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Adviser lays stone for cement topping
No ordinary road, this
Chandigarh, September 2
Mr Lalit Sharma, Adviser to the UT Administrator, today laid the foundation stone for topping of a cement concrete road between Sectors 31 and 32. This is the first road of its kind in the region.
Now, shell out more for city-Ambala travel
Chandigarh, September 2
Commuting between Chandigarh and Ambala has become costlier. With government transport corporations increasing the bus fare from Rs 26 to Rs 30, commuters will have to shell out more for travel between the two cities.
You can retain old numbers of vehicles
Chandigarh, September 2
It is good news for those sentimental about the registration number of their vehicles. The Chandigarh Administration has issued a notification allowing them to retain old numbers of their vehicles even if they go for a new buy.
It is a known fact that many people are sentimental about the registration
number of vehicles.
Higher liquor sales
push up revenue in region
Chandigarh consumes 43,000 bottles of beer per day
Chandigarh, September 2
The revenue from sales of liquor and beer in Punjab, Haryana and
Chandigarh has risen exceptionally since the new licensing system was
introduced on April 1 this year. In Chandigarh, people have been
virtually guzzling beer during the summer months and it could soon earn the
sobriquet of being a ‘beer drinkers’ paradise’.
Work on 1,855 dwelling units in Chandi Mandir this month
Chandigarh, September 2
To offset the acute shortage of accommodation for married personnel, the Army is constructing 1,855 dwelling units in Chandi Mandir and a couple of other nearby military stations.
The project, which begins this month, is scheduled to be completed by June 2008,
sources revealed.
Need for girlchild-friendly society, says Bansal
Chandigarh, September 2
The Union Minister of State for Finance, Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, today emphasised on the need to counter female foeticide and promote girlchild-friendly society. He said women needed to assert themselves in order to counter the menace while adding that an effective legal order needed to be ensured for the protection of the girlchild.
Lalru incident turns political
Dera Bassi, September 2
The infamous Lalru incident, in which the police allegedly brutalised residents, has turned into a political football between the ruling Congress and the Opposition Shiromani Akali
Dal (SAD) ahead of the February 2007 Punjab Assembly elections.
For the sake of the voiceless
Chandigarh, September 2
Seated behind his desk at the local branch of a national bank, Mohan Lal Phillauria comes across as any other government officer pacing through his day.
“Saturdays are no more easy days. They are more hectic than you can ever
imagine.
Satpal Maharaj stresses communal harmony
Chandigarh, September 2
As part of the two-day Sadbhavna Sammelan, Satpal Maharaj delivered a discourse at Exhibition Grounds in Sector 34 today.
Devotees gather in huge numbers to listen to a discourse of Satpal Maharaj on the occasion of Sadbhavna Sammelan at Exhibition Grounds in Sector-34, Chandigarh.
— A Tribune photograph
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Meeting on Yuva Shakti Abhiyan
Chandigarh, September 2
A high-profile meeting of Core Group for implementation of the Panchayati Raj Yuva Shakti Abhiyan in Punjab was held at the Commonwealth Youth Programme, Asia Centre. The meeting was organised by the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan, in association with the CYP and the Department of Youth Services Sports, Punjab.
Subsidy cheques distributed
Chandigarh, September 2
Mr Avtar Henry, Industries and Commerce and Environment Minister, Punjab, yesterday distributed margin money subsidy cheques worth Rs 1.5 crore to the beneficiaries, who have set up village industries in the state and have generated employment opportunities, at a function organised at Punjab Bhavan here.
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