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City
police to interrogate 2 BKI men held in Delhi
Chandigarh July 1 — While there has been no
breakthrough in the yesterday bomb blast here in
an unmanned parking lot in Sector 34, the police
is hopeful of achieving something vital with the
arrest of two Babbar Khalsa International (BKI)
activists from the Inter State Bus Terminus in
New Delhi. |
Disappointment
is writ large on the faces of these customers,
mostly senior citizens, after the computer system
at the Sector 17 main branch of Punjab National
Bank developed a snag, leading to total
disruption of services in the bank on Thursday
— A Tribune photograph
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Computer snag
halts PNB work
CHANDIGARH July 1 — Customers of Punjab
National Bank's (PNB) main branch at Sector 17,
here, today suffered as no transaction took place
due to the failure of the computer software.
Pensioners and saving account holders were kept
waiting to draw money. According to a source, the
terminals have not been working since last
evening. |
Electronic voting this time
CHANDIGARH July 1— Electronic voting machines (EVMs)
will be used for the first time in all polling stations
of the city during the coming parliamentary elections.
Nearly 650 EVMs, one at each polling station, are
expected to be used, which will provide the necessary
information at the press of a few buttons.
Secretariat
goes without water
CHANDIGARH July 1 — Nearly 15,000 employees of the
Punjab and Haryana Civil Secretariat had to do without
water after lunch today. A couple of buckets of water
were arranged for some of the VVIPs, including the Chief
Ministers and the Chief Secretaries as all overhead tanks
went dry and no supplies were made in the afternoon and
the evening.
Gurdas
Mann show for Kargil heroes
CHANDIGARH July 1 — The Strides Charitable Trust
will organise a Gurdas Mann nite in honour of the Kargil
war heroes on July 4 in the city. Ms Bittu Sandhu and Ms
Ritu Jhingon, spokespersons of the trust, said it was an
attempt to show solidarity with the troops fighting in
Kargil.
Resolutions await
implementation
CHANDIGARH
July 1 — When it comes to passing
resolutions, nobody can match the Municipal
Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC). But the
implementation of the resolution leaves much to
be desired with the result that a majority of the
resolutions passed by the 29-member civic body
have remained on papers or have been implemented
in their diluted form. |
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Seminar on role of open school
CHANDIGARH
July 1 — The role of the National Open School in
being effective in countering the problem of dropouts,
helping in providing education to the underprivileged
classes of society and promoting education among women
was the central theme of the seminar held at the College
of Arts, Sector 10, here today.
Engineers
threaten protest
CHANDIGARH
July 1 — The Association of Power Engineers of the
Union Territory of Chandigarh has threatened to resort to
work to rule besides going on long leave in protest
against their harassment by the Vigilance Cell of the
Administration.
Rising
to the occasion
KHARAR July 1 — It was a rare
act of love for the country which was seen here
today when a beggar donated all the money he had
collected today for the welfare of the Army men
fighting in the Kargil sector. A member of the
local Lions Club told reporters that a beggar
donated his day's "earning" of Rs 10
for the welfare of Army men fighting in Kargil
sector. |
People
write messages on a huge banner put up by the
local unit of the Youth Congress expressing their
solidarity with the troops fighting in Kargil, in
Sector 17, Chandigarh on Thursday — A
Tribune photograph |
SSC to make group ‘B’
recruitment
CHANDIGARH July 1 — Recruitment to all group
‘B’ posts in the maximum pay scale of Rs 10,500
has been taken out of the purview of the Union Public
Service Commission and given to the Staff Selection
Commission.
New
guidelines on forest land use
PANCHKULA July 1 — The Union Ministry of Environment
and Forest has issued fresh guidelines on the diversion
of forest land for non-forest purposes under the Forest
(Conservation) Act, 1980, that are part of national parks
and wildlife sanctuaries.
Rain on the
eve or during a function is considered a good
omen. These "shramdanis" are all cheers
at the closing ceremony of Shramdan-99 is
interrupted by intermittent showers at Sukhna
Lake on Thursday — A Tribune photograph |
21 lakh cubic
feet of silt removed
CHANDIGARH July 1 — Nearly 21 lakh cubic
feet of silt was removed from the bed of Sukhna
Lake during shramdan which concluded here this
morning. A total of 20.10 lakh cubic feet of silt
was removed by mechanical means while the
remaining 8,500 cubic feet was removed manually
through shramdan which started on May 7. |
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Kapil's boycott call supported
