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Pak hockey players’ wives agog about New Year bash
Chandigarh, December 30
It will be New Year celebrations on a different note for Kanwal Rehan Butt and Nahid Ghazanfar Ali, wives of two Pakistani hockey players, who are in the city to watch their husbands perform in the ongoing Premier Hockey League here.
Kanwal Rhan Butt (left) watches the PHL match at Hockey Stadium, Sector 42, in Chandigarh on Sunday.
— Tribune photo by Vinay Malik
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BJP on comeback trail: Advani
Chandigarh, December 30
Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart L.K. Advani, who has been recently projected by his party as the its prime ministerial candidate, was visibly upbeat today as he accused the ruling UPA government at the Centre of being “soft” on terrorism and predicted a “come back” for the BJP at the national-level.
Advani was in the city on a brief stopover on his way back home from Shimla.
BJP Leader L.K. Advani (L) makes a point at a conference in Chandigarh on Sunday. Also seen in the picture is former local MP Satya Pal Jain.
— A Tribune photograph
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Looking Ahead — 2008
Planned cultural growth, the next logical step
Chandigarh, December 30
For a city going strong on most indicators of development, it’s natural to sit back and relax. But life desires change lest complacency squanders treasures of the past. As Chandigarh prepares to step into the New Year, it faces fresh challenges to prove that it can do well on counts other than roads and parks.
Speak for animals: PETA
Chandigarh, December 30
Paul is a beetle that was kept in a small plastic bag along with other beetles and butterflies. A volunteer of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) noticed a schoolboy collecting tiny creatures in the bag. The volunteer took the bag from the boy and rescued Paul and others. He released them in their natural habitat.
Paul’s is just one of the stories featured in Rescued Calendar - 2008 released
by PETA to create awareness in public about animal welfare.
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Mayoral candidates list out priorities
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Chandigarh, December 30
Promising overall development, co-ordination with the administration and completion of pending projects of the Chandigarh municipal corporation, the three candidates for the mayoral poll listed out their agenda and priorities here today.
(From left) BJP candidate Gurcharan Dass Kala, BSP’s Jatinder Bhatia and Congress candidate Pradeep Chhabra at a press conference in Chandigarh on Sunday.
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BUNGEE BOY |
A child enjoys on the trampoline at Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh on Sunday.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan |
Mayoral Poll
Dhawan hints at alliance with BJP
To complain against ‘horse trading’ by Cong
Chandigarh, December 30
Hinting at a possibility of forming an alliance between the BSP and BJP ahead of the mayoral poll and choosing a common contesting candidate, BSP convener Harmohan Dhawan said he was holding discussions on the matter with the BJP and a possibility of a merger could not be ruled out.
Stray cattle move about in residential areas in Mohali in the absence of any solution to the problem.
— Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu |
CPI honours 9 leaders
Chandigarh, December 30
The Chandigarh unit of the Communist Party of India (CPI) today held its 13th conference at their party office in Sector 21, here, today.
As many as 140 delegates elected from 30 branches participated in the conference held under the presidium of H.S. Gambhir, Sheela Didi, Raghbir Singh Sandhu, Mohinder Sambar and Chander Shekhar.
Revised municipal electoral rolls released
Panchkula, December 30
The district administration, along with releasing the revised municipal electoral rolls, has also appointed officials in respective wards to dispose of the objections and claims of the people regarding this by January 8.
Engg dept changes plan as deadline approaches
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Chandigarh, December 30
In order to meet the deadline of January 1, 2008, for shifting inter-state bus routes from ISBT, Sector 17, to ISBT, Sector 43, the UT engineering department is now laying the parking area for the buses with premix instead of concrete at the Sector-43 terminal.
Work of laying the parking area in progress at ISBT, Sector 43, in Chandigarh on Sunday.
— Tribune photo by Vinay Malik
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Parking spells misery for residents
Chandigarh, December 30
Chandigarh will soon become another Bangalore if the administration continues to ignore parking problem in residential areas. The city has the highest number of four-wheelers per household.
With the tenant population growing in the city, the number of cars have also
seen an upswing.
SWEET HOME: Birds fly homewards as the sun sets in all its beauty in Rajpura on Sunday evening.
— Tribune photo by J.S. Virdi |
In Basta
Dimpy murder case
Law stops police from putting suspects to narco test
Chandigarh, December 30
Investigation into the high-profile murder of ‘gangster’ Prabhjinder Singh Dimpy hit a roadblock with the Chandigarh police’s inability to subject the prime suspects of the murder to the narco test.
Marriage palace bane of Baltana residents
Zirakpur, December 30
A marriage palace adjoining two residential colonies, Kalgidhar Enclave and Yog Vihar of Baltana, has become a source of continuous nuisance for the inhabitants of these colonies. Besides creating noise and air pollution, the marriage palace poses a traffic hazard due to its location on the Zirakpur-Baltana link road.
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