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BJP-SAD for MCC dissolution
Alliance not to field any nominee for Mayor’s poll
Chandigarh, August 3
The majority 15-member BJP-Akali Dal Municipal Corporation Councillors group in the 30-member House here today forwarded a resolution for the dissolution of the House following the party high command decision of not fielding, proposing, seconding and voting for any candidate in the Mayoral election scheduled for August 10, raising the possibilities of an early end of the corporation’s five-year term.

MC poll in early October
Chandigarh, August 3
The election for the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC) heading towards dissolution with the BJP today deciding not to contest the Mayoral election, could earliest be held by mid September or early October and they could be advanced by three months if Administration accepts the dissolution of the Corporation sought by almost all parties.

Admn may buy power from HP
Chandigarh, August 3
The Chandigarh Administration is in the process of tying up with the Himachal Pradesh Government to buy power on a long-term basis from Himachal Pradesh for its proposed Chamera stage II power generation project on River Ravi. A date to sign an agreement between the Administration and HP Government will be announced soon.

No additional power cuts in Aug
Cool times ahead for city residents
Chandigarh, August 3
City residents can heave a sigh of relief as the expected power cuts which were to re-start in the city from August 1, are not being imposed now. The Northern Region Electricity Board (NREB) has decided that it will not immediately impose its penalty tariff on overdrawal of power.

Arrests, probe order follow as tragedy sinks in
SAS Nagar, August 3
The Punjab Government has ordered an inquiry into the incident of drowning of a 13-year-old boy in the Phase VI swimming pool. 

Sinking of safety rules led to boy’s drowning
SAS Nagar, August 3 The death of a 13-year-old student of the local Paragon Senior Secondary School due to drowning in the Phase VI swimming pool yesterday has raised a debate on the state of affairs at the pool. The arrow shows the area where the body of Karanbir Singh was found at the bottom of the swimming pool in Phase VI of SAS Nagar on Thursday evening.

• Safety questionable at city’s pools

CONTAMINATION OF WATER SUSPECTED
PGI operation theatre complex closed
Chandigarh, August 3
After a revelation that the water supply to the PGI operation theatre complex has been contaminated by micro-organisms , the hospital administration has decided to close its operation theatre complex with immediate effect.

Constructive ties with media must: Railway CPRO
Chandigarh, August 3
Mr Davinder Pal Singh Sandhu, the new Chief Public Relations Officer of the Northern Railway, wants a “constructive relationship” with the media, to take the Railways to the level of people’s expectations.

COMMUNITY

City sweats as monsoon takes a break
Chandigarh, August 3
Residents of Chandigarh and its neighbouring states continue to perspire due to heat and humidity. The Director of the city Meteorological Department, Mr S.C. Bhan, says that these conditions are likely to persist till August 10. July 20 to August 10 is the time for a break in the monsoon when the low-pressure trough line shifts towards the foothills of the Himalayas, he says.

IN FOCUS
Neglect mars prime property
Kharar
About two acres of prime land and the building constructed on it long ago are lying in neglect and cry for care. This building at one time housed the civil hospital, and in later years was used as a judicial complex. The Panchayat Samiti of Kharar which owns this property has not shown any interest in its maintenance.

Where faith flows from strings of thread Chandigarh, August 3 Eleven-year-old Maru washes utensils in the household of Sector 32 and many of her friends do the same in other sectors. Buying threads that bind: Women flock a market to hunt for the most impressive rakhis in Chandigarh on Friday — Photo Manoj Mahajan

The nuisance of condemned vehicles
Chandigarh, August 3
The Mani Majra Motor market, has virtually become a dumping ground for junk vehicles and used tyres.

FLAVOUR OF THE WEEK
Influx of screen celebrities
Chandigarh
Some small screen as well as big screen personalities kept halting in the city confirming the view that this city is falling in line with other active cities such as Delhi, Pune and Kolkata.

EATING OUT
Salads for all tastes
Chandigarh
On August 1, Hotel Aroma, Sector 22, opened Salad Days, a multi-cuisine buffet luncheon (from 1 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.) in its inner courtyard which has been tastefully done up in style, giving one the feeling that a global village is a reality.

Stress on quake-resistant structures
Chandigarh August 3
‘‘There is no way which can predict earthquakes. All we can do is to find means and ways in which earthquakes are measured properly and then study the trends which emerge,’’stated Mr KL Arora, an expert of seismology from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai.

JD (U) ultimatum to Punjab, Haryana Chandigarh, August 3 The Janata Dal (U) today served a six-month ultimatum on the Punjab and Haryana Governments to leave Chandigarh and build their own capitals. Activists of the Janata Dal (U) burn effigies of the Punjab and Haryana Governments in Chandigarh on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

Yoga conference tomorrow
Chandigarh, August 3
The Chandigarh Yog Sabha will organise a grand yoga conference at the Yog Sadhna Kendra in the Community Centre of Sector 21-D on August 5.

CRIME

Four cars stolen
Chandigarh, August 3
Four cars were reported to have been stolen from the city during the past 24 hours. Mr Ramandeep Singh, a resident of Sector 38 A, reported that his Indica car (CH-03-D 3749) had been stolen on August 2.

BUSINESS

Seminar on electrical protection
Chandigarh, August 3
The GE Power Controls, a business wing of General Electric of the USA, today held a seminar on electrical protection and modernisation taking place in the field on the CII premises here today.

BIZCLIP
Launched