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‘Spurned lover’ gets life term for murder
Chandigarh, May 31 According to the prosecution, the accused had been pressuring his lover Sonia Suman to marry him and then murdered her after she told him that she was marrying someone else. Sonia (22) was found dead near the Sukhna Lake on
April 22, 2009. While it was made out to be a case of suicide initially, the police arrested Ashok a week later after investigations pointed towards her murder. The victim was given a pesticide-laced soft drink by accused Ashok Kumar. He then dumped the body near the regulator end of the lake. Ashok was allegedly upset, as Sonia’s marriage had been fixed for May 3. The police had said that the two had physical relations. The accused, a resident of Sector 22 and owner of a tavern in Sector 20, was already married and had three children. Scrutiny of call details of Sonia revealed that she was in constant touch with Kumar on the day she was killed.
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Haryana matriculation exam
Panchkula, May 31 Neha’s father Raj Inder is posted at Yadavindra Gardens in Haryana Tourism Complex, Pinjore. Neha had also bagged the first position in the middle class examination by securing 88 per cent marks. Declaring the results at the office of the District Education Office (DEO) in Sector 7 here, DEO (Elementary), Anita Anand, said Seema of HMT EE School Pinjore had bagged the second position by scoring 484 marks (96.8 per cent). She said Tanya Pandey of Sarthak Model High School Sector 12-A and Ashish Mishra of New India High School Sector 15 jointly shared the third position by securing 480 marks. Nine students of JPG High School Pinjore had got more than 90 per cent marks, whereas seven students of New India High School had got more than 90 per cent marks. In Government Model Sanskriti School Sector 20, five students got more than 90 per cent marks, with Sonika topping the school results with 95.99 per cent marks. In Saarthak Model School, 40 students had appeared, while 35 have got the merit position.
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Student leaders clash on PU campus
Chandigarh, May 31 This happened when the university security, headed by Ashok Kumar and constable Nand Kishore, questioned nearly 15 students of the Panjab University Students Union (PUSU, Sukhjit faction) gathered outside the law department. Nand Kishore stood in front of their car to stop them and the student leaders fled from the spot, injuring his left leg. However, contrary to the version of university officials, Sukhjit Brar and his faction staged a protest in the evening, accusing the PU security of indifference. Brar alleged that nearly 15 outsiders attempted to attack him with sharp-edged weapons, including kirpans and pistol. “They banged and attacked my hostel room door. Incidentally I was not in the room. My friend was there. They had put marks on the door with sharp weapons. It is because of university security’s apathy that the incident happened,” said Brar. He added that he suspected members of PUSU’s other lobby (Dhillon faction) of attacking him at 1 am on Monday night. PUSU (Sukhjit faction) also issued a press statement, pointing
out lapses in the PU security. However, the varsity officials dismissed all claims. PU officials added that the police would take action in the matter now. The warden of boys hostel 5, Ashwini Koul, said, “Nothing happened at all inside the hostel building. In fact, it is all a concocted story. The security told me that certain boys entered the hostel last night to tear posters and put up other posters, but nobody entered the building. The security sent them off immediately, telling them that tearing posters would trigger a problem.” An FIR has been lodged against president Sukhjit Singh Brar along with Cherry Brar and Manmeet Sidhu by university security officer Ashok Kumar under Sections 332, 353, 506 of the IPC at the Sector 11 police station. “It is because of PUSU’s internal rift that one lobby consisting of Sukjit, Cherry and Manmeet along with 10-15 students gathered outside the law department to attack the other. The security officer Ashok Kumar reached the spot along with Nand Kishore to handle the situation. Kishore’s leg was hurt when he tried to stop the car and the PUSU leaders even threatened others members of the varsity security. Accusations being levelled by the Sukjit faction are only to cover up the morning incident outside the law department,” said PK Dhawan, university’s chief security officer. In the evening, PUSU’s Sukhjit faction staged a protest outside the VC’s office, alleging negligence by the university in the wake of the incident at hostel on Monday night.
