Friday, October 29, 1999
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SI, 3 others have tiff
over challan Chandigarh, Oct 28 — The police department has suspended a Sub-Inspector for allegedly manhandling a Sector 36 resident and his two sons late last night, while a case has also been registered against the trio for obstructing an officer and assaulting him while he was on duty. SI Charanjit Singh was suspended after Mr Pawan Singla lodged a complaint that the car (CH-o1-D-3325), driven by his son, Rakesh, was stopped by the officer at a naka and was not only wrongly challaned but a sum of Rs 5,000 was also snatched from him. A case under sections 382 \ 342 and 323 of the IPC, has been registered at the Sector 11 police station. According to the complainants, Rakesh was stopped in a naka in Sector 15 and when he was showing the papers of the car, the purse was snatched from him by the official. The wallet reportedly contained documents of the vehicle, besides Rs 5,000 in cash. He went home, brought the matter to the notice of his father who came along with his other son and asked the officer to return the money and documents. The officer is then said to have behaved rudely and subsequently slapped Mr Singla. Seeing this, the brothers also grappled with the officer but were overpowered by other officials at the naka. They were taken to the police station in a gypsy and again beaten up in the police station, the complainants alleged. On the other hand, police sources said that a car with tinted windowpanes was stopped at the naka since driving with such panes had been banned by high court. The car was driven by Rakesh and he had a girl sitting alongside him. When asked to show his documents, he refused and was challaned for driving with tinted panes without permission and for not possessing insurance documents. The cops also asked for the reason for being in the sector. He replied that he had come to meet someone in house number 1602, which does not exist. The officials became suspicious and asked him to open the trunk of the car. He, while pretending to open the boot, sat in the car and sped away. He came back half an
hour later with his father and brother who reportedly
started abusing the officer for wrongly challaning his
son. He slapped the officer and tried to manhandle him.
He was also joined in by his sons. They were taken into
custody and booked under Section 332 \ 353 of the IPC. |
Consumer fair opens today CHANDIGARH, Oct 28 — The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is all set to host Consumer Fair-99 at the Sector 17 parade ground here from October 29 to 31. The fair, in which many major business groups are scheduled to participate, will showcase a wide range of consumer durables, electronic goods, automobiles, latest information technology equipment and building material. In addition, two events which are likely to generate a great degree of public interest are daily musical performance by Backstreet Boys, a Delhi- based pop group, and a static display of vintage cars and bikes and a vintage car rally on October 30. According to CII officials, the five shows to be held simultaneously during the fair, will include Office Expo-99, with participation by major internet service providers and offering a complimentary free surfing facility to visitors.At North India Auto Show, new vehicles by auto majors will be launched. The fair, an annual feature of the CII, will be inaugurated by the Advisor to the UT Administrator Ms Vineeta Rai. Static display of the vintage beauties, numbering 20, apart from 8 mobikes from all over the region, will culminate in a rally.The rally will take off from CII headquarters at 9 a.m. and will finish at around 4 p.m. at the Lake Club on October 30 after passing through different parts of the city. According to Mr P.P. Singh, a CII official, special material was being used for stalls and hangers this time where the participant companies will display their products in a 7000 sq m covered area at the place. "It is for the first time that in addition to regular canopies we are using durable and elegant looking hangers, made of imported material during any of our consumers shows." Each of five hangers at the place will cover an area of 1000 sq m and will be used to display large products like cars, said CII officials, adding that parting ways with the conventional material, special toughened ply boards and channels, imported from Singapore have been used in setting up of canopies, all to be used for consumer product display. According to Mr Jatinder
Kapoor, a contractor, 3000 powder-coated sheets have been
imported from abroad for the show. |
