NRI challaned for not having Indian driving licence
Chandigarh, March 28
Ignorance on part of a Chandigarh Traffic Police officer cost an NRI dear. He was challaned for “failure to produce a driving licence on demand”, just because the cop on duty could not recognise an international licence possessed by the NRI.
Bartana residents want special bus service resumed
Zirakpur, March 28
With the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU authorities having stopped the special bus service between Bartana and Tribune Model School, Sector 29,residents of Bartana and the adjoining areas are a harassed lot.
MC files plea over SCO
Chandigarh, March 28
Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh has filed a special leave petition in the Supreme Court against the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court to take back possession of an SCO in pocket 6 of Manimajra.
MC, Admn staff strike today
Chandigarh, March 28
Employees of the Municipal Corporation and the UT Administration will observe a daylong strike tomorrow. This was stated by members of the co-ordination committee of the MC employees and workers of the UT, Chandigarh, at a press conference here yesterday.
PF issues discussed
Chandigarh, March 28
A meeting of the Regional Committee, Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation, Punjab region, was held at the Punjabi Mini-Secretariat here today.
It was chaired by Mr M.P. Singh, Secretary, Labour and Employment, Punjab, and
attended by the Labour Commissioner, other officers of the Punjab Government and
representative of employers and employees.
Unions oppose new AC taxis
Chandigarh, March 28
The Chandigarh Administration’s decision to introduce air-conditioned taxis in the tricity has raised a storm with the taxi unions opposing the decision tooth and nail.
Urging the administration to hold the decision “in abeyance”, the Ekta Taxi
Union, Railway Station, alleged that the decision would hit taxi operators hard.
NABARD seminar opens
Chandigarh, March 28
The Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator, Gen (retd) S.F. Rodrigues, today asked the NABARD authorities to reorient their approach and utilise the bank’s resources to empower the common man and help improve quality of life, besides accelerating the process of national development through public-private partnerships.
Junked rail coach catches fire
Chandigarh, March 28
A major causality was averted today when a fire broke out at the Kalka railway station yard. The fire occurred at about 12 pm when a condemned narrow gauge coach caught fire at the yard.
Farmers protest wheat import decision
Chandigarh, March 28
Farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh staged a protest against the UPA government at Matka
Chowk here today. They were protesting the government’s decision to import wheat.
Pharmacists lathicharged
Chandigarh, March 28
The police resorted to lathi charge and use of water canons and threw tear gas at protesting activists of the Punjab Pharmacist Association at Matka Chowk here today. As many as 12 activists got injured in the action.
Ex-Mayor bereaved
Panchkula, March 28
Ashwani Gupta, son of a former Mayor of Chandigarh and treasurer of the Haryana BJP, Mr Gian Chand Gupta, died in an accident after his car collided with a truck in front of the ITBP camp at Bhanu today.
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