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Free pick-&-drop facility for senior citizens
Chandigarh, April 4
In a bid to ensure a good turnout in the coming Lok Sabha elections, the UT Election Department will offer free pick-and-drop facility to senior citizens who would have nobody at home to ferry them to the polling station.
Chandigarh Votes 2014
‘I have responded to the needs of the city’
 Congress
candidate Pawan Kumar Bansal is in favour of developing the city on the pattern of the NCR. He feels changes in building bylaws need to be made through participative democracy.
Congress candidate for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat Pawan Kumar Bansal (centre) at an interactive session “Chandigarh Votes 2014” at The Tribune office in Chandigarh on Friday. Prominent residents (from left) Nirmal Dutt, Charanjiv Singh, Ronki Ram, PC Sanghi, Neeraj Nagpal and Col Gursewak Singh also took part in the session. Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan
Kirron Kher for film city in UT
 Chandigarh, April 4
"I want a hi-tech 'Media and Film City' in Chandigarh, said Kirron
Kher, BJP candidate for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat while addressing a session on
'Chandigarh Votes: Aspirations' organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII) & Yi Tricity Chandigarh Chapter at its Northern Region Headquarters in Sector 31 today.
In a different role: Actor Anupam Kher campaigns for his wife Kirron Kher, BJP candidate, in Mani Majra on Friday. Tribune photo pravesh chauhan
BJP put on notice
Chandigarh, April 4
Returning officer Mohammed Shayin has issued show-cause notices to the
BJP. The party has been accused of using foul language during its rally at Sector 34. The Congress had filed two complaints against BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and the party general secretary Aarti
Mehra.
SALUTING THE AAM AADMI: AAP candidate Gul Panag campaigns in Sector 45, Chandigarh, on Friday.
Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
poll din: ABVP activists campaign door to door at Sector 15 in Chandigarh on Friday. Tribune photo pradeep tewari
Moment of joy: Students of the Chandigarh Institute of Hotel Management in a jubilant mood after receiving prizes at the annual prize distribution function in Sector 42, Chandigarh, on Friday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan |
Ballot papers in Braille
Chandigarh, April 4
The UT Election Department has got ballot papers printed in Braille Signage for the visually impaired.
Teachers divided over extending support
Chandigarh, April 4
The Government Teachers Union (GTU) and the UT Cadre Educational Employees Union are at loggerheads.
Mystery shrouds cop’s death
Chandigarh, April 4
A Punjab Police constable died under mysterious circumstances at the residence of a Punjab minister in Sector 2 here on Thursday night.
ambala votes 2014
Cong leaders upset as Selja gives poll campaign a miss
Panchkula, April 4
Congress leaders are peeved as the two-time MP from
Ambala, Kumari Selja, canvassed for the party candidate from Chandigarh but stayed away from the election campaign of the party's candidate from Ambala constituency.
Poll expenditure under close watch: Mohali DC
Mohali, April 4
To conduct fair elections on April 30, various arrangements have been made and close monitoring of the expenditure incurred by political parties and candidates is being done, stated District Electoral Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu during a meeting with nodal officers and expenditure monitoring teams.
Fed up with political drama, false assurances, say students
Chandigarh, April 4
Several students of Government Home Science College, Sector 10, here are fed up with the political drama and the false assurances given by the contesting candidates and have decided not to vote.
Mulajam Sangharsh panel holds protest in Mohali
Mohali, April 4
The Mulajam Sangharsh Committee, Mohali, organised a protest today in support of various demands. The protest was held in response to a call given by the Punjab and UT Employees Sangharsh Committee, which comprises several bodies.
Students hold protest
Chandigarh, April 4
Students of Shri Dhanwantry Ayurvedic College today staged a dharna against the Panjab University
(PU) for not issuing roll numbers for examinations for the academic year 2013-14.
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