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Badal’s volte-face on PU status Smriti Sharma Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 1 “We did not expect such a U-turn from a seasoned politician like Parkash Singh Badal. He had publicly announced it. The demand was made purely on academic basis, improvement of higher education, regulation of fee, and scholarships. It is sad that a few people have politicised the issue,” said Manjit Singh, former general secretary of Panjab University Teachers Association (PUTA). Ronki Ram, president of PUTA, said: “We have full faith in Chief Minister Badal. We are sure he will stand by his decision. We are certain the central status of the PU will not harm the interest of Punjab and the Punjab government will be relieved of the burden of funding it.” Dharam Pal, president of the non-teaching employees association, said: “The non-teaching employees welcome the move. We are satisfied with our pay scales. Teachers have their own agenda. They want to increase their retirement age. The Punjab government had made a big mistake earlier, but we are happy that it has been undone now.” Parminder Singh, campus president, condemning the move, said: “The announcement has shaken the faith of students and the fraternity in the present government. They should rethink. They are trying to mix the academic issue with politics.” PUTA meets An emergency meeting of the PUTA executive was held to review the controversies appearing in a section of the press on the letter of concurrence of the Punjab government for the central university status. It decided to reassure parents that the major benefit of the central university would be to students whose annual fee now runs into lakhs of rupees. The annual fee in the JNU, New Delhi, which is a central university, for any course is not more than Rs 400. Research students stand to gain in the form of monthly fellowship of Rs 5,000 which is provided only in central universities.
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3 highways to link airport
Mohali, September 1 Keeping in mind the strategic importance of the area, at least three wide roads linking the airport with the Zirakpur-Patiala highway, Chandigarh-Delhi national highway and the proposed Banur-Baddi express highway have been planned. As far as the area under the SAS Nagar master plan was concerned, the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) has been asked to acquire land for the connectivity. After identifying the alignment of the roads, the land acquisition collector had been asked to begin the process to acquire land for the connectivity. Chief administrator of the GMADA Vivek Pratap Singh said the process to acquire the land was going to begin soon. Connecting the wide roads to the highways would provide smooth flow of traffic. Though there was no official confirmation about the rates to be offered to the landowners whose land would be acquired, the sources said it would be same as offered to the landowners of Jheorehri village. It is learnt that the proposed alignment of one of the roads will run through the revenue estate of Landiali, Shafipur and Bakarpur villages before it joins the 300-metre wide road connecting Balomajra (on the Chandigarh-Kharar road) with Chattbir village (on the Zirakpur-Patiala road). The road will ultimately touch the proposed Banur-Baddi road. The estate officer of GMADA has been asked to handover the possession of 300 acres of land to the civil aviation department.
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DSP gets clean chit
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 1 On the other hand, SP (Traffic) H.S. Doon, to whom the inquiry report was submitted by the inquiry officer DSP Jasbir Singh Cheema recently, said there was nothing against the DSP in the report. “More or less, the report was positive”, Doon said. According to police sources, Satbir and Dilawari had reached a compromise even before the submission of the inquiry report. Even the sub-inspector gave a supplementary statement to the inquiry officer, stating that the matter had been sorted out amicably. “Some senior police officers played a vital role to make them reaching the compromise. They were even present at the time when the duo resolved the row”, the sources added. DSP Cheema refused to comment.
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MC relief camp a washout
Chandigarh, September 1 This is true for the relief camp put up by the MC at its office in Sector 17 here. The camp was inaugurated by mayor Pardeep Chhabra with pomp. Though the MC set up the camp, it “forgot” to deploy staff for the collection of funds and articles at the camp. “It is shameful that the relief camp has become a source of gaining publicity by councillors,” Sham Kumar, a resident, said. The empty relief camp reflects the seriousness of the corporation in collecting aid for the victims, who are fighting for survival. “Even if I want to donate anything for the victims, I will not be able to do so as there is nobody to accept my donation,” he added. As per the figures of donors with the MC, the councillors and mayor have donated their one month’s salaries. Three employees from the accounts department have also donated some amount. The area of the camp is being used for parking by visitors to the MC office.
