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City kids
enjoy themselves at the parade that started from
the Leisure Valley, Sector 10, and terminated at
the Plaza, Sector 17, on Friday. — Tribune
photo by Manoj Mahajan |
A dash of sparkle
to Carnival kick-off
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 3 — The Millennium Carnival Parade, that
preceded the Chandigarh Carnival-99, this
afternoon, started off on an impressive note with
about seven ‘Nek Chand floats’,
colourful cultural troupes from eight northern
states dancing atop the tableau, and six local
government schools participating in the carnival
in fancy dresses and masks and with lively bands.
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Secretariat employees stage rally
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 3 — Punjab Civil Secretariat employees staged a
rally to protest against the non-payment of salaries for
this month on the Secretariat premises here today.
Teachers robbed of Rs 1.10 lakh
PANCHKULA,
Dec 3 — Four persons who were in a blue Maruti van,
robbed two teachers of Government Middle School in Sector
17, here this afternoon.
Surpise guest strikes again
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 3 — It was the turn of Superintendents of the UT
Secretariat to receive a surprise guest just before lunch
break today.
Educating and challaning
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 3 — School children will be involved in
regulating traffic and the emphasis of the traffic police
will now be on educating the people rather than
challaning.
3,000 take part in painting
contest
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 3 — About 3,000 children from 22 schools of
Chandigarh, SAS Nagar, Panchkula, Chandi Mandir, Kharar
and Morinda participated in an on-the-spot painting
contest organised by the SSIS Computer Education and
Sylvan at Shivalik Public School here today.
PU Syndicate poll
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 3 — The annual elections to select 15 members
for the syndicate body of Panjab University will be held
on December 27 and 28.
700 attend AIDS awareness camps
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 3 — As many as 700 persons attended two AIDS
awareness-cum-medical camps, organised for the diagnosis
and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and
reproductive tract infections, by the State AIDS Control
Society of the UT.
‘Rationalise new tax’
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 3 — Cable TV operators are up in arms against
the decision of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh
to impose tax on the multi-system operators and cable
operators.
Architects meet today to sort out
problems
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 3 — Octogenarian Giani Rattan Singh, who worked
as a modeller with Le Corbusier, will be among a galaxy
of serving and retired architects, invited for a one-day
interactive programme "on the threshold of the new
millennium-2000'' to be held here tomorrow.
SAS Nagar to get fish market
KHARAR, Dec
3 — The Punjab Government has decided to set up and
construct a market in SAS Nagar for the sale of fish soon
so that farmers could get proper rates.
JE
succumbs to injuries
SAS
NAGAR, Dec 3 — Mr Kanwaljit Singh, a Junior
Engineer posted at the local office of PUDA, died
yesterday at the PGI, following a road accident
on Tuesday.
Contest against social
evils
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 3 — Under a campaign against social
evils, Government High School, Sector 40, today
organised a drawing and painting competition
against social evils. |
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