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Winged winter
visitors stay back
CHANDIGARH,
June 16 — Spot bill, comb duck, whistling
teal, brahmini duck (surkhab), pintail duck,
shoveller... the names are endless. Yes, these
migratory birds from Siberia are regular winter
visitors to the subcontinent between October and
March. But once the winter loses its nip they
wing their way black to the Siberian heights.
These
migratory birds from Siberia seem to have made
the water feature at Chhat Bir their permanent
abode. Karam Singh photographed these birds
flapping their wings on Tuesday afteroon.
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Rush
to get car films removed
Chandigarh,
June 16 — A large number of car owners rushed to to
the Sector 28 motor market here today to get black films
removed from the window panes of their vehicles. City
residents also went to places in Panchkula and SAS Nagar.
7
hospitalised for food poisoning
PANCHKULA,
June 16 — In a case of adulteration and food
poisoning here, seven persons were admitted to General
Hospital, Sector 6 yesterday evening. The incident
occurred during a birthday party at a house in Sector 11.
Failed
youth ends life
CHANDIGARH,
June 16 — A teenager, Rajesh Chauhan, who reportedly
failed for the second consecutive time in the Class X
examination, allegedly hanged himself to death in his
Sector 15 home this evening. He was rushed to the Sector
16 General Hospital where he was declared dead upon
arrival.
Model
schools run short of forms
CHANDIGARH,
June 16 — The rush for collecting admission forms
for plus one classes continued for the second day today,
with most of the senior secondary schools selling them in
about an hour's time. As many as 3,900 forms were given
to various schools for the purposes of distribution.
British High
Commission to have office in city
CHANDIGARH,
June 16 — The British High Commission is all
set for a high profile presence in Chandigarh by
proposing to set up a multifunction office here,
says Mr Rob Young, British High Commissioner to
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Award
for two city teachers
CHANDIGARH,
June 16 — Two local school teachers — Mr
Brahmjit Kalia and Ms Raksha Gupta — have been
awarded the National Award for Teachers by the Union
Ministry of Human Resource Development for their services
in the field of education.
Girls
beat boys again
PANCHKULA,
June 16 — In line with the overall better
performance of girls as compared to boys in the Senior
Secondary School Examinations results of the Haryana
School Education Board, girls have outscored boys in this
district in the commerce and science streams.
Southern
sectors go without power
Chandigarh,
June 16 — Residents of some of the the southern
sectors had a sleepless night following a technical snag
in the Sector 39 power substation late last night.
Consumers of the sector, besides Dadu Majra, Maloya and
other parts served by the station were affected.
276
blood units for wounded soldiers
Chandigarh,
June 16 — To express solidarity with the soldiers
fighting in Kargil, residents of Bhiwani deposited 276
units of blood with the Blood Bank of Command Hospital,
Western Command, yesterday.
'Shradhanjali'
to soldiers
CHANDIGARH,
June 16 — Nari Chetna, an organisation dedicated to
the welfare of women, at a meeting held today under the
chairpersonship of Mrs Manjit Kaur, Vice-President, CTCC,
offered ''shradhanjali'' to the soldiers who sacrificed
their lives defending Indian territory against Pakistanis
in the Kargil area. 
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India's defeat bowls out sales and
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