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| Cactus garden to figure in UT guide
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Panchkula, April 12
The National Cactus and Succulent Botanical Garden and Research Centre here would be included in the tourist guide map of Chandigarh and Panchkula.
This was stated by the Chief Secretary, Haryana, Mr A. N. Mathur, while talking to mediapersons after inaugurating the two-day 26th annual show of cactus and succulent plants, organised by the National Cactus and Succulent Society of India and the Haryana Urban Development Authority.
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Scent of cacti: A young woman admires a rare variety of cactus during the 26th annual cactus show, organised by the National Cactus and Succulent Society of India at the cactus garden in Panchkula on Saturday.
— Photo Manoj Mahajan
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| Sukhna
desilting ahead of schedule |
Chandigarh, April 12
Worried about the Sukhna Lake
— pride of the city — the Chandigarh Administration has
ordered that all silt extracting machinery available with the
Engineering Department and the municipal corporation be pressed
into service to start the desilting operations at the lake. This
year the order comes about four weeks in advance than what has
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Machines have been pressed into service ahead of the annual schedule for removing silt at the Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh.
— A Tribune photograph
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 DEBATE:
SAVE SUKHNA
Call
outside agency
The alarming rate of silt
formation in the Sukhna Lake, despite the afforestation and existence of
check dams in its catchment area, is a matter of concern, which calls
for evaluation by some outside agency having adequate experience of rain
water management.
Uplinking facility
from today
Chandigarh, April 12
Residents of the region will get a Baisakhi gift tomorrow. Uplinking facility will be available at the local Doordarshan Kendra from tomorrow. This means any programme or event occurring in the city or its surrounding areas can be relayed to Delhi or to any other major Doordarshan Kendra within minutes of its recording.
Ex-servicemen
flay ECHS
Chandigarh, April 12
The All-India Ex-servicemen Welfare
Association, at a meeting of ex-servicemen, widows and disabled
soldiers, held today, criticised the recently launched Ex-servicemen
Contributory Health Scheme by the Central Government.
Foeticide:
need to change people’s mindset
SAS Nagar, April 12
There is need to change the mindset
of the people and question the structure of the society to combat the
problem of female foeticide. We have been living in a patriarchal
society where the male are always valued. The problem of female
foeticide has existed over decades and cannot be tackled as the root
cause has not been addressed, said Ms B. Bhamathi, former Gender
Adviser, UNFPA, New Delhi, while talking to Chandigarh Tribune here
today.
At
70 he dreams of building old age home
Chandigarh, April 12
The pain of seeing his grandfather
leave, after being turned out of his house by his own mother 58 years
ago, can still be seen in the eyes of Mr Jagdish Lal Ahuja, as he talks
of his dream project of setting up a free old age home for the elderly
at a cost of Rs 3 crore in the city.
Nagar
kirtan marks Baisakhi celebrations
Chandigarh, April 12
Devotees marched through city
streets during a nagar kirtan, taken out today, by the Central
Coordination Committee of all gurdwaras and Sikh institutions to
mark Baisakhi celebrations.
Panj Pyaras lead a procession taken out in the city in connection with Baisakhi on Saturday.
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| Sankirtan
marks Ram Navami celebrations |
Chandigarh, April 12
Chants of “Hare Rama Hare
Krishna” filled the air as enthusiastic devotees pulled a
decked-up chariot during a sankirtan possession in connection with
the Ram Navami celebrations by Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math in the
city today.
Devotees pull the chariot of Lord Rama during a sankirtan procession, organised by Sri Gaudiya Math, in Chandigarh on Saturday.
— A Tribune Photograph |
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Newborn
tiger cub dead
Chhat Bir (Patiala), April
12
The Royal Bengal tiger cub that was
born in Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park on April 6 was today found
dead in the enclosure for the tiger by the keeper. While confirming the
death of the ‘‘new arrival’’, the Zoo Director, Mr Kuldeep
Kumar, said mortality rate often remained high among wild animals.
58
pc polling in Daria Sarpanch byelection
Chandigarh, April 12
In the byelections to the post of
the Sarpanch of Daria village gram panchayat, 58.15 per cent polling and
for the post of a member of zila parishad of the Mauli Jagran and
Kishangarh constituency, 14.25 per cent polling was recorded today.
Parliament
on Himalayan culture
Chandigarh, April 12
The first parliament on Himalayan
culture will be organised by the Himalaya Parivaran, an NGO, in New
Delhi on April 19 and 20, Mr P.C. Dogra, a former Director-General of
Police, Punjab, and member of the reception committee of the parliament,
announced here today.
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