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Mango Mela concludes
Kalka, July 6 The mela left visitors thrilled, tickled and amused despite the fact that rain partially affected some of the activities. Heavy rush of visitors from Chandigarh and Panchkula was witnessed in the
mela. People could be seen enjoying magic show, been-sapera, kalbelia,
jangam, dhol nagara, kachighori, puppet show, bioscope, flute, bagpiper and historical patriotic song ‘Jat Nahar Singh’, which was performed by eminent artiste of Haryana Harvinder
Rana. The traditional folk orchestra of Haryana was the main attraction of the festival. The mela was declared closed by Haryana Governor Dr
A.R. Kidwai in the presence of Haryana tourism minister Kiran Choudhry. As many as 2,306 mango growers displayed 375 varieties of mangoes this year beside 546 entries of mango products. The Governor later awarded prizes to the
winners. Kiran Choudhry said the annual mela was organised by the tourism department with the help of the agriculture department, Haryana, and intensive efforts were made to bring the best of mango varieties under one roof. Special efforts were made to provide a marketing forum for self-help groups. North Zone Cultural
Centre, Patiala, organised folk dances of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal and
Uttrakhand. Results of various competitions: Variety of mangoes for competition Category-A Open to institutions/ departments/ universities:
Dusheri: 1 FRS Gangina (Hosiyarpur); GGN, Chhahchroli, Yamuanagar;
GGN, Fatehpur, Panchkula. Langra: 1 GGN, Fatehpur, Panchkula; HDO, Government Nihal
Bagh, Patiala. Chousa: 1 G.G.N. Ratgal, (Kurukshetra); GGN,
Fatehpur, Panchkula Bombay Green
(Malda): 1 Government Garden and Nursery, Fatehpur (Panchkula). Sipia-Shah Pasand
(Pinjori Langra): 1 Kutubpur Nursery, Patiala. Malika: 1 PAU, Regional Fruit Station,
Bahadurgarh, Patiala. Amar Pali: 1 Government Fruit Nursery,
Patiala. Ratol: 1
HDO, Government Nihal Bagh, Patiala. Pickle variety: 1 G.G.N. Nabi Pur
(Ambala). Any other juicy variety (desi): 1 GGN, Fatehpur, Panchkula. Category-B Open to individuals:
Dushehri: 1 Subham Sharma, Golani village (Yamunanagar); Lal Singh, Sambhali village,
Karnal; Vinod Kumar, Vajjidpur, Panchkula; Naresh, Billa village, Panchkula; Ashana
Begam, Nagali, Yamunanagar. Langra: 1 Naresh, Billa, Panchkula; Aallam, Kunjpura
(Karnal); Surjit, Ambala; Harnek Singh, Siona, Patiala. Chousa: 1 Ramesh Kumar,
Chagncli, Yamunanagar; Jagdish Sharma, Nagal, Panchkula; Karan Kumar, Marwa Saharnpur (UP). Bombay Green
(Malda): 1 Ashok Kumar, Manakpur, Panchkula. Sipia-Shah-Pasand (Pinjori
Langra): 1 Gurbakhas, Damdama, Pinjore. Malika: 1 Jogi Ram, Fatehpur,
Patiala. Amarpali: 1 Puspa, Billa, Panchkula. Rotal: 1 Harnek Singh,
Siona, Patiala. Pickle variety: 1 Rajdeep Singh, Dudhan Sadhan,
Patiala. Any other juicy variety
(desi): 1 Daljeet Singh, Khera, Yamunanagar; Kunwarveer Singh, Moti Bagh Colony,
Patiala; Saroj Choudhary, Yamunanagar; Dharambir, Chagnoli, Yamunanagar. Category-C Open to institutions/ departments: Chutney: 1 Bakshi Ram, Fruit Processing
Centre, Nagrota, Kangra (HP). Murabba: 1 Jupiter Multi Fruit Processing, Plot No. 1 Phase-III, 1A Tahewal
(UNA). Mango leather (aam papad): 1 Jupiter Multi Fruit Processing, Plot No. 1 Phase-III, 1A Tahewal
(UNA). Pickle: 1 Jupiter Multi Fruit Processing, Plot No. 1 Phase-III, 1A Tahewal
(UNA). Jam: 1 Jupiter Multi Fruit Processing, Plot No. 1 Phase-III, 1A Tahewal
(UNA). Pulp: 1 M/s Trivani Fruit products, Gursan Mohalla (UNA). Any other mango product not mentioned above: 1 Government
Horti, Farm, Ramgarh, Uttranchal. Category-D Open to individuals/ house wives Squash: 1 Surender
Kaur, Patiala; Mohit Saini, Yamunanagar. Chutney: 1 Nemo Devi, Nagrota (HP). Mango leather
(aam papad): 1 Jatinder Singh, Kutabanpur, Patiala. Pickle: 1 Neeti
Angra, UNA (HP); Bilshana Devi, Nagrota (HP). Jam: 1 Sangita Chouhan, Nahan (HP). Pulp: 1 Neeti
Angra, UNA (HP). Any other mango product not mentioned above: 1 Bilal
Kurashi, Saharanpur (UP); Jasvinder Lamba, Pinjore; Raj Rani, Saharanpur (UP). Painting competition: Junior group: 1
Shashank. Senior group: Shakshi Saini. Mango cutout competition: 1 Monika. Fancy dress competition: Girls - 1 Anjali
Shukla; Boys - 1 Raj Kumar. Mango eating competition: Girls - Prahleen; Boys - Vikram
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MC Chief Poll
