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5 pc sales tax on
petrol proposed
CHANDIGARH,
April 26 — The Chandigarh Administration
proposes to levy 5 per cent sales tax on petrol.
A draft notification to this effect, inviting
objections from the public, is likely to be
issued in a day or two.Three
constables sacked
2 for taking
bribe, 1 for rape
Chandigarh,
April 26 — Three constables of the
Chandigarh police were dismissed from service
today. Two were dismissed for allegedly taking
bribe from passing truck drivers and the third
for allegedly raping a woman last night.
...now cops will be fired
UT police to honour
do-gooders
Phones lost ring at night
Chandigarh,
April 26 — Around 30,000 telephone
subscribers in Panchkula and Mani Majra woke up
this morning to find that the telecommunication
link between the township and other parts of the
country had snapped.
Central Govt offices
closed today
CHANDIGARH,
April 26 — Offices of the Punjab and Haryana
governments and the Chandigarh Administration
will open, while those of the Central Government
will remain closed on account of Muharram
tomorrow.
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Traffic
jam at Zirakpur
ZIRAKPUR,
April 26 — Travellers were put to inconvenience
following a traffic jam at the traffic lights on the
Chandigarh-Delhi highway here this evening.
Protest
against demolition
Chandigarh,
April 26 — Residents living in the colony of the Sri
Anandpur Complex Welfare Society, Kajheri, held a
demonstration near the housing board roundabout here
today to protest against the demolition of houses by the
administration in the village on March 3 .
PU,
what were examinees to do?
MA(I) English
paper confounding
CHANDIGARH,
April 26—The examinations of Panjab University for
the post-graduate classes commenced today. The students
taking MA (part I ) paper for English were perplexed to
find contradictions in the instructions mentioned in the
paper and the pattern of the paper.
AIDS
awareness camps organised in UT
Chandigarh,
April 26 — "No welfare programme can succeed
without the active participation of social and voluntary
organisations," opined Mrs Anuradha Gupta,
Home-cum-Health Secretary of Chandigarh. She was
inaugurating the first day of the Family Health Awareness
week at the AIDS awareness-cum-medical camp at Kumhar
Colony in Sector 25.
Power
cuts irk residents
CHANDIGARH,
April 26—The residents of the Chandigarh Housing
Board (CHB) flats in Sector 61 here are a harassed lot
due to frequent and unscheduled power cuts in the
complex.
Under-10
basketball fest opens
CHANDIGARH,
April 26 — The under-10 Mini-Basketball Festival
started today in different schools of the city. The
festival is being organised by Active Sport (India) and
five schools of the city are taking part in this
fortnight-long festival.
70
cr for technical education
Chandigarh,
April 26 — The Haryana Government has earmarked a
sum of Rs 70 crore to strengthen technical education in
the State, said Mr Charan Dass Shorewala, Finance
Minister, Haryana, at the valedictory function of the
13th Indian Engineering Congress at the Tagore Theatre
today.
Consumer
Forum Chairman
CHANDIGARH,
April 26 — Mr Jaidev Singh was elected Chairman of
the Consumer Forum, Chandigarh, in the
election-cum-monthly meeting held on Saturday. He had
earlier been discharging the duties of Secretary General
for the past two decades. Mr Singh is also a member of
the governing council and treasurer of the Consumer
Coordination Council at Delhi, an apex body of consumer
organisations in India.
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‘Politicians have betrayed
nation’
