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Water
tariff may be doubled today
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 3 — To raise resources, the Finance and Contract
Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh will
take up the issue of the revision of water tariff
tomorrow.
Harpreet,
Himani and Khushboo Dhillon, winners of subtitles
for Miss India North West '99 beauty pageant, at
a hotel in Panchkula on Sunday. — A Tribune
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Lacklustre beauty
contest
PANCHKULA,
Oct 3 — The second preliminary round for Mr
and Miss India North West '99 titles, held here
today, was a lacklustre affair. The seating
arrangements on the stage were being made while
the first dance by Bulbul began. The stage and
the venue remained busy with movement of
organisers and viewers. |
Truck driver found dead
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 3 — The body of a truck driver lying in a pool
of blood was found inside a truck near the Steel
Authority of India yard in Darua village last night.
Cops held for beating driver
PINJORE,
Oct 3 — The beating of a local resident by
Punjab Police personnel led to a blockade on the
busy Ambala-Shimla national highway for more than
two hours here today. |
PU appointments on Syndicate
agenda
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 3 — Fifty one appointments in Panjab University
are likely to come up for approval in the next Syndicate
meeting.
Held for making hoax bomb
calls
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 3 — An employee of an industrial unit
here has been arrested for allegedly making false
telephone calls to the police control room to
create a bomb scare. |
Sector 7 traders observe bandh
PANCHKULA,
Oct 3 — A complete bandh was observed by the Market
Welfare Association, Sector 7, here today in protest
against the failure of the police to arrest those
involved in the beating up of a local businessman, Jaspal
Singh, on September 29.
Surgeons remove diseased uterus
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 3 — A one-of-its-kind operation,
laproscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy, for the
removal of a diseased uterus, was carried out by a team
of surgeons at a private hospital in Sector 34 here.
IAF might on
display
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 3 — People here today were shown
aeromodels and an MI-17 helicopter at the sports
ground of the 3 BRD of the Indian Air Force,
where the IAF had organised a show of its flying
machines as part of its 67th anniversary
celebrations. Choppers and an MI-17 helicopter,
which remained engaged during the Kargil
conflict, were on display. |
Children
enquiring about different parts of a helicopter
engine during a display of helicopters, organised
by 3 BRD of the Indian Air Force at its sports
ground in Chandigarh on Sunday. — A Tribune
photograph |
Drive against parthenium
PANCHKULA,
Oct 3 — A congress grass removal and cleanliness
drive got under way in Sector 10 here today. The drive to
tackle the problem was initiated by the House Owners
Welfare Association to clean the sector of unwanted weed.
CBI probe
demanded in fake SP case
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 3 — Certain members of the Chandigarh
Youth Congress have demanded a CBI inquiry into
the fake SP case in which an imposter made a fool
of the city policy by claiming himself to be an
IPS officer. |
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Advancements in radiology
discussed
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 3 — On the final day of the sixth National
Conference of the Indian Association of Radiological
Technologists at the PGI, organised by the Department of
Radiodiagnosis and Imaging here, the participants today
held a session on the 'Future and manpower development in
radiological technology'.
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