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Land sale yields municipal council Rs 1.75 cr
Fatehgarh Sahib, March 17 The properties had been given on meagre rents for commercial activities and to accommodate some area residents. Most of the properties had been in occupation of the tenants for over four decades. Interacting with mediapersons, deputy director of the local government Ashok Kumar said similar recoveries would be made in other cities as well where people had encroached upon the council land or the council was not earning anything from the costly land. The land was sold in auction and its price was 25 per cent more than the rates fixed by the government. In 2009, eight properties were sold by the council and they generated Rs 85 lakh. At least 10 per cent of the total amount i.e. Rs 17 lakh has been deposited by the purchasers and the rest of the amount would be deposited within three months. Those unwilling to purchase the property would be told to vacate the area. The council officials said a multiplex or a shopping mall would be constructed with the proceeds so that the council could generate a fixed income. |
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CITU conference gets going
Zirakpur, March 17 The four-day 13th all-India conference of the CITU started here today. The conference began with the hoisting of flag by Pandhe, followed by paying of homage to martyrs. The inaugural session was greeted by central trade unions i.e. AITUC, BMS, HMS, TUCC, UTUC, AICCTU and INTUC. George Mavrikose, secretary general, WFTU, and Andre Bogui, director, ILO South Asia, also greeted the conference. Over 2,500 delegates, from all over the country, and 35 foreign delegates from 25 countries like Australia, Russia, France, Brazil, Finland, and the US are attending the conference. Addressing the delegates, Pandhe said the conference was taking place at a time when the world was at the crossroads and the working class had to make a positive contribution in shaping the destiny of the world. The recent global capitalist crisis had brought to the forefront the inevitability of the periodic crisis in a capitalist system. On price rise, he said the prices of essential commodities had skyrocketed, making the life of people harder. To top it all, the government had refused to ban forward trading in essential commodities. Talking to mediapersons, Pandhe said labour laws in the country were collapsing owing to the wrong policies of the government. He pointed out that privatisation, unemployment and inflation had gripped the society and their adverse effects were looming large. “It is high time for decision-makers and the government to mend their policies,” he added. He said there was a trade union unity across the country against the privatisation moves of the union government, besides other issues. Pandhe called on the delegates to brace up to face the capitalist onslaught. “Armed with revolutionary ideology of the working class, let us move forward despite heavy odds in the direction of achieving the goal of socialism on the Indian soil,” he said. A “maha mazdoor rally” will be held on the last day of the conference March 21, which will be addressed by Budhadeb Bhattacharya, West Bengal Chief Minister, along with ministers and MLAs of Kerala and Tripura. |
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Same doctor, shrink on duty at 7 rehab centres
Kharar, March 17 The team, comprising Kharar SDM RK Gupta’s representative, naib tehsildar Ajit Singh Laungia, SMO Dr Jai Singh, SHO Tarlochan Singh and SHO Manjit Singh, took along with them a 23-point proforma on recommendations made in the Mattoo report to the high court. Mattoo, a professor of psychiatry at PGI, Chandigarh, heads the institute’s deaddiction centre. The team found none of the centres complied with all the 23 points and fell short in even providing basic amenities like adequate bedding, clean toilets and drinking water. Interestingly, as recommended by the Mattoo report, none of the deaddiction centres had an MBBS doctor, pharmacist, nurses and counsellors on duty around the clock and no ambulance was available at any of them. All seven centers had engaged the services of an MBBS doctor from Kharar and a psychiatrist from Chandigarh. The team discovered in the event of an emergency patients were taken to government hospitals in Chandigarh but never to the nearby ones in Kharar and Kurali. Also, none of the centres had any bed, members of the team found. Though they were told patients lay on mattresses placed on the floors at night, they were not shown the mattresses. Most of the buildings, except a newly built one in Kurali, were found to be ill ventilated. The centres in Kharar where the team conducted checks were Guru Kirpa on the Randhawa road, Jeevanjot on the Landran road, Guru Mehar on the Jhungiyan road and New Disha. Those checked in Kurali were Disha on the Morinda road, Freedom Foundation on the Kurali-Chanalon road and Reality on the Lakhnaur road. |
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Info campaign on rural growth from March 20
