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 Fashion park Mann’s dream
Chandigarh, June 27
Fashion is not all about glitz and glamour. Sometimes ordinary people with rustic background dream of making it big in the fashion world. Mr H.S. Mann, Chairman of the Fashion Technology Park (FTP), Mohali, who along with Mr Gursharan Batra and Mr Sumesh Chawla of Greenfield Ventures Group, promoters of the project, is set to make Mohali the fashion capital of the country.
H.S. Mann
CHB shortlists two firms for housing project
Chandigarh, June 27
Following a period of no activity, the ambitious one and two bedroom project of the Chandigarh Housing Board has finally taken off with two companies being shortlisted for the design implementation.
Construction of two bedroom flats in Sector 49 begins with a worker starting digging at the site in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
— Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan |
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Where gays can live with gay abandon
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Chandigarh, June 28
An AIDS awareness campaign of the Family Planning Association of India has led to the formation of the region’s first self-help group of gays in village Mauli Jagran. Probably, the country’s first such alliance, several homosexual men from the village and its surrounding rehabilitation colonies have taken up jewellery designing to make themselves economically independent. |
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| Members of the self- help group of gays designing jewellery in village Mauli Jagran in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
— Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan. |
Non-surgical treatment for myopia available at PGI
Chandigarh, June 27
“Men don’t make passes at girls who wear glasses”. Modern science will alter this age old saying. Orthokeratology
(ortho-k), a non-surgical procedure that reshapes (flattens) the cornea of the eye using contact lenses and reduces the refractive error to achieve sharper vision without contact lenses has emerged as the easy solution for hundred of myopics today.
‘Heart line’ gives another Pak child gift of life
Chandigarh, June 27
When Junaid Ali boarded a train at Lahore for India 10 days ago, cozy in his mother’s lap, both his parents — Ajad Ali and Rehana were unsure about the future of their 11-month-old child. In a mater of days, the young Junaid, who is yet to learn to speak, is all set to return home this coming Thursday, hale and hearty. Junaid who arrived at the Fortis with a congenital defect — a hole in his heart, is all fixed up and will now be able to lead a normal and healthy life.
Junaid Ali in his father Ajad Ali’s lap is all smiles after the successful surgery to repair a hole in his heart. Padamshree Rajendra K. Saboo, a former world President of Rotary International looks on.
— Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu
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Narcotic bureau felicitates two
Chandigarh, June 27
The Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) today felicitated Rajneesh Sharma and Harbhajan Singh Bhatti for helping NCB sleuths in the re-arrest of an Israeli national, who escaped from the NCB custody in February last year.
Protest by UT employees
Chandigarh, June 27
On a call of the Coordination Committee of Government and Municipal Corporation Employees and Workers, employees from different wings of the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking, the Chandigarh Housing Board, Horticulture, Forest, Sanitation, Health, Sewerage, Technical Education and Maintenance Staff wings organised a “rasta roko” procession against the non-implementation of its demands here today.
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| Members of the Coordination Committee of Government and MC Employees, Chandigarh, protest in front of CTU depot No. 3, Sector 25, Chandigarh, on Tuesday.
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Punjabi version of book on law released
Chandigarh, June 27
Mr S.S. Virk, DGP, Punjab, today released a book titled ‘Mukh Faujdari Kanoon
Sanghta’ (a Punjabi version of major criminal Acts) authored by Dr Jaswinder Singh, an advocate from Patiala, at the Press Club here today. He emphasised the need to review the centuries-old Acts, within the frame work of Indian democracy, to ensure speedy justice to people.
ISKCON devotees take out Lord Jagannath rath yatra in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan |
Adventure expedition by engineer regiment
Chandigarh, June 27
A nine-day multidimensional adventure expedition undertaken by an assault engineer regiment was flagged-in at Chandimandir Cantonment here today. The expedition was organised to commemorate the regiment’s 10th Raising Day.
Sainik board invites applications
Chandigarh, June 27
The Kendriya Sainik Board, New Delhi, has invited application for Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme for wards of ex-servicemen (personnel below officer rank) and widows of personnel who died in service.
Book on pen friendship released
Chandigarh, June 27
Members of the Patiala-based Global Friendship Society of literary medical professionals were here in connection with the release of a book, “Silver Jubilee of Pen Friendship” by Dr Manjit Singh Bal. The book, is about pen friendship between a Sikh doctor and a Polish girl.
Painter electrocuted in police HQ
Chandigarh, June 27
A 24-year-old man was electrocuted in the Punjab Police headquarters in Sector 9 here last evening.
Chapru, a painter by profession, got electrocuted after he came in contact with a floor rubber machine.
Property tax survey okayed
Chandigarh, June 27
The Finance and Contract Committee of the Municipal Corporation at its meeting held here today, under the chairmanship of Surinder Singh, Mayor, accorded approval for survey of institutions, autonomous bodies and residential houses for assessment of Property Tax.
BJP forms panel for MC poll
Mohali, June 27
The BJP unit of Mohali has formed a committee for the Municipal Council Elections. The members include Harjit Singh Bhullar, Manjit Singh, Harcharan Singh Saini, G.K. Singla, Karnail Singh Sekhon, Bobby Kamboj, Amardeep Sharma and Rajinder Rozy.
A morning shock for shop owners
Mohali, June 28
Shop owners in Phase XI here were in for a shock this morning when they found many of their expensive electrical and electronic equipments, including computers and fridges, damaged following a spurt of high voltage.
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