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 CA
of Surbhi Forests held, granted bail
PANCHKULA,
Aug 23 — The local police arrested Prem Garg,
chartered accountant of Surbhi Forests India Ltd and
legal adviser to the company, from his residence in
Sector 9, after midnight following a tip-off given to the
police control room yesterday.
PLEASE
WAIT, ZEBRA STRIPES ARE DRYING: A line of
blocked vehicles stretches for almost half a
kilometre from the railway crossing to Transport
Chowk on Monday's hot and humid afternoon. One
was left wondering why a time that would cause
less inconvenience was not chosen to do the
relatively unimportant task of painting zebra
stripes. — Tribune photo by Gautam Singh |
Syndicate meeting
likely to be stormy
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 23 — The next meeting of the Panjab
University Syndicate, scheduled for August 27, is
likely to be a stormy one in the wake of certain
controversial issues coming up for deliberations.
Local call within 50-km
radius
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 23 — The much-needed facility of
allowing local calls within a radius of 50
kilometres was activated on all telephones in the
city and its neighbouring townships of Panchkula
and SAS Nagar today. |
Declamation contest on Kargil
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 23 — Nearly 50 students of Government Model
Senior Secondary School, Sector 19-C, participated in a
declamation contest on the Kargil issue organised by the
Sector 7 branch of the State Bank of India here today.
Seminar on environment
KHARAR, Aug
23 — A seminar on ‘Protection of
Environment’ was organised by the Rotary Club,
Kharar, in the grounds of APJ Public School, Mundi
Kharar, today.
Bansal for Chandigarh as UT
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 23 — Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, Congress candidate
for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat, today reiterated his
commitment to work for retaining Chandigarh as a Union
Territory and making the leasehold conversion scheme into
a hassle free and people-friendly scheme.
Equating politicians with donkeys
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 23 — Theatre Lab, Chandigarh, has organised a
series of the productions of their Hindi play Gaddhon Ki
Baraat in the city. A spoof and satire on the present-day
politics, it comes in the wake of the Lok Sabha
elections.
Election code to be enforced: DEO
PANCHKULA,
Aug 23 — The District Electoral Officer, Mr Vivek
Joshi, called a meeting of 16 duty magistrates, 25
supervisory officers and 13 police parties at the
District Secretariat in view of the election scheduled
for September 5, here today.
Raksha Dal starts campaign
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 23 — The Rashtriya Raksha Dal formally launched
its election campaign from Sector 22 here this morning.
Lok
Shakti hopeful of winning poll
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 23 — Mr Ravi Prakash Kansal, Lok Shakti
candidate for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat, has
predicted the defeat of the Congress and the BJP
in the city.
Dhumal to address rallies
today
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 23 — The Himachal Pradesh Chief
Minister, Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal, will address
election rallies in favour of the BJP nominee for
the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat, Mr Krishan Lal
Sharma, here tomorrow.
Stress on developing
manpower
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 23 — With a view to make the youth in
villages more self-reliant, various training
programmes have been undertaken in the rural
areas of the country to generate self-employment. |
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