Saturday, November 27, 1999
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Bollywood
stars for city carnival CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — Top stars from Bollywood and the music industry will be the main attraction of Chandigarh Carnival '99 to be organised jointly by the Chandigarh Carnival society and a Hindi daily on December 4 and 5. Talking to newsmen here this afternoon, the Home Secretary, Mr N.K. Jain, said that top singers like Anamika and her troupe, Jasbir Jassi and his troupe, Veronica and her dancing troupe, Malaika Arora and others would participate in the musical nite to be held on the evening of December 4. The music nite will be organised at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium. The carnival is being organised in collaboration with a Hindi daily which is scheduled to begin its publication from here soon. Mukesh Khanna, hero of the controversial TV serial "Shaktimaan", will be the guest of honour at a fancy dress competition for children on December 5. The special attraction for senior citizens in the carnival would be "senior citizens canvas" on which about 20 eminent senior artists would paint on the theme "Chandigarh in 2000". There will also be a senior citizens walk which is expected to be flagged off by renowned film personality Mahesh Bhatt or Anupam Kher. The other attraction of the carnival would be an entertainment programme by Jaspal Bhatti, a popular TV and film star. There will be a karate show after which a few clippings of Bruce Lee movies would be seen. Mr Jain said that the concept behind organising the carnival was to maintain ties with the rich cultural traditions of the country, besides creating a platform where citizens can come together under one roof and participate in a fun-filled environment. It would help unearth hidden talent in the masses and promote tourism here. Major attractions of the carnival this time, he said, would be the music nite, Hasaya Kavi Sammelan, art workshops, food festivals, senior citizens walk, on-the-spot painting competition, rangoli and mehndi designing, magic show, antakshri and karate show. He said that the main function would be held in Carnival Village being set up in Leisure Valley. The activities will start from the Plaza, Sector 17, with a colourful carnival parade on December 3, which would consist of cultural troupes of various Indian states, tableaux and floats, bands, cartoon costume characters, dancers, painted and decorated vehicles, bazigars and stick walkers, besides creations from Nek Chand's Rock Garden. The parade will terminate at Leisure Valley with fireworks. On December 4, the carnival would be formally inaugurated at 10 a.m. Mr Jain hoped that the new Administrator of Chandigarh, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), who is expected to assume charge tomorrow, will be the guest of honour at the opening ceremony. On December 4 and 5, various workshops like create your own rock garden, meet the artists, get your portrait sketched, mask making, clay modelling, rangoli, carnival cut outs and paper cutting would be organised. In the Hasaya Kavi Sammelan, some of the top poets, including Surendra Sharma, Shail Chaturvedi, Ashok Chakradar and Manik Verma would participate. Mr Jain said that he
expected more than one lakh people to participate in
various activities of the carnival. |
Hungary
new ‘attraction’ for Bollywood CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — Hungary is the new destination for Bollywood stars, including Amitabh Bachchan, says Mr Andras Dallos, Ambassador of Hungary in India. Talking to The Tribune here this afternoon, Mr Dallos, who has been here on a two-day official visit to Chandigarh, to explore the areas of common interest, said that more and more entrepreneurs from Punjab had evinced interest for setting up their representative offices in Hungary. They had been coming up with proposals on textiles, woollen, knitwears and garments. "We welcome that. It means the entrepreneurs realise the business potential our part of the world has. These business opportunities open two-way avenues between our two friendly countries". "Of late, North India film producers association approached us as they want to shoot some films in Hungary. It is a new area. Interestingly, in one of the recently produced films, released in India, which shows Budapest with graphic details, it has been mentioned in the cast that film has been shot in Italy. Amitabh Bachchan will also be shooting his film in Hungary. "Hungary has long, friendly relations with India.Yesterday when we went to meet the Chairman of the Punjab State Electricity Board, we were pleasantly surprised when we were told that a turbine supplied in 1936 to the board was still functioning flawlessly. This is one area where both Hungary and Punjab share interest. Other common areas of interest could be agro industry, food processing and even cold storage. In all these areas, both Hungary and Punjab have their own expertise. We can provide valuable information in all these areas," Mr Dallos said. "On the other hand," says Mr Dallos, "Hungary is the first country to import Maruti cars. It remained one of most popular cars in Hungary for some time. Now even Tata vehicles will be sold in Hungary. Though the export of Maruti has come down as Suzuki has its own plant in Hungary and they are introducing new models, "After the change in the political and economic system in the country, Hungary recorded a total foreign direct investment of $ 21 billion since 1990 which is, perhaps, the highest per capita FDI in the erstwhile East European countries. Hungary has almost come to its 1990 GDP level now after a painful change over from state-owned economy to market economy. Democracy and market economy are the commonalities between India and Hungary." Mr Dallos disclosed that the Hungary government and its people were by consensus to join the European Union. It might take place any time between 2002 and 2004. Our joining of EU would not affect our trade or economic relations with India. Rather, they would benefit from our joining European Union. We in Hungary want active economic relations with India," he added. Mr Dallos had earlier served in Pakistan from 1988 to 1992. He had meetings with the Chief Ministers of both