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Rose fest: Mgt institute bags best maintained campus title
Chandigarh, February 22
The Chandigarh Administration today declared the results of the best gardens in the city as part of the Festival of Gardens-2007. Regional director, Regional Institute of Cooperative Management, Sector 32, has been awarded the first position in the best maintained college campus category.
The first positions have been bagged by Gogi Sekhon (house No. 339, Sector 9-D) in the large garden category, Col Balwant Singh (house No.42, Sector 9) in medium garden and prof Arunanshu Behera (House No.8H-7, PGI, Sector 12) in small garden.
Mrs and Mr Sekhon in their lawn in Sector 9, Chandigarh, on Thursday.
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Heaven on earth at Harmohan Sethi’s residence
Chandigarh, February 22
Lush-green carpet grass gently rising towards a side taking the experience of gardening to all new heights; chuckling red and gold flowers encouraging the blossoming of smiles, and a star of shining pebbles around a palm tree for making even the tired eyes twinkle with
joy---
Blooming amidst flowers: Harmohan Singh Sethi and his wife Abnash Sethi in their Sector 21 lawn in Chandigarh on Thursday.
— Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari |
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Drunk driver rams jeep into 4 vehicles
Chandigarh, February 22
The heavily drunk driver of a jeep allegedly rammed his vehicle into four vehicles before hitting it against a rotary in Sector 22 this morning. No one was seriously hurt in the mishap. A woman, who received minor injuries in the accident, was discharged from the Sector 16 General Hospital after administering first-aid.
Cong councillors boycott MC meeting
Chandigarh, February 22
The Congress councillors today boycotted the pre-house meeting of the Municipal Corporation.
Chandermukhi Sharma was the only Congress councillor
present.
The paid parking is expected an issue to be debated. Trying to avoid a noisy house meeting on February 26, the mayor tried to tell the councillors to restrict the meeting only to agenda issues and the budget.
Children of Harappan civilisation played hopscotch game: Expert
Chandigarh, February 22
More than 5000 years ago, children of the Harappan civilization too played the popular “seven stones” or hopscotch game in the middle of their streets. Excavations at the Rakhigarhi site in Haryana by the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) has thrown up fresh historical evidence for the reconstruction of the life of the people of the oldest civilization known in India.
Struggle in Nepal not yet over, says Maoist leader
Chandigarh, February 22
The Maoist movement in Nepal, it seems, has just begun, states Suresh
Alemagar, Adviser, CPM Maoists and also an interim member of the legislative parliament, currently in place in Nepal. As many as 73 of the 325 interim members are from the CPM Maoist party.
Vishwanath Sharma, central committee member. Jan Adhikar Suraksha
Sammiti, Suresh Alemagar, Adviser, CPM Maoists and NM Rawani, South Asia member, world people resistance movement. |
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Aliens on the civil services horizon
Chandigarh, February 22
How about an American or an Italian as our Foreign Secretary or an Israeli as our Defence Secretary?
The globalisation bug is all set to bite Indian bureaucracy if the Public Services Bill, 2006, drafted by the Central Government, is any indication to go by.
Couple in search of justice
Mohali, February 22
A Sector 66-based couple--Vijay Oberoi and Ajit Oberoi--is a harassed lot. Almost seven months after a fraud case was registered against five persons on their complaint, they are still moving from pillar to post to get justice.
Mangoes, melons arrive early
Chandigarh, February 22
The summers may still be far away… but you can savour the sweet summer fruits like mango and melons. Thanks to the rising temperatures in south India, these summer fruits have matured early and thus made their way to the city markets.
A fruit dealer shows the mangoes and melons that have arrived in the city.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan |
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Signals Corps chief visits Chandimandir
Chandigarh, February 22
The Army’s Signal Officer-in-Chief and the Colonel Commandant of the Corps of Signals, Lt-Gen Sivasankara Pillai Sree Kumar, visited Headquarters, Western Command at Chandimandir today.
Postal staff to pay missing amount
Chandigarh, February 22
Unable to ascertain who was behind the missing Rs 1 lakh cash from the post office accounts, employees of General Post Office, Sector 17, here and senior officials have reached a compromise.
De-addiction centre proposed
Chandigarh, February 22
To curb drug menace in and around the city, the UT administration has proposed to setup a drugs de-addiction centre in the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital, Sector-16. This is for the first time that the administration has given a thought for such a centre having modern facilities and techniques.
Row over shifting of shrine
Chandigarh, February 22
An attempt to shift the place of worship of a minority community in Rani Mohalla was resented by the devotees today.
Trouble began when Jasbir Singh, an advocate, and his family tried to shift the "mazar" adjoining their house allegedly with a view to undertake construction activity.They allegedly also tried to damage the shrine.
CHB to construct MIG flats
Chandigarh, February 22
Stung by criticism for ignoring the need for housing of the middle income group, the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) has drawn extensive plans to create housing stock for the next two to three years.
ESIC Day on Feb 24
Chandigarh, February 22
On the occasion of the 55th anniversary, the ESIC Day will be celebrated on February 24, This will be followed by a special services fortnight from February 24 to March 10.
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