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Cops show
true colours
Chandigarh, August 27 It all started at around 2:30 pm at the Sector 20 and 32 rotary when someone suspected that the horse was dyed black to conceal its brown colour. He called the police which took the animal along with its owner to the police station. Sources said the police washed the animal and also applied kerosene oil on its skin to find the original colour of the animal. When the colour of the animal won’t change the police let go its owner, Anil Kumar of Zirakpur, after noting down his antecedents. According to eyewitnesses, the horse owner along with his animal used to come to the spot and waited for people wanting a shoe of a black horse to ward off evil spirits. The owner charged anything between Rs 100 to 200 per shoe from his customers. They further added that over 20 horse shoes were recovered from his possession. It was alleged that the owner removed the shoes before his customer to convince them that the shoes were worn by the animal. However, he would fit another shoe just after that and did it many a time in the day, unmindful to the pain it caused to the animal.
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Porches in VIP homes
Chandigarh, August 27 Even while the administration enforces building bylaws in other parts of the city, particularly marla houses, with an iron hand, no set procedure seem to have been followed in raising the porches in these houses for VIPs. Poor design and lack of uniformity have lent the area a shabby look. In a particular case, two adjoining porches had different designs, one porch virtually coming up to the road. Since the road in front of the houses has high volume of traffic, the construction of porches could make it an accident-prone area, Ajmer Singh, a resident, says. Installation of gates outside these houses could mean further encroachment of land. Surinder Pal Chauhan, convener of the Marla House Owners Association, said while the administration was talking tough on the alleged violations in marla houses, these remained unchecked in government houses. Official sources claimed the porches had been made for the convenience of allottees. In the absence of a porche, different allottees had constructed garages according to whims. The porches were intended to give a "uniform" look to the area. An official conceded that the construction, including those coming right up to the road, could be violative of the building bylaws.
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Garg again, his notice has 60-yr-old on the run
Chandigarh, August 27 The Global Human Rights Council, in a letter to union cabinet minister Shiv Raj Patil, alleged that Ankur Garg had been violating human rights acts, and in a recent case which came to light, he had issued a notice to one 60-year-old Des Raj of Nadha Sahib village for July 18, while the date of issuance of notice was July 22. The letter further mentioned that Des Raj disappeared, as he was frightened by regular police raids. He had put a surety for his relative in a daily diary report dated February 13, this year under Sections 107 and 151 of
the Criminal Procedure Code. Interestingly, the accused in the case was discharged in May. However, Des Raj continued to be harassed by the authorities. Talking to TNS, the SDM said the matter came to his notice and it was sorted out. He added that the matter was discussed with representatives of the council. On the other hand, Arvind Thakur, chairman of the council, maintained that he would stick to his stance and pursue the matter.
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National Sports Day
Chandigarh, August 27 The council plans to hold a function at the Sports Complex in Sector 42, while the education department is to honour sportspersons at the Sector 10 Government Museum and Art Gallery, The timing of both functions is 3 pm. Three Chandigarh players Manjeet Singh (rowing), Husan Lal (powerlifting) and Nirmal Jit Singh (powerlifting), are to be honoured by the council. The administration has announced cash prizes of Rs 1 lakh, Rs 50,000 and Rs 30,000 for the three medal winners at the international level. Adviser to the administrator Lalit Sharma will be the chief guest at this hour-long award-giving ceremony. On the other hand, the education department will honour sportspersons who excelled at the National School Games held in December last here. Education-cum -home secretary Krishna Mohan will be the chief guest. The 52nd National Games also came under scanner because of infighting among office-bearers of two factions of the School Games Federation of India. The holding of the games had come under a cloud and awarding winners on August 29 could lead to yet another controversy. Critics say when the functioning of the federation has been held illegal and unconstitutional by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, how can the administration recognise the games conducted by a faction. When contacted, Director(Sports) I.S. Sandhu, said the council programme was exclusively for international players, while the education department programme was for schoolchildren. DPI (Schools ) S.K. Setia also denied that there was a duplication of
effort.
