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Ex-YC gen secy alleges death threat
Chandigarh, January 12
A former Youth Congress general secretary of Punjab, Mr Gurinder Singh
Jakhar, has alleged the son of a Congress leader from Ferozpore has threatened to kill him for showing “disrespect” to his father.
Industrial discharge pollutes Ghaggar
Dera Bassi (Patiala) January 12
Fish has disappeared from the Ghaggar and its tributaries. Shepherds avoid grazing their herd on its banks. In 1986, 12 buffaloes died after drinking water from a rivulet near
Lalru. Even vultures don’t visit the area.
ICE REALITY: This is not snow but froth accumulated along the Ghaggar river banks at Bhankharpur village, near Zirakpur.
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Jobs on compassionate ground sought
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Chandigarh, January 12
Widows and wards of UT employees, who had died while in service in the last four years, today demonstrated at the UT Secretariat against the failure of the administration to appoint next of the kin on compassionate ground.
Widows and wards of UT employees, who died while in service during the past four years, demonstrate at the UT Secretariat for appointments on compassionate grounds in Chandigarh on Monday.
— A Tribune photograph
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Brig Satjit Singh continues as vice-chairman of DSOI
Chandigarh, January 12
Brig Satjit Singh (retd) has been re-elected as the vice-chairman of the management committee of the Defence Services Officers Institute, Sector 36, the elections for which were held here yesterday.
Fauji Beat
Will killings in Kashmir ever stop?
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“I am proud of my grandson whose chest was pierced with bullets of terrorists. But please tell me how many Mriduls will have to die to maintain peace in Kashmir?” asked Mr Bhagwan Dass, 75, the grandfather of Capt Mridul Sharma, at the cremation of his grandson near Hamirpur on January 2.
The Anglo-Sikh War Memorial at Ferozeshah, near Ferozepore.
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Lohri — time to celebrate
Chandigarh, January 12
If you have been celebrating Lohri just because you love munching popcorns after sitting around the blaze without knowing the significance of the occasion, it is time you enrich your knowledge.
On the eve of Lohri on Monday, residents rush to Chandigarh markets for buying groundnuts.
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Slum school kids celebrate Lohri
Chandigarh, January 12
Students of Khushee School in Sector 25 celebrated Lohri. The school authorities had lit a huge bonfire. The students danced around the fire singing traditional songs.
The programme was organised by the Indian Council of Social Welfare’s Chandigarh Chapter at Government High School in Sector 25. |
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Students of Khushee School in Sector 25 celebrate Lohri in Chandigarh on Monday.
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MC scheme for removing malba
Chandigarh, January 12
The Municipal Corporation today said that its scheme, launched to clear malba from outside people’s homes and construction sites, will carry on.
City residents can call up at number 3274154 on any working day.
City BJP appoints spokesmen
Chandigarh, January 12
The president of the local unit of the BJP, Mr Yash Pal Mahajan, today appointed 3 spokesmen — Mr Kehar Singh
Koundel, Mr Raghuvir Lal Arora and Mr Kewal Krishan Adiwal.
Plea to DC on cable fee hike
Mohali, January 12
The Consumer Protection Forum has demanded that cable services be placed in essential services category to stop cable operators from fleecing residents by hiking cable fee drastically.
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