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Pandemonium mars MC meeting
Panchkula, November 4
Tempers ran high and pandemonium reigned at the meeting of the Municipal Council held after four months here today. The entire agenda was passed despite opposition from dissident councillors of the Congress led by Mr R.K. Kakkar as also the BJP.
MC denies information with lame excuses
Chandigarh, November 4
The weak arguments of the Municipal Corporation in defending its denial of information to a resident of the city have been exposed in an appeal against not providing information under the Right to Information Act, 2005.
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Administrative machinery unable to deliver goods, says I.K. Gujral
Chandigarh, November 4
Administrative machinery in India has become dysfunctional and is ultimately unable to deliver the goods, said the paper of Mr Inder Kumar
Gujral, a former Prime Minister, in the inaugural address of the International Conference on 'Peace and Development' in memory of late P.N. Haksar at the
CCRRID here today.
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R.P. Bambah, Vice-Chairman of the governing body of CRRID, releases ‘Haksar Memorial-Volume III’ at the International Conference on ‘Peace and Development’ at
CRRID, Sector 19, in Chandigarh on Saturday.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan |
Watch out
The Minister of State for Finance and the Chandigarh MP, Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, will be the guest of honour at the valedictory function of the platinum-jubilee celebrations of the Vijaya Bank at the auditorium of the Bishop Cotton Boys School, Residency Road, Bangalore, on November 5.
Pawan Kumar Bansal
In Town
The former Indian Foreign Secretary is in town to participate in the International Conference on Peace and Development.
The conference is being organised in the memory of late P.N.Haksar at the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID).
Passing Through
Poultry owners take to streets
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Chandigarh, November 4
Accusing the Punjab and Haryana Governments of bartering away their interests to big companies in the guise of contract farming, poultry farmers today organised a massive protest here and vowed to "fight to the finish." against the mega projects for poultry industry in the region.
Organised under the aegis of the North Zone Broiler Breeders Association at the new rally site in Sector 25 here, thousands of the poultry farmers came down heavily on the mega projects in the poultry industry which, they alleged, would deal a death blow to the poultry industry.
Punjabi folk
singers at a protest rally organised by the Poultry Farmers
Association, Haryana and Punjab, in support of their demands in
Sector 25, Chandigarh, on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh
Chauhan
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A sambar “devotee” after entering the Shiv Thakurdwara Temple in Mani
Majra, jumped into its kitchen for “inspecting” the langar on Saturday evening. After a two-hour-long chase by children and firemen, it was finally tranquilised by a team of the UT Forest Department that took over 45 minutes to net the
animal. — The scene was captured by Tribune cameraman Malkiat Singh |
MC POLL-06
Ward reservation: battle for ticket hots up
Chandigarh, November 4
The future of many sitting councillors has become uncertain after the draws of lots for reservation of wards held yesterday.
Greenpeace campaign to save oceans
Chandigarh, November 4
Greenpeace activists kicked off a campaign on ocean defenders in Sector 17 today. The objective was to spread awareness about oceans and make defenders to protect them.
3 grievance redressal units inaugurated
Chandigarh, November 4
Three Subdivisional grievances redressal units of the local police were inaugurated by the UT Administrator, Gen S.F. Rodrigues, at a function held in Sector 36 police station here today.
Cut GHG emission to check mercury rise: conference
Chandigarh, November 4
"If we do not bring about a 50 per cent reduction in the planet's emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases there will be at least 2-3 degrees rise in global temperatures by 2050."
Possession of plots not given to allottees
Mohali, November 4
Members of the Plot Allotment Sangharsh Committee , Sectors 76, 80, held a protest march here today against the failure of the government to give possession of plots which were allotted to them by PUDA more than five years ago. They carried an effigy of Mr Bir Devinder Singh, Kharar MLA, during the protest march.
Seminar on management of property rights
Chandigarh, November 4
Lack of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection distorted the international trade, with the result that IPR protection was included in the trade related intellectual property rights(TRIPS) as an agreement on general agreement on tariffs and trade(GATT).
Bansal lays stones of 2 bridges
Chandigarh, November 4
Union Minister of State for Finance Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal has laid the foundation stones of the bridge over the nullah at Gobindpura Road and another bridge over the nullah at Mansa Devi Road along with double-storeyed booths at Janta Rehri market, Manimajra, here today.
Governor’s Gurpurb greetings
Chandigarh, November 4
The Punjab Governor and UT Administrator, Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd), has extended greetings to the people of Punjab and Chandigarh on the occasion of Gurpurb of Guru Nanak Dev and called for “rededicating ourselves to his legacy of humanism, compassion and social equality.”
The Sector 34 Gurdwara is illuminated on the eve of Guru Nanak Dev’s birth anniversary which falls on Sunday.
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Karamchari sangh men hold rally
Chandigarh, November 4
Members of the Bhartiya Khadya Nigam Karamchari Sangh today organised a rally outside the FCI office in Sector 31 here in support of their demands.
Tribune Impact
NRIs come to patient’s rescue
Chandigarh, November 4
A group of 10 NRI engineers from New York has come to the rescue of Vandna (16),
a poor patient who is in need of a renal transplant at the PGIMER for the past
one year. They have decided to donate $ 1121.
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Kidney patient needs help
Chandigarh, November 4
Mr Gurmail Singh, a resident of Faridkot, who is suffering from renal failure,
has been struggling for life. Unable to stand, Gurmail is undergoing treatment
at the PGIMER for the past over seven months.
Mr Gurmail Singh, who is suffering from renal failure, along with his mother Gurcharan Kaur at the PGI, Chandigarh.
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