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Smilingly, Sidhu follows on
Chandigarh, December 6
Courtroom Number 38 where, Navjot Singh Sidhu’s fate was to be decided today, was jam-packed almost 45 minutes before the start of the day’s proceedings.
A police officer gives instructions to supporters of Navjot Singh Sidhu outside the
Punjab and Haryana High Court in Chandigarh on Wednesday. — Tribune
photo by Pradeep Tewari
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MC POLL-06
Campaign business on
Chandigarh, December 6
With only two weeks left for the municipal corporation elections, campaigning is slowly picking up. All across the city, one can find party flags and posters of various candidates displayed. A few seem to have found a novel way of canvassing and have put up posters behind autorickshaws and cycle rickshaws! Others are busy with door-to-door campaigning.
Indus takes ’em for a ride
Chandigarh, December 6
Even before starting its operations, Indus Airways seems to have rubbed its passengers the wrong way. The airline has been selling tickets on its website even though flights have yet to take off. Passengers, two of whom were stranded at the Chandigarh airport, are an angry lot.
VIP brats at it again
Chandigarh, December 6
Two boys on a motor cycle were hit and injured on the Sector 9 and 10 separating road today.
It all started when a Prado and a Safari decided to race. The driver of Safari, Gurpreet Singh in a purported drunken state along with his friends Bikramjit Singh, and Surinder Singh, hit the motor cycle driven by Praveen.
Watch out
A city-based consultant in orthopaedics at “Arthroscopy and Spinal Endoscopy Centre”,
Dr Mohinder Kaushal, will present his research work titled “Innovative Device for Arthroscopic Microdiscectomy, Operative Technique & Results in 100 patients” at the orthopaedic conference of SAARC nations which started in Kathmandu, today.
Dr Mohinder Kaushal |
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In Town
Dr David Sadker, a professor at American University Washington, DC, will be in the city on Thursday to participate in an open discussion on ‘Confronting gender bias and sexual harassment’, at Dev Samaj College of Education Sector 36. Dr Sadker gained international repute for work in confronting gender bias and sexual harassment.
Dr David Sadker |
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Passing Through
How and since when have you been involved with bird conservation?
There was a devastating decline in the Condor population which had us all very worried. That’s when the “save the Condor” plan was conceived in 1996.
Chris Parish, Condor-conservation expert, Arizona |
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Rodrigues warns cops
Chandigarh, December 6
Sounding a clear signal to the Chandigarh Police, the UT Administrator, Gen (retd) S.F. Rodrigues, today said there was no excuse for violating rules and laws and no leniency should be shown to the violators.
City police is simply the best
Chandigarh, December 6
The Chandigarh Police has been judged the best in community orientation in the country during a survey carried out by an international organisation. The local police got 89.77 per cent under this category against the national average of 74.66 per cent.
NRI plans kitchen projects for kids
Chandigarh, December 6
Reaching out to starved children, an NRI of the region is coming to India for the launch of a 24-hour kitchen in Varanasi. A similar
project for Punjab and Haryana is in the offing.
9 enclosures demolished
Mohali, December 6
Nine of the 18 enclosures were demolished by the enforcement wing of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority during a
demolition drive outside Kumbra village here today. Even though the
demolition drive was peaceful, one of the encroachers threatened the staff with
a gun.
Trade unions’ activists stage protest
Chandigarh, December 6
Members of the Centre of Trade Unions, Punjab and Chandigarh, staged a protest in front of the Labour Commissioner’s Office in Sector 17 here this afternoon.
Members of the Centre of Trade Unions (CTU), Punjab and Chandigarh, stage a protest in front of the Labour Commissioner’s office in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Wednesday.
— A Tribune photograph
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Farmers to hold rally on December 18
Mohali, December 6
A committee of officials constituted by the Punjab Chief Minister,
Capt Amarinder Singh, more than two years ago to work on a land- pooling scheme
failed to watch the interests of farmers and came out with a policy only on
periphery development.
A flowery affair
Chandigarh, December 6
This year's Chrysanthemum Show, scheduled for December 8, is going to be a bouquet of speculations. After all controversies that marked last year's show, the participants are once again ready to take on each other with their chrysanthemums.
Kulbir Kaur, an ardent participant for the past four years, has equipped herself
with some new varieties and is all set to enter in the amateur category once
again.
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Bird sanctuary opened
Chandigarh, December 6
A bird sanctuary has been developed in Chandimandir Cantonment to protect wildlife, preserve ecological balance and protect the environment.
Christened Shivalik Bird Sanctuary, it will have an artificial lake to store
rainwater, which will also recharge ground water levels and attract migratory
birds.
Light and sound show from Jan 13
Chandigarh, December 6
The light and sound show on Chandigarh will start from January 13. A decision to this regard was taken at a high levelled meeting of the Chandigarh Administration here today.
The trial run of the show will commence on December 25 at Government Art College
and Museum.
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