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PSEB
‘ignoring’ safety of linemen
Mohali, May 24
Severe injuries sustained by
Punjab State Electricity Board linemen, while undertaking repair work,
has brought the question of employee safety to the fore.
UT
employees suffer due to deputationists
Chandigarh, May 24
The issue of employees working on
deputation in Chandigarh has its origin in the very concept of the
formation of the Union Territory in 1966. The Union Ministry of Home
Affairs has not revised the status of employees since then, which is
now working as a double-edged sword.
Special
Story
Court martial
of General begins
Chandigarh, May 24
The General Court Martial of
Major-Gen P.S.K. Choudhary, accused of impropriety while dealing with
fictitious arms dealers in the infamous Tehelka scam, commenced at
Ferozepore Cantonment today.
Twelve
journalists short-listed for South Asian awards
Chandigarh, May 24
The International Federation of
Journalists has short-listed 12 journalists from the sub-continent for
the IFJ Journalism for Tolerance Prize in South Asia. The awards are
in three categories, Print (English), Print (Language) and Broadcast,
and three persons have been shortlisted in each category from a total
of 100 entries.
Widow
wails at the loss of her son
Chandigarh, May 24
Crisp currency notes fail to
cheer up the 23-year-old widow as she stares at the bundle,
indifferently. Picking up the cash with her frail trembling hands, she
only mutters, "They cannot bring back my child".
Chandigarh
Calling
The
name of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, was once
recommended for the post of Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University. Dr
R.P. Bambah, the then Vice-Chancellor, had forwarded the names of Dr
Manmohan Singh and Prof Yashpal, among others, around the time his
second term was about to end.
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By accident
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The Sun or Moon?
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UT dismayed
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