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Stall power
tariff hike: Bansal
Chandigarh, September 13
The local MP, Mr Pawan Bansal,
today sent a letter to the UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob
(retd), demanding that the hike in power tariff be stalled. “I
understand the helplessness of the Administration in the face of
insensitivity of the Union Government which is applying pressure for the
hike.
Total
rainfall nearly normal
Chandigarh, September 13
Beginning with a near drought in
June and July, the monsoon in the city in September has come to the
level with the normal of 784 mm till today, thanks to its
re-invigoration in August and September, remaining only 46 mm away from
the seasonal normal of 830 mm.
Flood
danger in Ghaggar put off
Dera Bassi, September 13
Danger of flood has been put off
following a decline in the discharge of water in the Ghaggar here today.
The downpour in the Shivaliks had raised the water level making the
river to carry a discharge of 8,000 cusecs yesterday while the discharge
was reduced to its half today.
LEVEL NEAR DANGER MARK
People living
downstream lake warned
Chandigarh, September 13
The people living downstream the
Sukhna were today warned with the water level in the lake reaching the
danger mark at 1161 feet. The exercise to alert the people was set in
motion today afternoon when the level reached the danger mark.
Dutt
charm floods CGA
Chandigarh, September
13
Chandigarh is our own home
and I enjoyed a lot in just a few days, said cine star Sanjay
Dutt. He also spoke about his great love for bodybuilding. Clad in
a cream-coloured kurta pazama, the hearthrob of millions, Sanjay
Dutt was given a warm welcome at the Chandigarh Golf Association
Range at a small function held this evening. |
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| Cine star Sanjay Dutt with catering staff during the inauguration of a South Indian restaurant at the CGA Golf Range, Chandigarh, on Friday.
— A Tribune photograph |
Residents
demand more community centres
SAS Nagar, September 13
With the Punjab Urban Development
Authority banning the use of public parks for private and public
functions, SAS Nagar residents are now demanding better and more
community centres to cater to their needs.
City
chapter of British scholars launched
Chandigarh, September
13
Sir Rob Young, British High
Commissioner in New Delhi, was in Chandigarh yesterday for the
inaugural function of the Chandigarh Chapter of the Association of
British Scholars, which he formally launched in the Conference
Hall of Hotel Mountview.
Sir Rob Young, British
High Commissioner, addresses members of the Chandigarh Chapter of
the Association of British Scholars at Hotel Mountview on
Thursday. |
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Councillor
reiterates allegations
Chandigarh, September 13
The BJP councillor, Mr Rajesh
Gupta, who sought a CBI inquiry into the auction of SCO 178-179 in
Sector 9, here today dismissed as rubbish the Municipal Corporation’s
reply to his allegations and leaking it to the Press.
Aide
of Le Corbusier passes away
Chandigarh, September 13
An aide of the designer of
Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, Mr Jagjit Singh Gill, former Chief Engineer,
Punjab PWD (B and R), has died here at the age of 81. He is survived by
his widow, a son and a daughter.
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