The delapidated court buildings except the sessions court at Ludhiana have been declared unsafe by the P.W.D. Rs. 99 lakh was allocated in 198485 for the construction of a new judicial complex but no steps have been taken to start the construction of the complex.
Haryana Chief Minister Bansi Lal said at Sirsa that Haryana had given up all claim to Chandigarh instead he requested the Centre to build a “world standard” capital for the State The Centre was likely to bear the entire cost of the capital estimated at Rs. 1000 to 15000 crores.
The Sikh Education Society has appointed a five member committee to inquire into the conduct of its President Mr. Kapoor Singh former Congress Minister which impelled “the students of the S.G.GS. Khalsa College for women Chandigarh to go on strike last month. The girls had gone on strike against the behaviour Mr. Kapoor Singh whose residence is adjacent to their hostel.
Ten percent of the 250000 Indian immigrants to Canada migrated for economic reasons 26.5% for acquiring higher education and the rest to join their families or other unspecified reasons
Of them 61.5% have succeeded in acquiring higher standards of living than enjoyed by them in India 23.1% have the same standards of living as in India while standards of living of 15.4 percent immigrants has declined in Canada a recent survey has indicated. Sikhs were the first Indi migrants to Canada during the early part of the century. Their first settlements were in British Columbia Indian women are in worse situation in the Canadian job market.
Article extracted from this publication >> September 26, 1986
