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Industrial Area roads to get new lease of life
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Panchkula, February 12
Driving through Industrial Area may not be as hard. The long standing dispute between Haryana Urban Development Authority and the local Municipal Council over the repair of roads in Industrial Area here has finally been resolved. The government has now entrusted the work to the state PWD department.
A view of a pot-holed road in Industrial Area in Panchkula.
— A Tribune photograph
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Cong exploited backward classes, says Shanta
Chandigarh, February 12
The all-India vice-president of the BJP and former Himachal Chief Minister, Mr Shanta Kumar, today flayed the Congress for its alleged “exploitation” of the backward classes for the past over 55 years.
A former Mayor, Ms Kamla Sharma, greets Mr Shanta Kumar, BJP Vice-President, at a function in Mauli Jagran on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph |
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30,000 take Railways test in city
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Chandigarh, February 12
Much to the relief of the Railways authorities, around 30,000 candidates used special long-distance trains to reach the examination centres for the written test conducted by the Railway Recruitment Cell, Northern Railway, for Group D posts.
Candidates, who were in the city to appear in a test conducted by the Railway Recruitment Cell, Northern Railway, jostle to board a train at the Chandigarh Railway Station on Sunday.
— Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan
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Dog show a big draw
Chandigarh, February 12
Rhythmic beats of thumping music were not required for them to display their grace. No one even missed the psychedelic lights as they paraded across the lawn with the elegance of a belle dancer, or else marched up and down with the dignity of a macho muscleman.
A man shows pups to his child at the dog show, which was held at the Leisure Valley in Chandigarh on Sunday.
— Tribune photo by Vinay Malik |
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Guest house owners meet Bansal
Chandigarh, February 12
A delegation of the Village Guest House Association, Chandigarh, met MP Pawan Bansal in connection with the move by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation to seal the guest houses in the villages.
Bansal flags off “prerna yatra”
Chandigarh, February 12
The Minister of State for Finance, Mr Pawan Bansal today flagged off the “prerna yatra” organised by the Chandigarh Territorial Youth Congress from The Tribune Chowk.
Rodrigues for egalitarian society
Chandigarh, February 12
Punjab Governor and Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh, Gen. S. F. Rodrigues (retd), in a message on the eve of Parkash Utsav of Sri Guru Ravi Dass, today called for launching a crusade against discrimination based on caste, colour and creed and emphasized the need to work together for creating an egalitarian society.
Regularisation of houses demanded
Chandigarh, February 12
Leaders of the Joint Action Committee of various political parties today met the Union Minister of State for Finance, Mr Pawan Bansal, and demanded the regularisation of the houses in the Deep Complex, Hallomajra, and the scrapping of the “lal dora” for the villages in the Union Territory.
CBI Judge summons duty record of cop
Chandigarh, February 12
The CBI Special Judge, Mr Jagdeep Jain, has directed the Chandigarh Police to produce the duty record of a constable, Rajesh Kumar, in a case of corruption registered by the CBI against another constable of the Chandigarh Police, Jaiveer Singh.
17 bulls meant for slaughtering freed
Dera Bassi, February 12
The local police arrested four persons from Kheri Gujran village, near here, and recovered 17 bulls from their possession.
Acting on a specific information, a police party raided a premises in the Kheri Gujran village and freed the bulls.
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