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Saturday, November 13, 1999

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Lobbying begins for Mayor’s post
CHANDIGARH, Nov 12 — With just over a month left for the election of city Mayor, political activity has picked up and lobbying for the prestigious post begun.

More personnel, vehicles for PCR
CHANDIGARH, Nov 12 — The functioning of the police control room (PCR) is being revamped and more personnel drawn from various departmental units will be posted here.

Court moved to save trees
CHANDIGARH, Nov 12— Seeking directions for declaring a contract for chopping 50 mango, neem and pipal trees as "illegal, void and against public interest", Yuvsatta, a social organisation, and city advocate Kamaljit Lamba today also asked for restraining a timber merchant from going ahead.

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Dhobis hold up traffic for 2 hours

Shatabdi late

Event in aid of senior citizens

Play workshop for senior citizens

Demand for dispensary

Black marketeer convicted

Fancy dress contest held

Husband charged with murder
CHANDIGARH, Nov 12 — The Khuda Ali Sher housewife death case today trudged ahead with UT Additional District and Sessions Judge Mr G.S. Sandhu charging husband Avtar Singh and co-accused Narinder Kaur with committing murder "in furtherance of common intention".

5,000 kids paint for prizes
PANCHKULA, Nov 12 — More than 5,000 students from 60 schools of Chandigarh, SAS Nagar, Pinjore, Barwala, Raipur Rani and Panchkula participated in the on-the-spot painting contest organised at Fun City, near here today.

Children's Day celebrated
CHANDIGARH, Nov 12 — The Children's Day celebrations took on a different note at the Sector 8 DAV Public School here today, where 16 children clubs joined hands to set up a shopping centre and amusement park offering eatables, skill games and 'nukkad nataks' to children.

Revision of poll rolls on
PANCHKULA, Nov 12 — The process of revision of electoral rolls started with the announcement of dates for the preparation of voters' identity cards for new voters as also for those whose names were yet to appear on the voters list or had been missed out during the last revision.

Importance of immunology stressed
CHANDIGARH, Nov 12 —The three-day annual convention of the Indian College of Allergy and Applied Immunology was inaugurated in the Bhargava Auditorium at PGIMER today by Prof G.P Talwar, Professor of Eminence at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Bio-Technology, New Delhi.

LIC loans for consumer durables
CHANDIGARH, Nov 12 — Diversifying its field of operations, the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) Housing Finance Limited today launched its scheme for consumer durable loans and for medical practitioners wanting to set up or expand their own nursing homes or diagnostic centres.

Bid to encash forged cheques
Chandigarh, Nov 12 — The police has registered cases against three persons for allegedly entering into a criminal conspiracy to encash forged cheques worth Rs 6 lakh and against the Director, Agriculture, Punjab, for reportedly demanding a bribe from the owner of a seed farm.

Ex-Mayor seeks CBI probe
CHANDIGARH, Nov 12 — A former Mayor, Mr Gian Chand Gupta, has demanded a CBI inquiry into the purchase and consumption of bitumen by the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC) during the year 1997-98.

Hike in vegetable prices
SAS NAGAR, Nov 12 — Priced at Rs 50 a kg, capsicum was the dearest item among the commonly consumed vegetables in the local markets on Friday. A better quality of the vegetable was, however, being sold at Rs 60 a kg.

GMSSS-33 emerge champs
Chandigarh, Nov 12 — Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 33, clinched the under-17 UT inter-school ball badminton title by defeating Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, 29-14, 29-15 in the final at Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, here today.

Dev Samaj-21 lift basketball title

Hepatitis B vaccine will cost Rs 400 cr
So, it is not included in national programme: experts
CHANDIGARH, Nov 12 — Experts participating in the 33rd national Convention of the Indian College of Allergy and Applied Immunology underlined the importance of adequate immunisation coverage in the National Immunisation Policy to control infectious diseases.

Welding industry “hit” by globalisation
CHANDIGARH, Nov 12 — "The globalisation of the Indian economy has left an adverse effect on the Indian welding manufacturing industry." This was stated by Mr M.L. Gehani, Chief Executive Officer, Modi Arc Electrodes, at the two-day workshop on "Welding Technologies: Challenges and Opportunities" organised at the CII here.