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of Sector 34 blast accused held CHANDIGARH, July 5 — Within a week of the Sector 34 bomb blast, the police claims to have arrested Sher Singh, an accomplice of the main accused linked to the explosion. The blast is reportedly the handiwork of Rattan Deep Singh, a hardcore member of the Khalistan Commando Force (KCF). Rattan Deep Singh, alias Rattan Preet Singh, however, managed to escape after firing at a police party which raided his house at Rohar village in Jind district. This was disclosed by Mr C.S.R. Reddy, SSP, while addressing a press conference here today. The interrogation of Sher Singh, being jointly carried out by the Haryana and local cops, is continuing and leads to the whereabouts of Rattan Deep Singh are expected. The arrest was effected on Saturday evening following a brief encounter in Rohar village. Sher Singh is the owner of the scooter in which the bomb had been planted. The 26-year-old Rattan Deep Singh began his foray into the sinister world of terrorism at a young age and was reportedly very close to the slain Bhinderawale Tiger Force of Khalistan (BTFK) chief, Gurbachan Singh Manochahal. Later, he surrendered to the Haryana police in 1995 and also served a short sentence in connection with a case registered under the Arms Act. He is a registered bad character (BC) of the area at the Safidon police station. Earlier during militancy, he reportedly gave a slip to the Punjab police and crossed over to Pakistan and came in contact with Paramjit Singh Panjwar, the Pak-based chief of the Khalistan Commando Force (KCF—Panjwar). He is at present said to be bringing together the remnants of the KCF in the region and is credited with carrying out about a dozen explosions in the region, including the ones at the Delhi ISBT, Shahabad and other areas. While lauding the work done by the Central Forensic Sciences Laboratory, Mr Reddy said the breakthrough was possible only after the CFSL team established the registration number of the scooter in which the bomb had been planted. The scooter (HR 06 A 5079) had been completely blown to pieces and it would have been hard for the investigating agency to identify the owner but for an etching of the number on a small part of the vehicle which was collected from the blast site. The scooter was found to have been registered with the Vehicle Registering Authority, Panipat. Subsequently, the district police was alerted and teams of the local police were despatched to track and nab the owner. Mr Reddy said the investigation took some time as the scooter had changed hands five to six times and every owner had to be checked out separately. While following the chain of ownership, a police party reached Rohar village, little knowing that it would stumble upon Rattan Deep Singh. The main accused fired from a .32 revolver and managed to flee from the village while Sher Singh was taken into custody. A case under Sections 332, 353, 186 and 285, IPC, has been registered at the Safidon police station. During his interrogation, the 36-year-old Sher Singh who has no previous police record, said that he had purchased the scooter on June 25, five days before the blast, and had lent it to Rattan Deep Singh. When Rattan Deep returned to the village, he enquired about his scooter but was tersely told that the scooter had been blown away in a bomb blast. He was also threatened that if he (Sher Singh) pursued the matter any further or tried to inform the police, he would be eliminated. The SSP said Rattan Deep Singh had left the village on the scooter a day before the blast and the police is also working on the theory that he stayed overnight somewhere in the vicinity of Chandigarh. He planted the bomb the next morning and parked it at the first parking that he came across, which in this context is the Sector 34 market. Mr Reddy said although the CFSL report is awaited but the explosive substance used for the explosion was in all likelihood to be RDX. He praised the role of the Haryana police in the operations. The blast on the
afternoon of June 30 left four persons injured, besides
damaging eight scooters, a Maruti car, a Maruti van and a
Tata Sumo vehicle. |
Villagers
help girl sold by father KANSALA (Kharar), July 5 — Kind-hearted residents of this sleepy village have come to the rescue of a gypsy girl who was allegedly sold by her parents to an old man. Channo, in her twenties, alleged that she was forcibly married to a man more than fifty years old. Narrating her tale of woe, she said that her father Santu forced her to marry Ahmada of a village near Bassi Pathanan in Fatehgarh Sahib district after taking Rs 25,000 from him. The young girl was earlier engaged to Subhash, a man of her age and community, but her father had other plans. "My father was blinded by greed. All my efforts to oppose the move proved futile and I was sold to a 60-year-old man," said Channo while holding back her tears. She was beaten for more than 10 days by Ahmada and when she protested, she was thrown out of the house and left to fend for herself. Ultimately, she ended up at the jhuggi of one of her uncles who helped her 'marry' Subhash about a fortnight ago. Meanwhile, a police party from Bassi Pathanan came to Nada and started harassing her on the basis of a complaint by Ahmada, who alleged that she had eloped with Subhash. When the news of police harassment reached Kansala village, residents came to rescue the couple and brought them to the village. Mr Bhagat Singh of Kansala assured that the villagers would help the couple. The couple fears that the father of Channo's father and Ahmada might be a threat to their lives. They also alleged the police had been harassing them at their instance. Dr G.S. Jammu,