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Tattoo on arm gave him AIDS
Chandigarh, August 27 The government may claim to have been working hard to make people aware about HIV+ but the common man is still not familiar with how one may get it. Due to lack of awareness, Deepak fell a prey to the deadly disease. Belonging to a financially unstable family, his parents had to approach the Human Rights Protection Forum for financial help. Still unaware about the disease her son is suffering from, Rachna, his mother, said, “His knee and back got hurt in April. As he did not recover from the injury, the doctors carried out tests on him and told us that he was suffering from an incurable disease adding if continued medication then he may survive for 20 years.” The doctor told her that Deepak had got a tattoo made on his arm a few months back and the infected needle is the probable reason for the infection. He is taking treatment from the PGI. Both Rachna and her husband Banarsi Das are unemployed and have no money to purchase medicines for their son. Sometime back Banarsi Das used to work at the Panchkula Courts canteen as a daily wager while his wife washed utensils. With tears in his eyes, Banarsi Das said, “My son has to get another operation done besides continuing with his regular medicines as he has not yet recovered from the injury on his back. I cannot see my young son lying on the bed the whole day.” Deepak has to be given something to eat after every hour as advised by the doctors but his parents don’t have the money for it. The family has been staying in the city for the past 13 years and has no one to count on for help. Sadly not a single member of the family is literate. Residents of Rajiv Colony, Panchkula, they have been borrowing money from others to continue with the treatment of their son. They have already spent Rs 10,000 on his treatment. Anyone interested in helping them financially can contact Advocate S.S. Bawa, director, Human Rights Protection Forum, at 9814194647.
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Solar streetlights in UT villages
Chandigarh, August 27 Approximately 160 solar lighting points would be installed in 11 villages at a cost of Rs 45 lakh. Two villages, Kaimbwala and Mauli Jagran, have already been provided with the facility.
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BJP district chief’s resignation accepted
Panchkula, August 27 Sehgal had announced his decision to quit as president at a meeting of the district unit held in the presence of state unit leaders of the party and Harjeet Singh Grewal, co-incharge, Haryana affairs. The resignation, addressed to president of the Haryana BJP Atam Prakash Manchanda, was handed over to party secretary Kanwar Pal in the first week of August. Confirming that Sehgal’s resignation had been accepted, Pal said a new appointee would take over the reigns of the district shortly. “A new president will be in place in a week’s time. The party top brass will sit together to decide the leadership issue for the district,” he stated. Only last month, the top brass of the state unit had claimed to have resolved the differences within the district unit by revoking all suspensions for creating indiscipline. Sehgal was suspended for indiscipline and served a show-cause notice on why he should not be expelled from the party. The notice was issued because Sehgal had allegedly violated the constitution of the BJP and its conventions, and expelled media in-charge Varinder Garg. He had also unauthorisedly dissolved the local unit of the party. The notice had added that instead of resolving differences with the party high command in the state, Sehgal had gone to the media with his statements, thus lowering the prestige of the party. With the party accepting the resignation, the race for the new president is likely to set all candidates sprinting to the party high command.
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Notification eases construction norms around airfields
Chandigarh, August 27 This comes in lieu of an earlier notification, which expired in 2002, and had imposed a blanket ban on constructions within 900 metres from the perimeter. The notification was forwarded by the joint secretary in the (MoD) to all state governments and union territories a few weeks ago. According to a senior officer at the Chandigarh Air Force Station, they have written to the civilian authorities concerned in Punjab and Chandigarh for setting up a joint board of officers to carry out a survey of constructions in the vicinity of the station, as directed by the MoD. “These restrictions on construction to stop further proliferation of constructions have become imperative due to security reasons and explosive safety,” the notification states. “Since the areas outside air force aerodromes and installations are not under occupation of the Air Force, these restrictions have necessarily to be implemented by the state government and local bodies” it adds. The implementation of the provisions of the notification warrant identification of a specific zone up to a distance of 100 metres, 100-900 metres and 900 metres from air force stations and issue of public notice to that effect by the respective deputy commissioner. The distance up to which constructions are prohibited depends upon the sensitivity of the installation and the presence of explosive material like ordnance and fuel. According to a list accompanying the MoD letter, there are 73 stations all over the country which fall into the category where no constructions are permitted within 100 metres of the perimeter. These include 31 in the jurisdiction of the Western Air Command, prominent among them being Palam, Leh, Jammu, High Grounds (Mohali), Amritsar, Patiala, Barnala, Dalhousie, Kasauli, Rajpura and Faridabad, There are three stations where there is no construction up to 900 metres from their perimeter, while there are about 35 stations where restrictions range from 100 metres to 900 metres from the perimeter, depending upon the location of explosive matter within their precincts. Major stations in this category in the Western Air Command include Srinagar, Ambala, Adampur, Halwara, Chandigarh, Pathankot, Hindon, Bhisiana, Sirsa Rajasansi and Udhampur. Air Force officers say that there has been noticeable construction activity around airfields after the earlier notification had expired and the central government had failed to renew the notification or extend it. The problem of peripheral constructions, most of them illegal and unauthorised, affects a large number of military installations and there are places where civilian constructions touch the perimeter wall. There are also instances, where multi-storey structures overlook military installations and activities inside can be observed, thereby posing a serious security risk. Constructions close to sensitive installations have serious security as well as flight safety implications, Air Force officers said. Constructions, particularly in the runway’s ‘‘funnel’’, that is the approach path of an aircraft, gives rise to bird activity. Brick and concrete structures in the funnel also affect surface pressure causing turbulence and wind shear, which affect smaller aircraft.
