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Land freed from junk dealers
Chandigarh, December 13
Over 70 junk dealers, who had illegally occupied prime land running in to crores to operate their business, were removed by the enforcement staff of the Chandigarh Administration in Industrial Area, Phase 1 here today.
Junk being removed during a demolition drive in Industrial Area, Phase 1, in Chandigarh on
Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan
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Penthouses — a new rage in Zirakpur
Zirakpur, December 13
If your are rich and can spare about Rs 50 lakh, then Zirakpur is the place to buy your “dream house”. Penthouse, the byword for luxurious living, has come to Zirakpur, the fastest growing township of Punjab.
Bird flu: samples taken from migratory birds
Chandigarh, December 13
Blood samples of at least nine migratory birds were taken by the Forest and Wildlife Department officials of the Chandigarh Administration for screening against the possibility of avian influenza “commonly known as the “bird flue” here today.
Sputum being extracted from a migratory bird by UT wildlife officials for testing against avian flu in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
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Long, lonely battle for justice
Panchkula, December 13
For over two years, Mukesh Kansal has been fighting a long and lonely battle against the police authorities, who have disposed of the case of his brother’s death as suicide. “Justice is everyone’s right, and till I get justice for my brother, I will not rest in peace,” he says.
Mukesh Kansal shows records of telephone calls made from Neeraj’s mobile number.
— Tribune photo by Malkiat Singh
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Trust celebrates annual day for poor children
Panchkula, December 13
It was a special day for the 100 odd students of the informal school run by the Piya Sharma Charitable Trust at Rajiv Colony here. Not just because it was the annual day of the school, but also the only day in the year, when these poor students get new sets of clothes.
Making special children self-reliant his aim
Chandigarh, December 13
“They fight, they gossip, they laugh like normal children and share a complete world among themselves, but why are they being treated as a stigma?” This was spark enough to ignite the conscience of Dr BS
Chavan, Joint Director, Government Institute for Mentally retarded Children, Sector 32, and he decided to make these special children self-sufficient.
WTO regime a threat to poor nations: CPI(M-L)
Chandigarh, December 13
To highlight the slogan of “Quit World Trade Organisation”, the Punjab Provincial Committee of the
CPI(M-L) organised a convention of peasants and workers from various parts of Punjab here today.
UT employees hold rally
Chandigarh, December 13
On a call of the coordination committee of government and Municipal Corporation employees and workers, a large number of employees from the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking, Public Health, Electrical and Horticulture departments, Chandigarh Housing Board and various other departments of the Municipal Corporation today participated in a rally here today against the “anti-employee attitude of the government”.
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