Bassi Pathana, July 6 Hectic parleys are in progress even among erstwhile enemies with Congress and a faction of SAD (B) to keep local MLA Didar Singh Bhatti out of the race of
presidentship. Today, Congress councillor Pritpal Singh Dharni invited the newly elected members at his residence for a tea party. Out of 13, there were six councillors under the leadership of general secretary of Youth Akali Dal Jagdeep Singh
Cheema. Similarly, seven councillors gathered at the residence of senior SAD (B) leader Rajesh Pal Singh Lalli and decided to support Didar Singh
Bhatti. Sources informed that a councillor from the other group has extended secret support to the MLA though he is attending the meetings of the rival faction. Bhatti and Lalli said as per the directions of SAD (B) president Sukhbir Badal, for the post of MC chief, no support would be taken from the Congress. They said they had sufficient majority and president would be elected unanimously. On the other hand, Cheema said their faction had sufficient councillors to elect the council president. He said certain councillors had reservation to come out openly in their support but they had extended support to his faction. |
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Manch seeks quota under Punjab govt rules
Kharar, July 6 In a representation to the director, State Council of Education, Research and Training, manch president Kirpal Singh stated that the aforesaid scheme provided benefit to 15 per cent SC and 7.5 per cent ST students. "There is no Scheduled Tribe population in Punjab hence Punjab state has no reservation for ST category. This scheme of the Centre Government should be designed to fit Punjab Government's policy," he said. “There is a loss of 10 per cent for SC students’ quota, which will adversely affect the interests of a large number of SC students. Moreover, Rs 50 lakh will be paid less to SC students of Punjab,” he said. The scholarship money is Rs 6,000 per student per annum and will be paid to students of Classes IX to XII on the basis of a test. |
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Sidhu visits wife in hospital
Patiala, July 6 Dr Sudhir Verma, in-charge of the hospital, said here tonight that the former cricketer’s wife, who is an MBBS doctor posted in Patiala, had suffered from a gastric problem and had recovered. He said she was brought to the hospital in an unconscious state. Dr Verma said since the condition of Dr Navjot Kaur was serious, she was admitted to the intensive care unit of the hospital. He added that she was given medical aid following which her condition started improving. Sidhu visited his wife in the hospital last evening as well as today. He came from Amritsar after he learned about the condition of his wife. He spent some time at the hospital but did not interact with
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Power Crisis
Ambala, June 6 The woman sarpanch of the village has succeeded in bringing down the consumption of electricity of the village by almost half by persuading villagers to turn to CFL in place of regular bulbs and tubelights in their houses. As many as 400 households have been fitted with CFL tubes. Besides, most of the village streetlights now run on solar energy, thus reducing the load on electricity even further. The government had provided the village with 1,637 CFL tubes. The panchayat further provided the tubes
on subsidy to villagers. Sullar is the first village in the district to have all its houses fitted with CFL tubes. Sarpanch Gurmeet Kaur said they had been able to save at least 80 per cent of electricity by switching over to the CFL. Villagers will
save around Rs 11 lakh every year on account of this. Villagers too are happy with the switchover. Kanhiya Lal, a villager, said he earlier paid Rs 600 as electricity bill every month, which had now gone down to Rs 400 once he switched to
the CFL. He said he would spend the savings on the education of his children. Members of panchayat samiti - Vidhi Chand, Phulo Davi, Javinder Kaur and Harmel Chand - said adjoining villages too had started emulating them and in the coming years a number of villages of the constituency would be part of the energy saving campaign. |
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Missing Dalit families return