Ropar, March 17 Addressing mediapersons here, Goyal said the PIB, under the ministry of information and broadcasting, Government of India, was organising the campaign. The campaign will highlight the Bharat Nirman programme, including its six components i.e. rural housing, electrification, safe drinking water, rural roads, telephones and irrigation. It will also focus on programmes like the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), the National Rural Health Mission, the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan, the Right to Information Act, the Women Empowerment, Integrated Child Development Services, PM’s new 15-Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities, the Aam Admi Bima Yojana, health insurance for poor, Indira Gandhi Pension Scheme, etc. Ropar Deputy Commissioner Priyank Bharti said around 35 exhibition stalls would be put up during campaign. Panchayats and self-help groups would also be honoured for their role in rural development. “Representatives of panchayats will be given information on different subjects,” he said. Bharti said the departments of the district taking part in the campaign included health, education, ICDS, welfare, fisheries, industries, khadi and village industry, horticulture, energy conservation, BSNL, leading bank, cooperative societies, Red Cross, ITIs, LIC, Nabard, etc. He added that experts on various issues would address people during the campaign. Sapna, media and communication officer and conducting officer of the campaign, said representatives of panchayats, especially women, would get a platform to exchange information through the campaign. Kapil Pradhan, assistant director, PIB, Chandigarh, said teams of field publicity officers would directly contact villagers and sensitise them about Bharat Nirman and other issues. He added that an photo exhibition on Bharat Nirman and other flagship programmes would be organised by the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP) at the venue. |
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Folk dance performances leave audience awestruck
Patiala, March 17 Vice-Chancellor, Dr Jaspal Singh said after watching the success of the festival, the department had decided to make it an annual feature. Department head Daisy Walia informed that the students presented a variety of classical dances yesterday and today’s day was dedicated to folk dances. The seven-day workshop on Rajasthani dance forms conducted by renowned international artiste Roop Singh Shekhawat from Rajasthan was also concluded today. The students trained by Shekhawat performed Rajasthani dance “Kalbelia” and “Siddhi Dhamal” from Gujarat. Shekhawat presented popular Rajasthani folk dance “Bhawai” amidst loud cheers keeping seven pitchers on his head. The workshop was sponsored by North Zone Cultural Centre. |
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Krishna Enclave developer booked
Kharar, March 17 The police had booked Bhupinder Singh and others for fraudulently selling a portion of land without licence or registration at that time. The police is investigating the case. Police sources said the accused had been living abroad for some time and it would be a daunting task for them to bring him back for investigation. Meanwhile, in another case, two persons have been booked by the Zirakpur police under the Act for developing an illegal colony. |
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SCR trounce DMW by 229 runs
Patiala, March 17 The highest run getters of the SCR team were AG Pradeep (77 runs), M Suresh (46 runs), Shasha Halli (42 runs) and Sanjay of DMW made the highest score (54 not out) and took three wickets, while KP Singh took two wickets. In the second match
of the tournament, which was held at the MES ground, RWF defeated DLW by seven wickets. RWF won the toss and elected to field first. RWF scored 203 at a loss of three wickets. The highest scorers are Karan (72 runs), A Verma (62 runs), Chelu (59 runs) and M Reddy (43 runs), whereas Ashish and Manjit of DLW took one wicket each. |
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4 city lads in North Zone cricket squad
Tribune News Service
Patiala, March 17 He informed that AK Chaturvedi from Dr BRA University, Agra, would be the team manager. Other members of the team are Bharat Luma (vice-captain), Simrat Bawa, Sharat Lumba, Akashdeep, Bandeep Singh, Amit Parasher, Michael, Ashish, Navdeep Singh, Lakshya Seth, Navin Sharma, Yajuvinder Singh, Amit Chaturvedi, Deepak Joshi and Rahil.
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‘Have dignity for labour’
Ambala, March 17 He told the students to understand the dignity of labour and learn to be honest. He also said there were no short cuts in life for success. BK
Soni, president of the college management committee, OP Mohan, finance secretary, Pandit Ajay
Krishan, vice-president, Dr RP Vij, general secretary, and Dr RC Sharma, joint-secretary of the managing committee, and principals of various institutions, including faculty members of the college were present.
