Sunday, September 5, 1999
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UT all set to go to polls
today CHANDIGARH, Sept 4 — The Union Territory of Chandigarh is all set to go to polls tomorrow for the lone Lok Sabha seat. Nearly 3,500 employees, who are on election duty, have started reporting at the venues of their duty after collecting the election material, including electronic voting machines, from the distribution centres this morning. Adequate security arrangements have been made at all the 644 polling stations in the Union Territory. There are 16 candidates in the fray this time. The total number of electorate is a little more than 5.8 lakh. The candidates are Mr Krishan Lal Sharma (BJP), Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal (Congress), Mr Mata Ram Dhiman (BSP), Mr Manphool Singh (Samajwadi Party), Mrs Bimla Sapna (BSP-Ambedkar), Mr Dilbagh Singh Saini (Ajeya Bharat), Col Harsharan Singh (Independent), Mr Ravi Parkash Kansal (Independent), Mrs Gurvinder Kaur Sodhi (Independent), Ms Palac Shri (Independent), Mr S.M. Bhatti (Independent), Mr Inderjit Gupta (Independent), Mr Kartar Singh Hothi (Independent), Mr Gurnam Singh Sidhu (Independent), Mr Rajinder Srivastav (Independent) and Mr Ram Pal Hans (Independent). Last time there were 18 contestants while in 1996, the number of candidates was 48. After nearly a fortnight of campaigning, the Union Territory was peaceful and calm today as the noise and din of loudspeakers and announcements was gone. The contestants had a busy time in signing authorisations for their respective polling agents at each polling station. With restrictions on the use of vehicles for ferrying voters, the security forces have been continuing their patrolling with a watch on all hotels, guest houses and dharamshalas to prevent intruders from outside. Though the contestants continued their canvassing by moving from door to door, but the usual paraphernalia, associated with campaigning was missing. At most of the places, the candidates had closed-door meetings with the electorate in their last-minute effort to win over more and more voters on their respective side. The morning supply of newspapers also carried a large number of handbills issued on behalf of one party or the other or even on behalf of candidates. In certain cases, some handbills on behalf of one organisation or the other criticising one candidate or the other were also delivered with the newspapers. With liquor shops, pubs and bars in clubs and hotels remaining closed for the second day today, the usual business activity in markets and shopping centres was far below normal. It is for the first time
that the electorate of Chandigarh will use electronic
voting machines. This will eliminate the chances of any
invalid voting. In the past nearly 1 per cent to 2 per
cent of the total votes cast were declared invalid. If
one looks back, the polling in Chandigarh is normally
around 60 per cent. In 1998, it was 53.69 per cent while
in 1996 it was 58.4 per cent. The highest polling —
68.1 per cent — was recorded in 1984. |
Hi-tech voting today CHANDIGARH, Sept 4 — The electronic voting machines (EVMs), voters lists, inks and all other election-related material that will facilitate more than 5.83 lakh voters in exercising their franchise in the Union Territory of Chandigarh on Sunday, were officially handed over to the polling staff at the five counting centres in the city this morning. The machines were taken to the 644 polling booths located in 193 buildings spread all over the city, the villages and the labour colonies. Each polling booth will be under the direct supervision of a police party headed by a Non-Gazetted Officer (NGO) ,comprising a head constable and a home guard volunteer. Additional parties of para-military forces will be stationed at the 145 sensitive booths that will be under special vigilance. The Inspector-General of Police , Mr S.K. Singh , said a total of 67 vehicles, in addition to the 22 gypsies and 30 motor cycles have been deployed in the city to control the law and order situation. In the past three to four days, close to 4000 bottles of liquor, being taken unauthorisedly to different places, have been seized by the police. On the other hand, another 100 persons, who could have created trouble , have been arrested in the past 15 days, the IGP said while adding that the CID wing of the police in its report had ruled out the possibility of any major untoward incident during the polling tomorrow. The IGP also took a serious view of the supply of liquor in labour colonies and has called for the explanation of the DSP, East , the SHO, Sector 26, police station and the