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Elusive phone bills found in a heap
Lalru, December 5
Residents of over 10 villages, apprehending disconnection of their Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited telephones, rushed for the collection of their bills, piled in a heap in front of the local post office here for the past two days.
Subscribers collect their telephone bills scattered in front of a post office at Lalru on Thursday.
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Fund-raising campaign launched
Chandigarh, December 5
A fund-raising campaign to commemorate the Armed Forces Flag Day was formally launched here today by the Punjab Governor and UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), by contributing money towards the cause.
3rd Cav celebrates Sehjra battle honour
Somewhere in the Western Sector, December 5
It was on December 1971, that 3rd Cavalry, a distinguished regiment of the Indian Army, under the command of Lt-Col Padamjit Singh, then Commandant of the regiment, created history when it ousted the enemy from the Sehjra bulge in West Punjab.
Navy Day celebrations
Chandigarh, December 5
A get-together of naval fraternity at No. 1 Chandigarh Naval Unit NCC, naval activities at the Sukhna Lake and a social engagement at the DSOI marked the Navy Day celebrations yesterday by the Indian Navy officers and sailors.
Search &
seizure operation in Gymkhana Club
Panchkula, December 5
The Excise and Sales Tax Department today conducted a search and seizure operation in the Gymkhana Club this afternoon. The operation was reportedly conducted following complaints of sales tax evasion here.
Sales tax officials examine the accounts of the restaurant contractor of the Gymkhana Club during a search and seizure operation, in Panchkula on Thursday.
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Raids to catch NK Jain prove futile
Chandigarh, December 5
Armed with non-bailable arrest warrants, the Chandigarh police raided several places here and outside to arrest
N.K. Jain, Haryana bureaucrat charged with trying to frame M.K Jain in the Shimla girl rape case.
Cinema manager murder case: police gets ‘clue’
Chandigarh, December 5
The Chandigarh police is learnt to have got a vital clue in the case of the murder of Harjinder Singh, manager of Kiran and Jagat Cinemas. Harjinder, who was shot at outside his Sector 21 house, had, later, succumbed to his injuries in the PGI.
W.R. Rishi cremated
Chandigarh, December 5
The mortal remains of W.R. Rishi, Founder President of the World Romani Congress, who died here on Monday at the age of 87, were consigned to flames here this afternoon. His elder son Veerendra Rishi, settled in London, lit the pyre amidst the chanting of Vedic hymns. His funeral was largely attended.
Kids quiz Jacob
Chandigarh, December 5
The Chandigarh Administration may not have fielded such straight forward questions as faced by the UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd) today from a gathering of children.
The Punjab Governor and Administrator of Chandigarh, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), answers the questions of small children in an interactive programme recorded at All India Radio in Chandigarh on Thursday.
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ULTA PULTA
Clean your shoes please!
HARBHAJAN Singh and Virender Sehwag, members of the Indian cricket team, were fined 200 New Zealand dollars on reaching Auckland Airport because their shoes were not clean.
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The three-day old gruesome murder of a 19 year-old drug addict in woods behind the Punjab and Haryana Civil Secretariat was cracked late last night by the Chandigarh Police. The victim was killed by his friend, Ankur, alias Ganja, son of an employee in the
FCI, who often accompanied him while taking drugs.
