Back in her mother’s lap
Chandigarh, June 18
The local police today handed over the six-month-old girl abandoned three weeks ago at the Sector 23 Missionaries of Charity to her mother following DNA reports.
He lured 8 girls into wedlock, held
Chandigarh, June 18
A con man, Arjun, who duped eight girls by marrying them for looting their money and jewellery, finally fell into the net of the local police here today.
Dera controversy Amarinder’s game plan: Bitta
Mohali, June 18
Maninderjit Singh Bitta, founder-president of the All-India Anti-Terrorist Front, yesterday alleged that the entire Dera Sacha Sauda controversy was a “game plan” of former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh.
Bitta was in Mohali yesterday to attend a bhog ceremony.
Taragi, pallon, jhalani...Sounds French? It’s Punjabi
Chandigarh, June 18
“Taragi”! what? Unable to explain “taragi”, Sukhbir poses a counter-question. A new generation kid, Sukhbir, who shifted from Bathinda to Chandigarh recently, is not the only one unable to understand this word that has been part of Punjabi folklore for centuries. Like her, there are several thousands other kids who cannot understand colloquial Punjabi words like “taragi”. It is a thread tied around the waist of babies.
SEZ Blues
Villagers write to PM
Chandigarh, June 18
The welfare society of all 50 UT villages (Punjab capital project Chandigarh) has alleged that the Chandigarh administration is ignoring guidelines of the union government on land acquisitions and SEZ.
Fauji Beat
Is Army for garbage cleaning?
No doubt, the secondary role of the Army is to provide aid to civil power for specified tasks. But this does not mean that the Army help should be asked for the tasks that the civil administration neglects/avoids to do.
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CAG reveals serious shortfall in Army training
Chandigarh, June 18
Inadequate infrastructure and facilities at several Army training centres has compromised the training standards of recruits. This is evident from the percentage of relegation (extension of training) shooting up sharply.
Labour Wasted?
PCR vehicle sheds nobody’s baby
Panchkula, June 18
After the coming up of traffic control posts at all busy intersections, the latest addition to the town is the construction of PCR sheds to save the police from the vagaries of the nature.
Moon-Venus date
lights up the skies
Chandigarh, June 18
Poets would have rejoiced, lovers would have been smitten. The sight of the Venus cosying up beautifully to the Moon left everybody wonderstruck. And the moment during which the Heavens seemed to smile down as the Venus (which looks like any other star) caressed the Moon, is scientifically, a “lunar occultation of Venus.”
Jobless teachers to intensify stir
Chandigarh, June 18
Unemployed PTI teachers from Punjab, who have been staging a protest and a relay fast for the past over 16 days, today threatened to intensify their stir in the wake of delay by the state government to accept their demands. Representatives of the union said they would stage a protest at the beginning of the budget session of the state assembly.
— TNS
Bhatia press club president
Panchkula, June 18
Surinder Bhatia, a senior journalist with Punjab Kesri, and Dayanand Chaudhary, a staff reporter of Ajit Samachar, were unanimously elected president and secretary, respectively, of the Panchkula Press Club at a meeting of the general house here today.
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