in charge of police post at Bapu Dham. Meanwhile the election authorities started the process of handing over of the machines and other election material this morning under the supervision of the designated Assistant Returning Officers (AROs). Election material was distributed from the five counting centres in GCG, Sector 42, Government College, Sector 46, Government College of Education , Sector 20, Central Polytechnic , Sector 26 and Government College, Sector 11. Once the polling is over ,the machines will be brought back to these places where a heavily guarded strongroom has been provided. The machines and other election material were handed over to the presiding officers of the respective polling stations. Tomorrow morning, these officers will display to the political parties or their agents as to how the machine being used at the booth is free from any polled votes. A mock demonstration will also be held. Each presiding officer first physically checked the machines before accepting them. The same will be returned by them in a sealed briefcase to their respective counting stations tomorrow evening. The other material was counted and accepted. The machines were neatly packed in briefcases and carted away. In the past few weeks, the local election authorities have held planned mobile demonstrations all over the city. Special centres were also set up to educate the members of the public. For the provision of
food to the polling staff the Chandigarh Election
Authorities are providing them with an allowance as the
staff will be staying at the polling booths tonight and
will finish their duty only tomorrow evening. The
Chandigarh Police, for its staff on duty, has deputed
five vehicles to provide tea, lunch and dinner. The task
will be completed in 2 hours for each meal and the area
SHO will be responsible, the police authorities said. |
This time your MP won't be
from Sec 9 CHANDIGARH, Sept 4 — It is after 19 years that Sector 9 will go unrepresented in the list of candidates for the lone Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat, polling for which will be held tomorrow. It began in 1980 when Mr Jagan Nath Kaushal became the first successful candidate from the Sector to get into the Lok Sabha as a representative of this Union Territory. He was re-elected in 1984. In 1989, when Mr Kaushal was defeated, his conqueror was Mr Harmohan Dhawan, also a resident of Sector 9. Though no one was elected from this Sector in the subsequent Lok Sabha elections held in 1991, 1996 and 1998, yet Mr Dhawan represented this Sector in all these elections . This elite Sector, however, continues to be represented in the Lok Sabha. In 1996 and again in 1998, Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal, also a resident of this Sector, was elected to the Lok Sabha. But on both these occasions, he was elected from the Faridkot parliamentary constituency. This time again, he is one of the contestants from the same constituency. Other MPs from Sector 9 include Mr Surinder Singh Kairon (Punjab) and Mr Bhajan Lal (Haryana). Interestingly, the focus has never shifted from the elite phase I Sectors to thickly-populated phase II Sectors. In 1991, Mr Pawan Bansal, a resident of Sector 28, was elected to the Lok Sabha. He was followed for two consecutive times by Mr Satya Pal Jain — in 1996 and 1998 —, a resident of Sector 15. This time, there is not even a single candidate in the fray from the first 18 sectors of the city. The main rivals, Mr Pawan Bansal (Sector 28) and Mr Krishan Lal Sharma (Sector 27), come from neighbouring sectors. There are two other contestants from Sectors 27. They are Col Harsharan Singh (retd), an Independent, contesting as a nominee of the newly formed Rashtriya Raksha Dal. The third contestant from Sector 27 is Mrs Bimla Sapna of the Bahujan Samaj Party-Ambedkar. From Sector 9 and after Sector 27, the focus has shifted to Sector 38. Three of the 16 contestants — Mr Mata Ram Dhiman of the Bahujan Samaj Party; Mrs Gurvinder Kaur Sodhi (Independent) and Mr Kartar Singh Hothi (Independent) — are from this sector. The only candidate from the northern part of the city is Mr Gurnam Singh Sidhu, an Independent, who lives next to Gurdwara Gursagar Sahib, near Sukhna Lake. After him comes Mr Ravi Parkash Kansal, also an Independent, who is a resident of Sector 19. From the peripheral areas is Mr Inderjit Gupta, an Independent, from Shivalik Enclave in Mani Majra. He had contested in 1996 also. Mr Rajinder Srivastav of the Shiv Sena (Thakre), belongs to Deep Complex of Hallo Majra. This is the area which remained in the news for a long time and witnessed several agitations, including blockade of vehicular traffic, in protest against land acquisition and demolitions. Ms Palac Shri (25) and
