|
Move
to tax industrial premises
ZIRAKPUR,
Nov 2 — The Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat proposes to
levy house tax on commercial buildings and plots used for
business purposes to raise funds for development.
Sec 17 to have
170 stalls
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 2 — Almost on the same lines as last
year, the Municipal Corporation authorities will
be giving permission to set up only 170 stalls in
the main Sector 17 Piazza for Divali and
pre-Divali sales. The stalls will be set up for
three days starting November 5.
Police to step up migrant
registration drive
Chandigarh,
Nov 2 — Taking a serious note of the
lukewarm response to the special drive to urge
migrants to register themselves, the police will
start an operation to round up the offenders from
Monday.
SI's petition dismissed
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 2 — Sub-Inspector Subhash Mehta's
revision petition against a judicial magistrate's
orders summoning him, along with the other
accused, to appear in the court for facing trial
in an assault case was today dismissed by UT
District and Sessions Judge Mr B.S. Bedi.
Discussion on tax today
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 2 — A proposal to tax 10 per cent of the
annual rental income of commercial and industrial
property owners is to be discussed at a meeting
of the Finance and Contract Commitee of the
Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh scheduled for
tomorrow. |
|
Top
models in city for show today
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 2 — Three former Miss India title holders —
Manpreet Brar, Priti Mankotia and Annie Thomas — are
here to participate in Anukama '99, the second annual
fashion show of the National Institute of Fashion
Technology.
PUDA
policy on road berm
SAS
NAGAR, Nov 2 — The Punjab Urban Planning and
Development Authority (PUDA) has formulated a policy
regarding the maintenance of road berms in its urban
estates. A set of guidelines regarding the open spaces in
front of houses which had been issued earlier by PUDA
have been incorporated in the policy.
SI,
three others reinstated
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 2 — The Sub-Inspector and three other personnel
suspended on the allegation of manhandling a Sector 33
resident and his two sons on October 28 were today
reinstated without prejudice to the outcome of the
inquiry.
DGP
holds ‘khula darbar ’
PANCHKULA,
Nov 2—The Director-General of Police, Mr S.P.S.
Rathore, held the first “khulla darbar” at
Haryana Police Headquarters, in Sector 6 here today.
Addressing police officials, he emphasised the need of
involving the public and improving public-police ties.
Employees
stage dharna
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 2 — Employees of various departments of the UT
Administration and the Municipal Corporation staged a
dharna at the housing board roundabout here today. They
later held up traffic for about an hour.
RI
for injuring schoolboy
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 2 — Convicting a city resident of fracturing the
nasal bone of a school student after hitting him, UT
Judicial Magistrate (1st Class) Baljinder Singh today
sentenced the former to undergo rigorous imprisonment for
one year, besides imposing a fine of Rs 500.
Court
grants exemption
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 2 — Granting former Zee TV news editor Rajat
Sharma exemption from personal appearance in a defamation
case filed by Haryana's former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal,
the UT Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr Sant Parkash, today
issued fresh notice to news reader Sudhir Sharma for
December 10.
Admn
gears up for festival season
SAS
NAGAR, Nov 2 — The local administration has geared
itself for the coming festival season. At least 300
police personnel have been deputed in the township to
keep a watch on anti -social elements in the township.
Beant
case: witness deposes
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 2 — Former Chief Minister of Punjab Beant
Singh’s assassination case continued today with
prosecution witness Chamkaur Singh stating that the
police uniform in the back seat of the Ambassador car,
brought to his house by believed-to-be human bomb Dilawar
Singh and accused Balwant Singh, was not new.
Marriage
palace demolished
PANCHKULA,
Nov 2 — The Department of Town and Country Planning,
Haryana, demolished a marriage palace, a temporary
structure raised on the premises of Hotel North Park near
here today.
Cops’
high-handedness to be checked
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 2 — A new password of the Chandigarh Police will
now be ‘’the law instead of the
lathi’’. Under a new policy, cops will now book
offenders instead of resorting to acts of high-handedness
and this will be followed in the case of cops also.
Air
Chief visits 12 Wing
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 2 — The Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal
A.Y. Tipnis, visited 12 Wing here today. He was
accompanied by the President, Air Force Wives Welfare
Association (AFFWA), Molina Tipnis.
Seminar
on forests held
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 2 — A seminar on 'Forests — the Lifeline of
Health Environment' was organised by the Department of
Adult and Continuing Education and Extension, Panjab
University, at Government College for Men.
|
spotlight
Toxic waste being discharged into
nullah