Punjab and Haryana besides interacting with several senior bureaucrats, leaders of industry and others from both Punjab and Haryana. "I am personally gratified by this visit. It has been an extremely useful visit to know that the ground realities have changed. The visit has helped us to familiarise with new realities in Punjab and Haryana. The purpose of the visit has been to explore the possibilities of improving bilateral relations not only at the union level but also with Punjab and Haryana and Hungary. "We are happy with the new policies announced by the government in 1991. The message is clear and fine. We are impressed by clarity of views of both the Central and state governments in India. This obviously helps us identify and compare our key areas and areas of interest. "Hungary is a small country with a population of 10 million. The population is decreasing in our country. We cannot be main players. At present the balance of trade favours India. We import goods worth $ 60 million and export to India only about $ 12 million. Of the total imports from india, 30 per cent is from textiles and garments are mainly from the North, including Ludhiana," he added. Mr Dallos visited Roma
house at Shivalik School in Sector 41 besides interacting
with members of the CII (Northern Region) in the evening. |
Service,
UTI style CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — Two UTI maturity cheques totalling Rs 35,879,25 in the name of Hari Dev Bhardwaj, were posted and delivered without a proper postal address. The cheques under registered cover landed at the residence of Mr Shiv Bhandari (1333/33-A, Chandigarh) on Thursday. Mr Bhandari was shocked when he received the registered letter. The UTI cheques carried his house number but no address. Mr Bhandari contacted the Telecom Department and did his best to locate Mr Bhardwaj in other sectors, but in vain. He rang up The Tribune on Friday to help him locate the addressee. A Tribune team was handed over the cheques with the request that they be sent to the right quarters — may be the UTI or the right addressee. He felt that such a cheque landing in wrong hands could have been misused. On seeing the cheques it was obvious that due to a computer error the sector number could not be fed into the two cheques. But the question is how was the registered post carrying just the house number delivered in Sector 33. Who is to blame? The obvious sufferer is
the person who invested the amount in the unit linked
insurance plan. He must be eagerly waiting for the
maturing cheques, which found their way to the wrong
house. But Mr Bhardwaj must thank his stars that the
cheques did not land in wrong hands. |
Police, IB
topbrass lay stress on coordination Chandigarh, Nov 26 — In a bid to crack down on criminals and to strengthen security measures in the region, a meeting of the district police chiefs and regional assistant directors of the Intelligence Bureau was held at the UT police headquarters here today. The chiefs of Panchkula, Ropar, Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib, Solan and Ambala took part in deliberations that are expected to have wide ranging ramifications on the law and order situation of these districts. According to police sources, there was unanimity on the need to exchange the information on crimes and criminals and proper coordination in the region. The police should organise joint raids at suspected hideouts of criminals not only active in their areas but also where the criminals from other districts were likely to seek refuge. The control rooms of all the districts would inform each other of the crime committed and seek the help of their counterparts in nabbing the culprits. This would greatly help curb inter-state crimes and criminals from operating in far off areas. Since previous meetings entailed a lot of paperwork it was also decided that the police chiefs would meet every month and evaluate any shortcomings as well progress made during that time. To begin with lists of
all abandoned vehicles would be circulated among the
participants and help in tracing the owners would be
solicited. Similarly, the information on any militant
activity would also be shared on a top priority. |
Lack of
coordination in relief despatch CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — The country has responded very well to the Orrisa flood trouble.However, there was lack of co ordination in the relief methods which marred the flood hit from a share that had been dispatched for him. This was said by Prof N. Radhakrishnan, director of the Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Smriti while presiding over the inaugural function of the National Youth Camp ."India of my dreams" was the issue for the ceremony. Professor Radhakrishnan said that speech after speech on relief and welfare measures offered nothing without action."There was little hope for any projected measures till there was a sensitisation on the problem.An individual has to be an agent of transmission of sensitivity and also stage of introspection. One should ask himself himself about what he knew about the country before independence?The elder generation has failed to give right perspective and right importance of the past. 'Ask what I should do?", he said.Professor Radhakrishnan said that elders had to right to advice the young because they were highlighting features of the ler generation.The youth are easy to correct and not the elderly. Nearly 43 or cent population in India was poor which gave a poor sight pf the national development. Actual freedom dawns only if there is economic freedom. Education was an area which had suffered the most during the past 50 odd years after independence. Education here gives information not internal linking .Acquiring a degree seems the only end of education in country which needed attention, Professor Radhakrishnan added. Prof E.P.Menon, managing
trustee of the India Development Foundation, presided
over the lecture.The lecture was also attended by Dr Jai
Narain Sharma, chairman of the department and Dr
M.L.Sharma. |
‘Encourage
