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Consumer
awareness fair opens
Chandigarh, March 16
Complaints regarding
telecommunication and income tax were taken up at the opening of the
four-day consumer awareness fair here yesterday.
Social
activists have influenced policy-makers: expert
Chandigarh, March 16
Mr Surendra Mohan, prominent
socialist, intellectual and a close associate of the late Jai Prakash
Narayan, today said that individual activists working in various fields
without associating themselves with any political party had been able to
significantly influence policy-makers.
Experts
doubt Aryan migration theory
Chandigarh, March 16
The issue of the origin of the
Indian civilisation is one of the most debated one in Indian history in
view of the recent findings.
 BSF
bags overall band championship
Chandigarh, March 16
The third All India Police Band
Competition concluded here today, with the Border Security Force (BSF)
bagging the overall championship. Sixteen teams from various states and
central police organisations participated in the meet, hosted by the
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
The team of the BSF Delhi band is jubilant after winning the overall trophy in the Third All-India Police Band Competition in Pinjore on Saturday.
— Photo Parvesh Chauhan
Shooting of Hindi film Hawayain in progress on the premises of The Tribune in Chandigarh on Saturday.
— A Tribune photograph
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Tribune
Union election results
Chandigarh, March 16
The panel led by Mr Balbir Singh
Jandu won The Tribune Employees Union elections held here yesterday. The
term of the union is for two years.
Muddy
water complaint
Panchkula, March 16
Residents of Sector 12-A here were
forced to go without potable water for the second consecutive day today,
with muddy water flowing from taps.
Subscribers’
complaint against JTO
Zirakpur, March 16
Hundreds of telephone subscribers
in this village and surrounding areas that fall under the jurisdiction
of the Zirakpur telephone exchange have complained against the
“inhuman treatment” by the telecommunication authorities for the
past many days.
‘Stick
to ISI-marked products’
Chandigarh, March 16
The Deputy Director-General of the
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Mr V.K. Kapoor, yesterday urged
consumers to organise themselves in the age of liberalised economy. He
was speaking at a function organised by the BIS and the Citizens’
Awareness Group to observe World Consumer Rights Day.
 YOUNG
VOICE
Learn to
celebrate life
It’s a beautiful life,
where each day brings with it a new experience and guides us on the path
of improving our physical, mental and spiritual levels.
Taxmen
survey diagnostic centre
Chandigarh, March 16
The Income Tax Department did a
survey of a Sector 16 diagnostic centre here yesterday with a view to
recovering some “incriminating” records.
READERS WRITE
Neglected
sector
Chandigarh’s
Sector 61 has long been neglected. This sector, carved out by the
Chandigarh Administration on the boundary of Chandigarh-SAS Nagar
adjacent to Phase VII of SAS Nagar, consists of 504 MIG flats
constructed by the Chandigarh Housing Board.
- Vehicular pollution
- No certificate
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