Mysterious attempt at felling trees PANCHKULA, Oct 28 — An attempt to fell two trees in the Sector 16 market was allegedly made last night. The trunks of the two trees, 'Papri' and Hetroehragna, had been sawed more than halfway through when shopkeepers in the vicinity discovered the unsuccessful attempt and reported it to the authorities today morning. Owner of a shop directly opposite the two trees, Mr B.D. Gupta, said, "When I came to open the shop today morning, I saw a group of men standing around the two trees. On enquiry, I was told that somebody had tried to cut the trees. Immediately, I contacted the Estate Officer but was directed to contact the Xen (horticulture).'' After reporting the incident, Mr Gupta made enquiries on whether the Haryana Urban Development Authority had ordered the felling of the trees. Mr Jogi Ram, the official concerned, replied that it had not and said he would visit the spot. Confirming the sequence of events, Mr Jogi Ram said he visited the spot along with the SDO and a junior engineer on receiving the report. "This appears to be the job of some miscreants who had to leave before they were through with the job, probably because somebody had descended on the scene. We can only speculate on what happened, since there are no eyewitnesses,'' he said. He said HUDA was not involved in the attempted felling of the trees. He said even though the trees had been sawed halfway through, these could survive if remained untouched. However, if these were tampered with again, the trees could perish in no time. "Since the two trees have no wood-value, creating mischief could be the only motive behind the attempt," Mr Jogi Ram said. Sources in the department said one of the shopkeepers could possibly have been involved in the felling and they had reason to suspect his involvement. They said the market welfare association of the sector had come with a representation, demanding felling of the trees. This demand had been waived off by the department and hence the attempt. Another shopkeeper, Mr P.K. Gautam, said they had submitted such a representation to the department three weeks ago, but for other reasons. "In view of the expansion of the parking of the shopping complex, we felt that the electricity poles and the trees were obstructing the way and could become sources of accidents. We had requested the department to replant these trees elsewhere to make this a safer area,'' he said. A tea-stall owner and the nightwatchman, Mr Bharat Singh Chauhan, has a different view on the attempted felling. "I can say with conviction that this was not done in the night because I was on the round and the sweet-meat shop employees and those working in the tent shop were sleeping outside. The sound of sawing would have been enough to wake them up if this had happened in the night,'' he said. For now, the
Horticulture Department or the shopkeepers in the area
have no clues. The department, on its part, has lodged a
complaint with the police against the attempted felling
of trees. |
'Unqualified persons managing
budgets, resources' CHANDIGARH, Oct 28 — The recent fiscal crises in several Indian states, including Punjab, could have been avoided if the state governments had taken necessary measures and expert advice of cost accountants, said Mr Mahesh Shah, President of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI), here today. In an exclusive interview with The Tribune, Mr Shah asserted that budgets and resources of states were managed by "unqualified persons" which led to the states virtually going "bankrupt". He is a former president of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. Calling for the need to be "cost conscious" in execution of various projects and schemes, he said the BJP-led Central Government could not explain the economics of the rise in diesel prices with the result that its allies opposed the hike. The issue was not handled properly and it was here that the job of cost accountants came into picture, he added. With a view to help manage finances of states efficiently, the ICWAI had written to all state governments to avail themselves of services of over 30,000 qualified cost accountants, he said. He added that about five states, including Punjab, had responded favourably. Keeping in view the changing global economic scenario, the institute, a statutory body under an Act of Parliament, having 92 chapters and six overseas chapters, was updating its syllabi for over 2 lakh students. This was being done in view of more emphasis on IT, entry of Foreign Institutional Investors, proposed opening of the insurance sector to foreign players and India's position vis-a-vis other countries after setting up of the WTO, to inform Indian cost accountants to integrate international procedures with local laws. Mr Shah said the Indian
Banks Association had urged chief executives of banks to
take assistance from cost accountants in 16 areas of
banking. He was later felicitated by the local chapter of
the ICWAI. |
‘Economic growth linked to