Secretary, CPM, Kharar subdivision, said they would meet
the SDM, Fatehgarh Sahib. |
Homage
paid to Tiger Hill martyr CHANDIGARH, July 5 — The mortal remains of Havildar Mani Ram, who was killed on July 3 during the fierce fighting to capture the strategic Tiger Hill, was received with full military honours at the N Area here this afternoon. He is the first person from the Intelligence Corps killed in enemy shelling during the present conflict. He was reportedly part of an assault party and was attached to one of the intelligence and forward security units operating in the Dras sector. The 36-year-old soldier was recruited in 1981 in 19 Jat and was later transferred to the Intelligence Corps. Son of Mr Dhanu Ram and Mrs Chhawali Devi, he is survived by two sons — 12-year-old Deepak and eight-year-old Pawan — and wife Munni Devi. He has two brothers, one of whom is serving in the ASC. The body, which was brought to Chandigarh from Leh by air, was later taken by road to his native village Sheetal in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan for the last rites. Wreaths on the body of
the valiant soldier were laid on behalf of the Army chief
and the Air Force chief by Brig S.K. Sinha, Station
Commander, on behalf of the GOC-in-C, Western Command, by
Brig Dalip Kapur, Air Officer Commanding-in-chief,
Western Air Command, by Air Commodore S. K. Banerjee,
besides Col Shakti Parshad, Commander N. Area, Col V.V.K.
Chavan, CO (INT) and the CO, 322 AD Regiment. |
City, US
county tie-up hangs fire CHANDIGARH, July 5 — Has the proposal to link up Chandigarh with the Riverside County in the USA as sister city been dropped? The answer seems to be yes if lack of initiative on part of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC) and the Riverside County authorities is any indication. The proposal to adopt Chandigarh as sister city of the Riverside was first mooted by Dr Harkeerat Singh Dhillon, Vice-President of the International Relations Council (IRC) of the Riverside, when he met the then Mayor, Mrs Kamla Sharma, in Chandigarh in March 1997. Under the proposal, entering into the sister city relationship with the Riverside County was to give a working relationship to Chandigarh with the prosperous region of Southern California. The links were touted to be advantageous to Chandigarh and the adjoining states anticipating an increase in trade, government, educational and cultural exchange programmes with the USA. Further it was also contemplated to exchange official delegations and share ideas of local government for mutual benefit. On similar lines, trade and commerce between the two countries was to improve since a close cooperation between the city and the Asian Indian Chamber of Commerce, Riverside, was anticipated. In fact, the corporation, at one of its meeting on November 20, 1997, had passed a resolution in support of having sister relationship with the Riverside County. Terming the concept good in principle, the councillors had urged the civic body authorities to explore the possibilities of a tie-up with the county. A high-level delegation, led by Riverside Mayor, Mr Roland O. Loveridge, and Dr Dhillion had visited Hyderabad, New Delhi and Chandigarh in March last year in this regard. The delegation, which was quite impressed by presentations of the city in the USA, had appreciated certain similarities like small populations of both cities and potential for tourism and education exchange. The delegation also had talks with the UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen BKN Chhibber (Retd), and the then Mayor, Mr Gian Chand Gupta. Both sides were reportedly quite enthusiastic about the positive outcome of the talks. In the absence of any
follow-up action, nothing seems to have happened
afterwards, corporation sources said. Similarly, no
definite proposal had come from the the Riverside County
side with the result that the tie-up hangs fire. |
Minors to
