Thursday, April 8, 1999
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IG’s order on parking of vehicles CHANDIGARH, April 7 — Living up to the sobriquet of “Crane Bedi”, Dr Kiran Bedi, IG, Chandigarh Police, today ordered the towing away of vehicles parked in a wrong manner in various markets of the city. A behemoth of a machine sent by the Ministry of Surface Transport was sent to main markets of sectors 22 and 17. “The idea today is to tell the citizens that this is going to happen, actual towing away will soon commence,” she said while talking to TNS this evening. Under the new orders issued today, parking of vehicles on roads, slow carriageways, road berms, pavements, lanes, by-lanes and streets that would cause obstruction to members of the public, should be avoided. When asked what should a person do if there is no place for parking, the IG said finding parking space is the responsibility of the vehicle-owner. The vehicle-owner can park in the next nearest available space and walk to his destination, she said. This has to be done to improve the situation. “The problem of parking outside schools is yet to be looked into and it will be addressed later ,” Dr Bedi said. The machine, costing Rs 23 lakh, can tow away a total of 16 tonnes , or a fully-loaded truck in one go, police officials said. In the morning, Dr Bedi visited chronic traffic bottleneck areas along the Madhya Marg. Slow moving traffic will be diverted onto the carriageways. She said we have looked into the problem, however, the real solution lies in adopting engineering techniques. The IG, along with the Chief Engineer Mr R.K. Jain, will visit the spots again to find out solutions. Dr Bedi also asked for
patrolling on motor cycles and for switching on of the
blinkers at traffic light points, sources said. She also
conducted a surprise visit to the Industrial Area police
station. |
PSEB
official suspended SAS NAGAR, April 7 — The Punjab School Education Board authorities have suspended a Restorer for indulging in a number of malpractices and ‘illegally’ helping a candidate to get through the matriculation examination, in which he appeared in March, 1998. With a view to “helping” the candidate, Mr Nanak Singh, the Restorer, even issued duplicate roll number to Jaswinder Singh, the candidate (roll number 939263), in spite of the fact that the latter was in possession of the original roll number, an order issued by the board authorities said. According to the enquiry report, a number of irregularities had been committed by the Restorer to help the candidate pass the examination, for which he appeared at Centre No 7 set up by the board authorites in a local school. The irregularities came to light during a routine checking of the examination centre by board officials, who found that the photo of the candidate on the duplicate roll number did not match with the one sent to the centre officials by the board authorities. In his statement before the board officials, Jaswinder Singh, a student of Dhiman Model School, Phase I, conceded that his admission form was got filled and attested by the principal of the school, for which he had paid a sum of Rs 500 to him. During the preliminary investigation conducted by the Deputy Secretary (Examination Branch-2), it was found that Mr Nanak Singh was directly involved in the case, and he did everything to help the candidate. During the checking of
the official record, it was found that two addmission
forms, in place of one purportedly attested by the
principal of the local government college, were submitted
by the candidate, for which he used different
photographs. The investigations revealed that, in fact
the signatures of the prinicpal were forged as the
principal, in his statement revealed that the forms were
not attested by him. Moreover, the candidate also forged
his Standard VIII certificate to appear in the
matriculation examination, the enquiry said. |
Encroachments
on rivulet PANCHKULA, April 7— Property dealers of Bartana village in Punjab are making a fast buck by selling plots in the periphery to gullible customers. They have gone to the extent of blocking the natural flow a seasonal rivulet. The rivulet, which carries water from southern sectors of this town and the Phase II of the local industrial estate, acts as a natural barrier between Haryana and Punjab. It separates Sector 19 of the town and Bartana. The dealers, who have sold small plots for commercial purposes, are constructing a small causeway over the rivulet. The natural width of the rivulet has been reduced by dumping earth on its banks. The residents of Sector 19 here complained that a single concrete pipe which was used to channelise the nullah water, was insufficient