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A farmer of Mauli Baidwan village protests against the demarcation exercise being conducted by officials of PUDA on Thursday.
— Photo Pankaj Sharma |
Village
land demarcated amidst tension
SAS Nagar, May 10
Tempers ran high today when
officials of the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority
visited Mauli Baidwan village to undertake demarcation of land being
acquired by the authority. However, no clash between the officials and
the villagers was reported.
Making
quick buck in the name of charity
Chandigarh, May 10
Good Samaritans of Sector 30-A
here today became unsuspecting victims of a group of five young women,
seeking donations for victims of the Orissa cyclone. It is learnt that
a group of women, claiming to be sisters, went about various houses in
the Sector 30 this morning. They were carrying a typed letter that
said they were in need of financial help as they had lost all their
worldly possessions in the cyclone.
Season
of joy for children
Chandigarh, May 10
Nanhe Ram and Chhutki of “Buniyaad”,
a tele-serial that had thousands of Indian households glued to the TV
sets in the eighties, will interact with children at the Durga Das
Foundation as part of its summer school which commences on May 21.
Poor
water
supply irks residents
Panchkula, May 10
Water supply in the township for
the past over one month has been poor, bringing hardship to residents
who are getting up in the morning to store water for the day. The
supply situation is such that overhead tanks are barely filled.
READERS WRITE
Growing slums of Panchkula
PEOPLE must have heard about
‘earthquake victims’, ‘flood victims’ and ‘drought victims’
but Panchkula is having its ‘slum victims’, and they attract
sympathy from no quarter. The residents of Sector 21, Panchkula, are the
victims of the ‘Madrasi Colony’ — a navvy of HUDA.
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Dental college
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Due place for
Punjabi
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Congress grass
Differences on CBM chief's election
Chandigarh, May 10
Even as the executive of the
Chandigarh Beopar Mandal (CBM) meets tomorrow to finalise the date for
the general body meeting for holding the election to the post of
President, certain founder members have alleged that they are being
sidelined and had not been invited to the meeting.
FENG SHUI
TIPS
Missing corners in
buildings
According to Feng Shui,
one of the important principles of any landsite, buildings and other
structures is its shape. Completeness means that the structures and
shapes should not have any corner missing. Out-of-shape landsite or
buildings are considered inauspicious. Auspicious shapes are all
regular.
Issuing
of
NOC raises objections
Dera Bassi, May 10
The issuing of a No-Objection Certificate by the Punjab Urban Planning
and Development Authority to a private firm that manufactures
electricity poles at Haripur Khuda village near Dera Bassi has given
rise to a controversy.
Use of
Hindi in offices stressed
Chandigarh, May 10
The work being done in Hindi in different Central Government offices was
reviewed at the meeting of the Town Official Language Implementation
Committee held at Kisan Bhavan here today.
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