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Poll Code Violation
Notice to Bansal for opening swimming pool
Chandigarh, April 6
The UT unit of the Election Commission has issued a notice to Union minister Pawan Kumar Bansal for inaugurating a swimming pool at the Press Club in violation of the model code of conduct.
The BJP gave a verbal complaint in this regard on April 4 and the action was
taken on the basis of the news reports.
Flight Delay
Kuwait Airlines to pay Rs 70,000 penalty
Chandigarh, April 6
Holding Kuwait Airlines guilty of harassing two complainants, the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed the airlines to pay a compensation of Rs 70,000 (Rs 35000 each) for delay in the departure of a flight.
Pre-poll jitters for Cong, BJP
Colony cell chief joins
Congress
Chandigarh,
April 6
With chairman of the colony cell of the BJP Shashi Shanker
Tiwari throwing in his lot with the Congress, the focus has
turned on the turncoats who are giving the BJP and the Congress
jitters ahead of the May 13 elections.
Jolt to
BJP: BJP colony cell chairman Shashi Shankar Tiwari (garlanded) flanked by Pawan Kumar Bansal
after the former joined the Congress in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo:Vinay Malik |
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Dhawan throws housing bait
Chandigarh, April 6
After Satya Pal Jain (BJP) and Pawan Bansal (Congress), it is BSP candidate Harmohan
Dhawan, who has taken to populism. Seeking to replicate the UP Chief Minister and BSP supremo Mayawati's social engineering formula in Chandigarh, Dhawan today promised houses to poor of the city under the Garib Awas Yojana on the pattern of the UP government.
Master Plan
Slums to make way for EWS houses
GMADA to develop 16,674 hectares
Mohali, April 6
Removing slums and building houses for the economically weaker section on the area will be the priorities of GMADA while implementing the recommendations in the master plan 2006-2031 for the SAS Nagar local planning area.
Sector 17 police fails to register FIRs
Chandigarh, April 6
Despite a number of rulings by the Supreme Court and other courts, getting a First Information Report (FIR) registered is still a difficult task. Two city residents are making rounds of the Sector 17 police station for the past over four days with the officials turning them away on one pretext or the other.
Inter-Bank Transactions
Smaller banks fail to synchronise ATMs
Chandigarh, April 6
Even six days after inter-bank ATM usage was made free, the benefit continues to elude most bank consumers.
Since April 1, consumers have been facing harassment, as several smaller banks have not yet fallen in line to effect inter-bank transactions at their ATMs.
Skimmed Milk Powder
Dairy
industory for revival of exports
Chandigarh, April 6
The dairy industry in Punjab and Haryana is looking at a revival of exports of skimmed milk powder
(SMP), with the steady
gain in international price of SMP over the past two months.
Barnala’s ‘Meri Do aur Betian’ released
Chandigarh, April 6
The Urdu version of “Meri Do aur Betian”, the latest work of Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh
Barnala, was released here today. The book sums up Barnala’s fatherly affection towards two girls Naseem and Kiranjot who were from Kashmir and USA, respectively, and unfortunately died of different ailments. |
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| Haryana Governor Dr AR Kidwai (right) releases a book ‘Meri Do aur Betian’, authored by Surjit Singh Barnala, at Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari |
Justice Majithia is head of newspaper wage boards
Chandigarh, April 6
It is for the first time that the Central government has appointed a legal luminary from this part of the country as the chairman of the National Wage Boards for Journalists and non-Journalist Newspaper Employees.
Rain paves way for pleasant weather
Chandigarh, April 6
Intermittent rain since morning gave way to a cool and pleasant weather in the city today providing relief to the residents from the hot and sultry weather prevailing in the town for the last
fortnight.
Water logging in colony no. 5 after the minor rain in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune Photo: S Chandan
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Stray dogs caused fatal accident
Panchkula, April 6
It was stray dog menace that led to the death of Gurtaj Sandhu (26) in a road accident here late last night.