infrastructure’ CHANDIGARH, Oct 28 — "The mantra for growth and expansion of services is commercialisation based on efficiency and competitiveness.'' This was stated by Mr G Haldea, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, while addressing executives and senior managers of the Bank of India on the fourth day today. The week-long management development/special training programme is being organised by the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID). Delivering a lecture on 'Financing of infrastructural projects', Mr Haldea said economic growth is now significantly linked to the growth of infrastructure, such as power, telecom, highways, ports and civil aviation.Unless reforms and restructuring is pursued vigorously in all these sectors, the projected growth rate, would be difficult to achieve. He stressed that privatisation needed not necessarily mean higher cost for the consumer, what is important is that cost and returns are based on competitiveness and free market forces. Dr S.Chandra, Chairman, Pan Asian Management Foundation, gave an exposition on corporate governance, managerial effectiveness, work culture and productivity. He stressed that unless the governance is result-oriented and transparent, it cannot lead to better efficiency and productivity. Speaking on the occasion, Mr K.K Bhatnagar emphasised the need of investment in urban infrastructure, where banks should come forward in financing these projects. In the session on "Transformational leadership'' held yesterday, Mr S.K. Bijlani said "change and management had become cliches now, with organisations finding it more and more difficult to respond to the changing environment, while in the process few win and others languish". Mr Bijlani further stressed on visioning and aligning individual's vision with that of the organisation's and then sustaining it. Prof S.S. Johl, Member, Board of Governors, RBI, said that agriculture sector cannot be considered exclusively, the financing problem has to be viewed in the context of overall economic growth. He also emphasised on the need for close participation of bankers with the farmers as partners in business and also on the scope of injecting finance in agriculture sector for capital formation. Prof Vidhu Mohan from
Department of Psychology, PU, spoke on 'Human capital',
emphasising on the concept of innovative thinking,
discussing the barriers, blocks in creative thinking and
other component which lead to visionary leadership. She
also undertook an exercise with the participants on
self-appraisal, using more innovative thinking in
becoming effective leaders. |
Dr Kak gets another extension CHANDIGARH, Oct 28 — The re-employment period of neurosurgeon and Director-Principal, Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, Prof V.K. Kak, has been extended with effect from October 31 as per an order of the Department of Personnel, Chandigarh Administration. Professor Kak had retired as the Director-Principal of GMCH in October last year, after which he was given one year's re-employment by the Ministry of Home Affairs. Meanwhile, talks are on
regarding the extension of the tenure of Dr B. K. Sharma,
Director of the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical
Education and Research (PGIMER). Dr Sharma is due to
retire in the end of November this year. |
Khadi exhibition inaugurated CHANDIGARH, Oct 28 —The Mayor, Mr Kewal Krishan Addiwal, today inaugurated a state-level khadi gramodyog exhibition in Sector 34-B here. Sponsored by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission, Government of India, a wide range of cotton , woollen and silk khadi are at display at a special discount of up to 30 per cent. Besides khadi items, village industry products such as artistic wooden furniture, leather garments, Rajasthani bangles and jam are on sale at the exhibition in which over 30 units from the region are participating. Mr Karnail Singh, Director of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Punjab and Chandigarh, said the main aim of holding the exhibition, which was the fifth in a row, was to promote the sale of khadi for the benefit of the artisans engaged in manufacturing these products. Meanwhile, stall owners, while talking to TNS, said in spite of the changing trends and high cost of the raw material for various khadi products, the products were still popular with the public. Competition from various quarters notwithstanding, the sales had gone up in the recent years, informed Mr M.C. Agnihotri and Mr O.P. Sharma from Patti in Amritsar district. A award winner from the
Punjab and German Government in handicrafts, Mr Tirath
Singh, said despite lack of skilled labour, there was a
great demand for the lacquered and artistic wooden
furniture. |
Be sensitive to women, cops
told CHANDIGARH, Oct 28 — A day-long workshop on ` Gender Sensitisation' was organised by the Department of Adult Continuing Education, Panjab University, here today to sensitise police personnel so as to check the incidence of crime against women. As many as 30 police officers participated in the workshop. At the outset, Dr Ajaib Singh, Director of the department, highlighted the objectives of the workshop. He pointed out that women in India had legal and constitutional right on equality with men, but during execution of this law they were denied this right. The idea behind organising such a workshop was to sensitise the police to create such an environment so that women could get their complaints registered without fear and apprehension in police stations, he added. While inaugurating the workshop, Mr C.S.R. Reddy, Senior Superintendent of Police, UT, observed that crimes and problems of the people related to law and order, particularly of women, were increasing and highlighted the need to sensitise the police personnel, including lady police officers, ladies working in non-government