Mr Rajinder Srivastav (26) are the youngest among women
and men candidates, respectively. |
"NDA govt to last full
term" CHANDIGARH, Sept 4 — Predicting a stable National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government for a full term of five years under Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, the BJP candidate for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat, Mr Krishan Lal Sharma says that elections to the 13th Lok Sabha will witness positive voting for the first time. Talking to newsmen here this afternoon, Mr Sharma said that two significant developments would dominate the ensuing polls. These were stability and able leadership which the NDA could provide under Mr Vajpayee. In the past, he said, people's verdict had been mostly more of disapproval of the actions of the government of the time. "But this is for the first time that anti-incumbency is no factor. Rather, people are more concerned that this time the situation should not be repeated of the past where elections became inevitable thrice in less than three years. This time there is a strong Vajpayee wave. "After these elections, it will be for the first time in the history of the country that a truly full non-Congress Government will emerge at the Centre. There is a strong unit in the National Democratic Alliance and people have a conviction that the NDA can form a strong and stable government at the Centre," Mr Sharma said. He maintained that unfortunately in the elections, the Congress could not raise national issues but rather concentrated on "petty issues". The Congress must explain its position as how it would get majority in the Lok Sabha and who would be its leader. The Congress had perhaps admitted to its moral defeat on both these issues on the eve of the elections, Mr Sharma added. Talking about Chandigarh, he said he would win by a comfortable margin. The result of the election would leave Mr Pawan Bansal thinking why he was left alone both by the party leadership and the party workers. In a joint appeal, Mr Krishan Lal Sharma, Mr Satya Pal Jain, Mr Dharam Paul Gupta and Mr Gurpartap Singh Riar asked the electorate of Chandigarh to cast their votes, vote positively and vote on merit. "The election
campaign has brought distinct difference between the two
major parties in Chandigarh. Whereas the BJP and the SAD
have unitedly and jointly carried out the election
campaign and have worked day and night for the success of
the party candidate, on the other hand, the Congress
remains a badly divided house," the appeal said. |
Bansal confident of winning CHANDIGARH, Sept 4 — "We are all set to wrest back the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat," says the Congress candidate, Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, maintaining that "there has been overwhelming response from all sections of society" to his candidature. In an informal chat with newsmen here this afternoon, Mr Bansal said that the electorate of Chandigarh was fed up with the BJP-SAD alliance for its failure to deliver any goods. "Employees of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh are a disenchanted lot. They have been denied their rightful due," Mr Bansal said. Mr Bansal, who had been campaigning for 16 to 18 hours a day, looked relaxed and confident. He said that he was committed to retaining Chandigarh as a Union Territory, strongly oppose to levying of any municipal taxes in the city, besides working for the overall development of the entire Union Territory, including development of rural areas as model villages, rehabilitation schemes for slum dwellers, abolition of lal dora altogether and development of Chandigarh as a second national capital. Mr Bansal said that many of the dissatisfied and unhappy people who had been supporting the BJP-SAD alliance in the past have come and joined him to strengthen secular forces. Since the BJP candidate was an outsider, it was also helping him a lot, he added. Other factors that improved his position considerably included joining of the Congress by Mr Harmohan Dhawan and his local unit of the Samajwadi Janata Party and unconditional support from various other secular forces, including the CPI, Lok Bhaalai Party and a few others, he added. He said that Congress workers had spread out in colonies and villages to make sure that there was no "illegal" practices carried out by his rivals to bribe the voters on the eve of the polling. He appealed to the electorate of Chandigarh for maximum polling and said that people should vote freely, fearlessly and on merit. Also present were Mr