Gurtaj, a student of MDS at National Dental College, Dera Bassi, was killed after he tried to prevent running over two dogs near Red Bishop and lost control of Scorpio.
e wild wild web
India has more than 8 crore Internet users
India, with 81 million internet users, has made long stride. It stands fourth in the world. Contrary to the common belief about the penetration of Internet, a recent report by the “Internet Governance Forum” has revealed that number of people with internet access in India and all over the world has been growing
rapidly.
Foreign youths meet Rodrigues
Chandigarh, April 6
A delegation of 23 foreign youths of Indian origin, under the "Know India
programme", called on Punjab Governor and UT Administrator SF Rodrigues. The programme was organised by the Central Ministry of Overseas Affairs, with a view to creating awareness among the youths about the phenomenal transformation taking place in India and strengthening their
linkage with their motherland.
MES union protest against delay in disbursement
Panchkula, April 6
Thousands of members of the Military Engineer Service (MES) Workers Union staged a dharna protesting against the delay in disbursement of allowances pending since Operation Prakram at Chandi Mandir here today.
Protest against clean chit to Cong leaders
Chandigarh, April 6
Accusing the Central government of adopting the double standards, president of the Chandigarh Akali Dal Gurpartap Singh Riar, along with his supporters, today condemned the CBI for giving the clean chit to alleged perpetrators of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Two run over by trains
Chandigarh, April 6
Two city residents were killed in separate mishaps after being hit by trains in various parts of the city today.
Kailash Chander (70) was killed after being hit by a train near railway crossing in Mani Majra this morning, while
Sanju, in his late 20s, was killed on elevated railway track on Chandigarh-Ambala road in evening.
398 accident cases registered in one year
Mohali, April 6
As many as 398 cases of road accidents were registered in 2008. The increase in accidents was mainly due to factors like alarming increase in the number of vehicles on the road, people disobeying traffic rules and lack of knowledge of prompt and effective first-aid.
Undisclosed income worth Rs 306 cr detected
Chandigarh, April 6
The rate of detection of undisclosed during the income tax surveys has seen manifold rise this year as a total of undisclosed income of Rs 306 crore was detected within Chandigarh this year.
Training session for poll staff
Chandigarh, April 6
The official machinery is gearing up for the May 13 Lok Sabha polls in Chandigarh.
A training session for election officials was held at Punjab Engineering College to apprise them about the poll process.
Water scarcity in Sec
28
Chandigarh, April 6
Residents of Sector 28 here have been facing acute shortage of water for the past three days. Residents complained that they had not been receiving regular water supply since Saturday morning.
Department store challaned
Chandigarh, April 6
Officials from the prevention
of food adulteration department of the administration challaned More
Departmental Store for selling goods without having licences issued by
the health department here today. The team headed by Dr Rajesh Dhir also
lifted samples of eatables from the store.
Officials from the prevention of food adulteration department after lifting samples from More Departmental Store, Sec 32, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tiwari
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Records from MC, Estate Office seized
Chandigarh, April 6
Sleuths of the CBI today conducted searches and seized records from the Estate Office and the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh pertaining to 20 plots in Sector 52, which were illegally sold.
Tent dealers demand godowns
Chandigarh, April 6
A delegation of the Chandigarh Tent Dealers’ Society today submitted a memorandum to SF
Rodrigues, UT Administrator, regarding their demand for godowns for the tent houses, which were functioning in the city.
Fee refund eludes 650 NRI students
Chandigarh, April 6
If the claims of PU students are to be believed, around 650 NRI students are yet to receive the long-promised fee refund amounting to several lakhs for the reasons better known to the authorities only.
GMCH gets more MD seats
Chandigarh, April 6
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has granted permission for three seats in MD transfusion medicine and two seats in MD psychiatry at Government Medical College and Hospital
(GMCH), Chandigarh, from this session.
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