organisations, boys and girls studying in colleges so that cases of rape, dowry deaths, eve teasing, sexual harassment etc were jointly dealt with. A positive attitude towards the problems of women would help check crime against women, he maintained. Dr Vidhu Mohan, Professor of Psychology, Panjab University, explained at length various roles of police. She said that humanitarian view and morality of police officers could go a long way in prevention and detection of crimes and atrocities against women. Dr Rajesh Gill from the Department of Sociology, delivered a talk on social inequalities and gender bias prevailing in society. Dr Richa Shri, a lecturer from Punjabi University, Patiala, stated that the police should be more considerate in listening to the problems related to women. Dr Sween, Senior Project Officer from the department, conducted the workshop. She drew the attention of the participants towards the shameful acts being committed against, both rich and poor women in rural and urban areas, and the cases were not reported to the police for one reason or another. Earlier, while welcoming
the participants, Dr G.S Gill, Assistant Director from
the department, stressed the need for developing a
healthy relationship between the police and citizens. |
SI arrested, suspended CHANDIGARH, Oct 28 — The local police department has suspended a Sub-Inspector following his arrest in a criminal case at the sadar police station at Rajpura. SI Sujan Singh, posted at the police lines, was on leave for the past many days and was supposed to join duty today. When he did not report back, an official was sent to Rajpura since rumours had been doing the rounds that an officer of the local police had been arrested by the Punjab police. According to police sources, he was evading arrest for sometime by being on leave and was arrested on October 23 at Rajpura where he had gone for some personal work. The Punjab police had not informed the local police of his arrest. He is in judicial custody. SI Sujan Singh was arrested following a directive of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a case pertaining to the alleged murder of his son and daughter-in-law under mysterious circumstances at the house of the latter's in-laws. Similar directions have been given with regard to his wife. The court had directed that he should be booked under Sections 406 and 498-A of the IPC and arrested. Sources said Sujan Singh, after the death of his son two years back, had alleged that he had been murdered by his in-laws. A case was filed, in which he had also alleged that a constable of the local police, who had arranged the match for this son, was also involved in the murder. It was alleged that he had tried to mislead the police by making false claims to corner the dowry of his daughter-in-law. The couple had reportedly committed suicide at the house of her parents while Sujan Singh had been alleging that his son was murdered after he refused to leave him and help his in-laws in their work. The police had recorded
proceedings under Section 174 of the Cr PC and had closed
the case. It was on his insistence that a case was
registered later on. |
Bail denied in fake
certificate case CHANDIGARH, Oct 28 — The Additional Sessions Judge, Mr S.S. Lamba, today declined bail to Malik Singh, a resident of Mohali, who is an accused in the alleged racket of sale of forged certificates. “Suffice it to say that possession of forged documents that too with the intention to use the same for the purpose of sale is a serious offence punishable under Section 474, IPC”, ruled the judge. He added: “The allegations on the face of it are very serious. Such persons are eating into the fabric of society as a whole and are demolishing the education. It is certainly not a fit case for the grant of bail”. According to the prosecution, on September 11 secret information was received by Rajinder Pal, Sub Inspector with the Chandigarh Police’s crime branch, that one Lachhman Singh, an ad hoc employee of Panjab University, indulged in forging university marks sheets. On that date he possessed such forged documents and stood at the PGI local bus stand. Ruqa was sent for the registration of a case. Lachhman Singh was arrested and various documents were recovered from his possession. During his interrogation, Lachhman Singh named certain other persons who were involved in this racket. Malik Singh was also alleged to be involved in the sale of forged certificates. On the basis of his disclosure statement, two certificates of the Punjab School Education Board were recovered. While one certificate was in the name of Hazura Singh, another certificate was blank. Counsel for the accused contended that the documents were not valuable documents as to fall within the ambit of Section 476, IPC. He further argued that it was a matter yet to be seen during trial as to whether the documents were forged by the accused or not because his specimen signatures and handwritings had been obtained. Moreover, the investigation of the case would take a long time. The Public Prosecutor,
on the other hand, took the stand that the accused was
involved in a big racket of selling forged certificates.