as during monsoons, the discharge swelled. The Welfare Association of Old Housing Board Colony, in the sector, recently met the Administrator of HUDA in this regard. They said that the property dealers of Bartana were taking advantage of the dispute between Punjab and Haryana over the demarcation of the boundary. They alleged that the dealers had encroached on several parts of the rivulet. During monsoons, the nullah water entered the Housing Board houses and other low lying areas of the sector. The officials of the Enforcement Wing say that though the exact demarcation of the inter-state boundary was yet to be done, the causeway would soon be demolished. HUDA authorities had sought police force for this purpose, they said. In a separate
development, the Civil Judge (Junior Division) of
Rajpura, in a civil suit, has sought a report on the
demarcation of the inter-state boundary from a joint
commission comprising revenue officials of Punjab and
Haryana. |
342
jhuggis demolished CHANDIGARH, April 7 — The anti-encroachment staff of the Municipal Corporation demolished 342 jhuggis in Indira colony here today. As many as 140 jhuggis were left untouched, as they had the requisite proof that they had been there for the past several years. Another 42 jhuggis, which had come up along the nullah adjoining the Mani Majra motor market, were also removed. The operation began at about 1. 30 p.m. and lasted over three hours, during which one bulldozer was used. The persons were, however, allowed to cart away their belongings. All the debris was also removed with the help of trucks arranged by the civic body. A large posse of police was present to prevent any untoward incident. Meanwhile, Mr Satpal,
President of the janta rehri market, decried the
demolitions and said that the affected persons should be
given houses elsewhere. |
ASI faces
sack CHANDIGARH, April 7 — An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Chandigarh Police, Ajinder Singh, who had allegedly fired from his service revolver and injured one person while attending a marriage party at Anandpur Sahib last month, is all set to be terminated from service, according to sources. The ASI took leave from March 19 to March 30 to attend a marriage. He did not join his duties on completion of his leave. The Chandigarh Police started marking him absent and stopped his pay. Meanwhile, the ASI was reportedly lodged in Patiala jail for committing the crime. As per service rules,
the ASI should have deposited his weapon before going out
of station. Orders for terminating his service were
likely to be issued within the next day or two, by when
details of his crime would be available to the police
through official channels, sources said.
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PEC
computer lab upgraded CHANDIGARH, April 7 — The Computational Engineering Laboratory (CEL) in Punjab Engineering College (PEC) has been upgraded to the Centre for Computational Engineering (CCE). A decision has also been taken to introduce Masters Course in Computational Engineering and Information Technology at this centre. The UT Home Secretary, Mrs Anuradha Gupta, who is also Secretary of Technical Education said that the centre had been established on the pattern of similar centres in foreign universities like Stanford and MIT. It would provide higher-level learning and solutions to field and industry problems. She said that introducing such a centre in a technical institute with operational flexibility was a novel exercsie. It would enable such institutes to discharge their social responsibility. An administrative committee under the chairmanship of the Home Secretary has been constituted to govern the Centre. As the name of the centre suggests, major thrust of its activities is on the use of computers for finding solutions in the areas of engineering analysis, databases and GIS. One of its main feature is the involvement of students in sponsored projects under an 'earn while you learn' scheme. According to Mrs Gupta, such a facility helps the faculty remain updated on latest developments in the industry and in turn, industry gets trained manpower. Students who worked on such projects, found better jobs, she added. The centre has been developed through the funds generated by the laboratory itself. In the past one year, over Rs 1 crore have been generated through consultancy projects taken up by the laboratory. Over Rs 1.5 crore worth consultancy projects are under negotiation. The lab has handled projects of national importance like designing emergency gate reaches of penstock tunnels of Thein Dam, seepage analysis of Nathpa Jhakri Power project, preparing and computerising maps of Amritsar, Ludhiana and Chandigarh and widening of the income tax base scheme. The CCE will have better
