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A suicide a week in
city
CHANDIGARH, Nov 15 — At least one person commits suicide in the city every week. According to police sources, as many as 56 persons — 28 males and the same number of females — committed suicide in the past 10 months. Last year, the figure was 70, including 49 males.
THE ANCHOR
Commercial site owners owe Rs 45 cr to
HUDA
PANCHKULA, Nov 15 — Over Rs 45 crore of the Haryana Urban Development Authority is pending with commercial site owners of the city, leaving the only option of resuming the sites in question, a move decried by the Property Owners’ Association.
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Patriotism, Indian Railways style
AT the Chandigarh Railway Station, in the foyer area where distracted looking clerks behind counters offer so-called help to passengers, there is a large electronic display board, high up, close to the ceiling.
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Changes in water supply bylaws flayed
CHANDIGARH,
Nov 15 — Air Marshal Randhir Singh, (retd) Chairman, Federation of Sector Welfare Associations, has, in a representation to the Chandigarh Administrator, Lt. Gen J.F.R. Jacob, condemned the recently notified changes in the water supply bylaws which requires defective water meters to be replaced at the cost of consumers within two months.
RAIL OVERBRIDGE
Felling of 24,000 trees okayed
DERA BASSI, Nov 15 — The issue of trees coming in the way of a railway overbridge along the busy Chandigarh-Ambala National Highway at the Bhankharpur level crossing, about 2 km from here, has finally been solved.
Workers of the Punjab Forest Department cut trees on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway at the Bhankharpur railway crossing, near Dera Bassi, to facilitate the construction of railway over
bridge.
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Power committee for
channeling complaints
PANCHKULA, Nov 15 — Departing from convention, the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission
(HERC) has recommended channeling of all electricity complaints through the commission from where it will be forwarded to the distribution agencies of the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam.
Battlelines drawn for MC chief’s poll
SAS NAGAR, Nov 15 — Even as the Punjab Government has postponed the election to the post of president of the SAS Nagar Municipal Council, battlelines between the two groups forwarding their candidates for the post in the civic body have been drawn.
100 disabled get I-cards
PANCHKULA,
Nov 15—Over 100 disabled persons were issued identity cards at a special camp held at the government dispensary in Sector 11, here today.
CPM’s assurance to
Khanpur residents
KHARAR, Nov 15 — Mr Balwant Singh, Secretary, Punjab CPM, has assured the residents of Khanpur village, that his party would extend all type of support to them in their struggle against the alleged encroachment upon common land of the village worth about many crores of rupees by certain politicians and influencial persons for the last three decades.
NBC warfare sensitive issue: Gen
Sethi
CHANDI MANDIR, Nov 15 — In the changing geo-political scenario, nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) warfare is emerging as a sensitive issue, with two of India's neighbours possessing nuclear weapons.
Importance of small savings
stressed
CHANDIGARH, Nov 15 —The special small savings fortnight, launched by the National Savings Organisation on October 30, concluded at the CSIO, Sector 30, yesterday.
Lalaji’s martyrdom fortnight
functions
CHANDIGARH, Nov 15 — As part of the martyrdom fortnight of Lala Lajpat Rai from November 17, the Servants of the People Society has planned a series of functions.
Sonia’s victory
hailed
CHANDIGARH, Nov 15 — The victory of Mrs Sonia Gandhi in the Congress Parliamentary Party election today has had her local supporters on the high.
Gurmat sammelan from Nov 18
CHANDIGARH, Nov 15 — Music experts and religious preachers of great repute are slated to participate in the gurmat sangeet workshop and sammelan to be organised by the Punjab Sangeet Natak Akademi in association with the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) at Gurdwara Sri Guru Teg Bahadur, Sector 34, on November 18 and 19.
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