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Jain may succeed
Anuradha Gupta
Election
Commission’s nod awaited
CHANDIGARH,
May 6 — The appointment of a Haryana-cadre
IAS officer of the 1978 batch, Mr N.K. Jain, as
Home Secretary of the Union Territory of
Chandigarh is awaiting a nod from the Election
Commission of India.
Killed woman was pregnant
CHANDIGARH, May 6 — Avtar Singh,
who had allegedly killed his wife in a brutal
fashion yesterday, may also have killed the child
his wife was carrying. The deceased woman, Avtar
Kaur, was three months pregnant with the
couple’s sixth child, according to sources.
Four of the couple’s children are alive
while one daughter had died last year. |
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Missing
murder files case
2 DSPs,
Inspector suspended
CHANDIGARH,
May 6 — The Chandigarh Administration today ordered
the suspension of two deputy superintendents of police
(DSPs), an inspector, a sub-inspector and a constable of
the Chandigarh police for their alleged involvement in
the case of the missing murder cases’ files from the
Sector 26 police station.
Malik
joins as WC Chief of Staff
Chandigarh,
May 6 — Lieut-Gen B. S. Malik took over as Chief of
Staff of Western Command, Chandimandir, today.
Encroachments
removed in Sec 27
Chandigarh,
May 6 — Anti-encroachment staff of the
municipal corporation demolished temporary
boundary walls and uprooted hedges and grills
installed by more than 200 residents of
government houses in Sector 27 - C here this
morning. |
The
Enforcement Wing of the Municipal Corporation
removes encroachments in front of government
houses in Sector 27-C on Thursday. — A
Tribune photo |
Sukhna
shramdan begins today
CHANDIGARH,
May 6 — The next phase of “shramdan” will
get under way at Sukhna Lake tomorrow morning. The
Adviser to the Administrator, Mrs Vineeta Rai, will
inaugurate the programme at 7 a.m.
Water
supply augmentation scheme
MCC
seeks advice from PEC
CHANDIGARH,
May 6 — The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh has
sought technical advice from the Punjab Engineering
College on the scheme regarding augmentation of water
supply by bringing water from Gangowal to the city by
gravity.
Judge
grilled in Beant case
CHANDIGARH,
May 6 — The Sessions Judge, Mr B.S. Bedi, who held
court at Burail Jail, today concluded the
cross-examination of Mr Balbir Singh, who was the
Judicial Magistrate at Patiala in 1995, in the Beant
Singh assassination case.
Major
fire at Bir Dandrala
DERA
BASSI, May 6 — In a major fire at Bir Dandrala
forest which broke out at about 10 a.m. on Thursday,
destroyed vegetation worth thousands of rupees.
Ayurvedic
doctor couple booked
PANCHKULA,
May 6 — An ayurvedic doctor couple has been booked
by the police for allegedly damaging sensitive organs of
a woman of Abheypur village, near here, during a surgery
to terminate her pregnancy.
Fire
station move hangs fire
CHANDIGARH,
May 6 — In a classic case of the right hand not
knowing what the left is doing, the foundation stone of
the fire station at the Sector 26 Timber Market could not
be laid last month as the area could not be cleared for
it.
Water
crisis in Sec 12
PANCHKULA,
May 6 — Residents of Sector 12-A complained that
there had been an acute shortage of water in a pocket of
the sector for the past one month. They said nothing had
been done despite repeated requests to the officials
concerned.
Bajpai
is CSIO Acting Director
CHANDIGARH, May 6
— Dr RP Bajpai has taken over as the Acting Director
of the Central Scientific Instruments Organisation
(CSIO), Sector 30, here.Born on September 21, 1944, Dr
Bajpai is a Ph D in solid state physics from the Indian
Institute of Technology, Delhi, and DSc from Hokkaido
University, Japan.
City
boy for football camp
CHANDIGARH,
May 6 — A local boy Manwinder is among the probables
selected for a selection-cum-coaching camp to pick up the
Indian team for the 16th Lion City Cup Football
(under-16), Championship. The championship will be held
from June 12 to 19 at Singapore.
Training
course for prison officers opens
CHANDIGARH,
May 6—The third training course for prison officers
on ``Human rights and prison management’’ was
inaugurated by Mr H.S. Mattewal, Advocate General, at the
Institute of Correctional Administration, Sector 26, here
today.
'Bring ads or
forego exams'
CHANDIGARH,
May 6 — Some students of Dev Samaj
Polytechnic for Women, Sector 21, have alleged
that they are not being allowed to sit for the
examination of fashion designing because they
were unable to procure advertisements for the
souvenir of the institute. "We were given
forms to procure advertisements a few days before
the commencement of the examination and deposit
them with the office to be eligible to sit for
the examination,'' Inderjeet Kaur alleges. |
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City mini zoo in a bad shape