oppurtunities of growth as the revenue generated by it
will be invested in quality improvement. Mrs Gupta said
that a number of industries and institutes, both in and
outside the country had offered to work in collaboration
with the centre. |
PGI
employees call off stir CHANDIGARH, April 7 — The strike by the PGI Employees Union that started at midnight last night was called off at 4 pm today. The strike did not have much impact on the services in the PGI. Operations were carried out, the OPDs functioned and emergency services were normal.The only part to be hit was the registration wing. While the union claimed that 700 employees joined the strike, the PGI authorities said only 210 employees were absent from duty. During the day, confusion prevailed even among the employees as the formation of a committee to look into the matters of employees was announced in Delhi last night by the Union Health Minister, Mr Dalit Ezhilmalai. The same was reported in The Tribune. The union said it would form a joint front with office-bearers of the Nurses Welfare Association and the Medical Technologists Association . A meeting of the same had been fixed for April 15. As was the case when
doctors went on mass casual leave, the employees would
also not given pay for the strike period today, the
authorities clarified. |
Holiday on
April 13 CHANDIGARH, April 7
— The Chandigarh Administration has declared April
13 as a public holiday on account of tercentenary
celebrations of the birth of Khalsa in all government
offices, institutions, boards, corporations and
undertakings under the Chandigarh Administration. The
holiday will be observed under Section 25 of the
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. |
Use
‘mother tongue as support language’ CHANDIGARH, April 7— Emphasising that the mother tongue should always be used as support language while teaching English to Asian children should be gradually withdrawn, Ms Gwyneth Watkins from Shropshire County, said on the concluding day of the three-day workshop on creative writing, organised at Sri Guru Harkrishan Model School, Sector 38, here today. In an interaction with the staff of the school, Ms Watkins related her own experiences in handling children of the multi-lingual ethnic communities with learning difficulties. She stressed that examinations were not as important in their system whereby the concentration was on the all round development of the child. Mrs Watkins emphasised the need to identify the slow learners of the class, keeping in mind that they were not singled out and yet giving them more attention in the day to day activities. Two days in a week were specified for teaching Chinese and Japanese respectively to keep the culture and language of their country alive. The teachers of the local school discussed the hardships they would face in implementing the system in schools. Most of the discussion in the later half of the session revolved around spotting the slow learners of the class and ways of helping them out of the situation. Earlier, the workshop
had begun on April 5 with a `shabad kirtan’ to mark
300 years of the formation of the Khalsa. Besides the
visiting teacher from Shropshire County with Ms Harwinder
Kaur Khalsa, an American Sikh, Dr Rama Rattan of Panjab
University and Ms Harleen Channi, a television producer
participated in the workshop. They had visited the school
as part of an exchange programme of ``Shropshire Punjab
Cultural Exchange. |
Inmates
of Old Age Home examined CHANDIGARH, April 7—With ``Active ageing makes a difference’’ as the theme, World Health Day was observed by the Trained Nurses Association of India, UT branch, by organising a medical examination of the inmates of the Old Age Home, Sector 15, here today. Members of the TNAI in General Hospital, Government Medical College and Hospital and PGI, conducted the examination for three days. The members assessed the physical, psychological and emotional needs of the inmates. After a thorough medical check-up, the inmates requiring help and treatment were referred to the General Hospital, Sector 16. Counselling regarding their emotional and psychological needs was given. A variety programme was
also held on the concluding day of the three-day camp. |
India
