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Woman dies, kin blame in-laws
Rajpura, May 23 The woman Sumita Rani was married three years back to one Anil Kumar, running a flourmill in Dhakanshu Kalan village, and the couple had a one-year-old baby girl. Parents of the girl, from Ludhiana, alleged that since marriage her in-laws were demanding dowry. Last year also, the girl was subjected to physical torture and was forced to leave the house, alleged the parents. They put the dead body of the woman at the top of the flyover and demanded stringent action against the boy and his family members. The father of the girl, Mahinder Pal, accused the boy’s family of torturing his daughter over one demand or the other for the past three years. “We found scars on her neck and blood was oozing out of her nose. The in-laws and husband of Sumita were beating her for the past many days”, alleged the family members. Around 50 persons, including the parents of the girl, sat on a dharna, which was lifted only after the assurances given by the area DSP and SHO. The boy’s family members when contacted said Sumita complained of chest pain last night and she was brought in a private clinic where she breathed her last in the wee hours today. A case against the husband, father-in-law Kishan Lal, mother-in-law Kanta Rani, sister-in-law Mamta and brother-in-law Ashok Kumar has been registered. The police arrested the husband of the deceased immediately after the lifting of the dharna. |
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Punjab govt ‘insensitive’ towards safai karamcharis
Patiala, May 23 Addressing mediapersons here today, Santosh Chowdhury said she had met the Punjab chief secretary on May 14 to inform him about the problems being faced by safai sewaks. However, the chief secretary failed to respond to the demands and problems being faced by safai sewaks in the state. She criticised the attitude of the chief secretary stating that when she went to meet the chief secretary, he simply refused to talk to her by taking the plea that he had to go to meet the Governor. She added that she had set up an appointment later, which was also cancelled by the chief secretary. She demanded that safai sewaks should not be contracted to work and instead, they should be given regular appointment. She also demanded that safai sewaks in Punjab should have pay parity with safai sewaks of other states and there should be a uniform pay scale through the country. Santosh Chowdhury was here to listen to the problems being faced by safai sewaks of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB). However, she added that the PSEB chairman Y.S. Ratra had assured her that the board would give a thought to regularise the services of these ad hoc safai sewaks. |
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Teachers busy with election duties, students suffer
Banur, May 23 These schools are under the zila parishad and due to the elections of panchayat samiti’s and zila parishads; the teachers are not taking the classes. The sarpanch of Baddanpur village Mahinder Kaur said there were 70 students in the school and a temporary teacher was taking the classes. “The teacher is not coming to the school for the past 15 days. Also the teachers in the adjoining Chhajon village are also not coming to the school,” said Bhupinder Singh, chairman of the Pendu Sikhia Vikas Committee of Baddanpur village. He said despite repeated assurances given by the government for not disturbing the studies of the rural children, nothing has been done in this connection. A section of parents of the students demanding immediate appointment of the teachers rued that the government teachers are already not teaching their students due to one reason or the other and now, with these polling season, they have completely stopped coming to their respective schools. “The government should do something to save studies of these children,” said Tarsem Singh, father of a student. The district development panchayat officer Roop Singh when contacted admitted the problems of teacher in these villages. “There was a teacher in Baddanpur village who was taking classes but due to election duties, she was unable to come. In the adjoining Chhajon village, the teachers are not been able to attend classes for the past three or four days due to poll duties”, he said. |
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Make board exam forms available in time: Teachers
Ambala, May 23 President of the association Gulzar Singh said the board examinations were based on a semester system and the students had to fill their forms twice. The deadline for filling the forms for Class VIII is May 23, May 26 for Class X and May 30 for Class XII. “Earlier, a co-ordination centre was set up at the district headquarters and the forms were provided to us there. Officials used to come from Bhiwani and stay here till the procedure was complete,” informed Singh. Now, however, the system has changed. Officials come only for a day or two at the DEO office and leave the forms. This year the forms were provided in the first week of May. Singh alleged that the forms provided were not enough and the teachers of various schools had to go to Bhiwani to procure the forms later. “It is not practical for teachers of so many schools to go all the way to Bhiwani and that too with so little time in between for submitting the forms. It becomes stressful for the child whose form has not been filled up.” The association has demanded that the board should take a demand from the schools and bring the forms accordingly. |
