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Jayanti
Devi temple to be a protected monument
Chandigarh, December 12
The 550-year-old temple of Jayanti
Devi, after Jayanti Majari village may soon be one of the protected
monuments of the country. The Centre has proposed to include the
temple’s name in the list of protected monuments. The status of the
temple had recently come up in Parliament.
RUN UP TO MC POLL WARD
NO. 7 & 8
Residents for
better civic amenities
Panchkula, December 12
Residents of Ward No. 7 (Rajiv
Colony H. No. 232-2007) and Ward No. 8 (Indira Colony H. No. 1-1324/1
and Rajiv Colony H. No.1-231) look for a representative who can help
provide better civic amenities and get a legal status for their houses.
IAF
employee hopes for help
Chandigarh, December 12
With his salary barely enough to
feed his family, raising a sum of Rs 3 lakh for the kidney transplant of
his son seems an impossible task for Kashmir Singh Virk, an Air Force
employee.
Bureaucracy
‘promoting’ personal interests
Chandigarh, December 12
Only the salaries aspect of the
Central Pay Commission recommendations were implemented
‘religiously’. All other recommendations aiming at reforming the
Indian administration continue to gather dust.
Projects
worth 50 lakh cleared for Mani Majra
Chandigarh, December 12
Doctors who have been operating
clinics from residential areas will be given a relief by the Municipal
Corporation with the Water and Sewerage Committee of the corporation
seeking an agenda in the next meeting to exempt them from paying
commercial rates.
Beopar
mandal’s stir gets boost
Chandigarh, December 12
The agitation by the Chandigarh
Beopar Mandal today got support from the Beopar Mandal of Punjab and
Haryana. The President of the Punjab Pradesh Beopar Mandal, Mr Jagdish
Sharma and President of the Panchkula Beopar Mandal, Mr Kuldeep Chitkara
(representing Haryana) pledged their support to the Chandigarh
counterparts.
Two
Nari Niketan inmates go missing
Chandigarh, December 12
Mysterious disappearance of two
inmates of Sector 26 Nari Niketan today kept the Chandigarh Police on
its toes. According to the information available, the girls, Sonika (15)
and Jassu (10), left for their school, Bhartiya Vidhya Bhavan in Sector
27, here this morning but never reached there.
People’s
participation must for effective public governance
Chandigarh, December 12
Effective public governance and
responsible government is only possible through active participation of
knowledgeable and educated citizens of the country, remarked Mr Rajiv
Pratap Rudy, Minister of State for Commerce, Government of India, while
addressing members of the Chandigarh Management Association here last
night on its 36th foundation day.
Bhutte
gets National Award
Chandigarh, December 12
In recognition of his relentless
services for the welfare and rehabilitation of leprosy patients, Mr Prem
Singh Bhutte, has been given the National Award — 2002, by the
Ministry for Social Justice and Empowerment.
 Woman
in pursuit of identity
Chandigarh, December 12
When some years back Nahida Abdulla
dared the traditionalists by walking the ramp in Dubai, she had not
imagined how tough the road to self discovery could be. Almost disowned
by her family and peers on the account of her “unfounded urge for
liberation”, Nahida had to tread the chosen path all alone, fighting
not only against her own people who refused to sensitise with her need
of freedom, but also against the conditioned society which dubbed her
“a non-conformer” forever.
 Chrysanthemums
set to bedazzle
Chandigarh, December 12
In keeping its annual ritual of
bringing the best chrysanthemums to the city, the Chandigarh Municipal
Corporation is ready with its 16th Annual Chrysanthemum Show.
BOUNTY OF BLOOMS: Workers of the MC’s Horticulture Wing give final touches to the flower
pots for the 16th Annual Chrysanthemum Show that will open at the Terraced Garden, Sector 33, Chandigarh, on Friday.
— A Tribune photograph
Cheque
for Ashoka Chakra awardee released
Chandigarh, December 12
The Chandigarh Administration today
released a cheque for Rs 87,250 to Ashoka Chakra awardee, Tilak Raj
Khanna.
IMA
officers’ get together
ULTA PULTA: Saluting the
groom with gun shots
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