Harmohan Dhawan and other functionaries of the Congress. |
Inadequate poll material provided
in Banur DERA BASSI, Sept 4 — The presiding officers of 159 polling stations in the Banur segment of the Patiala parliamentary constituency are reported to have been provided with only one-third of the election material required by them. According to sources, the staff has not been provided with sufficient stationery for the paper work to be done during the polling. They have not been provided with items such as cords, paper tags, pens, curtain material to make temporary cubicles for casting votes, and candles to be used in case of power failure. Some of the buildings where polling stations have been set up are not suitable for this purpose. The authorities have not made arrangements for the night stay of the staff on duty in remote villages. They will have to spend the night either by sitting or by stretching themselves on the floor. Some will have no option but to seek the help of the villagers. Some of the staff members on election duty, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said they would prefer to go back home at night and also accommodate their colleagues from far-off places as there were no chances of forgery in polling by the EVMs. Moreover, the police personnel deployed at the polling stations will watch and guard the machines and other material during the night, they argued. However, Mr Sher Singh Sidhu, Assistant Returning Officer (ARO) of the Banur segment, said that the POs and other staff members on election duty had been directed to stay at their respective polling stations till the polling process was over. The staff on elections duty has also been given instructions not to consume liquor or indulge in any other activity which may land them in trouble the next day. The patwaris of the villages concerned have been asked to make the necessary arrangements for the stay of the staff, said Mr Sidhu. He said that the supervisory officers (SOs) would keep close watch on the presiding officers and other staff. Anyone found violating the instructions would be retained with immediate effect. Strict action would be taken against the instruction violators. For this purpose, police parties have been deployed for night patrolling in different polling stations on the segment. Earlier, the presiding officers and other members of the polling staff were issued election material at Government Degree College here today. The electronic voting machines (EVMs) and other related material were transported to the different polling stations in the custody of presiding officers and other staff amid tight security. Besides nine trucks
reserved, 41 were used to transport the election staff
along with the poll material to their respective polling
stations. Each vehicle was escorted by a police party.
Security has been tightened with extra force at 20
sensitive polling stations of the segment, said Mr H.S.
Bhullar, Deputy Superintendent of Police. |
Liquor seizures continue on
poll eve Chandigarh, Sept 4 — In the continuing drive against the illegal sale and distribution of liquor in the labour colonies of the city, the police has seized 1,220 pouches of whisky. Ever since elections were announced, the police has seized more than 2,000 bottles and pouches of liquor from various places in the city which were predominantly meant for distribution among the voters in the shanties. According to the police sources, the number of seizures has increased in the run-up to poll day. A couple of days ago, the police seized a truckload of liquor from the Industrial Area. The seizure was used as an example by the candidates of the major parties — the Congress and BJP — to launch a scathing attack on how the voters were being swayed by liquor. Both sides have charged the ownership of the confiscated liquor with each other Yesterday, two vehicles were seized and more than 20 cases of liquor recovered. The liquor was reportedly being ferried to one of the colonies adjoining the southern sectors. Although the administration had declared dry days on poll eve, the whisky was being lifted directly from an L-1 godown. Mr S.K, Singh, IGP, said more than 1,000 persons had been detained in the past 15 to 20 days and more than 4,000 bottles of liquor seized in the past three to four days alone. The liquor issue has cast its shadow on the local police with the IGP calling for an explanation from the DSP, East, the SHO, Sector 26, and the in charge of the Bapu Dham police post. There had been reports that large quantities of liquor were being distributed by the political parties in their areas. Late