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Ban tobacco ads, says
association
SAS Nagar, May
31
The Generation Saviour Association today demanded a ban on tobacco
advertisements as these were misleading. The president of the
association, Ms Amteshwar Kaur, said at a press conference on the
occasion of World No Tobacco Day here that nearly 10 million persons
died each year throughout the world due to the tobacco habit.
Dept without regular head for five months
Chandigarh, May 31
The Punjab Town and Country Planning Department is being run without a regular head for the past five months.
After the retirement of the last Chief Town Planner, Mr HS Bhogal, the meeting of the departmental promotion committee (DPC) has been postponed twice during the past five months for reasons best known to the officials concerned.
CM to chair meeting of temple board
Panchkula, May 31
The issue of free langars being organised on the premises of Mata Mansa Devi temple will feature prominently on the agenda of the Sri Mata Mansa Devi Shrine Board meeting to be held on June 3. The meeting will be chaired by the Chief Minister, Mr. Om Prakash Chautala.
Fake note pops
out of ATM
Chandigarh, May 31
Residents look out. Before you leave the automatic teller machine counter of your bank, make sure that the crisp currency note in your hand is not counterfeit. Strange it may sound, but this is exactly what happened to a city resident working with a Sector 15-based chartered accountant.
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Villagers asked to undertake thikri pheras
Panchkula, May 31
The administration has brought the villages of the district under the Punjab Village and Small Town Patrol Act and asked all villagers to undertake thikri pheras, with a view to ensuring security and safety of public life and property and avoid any other untoward incident.
Bansal meets Sector 18 residents
Chandigarh, May 31
Acting on a request made by the Social Welfare Society, Sector 18, the local MP, Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, has visited the sector to take stock of the problems of the area regarding sanitation, cleanliness, roads and other problems.
Paper samples sent for quality-check
SAS Nagar, May 31
In the case of alleged irregularities in the purchase of paper in the Punjab School Education Board, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau today sent samples of the paper to three government-certified agencies for testing the quality of paper.
400 more take part in shramdan
Chandigarh, May 31
As many as 400 persons participated in the ongoing Shramdan at the regulator end, Sukhna Lake, yesterday. Nearly 100 employees of CITCO along with their Chairman, Mr. G.K. Marwaha, Chief General Manager N.S. Brar and the General Manager, Mr. A.K. Malhotra, participated.
Fest of sandwiches, rolls
Chandigarh, May 31
In deference to the changing times, Hotel Aroma, today threw open its Eating House to a 10-day ‘Festival of Sandwiches and Rolls’. Being the oldest hotel in the city, since 1953, it has seen the tastes shifting from the good old conventional panir pakoras and cutlets to more West-oriented food items, with dosas, pizzas and burgers thrown
in-between.
MC releases pigs
Chandigarh, May 31
The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh here today released 40 pigs without charging the Rs 50 feed charge, and set the deadline for the release of an other around of 170 pigs by Sunday.
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