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2 teenagers drown in pond
Kharar, May 31 While Gurdeep was a student of class IX, Charanjit was studying in class VIII. Both were students of Government High School, Batta village. According to Randhir Singh, father of Gurdeep Singh, the two had gone to participate in a regional fair, named after Lallan Wala Peer, held around a pond. Interestingly, the pond has
been formed by the accumulation of rainwater and is part of the SYL canal. Eyewitnesses said Gurdeep and Charanjit were trying to dive into the water when the incident happened. Gurdeep took a plunge but failed to resurface. Charanjit dove after him to look for him but also failed to resurface. At this, other youngsters raised the alarm. Some women working nearby informed the pilgrims who had come to the fair. The fair organisers made an announcement on the public address system and people rushed to rescue the two children. After half an hour’s search, the villagers pulled out the bodies of the two youngsters. However, their attempt to resuscitate the victims failed. The victims were first taken to a private hospital in Kharar but were later shifted to the local Civil Hospital. The doctors there declared the two brought dead. A board of doctors conducted a post-mortem examination and the bodies were handed over to the family members. SHO Anil Kumar said the police had initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174, CrPC. Gurdeep’s father Randhir Singh works with the irrigation department at Doraha, while Charanjit’s father Jaspal Singh is a daily wager.
Pond part of SYL canal!
Kharar, May 31 According to area residents, farmers use the pond to irrigate their fields, especially at the time of paddy cultivation. Villagers dealing in dairy farming, too, bathe their cattle in the pond. “Some people have demanded the pumping out of water to clear the bed. However, the ‘beneficiaries’ have been preventing this from happening,” says an elderly man from Sotal village. Mehar Singh, a farmer union leader from the village, says the pond is the result of accumulation of rainwater. However, he has no answer to the phenomenon behind the accumulation of rainwater at one place. “Our villages also face the problem of waterlogging. Water can be seen accumulated at different places from Sotal to Bassian villages,” he says. On September 23, a 100-foot stretch of the road constructed over the SYL was washed away due to heavy rain. Consequently, rainwater had emptied into the canal. Investigations suggest that local residents have obstructed the natural flow of water in the SYL for their own use. Mohali Deputy Commissioner Varun Roojam says he will depute an official to visit the scene to look into the matter.
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HC warrant officer raids police station
Panchkula, May 31 According to information, Raj Kumar, a relative of Bhupinder Singh, had filed an appeal in the high court through their counsel that the police had illegally detained Bhupinder in a tenant-landlord dispute case. The court appointed Jatin Sharma as the WO, who raided the Sector 5 police station. The WO questioned the police officials about the tenant. The police, however, feigned ignorance about him. The WO asked Raj Kumar to check all rooms of the police station himself. Raj Kumar, after checking the rooms, said Bhupinder had been kept in illegal confinement in one of the rooms of the police station. The raid continued for about three hours and the WO checked all records. When the media asked about the details, he said he would produce the details of the case before the court tomorrow. After receiving the news, DSP (Crime) also reached the spot. Talking to media,
he said baseless allegations were being levelled against the police station in charge Om Parkash and other police officials. He said many cases of forcible occupation had been registered against Bhupinder Singh. SHO Om Parkash said Bhupinder Singh was a member of the notorious Sirsa gang involved in various cases of forcible occupation of private houses in the town. He said Bhupinder had himself come to the police station after sending one of his men to the high court. He said baseless allegations were being levelled against him and the accused had also made frivolous complaints to the higher authorities.
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Traffic helpline inaccessible to most
Chandigarh, May 31 Launched with much fanfare in 2004 the helpline number at one time functioned round the clock, providing solutions to traffic jams, wrong parking, waterlogging, accidents and minor scuffles as well. However, since over a year the number has remained out of reach to all telephone subscribers (Vodafone, Reliance, Airtel and Idea) other than those of BSNL, with the result that the number of calls to this number has fallen drastically. Traffic police officials, however, claimed they had written to these telecom service providers and the number will be accessible to their subscribers in a day or two. “I was a frequent caller to this helpline number and the traffic cops used to always act swiftly, offering a solution to various problems. Bu since the past one year the helpline has remained nonfunctional, which is very upsetting,” said Anshul, a Sector 34 resident who is an Idea cellular subscriber.
