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Campaigning ends
with peaceful flag war
CHANDIGARH,
Sept 3 — Campaigning for the lone Chandigarh
Lok Sabha seat, which came to an end at 5 this
evening, has witnessed an unprecedented flag war.
Uni-, bi- and tricolour flags of all 16
candidates or their parties not only adorned
labour colonies, villages, residential and
commercial areas in the Union Territory but also
bicycles, rickshaws, rehris, scooters besides the
vehicles used by candidates for campaigning.Restriction
on vehicles
CHANDIGARH,
Sept 3 — Movement of vehicles with the
intention of transporting voters to the polling
booths has been banned in Chandigarh on the day
of polling on Sunday. Each polling agent of a
political party, has, however, been allowed one
vehicle for personal use with the prior
permission of the Returning Officer-cum-Deputy
Commissioner, Mr M. Ramsekhar.
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516
whisky bottles seized
Chandigarh,
Sept 3 — In its continuing drive to check the
distribution of liquor on the eve of elections, the
police has seized 516 bottles of whisky, besides 86
pouches and 26 quarters of liquor from various parts of
the city.
Finance
co. promoters nabbed
CHANDIGARH,
Sept 3 — In a stepped-up drive against those
involved in white collar crimes, the Economic Offences
Cell of the Chandigarh police claims to have arrested
suspects who had absconded in at least two cases while
making another arrest in the recent Punjab State
Cooperative Bank fraud case.
71
voters in 1 house — verification today
CHANDIGARH,
Sept 3 — Faced with a unique problem that 71 voters
have been listed in the list of a single house in Sector
23-D, the Returning Officer, Mr M. Ramsekhar, today
ordered that the list be verified and a physical
verification of those in the list be carried out before
allowing any of the 62, who do not live in the house, to
cast a vote.
No
ban on private vehicles
PANCHKULA,
Sept 3—The District Election Officer-cum-Deputy
Commissioner today announced that there was no blanket
ban on vehicular traffic on the polling day.
Gaiety marks
Janmashtami
CHANDIGARH,
Sept 3—Janmashtami was celebrated with
religious fervour and gaiety in the city and the
surrounding areas today.
Tale of Krishna temples'
ruin
CHANDIGARH,
Sept 3 — On a day when the city is decorated
to celebrate the birth of Lord Krishna, the
viewing of Dr S.K. Kushwaha's photographs of
desecrated wall paintings of this Hindu God comes
as a rude awakening of man's sensibilities. |
Devotees
move a palanquin containing an idol of Lord
Krishna on the occasion of Janmashtami on Friday.
— A Tribune photograph |
Congress
poser to BJP on taxes
CHANDIGARH,
Sept 3 — While claiming that it is heading for a win
in the Union Territory, the local unit of the Congress,
led by its candidate for the lone Lok Sabha seat , Mr
Pawan Kumar, today asked Mr K.L. Sharma, the rival
candidate from the BJP, to make his stand known on the
issue of imposition of property, water and sewerage
taxes, respectively, in the city.
Voluntary
bodies' appeal to voters
CHANDIGARH,
Sept 3 — Even as the city goes to the poll to elect
its representative to the 13th Lok Sabha on September 5,
two voluntary organisations have urged the voters to
actively participate in the elections and use their
franchise judiciously.
'Muslims
will vote for BJP'
CHANDIGARH,
Sept 3 — Nawabzada Salim Khan, Secretary of the
Minority Morcha of the All-India Bharatiya Janata Party,
said here today that there was not only a pro-Atal Behari
Vajpayee wave but a storm sweeping the country on the eve
of the elections to the 13th Lok Sabha.
Christians
observe 'black day'
CHANDIGARH,
Sept 3 — Christians from Shimla-Chandigarh Diocese
observed a ''black day'' here today in protest against
the gruesome murder of Rev. Father Arul Dass, who was
killed in Orissa yesterday, and the burning of a church
in the Diocese of Balasore, Orissa.
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