‘needs liver transplant plan’ CHANDIGARH, April 7 — India needs a liver transplant programme and the PGI, which already has a transplant programme for other organs of the body, can be developed as a centre as the doctors here are already trained to handle immuno suppressed patients, opined Dr Elwyn Elias, a leading hepatologist from Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Since 1980 the hospital had carried out 1600 liver transplants and the second , third and fourth patients were still alive, said the doctor, who is visiting the Hepatology Department at the PGI as visiting professor. At present around 150 liver transplants were being carried out, he added. There was a system in the UK under which people could fill donor cards that indicated which organ they would like to donate. Transplants were carried out on the greatest benefit than on greatest need. After the transplant the quality of life was excellent, the doctor said. “At present we are facing up to 5 per cent chronic rejection cases. The idea is to prevent the new liver from infection.” The era of artificially grown livers was a distant possibility yet, he said. In the UK genetically engineered pigs had been reared to match human livers but the controlling authorities were not giving permission to carry out transplants, he added. Later Dr Y. Chawla of
the PGI said that the “department gets three to four
cases a week that may require transplants.” |
Old
persons more responsible: Kak CHANDIGARH, April 7 — It is a myth that elderly persons are a burden upon their families and society. In fact, with ageing a person becomes more responsible , experienced, punctual and dedicated towards his responsibilities, opined Prof V.K. Kak, Director-Principal , Government Medical College and Hospital. He was speaking on the theme “active ageing makes the difference” on the ocassion of World Health Day celebrated by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) at its office in Sector 35 here this afternoon. In the morning the UT Health Department organised a function where the Director Health Services (DHS) , Dr R.S. Sandhu, appealed to the NGOs to help in the rehabilitation of the old persons by providing adequate economic support , healthcare and involvement through social commitment . Block No 17 of the Chandigarh Block Congress Committee today organised a function to mark the day. The Society for Social Health, observed WHO Day as part of the “chetna varsh”. The society proposes to take up specific activities for women and children in slums and villages. The Environment Society of India invited retired pensioners from neighbouring states as a apart of its function. Meanwhile, special sainik sammelans and ladies welfare meetings by various Army units marked the celebration of WHO Day in Chandi Mandir cantonment . The theme was publicised through a special health bulletin on myths and facts of ageing compiled by Lieut-Col G.S. Nanda, Officer Commanding, Station health Organisation. Banners on the theme were displayed at vantage points in the cantonment. Posters, stickers and leaflets were distributed among all units for the information of troops and their families. SAS NAGAR The World Health Day was celebrated by the Family Planning Association of India and the Help-Age India at Sante Majra village, near here, today. In his presidential address, Major-Gen Rajender Nath (retd), who was the chief guest, said old people could contribute a lot to the family and society due to their vast experiences in life. Dr Surjit Kaur Sandhu,
vice-president of the association, dealt in length on the
factors which made the ageing more graceful. |
Electricity
Department fined CHANDIGARH, April 7 — The action of the Electricity Department in making a consumer pay charges of electricity consumed by someone else has invited penalty from the consumer court. The complainant, M/s Mahabir Textiles, contended that he was one of the five tenants in an SCO premises in Sector 22 A. One of the earlier tenants, M/s Gobinda Agencies , who was occupying the second floor of the building did not pay the electricity charges against its account amounting to Rs 64,708. As a result electricity supply to that portion of the building was disconnected. M/s Gobinda Agencies vacated the premises without paying the said charges. Thereafter, the amount of arrears was included in the bill of the complainant. The complaint represented against the same but he was asked to deposit 1/4th of the disputed amount. He then deposited Rs 16,717 in August, 1998, to avoid disconnection of electricity supply. The remaining 3/4th was added in the accounts of the other tenants to the extent of 1/4th share each. In the reply, the Electricity Department stated that the amount was rightly charged in accordance with the rules of the department. After going through the records, the forum comprising its President, Mr R.P Bajaj, and members, Mr H.S Walia and Mrs Kamlesh Gupta, found that the instruction relied upon by the department did not give them any authority to add that amount in the arrears in the account of other tenant, occupying other