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Jailbreak accused
blames SSP
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 19 — Claiming to be innocent, human
rights advocate D.S. Rajput today stated that he
was implicated in the jailbreak case with the
connivance of the then UT Senior Superintendent
of Police, Mr C.S.R. Reddy, for filing writ
petitions against "highly placed"
police officers.
Houses crack as well caves
in
6 families vacate
homes in Kansal
KANSAL
(Kharar), Dec 19 — Cracks in walls of more
than six houses due to caving in of an ancient
well has spread fear among the residents of
Kansal village, about 6 km from the PGI.
Kids get 3rd dose of polio
drops
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 19 — A total of 98,572 children up to
five years of age were administered oral polio
drops in the city on the first day of the third
round of the four-phased Intensified Pulse Polio
Eradication Programme today. Besides this, 4,883
children above five years of age were also
administered polio drops at 325 immunisation
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PGI
entrance being beautified
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 19 — Stench and filth identifiable with
unauthorised footpath vendors sitting near the entrance
to the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and
Research may soon disappear as a local industrialist has
voluntarily taken up the "beautification" of
the area.
All
set to meet long-lost kin
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 19 — Khurshida (now Gurnam) is all set to meet
her brothers and sisters across the border, thanks to the
efforts being made by the Jati Umra Indo-Pak Parivar
Milap Trust, which has embarked upon the task of
reuniting families separated during Partition.
Visitors
relive Kargil days
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 19 — As the two-day Army show and equipment
exhibition drew to a close this evening, hordes of
visitors were still at the gates, pleading to be let in
to have a glimpse of the weapons and other equipment
displayed at the Sector 17 Parade Ground.
City
student second in Limca quiz
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 19 — Vivek Ghai, a class XII student of the
local DAV College, has won the second prize in the Limca
national quiz contest held at Delhi recently.
Gurinderjit
Singh Sandhu is Golf Club President
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 19 — Mr Gurinderjit Singh Sandhu, an IAS officer
of the 1978 batch belonging to the Punjab cadre, was
today elected President of the Chandigarh Golf Club. He
defeated his rival and sitting President, Mr Tegvir Singh
Sibia, by a margin of 86 votes in a straight contest.Mr
Sandhu polled 571 of the 1060 votes cast yesterday. Mr
Sibia polled 485, while the remaining four were declared
invalid.
CHEMCOM
’99 begins today
CHANDIGARH,
Dec 19 — The Indian Chemical Engineers Congress
which opens here tomorrow in Panjab University will
feature top gurus from the field of chemical
engineering.The congress coincides with the 52nd annual
session of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers.
From
the schools
Dances, songs
mark school function
PANCHKULA,
Dec 19 — Dances and songs marked the 23rd
annual function celebrations of Satluj Public
School (junior wing), Sector 2, at Satluj Stadiam
in Sector 4 here today. The programme got off to
a colourful start with the students jiving to the
catchy tune of boogie woogie.
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