patients to communicate’ CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — The need for improving communication and counselling skills between professionals and terminally ill patients to control pain was highlighted by Mrs Van Hunkin, an expert from UK while talking to The Tribune here today. Mrs Hunkin is in the city to participate in a seven-day course-cum workshop on Palliative care at PGIMER. Mrs Hunkin, who has been training persons in dealing with emotional aspects of patients emphasised the need to encourage a patient to talk about his feelings and maintain connection with reality. "This will help us reach out to the patient, break the bad news and hence prepare him for the worst", she adds. She further says "we should provide them an oppurtunity to ask questions about their disease and express concerns about the fears such as; How long am I going to live'"? Is the treatment working?; without insisting him to know all about the disease. However, the doctors should give an honest reply and realistic hope to the patients. She also pointed out that some lives can be definitely saved if patients start communicating right from the start. . They should not treat cancer as a death sentence as palliative care is positive and a lot can be done to save these patients from physical and emotional pain. Dr Hunkins message for these patients is "Live while you are alive, and don't die until you are dead." Meanwhile Mrs Aruna Tole, an occupational therapist from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai revealed that cancer and its treatment sometimes leads to some kind of disability, or neurological deficits, or disfigurement, together with physical distress and socio-economic problems which result in poorer quality of life. An occupational therapist not only evaluates the disability and its resultant functional and psycho-social limitations but also helps the patient to overcome these problems by employing innovative therapeutic techniques and creative solutions to help people go back to normal functional life, she added. Mrs Tole said: "We try to restore or improve maximum possible functional ability, body image and body balance and encourage independent living with as little assistance as possible". Wherever necessary, appropriate corrective-supportive-assistive splints, supportive braces, compensatory prosthesis, and assistive aids and appliances are designed and provided to promote recovery, and help them to go back to maximum normal life. "The primary focus is on performance of personal care activity (PCA) going on gradually to household activity and vocational activity", she said. Mrs Tole firmly believes that "it is just not enough to save life but also restore quality of life. The remedial measures must go hand in hand with the rehabilitative measures so that the life saved will have a good quality." However, the occupational therapy techniques in palliative care need to be employed with greater caution towards patient's physical and psychological pain and deteriorating health. She also talked about the problem of Lymphoedema as a complication of the curative treatment and the methods used to treat the symptoms. She appealed to the patients to be constantly vigilant about the seven danger signals, as "early detection will lead to an early cure". Dr Firuza Patel, the
organising secretary of the workshop discussed the drug
management of pain with emphasis on the use of morphine.
She also talked about the systematic treatment of pain
according to WHO ladder. AIDS workshop CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — Song and Drama division of the Chandigarh Regional Office (north-west region) of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, in collaboration with the State AIDS Control Society of Chandigarh, will organise a three-day workshop on 'The Awareness and Prevention of AIDS' at Bal Bhavan, Sector 23, from November 29 to December 1. |
Talk on
foot reflexology CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — A talk on 'Foot Reflexology and its Importance in Acupressure' was delivered by Ms Mridula Oberoi, a healer and therapist, at Government College for Girls, Sector 42, here yesterday. Explaining the concept, she said it was the study of reflexes in the feet corresponding to all parts of the body. Reflexology relieved the body of stress and restored lost balance by stimulating reflexes in the feet to cause relaxation in corresponding parts, she claimed. She pointed out that 70 per cent of the diseases were stress-related and this helped in getting rid of negative feelings like fear and anger. Feet reflexology was very scientific, she stated. Dividing the body into ten zones, she explained how pressure at relevant points in the feet improved circulation. Techniques of thumb-walking and finger-walking transmitted repeated messages to the brain, she said. Highlighting advantages, Ms Oberoi said it was safe treatment which provided lasting cure with no side effects. It required no gadgetry and could be administered on the spot. It had great diagnostic value as it could detect where the pain was. It was useful as a preventive treatment to avoid relapses, she said. The staff and students
of the college who attended the talk later interacted
with her. Ms Anita Berry, a senior lecturer of the
college, co-ordinated the programme. |
Court
allows beauty show CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — The Mega Model Contest '99, being organised by the Indian Arts, an association of journalists and connoisseurs of arts and music, today held its sub-title events of 'Body Beautiful', 'Beautiful Skin', 'Miss Talented' and 'Beautiful Eyes'. Incidentally, a case had earlier been filed by the Lawyers for Social Reforms, Yuvasatta and Baljit Singh in the court of Sub-Judge (junior division), Mr Jasbir Singh, against Indian Arts and its sponsors, for restraining this fashion contest on November 27. Orders were passed today by the court to continue the show. One observer has been appointed at the venue. In the swimsuit round, the girls sashayed across the swimming pool and danced around. At the Miss Talented
event, most of the girls went through the song-and-dance
routine. |
Sporadic
cases of chickenpox in city CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — Sporadic cases of chickenpox are being reported from various parts of the city. Doctors in government and private hospitals maintain that there is no need to panic but precautionary measures can help check the spread of this highly contagious disease.
