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Vacation of land for NH-21 widening Megha Mann Tribune News Service
Kharar, November 6 As per the undergoing procedure of widening of the NH-21, Chandigarh-Kharar stretch, 30 metres of the area around both sides of the road has to be developed as service lane. Occupants and owners of buildings within this specified area have been asked to vacate land within 15 days of issuance of the show-cause notices or face the department’s action. The department has issued these notices under Section 143 - 1 of the PUDA Act, 1995. Owners have been cautioned not to make any further constructions and remove those already constructed within 15 days. There are many shops and small scale industries in the earmarked area that are getting notice for the past three months. Issuance of these notices has leashed anger and panic among people, especially those whose establishments were built before 1995. Claiming their constructions to be legal, the occupants of these buildings have demanded cancellation of the notices served. Owner of one such factory, Jatinderpal Singh, said in 1986 he had bought two plots in Balongi and started his business. Many years ago, the government acquired his land for four-laning of the flyover connecting Kharar and Mohali. “Now again we have got notices from the CWD. As per our land registry our constructions are valid. The CWD department has quoted the 1995 Act whereas our constructions are before that,” he said. He had written an explanatory letter to the department and demanded cancellation of all such notices issued. When contacted the XEN, CWD, Karnail Singh, said a meeting in this regard had been fixed for November 9 at Patiala. “Those who have their constructions before 1995 are indeed right in taking a plea. The department will take up this matter at the meeting and find an amicable solution,” he asserted.
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Youth murdered, brother hurt in DAV College
Ambala, November 6 When the brothers were standing in the scooter parking of the college campus around half a dozen persons appeared there. They attacked the duo with sharp edged weapons. The brothers sustained serious injuries and were rushed to the local civil hospital. While Amrinder Singh died on the way to the hospital, Tarvinder was admitted in a critical condition. After the incident the assailants fled from the site. Senior police officials reached the hospital. On the statement of Tarvinder the police registered a case in this regard. It is said that an old rivalry was the cause of the attack. The family members of the victims reached the hospital and demanded immediate arrest of the assailants. A few days back a rickshaw puller was stoned to death in the Prem Nagar area at Ambala City. |
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Stress on effect of global financial crisis
Patiala, November 6 In his keynote address, a professor of economics at GNDU, Amritsar, Dr Harbans Singh Sidhu, described globalisation as no different than capitalism and a backdoor entry to imperialism. “It achieves same ends as imperialism by unleashing and manipulating the exploitative and destructive impulses of capitalist market,” he said. “India too remains an adjunct of global capitalism with all its inherent contradictions, including periodic financial crisis,” he added. Earlier, in his presidential address, Vice-Chancellor Dr Jaspal Singh said the irresponsible and non-transparent behaviour of financial institutions coupled with speculative strategies of price hike of assets, had led to the prevailing financial recession. The crisis, he said, had also caused reduction in the official development assistance to the developing countries at a time when they were not in a position to pay back the debt. The relatively lesser effect of global crisis on Indian economy was due to strong public sector, slow pace of reforms and partial convertibility of currency, he added. |
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Jaskaran, Poonamjit adjudged best athletes
Fatehgarh Sahib,
November 6 Pawandeep Kaur was declared the best athlete (women). Fatehgarh Sahib MLA Didar Singh Bhatti inaugurated the function. The function kick started with a march past ceremony. A display by two army bands- 3 Dogra and IRC from Punjab police was the main highlight. Results: 800 m race: Poonamjit Singh 1, Gursimran Singh Bhangu 2 and Sukhwinder Singh 3; 100 m race (women): Pawandeep 1, Zareena 2 and Mandeep 3; 400 m (women)Pawandeep Kaur 1, Zareena Malik 2 and Navdeep Kaur 3; 800 m: Poonamjeet Singh, Gursimran Singh 2 and Sukhwinder 3; 1,500 m: Rajdeep Singh 1, Sunny Kumar 2 and Shaminder Singh 3; 4x400 m relay: Jaskaran Singh and team 1, Kamal and team 2 and Pawanpreet and team 3; Shot put (men): Sushant Korpal 1, Harvaneet Singh 2 and Hiteshwar Singh 3; Shot put (women): Amanjot Kaur 1, Ramanjot Kaur 2 and Balwinder Kaur 3; Long jump (men): Jaskaran 1, Haramadeep 2 and Sukhwinder 3; Long jump (women): Pawandeep Kaur 1, Simran Kaur 2 and Amanjot Kaur 3; High jump (men): Akash 1, Harmanjeet 2 and Varinder 3; Discus throw (men): Arshpreet Singh 1, Gurpuran Singh 2 and Arshdeep 3; Discus throw (women): Manjeet Kaur 1, Rupinder Kaur 2 and Amanjot Kaur 3; Javelin throw (men): Harmandeep Singh 1, Navkamal Singh 2 and Ashok Kumar 3; Javelin throw (women): Manjeet Kaur 1, Amanjot Kaur 2 and Vipinjeet Kaur 3; 100 m (faculty men): Simranjeet Singh 1, Gurmail Singh 2 and Rajesh Joshi 3; 100 m (faculty women): Paramsunil 1, Puneet 2 and Anmolpreet 3; Three-legged race (men): Sanjeev Dharma and Manjinder Singh 1, Prabhjot Singh and Mandeep 2 and Gurmail Singh and Manjeet Singh 3; Three legged race (women): Vandana Shivani and Kamaljit Kaur 1, Paramjeet Kaur and Kawaljeet 2 and Anuradha and Vishavdeep 3.