last night, Sector 25 colony resident Inder Singh and his accomplice were nabbed when they were taking 1180 pouches of whisky from near the colony. They were stopped for routine checking by policemen on duty at a naka and found to be carrying liquor. Similarly, Sector 38 resident Jeet Pal was arrested and 40 pouches of of whisky were recovered from him. He was stopped near the Sector 24-25 roundabout by the police. Bapu Dham colony residents Mewa Ram and Suresh Kumar, were stopped near the CTU workshop roundabout and 15 bottles of whisky were recovered from them. Rakesh Kumar of Colony Number 5 was also arrested from near the colony when he was ferrying 20 bottles of whisky. Cases under the Excise
Act have been registered against them. |
Poll material given to staff SAS NAGAR, Sept 4 — Amidst proper security arrangements, election materials like ballot boxes, ballot papers and stationery, were handed over to the polling staff at the collection-cum-counting centre in Shivalik Public School, Phase VI, here this morning. It took over four hours for the exercise to complete, which started at 9 a.m. As many as 50 trucks had been requisitioned to carry the election material and polling staff to the 205 polling stations in the Kharar segment of the Ropar parliamentary seat. The Assistant Returning Officer (ARO), Mr O.P.Popli, who conducted the exercise, explained the do's and don't regarding the conduct of polls to the staff. At each polling station, a staff of four persons — one presiding officer and three polling officers — have been deputed. As many as 18 supervising officers would also be on duty. At each of the ultra-sensitive and sensitive polling booths, three police personnel headed by a sub-inspector have been deputed. To keep vigil, at least 11 mobile police parties, equipped with wireless sets will be on the patrol. In all, around 450 police personnel would be on duty in the Kharar assembly segment. According to reports, the polling parties have reached their respective destinations. The ARO said this time,
as many as 1,98,441 voters would cast their vote in the
Kharar segment. The postal ballot papers for the 418
voters registered in the segment had been dispatched to
different destinations. |
No poll duty for wildlife
staff CHANDIGARH, Sept 4 — The Election Commission of India (EC) has exempted wildlife officials and vehicles all over the country from poll duties. The step, taken for the first time in the electoral history of the country, is an outcome of a large number of representations by wildlife conservationists and non-governmental organisations to the EC demanding that wildlife officials should be spared from poll duties, as in their absence forests in their charge usually fell prey to poachers who keep waiting for such occasion. In a number of such incidents, particularly in Assam, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, poachers were reportedly able to lay their hands on tigers, lions and elephants. Such instances drew attention of conservationists of international repute and that of NGOs, who in turn though it fit to approach the EC, as in their eyes keeping wildlife staff off poll duty could be the best possible solution to the problem. The decision regarding keeping of thousands of the wildlife staff off poll duties, has been conveyed by the EC in a letter to heads of wildlife departments of different states. The letter specifically mentions that the step has been taken after considering the pleas of a large number of NGOs and conservationists. These NGOs had observed that poaching of animals usually increased during the poll process and poachers used to turn very active during this period, endangering wildlife in more than one way. They said what was a point to worry was that poachers, armed with sophisticated arms, equipment and vehicles were organising themselves in groups and preferred to strike while the election process was on. The EC order will be applicable to all wildlife officials already engaged in conservation and preventive activities, such as checking of poaching in all national parks, sanctuaries and tiger projects. This time all such employees will not share the burden of any poll related work. Rather, they will be absolutely free to concentrate on protection of wildlife and undertake their work in their respective areas of jurisdiction with full attention. Earlier, the practice with the district authorities all over the country was to put most of Wildlife Department vehicles, along with officials of other departments on poll duty, resulting in lesser degree of surveillance in national parks, tiger projects and biosphere reserves. In addition to this, the EC has also spared forest guards, on vital protection duties, from being engaged in poll related jobs. The EC, according to official sources, has not given any relaxation as far as poll duty was concerned to forest staff on general duty and the staff of zoological parks. The order may not make a
