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Residents plan cooperative cable network
Chandigarh, September 8
Fed up with frequent tariff hikes by cable operators, the Residents Welfare Association, Sector-38 A and B, has decided to set up its own cooperative cable network. The initiative of the association is likely to start chain reaction with other welfare associations following the suit.
14-year-old boy abused, killed
Colony residents gherao police station, demand body
Chandigarh, September 8
Policemen at Mani Majra police station had a tough time late this evening when a large number of Indira Colony residents gheraoed the police station, demanding possession of the body of a 14-year-old boy of the colony, Naim Ahmed, who was killed allegedly by a motor mechanic near Rampur Lehar village in Hoshiarpur district on September 2. |
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| Residents of Indira Colony gherao Mani Majra police station on Sunday night, demanding possession of the body of 14-year-old Naim Ahmed, who was killed after being sodomised at Rampur Lehar village in Hoshiarpur (Punjab), in Chandigarh on Sunday evening.
— A Tribune photograph |
Jacob launches join-hand campaign
Chandigarh, September 8
The Punjab Governor and UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen JFR Jacob, (retd) today launched the join-hand campaign of HelpAge India to involve the larger strata of population in helping the old and destitute.
People run for eyes with Milkha
Chandigarh, September 8
Leading hundreds of enthusiastic participants in the run for eye donation awareness campaign, Flying Sikh Milkha Singh, today stressed the need for a legislation in North India, allowing cornea removal without the consent of the family of the deceased, as was the case in Gujarat.
Flying Sikh Milkha Singh (second from left) leads the eye donation awareness race at the Sukhna in Chandigarh on Sunday.
— A Tribune photograph |
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US
woman gets taste of Indian hospitality
Chandigarh, September 8
A 50-year-old American woman from Houston reportedly had a harrowing
time in Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh. The
woman, who was helped by CITCO Assistant Director Vinod Kalia, will
return to Mumbai after cancelling her reservation to Thiruvananthapuram.
Abduction complaint false
Kharar, September 8
A complaint made by Mr Babu Singh of Mundi Kharar on September 6 alleging that his married daughter, who was working as ANM in the Health Department, was abducted by her husband who is in the Punjab police and others, was found to be false when his daughter recorded her statement before the Executive Magistrate that the complaint was false and she had gone on her own will.
Verification of tenants, servants
Chandigarh, September 8
The first phase of a one-day exercise to undertake verification of servants in residential and commercial areas was undertaken in the city today.
Special camps were organised in the jurisdiction of each police station where verification of servants and employees would be made.
Police personnel verify documents of servants and tenants during a verification drive in Sector 18,
Chandigarh, on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph |
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City gets 69.9 mm of rainfall
Chandigarh, September 8
With today’s rainfall of 69.9 mm, the deficiency in the city remains only 74.3 mm against a normal of 791 mm in the whole season.
The heavy downpour of 232 mm on August 14 alone largely contributed make up for the average rainfall in this season.
Panchkula areas waterlogged
Panchkula, September 8
Rain continued for the second consecutive day today, bringing down the temperature substantially.
According to information available, the total rainfall in the district has been 62 cm. With this, the shortfall in rainfall is only a few centimetres than the projections for this year.
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