portions of the building. The forum held that the `` action taken by the electricity department in levying the amount in the account of the complainant and making recovery of Rs 16,717 from the complainant is not supported by any law and rules on the subject. It is totally unauthorised and it is a grave act of deficiency in service because the complainant has been made to pay the amount towards charges of electricity consumed by someone else.'' It directed the department to refund the amount of Rs 16,717 to the complainant along with interest at the rate of 12 per cent per annum from the date of deposit till payment in addition to costs of Rs 1,500. LPG connection The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-II has directed M/s Vijay Gas Agency, Sector 35, to release the LPG connection to a complainant, within one week, without insisting on the purchase of a hot plate. In his complaint, Mr Brij Mohan Kalia of Sector 7 had stated that he had booked LPG connection for his domestic use in September, 1991. He had received the intimation from the gas agency for getting the connection released in January, 1999. However, when he approached the agency for the connection, he was told that connection would be released only if he purchased the hot plate from the agency. Mr Kalia further contended that when he refused to purchase the hot plate on the grounds that he already possessed one, the gas agency after much persuasion accepted a fee of Rs 20 to inspect the hot plate. Even after the representative of the gas agency inspected the hot plate, no connection was released. The complainant visited the premises of the agency a number of times but was unable to get the gas connection. The gas agency refused to accept the summons issued by the forum and was therefore proceeded against ex parte. As the contentions and affidavit filed by the complainant were not rebutted, the forum held the gas agency guilty of grave deficiency in service and causing inconvenience and harassment to the complainant. Allowing the complaint,
the forum also imposed costs and compensation of Rs 1,500
on the gas agency. |
Police
duty meet from April 21 CHANDIGARH, April 7 — The Indo - Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) will be hosting the five-day All-India Police Duty Meet at Behlana, Ramgarh, and Basic Training Camp, Bhanu, from April 21. Mr M.S. Bhurji, Commandant, said here today that policemen from all over the country would take part in the national event. A police welfare seminar would also be held during the course of the meet. The ITBP were the overall champions during the last meet, held here in 1996. He said police
organisations and paramilitary forces would compete in
their professional spheres to prove their supremacy. In
addition to this, the participants would tone up their
skills in various fields like police photography,
computer awareness, shooting etc. |
Parts of
city roads to be closed today CHANDIGARH, April 7 — Sections of the city roads are likely to be closed for a few minutes if the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, visits the Punjab Raj Bhavan during his scheduled brief stopover in Chandigarh tomorrow. The Prime Minister will arrive at the Chandigarh airport in the morning and board a helicopter for Anandpur Sahib. He is scheduled to inaugurate the tercentenary celebrations of the Khalsa there and return in the afternoon. According to the police,
the roads from the roundabout at the airport to the
Tribune roundabout ; between the Industrial Area,Phase I,
and Sectors 29 and 28, till the traffic lights at the
Transport Area;from there to the roundabout of Sectors
7,19, 26 and 27; from this roundabout to the turning near
Golf Club; and from the Golf Club to the roundabout of
Sectors 5,6,7 and 8 will remain closed for some time. |
Wheat
crop in 10 acres destroyed in fire LALRU, April 7 — In two separate incidents of fire in nearly 10 acres, the wheat crop worth Rs 2 Lakh was destroyed, leaving the farmers disappointed close to the harvesting season. The wheat crop in nearly seven acres in Sitarpur village and about three acres in Malikpur village, was reduced to ashes as four fire engines from Dera Bassi, Rajpura, SAS Nagar and Rajpura reached the spot late due to the poor condition of link roads to the villages. According to eyewitnesses, the fire was noticed by residents of Sitarpur at noon and the police station, Lalru, was informed. The police alerted the fire brigade Dera Bassi and engines were sent for operation, which had a tough time in controlling the flames. Besides the fire engines, residents of the surrounding villages and the police personnel joined the fire fighting operation. The flames were controlled within two hours. According to sources, sparking in one of the electric connections of the transformer near the fields caused fire in Sitarpur village. The winds helped the fire to spread to the adjacent fields. Some of the husk heaps in the fields also caught fire and were reduced to ashes. The crop which was destroyed at Sitarpur village was owned by Mr Sunder Singh( four acres), Mr Jamer Singh (three acres) and Gurmit Singh ( two acres). While three acres of crop in Malikpur village was reportedly owned by Mr Babu Ram, Mr Deep Chand, Mr Madan Lal and Mr Ram Avtar. The exact cause of fire in Malikpur village could not be ascertained. The Subdivisional