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Fire brigade services hit due to staff shortage
Fatehgarh Sahib/Rajpura, May 23 While in Rajpura there are three decades old fire tenders with only one driver and five firemen, at Fatehgarh Sahib there are two newly bought fire tenders and only one fire officer without any other staff. Similar situation prevails in Mandi Gobindgarh as well. A visit to the Rajpura fire station revealed that the driver of three fire tenders and a fireman were enjoying siesta. None of the firemen were wearing uniforms. The constantly ringing phone went unanswered. They said they were napping after dousing flames in a factory early morning. “We have to manage all fires and there is acute staff shortage in the fire station. By the end of each operation, we get extremely exhausted,” they said. The firemen rued that despite continuous pleas and letters to the higher authorities, nothing has been done to add more firemen, vehicles and drivers in contingent. When enquired about their area of providing service to people, none of the firemen, including the fire officer, were aware of specified areas. “There is no specific area as we have to rush for every fire call from nearby villages, city and adjoining urban areas”, they said in unison. The vehicles at the fire station are as old as 23 years. One of the fire tenders was purchased in 1985, another in 1992 and the third one was purchased in 2002. “We have been facing problems due to these outdated vehicles but we are managing with repairs. At times, we get late due to faults in fire tenders,” they said. They added that they hire another driver from MC office as they have only one driver for three fire tenders. The station fire officer Malvinder Singh said the fire station was very ill-equipped and they had written for changes several times, but to no avail. Station fire officer at Fatehgarh Sahib rued that he was the only person handling fire station at the district headquarter. When asked how he manages fire incidents in his area, he said that he has to dependent upon fire station of Mandi Gobindgarh. |
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Todar Mal's haveli to
get facelift
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 23 The meeting was held at Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib wherein the technical experts dealing with the reconstruction work of the haveli and SGPC members participated. Navjotpal Singh Randhawa, the founder member of the Punjab Virasat Charitable Trust, today handed over the papers of permission sought from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for repairing the haveli. Randhawa while talking to the TNS said he was satisfied by the interest shown by the SGPC members in the haveli. He said now efforts should be made to complete the restoration work within a stipulated time. He said advice of experts from the archaeological department has been sought in the restoration work. SGPC president A.S. Makkar thanked the Trust members for giving this valuable haveli to the SGPC without charging money. The haveli is to be restored at a cost of around Rs 2.5 crores in next one-and-half years or so. The haveli was in a dilapidated condition for the past many years and it was recently donated to the SGPC by the Punjab Virasat Charitable Trust. The haveli was situated near Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib. The historical haveli is believed to be 300 years old and was owned by Todar Mal, a wealthy merchant of Sirhind, who performed the cremation of two younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh, Zorawar Singh (6) and Fateh Singh (9) and their grandmother, Mata Gujari. The wealthy merchant had to cover the required ground for cremation with gold coins to get the three bodies released. |
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Rs 1 lakh grant for families of soldiers killed in 1984
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 23 While announcing this at a press conference he said a committee would be formed which would scrutinize the papers of 300 soldiers who lost their lives. 51 have already been identified, he said. He revealed that these soldiers were killed while travelling from one place to another during the riots. He said posts of director Media and director Sikh Itihaas Research Board would soon be filled. |
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Residents consume non-potable water
Bassi Pathana, May 23 |
Cricket
Chandigarh, May 23 During the six-day tournament, a total of 15 matches will be played at two venues, including St John's High School, Sector 26, and Vivek High School, Sector 38.
