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Getting
a taste of own medicine!
SHO faints as teargas shell falls on
him
Chandigarh,
August 7
Indiscriminate use of tear gas shells by the Chandigarh
Police on agitating unemployed youth from Punjab resulted
in comedy of sorts when the first victim of the gas turned
out to be none other than SHO, Sector 17 Police Station,
Mr. Jagbir Singh. He was hit by an aluminium shell
containing gas. After being hit and then been exposed to
the gas, he lost consciousness. |
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| The Sector 17 Police Station SHO, Mr Jagbir Singh, who lost consciousness after he was hit by an aluminium shell containing gas the during protest at Matka Chowk. |
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UT okays road
to Panchkula via IT Park
Chandigarh,
August 7
The proposal to formally open the alternative road from the Union
Territory to Panchkula via Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park (RGCTP),
which has already been constructed, has been given the green signal by
the UT Administrator for its opening to traffic.
Possessing
zeal to serve the poor
Chandigarh,
August 7
He's hooked, intoxicated and on a high. In his own words, Irland-born
Californian Dr W. Frederick Shaw, in India now and perfectly at
home, says heroin is simply no match for the kick that comes
from the service to the poor.
Dr W. Frederick Shaw overseeing work at the medical camp organised at Naya Gaon, near Chandigarh, on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari
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Chandigarh Calling
Telling tales
from city streets
Who is a common person in sociological
parlance? Well, the common person could be anyone from a teacher to a
clerk; from a fruit seller to a beggar. They form the majority of the
population but their stories and histories remain unheard. However
this week Tribune photographer Karam Singh made a special effort to
find out the story of a Rajasthani labourer turned beggar, Ganesh (see
picture).
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Rakhi?
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Samaritans
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Gender bias
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Celebrating ‘786’
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Overheard
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Malba dumping
Above law
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Rs 1,100 cr WB project for farm research
Chandigarh, August 7
The World Bank has approved a Rs 1,100 crore project to revamp, reorganise and reorient agricultural research with the objective of consolidation of food security, raising of the nutritional level and creation of more employment in the farm sector.
Sewerage water on a road in Atawa, Sector 42, Chandigarh, has been creating problems for the residents for the past four days.
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Rodrigues for better life for children
Chandigarh, August 7
Impressing upon members of the State Child Welfare Council, the need to reach out and expand their endeavour, the Punjab Governor and president of the ICCW, Gen. S.F. Rodrigues, called for a major thrust to ensure growth and improvement in the quality of life of the children through an institutionalised mechanism, with an efficient support structure and monitoring system.
Ordnance factories admn still function manually
Chandigarh, August 7
Thirteen years after the ordnance factories introduced computerisation to streamline their functioning, they continue to remain dependent on manual system for accounting and inventory management.
Community policing: residents hesitant to loosen purse strings
Mohali, August 7
Even as the police is making efforts to get wider acceptance of the Community Policing scheme launched here over a month ago, many residents are reluctant to dish out the required money for the facility.
Fauji Beat
1947 Army split and after
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As August 15 draws near, one’s memory travels back to the time of Partition of the country. It was in August 1947 that a “divide” was created in the British Indian Army to form two separate armies-the Indian Army and the Pakistan Army. It was difficult to imagine how these two armies, which fought as one cohesive force in both World Wars made unparalleled sacrifices together and won a large array of gallantry awards could be so sharply split overnight.
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Wreaths being laid at the Northern Command War Memorial on its 35th anniversary. |
IT Park allottees can switch
to leasehold category
Chandigarh, August 7
The Chandigarh Administration has decided to allow Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park allottees to opt for leasehold category now and after the Special Economic Zone
status to the park expires, an exit route has also been provided so that their long-term proprietary interests are protected as the initial allotment was made on freehold basis.
400 saplings planted
Chandigarh, August 7
The Servants of the People Society organised a tree plantation drive at government schools of Kajheri, Maloya and Burail in collaboration with Eco Clubs of the respective schools and the State AIDS Control Society, UT. Over 400 saplings were planted during this drive.
Foreign matter in Mirinda bottle
Chandigarh, August 7
Mr Balkar Singh, a resident of Sector 28, was shocked to notice black colour foreign matter in a bottle of a soft drink which he purchased from a shop on Friday. Taking a serious note of this, Mr Balkar Singh brought the bottle to
The Tribune office and alleged sheer negligence on the part of the company and its bottling process.
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Foreign matter floats in a soft
drink bottle.
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Circuit House in Sector 1
Panchkula, August 7
The Haryana Government has decided to construct a state-of-the-art Circuit House — state guest house — shortly.
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Unprovoked
and brutal display of power allegedly displayed by the Chandigarh
police at Matka Chowk this afternoon left more than 20 protesters of
the Unemployed Action Committee Punjab injured.