Senior superintendent of police (traffic) HS Doon said the traffic police was aware the helpline number (1073) was not accessible to telephone subscribers other than those of BSNL for quite some time. “The scheme under which all the private telecom service providers used to provide service to traffic police expired and we’ve written to all of them to start the service afresh at the earliest. The helpline number will be available for all subscribers in a day or two,” he said.
Traffic police on Facebook from June 2
The Chandigarh traffic police is all set to formally launch its page on Facebook on June 2. A special control room for this has been set up in Traffic Lines in Sector 29 where cops will cater to the complaints received by city residents on the page.
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Bribery case
Chandigarh, May 31 Khurana has been charged with allegedly demanding bribe of Rs 1.5 crore. The CBI had recovered Rs 15 lakh in cash and nine cheques from the boot of the car of co-accused Devinder Singh, an employee with the Office of Registrar, Firms and Societies, Punjab, after raiding his residence on the night of May 4.
The CBI had also arrested Bhag Singh, private secretary of then Punjab Technical Education Minister Swarna Ram, as the third accused in the case. Bhag Singh was arrested because he allegedly did not dispatch the note signed by Swarna Ram recommending action against Manpreet Singh in a fraudulent land sale case. Earlier, the CBI had opposed the bail plea and had asserted that it had “enough evidence” to nail the Punjab BJP MLA and his private secretary in the graft case. The agency maintained that it had enough evidence against the accused and if the two were released on bail, they might tamper with the evidence.
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MC wards set to go up to 32
Chandigarh, May 31 A proposal to this effect is being mooted in the backdrop of increase of around 1.54 lakh population in the 2011 census as compared the 2001 census. “The exercise is in its preliminary stages and the final decision will be taken after getting the latest census figures, particularly those related to the Scheduled Caste population,” officials said. It is learnt that the UT administration will work out a consensus particularly with political parties on the issue before taking a decision on the matter. In fact, senior officials of the administration are keeping Chandigarh Member of Parliament and Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Pawan Bansal in the loop in the run-up to any decision. Bansal has reportedly asked the UT officials to take a decision on the issue immediately to avoid any uncertainty at a later stage. Meanwhile, the authorities seem to be zeroing in on MC elections in November. Since all major festivals, including Diwali and Dasehra, fall in October, November will be the obvious choice for the MC elections. The State Election Commission for Delhi and Chandigarh has already proposed October/ November for the poll. However, the proposal to include the remaining UT villages in the jurisdiction of the MC seems to have been dropped by the administration for the time being. The decision on the inclusion of villages will now be taken after the MC elections since the issue is sensitive having political ramifications. Recently, Congress local unit president BB Bahl had gone on record claiming that the party had thwarted the attempt of the UT administration to include the villages in the MC jurisdiction.
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CII wing to dispose of city’s e-waste
Chandigarh, May 31 Talking to Chandigarh Tribune, Santosh Kumar, director, UT environment department, said: “As many as eight nodal points will be set up in the city where e-waste will be collected. All IT industries as well as households will be asked to deposit their waste at these points. From there, the waste will be sent to Roorkee for recycling or its proper disposal.” He added that the administration would act as facilitator in the process, So far, there are no arrangements for dumping e-waste in the city. “Instead of being dealt with separately, e-waste, which is quite harmful to the environment and human health, is being treated as a hazardous waste here. With IT industry growing rapidly in the area, there is a need to make arrangements for treating e-waste separately and scientifically,” said Santosh Kumar. As per an estimate, the quantity of hazardous waste in the city is around 10,000 tonne per annum and two to three per cent of it is said to be e-waste. The programme is set to launch on the eve of World Environment Day on June 5.
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Protest over officials’ role in death of MC employee
Chandigarh, May 31 Rani, widow of beldar Mahesh, squatted in front of the MC office claiming that her husband was on official work when he became unwell. She alleged that none of the officials acted to get him timely medical aid in the hospital. Due to their negligence, her husband died following a heart attack in the evening. She alleged that the department officials were now misleading the authorities in their report that Mahesh had not died during duty hours. As a result, the authorities were not taking up his compensation case. The employees of the road wing along with Rani demanded a fair inquiry into the circumstances leading to Mahesh’s death so that his family members could get due benefits from the authorities.
