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Protest rally by Karamchari Dal
Patiala, January 30 Addressing the gathering, union leader Hari Singh Tohra said the government was not listening to the voice of the employees and various demands raised by them over the past few years were still unfulfilled. He said the government had promised that employees living in cities with a population of more than 50,000 would be given house rent allowance. However, till now no house rent allowance, which was fixed at the rate of five per cent of the basic pay, was given to the employees despite repeated assurances. Tohra added that on May 12, 2002 the Punjab government had issued orders not to fill up the vacancies of employees who had died in service due to which thousands of posts fell vacant. He said the present SAD-BJP regime had promised to fill up these posts, but even this had turned out to be a hollow promise. He demanded that the government should fill up these posts immediately as this would give jobs to 42,000 unemployed youth. He also added the despite various assurances there was no pay commission till now which was proving to be detrimental to the interests of the employees. Union leaders Kulbeer Singh Saidkheri (Patiala), Gian Singh (Samana) were among those present.
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Fraud charges rock MC meeting
Ambala, January 30 Councillors of the local body stated that the MC officials had recently held an auction to sell the material that had been disposed off by the MC. The councillors stated that the officials had violated all the rules and regulations of the civic body as the auction was held without giving any prior notice to the councillors. They stated that it seems that the officials had embezzled over Rs 10 lakh in the auction. MC president Neelam Sharma and some other councillors also admitted that the matter had not been brought to their notice by the officials. Besides, the councillors also raised the issue of purchase of insecticides by the MC officials. The councillors stated that the MC had purchased 2 tonnes of insecticide. Though, the market price of the insecticide was Rs 13 per kg, but the officials bought it for Rs 45 per kg. The councillors also registered their protest against the purchase of sodium lamps by the local body. The councillors said that 62 sodium lamps that had been shown to be bought from a branded company were in reality a country made product. They said the payments of the lamps had been made accordingly and it appeared that the officials had misappropriated with the funds meant for the purchase of these sodium lamps. Following this, one of the sodium lamps was taken into custody by the councillors, who said they would ascertain the genuineness of the lamps from the company itself. The councillors stated that a vigilance inquiry should immediately be ordered to bring the facts to light. The executive office of the MC had been arrested by the vigilance bureau on corruption charges two days back.
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Revision of electoral rolls ends
Our Correspondent
Bassi Pathana, January 30 Sitting councillors as well as aspirants took keen interest the preparation of the electoral rolls. Heavy rush was witnessed in the office of SDM where the work was going on. The aspirants are not taking any chance and keeping a close watch on the electoral rolls in their respective wards. This time aspirants seem to be more active than the sitting councillors. They have already started with their door-to-door campaigns. Interestingly, a majority of the candidates are not keen on contesting the elections on any party symbol rather they contesting independently. However, some of them are looking towards the ruling party MLA Didar Singh Bhatti to open his cards. The SAD (B)-BJP combine has three strong sub-groups led by MLA Bhatti, former minister Randhir Singh Cheema and senior SAD (B) leader Rajeshpal Singh Lalli. It remains to be seen how these three groups manage to choose common candidates. Similarly, the candidates with Congress background are shying away from taking party ticket, as the party is in opposition. Moreover, it does not even have any influential leader except former minister Dr Harbans Lal. The outcome of the council elections will mainly depend on how the ruling combine manages to field its common candidates amid pressure from various groups.
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Ambala Club cancels auction of shops
Ambala, January 30 Secretary of club Amit Jain said here today that since executive officer of the council was not available, the auction was canceled. He said a fresh date for this purpose would be finalised soon. He said he had received a letter from the director of the local bodies in which he had raised several objections. He said in 1999, the then deputy commissioner and president of club Ram Niwas had advised the club to construct shops on the club premises. Ten shops were constructed by while remaining 14 were pending. He said the director stated in the letter that the MC land was being sold, which was not the case as the shops were to be given on rent. |
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City boy clinches IGU golf title
Chandigarh, January 30 His performance was all the more impressive as he was on the brink of playing a par card on the second day. But then a double bogey on the last hole stole that thunder from the 10-year-old who plays with a handicap of 12. Playing on the par-70 greens of Rambagh Golf Club in Jaipur, Feroz started with a seven-over par 79. But the next day the young golfer was a picture of confidence as he sunk three birdies and played 11 pars. A share of three bogeys saw him standing with a par game after the 17th hole. All eyes were on this golf prodigy from Chandigarh. But this is where he faltered giving away two strokes to finish with a second round card of two over par 74. A repeat of the opening day's card of 79 on the third and final day saw him finish with a three-day aggregate of 230. His day two score of two over par 74 was his best and the margin of victory in Jaipur was an overwhelming 18 strokes. Rahul was back on the greens of the CGA Golf Range under the watchful eyes of the country's renowned coach Jesse Grewal. He was getting lessons on the short game and putting. Close by was hit doting mother Sandip Garewal. Rahul took to golf in 2006 when he was a student of Sat Paul Mittal School in Ludhiana. His interest in the game saw the family shift base to Chandigarh in September 2007. After being ranked 28th in the first IGU outing in Delhi, he improved it to 18th rank in 2006 end. But with regular coaching after school, Feroz really picked up the game. His ranking improved to sixth and after the Jaipur win he was placed fourth. Jesse is happy at the way Feroz is shaping. "He has got determination and always wants to keep going", said the coach. Now the stress will be on his fitness which will hold him in good stead in the days to come. The coach is also laying stress on his short game and putting. During his fortnight visits from Ludhiana stress was on the long game technique. A change in grip is also on the cards. Feroz plays the full 18 holes with his father during the weekends when Ravibir Singh Garewal gets time off from his business meetings. "And I beat him most of the times", says an elated 10-year-old who turns 11 on May 31 next.
