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VIP
kin and gun culture go together
CHANDIGARH,
May 3— Sons, wards and relatives of VIPs living in
the city have been known to act as a law onto themselves.
In the past five years since militancy declined,
offspring of ministers and senior government
functionaries based in Chandigarh have been involved in
several major incidents of crime or have perpetuated
attacks through gunmen of their parents or relatives.
Leopard gets trapped, escapes
TANDIWALA
(PINJORE), May 3 — A convoy of vehicles belonging to
officials of the Wildlife and Forest Departments and the
District Administration landed at Tandiwala village, 13
km from Pinjore, when a word spread that a leopard, which
had created panic in the area and had attacked many
domestic animals, had got entangled in a trap.
Sandhu is new Chief Architect
CHANDIGARH,
May 3 — Mr Sarbjeet Singh Sandhu has been appointed
Chief Architect-cum-Secretary of Urban Planning,
Chandigarh Administration.
Cops held for drinking at
public place
CHANDIGARH,
May 3 — A Sub-Inspector, a head constable
and a constable of the Punjab police were
arrested allegedly for drinking liquor at public
place Sector 22 here last night.
Power failure in
Zirakpur areas
ZIRAKPUR,
May 3 — Power supply to Zirakpur and its
surrounding areas remained suspended for more
than seven hours today.
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‘Health culture missing’
in India
CHANDIGARH,
May 3 — “The natural fat loss therapy has been
recognised by the West, and India is also attuning to
such methods slowly,” says Ms Shobha Kaul, managing
director of one of the largest health fitness centres.
Perch, Seonk lack civic amenities
PERCH
(KHARAR), May 3 — Residents of Perch, Seonk, Jayanti
Devi and other villages lack various civic amenities for
the past several years despite complaints to the
authorities.
City authors find space in library
CHANDIGARH,
May 3 — A new reference section of Central State
Library, Sector 17, which includes books written on
Chandigarh and by the authors of Chandigarh and some rare
books, was inaugurated today by Mr D. S. Mangat, DPI,
Colleges and Schools.
Exhibition on solar energy devices
CHANDIGARH, May 3 — A home lighting system,
comprising an emergency light and a table fan run on
solar energy and capable of providing energy to a bulb
and fan for over five hours if charged for the entire day
with solar energy, was the main attraction at the
International Sun Day, celebrated by the Energy Research
Centre, Panjab University, here today.
School curtails timings
PANCHKULA,
May 3 — The current unprecedented heat wave
prevailing in the region has forced a premier educational
institution in the satellite town, Hansraj Public School,
to curtail its timings.
‘No negligence by
hospital’
CHANDIGARH, May 3 — While dismissing a
complaint against the General Hospital regarding
negligence during delivery, the Consumer Disputes
Redressal Commission has observed that doctors on duty
should be more cautious in handling serious cases.
DSSIA decries state of roads
DERA BASSI,
May 3 — Due to the poor condition of various link
roads in Dera Bassi subdivision, small-scale
industrialists here have been facing a number of
problems.
Shamlat land
CHANDIGARH,
May 3 — In connection with the story titled —
“US company tries to buy shamlat land” —
published in these columns on April 2, the Executive
Vice-President of CdCore Inc, USA, Mr Jagbir Singh
Dhillon, has claimed that the land was in the legal
possession of the rightful owners.
Voluntary body to check crime
PANCHKULA,
May 3 — A voluntary social organisation has been
founded here under the presidentship of Mr Ashutosh Rajan
with the professed aim of uplifting weaker sections of
society and to fight social evils like dowry system and
corruption.
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