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Shun smoking, advise doctors
Chandigarh, May 31 “Children in households that permit indoor smoking are at risk of developing respiratory infections, ischaemic heart disease, lung cancer and asthma due to exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS). In addition, as per the World Health Organization (WHO), youths exposed to secondhand smoke (SHS) at home are almost two-times more likely to start smoking than those not exposed,” they said. An estimated 40 per cent children were exposed to secondhand smoke at home and were at a greater risk of becoming smokers, said Dr Deepak Bakshi, nodal officer, National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP), Chandigarh. “Parental smoking, availability of tobacco products and household acceptance towards smoking are some of the additional factors that can encourage a child to take up tobacco smoking. Certain children begin smoking as early as 10 years of age in India,” he said. Dr RS Bedi, president, IMA, Chandigarh, said most smokers who were aware of the dangers of tobacco were keen to quit. Dr Bedi said: “When a smoker tries to quit, the level of nicotine supply in the blood is restricted, which produces typical craving and withdrawal symptoms like irritability, anxiety, depression, insomnia, increased appetite, etc.”
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Online assessment of industrial units soon
Chandigarh, May 31 The meeting of the committee, re-constituted to redress the day-to-day problems of local industrialists, was attended by Mahavir Kaushik, Director of Industries, UT, and various officers of the engineering department, estate office, environment department, excise and taxation department and police department, besides presidents and general secretaries of the Chamber of Chandigarh Industries Association, Industries Association of Chandigarh and Federation of Small Scale Industries Association. Various issues, including power cuts, maintenance of roads, drinking water, excise and taxation and some points relating to the estate office and the
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P’kula SP told to streamline traffic on Pinjore
Chandigarh, May 31 For applying brakes on jams in June, the High Court has directed Panchkula Superintendent of Police to ensure free flow of traffic on the Pinjore-Kalka stretch. Justice Rajive Bhalla asserted: “Panchkula SP is directed to ensure during June, 2011, the peak tourist season, a free flow of traffic through the cities of Pinjore and Kalka. “He is further directed to personally ensure that all vehicles obey traffic rules on the stretch of the National Highways Authority of India that passes through Pinjore and Kalka.” Justice Bhalla has also ruled in favour of smooth flow of traffic between Zirakpur and Tribune Chowk. “The road safety council is directed to consider measures to ensure a free flow of traffic on the road between Zirakpur and Tribune Chowk…. Despite directions issued by this court that buses shall not be allowed to park on the portion of the national highway that traverses the town of Zirakpur, the practice of buses stopping on the national highway to allow passengers to alight and board continues unabated. The municipal council and the Mohali SSP are directed to ensure that the buses halt at the site demarcated by the NHAI for a bus stop and at no other place. “The authority concerned, whether the NHAI or the municipal council, shall put a parking sign on the road and under the flyover. The police is directed to ensure that no vehicle is parked on any portion of the national highway…. It is brought to the notice of this court that traffic from the transport chowk to Panchkula is chaotic and dangerous. The matter be placed before the road safety council to consider remedial measures so as to ensure free flow of traffic.” Justice Bhalla has also asked the UT “to file a response as to how it has permitted the use of public parking spaces for commercial purposes for running a car bazaar”. The matter will now come up on July 12.
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Loudspeakers banned in Mohali till July 25
Mohali, May 31 Deputy Commissioner Varun Rujum promulgated the orders under Section 144 of the CrPC and banned the playing of loud music in marriage palaces, video halls, cinema, government and non-government offices.