Dr Banani Poddar, a paediatrician at Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, maintains that the patient should consult a doctor, preferably a paediatrician or dermatologist, at the earliest, though as a self-limiting disease it usually goes off. "Usually no treatment is required but symptomatic treatment for fever and itching is given to relieve children from discomfort," she says. She adds that it is better to have chickenpox in childhood as often it becomes more dangerous in case of adults. In some cases, the complications in later stages lead to pneumonia and encephalitis (brain fever). Doctors in most private clinics and government hospitals recommend an anti-viral drug, acyclovir, to check spread of virus to other parts, mostly in cases of complications in adults leading to scars on face and body. The medicine is avoidable in case of children. Dr S.D. Mehta, a dermatologist at the Sector 22 Government Polyclinic, manintains that the virus can stay latent and recur years later as 'herpes zoster', which can be dangerous. He further says people should get rid of old myths of keeping patients in isolation, giving them minimum diet and not allowing them to have medicines or bath, as it only leads to the spread of infection. Dr Sarvinder Gandhok, another private practitioner, who claims to have received 15 to 20 cases of chickenpox in the last one month, maintains that he has been using 'ciprofloxacin', an antibiotic given intravenously for four days to patients to prevent complications. According to him, the incidence of complications has gone down considerably. Experts do no agree with this. Doctors have also started recommending 'varicela', a new vaccine. Since the vaccine is costly with one dose costing Rs 1500, it is not recommended in routine and is optional. It is generally recommended in case of small children in families where one child gets it or in case of adults who have not had it in childhood. While one dose of it is enough for kids, adults require at least two doses. The new vaccine can also be helpful in other high-risk patients with some immunodeficiency or children who use steroids. Dr Neeraj Kumar suggests that those who can afford it should administer it to their children as it will not let children miss school or disturb schedules of working parents, who are forced to take leave when children are down with chickenpox. Dr Paramjit Singh, a
paedatrician at General Hospital, Sector 16, says though
few cases are being reported these days, early detection
will help check its spread and intensity of rash. It will
also help bring down the incidence of the disease. The
Advanced Paediatric Centre of PGI has received no cases
for the past two weeks, though some cases have been
reported last month. |
‘Tatkal
Dwar’ to be held today PANCHKULA, Nov 26 — Maintenance of cleanliness is the immediate problem the Haryana Urban Development Authority will have to address during the "Tatkal Dwar'' for residents of Sector 25 and 26, scheduled for tomorrow at the Community Centre in Sector 25. Besides, carpeting of roads and cutting of thick overgrowth in the open spaces is on the priority list. The residents in the two sectors complain that no dustbins have been installed by HUDA anywhere in the sectors. Consequently, the open spaces are conveniently being used as dumping grounds for kitchen waste which have made the environs unhygienic. In the absence of dustbins the question of refuse collectors frequenting the sectors does not arise. A resident of Sector 25, Mrs Anita Dhiman, says,``A man has been deputed to collect the waste every morning. He too after collection dumps it near the bridge in the river bed of the Ghaggar and burns it along with the refuse from other sectors of the town. This again is a big inconvenience since we have to bear with the smoke and stench of refuse burning nearby. The department must evolve some procedure to keep the surroundings clean and restrain from giving us step-motherly treatment.'' She is critical of the fact that the electricity department gives complaints of the sector a cold shoulder. Streetlights are a chronic problem for the residents. They complain that one electricity line, catering to the street lights, is forever down. However, the residents have worked out a solution to handle the problem on their own since the department has failed to respond. One resident, with some knowledge of electricity and wires, fiddles with the wires to restore the connections which is disturbed by blowing wind. However, no permanent work has been done to ensure the street lights do not go off every now and then. In Sector 26, which is even more sparsely populated that Sector 25, the problem of improper sanitation remains. The residents complain that no sweepers are seen in the vicinity for days on end while heaps of dirt keep piling up by the roadside. The other common problem in the two sectors is that of thick overgrowth which has not been cleared by HUDA.``The open spaces are a nuisance for us. These are been used by people from neighboring villages to graze their cattle. Moreover, the thick bushes are a haven for criminals which is of utmost concern to all of us residing here especially in the face of rising incidents of crime. All open spaces should be cleared of these immediately by HUDA,'' Mrs Swarna Duggal, a resident of Sector 26, opines. Mr Labh Singh Sandhu, another resident, explains,``The roads in our sector are literally the `stumbling block' for most of us. Though the preliminary work has been done, the carpeting of these half-finished roads needs to be taken up on a priority basis. These must atleast be made motorable. Whenever we go to the sectors in the beginning of the town, we feel completely cut-off from them since there has been very little development of the area. If we cannot be brought to their level, we must be provided with the basics atleast.'' Besides HUDA-related problems, the residents contend that the transport service in the area puts them through hell.