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Watch out
Mr Ravinder Chaudhary, Honorary Secretary of the Amateur Athletic Association Chandigarh and as Senior Lecturer of Physical Education at DAV College, Sector 10, has been acting as photo finish judge at the Asian Games being held in Doha.
Ravinder Chaudhary
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In Town
The Agromass and Khyati Corporate Solutions Private will conduct an orientation programme for school children on electronics hobbyist projects and free open source software at LIC Colony, Sector 22, tomorrow.
The organisers will give practical training to students of Classes X-XII
to make small projects like intrusion and fire alarms and emergency
lights, among others.
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Passing Through
Since when have you been campaigning against sex selection and sex determination
techniques?
I have long been associated with petitions filed on the subject in the Supreme Court. I provide scientific and medical support to site cases under the PNDT Act.
Dr Puneet Bedi, fetal medicine
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Poll campaign on full blast
Chandigarh, December 9
Mr Arun Jaitley, All India General Secretary, BJP, along with Mr Satya Pal Jain, Yash Pal Mahajan, and Gurpratap Singh Riar, campaigned in MCC elections here today.
Mr Arun Jaitley and Mr Satya Pal Jain release the election brochure of Ms Harjinder Kaur, SAD candidate from Ward No 15 in Sector 44, Chandigarh, on Saturday.
— A Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan
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Residents see red over vanishing green cover
Chandigarh, December 9
The area under Ward No 16 is vast and varied. While a few roads falling in the area skim the boundaries of the city also.
The development work taken up there is equally scattered. Residents of Sector 32 are not very satisfied with the work done in their ward.
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IT’S A DOG’S LIFE |
As the city snuggles under a thick blanket of morning fog, a pet lover braves the weather for her pets in Chandigarh
on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik |
Wooing Nayagaon voters
All houses to be regularised
Nayagaon, December 9
Despite resistance from various departments, in a bid to woo voters, the Punjab Government has decided to regularise all houses lying in the area falling under the Nayagaon Gram Panchayat which was recently granted NAC status.
Poll rage: Assaulted Dalit seeks justice
Chandigarh, December 9
On the evening of December 4 another tale of atrocities on Dalits unfolded on the streets of Chandigarh.
On the receiving end was Dalip Chouhan, a Valmiki suffering 40 per cent disability, who paid the price for asserting his right to vote for a candidate of his choice.
Panchkula traffic police goes Chandigarh way
Panchkula, December 9
The Chandigarh pattern is the new buzzword in the district police and from challaning to the naming of roads and restricting movement of trucks within the town is on the anvil.
After yesterday’s accident where a rashly-driven truck killed one here, the
traffic police is, contemplating a ban on the entry of trucks during peak hours.
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FLOWER POWER |
Visitors enjoy the chrysanthemum show at Terrace Garden in Sector 33, Chandigarh, on Saturday.
— Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan |
Highest population of undertrials in India
Chandigarh, December 9
India is on trial. Efforts released at speedy justice notwithstanding, the country has one of the highest population of undertrials. In fact, India has arrested the world’s attention with 69 per cent of the prisoners still facing trial.
Heard this? Chandigarh girl has three kidneys
Chandigarh, December 9
Nineteen-year-old Kritika Goyal from Chandigarh is suddenly at the heart of a major medical investigation. Detected with a supernumerary kidney — an exceedingly rare anomaly of the urinary tract — she has three kidneys instead of two.
Videoconferencing with author Kapoor on ‘Home’
Chandigarh, December 9
The first act, especially an award-winning one, is always difficult to follow but writer Manju Kapoor tagged on two more books, 'A Married Woman' and 'Home', after getting the Commonwealth Prize for her debut novel 'Difficult Daughters' in 1999.
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