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Channels go off air
to viewers’ surprise
Mohali, February 19
Major cable operators providing
services to at least a lakh homes in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula
kept the channels off air for five hours today. While operators
responsible for this temporary cable blackout termed it as a “token
strike’’ against consumers for “misbehaving” with workers,
many residents chose to call it ‘‘syndicated blackmail’’.
Land
owners submit objections
Mohali, February 19
As many as 100 land owners of
five villages in Mohali today submitted letters of objection to the
acquisition of their land by Punjab Urban Planning and Development
Authority (PUDA) authority at PUDA Bhavan here today.
Eco
Notes
Banned fish
finds ready market
THAI magur, a fish species
banned by the Government of India, is selling like hot cakes in the
City Beautiful. Fish-sellers can barely keep pace with its demand. In
the Sector 21 market, it is available on demand and in Bapu Dham and
Ram Darbar fish markets, it is available freely. Most of the sellers
make good money selling it.
All
set for Festival of Gardens
Chandigarh, February 19
The Festival of Gardens is about
to bring fragrance to everybody’s life. Coloured flags are
fluttering in the air as if inviting people for the festival. A
dome-shaped entrance has been decorated with flower petals and
garlands.
Division
on communal lines discussed
Chandigarh, February 19
Citing historical and colonial
causes for Partition on the one hand and communal frenzy on the other,
Prof Satish Saberwal, a sociologist and former teacher at Jawahar Lal
Nehru University, Delhi, said the term “communal” signified
conflicts throughout the 20th century and continued to do so now.
Obit
He served man
to serve God
IN consonance with his
altruistic way of life, his last wish was to bequeath his body to the
PGI, Chandigarh, for study and research so that even his mortal
remains would be of some use to humanity. But God wished it otherwise
for Aloysius L. Fonseca, a Jesuit priest.
Fuel
saving devices launched
Chandigarh, February 19
The Gujarat Pickers Industries
Limited, Ahmedabad, today launched its fuel saving devices Gas+ and
Fuel+ in Chandigarh.
Peace,
harmony through couplets
Chandigarh, February 19
They conveyed the message of
peace, harmony and love across the border through couplets. Attending
the Hind-Pak mushiara at an auditorium in Sector 29, seven Pakistanis
and an equal number of Indian poets did not require speeches to tell
the people that art and love can once again bring them together.
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Autorickshaw overturns at a sharp
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