Magistrate, Dera Bassi, Mr S S Sidhu, and the Deputy
Superintendent of Police, Mr H S Bhullar, also visited
the spot. The SDM ordered assessment of the loss in both
incidents. |
Teacher’s
death: lab report awaited CHANDIGARH, April 7 — The inquiry into the death of a teacher lodged in Burail jail is likely to take some more time as the viscera report from the Forensic Laboratory is awaited. An inquiry had been ordered by the administration and Mr Ashish Kundra, SDM, had been asked to submit a report. Mr M. Ramshekhar, DC, said here today the inquiry has been completed and the cause of death has been initially termed as “natural causes” but the exact cause would be known after the forensic report was received. The report was expected soon, he added. Mr Romesh Chand Kohli, a Hindi teacher at Dev Sahay Senior Secondary School Jalandhar, was one of the 316 members of the Punjab State Aided School Teachers Union who courted arrest on March 9 in front of the Punjab Assembly. He died while he was being shifted from the jail to the Sector 32 Government Medical College and Hospital on March 14 after he complained of pain in his stomach. The teachers union had raised a hue and cry over the death of their colleague and had alleged that he had died due to the negligence of the jail authorities and lack of medical facilities in the jail. The teachers had demanded an enquiry and the constitution of an independent medical board to look into the exact cause of the death. The jail authorities on
the other hand maintained that Mr Kohli had been
suffering from constipation for the past many days and
had complained of stomach pain and he was examined by the
jail doctor, who immediately referred him to the GMCH
after giving him some medicines. Mr Kohli, who was
unconscious was found dead when jail officials were
handing over him to police officials in the hospital
premises. |
SNIPPETS Postgraduate exams from April 26 CHANDIGARH, April 7 — The examinations for the arts streams of postgraduate classes will begin on April 26 with the question papers of English, Tamil, German, Punjabi, education, mathematics, Gandhian and peace studies, while the examination for the masters of finance (part I) is scheduled to begin on May 3. The first-year examinations will conclude on May 14 with the question papers of MFC, psychology, public administration and ancient Indian history, culture and archaeology. The timing for the examination will be 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The second-year examinations will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. The examinations will commence with the first paper of Arabic, Bengali, public administration, French, history of art paper, philosophy, physical education and ancient history, culture and archaeology of India. The MFC papers will begin on May 3 and conclude on May 14, while the papers will end on May 15 with the examination of public administration. School celebrates founders day ZIRAKPUR, April 7 — The local St. Soldier Paradise Public School celebrated its founders day and held a prize distribution function here today. A variety of programmes, including English songs, Haryanvi folk dances, Gujarati dandia and skits were presented on the occasion. Giddha presented by students was the main attraction of the function. Students were given prizes for their achievements in the academic, sports and cultural fields. Mr H.S. Cheema, the chief guest, was also presented with a memento by Mr Anil Chopra, Chairman of St. Soldier Education Society. Earlier the principal of the school, Ms K.K. Jolly, read out the annual report and highlighted the achievements of the school during last year. Students given degrees DERA BASSI, April 7 — Forty five students of arts and commerce streams were awarded degrees at the 20th annual convocation of the local Government Degree College for the 1997-98 session today. Prizes and medals to the toppers of various classes for the last academic session were also given. As many as 140 prizes, including two college colours, were awarded to