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Villagers discuss water problem, corruption
Dera Bassi, August 2
Corruption in different government offices and inadequate water supply to various villages and colonies were the main points of discussion at a meeting chaired by Mr R.R. Bhardwaj, Deputy Chairman of the Punjab State Planning Board, here today.
Proposal for lift irrigation
Panchkula, August 2
With a view to implementing lift irrigation system in the Shivalik area of the district, the administration has sent a proposal costing Rs 10.55 crore to the Central Government under the Swaran Jayanti Swarozgar Yojana.
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MCC wakes up to plug
water leakage
Chandigarh, August 2
The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh today plugged the one-and-a-half-year-old leakage in the Industrial Area reported in Chandigarh Tribune.
The leakage could be checked only after 12 hours of operation in the presence of senior officers, while the MCC House was discussing the Tribune story.
For Bhullar, policing is a learning process
SAS Nagar, August 2
If it is true that people get the police they deserve, then residents of this township should consider themselves lucky. To have the Punjab DGP’s son as the Superintendent of Police of Mohali is one thing but a single look beyond the familial policing tradition reveals a young man with a vision who loves his job and wants to do something for his country.
85 life members on Saini forum
Chandigarh, August 2
The Northern India Saini Cultural Society here today announced the constitution of the Executive Committee of the society consisting of 85 life members, Mr Jaswant Singh, Zirakpur, president of the society, in a press note said fair representations had been given to Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh as well as Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar, and UP.
Feeding
on Priya's memories, Gullu lives on...
Chandigarh, August 2
Solace seldom works in the realm of death. It might dilute the pain of loss for a moment, but it can never really rub off the scar that death leaves behind. The pinch is meant to stay, just as it still stays in the heart of Gullu Singh, the fond younger brother of actress Priya Rajvansh, who was done to death by Chetan Anand's sons and their aides on March 27, 2000.With the landmark judgment of the Mumbai Sessions Court in his hand, Gullu may afford some measure of peace as of today, but in the depth of his heart Priya's memories still pinch.
Priya Rajvansh's brother Gullu Singh is in the city to spend some time in his ancestral house which abounds with in his sister's memories.
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Rotarians urged to educate illiterates
Chandigarh, August 2
Mr Kashmiri Lal, a renowned poet, recipient of the National Ghalib Award and author of over 100 books, gave a talk on literacy at a meeting of Rotary Chandigarh Shivalik last right.
Powerless Mohali sulks
SAS Nagar, August 2
While clouds continued to play hide and seek, the town had a 10-hour power cut here today. Electricity board employees said, since the cut orders had come from Patiala on telephone, there was no way townsfolk could have been informed.
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