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UT gets additional 90 MW of power
Chandigarh, May 26
The availability of additional power to the tune of 80-90 MW has eased the power supply position in the Union Territory of Chandigarh, an official press note said here today.
MC callousness deprives
Panchkula of civic amenities
Panchkula, May 26
The lack of coordination among the councilors of the Panchkula Municipal Council has adversary hit the basic civic amenities, putting the city residents into hardships for the past couple of years.
Potholes on a B-road in Sector 6 reflect the bad condition of roads in Panchkula.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan |
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Panel sought for conversion policy implementation
Chandigarh, May 26
The Chandigarh Industrial Association in a memorandum submitted to the Governor and the UT Administrator, has demanded that a committee be constituted for the smooth implementation of the conversion policy in the Industrial Area.
Third day of fast against land to school
Chandigarh, May 26
The relay fast by members of the Residents Welfare Association, Sector 19-D, against the allotment of a school site to a private party in a public park entered the third day today.
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ACT OF CHARITY: In sweltering summer, Bihari Lal of Madhya Pradesh keeps his pitchers full for those who stop to quench their thirst on the dividing road of Sector 45 and 46 in Chandigarh.
— Tribune photo by Vinay Malik |
ITBP absorbs 202 recruits
Chandigarh, May 26
As many as 202 recruits were formally absorbed into the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force on the culmination of their training at the force’s Basic Training Centre
(BTC) in Bhanu, near here, today.
House owners’ charge on vacant plots
Mohali, May 26
The House Owners Welfare Association, Phase I, has complained that vacant plots in the area had become a source of nuisance for
residents.
Sewer leakage irks workers
Chandigarh, May 26
Workers in the Industrial Area here are a peeved lot because of the continuous leakage from a sewer.
Located opposite plot 706 in Phase I, owners and workers have complained about their problems on several occasions, but to no avail.
A man treads carefully through a pool of water in front of the showroom where he works in Phase I, Industrial Area, Chandigarh, on Friday.
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Jhuggi dwellers shifted
Mohali, May 26
Land in Phase VIII, Industrial Area, here has been got vacated by the Punjab
Urban Planning and Development Authority. Jhuggi dwellers who had illegally
encroached on land in the industrial area have been shifted to Jagatpura Colony.
The drive had started on May 24. As many as 286 jhuggis existed in this area.
Slum dwellers carry their belongings to a new site allotted by PUDA in Phase-8, Industrial Area, on Friday.
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Man robbed by 3 posing as cops
Chandigarh, May 26
Three persons, dressed as policemen, allegedly kidnapped a Delhi-based garment supplier from the busy ISBT, Sector 17, in the wee hours of Wednesday and dropped him on the outskirts of the city after robbing him of Rs 20,000 in cash, a women’s wedding suits worth Rs 35,000 and a mobile phone.
Couple booked for cheating
Chandigarh, May 26
The local police has booked a city resident and his wife for forging documents of someone else’s property to procure a loan of Rs 15 lakh.
Giving details of the case, sources in the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Chandigarh Police said, Harpreet Singh Cheema of Sector 17-based Pam Raffia Limited, and his wife Paramjit Kaur Cheema were booked on a complaint by his US-based uncle, Mr Jagdev Singh Cheema, that his nephew Harpreet was cheating his US-based acquaintance Rajnish Kumar.
1 held on charge of criminal intimidation
Chandigarh, May 26
The local police arrested a Sector 22 resident on charges of criminal intimidation and passing obscene remarks to outrage the modesty of a woman. In another incident, the local police claimed to have worked out three cases of theft with the arrest of a resident of Raipur Khurd village, near here.
Two missing
Mohali, May 26
Two persons have been missing in the town since last night and complaints to the police in this regard have been lodged.
Mr Anand Shankar, who works in the Air Force and lives in Phase X here, complained to the police that his wife, Ms Anuja Gupta, was not at home when he came back from office last evening.
Two attempt suicide
Dera Bassi, May 26
As many as two persons attempted suicide in the subdivision today.
According to sources, Satya Narayan, an employee of a private company at Saidpura, attempted suicide by consuming some poisonous substance here this morning.
Graft charges against ASI
Dera Bassi, May 26
Ms Geetanjali Gujjar, chairperson of the local Market Committee, today levelled corruption charges against ASI Nand Lal posted at the Dera Bassi police station.
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