big impact in the Union Territory as there are only 30
employees with the Wildlife Department and almost all of
them have been posted in the Sukhna sanctuary. |
Toothbrush removed from stomach CHANDIGARH, Sept 4 — It is quite amazing to know about a normal person swallowing a toothbrush while cleaning his/her teeth.But it does happen. A 22-year-old girl from Nawanshahar got up late on August 26 morning and rushed to toilet to clean her teeth.While brushing vigorously, she accidentally swallowed her tooth brush.Horrified, her parents rushed her to a clinic in the town. The doctors there were unable to clean the food pipe and the patient was finally rushed to a clinic in Chandigarh in Sector 21, where endoscopy was performed by Dr Neeraj Nagpal and his team. Within 30 minutes, the brush was removed and the patient was sent home.In total it took around two hours. Dr Nagpal while talking to the TNS said the commonest foreign bodies removed from patients' stomach were coins but cases pertaining to swallowing of pins, needles, nails, screws, denture,batteries, rings and toys were not uncommon. Difficulty is encountered in patients who come after a long delay after the time of digestion of the foreign body, he said.A few days ago an aged man dropped in who had great problem eating food.it was later found that he had swallowed his denture.He had carried on with liquid foods and little bit of solids for more than two years after swallowing the set of denture, Dr Nagpal said. This only complicated the treatment process for the affected person.Since the patient did not report to doctor within time ,the whole process of treatment had become time consuming. Dr Nagpal said patients who have inability to swallow food and gastric ulcer pains also need to consult endoscopy practitioners.Other areas where endoscopy helped included blood in vomiting, inability to swallow food and foreign body impactions. Dr Nagpal said it was unnecessary to conduct surgery in cases where foreign bodies had been digested because endoscopy provided an easier method.He said endoscopic removal was safe than surgical option in the identified cases.Long and large foreign bodies could be removed easily. The endoscopic mode of
treatment did not have a very popular base but he was
making an attempt to educate the masses through
literature specially prepared for the purpose.He said the
process was much simple and less time consuming.
awareness was the aspect which needed attention, he
added. |
From the schools CHANDIGARH, Sept 4 — Various functions were organised by schools in the city to celebrate Teachers' day,the birth anniversary of Dr S.Radhakrishnan, here today. Students of Mount Carmel School, Sector 46, from class KG to Class X, participated in various competitions organised on the occasion. The competitions which were held in the morning included sticking bindis on a cat's tummy in one minute, ringing No: 69 in one minute, sandwich making, flower arrangement, clay modelling, still life, short story writing (English), while the ones held in the evening were dumb charades, poetry recitation (English) and Ad Mad Show. However, the highlight of the show was the staff participating in 'Needle and Thread' Competition and Sandwich Making' contest. The following are the results of these competitions in order of merit: Sandwich Making: Senior Group-I — Paavni Saini and Jasmine Pabla (first); Sanjana Jindal and Pallavi Goyal (second); Navin Victor and V Varun (third). (Senior Group-II) — Kartik Sareen and Kunal Gupta (first); Priyanka and Arti Gill ( second); Pallavi Kaushik and Shripriya darshini ( third). Flower Arrangement: (Senior Group-I)— Ekta Chadha, Navneet Kaur ( first); Harneet Kaur and Avneet Kaur (second). (Senior group-II) — Jasleen Kaur (first); Barinder jeet Kaur (second); Ashima Bansal and Japjeet Kaur (third). Clay Modelling — (Junior Group-I) Aditya Mehra (first), Jaspreet kaur ( Second) andJayati Sharma ( Third). (Junior Group-II) — Gurinder Singh (first); Aditi Bisht (second) ; Abhishek Bohat ( third) Still Life: (Senior Group-I) — Anu Chowdhary (first); Tenzin Thinley (second) and Ajay Rana ( third). (Senior Group -II) — Anshul Sharma (first); Parush Dembla (second) and Navjot Kaur (third). Sticking bindis on a cat's tummy: (KG group) — Rahul Chowdhary ( first), Shrikant ( second) and Kumari Mohini (third). Ringing the