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CBI
solves murder mystery
Father, kin killed girl
for marrying against their wishes
Chandigarh, August 27
The Central Bureau of
Investigation has solved a one-year-old case of mysterious
disappearance of a 19-year-old married girl of Pakhana village in
Karnal. The girl, Rajdeep, who was reported missing from her
parents’ house in November, 2000, was murdered by her father and
uncles.
A file photo of Amitoj Singh and Rajdeep Kaur |
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cremation for Baltana dead |
Zirakpur, August 27
For thousands of residents of
Baltana and its surrounding areas, cremating the dead is turning
out to be a horrifying experience. With the cremation ground
(measuring about four acres) virtually lying unutilised due to
massive growth of wild grass therein, Baltana residents are being
forced to cremate dead bodies along the newly-built Baltana
highway link road, much to their chagrin. |
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| Parts of a partially burnt body lie near the Baltana highway link road, with the proper crematorium in the background.
— Photo Parvesh Chauhan |
VB
team visits MC office again
Seals accounts branch
SAS Nagar, August 27
A three-member team headed by the
Chief Vigilance Officer, Department of Local Government, Punjab, made a
surprise visit to the Municipal Council office here today. It is learnt
that the officials sealed the accounts branch because the officials
concerned were not available as two of them had been arrested by the
Punjab Vigilance Bureau yesterday on charges of corruption.
City
Congress seeks CBI probe
Chandigarh, August 27
The Chandigarh Territorial Congress
Committee here today sought a CBI inquiry into the alleged involvement
of senior local BJP leaders in the transfer of a piece of land from DAV
school in Dera Bassi for a song and money changing hands in the
rehabilitation attempt of marble market.
BJP
denies trespassing on Heritage land
Chandigarh, August 27
The BJP today denied that its
activists and leaders had trespassed on Heritage Society’s land,
defiled a ‘havan kund’, intimidated the attendant and took away a
tent of the society as alleged by the local Congress MP, Mr Pawan
Bansal.
NCP
demands Vidhan Sabha for UT
Chandigarh, August 27
The local unit of the Nationalist
Congress Party here today urged Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to
bring a bill in Parliament for the creation of a Vidhan Sabha in the
Union Territory of Chandigarh.
Remove
Naik, say Cong men
Panchkula, August 27
Congress workers of Panchkula today
demanded that the Union Petroleum Minister, Mr Ram Naik, be removed for
his involvement in the petrol pump scam. This
demand was made at a meeting of the party workers held under the
leadership of Mr Chander Mohan, MLA from Kalka.
BEANT TRIAL
Fingerprints
identified
Chandigarh, August 27
A fingerprint expert of the Central
Forensic Science Laboratory, New Delhi, Mr S.K. Chadha, today identified
the fingerprints of the four accused alleged to be involved in the Beant
Singh assassination case before the UT District and Sessions Judge, Mr
H.S Bhalla, in a special court in Model Burail Jail.
Dharna
by PSIEC staff
Chandigarh, August 27
Employees of the Punjab Small
Industries and Export Corporation, in support of their demands,
held a dharna in front of Udyog Bhavan, Sector 17, here today. The
PSIEC Staff Association had reportedly submitted a list of their
demands on August 12, but the association alleged the Managing
Director had neither resolved the issue nor invited the
association leaders for negotiation. |
Members of the Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation Staff Association stage a dharna in front of Udyog Bhavan in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Tuesday.
— A Tribune photograph |
Makwana made
BSP convener
Chandigarh, August 27
Mr Rajender Makwana was today
appointed convener of the local unit of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
for supervising reconstitution of a permanent local unit. This was
announced here yesterday by the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council member
and in charge of the Chandigarh and Haryana units, Mr Narendra Kumar
Kashyap.
Rain
lashes city areas
Chandigarh, August 27
A heavy rain lashed parts of
the city and its surrounding areas this afternoon. The sharp
showers disrupted normal life for more than an hour.
Schoolchildren returning home were affected the most by the rain.
A heavy downpour puts road users to inconvenience in Chandigarh on Tuesday afternoon.
— A Tribune photograph |
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