``The long-route buses do not stop for us and there are no buses which cater to residents of our sectors. We had twice started a bus service for our sectors twice but gradually the driver and conductors lost interest because of lukewarm response. Again, we have nothing to fall back upon and commuting is a major problem.'' Also, they complain that in the absence of a police post in the sector and the isolated location of the houses, there is maximum security risk. Another major cause of concern with the residents is the absence of telephone lines in the sectors.``Once it is dark we are completely cut-off from the police, the hospital and the fire-station among other facilities. Any untoward incident can be reported only in the morning and we have nobody to turn to for help. A special police post in the vicinity, telephone connections and a letterbox are some of the very basic needs which must be provided by the District Administration,'' Mr S S Sidhu contends. The residents are
appreciative of the fact that the HUDA officers thought
of holding a ``Tatkal Dwar'' in their area which has been
neglected for long on a priority basis and are hopeful
that HUDA-related problems will be worked out and that
the District Administration will follow suit and hold its
`khulla darbar' for the residents very soon. |
PUTA
defends Goyal CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 —The Panjab University Teachers Association (PUTA) at a meeting today defended Dr B.B.Goyal from the University Business School, saying that the enquiry report against him for helping a student in an examination "was inconclusive and leaves several ambiguities to be resolved". The report indicted Dr Goyal, saying that he was responsible for increase in marks of a student who secured zero which increased to 42 after the re-evaluation process. The report goes for the Syndicate consideration tomorrow. "There is an urgent need to review the functioning of the paper-setting, conduct of examination and evaluation work being undertaken by the university. There have been lapses in the past without any redressal ", it was pointed out at the PUTA meeting The teacher, defending his case, said that it was pointed out by a superintendent saying "it was not possible for me to say whether the doubtful answer book was sent to Dr Goyal". Dr Goyal said that he requested the enquiry officers to investigate the case from the student concerned but this was never done. He said he was not given the list of officials concerned in the entire process of declaring results. "The answer book when shown to me was detached," he added. While describing the
move for action against him as 'mala fide', he said that
accusations against him had not been substantiated. The
PUTA asked "why the student involved was never
called and interrogated? Was the copy sent to Dr Goyal
for sure? And who entered the code number on the answer
sheets and the flaps?" |
PU to
host science congress CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — The third Punjab Science Congress will be hosted by Panjab University from December 10 to 12, an official press release said here today. The congress will be inaugurated by Prof N.K.Ganguly, Director-General of the Indian Council for Medical Research. Over 300 scientists and teachers are likely to participate in the event. There will be at least 25 lectures by prominent teachers. The event will witness a special session for the 'young scientist' award in which young and mid-career scientists up to 35 years can participate. A special panel discussion on 'higher education on cross roads' will be another event. Results: Result of the Bachelor of Commerce(III) examination conducted by Panjab University in September, 1999, and of the MA(I) Geography examination have been declared , an official press release said here today. Seminar: The Department of Public Administration, Panjab University, in collaboration with the regional branch of the Indian Institute of Public Administration organised a seminar on "Social demand for higher education" here today. Prof A.S.Dhesi while stressing on the failure of the policies said higher education could not solve problems without holistic approach. Higher education was suffering from chronic shortage of funds. Prof S.L.Kaushik, Chairman of the department, said that the value pattern of society and higher education was much more serious affair than the attention it received currently. Rally:A mass protest rally was organised by the PU Non-Teaching Employees Federation near the Administrative Block here today. Employees are demanding that all non-teaching employees should also be considered for enhancement of retirement age against only a section of seniors who were being considered currently. Funds collected: As part of the nation-wide drive the Panjab University unit of the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad has collected Rs 10,017 for Orissa flood victims. Students went personally to various teaching departments to collect funds for the noble cause. Students also appreciated the gesture of the teaching community who have donated a day's pay for the cause. Lecture: Prof Manoranjan Mohanty, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, delivered a lecture on 'Social Sciences, globalisation and a creative society' organised by the ICSSR here today. Debate: Pradeep Malik
from MCA I and Abhishek from the Economic stream won a
debate contest to spot talent in Panjab University here
today. |
Bail plea