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‘Develop tourism to create employment’
Ambala, November 6 The conference organised by MMICT&BM (hotel management) started with a commitment to reveal the issues and concerns of the trained manpower. Conference chief guest Anil Malhotra, general manager, Taj Hotel, Chandigarh, motivated students on hospitality and the faculty to provide assistance in training them for the industry, as per the present scenario. He stated that the Indian Hotels Company Ltd or the Tata’s Taj Group of Hotels are coming up with a lot of employment opportunities for professionals in the Punjab region by opening up five new hotels in Jalandhar, Amritsar and Ludhiana region. These projects would come up in a short span of one-and-a-half year like the giant project of Tata Nano in the automobile segment. The keynote speaker for the conference was Dr SC Bagri, president, Indian Hospitality Congress and director, Centre for Mountain Tourism Studies, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar, focused on the need of the hour to develop domestic tourism to create wide employment opportunities for the students. He wanted to emphasise that the students who undergo training programmes in the hotels of different segments should receive better stipends as compared to the working conditions provided to them. The function was presided over by SG Damle, Vice-Chancellor, MM University. The conference had a technical session and photographic session discussing the HR issues pertaining to the industry wherein the focus was on understanding the employers and employees perspective of the hotel industry job. |
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Patwaris protest against SDM
Dera Bassi, November 6 The daylong strike in the tehsil office affected the routine work. The protesters raised slogans against the SDM and asked the state government to take action against him. Members of the Bar Association also joined the strike. Patwari Jaspal Singh alleged that Dera Bassi Tehsildar Gurminder Singh had told him to reach a site at Gulabhgarh on November 4, but he was marked absent by the SDM. He said on reaching back, he tried to explain his position to the SDM, but he refused to listen. The protesters alleged that the SDM used rough language and sought his transfer. Meanwhile, SDM Puneet Goyal denied the allegations and said there was some misunderstanding and it would be rectified soon.
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Close shave for train passengers
Dera Bassi, November 6 However, the train stopped moments before hitting the truck as it developed certain technical fault and was delayed by 35 minutes. According to sources, the incident took place around 11.45 last night. The driver of the truck failed to pull the truck out of that place. In the meantime, a passenger train was coming from the Ambala side, which suddenly stopped as it did not get the signal from the railway crossing due to some technical flaw. When the train driver reached near the crossing to check the fault he found the truck was stuck near the railway track. He requested passengers to pull out the truck. The investigating officer, ASI Jagar Singh, stated that a case has been registered against the truck driver under the Railway Act and started further investigations. |
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PRTC pensioners continue strike
Patiala, November 6 Gurmail Singh, a member of the association, said the hunger strike would continue till November 11. After that other line of action would be worked out and the agitation would continue to press the corporation management to accept the demands. They said the retired employees of the corporation had crores of rupees in arrears on account of dearness allowance instalments and gratuity. The corporation management had failed to clear the arrears on the one hand while on the other it had expressed its inability to implement the recommendations of the Fifth Pay Commission for employees. These leaders said the adamant attitude of the PRTC management had caused widespread resentment among the pensioners of the corporation who were constrained to resort to agitation. |
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IOC donates Rs 1 lakh for ashram
Kharar, November 6 The money has been donated for constructing community kitchen (langar) hall at the upcoming branch of an ashram at nearby Jhanjheri village in Kharar. General manager of IOC, Chandigarh, RK Arora and senior HR manager VK Mitra handed over the cheque to Shamsher Singh, the president of society who thanked them for the endeavour. — TNS
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Computer centre inaugurated
Banur:
Gurukul Vidyapeeth Group of Institutes organised a rural education programme.
A computer centre was inaugurated by Neena Singh, former vice-president and regional head, HDFC Bank. Around 35 students from nearby villages registered for a three-month computer course.