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City lawyer attends Brazil conference
Chandigarh, September 1 City lawyer Anil Malhotra, who was the sole advocate speaker invited from India, stated that the programme was divided into over 50 sessions, committee meetings and study groups. The Indian team comprising 15 delegates was headed by Justice K.G.Balakrishnan, Chief Justice of India, who chaired an exclusive session on “Implementation of International Systems of Human Rights Protection into National Legal Systems”. Anil Malhotra speaker in the session on “Rights of Children: International Cooperation in the fields of Maintenance, Adoption, Custody and Abduction” where he made his presentation titled “India, Inter-country Parental Child Removal and the Law”. The session, which attracted immense support, was chaired by Hans van Loom, secretary general, Hague Conference, the Netherlands, while Professor Nadia de Araujo from Brazil was the speaker. Giving the Indian position, Malhotra narrated that since “Inter- Parental Child Abduction” was not defined as an offence under any statute in India, the remedy of invoking the writ of Habeas Corpus was difficult and only conventional guardianship proceedings could be initiated.
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Orissa Violence
Chandigarh, September 1 They alleged that the Hindu fundamentalist organisations had been attacking the minorities for a long time to establish a “Hindu rashtra”. “The recent continuous attacks on the Christian institutions in Orissa, the massacre of the Sikhs in Delhi and other places in 1984, followed by demolition of Babri Masjid and killings of Muslims in 1993 in Mumbai and 2002 in Gujarat, are testimony to the fact that the Vishva Hindu Prishad, the Bajrang Dal, the RSS and the BJP had been targeting the minority communities. Their atrocities have compelled us to launch a nation-wide campaign against their misdeeds,” Mann alleged. Saying that the Christians were being painted in a bad light by vested interests, Paster Randeep Mathews said they were fighting for their identity in their own country. “Ours is a peaceful community and very humbly we submit to protect the rights of the people irrespective of their religion, caste or ethnic status. Our motto is to restore sanity, peace and protect life, liberty and property of minority communities,” expressed Paster Mathews. Calling the police as a mute spectator, the representatives said the official machinery and top police personnel had parroted the lies of the Hindutva Sangh Parivar and its narrow definition of religious nationalism to pin the blame of acrimony on the Christians.
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Drive to educate brick-kiln workers on the doorstep
Panchkula, September 1 Arrangements were being made to educate brick-kiln workers, who are often exploited by employers due to their poverty and illiteracy, said deputy commissioner Rajinder Kataria after convening a meeting of nodal officers of the district literacy programme here today. Giving details of the programme, the deputy commissioner said it had been decided that labourers working at brick-kilns and their children would be provided basic education on their doorstep, as their parents avoided sending them to schools. However 5,132 people between the age of 15 and 35 years had already been enrolled under the total literacy programme in the district, he added. Similarly, these families would be provided with health facilities.
A majority of people working at brick-kilns were found to be suffering from or prone to tuberculosis. To tackle the problem, they would be told about the benefits of hygiene and provided with toilets. A mobile van of the health department would visit brick-kilns in the district every fortnight and doctors would examine labourers to detect ailments before the condition of the patient deteriorated, he added. Also, a room with a
toilet and potable water would be provided at brick-kiln pathshalas, he said.