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Shanti Kunj bears the Teej brunt
Chandigarh, August 27 According to workers of Shanti Kunj, water tankers and trucks carrying material for the preparation of the Teej celebrations were responsible for the condition of the path. Meanwhile, repair work was undertaken on a war-footing today on the broken path. Around 25 workers of the road division were deployed to repair about 150m of the path, which developed cracks and had sunk. The workers had to break part of the path and reconstruct it. The path will take a few days to dry and the become accessible to the morning and evening walkers. Some councillors argue that the situation had arisen because the paths were never built to take such a heavy weight. Pradeep Chabbra, area councillor, stated that the park had been developed with a lot of effort over the past five years. It has not been built to host functions of such magnitude. A stage has been built for small functions and the area can be used for that purpose, he added.
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Congress grass all-pervasive
Panchkula, August 27 The weed has taken over all open spaces including vacant plots, dividers, market places and is in full bloom much to the annoyance of the residents. In fact, the premises of the General Hospital, Sector 6, too, has five-feet high Congress grass plants all over the open space adjoining the Civil Surgeon’s office but the Council is unmoved. The Tau Devi Lal stadium, built by the government, too, is pitiable condition. OP Sharma of residents’ welfare association, Sector 12, says that it is a nuisance but the Association by itself can do little despite repeated complaints from the residents of the area. In Sector 21, the Residents Welfare Association president, DP Verma maintains that though the weed rules the open areas, they have not bothered to represent to the Council officials. “We have done so on numerous occasions in the past but there has never been any kind of response from the officials. We are only wasting our energy and effort by getting caught in paper work,” a disillusioned Verma said. The Municipal Council President, Manvir Gill, said she was aware of the growing menace of the Congress grass. “I have directed the contractors to pull out the grass in their respective areas. We have also bought medicine to ensure that the weed is eradicated but can’t use it liberally because it is poisonous and stray cattle tend to consume it,” she said.
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BSNL fails to keep word on waiver, again
Chandigarh, August 27 In fact, for Sector 17 trader JPS Kalra, the fire spelt double trouble. First he lost business worth lakhs of rupees on account the faulty telephone for 12 days. However, he received another shock when he received his telephone bill for June-July as his monthly rental was not waived by the nigam. "With the credit card machine out of order for 12 days, I had to pay heavilly for the installation of the BSNL telephone. Since in my business-mobile phones-a major portion of the transaction was done through the credit card, I had no other alternative except turning the customers away," he said. Apparently acting under the TRAI guidelines, the BSNL had announced that it would waive rental of those telephones which had been out of order for more than three days. Even as the BSNL officials claimed that the rental had been waived, the ground reality was entirely differently. Officials sources claimed that the rent waiver would be granted to the left out subscribers in the next billing circle.
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Fervour marks Onam
Chandigarh, August 27 People tastefully decorated their homes with pookkalam (circular patterns of flower) to welcome the mythical king Mahabali, who returns to visit his subjects on the “thiruvonam” day of the month of “chingam” of the Malayalam calendar. The festivities reached a crescendo since the “uthradam” day yesterday with different areas witnessing the last-minute scramble for the preparations of Onam. A large number of people thronged the temples.
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Is it a democracy?
A few days back facility of internet at DC Panchkula and CEO Mata Mansa Devi Mandir was talked of. Till date there is no intimation in this regard. Yesterday, I wanted to send an important mail to the Governor of Punjab and UT administrator. I contacted Raj Bhawan and people available at the exchange gave me his e-mail address. The e-mail sent on that address bounced. Hence a mail was sent to the administrator. August 27 being working day I contact O/O Administrator at Sector 9 office and the Raj Bhawan also but no one gave me the e-mail address of the Administrator. If this is state of affairs at Raj Bhawan than I am afraid that normal resident has no say for grievances. In a democracy there should a toll free number for all high ups. It is wrongly said Government is made - of by people, for the people, instead here the rulers (people) are beggars and their employees are ruling them. Access to people at plum posts is very difficult and we very eagerly call it 60th year of Independent
India. R K Garg
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Man held for stealing scooter
Chandigarh, August 27 The police said Sukhwinder Singh of Baterla village lodged a complaint alleging that Suresh Kumar of Sector 22-B had stolen his Bajaj Chetak scooter (CH-01-S-5459) from his house on August 24. Acting on the complaint, the police arrested the suspect from a junk dealer shop in Burail and recovered the stolen scooter from him on Sunday. A case has been registered at the Sector 39 police station.
