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Illegal taxi stand lures bus passengers
Chandigarh, September 10
A full-fledged commercial centre-cum-taxi stand has sprung up on a prime piece of government land along the highway to Ambala facing PRTC workshop offering a tough competition to the government buses plying on the route.
When parents’ education takes priority
Chandigarh, September 10
Every morning he wakes up at 5, takes out the books from the cupboard and flips through the pages till he finds the chapter he is looking for. Happy over his little achievement, he pulls out the note book and begins to jot down notes. No, he is not a student preparing for final examinations, but father of a four-year-old doing homework.
Students come to rescue
of kidney patient
Chandigarh, September 10
Help came knocking at closed doors of hope from unexpected quarters. Just when kidney patient Uma Jha was struggling for finances, a group of five biotechnology students, moved by her plight, have collected over Rs 16,000 — a big amount for students.
Police clueless
in Sheila murder case
Chandigarh, September 10
The police is still clueless in the ten-day-old case of gruesome murder of 66-year-old resident of Sector 47, Sheila Khanna. The victim was found lying in a pool of blood on September 1 at her residence.
Strollers object to patrolling on bicycles
Chandigarh, September 10
Perturbed by introduction of ‘patrolling on bicycles by policemen’ at the Sukhna, a group of eminent citizens, including several bureaucrats, lawyers, judicial officers, doctors, academicians, businessmen and bankers, have submitted a representation to the Administrator, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), demanding its immediate withdrawal.
Filth surrounds govt school
Chandigarh, September 10
When the Governor, Punjab, had come here last time, he asked the officials to keep the area clean, but now the situation has gone from bad to worse, commented a village resident on the condition of surroundings. The presence of a mobile toilet, garbage bin and stagnant water just all along the boundary of Government High School with nearly 300 children located in the colony has feared the chance of spreading of malaria and many other diseases.
Test blasts create panic
Panchkula, September 10
Testing of newly developed bombs in the Terminal Ballistic Research Laboratory range near Ramgarh created a scare among people for over an hour.
Roadways employees condemn privatisation move
Chandigarh, September 10
The Haryana Roadways was providing free travel facility to over 1.5 lakh students and other persons. It was costing around Rs 14 crore annually to it. Instead of compensating the roadways, the government was blaming it for losses. If the roadways was compensated for the free travel facility, it would register profits, said Mr Lal Chand Kasana, president, Haryana Roadways Workers Union, Chandigarh Depot, here today.
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Needed: a common engg entrance test
DURING
the last three years, more than 100 coaching centres, mostly giving coaching to the students for IITJEE examination, have come up in Chandigarh alone. Every centre is claiming to have met roaring success, exhibiting the names, ranks and even photographs of successful students in newspapers. It is also said that many centres approach successful students, shower them with gifts and make them sign a declaration that they had consulted those centres for coaching purposes.
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