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Chandigarh-P’kula to get two more link routes
Panchkula, September 1 The project has been included in the Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Mission for Panchkula thus there would be no problem of funds for the proposed project, said Rajinder Kataria, deputy commissioner, Panchkula. HUDA has already agreed to bear 50 per cent of the cost of remaining expenses after railway authorities sanction funds for the ROB, he said. The remaining part of the expenses would be borne by Union Territory of Chandigarh, added Kataria. With this the long standing demand of local residents would be fulfilled as after the proposal is materialised, 80 per cent of traffic plying between Transport chowk and Housing Board would be shifted to this road as it would be more convenient to reach majority of parts in Panchkula from city beautiful. It would relieve Madhya Marg from daily traffic jams during peak hours, said S.K. Nayar, president of citizen welfare association, Panchkula. At present there are only two roads, including Madhya Marg, linking the two cities directly. The other one, connecting Rajiv Gandhi IT Park, is mainly used to commute between Mansa Devi Complex and the northern sectors. Another route linking Industrial Area Phase II of Panchkula with Ambala Road at Hallo Majra traffic lights would also be open to public within next couple of months as the work on the road and a small bridge on nullah is in advanced stage. The opening of this road would reduce the distance between Amartex chowk and the southern sectors up to 5 km. The commuters on this road, however, would have to pass through a railway crossing near Darua village where work on a railway bridge would be taken up as soon as the chairman of the coordination committee, who happens to be the home secretary of Chandigarh, takes over.
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Promotion rules put women officers in spot
Chandigarh, September 1 Under the SSC policy, women officers are eligible to be promoted to the rank of captain after two years of service, where as it is five years service under the WSES rules. There are known cases where the Army has granted the rank of acting Captain to some of the WSES officers who have completed three years of service, but objections were reportedly raised by the Controller of Defence Accounts and they are still drawing the pay and allowances of their previous rank. The SSC policy issued in July 2006, brought the commission of women officers at par with norms and rules governing the short service commission for male officers. The training period for women officers was also increased from 24 weeks to 49 weeks, equal to that for male officers. The first batch of woman officers under the SSC scheme would have commissioned this year. Official sources pointed out the SSC policy letter stated that the WSES officers would be given an option to switch over to the SSC scheme within six months of the issue of the policy. If no option was received, it would be treated as option to continue under the WSES scheme and the officers concerned would be governed only by the WSES rules applicable at the time of their commissioning. “Serving WSES officers, who opted to be governed by the SSC rules, would have been eligible for grant of promotion in a shorter time span, but those who did not, would be entitled to promotions only under provisions of the Special Army Instruction 1/S/92 issued earlier,” a senior officer at Army headquarters said. “The choice was theirs,” he added. A number of women officers had opted to convert to the SSC policy. Sources said when the recommendations of the A.V. Singh Committee were implemented for faster promotions, these were not applied to the WSES cadre and instead the SSC promotion policy was devised in accordance to the recommendations. Perhaps, having ignored or overlooked the SSC policy letter, some officers are of the view that it is unfair on the part of the Army to have two set of rules for similarly placed officers. Pointing out that they are not only losing out in seniority to those commissioned after them, they added that they also suffer financially.
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Posh GMADA houses thrive on illegal water connections
Mohali, September 1 Two one-kanal houses were occupied over the past more than eight years by officials holding posts ranging from additional chief administrator (GMADA), SDM, chief engineer (GMADA) and SSP. But none of them bothered to inquire why bills for the consumption of water were not being received by them. Sources said that the two houses have remained in the possession of additional chief administrator (ACA) Dipinder Singh, ACA Yashvir Mahajan, SDM Jai Pal Singh, chief engineer Tarlochan Singh, chief engineer Rajiv Moudgil and SSP Ranbir Singh Khatra from time to time. While Khatra has now vacated one house occupied by him in March this year for his successor Jatinder Singh Aulakh, Moudgil has been living in the other house since October 3, 2003. It was only about five months ago that an executive engineer of the water supply wing of the public health department, A.S. Kalsi, brought to the notice of the GMADA authorities that the water connections to both the houses were illegal. Sources said that in a letter dated April 3 to the divisional engineer of GMADA, Kalsi stated that GMADA houses were constructed for allotment to officers on a rental basis. At present, house no 3501 was in the possession of the chief engineer, GMADA, while house no 3502 was allotted to the SSP. The letter further said, “Water connections to both the houses are running without any sanction from this department. These need to be regularised. You are requested to inform this office regarding the date when both these houses were initially occupied so that bills for consumption of water over the years could be sent accordingly.” The letter also said that formalities regarding the sanction must be got completed so that the water connections to both the houses were regularised. Copies of this letter were sent to the deputy commissioner, SSP and chief engineer, GMADA. Moudgil told The Tribune today that he was not aware whether the water bill had to be paid by him. Interestingly, he said he was under the impression that those living in government houses were not sent water bills. He said, however, he had asked his officials to get the water connections regularised.
