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RTI Act not perfect: Expert
Chandigarh, May 17
Urging people to look at the Right to Information (RTI) Act in the context of the past 60 years, Shekhar Singh, founder member, National Campaign for People’s Right to Information, said while the Act was not perfect it would improve with the participation of the government and people.
Shekhar Singh, founder member, National Campaign for People’s Right to Information, speaking at a seminar on the RTI Act in Chandigarh on Thursday.—A Tribune photograph |
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Polio-ridden boy to teach special children of Kargil
Chandigarh, May 17
Ashok Philamon could well have resigned to fate. But he had dreams to live -- dreams he nurtured since childhood when he could not even walk straight.
Ridden with polio and poverty, Ashok crawled for a better part of his life. He would still be crawling had it not been for the support of others. As a 10-year-old he was adopted by
Roshni, a Rajpura-based society for rehabilitation of the disabled, which arranged for his corrective surgery and gave him a new life.
“It is time to pay back,” says Ashok, who has decided to spend his future serving the special children in Kargil. One of the target areas for Roshni, Kargil is known for a high population of disabled children -- 8 per cent of the area’s children are disabled, as per surveys.
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Table Marking
VC calls for list of examiners
Chandigarh, May 17
Panjab University vice-chancellor today directed various examiners at the table-marking centre here to give an undertaking that they were well-versed in the language that the candidates had used in the answer-sheets.
Double Murder
Servant’s first wife quizzed
Panchkula, May 17
The mortal remains of Maj Gen KC Dhingra and his wife Sangeeta were consigned to flames by family members at Rohtak today after postmortem , which confirmed that the two had died due to head injuries caused by a blunt weapon.
Property Dispute
Councillor, uncle create a scene
Chandigarh, May 17
It was a day of allegations and counter-allegations, compromises and broken compromises between family members of councillor Davinder Singh Babla and his uncle, Gurbhachan Singh, over a property dispute.
Traffic Chaos outside schools
Car pool scheme recommended
Chandigarh, May 17
In order to reduce traffic jams outside schools, the Chandigarh traffic police, in a communication to director public instructions (Schools), has
recommended the introduction of car pool parking scheme in all UT schools.
100 attend patent awareness workshop
Chandigarh, May 17
One-day patent awareness workshop under the sponsorship of patent facilitating centre, Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) and the department of science and technology was jointly organised by Patent Information Centre, Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (PIC/PSCST) and National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR) in Chandigarh today.
Trains to run late
Chandigarh, May 17
At least four Amritsar-bound trains from Ambala will be running behind schedule due to diversion on the Ambala-Amritsar section.
Violation back at parking lot
Chandigarh, May 17
Four-wheelers are back again in the parking lot opposite the Mehfil restaurant in Sector 17, exclusively demarcated for two-wheelers, as the Chandigarh traffic police has apparently once again turned a blind eye to the violation.
Cars parked in the parking lot opposite the Mehfil restaurant in Sector 17, Chandigarh.
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CPI flays admn on land allotment
Chandigarh, May 17
The Communist Party of India (CPI) has condemned the Chandigarh administration for allotting prime land to big builders, multinational companies and financial institutions.
Man killed in accident
Panchkula, May 17
One labourer was killed and another one seriously injured in an accident at a factory in Industrial Area, Phase I, here today.
Letters
Lesson on morality
Congratulations to your newspaper for bringing forth the vital issue of mushrooming tobacco vendors in the vicinity of various educational institutions, putting students to the risk of getting addicts.
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Right-back Manpreet Singh of St Joseph’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, and left-back Radha of Government High School, Khudda Lahora, were declared best upcoming players in the boys’ and girls’ sections, respectively, in the 26th Sub-Junior National Ball Badminton Championships held in Bikaner from May 12 to 15.
