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Bodies
of 6 Turtuk heroes arrive in city
CHANDIGARH,
July 7 — The mortal remains of six valiant soldiers
who laid down their life while fighting intruders in the
Turtuk sector on July 4 were brought to the N Area by air
from Leh here this morning.
UGC disallows private candidates
CHANDIGARH,
July 7—The fate of thousands of students appearing
in the various degree examinations of Panjab University
as private candidates hangs in balance in the wake of a
directive issued by the UGC in the letter dated May 17
which says, "No candidate will be allowed to appear
in the university examinations as private candidate with
effect from the session 1999-2000''.
Most streetlights faulty
CHANDIGARH,
July 7 — Even as the Municipal Corporation of
Chandigarh pays lakhs of rupees to the Electricity
Department of the Chandigarh Administration for the
maintenance of streetlights, a majority of the residents
continue to grope in the dark on account of
non-functioning of streetlights.
20 school buses challaned
CHANDIGARH,
July 7 — In a drive launched from today to ensure
that school buses and other vehicles used for
transporting children to schools in the city ply in
accordance with the directions of the Punjab and Haryana
High Court, the State Transport Authority impounded one
bus and challaned 20 others for flouting various norms of
the Motor Vehicles Act.
‘Premature disclosures’
irk Haryana police
CHANDIGARH,
July 7 — The Haryana Police is livid with rage at
what it calls “premature disclosures” about the
identity and arrest of suspects involved in the June 30
bomb blast by the Chandigarh Police.
Another first for PGI
cardiologists
CHANDIGARH,
July 7 — Cardiologists at the PGI have achieved yet
another first in their field by providing the latest in
cardiology.
A view of
the empty houses in a housing complex being built
west of Sector 38 of Chandigarh. — A Tribune
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Sector 38 (W)
housing complex hangs fire
CHANDIGARH,
July 7 — Too many cooks appear to have
spoilt the broth as regards the completion of a
prestigious Rs 75 crore mega housing complex in
the Union Territory of Chandigarh. The houses
have not been handed over to the allottees so far
because the Engineering Department has failed to
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Stamp on Jija Bai's anniversary
CHANDIGARH,
July 7 — A postal stamp to commemorate the 401st
birth anniversary of Mata Jija Bai, mother, political
guru and mentor of Shivaji, was released at a function
held today at DAV College, Sector 10.
Haryana to reorient dental care
services
PANCHKULA,
July 7 — The Haryana Government has decided to
reorient dental care services for prevention of major
diseases, including oral cancer, besides expanding the
oral health care services network in the state.
Drivers demand free bus travel
facility
CHANDIGARH,
July 7 — Members of the Chandigarh Administration
Field Drivers Welfare Association at a meeting held under
the chairmanship of Mr Ujagar Singh Sohi expressed
sympathies with the martyrs of Kargil by observing a
two-minute silence.
Disrupted
phone services
MANAULI
(SAS Nagar), July 7 — A disruption in the
telecom services in more than 18 villages under
the Manauli rural telephone exchange for the past
fortnight has become a nightmare for the
subscribers.
Pay scales to be
revised
PANCHKULA,
July 7 — The salaries and allowances of the
employees of the Sainik Parivar Bhavans Haryana
will be revised as per the recommendations of the
fifth pay commission with effect from January 1,
1996.
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 ‘Pokhran
gains frittered away’
CHANDIGARH,
July 7 — The Vajpayee government should convene a
session of the Rajya Sabha for a debate on the Kargil
issue so that all parties can come out with a resolution
in support of the caretaker government which will help
the Prime Minister.
Cheaper calls to Shimla
CHANDIGARH,
July 7 — Telephone calls from here to Shimla and
Solan in Himachal Pradesh will be charged at 180 seconds
per unit pulse basis as against 14 seconds from today,
sources in the Telecom Department said.
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