number 69: (Sub Junior Group) : Shreya Joshi (first), Pranav Guglani and Shivani Arora (second) and Saurabh Gulati (third). Eating competition : (Junior Group-II) : Sudhanshoo (first), Nitin Gupta (second) and Vikas Rana (third). Folding Napkins (KG Group): Naziesh Malik (first); Gurmohit Singh (second); Bakul Bisht (third). Blowing balloons: (Sub Junior Group) — Shashank Sharma (first); Medha Malik (second); Nikhil Vashistha) and Jasleen kaur (third). Dumb charades : ( Senior Group) — Shakespeare House (first); Milton House ( second) and Wordworth House ( third). Poetry Recitation ( English): Junior group-I — Roop Kanwal Kaur (first); Anish Chandran (second) and Gunjan Kapil ( third). Junior Group-II — Joanna Samuel (first); Prashant Dhyani (second) and Nikita Kumar (third). Senior Group-I — Seetha Rameshwari (first); Shivani Singh (second) and Jasna P (third). Senior Group-II — Priyanka Rishi (first); Ashima bansal (second) and Sonal Kapoor (third). In the sandwich making competition for teachers, Mrs Gale Bedi stood first Mrs Ruchi Sharmasecond and Ms Manpreet Kaur stood third. The teachers' day celebrations at Army School, Chandimandir,commenced with the morning assembly which was taken by the students council and all the teachers were students. One of the teachers, Mrs Saroj Singh read an article 'Exercise Books, Exercise Books' throughout the day. she highlighted the plight of the teachers of Army School, Chandimandir , who are busy day and night checking the exercise books of students. While Mrs Maya Mishra gave a solo song on the stage, few other teachers spoke on various topics in the assembly. senior students of classes Xi and XII took the classes and a team consisting of 3 teachers assessed their teaching performance during the first two periods of the day. The school principal,Wg Cdr Avtar Singh ( retd), gave away prizes to the two best students teachers Miss harman and Navneet Gill. A function was also organised by students of St Soldier International School, Sector 28 B in which teachers were students and students were officiating as teachers for the day. All activities during the day were managed by the students, who also gave flowers and gifts to teachers. Later, they presented an
entertainment programme and gave speeches highlighting
the role of Dr S.radhakrishnan as a teacher. |
'Understand workers for best result' CHANDIGARH, Sept 4 — The factor of emotional intelligence is ignored in human management in the Indian industries, said Mr Sachit Jain, former chairman of the Haryana unit of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), in a seminar on human management at Panjab University today. Mr Jain, a gold medallist from the prestigious IIM, Ahmedabad, and currently executive director in a leading textile industry, said important ingredients of emotional intelligence included self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social skills. Mr Jain said the potential of the work force remained unutilised because of lack of awareness on part of the controlling officer. The chair needs to understand its moods and the effects it has. This enhances the ability to control impulses. Understanding workers was a great motivator, particularly in case of fresh workers who come from the rural background. There was enough evidence to support the view because new entrants were basically committed, religious, respected authority and laid stress on family background. Administrative effort to have their firm commitment could be easily achieved. Interestingly, to prove the point of fresh entrants, Mr Jain asked the gathering in the seminar as to how many people went to religious festivals like Janamasthmi with commitment. Not even a single participant in the seminar raised his hand. Mr Jain said the work colonies of freshers presented a totally opposite scene. Introducing the subject, Dr S.P.Singh of the Department of University Business School(UBS), Panjab University, said the real wealth of a nation was its people. The purpose of development was to create an environment for people to enjoy long, healthy and creative lives. This powerful truth was often forgotten in pursuit of financial health. Globalisation was creating new threats to human security in countries rich and poor, Dr Singh said. The relentless pressures of global competition were squeezing out care and the invisible human development. Globalisation was shrinking space and time which was deeply related to human existence, Dr Singh added. Mr P.K.Verma, Chairman
of the Chandigarh Management Association, said it was
strange that while India had remarkable technology
available and enough money, yet the results were poor.
