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Aanganwari workers protest against paltry income
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 11 Addressing the workers, district president of the union Harjit Kaur Panjola said the government was not ready to consider aanganwari workers as government employees. Panjola claimed that wages of an aanganwari worker and helpers were quite less than even the minimum wages of labourers of other states. Though some demands of the workers were met during a recent meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal but nothing had been done to accept other long-pending demands. But even those demands, which were accepted by the CM, are not yet implemented. Their demands include increase in measly honorarium with Rs 100 increment to the worker and Rs 50 to the helper. The workers and helpers should be considered as government employees and paid Rs 5,000 per month and Rs 3,000 per month respectively. Cases registered against union members fighting for the rights of workers and helpers should be withdrawn. The workers threatened to intensify their agitation if their demands were not met soon. The workers leading the agitation include Gurmeet Kaur, Saroj Rani, Harvinder Kaur, Jasvinder Kaur, Balwinder Kaur, Surinder Kaur, Harjit Kaur, Rajinder Kaur and others.
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Youth killed in train mishap
Lalru, July 11 As per the information, an unidentified youth was run over by train at the Lalru railway station at 5 am. The deceased has not been identifiedl yet. The body has been kept at the Civil Hospital, Dera Bassi, for past 72 hours for the purpose of identification. Railway police officials said on the basis of phone numbers found from the mobile phone of the deceased, some persons were contacted in Bihar to come and identify the body. The officials expressed hope that the deceased could be identified tomorrow if his relatives reached from Bihar.
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District admn serves notices to 350 encroachers
Ambala, July 11 According to sources, about 354 structures in Ambala Cantt identified as encroached were served demolishing notices by the district administration a few days back when the Punjab and Haryana High Court had raised objection over a large number of encroachments and were directed to submit a report over action taken by the Ambala district administration by July 26. As many as 20 shopkeepers in Ambala Cantt who filed a writ at a local court against the demolishing notice served by the district administration. The rehris and kiosks have come up all around in the past couple of years and the authorities kept ignoring the problem when it was in its infancy. No with the encroachments taking alarming propositions the problem seems to have gone out of hands of the corporation. Deputy Commissioner Sameer Pal Srow, directed the Municipal Corporation officials to get the roads cleared of all encroachments. Talking to The Tribune he said he would again direct the officials to remove the encroachers forthwith. The Deputy Commissioner had directed to launch a concerted campaign against encroachments. The Municipal Corporation employees today cleared temporary encroachments from different areas of Ambala Sadar. Although they met with resistance in some areas, the drive was peaceful. “We have started the drive after announcing that the drive will take place. The announcements have been made regularly before the encroachment drive”, the officials said.
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Ambala kidnapping case takes new turn
Ambala, July 11 Shweta had filed a complaint with the Baldev Nagar police station on Sunday morning alleging that she and her friend Kajal, a resident of Baltana, were kidnapped by some persons in Ambala City on Saturday noon. While briefing the details of the incident to mediapersons here on Sunday she said that she had received a telephone call from Satpal, a resident of Ambala City on Saturday morning who asked her to come to Ambala in order to manage a meeting with senior police officer to resolve the issue. She said she reached Ambala City along with Shweta and Satpal took them to a hotel at Ambala City and later he took them to another hotel in Ambala cantonment. She alleged that their mobile phones were snatched and they were not allowed to leave the hotel. She said that around midnight she managed to escape from the custody of the kidnappers but Shweta remained in their custody. The statement of Anjali could not be recorded. The Twist Shweta who had levelled rape charges against ATFI chief Viresh Shandilya came at Baldev Nagar police station and disclosed that she was never kidnapped while her friend Anjali told mediapersons on Sunday noon at the court complex that she and Shweta were kidnapped by some persons and they were kept in two hotels in Ambala.
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Insurance company told to pay claim of ~ 27,750
Chandigarh, July 11 The forum rejected the contention of the insurance company for denying the claim on the grounds that the goods were indemnified for “burglary and housebreaking” and not theft. Taking the plea of legalities between “theft” and “burglary”, the latter involves violence and use of force, a technical difference that a common man may not know, the insurance company had repudiated the claim of the dhaba owner. In his complaint, Tehal Singh stated that he had insured ACs, refrigerators and other kitchen equipment, installed in his dhaba with the insurance company for one year from March, 2007. On the intervening night of April 29 and 30, 2007, three AC units installed on the roof of the dhaba were stolen. Though the complainant completed the required formalities, the insurance company rejected the claim on the grounds that theft was not covered under the terms and conditions of the policy. In their reply to the forum, the company stated that it was liable for paying claims for any loss or damage only in case of burglary or housebreaking and since no forcible entry or exit was made on the complainant’s premises, the claim was unmaintainable. Relying on the observations made by the apex court in the case of United India Insurance Co Ltd versus Harchand Rai Chandan Lal (2004), wherein the Supreme Court refused to disturb the payment ordered by a consumer forum in a similar case and upheld by the State Commission and the National Commission, the UT forum directed to the insurance company to settle Tahal Singh’s claim. Though the Supreme Court had allowed the appeal of the insurance company and observed that “in absence of violence of force, the insurer cannot claim indemnity against the insurance company”, it made a suggestion to the insurance company that terms of the policy be suitably amended so that burglary is given a meaning closer to the realities of life and the common man is not tripped up merely on technical grounds.