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 6 Bhattal opened the locked houses of the Dalit families who went missing due to police raids. The families returned today along with Congress supporters after submitting a memorandum to the Punjab Governor and demanding security from senior Congress leaders. Around 10 families had left their houses from ward number 14 after police raids on June 30. A case was registered against some unidentified persons during the MC elections in connection with stone-pelting and injuring cops. According to police officials, the missing people were among those who were booked by the police for stone-pelting and damaging police vehicles. |
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The native returns
Ropar, July 6 At the time of Partition, Yusuf Khan left India with his family at the age of 20. His family moved to a village in Faislabad, where he got married. His son Arshad got him to
Kamalpur. “During our childhood, we always heard our father talk of India. It was his heart’s desire to visit his native village and meet his old friends,” Arshad said. The family had met some residents of Khijrabad village (Mohali) who were accompanying a jatha to Nankana Sahib about two years ago. Yusuf Khan met his childhood friends Ram Saroop at Kurkushetra and Jagu Ram at Kharar. He visited the school at Jhalliyan Kalan in Ropar where he used to study. “Everything has changed here. Urbanisation has taken over, but it is still my land...the place where I was born,” he said. The Kamalpur panchayat honoured him with a siropa at the local
gurdwara. “Partition was wrong. Pakistan was not anyone’s dream, only politicians wanted it. But carving out countries cannot take us away from our near and dear ones. In my heart, I belong to Kamalpur and will continue to do so forever,” he said. |
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Road rage leaves two injured
Dera Bassi, July 6 According to the police, Om Prakash, who runs a stone crushing business, alleged that he was driving back from his workplace on the Ramgarh-Mubarakpur road when he tried to overtake a canter ahead of his car. In spite of repeated honking, the canter driver failed to give him the way, he claimed. Om Prakash alleged that a little while later, the driver of the canter stopped the vehicle in front of his car, got down and started beating him up. Sanjiv Kumar, owner of another stone crusher nearby, tried to help Om Prakash but he too
was allegedly beaten up by some other canter drivers who had stopped to help their
fellow driver. Both have been admitted to the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, with injuries. However, the driver of the canter, Ajit Singh, told the police that he was being followed by the car driver and he could not give way as the road
was narrow. On the contrary, he said the car driver stopped his car in front of his vehicle and started beating him up. He alleged that the car driver also hurled abuses at his wife and daughter travelling with him. Ajit Singh alleged that the car driver called his friend and the two snatched his wife and daughter’s gold
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Cyber crime cell for Fatehgarh Sahib
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 6 The cell would be equipped with the latest software to crack fraud cases committed through the Internet or any other electronic channel. Police officials to be deployed at the cell have already undergone a month-long training session at the CFSL (Hyderabad). The required hardware has been purchased by the police and it is waiting for the latest software suggested by the
CFSL. An ASI and three constables have been trained at the CFSL. Police officials with a valid certificate and training would be deployed at the cell. “Since there is no other cyber cell in Punjab, except for Mohali, fraud cases from other districts would also be taken up here,” a senior police officer said. A large number of fraud cases were being neglected by the police in the district, especially from Mandi Gobindgarh, he said. The cell would start functioning after a notification by the DGP’s office, SSP Kaustubh Sharma said. The cell would also be equipped to tackle bungling and tax evasion. “We hope to solve cases wherein a mobile or Internet has been used by culprits. We will be equipped with adequate manpower and infrastructure for the purpose,” he said. The facility of online enquiry would be extended to complainants. |
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Another theft at gurdwara
