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Mayor stays away from Sonia’s reception |
Chandigarh, July 6
Mayor Subhash Chawla today remained conspicuous by his absence from the reception of the All-India Congress Committee President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, who touched down in the city on her way to Shimla for the three-day Chintan Shivir beginning tomorrow.
Congress workers wait at Chandigarh Airport to welcome Ms Sonia Gandhi who was on her way to Shimla to attend the Vichar Manthan conference on Sunday.
— A Tribune photograph |
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BJP training camp for MLAs
Chandigarh, July 6
The BJP is holding a three-day training camp here from July 11 for 45 members of legislative assemblies of Punjab, Himachal, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal where the party lost elections after remaining close to power.
Vehicles challaned for wrong parking
Chandigarh, July 6
Vehicles lined up on the road in front of the partially demolished furniture market on the SAS Nagar-Chandigarh border were today challaned by the Chandigarh traffic police for wrong parking.
Traffic police personnel challan a wrongly parked vehicle on a road in front of the demolished furniture market on the SAS Nagar-Chandigarh border on Sunday.
— Photo Pawan Sharma |
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No complaint against media unit: cops
Chandigarh, July 6
In connection with the case of a Delhi-based company, Media Ad Link — which has a branch office in Sector 34 here —which has allegedly duped several residents by promising their children a modelling career, a senior official of the Chandigarh police said they could register a case against the local office of the company only after an affected person came forward with a complaint.
| Remembering Kargil hero Vikram Batra
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Chandigarh, July 6
It will be four years since Capt Vikram Batra made headlines when he laid down his life during the Kargil conflict on July 7, 1999. He was then posthumously awarded the Param Vir
Chakra, the nation’s highest bravery award. His parents will be holding a remembrance
meeting and prayers in their home in Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, on that day. |
Vikram Batra — file photo
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Bachitter Singh installed new Rotary President
Chandigarh, July 6
Rotarian Bachitter Singh was installed as the new President of the Rotary Chandigarh Shivalik at an impressive ceremony at Hotel Shivalikview here last night.
The club has had a highly successful year under the leadership of immediate Past President, Dr
G.S. Kochhar, during whose tenure Rotary Chandigarh Shivalik received the Rotary International Presidential Citation for four avenues of service in Rotary.
Dr G.S. Kochhar, outgoing president, installs the new president for 2003-2004 Mr Bachitter Singh at a Rotary Chandigarh Shivalik installation function at Hotel Shivalik in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Saturday night.
— A Tribune photograph |
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Mango mela ends with prize distribution
Panchkula, July 6
Mrs Navraj Sandhu, Managing Director of the Haryana Tourism, today gave away prizes on the concluding day of the 12th Mango Mela, organised at the Yadavindra Garden, Pinjore, by the Haryana Horticulture Department and the Haryana Tourism.
Protest rally by traders
Chandigarh, July 6
The protest rally by the Commercial Tenants Association, comprising traders who are tenants, against the UT Administration’s Rent Act notification, entered its 10th day today.
Demand for new apni mandis
Chandigarh, July 6
The Apni Mandi Committee of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, headed by Ms Shyama Negi, which met here yesterday, sought a demand from all councillors for setting up new apni mandis, apart from clearing three new weekly vegetable markets, including the ones in Sectors 48 and
49.
 Platform — Save water
The Earth is the only planet to have water and is called the Blue Planet. Nearly 70 per cent of the surface of the Earth comprises water, out of which only 1 per cent fresh water that is used in our daily life.
Let us adopt the slogan, “Save Water — Live and Let Live”. Let
us start with our homes first.
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