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1,000
evade arrest
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 4 — The track record of the city police in
nabbing proclaimed offenders is far from satisfactory and
over the years the number of persons who have managed to
evade arrest is nearing the 1,000 mark.
Work is on
in full swing to complete the new OPD block at
the PGI, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. — A
Tribune photograph |
New OPD block at
PGI nearing completion
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 4 — A modern Outdoor Patients Department
block is nearing completion at the PGI here. The
OPD will have all medical facilities, including
operation theatres, and will be spread over
nearly 2.75 lakh square feet.The building is
scheduled to be completed by the end of September
and the shifting of the OPDs may take a couple of
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Electioneering picking up
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 4— With a week still to go for the formal
notification of the election process for the lone
Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat, electioneering has started
picking up here.
Tree guards, but no saplings to
guard
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 4 — Since beginning of April, hundreds of
quadrangular grey-coloured tree guards started appearing
on almost all major roads maintained by the Engineering
Department of the Chandigarh Administration.
A school with a difference
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 4 — Students attending an unrecognised school in
Janata Colony despite the presence of an adjoining
government school comes as a surprise.
Students call for strike
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 4 — As the tussle between the students'
organisations and the Panjab University authorities
continues with four students — Munish Anand, Hari
Singh, Bhupinder Singh and Anil Kundu — sitting on
an indefinite fast at the Student Centre and the Students
Organisation of Panjab University sitting on an
indefinite dharna outside the Vice-Chancellor's office
and giving a call for a strike beginning tomorrow to
oppose the fee hike, student activity in most departments
continues unhindered.
Warrants for co. officials
PANCHKULA,
Aug 4 — Arrest warrants have been issued against a
chairman and four directors of Surbhi Forests India Ltd,
a Mani-Majra based agro- forestry company for allegedly
duping its investors to the tune of over Rs 90 crore.
Shortfall in sanctioned staff
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 4 —The government-run technical institutions are
facing an acute shortage of teaching staff, with the
shortfall in the sanctioned staff varying between 30 per
cent and 48 per cent.
Dera Bassi municipal limits
extended
DERA BASSI,
Aug 4 — The Government of Punjab has extended the
limits of the Dera Bassi Municipal Council. The decision
has been taken on the basis of a resolution submitted by
the MC to the Secretary of the Local Government, seeking
extension of the jurisdiction of the municipality.
Rape case suspect surrenders
PANCHKULA,
Aug 4 — Amit, another suspect in the gang rape case
of a 14-year-old girl at Pinjore on July 17, today
surrendered before the duty magistrate here today.
7,992 new voters in Kalka segment
PANCHKULA,
Aug 4 — At least 7,992 new voters have been added to
the electoral rolls of the Kalka assembly segment of the
Ambala parliamentary constituency in the recent exercise
undertaken by the district election office to revise the
voters' list.
City
crime rate falls: IGP
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 4 — The crime rate graph in the city has
registered a downfall in the past two months due
to certain preventive measures initiated against
anti-social and suspicious characters by the
police, said Mr S.K. Singh, IGP, during an
informal interaction with mediapersons at Police
Headquarters here this noon.
Councillors
undecided on strategy
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 4 — Even as the BJP has announced the
candidature of Mr K.L. Sharma, party
vice-president and spokesman, from the Chandigarh
Lok Sabha seat, a group of independent
councillors in power in the Municipal Corporation
of Chandigarh is yet to decide its poll strategy.
Neglected garden
attracts few visitors
PANCHKULA,
Aug 4 — Topiary Garden in Sector 6 here
appears to have lost its glory. Once a favourite
place for strollers, the garden known for its 29
different animal topiaries today attracts few
visitors.
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Price
monitoring cell set up
CHANDIGARH,
Aug 4 — With a view to evolve a suitable mechanism
and monitor the prices of essential commodities in the
city, the UT Administration has set up a "price
monitoring cell".
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