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former UT Adviser Assistant lineman charred to death An assistant lineman of the UT Electricity Department, Balwinder Singh (45) was burnt alive while he was heating up power transformer oil in electricity subdivision in Sector 41 here this afternoon. MC reinstates 4 suspended employees The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh today reinstated its four officials who had been under suspension following the registration of a corruption case by the Central Bureau of Investigation in April 2001. Chandigarh, November 20 As a noble gesture, Panjab University is honouring four of its employees for showing exemplary dedication to work and proving their worth a little more than was expected, otherwise. Chandigarh, November 20 To serve as a bridge between hospital and home, the National AIDS Control Organisation will set up the first community care centre of the region in the city to provide low-cost holistic care and train families of terminally ill AIDS persons in patient care. |
UT to acquire 15 acres for cattle pound The Chandigarh Administration is acquiring 15 acres in Raipur Kalan for the construction of a cattle pound. The process will be completed within a month, counsel for the Administration informed the Punjab and Haryana High Court during the hearing of the stray cattle menace case. MC holds meeting with NGOs on gaushalas On the directions of the UT Administrator, the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Mr M.P. Singh, today convened a meeting of NGOs that are keen to set up gaushalas in Chandigarh. Even after 10 days, working of helplines tardy Ten days after The Tribune highlighted how important telephone helplines in the city are not providing accurate information quickly enough, things have not improved much. On November 11, The Tribune had carried out a survey regarding the working of the helplines. Ghaggar water comes to HUDA’s rescue The water scarcity in the township has now propelled the Haryana Urban Development Authority to draw water from the Ghaggar and supply it to the township. Domestic water tariff mooted for religious bodies The Water Supply and Sewerage Disposal Committee of the corporation today recommended levying of domestic water tariff and sewerage cess on religious institutions. The domestic tariff would be applicable if the premises of the religious institutions are not being used for commercial activity like marriage ceremonies. Panchkula, November 20 Inspite of the tall claims made by the Municipal Council authorities of taking every precaution while allotting a tender for sanitation works by four-zoning it, the sanitation facilities in the township have not improved. Sambhar ventures into doctor’s house The local police was put on high alert today-thanks to a sleepy Police Control Room officer. A posse of cops landed in Sector 6 this morning, when the Police Control Room on receiving information about a “blue bull calf” venturing into a house, further conveyed to the cops that a leopard had strayed into a residential area. Unaccounted income of
27 lakh detected Unaccounted income of Rs 27 lakh was detected by sleuths of the Income Tax Department, (North-West Region) Range II, in two separate surveys conducted at a jewellery shop in Sector 16 and at a sanitary shop in Sector 18. Need for wrestling centres, says Bir Devinder The Punjab Vidhan Sabha Deputy Speaker, Mr Bir Devinder Singh inaugurated a wrestling training centre at Phase VI Community Centre here today. The centre will be used to train young school and college children for national and international wrestling events. Readers Write |
Kanchan Dutta, an accountant with Mohali-based Vee and Vee Sanitation was today arrested allegedly for withdrawing Rs 3 lakh from a bank by forging signatures. According to police sources, Kanchan Dutta (36) had got hold of a checkbook of May Steel Pvt. Ltd, E-84, Phase VIII, Mohali, from a Sector 17 branch of Andhra Bank and withdrew money. Panchkula, November 20 A 22-year-old cyclist was crushed to death by a CTU bus ( CH-01G- 5716) near the Sector 11 and 15 chowk this evening. It is learnt that the victim, Omkar, was a resident of Mauli Jagran in Chandigarh and had come here for work. |
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staff seek viable pension scheme KVM
students bag declamation contest trophy
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Isher team wins ‘vaar gayan’ contest 300
students attend painting competition
High Court Farewell
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Punjabi song
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Polio no handicap for this powerlifter Italian teacher all praise for young golfers Amandeep wins gold in hammer throw Inter-sector athletic
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“With
a newspaper circulation of over two lakh in Chandigarh, the city
produces waste paper worth lakhs of rupees every month. We are aiming
at collecting just a part of it as donation from the people to run a
school for the slum kids who have been denied formal education by the
society,” says Mr Zulfiqar Khan, President, Theatre Age Society, an
NGO working in Sector 24 to provide education and training in theatre
to poor boys and girls, apart from assisting them to earn their
livelihood.