Dera Bassi, July 6 The incident took place at Daffarpur village on the Ramgarh road. Dharampal Singh, granthi, claimed that when he came to the gurdwara this morning, he saw the “golak” missing and the back door of the gurdwara was open. He saw the “golak” lying near the cremation ground. It had been broken and about Rs 10,000 was missing from it. Three days ago, a cash box had been stolen from a gurdwara in Ashiana Colony here. |
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Two youths commit suicide
Lalru, July 6 According to the police, the body of Manjit Singh (24) of Dharamgarh village, who had got married three months ago, was found floating in an old well near the village today. He had been suffering from some psychiatric disorder and had been undergoing treatment at the
PGI. His father, Nirmal Singh, told the police that Manjit had gone missing four days ago and they had been searching for him ever since. The police was called and the body was taken for a post-mortem examination. In the second case, Ranjit Singh (25), alias Happy, of Sarsini village hanged himself with a dupatta in the kitchen of his house. He was unmarried and worked as a painter. His parents told the police that he had been under depression for some time. The family was away when the incident took place. The parents noticed the body of their son hanging in the kitchen upon return and informed the police. |
Arunima, Pranjal chess champions
Chandigarh, July 6 Arunima Goyal and Pranjal Kaura secured first positions in their respective cateogories while Tarini Goyal and Mayank Kaura remained second. Tejas Nagpal and Roopam Bhardwaj got the consolation prize. In under-25 category, Himal Gusain emerged champion, securing six points. He was closely followed by Shweta, who secured second position with five points. Securing 4.5 points, Manu Aggarwal and Srishti Jain were placed third and fourth, respectively. The foursome will represent Chandigarh in the Under-25 National Chess Championship. Karan Bhatti and Viswanthitha bagged the consolation prize. The point position at the end of the fifth and final round in under-11 category : 4 Points: Arunima Goyal, Tarini Goyal and
Pranjal. 3.5 Points: Mayank Kaura and Tejas Rishab. 3 Points: Prakhar, Sunbir, Anubhav and Roopam
Bhardwaj. 2.5 Points: Tanya Kaushal. 2 Points: Akash Bhardwaj, Jashan Khurana, Shaurya Panpalia, Archit, Jaskeerat and
Ritik. 1.5 Points: Tejasvi Negi and Kashish Kaushal. 1 Point: Jasmrit and
Meharvir. The point position at the end of the sixth and final round in the under-25 category : 6 Points: Himal
Gusain. 5 Points: Shweta. 4.5 Points: Manu Aggarwal and Srishti Jain. 4 Points: Karan Bhatti, Satbir, Viswanthitha, Sachleen, Tarundeep Singh, and Ravneet
Kaur. 3.5 Points: Anmol Kuthiala, Mayank Sharma, and Simranjeet Kaur. 3 Points: Mayank Aggarwal, Devinder Singh Rawat, Vaibhav Arora, Gurpartap Singh, Sandeep Singh, Pallak, Kshitij Bhatnagar and Ankur
Nakra. 2.5 Points: Pradeep Singh Negi, Adhish Sood, Siddhant kalia and
Neha. 2 Points: Jai Kairon ,Gurnoor, Karan Gupta and Harshdeep Singh. 1.5 Points:
Jasmeen. 1 Point: Vinod Mishra, Gagan Verma and Harshpreet. |
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U-12 cricket: Sunny Enclave reach final
Mohali, July 6 Parvinder and Rajat saved the team from blushes with their 32-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Parvinder top-scored with 25 while Rajat contributed 15 runs. For Sunny Enclave XI, Prabhav, Arunam and Japjeet bagged two wickets each for 15, 15 and 6 runs, respectively. In reply, Sunny Enclave XI achieved their target in 23.3 overs losing just six wickets in the course. With their third wicket partnership of 32 runs, Ramanpreet (25) and Shubham (16) guided the team to victory. Vishal and Arunam contributed 11 and 10 not out, respectively. Parvesh dismissed two Sunny Enclave batsmen for 19 runs. Brief scores: Sector 16 Stadium XI: 94 for 8 in 25 overs (Parvinder Singh 25, Rajat 15, Prabhav 2 for 15, Arunam 2 for 15, Japjeet 2 for 6). Sunny Enclave XI: 95 for 6 in 23.3 overs (Ramanpreet 25, 2x4s, Shubham 16, Vishal 11, Arunam 10 n.o., Parvesh 2 for 19, Abhimanyu 1 for 11, Parvinder 1 for 18). Second semifinal between Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy and AJP School of Kharar was washed out due to rain. APJ School won the toss and elected to bat. They made 47 for 1 after 11 overs when it started raining and prevented further play. The organizing committee decided that it would be replayed after weather is cleared. The tournament is being organized by Mohali Cricket Association. |
