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Submit plan on dumping ground, Verma asks MC
Chandigarh, August 23
The UT Administrator, Justice O.P. Verma, today asked the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, to submit a plan for the proper maintenance and greening of a dumping ground near Dadu Majra, west of Sector 38.
Residents of Dadumajra block the
Dhanas-Chandigarh road on
Monday. — A Tribune photograph
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Illegal exchange case: police may approach Interpol
Chandigarh, August 23
The Crime branch of the Chandigarh police is preparing a ground to rope in the Interpol in the USA and Canada in the illegal exchange case after detecting suspected remittances from the two countries in an account of one of the accused arrested.
CBI raids State Transport office
Chandigarh, August 23
A team of the Central Bureau of Investigation here today carried out six-hour-long searches in the State Transport Authority
(STA office) in Sector 18. The team, led by DSP Karnail Singh, entered the UT STA office in the afternoon and remained busy in examining documents till late evening, sources said.
Estate Office gives old couple a harrowing time
Chandigarh, August 23
An old couple who moved to the city about five months ago from Dehra Dun are allegedly facing the “wrath” of the Estate Office and its demolition squad.
On August 20, a team of the Estate Office demolished a grill and a portion of the balcony of their house, saying that it was illegal.
The couple alleged that they had been locked inside the house by the
Estate Office staff.
A portion of the broken balcony in Sector 15-A in Chandigarh.
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Are politicians out to politicise the Army?
When asked in “Hard Talk India” the other day whether there was any political compulsion behind the promotion of an officer to a Lieut-General’s rank, the Defence Minister, Mr Pranab
Mukerjee, said: “We go by the recommendations of the selection board”.
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Society’s transformation: some issues
Speaking of three influences of great significance in his life, President A P.J. Abdul Kalam referred the other day to the secularism reflected in Thirukkural, a famed poetic presentation of the ethics of life, the non-violence of Mahatma Gandhi and the leadership and scientific temper of the late Vikram Sarabhai, famed space scientist.
Volunteers donate blood at a camp at Dr Ambedkar Bhavan on Monday.
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Readers write
Baddi — a tale of broken promises
Baddi, a satellite township of Chandigarh, is in a state of gross neglect and official apathy by the HP Government. Baddi could have been developed on the lines of industrial areas like Noida, Greater Noida, Sonepat, Ambala, etc which would have provided excellent employment opportunities to the local population.
Brahma Kumaris’ Raksha Bandhan programme
Mohali, August 23
About 30 programmes have been planned by the local centre of the Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya in connection with the raksha bandhan celebrations.
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THE Punjab Governor Justice O.P Verma’s passion for greening the city was much evident in his Independence Day address, Verma since joining last year, has been asking the UT Administration to work out an ambitious plan to provide verdant green cover on road berms and rotaries.
Justice Verma is of a view that if we maintain and green vacant land, there are lesser chances of that place getting encroached upon and people would also tend to keep it clean.