He was earlier an employee of the Punjab School Education
Board and managed to steal the certificates. Therefore,
he was not entitled to the benefit of bail. |
Corruption due to lack of
transparency CHANDIGARH, Oct 28 — Lack of transparency causes a lot of anxiety, resentment, loss of valuable time and faith in the system. This also breeds corruption, especially in under developed society which has become a global concern and has been politicised. These are some of the observations made by Mr B.S. Ojha, a former Chief Secretary of Haryana, while inaugurating a two-day seminar-cum-workshop on Transparent and Accountable Administration organised jointly by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances of the Union Government and the Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration, Punjab, at the UT Guest House here. The seminar-cum-workshop is being organised as a follow-up of the Chief Ministers' conference held in May,1997, for providing effective and responsive governance to the people. While commenting on accountability, Mr B.S. Ojha questioned the Central Government's accountability by blessing through various signals the financial misconduct of the State Governments. The Reserve Bank of India, he said, had not taken any action against any Government by stopping over drafting of the State which had been responsible for financial misconduct. He referred to reports about denial or delay in payment of salaries to employees. Those State Governments which had been observing financial discipline must be rewarded, he suggested. Talking about the functioning of the office of the Accountant-General and Comptroller-General, he questioned the wisdom of coming out with audit reports after four or five years when no follow-up action was possible and these reports become fit to be put in archives. After the inaugural ceremony, the participants were divided into seven sub groups such as public dealing-regulatory; public dealing, department development; revenue generating; dealing with social welfare and education; infrastructure and technology. They will prepare reports for presentation during the second session tomorrow which will be inaugurated by the Haryana Chief Secretary, Mr Ram S. Varma. Earlier, Mr B.S. Menon, Deputy Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, informed that the objective of the seminar-cum-workshop was not only to gather views for making government functioning transparent and accountable but also to create awareness among the policy framers — the Chief Secretaries and Secretaries of different ministries — to keep the suggestions of these seminars in view while framing rules and regulations so that the district level and panchayat level administration could also adopt such measures for the benefit of the common man. Mr Ravi Sandhu, Executive Director, Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration, in his address of welcome, talked about the salient features of the workshop-cum-seminar. Senior functionaries of
the State Governments of Punjab and Haryana besides those
of the Chandigarh Administration are attending this
programme. |
'Vigilance officers needed’ CHANDIGARH, Oct 28 — Administrative control delays, taking up more than what can be managed, exercise of personal discretion and cumbersome procedure in dealing with various issues of public importance are the four major causes of corruption in the Administration, says Mr Balbir Singh, Chief Vigilance Officer-cum-Chairman, Chandigarh Housing Board. Addressing a meeting of all heads of departments of the Chandigarh Administration, he asked them to identify and put to practice such measures which can eliminate corruption from public life. Corruption, he said, could be curbed by both preventive and punitive methods. The preventive measures could substantially reduce the number of vigilance cases by eliminating opportunities of corruption, making regular inspections and surprise visits for detecting malpractices, locating sensitive spots containing seeds of corruption, maintaining proper surveillance on characters of doubtful integrity and ensuring prompt observance of conduct rules relating to the submission of statements of assets and acquisitions, gifts and benami transactions. Mr Balbir Singh also suggested appointment of vigilance officers within each department. Those who have more than 20 employees should have a vigilance officer while where the number of employees was less than 20, the head should act as a vigilance officer also. He also suggested regular feedback by the due date through periodical reports which can act as a bridge between the department and the Chief Vigilance Commissioner. Mr Balbir Singh also warned that in case there was any lack in cooperation in the matter of presenting of records or information, it would be taken seriously. He wanted that all vigilance officers or heads of departments should review the progress of pending complaints and inquiries to ensure that these were taken to the logical conclusion in a set frame of time. Mr Balbir Singh also
wanted all officials of the Administration to go through
the vigilance manual and acquaint themselves with the
procedures in dealing with vigilance cases. |
Truckers resume operations CHANDIGARH, Oct 28 —With the All-India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) calling off the nationwide strike, truckers have resumed their operations today and the movement of commodities is limping back to normal. The Transport Yard in Sector 26, which wore a deserted look with hardly any bookings being made for the past week, was abuzz with activity. Bookings were being made and trucks were departing for their destinations. A visit to the yard and the adjoining grain and vegetable and fruit markets revealed that trucks were loaded with vegetables and other essential commodities. Though hardly any long-distance trucks touched the city, trucks from nearby areas, ferrying vegetables and fruits, could be seen being unloaded. Though traders and industrialists were happy, the mood in truckers' camp was not upbeat. Many transporters alleged that the Central Government had not acceded to the main demand of the rollback in diesel prices. Mr Subhash Chawla, President of the Tenant Transporters Association, alleged that the AIMTC had failed to pressurise the government into accepting major demands and the government had fooled it by false assurances. Claiming that the AIMTC was not a representative body of general operators and represented big booking companies, he said operators would not join any strike called by it in the future as operators were not consulted on starting and calling off the strike. In the market, there was
