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UT Advisory Council needs streamlining
Chandigarh, January 3
The Advisory Council of the UT Administrator needs a major revamp with regard to its constitution and also in identifying the problems of the people. The Bharatiya Janata Party calls it an eyewash, the ruling Congress demands a revamp and a fairer representation for different segments of society and the industrial lobby feels it lacks in giving representation to the ‘deserving parties’.
Bid to loot ATM: SIT formed
Chandigarh, January 3
The police today constituted a special investigation team to nab unidentified robbers, who tried to loot an ATM of ICICI Bank during the January 1 night. The miscreants had seriously injured a bystander with a gunshot before leaving.
Fog envelops city
Chandigarh, January 3
For the first time since the winter arrive, the city spent an entire day today wrapped in a blanket of fog. Chilly winds sent the maximum temperature plummeting down by over six degrees while an early morning drizzle further intensified the cold wave.
PU students walk back to their hostels on Tuesday afternoon after the city experienced first thick fog of the season.
— Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari |
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Flights cancelled
Chandigarh, January 3
All three flights to and from the city to Delhi were cancelled today due to bad weather and heavy fog in the city. Air Deccan flights though it had taken off from Delhi and reached the city, was not permitted to land due to poor visibility and
was diverted to Jammu.
PUDA to develop small towns: minister
Mohali, January 3
The Punjab Housing and Urban Development Minister, Mr Raghunath Sahay Puri, said today that PUDA was going in for major development in the state and will sell plots at reasonable rates to people.
No extension to plot holders
Chandigarh, January 3
The district administration has clarified that no further extension beyond March 31, 2006, will be given to the lessees or owners of vacant plots for raising structures on these.
Welfare project for poor children on the anvil
Chandigarh, January 3
With a view to bringing smile to every street child, Gen (retd) S.F. Rodrigues, the Governor of Punjab and the UT Administrator, today asked the Home Secretary and senior officers to prepare an action plan for a pilot project, with the focus on providing shelter, food and education requirements of the disadvantaged children through an institutionalised programme.
Probe kin, panel tells rights body
Chandigarh, January 3
The Joint Action Committee, Nayagoan, today submitted a memorandum to the President, District Bar Association, demanding that the Lawyers for Human Rights International should be made to investigate the case of a fraud registered by the Ropar police against the son-in-law of a human rights lawyer.
Faux pas by PNB
Chandigarh, January 3
A local businessman was in for a shock when a cheque for Rs 34,000 issued by him to a business associate was returned by the bank on the pretext of “insufficient funds”. Interestingly, the balance in his account at that time was Rs 10 lakh.
Nagar kirtan taken out
Mohali, January 3
A nagar kirtan procession was organised in connection with the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh here today.
The procession started from a gurdwara in Phase I and after passing through
various areas of the town culminated in a gurdwara in Phase XI.
Guru Nanak mission programmes on NRI channel
Chandigarh, January 3
“The devotional programmes prepared by the Guru Nanak Daata Baksh Lai Mission are being telecast on the NRI channel everyday from 6.30 a.m. to 7 a.m. But on the occasion of
gurpurabs, one-hour programmes will be shown on this channel”, said Brig Partap Singh Jaspal, founder of the mission.
Army exhibition from Jan 6
Chandigarh, January 3
As part of Army Day celebrations, the Western Command is organising a grand exhibition of its equipment. Army Day is observed every year on January 15, when Gen (later Field Marshal)
K.M. Cariappa was appointed as the first Commander-in-Chief on the Independence.
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