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Pandey scripts Panchkula’s win
Panchkula, July 6 Batting first, Yamunanagar were all out on 103 in 33.4 overs. Pandey ripped apart the batting lineup of the rivals with his bowling. Conceding early jolts, Sanjay Kumar (24) and Deepak Kumar (16) stitched a partnership of 47 runs to provide some respite to the team. Gurpreet Singh was another notable contributor with a 29-run knock. Off spinner Suraj Bhan claimed two for 20 while left arm spinner Sachin Girotra claimed two for 19 in his spell of five
overs. Chasing a modest target, opener Ashish Kukreti (39 not out) and Pawan Jha (36) scored briskly and set the foundation of win with their partnership of 55 runs in 11 overs. Panchkula reached the target with eight wickets in hand. Brief scores: Yamunanagar: 103 all out in 33.4 overs (Sanjay Kumar 24, Deepak Kumar 16, Gurpreet Singh 29, Kapil Pandey 5 for 6, Suraj Bhan 2 for 20, Sachin Girotra 2 for 19). Panchkula: 104 for 2 in 26.3 overs (Ashish Kukreti 39 n o, Pawan Jha 36, Suraj Bhan 24, Ajay Kumar 1 for 6, Harpreet Singh 1 for 12). |
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5 move ahead in AITA U-12
Mohali, July 6 During boys’ under-14 category matches, rain played spoilsport. According to Devinder Kapoor, director, Total Tennis Academy, all the unfinished matches will be held along with the boys’ under-12 and boys’ under-14 on July 7. Results: Boys’ under-12 final qualifying round: Ankit Saini beat Akhil Rajan 7-5, Qumar Faizal beat Mayuk Rawat 7-1, Sanchit Thakur beat Gagan Sharma 7-4, Yash Gupta beat Vasudev Mehra 7-0, Mrinal Kanwar beat Archit Mittal 7-1. Boys’ under-14 qualifying second round: Manik Joshi beat Kersh Arora 7-5, Kanwaljot S. Bajwa beat Kawalpreet 7-3, Bhavtaranpreet beat Akhil Bansal 7-1, Abhantyapreet Singh beat Rohtas Singh 7-6 (5), Praveer Dogra beat Gagan Sharma 7-1, Yash Gupta beat Abhinav Chawla 7-5, Mrinal Kanwar beat Nihit Rawal 7-5, Srijan Uppal beat Ojas Bansal 7-0, Ankit Parasrampur beat Faizal Qamar 7-3, Sonu beat Aakash Goyal 7-5, Abhijeet Singh beat Fardeen Qamar 7-1, Vikas Berwal beat Faizan Shazad 7-0, Shubham Vij beat Varun Sharma 7-1, Yuvtesh Dhaliwal beat Chinmay 7-4, Eknoor Singh beat Abhishek Verma 7-6 (6). |
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Kickboxing trials on July 9
Chandigarh, July 6 The information was given by Sumati Kanwar, senior vice-president of the Chandigarh Kickboxing Association. Interested players should contact Govind, lecturer, physical education, of the school. |
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Two earn black belt
Panchkula, July 6 The other martial artists, who bagged first degree Black Belt, included Moksham Chhabra, Saksham Chhabra, Rajiv Kumar, Gopal Bist, Anmol Singh, Prableen, Navneet, Harmandeep, Khalidur Rahman Sikdar, Vaibhav Gupta, Kartik Sharma and Sahil
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Badminton tourney
Chandigarh, July 6 All the matches will be played at the Badminton Hall, Sports Complex, Sector 42, from July 7 to 9. |
Accountant ‘dupes’ NRI of Rs 90 lakh
Chandigarh, July 6 Dr Bhupinder Singh Sawhney, an NRI, alleged that an accountant with his father, K.J.S. Sawhney, who ran a chemical company in the Industrial Area Phase I, had stolen signed blank cheques from the factory premises. He claimed that the accountant and his two sons had been staying on the premises and operated the bank accounts of
the family. “I have a joint account with my father with the State Bank of India, Sector 30. I had signed 25 cheques to facilitate the operation of the account in my absence,” he said. He alleged that the accountant withdrew Rs 90.50 lakh on June 11 through an account payee cheque. The account was in the name of Ranvir Singh, who had recently opened an account with the Mohali branch of the bank. The matter came to light, when Sawhney and his father went to withdraw cash. It was learnt that another cheque was presented at the SBI amounting to Rs 95.60 lakh, but the bank had already been informed to stop the payment made through the stolen
cheques. Sawhney lodged a police complaint on June 19 with the SSP and another with the Mohali Police on July 5. P.K.