Human management needed immediate attention in the
current global scenario, he added. |
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Debate on
education sought Dr P.P.Arya, President and Dr Satya P. Gautam, General Secretary, said Parliament had assured in the earlier years that steps would be taken to raise the funding for education from 3 per cent to 6 per cent. The assurance remained unfulfilled till date. The AIFUTA said that a nation-wide strike was called off last year on the assurance of the Ministry of Human Resource Development that the pay would be revised. However, certain states were yet to fulfil the commitment. The federation has stressed the need for mandatory primary education for all citizens which seemed more of a political commitment and remained unfulfilled. Diet
course concludes Organised as a part of the educational activities to mark the national nutrition week, the programme created awareness among the families of the jawans about the various aspects of nutritious diet. The hospital also held a healthy baby show besides a recipe competition today. The Food and Nutrition Board, Ministry of Human Resource Development, awarded certificates and prizes to those who excelled in the course. In the healthy baby show, Tanmoy Roy and Vaibhav Sandhu were adjudged first and second in the 0-2 years age group while Abhishek Mishra and Manmeet Singh stood first and second in the 2-5 years age group. In the recipe competition, Mrs Radha Krishnan bagged the first prize while Mrs Pritam Kaur and Mrs Sukhvinder Kaur were adjudged second and third, respectively. Farmers
demand plots, quota In a press note issued here, Mr Gurmail Singh, nambardar of Shahpur village, and Mr Gurmeet Singh Saini, panch of Daddu Majra village, said the administration should pay attention towards the plight of farmers as they were not getting any benefit even after offering their land. They demanded that a quota of jobs in every department be made by the administration for wards of such persons and old age pension of Rs 1,000 be provided to them. The also demanded extension of the 'lal dora' and abolition of the periphery act. In addition to this, 25 per cent of the houses should be reserved by the Chandigarh Housing Board for them, they added. Mr Gurmail Singh said the Administration should fix a minimum price of Rs 35 lakh per acre for the land acquired by it. Otherwise, the farmers should be permitted to sell the land according to their will, he added. ISKCON
function Sril Prabhupada wrote a commentary on Srimad Bhagavadgita and Srimad Bhagvatam, besides several other spiritual books. He founded more than 400 ISKCON temples, ashrams and gurukuls in a number of countries. Sri Prabhupada helped spreading the message of Srimad Bhagavadgita throughout the world. Mahabhishek of idol of Sril Prabhupada, discourse, offerings by the disciples and sankirtan marked the birthday celebration. Mahaprasadam containing 108 delicious dishes was offered to Sril Prabhupada and the same was distributed among those present on the occasion. GMCH
to test blood for AIDS In a press statement issued today, Prof R M Joshi, head of the Department of Microbiology, GMCH, said that the centre would provide testing facilities of blood samples for HIV infection for diagnosis of clinically suspected cases of AIDS and for HIV testing on voluntary basis. In addition, the centre would also conduct the sentinel survey (unlinked anonymous basis) for HIV once a year. The formal announcement for the functioning of the centre would soon be made. Meanwhile, Dr V K Kak, Director-Principal, GMCH, informed that the hospital would be one of the few government institutions in the country where routine screening for anti-HIV for blood donors was also being done for the past two years in order to enhance the safety in blood transfusion. Shortage
of MO forms A Chandigarh Tribune correspondent, on a random visit to the post offices, found residents complaining about the shortage. The Sector 29 post office has been without money order forms for the past few days. According to sources, the delivery of forms and other stationery from the General Post Office (GPO) takes about four days. Festivals like "Rakhee" and "Karva Chauth" create a big demand for money order forms. Employees at the Sector 20 and 22 post offices also admitted irregular supply of money order forms and envelopes. The Senior Post Master, Mr Avtar Singh, however, denied any shortage. "Each post office gets a regular supply of money order forms and other stationery is supplied on demand," he said. The Deputy Post Master
called the post office in Sector 29 and was told about a
shortage of money order forms. He promised immediate
supply. |
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