of Punjab DSP dismissed CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — The UT Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr S.S. Lamba, today dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of Punjab Deputy superintendent of police Surjit Singh Grewal in the murder case of Kulwinder Singh Kid. Seeking the grant of bail, the counsel for the petitioner had earlier stated that there was no evidence of the DSP's "part in the abduction or kidnapping of Kulwinder Singh Kid". Claiming to have been implicated in the case, the counsel had also stated that the first information report had been lodged after an "inordinate delay". He had further stated that the petitioner's name had not been mentioned in the representation submitted by the "informant" to the President. Refuting the "informant's" claim of being an eye-witness in the case, the counsel had also stated that the delay on his part showed that he was not an eye-witness. Earlier, in his petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court here, Kid's father Tarlochan Singh had alleged that his son was forcibly taken away from their S.A.S. Nagar residence by a police party in plain clothes in July 1989. Taking up the petition, the High Court had directed the then UT Sessions Judge, Mr M.S. Lobana, to submit a report after investigating the matter. In his report, submitted in September 1995, the Sessions Judge had observed: "On July 22, 1989, a police party in plain clothes, headed by Surjit Singh Grewal of CIA Staff at Patiala, raided house number 752 in SAS Nagar and gunned down Kulwinder Singh. The party later took away the body". On the basis of the inquiry report, the High Court, on July 5, 1996, directed the registration of a case against the accused police officials and handed over the case to the premier investigating agency. In its report, the
agency stated that the officials entered into a
conspiracy to kill Kid in a fake encounter and to show
him as an absconder. |
Murder
accused gets bail CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — An Uttar Pradesh resident, accused of being involved in the murder of a vegetable vendor, was today granted bail by the UT District and Sessions Judge, Mr B.S. Bedi. The accused, Sohan Lal, was booked by the Chandigarh police on August 18 for murder and wrongfully confining of a person under Sections 302, 201, 342 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code on the complaint of 13-year-old Sukhbir Singh, son of deceased Chander Pal's sister. According to the prosecution, applicant Sohan Lal had kept the wife of the deceased and the complainant "unlawfully confined in a room" while the other accused had carried Chander Pal's body away on a rehri. The prosecution had added that the accused, after murdering Chander Pal, had hanged his body with a muffler. The deceased and certain other accused had been playing cards before the incident occurred. Seeking his release on bail, defence counsel had contended that the accused was falsely implicated in the case and that no role had been attributed to the accused. Granting bail, the
Sessions Judge directed him to furnish a bond of Rs
30,000 along with a surety of the like amount "to
the satisfaction of the illaqua or the duty
magistrate". |
Forgery
case: bail denied CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — The anticipatory bail application moved by an Estate Office agent accused of forging the documents of a truck was dismissed by the UT District and Sessions Judge, Mr. B.S. Bedi, today. The accused, Kuldip
Singh of S.A.S. Nagar was apprehending arrest in a
cheating and a forgery case registered by the Chandigarh
police under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the
Indian Penal Code on the complaint of the State Transport
Authority secretary. According to the prosecution, the
investigations had revealed that the applicant, working
as an agent at the Estate Office, in conspiracy with
certain other accused, had forged the documents of a
truck and in place of Balwinder Singh's name, had
inserted Des Raj's name. |
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botanists awarded CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — Three eminent botanists of the country were awarded the Pran Nath Mehra Memorial awards in recognition of their services by the Department of Botany in Panjab University here today. Prof Prem Nath Kachroo, known for his contribution in biosystematics, ecology and phytogeography, Dr Triloki Nath Khoshoo, celebrated researcher, and Dr Prem Nath Dogra, known for his monumental researches in conifer, are the awardees. Only Dr Khoshoo made it for the occasion. Professor Kachroo is away to the USA while Dr Dogra is no more.The honours were conferred by Prof R.P.Bambah, former Vice-Chancellor. Professor Bambah who was the chief guest on the occasion said that no subject could survive in isolation during current times. There has to be an inter-connection with other subjects. Dr Pran Nath Mehra was among the pioneers in the tissue culture area. Dr Khoshoo delivered a lecture on 'Dharma of ecology'. Dr Khoshoo is a fellow of all the three National Science Academies and also of the Third World Academy. He is also an alumnus of Panjab University. Dr Khoshoo has held numerous distinguished positions, including Director, National Botanical Research Institute, Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and as Jawaharlal Nehru fellow among several others. Professor Kachroo has major publications, including Flora of Assam, Phytogeography of Assam, Flora of Kashmir and Flora of Jammu among several others. He is an awardee of Prof P.Maheshwari gold medal, besides others. He is a former Vice-Chancellor of Kashmir University. Dr Dogra is known for his path-breaking research in conifers. He was a fellow of the Indian National Academy and the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Dr Mehra, in whose
memory the award has been constituted, was a former head
of the Department Botany Department in Panjab University.
