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Somnath's date with Sukhna 
Chandigarh, September 21
Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee took out time to relax and enjoy the serene environs at Sukhana Lake here this evening. The speaker was in the city to inaugurate the 73rd Conference of Presiding Officers of Legislative Bodies in India.
Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee and his wife enjoy a shikara ride at Sukhana Lake in Chandigarh
on Sunday evening. A Tribune photograph
A beautiful silhouette is forrmed as dark coulds cover the sky over the Rock Garden in Chandigarh on Sunday. Tribune photo: Karam Singh |
UT panel to solve CTU-STA row
Chandigarh, September 21
The administration has finally intervened to end the tug of war between the CTU and the State Transport
Authority(STA) over the running of 30 buses that have outlived their lives.
Fish deaths not due to pollution: Admn
Chandigarh, September 21
The UT administration has ruled out pollution as the cause behind the fish mortality in the Sukhna Lake.
Vendors defy MC ban, hold mandi in Sec 33
Chandigarh, September 21
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (MC) decision to close down ‘apni mandi’ of Sector 33, which was running illegally in a ground near the market, is still being violated by vegetable vendors. They were selling vegetables at the place today also.
Price Watch
Veggie prices hit the roof
Chandigarh, September 21
The prices of vegetables have shot up following incessant rains for the past few days, shattering the household budget of the city residents.
1,500 examined at health mela
Chandigarh, September 21
A health mela was organised under the National Rural Health Mission by the UT health department at Bapu Dham colony, Sector 26, here today.
A doctor examines children at the health mela held at Bapu Dham colony in Sector 26, Chandigarh on Sunday. A Tribune photograph
Lok Sabha polls: BSP to declare candidates in Oct
Panchkula, September 21
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will announce its five Lok Sabha candidates of the party from the state by the first week of next month. The names of four candidates from Himachal Pradesh would also be declared the same day. This was stated by BSP general secretary and in charge of party affairs in
Haryana, Maan Singh Manheda here today.
An evening of
timeless melodies
Panchkula, September 21
The magic of timeless film melodies came alive at Inderdhanush Auditorium as the acclaimed vocalists from
Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi presented a programme, ‘Old is Gold’, which continued till late last evening. The melodic evening, designed and directed by Dr
S.K. Punia, was organised by SM Vision in association with the information and public relation department of
Haryana.
Global award for social activist
Chandigarh, September 21
Hemant Goswami, a social activist from India, and Thailand’s health minister have been selected for the international “Global Smoke-free Partnership Award” in recognition of their work in controlling the menace of tobacco.
Documentary on Gurdial Singh screened
Chandigarh, September 21
A documentary film on Gurdial Singh, who also happens to be the most prolific and only Punjabi writer to be bestowed with the prestigious Gyanpeeth Award and International Soviet Land Award,, was screened at Randhawa Auditorium yesterday. The litterateur was present on the occasion.
Play traces communal bias in society
Chandigarh, September 21
The audience was treated to a rare genre of theatrical experience with a play staged under aegis of the Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademy here yesterday. As many as six accomplished actors, mostly alumni of National School of Drama
(NSD) and department of Indian theatre of PU presented ‘Shahjahanpur Ki Shehzadi’ under the guidance of playwright Asif Ali at the Akademy auditorium.
Onam celebrated
Mohali, September 21
The Sree Ayyappa Seva Samiti, Mohali, celebrated Onam festival at Sree Sanathan Dharam
Mandir, Phase IV here today. Kerala Legislative Assembly speaker, K.
Radhakrishnan, and deputy speaker, Jose Baby, were present on the occasion.
85-year-old
found dead
Mohali, September 21
An 85-year-old ex-serviceman, Gurdyal Singh, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his house at Farid Colony,
Zirakpur, this evening. The victim was living along with son, Balbir (45), an employee with
HMT, and daughter-in-law.
Shifting of ISBT creating problems
Shifting of inter-state bus operations from Sector 17 to Sector 43 is causing inconvenience to commuters, especially women, for whom it is becoming unsafe to travel during late hours.
City Scope
Meeting terror threat
Raveen Thukral
I cannot call M C Sharma, the Delhi Police's braveheart who died fighting terrorists at Batla house on Friday, a friend but he was certainly an acquaintance. Though his name, when announced on the TV during the shootout, as such didn't ring a bell, his photographs published in various newspapers the next morning brought back some hazy but inconsequential memories of the couple of 'encounters' that I had with him during my days as a crime reporter in Delhi.
Gallantry Awards Quota
PU accepts it in one college, not in another
Chandigarh, September 21
Strange are the ways of Panjab University (PU). After refusing admission in the Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology
(CCET) under the gallantry awards quota to a candidate whose father had been decorated with Chief of Army Staff’s Commendation for Gallantry, the same varsity’s joint admission committee has granted admission to kin of other officers decorated with commendations in the Chandigarh College of Architecture
(CCA).
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