the Lahore sector.
Against all principles of warfare, the unit commanders were asked to go into attack without any daylight reconnaissance by them and their sub-unit commanders. The result was that most of the attacks failed and a number of unit commanders were removed from their commands and demoted. Some of the brigade commanders also met the same fate. The handling of the situation by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) was so inept that even when a valiant infantry battalion (3 Jat) crossed the Ichhogil canal against all adds and captured the Dograi village across the obstacle, its success was not exploited because the basic principle of establishing a firm base across the obstacle was violated by the formation. Thus our advance got bogged down at the Ichhogil canal, resulting in a stalemate.
An ACR Army
Gone are the days when you would dig in your heels and say no to a wrong order. Today, it is your career that comes first. And for which, a majority of the officers would have no qualms in putting their conscience and integrity at stake. Apparently, this was the sole consideration that impelled four Brigade Commanders, nine Commanding Officers (COs) and some staff officers to become puppets in the hands of a Major-General who was siphoning off canteen liquor from his division to his hometown. They abetted in the crime with the hope that this would earn them good annual confidential reports (ACRs). This would have really happened had the Major-General not been caught. Now think of the fate of 6 Mountain Division, which was being commanded by this Major-General. With the entire command set-up from the General Officer Commanding (GOC) down to the COs and some staff officers being involved in this disciplinary case, the division, no military mind can deny, has been rendered unfit for war. It will take quite some time and great effort to rejuvenate this formation. The Army could not have done more than to award a deterrent punishment of cashiering and three years’ rigorous imprisonment to this Major-General. Even earlier, the Army has been awarding severe punishments in such cases. If despite this such black sheep continue to surface, the fault lies with our national character. As for the Army, the ACR system needs to rid the officers from the sharks like this Major-General who are growing in number by the day.
The youngest regiment
Raised in June 1963 by merging 7 and 14 J&K Militia, the Ladakh Scouts have cut a niche for themselves in the Indian Army due to their valour and excellence. In recognition of which, the Scouts were given the status of a regiment. The Ladakh Scouts Regiment is the youngest and one of the most decorated regiments of the Indian Army today. The history of the regiment dates back to 1948 when the National Guards was raised with volunteers from Ladakh to save the honour of the country from the Pakistani intruders. The National Guards was later re-designated as 7 J&K Militia. The Ladakh Scouts Regiment has acquitted itself credibly in all the wars that India has fought since 1948. In the 1999 Kargil war, the Ladakh Scouts had proved their invincibility. This was because the high altitude being their home, posed no acclimatisation problem to them. The young regiment has an array of 10 Mahavir Chakras, 26 Vir Chakras, one Ashok Chakra, two Kirti Chakras and six Shaurya Chakras. — Pritam Bhullar
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National award for Local Level Committee
Chandigarh, September 25 He said on the occasion of the sixth annual general body meeting of the National Trust of Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, the award for the Best Local Level Committee was conferred by the Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Mrs Meera Kumar, on the LLC. The Joint Director, Government Institute for Mentally Retarded Children-cum-Head of Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Prof B.S. Chavan, received the award on behalf of the administration. Among the 499 LLCs from various districts of the state and Union Territories of India that competed for the award, the LLC of Chandigarh received it. Applications for the award were invited in June, 2006 and the last date for submission was July, 31. Besides the Secretary Social Welfare, Mr Krishna Mohan, the other members of the LLC are the Reader, Department of Law, Panjab University, Mr Vijay Nagpal, and a representative of Parent Association of Mentally Challenged Children, Mr Balbir Singh.
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Kerala Samajam elects committee
Mohali, September 25 This was the first event organised in the samajam’s own building in Phase 11 here. Among those who attended the cultural programme were representatives of other cultural organisations in and around Mohali. A new managing committee under the presidentship of Mr Benny Thomas, an advocate in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, was elected unanimously comprising Mr Ravindran Nair as vice-president, Mr T.G. Mathew as secretary, Mr M. Ramanathan as joint secretary and Mr M.K. Thankachan as treasurer. During his presidential address, Mr Thomas reiterated the need for sustained efforts by all Keralites in and around Mohali towards the setting up of the prestigious Kerala Bhawan. Mr Charles Samuel, Principal of the Mount Carmel School and winner of Indira Gandhi Sadbhawana Award for peace, while addressing the audience said such organisations should contribute more towards building a generation of young children with high morals, values and ethics. Speaking on the occasion, Mr T. Chandramohan, CEO of Nagar Exports, congratulated the samajam on its new building. The construction of the first phase of Kerala Bhawan building at Sector 65 is currently on, the foundation stone of which was laid by Mr T.K.A. Nair, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister in 2005. In the first phase, the construction of a hall with balcony to seat approximately 500 people with a stage and green room in the basement is nearing completion. The second phase of the construction with provisions for classrooms for conducting various classes on dance, music and other literary activities as well as library and conference hall would be taken up after finishing the first phase.
