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Dr Gupta, wife cremated
Murders by burglars unlikely
Jammu, July 9
The mortal remains of Prof U.C. Gupta (72) and his wife, Mrs Kamla Devi, were consigned to flames at the Shastri Nagar cremation ground here today in the presence of a large number of people, including a team of doctors from the PGI, Chandigarh, political leaders and intellectuals.
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Dr Anil Gupta, Medical Superintendent, PGI, Chandigarh, sits near his parents’
bodies on way to the cremation ground in Jammu on Monday.
— Photo Kunal
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Confusion is rife in
PU
Last date for admission extended
thrice
Chandigarh July 9
Succumbing to the demand of students once again to extend the last date of receipt of applications, for the third time in a month, to July 11, Panjab University has managed to cause utter confusion not only among the candidates but also in many departments as far as fresh admissions are concerned. |
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The rush of students at the PU’s Administrative Block in Chandigarh on Monday.
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Kin of Cabinet minister arrested
Chandigarh July 9
Sons and a nephew of a Punjab minister, who have been allegedly involved in a brawl with two other youths in the city, were arrested tonight. All five accused were taken for a medical examination in the GMCH, Sector 32.
Audited MC accounts not
tabled
Chandigarh, July 9
Even as the five-year term of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh comes to a close in December this year, the Chief Auditor, MC, has been violating the provisions of the Punjab MC Act, as applicable to Chandigarh, with regard to his functions pertaining to the audit of corporation accounts.
CTCC derides Dhawan’s
remarks
Chandigarh,
July 9
The Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee (CTCC) here today sought to blunt attack on the AICC President, Ms. Sonia Gandhi whose leadership was rejected by dissident Congressman and former Union Minister Harmohan Dhawan who is to be expelled within a week from the party.
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Teenaged maid gang-raped
Chandigarh, July 9
A 15-year-old maid servant living in Sector 44-B was gang-raped throughout last night, allegedly by three students in their early twenties, staying as paying guests in the
neighbourhood. One of the accused is said to be her acquaintance.
Take up Kargil cases with Pak:
martyr’s father
Chandigarh, July 9
Dr N. K. Kalia, father of Capt Saurabh Kalia, a Kargil martyr, has in a letter to the Union Defence Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, requested him to raise the issue of his son and five other Indian soldiers who were brutally tortured and murdered by the Pakistan Army during the forthcoming Indo-Pak summit.
Uncertainty dogs
PCL staff
SAS Nagar, July 9
Uncertainty prevails among the employees of Punjab Communications Limited over the decision of the Punjab Project Approval Board to reduce the shareholding of ECP in the company to 26 per cent from 70 per cent. Leaders of the Joint Action Committee of the employee had stated that the government was selling Puncom assets of Rs 180 crore at a low price of Rs 28 crore to a private party.
Booked for begging, Brahmin moves
court
Chandigarh, July 9
The most feared Hindu god “Shanidev”, seems to have bowed down before the Chandigarh Police as a ‘Dakaunt’ Brahmins has been arrested begging under the Municipal Corporation Act.
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