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Tearful farewell
to Major
AMBALA,
Oct 21 — The mortal remains of Major
Gurpreet Singh (28) of 11 RR (originally
belonging to 10 Dogra Regiment, who laid down his
life in an encounter with militants in the
Kishtwar Doda sector in Jammu and Kashmir three
days ago was consigned to the flames at his
native village Tepla, 10 km from here, with full
state and military honours today. |
The UT IGP, Mr S. K. Singh, lays a wreath
at the martyrs' memorial on Police
Commemoration Day on Thursday. — A
Tribune photo |
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remembered |
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Chinks in liquor
policy exposed
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 21 — The unearthing of a full-fledged spurious
whisky racket in Chandigarh may have exposed some chinks
in the liquor policy of the Chandigarh Administration.
MCC panel for 100 pc hike in water
tariff
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 21 — At last, the finance and contract committee
of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh has
recommended the revision of water tariff and the
imposition of sewerage cess in the city.
No power for five hours
PANCHKULA,
Oct 21—A major power breakdown in the town led to a
cut of over five hours this evening. Sources in the
Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam said that the breakdown was
due to a snag in one of the jumpers connecting two
conductors in tower No 16 in the single-line circuit
coming from Pinjore.
After 22
years, PU to host Chemcon
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 21 — After 22 years, Panjab University will
again host CHEMCON-99 — the Indian Chemical
Engineering Congress in December this year.
Fresh guidelines on road berms
SAS NAGAR,
Oct 21 — To make residents aware of the guidelines
regarding maintenance of road berms in its urban estates,
the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority has
announced a fresh set of guidelines.
Seminar on value
education
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 21— “Do not invest only on the
child, also invest in the child,’’
emphasised Swamini Vimalananda, Director,
Chinmaya Vision Programme, at a seminar on
“value education” in the CII complex
here today. |
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