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PLEASURE PLUNGE: Children take full advantage of summer vacation by having a splash in a pool near Gandhi Bhavan of Panjab University in Chandigarh on Sunday.
— Tribune photo by Vinay Malik |
Monkey menace spreads
Chandigarh, May 21
Hundreds of monkeys can be seen loitering around houses, streets and markets of Sectors 7, 8 and 26, besides certain other areas in the same belt. They have shifted base from the PGI and Panjab University compounds where the Forest Department had “used the services of
langurs” to take care of the problem.
Rise in crime worries Panchkula residents
Panchkula, May 21
On May 4, a gang of masked robbers struck at Kharag Mangoli, a slum colony, in Old Panchkula and injured six persons of two families, four of them seriously, by attacking them with batons indiscriminately. They decamped with cash and valuables worth thousands of rupees.
A girl performs classical dance at Aloha Mental Math, prize distribution function at
Kalagram in Manimajra, Chandigarh on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph |
Dental college staff hold rally
Panchkula, May 21
In protest against the management, members of the BRS Dental College and Hospital Employees Union, organised a rally throughout the surrounding villages and raised anti-management slogans here today.
Mahapanchayat submits memorandum to Bansal
Chandigarh, May 21
The mahapanchayat of 18 UT villages and different political parties have stepped up their pressure on the Chandigarh Administration for regularising structures outside the “lal dora” by exempting the inhabited areas or by extending the “lal dora” of the villages.
Transformer catches fire at BSNL office
Chandigarh, May 21
A fire broke out in one of the four transformers kept on the ground floor of the BSNL office in sector 17 around 4 pm today. The transformers are used to supply electricity to the BSNL office and other buildings in Sector 17.
Officials of the Fire Department and of the BSNL inspect a transformer at the BSNL office in Sector 17, Chandigarh, where a fire broke out on Sunday.
— Tribune photo by Vinay Malik |
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Tributes paid to Rajiv Gandhi
Chandigarh, May 21
A prayer was organised by the Rajiv Memorial Society at Rajiv Bhavan in Sector 35 here on the death anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi.
Members of the Rajiv Memorial Society pay tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi at Rajiv Bhavan, Sector 35, Chandigarh, on Sunday to mark his death anniversary. |
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Human rights group alleges torture in Burail jail
Chandigarh, May 21
The Lawyers for Human Rights
International (LHRI) have complained to the National Human Rights Commission against the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and Deputy Superintendent, Burail Jail, for allegedly torturing inmates of the jail.
Stress laid on Internet security
Chandigarh, May 21
Communication technology, whether it is computers, mobile telephony or Internet, has brought a revolution in the way we live, think and work. With this, the pace of social and economic development has become dramatic.
Punjabi ‘ignored’ in pulse polio campaign
Chandigarh, May 21
The Chandigarh Administration has been accused of giving “step-motherly” treatment to the Punjabi language.
Tribune employee dead
Chandigarh, May 21
 Mr Ashok Kumar Sharma (59), Senior Operator in The Tribune, died on Saturday night due to cardiac arrest. He had been serving this organisation since 1972. His cremation, today, was largely attended. He is survived by a son and daughter. His son, Mr Abhishek Sharma, is also a Tribune employee and works in the advertisement section.
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