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Mr S.K.
Singh, IGP, Chandigarh |
NCC cadets for
poll duty
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 25 — For the first time in city, cadets
of the National Cadet Corps will be deployed at
various polling stations for election duty in the
parliamentary polls besides the local police and
five companies of para- military forces.This was
stated by Mr S K Singh, IGP, while addressing a
press conference here this afternoon. |
HP plans luxury rail tour
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 25 — Almost on the concept of the luxurious
"palace on wheels" running on the popular
tourist circuit in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, the
railways, in association with the Himachal Pradesh
Government, plans to run a package tour with all luxury
trappings on board, special coaches and top class hotel
accommodation and facilities.
IGNOU, Army sign MoU
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 25 — The Indira Gandhi National Open University
Army Educational Project has been launched in order to
enhance the educational qualification and professional
skill of the army personnel.
City unkind to women
nominees
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 25 — Chandigarh has never been a happy
hunting ground for women candidates. It has never
returned a woman candidate to the Lok Sabha. |
PUTA executive announced
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 25 —The executive body of the Panjab University
Teachers Association was announced following elections on
the campus here today.
Sharma, Bansal have digs at one
another
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 25 — Personal and personality issues dominated
an interaction programme of the two principal candidates
for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat at the Chandigarh Press
Club here today.
Kharar gets three more polling
booths
SAS NAGAR,
Aug 25 — Three more polling booths have been added
in the Kharar segment of the Ropar parliamentary
constituency.
Snake kills calf
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 25 — A calf was bitten to death by a snake near
the Sector 29 Traffic Police Lines here this evening.
Case likely against PUTA Secretary
CHANDIGARH, Aug 25 — A case under the
Representation of People Act,1951, is likely to be
registered against Mr M. Rajivlochan, Secretary, Panjab
University Teachers Association, for refusal to perform
election duty.
Club members get into Teej spirit
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 25 — Members of the Lions Club, Nightingale and
Rose, got together to celebrate the festival of Teej
today.
Ex-sarpanch joins Congress
ZIRAKPUR,
Aug 25 — Mr Dalip Singh, a former sarpanch of
Lohgarh village, has joined the Congress. He declared his
decision at a joint meeting of the Congress and the CPM,
held under the chairmanship of Mr R.S. Sohi, a member of
the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee.
Samajwadi claims support of OBCs
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 25 — The Samajwadi Party candidate for the
Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat, Mr Manphool Singh, who was a
member in the 1987 Devi Lal Council of Ministers in
Haryana, claimed today that he would win the election
with the support of Balmiks, OBCs and minorities.
Employees
refute Bansal's claim
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 25 — At a meeting of the representatives
of the UT, Central Government and Punjab
employees today, they refuted the claim of the
Congress candidate, Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, that a
majority of the trade union leaders had extended
support to him in the ensuing Lok Sabha election.
Dissension brews
in CTCC
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 25 — Dissension is brewing in the
Chandigarh Territorial Youth Congress Committee
after its President, Mr Chander Mukhi Sharma,
dissolved the District Youth Congress Committee.
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Ex-servicemen
to pay tributes to martyrs
DERA BASSI,
Aug 25 — The Ex-Servicemen's Cell of the Patiala
unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party will organise a
function here on September 12 to offer floral tributes to
Kargil martyrs. 
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