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Govt
plans to increase water supply to Panchkula
Panchkula, December 30
Even as the proposal to get 18
cusecs of drinking water for the township from the Chandigarh
Administration, under the Chandigarh Water Supply Augmentation Bhakra
Main Line Kajauli scheme hangs fire, and the prohibitive cost of laying
the pipeline from Chandigarh to Sector 1 here, the state government is
now looking at other means to augment shortfall in water supply.
30
withdraw candidature in Panchkula MC poll
Panchkula, December 30
More than 30 candidates today
withdrew their nomination papers for contesting the forthcoming
municipal council elections here. As many as 199 candidates in 31 wards
are in the fray now.
Vyanjan-2002
held
Chandigarh, December 30
From vegetable fish to pumpkin
kheer, the exhibition hall of Dr Ambedkar Institute of Hotel Management
in Sector 42, venue for the cooking contest Vyanjan—2002, was filled
with mouth-watering dishes presented by about 100 participants, here
today. It was organised by Bharatgas in collaboration with The Tribune.
Parishad
exhorts people to donate eyes
Chandigarh, December 30
The Bharat Vikas Parishad has set
itself a target of reducing the number of blind persons in the country,
which stands at 1.3 crore at present, by motivating people to donate
eyes.
FAUJI BEAT
A military
academy with many distinctions
THE Indian Military Academy
that trains cadets to become officers in the Army has a unique history.
In the 70 years of its existence, more than 50,000 cadets have been
commissioned from the IMA. Though started in Dehra Dun on October 1,
1932, it was formally inaugurated on December 10, 1932, by Field Marshal
Sir Philip Chetwode, a passage from whose address became the credo of
the academy.
- De-mining operation
- Indian National Army
- NCC delegation
Jacob distributes blankets among poor
Chandigarh, December 30
As the city experienced one of the coldest days with the bone-chilling winter forcing people to stay indoors, the UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), was moving footpath-to-footpath looking for underprivileged people spending night in open. This is like an annual pilgrimage for him. He does it every winter and distributes blankets to the poor.
Amarinder
releases ‘Musharraf's War’
Chandigarh, December 30
Punjab Chief Minister Capt
Amarinder Singh released a book ''Musharraf's War'' written by Major-Gen
Rajendra Nath (retd) at a simple but impressive ceremony here today.
Speaking on the occasion, Capt Amarinder Singh said that the author had
made concerted efforts to bring out the book on a very sensitive issue
of Kargil war in a lucid manner.
DD
Punjabi to telecast New Year Eve show
Chandigarh, December 30
To pep up New Year Eve of tele
viewers, DD Punjabi has come up with a programme ‘Hai Shava Baee Hai
Shava.’ Which will be telecast on December 31 from 9.30 p.m. onwards.
This one-hour programme promises complete entertainment, guaranteed to
keep you glued to your TV set on New Year Eve.
Councillors
get funds for development
Chandigarh, December 30
MP Pawan Bansal here today
announced distribution of Rs 7 lakh to each councillor for spending the
amount for the development of their areas.
Snow
flakes and ice games
Chandigarh, December 30
Shimla is yet to receive snow,
although it is New Year’s Eve tomorrow, but barely 20 km from
Chandigarh, an amusement park has been having snow fall triggered by
giant machines for the past 10 days. Teeny boppers have been going down
the slopes on sledges at Fun City.
Nominated
councillors hold meeting
Chandigarh, December 30
Nominated councillors held a
get-together to discuss the January 1 Mayoral elections here yesterday.
However, Dr K.S. Raju, who was convener of the nine-member group during
the last Mayoral elections, said it was only a tea party and a meeting
would again be held on December 31, a day before the election.
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