C H A N D I G A R H

Rooms for VVIPs to come up on zoo land
CHANDIGARH, Dec 6 — Rooms for the visiting VVIPs will now be built on a large chunk of land between Punjab Raj Bhavan and the Chandigarh Golf Club that belonged to the mini zoo once.

Employee strike cripples postal services
CHANDIGARH, Dec 6 — On account of the indefinite strike by postal employees, postal services remained crippled.

With the postal strike entering the second day, mail bags pile up at the GPO, Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

SPECIAL REPORT
Postal strike blessing for courier firms
CHANDIGARH, Dec 6 — The city courier services were doing a brisk business as the nationwide indefinite strike by over 6 lakh postal employees entered its second day today.

Payment of electricity and water bills through banks
CHANDIGARH, Dec 6 — Consumers will no longer have to stand in long queues for hours to pay the water and electricity bills as the municipal corporation has decided to adopt the system of electronic payment of these bills through banks.

17 hurt as 3 buses collide
LALRU, Dec 6 — At least 17 persons were injured in an accident involving three buses on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway near here today.

FOLLOW UP
MC building fire ignites suspicion
CHANDIGARH, Dec 6 — Foul play and negligence on part of authorities have not been ruled out in yesterday’s incident in which records of the Licensing and Registration Branch were destroyed in a fire that broke out in the Municipal Corporation building.

READERS WRITE
Electricity bills undelivered
Electricity bills that were due to be paid in November have not been distributed so far in Sector 55. Some residents of this sector approached the SDO (Electricity) in this connection.

COMMUNITY

2-kanal plot auctioned for Rs 1.08 cr
5 marla for Rs 22.30 lakh
CHANDIGARH, Dec 6 — The Chandigarh Administration netted a whopping Rs 16. 35 crore by auctioning 46 freehold residential sites in the city today.

Committee to shortlist construction agencies
SAS NAGAR, Dec 6 — Acting on a decision of the state Council of Ministers, a high-powered committee has been set up to shortlist the country’s top construction agencies to undertake mega building projects given to the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority.

‘MNCs cannot create job opportunities’
CHANDIGARH, Dec 6 — Globalisation of Indian economy which has put strains on the Indian industry pitted against the best in the world has threatened the employment of a large labour force. 

Phariwallas burn effigy of Senior Deputy Mayor
CHANDIGARH, Dec 6 — Hundreds of members of the Old Phari Market Association burnt the effigy of the Senior Deputy Mayor, Mr Desh Raj Tandon, in Sector 22 today. 

Eco-project at village
CHANDIGARH, Dec 6 — The Chandigarh unit of the Environment Society of India  launched an eco-development project by releasing 36 ducks into the Khuda Ali Sher village pond, about 8 km from here, today.

Adopt social dialogue to promote trust: Jacob
CHANDIGARH, Dec 6 — In order to attain the twin goals of competitiveness and social equality, India needs to adjust its labour market institutions to the demands of the modern economy. 

German tourist cremated
CHANDIGARH, Dec 6 — The mortal remains of the German tourist Irmgard Exo, were cremated, here today, according to Buddhist rites. Her funeral was attended by her sister Mechthild, representatives of PGI authorities, some German tourists, besides Mr A.S. Mann, a social worker.

Annual day of Home Guards
CHANDIGARH, Dec 6 — The Home Guards Annual Day was celebrated at a function in the Sector 29 Traffic Auditorium here today. 

Wireless and cryptography contest inaugurated
CHANDIGARH, Dec 6 — The Indo-Tibetan Border Police’s 15th inter sector wireless and cryptography Competition was inaugurated at Ramgarh near here, today. The ITBP’s 9th Battalion is hosting the three day event.

Mamata’s removal sought
CHANDIGARH, Dec 6 — The removal of Ms Mamata Bannerjee, the Railway Minister, has been sought in a writ petition filed by Dr D.C. Sexena, a retired professor of the Panjab University Chandigarh, holding her responsible for the Howrah Mail accident, which occurred near Sarai Banjara village on December 2,2000, in which 46 persons wre killed and many more have been injured.

• Protest march by SAD
• Notification issued