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Child suffers
as ‘Blazeflash’ fails to deliver
Chandigarh,
August 4
The extent to which courier companies can go to make a “fast buck”
caring too hoots for consumers can be gauged from the experience of a
local resident who not only lost the parcel of goodies, but also had
to face harassment of the Delhi-based national courier
“Blazeflash” that has several offices in the city.
Stamp paper
shortage in Mohali, Kharar
Mohali,
August 4
Even as Congress President Sonia Gandhi has suggested the phasing out
of stamp papers, there has been an acute shortage of stamp papers
across Ropar.
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road which brings shame to City Beautiful
Chandigarh,
August 3
Commuters on the road dividing Sectors 31 and 32, heading to Phase X
and XI, of Mohali, expose themselves to a great risk while travelling
on this road daily.
A deep pit along the road dividing Sectors 48 and 49 in Chandigarh which needs immediate attention.
— Tribune photo by Pravesh Chauhan
Nominated
councillor in soup
MC staff say he abused SE
Chandigarh,
August 4
Nominated councillor PC Sanghi landed himself in a soup here today as
he abused and misbehaved with a Superintending Engineer at the
Municipal Corporation office.
300 UT
retirees to get pension benefits
Chandigarh,
August 4
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to pay pension benefits
on the notional pay fixed on the basis of the Punjab pattern to all
those who have retired between January 1986 and March 1991. The order
would benefit around 300 retirees.
Nobody
cares about this unsafe bridge
Mohali,
August 4
The authorities concerned seem to be waiting for an accident to
happen. A bridge in the Phase IX residential area has over the
months lost its railings to thieves.
The bridge in a residential area of Phase IX, Mohali, without side railings.
— Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan |
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Delimitation
panel meeting put off again
Mohali,
August 4
A meeting of the Delimitation Committee, constituted in connection
with the forthcoming municipal elections in the town, has once again
been indefinitely postponed. It is alleged that the Kharar MLA has
played a role in getting it postponed.
Chandigarh,
August 4
The faith is unswerving. As the piety-filled night draws to a
close, so does the annual pilgrimage undertaken by the Kanwarias
to the Shiv Mandir at Saketri. Amidst sounds of prayers,
invocations and offerings of Kanwars (Ganga Jal), which began on
August 3 at 2:10 am, the arduous sojourn from Hardwar.
Kanwarias celebrate their annual journey, carrying kanwars (Ganga Jal), on their way to the Pracheen Shiv Mandir at Saketri.
— Tribune photo by Karam Singh |
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Town’s
first working women’s hostel
Panchkula,
August 4
Women from outside the township no longer need to look for paying
guest accommodation or get hassled with landlords. Thanks to Bhartiya
Grameen Mahila Sangh, the district got its first working women’s
hostel in Sector 10 today.
Boy’s
drowning: Jain blames MC, Admin
Chandigarh,
August 4
“The death of the 13-year old boy who drowned during the torrential
rain yesterday is a slur on the face of the Chandigarh Administration
and the Municipal Corporation”, said Mr Satya Pal Jain, former
member of Parliament, in a press note here today.
Getting
SC/ST certificate may be easy
Chandigarh,
August 4
There is good news for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes
in the city who have been facing harassment in getting an SC/ST
certificate due to a tedious procedure.
LPG fire: 2
succumb to burns
Zirakpur,
August 4
After struggling for life for over five days, Mr Rajesh Kumar, alias
Shalu, and his employee Mr Raju succumbed to their injuries in the
PGI, Chandigarh, here today.
MLA asks SP
to act against 2 cops
Mohali, August 4
The Kharar MLA, Mr Bir
Devinder Singh, has demanded action against two police personnel for
not intervening to stop two girls from beating a person at PCL chowk
here today.
Vivek Atray
invited by Goa Govt
Chandigarh,
August 4
The Government of Goa has invited the Director, Information
Technology, Chandigarh Administration, Mr Vivek Atray, to make a
presentation before the Chief Minister and his Cabinet on August 5,
2005 at Panjim, an official press note said here today.
Improve
power supply: BJP
Panchkula,
August 4
The State Treasurer of the BJP, Mr Gian Chand Gupta has criticised the
Haryana Government for failing to fulfil the basic needs of
electricity and water. He said eversince the Congress government took
over the reigns of the state, the condition of electricity had
deteriorated.
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Putting
to rest all controversy, the All-India Congress Committee has
reappointed Mr B.B. Bahl as president of the Chandigarh Territorial
Congress Committee, reliable sources said here today. The post was
being closely contested between the group backed by Mr Pawan Kumar
Bansal, local member of Parliament, and the other by Mr Bahl himself.
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