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STD
calls to be cheaper
CHANDIGARH, April 30 — STD calls to a large
number of cities in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and
parts of Uttar Pradesh, falling within a radius of 200 km
from the city, will be cheaper while calling within
Chandigarh and to places like SAS Nagar and Panchkula is
going to be costly from tomorrow as the new telecom
tariff of the TRAI comes into force.
Talks on wet dredging soon
CHANDIGARH,
April 30 — The Dredging Corporation of India has
been invited by the Chandigarh Administration for
negotiations to start wet dredging of Sukhna Lake while
the next phase of shramdan , the manual desiltation, will
start on May 7.
Major dies in J&K
mishap
S A S NAGAR, April 30 — A young
Major of the town lost his life when the vehicle
in which he was travelling collided with a truck
on the road between Rajouri and Sujankote last
morning. Born on September 11, 1967, Major J. D.
S. Dhaliwal was commissioned in the Corps of
Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1988. He
was commanding a forward field workshop attached
to an infantry unit involved in
counter-insurgency operations in the Rajouri
sector. |
Jessica
murder linked to city
CHANDIGARH, April 30 — The Tata Safari that
was allegedly used to murder Jessica Lal, a model in
Delhi last night, has been traced to a sugar mill based
based in Assandh near Karnal.
Cow kills man
CHANDIGARH, April 30 — In a rare
incident of its kind a cow killed an old man in
Sector 8 this morning. The old man, Balwant
Singh, living in sector 8 was hit in his stomach
when a cow that went beserk barged into him. |
Godown catches fire
ZIRAKPUR,
April 30 — A fire broke out in a godown of tent and
other decoration items, here this morning.
Regular
students get re-appear paper
CHANDIGARH,
April 30 — Students of Panjab University taking
their fourth semester examination of sociology
(industrial sociology) here today got a paper meant for
re-appear students. The paper was set according to the
old syllabus and was meant for students taking their
re-appear examination this year.
Gram
Shree Mela opens
PANCHKULA,
April 30 — The Gram Shree Mela, an
exhibition-cum-sale of rural handicrafts and
artefacts, began at the Mela Ground, Sector 9,
here today.The mela is being organised by CAPART,
Regional Committee, Chandigarh, in collaboration
with a Gurgaon-based organisation. |
A visitor
checks out handicrafts in the Gram Shree Mela at
the Mela Ground, Sector 9, Panchkula, on Friday.
— A Tribune photograph |
SSP shifted to Delhi
CHANDIGARH,
April 30 — The local SSP, Mr N.S. Randhawa, has been
transferred to Delhi. Meanwhile, Mr M.A.J. Farooqi, a
1979 batch Indian Police Service official of the UT cadre
has been posted here in the anti-terrorist cell.
Radiographer’s
post lying vacant
DERA
BASSI, April 30 — Patients at the local
Civil Hospital are a harassed lot due to the
non-availability of any radiographer, in the
hospital.
Women panels 'toothless'
CHANDIGARH, April 30 — The National
Federation of Indian Women has demanded that the
states should establish state women commissions
as autonomous bodies and that all public and
private sector industries should set up complaint
cells to check sexual harassment of women at
work.
Housing for poor discussed
CHANDIGARH,
April 30 — Mr P.C. Khanna, a former Urban
Development Adviser to the Planning Commission,
has called for a comprehensive housing policy for
the poorer sections of society.
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Congress favours different set-up
CHANDIGARH, April 30 — The President of the
Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee, Mr Venod
Sharma, today advocated more say for the people in the
governance of the Union Territory.
PU despatches roll numbers
CHANDIGARH, April 30 —Panjab University has
despatched roll number cards of BA, B Sc and B Com for
all the three years as well as BCA and BBA examinations,
scheduled to commence on May 3 ( English compulsory
compartment only) and May 4 (all others).
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