be challaned from today CHANDIGARH, July 5 — The traffic police will resume the challaning of vehicles being driven by minors from tomorrow morning. The drivers of school buses not adhering to norms would also be fined. According to Mr Balbir Singh, SP, Traffic, the drive to challan had been suspended for some time, but would be pursued vigorously from tomorrow. Teams have been going from school to school to solicit the help of the school authorities and teachers to educate youngsters about driving with proper documents and licences. The teachers have also been urged to check and verify the particulars of the children who come to school on their two-wheelers other than bicycles. Citing previous instances, he said during the earlier drive, it had been discovered that the age of the licence holder did not tally with the record of the school. In most of the cases the age had wrongly entered in the licence application forms. The school authorities have also been asked to furnish the number of two-wheelers and other vehicles, being driven by children to school. Teams of the traffic police will be stationed near all schools to nab offenders from tomorrow. While the fine for driving a vehicle without a licence is Rs 500, the individual allowing his vehicle to be driven by a minor will have to shell out an additional fine of Rs 1,000. Similarly, the school
buses plying without the requisite documents and not
adhering to the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act will
be be challaned. A team from the STA will also help them
in this context, he added. |
Free
lottery ticket sellers: court CHANDIGARH, July 5 — The Additional Sessions Judge, Mr S.S. Lamba, today ordered the release of all those persons who were booked by the local police on the charge of selling lottery tickets of Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and other states which were claimed to have been banned by the Chandigarh Administration. In a detailed nine-page order, the judge discussed various provisions of the lotteries (Regulations) Act, 1988, and said, ‘‘I find that prima facie no offence has been made out under the Act.’’ “No document has been produced on the file to show that the Chandigarh Administration has banned the sale of tickets belonging to any state in the country,” the judge observed. Stricturing the local police, the judge observed that DSP Vijay Pal Singh, who assisted the Public Prosecutor, submitted that the accused had not sought permission of the Administration. “If it is so, then the administration can proceed to take action. The police has no authority to take cognizance of the matter under the Act, especially because the offence could be made out only if there was ban on organising, conducting or promoting a lottery. Even that would be an offence not against the seller but against the State government concerned”. The DSP also submitted that it was a single digit lottery. Therefore, this offence was punishable under Section 4(A) of the Act. “Although the police was required to produce all the files before the court for dictating the order, yet in its wisdom, it has given only two files relating to FIR No. 61 registered at Industrial Area and FIR No. 92 lodged at the Mani Majra police station. In FIR No. 61, the ticket, which was allegedly purchased by the bogus “punter”, bears No. C-108402, while FIR No. 92 states that the number of the ticket is C-110700. These numbers can’t, by any stretch of imagination, be termed as single-digit ones,” said the judgement. As for the offences under Sections 406 and 420 of the IPC, the Public prosecutor submitted that the suspects were selling the ticket for Rs 11 each against the printed price of Rs 1.10. Apart from the fact that the value was printed on the ticket itself, there was no evidence from the public to support the police contention that the ticket was purchased at Rs 11. “The perusal of the police files and the report reveal that in order to rope in all the persons, it is not specifically mentioned as to which one of them sold the ticket. Thus, it is a mattter to be considered during a trial after the conclusion of the investigation. No offence under Section 406 of the IPC was made out,” the judge held. He concluded;
“Moreover, the offence is triable by the Magistrate
and it would take a long time to conclude the
investigation and trial. No useful purpose would be
served by keeping the accused behind bars.” |
National
awards for author CHANDIGARH, July, 5 — The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) , New Delhi, has selected city-based artist, Satwant Singh, for two national awards as an author and as an illustrator for his manuscript titled “Billo ate jaddu di pitari”. This Punjabi manuscript has been written for children in the age group of five to eight, and won a prize in the National Prize Competition for Children’s Literature, 1998-99. This year’s theme for the competition for children’s literature was “All human rights for all”. The award includes a
cash prize of Rs 5,000, a merit certificate and a
memento, which would be presented to Satwant Singh at a
function in New Delhi. This is Satwant’s first book,
which has bagged two national awards. |
Class XI