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Rally against land acquisition tomorrow
Mohali, September 25 The committee said that the Punjab Government was planning to acquire land for Sector 81 where the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research was to come up. The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, will lay the foundation stone of the institute at NIPER on September 27 as the land in Sector 81 is under litigation. Mr Tejinder Singh Jakhar, president of the committee, said that the protest rally was not being held against the visit of the Prime Minister but against the indifferent attitude of the Punjab Chief Minister towards the demand of the farmers. Mr D.P. Singh Baidwan, convener, said that the Chief Minister should concede to the demand of the farmers and give a share in the developed commercial and residential plots falling in the Mohali area. The demand made by farmers of Punjab under the land pooling scheme in connection with developed sectors has now become a demand of farmers of other states as well. A share in the developed area will prevent farmers from being uprooted and being unemployed. He said the demand had been supported even by the Prime Minister and Congress President, Ms Sonia Gandhi.
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Tribune journalist bereaved
Chandigarh, September 25
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Mohali resident booked under Copyright Act
Chandigarh, September 25 Sources in the Sector 3 police station said M.P.S. Chawla of Ravikirti Company, Phase II, Industrial Area, yesterday alleged that Inderpreet Singh Chhina of Eureka Exports, Phase IX, Mohali, had organised an exhibition in a hotel in Sector 10 in which he put the replicas of artefacts originally designed by his company on display. Acting on the complaint, the police conducted a raid and seized four pieces of artefacts. However, Inderpreet reportedly managed to give the police a slip. The police said Inderpreet was earlier arrested by the Crime Branch of the Chandigarh police in January this year on similar charges. A case under Sections 63 and 65 of the Copyright Act has been registered in this connection. In a separate incident, a laptop and other appliances were stolen from a Sector 8-based office. The police said the owner of an advertisement agency, Rajesh Jain, of Sector 8 reported to the police that a laptop, a fax machine, a mobile phone and a computer were stolen from his office on Sunday night. The theft came to light this morning when he found the articles missing from his office. He informed the police about the incident and it reached the spot along with forensic experts. He told the police that he suspected the hand of someone from his office behind the theft. The forensic experts took footprints from the office and were matching these with those of the employees. No arrest has been made so far. A case has been registered in the Sector 3 police station.
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Patiala man held for cheating Sector 46 resident
Chandigarh, September 25 Giving details, sources in the Economic Offences Wing of the Chandigarh Police said Mr Darshan Singh alleged that he had given Rs 27 lakh to Gurdev Singh of Phase X, Mohali, Kamaljit Singh of Patiala, Sant Ram of Baltana and Surinder Singh of Ferozepore to purchase a shop at Burail village. However, he later came to know that the accused had resold the same shop to another person for Rs 33 lakh by forging documents. Acting on the complaint, the police registered a case under various provisions of the IPC and arrested Kamaljit Singh of Patiala. The police said raids are being conducted at various places to arrest the other accused. Motorcycle stolen: Car stereo stolen:
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Students clash
Chandigarh, September 25 Giving details, sources in Sector 11 Police Station said the incident took place around 5 pm when a group of 10 boys travelling in two cars (PB-12-D-7900) and (PB-05-0433) thrashed one Nishan, alias Bansi, a student of BA-I of DAV College, Sector 10. He was taken to the hospital, and was later discharged. He sustained minor injuries.
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Held for mobike theft
Mohali, September 25
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House burgled
Mohali, September 25
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Case registered
Mohali, September 25
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‘Ravana Vadh’ contest
Chandigarh, September 25 The customer will have to call a number and answer some questions and become eligible to enter the lucky draw contest and win a mega prize of a silver idol or a daily prize of a silver coin. The contest will close on October 2.
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