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Parents seek speedy probe, meet IG
Panchkula, May 31 Rakesh Kundra and Seema Kundra, parents of Simran, reached Panchkula to meet Haryana DGP RS Dalal but as he was not available therefore they met Haryana IG Mohammad Akil. Rakesh Kundra said that they informed the IG about the slow investigation in the Simran murder case and demanded that the police should recover the missing dog of Simran and her mobile phone. He said that they had also demanded a fresh case be registered against accused Tanmay for killing Simran’s black cocker spaniel dog that went missing from her house on the day Simran was murdered. Akil after meeting Simran’s parents, directed the Panchkula SP for a speedy probe in this case and also directed him to file the chargesheet at the earliest. Rakesh talking to the Tribune said that his daughter Simran never promoted or savoured liquor as she was totally against drinking. He said the police had also tried to tarnish the image of his daughter by claiming that Tanmay had murdered Simran as he suspected that she was having illicit relations with other boys too. He claimed that his daughter always briefed them about her friend Vikramjit who always helped her, as she was new to the city. Seema said Simran wanted to move to USA for higher studies after completing her fashion-designing course from the National Institute of Fashion designing in Sector 8, Chandigarh. She claimed that Simran had told them on April 30 evening that Tanmay was threatening to eliminate her if she did not marry him. Tanmay had reached Simran's residence in Sector 15 on April 30. He found her in the company of three youths who immediately left the place. He started questioning her after the others left. Later in a fit of rage he allegedly hit her head against the bathroom wall and subsequently strangulating her to death. He dumped the body in a vacant plot near Lidhran village on the Jalandhar-Amritsar national highway and surrendered before the local police on the night of May 13.
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Tribune Assistant Managers retire
Balkrishan Sharma, Asistant Manager (Press), retired today after putting in more than 31 years of service in the institution. He joined the institution in 1981 as a lino-operator. Gobind Ram, Assistant Manager, Advertisement, also retired today after putting in 33 years of service. He joined The Tribune in 1978 and worked in the advertisement department.
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Octogenarian injured as his scooter hits pothole in Mohali
Mohali, May 31 His belief is not unfounded. He almost survived a fatal accident with serious injuries all over his body after his scooter hit a pothole right in the middle of the road dividing Sectors 66 and 67 on May 24. The tragedy has not only left him physically scarred, his continues to be in a state of shock even after eight days of the accident. “ I would not have survived had a passerby not evacuated me to the hospital”, said Labh Singh as he revisited the pot-holed spot on Tuesday to see whether the accident had woken up the officials of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) or not. The pothole continues to exist. Rather, it has gone bigger. Members of the Samaj Bhalai Sanstha, a body representing residents of Phase XI, who have taken up the cause of Labh Singh, point out that despite several reminders to the GMADA officials, the pothole continues to exist. Kulwant Singh Kaler, president of the sanstha, pointed out that the same pothole resulted in the death of 22 year-old Tarandeep Singh (22), son of a former councillor Mohanbeer Singh Shergill, in March this year. After hitting the pothole, his car had hit the road berm, before the vehicle turned turtle. Labh Singh, who has suffered physical and financial loss, has decided to move the court against GMADA. The Samaj Bhalai Sanstha has also announced that if the pothole was not repaired in the next 48 hours, it would collect alms from the residents to repair the spot.
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Victim appears before CBI court
Panchkula, May 31 The CBI counsel informed the court that they had filed two supplementary chargesheets against two accused Yashpal Sharma and Shahid, who worked as middlemen in the Ambala court. Thereafter, CBI Judge AS Narang directed the CBI to produce the copies of those chargesheets before the CBI court as well. Now, the CBI court has issued fresh summons to all the complainants and victim for the next hearing to be held on June 6. The CBI court had already framed charges against the accused Dr Amit Kumar, his brother Jeevan Kumar, Dr Krishan, Lab Technician Manoj, middleman Giyasuddin, nurse Linda, Upender, Dr Saraj and middleman Jagdish. The racket was busted on January 24, 2008, after a joint team of Uttar Pradesh and Gurgaon Police raided a house in Sector 22 in Gurgaon. Dr Amit, who was later nabbed from Nepal in February 2008, and his accomplices were allegedly operating on the poor and transplanting their kidneys into NRI clients. The CBI, in its chargesheet filed on April 29, 2008, had stated that the accused lured people to a private hospital in Gurgaon and other places where their kidneys were removed and sold at higher prices, including patients from abroad. Cases of removing kidneys were also registered against Kumar and Jeevan in Rajasthan, Maharashtra and other states. The accused had reportedly duped around 500 persons, most of whom were from a poor background.