students prefer GMSSS-16, 35 CHANDIGARH, July 5 — On the first day of admission to the science stream of Class XI in the government schools of the city, which began at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 23, here today, it was GMSSS-16 and GMSSS-35 all the way, with most students preferring admissions in these schools. There was a “house-full’” in the two schools as far as admissions in the non-medical stream, with a cut-off percentage as high as 82.6, while there were very few seats left in the medical stream. There are only seven seats in GMSSS-16 and there are about 15 vacant seats in GMSSS-35 in the medical stream. The cut-off percentage for the medical stream was 82.2 for the day. As many as 500 students were admitted today to two sections each of the two science streams in each of the schools.Admissions in the stream will continue tomorrow with students who have achieved 70 per cent and above being called in for the interview at 8:30 am at the same venue. To begin with, admissions for the reserved category were held and the students were distributed among all schools offering science stream. The cut-off percentage in the science faculty among students of the reserved category was 54. In the morning, a large number of students, accompanied by anxious parents, came to seek admission to the 28 government schools offering seats in the science stream. All of them made a beeline for the notice board of the school where the merit list was displayed. After spotting their
name on the list, they began queuing up to be interviewed
and, as it turned out, it was essentially a battle of
getting a seat in the two most sought after schools with
excellent results year after year. Most parents were
worried whether their wards would be in a position to
secure a seat in the school they wanted to be admitted. |
Meeting on
PU centre name put off CHANDIGARH, July 5 — The meeting to decide the change of name of the Adult Education and Extension Field Outreach Centre of Panjab University to that of a department and to change designations of the core staff to professor, reader and lecturer, scheduled for today, has been postponed. The last meeting for this purpose was held on March 11 last year and a decision to this effect along with treating the core staff as "teachers'' was taken "in principle'' at that time. It was also decided in the same meeting that the modalities regarding the qualifications, grade, manner of appointment, rotation of headship, among others, would be worked out in the next meeting of the committee. Over time, some members of the committee contend, the pending implementation of the decision has led to a confusion on the present status of the centre. While the core staff of the centre is availing themselves of most benefits befitting a teacher, members opine that non-implementation of the decision to declare the centre a department will entail that the core staff fulfill the qualifications laid down by the UGC, which goes against the interest of a handful of persons. The members of the committee are Prof I.B.S. Passi, Dean University Instruction, Mr Satinder Dhillon, Fellow, Dr Ajaib Singh, Director of the centre, Dr R.D. Anand and Mr Charanjit Chawla, Fellows, Dr Satya P. Gautam, President of PUTA, and Mr S.K. Sharma, Deputy Registrar (General) and its Secretary. Dr C.L. Narang, a faculty-member of the centre, says, "Once and for all, the university authorities should make it clear whether the centre has been converted to a department or not. On one hand, some members are availing themselves of benefits which can be given to teaching departments only while on the other, we are not being given pay-scales equivalent to those of teachers. ''He cites the example of reemployment offered to a faculty member which is not available in case of non-teaching employees and granting of study leave, available to teachers only. He has submitted a representation to determine the status of the centre to the Dean University Instruction. A representative of PUTA in the previous meeting, Dr N.S. Mann, says he remembers a decision was taken to change the name of the centre to that of a department. Mr Charanjit Chawla expresses his unhappiness on the postponement of the meeting. He says, "The issue has already been hanging fire for over a year now and it is unfortunate and unfair that the meeting has been postponed. It will lead to unnecessary delay in implementing the decision yet again.'' Dr Ajaib Singh, Director of the centre, says, "It was proposed that the name of the centre be changed to that of a department in the last meeting. We are also very keen on this though, at present, ours is an academic non-vacation department but its core staff has all benefits which are being given to teachers.'' The university
authorities agreed that a decision to change the name was
taken last year but they added that no decision could be
implemented unless it had the stamp of the Syndicate and
Senate. Also, they point out that there are many
decisions which are agreed to "in principle'' but
implementation of these may take some time. Meanwhile, no
new date has been ascertained for the committee meeting. |
