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564 vehicles with
tinted panes challaned
Chandigarh,
June 18 — On the first day of the challaning
drive against black films on ther windowpanes of
vehicles, the Chandigarh traffic police set up 30
check points all over the city today and
challaned 564 four-wheelers, including buses and
three government vehicles, for using black films.
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Maximum
CET toppers from city
Chandigarh,
June 18 — Chandigarh boys and girls have once again
brought laurels to their institutions by bagging the top
positions in the Combined Entrance Test, 1999, conducted
by Panjab University for admission to nearly 600 seats in
various medical, engineering and architecture courses in
colleges affiliated to the University and Department of
Chemical Engineering and Technology, PU.
Captain
Guleria killed in Kashmir explosion
PANCHKULA,
June 18 — Yet another life was lost in the
insurgency in Kashmir when Captain Deepak Guleria of
Rashtriya Rifles, hailing from Cholthra in Sarkaghat
tehsil in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, lost his life in a
blast triggered by an improvised explosive device
somewhere near Kangan on the Kashmir-Leh road early this
morning.
Demand
to set up memorial
PANCHKULA,
June 18 — Panchkula Sewa Samiti, a social
organisation, has urged the Haryana Government to set up
a monument in memory of the martyrs of the district who
had sacrificed their lives in fighting insurgency in
Jammu and Kashmir.
Power
stations house teastalls
CHANDIGARH,
June 18 — A visit to the 66-kv grid Electricity
Sub-station in Industrial Area, Phase II, presents a
picture of neglect on the part of the authorities.
MCC
targets Sec 33 encroachments
CHANDIGARH,
June 18 — Continuing with its drive, enforcement
staff of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh today
removed encroachments from in front of houses in Sector
33-A here.
PSEB
plan for uninterrupted power supply
ZIRAKPUR,
June 18 — To provide uninterrupted power supply to
the consumers of this area, the Punjab State Electricity
Board (PSEB) will start a 15-day crash maintenance
programme from Monday. The Board will check defected
junctions and other power hindering circuits on each
power line.
14-day
remand for 3 engineers
CHANDIGARH,
June 18 — The Judicial Magistrate, Mr A.K. Bishnoi,
today turned down the plea of the prosecution for
extending by two days the police remand of three
engineers booked by the Vigilance Department on the
charge of preparing inflated bills. The engineers are
J.C. Gilhotra, C.J. Rai and J.K. Gandhi.
Problems
of PU library
CHANDIGARH,
June 18 — A delegation of 60 students led by Mr
Bhupinder Singh Bhupi, President of the Haryana
Students’ Association PU, today apprised the
university librarian regarding the problems faced by
students in the absence of proper working conditions of
fans and ACs. They urged him to provide more fans in the
library and repair the defective fans at the earliest.
The problem is more acute in the outer hall. They also
drew his attention to the insufficient water supply in
the library.
17
Panchkulaites in merit list
PANCHKULA,
June 18 — At least 17 students of different schools
in the district have figured in the merit list of Class X
results of the Haryana School Education Board which were
declared today.
Pak
PM’s effigy burnt
PANCHKULA,
June 18 — A large number of morning walkers cut
short their stroll here today and assembled at the
Fountain chowk to protest against the “barbaric
medievalism” of the Pakistan army by torturing
captured Indian soldiers and mutiliating their bodies.
Parents
blame women teachers
KHARAR,
June 18 — Resentment prevails among parents against
the poor pass percentage in matriculation examination in
many government schools in the area. They hold the wives
of senior officers of the Punjab Government responsible
for this poor performance.
Tributes
paid to Kargil martyrs
CHANDIGARH,
June 18 — Hundreds of workers of the local units of
the CPI, CPM, and the Janata Dal gathered at the Sector
17 Plaza this evening and formed a human chain to express
their solidarity with the Indian armed forces fighting
the intruders in the Kargil-Dras area, besides paying
tributes to the martyrs of the Kargil-Dras-Batalik
sectors.
Acute
shortage of drinking water
PINJORE,
June 18 — Like previous years, this time too the
residents of Pinjore and Kalka towns are facing an acute
shortage of drinking water.
Demand
for action against MD
CHANDIGARH,
June 18 — To protest against the alleged
misbehaviour by the Managing Director of Housefed,
members of the Punjab Housefed Karamchari Union held a
rally in front of the Sector 22 office of Housefed today.
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