Caught stealing
Rajinder Kumar of Vikas Nagar, Mauli Jagran, has complained to the police alleging that Inderjit of the same locality was caught red-handed while stealing a bicycle. A case has been registered at the Manimajra police station.
Theft
Prem Lata Duggal of Sector 21 has filed a complaint with the police alleging that nine manhole covers were stolen from a store near Labour Chowk, Sector 21, during the intervening night of August 25 and 26. A case of theft has been registered at the Sector 19 police station.
Car stolen
Sonali Garg of BSNL Society, Sector 50, has reported that her Honda City car (CH-03-A-8996) was stolen form her house on Saturday night. A case of theft has been registered at the Sector 34 police station.
Held for eve-teasing
The police has arrested Satnam Singh of Sector 37 on the allegation of eve-teasing from the same sector on Sunday. A case under Section 294 of the IPC has been
registered.
Missing
Ruldu Ram of Rajasthan has reported to the police that his younger brother Gurcharan Singh (27) had gone missing from the gurdwara in the PGI since August 13. His brother was wearing a pink shirt and cream-coloured trousers. He is 5 feet 3 inches tall and was mentally unstable. The police has recorded a daily diary report in this regard. In another incident, Mahinder Singh of Janata Colony, Naya Gaon, reported that his son Aman (16) had gone missing on August 20 in the morning. He is a Class IX student. He alleged that the police refused to register his complaint and sent him back saying his son would come on his own. The SHO of the Naya Gaon police station while denying the allegations maintained that no one had approached him in this connection.
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Two arrested for robbery
Mohali, August 27 A part of the looted amount (Rs 36,000), two revolvers and 30 cartridges have been recovered from the duo. SAS Nagar SSP R.S. Khatra said the two - Amandeep Singh alias Gora Gill and Manjit Singh - are from Jalandhar and were arrested last night at the police post in Phase 11. The SSP said they have confessed to being on drugs. They regularly visited Chandigarh to meet a friend and made plans to loot the Shubham Lottery shop in Phase 10 on August 25. The accused reportedly told the police that they looted Rs 3,600 from Chandan Bishnoi and Krishna Ram Bishnoi at gunpoint. They also beat up the shopkeepers before leaving. “The two also snatched the mobile phones of the shopkeepers. An onlooker, Gurcharan Singh, tried to stop one of the looters, but did not succeed. However, he managed to note the car’s number plate,” said the SSP. “One of the mobiles was in the car and thus we monitored the car’s movement,” the SSP said. The accused were then nabbed.
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Slapping Incident
Chandigarh, August 27 Sources in the Sector 11 police station said so far the investigating officials were thinking that the youngsters could be wards of the Chandigarh police personnel, but their identity was yet to be confirmed. As long as they were not traced and produced before the victim, it was hard to say anything about the matter at this stage, said a senior police officer. SHO of the Sector 11 police station Ramesh Chand said efforts were on to trace the accused. So far, I have information that they could be children of some police personnel, but their identity was yet to be
ascertained.
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Beaten and shot at
Panchkula, August 27 Jaibir is admitted to the PGI, Chandigarh, where his condition is stated to be
stable. Police sources said the victim was on his way from Barwala to Kami when over 12 men in a Sumo car and a Scorpio car stopped him near the village and beat him up. One of the assailants then shot at him with a country made pistol, after which they fled the scene. The villagers took the injured Jaibir to the General Hospital in Sector 6, from where he was referred to the PGI, Chandigarh. “Jaibir has no enemies and there was no reason for the attack,” said Mehar Singh, the victim's uncle. He added that that Jaibir was still not able to give a statement to the police and the reason for the attack would be known only after he recovered. The police has registered a case in this regard.
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Man held for harassing in-laws
Panchkula, August 27 Surprisingly, it seems he threw a similar bomb at their Sector 10 home as well. His father-in-law, Sita Ram, said they shifted to Chandigarh after Vipin had made their life miserable in Panchkula. “I locked my home here and moved out with my daughter and two children. He has a dispute with her and has troubled us beyond words,” Ram said. Today, following Vipin’s arrest, they returned home this morning and found that a similar bomb has caused a minor fire at their Sector 10 residence as well. “The neighbours told us that one day, past midnight, they heard a loud sound and found a small fire in the backyard. The fire, which was caused by the petrol bomb, could not find its way into the house since there are grills on all sides. They immediately doused out the flames,” he said.
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Murder victim yet to be identified
Chandigarh, August 27
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Three quacks arrested
Dera Bassi, August 27 Those arrested include Rajesh Kumar, who used to run Saini Clinic at Rampur Sainia village, Nitja Biswas owner of Bangali Clinic at Sangoli village, Dr Naseeb of Dr Asman Clinic in Sundra village.
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