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FOLLOW-UP
Cries of bluebull calf fail to move wildlife officials
Panchkula, November 6
For the migrants who have been nursing and bringing up a month-and-a-half-old bluebull calf, it is a matter of love. In contrast, the Haryana Wildlife Department is unmoved, while the calf waits to find a permanent home.
A bluebull calf that got separated from its herd about a month-and-a-half ago, in Saketri village near Panchkula.
— A Tribune photograph
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British
couples with visions for India
Chandigarh, November 6
Peter and Jean Swinscoe, Dr Nath and Eileen Jambunathan,
John and Jean Clifford, Malcom and Joyce Whitt — four British couples
from the Rotary Club of Wellington Park, here as a part of the Rotary
Family Exchange Programme — could not have come at a better time, with
the festive mood all around. The visitors are soaking all shades of
Indian culture — from the famous hospitality to the vibrant dances.
Cheshire Home for the disabled
Chandigarh, November 6
A Cheshire Home for diabled was formally opened yesterday by the Punjab Governor, Lieut-Gen J.F.R.Jacob (retd).
The home has been set up in the basement of Foreign Student Hostel, Sector 15, till the regular building is completed.
Core group mulls surrendering awards
Chandigarh, November 6
The All India Veterans Core Group today said there was no option but to return the Mention-in-Despatches (M-in-D) certificates, along with the ‘Lotus Leaf’, to the President of India if the government continued to discriminate against M-in-D recipients. RBI urges public to exchange soiled notes
Chandigarh, November 6
The Reserve Bank of India has urged members of the public to enforce their right to obtain good quality notes and avail themselves of the facility to exchange mutilated and soiled notes.
Governor’s faux pas: MP blamed
Chandigarh, November 6
The Scheduled Castes Morcha of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) criticised the local MP, Mr Pawan Bansal, here today, for allegedly getting a Valmiki temple inaugurated by the Haryana Governor, Babu Parmanand. It said the MP had forgotten that the temple had already been inaugurated twice in the past.
Man blames doctors for mother’s death
Chandigarh, November 6
A local person, Mr S.K. Dhawan of Sector 40, has alleged that negligence on part of doctors at a private hospital here resulted in the death of his mother. His mother died in her house on September 23 after treatment in the Sector 34 hospital.
Sector 32 streetlights not functioning
Chandigarh, November 6
Streetlights on the V-5 road on the intersection of Sector 32-D and 32-C have not been functioning for the last one month and has become a nightmare for the road users of the area.
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