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City eves make it to semifinals
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, January 30 Another Chandigarh lad Digvijay S. Naruka continued his winning spree as he defeated A. Nikhit Prasad of Andhra Pradesh 3-6, 7-6 (6) and 6-0. After losing first set Naruka held his nerves and fought back to win the next set 7-6(6). But in the deciding set, Naruka did not give any chance to his rival and broke all his serves to reserve semifinal berth in the same category. In girls’ u-14 quarter-final match, local girl Bhavika Wadhawan lost to Eetee Mehta of Gujarat in straight sets 2-6, 2-6, while Chandigarh’s Harnoor K. Mann and Ravnoor Kaur moved into semifinals in under-16 girls’ singles. Harnoor beat Delhi’s Megha Sehrawat 6-3, 0-6, 6-4, whereas Ravnoor got the better of Jaspreet Kaur of Punjab 6-4, 6-4. Today’s results: Boys’ u-14 Quarter Final (Singles): Sunny Dahiya (Har) b Pankaj Kumar (Chd) 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2, Digvijay S. Naruka (Chd) b A. Nikhit Prasad (AP) 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-0, Vilash Khate (Nta) b Manish Kumar (Dli) 6-2, 6-3, Kamal Kishore (Raj) b Sushanta Mohanti (Nta) 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (4). Girls’ u-14 Quarter Finals: Likhita Shetty (Kar) b Megha Sehrawat (Dli.) 6-2, 6-2, Rimpledeep Kaur (Pb.) b Sabatini Ankaraju 6-6, 7-5, 6-3, Simran Kaur Sethi (Dli.) b Rajbir Kaur(Pb.) 6-3, 6-2, Eetee Mehta (Guj) b Bhavika Wadhawan (Chd.) 6-2, 6-2. Girls’ u-16 Quarter Finals: Eetee Mehta (Guj) bt Pooja A. Narayana (Del.) 6-4, 6-2, Harnoor K. Mann (Chd.) b Megha Sehrawat (Dli) 6-3, 0-6, 6-4, Ravnoor Kaur (Chd.) b Jaspreet Kaur (Pb.) 6-4, 6-4, Baljinder Kaur (Har) b Sandeep K. Saran (Pb.) 6-0, 6-3. Boys’ u-16 Quarter Finals (Singles): Navneet Kumar (Up) b Rishabh Dev (Pb) 6-2, 6-4, Naveen Shankar (Chd) b Pankaj Kumar (Chd) 6-1, 6-2, Gurinder Singh (Pb) b Ajay Yadav (Chd) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, Maninder Singh (Har) b Digvijay S. Naruka (Chd) 6-4, 6-1. Boys’ u-14 Quarter Final (Doubles): Ayush Mintri (Pb)/ Jatinder Singh (Chd) b Dheer Anush S. Bhatti (Chd)/ Ranjeet Singh (Chd) 6-4, 6-7(2), 10-4, Nischay Rawal/Pankaj Kumar b Shashank/Manish Drall 6-3, 6-0, Amit Bzad/Rishab Dev b Nikhit Prasad/ B.Sai Reddy 6-3, 6-2. Girls’ u-16 (Doubles): Bhavika/Ravnoor b Harnoor/ Prabhamrit 6-1, 6-3, Ektesh/Pooja b Nehal/ Likhita Shetty 6-1, 6-3, Baljinder/Sabatini b Jaspreet/ Shreya Malhotra 6-4, 3-6, 10-8, Vaibhavi/Eetee Mehta b Megha Sherawat/ Simran 6-2, 6-2.
