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Road
to Panchkula runs into problems
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 29 — The clearance by the Ministry of Forest and
Environment notwithstanding, the alternate road to
Panchkula from Chandigarh from the back of the Sector 26
Police Lines has again run into problems.
A man inside an inflatable model shakes hand with
a child at the CII Fair in Chandigarh on Friday.
— A Tribune photograph |
160 stalls
display items at mega show
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 29 — The three-day mega consumer show,
featuring five smaller expositions, got under way
at the Sector 17 Parade Ground here this morning.
The Adviser to the Administrator of Chandigarh,
Mrs Vineeta Rai, inaugurated the show late in the
afternoon by performing a traditional ribbon
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English Department plans
fund-raising short-term courses
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 29 — The Department of English, Panjab
University, has finalised a draft of short-term
fund-raising courses in ''English proficiency'' and
''English writing skills for research scholars''.
Estate Office to collect pending
payments
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 29 — A modus operandi used by bidders in
auctions to delay instalments of plots has been running
for long thus leaving several crores of rupees pending as
arrears.
Insurance services hit by strike
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 29 — Insurance services were crippled today as
the employees of the LIC of India and four subsidiaries
of the GIC went on a day's strike in protest against the
proposed opening of the insurance sector to foreign
companies and the introduction of the IRA Bill in the Lok
Sabha.
AFWWA celebrates foundation day
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 29 — A bonanza of cultural events, including
dances, marked the foundation day celebrations of the 12
Wing Air Force Wives Welfare Association here yesterday.
Crowds throng Divali Mela
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 29 — Crowds thronged the three-day 29th Lions
Divali Mela, being organised by the Lions Club Chandigarh
(Host) near the Circus Ground in Sector 17, on the first
day here today.
Swindlers' photos to be published
CHANDIGARH,
Oct 29 — The police has initiated measures to get
the photographs of the managing director and a director
of Growgreen Forests India Limited, an agro-forestry
company, published in various newspapers, after they were
declared proclaimed offenders by the Punjab and Haryana
High Court today.
SI suspended, probe ordered
CHADIGARH,
Oct 29 — The police has suspended a Sub-Inspector
for allegedly manhandling a Sector 33 resident late last
night.
Awareness
camp concludes
SAS
NAGAR, Oct 29 — A two-day Entrepreneurial
Awareness Camp organised for students of
industrial training concluded at High Tech
Training Institute-cum-Industrial Training
Institute in Phase V here today.Civic
body committee constituted
ZIRAKPUR,
Oct 29 — Capt Kanwaljit Singh, Finance
Minister of Punjab, today constituted a 15-member
committee to look after the development of
Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat.
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