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 Grand old woman dies at 99
Chandigarh, June 28
Even as the family members of a 99-year old woman were planning to celebrate her hundredth birthday, the grand old woman of the family passed away just four months short of what would have been a century.
Mrs Lajwantee, alias Rajwantee, an educationist from the pre-Independent
era, passed away at the house of her youngest son in Sector 49-A on June
16. She was born at Bharowal village near Garhshanker of Hoshiarpur
district in Punjab.
Astrologers let off in absence of proof
SAS Nagar, June 28
The Nadi astrologers picked up by the police on June 26 on allegations of fraud by a local resident were back in business here today. Having found no proof against the team of four astrologers, the police today decided to wait for the forensic report which will ascertain the age of the palm leaves which the astrologers claim are thousands of years old.
Slum hand pump a health hazard
Chandigarh, June 28
All is not well with the state of civic affairs in Labour Colony Number 5. Call it callousness on the part of authorities concerned or ignorance on the part of masses, hundreds of Labour Colony residents are consuming contaminated water from a hand pump that has been declared as an unfit source of drinking water.
Like this labourer, who is storing contaminated water, many residents of Colony No. 5 are
running a health hazard by consuming water from this hand pump, declared as an unsafe source of water supply by the authorities.
— Photo Pankaj Sharma |
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PSHRC seeks report on boy’s torture by police
Chandigarh, June 28
Taking a serious note of the alleged torture of a 15-year-old boy by the SAS Nagar police, the Punjab State Human Rights Commission has directed the Additional Director-General of Police (ADGP) to inquire into the matter and file his report by July 8 to the commission. The PSHRC has also directed the Director Health Services, Punjab to provide all medical facilities to the boy.
A fly was found in a bottle of Royal Stag whisky bought by a Sector 8 resident, Capt G. S. Ghuman, from the Sector 21 CSD canteen. The bottle has a special tamper-proof cap to counter adulteration. When he spoke to the canteen authorities, they sent the local representative of the liquor company to his residence. Captain Ghuman claimed that the representative, instead of solving his problem, was rude and arrogant. |
Manch for India’s role in Tibet cause
Chandigarh June, 28
While considering Tibet to be the core issue in Indo-China talks, the Bharat Tibet Sahyog Manch, today said the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, should have raised the issue of human rights violation and destruction of Tibetan art and culture, during his visit to China.
NFCH invites applications for Communal
Harmony Awards
Chandigarh, June 28
The National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH) has invited applications for Communal Harmony Awards from individuals as well as organisations engaged in promoting national integrity and communal harmony.
Kawal Bedi installed as Rotary Governor
Chandigarh, June 28
The first-ever woman Governor of the Rotary organisation (District 3080), Ms Kawal Bedi, today announced that the blood resource centre in the city would soon become functional. Minutes before she was installed, Ms Bedi said the work was already in progress.
14 IAF engineers get MiG training
Chandigarh, June 28
As many as 14 aeronautical engineers and a few technicians passed out yesterday from MiG-23/27 Technical Type Training School (TET-TRA), Air Force Station, Highgrounds, near here.
Sector 44 park to be developed
Chandigarh, June 28
A triangular park situated in Sector 44-B near the Government Senior Secondary School is to be developed using funds released by the Local MP from his local area development fund (MPLAD). This intimation has been sent by Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal to the Chandigarh Journalists Cooperative House Building Society, Sector 44-B.
Sector 27 gets green belt
Chandigarh, June 28
The local MP, Mr Pawan Bansal, inaugurated a newly created green belt at Sector 27 here last evening. The Mayor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, Mr Subhash Chawla, the local area councillor, Ms Harpreet Kaur Babla, and many other councillors were present.
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