Dhawan, DSP (East), said an inquiry had been marked to the department concerned.
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Suicide by Couple
Chandigarh, July 6 The family members of the deceased today protested in front of a shop at grain market, Sector 26, against the police for having failed to arrest the moneylenders due to whom Sukhbir was forced to commit suicide. According to Sukhbir’s father, Mehar Singh, the police was trying to hush up the case and was least interested in arresting the suspects. Mehar Singh along with his wife Tulsi demanded action against the suspects, including the moneylenders. The
Sukhbir, a vegetable vendor at the grain market, had been under depression due to poor financial health of his family. Sukhbir had borrowed money from some moneylenders, who had insulted him after he had failed to repay, following which he along with his wife allegedly committed suicide.
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3 held for attack on home guard
Chandigarh, July 6 Two of the accused have been identified as Gursawek and Shaspal Singh, both residents of
Mohali. The three have been booked on charges of injuring the home guard volunteer with a sharp-edged weapon, while the latter was on night duty in Sector 41 on July 4. The accused were arrested from the bus stand of Palsora and were said to be drugs addicts. According to the SHO police station-39, Rajesh
Shukla, Subhash was attacked after he had tried to stop a three riding a motor cycle
(PB 16 B 3617). The accused have been booked under Sections 323, 324, 353, 379 and 511 of the IPC at the police station-39.
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Missing kids from Manali traced
Chandigarh, July 6 According to sources,
Rahul, Sunny and Vicky reportedly left home over a trivial issue. On reaching Chandigarh this evening, they contacted their families from the Sector 17 bus stand. Their families immediately informed the Manali police and handed over the telephone number from which they received the called. The Manali SHO got in touch with the city police. The three were then traced from the local bus stand.
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ASI suspended for eve-teasing
Chandigarh, July 6 An inquiry had been marked after a complaint lodged by Suman
Bala, a resident of Sector 38, who had alleged that Manjit had misbehaved with her after
she along with her family had gone for an evening walk on June 3.
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North has potential, say aviation experts
Chandigarh, July 6 Giving a presentation on untapped aviation business opportunities in the north during an aviation and career fair, he spoke of educated and vibrant workforce, natural resources, pilgrimage places, rich cultural heritage, besides more than 8 million NRIs of Punjab origin. Earlier at a press conference, Subhash
Goyal, a former president of the Indian Association of Tour Operators, and Kumar
Baweja, director, Travel Services International, released a book on “Career in Goyal said a career in airlines offered an exciting and privileged life that allowed one to travel and see the world while being paid well. He said the aviation industry in India was one of the fastest growing aviation industries in the world. From primarily being a government-owned industry, it was now dominated by privately-owned full service airlines and low-cost carriers, making it a glamorous and lucrative career choice. Air travel was expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 25 per cent till 2010. By 2010, Indian airports would be handling between 90 and 100 million passengers per year against the current 34 million passengers, he said.
