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Gatka being performed during a nagar kirtan taken out in connection with the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
— A Tribune photograph |
Undertrial escapes from Sector 16 hospital
Five cops booked for negligence
Chandigarh, June 13
Taking advantage of the lackadaisical attitude of a police official an under trial in a murder case managed to escape from the Sector 16 General Hospital. The undertrial had been admitted to the hospital after suffering epileptic fits.
Delhi Police probes role of local manpower firm
Chandigarh, June 13
The suspected fake visa racket busted by the immigration officials at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on June 11 appears to have its roots in the city.
Eco Notes
Malba ‘chokes’ green patch
CHANDIGARH:
A green patch in front of the gurdwara in Sector 47-A is slowly turning into a dump. It is dying a slow death, maybe due to sheer ignorance about its importance in supporting flora and fauna.
A view of a green patch in front of the gurdwara in Sector 47, Chandigarh, which is dying a slow death due to the dumping of malba.
— Photo by writer |
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Alcoholics Anonymous members to meet at Patni Top
Chandigarh, June 13
Recovery from alcoholism, once thought impossible, is now routine — with this message as many as 500 members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) from all over the country, even abroad, are converging at Patni Top in Jammu and Kashmir for a four-day convention beginning from June 15.
Star donors felicitated on eve of Blood Donors Day
Chandigarh, June 13
Every time a person goes to donate blood, he pledges a part of himself to someone else. Viewed from the prism of humanity therefore, blood donation is a supreme form of offering — one that gratifies both the donor and the recipient, and brings rewards to both. This day just showed how…
Blood donors with their awards at a special function organised at Blood Centre-37 on the eve of World Blood Donors Day. A Tribune photograph |
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Albums on Guru Arjan Dev released
Chandigarh, June 13
The Guru Nanak Data Baksh Lai Mission, Chandigarh, has released two video albums to mark the 400th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Arjan Dev, fifth Sikh Guru.
Tribune staffer bereaved
Chandigarh, June 13
Mrs Sarla Behl, mother of Mr Ashwani Behl, Executive in the Advertisement Department of The Tribune Group of Newspapers, died at Bartana, near here, yesterday. She was 75. Her other son, Mr Arun Behl, is also a Tribune employee.
“Torture” of youth: SI sent to Police Lines
Chandigarh, June 13
Following findings of a preliminary fact-finding inquiry into the alleged torture of a youth said to be involved in a Sector 28 quarrel case in April this year, the UT Senior Superintendent of Police sent Sub-Inspector Jaspal Singh to Police Lines.
Dharna in protest against oil price hike
Chandigarh, June 13
Hundreds of activists of the local units of the CPI, CPM, AITUC and CITU held a protest dharna against the Central government for hiking prices of petrol and diesel at Matka Chowk here today.
Girl electrocuted
Chandigarh, June 13
A seven-year-old girl was electrocuted today in Mauli Jagran. She had gone to relieve herself when she touched a live wire after a tree fell on a power line.
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