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Pension relief for JCOs
Chandigarh, May 31 Consequently, the pension of pre-2006 PBOR retirees would be increased by about Rs 3,000 per month, lawyers representing the petitioners said. While a bunch of petitions were disposed off collectively today, the order could affect several thousand similarly placed PBOR. The petitioners contended that there was parity in the pensions of the VCOs and their post-Independence successors - the JCOs - till December 2005. However, they were placed at a financial disadvantage following recommendations of a committee set up to redress the Sixth Pay Commission (SPC) grievances. The pension of VCOs, according to the petitioners, was correctly fixed by the government prior to June 1953 and they were granted honorary ranks of Lieutenant and Captain that continued thereon. On implementation of the SPC, the government, however, introduced a “specific non-applicability clause” vide its letter dated March 8, 2010, thereby fixing their pension lower scales. In its order, the Bench comprising Justice Ghanshyam Prashad and Lt Gen NS Brar observed that the VCOs and the JCOs form one class and were treated as such with parity till 2005. “Fixing pension of the VCOs correctly and denying the same to the JCOs is discriminatory and arbitrary and they cannot be placed in different categories.”
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Jan Shatabdi late by 3 hrs
Mohali, May 31 After it was announced that the train was running two hours behind its scheduled time, the passengers demanded that the railways should refund their money. The booking officials said the refund could be given provided the train was running three hours behind its scheduled timing. — TNS
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Public nuisance
The Social Welfare Association, Subhash Nagar (Mani Majra), in a letter to the Deputy Commissioner has pointed out that a country liquor vend on the entrance of the residential area of Subhash Nagar on the Indira Colony road had become a public nuisance. There was a great rush of vehicles, particularly in the evening and the venue had witnessed several accidents. It has been sought that vend be shifted from its current location, failing which the residents have threatened an agitation.
Books donated
The Chandigarh circle of the State Bank Ladies’ Club donated sets of Class IX books to underprivileged children studying in Government Model High School, Sector 22. Kavita Sehgal, president, asked the students to work hard.
Resentment
At a meeting of the Residents’ Welfare Association (Government Houses), Sector 20 B, under the chairmanship of Ram Sarup Kamal, residents showed their resentment against bad condition of houses of Types 11, 12 and 13. The residents also showed their dissatisfaction with the power supply in the context of unscheduled cuts during nights. —
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Visit to China
Condolence meeting
A condolence meeting of the confederation of excise and taxation department was held to express grief and sorrow on the demise of Surinder Kaur Badal under the chairmanship of KVS Sidhu, director enforcement, Punjab. The confederation lauded the contribution of
Surinder Kaur Badal in the field of education, particularly girl students and social sphere. Her demise is a great loss to the state.
Talk on smoking
“There are over 4,000 chemicals in a single puff of cigarette and 69 of them are known carcinogens,” stated Dr Amit Kumar Mandal, senior consultant, pulmomology and critical care, Fortis Hospital, Mohali, while delivering a talk on “Cigarette smoking and the youth” to students of schools and colleges here today. Dr Mandal said as the young Indian generation got more westernised, we have picked up negative ideologies of the advanced world and drifted towards the fast and often harmful trends of life. The after effects of these habits were obvious only decades later, resulting in immense physical, psychological and financial trauma to the patient and family.
Awareness drive
Grief expressed
The Haryana Ex-Services League (HESL) expressed grief on the sudden demise of its active member, Subedar (retd) Ramanand Sharma due to heart attack and gave a cheque of Rs 2 lakh as a death benefit insurance policy to the widow of the deceased, Shakuntala Sharma. —
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‘Victory of courage to dream’
Chandigarh, May 31 Quiz him on the hardships and he says it’s the victory of his courage to dream. “We might have been born unfortunate but that should never bar us from dreaming high. Ever since Pankaj was born, I would promise myself each day that my son would not inherit this fate. Today he has given me the best gift by realising my dreams and making me feel empowered to have changed my destiny,” says an elated Gopal. Pankaj’s success becomes more stupendous given to the fact that unlike his counterparts he did not attend full-time tuitions but went in for a two month-long course. “I would have been like thousands of other children who join their fathers as labourers, but my father ensured it never happened to me. He filled my eyes with dreams and then toiled day and night, sacrificing everything to help me realise those dreams. His never dying spirit propelled my hard work. He once told me that a father lives second life through his son’s youth, I think his second term is surely going to be better,” said Pankaj. Kinnaur girl ranks 30 in PMT
Chandigarh, May 31 Neeta dreamt of being a cardiologist and her passion for her dream has landed her at rank 30 in the CBSE PMT in the special category. “I am happy. All credit goes to my family who supported me in every possible way. I wish to be a cardiologist and serve in villages,” says Neeta.
