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Voting, counting
to be high-tech
Chandigarh,
Aug 12 — Calculators in large numbers will
be part of any political party's equipment during
the forthcoming Lok Sabha poll in Chandigarh. On
the other hand, no political party will be in a
position to raise cliched slogans exhorting the
voters to stamp on a particular election symbol
to make their candidate successful. |
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Antique
sword case: suspects surrender
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 12 — Mr H.P.S. Mader and Mr A.K. Srivatsava,
suspects in the antique sword case, today surrendered to
a city court to cooperate with the police in the
investigations.
Heavy
rush for MA(I) admissions
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 12 — Heavy rush of students was seen on the
Panjab University campus as the final lists for
admissions to the masters in arts (I) courses in nine
social sciences department were displayed here today.
Rain
disrupts life
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 12 — Heavy rains lashed the city and its
surrounding areas this morning, resulting in
flooding of roads and disruption of normal life
and causing hardship for office goers.
Old woman electrocuted
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 12 — In yet another case of
electrocution, an old lady reportedly died after
coming into contact with a live electricity wire
in Bapu Dham Colony, Sector 26, this morning.
Experiment gives positive
results
SAS
Nagar, Aug 12 — A novel experiment adopted
by the Punjab School Education Board to have
alternative sets of question papers to check the
incidence of mass copying during the board
examinations this year appears to have shown
positive results. |
Darkness
engulfs the sky at 9 am, forcing drivers of
vehicles to turn on headlights. Streetlights are
also on. This photograph was taken by Gautam
Singh on the road dividing sectors 16 and 17 in
Chandigarh on Thursday. |
Bail
granted to SE
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 12 — The Punjab and Haryana High court today
granted bail to C.J. Rai, Superintending Engineer with
the Punjab State Electricity Board who was earlier on
deputation with the Chandigarh Administration as
Executive Engineer and booked in FIR no 1 of 1999 by the
UT Vigilance Department.
Nominees
yet to file papers
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 12 — No nomination paper was filed for the
Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat at the end of the second day of
filing of nomination papers here today.
Market
body unhappy with police
PANCHKULA,
Aug 12 — Members of the market association of Sector
9 are unhappy over the way the police has handled an
alleged cheating case in which the suspect, Sohan Lal,
was apprehended by the members and handed over to the
policemen after being beaten up, here today.
Film
festival fails to draw crowds
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 12 — The four-day French Festival at the TTTI,
Sector 26, organised by the Chandigarh Films Society in
collaboration with the TTTI Cultural Club, is proving to
be a visual treat for the select audience.
Gatka
show organised
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 12 — The Punjab Sangeet Natak Akademi, in
collaboration with the Indian Council for Cultural
Relations (ICCR), today organised a programme of the
martial art form of Punjab — Gatka — at the
Punjab Kala Bhavan, Rose Garden, Sector 16, as part of
its regular Thursday programmes.
Follow-up
Threat
to temple remains
JAYANTIMAJRI,
Aug 12 — The ancient temple of Jayanti Devi here
continues to be under threat of caving in as the district
authorities remain indifferent to its condition. Earth
continues to be washed away from under it and some part
of brick and stone structure has already collapsed.
Globalisation
‘not helpful to India’
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 12 — The new policy of liberalisation has led to
increasing divergence in the development process at the
regional level. As a result of this, inter-state
inequalities in per capita income and labour productivity
has widened, including the gap between the agriculture
and non-agriculture sectors.
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