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Armed dacoits
loot jewellery shop
PANCHKULA,
June 5 — Dacoits brandishing guns struck at
a jewellery shop, Rinku Jewellers, in the busy
Sector 9 market and escaped with cash, gold and
silver jewellery items worth lakhs of rupees here
this afternoon. This was the second dacoity in
the town in the past 45 days. The dacoits, who
came to the shop in the guise of customers,
escaped on scooter after the crime. While
fleeing, two of them also snatched a Kinetic
Honda scooter from a school-going student and
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A policeman
guards a jewellery shop at the Sector 9 market in
Panchkula where armed dacoits struck on Saturday.
— A Tribune photograph |
Police opposes music shows
SAS NAGAR,
June 5 — The local police today opposed the granting
of permission for holding music and other shows if the
organisers failed to make proper arrangements for the
events, as this led to public harassment.
SHO told to book person
CHANDIGARH,
June 5 — The Additional Sessions Judge, Mr S.S.
Lamba, has directed the SHO of the Central Police Station
to book Kewal Krishan Bhandari on the charge of cheating.
Witness
turns hostile
CHANDIGARH,
June 5 — Dr Jasmer Singh, one of the
prosecution witnesses in the Burail Jail case,
turned hostile today.
PTV telecast
banned
CHANDIGARH,
June 5 — The Chandigarh Administration has
imposed a ban on the transmission of Pakistan
Television programmes by local cable operators.
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JET results out
CHANDIGARH,
June 5 — The results of the Joint Entrance
Examination conducted by the Punjab State Board of
Technical Education on May 16 have been declared.
Students told of self-development
CHANDIGARH,
June 5—On the second day of the three-day workshop
being held at New Public School, Sector 18, students were
given a discourse on moral values besides a talk on self
development, time management and communication skills,
here today.
SAD stakes claim to city seat
CHANDIGARH,
June 5 — Mr Gurpartap Singh Riar, President of the
local unit of the Shiromani Akali Dal has staked claim of
his party for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat.
Occupancy rate of hotels
CHANDIGARH,
June 5 — The Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism
Development Corporation and the Hotel and Restaurant
Association of Chandigarh have claimed that the occupancy
rate of the three government-run hotels and 27 private
hotels in the city was between 50 per cent and 60 per
cent.
Politicians blamed for Kargil
CHANDIGARH,
June 5 — The Kargil conflict was the outcome of
failure of intelligence agencies and the dilly-dallying
of our political bosses.
140 lawyers get licences
CHANDIGARH,
June 5—Joy and pride was writ large over their faces
as 140 fresh law degree holders hailing from different
parts of Punjab and Haryana were awarded practice
licences by the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana at the
District Courts here today.
'Indian doctrine needed'
CHANDIGARH,
June 5 — Prof M.L Sondhi, eminent scholar and expert
on world affairs, stressed the need to bring about a
radical strategic diversification, both in security and
economy in the changing global scenario.
Youth rush to career fete
CHANDIGARH,
June 5 — The second day of 'Alternatives', a
three-day exhibition on education and careers being held
at CII, Sector 31, began with a seminar on 'Advertising
as Career'. It was conducted by Mr Sanjeev Kotnala,
Client Services Controller from Ammirati Puris Lintas.
550 crore for road repair
DERA BASSI,
June 5 — The Punjab government will spend Rs 550
crore to get village link roads repaired in the next two
years and Rs 20 crore will be spent on the construction
of various bridges and laying of roads in Dera Bassi
subdivision by the end of this financial year. 
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Dras heroes recall battles