not much difference in the prices of vegetables and
fruits, which had registered an increase during the past
week. The prices would come down when fresh supplies came
from distant places by tomorrow, added traders. |
Anti-polio drive in city a
success CHANDIGARH, Oct 28 — The first phase of the Intensified Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme1999-2000, which was carried out in three cycles, has proved to be successful in the city, as per the experts. The polio vaccine was provided to the children in the age group of zero to five years. On October 24, the first day, the 90,818 children were immunised in the city. They included 2,5597 from the rural sector and 6,5221 from the urban sector. The mobile vans helped immunise 1,497 children. The next two days, the drive focussed on door-to-door immunisations to target those children who did not visit the various immunisation centres. On the first day of this door-to-door drive, 10,475 children were covered, while on the second day more than one lakh were covered. On the last day, the mobile vans covered 104 children. Reportedly, there were some cases of double doses being provided, especially because of the problem of some children not being marked properly by ink marks. According to Dr Minocha, Director, Family Welfare, and the coordinator of this drive, the campaign was made a success because of the work of the team of anganwadi workers, and other health workers at the grass-root level, including medical students, interns and NSS workers. The dates for the next three cycles are — November 21, December 19 and January 23. India has set the target
date of December 31, 2000, for the eradication of the
polio disease. |
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Stir for bonus The agitators assembled near the bridge market and raised slogans against the government for not accepting their genuine demands. They alleged that they were harassed on the way by the police and some of their vehicles were stopped on the way for several hours. Addressing the protesters, leaders of the body said employees had not been paid their bonus for the past two years and the instalments of the dearness allowance had also been stopped by the government. They said numerous representations on promotions after four, nine and 14 years of service were also pending before the authorities. Besides this, the government was also silent on tabling the report of the anamolies committee, restoring the LTA, special allowance for those posted in the border areas and stopping privatisation in various sectors. They said if their demands were not met soon, they would be forced to launch a statewide agitation. Ruling group wins again Mr Jarnail Singh Chunni secured 629 votes to win the presidentship of the association. The post of General Secretary went to Mr Jarnail Singh Brar (707 votes), while his opponents, Mr Raghbir Singh Toki and Mr Harbans Singh Dholewal, secured 353 and 177 votes, respectively. Other office-bearers elected were: Senior Vice-President — Mr Harbhajan Singh Billa (615 votes); Vice-President — Mr M.P. Sharma (618 votes); Joint Secretary — Mr Amar Singh Dhaliwal (670 votes); Organising Secretary — Mr Bhagwant Singh Bedi (709 votes); Finance Secretary — Mr M.S. Pathania (663 votes); and Press Secretary — Mr Sagar Singh Randhawa (668 votes). Lions Club to hold eye camp AIFUTA appeal Rallies, dharnas and marches will be observed "in response to the reports from a large number of the university teachers associations about the long due revision of the pay. Students given certificates The students, who were sponsored by the local Municipal Council, were presented certificates by Mr Yash Raj Goyal, Executive Officer of the Council. Students presented an entertainment programme and students of the Tailoring and Dress Design course exhibited their items. IT course introduced The institute is one of the 10 centres set up in the country under a scheme of the Central Government, sponsored by the World Bank in collaboration with GTZ Germany. The institute, equipped with sophisticated machinery and equipment, had been set up at a cost of about Rs 2 crore. From March 31, 1999, the institute came under the control of the Department of Technical Education and Industrial Training, Punjab, headed by Ms Upinderjit Kaur, State Minister of Technical Education and Industrial Training. After conducting a survey of the requirements of the local industry, courses were introduced in computer training drafting (CAD/CAM) , maintenance of computers, analog and digital electronics, and industrial automation. Mr N.S.Kalsi, Director of Technical Education and Industrial Training Department, said the new course in Information Technology had also been introduced at Hoshiarpur, Bathinda and Rajpura. 9 cops promoted Those promoted are Mr Fateh Singh, Mr Mohinder Singh, Mr Tarsem Singh, Mr Sarup Singh, Mr Chattar Singh, Mr Satish Kumar, Mr Dharam Pal, Mr Jai Bhagwan and Mr Partap Chand. Awareness drive The cell had been set up by the Union Ministry of Rural Development under the Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission. The cell manager, Mr I.S. Kang, said nearly 250 persons participated in the programme. Jain criticises Dhawan Mr Jain said this meant that Mr Dhawan and his Congress colleagues had no faith in the courts, the judicial process or the investigating agencies of the country. The law always took its own course and did not depend upon the personal desires of any individual or the party GIC subsidiaries’
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