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CBSE class X result today
Chandigarh, May 31 The CBSE has made special arrangement for the quick access of the result by individuals as well as schools through its websites www.results.nic.in , www.cbseresults.nic.in www.cbse.nic.in . Other than making Boards optional, it is for the first time that no marksheets will be issued, but a cumulative assessment card would be handed out to all students. The Board claims that it is reflecting the Grades in formative assessment (FA), summative assessment (SA) and total for Class X only. Similarly, grades in co-scholastic areas are also mentioned. The certificate of continuous and comprehensive evaluation would reflect grades for FA and SA for Classes IX and X for scholastic areas as well as grades and descriptive indicators for co-scholastic areas.
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Students fare badly compared to last year
Panchkula, May 31 According to information received here, the pass percentage for schools, including private and government was 56.52 per cent as compared to the board's 68. Last year, the board had recorded 84.43 per cent while it was 68.72 percent showing a decline of 12.20 per cent. A senior officer on the condition of anonymity blamed the poor results on the large vacancies in schools. Moreover, in the wake of the school board getting tough on the issue of copying, a large number of the students could not get pass marks. However, District Elementary Education Officer (DEEO) Anita Anand said the results in the district were satisfactory, as the overall result in the state had also shown a downward trend. A total of 4,616 students had appeared in the matric exams conducted by the Haryana Board of School Education in March this year, and only 2,619 students have cleared the board exam. In Panchkula and Pinjore block 2,479 candidates had appeared in the exams and 1,385 candidates have passed, while in the Barwala block out of 839 candidates 518 candidates cleared the exam. Similarly, in the Raipur Rani block out of 959 only 529 students cleared the exam. The schools in Morni block have shown poor performance with a low percentage in the district with 52.21 per cent as out of the 339 only 177 students cleared the exam.
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Priest’s son wants to be an IAS officer
Panchkula, May 31 Ashish said that his father Devi Charan Mishra, a priest at Raghunath Temple at Sector 15, was against him following in his father’s footsteps and wanted him to be an IAS officer. He said he would take up non-medical stream in class XI and after completing his engineering course he would compete for the Indian Administrative Services.
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The money had exchanged hands between CBI complainant Manpreet Singh, general secretary, Punjab Automobile Mechanics Association, and Davinder and was to passed on to Khurana to favour the complainant (Manpreet Singh) in a complaint regarding a fraudulent land deal.
A farewell function in the honour of Surinder Pal, general secretary of the coordination committee of the Central Government Employees and Workers, circle secretary of the All-India RMS and MMS Employees’ Union, was organised on the eve of his retirement here on Tuesday. Employees from the department of posts, BSNL, and other Central government offices participated in the event.
A 12-member youth delegation under the aegis of Friends of China
Association, Punjab, has left for China on a nine-day trip. The delegation has been invited by the Chinese Peoples’ Association for
friendship with foreign countries. During the visit, the delegation comprising of young teachers, doctors, administrators and students
will be taken to various historical places of Beijing such as the Great Wall of China, Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Tianmin Square and Birds Nest where 2008 Olympics were held. They will also visit Peking University to take part in a seminar on the topic “What Indians think about Chinese and what Chinese think about Indians”. Before their departure today, the Chinese Embassy will host a dinner in the honour of the delegation.
The Jan Shikshan Sansthan, Mohali, organised an awareness programme on the occasion of “World No Tobacco Day” on its campus on Tuesday. More than 150 students of various vocational courses like electrical technician, refrigeration and air-conditioning, tailoring and dress-making, beauty culture and healthcare, machine embroidery, etc, participated in it. — TNS
