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Housing society cheats investors
SAS NAGAR,
Dec 10 — A bogus cooperative house building society
allegedly floated by some employees of Punjab
Communications Limited in connivance with certain
outsiders has duped several persons of lakhs of rupees on
the pretext of providing them land at Kanpur village in
Kharar.
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CSIO |
90
selections approved
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 10 — The governing body of the
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and
Research which met in Delhi on December 8 has
approved the selections of as many as 90 faculty
members for the posts of Professor and Assistant
Professor in various departments. |
Staff
plea rejected
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 10 — CAT dismissed 13 connected
petitions filed by different employees of the
Central Scientific Instruments Organisation
challenging the validity of Residence Allotment
Rules, 1997, declaring them ineligible for
allotment and retention of official
accommodation. |
| Notice
issued in Ganguly case |
Bajpai
takes over as Director |
Car robbed at gunpoint
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 10 — A man in his thirties took away a Maruti
Zen car (PB-11-K-6057) at gunpoint from the parking area
of Hotel Shivalik View here late this evening.
Fire destroys 11 shops in Lohgarh
ZIRAKPUR,
Dec 10 — Fire destroyed 11 shops in Lohgarh village
on the Chandigarh-Ambala National Highway this morning,
causing a heavy loss to the shop-owners.
Value of residential plots
increased
SAS NAGAR,
Dec 10 — The Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Mr
O.P.Popli, yesterday said that the value of residential
plots as assessed by the revenue officials had been
increased from Rs 2500 per sq yard to Rs 3600 per sq
yard.
Punjabi bhavan sought
PANCHKULA,
Dec 10 — The Punjabi Welfare Sabha, Panchkula, has
urged the Chief Minister, Mr O. P. Chautala, to allot
land to construct a Punjabi bhavan here.
Seminar on biotechnology organised
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 10 —Science has no boundaries, said Prof Yash
Pal in his keynote address of the '100 years of the
post-Mendelian genetics: advent of biotechnology' seminar
organised by the Punjab Science Congress at Panjab
University here today.
Cheating accused acquitted
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 10 — A city resident, accused of making people
"deliver money on a pretext of getting house
allotted on priority basis", was today acquitted by
the UT Judicial Magistrate (First Class), Mr Pushvinder
Kumar.
Cops' services to be confirmed
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 10 — Services of constables who have been
working as temporary employees since 1989, are likely to
be confirmed next week.
Thief remanded in custody
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 10 — A housewife, accused of committing a theft,
was today remanded in police custody till tomorrow by UT
Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Naval Kumar.
‘Work
on rail project soon’
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 10 — The Union Railway Minister, Ms
Mamta Banerjee, has said the that Chandigarh
— Ludhiana rail link project will be taken
up on a priority basis. |
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DAV
students plant saplings
DERA BASSI,
Dec 10 — With a message for the new millennium,
students of Col VRM DAV Public School, Dera Bassi, today
planted 100 saplings in the area surrounding the school. 
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