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Change building bylaws, demand Sec 22 shopkeepers
Chandigarh, December 7
Shopkeepers of the city are demanding that the Administration should allow changes in building byelaws according to the requirements of the changed times. Several issues related to the matter were raised at a press conference organised by the Market Welfare Association, Sector 22-D, here today.
Long queues at licensing office
Chandigarh, December 7
As the authorities at the office of the Registering and Licensing Authority, Chandigarh, wait for the installation of new computer systems, the visitors are facing harassment in getting their work done in time.
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Globalisation shaping new conflicts in S. Asia
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Chandigarh, December 7
South-Asian countries are today facing new conflicts and challenges that have emerged out of globalisation. Nurtured by the Cold War era, where cultures, territories, identities and economies had fixed boundaries, these challenges have a bearing on issues relating to human security, environmental degradation, deteriorating ecological balance, population mobility, poverty, distributive justice contextualised in multicultural settings.
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Peace and conflict experts at the Institute for Development and Communication
(IDC), extension centre at Mohali, on Wednesday.
— A Tribune photograph |
BSF adopts 5 quake-hit J&K villages
Chandigarh, December 7
The Border Security Force has adopted five villages in Jammu and Kashmir to help inhabitants who were rendered homeless in the earthquake that devastated parts of western Kashmir last month.
Russian musicians in city
Chandigarh, December 7
Lawyers, music teachers, retired soldiers and even a 75-year-old former driver comprise the Cossack choir. It is a group of 11 musicians, two professionals and amateurs from Astana in Russia.
Members of the Russian Cossack folk group from Astana, ‘Stanichniki’, in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan
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‘KAURS’ to be launched today
Mohali, December 7
Finally, a magazine that celebrates Sikh womanhood is here. It is called “KAURS”, appropriately titled after the middle name that unites all Sikh women. Started by women themselves, the magazine seeks to portray the Sikh woman not in the traditional context of a passive housewife but rather to echo her social, economic and spiritual voice.
New residents too can apply for CHB flats now
Chandigarh, December 7
The Chandigarh Housing Board has decided to waive the condition which required any applicant for a flat to have resided in the city for more than three years. A decision to this regard was taken at a meeting of the board of directors of the board here today.
Class IV employees protest in support of their demands at the MC office in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Wednesday.
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Deep Complex residents find support
Chandigarh, December 7
On the issue of uprooting of residents of Deep Complex, an all-party meeting was called by Mr Devi Dayal Sharma, secretary of the district council of the CPI, Chandigarh, which was attended, among others, by Mr Sat Pal Jain, BJP, Gurpartap Singh Riar SAD, Mr Pawan Kumar Sharma, Congress, and Mr Gurbachan Singh, NCP.
Defying prohibitory orders, Sena activists hold rally
Panchkula, December 7
Activists of the Shiv Sena (Hindustan) yesterday held a rally in various parts of the township. Brandishing swords and double barrel guns, and with orange turbans around their forehead, the activists marked the 13th anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.
Sandhu to make MC people-friendly
Mohali, December 7
The Mohali Administrator, Mr Darshan Singh Sandhu, yesterday listed his priorities for the township. In the first press conference held by the Administrator after he took over the reins of the Mohali Municipal Council following the disbanding of councillors, Mr Sandhu said he would make the council people-friendly.
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