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Janata Colony residents block Sector 25 road
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Chandigarh, May 10
Residents of Janata Kumhar Colony today blocked the Sector 25 cremation ground road till noon demanding to halt the process of removing them from their jhuggis.
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| Janata Kumhar Colony residents block the cremation ground road in Sector 25 in Chandigarh on Friday to protest against a notice of vacating government land.
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Punwire staff union welcomes Supreme Court order
SAS Nagar May 10
While welcoming the orders of the Supreme Court that the Central Buearu of Investigation (CBI) should take up investigations into the alleged embezzlement of funds by Punwire officials, the Punjab Wire less Systems Employees Union thanked the Punjab Government for stating that it had no objection if the Punwire enquiry was handed over to the central agency.
No-confidence move against Kesar Singh
Chandigarh, May 10
A Congress member, Mr Kuldeep Singh Kajheri, has moved a no-confidence motion against the Shiromani Akali Dal chairman of the local Market Committee, Mr Kesar Singh, along with BJP and BSP members sparking off a rift in the Congress.
Barista brews single-origin coffee
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Chandigarh, May 10
Coffee drinkers at the Sector 35 outlet of Barista, here, were pleasantly surprised this afternoon to find in their midst supermodel Aparna Kumar. She had come along with Barista executive vice-president Sandeep Vyas to launch Colombia Supremo, the first in the series of a new array of single origin 100 per cent arabica coffees.
A scrabble-playing duo on one table, a group enjoying the hot beverage
topped with heart-shaped, leaf-shaped and bird-shaped frothy mixture in
one corner all looked up as the beautiful Fair and Lovely and Rexona
girl Aparna explained the salient features of the new brew to them.
Supermodel Aparna Kumar, at the launch of a new flavour of coffee by Barista, at its
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Panel seeks powers to check public spending
Chandigarh, May 10
The Legal Affairs Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh sought the powers of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), the most powerful body in the Parliament and state Assemblies, at its first meeting here today. The committee headed by Dr K.S. Raju said the corporation needed such a body to check public spending.
Jacob condoles death of
Kaifi Azmi
Chandigarh, May 10
The Punjab Governor and Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), today expressed shock over the death of Kaifi Azmi, a famous Urdu poet, who died at Mumbai today.
Autorickshaw driver killed
in accident
SAS Nagar, May 10
The driver of an autorickshaw died on the spot when his vehicle was hit by a school van near the filling station of Phase IX here today.
This is what remains of an autorickshaw which was hit by a school van in Phase IX of SAS Nagar on Friday.
— A Tribune photograph
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Gandhinagar looks up to Chandigarh
Chandigarh, May 10
Gandhinagar designed on the pattern of the City Beautiful, is now trying to follow its administrative setup but its officials were shocked to know the position of the resources of the Municipal Corporation.
Awareness camp for rural women
Chandigarh, May 10
The Citizens Awareness Group, in collaboration with the Chandigarh Social Welfare Advisory Board, has decided to organise ‘awareness generation camp’ from May 13 to May 20 for rural and poor women in Government High School, Kajheri (U.T.).
Motor market inaugurated
in Sec 48
Chandigarh, May 10
The Sector-21 Motor Market will be shifted to Sector 48 and other places of the city from tomorrow.
This was announced at the inauguration of the Sector-48 Motor Market today by the Adviser to the Administer, Ms Neeru
Nanda.
Police clueless in robbery cases
Dera Bassi, May 10
Even after three days when a series of robbery incidents occured in the town, in which three persons including a couple and a women were seriously injured by a band of armed robbers, the police is still clueless. Though the police has detained some suspects for their alleged involvement but failed to make any headway.
600 visit coins
dissemination mela
Chandigarh, May 10
Over 600 residents visited the “coins dissemination mela” organised at the Chandigarh State Cooperative Bank, Sector 22, here today. The mela was organised with the cooperation of the Reserve Bank of India.
Working of MCC
Mayor criticised
Chandigarh, May 10
BJP-Shiromani Akali Dal councillors, Ms Kamla Sharma, Ms Harjinder Kaur and Mr Rajesh Gupta, criticised the Congress Mayor, Ms Lalit Joshi, here today for not taking councillors of other parties in confidence while dealing with the official matters.
GIC, LIC employees protest
Chandigarh, May 10
Employees of the General Insurance Corporation and the Life Insurance Corporation here today staged a two-hour walk out preceding lunch to protest the passage of GIC Split Bill and Broker Bill in the Lok Sabha yesterday.
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