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Pedestrians,
cyclists more accident prone
Chandigarh,
Nov 11 — The chaos and congestion on the
city roads due to the rising number of vehicles
can be estimated from the fact that 40 per cent
of the persons who die in road accidents are
cyclists and pedestrians.Let
chill not mislead you
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 11 — The sudden chill in the air in the
past four days should not indicate that winter
has set in all of a sudden. Temperatures in the
past four days were within the normal range for
this time of November and the temperatures during
days before Divali were actually above normal.
City linked to other met
depts
Attempt to cut mango trees
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 11 — Three beautiful fully grown mango
trees escaped being axed today after some
unidentified persons indulging in the act fled
the scene, leaving behind chopped branches and
other parts of these trees, following an
intervention by The Tribune team in Janata Colony
here.
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Super
Bazar staffer jailed for scam
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 11 — Convicting a Super Bazar salesman, accused
of embezzling store funds, a UT Judicial Magistrate today
sentenced him to two years rigorous imprisonment, besides
imposing a fine of Rs 2,000.
Parking
attendants get bail
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 11— Railway station parking attendants —
Ram Vinay Sharma and Naval Kishore — accused of
cheating the public by selling fake tickets, were today
released on bail by UT Chief Judicial Magistrate Mr Sant
Parkash.
IT
Dept to target students with cars, mobiles
Camp in Panjab
University today
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 11 — The Income Tax Department is aiming at
increasing the number of tax payers and making voluntary
compliance of tax laws a way of life for the people of
Chandigarh.
Kids
present mock UN Assembly
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 11 — The indoor stadium of Panjab University
wore a different look as it was converted into a United
Nations headquarters, with students of different city
schools representing different countries attired in their
national dresses in a 'Model UN Assembly' organised by
the Bhavan Vidyalaya and the Chandigarh Rotary Club.
'Indian
politics three dimensional'
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 11 — Indian society has increased tremendously
in the last 50 years. However, the social and cultural
norms with which it wants to operate are substantially
based on norms of caste and religion. These norms of
caste and religion essentially divide society but such a
division is not acceptable to the constitutional regime.
This results in frequent conflicts and a churning of
Indian politics.
Hike
in noise, air pollution on Divali
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 11—The air and noise pollution in the city on
Divali night witnessed a considerable hike this year as
compared to the corresponding day last year.
GMCH
to hold CME programme
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 11 — The Department of Medicine, Government
Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, will conduct a
Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme focussing on
certain common problems in general medicine at the CSIO
Auditorium, Sector 30, on November 14.
3
convicted for using stolen car
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 11 — Three city youngsters accused of being
present in a stolen car were today sentenced to rigorous
imprisonment for one year each and fined Rs 500 by the UT
Judicial Magistrate (First Class), Mr Baljinder Singh.
Crime
data access from Delhi soon
Chandigarh,
Nov 11 — The local police will soon have access to
the information and record of the National Crime Records
Bureau (NCRB) based at Delhi.
Woman
killed in mishap
KHARAR,
Nov 11 — A woman, Amardeep Kaur, was killed while
another, Jaspal Kaur, was seriously injured when a
scooter (PB-27-A-2918) was knocked down by a running Tata
Sumo 407 (PB-23-3682) near Gharuan village on the
Kharar-Morinda road yesterday.
3-way
split in GTU
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 11 — The Government Teachers Union (GTU), UT,
has had a three-way split. Each group claims to be the
real one.
Admn
offers help to martyr's trust
PANCHKULA,
Nov 11 — Speaking on the occasion of the fourth
death anniversary of Capt Rohit Kaushal who laid down his
life in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir in an
encounter with Afghan militants, Mr Vishnu Bhagwan,
Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Haryana,
said India was able to present a united front to the
world and was one of the largest democracies due to the
supreme sacrifices of the defence personnel guarding the
borders.
24
engineers transferred
Panchkula,
Nov 11— As a result of the shifting of the
engineering division of the Haryana State Agriculture
Marketing Board (HSAMB) from Panchkula to Hisar, 84
engineers, 24 from this district, have been transferred.
Rly
pensioners seek medical relief
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 11 — The Northern Railway Pensioners Welfare
Association has demanded that its members be given option
for medical allowance for those residing within the
corporation limits and reimbursement in case of
hospitalisation for major diseases.
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