1 held
for murder DERA BASSI, July 5 — The police has arrested Karnail Singh, brother of Sahib Singh, who was found murdered on the terrace of his house on the night of June 28. Earlier, Mr Jagir Singh, father of the deceased, had lodged a complaint in Lalru police station on June 29 regarding the murder of his son, Sahib Singh. In the complaint, Mr Jagir Singh had said that someone had murdered his son while he was sleeping on the terrace of his house. According to a press note issued by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mr H.S. Bhullar, the police nabbed Karnail Singh, brother of the victim on July 2. Karnail Singh was absconding since the night of the crime. During the interrogation, the accused had disclosed that his terms were not good with Sahib Singh, as he often used to beat and abuse him. On the night of the crime, Sahib Singh gave him blows. The victim was hit on his head with a stick while he was asleep, causing his death. The police has seized
the stick used in the crime and registered a case under
Section 302 of the IPC against the accused. |
Club to
focus on polio eradication CHANDIGARH, July 5 — The joint installation function of the Rotary Club of Chandigarh and the Inner Wheel Club 1999-2000 was held this evening at the RVTC, Sector 18. The ceremony began with Mrs Kawal Bedi reading out the achievements of the club for the year 1998-99. Mr Darshan Mehandru was installed President of the club. The club has undertaken the 'Gift of Life' project in collaboration with the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI), which provides monetary help, post-operative care and rehabilitation for young persons going in for cardiac surgery. The Rotary Family Welfare Centre at Bapu Dham and Rotary vocational training centres were its other projects. Ms Bedi announced that the highest contribution to the Rotary Foundation had been received in the year 1998-99 — a sum of $21,600. While discussing plans for the coming year, Mr Mehandru said the priority would be polio eradication, besides continuing with pulse-polio immunisation, hepatitis-B vaccination, senior citizen care and female child health and education. He also announced that the theme for Rotary 2000 would be 'Consistency, credibility and continuity'. The following were installed in the Board of Directors of the Rotary Club for the year 1999-2000: Mr Sumeet Gupta as Vice-President; Ms Vijay Wadhawan as Secretary; Mr Yashovardhan Saboo as Treasurer; Mr Mukul Tandon as Joint Secretary; Mr Manmohan Singh as Director, Club Services; Mr Charanjit Singh as Director Vocational Services; Mr Anil Khanna as Director Communication Service; Mr Atma Singh as Director International Service; Mr Ramesh Bhatia as Sergeant-at-Arms and Mr Praveen Chander Goyal as President Elect-2000-2001. Later in the evening,
Mrs Madhu Mutneja, immediate past President of the Inner
Wheel Club 1998-99 passed on her collar to Mrs Neeru
Bhatia. |
SNIPPETS Patrolling ordered in villages PANCHKULA, July 5 — Keeping in view the apprehension of damage to public property by anti-national elements supported by Pakistan, the district administration has ordered patrolling in all villages and small towns by able bodied adults residing in villages to prevent sabotage to installations and places of public importance. The Deputy Commissioner, Ms Saroj Siwatch, said there was an apprehension of damage to the section of the railway line passing through the district and other vital installations like telephone exchanges, water works, and sub-stations of the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam. The order, issued by the Deputy Commissioner under Section 3 (1) of the Punjab Village and Small Towns Patrol Act, has come into force with effect from July 2. Besides, the gram panchayats will be responsible for patrolling in their respective jurisdictions. The Sub-divisional Officers at Panchkula and Kalka and Block Development Officers and Panchayat Officers at Pinjore, Raipur Rani, Barwala and Morni have been asked to ensure the implementations of the orders. Courts’ functioning begins PANCHKULA, July 5 — The district courts started functioning from the newly constructed judicial complex in Sector 1 here after a simple function attended by the District and Sessions Judge, Ambala, Mr Surinder Singh, here today. Earlier a “havan” in the complex was attended by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr V.P. Gupta. The courts were earlier functioning from the Sector 8 market here. The new building has been designed to accommodate a full-fledged District and Sessions Court. Presently, the court of the Civil Judge (Senior Division) and two courts of Civil Judges (Junior Division) are functioning from the judicial complex. On the occasion, members of the District Bar Association said there was a need to set up a district and sessions court here as there were a large number of pending cases. Moreover, litigants in a number of cases of compensation claims in accident cases, land acquisition