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Babla’s bail plea dismissed
Chandigarh, March 17 The UT senior standing counsel, Anupam Gupta, had opposed the bail application considering the past background of the case and highlighting Babla’s conduct during the investigation. The police had registered a case of cheating and criminal conspiracy against Babla and others for accommodating 10 ineligible persons during the auction of platforms in the Sector 26 grain market in July during chairmanship of the market committee. He maintained that since Babla remained elusive to the police for over four months after the registration of the case, he should not be given any relaxation. Apart from this, Babla is also booked in two more cases — one regarding the auction of a parking lot and the other about the appointment of an auction recorder post, in which he allegedly connived with an applicant to appoint him on the basis of forged documents.
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Flesh trade racket busted, four held
Chandigarh, March 17 DSP (South) Jaswant Singh Khaira said the police receiving information that the middle-aged woman was involved in immoral trafficking and supplying girls to customers after contacting them over phone. It was alleged that the woman operated from her house and had taken rooms on rent at a house in the vicinity. Acting on the tip-off, the police formed a team and sent a decoy customer to Rajni. She was nabbed along with three girls from Sector 45 while they were in a Maruti Alto car (CH04J-1811). She had struck a deal for Rs 12,000 and accepted Rs 2,000 as advance. The police said one of the girls, hailing from Ferozpore, had been working at a slimming centre in Sector 35. She was a postgraduate in Hindi and had been taking training in skin-care treatment. Another girl, hailing from West Bengal, had reportedly come to the city a few days back from Ambala. The third girl was married to a taxi driver. The girls told the police that Rajni took Rs 1,000 each from them as ‘commission’ for arranging customers. Rajni’s husband was a hawker and she had been into the trade for over three years. The SHO of the Sector 34 police station, Udaypal Singh, said Rajni’s mobile phone was seized and it was found that she had been in contact with several girls. She would charge between Rs 2,000 and Rs 20,000 per girl as per ‘status’. The police found that Rajni had assigned code numbers to them to use those instead of their names. “We are trying to decipher the names of girls and customers from Rajni’s phone-book memory. The examination of her call details and contact list is likely to shed light on her network. The police will make a list of frequent callers to establish their links with Rajni,” said the SHO.
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Rickshaw-puller found murdered
Panchkula, March 17 The police was yet to ascertain the motive behind the murder and suspected it to be the handiwork of two or more persons. The murder came to light when a passerby noticed the body and informed
the police. The police reached the scene and took the body into its custody before getting the scene examined from forensic experts. The victim has been identified as Tanshu of Uttar Pradesh. He was residing at Peer Muchalla in Mohali district, adjoining Sector 20 where the body was found. A case under Sections 302 and 34 of the IPC has been registered against unidentified persons and the police has shifted the body to the General Hospital, Sector 6, for a post-mortem examination. SP Maneesh Chaudhary said they would question the victim’s neighbour and friends to find out whether the victim had enmity with someone, which could be the possible reason behind the murder.
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Thieves strike in Ram Darbar
Chandigarh, March 17 Injured
Veenu Tiwari of Sector 22 has reported to the police that a car (CH03Y5175) rammed into an autorickshaw near DAV College yesterday. A woman who was travelling in the autorickshaw was seriously injured in the mishap and was admitted to the Sector 16 Government Multi Speciality Hospital.
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12 held for gambling
Chandigarh, March 17 Residents of the area had raised the issue with the police a number of times, following which raids had been conducted in the past. Police action had failed to act as a deterrent and the practice was going on for years.
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Junk dealer commits suicide
Chandigarh, March 17 His wife went and two children had gone to a temple. He came home around 3 pm after shutting his shop. No suicide note was found from the spot.
