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Illegal colonies in villages should not be permitted, say experts
Chandigarh, October 2
A call to protect and respect Le Corbusier's Edict of Chandigarh prohibiting any construction activity in the Shivalik foothills north of the city was made at a meeting of the local chapter of the Institute of Town Planners of India attended by some of the leading town planners of the region, including Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh held here last night.
BSF yet to devise promotion policy
Chandigarh, October 2
Three years after the Border Security Force (BSF) changed its promotion rules, it is yet to come up with a policy or cadre management system to ensure that officers fulfil the new qualitative requirements for moving up the hierarchy.
Traffic back on old Ghaggar bridge
Panchkula, October 2
Traffic has been restored on the Old Ghaggar bridge, connecting Panchkula to Ramgarh,after massive repairs on the 30- year- old structure. For the past two years the bridge used to shake when a vehicle passed on it.
This vital bridge, across the river Ghaggar, on the National Highway- 73, had been closed to traffic for over two
months.
The old Ghaggar bridge at Panchkula has opened for traffic after repairs and overhauling.
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Gandhi Jayanti celebrated
Chandigarh, October 2
Tributes were paid to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary at different functions organised here today.
Addressing at gathering at the Dev Samaj College of Education, Sector 36, the local MP, Mr Pawan Bansal, exhorted the younger generation to emulate Gandhiji’s concepts of non-violence, simplicity and sincerity.
Significance of
Gandhi’s ideas highlighted
Chandigarh, October 2
The Department of Gandhian Studies organised a special lecture on “Inevitability of Gandhi’s thought in the 21st Century” here today. Mr Onkar Chand, secretary of the People Society, Lajpat Rai Bhavan, Chandigarh, delivered the lecture.
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Children participate in a painting competition organised by the North Zone Cultural Centre
at Sheesh Mahal in Patiala on Saturday. |
Inmates of the Chandi Kusht Ashram Society pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi in Patiala on Saturday.
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Valuers call for cut in non-performing assets
Chandigarh, October 2
Lauding the role of the valuers in society, Mr B.L. Luthra, chairman of the Chandigarh branch of the Institution of Valuers, today urged the financial institutions to reduce the non-performing assets
(NPAs) which had crossed Rs 1,00,000 crore.
(From left) Mr Rakesh Datta, Mr
B.L. Luthra and Mr V.K. Kashyap during the Valuers Day celebrations in Chandigarh on Saturday.—A Tribune photograph |
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Adviser visits Institute for Blind
Chandigarh, October 2
The Adviser to the Administrator, Chandigarh Administration, Mr Lalit Sharma, yesterday visited the Institute for the Blind, Sector 26, and also presided over the annual general meeting of the Society for the Care of the Blind.
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Residents above 75 who were honoured by the Senior Citizens Forum, Sector 47, at their annual day on Saturday at the sector community centre. Area councillor Jatinder Bhatia presided over the function, Mr Pawan Bansal, Member of Parliament, was the chief guest while Mr M. S. Duggal, president of the forum, proposed a vote of thanks.
Students of Vijay Public School, Sector 17, Panchkula, during their visit to The Tribune office in Chandigarh.
— A Tribune photograph
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Saplings planted
Mohali, October 2
To commemorate the birth anniversary of Mata Bhagwati Devi Sharma, a vanamahotsava was organised by the local unit of the Gayatri Parivar Trust at Gayatri Shakti
Peeth, here today.
Birth anniversary of Shastri celebrated
Mohali, October 2
The birth anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri, former Prime Minister, was celebrated with great enthusiasm by students of Shastri Model School here today.
Various competitions were organised in which nearly 60 students participated.
Raising Day celebrated
Chandigarh, October 2
The 318 Field Regiment, an artillery unit, celebrated its 18th Raising Day somewhere in the Western Sector today.
Withdraw circular, demand BSNL employees
Chandigarh, October 2
Members of the Punjab circle of the Federation of Telecom Employees of the BSNL started relay fast yesterday against “unjustified” conditions imposed by the management with regard to the payment of honorarium to the employees.
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