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Decision on octroi collection put off
SAS Nagar, July 30
The local Municipal Council decided to put off a decision on the privatisation of octroi collection, although Opposition councillors had pressed for clearance of the important item on the agenda.
House adjournment leaves Opposition fuming
Chandigarh, July 30
The Municipal Corporation meeting held here today was adjourned without transacting any business after condoling the death of Vice-President Krishan Kant.
The move initiated by the Congress leadership had attracted muted disapproval from the BJP and the Chandigarh Vikas Manch and a section of Congress councillors.
MC gets Rs 8.5 lakh for parking sites
Chandigarh, July 30
The Municipal Corporation here today netted around Rs 8.5 lakh through the auction of parking sites of Sector 8, Batra, KC, Neelam, Piccadilly and Kiran cinema halls.
While the long-pending parking site auction of Sector 8 fetched Rs 3.31 against a reserved price of Rs 3.23 lakh that of Piccadilly went for Rs 2,21,000.
Jacob lauds Chandigarh police
Chandigarh, July 30
The UT Administrator, Lieut -Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), today appreciated the efforts of a team of police officials who had helped seize counterfeit insurance, postal and revenue stamps worth Rs 2.16 crore during the past two days.
The UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), being introduced to the team of police officials who arrested a gang of criminals dealing in fake revenue stamps, in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
— A Tribune photograph |
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SI assaults Head Constable
Chandigarh, July 30
A Head Constable of the Chandigarh police, Surinder Pal, was assaulted by a Sub-Inspector, Jasminder Singh, over the issue of parking of his private car in the Police Colony, Sector 42, here today. The SI was allegedly in an inebriated state at that time.
The victim, posted at the Sector 36 police station, has lodged a
complaint with the Station House Officer of the Sector 36 police
station.
Head Constable Surinder Pal who was allegedly assaulted by an SI at the Police Lines, Sector 42, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. |
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Encroachment in Sector 38-C market
Chandigarh, July 30
This is an encroachment of a different kind. Bags and bags of cement, piled on top of each other, in a corridor of the Sector 38-C market have become a cause of concern for other shops in the vicinity.
Tree falls, damages vehicles
Chandigarh, July 30
A doctor, who escaped unhurt after a tree fall damaged his scooter, car and car shed this morning, had to run after MC and Administration officials for its removal.
When Dr R.M.Singh, a resident of house No 2259, Sector 19-C, was ready to leave his house, a big tree of ‘Bel’ in the varanda of his house was uprooted by the wind damaging his scooter, car, shed and the main entrance of the house. |
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| A tree fell on a shed in Sector 19, damaging a scooter and a car in Chandigarh on
Tuesday morning. — A Tribune photograph |
READERS WRITE
Allow treatment in government hospitals under CGHS
THIS has reference to the letter “Criticism of new CGHS not healthy” (Chandigarh Tribune, June 22). There are genuine difficulties of cardholders which the authorities should remove soon. Before the CGHS was introduced, Central Government employees were enjoying facilities in government hospitals such as PGI, Medical College and Sector 16 Hospital and government dispensaries.
Rally by PSEB staff against wage cut
Zirakpur, July 30
In protest against the Punjab Governments decision on deduction of salaries, members of the local unit of the Punjab State Electricity Board Employees Federation
held a gate rally infront of the office of the Executive Engineer, here today.
JE drowned in canal
Chandigarh, July 30
A 23-year-old Junior Engineer employed in a factory in Industrial Area, Phase I, here, went missing in a canal near Kajauli where he had gone for swimming along with his two friends, Harpreet and Padam Nath Singh, on Sunday. The boy, Manish Rawat, was living with parents in the BBMB colony in Sector 35 here.
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