— TNS
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Assess judicial officers’ qualities with care: HC
Chandigarh, November 6 The ruling came on a petition filed by a judicial officer retired compulsorily. Allowing the petition, Justice Ranjit Singh asserted: “Judicial officers are to perform very pious duties. To condemn them as dishonest, there has to be a material, some material, which would provide basis of endorsing such remarks.” “No doubt, the judicial officers must be seen to be above suspicion. Even a small or a lurking suspicion may be enough, but it has to be on the basis of some material. It cannot be on a hunch. Judicial officer has to be honest, is to be seen as honest and he has to have it in him as a need and a requirement.” “If there are reports about the doubt of integrity of an officer, the same must not only get reflected in the reports but also such officer should not have any place in the judicial family and must be cut off fro it.” “Honesty is not a virtue for a judicial officer. It is not a credited qualification that he can claim or flout, but is a need, a necessity and requirement for him and the service. That being the high pulpit where the judicial officers stand, their assessment about integrity cannot or should not be made lightly.” “It is to be with extra care and caution as is the requirement in case of any other employee while being remarked about honesty, one may look for material in support so that they are treated in a fair manner. When such high standard of integrity and honesty is expected from a judicial officer then equally high degree of caution and care may have to be exercised, while assessing the judicial officer in such qualities.” The petitioner, Dewan Chand, had earlier sought directions for acceptance of his request for voluntary retirement with effect from August 29, 2003, instead of retiring him compulsorily from September 2, 2003. In a report, the petitioner was assessed to be “not industrious” or “prompt in disposal of cases”. Justice Ranjit Singh asserted: “While evaluating the materials, the authority should not altogether ignore the reputation in which the officer was held till recently.”
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3 incidents of theft reported
Chandigarh, November 6 In another incident, Prahlad Singh of a gurdwara in Phase II, Ram Darbar, lodged a complaint with the police that a cashbox containing Rs 25,000 was stolen from the gurdwara. A case has been registered.
Moped set afire
Sarwan Kumar of Colony No 4 reported to the police alleging that some unidentified miscreants had set afire his moped (CH-04-K-6227), which was parked in Industrial Area, Phase I, on Wednesday night. A case of causing fire by mischief under Section 435 of the IPC has been registered.
Held
The police has arrested Vicky Sharma, Ashish Jain and Parvesh, all residents of Sector 20-A, from near the parking area in Sector 22-B on Thursday while consuming liquor at public place.
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4 injured in mishap
Panchkula, November 6 The injured identified as Ashish (4), Akash (6), both brothers, Babua (8) and Shiva (3) were, however, discharged after administering first aid at a general hospital. According to sources, all of them were bursting crackers near their homes. The mishap occurred when one cracker did not burst and later busted suddenly. Doctors at the hospital, however, said all four got minor injuries and after the treatment they were
discharged.
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Shabir Ahmed wins caddies’ golf title
Chandigarh, November 6 The first of its type tournament for caddies saw 80 caddies teeing off after a formal tee off by Jyotsna
Suri, chairperson and managing director of the Lalit Suri Hospitality Group. Finishing one stroke behind at one under par was Sajad Raza with Ghulam Mohammad occupying the third slot at two over par. Five caddies tied for the fourth position with identical three over par scores. Each caddie was given a participation gift of Rs 2,500 each. Dr Farooq Abdullah, Minister for New and Renewable Energy gave away the prizes. The caddies also had lunch at the Lalit Grand Palace. |
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Malout down Hoshiarpur
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 6 GGN Khalsa College, Ludhiana, beat MRS College, Malout, (3-0). In a separate match, MGKM SS College of Physical Education, Jhakroudi, beat MR Government College, Fazilka, (3-0). Postgraduate Government College, Sector 11, beat Government College, Muktsar, (3-0). In another match, JC DAV College, Dasuya, beat Sri Aurobindo College of Commerce and Management, Ludhiana, (3-0), Gobindgarh Public College, Alour, beat Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology (3-0), DAV College, Malout, beat AD College, Dharamkot, (3-0) and JC DAV College, Dasuya, beat MMD DAV College, Gidderbaha, (3-0).
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St Xavier’s, NPS make it to final
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 6 While St Xavier’s defeated Panchkula (33-23), NPS knocked out Shishu Niketan, Sector 22, (63-57) in the semifinal match. In the match played between New Public School and Shishu Niketan, Sunraj (19), Gurmeet (15) and Gurluvleen (15) were the main scorers for NPS, while Shishu Niketan lads Ashok and Dinesh scored 19 and 12 points, respectively. Similarly, Gurjot was the key scorer for Xavier’s, Chandigarh, while Sarfraj proved his mettle for the Panchkula branch.
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Groups formed for football meet
Chandigarh, November 6 The schools have been divided into two groups. St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, Panjab University campus and Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, have been placed in Group A, while DAV Club-8, Government Girls College for Girls-42, Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School-26 and Saupin's School, Sector 32, are in Group B. |
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