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Industries urged to adopt cluster approach
Mohali, July 6 Mohali Industries Association president
T.L. Easwar welcomed the chief guest, deputy directory (CDP), office of development commissioner
(MSME), New Delhi, Vinod Kumar, and other guests. In his inaugural address, Vinod Kumar said in the present industrial scenario it was important for the industry to collaborate through the cluster approach. Industries could avail themselves of benefits of economics of scale for enhancing productivity and
competitiveness. MSME-DI director R.C. Chopra said the ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises had identified over 350 clusters throughout India. Cluster development approach had emerged during the past decade as one of the most innovative and effective way of development of
MSMEs. In India, the approach had been strongly advocated by various committees. Development agencies like
SIDO, UNIDO, SIDBI, etc. had initiated a number of programmes for the development of MSME within the
cluster. MSME-DI assistant director Viney Malhotra said the government had designed a special
package for modernisation and sustainable growth of the industry. In the phase-II of cluster development, the government had selected six clusters for Punjab through office of the development commissioner,
MSME, New Delhi. MSME-DI assistant director S.S.Bedi shared his views and experiences on the development of sewing machine cluster in Ludhiana. He advised entrepreneurs to be united for industrial development through the cluster. Senior branch manager,
NSIC, Chandigarh, Ravi Kant asked entrepreneurs to avail of the facilities of credit-linked capital subsidy scheme for technology upgrade through modernisation of their
enterprise. He said industrialists should avail of the subsidy package under the scheme. He also expressed views about various schemes of the NSIC and asked industrialists to uitilise the facilities
available. B.K. Chaudhary, B.S. Nagi and Kundan Lal, assistant director,
MSME-DI, were also present during the programme. MIA general secretary Anurag Aggarwal coordinated the programme and said India could only compete with China through common raw material purchase, technology upgrade and
marketing under cluster approach. Mohali Industries Association senior vice-president B.S. Anand said cluster development was the need of the hour in the changing industrial
scenario. Anand presented the vote of thanks to the chief guest and other
dignitaries. At least 82 participants from the Mohali Industries Association and government officials attended the programme.
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Art scene disappointing in region, says Arpana Caur
Chandigarh, July 6 She said that her mother allowed her to pick her Christian name. Caur’s works have glimpses of day and night, life and death, environment and religion. Her favourite work comprises series on Guru Nanak, Sant Kabir and Sohni
Mahiwal. “Through my paintings, I am keeping a record of those movements of life which I feel must be
howcased.” “It is the misfortune for the work of art that this region has no takers for it,” she said adding that for more than two months, she had been approaching authorities in the Chandigarh Museum and Art Gallery to let her know what was the minimum payment they make to an artist for her works. She wanted to display the works on Guru Nanak in the museum. But she has not yet got even a single response to her request. Taking up the issue of art promoters, Caur said that there is no promoter of art in the region, which is resulting in fading of art in the area. “Artists are desirous of admiration but in this region, the situation of art is very disappointing,” she added. “I would love to come to Punjab if I am given some recognition and appreciation in this region,” Caur expressed these views after getting the award for excellence among Sikhs. “My brush paints what my heart wants to paint,”
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Ru-ba-ru with Shiv Gaud
Panchkula, July 6 Akademi director Desh Nirmohi spoke about the achievements of the akademi and plans to promote literary activities, including ‘kavita samay’. Gaud displayed his poetic potential with chosen verses from his books that represent the socio-cultural ethos of the marginalised and the exploited. Gaud said his poetry was the articulation of his “internal urges and feelings in a suitable paradigm of expression”. The thematic content originated from the creative confrontation with the virtual and the real in all spheres of life, he said. Literateur and IPS officer, Rajbir Deswal, presided and said Gaud was the literary exponent of the poor strata of society. His verses throb with the sincerity of feeling,
spontaneity of expression, brilliant imagery and striking originality which
made him a class apart, he added. The editor of Hindustan, Akku Srivastav, was the guest of
honour. Earlier, Prof Subhash Chander and Prof Dinesh Dighich, both from Kurukshetra University, presented a critical appreciation
of Gaud’s poetic works. Dr Gurmit Singh of the PU conducted the programme. |
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