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An oasis beside a desert
Chandigarh, November 10
Just a kilometer apart from each other on the Patiala ki Rao choe, the two
artificial lakes, part of an ambitious project undertaken by the Chandigarh
Administration in the Union Territory in April, tell two different stories.
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apart: Contrasting images of the two artificial lakes — one in the forest area behind Panjab University (left) and the other a kilometer away near the Botanical Garden — which are part of an ambitious project undertaken by the Chandigarh Administration. The work on these was started simultaneously in April.
— Tribune photos by Pradeep Tewari |
Watch out
Dr V.D. Singh, a city-based plastic surgeon, has gone to New York to attend a cutting-edge symposium on advances in Aesthetic Plastic surgery from Saturday. The symposium is considered to be the most advanced and comprehensive aesthetic plastic surgery symposium that covers all aspects of advances in cosmetic plastic surgery. Dr V.D. Singh is the only plastic surgeon from North India to participate in this prestigious symposium.
In Town
Ustad Arshad Khan, New Delhi-based ghazal maestro, is in the city for a ghazal concert at the Pracheen Kala Kendra. The concert is being organised as a part of the golden jubilee celebrations of the kendra.
Born in a family of musicians, Arshad Khan is the son and disciple of
maestro Ustad Allauddin Khan of the Delhi gharana.
Commuters harassed as buses discontinued
Dera Bassi, November 10
Hundreds of commuters in the Dera Bassi subdivision are a harassed lot. With the Punjab Roadways allegedly discontinuing buses on certain link routes in the subdivision, the commuters are facing great hardship in reaching their destinations.
Conference at CRRID
‘Despite hi-tech media, social issues ignored’
Chandigarh, November 10
Prominent media personalities today discussed the role of information and communication technology in the process of peace and development during the ongoing International Conference on Peace and Development in the memory of P.N. Haksar at the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development here.
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| Delegates at the session on role of media in peace and development during the International Conference on Peace and Development in memory of P.N. Haksar at the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development in Chandigarh on Friday.
— Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
‘Palace on Wheels’ between Delhi and Amritsar
Chandigarh, November 10
Logged on to a programme of development, Secretary, Tourism, in the Union Ministry of Tourism, Mr A.K. Mishra, is working out the modalities for having a “Palace on Wheels” between Delhi and Amritsar that will pass through Kurukshetra.
Cops harmed image of admn: GMADA
Mohali, November 10
The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) has said the incident of stone throwing by residents of the Nehru Colony on November 7, in which GMADA officials and the police had to withdraw hastily, had harmed the image of the
administration.
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This spirited young man rammed his vehicle into a streetlight pole near the Housing Board Chowk on the Chandigarh-Panchkula road on Thursday night. Luckily he was not seriously injured. The police, in its FIR, blamed a vagrant cow for coming in his way. The crowd that gathered there thought otherwise.
— Tribune photo by Malkiat Singh |
WARD WATCH
All is not well
Chandigarh, November 10
It is a ward which has quiet a few posh sectors to its credit, apart from the most happening markets these days. However, ward 1, which comprises sectors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11 and Sukhna Lake (before delimitation), has its fair share of problems, too.
SDO found guilty of delaying information
Chandigarh, November 10
The Central Information Commissioner (CIC), Mr Wajahat Habibullah, has held the SDO (Building), Estate Office, responsible for delay in supplying information to Mr S.K. Bagga, who had sought information about a Sector house.
‘Samarthya’ concludes
Chandigarh, November 10
The “Samarthya-2006”, a national-level exhibition on aids, appliances and services for elderly people and those with disabilities at Circus Grounds, concluded here yesterday. Minister of State for Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Subbulakshmi Jagdeeshan presided over the valedictory function.
Jagannath rath yatra today
Chandigarh, November 10
The local chapter of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) will take out the annual Lord Jagannath rath yatra in Chandigarh tomorrow and Panchkula on November 12. A large number of ISKCON devotees from India and abroad will participate in the rath yatra, according to H.G. Nand Maharaj Dasa Prabhu, president of local unit of ISKCON.
Muslim bodies form joint front
Chandigarh, November 10
Various Muslim organisations of the city have decided to form a joint front to take up the major problems of the Muslim community in the city in particular and others in general.
Mr Khalil Ahmed, president of the Federation of Muslim Societies Chandigarh, addressing a press conference at Press Club on Friday.
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Two-day sammelan from today
Chandigarh, November 10
In order to spread the message of national integrity, brotherhood and world peace, a two-day 16th Hari Nam Sammelan will be held at Sector 45-D here from November 11, followed by bhandara, according to Yogi Rup Nath Bachchan, the organiser.
Nagar kirtan on Nov 22
Chandigarh, November 10
A nagar kirtan will be taken out on November 22 to mark the martyrdom day of Guru Teg Bahadur.
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