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Ex-servicemen protest pay commission’s apathy
Mohali, September 1 It was pointed out that pensioners had been de-linked and ignored by the 6th Pay Commission. Members of the ex-servicemen movement also burnt the copies of the commission. Lt Col S.S. Sohi (retd), president of the Ex-Servicemen Grievances Cell, said Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement in the tricity was again forced to stage a hunger strike against the poor treatment given to the community by the 6th Pay Commission. “Even the 4th and 5th Pay Commission reports have yet not been implemented sincerely. We have been cheated and openly told to get justice through courts. Our-one-rank-one-pension demand is overruled without sufficient cause. Our national security and value is at stake because quality intake is not joining forces,” said Col Sohi. Among the main demands are one-rank-one-pension that has been accepted by parliament, but government babus are not allowing its implementation by various designs. Other demands include guaranteed job up to 60 years age by lateral induction into civil services and state police, constitution of ex-servicemen commission with statutory powers, representation to the ex-servicemen in all government bodies, commissions and committees. Earlier the meeting of the ex-servicemen was attended by Maj S.S. Dhillon, Lt Col J.S. Mand, Lt Col S.S. Sohi, Cpl J.S. Kumbrah, Col A.S. Bhinder, Brig H.S. Ghuman, Col J.S. Boparai, Col M.S. Cheema, CPO Tarsem Singh, Capt Malkit Singh Mohinder Singh, Narvair Singh, Sgt Jagdeep Singh, Hav Amar Singh and Sub R.S. Ghuman.
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Drive against drug menace begins
Chandigarh, September 1 Realizing the gravity of the problem, the administration has appointed nodal agency and nodal officers for handling the situation. The Department of Social Welfare has been declared the nodal agency for identifying the NGOs and social workers for providing counselling to the drug-addicts in all dispensaries/public health centres (PHCs) in collaboration with the Health Department. The counselling services kicked off today in all dispensaries/ PHCs, where patients suffering from drug addiction will be given the benefits free of cost. The Department of Social Welfare has also identified 22 counsellors who have been imparted necessary training by experts of Psychiatry Department of Government Medical College and Hospital(GMCH), Sector 32, enabling them to provide quality services to the target group. GMCH-32 has earmarked 10 beds in the existing building whereas Government Multi Speciality Hospital, Sector 16, will set up a de-addiction centre with the capacity of 15 beds, besides two private
rooms for the cause. The main thrust of the campaign is to educate addicts, bring them to the counselling centres and then, after the required analysis of the particular case, pursue them for treatment at the hospitals.
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Protesters block road to rly station
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 1 Hari Kumar, SHO of Manimajra, said the protesters blocked the road for around half-an-hour this evening. The protesters were up in arms alleging that no officer from the administration was ready to listen to the grievances of the deceased. The protesters were demanding Rs 5 lakh for the deceased’s family.
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Rs 50,000 for kin of deceased
Chandigarh, September 1 A mango tree was uprooted in the rehri market due to heavy rain and storm on August 30 and fell on the temporary booth, causing death of a person and injuring other two seriously. Also the person, who became a victim of the natural calamity, had probably come to meet somebody in the market and was not running any business. Deputy commissioner R.K. Rao said it was an unauthorised temporary structures raised in the rehri market without considering the safety aspect. The administration, says the DC, is still committed to providing booths under the scheme only to genuine licence holders. The administration had constituted a screening committee and recommended 63 cases for allotment of booths and accordingly they were given booths in Sector 46 in 2002. About the rehabilitation scheme, the DC clarified that the aim was to consider providing safe environment to shopkeepers who were operating from kutcha structures for the last many years.
