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CM’s
visit fails to cheer candidates
 Panchkula,
January 7
The visit of Chief Minister Om
Prakash Chautala failed to bring cheer to the candidates supported by
the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD). These candidates had been hoping for
a major boost in their election campaign if Mr Chautala were to address
party workers.
Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala inaugurating the Haryana Police Awas Nigam Complex at Panchkula on Tuesday.
— A Tribune photograph
Elite
were reticent to visit polio booths: doctor
Chandigarh, January 7
Notwithstanding the problems faced
by the pulse polio teams, including a reluctant elite class and bitter
cold, the health authorities managed to cover the targeted 1.30 lakh
children, who were immunised under the Pulse Polio Immunisation
Campaign, during the past three days.
TRAFFIC SAFETY WEEK
Police holds
painting contest for students
Chandigarh, January 7
As many as 700 students
participated in a painting competition held as part of the Traffic
Safety Week, being organised by the Chandigarh Police. The judges were
Mr DS Kapoor, Mr Swadesh Talwar and Mr Deepak Uniyal.
SB
payment to Army officers delayed
Chandigarh, January 7
A “communication gap” between
the Sector 7 branch of the State Bank of India and the bank’s service
branch in Sector 17 led to 10 Army officers waiting for a week before
their salaries were credited to their respective bank accounts.
Socio-economic
survey
Chandigarh, January 7
The Chandigarh Administration has
started the 59th round of NSS to collect data on land and livestock
holding, debt and investment and situation assessment survey of Indian
farmers, besides data on household consumer expenditure and employment
and un-employment.
Jain
to come in way of demolitions
Chandigarh, January 7
Former local BJP MP Satyapal Jain
today said he had been assured of stopping acquisition of land and
demolition of houses in Kishangarh and other villages by officers of
Union Home Ministry and Union Rural Development Minister Shanta Kumar.
Seminars
on tourism promotion
Chandigarh, January 7
With a view to promote tourism in
the country, particularly in northern India, the ITFT (Institute of
Tourism & Future Management Trends), Chandigarh, has planned a
series of 12 seminars in 2003 by well-known national and international
personalities associated with the service industry, particularly travel
and tourism, hospitality, aviation, human resource development and other
management disciplines.
Florist
wants assailants booked, cops compromise
Chandigarh, January 7
A 20-year-old florist of Sector 44
is running from pillar to post to get justice. The victim, Sunny, was
seriously injured in the head by three youths on November 24 last. when
he had gone to attend the marriage of his friend in Sector 29.
‘Saat
samundar...’
Chandigarh, January 7
After writing on AIDS awareness,
blood donation, eye donation and national integration, Madhu Bala, a
youth officer working at the NSS Regional Centre here has written five
songs on NRIs.
Fill
backlog of vacancies: SCs
Chandigarh, January 7
The North Zone SCs and STs Welfare
Federation today accused the Punjab Government of depriving SCs and STs
of promotional benefits restored by the supreme Court and showing scant
concern for clearing the 15 per cent backlog of vacancies.
Police
approaches car dealers
Chandigarh, January 7
After busting a gang involved in
stealing cars with the help of duplicate keys, the Chandigarh Police has
decided to take up the matter with vehicle dealers in the city.
READERS WRITE
Change of
girdwari
Patwaris
and tehsildars are fraudulently changing girdwari in many places.
Beneficiaries in various categories such as aged men and women, widows,
ex-servicemen cannot till the land, and they have to earn their
livelihood by giving their land on contract.
- Silt in Sukhna lake
- Restrict the ban
- Poor sanitation
- PSEB’s ways
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