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10-year-old boy
washed away in Ghaggar
PANCHKULA,
July 20 — A 10-year-old boy, Jaswant, of a
migrant labour family was swept away by the
turbulent Ghaggar waters a few metres downstream
the Nadha Sahib bridge here this afternoon. The
victim's 15-year-old cousin, Lala Ram, who was
accompanying him, was, however, rescued by local
residents assisted by officials of the district
administration.
Census 2001 pre-test on in
city
CHANDIGARH,
July 20 — The Directorate of the Census
Operations of the UT is presently conducting the
pre-test of the Census 2001 in selected areas of
the city to collect individual and household
particulars.
Rush for college
admissions
CHANDIGARH,
July 20 — There has been an overwhelming
response to college admissions in the first year
of undergraduate courses which get underway on
July 23. Most colleges received three to five
times the number of application forms than the
number of seats available. |
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Helmet
order in SAS Nagar also
SAS
NAGAR, July 20 — Initiating a drive to implement the
traffic guidelines of the Punjab and Haryana High Court,
100 two-wheeler drivers, who were not wearing helmets,
were challaned by the traffic wing of the police here
today.
Visiting VIP:
Northern Rly's version
CHANDIGARH,
July 20 — Mrs Chandralekha Mukherjee, Chief
Public Relations Officer, Northern Railway, has
issued the following statement as a rejoinder to
the news report, "Visiting Rly VIP upsets
schedule", which appeared in Chandigarh
Tribune on July 19. |
Rain brings down
temperature
CHANDIGARH,
July 20 — Winds accompanied by intermittent
rain today lashed the city and its surrounding
areas throughout the day, forcing a sharp drop in
maximum day time temperature as the mercury
plunged 6 degrees below normal. |
Rain affected normal life in Chandigarh on
Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph |
1,000
children brave rain, hold march
CHANDIGARH,
July 20 — ''Vande Mataram'' and "Desh ki raksha
kaun karega; hum karenge, hum harenge" were the
slogans raised by 1,000 students who took part in a rally
organised by the Rising Scholars at the Sukhna Lake here
this morning.
Martyrs’
bodies sent to native places
CHANDIGARH,
July 20 — The mortal remains of two Kargil martyrs
arrived this morning at the local airport for their
onward journey to their respective native places.
Flood
protection works approved
CHANDIGARH,
July 20 — The Project Sanctioning Committee of the
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
(NABARD) today approved the flood protection and drainage
works along the Sutlej, Beas and Ravi rivers in Punjab at
a total financial outlay of Rs 78.03 crore.
Welfare
measures for war widows
PANCHKULA,
July 20 — A meeting of the Haryana Rajya Sainik
Board was held at the headquarters of the Sainik Parivar
Bhavan here to discuss and approve various welfare
measures for the war-widows of 'Operation Vijay'. The
Secretary of the board, Brig Satya Dev presided over the
meeting.
Kundi
connections cause death of bull
Chandigarh,
July 20 — Kundi connections in Kajheri village
caused the death of a bull this morning while its owner
narrowly missed being electrocuted.
Meet
on rational drug use held
CHANDIGARH,
July 20 — Sharing information regarding
pharmaceutical companies, creating data banks, laying
down procedures and quality norms for drug testing
laboratories, orientation of doctors towards rational use
of drugs and education of the public were among the
recommendations of a one-day meet on promotion of
rational use of drugs.
Blood
donation programme
Experts
favour revamping
CHANDIGARH,
July 20 — Revamping of the blood donation programme
is urgently needed is the opinion of a Technical Resource
Group on Blood Safety and Transfusion Services
constituted by the National AIDS Control Organisation
consisting of experts in blood banking from all over the
country.
SGPC
members join helmet issue
CHANDIGARH,
July 20 — The agitation to exempt Sikh women from
wearing helmets while driving or riding on pillion
two-wheelers has gained momentum as several SGPC members
have extended their support to it.
Children
handed over to mother
KHARAR,
July 20 — Ms Neelam Arora, Sub-Divisional Judicial
Magistrate, Kharar, today ordered to give the custody of
two minor children to their mother Ms Balwinder Kaur of
Popna village. After that the children were handed over
to her.
Demand
to fill vacant posts
CHANDIGARH,
July 20 — The UT Powermen Union at its convention
held at the Sector 15 Lajpat Rai Bhavan here this
afternoon urged the Chandigarh Administration to
immediately end the "thekedari system" in the
Electricity Department and provide sufficient workforce
by filling all the vacant posts besides creating
additional vacancies so as to cope with the increased
workload.
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‘Flaw’ in ration card
policy