He put forward a new theory known as condensation theory
about the origin and evolution of hepaticae. He was the
president of the botany section in the Indian Science
Congress and vice-president of the International
Botanical Congress, besides holding several other
offices. |
School
holds annual function CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — The annual function of Ajit Karam Singh International Public School, Sector 41, was held at Tagore Theatre, Sector 18, here today. The evening began with an invocation to gods, with children singing a 'shabad'. This was followed by a song-and-dance show telling the story of different seasons, titled 'Joy of Seasons', with tiny-tots resplendent in all kinds of colours. The children came on stage, dressed as the sun and sunflowers, heralding spring. This was followed by kids dressed as the rest of the seasons. This item also included Santa Clauses dancing to the song of winter. The programme had a small English play and a Punjabi skit, followed by an English dance and a kathak item. Students also presented the school orchestra, aerobics and 'bhangra' dance. The chief guest, Justice
Kuldeep Singh (retd), distributed prizes to students.
This annual function will also be held on November 27 and
28, with separate items by students at the same venue. 4-day cultural show in school CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — It was a four-day cultural bonanza put up by students of St Stephen's School.Each two-hour show comprised songs, plays and dances. The four shows began with captivating welcome songs and ended with colourful farewells.The folk dances transported the audience to lush green fields of Haryana and the deserts of Rajasthan. Western dances reflected the dancing skills of budding artists. However, it was the Bhangra which enraptured the audience and had them swaying to the beat of the 'dhol'. The items which stole
the limelight were the Punjabi play 'Chuglian' put up by
Jupiter House and the Hindi play 'Chauraha' by Mars
House. Jupiter also beautifully traced the history of St
Stephen's. Western dance by students of Neptune House
enthralled everyone. "Dhola Maroom", a
Rajasthani ballet, put up by Saturn House, was well
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GMSSS-16
wins science quiz CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — A science and maths quiz competition was held at the State Institute of Education at Sector 32 here today. Gagandeep Singh and Tarandeep Kaur of Class VIII, students of GMSSS, Sector 16, bagged the first prize in the science quiz. The following students of the school also bagged prizes:Vaibhav Aggarwal, Class VIII, maths quiz (3) Radhika Dhamija, Class XII-medical, physics and chemistry (1)Ritu Khullar, XII-medical, chemistry quiz (3) Apurva Anand, XII non-medical, maths quiz (2) Latika Jain, XII non-medical, maths quiz (3). Death anniversary:To commemorate the third death anniversary of Hardyal Mahajan, ex-President, J B Charitable Trust, MRA Senior Secondary Model School, Sector 27, will organise following activities to pay him tributes. On November 27, a cycle rally will be flagged off and a blood donation camp organised, followed by an inter-school quiz contest on November 29. GK quiz:The results of
the general knowledge quiz and the IQ test conducted by
the Chandigarh Librarians Association as part of the
Competition Master Library Related Competitions on
November 14 at the St John's School, Sector 26, are as
follows: Category I:Sankalp Sardana, St John's;
Samarpreet (1); Abhishek Sohal, Hansraj Public School,
Pkl; Divya Bagga, DAV Model, Sector 15; Kirtarath Jain,
St John's (2); Anant Vidus Puri and Hargunjeet, St
John's; Anuveer kaur, St Mary's, Sector 46 and Himanshu
Bagga, Mount Carmel (3); Category II:C Meghashyam, St
Kabir, Sector 26 and Rohan Mathews, Little Flower Convent
(1); Rohit Khanna, St John's Sector 26 (2); Himanshu Kaul
and Vineet Sharma, St John's; Kirti Puri, Carmel Convent;
Shweta Aggarwal, Sacred Heart (3)Category III:Subodh
Sanwan, DAV College, Sector 10 (1); R Arun, Shishu
Niketan, Sector 22 (2); Tania Goel, sacred Heart;
Prabhdeep S Bedi, GMSS, Sector 35 (3)Category IV:Arvind
Kumar, Government College, Sector 46 (1); Babu ram,
Sukhpreet Singh and Kabir Bhomia, Government College,
Sector 46 (2); Kesari devi, Government College, Sector
46, Rajat Goyal, DAV College, Sector 10 (3).