A total of eight teams, being divided into two pools, will be vying to win the trophy. League matches will be of 30 overs each side while in the semi finals, the match will be of 35 overs. In the final, each team will play 40 overs. Edmund Rice team ‘A’ will take on ERCA ‘B’ in the inaugural match, whereas in the second match of the day, Vivek High School will be pitted against APJ Kharar at 1pm at St John's High School. Kavita Das, principal of St Johns High School, will inaugurate the tournament. An organising committee has been formed for the smooth conduct of the tournament. The committee will include R.K. Kaushik as the chairman, Nagesh Gupta as the organising secretary and Sanjeev Rana as the coordinator. Pool-A- ERCA, St John's (A), Pioneer Cricket Club, Delhi, Nathuram Acadmey, Delhi, ERCA St Johns (B). Pool -B- APJ Kharar, Ryan Cricket Acadmey, Delhi, DAV Cricket Academy, Vivek High School. |
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AITA
Chandigarh, May 23 The story was not different in under-16 (boys) and under-14 (girls)
categories as the local players Pankaj Kumar and Prabhamrit Kaur finished champions in
their sections. Displaying top-class show, Prabhamrit Kaur, caused a major upset in the final, prevailing upon top-seeded Jaspreet Kaur of Punjab in straight sets 6-3, 6-0 to
win the trophy. While Bhavya Wadhawan, a student of Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, beat sixth seed Hassan Dhanoa in the girls’ under-12 singles’ final. In the first set, it was a neck to neck fight as the set was decided through the tiebreaker at 7-6 (4). Starting the second set with confidence, Bhavya clinched it with ease with 6-2. Unseeded Sachin Kumar denied fifth seeded Vikas Benwal of Yamunanagar (Haryana) a golden double as the former raced to an authoritative 6-2, 6-1 verdict in the boys’ under-12 singles’ final. Vikas Benwal had earlier won the boys’ under-12 doubles’ final. Vikas Benwal and Rohil Hakim defeated Sumit Pal and Dhruv Pal 7-6 (2), 1-6, 10-7 in the doubles’ final. Pankaj Kumar of Chandigarh got the
better of second seed Harry Jindal of Punjab 7-5, 6-2 in the boys’ under-16 singles’ final. The chief guest former Punjab director
general of police Sarabjit Singh distributed the prizes. Results (all finals): Boys’ under-12 singles: Sachin Kumar (Chandigarh) b Vikas Benwal (Haryana) 6-2, 6-1.
Boys’ under-16 singles: Pankaj Kumar (Chandigarh) b Harry Jindal (Punjab) 7-5, 6-2. Girls’ under-12 singles: Bhavya Wadhawan (Chandigarh) b Hassan Dhanoa (Punjab) 7-4 (4), 6-2. Girls’ under-14 singles: Prabhamrit Kaur (Chandigarh) b Jaspreet Kaur (Punjab) 6-3, 6-0. |
GMSH-16 to get digital X-ray machine
Chandigarh, May 23 At present 300 MA, 500 MA and 700 MA X-ray machines are functioning in the hospital. Now the new digital X-ray machine will be installed in the department. An order for the machine was placed a month ago, sources said. The medical superintendent, Dr Usha Bishnoi, said the machine would be a welcome addition to the department, considering the large number of patients it got every day. The X-ray department in the GMSH-16 gets as many as 150 to 200 patients a day, she added. The computed radiography system provides high- quality, safe and effective diagnostic images, said Dr Raman, head of the radiology department. It avoids "repeats" of the radiation dose rate on patients, she added. It will also make the hospital more environmentally friendly because the technology does not use chemical substances, whereby the computed radiography system allows the production of X-ray images, using dry printing, she said. She went on to say that apart from increasing the quality of plain film radiography services, the machine was also expected to help the hospital save costs. Computed radiography also offers post-processing image enhancement, resulting in higher contrast images within radiotherapy applications, as compared with the use of conventional film. As far as benefits of digital X-ray machine are concerned, it reduces the dependence of the operator, cuts down waiting time for patients and allows more sensitive reporting, Dr Bishnoi said. |
Dimpy Murder Case
Chandigarh, May 23 The UT police today moved an application before the judicial magistrate, first class, A.S. Shergill, to carry out the brain-mapping test on Harneev Kaur, one of the accused. Yet again the father of the accused deposed before the court, stating that Harneev was out of station and would not be able to take the test. The application of the police was adjourned to July 8. The deceased, Prabhjinder Singh Dimpy, a Punjab-based gangster, was shot dead by two unidentified assailants near Lake Club, Chandigarh, on July 7, 2006. According to the prosecution, Dimpy was sitting with his cousin and friends at Lake Club, when he allegedly received a phone call from a Sector 8 resident, Harneev, who asked him to come and meet her. She picked him up in a Maruti Swift (CH-03-S-4083)that she was driving. Barely had they gone 100 metres from Lake Club, when they were intercepted by two motorcycle-borne youths, who opened fire at the car leading to Dimpy’s death.
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Exclusive Lee Cooper store launched
Chandigarh, May 23 He said in the first phase of expansion in Punjab, the company would open its outlets in Jalandhar, Amritsar, Ludhiana and the second phase would start from Patiala. The target of the company was to come up with two exclusive outlets in two weeks at various destinations in Punjab. He said the company would also cover the Himachal Pradesh region; preferably the first showroom would be in Shimla. Panchal said by the end of this financial year, Lee Cooper planned to have 60 exclusive outlets all over India. He said the company was also entering the under garment business by next month. He said the target customer was between 18 to 24 years of age. At the launch of the store, the company hosted a fashion show where models walked the ramp with the latest offerings from
Lee Cooper.
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