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Water supply to be hit
Chandigarh, September 19
Power supply will be shut for eight hours tomorrow due to some urgent work on the newly laid pumping machinery at the water works in Sectors 12 and 26.
MC to have 26 wards for civic poll
Chandigarh, September 19
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation will now have 26 wards in the forthcoming elections to the civic body. The inclusion of five more villages — Hallomajra, Kajehri, Palsora, Maloya and Dadumajra — in the limits of the civic body has set the ball rolling for the delimitation of the wards.
Watch out
With India desperately needing a win against the West Indies in Kuala Lumpur today, the city’s comeback man Dinesh Mongia might get a chance to prove his mettle. His all-round prowess can be useful for the Indian team, which is struggling to remain in contention in the tri-series.
Dinesh Mongia
Governor asks senior citizens to help in nation building
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Chandigarh, September 19
The Punjab Governor and Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh, General S.F. Rodrigues, today called upon senior citizens to utilise their potential, expertise, knowledge and experience for building a bright future for the younger generations.
Senior citizens at the closing function of the computer literacy training programme at DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh, on Tuesday.
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The ‘killer’ crossings of UT
Chandigarh, September 19
The scooter on which Sanjay Kumar, a milk vendor of Dadu Majra, was travelling on Monday morning was hit by a speeding Maruti Zen coming from Punjab at the road intersection in Sector 38(West) which cuts the main road coming from
Mohali. He was rushed to the General Hospital, Sector 16, with dangling arms and legs.
Mr Baljit Singh, Assistant Sub Inspector on duty, said: “He survived with
fractures in his legs. A case has been registered.”
Illustration by Gaurav Sood
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9 Punjab celebrates Kalidhar anniversary
Chandigarh, September 19
The 9th Battalion of the Punjab Regiment commemorated the 41st anniversary of its Battle Honour Kalidhar, awarded for its exceptional performance while deployed in the Akhnoor Sector during the 1965 Indo-Pak war, by recalling the sacrifices and acts of valour of its men in the war.
Fauji Beat
1965 war bonhomie remains unmatched
What clearly stood out in the 1965 war in Punjab was the part that the civil population played in it. When the Army started moving in strength into Punjab in September 1965, the people did not only greet the soliders with a smile but also with a traditional hospitality.
This erstwhile Moti Palace is Poonch Brigade Officers’ Mess now. |
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Documentary on Maharaja Aggarsain
Chandigarh, September 19
Screening of a documentary produced by the North Zone Cultural Centre (NZCC), Patiala, on the life of Maharaja Aggarsain will be the highlight of Aggarsain Jayanti celebrations on September 24 here.
Thieves, not cyclists, relish cycle tracks
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Chandigarh, September 19
Cycle tracks — traversing the privacy of so many city residents — have failed to achieve their perceived objective. Though the use of the tracks — even with all the ditches and potholes — is compulsory for slow-moving vehicles, the Chandigarh Police has just not deployed enough personnel at the entry points to force the cyclist and rickshaws to commute on these paths.
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The lack of illumination, improper entry and exit points, besides the presence of potholes, have rendered the cycle-tracks practially useless in Chandigarh.
— Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari
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Justice Pandit cremated
Chandigarh, September 19
Scores of people from all walks of life today paid their last respects to former Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge Justice P.C. Pandit (retd), who passed away yesterday evening. He was cremated here this afternoon.
Obituary
Adieu! My Lord
HERE was a man! A persuasive lawyer. A just Judge. Above all, a gentleman. He walked alone through the labyrinths of life. He toiled each day of his existence. He completed 93 milestones on the road of life. While walking towards the 94th he decided to leave this land of the dying. Unfortunately, Justice Prem Chand Pandit is no more in our midst.
PM not to inaugurate railway line
Mohali, September 19
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, will not be inaugurating the Chandigarh-Morinda railway line in Mohali during his visit to the township on September 27.
Scheme for unauthorised power load
Chandigarh, September 19
The Electricity Department of the Chandigarh Administration today decided to give an opportunity to the consumers to get their unauthorised load regularised keeping in view the fact that many consumers had non-sanctioned load.
Debate on socialism at MCPI meet
Chandigarh, September 19
Set back to socialism in the wake of domination of the US-led market forces in India came up for heated discussion on the third day of the All-India Special Unity Congress of the Marxist Communist Party of India (United), at Kisan Bhavan here today.
Draw of HUDA plots ends
Panchkula, September 19
The draw for plots ended with the allotment of 356 remaining plots in Sector 28 by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) here today. The second day remained as event-free as the first day though there was a bigger audience to witness the proceedings.
MC vehicles stopped from dumping garbage
Mohali, September 19
Employees of an industrial unit in Phase VIII blocked a stretch of a road to stop vehicles of the Municipal Council from dumping garbage near the premises.
2 brothers die of viral fever
Chandigarh, September 19
Two brothers residing in Sanjay Colony, Industrial Area, died of viral fever after struggling for life for hours at the General Hospital, Sector 16, here on September 17. Hailing from the Gaunda locality in Uttar Pradesh, Ram Kalap and his brother Bhola were migrant labourers.
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Poultry farmers rue lack of subsidy on feed
Chandigarh, September 19
The failure of Ministry of Agriculture to extend subsidy on poultry feed to
farmers in the states of Punjab and Haryana has led to the farmers incurring
huge losses. While Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka have got a subsidy of
Rs 150 per quintal on the maize feed for poultry — to help the farmers in
these southern states to overcome losses — farmers in the northern region have
been left high and dry.
A worker takes out eggs at a poultry farm. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed.
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Minor fire in Sec 27 house
Chandigarh, August 19
A minor fire was reported in Sector 27-B here this evening in House No. 1080. Two fire engines were rushed to the spot and the fire was brought under control.
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