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101 teams to participate in SJOBA thunderbolt rally
Chandigarh, March 17 “There is an increase of 23 teams this year as last year the number of participating team was 78, said Pavan Khaitan, SJOBA president. To add zing, Bollywood actor Gul Panag would also confirm her participation in the endurance trial, claimed organisers. Giving details, Khaitan said in the challenge rally, a total of 41 teams would participate (jeep/gypsy/car category), while as many as 30 entries were there in the motorcycle category. The endurance trial, which is on time, speed and distance format, a total of 30 teams would participate. Over the tremendous response for the rally, Khaitan said the record number of entries this year showed how the SJOBA thunderbolt rally was gaining recognition all over. SPS Ghai, course clerk, said, “The challenge rally will start at 2 pm on March 19 with a super special stage at the Exhibition Ground, Sector 34, here. On Day 2, the teams will be flagged off from St John’s School at 7 am and reach Koti Resorts (beyond Shimla) by 4 pm for the night halt. They will be flagged off at 7 am the next day from Koti Resorts and are expected to reach St John’s School by 3 pm the same day.” The teams competing in the endurance trial will also be flagged off immediately before the challenge rally teams on March 20 from St John’s School. The destination of the participants here is Koti Resorts and they will return on March 21. The participants in the challenge rally would face a challenging and adventurous route consisting fast tarmacs, uneven and kutcha surfaces and tough hilly terrain in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. The route is as follows: Leg 1: (Day 1): St John’s-Trilokpur-Morni-Mallah-Naintikar-Dilman-Kangar-Marhighat-Narag- Ashinikhad-Jhaja-Chail-Chalada-Tehra-Koti Village- Koti Resort. Leg 2: (Day 2): Koti Resorts-Guma-Baldeyan-Mehli- Anandpur-Pawar-Dumher-- Sanawar-Parwanoo- Bhojnagar- Chakki ka Mor-St John's. |
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Students to get discount on IPL tickets
Chandigarh, March 17 The students’ representative requested the officials to give some relief to the students by cutting down the cost of the ticket. Consequently, the ticket worth Rs 800 will now be given to the students at Rs 300 on producing their student identity card. Kings XI Punjab vice-president Col Ravinder confirmed the report and said, “We have reserved two complete boxes consisting 500 seats each for the students on first come first serve basis and the cost of the ticket has been cut down for them.” The students will now enjoy the match from the boxes next to the pavilion and in proximity to gates
5 and 14. “We had approached the Kings XI Punjab team to thank them for their support in our cultural event, “Jhankar”. We also requested them to reserve the seats for the students,” said
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Pikka P Singh wins golf title
Chandigarh, March 17 Introduced in 1997 by then lady captain Madhu Brar, the tournament is played among winners of the Kingfisher monthly medal rounds held throughout the year. Although Pikka P Singh and S Ratia tied for the top slot returning nett scores of 74, Pikka P Singh was declared the winner of the Kingfisher medal rounds, as she played a better back nine. Neelu Chopra clinched the bronze division title returning a nett 72 card. |
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Veteran coach Azad grooms budding spinners
Chandigarh, March 17 Azad has selected as many as seven budding cricketers in the age group of 12 to 15 years, whom he imparts finer techniques and nuances of spin bowling at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, here. On being asked why he specially coaches the budding spinners, the octogenarian said in the coming times the demand as well as importance of the spinners would be all-time high in the game. “The Indian cricket has started facing the dearth of spinners. After Anil Kumble’s retirement, we are yet to fill the void. Our country, which is largely known for its top class spinners, is struggling hard to get capable spin bowlers of late,” viewed Azad. “Besides running the academy, I have been grooming these budding spinners by coaching the art of bowling, including leg spin, off-break and leg break bowling. Though the number of devotees is less, I will scout the talent soon to groom them,” said Azad, while adding that the BCCI should also start special camps, academies and clinics to train the bowlers in this art of bowling, which had been the main strength of the team before eighties. |
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Psychological training for sportspersons stressed
Chandigarh, March 17 Scientific official and in charge Harneet Shalu Bedi, department of sports psychology, NS NIS, Patiala, said psychological preparation for the sportspersons was equally important for better results. “Psychological training helps in dealing with stress, anxiety, negative thinking, goal setting and building of self confidence among the players,” said Bedi. She also updated coaches with the latest practical knowledge in the field of sports psychology. Meanwhile, Dr CS Grewal, director physical education and sports, Panjab University, Chandigarh, also stressed on health fitness. The coaches should know the significance of health fitness and new aspects in its training. He also elaborated the difference between physical fitness and mental fitness, while emphasising on the overall development of athletes/players by using advanced techniques in the field. |
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