students who had excelled in academic, sports and co-curricular activities. Mr Gurbaksh Arora and Mr Ravinder Singh bagged the college colour for their outstanding performance, whereas Ms Neeru Gupta and Mr Salinder Singh were declared best athletes of the session. Mr N.S. Rattan, Chief Secretary, Punjab Technical Education and Industrial Training Department, who was the chief guest, said education was for the welfare of the humanity. Earlier, Mrs Satwant Kaur Juneja, Principal of the college, welcomed the guest of honour and read out the annual report. A farewell to students CHANDIGARH, April 7— An entertaining variety programme was organised by the Panjab University Campus Students Council (PUCSC) to bid farewell to the outgoing batch of students at the Law Auditorium of Panjab University here today. The programme, titled ``Rukhsat’’, began with a classical dance performance by Anupama Brar, while Kirti Sharma presented ``Aage bhi jaane na tu’’ to a jam packed auditorium. Assem and Shweta with ``Kissi disco mein jayen’’ had the audience mesmerised with their dance to the catchy tune. This item was followed by ``Saiyonee’’ by Pankaj. It was entertainment all the way with two competent comperes, Sunil Grover and Sushil Sharma of the Department of Indian Theatre, Sunil was at his entertaining best as he mimicked stalwarts of the film industry from Amitabh Bachan to Raj Kumar to Shahrukh Khan. The chief guest of the function was Mr NS Randhawa, SSP, while the show was presided over by Prof IBS Passi, Dean University Instruction. The president of the students council, Mr DPS Randhawa, sought help for Sudhir Narain, a resident of hostel No 1, who was to undergo an operation for his spine, but had some financial problems. Mr Narain had jumped from the 6th floor of his hostel on the night of the earthquake. The DUI responded positively to the request and promised to bear all expenses for the operation. Meanwhile, in the evening at the same venue, a farewell function for the students of the University Business School was organised. A kathak performance by Anupaum, ``Koi mil gaya’’ by Anjali and Vipul and a skit on the students expected to gain entry in the UBS department in the year 2010 among many others items that were staged. The CEO of PTL , Mohali, Mr Yash Mahajan, was the chief guest and the function was presided over by Mr Sanchit Jain, Executive Director, Vardhaman. Dr Suresh K Chadha, Adviser, Business Club, presented the annual report at the function. 15 jhuggis gutted near Palsora SAS NAGAR, April 7 — As many as 15 jhuggis were gutted in a fire which broke out in a cluster of jhuggis near Palsora village near here today. According to fire brigade officials, no loss of life was reported, but household items worth thousands were destroyed in the fire, which broke out at around 11.30 a.m. and continued for about an hour. The cause of fire could not be ascertained. In another incident, an office of a transport company was damaged in Zirakpur during the last night. Paint and office furniture were damaged in the fire, which was suspected to have been caused by a short circuit, the fire officials said. Bal Khalsa march on May 1 CHANDIGARH, April 7 — The National Society for the Child Artistes will organise a “Bal Khalsa march”, comprising 3000 children on May 1 The march, dedicated to four “Sahibzadas” of Guru Gobind Singh, will start from Fatehgarh Sahib and conclude at Anandpur Sahib. In a press note issued here today, Mr Ajit Sailani, chairman, said the society, in addition to a number of programmes during the year, would organise a “bal kirtan darbar” at Behni Sahib on June 10 and a bal seminar, “Sadi vi suno”, on October 20 at Ambala. Kavi darbar from today CHANDIGARH, April 7 — Fiftytwo eminent poets of the country will participate in a four-day kavi darbar to be held at the Sector 34 Gurdwara Sri Guru Teg Bahadur from April 8, starting each day at 7.15 p.m. The kavi darbar is being organised as a part of the tercentenary celebrations of the birth of the Khalsa. The gurdwara has also started an earthquake relief centre where people can donate garments, utencils and other items of daily use for victims of earthquake at Chamoli. A truckload of the items so collected will leave for Chamoli on April 8. Snag in phone exchange CHANDIGARH, April 7 — Thousands of telephone subscribers having their phones connected to level ‘70’ Fetex — 150 exchange, in Sector 17 had a problem this evening as they could only hear an engaged tone on lifting the receiver. The snag also caused
loss to STD PCO, operators. The problem that started in
the evening could not be rectified till late night,
according to sources. |
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