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Pilgrim’s progress to Nada Sahib
Chandigarh, November 20
Tuesday, Gurpurb noon, time to hog and catch up with sleep. Instead, I am on way to Nada Sahib, near here, with the sardarni next door on the bridge over the
Ghaggar.
UT secretariat, DC office get OFC link
Chandigarh, November 20
A hi-tech optic fibre cable link between the UT Secretariat, Sector 9, and the DC Office, Sector 17 was inaugurated this morning by the UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen. J.F.R. Jacob, (retd.), by talking to the Deputy Commissioner, Mr. M. Ramsekhar through video conferencing via the OFC link.
Panel to ‘activate’
BSNL connections
Chandigarh, November 20
Overwhelming response to the cellular service of the Bharat Sanchar
Nigam Limited has created a piquant situation for the officials.
Though they are trying to activate the connections of the subscribers
within the stipulated time period of 72 hours, but the connections of
about 300 applicants have so far not been activated due to the
non-verification of their addresses, out of about 4,000 connections
released so far.
Police to enforce use of carriage way
Chandigarh, November 20
Encouraged by the “success” of their strategy to carve out separate lanes for cycles and rickshaws on a busy sector-dividing road, the Chandigarh Police, besides other authorities, has now decided to enforce the use of carriage way by cycles and rickshaws on other roads also.
Bank’s silver jubilee function
Chandigarh, November 20
Bank of Rajasthan Ltd., which had suffered accumulated losses of Rs 157 crore during 1995-99, has achieved a profit of Rs 40.31 crore during 2001-02. It has decided to increase the number of branches in this region, apart from Rajasthan, Mr P.K. Tayal, chairman of bank, said here today.
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| Mr Anshuman Singh, Governor of Rajasthan (centre), being felicitated by Mr P.K. Tayal, chairman, Bank of Rajasthan Limited, at the bank’s silver jubilee function at Rajasthan Bhavan, Sector 33, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. Mr Ashwani Sekhari, Minister of Industries, Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Punjab, is also seen.
— Photo Pankaj Sharma |
IT employees resent contract work
Chandigarh, November 20
The local branch of the Income Tax Employees Federation has condemned the authorities for hiring outsiders and private agencies for computer work related to receipt and processing of returns.
Cooperative week celebrations conclude
Chandigarh, November 20
The All-India Cooperative Week celebrations, organised by the Regional Institute of Cooperative Management, concluded here today.
In his keynote address, Mr Vikramjit Sharma, Regional Director of the
NCDC, stressed upon the need for a professional approach in the cooperatives and said that only a competent management system would be able to lead the cooperatives towards its goals. |
A section of the audience at the 49th All-India Cooperative Week celebrations at the Regional Institute of Cooperative Management, Sector 32, Chandigarh, on Wednesday.
— A Tribune photograph |
Water connection camp
Mullanpur-Garibdas, November 20
An ‘on-the-spot water connection camp’ will be held on the Government Tubewell premises, Mullanpur Garibdas village from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm tomorrow. The camp is being organised by the Punjab Public Health Department in collaboration with Puri Trust (UK), Mullanpur and the Youth Welfare, Sports and Health Club,
Mullanpur.
Sec 47 resident wins Esteem
Chandigarh, November 20
M.K. Sohan of Sector 47-C, Harpreet Kaur of Sector 47 D and Gaurav Chopra of Sector 15 won Esteem, Alto and Wagon-R cars, respectively, tonight in draw of lots in the 20-day Sector 17 shopping festival that concluded this evening.
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