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Transport cos face estate office heat
Chandigarh, March 8
The estate office today started issuing notices to transport companies running offices from industrial plots in Industrial Area, Phases I and II, here. The decision was part of a beautification plan for Industrial Area under the Conversion Policy.
Doctor loses guard, patient his sight
Chandigarh, March 8
For the past many months, it has been a miserable existence for 80-year-old Narinder Singh, a victim of gross medical negligence.
Instead of operating upon the right eye for a corneal correction, the doctor
operated upon his left eye. As he was already blind in the right eye, the error
left the Jalandhar-based patient totally blind.
Narinder Singh
Periphery
Control Act
Unmasked: Plaint makes money out of land sale
Chandigarh, March 8
The family of Hardayal Singh Johl, which owns large chunk of land in Kishangarh area, has been fighting a legal battle with the Chandigarh administration over the issue of acquisition of land. It has also challenged the legality of the Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control Act.
Succeeding in a man’s world
Panchkula, March 8
In a world of crumbling male bastions, they have no qualms about admitting it is still a man's world and they are less equal than their male counterparts. That, however, is no deterrent for gutsy women, committed to forging ahead despite the odds staked against them.
Faridabad's Shivani Gupta receives a shawl on the occasion of International Women's Day while Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda looks on at the Indradhanush Auditorium, Sector 6, Panchkula, on Thursday.
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Abduction of students: Police clueless
Chandigarh, March 8
The local police is clueless about the whereabouts of Haryana IAS officer’s son Sunil Kumar, accused of abducting two students of his school.
Sushma felicitates girls on Women’s Day
Chandigarh, March 8
Clad in an ivory white saree complete with a phulkari dupatta, veteran actress Sushma Seth looked like a social worker, her new found role in life. In the city on International Woman’s Day and the obvious query to be asked is what does the day signify for her? “Though we are celebrating this day but the fact remains that an average Indian woman still remains deprived of her rights.
Sushma Seth |
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Safety at workplace sought
Chandigarh, March 8
Concerns over safety of women at workplace dominated the speeches that marked the Women’s Day celebrations organised by the Federation of UT Employees and Workers here today.
Financial independence advocated
Chandigarh, March 8
International Women’s Day was celebrated in Government College, Sector 11, here today.
‘Schemes for women fail to deliver’
Chandigarh, March 8
The women cell of the Punjab Bank Employees Federation today organised a function in connection with the International
Women’s Day.
Events mark International Women’s Day
Mohali, March 8
The Shivalik Institute of Education and Research, Phase VI, celebrated the International Women’s Day with fervour here today.
Mothers at work: Like any other routine day, women carry their children, unmindful that March 8 is Interenational Women’s Day.
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Sarthak: No proof found at accident site
Cops were called too late, says report
Panchkula, March 8
Unable to recover any inflammable material from the scene of the crime at the Sarthak Government School, Sector 12-A, the forensic department’s only hope of unravelling the mystery behind the fire lies in sample pieces of Aman’s burnt sari and pieces of carpet sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory in Madhuban for examination.
Chandigarh, March 8
Suffering with renal failure, 25-year-old Rita, is in a desperate need of help. With no source of income at hand, the girl, lodged at the PGI sarai for the past 10 months, has lost all hopes of survival. The meager help, which the family was getting from family sources has also stopped.
Rita (right) with her mother at the PGI
Sarai. — A Tribune photograph |
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Giving information about tenants, servants a must
Mohali, March 8
Keeping in view the rise in number of cases of crime in the district, deputy commissioner Tejveer Singh yesterday ordered residents living within municipal and nagar panchayat limits to provide full information about their tenants and servants to the police.
Property consultants want back old property transfer system
Chandigarh, March 8
The Property Consultants Association of Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali have demanded the restoration of the previous system of transferring a property’s ownership. The system provided for the transfer of ownership in the beneficiary’s favour on the basis of registered will without inviting objections.
Conversion policy — problems aplenty
Chandigarh, March 8
Stakeholders of the much-hyped conversion policy for Industrial Area are at their wits end for they are finding it hard to get various announcements made by the Chandigarh Administration implemented.
Power commission building inaugurated
Panchkula, March 8
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today inaugurated the newly constructed building of the office of the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission and laid the foundation stone of the office building of the Haryana Agro Industries Corporation Limited in sector 4 here today.
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Chandigarh
Tribune team carried out a survey of offices in the morning hours and
found rampant absenteeism.
