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Child offers conflicting peeks into mystery years
Chandigarh, June 17
Thirteen-year-old Atul is making the world around him go round. Ever since he surfaced in the city after his disappearance in July 2003, the child has been saying one thing this moment and another the next.
Chandigarh to have trauma speciality hospital
Chandigarh, June 17
The Chandigarh Administration has decided to set up a trauma speciality hospital in the southern belt of the city, which will be a part of the third government hospital in the city. The move is seen as an important development to decrease the burden on the PGI, which can concentrate better on its research and super-speciality cases.
Tank T-72 overhaul slips behind schedule
Chandigarh, June 17
Inability of ordnance factories to overhaul T-72 tanks, the Army's mainstay combat vehicle, has resulted in a huge backlog which would take at least 10 years to clear. This would have an adverse impact on the
opera- tional readiness of tank regiments.
A file picture of T-72 during an exercise.
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Zirakpur getting stepmotherly treatment
Zirakpur, June 17
Even after over five years of its formation, the Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat has
been facing an acute shortage of healthcare, power and sewerage, besides a
number of other facilities. Being a satellite town of Chandigarh, Zirakpur is
allegedly being meted out stepmotherly treatment by the state government.
A view of the Zirakpur chowk. — A
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Eco Notes
Don’t let rainwater go waste
CHANDIGARH:
As City Beautiful grows economically, its groundwater declines enormously. Groundwater is pumped out in large quantities daily to meet the requirements of about a million
populace.
Harvesting rainwater that generally goes waste during the monsoon can help us face summers in a much better way.
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Chandigarh, June
17
These were the words of Bapu Asaram that mesmerised his followers who had gathered to take part in the Geeta Bhagwat Satsang at Sant Asaram Ashram in Seonk village, near PGI,
here.
A gathering listens to Bapu Asaram’s sermon at an ashram in Seonk village.
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Sacked staff cry foul
Chandigarh, June 17
Fortythree contractual junior lab technicians of GMCH-32, who have long been involved in a battle for equal pay with the authorities, are a harried lot today. After having been terminated from service by GMCH-32, they allege that their rights have been violated and the authorities have fired them deliberately.
As the temperature of City Beautiful came down on Saturday due to a drizzle, a man takes a nap at a bus stop along the Madhya Marg.
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Travel agent denies role in fake visa case
Chandigarh, June 17
In connection with the case of fake visa racket, which was busted by immigration officials at Indira Gandhi International Airport on June 11, Ms Kamaljeet Kaur, proprietor of Mohali-based travel agency B.S. Overseas Ltd, has said she had merely forwarded the names of the youths to Sandal Travels, Sector 34, Chandigarh, for booking their tickets for Dubai.
13 Type House residents seek ownership
Chandigarh, June 17
The UT Joint Action Committee (13 Type House) today organised a meeting demanding that the houses they occupy should be sold to them the same way as in Sectors 24, 19 and 15.
Lions Club meeting today
Chandigarh, June 17
Lions Club International, District 321 F, will organise a “Gurukul” tomorrow for its 140 club presidents, secretaries, treasurers, PROs and cabinet members at Shagun hotel, under the leadership of the newly elected district governor R.K. Rana.
Yoga camp at Zirakpur
Zirakpur, June 17
Scores of residents of Zirakpur and surrounding areas participated in the seven-day yoga and meditation camp organised by the Sanjh Dilan Di Sports Club at Sharma Farm on the first day here today.
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