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Auto driver held
Chandigarh, July 11 The motorcyclist, Ajmal Khan, from Dhanas was returning from the railway station when Ram Avtar tried to overtake him and narrowly missed hitting his bike. The police said Khan intercepted the auto-rickshaw driver but the latter took out a knife and threatened the motorcyclist with dire consequences. The accused also slapped the motorcyclist but was later arrested by the police.
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Miraculous escape for six as cab turns turtle
Panchkula, July 11 The jawans of the ITBP immediately rushed to the spot and after taking out the victims from the cab rushed them to the Sector 6 General Hospital where they were declared out of danger. The injured have been identified as Pradeep (3) Sunita, Suraksha, Kanta and Baljit. According to information the rashly driven cab was trying to overtake a car near the ITBP camp and the vehicle turned turtle as its driver Subhash tried to save a motorcyclist coming from the opposite direction. One of the injured, Baljit, said that maxi cab was driven recklessly by Subhash and did not heed to their request to drive the vehicle safely. Subhash fled from the site immediately leaving behind his vehicle. The police has registered a case.
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AC hostels for sportspersons
Patiala, July 11 Players are extremely delighted with the decision and are all praises for the university authorities. Archer Jasbir Singh said this was a genuine step keeping in mind the weather. “We start our training at 5.30 in the morning and practice the entire day, except three-hour rest in the afternoon. The weather is so hot and humid that despite such a hectic schedule and being tired, we could not get a sound sleep. Air conditioners had certainly made the situation better,” he added. Director sports, Punjabi University, Patiala, Dr Rajkumar Sharma, said, “The basic motive is providing better facility to players. It is our prime duty to provide better facilities to them, as they are the one who bring laurels to the country.” — TNS
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Facilities yes, but for select few
Chandigarh, July 11 No doubt the facilities are being provided to players but those facilities are accessible to players of selected games only. The players in sports academies have top-class facilities, but the players in schools are yet to have the basic infrastructure. The players are left with no other option but to move to coaching
centres, where a single coach supervises them at the same time. Interestingly, on one hand, games like chess,
choi-kwang-do, table soccer, throwball, kho-kho, carrom, roller hockey, roller skating, sqay martial arts, yoga,
dodgeball, kabaddi, wushu, ball badminton, circle kabaddi, karate, netball, rope skipping, soft tennis, sepak
takkra, tennis ball cricket, kick boxing, thang ta martial arts, ghatka, tug of war, jump rope, football tennis, tennis volleyball, jeet kune do, cycle polo and cricket T-20 are included by the School Games Federation of India
(SGFI) in the upcoming School National Games, on the other hand, these are not counted under the gradation system conducted by the UT sports department. This lack of communication led the sports to revolve around academies only. As being the centre of attraction, the players in these academies are achieving new heights, leaving behind a general sportsperson studying in a city-based school. According to experts, the “infrastructure” for other games will remain in the files of the higher level, as they always promise but fail to fulfill them. The sports department looks after sports academies, whereas the education department has its own sports body. The games like basketball, softball, archery,
kho-kho, kabaddi, athletics and many more can easily be seen vanishing from the priority list of the authorities. “We are aware of the situation and certainly there is a need to take action. It is the duty of school principals but they concentrate more on other things rather taking action on the situation of the infrastructure for sports. We are working on it and will surely come up with a proper plan soon,” said VK Singh, finance-cum-sports secretary, on the poor condition of infrastructure for sports in schools. Adding further, he said the schools could not compete with the sports academies in the tournaments, as the schools lack professional coaches. But the authorities failed to depute or appoint any full-time professional coaches of SAI or any other organisation in the government schools of the city. According to the experts, there is a need of proper understanding between both authorities for the uplift of sports. There are over 52 government schools in the city but none of them has ever defeated the 20-member squad of the academy in the inter-school tournaments over the past years. ”The authorities might have adopted policies for some games but the players of kho-kho and kabaddi are not included under gradation system” said DS
Kholi, kho-kho coach. Both UT sports department and UT education department continue to make tall claims of having the best sports facilities but both authorities have never made an effort to come on a single platform to uplift the
sports.
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