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Police
duty meet concludes RAMGARH, Nov 26 — The Logistics and Communications and the Himachal Pradesh sector jointly won the overall championship trophy of the 23 inter-sector first aid and ambulance drill and the 14 wireless telecommunication and cryptology competitions which concluded at 9 Battalion of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police here today. The competitions are a part of the All-India Police Duty Meet which are conducted separately by the Central Police Organisations. As many as seven teams from various sectors of the force posted in the northern region took part in the three-day event. Dr. R. M. Samant Ray, Director, Medical, ITBP, was the chief guest. He distributed prizes to the winners. The following are the winners. Wireless — team event - L and C Sector (1), Himachal Pradesh (2) and Jammu and Kashmir (3). Individual skill - HC / RO Jagdish Chander, HP Sector (1), HC \ RO Kuldip Singh, L and C, (2) and HC\ RO Ashraf Hussain, J and K - 1 (3). Cryptography — team
event - HP sector (1), L and C sector (2) and Garhwal
Sector (3). Individual skill - HC / RO Harbans Lal, L and
C sector (1), SI/ ro Harpal Singh, HP Sector (2) and
HC/RO Satya Narain Garhwal sector (3). |
SNIPPETS Plea to abolish lease-hold system CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — Local Mayor Kewal Krishan Addiwal yesterday said that he had met Mr Jagmohan, Union Development Minister, and requested him to increase the Lal Dora of villages in Chandigarh, abolish lease-hold system in favour of free-hold system and demanded preference for Chandigarh residents in EWS /LIG flats. The Mayor met the minister while he was in Delhi to attend the executive committee meeting of the All-India Council of Mayors (AICM). During the meeting of the AICM, Mr Addiwal raised the issue of direct grant to Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, and asked the Chandigarh Administration through AICM to give back 100 per cent taxes collected by Chandigarh Administration to the MC. Nagar kirtan procession CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — A colourful nagar kirtan procession will be taken out on December 11 to mark the martyrdom day of Guru Teg Bahadur. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the Nagar Kirtan Tal Mel committee held at the Sector 34 Gurdwara today under the chairmanship of Major N.S. Rangi (retd). The procession will start from the Sector 22 gurdwara and move through Sectors 17, 8, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 before terminating at the Sector 37 gurdwara. Students present bhajan CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — The monthly performance programme at the Sector 24 Swami Ram Tirtha Memorial Society, Punjab, turned out to be a colourful one with its students presenting 'bhajan', lively songs and dance. The programme took off with a bhajan, "Sukh Ke Sab Saathi", by a group of students, followed by a good solo performance on "tabla" by Abhi Chauhan. It was the performance of Kaustuv on keyboard which left the audience spellbound. The solo song,"jab dil se dil takrata hai" by Sunil was equally impressive and won a lot of applause. There was superb performance of "Kathak" by Santosh, the guest artist. NCC to celebrate Raising Day CHANDIGARH, Nov 26 — Several events are being organised by the National Cadet Corps (NCC) to cemmorate its 52nd Raising Day. According to a statement issued here today, the celebrations include a basketball match with the Paraplegic Home at SAS Nagar and an aero and ship modelling show, besides a photo exhibition at Sector 17 on November 27. A march past by cadets will be held at Barotiwala, where an annual training camp is being organised. Mr K.A.P. Sinha, Joint
Secretary, Finance, and DPI (C), will preside over the
function. It will be attended by principals of various
educational institutions in the city and a large number
of cadets. The NCC came into existence on July 16, 1948.
It has a strength of 4.33 lakh cadets in the senior
division and 7.30 lakh cadets in the junior division in
744 NCC units spread over 4,500 colleges and 6,500
schools. |
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