Bilaspur Shimla Solan

CPM alleges vendetta
SHIMLA, Oct 4 — The CPM has accused the BJP government of Mr P.K. Dhumal of harassing its political opponents by registering "false" criminal cases against them.

CM reviews Dasehra arrangements
SHIMLA, Oct 4 — The international fame Dashera festival of Kulu will be celebrated from October 20 to 25. Cultural troupes from various parts of the country as well as from within the state will participate in the festival.

• Plea to regularise daily wagers
• HPSEB employees' plea
• AIR's special bulletins
• Minister's denial

Case registered against coaching centre
Tribune News Service

SHIMLA, Oct 4 — The police has registered an FIR against a coaching centre which allegedly was trying to dupe students aspiring to secure seats in professional institutes.

The FIR has been registered on the complaint of Mr Rajesh Aggarwal.

It has been alleged that with a view to attracting students to their coaching centre, one of such institute had inserted an advertisement in which among others, the photograph of a candidate who had failed in the competitive examination was included. However, the advertisement inserted by the coaching centre claimed that the particular candidate had passed the competitive examination for the HPMT.

Mr Aggarwal, in his complaint, has alleged that some of the candidates who were declared successful in the examination had actually not got coaching in that particular institute which had published their photographs in the advertisements showing it as their own achievement.

He has named such candidates who had failed in the competitive examinations but the coaching centre had published their photographs showing them as successful.

He has said that the centre was coaching candidates for medical and engineering courses to prepare them for competitive examinations for admission to professional colleges.

Delay in Dental College exams resented
Tribune News Service

SHIMLA, Oct 4 — Students of the final year of Government Dental College here are getting restive as the authorities have failed to conduct the examinations.

A leader of the Central Students Association of the college said that the final examination, which should have been conducted in March last, has not yet been held.

The Dental Council of India is yet to recognise the course. The final year students have completed their syllabus and were sitting idle for the past about seven months.

The students are demanding that the vacant posts of teachers in the college should be filled immediately so that the council could inspect the institute.

The college here has remained controversial ever since it was set up. The Centre granted approval to the college some time ago, but recognition was still awaited.

The multi-storeyed building of the college was nearing completion. However, admissions for the fresh dental course could not be held this time because of the procedural wrangles.

CM reviews Dasehra arrangements
Tribune News Service

SHIMLA, Oct 4 — The international fame Dashera festival of Kulu will be celebrated from October 20 to 25. Cultural troupes from various parts of the country as well as from within the state will participate in the festival.

A high-level meeting was held here today in this regard to finalise the arrangements for the festival. The meeting was presided by the Chief Minister, Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal.

The Chief Minister directed the administration to organise the fair in a befitting manner keeping in view its importance and said sincere efforts should be made to attract maximum foreign and home tourists to the festival, which begins when Dashera festival in other parts of the country concludes.

The Chief Minister directed that exhibitions highlighting the policies and programmes of the government by various departments and corporations be also put up in the festival which should be attractive and informative both. He directed that local cultural troupes and artiste also be encouraged in the festival.

Mr Dhumal directed that uninterrupted electricity and water supply should be ensured during the festival to avoid any inconvenience to the people. He said all departments would make concerted and sincere efforts to make the festival a success.

CPM alleges vendetta
Tribune News Service

SHIMLA, Oct 4 — The CPM has accused the BJP government of Mr P.K. Dhumal of harassing its political opponents by registering "false" criminal cases against them.

Mr Mohar Singh, secretary of the CPM, in a statement here today alleged that the BJP government has become intolerant to dissent and was using repressive measures against leaders of the opposition.

He claimed that several CPM leaders have been "implicated" in false murder cases. As many as 198 CITU activists have been implicated in 23 criminal cases registered under the jurisdiction of Jhakri police station. Their only offence is that they have demanded enforcement of equal wages for equal work for the hydel project workers. In Shimla 17 criminal cases have been framed against SFI leaders for raising the demand to reduce the increased fee in colleges and university and also the holding of elections to the student union.

CITU and SFI leaders have repeatedly been arrested for an apprehension of a breach of the peace. This is being used as a weapon to curb democratic rights, including the fundamental rights to freedom of speech and expression and movement, Mr Mohar Singh alleged.

Plea to regularise daily wagers
Tribune News Service

SHIMLA, Oct 4 — The Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Employees Union (daily wage fraction) has criticised the decision of the management of the board to get the vacant posts of junior engineers, junior draftsman and senior draftsman filled through the Subordinate Services Selection Board.

The union has expressed surprise over the decision as personnel were working against these posts on the daily-wage basis. It was contradictory to the government's assurance that all those daily wagers who had put in five years of service would be regularised.

The union threatened to launch an agitation in case the management went ahead with recruitment before regularising all eligible daily wagers.

Minister's denial
From Our Correspondent

SOLAN, Oct 4 — The Minister of State for Town and Country Planning, Mr Hari Narain Singh Saini, while addressing a press conference here today described reports in a section of the Press (not The Tribune) alleging that he had threatened to physically eliminate a reporter of a vernacular daily, published from Jalandhar as "totally baseless, concocted and planted by his political adversaries to defame him".

The reporter, Mr Jitendra Sharda, had filed a complaint with Nalagarh police yesterday alleging that Mr Saini had issued telephonic threats of dire consequences, including the one to eliminate him physically.

HPSEB employees' plea
From Our Correspondent

BILASPUR, Oct 4 — The district unit of the HP State Electricity Board Technical Employees Union has demanded that danger allowance, which was declared by the Chief Minister a few months ago, should be given to all categories of field and technical employees in the board and should not be limited to only a section of the employees.

According to the president of the union, Mr Vasudev Sharma, the meeting of the union was held here yesterday in this regard and urged the Chief Minister to look into this matter.

AIR's special bulletins
Tribune News Service

SHIMLA, Oct 4 — All India Radio will broadcast special news bulletins on October 6 and 7 give the latest election results.

The bulletins will be broadcast at 12.30, 2.30, 7.50 and 8.28 on October 6 and at 6.55, 10.10, 2.30, 7.50 and 8.28 on October 7.