cases, matrimonial disputes, appeals against the decision of the lower courts and session trials had to go to Ambala. There was also a need to set up at least four more lower courts to clear the pending over 3000 cases. A Rajya Sabha member, Mr Lachman Singh, who later visited the court, donated Rs 3 lakh to the District Bar Association for the library and other facilities to be set up in the bar room. CITCO Chief General Manager CHANDIGARH, July 5 — The Chandigarh Administration has appointed Mr Ashok Sangwan, HCS, as Chief General Manager, Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation Limited (CITCO). Mr Sangwan, who has come on deputation to the Administration from Haryana, will replace Mr M.L. Sharma, PCS, who has been repatriated to his parent state of Punjab. Mr Sharma was relieved of his duties in the Administration today afternoon. The orders to this effect were passed by the UT Home Secretary, Mr N.K. Jain, here today. Club waiters strike work CHANDIGARH, July 5 — Scores of guests and members of the Chandigarh Club were put to a lot of inconvenience following a strike by the waiters and employees of the club demanding a hike in wages.With services coming to a halt, members and guests could be seen fetching eatables and drinks themselves. A member, who came for dinner along with his family and friends, said it was quite embarrassing to bring all the food stuff to the tables.The president of the club, Mr Chaman Lal Sharma, said the employees were being misled by outside unions. He claimed that the club management had recently hiked the minimum wages as per the Minimum Wages Act. 55
donate blood CHANDIGARH, July 5 — As many as 55 persons donated blood at a blood donation camp organised on the premises of Milkfed milk plant here today. A team of doctors from the Command Hospital, Chandi Mandir, under the leadership of Lieut-Col Kekre, conducted the camp. The Commandant of the Command Hospital, Major-Gen Virendra Singh, inaugurated the camp. The Managing Director of Milkfed, Mr Amrik Singh, was among those who donated blood at the camp organised for the soldiers injured in the Kargil sector. Orientation camp for dentists PANCHKULA, July 5 — As many as 100 dental clinics have been set up in the rural areas of Haryana and dental surgeons have been posted there as part of an intensive oral health care programme launched by the state Health Department. To further supplement the oral health programme, a three-day orientation camp to impart training to the newly appointed dental doctors, especially those posted in the rural areas, is being held here from July 7. A spokesman of the department said today that eminent doctors from all over the country, including Dr R.K. Bali, President of the Dental Council of India, and Dr S.G. Damle, Dean, Nair Hospital and Dental College, Mumbai, would deliver lectures. Stressing the need for better dental care, he said 90 per cent of the population in the country above 30 was affected by periodontal diseases. Doctor to patient ratio in the rural areas was poor as 80 per cent of the dental doctors were confined to metropolitan areas. To reduce the dentist population ratio, dental clinics had been set up in at least 100 primary health centre during 1988-99. In the second phase of the oral health care plan, steps were being taken to prevent dental diseases, including oral cancers. External support of the Department of Education, Women and Child Development and non-government organisations would be taken under the programme. Indefinite fast by health worker CHANDIGARH, July 5 — The secretary of the Multi Purpose Health Workers (MPHW) Farag Union, Punjab, started an indefinite fast from today for implementation of their demand. Ms Kulwant Kaur, (31) started the fast in front of the office of the Director, Health Services, Punjab. Ms Rajwinder Kaur and Ms Lakhvinder Kaur, President and General Secretary of the union, respectively, while addressing the protesters here today said the government had not spared a thought for as many as 500 women workers, who had been on the road for the past four years. They said the Beant Singh government had accepted their demand, but his death brought things to square one. Over the years the leaders of various political parties had given them assurances but nothing had come out of it. In the meantime, owing to financial constraints and other pressures, many workers became mentally unsound or were divorced by their husbands, they alleged. The Akali government had assured that they would be regularised once they come to power. But nothing has been done so far although more than 700 posts of MPHW were lying vacant in the Health Department. Their pleas to the
government to issue an ordinance on the pattern of the
recently reinstated teachers had fallen on deaf ears.
Also present were Ms Satwant Kaur Johal, President of the
ANM Union and Mr Ranbir Singh Dhillon, General Secretary
of the Punjab Subordinate Services Federation. |
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