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VC inaugurates management week at British Library
Chandigarh, September 1 The week is being organised till September 6 to promote best management practices and rationalism. Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Sobti said, “Most of the Indians are being revered all over the world in various management related jobs but they are still not aware of the true Indian potential. The onus is on youth to create this awareness. To achieve this motive, Panjab University, would soon be launching a special six-weeks program on ‘Discovering India’.” Vivek Atray, director Tourism and Public Relations, Chandigarh who was also the guest of honour said, “Indian youth, especially the young women, are much more confident and brilliant who are going places with their potential. The need today is to encourage them.” In addition to the exhibition of management books, a management club was also launched which would be managed at the British Library by CMA, with regular monthly meetings on every Wednesday at 5:30pm.
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UT nod to blind park
in Sector 26
Chandigarh, September 1 MC mayor Pardeep Chhabra stated that it would be a new vision for those without sight and it would be the first park for visually impaired people in India. Briefing about the blind park, he said it would be an amusement park designed in classic style and decorated with various exciting playing machines and fun places, besides fantasy land, dream garden and adventure land. He said the visually impaired people would enjoy the beauty of the park independently. The park will have beautiful flowers and plants, besides an adventure land with exciting and challenging rides, including space, mountain, roller coaster. He said the park would be developed on the pattern of blind park in Bangkok where the blind can feel the beauty of nature with touching the detail about the plants scripted in Braille language. He said the services of expert blinds would be utilised in the aesthetic and musical programmes. When contacted MC XEN horticulture Arun K Kansal revealed that those flowers would be planted in the park which have fragrance.
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Statistical Abstract released by UT
Chandigarh, September 1 The publication "Statistical Abstract-2007" presents reliable and comprehensive statistics pertaining to various aspects of the economy of the union territory. The data covered in this publication is extensive and it touches upon almost all socio-economic aspects such as area and population, climate and rainfall, agriculture, forests, marketing and storage, medical and health, livestock, animal husbandry and dairying, energy, industries, water supply, small savings, taxation, property registration, public finance, banking, trade, loans advanced by corporations, education, labour and employment and joint stock companies. Besides, transport and communication, housing, the police, crime and sudhar ghar, accident statistics, cooperation, food and civil supplies, social welfare and schedules sastes welfare, plan, economic census, electoral statistics, prices indices, employees census, local bodies, tourism, entertainment, newspapers, intoxicants, index of industrial production and state domestic product also find a detailed mention in the abstract.
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NEERAT Bhushan Singh is a senior journalist with the Delhi office of the Press Trust of India. He is net-savvy and makes correspondences with his friends and acquaintances on the Internet by emails. All persons in the address book of his email account with hotmail.com recently received the following email, which is being reproduced here without editing.
