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UT appointments cleared
CHANDIGARH,
June 11 — Several top positions in the Chandigarh
Administration, lying vacant for the past several months,
are expected to be filled next week as the Union
Government is reported to have cleared the appointment of
the new Chairman, Chandigarh Housing Board, and the
Finance Secretary.
Woman missing for
3 days
CHANDIGARH,
June 11 — A married woman, aged about 35
years, is missing from her Sector 35 home for the
past three days while the Ceilo car driven by her
was reportedly found under mysterious
circumstances near Asron on the Ropar-Jalandhar
highway. The woman's husband, Mr Sushil Kumar
Chandel, lodged a complaint with the Sector 36
police station today. He said that his wife Daisy
had left home around 4 pm on June 8. |
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Report on alleged kidnapping
sought
KHARAR,
June 11 — Mrs Neelam Arora, Subdivisional Judicial
Magistrate of Kharar, has ordered the Police Department
to submit its report till July 30, on a criminal
complaint filed by Mr Jaswinder Singh of SAS Nagar
against Mr Devinder Singh Malhi, SHO, police station CIA
staff of Patiala.
STD-PCO booths
overcharging
CHANDIGARH,
June 11 — The slackness on the part of the
Telephone Department has encouraged some STD-PCO
operators to overcharge from the public by
doctoring their bill display machines. |
Sonia to visit Chandimandir today
CHANDIGARH,
June 11 — The Congress President, Mrs Sonia Gandhi,
will visit Chandimandir tomorrow to enquire about the
health of defence personnel injured in the Kargil sector
and undergoing treatment at Command Hospital,
Chandimandir.
11 Congressmen stake claim for UT
Lok Sabha seat
CHANDIGARH,
June 11 — Nine candidates have staked their claim
for the Congress ticket for the lone Chandigarh Lok Sabha
seat. They are Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, Mr Venod Sharma, Mr
Munish Tewari, Mr S.P. Kaushal, Mr Roshan Lal Batta, Mr
Chaman Lal Sharma and Mrs Manjit Kaur.
A
Chandigarh resident was shocked when he found
that the Income Tax Department had pasted a
woman's photo on his PAN card instead of his. |
'Shocking' PAN
card
CHANDIGARH,
June 11 — A resident of Sector 19, Mr
Baljinder Singh Teja, applied for a permanent
account number (PAN) — that is mandatory
under the provisions of the Income Tax Department
— and he was in for a rude shock when he
received the PAN card a couple of days ago. |
Constitution of Zila Parishad may
be delayed
CHANDIGARH,
June 11 — The constitution of the Panchayat Samiti
and the Zila Parishad are likely to be delayed in view of
the changes brought about in the Panchayati Raj Act,
1994, as extended to the Union Territory, the
notification of which was formally done by the Chandigarh
Administration.
Press
Council to probe assault on newsmen
CHANDIGARH,
June 11 — The Press Council of India will
probe all incidents of assault and attacks on
journalists, newspaper owners, newspaper
establishments, newspaper printing presses and
their owners, newspaper vendors and also all
incidents of obstruction to the distribution of
newspapers that have taken place since January
1,1997.
15 sites fetch
3.62 crore for HUDA
PANCHKULA,
June 11 — On the second day of an auction of
commercial sites in this Urban Estate, the
Haryana Urban Development Authority was able to
sell 15 sites netting over Rs 3.62 crore here
today.
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Councillors boycott meeting
SAS NAGAR,
June 11 — A Municipal Council meeting called by the
Ropar Deputy Commissioner for the election of the Senior
Vice-President and the Vice-President could not be held
due to “lack of quoram.”
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