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Panchayat rejects rehabilitation
package
SAS Nagar, April 18
Members of the Kumbhra gram panchayat today said the rehabilitation package recently announced by the Punjab government was not acceptable to them. They claimed that the terms and conditions in the rehabilitation package were not the same as had been agreed to by the officials during meeting with them in the past.
Bajwa opens fire safety show
Chandigarh, April 18
An exhibition on fire and safety, which was inaugurated at the Sector 17 fire headquarters today, had on display fire-fighting equipment such as fire detection systems, fire extinguishers, masks, breathing apparatus and the special costumes for the firemen.
IIA passengers
stranded
Chandigarh, April 18
At least 80 Ladakh-bound passengers each were stranded in New Delhi and Chandigarh following cancellation of the Indian Airlines weekly New
Delhi-Leh-Chandigarh-Leh-New Delhi flight as the Leh airport became snowbound, IA sources said here today.
Parents allege police
neglect
Chandigarh, April 18
The parents of Rajinder Singh, 10, alias Bablu, a resident of Dhanas village, who had drowned in a 15-foot-deep ditch on March 31, have accused the police of turning a blind eye to those responsible for the death.
Status quo on water, sewerage rates
SAS Nagar, April 18
In the wake of no official confirmation regarding the approval of the reduced water and sewerage charges in the town, confusion on the issue continues. As per the accepted norms if no communication is received from the department within 15 days after approval of the item, the same stands approved.
Of CM, CB & MC
Chandigarh, April 18
Strange are the ways of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. It acts only when it wills. A comparison of two recent incidents brings the irony of the MC’s prejudice to light.
Two city architects win third
prize
Chandigarh, April 18
Two city architects have won the third prize in the field of innovative design for low-cost housing, the competition for which was organised by the Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited
and the Hari Om Ashram Trust, Nadiad, in Gujarat recently.
Army and CPO conference
Chandigarh, April 18
The annual Army and Central Police Organisations’ conference was held at Headquarters, Western Command, Chandi Mandir, today.
Apart from senior officers of the command, top functionaries from CPOs based in Punjab, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh attended the conference.
Dhawan group fires another salvo
Chandigarh, April 18
Firing another salvo at the Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee chief, Mr
B.B. Bahl, and the local MP, Mr Pawan Bansal, leaders owing allegiance to the Harmohan Dhawan faction today made it clear that they would continue to fight the party leadership from within.
100 encroachments removed
Chandigarh, April 18
The roads division and enforcement staff of Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, while continuing its drive against the encroachers in Mani Majra today removed over 100 encroachments of various kinds such as platforms, concrete slabs, steps made by the shopkeepers in the market area.
PU sends aid for quake victims
Chandigarh, April 18
Panjab University today dispatched relief material worth Rs 16,85,676 as donation for victims of the Gujarat earthquake.
Lt Gen J.F.R. Jacob, Punjab Governor, flagged off the vehicle containing 550 tents and some relief material for the earthquake affected.
Self-styled Cong man
in transfer scandal
Chandigarh, April 18
The involvement of a small-time leader of the Morni area in the transfer scandal which rocked the office of the Haryana Chief Minister has also come to light. This was revealed during the interrogation of a Class IV employee, Mr Harish Chander, who was working in the office of the Additional Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Mr D.S.
Dhesi.
Phone directory printouts
Chandigarh, April 18
The local office of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has displayed initial computer printouts of the forthcoming telephone directory at various places in the city for the public to scrutinise and suggest corrections, if any.
Tension in Sector 7
market
Panchkula, April 18
Tension prevailed in the Sector 7 market when labourers of a showroom site owner unknowingly cut off telephone cables while digging the plot for construction purposes.
Water at doorstep
Chandigarh, April 18
The residents of Bapu Dham Colony are facing the problem of water at their doorstep following a leak in one the pipelines located near the Sector 26 police post.
The residents maintain that they have been facing the problem for the past two weeks, since the occurrence of the leak in the pipeline, the officials concerned, according to them, have not bothered to take any action in this regard.
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