“Hello I am sorry I didn't email you about my traveling to Europe for a conference program, the program is taking place in three major countries in Europe. Switzerland, Germany and United Kingdom. It as been a very sad news and bad moment for me, the present condition that I found myself is very hard for me to explain. I am really stranded in United Kingdom because I forgot my little bag in a Taxi where my money and passport documents were kept on my way to a Hotel that am staying, I have no more money left with me. I am now owning a hotel bill of $1200 and they wanted me to pay the bills soon else they will have to seize my bag and hand me over to the Hotel Management, please I need some help from you urgently to help me back home, and I need you to help me with the hotel bill and i will also need $1000 to feed and help myself back home so please can you help me with a sum of $2200 ? to sort out this problems here I need this help so much and on time because i am in a terrible and tight situation here, please understand how urgent i need your help. I am sending you this e-mail from the city of London. I will appreciate what so ever you can afford to send me for now and I promise to pay back your money as soon as i return home, you need to transfer the money through Western Union, please email me back.” His worried friends started calling him on his cell phone. They heaved a sigh of relief when Singh told them that it was some trickster who wanted to cheat his friends. The ID of Singh had been hacked and misused to send the above message. But Singh was equally worried that someone in his wide circle may have sent the money and his credibility was at stake. He lost sleep. He informed the mail service which in turn blocked the operation of his account. A complaint number was also provided by the service provider. Armed with the number, he lodged a report with the police. In the wake of alarming increase in the number of such fraudulent emails, the Reserve Bank of India was constrained to release advertisements in newspapers, forewarning the public about such tricksters. The advertisement said: “Fraudulent offers of huge money in foreign exchange are being made through letters/emails by certain foreign entities or individuals, including Indian residents acting as representatives of such entities or individuals. The offers of huge money in foreign currency are made to resident individuals/entities (including schools/hospitals) on the pretext of helping them in their business/ventures in India. Once the contact is established, the entities request for details of bank account of the individuals or Indian entity and ask for some amount to be remitted to them as initial deposit/commission so that the offer money could be transferred. Even copies of fake certificates or deposit receipts purported to have been issued by the Reserve Bank of India are produced by such operators.” In public interest, the RBI listed some precautions:
AnilM is an editor with
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MC told to tackle garbage problem on priority
Chandigarh, September 1 At a public-hearing grievances session, he noted with concern the misrepresentation of facts by some people and advised them to be fair in their approach and submit their requests as per provisions of the law to avoid wastage of their time and stress on the government machinery. Sharing his concern with residents of Dadumajra Colony over the hazardous problem due to collection of garbage and the ill-management at the solid waste management plant, Rodrigues asked the commissioner of the Municipal Corporation (MC) to tackle the issue on priority. The administrator also asked the finance secretary and the commissioner of the MC to undertake a holistic study of the drainage system and vulnerable areas prone to rainwater flooding and the stagnant water. Responding to the submission of the delegation of the Chandigarh Industries Associations for rationalisation of parking lots in the Industrial Area, he told them that the administration was positive in its approach in making the Industrial Area modern and a model for everybody. He called upon the members to strengthen their partnerships in this endeavour for giving fillip to industrial activity. After September 18, a joint team from the CII, industries association and the administration would assess the state of conversion and then draw up a plan to resume plots not being used and then take a holistic view of upgradation. A deputation of Janta Market, Sector 27, brought to notice the insanitation and filthy conditions due to garbage and also the leakage of booths due to alleged use of substandard material in the constructions. General Rodrigues asked the DC and the Municipal Corporation to depute a team. Various other issues like popularising solar energy resources, water harvesting measures, installation of milk plant and setting up of milk villages and the development of institutional area, Sarangpur, also figured in the discussion.
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Road to be named after former Haryana A-G
Chandigarh, September 1 Pt U.D.Gaur Memorial Trust, meanwhile, will strive to provide necessary facilities to the have-nots in society so as to enable them to achieve health and education goals. Gaur, who had resigned from advocate-general’s post on an issue of principle, is survived by wife Urmila Gaur, three sons - Justice Sunil Gaur of the Delhi High Court, Haryana’s additional sessions judge Anil Gaur and businessman Kapil Gaur, daughter Hema and son-in-law S. Sharma, who is additional advocate-general in Haryana.
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Ban on late night business
Chandigarh, September 1 District magistrate R.K. Rao has ordered that running of such activities on roadsides and the public places between 1.00 am and 4.30 am in Chandigarh will be prohibited for 60 days, i.e. from September 2 till October 31. However, the order will not apply to coffee shops in hotels, hospitals, chemist shops and petrol pumps. The restaurants, discos and clubs have been allowed to be opened up to 2.00 am on Saturdays and Sundays. Cyber cafes will be allowed to be opened up to 2 am on all days. Meanwhile, the district magistrate has also prohibited the sale of correction fluids, white fluid generally used by typists for making corrections on typed matter, to the minor children. These orders are being issued keeping in view that some minors, specially schoolchildren, are into intoxication and committing crimes using correction fluid.
