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Niazi
was not arrested: Nagra
Chandigarh, December 17
“Lt-Gen A.A. Niazi, General
Officer Commanding-in-Chief, of the then Eastern Command of the Pakistan
army, was never arrested. He had surrendered after I had sent him a
note: ‘My dear Abdullah, I am here. The game is up. I suggest you give
yourself up to me. I will look after you,” recalls Maj-Gen Gandharav
Singh Nagra (retd), the man who was commanding the composite Indian
forces and was the first Indian officer to enter Dhaka on December 17.
Residents
resent HUDA decision
Panchkula, December 17
Residents of various Housing Board
colonies today took out a rally in protest against HUDA’s decision to
carry out an anti-encroachment drive in these colonies.
Speaking out
Varying views
on India’s options, post-attack
Chandigarh, December 17
With the government maintaining
that it was Pakistan’s ISI which had “directed” militant groups
Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Toiba to launch an attack on the
Parliament House in New Delhi, a debate has stirred up over the options
before the leadership to chalk out a strategy to deal with the
ever-increasing threat of terrorism.
Gallantry
awardees want ministry for security
Chandigarh, December 17
Members of the President’s Police
Gallantry Awardees Association have, in a statement issued here today,
stressed that there is a need to have a full-fledged ministry of
national security to co-ordinate the functioning of defence and
internal security forces and to bring in accountability.
AIATF
burns effigy of ISI
Chandigarh, December 17
Activists of the local unit of the
All-India Anti-Terrorist Front (AIATF) held a procession against
terrorism and burnt the effigy of the ISI in, Sector 17 here today. The
activists strongly condemned the recent attack on Parliament House and
demanded stern action against terrorist outfits responsible for the act.
Activists of the All-India Anti-Terrorist Front burn the effigy of the ISI in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Monday.
— A Tribune photograph
Jan
Jagriti Mahabhiyan reaches city
Chandigarh, December 17
The Jan Jagriti Mahabhiyan, led by
the Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti, a non-political association of
religious saints of all sects, reached Chandigarh yesterday.
Adventure
camp from Dec 24
Chandigarh, December 17
The Durga Das Foundation’s
week-long adventure camp commences on December 24. To satiate the sport
and adventurous appetites of an emboldened generation of Tarzens and
Janes, this time the winter offering from the foundation takes on the
shape of a comprehensive residential camp.
 Printing
error in Rs 50 note
Chandigarh, December 17
A city resident complained to
Chandigarh Tribune that she had received a Rs 50 currency note from a
branch of the State Bank of Patiala today which had a printing defect.
Financial
aid to bereaved family
Ram
Parshad Sood dead
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