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Annual athletics meet held at GGSCW-26
Chandigarh, January 30 Besides the athletic events, including long jump, high jump, discuss throw, javelin throw and different races, many fun-filled activities like three-legged race and chatti race were also held. Naval Kishore, director of Sports (Panjab University) was the chief guest while Gurdev Singh Brar, president of Sikh Educational Society gave away the prizes to the winners. The results: Best march past: B.Com, tug-of-war: B.Com. (Sports students)
long jump: 1 Raman, 2 Nisha, 3 Veena, high jump: 1 Veena, 2 Rajwinder, 3 Anita, discus throw: 1 Nisha, 2 Veena, 3 Rajwinder. javelin throw: 1 Nirmla, 2 Veena, 3 Rajwinder. 100 m race: 1 Veena, 2 Nisha, 3 Babita, 400 m race: 1 Keki, 2 Veena, 3 Nishu, 4X50 relay race: 1 Veena, Nirmala, Nisha, Anita, 2 Raman, Rajwinder, Mandeep, Sunita, 3 Amandeep, Gagan, Anita and Priyanka. (Non-sports student),
long jump: 1 Sukhwinder, 2 Vedananda, 3 Dipia, javelin throw: 1 Dinavati, 2 Sejal, 3 Arshveer, 100 m race: 1 Dipia, 2 Parwinder, 3 Charupriya, 400 m race: 1 Parvinder, 2 Sukhpreet, 3 Gyaneshwari, 4X50 relay race: 1 Sukhpreet, Arshvir, Charu, Manpreet, 2 Priya, Dinavati, Lorensargi, Jyoti, 3 Aarti, Gagandeep, Priyanka, Shruti. 4X200 relay race: 1 Sonal, Koral, Sukriti, Amardeep, 2 Divya, Dipia, Dinavati, Priya, 3 Charu, Sukhpreet, Manpreet and Arshvir. Recreational games: Three-legged race: 1 Rajwinder and Ranjna, 2 Leela and Manpreet, 3 Nisha and Shilpa, slow cycling: 1 Manpreet, 2 Kiran, 3 Dipia. Chhati race: 1 Rajwinder, 2 Rajwinder, 3 Nirmala. |
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22 selected for football tourney
Chandigarh, January 30 The team: Jasmeet Singh, Abhi Nandan, Suraj Bhagi, Man Singh (captain), Manpreet Singh, Jatin Sharma, Mukut, Jagroop Singh, Kamal, Manoj, Majid Hussain, Yadvinder Singh, Tejinder Singh, Ashitosh, Rahul, Sunny, Manjeet Singh, Puran Chand, Yogesh and Chani Sohal. Coach: Jasmeet Singh. Manager: Ajay Pal Singh.
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Cricket trials on Feb 2
Mohali, January 30 The nationals will be held at Hyderabad from February 18 to 22. According to Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, president of ATC Punjab, a camp will be held for probables from where the final team will be selected on the basis of players’ performance. |
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List of probables released
Chandigarh, January 30 The selected girls will attend a coaching camp from February 6. |
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Two held for robbing man
Chandigarh, January 30 Simerjit Singh, a resident of Sector 38-A, who works in a catering company, was on his way home when the fuel in his scooter exhausted near the Sectors 40,41,55,56 roundabout. Two persons on a motorcycle (CH03-U-5212) came to him and posing as police personnel, frisked him. The two then fled with the purse containing the amount. A case under Sections 392, 34 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 39 police station. The police nabbed the two by laying a barricade near Maloya today. The accused are in early 30s and the police is investigating whether they are part of a gang that operates in the city during nights following this modus operandi.
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19-yr-old girl hangs herself
Panchkula, January 30 Father of the deceased Santosh Lal, who is employed at the adjoining factory as watchman, said his daughter had not been feeling well for the past few days. Today she did not go to the work and when nobody was at home she hanged herself from the ceiling using a cloth, said the parents of Archana. The police has registered a case under Section 174 IPC.
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Indian art and culture losing sheen: Expert
Chandigarh, January 30 He was former chairperson of the department of fine arts, PU. He is presently the expert advisor of UNESCO project on Tantrik Buddhist art. The lecture was organised by the Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademy and the Government Museum here today. He advised the audience to be more inquisitive, rational and realistic while exploring new horizons in art and culture - a rich treatise our elders had given us to hold on to. Dr Bhattacharya lamented that the pristine purity and grandeur of the richest heritage of our arts and cultural was losing original sheen. Elaborating his views, assisted by Dr Tirthanker, he claimed that the interpretation, exposition and critical evaluation of the ageless art creations was now on the mercy of ignorant and incompetent evaluators and proponents of art and culture. He opined that without adequate knowledge and expertise of ancient Indian languages like Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit, it was not even possible to read ancient scripts like Brhami, Kharoshi etc. He supported the claim with explanations of many slides of sculptures and monuments of religious and cultural importance, like Mahesh Murti, Shiv Ardhnrishwer, Nataraj and others. Dr V.N. Singh, Dr Aditya Parkash and Prof Ravinder Sharma also graced the
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Street play for eco awareness
Chandigarh, January 30 The students as members of the Saupin’s Community Service Organisation displayed how littering and the rampant use of plastic and polythene caused
ecological degradation and serious sanitation problems. The vice-president of the Sector 19 Market Committee, Vivek Jolly, applauded the students’ efforts while the owner of Manchanda Book Store provided refreshments to them. |
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