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Youth dies as truck knocks down mobike
Chandigarh, August 31
One person was killed and another seriously injured when a speeding truck hit their motorcycle near Fun Republic here today.
BKU starts campaign against drug abuse
Chandigarh, August 31
A mass campaign against drug abuse was kicked off today with the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) announcing a multi-approach programme to tackle the menace which will include holding of “warning protests” in both rural and urban areas.
BKU chief Balbir Singh Rajewal (extreme right) makes a point at a seminar on drug abuse at
Kisan Bhavan in Chandigarh on Sunday. A Tribune photograph
Ban on Autorickshaws
Union members up in arms
Chandigarh, August 31
Members of the Autorickshaw Pullers’ Union is up in arms against the decision of the Chandigarh administration to ban diesel-run autorickshaws with effect from August 31, 2009. The decision will mean financial loss to the operators.
WHO CARES: The imaginatively planned garden between the magnificent Capital Complex and the Sukhna Lake, which fully blends with the excellent backdrop of the blue
Shivaliks, is in a poor condition and the place is stinking due to the negligence of the Chandigarh Administration. Tribune photo: Karam Singh |
Members of the local unit of the VHP celebrate the resolution of the Amarnath land crisis, at Laxmi Narayan Temple in Sector 20,
Chandigarh, on Sunday. Tribune photo: S. Chandan |
Growing vehicles, inadequate parking add to thefts
Chandigarh, August 31
The growing number of vehicle thefts in the
city has become a major headache for the
police here.
Market assn protests admn’s apathy
Chandigarh, August 31
Following yesterday’s incident at Sector 46 market, in which one person was killed after a tree fell over a booth, the Rehri Market Association staged a protest against the alleged callousness of the administration
here today.
Housing society members cry foul
Chandigarh, August 31
Members of the Chandigarh Punjab Vidhan Sabha Secretariat Employees House Building (First) Society have lamented that the society management had failed to hand over
possession of flats in spite of them having paid over and above the cost of the different categories of flats.
3-yr-old girl electrocuted
Chandigarh, August 31
Suman (3) was electrocuted to death at Mauli Jagran here last night. According to police sources, Suman was going to her house with her six-year-old sister Lakshmi when she touched a cooler on the way.
P’kula to have modern slaughterhouse soon
Panchkula, August 31
The residents of Panchkula can finally hope to have hygienic meat and meat products as the township is set to get a state of the art slaughterhouse within next couple of months. A modern meat market is also proposed to set up along with it.
Raw meat being sold in the open at Abhaypur village in Panchkula on Sunday. Tribune photographs |
Rare surgery on newborn
Chandigarh, August 31
In a rare surgery, a newborn baby with congenital gastric outlet obstruction (pyloric
atresia) was successfully operated upon at Chaitanya hospital here.
Smoke creates a shield on the road,
thus blocking the view of motorists,
at Phase-I, Mohali, on Sunday.
Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu |
Sports courses now offer
job avenues
Chadigarh, August 31
“Padoge likhoge to banoge nawaab, kheloge kudoge toh hoege khraab,” but in today’s modern time, this old saying doesn’t hold much relevance, simply because the advent of sports courses like Bachelor of Physical Education (B.P.Ed.), which is now not only confined to teaching jobs but has many diverse job
avenues too.
Bansal honours girls’ cricket
team of Yuvsatta
Chandigarh, August 31
Yuvsatta’s all-girls cricket team in Bapu Dham Colony was honoured with white trek-suits, shoes and cricket kits by union minister of state for finance and Parliamentary affairs Pawan Kumar Bansal during a special function at Government Model High School (TM), Sector 26, here today.
Kala akademi to start host of events
Chandigarh, August 31
The Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi would start a host of events from next month, said newly-appointed chairman of the akademi Diwan Manna.
P’kula residents donate for Bihar flood victims
Panchkula, August 31
Joining hands with the people in other parts of the country, the residents of Panchkula have come forward to help flood victims in Bihar.
Free medical check-up camp
Chandigarh, August 31
As many as 300 children were examined at a free medical check-up camp organised at Sacred Heart School, Sector 26.
300 patients attend camp
Panchkula, August 31
A weeklong “hirsutism” camp concluded at National Skin Hospital, Mansa Devi Complex, here today.
Ego Bentley — World’s most expensive laptop
Let’s take a break from ultra mini-notebooks and cheap laptops like the RazorBook and delve into a laptop that doesn’t only cost as much as a car, but also made by a car manufacturer. Let’s enter the Ego Bentley.
Biz Word
Management week
Chandigarh, August 31
The British Library in association with the Chandigarh Management Association (CMA) will observe management week from September 1 to 6.
Tribune employee retires
Chandigarh, August 31
Ram Chander, Senior Foreman (Rotary),
The Tribune, retired here today after putting in about 35 years of service. He joined the institution in 1973. He was given a warm send off by his colleagues.
— TNS
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Chandigarh, August 31
