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Women’s Day celebrated
Chandigarh, March 8
The Woman and Child Support Unit of the Chandigarh Police organised host of events to mark the International Women’s Day. It started in the morning with a road run and walk. More than 600 persons took part. This included children from different government and private schools.
A run-and-walk organised by the UT police in association with the State Bank of India in connection with International Women’s Day in Chandigarh on Monday. |
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Talks, discussions and
competitions
Chandigarh, March 8
Declamation contests, talks and poster making competition marked the International Women’s Day celebrations in various educational institutions in the city. A talk on ‘ Ground Reality of Women’s Plight in Modern Society’ was organised at Government College of Education , Sector 20, here.
Solitary
reaper: A few had the time and inclination to attend a declamation contest at Government College for Girls in Chandigarh on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Pawan Sharma |
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Mindset change needed to
better women’s lot
Mohali, March 8
More than 500 women social workers from Punjab participated in the state-level International Women’s Day celebrations organised by the Department of Social Security and Women and Child Welfare at Shivalik Public School, Phase II, here today.
As Chandigarh paid tributes to womanhood on
International Women's Day, a woman in Sector 34 digs into her purse to help another get a meal.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan |
Protest against J&K
daughter’s Bill
Chandigarh, March 8
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the local unit of the BJP Mahila Morcha organised a protest against the Bill introduced in the House of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly which says women from the state will lose their state subject rights if they marry outside the state.
The morcha will launch a “Jan Jagran Abhiyan” throughout Chandigarh against the said Act.
University panel to check harassment
against girls
Patiala, March 8
Punjabi University Vice-Chancellor Swarn Singh Boparai constituted a five-member committee pertaining to violence and sexual harassment of women at workplace on the occasion of International Women’s Day here today.
The committee will work for the security of girls students and women employees in the university.
Contractors demand land to build their houses
Mohali, March 8
The Private Construction Labour Contractors Association has demanded land for a separate residential colony for its members.
Addressing a press conference here today, Mr Jaswant Singh Bhullar, president of the association, said about 90 per cent of the construction in the town had been carried out by contractors, but they themselves were houseless. He said their organisation had approached various political parties in this regard but no one had come to their help.
Taxi operators oppose passenger tax
Mohali, March 8
Taxi operators of the town have opposed the move of the Chandigarh Administration to impose road tax and passenger tax on tourist vehicles.
The affected persons, who held a meeting at Rose Garden in Phase III B I here today, said they had formed a five-member committee to take up the issue with the authorities concerned.
Programme on prison administration begins
Chandigarh, March 8
A six-day training programme on “Human rights initiatives in prisons” began at the Institute for Correctional Administration here, which aims at improving human resources in jails. Delegates from several states are attending the programme, organised regularly by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD).
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