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Soundless
patrolling to trap thieves
SAS Nagar, January
3
Call it going back to the
basics. Following success of one such experiment, the SAS Nagar
police is all set to catch criminals...on bicycles. The SP, Mr
Harcharan Singh Bhullar, launched this pattern of patrolling at
a special flagging off ceremony organised in the Phase VIII
police station here today. |
Policemen patrol on bicycles after the launch of this pattern of patrolling in SAS Nagar on Friday.
— Photo Pankaj Sharma |
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DSPs shifted; then, orders withdrawn
Chandigarh, January 3
The Chandigarh Administration
transferred four Deputy Superintendents of Police here today and
withdrew the orders within 40 minutes, well after newsmen had been
told about the transfers.
Termites
lay siege to city’s green cover
Hundreds of infected
trees await treatment
Chandigarh, January 3
If the termite onslaught on
trees across the length and breadth of the city is anything to
go by, the green cover is in grave danger. Over hundreds of
trees in the city are currently being eaten by termites, due to
favourable “feeding” factors prevailing due to late rains
this season.
Heavily infected by termites, this tree in Sector 17.
— A Tribune photograph |
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CFSL
helped nail Geelani
Attack on Parliament House
Chandigarh, January 3
Two weeks ago, a Delhi Court,
sentenced S A R Geelani, a Delhi University lecturer in Arabic, to
death along with two others, in the December 13 Parliament attack
case. But how was Geelani’s involvement in the case proved? This is,
perhaps a mystery for most of people.
Verify
facts, HC tells scribes
Chandigarh, January 3
The Punjab and Haryana High Court
has expressed “hope and trust” that press correspondents would
verify facts before publishing the news pertaining to court affairs.
Trainer
to replace Kiran to fly soon
Chandigarh, January 3
Following the successful flights
of the light combat aircraft (LCA), the medium combat aircraft, the
next version of the LCA, is already in the concept stage while the
intermediate jet trainer is ready to fly within the next two months,
disclosed Dr Kota Harinarayana, the man behind the LCA project.
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aviation ‘needs’ frequent overhaul |
Chandigarh, January
3
Military aviation needs to
be coping with the pace of development carried out in the
commercial aviation, Air Marshal, V.A. Patkar, said while
delivering the inaugural address at the national seminar on
technological developments in aeronautics and its impact on
maintenance here today.
Air Force Officers at a seminar in
CSIO, Chandigarh, on Friday. — A Tribune photograph |
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