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IAF airlifts 200 tonnes of relief to Bihar
Chandigarh, September 1 Maintenance personnel have also been working round the clock to ensure that aircraft are serviceable and flight worthy. As a result of the aircrew, ground crew and supporting staff, several sorties of IL-76 and AN-32 aircraft have been already undertaken. Air Commodore S.R.K. Nair, Air Officer Commanding, Air Force Station, Chandigarh, said the Western Air Command had tasked the city-based Air Force Station to assist in providing relief to affected areas of Bihar. Both transport squadrons the “Himalayan Eagles” and the “Camels”, stationed here, have been actively involved in the rescue and relief operations flying round the clock.
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Donation counter for Bihar flood victims
Panchkula, September 1 Earlier, the cell that started collecting donations at the market on Saturday had planned to shift the counter to Tank Chowk, Chandi Mandir, from tomorrow. Cell president Vipan Sahni said people had been coming forward with donations like rice, wheat, flour, utensils, and clothes for the needy in Bihar, where lakhs of people have been rendered homeless due to floods. The cell has decided to continue to collect the donations at the Sector 9 market till Wednesday, he said.
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Army trekking expedition
Chandigarh, September 1 The expedition comprises two officers and eight other ranks. The area to be traversed includes a few villages and also the high mountains interspersed with glaciers. The highest point on the route will be approximately 4,600 meters. The trekking team will cover a distance of about 210 km in 12 days. General Sharma highlighted the spirit of adventure ingrained in the Indian Army. He emphasised that adventure training had always been an important component of military training which enhanced development of leadership qualities among Army personnel, besides physical as well as mental robustness.
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‘Thief’ falls off roof, injured
Chandigarh, September 1 Surinder Singh, a resident of Sector 22, lodged a complaint with the police that Vikram Singh entered his house in the midnight around 2.50 am yesterday with an intention to burgle his house. However, the alleged thief fell from the roof of the house and got injured. He was admitted to the GMCH, Sector 16, for the treatment. Meanwhile, the police registered a case against Vikram under Sections 457/380/511, IPC at Sector 17 police station.
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Prerna Puri is SDM (South)
Chandigarh, September 1 She has also been given additional charge of the joint director, rural development and panchayat, releaving Shurbir Singh, a press note said here today.
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52nd anniversary of LIC celebrated
Chandigarh, September 1 The celebrations kickstarted today with senior divisional manager Raghupal Singh hoisting the corporate flag of the company. The corporate anthem was subsequently played and employees pledged to serve the corporation with sincerity and dedication.
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Letters
During summer season there is always an acute shortage of power supply, which is perhaps annoying the residents. Tripping to the supply system during peak hours, has become very common.
The city has no power generation of its own and it is dependant on other sources such as BBMB, central power utilities, power trading corporation etc. As per estimates, the power requirement of the city is likely to touch 440 MW during 2010-11. The projections have been worked out keeping in view the anticipated growth due to coming up of new projects, 10 per cent rise in demand per year till 2012 and eight per cent rise till 2016. Under such a scenario, for how long will the city continue to depend upon other sources? To coupe up with the growing demand, the city administration should construct its own power plant either on gas, coal or nuclear whichever is possible keeping in view the space, ecology constrains and other related factors. S.K. Khosla,
Chandigarh
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Midday Meal Students told to keep their mouths shut Sumedha Sharma Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 1 “We went to the principal to show 'daliya'. It had 5-6 worms in it but he screamed at us and asked us not to make an issue and throw it off,” said one of the girls. When The Tribune reached there the school authorities got in action to hush up the matter and principal Sadhu Singh dismissed the incident as a mere rumour saying, “Nothing has happened. The food has been served and consumed, nobody came to me and there were no complaints.” However, despite all his efforts many students sneaked out of their classes to give the real picture. “This has been happening since two three days. At times we throw the stuff our self but today we decided to complain. They even asked us to keep our mouths shut,” said, a young boy standing in punishment. When confronted, most of the teachers pleaded ignorance, however, one of the schoolteachers called up and complained to the Makeshift kitchen GMSSS, Sector 47, from where the porridge was provided.
