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1.1 lakh looted from Sec 3 house
Health Dept to take over maintenance of buildings The user charges collected as fee for getting a CT scan, X- ray and ultra sound tests at the General Hospital here, will now be used for the maintenance of all government health care institutions in the district. Go-ahead for Panchkula lake project The Department of Town and Country Planning today okayed a proposal for setting up a lake in Panchkula. The proposed lake will be made on the Ghaggar, near Sector 24 between the Naddha and Nandana choes. Admn dashes hopes of 5,000 oustees The Chandigarh Administration has given a crushing blow to the aspirations of 5,000 villagers who had been uprooted more than 30 years ago to make way for the second phase of Chandigarh’s plan. Exercise inherent powers, but with caution: HC Rlys to have unified cadre of Group C staff |
Punjab lacks infrastructure to attract
NRIs: Malhi The Punjab Government has virtually failed to provide a proper infrastructure to attract NRI investments. This was stated by Mr Gurbax Singh Malhi, Parliamentary Secretary, Labour, Canada, while talking to mediapersons here today.
Deputy Director’s letter sans date The Deputy Director, Urban Local Bodies, Ludhiana, seems to have an indifferent attitude to a probe into complaints lodged by certain municipal councillors against an octroi contractor. This was evident from the letters which were received by them here today. No right to strike,
says expert Stating that over 90 per cent strikes in India were illegal, Dr Naveen Chandra, a senior fellow at the National Labour Institute, Noida, in town for a lecture on “Do we have right to strike?” at the Sociology Department, Panjab University, said there were no rights in the support of strikes. Architects favour centralised cell for building plans The Practising Architects Association has said the latest announcement of the Chandigarh Administration in streamlining the building plan approval procedure will fail to provide relief to people constructing houses. Enforcement staff rotation
gets jammed The Municipal Corporation move to rotate the enforcement wing staff for six months seems to have failed. READERS WRITE |
Cash, ornaments stolen from temple Thieves reportedly broke into the Sanatan Dharm mandir, Sector 28, and took away ornaments of idols and cash on the night of October 26. Liquidator held for theft
of computer parts The official liquidator of Gurgaon-based Altos India Limited, H.S. Bawa, was arrested yesterday in connection with the theft of computer parts worth Rs 1.5 crore from the firm in 1999. Chandigarh, October 28 The Sector 17 police today booked a Junior Engineer, Kashmira Singh, posted with the Building Branch of the Estate Office, under Section 420 of the IPC and Section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
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Kids impress at inter-school music contest
Certificates given to students The SPIC-Microsoft “Centre of Excellence” today presented certificates to its students for the courses they had undertaken. The certificates were given to the students by Mr Vivek Atray, Director, IT-cum-CEO, SPIC, Chandigarh Administration, at a function at the SPIC-Microsoft office at Punjab Engineering College this evening.
Status quo on Hansraj Principal’s transfer Acting on a suit filed by the Principal of Hansraj Public School, Ms Rajni Thareja, a local court today ordered the maintenance of status quo regarding the implementation of her transfer order dated October 22. District Courts |
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Singh’s debut album released Yet another youngster A.M. Singh is ready to set the Punjabi music scene ablaze with his debut album”Mera Mahiya” which was released amid much fanfare at a local hotel in Sector 35 here today. The album was launched by renowned poet Dr Sardar Anjum.
India in grip of deadly diabetes Diabetes, one of the most costly and arduous diseases, is fast assuming epidemic proportions which will take India by the storm in a few years from now. The world over there are approximately 150 million diabetes patients out of which 35 million are in India. Worse still, a WHO report has estimated that the later figure will rise to 57.2 million by 2025. |
Nadia Saini clinches two table tennis titles
The 16th Sarvhitkari Punjab State Sports Festival began at Sarvhitkari Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 40, here today. A total of 358 students from all over Punjab are participating in the festival organised by the Sarvhitkari Educational Society.
Administration launches drive against sales tax evasion In view the unprecedented sales during the current Divali festival in the city to the tune of over Rs 100 crore during the past few days, the officials in the Excise and Taxation Department are apprehending sales tax evasion itself could run into crores of rupees. The major tax evaders, they said, are jewellery, readymade garment, utensil, dry fruit, fire works, footwear and electronic item traders Chandigarh, October 28 The Chandigarh police today transferred its two Station House Officers (SHO) and also the in charge of its crack unit, the CIA. The in charge of the CID wing of the police has also been changed. Waste segregation scheme being launched in Sec 15 A scheme to segregate solid waste from bio-degradable waste at the time of collection of garbage is being launched in Sector 15. Earlier, the scheme launched in Sector 27 had failed to take off. Ban on carrying firearms extended Sohana police station shifted to Sector 66 |
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