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        New PUNWIRE chief 
        SAS NAGAR,
        Dec 4  Mr D.S.Guru, Industry Secretary, Punjab, has
        taken over as the new Chief of the Punjab Wireless
        Systems in place of Mr Gurpal Singh. Sources in PUNWIRE
        said Mr Guru called a meeting of Associate
        Vice-Presidents of the company today.  
        
        Cable operators plan protest 
        CHANDIGARH,
        Dec 4  Cable television operators in the city and
        Mani Majra will shut off their operations for 24 hours,
        from 10 a.m. on December 6 to 10 a.m. on December 7. 
        Minor fire in Shatabdi 
        CHANDIGARH,
        Dec 4  A minor fire broke out in a coach of the
        Delhi-bound 2006 Shatabdi Express from Kalka in between
        Majri and Taraori railway stations near Karnal falling in
        Delhi division today. 
        
            
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                Water
                reservoir demand being ignored 
                PANCHKULA,
                Dec 4  The demand for the construction of
                an underground water reservoir in Sector 16 has
                been ignored since long by the Haryana Urban
                Development Authority. | 
                Housing
                finance scheme for applicants 
                SAS
                NAGAR, Dec 4  For the first time,
                successful applicants of different categories of
                duplex houses, will be able to get loans under a
                housing finance scheme. | 
             
         
        Cops will now have to be computer
        savvy 
        CHANDIGARH,
        Dec 4  All police stations of the city will be
        equipped with computers, which would be interlinked to
        the Police Headquarters in Sector 9. 
        
            
                Cultural
                fiesta by kids 
                CHANDIGARH,
                Dec 4  The two-day annual cultural
                programme of Mount Carmel School concluded at
                LECMA, 3 BRD Auditorium, today with presentation
                of awards to 120 students for excellence in
                academics, best all-round performance and 100 per
                cent attendance. | 
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        Zirakpur wards demarcated 
        ZIRAKPUR,
        Dec 4  The Department of Local Government of Punjab
        has notified the areas included in the 13 wards of the
        Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat. The residents have been asked
        to file their objections and suggestions about the
        formation of the wards by December 6. 
        
        3
        killed, 5 hurt in road mishap 
        KHARAR, Dec
        4  Three persons were killed while another five
        seriously injured in a road accident at Kurali yesterday.
         
        
            
                Planners thrash
                out problems 
                CHANDIGARH,
                Dec 4  Problems confronting architects and
                planners were discussed threadbare at a technical
                session of the one-day interactive programme
                On the threshold of the new
                millennium organised by the Punjab Service
                of Architects Association at Government Museum
                and Art Gallery today. 
                 
                2 Union Ministers arrive
                today 
                CHANDIGARH,
                Dec 4  The Union Civil Aviation Minister,
                Mr Sharad Yadav, will address a press conference
                at the Chandigarh Press Club at 1.30 p.m and the
                Union Minister of State for Food Processing, Syed
                Shah Nawaz Hussain, will address a press
                conference at 3.30 p.m | 
                
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