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Farmers’ rally chokes city heart
Chandigarh, March 14
Chaos prevailed on the roads leading to the Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) for more than three hours as different sections of the Madhya Marg and Purav Marg were blocked in the wake of a rally held by six farmer unions here today. The farmers have been agitating at Matka Chowk since March 10 in support of their demands.

A leader addresses a farmers’ rally held in support of their demands near the Inter-State Bus Terminus in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

MC officials seize more ‘unhygienic' meat
Chandigarh, March 14
More than 70 per cent of the meat sold in the City Beautiful comes from unauthorised slaughter houses operating in Faida, Dera Bassi, Mubarakpur and other nearby areas.

12 hotels served notices
Chandigarh, March 14
The MOH, Public Health and Road wings of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation have served notices to 12 hotels of Sector-35C on charges of leakage of water from their water tanks leading to water logging, creating unhygienic environment and damaging the back-lane.

Red alert sounded in region
Chandigarh, March 14
In the wake of seizure of bombs at the Delhi railway station, a red alert has been sounded in the region. The Chandigarh Police has also been asked to go on a high alert and keep an eye on suspicious looking objects at public places.

Discos may serve liquor from April 1
Chandigarh, March 14
The Chandigarh Administration will soon allow serving of liquor in various discotheques in the city. City youngsters have been demanding for long that liquor be allowed in the discos. It is likely to be allowed from April 1 when the new excise policy comes into place.

Privatisation of sanitation okayed
Chandigarh, March 14
The Finance and Contracts Committee (F&CC) of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has cleared the proposal of the privatisation of sanitation in 20 sectors, including colonies and four villages, through a single contract, ensuring employment to at least 700 local residents.

Cheers for Kaif, Dravid
Chandigarh, March 14
Casually walking through the dingy market corridors in the evening staring at the decked up showroom windows, the residents rushed back home, or walked into the bars and pubs, for savouring the excitement on the television sets, or the giant screens, as the men-in-blue lost three quick wickets in their match against the Kiwis.

Two die as truck rams into tree
Lalru, March 14
Two persons died on the spot and three others were injured after a truck heading towards Handesra village rammed into a tree at Ballopur village on the Lalru-Handesra link road today.

A policeman inspects the spot where a truck rammed into a tree claiming two lives at Ballopur village on the Lalru-Handesra village link road near Lalru on Friday.

COMMUNITY

Muharram observed
Chandigarh, March 14
Shias observed the martyrdom day of Imam Hussain by taking out processions today. Tazia, taken out from the sector 45 Sabri Masjid, passed through Burail and other nearby areas of the city, before returning to Sabri Masjid. Muharram was also observed at the dargah of Habib Ul Milan in Sector 29.

Devotees perform gatka during the Taazia procession taken out to mark Muharram in Chandigarh on Friday.
— A Tribune photo Pravesh Chauhan

Punjab, Haryana low in iodine
Chandigarh, March 14
Instead of hill states like Himachal and Jammu and Kashmir, which were known to be endemic to iodine deficiency disorders like goitre and mental retardation, latest studies indicate that it is Punjab and Haryana where the results of iodisation programme are not encouraging.

WORLD CONSUMERS DAY
Consumer is king; does king agree?
Chandigarh, March 14
The recent controversy about the contamination of bottled water may have raised doubts in the minds of consumers about the standards developed by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), but it is playing a significant role in the consumer’s rights protection movement.

Acquitted, but singed
Chandigarh, March 14
Narinder Singh, an undertrial lodged in the Burail jail, was today acquitted of the murder charge. But that was not the end of his ordeal. He was admitted to the GMCH, Sector 32, last night with burns on his body. He got the injuries when two undertrial threw boiling oil on him.

DEATH SENTENCE TO BHULLAR
Protest march planned for March 30
SAS Nagar, March 14
Representatives of various organisations today decided to take out a march in Delhi on March 30 to oppose the death sentence awarded to Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar.

Change in Mohali STD code deferred
SAS Nagar, March 14
Barely 24 hours before the BSNL was to change the area code of SAS Nagar from 0172 to 0160, in a late night development the BSNL indefinitely deferred its decision to change the code.

Matching Japanese kundlis
Chandigarh, March 14
International exposure via the traditional profession of astrology has made Panchkula-based Dr Prem Kumar Sharma realise that the world is, after all, a village. At least, as far as emotions are concerned.

Writers begin fast for Punjabi
Chandigarh, March 14
Punjabi writers, under the banner of Kendri Punjabi Lekhak Sabha, today began a chain fast to voice their long-standing grievances on various issues, the most outstanding being non-acceptance of their demand that all government work should be done in Punjabi.

Girl died of haemorrhage, says report 
Chandigarh, March 14
The autopsy of a minor girl, Priyanka, who was found murdered in her one-room house in Darua village on March 12 last, indicates that she died of shock and haemorrhage after being hit in the neck with a knife.

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