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Admission dilemma continues at PU
Smriti Sharma Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 1 While the Dr H.S. judge Dental Institute in Sector 25 has converted its NRI category seats to general category and has even made admissions, other departments of PU are not allowed to do so. Talking to the Tribune, Dr Krishan Gauba, director of the dental institute, said, “We have total 100 seats sanctioned by the DCI (Dental Council of India) out of which 15 were NRI seats. We got four applications in the NRI category and the students were admitted accordingly on the day of counselling. Remaining 11 seats were later converted into general category seats and admissions were made.” Since we are governed by the DCI and MCI (Medical Council of India) rules, the number of seats is fixed, he added. The issue also came up in the recently held Senate meeting on August 28, where in, some senators representing colleges and other teaching departments of PU had asked the vice-chancellor if the seats in the NRI category could be de-reserved in the absence of enough applicants and converted to the open category. The vice-chancellor, who was in the chair, had clearly stated that these seats are over and above seats and cannot be de-reserved or converted. According to the Supreme Court's guidelines, in all educational institutions, departments and universities, the total number of seats for the NRI category students cannot exceed 15 per cent of the total seats in a particular course. According to sources, in many departments, the number of NRI seats exceed the prescribed limits of 15 percentage, for instance in MBA, engineering and other professional courses. However, no body in the university is sure that whether the NRI category seats are additional seats or are calculated as 15 per cent of the total number of sanctioned seats. When contacted, PU fellow and former advocate general of Punjab G.K. Chatrath, said, “If the NRI seats are within the sanctioned seats, they can be converted to general category if there are no applicants. If the seats are other than the sanctioned seats, then they cannot be converted and should remain vacant.” However, no body has been able to clarify as to how the seats for NRI category can be or have been, sanctioned over and above the total seats approved originally. If its believed that these said seats are separate from the original seats, does it mean that the total seats under NRI category are to be calculated as per the apex court plus the additional seats for NRI category sanctioned over and above the original strength. Also, it is pertinent to mention that there is no provision in PU calendar for sanctioning additional seats over and above the originally sanctioned seats particularly, for the NRI category.
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Detailed marks card must
for guest faculty
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 1 The DPI (S) S.K. Setia clarified, “The candidates who have submitted their confidential results or copy of certificate of the qualifying exam downloaded from the website, were included in the recruitment process. But the candidature of those candidates whose results are still awaited, can, in no way, be considered.” Setia also told that the candidates were given the exemption to submit the degrees later on and not the DMC, which is being misinterpreted by the candidates. “All the universities issue DMC instantly after the declaration of the result and the ‘degrees’ are awarded later on. Due to this reason, it was mentioned that ‘degrees’ can be submitted later on not DMC.” About the resentment shown by the Kurukshetra University candidates, whose results were still awaited, Setia said, “Since the merit list of the empanelled candidates has to be released, it is not possible for the department to keep on waiting for the results of various universities. After Kurukshetra University, the candidates of other universities whose results have not been declared will raise the same point and this way, there will be no end to it.”
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Students warned against tobacco
Chandigarh, September 1 Dr Vineet from the Tobacco Cessation Centre under the Drug De-addiction Centre, department of Psychiatry, PGI, in his presentation informed that highest incidents of tobacco consumption were found in South-East Asia, largely in India and alarming indulgence in Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana. The toxic components, their damage on the body, especially on lungs leading to cancer of respiratory tract, effects of passive smoking on children and pregnant women were also presented to appraise the audience. Various remedial measures, including medicinal and behavioural therapies using psychosocial and cognitive assessment were suggested to help the addicts quit smoking.
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Significance of eye donation stressed
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 1 GCM: Fazil Minullah was elected as the new president of foreign students association, following the elections held at Government College for Men (GCM), Sector 11 here. Key positions like secretary, joint secretary and cultural secretary went to Saida Jaan, Hussain Nazari and Hidayatullah respectively.
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